Remember the Law of Physics:
"Energy cannot be
created nor destroyed but can be changed from one form to another."
The scientists further
describe energy in this manner:
"Energeia is the Greek word for energy,
meaning in or at work. Over time, energy has come to mean many things to us. In
physical science, energy means the ability to do work. Work means a change in
position, speed, state, or form of matter. Therefore, energy is the capacity to
change matter. Everything we do involves energy. Getting up, going to school, and doing chores require
energy. In fact, everything that happens in the universe, from the eruption of
volcanoes, to the sprouting of seed, to the moving of people, takes energy.
When we turn on a motor, drive a car, cook on a stove or switch on a light, we
are using energy. Energy surrounds us. It is everywhere and abundant, yet it
has no mass and can’t be touched. However, you can see and feel the
effects energy has on many materials."
Well, all of the
discoveries about natural energy are merely a shadow of the reality of
spiritual energy. In the spiritual realm (the real and eternal
world) there are only two sources of energy that are in operation that
manifests openly in the natural realm. The first is that spiritual energy
emanating from God and working only in the believers and for God's supreme
purposes:
Greek (Strong's
Concordance): <1754>
energew energeo en-erg-eh’-
1Co 12:6 And
there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh <1754> all in all.
Ga 2:8 (For he that wrought effectually <1754> in Peter to the apostleship of the
circumcision, the same was mighty <1754>
in me toward the Gentiles:)
Php 2:13 For it is
God which worketh <1754> in you both to will and to do <1754> of his good pleasure.
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is
able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh <1754> in us
Ga 3:5 He therefore that ministereth
to you the Spirit, and worketh <1754> miracles among you, doeth he it by
the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Eph 1:11 In
whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the
purpose of him who worketh <1754> all things after the counsel of his own
will:
Eph 1:19 And what is the
exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the
working of his mighty power, which he wrought <1754> in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him
at his own right hand in the heavenly places
1Th 2:13 For this
cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of
God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men,
but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh
<1754> also in you that believe.
On the other
hand, the second is that spiritual energy issuing forth
from Satan in the lives of the unsaved and through the sinful
flesh:
Eph 2:2 Wherein
in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh
<1754> in the children of disobedience:
Ro 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which
were by the law, did work <1754> in our members to bring forth fruit unto
death.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth <1754> already work <1754>: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Now that you have read and
understood the earlier meditation in Part 1, consider this verse:
Jas 5:16 Confess your
faults {sins} one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed
{saved}. The effectual fervent {energeo} <1754> prayer
of a righteous man availeth much.
Note: The Greek
word for "faults" is also translated "sins" such
as in:
Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Also, the word
"healed" signifies salvation as is evident:
Mt 13:15 For this people’s heart
is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they
have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear
with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them.
Now, putting it
all together:
The
prayer that is first energized by God to be prayed by a righteous
person (primarily Jesus Christ as High Priest, he was the only righteous
person, 1John 2:1) avails much before God and is effectual in the
spiritual healing (salvation) of those who express their need of
healing from their trespasses as they openly admit they
are sinners (Luke 18:10-14).
I hope this is
a consolation and encouragement when we consider those close to us for
whom we have been praying for their salvation.
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