Some of the Best Things in Life Are SilentPastor-Teacher Some of the best things in life are silenta. The invitation of God the Father to believe in Jesus Christ. You’re a new creature in Christ and your call is to your spiritual life. 2PE 3:18
When you respond to the invitation and believe in Christ, God provides for you everything that you need in salvation! In the same way, when you are elected, God provides everything you will need for all of eternity plus the opportunity for fantastic blessings in time and in the eternal state! The "calling" is the doorway into election where the believer has the opportunity to receive God’s highest and best. 2CO 5:10 the accusative singular noun eklogen which should be translated “election”. It is related to the tremendous motivation ordained for you in the predesigned plan from God the Father. Therefore, because He willed the highest and best for each one of us, He gave us "equal privilege" and "equal opportunity" to have this highest and best. "of the upward call" is the definite article tes and then the adverb ano = “above” or “upward”, and then the gen sing fem noun from klesis which is klesseos correctly translated “calling”, but it means an invitation or a vocation. This is a possessive genitive in the Greek which should literally be translated “belonging to” that upward call or station. "of the upward call" is the definite article tes and then the adverb ano = “above” or “upward”, and then the gen sing fem noun from klesis which is klesseos correctly translated “calling”, but it means an invitation or a vocation. This is a possessive genitive in the Greek which should literally be translated “belonging to” that upward call or station. Paul is not seeking escrow blessings for time, such as materialism and overt prosperity; Going through those so-called mundane times in life, but these can really be the times when God is silently at work in your life behind the scenes without you even knowing about it. 2CO 5:16 All thought utilizes silent words and is really conversation with your inner self. Elijah learned the lesson that the Lord was not in the wind, the Lord was not in the earthquake, the Lord was not in the fire... Mat 10:13 |