Your Word is a Lamp....

 Col1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church... Justification for the church is a done deal: It was finished for us at the point when Jesus said so on the cross (John19:28-30). However... Sanctification for the Church is an ongoing process: see Romans6:4; Gal 2:20; Col 2:11-15. This is why Christ’s sufferings for his Church continue through us, His Body (Col 1:24) We, like the Apostle Paul, must follow Him through death, burial and finally, into resurrection (1Peter2:21-23). And just as when He had finished the work, Jesus sat down at the right hand of God (Hebrews 10:12), we who are in Him...who follow in His footsteps...who walk in His shadow...will also go from strength to strength until we each appear before God in Zion (Ps84:5-7). We know this because He said so...“To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I...

 Ephesians 2:15 He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations.... LORD Yeshua, You not only ended it; You fulfilled it entirely...obeying it to the letter: You loved the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength (Deut 6:5); You loved your neighbor as yourself (Romans 5:8; John10:11; 15:12-13); You circumcised your heart, not only your body (Deut 10:16); you fed the poor (Matt15:13-21), took care of the widow and orphan (Luke 7:11-17) and set the captive free (Luke 8:26-39); you honored the Law (John8:1-11)..the prophets (Luke4;16-21) and every ordained festival- knowing full well that every one of them pointed to You (Luke22:7-20). You satisfied the commandments to the letter - every jot and tittle (Matt5:17-18)....And were that not enough, you then took the judgement - the punishment, for every one of us that could not... so that in You we can now live, move and have our being (Acts 17:28). You became one of us (Matt3:14-15)...to sa...