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| lockleyjohn | Jun 12 2008, 12:17 PM |
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Ok now we have looked at God’s plan for the believer that all things work together for the good so that they will grow into the image of His Son Christ Jesus. Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Next we looked at the birth of the believer that we are called new creatures and that all things have become new in this new baby life. So He or She will have to start out a new life that is a new life as babies in the Lord and that their life must start growing all over again. 2Cr 5:17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Just like when we were born into this world in the flash our new life is now a new creation that is created after the image of God. But in this new life we are to grow spiritual unto the image of Jesus Christ. For it is this new spiritual baby that will be conformed unto the image of Christ Jesus now as we live out our lives here on earth. Our earthly body that consists of flash is the one that is dieing daily and when we receive our heavenly bodies it will take on its spiritual attributes. Then at that time it will no longer be bound by sin. For sin cannot inter into the presence of God. 1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: Lets look at this word ‘as” for it gives us this picture. 1-like, what? 2- even As What? When we were born in the flash we cried out every time that we grew hungry and what was it that our parents fed us? “Newborn babes” Newborn- just born Babes A newborn child, an infant that cries all the time for milk. “Desires” Gives us this beautiful picture. 1-to long for means this to desire strongly or persistently for something. 2) to pursue with love, to long after 3) to lust, harbour forbidden desire “Sincere” 1-unadulterated, This is the truth of God’s word to us. 2- pure. It is pure true with out false and hidden lies. Tts 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; “Milk of the word” This word Milk gives us this picture. “For the less difficult Christian truths” It is first easy to grasp as being the truth and it will not be too difficult for the newborn babe in Christ to understand. “WORD” The milk of God’s word is first and above all spiritual and it is pertaining to the growth of the new soul that has been born again into the Kingdom of God. It will be reasonable and full of logic that is plan and simple to grasp. “That ye may grow thereby” “That’ 1-in order that, 2- so that This word “that” backs up God’s predestined works of salvation and growing in the Lord so that we will be conformed unto the image of His Son Christ Jesus. “Ye” This is self-evident of whom it is referring to. (The Believer) “May grow” This word is another word that has the picture of the believer’s free will working in them. It also gives us the picture of the predestined work that God put in place before the foundation of the world. It gives us permission so to speak to do something and is the foundation of our growth. It is a permissive action that God ordain that certain things will happen if we obey His Word to us. This action is. 1-to cause to grow, 2- augment 3- to increase, 4-become greater 5- to grow, 6- increase It is the picture of the inward Christian growth. The spiritual growth of the Believer. I have ran out of time so tomorrow we will look at these verse’s below 1Cr 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able. Hbr 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. Hbr 5:13 For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. YBIC John |
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