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Words of Life
No 37, 2022, North Queensland
John 6:38-40
In this Year of Grace, we have been discussing the need to submit to God’s will so that our life may have purpose. From His words recorded by John, we see that Jesus also had this goal and we are given the understanding of this necessity to seek, submit to, and fulfil God’s will. This will bring purpose to our life now and achievement of the goal to be ‘raised up at the last day’.
As Jesus spiritual body on Earth, the church must, at all times, follow His example and teaching. Our mission statement confirms the Church’s desire to be ‘prepared as a bride’ or counterpart suitable to be joined with Him. Hence, we also must come to this state of doing the will of the Father (v38).
The will of God, Jesus then indicates, is that all who are Christ’s would not be lost (v39) but rather be prepared through Jesus Christ for His return. The goal of the church, in summary, is to be saved by grace through faith. 2 Timothy 1:9, “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,”
To achieve this goal, the church must therefore, ‘see the Son’ (v40) and believe in Him and His promises.
One of those promises He gave, knowing that He needed to ascend back to the Heavenly throne as King of Kings, was to send the Holy Ghost to be the power on Earth to prepare His body. Being reborn allows us to see the promised Kingdom amongst the distractions of this world. Being reborn of Spirit is the process required for God’s will to work within us and for our life to have true and abiding purpose.