04/18/2023
After Calvary (6): *Made Perfect Through the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ!*
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Tuesday, 18 April 2023.
Hebrews 13:20-21 _"Now may the God who brought us peace *by* raising from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ... (21) may He work perfection into every part of you giving you all that you need to fulfill your destiny. And may He express through you all that is excellent and pleasing to Him *through your life-union with Jesus* the Anointed One who is to receive all glory forever! Amen!"_ (TPT)
_"(21) Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, *through Jesus Christ;* to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."_ (KJV)
Shalom, beloved!
To be made perfect or for God to work perfection into every part of you is for God to work in you, for God to give you everything you need, the internal strength, impulses, suitability, etc. that you need and that is pleasing to God to fulfill your destiny (your end that made your beginning necessary).
Please permit me to remind you that all we are, all we have, all we hope to have, and all we hope to become in eternity is only guaranteed in union with or through the Saviour Jesus Christ, For without Him we can do nothing, and we can do all through Him (Jesus) that strengthens us.
This should give you hope and assuage your fears because He said it is finished! Pleasing God and being with Him in eternity is not dependent on your "effort" per se, it is through Him.
At the same time, it begs for humility and bended knees in worship, (not out of fear of eternal damnation for it has been removed through Him and we have also received through Him an eternal kingdom that cannot be removed) but in gratitude, brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God, receiving grace so that we may serve Him acceptably for our God is a consuming fire (Heb 12:28-29).
Therefore, I pray again for you that the Lord will continue to work perfection into every part of you,
2. May the Lord continue to work in you both to will and to do His good pleasure so that you can always obey and please Him,
3. May the Father continue to keep you in an actively close union with the Lord Jesus Christ, give you a fresh revelation of Him and His accomplishments on the cross on your behalf,
4. May He fill you with gratitude, cause you to keep brimming with worship, make you deeply reverent before Him, and grant you the grace to serve Him acceptably, always;
5. May the Lord cause you to prosper and be in health as your soul prospers, and
6. May your daily life and the successful results you produce continue to cause men everywhere to praise God till Jesus returns,
In Jesus' name, amen π
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