Entrusted to the teaching….

[Not me]

Romans 6:17-18 (NASB20)
But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were entrusted and after being freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.

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This entrusting that is being put forth, is a entrusting, that not only is the believer being entrusted with a form of teaching, but the believer has been entrusted, to, that form of teaching…

How and why is it that this is so?

Because the teaching that is being spoken of, is the ‘not I but Christ’ teaching, just being put forth with the words ‘consider yourself dead to sin and alive unto God’…  Same teaching, just using different terms to express this same truth.. So therefore, when it says one is entrusted to a teaching, it is to this teaching of ‘not I but Christ’, that one is being directed to… 

This is so that the believer can experience the fruit of their salvation, which not only has in it the power to free one from sin, but to also make one a slave to righteousness.. Because Christ in one, is this teaching, and being obedient to this teaching is being obedient to the Christ that is in one…

For this teaching, that one is dead to sin and alive unto God, is the teaching that has in it the power to free one from all that one needs to be freed from… For this teaching, itself, being the foundation of one’s very salvation in Christ… 

For this teaching of, reckoning oneself dead to sin and alive unto God, it being obeyed from the heart… That being, that the all of one’s very existence has been given over to this, the teaching of their death in Christ and their resurrection with Him, that being, the ‘not I but Christ’ teaching….

For this is why the believer is entrusted to this teaching, because Christ Himself is the life of this teaching, and therefore being entrusted to this teaching, is being entrusted to Christ… 

For this teaching, will produce its  fruit, if, as scripture says, it is obeyed from the heart… Which, is another way of saying, be it onto you according to your faith… For one can not obey something from the heart, unless it first possesses the heart… And that fruit that this possession produces, is, the freedom from sin and being made a slave to righteousness, and then, enjoying the freedom that being a slave to righteousness, brings to life, in the life..

Be blessed in being entrusted to that  form of teaching, and the fruit that being entrusted, brings forth….

 

A fellow follower of His, Not me 

[Hopefully]

“My dear friends, you always obeyed what you were taught. Just as you obeyed when I was with you, it is even more important for you to obey now that I am not there. So you must continue to live in a way that gives meaning to your salvation. Do this with fear and respect for God. Yes, it is God who is working in you. He helps you want to do what pleases him, and he gives you the power to do it.
Do everything without complaining or arguing so that you will be blameless and pure, children of God without any fault. But you are living with evil people all around you, who have lost their sense of what is right. Among those people you shine like lights in a dark world, and you offer them the teaching that gives life. So I can be proud of you when Christ comes again. You will show that my work was not wasted—that I ran in the race and won.

Your faith makes you give your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. Maybe I will have to offer my own life with your sacrifice. But if that happens, I will be glad, and I will share my joy with all of you. You also should be glad and share your joy with me.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:12-18‬ 

[Not me]

6 minutes ago, Hopefully said:

“My dear friends, you always obeyed what you were taught. Just as you obeyed when I was with you, it is even more important for you to obey now that I am not there. So you must continue to live in a way that gives meaning to your salvation. Do this with fear and respect for God. Yes, it is God who is working in you. He helps you want to do what pleases him, and he gives you the power to do it.
Do everything without complaining or arguing so that you will be blameless and pure, children of God without any fault. But you are living with evil people all around you, who have lost their sense of what is right. Among those people you shine like lights in a dark world, and you offer them the teaching that gives life. So I can be proud of you when Christ comes again. You will show that my work was not wasted—that I ran in the race and won.

Your faith makes you give your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. Maybe I will have to offer my own life with your sacrifice. But if that happens, I will be glad, and I will share my joy with all of you. You also should be glad and share your joy with me.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:12-18‬ 

So many rich truths, may it be said of a truth, that our lights do shine…

To the growing in Him, Not me