2 Corinthians 13:14 is a common verse among the believers. It's commonly recited as a benediction verse after Christians fellowships or gathering.
Paul prayed this prayer to the Corinthians church, that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit may be with them all.
It's one of the verses in the bible that the Trinity is mention in one verse; The Father, The Son Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit.
As believers we believe in the Trinity, the God-head. Jesus is God, The Holy Spirit is God as God the Father is, equal in Power and Holiness.
God desire us to know how He manifest Himself to us in different ways.
THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
God manifested His Grace through Jesus our Lord. I understand the Grace of God not only as the unmerited favor, but also as the power of God that gives us strength to live a righteous and a holy life before God. God reconciled us to Himself through Jesus for we were lost in our sinful nature, enemies of God and alienated from His presence. We had nothing pleasing in us all we knew was sin and evil. There was no place for us in the kingdom of God for we deserved judgement and death. Jesus took the form of a man though He was God, the fullness of God dwelt in Him richness. He was made sin for us and bore our punishment. The wrath of God was satisfied in Him. Therefore, we are now justified through Faith in Jesus. We are the legitimate sons of God, holy and righteous before Him.
The Grace of God, Jesus, gives us strength to live a life worthy of Him. Everyday we need His Grace for Sin clings so closely to us and the enemy seeks to devour us with his deceptions. It's evident that we are living in times which are evil, where sin is coated and its hard to distinguish between good and evil. Persecution against the church is unbearable. All we need is the Grace of God, we need Jesus every moment. Titus 2:11-12 for the Grace of God (Jesus) that brings salvation has appeared to all men teaching us to denying and say no to ungodliness and worldly lust. Paul understood that we can't live without the grace of God that why he made that prayer to the church, the body of Christ.
THE LOVE OF GOD THE FATHER.
We are all products of God's love. God the Father he not only have love but He is love itself. He express Himself as love to us. His commands, judgement, punishment, holiness, anger, kindness, mercy, faithfulness and all the attributes of God the Father are manifestations of His love. God dwells in the realm of Love.
God giving out His son as a sacrifice for sinful people was a great demonstration of love. I don't have a baby, but i can't imagine giving out my baby to die for people who even don't love me back. Its may sound okay because we are humans and He is God, but it takes faith and love as Abraham to give out your child. It wasn't an easy thing for God either, but He did it because He loved us, love compelled Him. He loved us even when we were lost in sin. The Father loves everyone sinners or righteous, but He hate sin. We saw it in the life of Jesus, being the image of the invisible God, He loved sinners and all who were neglected.
There is nothing satisfies than to know that the God of the universe loves you as a person, He is mindful of you. There is freedom in knowing that God loves you. The love of God gives you assurance even in the days of calamity, trouble, distress, discouragement, lack or even the times you fall into sin. He still loves you, His love never fade.
Let it sink into your conscious that He loves you and nothing can separate you from His love.
AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Communion means the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feeling, especially on a mental or spiritual level. Intimacy with God begins when we understand the place and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives. The Holy Spirit bring the presence of God in us. He is the manifest presence of God. we can't worship God effectively without the Holy Spirit. We commune and fellowship with the God-head through the Holy Spirit. God purchased back our communion with Him through Jesus. He longed for us to commune with Him in a deep way as Adam and Eve did and even as the second Adam, Jesus did. It was through the Holy Spirit that this was possible, even Jesus couldn't commune with the Father without the Holy Spirit.
For us to grow in our relationship with God we need the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
Am certain that this was more than a prayer for Paul to the church, but a way of life that we should emulate as believers, being conscious of the Trinity and growing in the knowledge of the Godhead. Even as we make this prayer in our gathering let us understand the depth of it, and pray from our hearts and practice it.
PRAYER
2 Corinthian 13.14 may the grace of our lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with me now. Amen.
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Wonderful inshights, God bless you for sharing
ReplyDeleteThank you for this insights, keep going and keep writing to make many know who God is and What Jesus has fulfilled on the cross and how the Holy Spirit is helping us to testify to this truths.
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