Paul understood his high calling and wasn’t going to let anything deter him from completing it.
Proverbs 2:21 – For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
II Corinthians 13:11 – Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the Elohim of love and peace shall be with you.
Hebrews 11:38-40 – (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 Elohim having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Conclusion: Going on to perfection is a journey that will produce much spiritual fruit and blessings. It will develop Yahshua’s mind in us and give us peace, love and faith along the way. Ultimately, we must have the faith and vision to know He will finish the process.
Philippians 1:6 – Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Yahshua Messiah:
“His day” is His return for us as His bride.
Hebrews 12:22-23 – But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living EL, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to Elohim the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Ours is a heavenly calling – the first fruits to be first-born and made perfect.
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