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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Belief Is Not Salvation
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? (James 2:19,20)
There are several areas of knowledge associated with God, His salvation and His Kingdom. Throughout the history of the Christian Church great emphasis has been placed on the individual's agreement with and profession of the accepted positions and beliefs concerning what is viewed as the correct understanding of the areas of knowledge. However, a correct belief and profession of the facts of the Kingdom of God is not salvation.
The Facts of the Kingdom
Knowledge plays a very important role in the Divine salvation. There is a need for people to be aware of the existence of the Godhead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and of the righteous and holy Nature of God. There are aspects of the rebellion of the angels, and of the entrance of sin into the world, that when we know of them help us understand the presence and results of sin in the human personality and the need for forgiveness and deliverance.
Another realm of knowledge concerns the attitude God has toward sin, and the covenants God has made with people because of their sin. Of special importance is the knowledge of God's will for the individual as revealed in the Scriptures and also in personal revelation. God's will for His elect includes their transformation into the moral image of Christ, their union with God through Christ, their ability to build up the members of the Body of Christ, and their readiness to serve as the light of the world, beginning with their own neighborhood.
It is supremely important that people become aware of the future of mankind with respect to God, that is, the resurrection of the dead in which each person receives the consequences of his or her behavior, and the forceful installation of the Kingdom of God on the earth.
The areas of knowledge associated with the Kingdom of God are as follows:
Knowledge of the existence of the Godhead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and of the righteous and holy Nature of God.
Knowledge of the aspects of the rebellion of the angels and of the entrance of sin into the world, that when we know of them help us understand the presence and results of sin in the human personality and the need for forgiveness and deliverance.
Knowledge of God's attitude toward sin and the covenants God has made with people because of their sin.
The knowledge of God's will for the individual as revealed in the Scriptures and also in personal revelation.
God's will for people includes their transformation into the moral image of Christ, their union with God through Christ, their ability to build up the members of the Body of Christ, and their readiness to serve as the light of the world, beginning with their own neighborhood. In addition, the saints, the members of Christ, are being trained in spiritual warfare.
The Kingdom of God will be installed on the earth as Christ and His saints descend from Heaven and drive all wickedness, spiritual and physical from the earth. Justice finally will come to the meek of the nations.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Malachi 4:1)
To be continued.