Philippians 1:6 : ‘being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you (through salvation) will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus….’
Philippians 2:12-13 : ‘continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose…’
WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING..
WHY DOES THIS SOUND LIKE WE HAVE TO WORK TO BE SAVED???
Because, even though God planned for and initiated the work of salvation, we still must respond to His overflowing Grace in making us more like Him..
The work of salvation, though finished at the cross, is still being completed in individuals..
Philippians 1:6 : ‘being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you (through salvation) will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus….’
God has initiated your salvation at the cross, now yield yourselves and obey His words and surrender yourselves to Him for His purifying work in progress to make you Holy!! That can be hard work considering the temptations of the flesh still living in a fallen world..
God’s Grace is fully accomplished in our lives as we CO-OPERATE with God, acknowledging His call by surrender and obedience to Him..
Because God works within us, we are able to work out our salvation to be Holy and Blameless in His sight, in Love…(His Perfect Will)
Although God is Love and the world Hungers and Thirst for love; in heaven the Seraphims, Cherubims, Angels and everything that have breathe in heaven that surround the Throne of His GREAT HIGHNESS, CRY, ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ARE YOU LORD…’ (Rev.4:8)
1 Peter 1:16…’Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy….’
THE ATMOSPHERE IN HEAVEN IS HOLINESS!!!
WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS!!!
TO MAKE YOU HOLY..
Apostle Paul said in 1 Cor.2:4:
‘And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power..’
Yes, nobody can change anybody with persuasive words; it goes into one ear and comes out thru the other…
The habits and attitudes of a person has been deeply established in their hearts and souls and it is thru a life encounter, good or bad, that that person can change and transform, ‘a stiff necked generation’..
I have often counsel people or try to mentor someone in the past. For a few years I thought that he has changed thru my counsel, but one day he revealed in his speech that his heart has NOT being renewed; ‘It is thru the heart’s overflow that the mouth speaks.’ I get very worked up and disappointed to have wasted all those years trying to change him..
That’s where the Holy Spirit comes in. Humanity is a sponge for love and when they tasted love they would want to draw near..
Psalm 34:8 : ‘.O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him….’.
GOD IS LOVE, GOD DRAWS US BY HIS LOVE AND CHANGE US BY HIS CONSUMING FIRE..
The veil in the Most Holy Place has been torn into two when Jesus sacrificed Himself on the cross but there is an imaginary curtain that separates the Outer court and the Sanctuary and that is the curtain of His love that draws men into the Holy Place by the Blood of the Lamb for those who are hungry and thirsty for more of His righteousness.
Once tasted the goodness of God’s love, God’s people will enter by the Blood of the Lamb and once inside the sanctuary where the GLORY and Presence of God and their destiny are, THE CONSUMING FIRE OF GOD OR THE ‘REFINER’S FIRE’ WILL DO HIS WORK IN THE SOULS OF MAN IN HIS PRESENCE, REFINING AND SANCTIFYING THEM WHEN THEY ARE WILLING!! (Malachi 3:3)
MOST OF THEM WILL RUN AWAY WHEN THE FIRE COMES. O WHAT A DILEMMA, TO BE ADDICTED TO HIS LOVE AND WITHDRAW WHEN THE CONSUMING FIRE COMES TO PURIFY!! SIGH!!
(And they will be forever going round and round and round as perpetual spiritual Babies, HUNGERING FOR GOD’S LOVE..)
That is why we have to draw near to have a Personal Love and Intimate Relationship with God, so that you will draw near to Him and He can do a deep work in His children!!
ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS THE POWER OF CONVICTION TO IMPUTE A LASTING CHANGE IN A PERSON….
SO PEOPLE OF GOD, DRAW NEAR TO GOD IN LOVE SO THAT GOD CAN TRANSFORM YOU BLAMELESS AND HOLY, HIS PERFECT WILL!!!
HE HAS MADE YOU BLAMELESS BEFORE HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,
NOW LET HIM MAKE YOU HOLY TO COMPLETE HIS WORK IN YOU!!! BECAUSE GOD IS HOLY!!! (EPH.1:4)
HALLELUJAH!!!
Kb….
WORD FROM Kb..
It’s a challenging message dear people of God..
Changes can be painful but it will have a lasting virtuous benefit for now and forever; that’s why it is so important for the children of God…Your worldly achievements are of no spiritual values if not use for the Glory of God; they are called ‘dead works’…but character and holiness imputed into your soul will last thru eternity…your rewards and glory in eternity depends on it.The Holy Spirit is preparing the Bride of Christ. Be blessed!!! Amen!!!
Kb……..
About Pr KB Chan
Pastor KB Chan is an anointed worship leader, a songwriter and Christian recording artiste with a Psalmist anointing. He has so far released seven Christian albums and he has spent his time ministering to Churches all over the country, Singapore and Sarawak.
Baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1987, his life has been a good testimony of God’s grace and provision in times of needs. He is a dialysis patient for 24 years and both his kidneys have been removed for 14 years now. Doctors gave him a few years to live after they removed his polycystic kidneys in 2003.
By God’s Grace he has been acknowledged as a ‘walking miracle’ and known as the ‘Pastor without Kidneys’. God is using him as a ‘Trophy for His Grace and Glory’.
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