II Timothy 1:9 NKJV
“who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,”
II Timothy 1:9 NKJV
Paul taught Timothy that his life, which was set before the foundation of the world is now made manifest through Christ Jesus.
The life that God intended before the fall of man is made available for us to partake in through Christ our Lord.
The reason this life is holy, pure, and blameless is because it was made in God and before sin entered the world.
That which was lost in the first Adam was restored to us who believed by Jesus, our second Adam.
Therefore, we are able to live holy, live by His power, and move with His wisdom here on earth.
We are now filled with the fullness of God to bring His kingdom back into this fallen world.
Paul is stirring Timothy to walk in that divine life that he has through Christ and not according to his carnal self.
God is speaking to His church to rise up in Him. Knowing that all has been set before the foundation of the world for us to walk in His divine nature.
As Paul says to Timothy not to walk according to our own purpose but God’s purpose and accomplish all that He has in store for us.
God is looking at us, waiting for us to do what He has said, use what He has given, and establish His kingdom here on earth.
Be encouraged that we have God and His power within us that can defeat everything that is in this world.
Let us rise up in the life that Christ has given, a life prepared by God before the foundation world.
Blessings
Ps Ambrose