Executing Our Responsibilities Given To Us By God

Now unto the King eternal,

immortal, invisible, the only

wise God, be honour and glory

for ever and ever. Amen. 

This charge I cmmit unto thee,

son Timothy, according to the 

prophecies which went on before

thee, that thou by them mightest

war a good warfare; holding faith,

and a good conscience; which some

having put away concerning faith

have made shipwreck: of whom is

Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom

I have delivered unto Satan, that

they may learn not to blaspheme.

1Timothy 17-20

     Once again the Bible attributes to Jesus Christ that He is God, the God who has the only right to honor, glory, given to Him by His creation which He created by His Wisdom: Jesus Christ. When I took time to write in regards to the Divinity of Jesus Christ it was not to attribute to Him that He is a god, as do Jehovah Witnesses, and that He is just another god, as do the Mormons, no, that He is God, the Second Person of the Godhead. Do I fully understand the Trinity? No! I have only the understanding that God has revealed: "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29). Our God, Jehovah, is gracious, merciful, and had given to us all that we need to live according to His will. We then must do our part and live that life. God's will is forever and the Greek idiom makes it clear that it is forever and forever, no end: αίώνας τών αίώνων, the strongest way in Greek to say forever, or eternity. We have every reason to love and serve our God, for God has not left us as orphan to our own devices, He has prepared a way for His children. Praise God!

     The gospel has been charged in a very special way to those who are assigned to be ministers, pastors, and leaders of the Church. The ministers, pastors, and leaders are to teach us and lead us to also be what we are; ambassadors for Jesus Christ and also have the responsibility to bring to our world the Gospel. This responsibility to bring the Gospel to the world is not just for some, it for all Authentic Christians. Authentic Christians are in a war. This is warfare against the darkness of this world, a world that is attempting to destroy Christianity. This is a war against sin and against Satan. As the ministers of God are to execute their office diligently, so we too are to execute our responsibilities. We must hold fast to Authentic Christian Faith, and this with a good conscience. How can I have this good conscience? Do the will of God and be His ambassador, His witness, and live for Him, develop a close relationship with Jesus Christ. We must live up to what God expects. 

     I recently had some strong rebuttal to what I wrote and that I use the Greek as though this is done to make me somehow superior: it doesn't, it done to teach, to bring to anyone what Scripture actually states so that when those who are making a shipwreck of their faith and claiming that what they say is truth and do not have Scriptural warrant we can know this and take appropriate action. Blasphemy seems to not have the anathema it once did, for those religions claiming to be Christian are not scolded, not addressed, rather there is an attempt to give them a pass. Is this what an Authentic Christian should allow? No! We address blasphemy, sin, directly, and not to beat around the bush as the saying goes, but we do this not to just prove we are right that they are wrong, no, we speak the truth in love, meekness, to show them how to change from the inside/out, how to know the truth of Scripture, to change from heresy, from false teaching, to the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that the Bible teaches Who He is, and not some man-made doctrine.

     God has left His children on earth to do this speaking of the truth, to bring the Gospel to all the world, for if not, and we are going to heaven, then why would He not just take us when we believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ? We are His arms and legs, His mouth, we are a child of God. Think upon this: you are a child of God, God uses you, God give to you everlasting life. Why then would we not do all that we can to be Authentic? Praise God for His love!

Who is as the wise man?

    And who knoweth the 

interpretation of a thing?

    A man's wisdom maketh 

his face to shine, and the 

    boldness of his face shall

be changed. I counsel thee

    to keep the king's commandment,

and that in regard of the oath of God.

                  Ecclesiastes 8:1-2

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Richard L. Crumb