FACE TO FACE WITH GOD - CLEANSING THE CHURCH

This video explains a short message that God gave to me this morning about the journey we have started with Him of His cleaning and restoring of His Church.
God explains that we have started into the Storm and that we are helpless before Him. To give all over and into His hands. He explains this through Paul's journey to Rome, which is Paul's journey through 14 days of Tribulation on the Sea and then into judgement in Rome. Understand, you will either be cleansed and purified on this journey or you'll be thrown overboard. Because without being cleansed and purified you cannot remain and will not be part of the restored Body of Christ.

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Overview of εἶναι
The infinitive εἶναι, “to be,” encapsulates the concept of existence, identity and continued state. Although catalogued separately as Strong’s Greek 1511, the form itself does not appear in the inspired text of the Greek New Testament; nevertheless, the idea it expresses permeates Scripture through cognate forms of εἰμί (Strong’s 1510). From Genesis to Revelation, “being” stands at the center of God’s self-revelation, Christ’s deity, and the believer’s new life in union with Christ.

God’s Self-Existence

The earliest and clearest declaration of divine self-existence is found in Exodus 3:14, “I AM WHO I AM.” The Septuagint renders this with ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν (“I am the One who is”), grounding the Hebrew verb הָיָה (to be) in Greek terminology related to εἶναι. Scripture repeatedly affirms that God’s being is eternal and independent (Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 41:4).

Christological Significance

Jesus of Nazareth employed the absolute “I am” (ἐγώ εἰμι) to assert His divine identity:

• John 8:24 – “For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
• John 8:58 – “Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was born, I am!”
• John 18:5–6 – At the utterance of “I am,” the arresting cohort drew back and fell to the ground.

These statements connect Christ directly to the covenant Name revealed at the burning bush, establishing the deity and eternal existence of the Son (Colossians 2:9).

Human Existence Dependent on God

Acts 17:28 records Paul’s address in Athens: “For in Him we live and move and have our being”. Human existence (εἶναι) is derivative—entirely dependent on the sustaining power of the Creator (Hebrews 1:3; Job 12:10).

Believers’ New Being in Christ

Union with Christ transforms identity and status:

• 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.”
• Ephesians 2:10 – “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works.”
• 1 John 3:2 – “Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.”

Sanctification flows from this new state of being, calling believers to “be holy” (1 Peter 1:15–16) and to “be imitators of God” (Ephesians 5:1).

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Overview of Usage
Strong’s 1512 occurs six times, all in Pauline writings, functioning as an intensified conditional that assumes the premise to be true for the sake of argument or exhortation. Rather than expressing doubt, Paul employs it to reinforce realities already granted within the Christian worldview.

Key Texts

Romans 3:30 – “since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.”

Romans 8:9 – “You, however, are controlled not by the flesh but by the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.”

Romans 8:17 – “And if we are children, then we are heirs... if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.”

1 Corinthians 8:5 – “For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords)…”

1 Corinthians 15:15 – “For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.”

2 Thessalonians 1:6 – “After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you.”

Rhetorical Function

1. Affirmed premise: Paul fronts an accepted truth—monotheism (Romans 3:30) or divine justice (2 Thessalonians 1:6)—to ground his argument.
2. Exhortational self-test: The particle invites the reader to examine whether an assumed reality governs personal life (Romans 8:9; 8:17).
3. Logical intensifier: In apologetic contexts (1 Corinthians 15:15) it highlights the absurdity that would follow if the granted premise were denied, thus strengthening doctrinal certainty.

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