The Undershepherd’s Chief Concern-2

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Application:

?You offer the GIFT that answers the undershepherd’s chief concern?

?Are the Concerns of apostolic ministry Apparent?

5—The undershepherd’s chief concern is evident thru

The POWER Experienced(3:11-13)

Explanation:(3:11-13) Establishment

:11—“Now may our God & Father Himself, & our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.”

“Direct”—?????????—to make straight, guide, direct; Of the removal of the hindrances to coming to one.

“Lord”—??????—He to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.— Applicable to the various ranks & relations of life & not suggestive of either property or of absolutism.

:12—“And may the Lord make you increase & abound in love to one another & to all, just as we do to you, ”

“Increase”—pleonazw—To superabound; To make to increase: one in a thing

“Abound”—perisseuw—To exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over & above a certain number or measure; To make to abound. —"Abounding" is used of a flower going from a bud to full bloom.

:13—“so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God & Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.”

“Establish”—sthrizw—To make stable, place firmly, set fast, fix; To strengthen, make firm; To render constant, confirm, one’s mind.

“Unblamable/Without blame”—amemptov—Blameless, deserving no censure, free from fault or defect.

“Holiness”—agiwsunh—Majesty, holiness; Moral purity.

“With all His saints”.....

1Cor. 6:2-3—“Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, matters of this life?”

Per:

1Th 4:14—“For if we believe that Jesus died & rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.”

Dan. 7:10—“A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened.”

Zec. 14:5—“And you will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD, my God, will come, & all the holy ones with Him!”

Mt. 25:31—“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, & all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.”

2Thes. 1:7—“& to give relief to you who are afflicted & to us as well when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,”

Argumentation:

1Cor. 2:1-5—“And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, & Him crucified. And I was with you in weakness & in fear & in much trembling. And my message & my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit & of power, that your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.”