STANDING FAST IN THE FAITH

Standing Fast In The Faith
By: Bishop Albert Gran

We left our discussion last time to the point wherein believers were appointed to sufferings relative to the faith we have in Christ. This series of studies may a step by step consideration among our faithful brethren how to acknowledge comfort through the faith where once we learned from the faithful men who labored much in declaring the truth of the gospel as inherent through divine revelation of Christ to Paul which until now we have kept on and we firmly stand. It's all but a precious thing to consider in our life the immeasurable goodness of God in light of the image of Christ shining in our life through the gospel of the grace of God, the mystery of Christ which was kept secret since the world began.

The best legacy wherein our spirit commenced to the longingness and desire of our apostle even when he behold right now only by his spirit is our perfect standing in the faith. The essence of maturity and godliness in our life brought by the grace of God is dearly what the apostle of the Gentiles felt comfortable as he behold and only longed for his spirit when he anticipates each believer's standing in the grace of God in terms of faith and labor in the gospel. His confidence among believers which could connect his intent over the aspired purpose of God and His will making us a rightful heir with Christ is our labour to maturely stand in the ground of faith (1 Thes. 3:7). Our sufferings brought in effect of standing the truth of the gospel and not on affairs to uphold which were the religious-traditional rites, indulgences, and make believe genealogies and philosophy of men indeed what made Paul comfortable when he longed and wished what each believer today might be heard suffering in the cause of defending the gospel.

NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVE BY THESE AFFLICTIONS

In this recent generation we are in, the clear distinctions of each worshipper were categorized between FLESH vs FAITH. It's clearly sets forth over the affairs wherein majority of the worshippers today upon the ideologies inculcated from the minds of thousands of preachers stressed on the flesh-based principle to SEE IS TO BELIEVE but not TO BELIEVE IS TO SEE. The carnal motivation through seeing as God supposedly and directly motivate believers through carnal things commonly what many worshippers believed and adhered it is how God motivated each one of us today.

In verse 5, Paul clearly mentioned; For this cause, when I COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, I SENT TO KNOW YOUR FAITH, lest the tempter have tempted you, AND OUR LABOR BE IN VAIN. What Paul declares as something he might give up is not the physical pain he experienced in the ministry nor the beatings and stripes he agonized from the bastards but its the inner worry he felt for the saints if truly in their affairs they continued TO STAND IN THE FAITH, lest by some means PAUL'S LABOR IN THE CAUSE OF FAITH might be overtaken by the tempter so he could instill other doctrine which I believed in matters about FLESH which might cause Paul to labor in vain. No wonder, Satan will use God's word to sway many believers today not to gain comfort from God's word with God's promise according to the hope of the gospel of the grace of God, however resorts to the material and fleshly promised which he ever promised to the people of Israel. The hopes and blessings of the nation of Israel is something what Satan used to entice many believers to fall prey so that many would claim with a false claim unfittingly commenced to the recent counsel God had declared to us believers in this age of Gentile grace.

Many believers today even grace believers still hoped for this condition not God given to us and that is something we should think ourselves should we really be following the masterbuilder in this dispensation of grace as he followed Christ.

Grace and peace.