Authentic Christian Faith Leads The Knowledge Of The Son Of God, The Fullness Of Christ

He that descended is the same

also that ascended up far above

all heavens, that He might fill all 

things. And He gave some, apostles;

and some prophets; and some

evangelists; and some pastors and

teachers; for the perfecting of all

the saints for the work of the 

ministry, for he edifying of the 

body of Christ; tell we all come

in he unity of the the faith, and

the knowledge of the Son of God, 

unto a perfect man, unto the 

measure of the stature of the

fullness of Christ.

Ephesians 4:10-13

     The Church of God, the universal Church of God, has all the tools necessary to bring to the world the Gospel and for all of God's children to be built up in Authentic Christian Faith. A prophet is not necessarily one who fortells the future, he can be is not necessary to be a prophet for a prophet speaks for God, and this is to teach us about God by means of the word of God so that we come to a perfect knowledge of the Son of God. The Greek word translated prophet is formed by conjoining two Greek words: προφήτας: πρό: for or towards purpose for which an action is exerted:  φημί: to utter, to say, speak, affirm, or report. Not as some go about saying that they are a "prophet" of God and have some special revelation, this is heresy, for all we ever need to know is in the word of God and rightly exegeted we can come to the fullness of the knowledge of God and of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. 

     This unity of the Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in time will receive in reality all the splendor that belongs to God. God has patience, but we not think that His patience is is permission. God as seen by the Great Flood will not forever allow sin the rule His world. We now can have in our effort to serve Him all the affection held in faith and in hope. Pastors and teachers, in Greek grammar each of the nominative nouns are anarthrous, so with Greek word kai, for and, conjoins the two to be the same, so our pastors are also to be our teachers, and there are some who are teachers and not pastors but must have working knowledge of the original languages and have Authentic Christian Faith or they will be teaching falsely, and heretical. 

     We are taught by Scripture that the mediation of the mediator between God and man, is our Lord Jesus Christ Who yokes every elect creature to the Father, so that by this ineffable unity of spirit there is no distinction or race, condition, or sex, but that the one household and city of God is made as well of angels as of men, and that of this great and marvelous unity the one head is Jesus Christ: "For as many as were baptized into Christ, you put on Christ. there cannot be Jew, or Greek: there is no slave nor freeman; there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. and if you are of Christ, then you are a seed of Abraham, even heirs according to promise" (Galatians 3:27-29). Think upon this, the promise given to Abraham is your promise, the Law given by God is your law, and even while the old covenant was fulfilled by Jesus those two things are never ending, they are yours and by faith we accept and receive this promise and the Law. Acknowledge this fact God gave directly to Abraham this promise, and God gave directly to Moses the Law, therefore, these cannot be broken by God for it is His word to man. God does not go back on His word and God does not lie.

     True, Authentic Christian Faith leads to an Authentic Christian Life, all one has to do is be obedient to the Law, and the precepts set forth by Jesus Christ, and illuminated by the writers of Scripture under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Hard to do under our sinful nature, but, and this is most important: we have the Holy Spirit residing in us to lead us, all we have to do is allow Him to lead. We have a choice to make, to do this or to do that, to sin, or not to sin. We have a way out of sin if you are looking for that way and then apply that way in your circumstance of life. Example: a man walking home from school has to pass by a pornographic business and when walking by he allow himself to go in and look and then cries out for God to help him: He won't! That man can walk two more blocks away from that business and bypass this pornography, all he has to do is to choose to walk two blocks away, the way is provided, and  he can use his faith, that is if it is Authentic Christian Faith, to keep him from sin. We all have choices and we who are elect of God ensure our faith by choosing the righteous path. This is true faith, prepare now for this true faith to lead you. 

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, 

     spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, 

whom I commanded to feed my people, 

     saying "why have ye not built me an house of cedars." 

                                    1Chronicles 17:6

You are the house of Israel 

Richard L. Crumb