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God So Loved The World
John 3:16-18 “For God so loved the
world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His
Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him
might be saved. He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God.”
The Lord created man for ongoing,
intimate fellowship with Him for all of eternity. We were formed in His
very own image and likeness, so that we could be with Him for all time.
However, Adam’s sin interrupted that relationship and brought evil and
death into the equation. The penalty for sin is death – physical and
spiritual destruction. Through Adam’s sin, all of mankind was relegated
to sin and death, and forced into a temporary separation from God.
Faced with losing His relationship
with us altogether, the Lord was compelled to develop an alternate plan
for our redemption. He loved us so much that He sent His very own Son
to the earth, so that all men might be saved and restored to right
standing with Him again. Jesus Christ did not come to condemn mankind,
but rather, to save us from our sins. His Blood was the only perfect
sacrifice that could be made in full atonement for the transgression of
all mankind.
If we believe in the Lord, Jesus
Christ, and His redemption on our behalf, we will be saved to eternal
life. However, if we do not believe in Him, we are already condemned to
punishment. The Word of God says that we must believe in Christ with
all our hearts and confess Him with our mouths. If we do this, then we
should also be baptized in our faith with water and with the Holy
Spirit. This will consummate our salvation and prepare us for a new
life in Christ.
We have the opportunity of a
lifetime. We can embrace the truth and become actual sons and daughters
of almighty God Himself. We have a chance to make a significant
difference in this world. We can partner with the Lord and save many
from total destruction. If we accept our divine destinies, He will
empower us to share our faith with others and usher in the everlasting
Kingdom of God to the earth realm, so that all things can be united
under the lordship of His Son.
1John 5:11 “And this is the record,
that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”
We have been given a special
invitation to believe the truth and enter in to the Kingdom of God for
all of eternity. It is not the Lord’s will that any man perishes; He
wants a personal relationship with each of us. We should embrace the
Gospel message and always walk in love and righteousness. We must love
the Lord with our whole strength, and regard others as we do ourselves.
We should acknowledge Him in all that we do and fulfill His perfect will
for our lives.
If we believe in the Lord, Jesus
Christ, and His atonement on our behalf, we ought to confess Him as our
Savior before God and man. Those of us who do believe will be born
again; have our minds renewed; be transformed; and receive the gift of
eternal life. However, those who reject Him and refuse to comply with
His moral absolutes are already condemned. They will be excluded from
entering in to the Kingdom of God and will be eternally punished in the
lake of fire
The Lord will purge all evil out of
His people and remove it far from His Kingdom. There will be no one and
nothing that defiles us that ever enters in to the Kingdom of God. All
who dwell there will be totally sanctified and purified for eternal life
and all of its blessings. We will live with the Lord Himself and no
evil can abide with Him. We will enjoy peace and prosperity, safety and
security, health and longevity for all eternity, as long as we have
prepared ourselves.
To Believe Or Not Believe
1Corinthians 1:18 “For the preaching
of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are
saved it is the power of God.”
Even though the doctrine of salvation
is simple, yet powerful, and made available for all men to believe, some
will still choose to reject it. Without faith in Jesus Christ and His
atonement on our behalf, we are doomed to physical and spiritual
destruction forever. We are without hope and we will spend all of
eternity separated from our God and punished in the lake of fire.
However, when we come up higher and
believe in Jesus Christ and all that He did for us, we receive the gift
of eternal life. If we follow all the commandments, walk in love for
God and for others and are obedient to do His will, we will be
determined totally righteous. The choice is ours alone. The Lord will
never override our free will and force us to believe the truth.
We must purposely choose to be saved
and baptized in water and the Holy Spirit in order to enter in to the
Kingdom of God. This decision is not arbitrary or at our discretion.
We can approach the Father only through the cross of Jesus Christ.
Through our faith in Him, we are redeemed and have a special invitation
to enter in to God’s Kingdom with all its many blessings.
1John 4:9 “In this was manifested the
love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into
the world, that we might live through Him.”
If we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord
and Savior, and believe that He died to save us from our sins and rose
again from the dead, we are born again in our spirit man and restored to
right standing with God. We are saved only through our faith in Him,
and we must confess that Jesus Christ is Lord of our lives. The Lord
then imputes righteousness to us. So too, we should be baptized with
water and the Holy Spirit of God, so our salvation is complete. We must
obey all His commandments; walk in love; and fulfill the Lord’s perfect
will for our lives, as He desires.
All those who embrace the truth of the
Gospel message will be deemed righteous in the Lord’s eyes. We will
live by the very resurrection power of Christ Himself that is at work in
us to make us new creatures in Him. Our spiritual regeneration is an
ongoing process in which our minds are renewed in the truth and our
behavior is transformed, so that we eventually become holy and perfect –
just as the Lord is holy and perfect. We will ultimately be purged of
everything that displeases the Lord and be found worthy to enter in to
the Kingdom of God with all of its blessings.
Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father
which is in Heaven.”
Spiritual regeneration is not
automatic, however. We have to fully cooperate with our redemptive
process if we are sincere about wanting a closer relationship with our
God. We cannot be deliberately rebellious and purposely sin. We must
make a concerted effort to change our lives in accordance with the
Lord’s absolute standards. We must forego all worldliness and renounce
all sin in our lives, and the Lord will facilitate the necessary
transformation in us Himself. He will give us His very own Spirit to
dwell in us, convict us of sin and lead us into all righteousness.
It is possible for us to know all deep
spiritual truths and walk in the light of them, so that we overcome the
world, our flesh and the devil. We are the actual sons and daughters of
almighty God and we can reign victorious in life through Christ Jesus.
If we ask the Lord for wisdom, knowledge and understanding, He will
gladly grant them to us by the power of the Holy Spirit that works in us
and through us. We will receive spiritual gifts and callings that
permit us to serve mankind in power and authority, as we were intended
to do from the very foundation of the world.
The Gospel will be preached throughout
the earth, so that all men, women and children have an opportunity to
receive eternal life and enter in to the Kingdom of God. We will
overcome all evil with good and deliver all of mankind from their
bondage to sin. We will walk in miracles, signs and wonders that attest
to our faith. We will heal the sick, cast out demons and even raise the
dead, just as Christ Himself did. Nothing will be impossible to us as
we serve our God and His people in the critical days that lie ahead.
Everything that we do will bring honor and glory to Him as it should.
An Equal Opportunity Gospel
1Peter 4:18 “And if the righteous
scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, not
only came to the earth to be a sacrifice for our sins, but He also came
to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to all men. He wants us set
free from our bondage to sin and corruption to enjoy life abundantly.
He taught us His law of love, so we would become righteous and godly and
enter in to His everlasting Kingdom one day.
We all have an equal opportunity to
embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ and believe what it tells us. It
contains no deep mystery or hidden agenda that should confuse us. The
Lord desires that all men seek Him and know the truth, so that they will
be saved and enjoy the blessings of eternal life. He encourages us to
walk in love and follow all of His commandments to us.
The Gospel has the power to save us,
if we will only believe what it tells us. Christ died so that we don’t
have to endure the pain and suffering for our sins that we deserve. His
death was the ultimate sacrifice that was required to pay our total sin
debt. With His victory over sin, death and the grave, He restored us to
right standing with God and gave us hope for the future.
If we do not believe in the doctrines
of salvation and the resurrection, we are doomed to eternal punishment.
We have no excuse for rebelliousness; the truth is readily made
available to all men. The Lord desires that no man perish for lack of
knowledge. The Gospel is being preached all over the world, so men can
choose to believe the truth and be set free in it.
Galatians 3:10-14 “For as many as are
of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed
[is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in
the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law
in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in
them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a
tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through
Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith.”
Sin is transgression of the law and
requires payback. If we refuse to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and
Savior, we are under the curse of the law and bound to adhere to all of
its precepts. That means that we have to make atonement for our own
sins and suffer death as a penalty for them. There is nothing that we
can do to pay for our sin debt; we are condemned to death by the law.
Through our faith in Jesus Christ, we
are redeemed from the curse of the law and made righteous in God’s
eyes. We are actually seated with Jesus Christ in heavenly places, at
the right hand of God Himself. We are treated as His very own sons and
daughters and inherit the blessings of faithful Abraham. The Lord will
prosper us in all our ways and multiply our offspring on the earth.
Our prayers are always heard and the
Lord delights in our total dependence on Him. He supplies all that we
require to lead healthy, happy and successful lives. He will never
leave us or forsake us, and has promised to be with us always in
everything that we do. If we are continually righteous and walk in love
for Him and others, we will join Him in the everlasting Kingdom of God.
1Peter 2:9 “But ye [are] a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that
ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light:”
The Lord has called us from the
beginning of time to be His sons and daughters on the earth. We were
created in the very image and likeness of God and a spark of the divine
dwells in each of us. We are in the world, but should not be
contaminated by it. We have been set apart and we must be sanctified
for the Lord’s purpose. He has a special plan in place for our future.
We should praise God for all that He
has done for us. Our lives have meaning and purpose now. We have
eternal callings and divine destinies that will play out in the days
ahead. No longer estranged from God, we will actually partner with Him
in saving others and in bringing heaven itself into the earth realm. We
need not have any special talents; the Lord will fully equip us to do
His will and bring peace and order back to the entire world, as He has
planned.
Believers will walk in faith as Christ
walked on the earth, and appropriate divine power and authority to do
good to others. We will heal the sick, cast out demons and even raise
the dead back to life again, as Christ did during His earthly ministry.
We will take authority over all evil and tear down demonic strongholds
that have kept God’s people in perpetual bondage to corruption.
Mark 8:35 “For whosoever will save his
life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and
the gospel's, the same shall save it.”
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God will
be preached all over the earth, so that men, women and children from all
tongues, races and nations have an equal opportunity to be saved unto
eternal life. It is the Lord’s greatest desire that all mankind be
reconciled to Him and enter in to His Kingdom. He will make the
invitation through us, and we will see many converted, saved and
baptized. We will lay down our lives for the sake of God’s people and
overcome evil with good.
All world governments will be
reorganized and restructured to adhere to godly principles of
righteousness, fairness and justice for all men. We will restore peace
and unity on the earth, as the Lord desires. All of creation will be
changed back to its original beauty and balance and subject to our
authority once again. All forms of pollution and catastrophic climatic
conditions will be reversed. We will usher in the Kingdom of God and
literally bring heaven to the earth.
We cannot shirk our divine destinies
or refuse the Lord’s call on our lives. If we do, we will lose the very
lives we seek to preserve. The only way up in the Kingdom of God is
through humble service to others. If we are faithful to fulfill the
Lord’s eternal redemption plan and purpose, we will receive countless
blessings and tangible rewards for our efforts. The Lord will boast of
us to all creation and gather us into His everlasting Kingdom, so we are
never separated from Him.
Lies That Creep In
2Thessalonians 2:10-12 “And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they
received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for
this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe
a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.”
Satan, the very enemy of our souls,
would love for us to doubt the truth and believe his lies instead. He
whispers that there is no God. He wants us to think that we are all
alone in this world, and that this life is all that exists. He
encourages us to do whatever we like, regardless of the long-term
consequences to our lives. He tempts us to be selfish and immoral, and
he rejoices when we fall into sin. He is a liar and a thief and his
main goal is to totally destroy us.
He wants us to believe that we are so
evil that the Lord could never forgive us of our sins. He uses shame,
guilt and condemnation to attack our minds and blind us to the truth.
The Lord desires to be reconciled with all mankind, regardless of their
past sinfulness. No one is too incorrigible that the Blood of Jesus
Christ cannot redeem him for all time.
The devil wants us confused and
beguiled by his lies, so that we are separated from God for all of
eternity. He does not want us to fulfill our divine destinies and take
dominion over him, as Christ intended we do. He oppresses us, so we are
tempted to doubt God and forsake His commandments to us. He will stop
at nothing until he robs us of our blessings and causes us to renounce
our faith altogether. He wants to cause a permanent breach between God
and man
However, he will not be successful in
all his diabolical efforts to turn us away from our God. We inherently
know the truth. Our Creator Father loves us and has a perfect plan in
place for our total redemption. The Lord will not be satisfied until
all men have heard the truth of the Gospel message and have an equal
opportunity to accept it.
John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but
for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might
have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.”
Satan delights in putting strife and
division among us, and zeroes in for the kill when he is successful in
isolating us from others of like precious faith. We must remember that
the devil is a real enemy that is out to steal, kill and destroy all of
humanity because God loves us. He tries his best to get us off track
and cause us to deny our God. He wants us to follow him into perdition,
so that we are eternally damned. His major contention is with the Lord,
but he attacks men, as well. He tries to play us out of position, so
that we are tempted to sin and violate the commandments.
We cannot succumb to his temptations
and renounce our faith, as he desires. We should take authority over
all his efforts to deceive us and cast him out of all our affairs by the
Blood and the name of Jesus Christ. If we submit ourselves to God and
resist the devil, he will flee from us. If we are truly righteous,
there is no legitimate reason why we should be tormented by him and
doubt our relationship with God. We should ask the Lord and He will
protect us from every attack of the enemy. If we seek the Lord’s
presence above everything else, He will keep us keep us far from all
forms of evil
Christ came to this earth to preach
the Gospel of the Kingdom; to save us from our sins; give us life in
abundance; and to defeat the devil and all his minions. He made an open
show of them on Calvary and utterly destroyed Satan’s power on the
earth. He restored dominion back to men with His victory over sin,
death and the grave. We should never permit the enemy to attack us and
disturb our peace. We have the Blood bought power and authority to
defeat him at all times. Through Jesus Christ, we can reign in this
life and totally overcome the world, our flesh and the devil.
Romans 3:3 “For what if some did not
believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?”
There are many who will doubt the Lord
and reject the Gospel of the Kingdom of God in the days to come. That
does not mean that our faith is without power to save men from their
sins. It is effectual for changing our lives for all of eternity if we
accept the truth. If we believe that Christ died to bring us salvation,
we will be deemed righteous and have eternal life in the Kingdom of
God. However, if we do not believe, we are already condemned to
punishment in the lake of fire.
Even if we hold fast to the profession
of our faith, Satan tells us that we are not worthy of God’s love and
that we will never have His blessings. He wants us to doubt the Lord
and drive a wedge in our relationship with Him. He focuses on our
sinfulness and reminds us of our shortcomings. We should resist him in
all his ways, and he will cease and desist in his efforts to mislead
us. The devil has no authority to torment us unless we permit him legal
entry to our lives by sinning.
We have no excuse for unbelief; we now
know the truth that has set us free for all time. Through our faith in
Jesus Christ, we were made righteous once and for all. He paid the sin
debt for all of mankind in its entirety. Our sinfulness and carnality
are no longer an issue with God. We have been washed clean in the Blood
of His very own Son, and our right standing with Him is restored. We
need only affirm our faith on a daily basis to have eternal life and all
its many benefits.
Righteousness should be our constant
goal; we must keep all of the Lord’s commandments to us. It is critical
that we walk in love for the Lord and others and strive for peace with
God and with all men. If we sin and miss the mark, we should be quick
to repent and be restored to right standing. It is possible for us to
become spiritually mature to the point that we become holy and perfect,
just as the Lord is holy and perfect. That should be our long-term goal
and aspiration.
A Special Invitation
Isaiah 41:4 “Who hath wrought and done
[it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first,
and with the last; I [am] He.”
We have been called and chosen from
the very foundation of the world to be with the Lord for all time.
While sin temporarily interrupted our fellowship with Him, the Blood of
Christ rectified that situation. We are now deemed righteous if we have
received Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
Our relationship with God has been
restored and He is able to bless us as He always intended. We can go
boldly to the throne of grace and be assured that our prayers will
always be heard. We are sons and daughters of the living God and He
will supply all our needs in abundance.
We have a special invitation to enter
God’s Kingdom if we are righteous. We cannot purposely sin or violate
any of the Lord’s commandments to us. So too, we must never compromise
our love walk. We should love the Lord above all things and love others
as we love ourselves.
It goes without saying that we must
strive for holiness and perfection if we wish to dwell with the Lord in
His Kingdom as He has promised. We cannot be worldly in any way; we
must put our spirit man in ascendancy to our flesh and soul and always
walk in the Holy Spirit of God.
Our God is holy and perfect and He
cannot abide with evil of any kind. If we wish to spend all of eternity
in His presence, we will have to take our sanctification to an entirely
new level. We need to come up higher in our walk with the Lord and
imitate the laid down life of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 41:9 “[Thou] whom I have taken
from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof,
and said unto thee, Thou [art] my servant; I have chosen thee, and not
cast thee away.”
It is not the Lord’s will that any man
should perish in his sin. He desires that we all come to know Him and
the power of the Gospel to set us free. He wants to fellowship with us
for all eternity in His Kingdom, and He has chosen and called us from
all over the face of the earth. Men, women and children from every
tongue, race and nation are welcome to enter the Kingdom of God.
There is a special invitation open for
one and all to join the Lord. He wants nothing more than to dwell with
His people and provide all their needs in abundance from the vast
resources that the universe has to offer. He will be a Father to us,
and we will give Him all the love, praise and honor that He deserves.
All men will know the truth; God’s laws will be written in our minds and
hearts.
No one is too incorrigible to repent,
be saved and baptized in our faith. All of us have fallen short of the
glory of God, yet redemption is available to each of us through the
atoning Blood of Christ. We should share our faith with all men, so
they have the opportunity to receive eternal life and dwell in the
Kingdom of God. Many will be converted and baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 8:10 “For this [is] the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,
saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in
their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a
people:”
It’s all about timing and
opportunity. Soon even the nation of Israel will be converted and
baptized into our faith. We will attract them with miracles, signs and
wonders and win many of them by our personal testimony to Jesus Christ.
When they hear our words, they will be eager to greet their Messiah, and
anxious to restore their right relationship with God. The Lord will
rejoice over all of His people and be a Father and provider to everyone
in the Kingdom of God.
We will have His laws written in our
minds and hearts. All of us will be loving and righteous. There will
be no conflict and war, no poverty and lack, no fear and oppression.
Men will learn to dwell together as brothers – in love, peace and
unity. Jesus Christ will make certain that Kingdom integrity is
maintained at all times. He will expel all evil from His presence and
rule and reign with a rod of iron. There will be nothing that defiles
or harms God’s people that will ever be permitted to enter the Kingdom.
The Kingdom of God will be populated
with the righteous from both heaven and earth. It will include angels
and believers who are both dead and alive. The dead in Christ will rise
from the dead to be with us, and we will all receive new, glorious,
resurrection bodies. We will all share in blessings and dwell in the
very presence of our God for all of eternity. The Lord will be
overjoyed if His Kingdom is loaded to capacity and He will generously
provide for all of our needs.
Zephaniah 3:20 “At that time will I
bring you [again], even in the time that I gather you: for I will make
you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back
your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.”
Even now, the Lord is gathering us in
to His everlasting Kingdom. He is turning the captivity of His people
forever. The Body of Christ is actively engaged in preaching the Gospel
message all over the world. Many will have an opportunity to hear the
powerful truth that sets them free to enjoy the blessings of eternal
life and enter into the Kingdom of God. We will soon be a praise on the
earth for all time.
It is the Lord’s deepest desire that
all mankind come to a full knowledge of the Gospel and believe in Jesus
Christ and all that He did for us. He does not want a single soul to
perish. He wants to fellowship with all of us, as He originally
intended from the foundation of the world. However, nothing evil can
dwell in His presence, and He will be compelled to exclude all the
unrighteous from His everlasting Kingdom.
The Lord will not force us to accept
His offer of eternal life or manipulate us in any way. He will never
override our free will or coerce us into believing in Him and His Son,
Jesus Christ. He will patiently wait for us to come to the truth
ourselves. However, if we deliberately reject Him and are stubborn and
rebellious, He will sadly permit us to be excluded from His Kingdom and
punished for all of eternity.
The Choice Is Ours
Deuteronomy 30:19 “I call Heaven and
earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life
and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou
and thy seed may live:”
The Lord wants nothing more from us
than that we would turn to Him and seek the truth. He loves us with a
deep, abiding love and it is not His will that any man perishes. He
wants to dwell with us as our Creator Father in the Kingdom of God, but
the choice is ours to make, and ours alone. We must earnestly repent of
all our sins and sanctify ourselves to enter into His Kingdom.
We must believe that Christ is the Son
of God and that He died to save us from our sins and rose again from the
dead. If we believe in our hearts and confess that with our mouths, we
will be saved unto eternal life. We are encouraged to be baptized in
water and ask for the Holy Spirit to come to us, so that He can lead and
guide us into all truth and teach us to walk in love for God and others.
Our righteousness will then no longer
be an issue and we can fellowship with the Lord intimately, as He
desires that we do. We are sons and daughters of the living God. We
can approach Him in prayer at any time, and be assured that all our
needs will be met. He wants us totally dependent on Him for every good
thing in our lives, and He will never ever leave us or forsake us.
2Corinthians 7:1 “Having therefore
these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
God.”
We should reverence the Lord above all
things and show Him the deference and respect that He deserves. He is a
mighty God and capable of both creation and destruction. We must have a
wholesome fear of Him and respect all His commandments to us, as we have
been taught. It is a fearful thing to fall under the mighty hand of
God.
We must sanctify ourselves of all that
defiles us and strive for holiness and perfection. None of that is
possible without the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit in our
lives. He will lead and guide us, so that we are continually righteous
in God’s eyes and walking in love, as we should.
We inherit great and wonderful
promises when we decide to live for God through the power of His Son,
Jesus Christ. We actually become joint-heirs with Jesus and are seated
with Him in heavenly places. We have rights and privileges that only
those who are saved can enjoy. Our right standing with the Lord is
secure for all time.
We can approach our God with every
need, in full confidence that He will supply all that we require to lead
happy, healthy and prosperous lives. He will protect us from all evil
and take vengeance on all our enemies. We will eventually overcome the
world, our flesh and the devil.
The New Birth
1Thessalonians 5:9-10 “For God hath
not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live
together with Him.”
All of heaven rejoices when we are
born again! We are destined to have a close, intimate relationship with
our God for all of eternity. We were created in His very image and
likeness and He desires to be a Father to us. He sent His only Son,
Jesus Christ, to the earth to save us from our sins and to reconcile us
to Himself for all time. There should never be a separation between God
and man ever again. The Lord has a perfect plan in place that will
benefit us in every area of our lives.
The decision to embrace the truth is
the single most important factor to our salvation. We must repent of
all known sin and appropriate the redemption that is provided to us
through our faith in Christ and His death and resurrection. It is
possible for every man, woman and child to know the truth and be saved
to eternal life. The Lord will lead and guide us every step of the
way. We will be changed and transformed into new creatures in Christ
and inherit all of His promised blessings.
How To Receive Eternal Life And
Enter Into The Kingdom Of God
1. Repent from our sins
2. Believe that Jesus Christ died for us
3. Confess Him as Lord and Savior
4. Be baptized with water
5. Ask God for the baptism in the Holy Spirit
6. Obey the Commandments
7. Walk in love
8. Fulfill the will of God for our lives
If we are diligent to do all of these
things, we will indeed inherit eternal life and all the blessings of the
Kingdom of God. However, if we reject the Lord and His way of doing
things, we will be on the outside looking in for all of eternity. No
evil can dwell in His presence, and although it will grieve Him, He will
exclude us from His Kingdom if we are sinful and unrepentant. The
choice is ours and ours alone. We must embrace the truth or be
condemned to everlasting punishment.
No More Excuse For Sin
Romans 6:11-12 “Likewise reckon ye
also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,
that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
It is really simple to have faith in
God and be saved to eternal life. We need to be humble, child-like and
sincere in our love for Him and for others. We cannot be hypocritical,
pretentious or religious in any way. We must have contrite hearts and
teachable spirits to walk with the Lord. He wants a people that are
totally sold out to Him and righteous in all they do.
It’s not about religion; that will
never impress God or improve our right standing with Him. He is not
into pompous ceremonies or rituals of any kind. The Lord wants us to
have a personal relationship with Him and His Son, Jesus Christ. He
wants us to willingly lay down all of our sinfulness and appropriate the
holiness and perfection of His very own Son.
We have no excuse for sin; we are now
dead to it. If we have confessed Christ as Lord and Savior, then He has
taken on all our sin debt, as if it were His own. We have no business
sinning ever again; we should strive to always remain sin free, so that
our right standing is never in question. Through the power of Jesus
Christ, we can become and remain righteous.
Our minds will be renewed in the truth
and our behavior will be transformed until it is godly. We will grow in
spiritual maturity and imitate the laid-down life of Christ Himself. We
will walk in love and fulfill our divine destinies as the sons of God.
Miraculous signs and wonders will accompany us everywhere we go if we
are consecrated and dedicated to God.
Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things
through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Christ actually dwells in us now and
we can do all things in His strength. If we are disciplined and walk in
righteousness and love, we will remain sin free and acceptable to the
Lord. If we lay down our lives in humble obedience to the Lord’s will,
we will be astonished at the changes in us. Through the power of the
Holy Spirit, we can become more spiritually mature.
Spiritual fruit will begin to manifest
in our lives once we are born again and baptized in the Holy Spirit.
These are attributes like those of God Himself. Faith, peace, love, and
joy will all appear and help us to grow and develop in the deep things
of God. Goodness, gentleness, meekness, temperance and longsuffering
will evolve to enable us to relate better to others.
We will serve the Lord and others with
joy and gladness, instead of out of fear and obligation. We will
present our bodies as living sacrifices, and relinquish all our worldly
lusts and selfish soul ambitions. We will imitate the laid down life of
Jesus Christ Himself and walk just as He walked. We will continue His
ministry on the earth and fulfill our divine destinies.
Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit
of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and
death.”
If we are born again, then we have
been set free from the law of sin and death. We can deliberately pursue
righteousness, as we have been taught. We will eventually overcome the
world, our flesh and the devil and prevail in all things. We are more
than conquerors through our faith in Christ Jesus and we will become
more like Him as we imitate His laid down life.
The process of regeneration takes
time, however. We are not instantly holy and pure, despite our best
efforts. We have to lay down all worldliness and discipline ourselves,
so that we can become godly. Our minds are renewed and our behavior is
transformed, until we eventually evolve into mature Christians. The key
to positive growth is full surrender to God.
We have to relinquish all our
carnality and selfishness of the soul, and strive for holiness and
perfection. We should present our bodies as living sacrifices in humble
service to God and to others. We will preach the Gospel all over the
earth, so that many men can be set free, as we have been. Our very
thoughts, words and actions must be above and beyond reproach.
Believers are ambassadors for the Lord
and His Kingdom way of life. We should be fitting examples to others at
all times. All men will look to us in the days to come, to see if we
are living up to our faith. We will be carefully scrutinized to see if
we are sincere. Our righteousness and our love walk will have to be
unquestionable if we will lead others to the Lord.
Romans 6:22-23 “But now being made
free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto
holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin [is] death;
but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Jesus Christ came to this earth to
save us from all our sins and to be our role model for righteousness.
He laid down His deity while He was here with us and operated as a mere
man. He was subjected to all the tests, trials and temptations that we
have ourselves, yet He was totally sinless and perfectly obedient.
Christ taught us that we can be victorious in this life.
Now that we are free of our bondage to
sin, we can work at our sanctification. If we walk in love and
righteousness at all times, we will mature spiritually to the point that
sin no longer reigns over us in any way. We will lay down all our
carnality and selfish soul ambitions; become like Christ Himself; and
walk in holiness and perfection, as we are destined to do.
We should present our bodies as living
sacrifices in humble service to the Lord. He will then be able to use
us to lead others to Him and usher in His everlasting Kingdom. Nothing
will be impossible for us. He will endue us with His very own divine
power and authority. We will operate as Jesus Christ did on the earth
and perform miracles, signs and wonders in His name.
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God will
be preached with power and conviction, so that all of mankind has the
opportunity to receive eternal life and all its many benefits. We will
heal the sick, cast out demons and even raise the dead in the days to
come. All men, women and children that wish to be converted, saved and
baptized will repent of their sins and come to the Lord.
John 8:36 “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
Christ died to save us from our sins
and to set us free from the bondage that we experienced. He brought us
life in abundance to the overflow. We now have peace with God and enjoy
true Christian liberty. None of us ever have to sin and experience
separation from God ever again. We can do all things through Christ, to
include remaining sin free and in right standing with God.
We have divine callings and eternal
destinies to fulfill. We cannot be selfish and doing our own thing. If
we are totally cleansed of all our sin and worldly defilement, the Lord
can use us to bring in the Kingdom of God on the earth. We have
inherited eternal life through our faith in Christ, and we must share
the Gospel message with others, so that they can also be saved.
Colossians 3:17 “And whatsoever ye do
in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks
to God and the Father by Him.”
If we are fully sanctified of all
known sin, the Lord will imbue us with divine power and authority to
function as Jesus Christ did on the earth. We will overcome all evil
with good. We will preach the good news of the Kingdom of God and
baptize many souls in the end-time harvest. We will heal the sick, cast
out demons and even raise the dead back to life in His name.
We will tear down all demonic
strongholds and bring peace, order and stability back to the earth, as
we are supposed to do. We will set others free from their bondage to
sin and prepare their hearts to meet their King. There will be equality
and justice, safety and security in the Kingdom of God. Christ will
rule with a rod of iron to make certain that nothing evil ever harms us.
The people of God will experience
peace and prosperity, health and longevity, joy and gladness for all
eternity. The Lord will actually dwell with us and meet our needs in
abundance, even before we ask Him. We will interact with men and angels
and the Lord will turn our language back to a pure one that all may
understand. Every tongue will confess that “Jesus is Lord.”
Covered By The Blood
Ephesians 2:13 “But now in Christ
Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ.”
Our redemption is finally secure. If
we are sincere believers, we are covered by the Blood of Jesus Christ.
If we do sin after having received our salvation, we now have grace with
God and can always repent and be restored to right standing again. If
we do so, He will reinstate all of our blessings and even blot our sin
from His memory, as He promised us.
Christ’s sacrifice paid our sin debt
in its entirety. He shed His Blood once and for all, so that the sins
of all mankind – past, present and future – would be forgiven. Our
righteousness is no longer an issue with God. When He sees us, He sees
the shed Blood of His very own Son, Jesus Christ, and deems us truly
acceptable now as His beloved sons and daughters.
However, we must never take advantage
of the Lord’s love, mercy and compassion to us. We should purposely
control our fleshly desires and lay down our selfish, worldly
ambitions. We have the personal responsibility to remain sin free and
sanctify ourselves of all carnality. Deliberate sin is always forbidden
and will subject us to eternal punishment.
Although we may have tests, trials and
temptations to endure, we will be victorious if we appropriate the
strength and wisdom of Christ Himself. He will empower us to walk like
He walked and do the works that He did on the earth. All that we must
do is be fully surrendered to Him and we will be astounded at the
positive changes that will take place in us.
Revelation 12:11 “And they overcame
him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and
they loved not their lives unto the death.”
It is possible to be sin free and
totally righteous at all times. We should walk in the Holy Spirit
instead of our flesh, and strive for holiness and perfection, even as
our God is holy and perfect. We must have a reverential fear of the
Lord and follow all of His commandments to us. We can also perfect our
love walk and treat others, as we hope to be treated.
We must present our bodies as living
sacrifices, so that we can serve the Lord and His people in the critical
days to come. We cannot be focused on this world; we have divine
destinies that will impact all of eternity. We will preach the Gospel
of the Kingdom of God with power and conviction, heal the sick, cast out
demons and raise the dead back to life again.
All world governments will be
challenged to make certain that they line up with Kingdom principles of
fairness and justice for all mankind. We will establish peace and order
on the earth and eliminate all violence and destruction. We will speak
to all of creation and it will be in harmony and subject to our
dominion. Nothing will be impossible to us.
We are the Body of Christ on the earth
– His hands, feet and voice. We will appropriate His divine power to
reign victorious in life. We will overcome the world, our flesh and the
devil by the Blood of the Lamb and the words of our testimony. We are
more than conquerors in life through our faith in Christ; He will
strengthen us so that we prevail in all matters.
1John 1:7 “But if we walk in the
light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
Jesus Christ died for the remission of
our sins and to bring us life in abundance to the overflow. We have
received the divine exchange of sin for pardon, guilt for righteousness,
sorrow for joy and contention for peace. However, we are responsible to
walk in the light we have and share our saving faith with others, so
that they can also be set free. We must preach the good news of the
Kingdom of God, so that men, women and children in every nation of the
world can be saved unto eternal life.
It is not the Lord’s desire that
anyone perishes for lack of knowledge. He wants us all to turn from our
sins and believe in His Son, Jesus Christ. If we do, we will receive
many blessings for our faith and enjoy fellowship with God and with one
another. The Blood of Christ is powerful to cleanse all of us from our
sins; restore us to right standing; and protect us from all evil. If we
walk in love and total righteousness, the enemy will not be able to
disturb our lives or interfere with our well-being.
We must pursue peace with all men,
believers and unbelievers. We cannot be in strife and division and hope
to please God. He wants all men to dwell in love, peace and unity,
wherever possible. We need one another and we should be diligent to
find the ties that bind us together, rather than focus on our
differences. All of us have suffered from oppression and battled with
the forces of darkness. If we join together as one, we will overcome
all evil with good and take total dominion over the enemy.
There is strength in numbers and we
will come to depend on the gifts and callings of one another in the
critical days that lie ahead. The Body of Christ will move as one
entity in total strength and integrity of purpose, under the leadership
and guidance of Christ Himself. We will tear down all demonic
strongholds and restore peace, order and stability to the world, so that
the Kingdom of God can be introduced without delay. Nothing will be
impossible to us; we will bring heaven itself to the earth.
1Peter 1:2 “Elect according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit,
unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto
you, and peace, be multiplied.”
We are covered by the Blood of Jesus
Christ for all sin – past, present and future. We have true Christian
liberty. We are no longer subject to death as a penalty for our sins.
We are justified by our faith in Jesus Christ, and through that alone.
Our right standing with God has been
restored for all time. We are the very sons and daughters of God
Himself. We can approach the throne of grace with every need, and rest
assured that the Lord will hear our prayers and supply all our needs.
We have become joint-heirs with Christ
to better promises than our forefathers had. The Lord has a wonderful
redemption plan in place for His people. We will inherit the Kingdom of
God and all of its many blessings one day very soon.
But first, we must rise up in our
kingly and priestly anointing and take back the earth for Jesus Christ.
There will eventually be peace, order and stability in this world as a
result of our efforts. All men will have an opportunity to hear the
Gospel.
Heaven itself will be ushered into the
earth realm as the Lord has promised us. We will not have to die and go
to heaven to receive our eternal rewards. They will be here and waiting
for us when Christ returns to set up His everlasting rule and reign.
The Kingdom of God will be a perfect
abode for both God and man. We will experience perpetual peace and
prosperity, safety and security, health and longevity, joy and freedom.
The Lord will provide all our needs and protect us from all evil.
Our bodies will be changed into
glorious, resurrection forms that never age, grow sick and die. The
dead in Christ will be raised to be with us. We will all dwell in the
very presence of almighty God Himself and worship Him in Spirit and in
truth.
Growing In The Things Of God
Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean
heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
Sin is sin and it requires payback.
The penalty for sin is death and separation from God. The decision to
renounce all our sins and follow Christ is of utmost importance to us.
We cannot be in right standing with our God any other way. We must
repent of all our wrongdoing once and for all. We cannot be saved by
our own merits, even if we are good people in the eyes of the world.
We must sincerely believe in Jesus
Christ and His atonement on our behalf, and confess Him as our Lord and
Savior. We should then be baptized with water as an outward sign of the
inward change that took place in us when we were born again. We should
also ask the Lord for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, so that we can
have real power available to us to change our lives for the better.
If we pray and ask the Lord to help
us, He will purge us of all carnality and our selfish soul ambitions.
Our goal should be to strive for spiritual maturity and to walk as
Christ walked. Very soon now, we will dwell in the very presence of our
God in His Kingdom. He cannot and will not tolerate any evil around
Him. We should try to become holy and perfect, just as He is holy and
perfect.
Romans 15:13 “Now the God of hope fill
you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
Our primary goal as a new Christian is
to be baptized with the Holy Spirit of God. If we pray and ask the
Lord, He is faithful to impart His very own Spirit to us, so that we can
be filled with His divine essence in our spirit man. The baptism in the
Holy Spirit is critical to our present welfare and our future
well-being, as well. It will strengthen us and improve our lives as
nothing else can.
The Holy Spirit will enable us to grow
in the deeper things of God and commune intimately with Him. He will
give us hope for the future and confidence in our right standing. We
will be able to speak in spiritual tongues, so that our spirit man can
approach the Lord more effectively. We may receive other spiritual
gifts and manifestations, which can be used in our service to mankind.
Perhaps the Lord will give us words of
wisdom or revelation to share with others. He may endow us with the
ability to heal all those who are sick and afflicted. We may be given
the power to work miracles, signs and wonders in His name to attract
multitudes to our faith. There is nothing that will be impossible to
us, if we sanctify ourselves and ask for the Holy Spirit to manifest in
our lives.
We can grow in spiritual maturity
through the intervention of the Holy Spirit. He leads and guides us in
all things and convicts us of sin. By the power of the Spirit we can
become totally sin free, so that we are continuously righteous and
focused on achieving godliness instead of worldliness. He also imparts
spiritual qualities to us, called spiritual fruit, which will grow and
develop in us.
Ephesians 5:9 “(For the fruit of the
Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)”
These attributes are like those of God
Himself and will improve our relationships with Him and with others. We
can grow in goodness and gentleness toward others; become meek and
temperate in our walk with God; and acquire love, peace and joy in our
lives. These spiritual fruit will one day flourish and overtake us, so
that we can become more like Jesus Christ in every way.
We will operate in demonstrable power
if we are filled with the Holy Spirit of God. We will discover our
eternal callings; fulfill our divine destinies; and complete the
ministry of Jesus Christ on the earth. We will preach the Gospel of the
Kingdom of God with fervor and baptize countless numbers in our faith.
We will heal the sick; cast out demons; and even raise the dead back to
life again.
Nothing will be impossible to us if we
are filled with the Holy Spirit, and walk in that same Spirit in our
daily lives. We will excel in all that we do and make great strides for
the Kingdom of God on this earth. We will take dominion over all the
works of the enemy and establish peace, order and stability on this
planet, as we have been called to do from the very foundation of the
world.
1Corinthians 10:13 “There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is]
faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;
but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be
able to bear [it].”
Trials, tests and temptations come to
each of us, despite our best efforts to walk in love and total
righteousness. We should never beat ourselves up if we fall prey to sin
and miss the mark. We can always repent and receive forgiveness once
again. The Lord is ever willing to restore us to right standing with
Him when we make mistakes.
Regeneration is a life-long process
and requires due diligence if we will be successful. We cannot overcome
our temptation to sin unless we work at it. The Lord will never permit
us to be tempted beyond our ability to escape and prevail over our sin.
He is ever faithful to sustain us in
the power of His might, so that we can eventually overcome the world,
our flesh and the devil. If we pray and ask Him for His Holy Spirit to
indwell us, we will see a significant improvement in all our efforts to
be sin free. We will be empowered to resist all temptation and strive
for godliness in all of our actions.
The Holy Spirit will convict us of
sin, lead and guide us into all righteousness. He will encourage us, so
that we can learn to be disciplined and self-controlled. He will fill
us with spiritual fruit that are like the attributes and characteristics
of God Himself.
We will find that we are truly changed
and transformed into new creatures in Christ. The things of this world
will no longer have a hold on us. We will desire God’s way of doing
things and being right over everything else. We will not be
contaminated by the defilement all around us. We will choose eternal
values over temporary pleasures.
Luke 11:13 “If ye then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall
[your] Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?”
Only by the power of the Holy Spirit
of God, can we effect permanent change in our lives. We should pray
that the Lord sends His very own Spirit to us. He will always
acknowledge our prayer and come to indwell us in all of His fullness.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit is vitally important to our spiritual
growth and development. It will empower us and give us real hope for
our future.
While it may seem difficult to attain
to godly standards, we must remember that the Lord is our total
enablement in all situations and circumstances. He will send His very
own Holy Spirit to convict us of all that defiles us and strengthen us
in the power of His might. If we focus on God and strive for a deeper
relationship with Him and His Son, Jesus Christ, He will not let us
fail.
If we walk in the Spirit instead of
our flesh, we will put our spirit man in ascendancy to our body and soul
and experience victory in every area of our lives. We will become
righteous and godly and imitate the life of Christ. The Lord will then
be able to reveal His plans to us and confer His very own power and
authority on us to bring in the Kingdom of God, as we are destined to
do.
We will become mature sons and
daughters of almighty God. Nothing will be impossible to us in the days
ahead. The anointing of Jesus Christ will operate in us, so that we do
the works that He did while on the earth and even greater works. We
will impact the entire world with the power of God; perform miracles
signs and wonders; and prepare the hearts of all men to receive their
King.
Walking In Love And Righteousness
1John 5:2-3 “By this we know that we
love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His
commandments are not grievous.”
We should reverence the Lord and show
Him all of the deference and respect that He deserves. He is an awesome
God that loves us like no other can. We must demonstrate our love for
Him and for others at all times. The Lord is merciful and
compassionate, but He never permits us to deliberately break any of His
commandments. They were created to establish peace and order in our
relationships.
We must adhere to the Ten Commandments
in our daily lives; they are not optional. If we walk in genuine love
for God and for others, we will not even think to break any of the
Lord’s moral absolutes, as that would hurt God and men and be a
transgression of the law of love itself. We can never neglect our love
walk; that is our primary Christian obligation if we wish to enter the
Kingdom of God.
We are required to show genuine warmth
and affection for all men, and be at peace with them wherever possible.
We should strive for love and unity in all our relationships and treat
others, as we ourselves would hope to be treated. We have to purposely
love others, despite the provocation and resistance we may experience.
We can never succumb to anger, bitterness and hatred in our
relationships.
We should encourage and pray for one
another, especially as the day of the Lord approaches. Jesus Christ
wants us to be united in our faith, so that we can overcome all evil
with good and usher in His Kingdom, as we are destined to do. We must
demonstrate our love by ministering to others and by helping them meet
their needs as best we can. There should be no one who is tormented,
poor, sick or dying.
We must preach the Gospel of peace
with power and conviction, so that many others can be saved to eternal
life as we were. We should heal all those who are sick and afflicted in
any way. We have the ability to cast out demons and put an end to
Satan’s oppression of mankind. We can even raise the dead back to life
through the power of the Holy Spirit of God that works in us and through
us.
1Timothy 6:11 “But thou, O man of God,
flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, patience, meekness.”
We are sons and daughters of the
living God. We cannot be ruled by our flesh or selfish ambitions of the
soul. We will have to come up higher in our walk with God if we hope to
spend all of eternity with Him in His Kingdom. We must aspire to being
holy and perfect, just as He is holy and perfect. No evil can dwell in
His presence and He will reject and expel everything that is defiling
and displeasing to Him.
Our eternal welfare is at stake and we
will have to strive for righteousness and love in all that we do. If we
imitate the laid down life of Jesus Christ, we will be successful. Our
Lord and Savior walked in love and peace with all men and was godly in
thoughts, words and actions. He mirrored the very righteousness of God
in all situations and circumstances and His Father was pleased with Him.
Jesus was human in every way – just as
we are – but He was also obedient. He had total faith that the Lord
would empower Him to do good and overcome all evil. We have the same
anointing power and authority available to us. If we are sanctified for
the Lord’s use and fully surrendered to Him, we will be able to
accomplish mighty feats on His behalf and bring heaven to the earth, as
we are ordained to do.
Deuteronomy 28:9 “The LORD shall
establish thee an holy people unto Himself, as he hath sworn unto thee,
if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in His
ways.”
We have an obligation to follow God’s
moral absolutes at all times, as we have been taught. If we do so, we
will be continuously righteous in His eyes and eligible to enter into
His eternal Kingdom. We will receive many blessings and rewards if we
walk uprightly before God and keep all of His commandments.
We must additionally have love for God
and for others at all times. We cannot succumb to strife and division
in our relationships. The Lord insists that we treat one another as He
treats us. If we walk in uncompromised love, we will fulfill the whole
requirement of the law and be at peace with one another.
We must minister to one another, just
as Christ did during His time with us. We should preach the Gospel with
power and conviction, so men can be saved to eternal life. We must lay
hands on the sick and cast out demons. We will even raise the dead back
to life again through the power of God at work through us.
We will have an eternal legacy that we
share with all other believers one day in the very near future. The
Lord will gather us into His Kingdom for all of eternity and have an
ongoing, intimate relationship with us, as He desires. He will be our
God and we will be His very own children that are called by His holy
name.
We will have peace and prosperity,
health and longevity, safety and security, joy and freedom for all
time. The Lord will provide all our needs and commune with us
face-to-face in His Kingdom. We will be reunited with the dead in
Christ and enjoy all the beauty and bounty that the vast universe has to
offer us.
Peace With God
Romans 5:1 “Therefore being justified
by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”
Our faith has the power to save us
from our sins and prevent eternal damnation for us. We should share it
with all men, so that they are set free in the truth. None of us is
inherently righteous or deserving of eternal life, but the Lord desires
that we all believe in Him and His power to deliver us from
destruction. We can all be saved through our faith in Jesus Christ and
enjoy life in His Kingdom as a result. He suffered and died for the
express benefit of all mankind.
No longer condemned to permanent
punishment for our sins, we have peace with God and hope for our
future. Our right standing with Him has been restored for all time. We
are justified by our faith, and that alone. If we should sin after
having received our salvation, we have grace with God and can always
repent. If we are sincere, He will restore us to right standing with
Him and reinstate all of our blessings. However, we can never presume
to be deliberately rebellious.
We must work at sanctification and ask
for the baptism in the Holy Spirit. If we do, it will dramatically
change our lives. We will put our spirit man in ascendancy to our flesh
and soul, and appropriate divine power to do good. The key to spiritual
growth is that we must continually improve our thoughts, attitudes,
words and behavior, so that we become more Christ-like. If we imitate
His laid down life and walk as He walked, we will be like Him in every
way.
Philippians 4:9 “Those things, which
ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and
the God of peace shall be with you.”
The Lord can and will use any of us
that is sanctified and dedicated to His eternal purpose for mankind. We
have to walk in love for Him and others and follow all His commandments
to us. We should earnestly desire that all men come to a full knowledge
of the truth and be set free to enjoy eternal life and all of its
promised blessings. We must spread the Gospel message to all nations of
the world. It is not the Lord’s desire that anyone should perish.
We have divine destinies that will be
fulfilled in the days to come. We will introduce the Kingdom of God to
the earth, as He desires. We will demonstrate the Lord’s love, mercy
and compassion to all men and minister as Jesus Christ did to others.
We will heal the sick of all their afflictions. We will cast out demons
and set men free. We will even raise the dead back to life. We will
deliver all of mankind from its oppression and bondage to sin.
The entire earth has to be prepared
for the return of Jesus Christ. We need to take dominion over all
governments and their economies to make certain that justice and
fairness are established as the norms for Kingdom living. We will speak
to all of creation and it will line up with the Word and the will of
God. Plants, animals and the climate will all soon be in harmony with
one another and subject to man once again, as it was in the Garden of
Eden.
The Lord will fully empower us to
overcome all evil with good. We will not do anything in our own
strength. His Holy Spirit will move over the face of the earth and
accomplish everything that He intends. Our God desires peace, love and
unity in His people and He will not be satisfied until we learn to dwell
together as brothers and sisters. Very soon now, the entire world will
be changed to line up with godly principles of fairness and justice.
Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and of a
good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, He
[it is] that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee.”
Our God will be with us in all that we
are called to do in the critical days ahead. He will never leave us or
forsake us. We will destroy all works of the enemy that interfere with
our serving God and others. Nothing will in any way harm us or deter us
from bringing in the Kingdom of God, as we are intended to do. We will
overcome all evil with good through the power of God that works in us
and through us to change the fate of the entire earth. Nothing will be
impossible to us in the days to come.
The righteous will not be evacuated
from this planet. Nor will the world be totally destroyed, as some
believe. However, it will be dramatically changed for the better. The
people of God will restore peace, order and stability and re-create all
of nature to line up with the Word and the will of God. The Kingdom of
God will be ushered in with power and glory, so that all men will know
that the Lord is still in control. They will have to take notice and
give Him the honor and praise that He so rightly deserves.
We have an everlasting covenant of
peace with God. He will supply all our needs – both temporal and
spiritual – and be with us in all that we are called to do to bring in
His Kingdom on the earth. He will assign legions of ministering angels
to assist us in all of our efforts. Our victory is assured and the Lord
will soon boast of us to all creation as His very own sons and
daughters. We will be key players in His Kingdom and have eternal
rewards for our humble service to Him in ministry to His people.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the
thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and
not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
We are sons and daughters of the
living God. He has a plan for our welfare and not for evil. He will
deliver us from the enemy and protect us from all harm. We will not be
ashamed for our faith in Him, nor will we be without its benefits. Very
soon now, the Kingdom of God will be introduced to the earth realm and
we will have a huge part to play in it.
Each of us can serve as a member of
the Body of Christ. We can become extensions of Jesus Christ Himself in
all that we do. We will take up His ministry where He left off and
preach the Gospel of the Kingdom to all the nations of the world. We
will heal the sick, cast out demons and even raise the dead back to life
again. We will overcome all evil with good by the power of the Holy
Spirit.
We will reorganize all human
governments and their economies to line up with Kingdom principles.
There will soon be peace, fairness and justice on the earth. We will
speak to all of creation and set it free to the liberty that we enjoy as
sons of God. All plants and animals will one day be in harmony and
subject to man. Even the climate will respond to us.
There will be nothing that is
impossible to us if we love and serve our God, as we are destined to
do. He will imbue us with His very own power and authority to
accomplish mighty feats in His name. We will take back the earth and
everything in it for the Kingdom of God. We will destroy all demonic
strongholds, prevail in all mundane matters and prepare the hearts of
all mankind to receive their King.
We Are His Witnesses
Isaiah 44:8 “Fear ye not, neither be
afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? ye
[are] even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no
God; I know not [any].”
We are privileged to know the truth
that has set us free. We should never permit fear, doubt or unbelief to
come at us and disturb our peace with God. He is our Creator and our
source for all good things. He will never leave us or forsake us. We
will have a just reward for our faith and righteousness. He will not
disappoint us or leave us empty-handed.
There are many blessings stored up for
us now and for all of eternity. We need only follow the Lord’s
commandments to us and walk in love for Him and for others, to see
tremendous manifestations of His faithfulness to us. He will supply all
of our needs in abundance and empower us to be successful in every area
of our lives, now and in the future.
The Lord has wonderful plans for us.
He will soon gather us into His everlasting Kingdom, so that we can be
with Him for all time. But first, there is important work to be done.
He wants to partner with us in reaching all of humanity. We ought to
preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in all of its power, so that many
others can be converted, saved and baptized.
We have to make our faith available to
all men, so that they can join us in receiving all the blessings that
the Lord has in store for us. It is not His desire that anyone perishes
for lack of knowledge in the truth. Christ died for all of mankind and
salvation is a free gift to all who believe. Every man, woman and child
who accepts Christ will receive eternal life.
Hebrews 2:4 “God also bearing [them]
witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and
gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will”
If we are faithful and obedient to the
call of God on our lives, we will work miracles, signs and wonders in
His name. Everything that we do will be instrumental in bringing in His
Kingdom for all the world to see. We will be testimonies to the power
and glory of God, and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom to all races,
tongues and nations to set men free in the truth.
All men will look to us for godly
examples. We will walk in peace and love and radiate the goodness of
God for all to see. We will show mercy and compassion, as we heal the
sick and cast out demons that have held men in bondage and oppression.
If we have strong faith, we will even raise the dead back to life again,
as Christ did when He walked on the earth.
We will speak to all world governments
and they will comply with Kingdom principles of fairness and justice for
mankind. We will eliminate violence, war and conflict on the earth.
All men will learn to dwell as brothers. We will take control of the
economy and the people of God will flourish. The wealth of the wicked
will soon be redistributed to the righteous.
All of creation is waiting for us to
release it from death, decay and destruction into perfect balance, as it
was in the Garden of Eden. Natural elements will be in total harmony
and subject to man’s dominion. Plants, animals and even the climate
will line up with the Word and the will of almighty God. There will be
peace, order and stability throughout this world.
Isaiah 43:10 “Ye [are] my witnesses,
saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and
believe me, and understand that I [am] He: before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be after me.”
We are witnesses to the Lord God and
His willing servants. We know the truth and it has set us free for all
time. We should share our faith with others, so that they may be saved
and enjoy real Christian liberty as we do. Our sinfulness is no longer
an issue with God; our righteousness in Him has been restored and our
sonship status is guaranteed. We have been washed clean in the Blood of
Christ Himself and redeemed from the penalty of sin, which is death.
There is only one God and He has made
provision for our eternal redemption. If we have believed in His Son,
Jesus Christ, and made Him our Lord and Savior, then we are eligible for
the free gift of eternal life. We no longer have a sin debt to pay. We
now have a covenant of peace with God and He will make good on all of
His promises to us. We will overcome the world, our flesh and the devil
and inherit all the promised blessings for righteousness.
We will have peace and prosperity,
safety and security, joy and gladness in the Kingdom of God. The Lord
will take vengeance on all our enemies and vindicate us with both men
and angels. He will boast of us to all creation and we will rule and
reign with Christ Himself. No evil will defile us or ever interfere
with our blessings. We will have glorious, resurrection bodies that are
impervious to disease and death, and live forever in the presence of our
loving God.
Acts 5:32 “And we are His witnesses of
these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to
them that obey Him.”
We have received the gift of the Holy
Spirit and we will become totally zealous for the things of God. He
will be able to do a powerful work in us and through us to reach all of
mankind in the days ahead. We will come into our eternal callings and
embrace our divine destinies, so we can introduce the Kingdom of God in
all of its glory for all the world to see.
The Gospel of the Kingdom will be
preached, so that men might be set free in the truth and enjoy eternal
life. We will heal the sick and deliver captives free of enemy
oppression. We will even raise the dead back to life, just as Christ
Himself did. We will destroy all demonic strongholds that have hindered
us in any way or held God’s people in bondage to sin.
We will rise up in all the power and
authority that has been granted to us and assume our roles as the very
sons and daughters of the living God. We will make sweeping changes all
over the entire world and prepare the hearts of all mankind to receive
their King. Everything in heaven and on the earth will finally be
united under the lordship of Jesus Christ.
The sons of God will one day be a
praise on the earth. We will share in Christ’s very own honor and
glory. We will judge both men and angels and have the heathen for our
inheritance. The Lord will appoint us as kings and priests, and we will
be overseers of His people. We will enforce godly principles, so that
Kingdom integrity is maintained at all times.
Jeremiah 1:9-10 “Then the Lord put
forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold,
I have put my words in thy mouth. See, I have this day set thee over the
nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to
destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.”
We will glorify God and His Son, Jesus
Christ, in all that we think, say and do. We will help to restructure
and reorganize all worldly governments, so that they line up with
Kingdom principles of fairness and justice, peace and righteousness for
all men. We will work to restore all of nature to its original beauty
and balance, so that it is harmony with man and with God. Our
faith-based words that line up with the Word of God will work miracles
that attest to our faith. We will bind all evil and loose blessings to
mankind.
Our very own words that are anointed
for godly change will bring peace, order and stability on the earth. We
will overcome all evil with good and establish Kingdom principles in all
of our affairs. There will be no more war, violence or conflict, no
more poverty and lack or devastation and destruction of mankind. Men
will learn to dwell together as brothers and sisters or be expelled from
God’s presence for all of eternity. Our primary goal is to prepare the
entire world for the eternal rule and reign of Jesus Christ.
All enemies will be put under Christ’s
feet, as we deliver His Kingdom to Him at His coming. He will destroy
all the ungodly and their ungodliness in His wrath and banish Satan to
the bottomless pit. He will scrutinize all men, living and dead, and
determine if they will be eligible to enter into His Kingdom. The
righteous will be rewarded in the Kingdom of God for all time. All evil
will ultimately be removed from the face of the earth, so that nothing
ever defiles God’s people or interrupts the serenity of Kingdom life.
We will no longer be oppressed for our
faith by Satan, the enemy of our souls. The Lord will execute vengeance
on all of our enemies and reward us for our loyalty to Him in fulfilling
His eternal redemption plan. He will boast of us to all creation and be
a Father to us for all of eternity. We will rule and reign with Jesus
Christ and even be kings and priests of God. We will have endless peace
and unlimited prosperity as our blessings for righteousness, and
experience safety and security in the perpetual presence of our God.
Topics for Discussion
1. God So Loved The World
2. To Believe Or Not Believe
3. The New Birth
4. No More Excuse For Sin
5. Covered By The Blood
6. Growing In The Things Of God
7. We Are His Witnesses