Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Galatians 1:14-15


14 And [you have heard how] I outstripped many of the men of my own generation among the people of my race in [my advancement in study and observance of the laws of] Judaism, so extremely enthusiastic and zealous I was for the traditions of my ancestors.
    
15 But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased

Once again, the Truth is that Paul was called and set apart for use by our Father before he was even born! Paul was chosen even though he zealously persecuted Christians. Our Father knows us completely. He knew us before we were and He still called and chose us. He chose us even knowing all of our faults and all of our shortcomings. The Truth is actually that our Father made us all to be disobedient, that is what the Word teaches us. 

For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. Romans 11:32

Grace doesn’t judge, it is just freely given. Grace is all undeserved and where sin abounds, our Father’s Grace much more abounds, Romans 5:20. Our Father knows how He made us and why He made us the way that He did and He will and does have mercy on all of us. 

16 To reveal (unveil, disclose) His Son within me so that I might proclaim Him among the Gentiles (the non-Jewish world) as the glad tidings (Gospel), immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood [did not consult or counsel with any frail human being or communicate with anyone].

Here is another great Truth: when a person is born again we don’t have to immediately get them into Bible classes. Paul didn’t and look how our Father used him. For the first couple of years babies are raised primarily by their parents and then as they grow they have more and more fellowship with others. We don’t send our kids to kindergarten until they are five. Our Father will never leave us or forsake us and He especially won’t when we are a new born. 

But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [ permanently] in you; [so] then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him], just as [His anointing] has taught you [to do]. 1 John 2:27

We have been given the Holy Spirit to teach us all things, John 14:26 and His anointing will never leave us. So don’t fret about if a new born isn’t being led into a church. Our Father may want them to Himself for a while. The Holy Spirit is the power for us to learn. He may do this One on one or He may use brothers and sisters to work through. Either way it is all the power of the Holy Spirit.  

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