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Re: POWER of PRAYER- No Matter Which Faith You Follow=GOD is With You
The Path to Holiness
"Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually" (1 Corinthians 12:27, NKJV). We are the very members of Christ's body. By faith, we are made bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. We all have been adopted into one family: "So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another" (Romans 12:5).
You see, out of the grave came a new man, and from the time of the cross, all who repent and believe in this new man are gathered up in him. "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many" (1 Corinthians 12:13-14).
There is no longer any black, white, yellow, brown, Jew, or Gentile. We are all of one blood in Christ Jesus. Because of Christ's work on the cross, man could no longer attempt to be holy by keeping the law and the commandments. He could not become holy by good works, righteous deeds, human effort, or strivings of the flesh.
"Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that he might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity" (Ephesians 2:15-16).
The Father would accept only one man: the new, resurrected man! When this new man presented to his Father all who had faith in him, the Father responded, "I receive you all as holy because you are in my holy Son."
"He made us accepted in the beloved" (Ephesians 1:6).
Furthermore, we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit: "That in the dispensation of the fullness of the times he might gather together in one all things in Christ...in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise" (Ephesians 1:10,13).
You see, holiness is not something we do, attain, or work up. Rather, it is something we believe. God accepts us as holy only as we have faith in Christ and abide in him. The path to holiness is not through human ability but through faith!
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I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people -- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4
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