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NASB | Hebrews 6:4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 6:4 For [it is impossible to restore to repentance] those who have once been enlightened [spiritually] and who have tasted and consciously experienced the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit, |
Subject: Works in the Christian experience? |
Bible Note: Joe, I forgot question number two. Yes, we persevere until the end. But we do not do it apart from Christ and His work in us. As we have received Christ (by faith), we are to walk in Him (by faith). This is not by our works. This is by His works in us and through us. We get the privelege, as Christians, of 'working out' the salvation that God has 'worked in' us. God has predestined that we walk and persevere in the works that He has prepared for us. But we, like Christ, are not to do it in the flesh. Rather, we are to depend upon Christ as He depended upon His Father. Jesus said that He didn't do any works unless the Father told Him to. He didn't say anything unless the Father told Him to say it. And then He told us, "Apart from Me, you can do nothing." This is not a passive walk. It is an active walk relying upon Christ as our total sufficiency. Sanctification is not something we do. It is something that Christ does and continues to do in us. The end result? 1 Thess 5:23,24 - "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit, and soul and body be preserved (sealed) complete without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, and HE ALSO WILL BRING IT TO PASS." He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it. He does it. He does it in us and through us, but He does it. Grow in grace, Bill Mc |