Have you heard of these words?
2/7/2021
There are some terms that we need to make sure we know what they are and what they mean. They deal with God’s attributes, understanding the Truth, and in reference to salvation. Some you may have heard of others many have never been mentioned in your presence. In fact last October I talked about this same article. Nevertheless, when God puts it on my heart I have to listen to Him. Someone needs this now. Besides it brought it home to me one more time.
Most Pentecostal’s believe in a triune God-head. Where God, the Father, along with God, the Son, and God the Holy Ghost are all in agreement with each other. Kind of like a married couple, where in Matthew19:5, it states that a man shall cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh. They are separate yet in many causes and ways they act as one. The three aspects of God are separate, yet They are joined in Their plans for mankind; They want everyone to go to Heaven to be with Them.
They have three attributes: Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent. These words mean that God is all knowing, has all the power and is everywhere. Kind of hard to get your mind around if you do not want someone to know all your business and everything you do. However, to a Christian it is very reassuring to know that God is with you all the time and has the knowledge and power to help you in all the situations that you get yourself into.
God leads us in two main ways: general revelation and special revelation. The Bible is a good place to find general revelation about your life. However, a special Revelation is something that pertains to you. It may be a hidden thought, act, or deed that no one knows about and God wants you to change that part of your life. Maybe it is a word that tells you that you need to prepare yourself for a certain trial that you will be facing.
The final grouping of these terms is in regard to your salvation. According to an article that is found on the website listed below this article are justification, sanctification and glorification. Justification means that at the point of salvation or your surrender to Jesus, He washes your sins away. You have a clean slate.
A lot of people do not like the term of sanctification because it means that you have to quit doing somethings so that you can get closer to God. Kind of like if you want to lose weight, you have to eat less and exercise more or if you want to put on some muscle, you have to workout more to make what muscles you have become bigger. It takes some effort on our part to do any of these three things.
Then there is the final term: Glorification. I have only recently, in the last few years heard of it being called this. All it means is that God has called us to His presence and clothed us in our robes of white and given us our new body that will know no pain or grow old.
It is an interesting article, read it and see if you learn something new.
C.I. Wilson