Shine Shine Shine
"…look in Acts 13, if you would, in verse 47. Again, notice how Paul writes this, when he is preaching this, to a group of Jews and Gentiles that are listening to them. When he says, "For so the Lord has commanded us." He took that passage in Isaiah 49 and verse six, personal, the Lord has commanded us to be, one, that he has set us or ordained us to be as a light, not the light, but as a light to the Gentiles, that we should be for salvation, not my salvation, but for salvation to the ends of the earth. I just like how he personalizes it, how he takes that Old Testament passage, in reference to Christ. And he realizes that we've been crucified with Christ. That we no longer live, and the life we live in the flesh, we live by faith in the Son of God, who gave himself for us. He applied this passage onto himself, not just him, though, but he applied it to him and Barnabas, that God has ordained us, he has appointed us, he has set us, he has fixed us, to be the light unto the nations, that we should be for salvation to the ends of the earth…"
" Go to Philippians, if you would Philippians in the New Testament, you'll see how this comes together. Philippians chapter two. Philippians chapter two. Look in verse number 12. Verse 12, says, Paul's writing to the church at Philippi and he says, Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. What do you do? Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure? Do all things without complaining and disputing Oh, Lord, slap us on the head right now we need a Gerber slap over that |
