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Paul wrote that when he is weak, then he is strong.
He explains it like this....
1.) when im in submission to the Grace of God, fully trusting in Christ to keep me saved and live His life through me, im walking in the power of God's Grace, by REAL FAITH.
2.) when i stop striving by willpower to attempt to be my own salvation, or to keep myself saved......then Jesus becomes strong in me because im not trying to live the life of a disciple in my own power that results in this...>"""Apart from me, you can do nothing""", ..Jesus said.
3.) "when i am weak" means, when i am submissive to real faith, instead of being involved in striving to be holy, by willpower
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Jesus said...."apart from me, you can do nothing".
So, that is interesting, because once we are born again we are always "in Christ" and "One with God"......we are never apart from God, ever again.
So then...what does Jesus mean?
He means that if You are born again, you are existing in the wrong MIND as striving to live the holy life by willpower, instead of by resting in God's Grace which is were the power of Christ is found that empowers you to live it like this....>"Christ always gives me the Victory"
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Paul said...."its it not I who live, but Christ who lives in me"..
And, this meaning is 100 % related to Christ saying : "apart from me you can do nothing".
"Working out your salvation" : does not mean to try to keep it.
To "work out your salvation", is to understand that you HAVE IT< and you learn how to exit within what Salvation provides you. That is how you "work it out".
Saint, our discipleship is originally created by God, and its empowered by God, or its going to be a fail.
How you believe decides if God works through you, vs : "apart from me you can do nothing".
Why? Because everything that IS OUR SALVATION is caused by God, kept by God, and completed by God.
What is your part in Salvation? To receive it as "the gift of Salvation" and exist within the Kingdom of God according to being made righteous.
If you are feeling some Christianity "burn out".... then its because you are trying to live the Holy Life by willpower and by effort and by SELF, instead of resting in God's Grace, where the power to live Holy is found as a "gift".
Also, it can be that just as still water in a pool turns stagnant, ...... if you are in a denomination that is rigid and legalist and very orchestrated and dead spiritually, yet, puts on a good show, then you will eventually stagnate in this "religion". So, sometimes the cure is to find something real vs staying in the religious pretense that is literally denying you any spiritual growth.
Christians are like Jets. If you stop going forward, you begin to fall.
Listen...when you work at Christianity, then God rests.
When you rest in God's Grace, then God works through you.
See, from the moment of our new birth, until we are "changed" and receive our new body...all of our Spiritual Life is 'IN Christ", and not based on ourselves trying to do it.
Sure, we are to present our bodies a living sacrifice, and we are to work out our faith walk.....but that is all done correctly only by leaning more and more on God to provide us with His Grace to do it. = "when i am weak then i am STRONG".....And in this revelation we find God's Grace which gives us God's rest from our self effort that allows God to manifest HIS Holiness through you.
This is REAL FAITH and REAL DISCIPLESHIP.
= There is your holy lifestyle discovered and maintained.
Paul wrote that when he is weak, then he is strong.
He explains it like this....
1.) when im in submission to the Grace of God, fully trusting in Christ to keep me saved and live His life through me, im walking in the power of God's Grace, by REAL FAITH.
2.) when i stop striving by willpower to attempt to be my own salvation, or to keep myself saved......then Jesus becomes strong in me because im not trying to live the life of a disciple in my own power that results in this...>"""Apart from me, you can do nothing""", ..Jesus said.
3.) "when i am weak" means, when i am submissive to real faith, instead of being involved in striving to be holy, by willpower
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Jesus said...."apart from me, you can do nothing".
So, that is interesting, because once we are born again we are always "in Christ" and "One with God"......we are never apart from God, ever again.
So then...what does Jesus mean?
He means that if You are born again, you are existing in the wrong MIND as striving to live the holy life by willpower, instead of by resting in God's Grace which is were the power of Christ is found that empowers you to live it like this....>"Christ always gives me the Victory"
--------------------------------------------
Paul said...."its it not I who live, but Christ who lives in me"..
And, this meaning is 100 % related to Christ saying : "apart from me you can do nothing".
"Working out your salvation" : does not mean to try to keep it.
To "work out your salvation", is to understand that you HAVE IT< and you learn how to exit within what Salvation provides you. That is how you "work it out".
Saint, our discipleship is originally created by God, and its empowered by God, or its going to be a fail.
How you believe decides if God works through you, vs : "apart from me you can do nothing".
Why? Because everything that IS OUR SALVATION is caused by God, kept by God, and completed by God.
What is your part in Salvation? To receive it as "the gift of Salvation" and exist within the Kingdom of God according to being made righteous.
If you are feeling some Christianity "burn out".... then its because you are trying to live the Holy Life by willpower and by effort and by SELF, instead of resting in God's Grace, where the power to live Holy is found as a "gift".
Also, it can be that just as still water in a pool turns stagnant, ...... if you are in a denomination that is rigid and legalist and very orchestrated and dead spiritually, yet, puts on a good show, then you will eventually stagnate in this "religion". So, sometimes the cure is to find something real vs staying in the religious pretense that is literally denying you any spiritual growth.
Christians are like Jets. If you stop going forward, you begin to fall.
Listen...when you work at Christianity, then God rests.
When you rest in God's Grace, then God works through you.
See, from the moment of our new birth, until we are "changed" and receive our new body...all of our Spiritual Life is 'IN Christ", and not based on ourselves trying to do it.
Sure, we are to present our bodies a living sacrifice, and we are to work out our faith walk.....but that is all done correctly only by leaning more and more on God to provide us with His Grace to do it. = "when i am weak then i am STRONG".....And in this revelation we find God's Grace which gives us God's rest from our self effort that allows God to manifest HIS Holiness through you.
This is REAL FAITH and REAL DISCIPLESHIP.
= There is your holy lifestyle discovered and maintained.
