Good morning. Continuing
where we left off: giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share
in the inheritance of the saints in light. And how did He do this – for He
delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of
His beloved Son. He does not take us out except to bring is in. He did not just
bring the children of Israel out of Egypt, He also brought them into the
promised land. He did not just bring us out of the darkness of the world, He
also brought us into the light of His kingdom. In whom we have redemption – the
forgiveness of sins. And He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of
all creation. We cannot see God. Jesus told one of His disciples when you have
seen Me you have seen the Father. It reminds us of second Corinthians: but we
all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are
being transformed into the same image. That is who we are! We may not look like
it now, but we are being transformed into the image of the invisible God. So
when people see us, they should be seeing the invisible God. Speaking of Jesus:
for by Him all things were created both in the heavens and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things
have been created by Him and for Him. And He is before all things and in Him
all things hold together. He is the superglue. Father thank You that the reader
is walking in the light and not in the darkness. He/she sees where he/she's
going, and knows what he/she is to do. Help him/her to have a great day.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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