Hi Brian!

The word for this week is "author". We find it in these two verses in the New Testament:

Hebrews 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. KJV

Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. KJV

In the first instance we have the Greek word "aitios". Strong's Concordance says: causitive, a causer. Thayer's Greek Lexicon says: that in which the cause of anything resides. Vine's Expository Dictionary adds this: Christ is not the merely formal cause of our salvation. He is the concrete and active cause of it. He has not merely caused or effected it, He is, as His name, "Jesus," implies, our salvation itself. In the second instance we have the Greek word "archegos". Strong's Concordance says: chief leader. Thayer's Greek Lexicon says: leading, furnishing the first cause or occasion, the chief leader, one that takes the lead in anything. Vine's Expository Dictionary says: one who takes the lead in or provides the first occasion of anything. When we understand this about JESUS, it will be SO easy to hear His voice and to know and obey His Word! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "God Song":

Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!