2 Corinthians 6:2 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation!

The opening words of that verse sound very Old Testament. We have trouble understanding God sometimes. We can read what others have heard and said in different translations.

2 Corinthians 6:2 English Standard Version

For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

What is the difference between acceptable and favorable?

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

It might be that our behavior dictates when a time is favorable.

Romans 2:3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?

Romans 8:27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Since this is true, when will we get it right?

Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

We will be tested over and over again until we get it right. That is the nature of testing the mind, to align our thinking with the true nature of a heart that is occupied by the indwelling Spirit of Truth. Do we make these choices based on the knowledge of our past or the hope of our future?

Romans 5:2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Access by faith into grace.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

1 Corinthians 12:5
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
2 Corinthians 9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

Based on the latest available data from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (a leading authority on global Christian demographics), there are approximately 49,000 distinct Christian denominations worldwide as of 2025. This figure includes major branches like Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Protestantism, and independent or indigenous churches, but counts each as a separate “administration” when they operate autonomously with unique governance, even if sharing broad theological roots.

Those numbers are just Christian based bible believing administrations and do not include those that are considered “cults”. The reason I mention this is because if you believe that God is calling you to join or change administrative organizations you should know what you’re getting into. Remember that Abram had no administrative organizations to look into, he was alone with God in his faith. Abram did not have a people controlling what he thought.

I knew nothing about administrations when I first encountered my sovereign God. As I look back now over 70 years after my very first contact with organized religion, I realize that I have no idea how my parents chose one for me. They did not attend church or read or teach the bible in our home.

I am not even sure how old I was when my mother dropped me off at the Congregational Church Sunday School. Even after I stopped going because they didn’t insist, I never asked why.

When I was a teen I began going to the Cape Neddick Baptist Church because a pretty girl invited me to a youth group there. I thought she liked me. I was wrong. She had other plans for me. It turns out that church was a branch of the American Baptist Convention. I did not know that until at the age of 20 when I followed another gorgeous girl into a Southern Baptist Church.

Pentecostals + Charismatics + Independent/Non-denominational now make up roughly 70–75% of all Protestant Administrations. So how are any of us to know where God wants us?

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,  (If you are born again He will put you where you need to be)