Elijah's Mantle
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I began to do a study on this topic ,which deals directly from the word of God and who Paul called "the enemies" and even as it is today in modern times it takes discernment to identify who the enemies are
First I wanted to start in Corinthians because this is where we find it mentioned in the passage about the divine wisdom of God and the "mystery" which I might also note to some the word of the cross might still yet be a mystery ( when Paul wrote to the church in Galatia he made mention of persecution and so it is today even many are still persecuted for the preaching of the cross just as Paul was
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what more needs understood however is the ones in which Paul called "enemies of the cross"
you can guess it deals a direct blow to legalizers ( individuals seeking to hold others in bondage to the law .I wager most have encountered the kind along the way somewhere I know I did once and no its not always beyond evident how many are enemies of the cross ,yet there is a means to identify them
for by ‘the blood of His cross’ reconciliation to God has been made possible (Col. 1:20; 2:14-15
here we find the triumph of the cross
and we can also know this in regards to the cross as well
the cross of Christ brings home the seriousness of sin
declares the powerlessness of fallen humanity to achieve salvation
and exposes openly human delusions of self-righteousness
we can know and understand from God's word that God devised by his wisdom a plan of salvation
which stands as the greatest plan ever devised in all time :
In chapter 2 we read about the true wisdom of God and the wisdom of God in a mystery
even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our Glory
bear in mind however that speaks of before the foundations of the world found in 1 peter chptr 1
as you also read in verse 29 of of 1 cor ... no flesh should glory in his presence that means no human effort meaning nothing humans do brings about salvation accept accepting Jesus Christ and what he did on the cross and placing faith in that finished work . Why enemies of the cross attempt another Gospel is beyond me but it still goes on even today and is good to know what the word makes known about the subject matter (
I began to do a study on this topic ,which deals directly from the word of God and who Paul called "the enemies" and even as it is today in modern times it takes discernment to identify who the enemies are
First I wanted to start in Corinthians because this is where we find it mentioned in the passage about the divine wisdom of God and the "mystery" which I might also note to some the word of the cross might still yet be a mystery ( when Paul wrote to the church in Galatia he made mention of persecution and so it is today even many are still persecuted for the preaching of the cross just as Paul was
:
what more needs understood however is the ones in which Paul called "enemies of the cross"
you can guess it deals a direct blow to legalizers ( individuals seeking to hold others in bondage to the law .I wager most have encountered the kind along the way somewhere I know I did once and no its not always beyond evident how many are enemies of the cross ,yet there is a means to identify them
for by ‘the blood of His cross’ reconciliation to God has been made possible (Col. 1:20; 2:14-15
here we find the triumph of the cross
and we can also know this in regards to the cross as well
the cross of Christ brings home the seriousness of sin
declares the powerlessness of fallen humanity to achieve salvation
and exposes openly human delusions of self-righteousness
we can know and understand from God's word that God devised by his wisdom a plan of salvation
which stands as the greatest plan ever devised in all time :
In chapter 2 we read about the true wisdom of God and the wisdom of God in a mystery
even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our Glory
bear in mind however that speaks of before the foundations of the world found in 1 peter chptr 1
as you also read in verse 29 of of 1 cor ... no flesh should glory in his presence that means no human effort meaning nothing humans do brings about salvation accept accepting Jesus Christ and what he did on the cross and placing faith in that finished work . Why enemies of the cross attempt another Gospel is beyond me but it still goes on even today and is good to know what the word makes known about the subject matter (