Yahushua is the human manifestation of Yahuweh, who came into our world to expose the nature and purpose of our Creator, to also expose deception by revealing the truth, and to execute Yahuweh’s plan to give humankind the most wonderful gift in the universe.
Naturally, the most wonderful gift is that of salvation, a gift only Yahushua can provide. However, we are to conduct Yahuweh's business by informing others about Him and His nature and teaching others the truth while exposing deception.
"In the same way (
kathos - accordingly, and in the same manner, proportion and degree, just as)
also it [the Word]
and He [Yahushau]
exists (
eimi)
within (
en - in, near, and among)
all others of similar status (
panti - everyone belonging to the same class or group)
in the world (
kosmos - universe)
, bearing fruit (
karpophoreo - being effective, productive, causing good results)
and enabling growth (
auxano - speaking of an outside power stimulating, nurturing, and increasing life, empowering it to reach its full potential and become greater)
, just as (
kathos)
also it and He is in and with you, setting you apart (
apo)
the day you listened and understood (
akouso)
, came to fully know and receive (
epiginosko - were acquainted with, becoming completely aware of, recognizing, acknowledging, comprehending, and accepting)
Yahweh’s (ΘΥ - God’s/Elohym’s)
grace (
charis - favor, generous and helpful gift given out of kindness)
by way of the divinely disclosed and verifiable truth (
aletheias - the manifest essence and appearance of unveiled truthfulness and uprightness)
." (Colossians 1:6)
These things known, contemplate the power of what comes next:
"The familial love (
agape - affection resulting from a conscious evaluation and choice)
in, by and with (
en)
the Ruach/Spirit (ΠΝΙ
is the reason (
dia - and the way)
we also are set apart (
apo)
and have not ceased (
pauo)
since the day we heard and understood the message (
akouo)
. Our communicated advocacy (
proseuchomai - prayer; from
pros, to advantageously come near and
euchomai, to express one’s desires conversationally with God)
for you asks for (
aiteo - calls for)
you to be filled (
pleroo - liberally supplied)
with correct and precise knowledge (
epignosis - to become thoroughly acquainted with and accurately know)
His (
autos)
purpose and will (
thelema)
in (
en)
all (
pas)
insight and wisdom (
sophia - intelligent understanding based upon experience and full and accurate knowledge, discretion and prudence)
and the awareness that connects and relates things (
synesis - promotes discernment by bringing together what is known)
by way of the Spirit (ΠΝΙ
." (Colossians 1:8-9)
This passage includes a lesson in how to think and in how to understand the mind and purpose of God. It was
the prayer of the apostles. Thinking which leads to understanding and wisdom combines knowledge with discernment - recognizing that one without the other is useless. It even defines discernment as the ability to make connections. Wisdom is the result of seeing the relationship between things. It is the essence of being judgmental and it results in accurate conclusions.
This passage begins by sharing that "familial love" is a direct benefit of understanding the Word, but more than that, it credits the Set Apart Spirit for this result. Then Paul explains something I’ve long wrestled with. From the moment he was exposed to the truth everything changed. He was consumed with a desire to share what he had discovered. Those who pretend to have a relationship with God, and yet are content to wave their arms in church, listen to a sermon, and drop a few shekels into the pot, aren’t acting as if they have been reborn into the most exciting family in the universe. I know; I used to be one of them, and I was living a lie. Our passion for God’s business is the barometer between
faith on one hand versus
trust on the other. Do you
believe that God exists or do you
know Him -
yada Yahweh?
As a reminder, the capitalized Greek letters within the parenthesis represent the placeholders used throughout all of the 70 extant first-, second-, and third-century, pre-constantinian Renewed Covenant manuscripts for the two names and five titles attributable to Yahuweh, Yahushua, and the Set Apart Spirit. The names were not transliterated and written out because there was no Y, H, or W sound attributable to the letters in the Greek alphabet, and the titles were represented by placeholders rather than translated words because the Hebrew terms were more accurate and descriptive than their closest Greek replacements. Furthermore, by using placeholders rather than transliterations and translations, we are required by design to examine Hebrew Scripture to understand Greek - viewing the Renewed Covenant through the perspective of the Old.