Eph.2:
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.
This word Grace in the Greek is:
Charis,
khar'-ece; and has several meanings such as (1) The divine influence
upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; (2) gratitude, (3) acceptable, (4)
benefit, (5) favour, (6) gift, (7) joy, (8) liberality, (9) pleasure, (10) thanks,
& (11) worthy.
So,
with a little more understanding of the word grace could we read
Eph.2:8,
in this manner?
For by God’s divine influence upon our heart, and it’s reflection in
our lives we are saved through faith; and that not of ourselves: it is the gift
of God.
And
encompass in this gift are gratitude, acceptability, benefits, favour, gifts,
joy, liberality, pleasure, thanks, worthiness, etc.
As
soon as we can bypass / disregard the divisive spirit of religion and
faithfully accept the gift from God (Yahweh), we will begin to see and do even
greater things for the kingdom of God. With the revelation / understanding that
this gift is of God and He has chosen to use us as instruments for His glory
and not our; we shall not / must not boast of any works we’ve performed or
performing.
The
testimony of a faithful servant of Yahshua Messiah (a.k.a. Jesus the Christ) is
and will always be
“Phil.4:
13.
I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me”
The
Apostle Paul had an understanding / a working revelation of who God was; upon
becoming the recipient of this revelation he immediately laid all of his
earthly accomplishments aside and counted them as dung.
Watch
this !
Phil.3:
7.
But what things were gain to me, those I
counted loss for Christ.
:
8.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things
but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom
I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may
win Christ,
As
modern day believers / saints, it’s not until we sincerely and completely lay
our accomplishments aside
(daily dying to self) that we would
be able to see and partake in the move / manifestation of God that all of
creation is groaning / travailing for.
Whether
you agree or disagree our various religious beliefs and traditions of men have
made the word of God, of none effect in the lives of many.
Whereby
we’ve got religious leaders that are selling a gospel that is no resemblance to
the gospel of the Kingdom that Yahshua Messiah preached.
As a result, there are many persons who are of
the mind-set / view that their salvation is based upon their works of how long
they’ve been a member of the church or their title / position in the church.
Again,
here’s what the scripture says:
Eph.2:
8. For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
This
word Saved in the Greek is:
sozo, sode'-zo; also has several
meanings such as (1) to deliver or protect (2.) to heal, (3) preserve, (4) do
well, (5) to make whole.
In
other words it’s by God’s grace we are saved / delivered, protected, healed,
preserved, doing well and made whole.
Not
by being an Anglican, a Catholic, a Baptist, a Methodist or any other
denomination or none denomination.
It
really doesn’t matter which Bishop, Apostle, Doctor, Prophet or Pastor anoints
and lay hands upon you; YOU ARE SAVED BY GOD’S GRACE.
The
craftiness of Religion has always led religious leaders to declare / boast of how
their prayers or other action have led to a move of God in someone’s life in one
way or another.
But God, being the all
knowing God that He is, dealt with this wicked ungodly behavior right away.
Eph.2:
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.
In
reading this article, I pray that you would catch the Spirit of that which God
is saying
“The most difficult part of your salvation has already been taken care
of / paid for by His only begotten Son, Yahshua Messiah” Therefore your
salvation is a gift that you don’t have to perform any tricks for or play games
to receive; just have faith in His Son.
Please
hear me!
Don’t
allow religion to put a yoke / a guilt trip upon you which will hinder you from
receiving the gift of God.
There’s
absolutely nothing that you can do which will ever catch God of guard or by
surprise. It is God’s will that none should perish but rather all to receive
the gift of eternal life, but then again we know that many will perish for the
lack of knowledge; YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE MANY.
Hosea.4:
6.
My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that
thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I
will also forget thy children.
Don’t
reject the gift, receive it.
For
questions and comments contact us via E-mails:pastormallen@yahoo.com or kmfci@live.com or Ph.242-441-2021 / 441-2023
Pastors
Matthew & Brendalee Allen
Kingdom
Minded Fellowship Center Int’l