Paul, the Apostle

Second Timothy as we continue our preaching through this New Testament epistle were calling this beautifying the bride now.

First Timothy we went through. There was beautifying the bride part one.

Her form and her fashion now or beautifying the bride part to her form and her fashion but with the added emphasis of Paul. At the end of his life. His execution just ahead, in essence telling Timothy stay with it, Timothy, to the EN that's a good word for us to stay with it to the end. It's probably true unless I live to be 122 that I'm closer to the end. Then I was when I started.

I'm a lot closer but I want it in the way Paul is telling Tim Ethan in faithful to the EN now what is good. Look at the first verse not entitled this Paul the apostle all right Paul writing to Timothy from the Roman prison is execution. Just ahead.

Paul and apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus. Now Paul knows this letter is going to be read to the churches. He knows he's riding with the anointing and empowering of God's Holy Spirit and he wants Timothy to know what he wants all to know that he's God's apostle was no braggadocio's conceit here. He's not trying to boost himself up, he struggling the foundation of why he is writing is important, and while we ought to honor it in a statement.

Paul the apostle of Christ Jesus then edge according to the will of God.

No man put me in this position, God put me in this position so immediately.

He begins this letter challenging us to reaffirm the authority of the writers of Scripture and most particular course the writing of Scripture, Timothy, I'm writing these things, just not as a buddy, just not as a God who discipled you, though that's true, Timothy. I'm writing as God's apostle. According to the will of God.

Let's break it down.

First of all, I let's notice Paul's high office.

Paul's high office is the office of apostle Napa go back 2000 years ago to the Greek world that this route is written in is written: a great the Greek language of the common man it with the higher Greek of Shakespeare and others interest common with the call: a Greek the word apostle was a common use common word rather used regularly in that ancient culture apostle simply means see end. It has the idea of a sit messenger in ancient Israel, and in this time in the Greek world. It was one who was sent out authorized by someone else to act on their behalf. Usually it had to do with a personal matter or a legal matter may be a financial matter.

So in this context the apostle is one sent out by Christ sent out by God to do his bidding to represent him. For example, in Romans 114 Paul says I am under obligation both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish what you mean about obligation he means I been called to this roadblock.

I don't have my own will. About this.

I'll have my "rights" I have an obligation because I'm apostle I'm sit by someone else. I'm under their authorization and under their authority, then Romans 1515 and 16. He says, but I have written very boldly to you on some points must remind you again because of the grace that was given me from God to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentile. I been given this grace to do what I been given this favor. This blessing of God, so I could be God sent out one right now.

The Bible also says Jesus is an apostle to do know that again because the word is used in a broad range of settings. For example, Hebrews 3 wanted to. Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession. He was faithful to the one who appointed him as Moses was in all of his house to hear Jesus is an apostle not like Paul, but it just implements Jesus as I sit one. The father sent Jesus out to do the father's will yield to carry out the father's business in the world and by the way he carried it out to perfection.

He was faithful to the office of Savior. The father sent him to perform.

So, in the broadest center in a broad sense of the word Jesus is an apostle, Hebrews 11 into God, after he spoke long ago to the fathers and the prophets in many portions and in many ways… This in these last days has spoken to us in his son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the world so God's as I sent my son to be my my revelation of what I'm about to the entire world. God the father sending God the son, and Mark 937 whoever receives one child like this in my name receives me, and whoever receives me does not receive me, but him who sent me. Jesus went out as an apostle. I sent one from the father insisted and when you receive me you resend the one you received the one who sent me. My father and the same is true of us as we go out in his name today so really every Christian is an apostle and in the general sense of the word were all saved and now sent ones to represent our Lord in this world. John 2021 rent referring to the disciples. Jesus said Jesus said to them again, peace be with you as the father sent me I was a sit one from the father. So, I also send you all of you are sent once my father sent me to get this thing started.

I'm going to purchase the children on the cross. I'm going to lay down the central doctrines of the faith and now you take this and go forward with God the father sent me not God the son, since the disciples in Matthew 10 Jesus tells his followers that an apostle could expect to be treated in the way the one who treated them was for our one who sent them was treated choices that they rejected me the rejected and they disdained me there convinced I knew if they hated me: I hate you because you're not going in your own name you're going into the world and Monday so I sent one bears the reproach of the one that sent now. Of the 80 or so times the word apostle is used in the New Testament we know that most of the time it's not a general sense most of the time it refers to the 12 disciples. Jesus chose plus the apostle Paul or and apostle Paul.

Now this is in a unique apostleship.

This isn't just the general sending that we all are part of his Christians and and Christ representatives in the world.

There was a unique one time office. God established called the apostle tonic office and that's what Paul belong to me just say some things about this one time.

Apostle tonic office because it has a lot of ramification for how we do church today and how we function and who we look to concerning our authority today in the church. First of all, these apostle Saul the resurrected Lord, he commissioned them he commissioned them in Matthew 28 a commission Paul Fossett. I was one untimely born.

I came along later. But I'm apostle commission Paul in acts chapter 9. These men also saw the ascended Christ they saw him glorified after his resurrection and sullen globe in the heaven of course, Paul saw him after he was Artie soon into heaven as he spoke to Paul on the road when he struck them down, these men received special spiritual anointing and special power in John 2022. The Bible says Jesus breathed on them and said receive the Holy Spirit. Now he's not doing that anymore. This is not the kind of spiritual empowerment. You and I receive that conversion is wonderful and essential as that is. This was a special touch for a specific task for their office of apostle. In acts 18 we had the description of Jesus telling me you're going to go into all the world after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you're going receive a special anointing for this apostolate mission of of establishing the, the gospel and the earth and establishing the doctrine of the Christian faith in the earth in second Corinthians 12. The Bible speaks of those who performed quote the signs of the apostles. That's why I have always taught that the signs and wonders and miracles you see in the New Testament are not normative for today's church because they were a special touch, a special enablement for those men.

God used to bring the foundations of the church into the world. They were men who establish the standards of doctrine and fellowship in the church we spent little time here. Acts 242 tells us that when the early church first met together, they were continually devoting themselves.

Notice the phrase here, not to the word of God though that could been said that that would been equal to what said here but to the apostles doctrine. These were unique men with a special task and a special spiritual anointing to accomplish the task to layout the doctrines of the church and give us the truth. Ephesians 220 having been built upon the what foundation of the apostles anointment that were built on Jesus Christ. Yes Christ superintended those doctrines through these men to be written and established for the church of all the ages taught the same things. They were built on Christ.

Are we built on the teaching of the apostles, yes and yes. It's the same thing they taught the truth of Christ first Corinthians to six, nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ, we might have asserted our authority.

He says we had special authority in this one time only office of apostle that authority to establish doctrine and to teach.2nd Peter 32 that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets in the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles. Again, not just Christians are not just teachers and not just pastor teachers like we have today. These were unique men who had special authority to establish the church's doctrine. June 17 but you, beloved, not to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude 13 blood while making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I thought I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you know. Does this contend earnestly for definite article for the fee faith, the doctrines, the teaching that was once for all handed down to the saints.

God says in my sovereign purposes. I placed these men 2000 years ago in the office of apostle and through those men. I laid down Bayside. The doctrines my churches go to her time and memorial no more doctrine being written.

There's no more doctrine being received by revelation God established it through the early apostles, so they had special power, authority and gifting to write if you will the sacred Scriptures and establish the doctrines of the church. Now a six thing about them is they are men who are esteemed for special honor and for special authority. We sometimes have a problem with this in the church because we bought a highly emphasized were all equally sinners before Christ were all the grandest level at the cross and that's 100% true. But God has ordained in his sovereignty that he selected some men for special task and they're going to be honored in a special way.

Galatians 29 and recognizing the grace that had been given me all talk about himself. James and Cephas are Peter and John who were reputed to be pillars, even in the early church.

These men were sustained as the pillars of the church. I don't know what a silly thing but a member may just one time talking about the men in the church in that particular local church who thought themselves to be pillars that really worked, they considered themselves important, but the really worked these together pillars are out there caterpillars of melodic into my mind, but these are caterpillars. These are holy men of God that God set apart for a position of authority and honor. Revelation 2114 and the wall of the city had 12 foundation stones, and on them were the 12 names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb. Your name is not going to be on that they're not big giant foundation stones with the name Jeff nodded auditor Jim Hatcher owner are David Young on it. Only those apostles equal sinners to you and I absolutely need the forgiving grace of God and cleansing like all of us absolutely God said I'm getting special honor because I put these men in a special role gave them a special gifting for special tax' Luke 2228 through 30. You are those who have stood with me in my trials, just as my father has granted me a kingdom. I grant to you notices that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

God had promised you and I that that's those 12 apostles. So this this was a one time office of special man with a special anointing and gifting the spirit for a specific task that is to establish in the earth the faith, the Christian faith, the doctrines that you and I stand on today. They were are they presented rather the authentic interpretation of the Lord to the world. We remind ourselves this morning. There is no way to Christ that detours around the apostles and the apostolate doctrine. There's no new word you hear me there's no new revelation. There's no new insight necessary to be forgiven of your sins to know God and to serve God faithfully in this earth. It was settled through those original men that unique role that unique and what they had to fulfill and give us the holy Scriptures. There writings that basically comprise the majority of the New Testament comprise the final word of God to man through the agent see the ambassadorship of these early apostles, the foundation has been laid and no foundation repeats itself going to spend a lot of time on this, but we hear about those today and there apostle this other apostle that our church as these apostles embodiments they are, how we got this new prophecy and we got this new revelation.

Here's what I want to say there's no need for another revelation because the truth has been settled and set in your the work of establishing sound doctrine was once for all.

Given in the New Testament is complete and the word of God is the only standard for doctrine and it is adequate for all subsequent generations since the apostolate era just to remind us Hebrews 11 into got a three spoke long ago to the fathers and the prophets in many portions.

In many ways, as the Old Testament era in these last days has spoken to us in his son Jesus came in he was God's truth to us right now. Hebrews 2134.

For this reason, we must play much closer attention to what we've heard so that we do not drift away from it.

For if the words spoken through Angels prove unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty. How will we escape, if we Nick neglect so great a salvation note notices after his first spoken through the Lord. It was confirmed to us by those who heard i.e., specifically the apostles God also testifying with them about signs and wonders and by various miracles about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will. The Lord it's God's will that these men had a special anointing a special gifting to take the words of the Lord and put them into written settled form so we went out the faith once for all delivered to the site. God, he condoned a million different ways of supposed but he chose to calls call men put them in this office and use them the founding of his church now just as one example of the errors that go on in our day. Satan generation after generation keeps throwing out counterfeit these the great imitator. Satan is the great counterfeiter the most prime example that came to my mind studying this is the so-called Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. All the Mormons my understanding that they have a president and a vice president then have a quorum of apostle and they believe that there is continuing truth being given continuing revelation that is in the central authoritative doctrine for the church today and of course it comes through them. Joseph Smith founded the Mormon church in 1830, along with his 40 wives, some of whom were barely teenagers. If that old and he founded it, and he formed this quorum of 12 apostles, and they claim they are the restoration of true doctrine and a true church in the world. But there's one problem with the Mormon church quorum of 12 apostles there 1000 and 800 years late.

The apostles of Artie been established. They've Artie been gifted. They've Artie been anointed by Gardy been empowered to set down for us the faith once for all delivered to the site. The Mormons and the quorum of 12 apostles in the so-called Mormon church are usurpers there imposters their frauds and their false teachers know we can be kind to Mormons. We love our Mormon friends, but there church is blasphemous, pulling no punches watching somebody else jump up and so well were still right the Bible to another big jump up so was to write the Bible to another bridge, a linguistic habit and that's what they're doing today by the wind happens every I mean there's wave after wave after wave of a new twist on what the truth you we heard this phrase recently in our culture of mentioned it many times.

All these issues are gospel issue we gotta have this social action in this social involvement brothers and sisters, all I need to know about gospel issue dryer. It is not clear here. I'm not chasing it as an essential doctrine. Amen. You can run around like a dog chasing your tail and you'll be on THE secondary things that are important but are not the faith once for all delivered to the saints permeated superintendent through those original apostles. So let's today renew our commitment to the true apostles of Jesus Christ, and of course this means I renewal to the Christ.

They talked the doctrines that he laid down a reaffirming of our commitment to the full authority and absolute sufficiency of the once for all. Given Scriptures, a joyous acknowledgment and a loving submission to God's structure for taking the once brought faith administering it to the church that is God is now giving men in the office of pastor teacher Jeff Nodland is not apostle. There are no more. But God gives pastors whose job is teaching what wise teaching so prominent in preaching so central because there to preach and teach doctrine laid down by the apostles, given to them by the Lord.

The New Testament requires you quote to love your pastor, teacher, to hold in high esteem. Your pastor teacher to submit to your pastor, teacher, and to obey your pastor, teacher, why because he personally worthy I can answer that absolutely not because of the office he holds to give you the apostles doctrine. That's one Scripture looses for his work's sake for the job God called him to do because he somehow special yesterday honor him as the vessel God's given you, but is not him inherent is the role God's given today. The faithful preaching pastor is the primary means God has ordained for the mediation of the apostles doctrine to this generation couple verses delay that foundation. Ephesians 4 verse eight when it says when he ascended on high, he led captive a host of cactus and he gave gifts to men. Know what all kind of gifts did he give them in one of the gifts he gave the man was the offices of ministry in the church we found that it Ephesians 411 through 14. He gave some as apostles that errors over some as prophets and in the truest sense of the definition of that word that errors over some as evangelist and then where we are today, some as pastors and teachers of the equipping of the saints for the work of service to the building up of the body of Christ until we all attain to the unity of the faith in the knowledge of the son of God, to mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, the craftiness in deceitful scheming. If you use it under a faithful pastor very long. You should find yourself not easily pulled away by the heresies and the false teachers in the latest new insights that float through our world today. This is the will of God. So we talk about Paul's high office. He's an apostle Paul wants to say that Paul wants us to get that this is God's mighty say Paul is not on some ego trip, throw himself out as well. Esteem may I have the office of apostle what he saying is I have an awesome responsibility because I am in the office of apostle. Don't you recognize that Ellis go step further. It intertwines but a step further Roman to Paul's holy calling Paul's holy calling bases on apostle in verse one. Please continue on by the wheel of God by the will of God that Paul uses the same expression in first Corinthians 2nd Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians, and basically the same idea in first Timothy when he said I'm an apostle of Christ Jesus.

According to the commandment or appointment of God words.

This is the doing of God. I didn't run for this office decided I didn't sign up for training to be qualified for this office. I didn't take some sort of application are our test to find out if act was approved for this office. God put me in this office is what Paulson's office of leadership and authority was in no way the decree of men.

It was the decree of God and therefore the arguments of men are the agencies of men had no effect on his office or on his authority.

Paul's writings and instructions carried with them the divine impress a carried divine authority. That's what he's trying to communicate the intent Timothy and all who will follow his writings if St. Paul had any notion 2000 years later we would be holding to his writings. What we believe and how we function or to beautify the broad form and her fashion. I don't know well today you and I we do not have the apostle Paul with us, but we have something better. We have the completed canon of Scripture, and he would say that there's nothing more God could say to us, then that which he has said and it is saying through this holy written word, the Bible. Second Timothy 316 reminds us all Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness and all these things we stand that you might say pastor. We agree with that. We know that we we affirm that while Marie preach it again.

First of all, because that's basically what Paul saying listen to my words because they came from God because it's so very easy for church to slip off of it is so subtle in its soever I Tim Tatian the move away from the faith once for all delivered to the same one day I'm going to be gone.

You teenagers and you college-age folks in your 20s and 30s some 40-year-old you will be the leaders in the church then and be a man in this pulpit today, but that which was once for all delivered to the saints, recorded in the word of God, doctrines of man, no current emphasis on culturally relevant ideas know what the living God in that alone. If you let somebody this pulpit who does not believe that I will come back and get you and if I don't, God will build songwriter wrote how firm a foundation you saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word. What more can he say then to you. He has said to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled what he says here in the text. I'm an apostle by the will of God. The word will there means a determination could be a choice or purpose. I like that determination.

It's God who has determined that this is the right course to use these men. Paul included as the original office of apostle and called into this role. Establish the doctrines which make up the Christian faith. This is God's will in his will is always wise.

His will is always good. It cannot be otherwise all right quickly. Paul's holy purpose. We talked about his high office. We talked about his holy calling name tags on their and an interest in abbreviated form his holy purpose say were just there in verse one. The last part according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus on the apostle I'm called to this office. This work by the will of God. And the reason the purpose for it is this ministry of bringing the true life of God to mankind. 18.

Robertson is esteemed as the greatest Greek scholar badness of ever produced, and he says you can paraphrase that phrase according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus. This way, with a view to the fulfillment of the promise of life policies.

I'm here as God's apostle to bring the true doctrines that the spirit of God will bless and burying the true life of God to men who are dead in their sin. I'm living out the actualization of the truth of God in men's lives. That's my purpose.

Paul's calling to apostleship was to that actualization of bringing new life which is the nucleus of the new creation.

Therefore if any man be in crisis a new creation, will you be new creation if if if you realize the new life coming into you when one is converted or saved.

He's change. The Bible says from death unto life know this is a spiritual life. It has powerful powerful effects in our lives now, but it's also spiritual, eternal life, and that means it's real now but it continues forever alter the eternal state. First Timothy 619 positive. This way, taking hold of that which is life indeed you have you have a life right now.

You're living right now some of you fighting hard to keep living so and that's good.

But you don't have life. Indeed, the real thing.

The life that really matters until you get this life.

Paul's talking pulse of that's my purpose is to bring that real life natural man doesn't have you seen if you're if you have the real life you function, so the lack of a beast dysfunction by your lust and your desires and your longings what your participant in the new life you begin to see higher beauties hired Joyce in higher purposes role in God. God begins to wane you away from this base lower life of only living by your waltz lust and desires into a higher life used to be no stupid beer commercial that called itself the highlife is not the highlife is just a dumb version of the lowlife God gives you that I we began grasping getting comprehending it and joining it in loving and walking in it and longing for the day when the old life is taken away and will all be full of just the new life positive that's what I'm about to purpose. So this new life. Paul's talking about here isn't just a better version of the old life we were born without my mother's womb form so tired that junk. So tired of that nonsense just do this to just do that if you just me about this cause and that because we make the world a better place and there's good and that of course my friends, God's not about patching up the old wine ski is about creating something new in your heart.

Only the gospel of Jesus Christ. Energized by the spirit of God can change you and give you this new life.

It's life that is life in the highest sense a life that contains all the blessings and glories of heaven which are ours now in which we enjoyed to the fall in heaven later. By the way heaven is just not a perfect example of the fund. Enjoy this lifeless stimulation church Evans is not a better know gases like having him go fish every day. I don't know you might but that's what you're missing is God has a transcendent delete test infinitely greater understanding of pleasures and joys and fulfillment. You will drink that in the fall when you get there that look now you see through a glass dimly. Now you just tasted you center to my preaching on Sunday. If the spirit guides and you occasionally go Fell off that interethnic about case that I sometimes say that I don't see it that that's not job his attempt to grab Gordon Fortin will do it with one days will be all you got and you won't miss the old life at all. You will miss the old life at all. The worst thing that can happen to you is not down the coronavirus worse think it happened years. When this life is over. You don't get the life indeed. The Bible uses a lot of metaphors about is a lot to say about this new life uses a lot of metaphors to describe this new life. He says were made alive in Christ Jesus Bible because it the resurrected life.

The Bible calls it a new creation.

The Bible calls it being a new man. The Bible calls it being born again or born from above. The Bible speaks of us having a new song because we got new life. These churches today so-called churches today who have begun to bring the most vile worldly rock pop music into the worship service. Try to get people to come to church down heaven's name can you get a glance of the loveliness of Jesus Christ and want your church to give you anything out of this world.

I want you to see him not a another ugly vile, corrupted, polluted, sinful portrait of this world is why the Bible says we have a new song got Michelle.

They also don't do for me what the new songs do new songs.

The Bible says because were of the new covenant to the new agreement, a new contract but is stronger than that and it's initiated by God with us through his son Jesus Christ, and the boxes we got a new heaven and earth, waiting for us in Jerusalem.

Paul said, my purpose given to me by God is to bring about to bring in reality, this new life for men who will then of course assembled together.

What she got the new life.

You're not happy if you're not around other folks who got the new life you just you just you'd miss church so but something keeps drawing you back.

I get around those new life people there somewhere was down there but they got the new life they kind of joy in the joy God's given me. They come to treasure the things God's causing me to treasure they have the priorities that I now have that I have the new life so your symbol in local churches.

It will assembling those local churches until the day when all is consummated into one glorious church as the glorified bride of Christ in the new eternal kingdom of God and there.

The Bible says we shall be with him and he shall reign forever and ever and ever. The apostle Paul's assumption of some Timothy this is laid out for all Christians of all ages. I am God's apostle.

I choose it.I did not. I must support God put me in it. I've unique authority and unique gifting is the will of God.

My job is to lay out the truth of God. The foundations of the doctrine of the faith that last for time and liberty for all eternity that truth centers in that God is now forgiving men of their sins and imparting into them. The life that Adam lost for us in the guard to be the life, the presence of God in us close with the few thoughts call conclusions a practical application him where the time were about done all right. Let's renew our conviction on the authority and the sufficiency of Scripture. I'm right there where you are, say, God in your heart.

God, I renew a conviction 66 books of the Bible are fully authoritative. No, listen to me and wholly sufficient for all faith and practice, a lot of voices out there in evangelicalism today that are in fact Dr. sale in effect telling us is no longer sufficient. There's truth and thereby we got done done done done the because this is sufficient have not been screaming this for 40 years and you're still here. Our bills are paid routed that ladies forget the new partner God blesses the truth by men and God willing before I'm worn out will have a training Institute, the Portuguese speaking more. That's a big part of South America and a part of Africa we got in the middle of the Far East God. God blesses that conviction this morning.

Let's reaffirm we go to the absolute authority and full sufficiency of the word of God. Now, practically speaking, let's reaffirm that we honor our give high honor to the preaching of the word of God that we understand somehow Paul doesn't have to send the apostles the preaching right but he did in our day. He sends men to preach the word. Let's reaffirm so much. It needs to be said right here because there's a dire scarce scarcity, a dire delinquency of men faithfully preaching the word. But there's even a more dire scarcity of congregations who honor the preaching of the word with the church.

I'm one of those rare pastor teachers who has a strong majority by people highly esteemed the preaching the word. That was a pastor. We don't care if you sit on the Bush hog all week.

We don't care if you stand on your head in the corner. Get ready to preach, get ready to preach not the stuff that's the one thing I feel like you want me to do.

That's a high honor the preaching of the where, because you know God's ordained that as the primary means that you get to heaven your baby to get heaven in your grandbabies I love you Margaret. My grandbabies are in this church and if I don't get to be their pastor teacher, you better put somebody over them that will preach them the undiluted whole counsel of God as their eternal souls were ecstatic.

You hearing me. So this really.

I know you're there. But let's reaffirm it this morning. Let's reaffirm to give high honor to the office of pastor teacher in the church you live that reality and I appreciate that.

I think God for you are so many today who make the pastor teacher job difficult for the pastors and their are thorn in the side of their pastors and they talk about the failures in the weaknesses of the pastors and by the way God uses weak men to got to get beyond that and say nope that's what God says is primary will do it. Paul said in first Timothy and show double honor because of not the man but the office how important it is.

Lastly, let's reaffirm to continue a lifetime plan for some of you gotten older and you got lazy and you stop it. We need you old folks to have wisdom and help us help the younger folks old folks and younger folks. Let's reaffirm a continual lifetime plan of Bible reading Bible study and Bible memorization meditation. I started memorizing and meditating on Scripture over 40 years ago this week, meditating on this text. God impacted my life. Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus office.

According to the will of God holy, to spread the truth realization of imported life of God to man, we carry strong fast to the