Our salvation requires us to submit to the discipline of God in awe and reverence. We all face the trials and testing that purify our faith as we walk His way. When we suffer persecutions and tribulations for the kingdom, it is a sign the you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God. We must continue to press toward the mark until our walk in this world is finished.
Our salvation grows nearer as we continue to walk with God. The work of the fivefold ministry is to help everyone grow into maturity, all the fulness of Christ. The Word of God helps us grow and correct our way giving us His works to do. We must continue steadfast, remain faithful and hold until the end.
1. I have been saved – past sins
Gal 1:3-5 RV
(3) Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
(4) who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
(5) to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Rom 3:23-25 KJV
(23) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
(24) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
(25) Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
When we come to Jesus, his sacrifice cleanses us from sins that are past.
Eph 2:8-10 KJV
(8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
(9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.
(10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
The faith that saves us is a gift of God.
Heb 1:1-4 RV
(1) God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
(2) hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
(3) who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
(4) having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.
He purifies us so that we can know God and live in His presence.
2. I am being saved – overcoming & baptism of fire
Php 2:12-13 KJV
(12) Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
(13) For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Our salvation requires us to submit to the discipline of God in awe and reverence.
1Pe 4:12-13 KJV
(12) Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
(13) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
We all face the trials and testing that purify our faith as we walk His way.
2Th 1:3-5 KJV
(3) We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
(4) So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
(5) Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
When we suffer persecutions and tribulations for the kingdom, it is a sign the you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God.
Php 3:11-14 KJV
(11) If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
(12) Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
(13) Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
(14) I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
We must continue to press toward the mark until our walk in this world is finished.
3. I will be saved – reaching perfection
Rom 13:11-12 KJV
(11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
(12) The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Our salvation grows nearer as we continue to walk with God.
Eph 4:11-13 RV
(11) And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
(12) for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
(13) till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Perfecting; G2675
katartizō; kat-ar-tid’-zo
From G2596 and a derivative of G739; to complete thoroughly, that is, repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust: – fit, frame, mend, (make) perfect (-ly join together), prepare, restore.
Total KJV occurrences: 13
The work of the five fold ministry is to help everyone grow into maturity, all the fulness of Christ
2Ti 3:15-17 KJV
(15) And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
(16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
(17) That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
The Word of God helps us grow and correct our way giving us His works to do.
Heb 3:13-14 KJV
(13) But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
(14) For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
We must continue steadfast, remain faithful and hold until the end.
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