Saviour of all Mankind

<p>SAVIOUR OF ALL MANKIND</p> <p>We are continuing the discussion of the goal of our faith – the saving of our souls. The saving of our souls is a collaborative work between us and the Saviour of our souls.</p> <p>1Timothy 4:7 train yourself for godliness; for if physical training has some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. For to this end we struggle and make an effort because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all Mankind, especially of those who believe.  Saviour - g4990. ????? s??t??r; from 4982 sozo; saviour, rescuer, healer, protector.</p> <p>I want to note especially that this saving work of the soul was achieved by Jesus for all of Mankind – everybody - That is the heart’s desire of a loving God for his creation, but it only becomes a present reality to those who have faith in that work of God through Jesus Christ. Paul compares the effort for spiritual fitness to training ourselves for physical fitness, and physical fitness is only effective if the discipline is regular and ongoing. The same goes for our training in spiritual fitness, or godliness. How do we train ourselves for godliness, the inner work of spiritual fitness? Paul tells us that we have to make an effort - an inner spiritual work of the soul – a labour of entering into the rest of faith, as our Saviour works supernaturally upon us and for us in all things.  All of us have a natural human spirit that was created in the image of God before the foundation of the world, but when the Holy Spirit was poured out on humanity on the Day of Pentecost God’s Spirit was made available to be joined to our human spirit through our faith (God with us).  The soul expresses both the natural human spirit, and our ‘God with us’ Spirit, and these are two different spiritual realities for us</p> <p>Our human spirit reality is instinctively influenced by what is happening to us in the world around us and that stamps its identity of our idea o