Increasing in the
Knowledge of the Father
Book of Colossians
1:1-16
Heresy is a
departure from the truth of the Word of God!
Heresy is a
departure from practices suitable to the purity of the "Gospel
of Jesus Christ"!
What is another sign
of the last days?
1Ti 4:1 Now the
Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart
from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking
lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
The Church at
Colossae was not planted by the Apostle Paul and Paul probably never
visited this church. It is probable that this church was planted by
Epaphras.
In the Book of
Philemon, Paul says Epaphras was his fellow prisoner.
In the Book of
Colossians, Paul says Epaphras was his fellow servant.
In the Book of
Philippians, Paul says Epaphras was his fellow soldier.
Though some may
dispute it, the Apostle Paul wrote this Holy Ghost inspired epistle
to the church in Colossae!
*****Col 1:1 Paul,
an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our
brother,
Col 1:2 To the
saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colossae: Grace
be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
We need to remind
ourselves sometimes that an Apostle was a man who was handpicked by
the Lord Jesus Christ to carry on the work of establishing the New
Testament Church. There were 12 and there can never be any more than
these 12 men.
How did Paul put
this truth forward?
1Co 9:1 Am I not an
apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are
not ye my work in the Lord?
1Co 9:2 If I be not
an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of
mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
2Co 12:12 Truly the
signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs,
and wonders, and mighty deeds.
Gal 1:1 Paul, an
apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God
the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
No one else can
claim to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ because it is impossible to
see Jesus Christ again until you get to Heaven or He comes in the
"Rapture" to take His church out of this world to miss out
on the wrath of God, a promise that He made to the church.
These 12 men were
chosen according to the perfect will of God.
These 12 men were
vessels of choice by our perfect God!
Act 9:15 But the
Lord said unto him, Go thy way: "for he is a chosen vessel unto
me", to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of Israel:
Act 9:16 For I will
shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
This same thing
could be said of the other 11 Apostles. We may not read much about
them except for Peter and John but we can be sure they were all busy
about the work the Lord had given them to do!
The thing is, we
know there will never be any more apostles.
If we cannot listen,
understand, and believe, what these men who were chosen by the Lord
God that we worship then how can we ever say we are Christians.
Of course, we must
follow the words of Jesus Christ but we will find that these Apostles
will never go against what the Lord has said and they will never go
against any part of the entire Word of God, all 66 books of the
Bible.
There is no
modern-day book of the Bible. God will never change and God chose
these men to give us the truth, including the Apostle Paul!
Who is Paul writing
to?
1) To the saints. A
saint is a person, male or female, who has separated themselves from
the world and consecrated to God by and through the Lord Jesus
Christ. There is no other way to reach sainthood.
2) To the "faithful"
"brethren".
The "faithful",
are those who have taken up their own cross and are following the
Lord and are known as Christians.
The "brethren",
are those Christians who have accepted the Apostles Doctrine and
after salvation had followed the Lord in Believers Baptism and also
partaken in the Lord's Supper and are complete members of the church
of Jesus Christ. In many places they are called the elect of God.
Paul is writing to
the Church, which is the "Body of Christ".
It is only the "Body
of Christ" who have come to know the peace of God but through
the Lord Jesus Christ.
And all these things
come only by the "Grace" of God, that we have been called
to be the holy children of God.
1Pe 1:13 Wherefore
gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the
grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus
Christ;
1Pe 1:14 As
obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former
lusts in your ignorance:
1Pe 1:15 But as he
which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation;
1Pe 1:16 Because it
is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
If we have not
thanked God for His marvelous "Grace" then we need to stop
what we are doing and thank Him now!
Notice also that
Timothy, is still traveling with Paul to learn all he could about the
church.
*****Col 1:3 We
give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying
always for you,
Col 1:4 Since we
heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to
all the saints,
Notice Paul gives
thanks to God.
The true God, is the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Two parts of the triune God, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit!
These are the
pillars of the church not three Gods but one God in three persons!
It is important that
we offer thanks to the true God but it is more important that we pray
to the true God but that prayer will not be accepted unless it is in
the name of Jesus Christ.
Joh_15:16 Ye have
not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye
should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father "in my name", he
may give it you.
If God has given you
a ministry, God will make you get the things you need to complete
that ministry!
Sure, He was the God
of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob but He is also the Father of the
Lord Jesus Christ!
Reject this if you
so choose but it does not change the truth!
Notice also that it
is not so important that God supply good health, fame and riches to
His saints as it is for Him to supply "faith" and "love".
It is faith and love
that will bring growth to the church in the proper manner and cause
Christians to remain steadfast in the Word of God!
The Kingdom of God
is based upon "faith" and "love"!
This church in
Colossae was built upon "faith" and love"!
Faith and love must
the pillars of the Christian Life!
1Jn 3:23 And this
is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
What was the
commandment?
Mat 22:37 Jesus
said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is
the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
These two things
remain the foundation of the Church or there is no church!
That "faith"
must be in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ or it is meaningless!
(all thy heart, all thy soul, all thy mind!)
It is "only"
by Jesus Christ that we can be in harmony with God and it is just
that simple, no matter what the world says!
It is our "faith"
in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ that opens the way into the
throne room of God!
We must govern our
lives by the Lord Jesus Christ!
The Christian must
live and die by this belief!
The "love"
spoken of here is not the natural love of man that we should already
have for one another!
We forget that race
divisions are not Biblical!
We are all part of
the human race and citizens of the same world and we should already
love one another, with our natural love, for our own survival.
The "love"
spoken of in this passage is the "love" that each believer
must have for one another! This is the commandment of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Joh 13:34 A new
commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have
loved you, that ye also love one another.
Joh 13:35 By this
shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to
another.
We are to have
"faith" in Christ Jesus and love the way that He "loved"!
It is impossible to
live upon this earth and have a successful life without Jesus Christ!
Without these basic
things then we will have no hope to reach God's Heaven!
*****Col 1:5 For
the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before
in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Col 1:6 Which is
come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit,
as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the
grace of God in truth:
Those that have
"faith" in the Lord Jesus Christ and share His "love"
with one another will then have the believer's "Hope"!
It is only by the
"Grace" of God that we can have "hope" for
eternal life in God's Heaven!
It is the "hope"
that God offers that we will surrender our lives to Jesus Christ!
How can we best
describe that "hope"?
1) It is the hope of
being raised from the dead and being given a new but perfect glorious
body that we will live throughout eternity!
Php 3:20 For our
conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ:
Php 3:21 Who shall
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious
body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all
things unto himself.
2) It is the "hope"
that the Lord will return to take us home.
1Th 4:16 For the
Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in
the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.
3) It is the "hope"
of dwelling in the throne room of God.
Heb 6:18 That by
two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we
might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold
upon the hope set before us:
Heb 6:19 Which hope
we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which
entereth into that within the veil;
Heb 6:20 Whither
the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for
ever after the order of Melchisedec.
4) It is the
glorious inheritance that will belong to all God's children!
Rom 8:15 For ye
have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Rom 8:16 The Spirit
itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of
God:
Rom 8:17 And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if
so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together.
Our "hope' lies
in the reality of all these things and much, much more!
Even in our darkest
days we must never lose our "hope" in the promises of God!
We should notice
that our "hope" has one great source and that is the
"gospel", the "good news" of Jesus Christ!
The Gospel is the
Word of Truth. There is not one false word in the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. There is no false teaching in all the Word of God!
We do not have to
wish!
We do not have to
desire!
We do not have to
guess!
We can know, that we
know, that we know, the truth of our salvation.
1Jn_5:13 These
things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of
God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may
believe on the name of the Son of God.
We must certainly
remember that the Lord Jesus Christ cannot be a God amongst gods.
There is only one God and it is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of
God!
Even in Rome with a
pantheon of gods, Jesus would have been welcomed to be a part of
those others false gods.
Today the world has
not changed, the Lord Jesus Christ would be welcomed amongst all the
gods of this world but Jesus Christ will never be a part of such a
religious system.
Here is where the
problem comes!
Joh 14:6 Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 14:7 If ye had
known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye
know him, and have seen him.
The world cannot
stand this truth!
Joh 17:17 Sanctify
them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
The "Gospel"
is intended for every individual upon this earth but there will
always be those who reject the truth to their own demise!
Most of our world
continue to reject the "Grace" of God and they will receive
the "Wrath" of God in its place!
This is also the
truth!
Even in all these
things the "Gospel" of Jesus Christ will continue to
produce fruit.
Everywhere the
"Gospel" is preached and taught, there will be those will
believe and become new members of God's family!
1) There is first
the fruit of the Holy Spirit
Gal 5:22 But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 And they
that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and
lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live
in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
2) There is the
fruit of new converts.
Joh 15:16 Ye have
not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye
should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it
you.
3) There is the
fruit of sanctification.
Joh 15:3 Now ye are
clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
The Church at
Colossae understood and practiced all these things.
All these come by
hearing the "Gospel" of the Lord Jesus Christ!
Rom 10:17 So then
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
These Colossians had
heard the Word of truth from Epaphras.
*****Col 1:7 As ye
also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a
faithful minister of Christ;
Col 1:8 Who also
declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
Epaphras was the
fellowservant of Paul and Timothy at this time but is probable that
is Epaphras alone who had planted the church in Colossae.
We know now that
this young church in Colossae that had begun with the truth of Jesus
Christ, was now being bombarded buy false doctrine from false
teachers but as Paul says Epaphras was not one of those!
He was a faithful
minister for Jesus Christ!
He had also brought
this knowledge back to the Apostle Paul who had responded with this
epistle to these Colossians.
Epaphras had come to
Paul seeking advice on how to handle the false teaching that was
infiltrating his church.
It is obvious that
Paul could not go to this church himself as he remained in bondage to
Rome.
Paul had never been
to this church so they had never met Paul face to face but they knew
enough about Paul that they knew they could trust whatever he said.
Paul's answer to
them was this epistle and his promise of prayers.
*****Col 1:9 For
this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray
for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of
his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Col 1:10 That ye
might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in
every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
What did Paul pray
for? A great desire that this church would be filled with the
knowledge of God's will and in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding.
We should clearly
understand that nothing happens upon this earth that goes against the
will of God!
Eph 1:11 In whom
also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according
to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his
own will:
Eph 1:12 That we
should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
And it is the Church
that will be the praise of His Glory. Therefore the "Church Age"
is truly important!
This plan of the
Church Age was developed by God before the foundation of this earth.
Eph 1:4 According
as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 Having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Eph 1:6 To the
praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in
the beloved.
Now this is not as
the Calvinist say but only those who are made the children of God by
accepting the work of Jesus Christ for salvation!
This is God's Plan
and it is not to be questioned by any man!
Psa 104:24 O LORD,
how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the
earth is full of thy riches.
Pro 3:19 The LORD
by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he
established the heavens.
Rom 11:33 O the
depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how
unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Rom 11:34 For who
hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Rom 11:35 Or who
hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Rom 11:36 For of
him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory
for ever. Amen.
To those of the
world that believe that God adapts to a changing world should study
the Scriptures and learn the truth.
Dan 4:35 And all
the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth
according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the
inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto
him, What doest thou?
Psa 135:6
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in
the seas, and all deep places.
It is the Lord Jesus
Christ who died because of the predetermined plan of God and it is
our part to have faith in the work of the Lord
Another thing we
should understand is that God may allow men to manifest evil but God
is never the author of evil.
It is our job to
walk worthy of the Lord which pleases God.
*****Col 1:10 That
ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in
every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Questions we should
ask ourselves:
1) Are we walking
worthy of the Lord?
2) Are we pleasing
the Lord in the things we do?
3) Is our work
producing fruit?
4) Are we increasing
in the knowledge of God.
1Co 1:9 God is
faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord.
We must understand
that knowing something and having the ability to do something is very
different!
We are to live our
lives just as worthy as the life of Christ and we cannot do this
thing unless we can make application of the Word of God in everything
we do!
Everything that God
says must be understood as applying to us.
We cannot please God
by just applying the Word of God in bits and pieces!
Gal 5:16 This I say
then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the
flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the
flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh:
and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the
things that ye would.
Christian conduct
must meet a high standard for we must seek the knowledge of God's
will and apply it to our lives every day!
We will be in this
thing of being a Christian, alone.
*****Col 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto
all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Col 1:12 Giving
thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in light:
Without a doubt we
must admit to ourselves, that we are weak physically and morally but
by Jesus Christ we are endowed with a Power from on High.
Our power is the
glorious power of God and is made known by God's act of "creation"
as we are "Born Again" into a new life.
We live in the
patience of God that does not give up in dire circumstances.
We live by the
longsuffering of God when we do not retaliate for being treated
wrongly.
We do both these
things in the "joy" of God knowing that we are pleasing our
Lord and Savior.
We offer our prayers
of thanks to the Lord for being seen as Christians and for providing
the power for us to keep going in the name of the Lord.
We cannot survive
without the power of God in our lives!
Think about some of
the things we must endure:
We will face
disease, if not in ourselves but surely in others.
We will face
accidents, if not ourselves but others.
We may face poverty,
if not in ourselves surely, we will see it in others.
We may face loss, if
not ourselves but maybe in others.
We may face death,
ourselves but surely in others.
This is just a short
list but there will be even much greater things we will face as
Christians but God has the power to give us understanding and piece
as we go through these things.
God has the power to
strengthen us and settle us during these things.
God has the power to
give us hope and security during these times.
We can secure God's
Power through prayer and notice a fervent prayer should begin with
giving thanks to God for what He has already done but also for what
God is about to do in response to our request!
We should also know
that there is no limit to our increase to the knowledge of God except
for our own capacity to absorb it, our diligence to study it, and our
faith. Much faith, much knowledge, Little faith, little knowledge.
When we feed the
Holy Spirit within us. The Holy Spirit will not just set back and let
us go through the trials of life alone but through Him we will have
the power to overcome them and to conquer them.
God expects us to
learn from the trials of life and be stronger through them!
Jas 1:2 My
brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Jas 1:3 Knowing
this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Jas 1:4 But let
patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing.
What did Jesus say:
Luk 21:19 In your
patience possess ye your souls.
Heb 10:36 For ye
have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye
might receive the promise.
Heb 10:37 For yet a
little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
It is only by the
Holy Spirit, God within us, that we can endure the troubles and
trials of this world and this only by a close and very personal
relationship with the Lord!
The Lord Jesus
Christ is the light of all Spiritual Knowledge.
1Pe_2:9 But ye are
a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar
people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called
you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
We live in the
present "Grace" of God but we will soon live in the coming
"Glory" of God!
1Jn 1:6 If we say
that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and
do not the truth:
1Jn 1:7 But if we
walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all
sin.
The Word of God is
never confusing, we just make it confusing because it is so simple!
It is by the Holy
Spirit that dwells within us that we have been delivered from the
power of darkness!
*****Col 1:13 Who
hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us
into the kingdom of his dear Son:
We may still live in
this world of darkness and in this body of sinful flesh, the truth
is, once we know the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior we have already
been delivered or we could say rescued from the power of darkness!
Darkness is the
symbol of misery and adversity:
Psa 107:10 Such as
sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction
and iron;
Psa 107:11 Because
they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of
the most High:
Psa 107:12
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down,
and there was none to help.
Psa 107:13 Then
they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of
their distresses.
Psa 107:14 He
brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their
bands in sunder.
The child of God
should have no fear of this dark world nor should we fear physical
death because we have already been delivered from these things!
We are redeemed if
we know Christ as our Savior!
*****Col 1:14 In
whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins:
Redemption speaks of
being rescued by paying a ransom.
Redemption is buying
back those things had had been lost. This is why we use the phrase
saved or lost!
Being saved is made
to have peace with God!
Col 1:20 And,
having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile
all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in
earth, or things in heaven.
Notice these things
take place only by the "precious Blood of Jesus Christ".
The sin of all
people requires the blood of our Savior before it could be eliminated
from all people. The only thing lacking was that this thing must be
believed on by those who are seeking salvation!
Eph 1:7 In whom we
have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according
to the riches of his grace;
And who is this
Savior?
*****Col 1:15 Who
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Col 1:16 For by him
were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for
him:
This Savior is also
our Creator!
The Lord Jesus
Christ is the express image of His Father.
Note this is not in
appearance but in actions! It is only the Son of God, the Lord Jesus
Christ who has the divine nature of God, because they are one and the
same person!
He is the first
begotten of all creatures because He existed before the Cosmos was
created.
Heb 1:3 Who being
the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and
upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Heb 1:4 Being made
so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a
more excellent name than they.
It was totally
necessary for our Redeemer to be 100% God and 100% man that He could
mediate between God and mankind!
It was necessary for
God to fulfill all His prophecies.
It was necessary to
redeem us from all sin.
It was necessary to
conquer Satan's pride.
It was necessary to
reconcile all humans to God and God to all humans.
It would simply
require "faith" in all these things to become a reality!
Why did Paul choose
his words so carefully here? The truth of Jesus Christ will destroy
all false teaching about Christ and God.
As believers we get
to see what God is like and God gets to know all actions of the human
through personal experience!
In false religion
there can be multiple mediators between God and man but , there is
only one and that One is Jesus Christ.
God is not some
unconcerned and distant God who has moved on into outer space after
His creation.
God is not out of
touch with this world!
God is a God who is
always close at hand.
God has not made it
difficult to reach Him and God has even shown us all how to reach
Him!
It is by Jesus
Christ that we know we have a loving God who cares for us in a
personal way!
We also need not be
confused when Paul says Jesus was the firstborn of all creatures.
The Son of God is
not a created being it means that He existed before all creation.
All creation is the
heritage of Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of the Father!
AND, God did not
create Himself!
Isa 44:6 Thus saith
the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am
the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Eph 2:7 That in the
ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his
kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Creation owes its
praise and honor, worship and service to the Lord Jesus Christ
because this earth and all creation exists for its Creator!
Heb 1:1 God, who at
sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets,
Heb 1:2 Hath in
these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed
heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Rom 11:26 And so
all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of
Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Thank God for this
wonderful book we call the Bible, which contains all the Word of God
we need to completely know our God who never changes!
Amen
