Love Fulfilled Ministry

Now, the God of all grace, the One calling you into that His everlasting glory in Christ, himself will after you endure suffering for a little while, prepare, confirm, strengthen, establish. To Him the power to all time. Amen . * God, of His graceful character, "opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." *  God blesses from the riches of His grace and glory, "the one blessing us in all blessings spiritual in the heavenly places in Christ, even as he chose us in Him before creation of the world existing holy and blameless before Him, in love, predestined us for adoption as his own through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace like as favoring us in the beloved." *  God predestined us for adoption, redemption, the forgiveness of sin and has called us to be conformed to the image of His Son into that His everlasting glory. If we but suffer a little while, He will prepare, confirm, strengthen, and es...

for this reason, a great throng of witnesses surrounding us. Also lay aside all weight and sin. Standing firm, running through endurance the race placed before us ... * "For this reason run." It is our purpose, destiny, and our high calling to run this race. "having a great crowd of witnesses," those of the hall of faith, of the previous covenant who testify through faith not receiving the promise, looking to a better promise, cheering us on and not finishing apart from us. To those who are called according to the purpose of God, which is to be conformed to the image of His Son, these are predestined, and called, justified, and glorified. God "predestined us to the extent of adoption as His own through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of His will." *   We see the purpose of this race is to become like Jesus, not that we will experience this in full in this body but we await for His return to receive redemption of our bodies. Since we are call...

Now, the one joining to the Lord exists  one of Spirit. * This is a very profound verse that covers others aspects related to union, fellowship, and communion in Christ. The word for one in this verse is related to union, meaning one virtually by union. The word for joining is from the word meaning glue, meaning bond (cleave), adhere to (literally, "glued together"); to cleave, join to; (figuratively) intimately connected. It is also used to mean uniting of wounds, which could imply in His wounds we are healed through union, joining. Joining is related to the concepts of union, intercourse, and communion .  A man leaves home to be joined with a wife. * Sexual Intercourse joins bodies, "Do you not know the one joining to a harlot exists one body?" * Joining in body through marriage is consummated through intercourse. The word intercourse is used to express joining sexually and non-sexually as in people connecting, exchanging intimate thoughts and feelings whic...

serving with a well mind like as the Lord and not men. * The word well mind εὔνοια (eunoia) is often translated as enthusiasm/heartiness but it refers to thinking that relates to the mind being well, healthy and whole.  Traditionally it has been taught, we should serve without questioning and with enthusiasm and heartily. If we think of serving in this way we miss the meaning of serving with a well mind (eunoia,  from the same as  eunoeó , from  eu "well, good, right" and noeó "mind.") A well mind is enlightened in the knowledge of the Son or renewed to understand, think, consider, conceive, apprehend as Christ. It is like as (ὡς ( hōs )) the Lord. Like as Christ, submit to unyoked authority for the purpose of consecration, as the inner beauty of a heart consecrated to God is most pleasing in the sight of God. For this purpose, our reasonable service is presenting the body a living sacrifice, like as the Lord. Like as Christ, walk in truth exposing darkness. Li...