Bible Discussion Thread

There are mysteries and mysteries. There are revelations and revelations. As a matter of fact, there are insights and insights, and in all these, when God, in His mannerisms and commitments, is upon a vessel that is committed towards Him, which is coworker with God, such individual can't but minister the way the Apostle Paul did through his letters. What really got my attention is somehow, in different categories; his salutation has great intimacy with God through Jesus Christ. And recognizing who he was prior to the encounter that he had with the LORD, and then looking at the things that had been deposited on him to dispense and administer to the Gentiles through the Holy Spirit, he wrote with such audacity and seriousness. Simply look at the beginning of this letter to the Galatian Church. It says: “Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father…”. A simple look at that, reflects where he got is apostleship from. You see, he was prior to the encounter that he had, a great persecutor of the church, and he somehow finds it difficult to believe that he didn't have it in all those years while he persecuted the Church. And because of that great and mysterious encounter, and the fact that he did not consult with flesh and blood, but did separate himself unto God, in so as to search, learn, investigate and really study the things of God through Jesus Christ. He cannot but write with such in-depth and bountifulness about the knowledge of God and of our LORD Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the World. In that process, God in His mercy and lovingkindness, revealed the person of Jesus Christ unto him. It also demonstrates that, whenever the Gospel is correctly dispensed and administered through the person of the Holy Spirit, in truthfulness, and rightly, grace and peace from God the Father and from the resurrected Saviour must of a necessity accompany it. Hence, He wrote with great assurance, so as to be able to deal with all the vices, and wrong doctrines that had been taught to them. That's why he said it without mincing words. “Now the things which I wrote unto you, before God, I lie not”, verse 20. That is worthy of note, and that is because, in the things of the Holy Spirit, particularly when you have heard from the LORD, and that is as led through the Holy Spirit, you don't need to consult with flesh and blood, but simply honour God and follow the guidance and directions of the Holy Spirit. Well, in addition, it should be mentioned that Paul's appointment, was a bit different to others before him; and that is very clear when you look at the type of encounter that he had with Jesus Christ. The truth is, God has called individual Christians differently, and what matters most is that we respond to Him accordingly and as led, and also that no matter what, we should simply stick to whatever area of ministry He has for us. The fact is, when a person becomes born again, he is delivered and saved, as it were, in to a calling. And while there are such that have been able to precisely identify theirs and have plunged into it, there are those who are yet able to identify it. Interestingly, all Christians, have, one calling or the other, therefore, when you find it, honestly you won't be jealous about any other. And that is because, in so far as you are in it and you abide strictly with it. He that calleth thee will guide, lead and also instruct you. And with that, there is inbuilt protection, because there is a covenant in place. When you do your part of it, God has no choice, but to honour His part; for He alone is forever trustworthy and eternally dependable.