ExodusMagMay2020

workout your own salvation
“Keep
praying;
keep
meditating
on the word,
keep
fighting.
Remain in
Christ.”
O B E D I E N C E
Obedience is better than
sacrifice. Israel had different
types of offerings
accompanied by sacrifice
because they just could not
obey God. Disobedience is the
ultimate sin. It is what led to
the fall of mankind. It is equal
to rebellion. Satan is the king
of rebellion and he was cast
out of heaven. You can never
allow yourself to be
disobedient to God. Doing the
opposite of God's word is
disobedience
R E D E E M S A L V A T I O N
No one has worked or can
work for salvation, it is
already given by grace. Into
God's presence we only come
by grace not by works. The
only thing we ought to
continuously seek is the
righteousness of the kingdom.
We are to yearn for a good
standing with God. We have
all sinned and fallen short of
the glory of God, but through
Christ we can walk in
salvation. We just need to
believe.
S A N C T I F I C A T I O N A N D
T R A N S F O R M A T I O N
The blood of Jesus was shed
on the cross to seal the
covenant between God and
His people. It also stands for
the atoning of sin. It also
speaks on our behalf.
Before the atoning and
speaking however, one has to
be in a covenant with God.
This is a process so painful as
it illuminates all iniquities and
weaknesses so as to transform
the person to a mirror image
of Christ. It's a process that
cannot be skipped as painful
as it is. We have to allow the
Holy Spirit to work in us to
produce who we really are
R E V E R A N C E [ W I S D O M ]
Wisdom is the knowledge of
God's word, understood and
applied. The beginning of
wisdom is to revere God,
which is to hate evil. We need
to apply God's word in our
lives. Scripture carries
instruction of how we ought to
speak [Be slow to speak], think
[Have the mind of Christ], Act
[we wrestle not against flesh
and blood], walk [be led by the
Spirit]. We have to apply the
instructions of the
word, not just memorise it, for
when we just memorise it'll
bear no results.
F O R S E R V I C E
All this is to be able to serve
God in Spirit and in truth.
Because when we have been
transformed we are in the
image of He who was found to
be without blemish, but about
His Father's business. He
served the Father through the
people while in flesh, hence He
said, “my food is to do the will
of Him who sent me and to
finish His work”. We also work
out our own salvation that we
may be within God's will and
serve in the kingdom. It is in
this position that we can ask
whatever and the Father in
heaven will do it. Because
when you are within His
will, you are His will.
F O R H I S [ G O D ' S ] G O O D P L E A S U R E
God created us for Himself, to pleasure Himself. You see in Genesis that after creation He would
be pleased with Himself. What could be even more pleasing than to see His best creation working
according to its original form and purpose? His craft doing the good works that it was created for?
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