13 If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
There is never a time like the present or so goes the saying. Paul is equipping his fledgling church of Corinthians with an exhortation to continue in good works and reminding them of the promises of God. Having poured out his Spirit (God) on the Corinthians he now encourages them to look up and see there is more...than what you are experiencing now. There is a place pre-pared for us in the heavenlys. And as proof, Paul uses the phrase "deposit" to get their attention. This Spirit they have received is not earthly as Jesus was not earthly as he had pointed out numerous times. ("My kingdom is not of this world!")
The Corinthians had just repented as a Church because of Paul's first letter to them as correction in their bad behaviors. Now however he points heavenward to fill them with a sense of awe in the God they serve. There is more! So much more! Look, we've been beaten, shipwrecked, hungry, poor and imprisoned and on the verge of death...why? all for your sakes. You have become like me, (saved) and so I want you all to know that I no longer regard you from a "worldly" point of view!" In other words he was saying you are no longer just mortal but immortal in Christ and there is a place prepared for those of you who now have come to believe. There has been reconcilliation between you and God so rejoice!
So we now have no time like the present to experience the selfsame things as Paul and his Corintians did so many thousands of years ago. It is covenant and is unbroken and it will one day end and there will be no more chances. Salvation is and always will be by faith and by grace. And grace comes by "hearing the good news." So transition your self and wrap your mind around the possibilities you have not yet tried!...and remember salvation is not found in religion or it's practices...it is personal revelation of a true God indwelling in a new creation. You will be the temple.
There is never a time like the present or so goes the saying. Paul is equipping his fledgling church of Corinthians with an exhortation to continue in good works and reminding them of the promises of God. Having poured out his Spirit (God) on the Corinthians he now encourages them to look up and see there is more...than what you are experiencing now. There is a place pre-pared for us in the heavenlys. And as proof, Paul uses the phrase "deposit" to get their attention. This Spirit they have received is not earthly as Jesus was not earthly as he had pointed out numerous times. ("My kingdom is not of this world!")
The Corinthians had just repented as a Church because of Paul's first letter to them as correction in their bad behaviors. Now however he points heavenward to fill them with a sense of awe in the God they serve. There is more! So much more! Look, we've been beaten, shipwrecked, hungry, poor and imprisoned and on the verge of death...why? all for your sakes. You have become like me, (saved) and so I want you all to know that I no longer regard you from a "worldly" point of view!" In other words he was saying you are no longer just mortal but immortal in Christ and there is a place prepared for those of you who now have come to believe. There has been reconcilliation between you and God so rejoice!
So we now have no time like the present to experience the selfsame things as Paul and his Corintians did so many thousands of years ago. It is covenant and is unbroken and it will one day end and there will be no more chances. Salvation is and always will be by faith and by grace. And grace comes by "hearing the good news." So transition your self and wrap your mind around the possibilities you have not yet tried!...and remember salvation is not found in religion or it's practices...it is personal revelation of a true God indwelling in a new creation. You will be the temple.
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