Author and Authority –
Faith and Salvation
Christ is the source and
chief of both our Inner Faith and our Outward Salvation. Peter first
declared this to the “Leaders” of the Faith in Jerusalem in Act
3:14
But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and
made request for a man of blood to be given to you, 15
and killed the Author
of life,
whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
An
author has authority over his work. Christ has authority over all
life, even as he conquered death. But, as we shall see, he was
appointed Captain of our Salvation Life, our completeness, through
his death and resurrection.
1
Cor 14:33 For
God is not
the
author
of confusion,
but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. >> His rule is
one of peace... which the devil as he has from the beginning, brought
confusion.
This
affirms the 'story' that Christ is writing in us. Both in the Faith
that is found in us and the resultant Salvation Life. Faith is the
Inner component which which is 'worked out' by our salvation.
Php
2:12
So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say,
not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you,
give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your
hearts;
Christ
has revealed Faith in us, and has composed a faith song in us. Our
salvation gives us voice to sing His love to us.
Heb_5:9
and being made perfect, he became the author
of eternal saving health
unto all those that hearken unto him,
Here
the word used is αἴτιος
aitios
1)
that which is the cause of anything resides, causative, causing
1a)
the author of a cause or a crime
>>
So Christ 'causes' salvation in us, yet we have to understand the
dynamic of our faith as we move through our lives.
Heb_12:2
with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author
and finisher of our
faith,
who having been offered joy, endured the cross,
despising the shame and was seated at the right hand of the throne of
God.
The
word here for author is ἀρχηγός
archēgos
1)
the chief leader, prince
1a)
of Christ2) one that takes the lead in any thing and thus affords an
example, a predecessor in a matter, pioneer3) the author
>>
We follow Christ into our salvation life. He is our leader or captain
out of our bondage to this world and into the Kingdom-in-Cosmos.
Note
[KJV]Heb_2:10
For it was expedient that he, for whom are
all things and by whom are
all things, preparing to bring forth many sons in his
glory, should perfect the author
of their saving health
through sufferings.
[BBE]
Heb
2:10
Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things
have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of
their salvation complete through pain.
>>
The implication is that he was appointed Captain of Salvation through
As
we enter, by faith, into the fullness of our sonship we become aware
of God who as Author of our story.
We
'read' in out life and others, the Who, What, When, Where and Why of
our Story. Christ can define each of those questions for us.
Our
Story is part of the Great Story to Restore Man's Story, as God wrote
in Creation. It is the Story of Re-storation.
>>Matt
8 where Christ brings wind and waves, and demon-possessed came under
his authority. So the Creator brings order to creation... decreasing
entropy in that moment. Our authority also gives us a mandate to
restore the order of creation.
>>But
God has been encouraged us to pursue our mandate as sons.
God’s
Wrath Against Mankind Rom 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed
from Heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men
who suppress the truth by their wickedness,
19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God
has made it plain to them. 20 For since
the creation
of the world, God’s invisible qualities — His eternal
power and divine nature
— have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made,
so that men are without excuse.
MAY CHRIST WHO SANG HIS FAITH SONG IN YOUR SPIRIT, FIND YOU SINGING THAT SONG TO ALL THE WORLD.
