Genesis 1:16 / Ephesians 2:10 - A Glory Prepared
We examine how that which is physical is a manifestation of that which is first spiritual. This is indeed a principle that the Lord establishes even from the beginning of creation. We further discuss how we, as saints, also come to make manifest in the physical the Lord's spiritual will through our own ministry and service in the physical. We then come to understand that in the physical, we actually walk in the spiritual things that God had already prepared for us to walk into. In other words, during our earthly pilgrimage, we walk in the glory of works that were spiritually prepared beforehand for us by God, as did also our Master. For we indeed ought to walk as He walked. Ô Majestic Prince of Peace: how unsearchable indeed are Thy ways! Magnificent. Be blessed in the Name of JESUS CHRIST. Allelu-YAH. Amen. -- o -- Recommended Scriptures -- o -- EPHESIANS 2:8-10 KJV 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. GENESIS 1:3-4,16-18 KJV 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:40-41 KJV 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. GENESIS 2:15, 5:24 KJV 2:15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. RUTH 2:15-16 KJV 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. ECCLESIASTES 5:18 KJV Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. COLOSSIANS 4:17 KJV And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. EXODUS 9:15-16 KJV 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. ROMANS 9:16 KJV So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. MARK 1:14-15, 10:45 KJV 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. JOHN 18:11 KJV Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 2 TIMOTHY 1:9 KJV 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, COLOSSIANS 1:16-17 KJV 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 1 JOHN 2:6 KJV He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1 PETER 2:21 KJV For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps;