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Post  Admin Fri 13 Dec 2019, 12:29 am

Correction is good

Colossians 2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with
enticing words.

In Revelation in the 7 letters the last letter is to the Church in Laodicea
(meaning ‘Justice/Judgment of the people’ a lukewarm Church) it lies
between Hierapolis (meaning ‘holy city’) and Colossae (meaning
‘correction’). We see Paul wrote letters to the Colossians but did not
write to the Churches in the other two cities, he only rebuked the Church
in Laodicea and the pervious verse confirms he never visited it even though
it was just 16kms (about 10 miles) away.

In today’s Churches any person speaking good is immediately accepted for
people like to hear preaching on grace, love, forgiveness, prosperity etc.
but things that call for corrections are immediately rebuked.

In today’s message Paul says he is in position to correct because he has
received wisdom and knowledge that comes from God.

In today’s Churches we find people having passion but lacking knowledge are
put on pedestrians to lead others. Even if they have knowledge they
desperately lack wisdom. When one cross questions them, they get offended.

Let us be careful of those who speak good words and do not speak
correction, such friends are more dangerous than enemies. That does not
mean one who only rebukes is good.

The Church needs edification. Correction does not mean praising nor means
rebuking. We need proper understanding of scriptures and that too from one
who is led by the Holy Spirit. Let us not become a Church like Laodicea
which is not worthy of correction but only Judgment.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You are Father and thus desire to correct us.
Lord we thank You for the times You have pulled us up and corrected us. We
thank You for your love and concern about us. We pray Lord we do not become
like Laodicea that is unworthy of correction but be like Colossae. We pray
You send us Men/ Women of God who are anointed filled with wisdom and
knowledge that comes from You...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scripture]
Colossians 2:1-3
1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for]
them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and
unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the
acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Proverbs 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an
enemy are profuse.

Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a
sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the
mouth of fools poureth out folly.

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Post  Admin Tue 10 Dec 2019, 11:48 pm

Which body are you trying to save?

1 Corinthians 12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to
be more feeble, are necessary:

If one goes to a shop one finds they will keep their best products on
display and the not so good ones would be either in some corner or in the
storeroom hidden from public eyes. The same is with any company and so also
with any Church.

In Churches one will find the Pastor or leaders communicating with those
who are regulars, are spiritually strong or those who are new but moment
they settle down and are struggling they are ignored. If one needs to gauge
a Pastor look not at those who are in front doing well but gauge him or her
but those who lack.

The Greek word for body is soma and comes from the word sozo which is to
save (salvation). God created the body for salvation of man, even naturally
we are made to a design and that design is a shadow of things spiritual.
Yesterday we saw the word Tabernacle meant ‘shadow of the vessel’. Paul
said our bodies are a Tabernacle of God and that means we are a shadow of
things not visible. Paul was not focusing on the natural body because Jesus
said it is better to caste out an eye, hand or leg then to loose salvation.

Let everyone that ministers be it a Pastor, an Evangelist, a Teacher or
whatever you call yourself, know that we are not measured according to our
best, but according to our worst. We ourselves will be saved by our faith
(belief + work) but our reward in Heaven will be according to our results
which is benchmarked according to our failure not our success (since we are
helped by the Holy Spirit and it is our resisting the Holy Spirit that
causes our failures).

Jesus said a Good Shepherd is the one who leaves his 99 sheep and goes
after the 1 lost sheep. Let us not ignore those who are weak or struggling
amongst us and thus work from the bottom up. Let us see the health of our
spiritual body as a whole.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord have made us as a body for You know we
as an individual cannot make it, but as a body we can. Lord we pray we
understand the importance to connect to each other and work as one. We pray
we spend more time and efforts with those who are in need. Make our weak
limbs strong...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Mark 9:42-48
42 And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me
to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about
his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43 And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee
to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into
hell, into the unquenchable fire.
45 And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee
to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into
hell.
47 And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for
thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two
eyes to be cast into hell;
48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

1 Corinthians 3:13-15
13 each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it,
because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s
work of what sort it is.
14 If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive
a reward.
15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself
shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

Luke 15:4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of
them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after
that which is lost, until he find it?

John 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

1 Corinthians 6:19 Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

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Post  Admin Mon 09 Dec 2019, 8:54 pm

The Tabernacle of David

Acts 15:16,17 After this I will return, and will build again the
tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins
thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the
Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord,
who doeth all these things.

When Preachers preach on a topic they firstly go to the historical aspect
to the scripture and max their aim is to see its application in today’s
life. One may say ‘Bro what is the problem with this, is this not what
scripture preaching is about?’ Actually No. Scriptures exposition is all
about what God wants to tell us and not about how we can simplify its use
in our life. We cannot try to make bitter medicines sweet so that it suits
us.

Think of it Jews were and are amongst the most intelligent people in the
world, in fact the Bible is mostly written in their native language and its
history is their history, yet we find they lack basic understanding of
scriptures. It saddens me to see people run to Jewish people or people
having Jewish connections to study the Bible or things connected to the
Bible. They fail to understand it is only the Holy Spirit who can give the
right understanding.

Today’s scripture is one of the complex scriptures since verse 16 is
neither as per ancient Hebrew OT text nor the Septuagint OT ancient Greek
translation (meaning 70 since 70 persons were selected to translate it).
When we come to verse 17 it is not as per the Hebrew text but found in the
Septuagint.

James (the Less - brother of Jesus confused to be James the brother of John
/ son of Alpheus) who was a Teacher by Calling had great wisdom and
understanding of scriptures, epistle of James is written by him.

Coming to today’s scriptures, we know David the king desired to build a
Tabernacle for the Lord but did not for the Lord Himself deterred him from
doing so. It was Solomon who built it. Even Jerusalem was called Zion
(fortified city) by David although there were no walls around it. Here too
its walls were built later by Solomon his son.

The Greek word for tabernacle is a compound word meaning ‘vessel + shadow’
and the word David means ‘beloved’. This scripture has nothing to do with
David the king. It also does not talk of the Lord Jesus Christ as the
‘vessel’ but of the people who are lost and referred to as ‘Gentiles’.

All people who are called by the Lord across mankind including all races
fall into category Gentiles (which symbolizes ‘lost sheep’ since none were
found righteous).

God did not select the Angels to overcome darkness but in His wisdom chose
mere man (made lower than the Angles) so that His Name could be glorified
and in the process transform man to take the place of the fallen angels.
The restoration of the Heavenly Temple.

Like the OT we too are a shadow of what we will spiritually become once we
enter Heaven. We are like a caterpillar which gets transformed to a
beautiful butterfly, but here these butterflies as not delicate like the
natural ones but mighty beyond human imagination.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. It would have not taken a little efforts to
destroy Satan and the fallen angels, but You desire more that your Name be
lifted up. You also did not use the mighty Angels but used mere man made
lower than the Angels to overcome darkness before the punishment of the
fallen, so that man would become part of the restoration of the Heavenly
Temple. We thank You Lord for finding and making us worthy to be part of
You in Heaven help us to keep this always in our minds so that we do not
spiritually slumber nor fall...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
2 Samuel 5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same
[is] the city of David.

Mark 15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

James 3:1 Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing that we
shall receive heavier judgment.

Matthew 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with
this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater
than Solomon [is] here.

Galatians 4:6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his
Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the
Almighty, and the Lamb {means males – not the animal}, are the temple
thereof.

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Post  Admin Sat 07 Dec 2019, 11:33 pm

Christianity is not emotions driven

John 13:5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the
disciples’ feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel wherewith he was girded.

Just yesterday I saw a video clip of a ‘Hindutva’ person picking up on a
homely Christian woman sharing the Gospel to some poor persons of the
street. In the video he is seen questioning the woman of her interest in
converting Hindus to Christian, he is also seen talking to another person
and saying if they made Jesus naked and nailed Him to a crucifix, what have
we to do with that; implying why should they leave their rich culture to
follow Him if someone did injustice towards Him?

Some years back a Pastor was sharing on the Passion of Christ’s crucifixion
and in between a woman full of tears cried aloud saying ‘O Krishna how
could you allow a good man like him suffer like this!’.

Now so called ‘ChristMass’ festive is coming and people will put ‘cribs’
and say ‘soo sweet’. The crib has an infant Jesus born in a stable with all
kinds of farm animals around Him, they also put the shepherds, wise men (3)
and an Angel with a large star hanging. When I see any ‘Christian’ put this
up I know for sure they are not people who study the Bible or have an
understanding of it.

Firstly Jesus Christ was born outside an Inn while His parents were waiting
for a room. When Mary gave birth to Him, Joseph wrapped Him in a cloth and
put Him in a manger (box kept to feed the donkeys tied outside the inn).
The shepherds also visited Him in that same place to pay their homage. The
‘wise men’ were not 3, the numbers are not given what was 3 were the gifts,
also they visited the child which was a couple of months old. Coming to the
star, it was not a star but a planet (stars do not move) there was an
overlap of planet Jupiter (king planet / called star then) and star
Rigel/Regal (king star). This happens once in many hundreds of years.

Today’s scripture is also one amongst those which people see with emotions
because they have not understood the truth behind it. They see it as
service and icon of humility. It is only when we understand the OT do we
understand what Christ did at the Lord’s Table, washing the feet of His
disciples was not to show service or humility but to show path of salvation
and redemption. It had to do with forgiveness of sins and not cleanliness
of feet nor service.

Emotions is key factor for other religions thus we see things like penance
or human righteous sacrifices as pathways to restoration / immortality.
Christianity on the other hand has truth as the only path to immorality.
Jesus said I am the WAY the TRUTH and LIFE. So to receive eternal life we
need to follow the path of truth.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You alone are God and there is none like You, it
is the Truth and Truth sets us free from corruption. Lord we pray we are
not people driven by emotions but people driven by truth. We pray we be
child of light of day and not of darkness or night...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Luke 2:7-16
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in
the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord.
12 And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe
lying in a manger.

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ.

John 8:31-32
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in
my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Grow in your Calling

2 Timothy 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the
work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

Timothy was a student of Paul, Paul helped nurture him spiritually and even
called him his spiritual son. But we see Timothy does not refer to Paul as
his spiritual father nor we see Timothy making Paul his idol. Paul was an
Apostle by Calling and we see Paul did not tell Timothy to become an
Apostle like him, but guided him in his Calling that is of an Evangelist.

Although Paul was more knowledgeable than any other in his time, yet people
compared him to his own students like Timothy since Paul was a problem with
speech (he could not present his knowledge vocally thus used the term ‘rude
speech’ for himself – people would sleep when he preached). It was in
Paul’s letters to the Church of Corinth that this aspect is highlighted,
Paul overcame this thorn (it affected him gravely) later and in his letter
to Philemon goes to call Timothy his co-worker and brother, not his student
/ son.

Disciplining people in the Lord does not mean to make them our disciples
(that is to follow us) or make them like us, it is about building the gap
between them and Christ, it is about guiding them to be what Christ has
called them to be and it is about helping them take off on the mission that
Christ has set for them.

Calling is not a vocation that one can change or a position of growth (even
though there is a hierarchy between them). Can a plane inspire to become a
ship or the other way around? Even if a plane can land in the sea yet its
place is in the sky.

I have seen many anointed Men/Women of God having lack of understanding on
Callings changing their designations from Evangelist to Bishop to Prophet
to Apostle. Some have gone through spiritual disasters doing this.

Callings are so important that man’s physical / biological body is designed
according to Callings. So let us identify our Calling and remain in our
Calling. We can do all things in Christ yet we are Called with a Calling
and a mission. Peter says those who know this clearly will have the least
spiritual problems.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord have made us as part of your Body. You
know none of us could be successful thus got us collectively to be
successful as a Body. You gave each one of us a special purpose and mission
so that we need each other and are connected to each other. Lord we pray we
understand higher Calling does not make is better or great person but makes
us a more responsible servant...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
2 Corinthians 11:6 But though [I be] rude in speech, yet not in
knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things..

Acts 20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus,
being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk
down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

2 Corinthians 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the
abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh,
the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure..

2 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, [my] dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, [and]
peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy [our] brother,
unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,

1 Corinthians 12:20-25
20 But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again
the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble,
are necessary:
23 And those [members] of the body, which we think to be less honourable,
upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely [parts] have
more abundant comeliness.
24 For our comely [parts] have no need: but God hath tempered the body
together, having given more abundant honour to that [part] which lacked:
25 That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members
should have the same care one for another.

2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your
calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

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Does God make mistakes?

1 Corinthians 7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein
abide with God.

If one speaks to the new upcoming young preachers/evangelists/Pastors in
India the top thing on their minds is to have an international ministry,
move to a developed country like USA and operate from there. I personally
know of highly anointed persons who have destroyed their Calling by doing
this grave mistake.

Can a farmer leave a rich soil right for a great harvest and move to a
place where the soil is not good, just because he finds it more comfortable
there? Can a farmer skilled to farm in mountainous regions move to a
plateau for convenience, what happens to the farms in the hills?

Imagine Paul who was born from a Roman father and Jewish mother saying he
would not minister to the Gentiles and asks the Lord to send Peter who came
from a Jewish family to do the job. No doubt nothing is impossible for God
but would his acceptance by the people be easy?

I keep getting invitations from people of various countries to help their
ministry and I do not jump at them, how so ever attractive that may be,
unless the Lord does not instruct me I prefer working in the field the Lord
has put me in. Some may say the Lord said to preach to the world,
‘Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria uttermost parts of the earth’. Firstly the Lord
said be a witness in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Now Jerusalem is in
Judea and both Judea and Samaria is part of Israel. What differentiated
these places is the people their lifestyle, traditions and beliefs.

In our last messages the Lord spoke about our timing and today the Lord is
telling us about the environment or ecosystem we are called to witness the
lord in.

I started teaching ministry on the internet with just about 300 but today
am able to reach more than a million on daily basis something I did not
dream of although the Lord said He would. The way the Lord taught and
teaches me (which even shocks me at times), any one would say brother He is
taking you international, but then in the start itself along with my
harvest the Lord showed me my ultimate purpose to start a Bible college
amongst the community / native place I come from.

There is something important we need to understand, the Lord chose Moses to
speak to Pharaoh and he was the perfect person for that job since he was
both Israelite as well as an Egyptian citizen but when he refused the Lord
got his brother to do the job. Possibly the result could have been
different had Moses accepted, but then one thing that happened is Moses’
children did not inherit a blessing but Aaron’s children did.

Saul knew his purpose and thus reverted to his Roman name Paul discarding
use of his Jewish name Saul. Let us know our purpose in the Lord and as a
thumb rule work in the place we are bought out from, unless we are clearly
instructed by the Lord. Let us remember there is no one more perfect than
us for the job we are assigned.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord chose Israelite nomads to be your
witnesses in this world and when they failed You chose people from other
races and cultures to witness You. Lord we pray we do not fail so that
those You have given to us too lose due to our failure...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come
upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

1 Corinthians 7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord
hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the
word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but
by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Galatians 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the
uncircumcision was committed unto me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision
[was] unto Peter;

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Our coming and going

1 Corinthians 16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

Bible states we all were spiritually created together in the foundation of
this creation and this is mentioned in Genesis 1:27. People who do not
understand this scripture misinterpret it to the existence of a woman named
Lilith. If they read the Hebrew text the word ‘them’ is masculine plural.

In spirit we were all created the same gender, we were neither natural male
nor female; we had one gender spiritual male (sons). Our natural gender
comes when we are formed in the womb of our mother and this gender remains
but our spiritual gender becomes female until we mature and become Sons of
God. In the natural man is made in the image of God and female is made in
the nature of man (made from the bone / character of man), that does not
make man superior than female but makes him more responsible (this is why
in the Bible lots of things done by man affects the society as a whole, on
the contrary women are more forgiven).

Coming back to today’s topic we were in the loins of our fathers (as
spiritual seeds) before we were conceived in our mother’s womb, it was for
this reason the Lord blessed the father so as to bless the generations. The
Israelites not understanding the spiritual aspect use to do all prophecies
placing the hand under the thigh of the person like the Lord did to bless
Jacob’s seeds as Israel (Sons of God by faith).

Although we were created together, our coming in this world varies. To get
an idea of this awesomeness: those who know God are as numerous as the
stars (both sheep and goats) and these are only a small fraction of all
human beings (as numerous as sand) created by God! Bible says the eyes on
the Lord are on those who know Him.

As far as our going/exit. Our exit from this creation (spirit leaving the
flesh) is also not known to us. Bible say as far as our spirit is in the
flesh our soul (inner-man) comes alive (moldable) and the day it leaves the
body the soul freezes (thus praying for the dead is useless). We are judged
according to our inner-man. Being born again is all about transformation of
the inner-man.

Bible says those who know the Lord sleep in Him and stand before the
Judgment throne on Judgment Day when all rise (resurrect) but those still
alive during His coming transform (transfigure) directly into spiritual
beings (Angels). One third of the Angels were banished from Heaven when
‘Lucifer’ influenced them. Those who know God (decedents of Abraham) are as
many as the hosts of Heaven (Angels) and only a third of them are refined
through fire and enter Heaven as transformed beings (Angels).

To summarize it we all were created together and (only sheep) enter Heaven
together as one body/bride to become a part of Christ / God. If we
understand this then we will understand the importance of evangelism,
supporting and building each other. It is for this reason Jesus Christ said
to His disciples loving one another as He loved us is the principle law.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You are Spirit and the Heavens are a Spirit
place. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Heavens, thus man needs to be
born again / transformed. Lord we pray your people understand the
importance of the internal change required and of working together as a
body...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I
will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which
[is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,
and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which
was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will
refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they
shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people:
and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.

Matthew 22:29-30
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage,
but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Hebrews 1:6-8
6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he
saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire.
8 But unto the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever:
a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.

1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in
holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ with all his saints.

2 Thessalonians 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

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Glory of God in Church of Philadelphia

Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These
things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of
David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man
openeth;

Since a few days the Lord has been giving us messages concern the end
times. It is not that Judgment Day is at hand like I mentioned many major
prophecies are yet to come to pass. One of the major and simplest timelines
I spoke of was the 7 letters of Revelation, how we just entered in the 6th
era of the Church and will be moving to the 7th before Judgment Day.

In the 7 letters we see the 6th era Philadelphia (meaning coming together)
is the least rebuked era. In fact this era sees some of the greatest phases
of the Church of God. Some of the highlights of this era is the coming
together/working together of various denominations and sects of the
Believer Churches, fall of the false Church (Babylon the Great - Catholic
Church), people holding the Key of David and Men of God exercising
authority.

Key of David is not an object but the promise that was given to David. In
the Lord’s Covenant with mankind, David was given the promise of Seed of
David (Christ) having an eternal Kingdom. This was not a promise of an
earthly kingdom but spoke of the Lord’s Heavenly Kingdom (Rule). Today’s
scripture talks of many sheep / true people of God coming in this era, so
we will see many true disciples of the Lord in these few hundreds of years
(about 200-400years).

Another very important thing today’s scripture talks of happening soon is
of the coming again/manifestation of Men of Calling leading the Church like
it was in the Church of Ephesians (during the times of Apostles). During
the time of Apostles the Church was not led by ‘Pastors’, all those who
ministered to others were called ‘Pastors’ (meaning Shepherds). The Church
was run by Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, Evangelist, Administrators and
Healers. It was in the second phases Smyrna (300AD -400AD) with the coming
of the Catholic Church that the church adopted the Nicolaitan system, which
the heretic Nicolas (mentioned in the NT as a pagan from Antioch, who
adopted Judaism and later Christianity) infused the Jewish church
administration system doctrine into the Christian system (in OT although
the High Priest and priestly system - Aaron system existed yet Nabi/Men of
God/translated as ‘Prophets’ were above it).

Yesterday we spoke of our coming and going. Many a times I really praise
and thank God for bringing me into this world during the best time of
Christianity, end of Sardis (mass Evangelism) and coming of the Church of
Philadelphia and using me as one such vessel for its formation. Let each of
us thank God for the times we and our children / grandchildren will see,
times when the glory of God will truly shine on earth, where people will
truly know the Word of God and will not be deceived.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. Your Word is complete, it not only directs us in
instructions but also in time as to what to expect so that patience stays.
Lord we thank You for bringing us during this glorious period which our
eyes will see coming. Lord we thank You for our children are going to truly
know You and experience your power...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Revelations 2:6,8-9,12-13,15
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which
I also hate.
8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the
first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and
[I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but
[are] the synagogue of Satan.
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he
which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan’s seat
[is]: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in
those days wherein Antipas [was] my faithful martyr, who was slain among
you, where Satan dwelleth.
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which
thing I hate.

Acts 6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of
Antioch:

Revelation 3:7-13
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith
he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that
openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no
man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word,
and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are
Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship
before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try
them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man
take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and
he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and
the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down
out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.

Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me,
from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I
will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

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Coming a little while while

Hebrew 10:37 (ASV) For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come,
and shall not tarry.

We have ‘Christian’ cult groups like ‘Jehovah Witnesses’ whose leaders are
famous for declaring one date after another of Judgment Day / End Times and
when it did not happen they kept postponing it. Even after multiple
failures yet a large part of that group till follows those cult leaders.

They are not the only people who have made a fool of themselves on this
topic, we had the very famous 2012 where many non-Christians also thought
the world would end, but nothing happened.

When we read the English translations of the NT we find scriptures wherein
the writers seem to make a fool of themselves on the coming date of Christ
i.e. in today’s scripture if we look at the English text is seems like the
author (assumed to be Paul) is speaking of the end coming very soon. It is
only in the Greek text we find it not being so but giving a proper timing.

When we read the Greek text the word ‘hosos’ translated as ‘while’ is
repeated twice. Now you would say, ‘brother what difference does it make
writing two whiles’?

In the book of Daniel in his vision when Daniel asked the Angel the time as
to when all prophecies would come to past (the end comes when all
prophecies come to past), we see the Lord commands the Angel to declare and
the Angels says ‘Time (period), Time (period) and half’. In today’s
scripture the word hosos speaks of a period/collection and is the same
words as given in Daniel but in reverse, while, while and little.

Jesus’ resurrection timing is a shadow of His coming. Three days was a sign
for the wicked, and in His mercy He resurrected before the third day would
finish. Bible says on the dawn of the third day they found the rock that
covered the cave rolled back (He was crucified on Thursday evening, fifth
day of being arrested on the Sabbath - Saturday evening, the next day of
His crucifixion - Friday was the High Sabbath/Passover celebration). You
may think now that Time, Time / while, while (2 centuries) have passed so
the half/little is at hand thus He should be coming now.

One needs to put all prophecies in a timeline to have an idea of His second
coming. The simplest one is the 7 letters to the 7 Churches in Revelation
which give details of the eras of the Church. We have just entered the 6th
era Philadelphia (meaning coming together of the Church) and it is in the
next stage of the Church where people become lukewarm spiritually enjoying
worldly peace. It is in Laodicea (meaning ‘Judgment of the people’) 7th
Church era that the ‘Son of Perdition’ / ‘False Prophet’ arrives.

In every Church they pray for worldly peace not realizing when Christians
enjoy peace they forget God and die spiritually. I am not saying we do not
pay for peace or start praying for persecution. We should understand what
kind of peace we pray for, our focus should be spiritual peace, peace with
God, the peace of Heaven and not first the peace of earth/worldly peace.

Bible does not say ‘pray for peace of Israel’ but says ‘pray for peace of
Jerusalem’. Jerusalem is not Israel, but as Jerusalem matures and grows it
becomes Israel. Jerusalem symbolizes those who are spiritually little and
Israel symbolizes those who become Sons of God.

Let us not be led by worldly senses but use our spiritual senses more. Let
us be led by the Word of God and the Spirit of God.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord are all knowing and thus your Word is
perfect as You are perfect. Your Word has all that is needed for us to
know, including your second coming. Even though the hour is not revealed,
You have given us the day and we will know the hour when the day arrives.
Lord we pray keep our eyes on your Word and not in the clouds...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and
there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
And he left them, and departed.

1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the scriptures:

Matthew 28:1-2
1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first [day] of
the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door,
and sat upon it.

Daniel 12:5-10
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the
river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and
sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and
an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the
holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what [shall
be] the end of these [things]?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and
sealed till the time of the end.
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall
do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall
understand.

Revelation 3:14-16, 20-21
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things
saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the
creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert
cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will
spue thee out of my mouth.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and
open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me..
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even
as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

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The Wicked One – False Prophet – Son of Perdition

2 Thessalonian 2:9 (ASV) [even he], whose coming is according to the
working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

A few years back there was a great wave of ‘End Times’ being at hand on
social media, today it has sobered down to some extent, but if anyone
touches that topic then immediately people jump into.

I have seen people having little knowledge of Bible prophecies, proper
Bible study talk for hours and hours on end times and how it is coming
‘very soon’. You ask them when and they say ‘soon’, ask them how they know,
then they speak about all the disasters/persecution events that are going
around. Only way to shut them up is show them scriptures that show the end
comes not when there is turmoil but after they stop and when there is peace..

Jesus said the end (Judgment Day) will come like a thief and like Noah’s
flood. Equating it to a thief since worldly people will be asleep, least
expecting, Noah’s flood for only when Noah finished making the ark did the
floods come, the people did not know it’s coming but Noah did. Noah did not
know the exact time but knew one thing that only after he finishes the job
given to him by the Lord would the flood come.

The people of Thessalonica were like our now a days ‘End Times’ people, who
are only caught up with when the end comes and that it was at hand. Paul
wrote them 2 letters concentrating on this topic. The first letter did not
clear the matter so he wrote the second letter giving further details.

In today’s message which is from the second letter, one of the key events
marking that the end is at hand is the revealing of the ‘Son of Perdition’.
The term ‘perdition’ (meaning destruction) was also used for Judas and we
see it being used for people who have harden their hearts so much that
nothing can change them, Paul uses the term ‘son of Satan’ to one such
person (Elymas – the sorcerer). This person is not a great being but one
who is unchangeable and thus used by Satan.

Having done great amount of study on End Days /Judgment Day. This person
who is called ‘The False Prophet’ has lots of details given in the OT as to
his identity. If one does Bible codes one can get more specific details as
to his name (meaning), place he comes from and how he deceives the world to
think he is from God. One of the great wonders he does is bring back to
life (manifest a ghost) a character of the Bible and people who do not
worship it would be killed. What is interesting to know is this character
would be soon erased with the fall of the false Church, but this false
prophet brings it back with great wonder and this happens when people are
cold hearted (lose faith – the chip is connected to this happening)..

Judgment Day study is very important and is to be part of our foundational
topics but since people lack understanding of it, they have put it in
advanced topics.

The Lord is telling us who know Him not to walk with our heads look at the
clouds but be like Noah who focused on getting the job done. Let us get
this into us that our victory is unchangeable so Satan (plural) and their
goons (fallen angels) cannot harm us until our job is done. The end days is
like Jesus’ crucifixion where He was seen defeated on the cross but
suddenly His resurrection changed everything.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord are all knowing and in control of all
things. You have set the limits for evil so that it does not consume your
people. Until your purpose is not done You will not let evil consume the
people. End days may seem like failure and defeat but resurrection of your
people changes it all, like it did with Crucifixion. We pray we prepare for
the resurrection and not for end days...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
John 17:12 While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast
given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of
perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not
be,] except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition,

Philippians 3:19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and
[whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

1 Timothy 6:9 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation
and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in
destruction and perdition.

Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but
of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.

Acts 13:
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood
them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.
9 But Saul, who is also [called] Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,
fastened his eyes on him,
10 and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil,
thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right
ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be
blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a
mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand..

1 Thessalonians 5:3 When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden
destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they
shall in no wise escape.

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Paul the Apologist, the Polemic

Acts 17:16, 17 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was
stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Therefore
disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons,
and in the market daily with them that met with him.

If we ask Christians today to evangelize the only tools they use is
miracles and healings. They will give the Gospel and to back it they will
pray for healings and miracles to happen. People may say what is wrong with
changing people’s hearts through healing and miracles? It shows the power
of God.

If miracles and healings could change people then Jesus should have had a
very large number of disciples, which He didn’t. There are times He went
into a city and healed everyone that came to Him. Even the Apostles did
large number of healings yet struggle in bringing people to know God.
Healings and miracles are very important but if we do not share the truth
then they do not change people but at times harden them more like they did
to the Israelites during Exodus.

Apologetics (means answering) is a study of how to answer people who have
questions regarding the Christian belief and Polemics (means questioning)
is a study of how to question the belief of others are both important tools
for evangelism. Paul did not go to the place named Athens (a principle
place for worship of Greek deities) and pray for miracles to happen but
went from people to people debating with them questioning their belief and
also answering them about his own belief.

Let us understand the importance of Apologetics and Polemics. Let us also
know that no person can be an Apologist without having a strong
understanding of one’s own belief. If a person is not fully rooted in the
Word having proper understanding of it, how is he or she to answer others
on it? Also it is only after having proper understanding of one’s own
belief that the person can study other beliefs and prepare to answer in the
language (as per their belief) they understand. For Polemics proper study
of other beliefs is very important.

The Lord is asking us to be strong in our belief and after being rooted
strong in the Word, we should learn the tools of Apologetics and Polemics
to evangelize to the world like Paul did and was very successful in it.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord are Truth, You and your Word, thus
never change. We pray Lord we understand to share You unto others we need
to know the Truth and also know how to share You unto others. We pray
Christian churches wake up and use the tools of Apologetics and Polemics to
evangelize unto the masses...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference scriptures]
Acts 17:2-4
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days
reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen
again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ..
4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the
devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

Acts 14:1-4
1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the
synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the
Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds
evil affected against the brethren.
3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave
testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be
done by their hands.
4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews,
and part with the apostles.

Proverbs 1:20-22
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the
gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners
delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 8:1-4
1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the
paths.
3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at
the doors.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.

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Is your city or church full of goats?

Acts 22:18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly
out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

Jerusalem was the capital of Israel and Israelites were called ‘God’s
people’, people who knew about God and who had seen great wonders of the
Lord like no other nation had, yet we see in today’s message the Lord
telling Paul to flee Jerusalem for they will not accept His testimony turn
to Him.

What is interesting is the Lord confirming not even a few in Jerusalem were
there that would accept Him, the state of the people of Jerusalem was like
that of Sodom and Gomorrah and Jesus said this even for a city like
Capernaum (a chief city of Galilee).

We may have thousands of people who call themselves Christians in our city
or hundreds in our Church but let us be aware we could be like Jerusalem or
Capernaum, hard hearted people, knowing God but hating His Word / His ways.

Just being part of the flock of Christ is not important, what is important
is to be a sheep. Knowing and believing in Christ is the first step to
salvation but not following Him will bring us to greater condemnation and
punishment.

Those who are ministering to others should understand getting someone to
Church is the start of our job and not end of the job. We succeed in our
job when we send them out to be Church. Let us not play Church but be
Church.

I have mentioned before Church is not an institute, a building, a hall nor
is it a group of people or a congregation. The Greek word ekklesia is a
compound word meaning out + call /mission. A true Church does not meet only
to worship God and fellowship, but meets to go out and do His Will.
Worshiping and fellowshipping is something that to be done not on just
weekends.

In Matthew when Jesus spoke about judging His flock the sheep from the
goats and questioning them about ministering to the hungry, thirsty, naked
and homeless, He did not mean social service but spiritual service, those
who are spiritually hungry, thirsty, naked and homeless. Let us not fool
ourselves that by social service we will enter Heaven.

Ask yourself are you Church?

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are almighty God. You Lord are not deceived by hollow words and
actions. Lord nothing is hidden from You, You see the hearts and know the
thoughts / intentions of man. Lord we pray we be not goats but be sheep who
follow You, not who just know about You and talk about You...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Matthew 11:23-24
23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought
down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had
been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh
should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath
shortened the days.

Matthew 19:16-23
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing
shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good
but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness,
19 Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my
youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come [and] follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for
he had great possessions.
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich
man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 25:31-46

Acts 6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto
them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and
serve tables.

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Gospel of Christ the Gospel of Gentiles

Romans 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles,
ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might
be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Some days back someone had shown me Revelation 14:6 and spoke of another
Gospel that will be revealed in the ‘End Times’. When I asked the person
the meanings of the words ‘everlasting Gospel’ used in that scriptures, he
got confused himself. The word ‘everlasting’ means eternal – that was, is
and will be. Secondly the word ‘Gospel’ means ‘Good News’ – now what was
the Good News – it was about salvation (eternal life – available only to
those dwell in / have access to Upper Heavens) which was impossible was
made possible by Jesus Christ the mediator through His Holy Spirit. He
tried to mislead with scriptures like John 17:3 which states knowing the
true God is eternal life. But then he realized later it is one of the
conditions required to enter the Upper Heavens.

The second part of today’s scripture summons the whole Gospel in a few
words, “that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being
sanctified by the Holy Spirit”.

The word ‘offering’ means ‘presentation’, the word ‘Gentiles’ symbolizes
lost sheep, the word ‘sanctify’ means to make holy - make perfect.

None of us were found perfect before the coming of Christ including those
who called themselves ‘God’s people’ were counted as lost sheep. We see
Jesus called the Jews (who did not fully believe Him) as children of Satan
and murders of the Men of God (Messengers whom God sent). What they did was
not actually/physically murder the Men of God but tried to kill the message
sent through them. When someone kills the purpose of the person then they
kill the person.

Today’s scriptures put the whole Gospel in a nutshell of how we are
presented as a bride to become one with the Father after becoming one with
the Son, through the sanctification process of the working of the Holy
Spirit in us, whom we receive by our faith in the sacrifice of sins by the
Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us understand there is only one Gospel and the core of that Gospel is
what today scripture talks of and anyone preaching anything contrary to
this core message is not preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Galatians
says the Gospel was given to Abraham that ALL THE NATIONS (not just the
people who called themselves Israel) would be blessed.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You God are Merciful God. You Lord make a way
for man to become a part of You through the redemption of man. You humbled
yourself as man and paid the penalty of our sins so as to make peace
between man and God, so that man receives your Spirit. It is through the
transformation by the working of the Holy Spirit that sanctifies us and
makes us presentable to be one with You. Lord we thank You for your
everlasting Gospel...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having
the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to
every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 8:42-45
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I
proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me..
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my
word.
44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of
his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell [you] the truth, ye believe me not.

Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to
the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before [them] all, If thou,
being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how
compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

Galatians 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the
Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying,]
In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

Genesis 17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt
be a father of many nations.

Galatians 1:9 As we have said before, so say I now again, if any man
preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be
anathema (accursed).

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Do ‘Sinners’ go to Heaven?

John 13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus
answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

Some days back I had a couple of bros from a Church called ‘Church of
Light’ which shares the 3 ‘Secrets of Mary’ (given by this apparition/ghost
they call as ‘Fatima’ and mistake it for Mary the mother of Jesus). Of
these 3 secrets was 1 about hell and that which was revealed in this
disclosure does not match with the description of Hell in the Bible. These
3 shepherd kids who claimed this apparition in 1917 carried that doctrine
which the Roman Catholic Church pictures as Hell. The other points they put
in this secret were that Hell was filled with demons and sinners.

Demons are fallen angels who were banished out of the upper Heavens and
await punishment that is on set on Judgment Day when Jesus Christ comes
again. This can be confirmed from the fact that when Jesus caste our evil
spirits (demons) from people they questioned Him how He could come to judge
them since their time had not come. Also when Jesus gave us authority
against evil spirit, He gave us the authority only to caste / chase them
away, and not to bind them or destroy them. That means these fallen angels
are and will be with us until Judgment Day. Does that mean we need to fear
them? No. If we are in Christ then they fear us and not the other way
around. These fallen angels keep away from those who have authority in the
Kingdom of God. Only the Cherub whom people tagged as ‘Lucifer’ (means
‘bearer of light’ used for all Cherubim) is bound in Hell to be released
before Judgment Day. If you get this fact right then you will understand
the amount of deception that is going around of Hell visitations that too
from famous preachers!

Coming to humans in Hell. All those who do not know the Lord (not accepted
Him) go to this prison call Hell which is also described as endless pit,
where they suffer their sins. The fire in Hell is the sins within them and
this spiritual fire is described at times as eternal burning coals or and
never dying flesh eating worms. These description was given to make people
understand the pain each sin causes.

Is Hell full of sinners? Yes but then even Heaven will be full of sinners
but the difference is in Heaven these sinners have repented for their sins
and have been transformed by the help of the Holy Spirit.

We cannot state ‘sinners go to Hell’ for to Heaven also it is sinners that
go. We can only say those who reject God / His Christ will go to Hell.

Today’s message Jesus told Peter if he does not have his feet washed he
will have nothing to do with Him (meaning will not enter Heaven). Washing
of feet and hands was symbolic of repentance and forgiveness. Sins that are
committed without intention / knowledge are like the dirt on the feet which
we gather while walking (in life) but sins that are done knowingly are like
the dirt on the hands. Jesus washed their feet but not their hands. Washing
of hands is what they had to do for themselves.

A Man of God (son of man) has authority to forgive sins done
unintentionally (these are also forgiven by partaking of the Lord’s Table)
/ wash feet but sins that are done with intention the person needs to ask
forgiveness from those against whom it was committed / from God (God can
use a Man of God to convey the forgiveness, but by himself a Man of God
does not have the authority).

We also need to remember when we are baptized in Christ all kinds of past
sins are forgiven. It is only after we come to the knowledge of Christ that
we need to be alert of the sins we commit and deal with them.

Let us not generalize things of the Bible and fool ourselves, but
understand them specifically as they are.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty and Merciful God. You forgive the sins not of those
who are simply sorry but only of those who forsake the sinful path and
choose your path. Each one of us may not fully be free of sin but what is
important we remain in the path of repentance / battling against sin. We
thank You Lord for your mercies...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Exodus 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die
not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, [even] to him and to his
seed throughout their generations.

Luke 5:21, 24
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this
which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to
forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise,
and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.

Matthew 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven.

Luke 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power
and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

Mark 3:14-15
14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might
send them forth to preach,
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

Mark 6:7 And he called [unto him] the twelve, and began to send them forth
by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

Matthew 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the
time?

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Not of the same custom

Acts 11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the
Gentiles had also received the word of God.

The Disciples of Jesus after Pentecost were called as people of The Way.
They were called not because Jesus said ‘I am the Way’ but mainly because
their way of life was unlike others and they stood out from not only
worldly people but also from the Jews who called themselves ‘People of God’.

The term ‘Gentiles’ in the NT was different from the OT. Gentiles in OT was
used for Jews who did not follow the Jewish traditions or followed other
pagan traditions. We see when the twelve tribes of Israel were split into
Israel (northern Israel) of which Samaria was capital they were the ones
who were famous for following customs of the Egyptians, Babylonians etc. It
was for this reason they were called Samarians / Samaritans and looked down
by the people of Judah. The people of Judah on the other hand were called
Jews, a term we now assume for all the people of Israel. Galilee was part
of northern Israel thus we see Mary who was from that part followed the
Samarian tradition. Jesus although dwelled most of his life in Galilee did
not indulge in traditions and thus people were confused as to if He was a
Jew or Samarian.

In the books of Acts and Epistles we find at times the words ‘outcast’ or
‘Greek’ is also translated as Gentiles.

A true Christian is known by his or her way of life and that is not to be
confused with customs and traditions. Even if we take something as good as
prayer, a Christian is not a person who regularly prays but a person known
by the power of his or her prayers. A Christian does not go around wearing
white clothes so show his or her purity but his or her words, actions emit
the goodness that is within. A Christian is not known because he or she
takes the name of God or Jesus Christ often but known for his or she
relationship with God or Christ.

It is high time we wake up and see there is lots of work to do with people
who come to Church. Let us not assume by their coming to Church they become
Christian and will go to Heaven. A person becomes a Christian when others
start to see Christ in that person.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. Lord we pray people are not deceived to think
they are Christians by attending prayer meetings or following the customs
of people. Lord we pray they seek transformation from within. We pray they
understand the Kingdom of God is not of this world...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to
the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou,
being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews,
why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

John 8:48-49
48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou
art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonour me.

Mark 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their]
hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain
deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and
not after Christ.

John 15:6-8
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;
and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be
my disciples.

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Be Doers

Romans 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the
doers of the law shall be justified.

Yesterday I saw a post on FB which stated, on Judgment Day there will be
only two kinds of people, those who believe in Christ and those who do not
believe.

We are all deceived to believe anyone who simply believes in the Lord Jesus
Christ will be saved. The problem is not with the scripture but with the
translation language. I have mentioned earlier that Greek verbs have what
we call as TVM (Tense, Voice, Mood) which tells us exact detail of what is
to be done in natural, mental and spiritually. So believing is not simply
acknowledging.

In Greek believe/faith has 5 stages hope, trust, believe (little faith),
faith and authority. We grow from hope to authority and those who have
authority are called Sons of God. Most of us fluctuate between hope, trust
and little faith, very few have faith and none have grown to the state of
authority.

When it comes to Christians we have many who are fans of Christ and few are
disciples of Christ. All of us Christians love Christ and are passionate of
Him but few actually follow Him. If we understand scriptures then the
actual quantity of the few will shock us. It is no joke that Paul said work
your salvation with fear and trembling for he knew that which is written.
On Judgment Day those believing (who knew Christ) will be judged and not
those who do not (rejected Him).

Today’s scriptures talks of doers of the Lord’s Commandments and of the
non-doers. It is not to be confused with being a sinner or not being a
sinner. Those who do His mission may be less sinners since the sin nature
starts to die as they work in His Vineyard, saving souls, but then a sinner
is a sinner irrespective of the quantity (even the best need Him). Being a
doer is about doing the Will of the Father, the mission that Christ gave
us, for as we do the Will we get transformed from within and get restored
the image of God in us (becoming again Sons of God).

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty Holy God. You Lord are Spirit and You desire
transformation in the Spirit. You justify those who work towards being
transformed from within. You do not get deceived with the external actions
or by words. Lord we pray we seek internal transformation which comes from
being a doer of your Commandment...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Luke 9:23 And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny
before my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and
whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.

John 8:31-32
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in
my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 15:7-8
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be
my disciples.

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God mockers will not enter Heaven

Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such
things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them
that do them.

If we read the Bible when people went far from God, the Lord did send His
messengers and through them send warnings before taking action against
them, but there are 2 cases wherein the Lord was very hard and took things
in His own hand and that is when they gathered all their gods together to
go against Him and the other reason is when they openly indulged into
homosexuality.

We can see cases of one religion in incidents like the Tower of Babel
(which was a temple wherein idols of all gods were placed, the chief
amongst them was a goddess) and Walls of Jericho (there were two walls
protecting the city and between them all kinds of temples for various gods
existed). With regards to homosexuality we know of the famous fall of the
two cities Sodom and Gomorra.

Idol worship is considered spiritual prostitution even though false gods do
not exist, similarly homosexually spiritually take another form from normal
sexual sins. Romans 1 deals a lot with homosexuality and shows the
graveness of this sin. Homosexuality is not just a sexual or lust sin but
more a blasphemy since it has to do with mocking the image of God in which
we are created.

Reading newspapers and digital media we think sin is increasing or new sins
are coming forth, but when we get in to history we will find these sins
existed before, and time and again they keep popping their head. Bible
clearly notifies directly or indirectly of the various evils that existed
since time started, and these exist even today. So let us not be surprised
at them but take caution of the warnings that God has given against them
before He takes things is His own hand. If we are living in a place which
is like Sodom or Gomorra then it is good for us Christians to move out so
that God can act.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty and Holy God. You are Merciful and at the same time
You are Righteous. You do not fail to act against evil but in your mercy
You give time for us to change, You even help us to change. Lord we pray
the people who indulge in homosexuality or idol worship may understand the
seriousness of what they do and thus repent and change...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Romans 1:18-32

Genesis 19

Judges 19:22 [Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men
of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, [and]
beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man,
saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know
him.

Deuteronomy 23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price
{hire} of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even
both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be;
and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new
[thing] under the sun.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,
but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of
our God.

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Jesus the Teacher, Christ and Son of God

John 6:68, 69 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go?
thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou
art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

When we read a scripture in isolation we assume many things, it is only
when we put it in picture with the whole that we understand it better.

If we take today’s scripture we tend to think Peter knew Jesus for he puts
Him as (spiritual) ‘Teacher’ having knowledge of eternal life, he also
calls Him ‘Christ’ and ‘Son of the Living God’. But when we look at the
whole we know before they received the Holy Spirit none of them truly knew
Jesus, there was only one person Thomas who did have a little glimpse of
Him, they all came to know Him only after the Holy Spirit revealed to them
who He truly was.

A few days back a couple of men came from a church called ‘Church of
Light’. They were going around visiting Christian houses sharing the ‘3
secrets of Mary’. When they called me on the security intercom I
immediately invited them to come. As we were discussing there was one
question I asked them if Mary actually knew who Jesus was and they stumbled
a lot trying to answer it. Later they realized no place in the Bible it is
given even though she being His mother actually knew who He was.

We need to understand biblical terms in its true depth. The term ‘Christ’
means One who has the Spirit of God. It is not to be confused with being
anointed. The other Men of God in OT did have the Spirit of God but yet
were not referred to as Christ because the Spirit of God was either on them
for a period/mission or they had received a small part of the Spirit of God..

The Holy Spirit is one yet takes a form of 7 Spirits for the mission of
salvation of man. Almost everything with regards to the Church is related
to the Holy Spirit. We receive a token (type and quantity) of the Holy
Spirit as per our Calling and mission in Christ’s mission. We receive one
or more of the 6 Spirits (Head + 6 related to Callings) and in each we
start with a token and later grow in that Spirit, we also get others as we
grow. Christ is the only one in whom the Holy Spirit was/is in whole.

Coming to the term Son of God. It should not be confused with God the Son
(‘the Son the God’ as given in scriptures). Son of God is a term used for
Jesus as man, Adam before he sinned and also for Angels since it refers to
image of God being present in that being. Jesus as man was without blemish
thus was called Son of God. When we overcome corruption we too will become
Sons of God.

Let us not simply go by English translation but take efforts to understand
the text in its actual languages (Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic). Let us
understand the true treasure is in the little things.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord are creator of all things that live,
all life comes from You. Lord we pray we understand the purpose of your
Word. We pray we seek the true treasure that is hidden within it, like the
man in the parable who sold his all to buy the land in which he knew great
treasure was hidden...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Mark 3:11-12
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and
cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God {the Son the God}.
12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

John 20:27-29
27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands;
and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not
faithless, but believing.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast
believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.

Isaiah 11:1,2
1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots:
2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and
of the fear of the LORD;

Revelation 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings
and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne,
which are the seven Spirits of God.

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Human followers

John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how
ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

Amongst all religions we find people driving to get more and more people to
be part of it, they want maximum followers and to achieve that they will do
anything, including using evil means for that. This is not only for worldly
religions but also many who call themselves ‘Christians’ but do not know
Christ and His Kingdom also do this. The kind of things I have heard done
not only by non-‘Protestant’ Christians but also Believer Churches, makes
me wonder what have they to do with Christ.

There is a majority of Christians who think each and every one is a
potential Christian thus they put lots of efforts to reach out to the
maximum people. There is the other lot who believe in predefined destiny
and thus take least efforts to reach out unto others. The later lot cause
more harm to the Kingdom of God than the prior lot.

The Greek word translated as chosen comes from the root meaning
‘preferred’. If we understand salvation the vacancy in Heaven is numbered,
fixed, that means the humans God created are much, much more than those who
will go to Heaven, from these there are very few who come to know Him. Even
amongst those who know Him only a third of them fulfill the criteria to
inherit His Kingdom. One may get depressed hearing this but do not loose
heart for those who inherit are as many as a third of the stars and that is
a lot.

Coming to whom do we reach out to if those who succeed are a small
fraction. When Jesus told the Pharisees about how God sent His man only to
a widow in the whole city of Jews that was suffering in a famine caused the
Pharisees to get very angry. This number is not be so bad today for as the
end comes the number of sheep v/s goats increases greatly. We may not like
what is happening around us and the challenges we are facing spiritually
but let us realize we exist in a time where more amongst us who call
ourselves God’s people will actually inherit His Kingdom, so that makes our
possibility to succeed greater.

Salvation is a personal choice and calls for internal transformation. God
who has created us made us all the same, we all came from the same seed
Adam and depending on the corruption of our fathers we inherited their
nature. Even though we inherited a corrupt nature we need to realize it is
our personal choice to act in it and let that nature become us, so we
cannot blame God or our ancestors for our corruption. When God says ‘chosen
people’ it refers to those few whom God knows will overcome the corrupt
nature, thus they are preferred.

If we know (led by the Holy Spirit) then we can have a much focused
ministry catering to only sheep. But then we are not so close to the Holy
Spirit thus we caste seeds (labor) like a unskilled farmer on rich soil,
where thorns and thistles exist, amongst rocks and on the way side.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You are our Creator and creator of everything
that exist. Lord even though You knew the fall and rise of beings yet You
allowed their existence. You give all the same opportunity to change for
You are Righteous and True. Even though salvation is a personal choice yet
we can not take credit for it since none can succeed without your help.
Lord we pray and thank You for your help and choosing us as your people...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Ephesians 1:3-12
3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath
blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good
pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which
are on earth; [even] in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of
his own will:
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in
Christ.

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Freedman yet Slave!

1 Corinthians 7:22 [ESV] For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a
freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of
Christ.

I have mentioned before the words translated as slave in the Bible does not
truly mean slave (connected to God or His people) but has many meanings,
most of them mean ‘bond servant’. There is only 1 place where the word
truly means slave and that is in the book of Revelation and refers to
slavery to carnal nature.

Previously I used to think today’s message talks of those who were slaves
like we heard in medieval eras so I wondered what relation does it have to
us today.

If we understand today’s message properly it is more for today’s era as it
was for the medieval era and that before. It says we who seekers/bonded to
pleasure and evil by coming to the Lord are set free, but says this freedom
has a price that does not mean we can do anything. We who are freed by the
Lord are called to be bond servants to the Lord. A bond servant is someone
who signs a service contract and on fulfilling it gets the value or reward
mentioned. The service contract tells us that we need to be means by which
others are set free.

Our reward of inheritance in Heaven is free, yet has a price. We are not
called to pay penalty for our sins (penance) nor earn our inheritance,
which if we had to none would never be able to fulfil. What the Lord
requires if we are given free we need to get others to receive as we did.
Even though we receive freely from the Lord we are still called to
commitment that is to give freely that which we receive from the Lord.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord have everything, there is nothing that
we who amongst the least of your creation can give You. It is in your Mercy
and Love that You have chosen us for great things. We pray Lord we
understand even though we receive from You freely yet we have a price to
pay which is to give unto other that which we receive from You...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as
I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another; for he that
loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth
through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love
one another with a pure heart fervently:

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The glorious minister of the Spirit

2 Corinthians 3:8,9 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather
glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation [be] glory, much more
doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

We as Christians fight a battle which is spiritual, the Kingdom we seek in
not of this world but Heavenly which is Spirit world, the one who leads us
is the Spirit of Truth which we received from the Son... so if we look at
all the aspect of Christianity although the man Jesus is the face of it,
yet it is His Spirit who heads it.

In Greek the word for glory is doxa and it comes from the root word dokeo
which means purpose, in Hebrew the word is kabowd and comes from the root
word kabad which means honored (heavy). The term ‘to glorify’ means to give
honor and this honor is not empty praise but to declare what the being is,
giving due credit.

God the Son (part of the Father) humbled Himself from the foundation of
creation becoming our sacrifice but became man in the flesh only about 2000
years back. His humbling as Paul puts in his letter to Philippians says He
gave up His glory, gave up what He was even though He did not change His
nature or Name. In John 17 the prayer of Jesus to the Heavenly Father
states how He desires to gain back the glory He had when He was part of the
Father in Heaven.

Let us understand our ministry, its purpose and who is the focus of it; if
we get this right then things will change dramatically and nothing can put
us down or overtake us.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are God. You are Spirit and You are One God, there being none
other than You. We pray Lord You open our eyes and let us know the Truth.
Lord your Word says ‘by my Spirit’ but we seek the flesh as means to do
your ministry. Lord we pray we change and be more spiritual and less
natural so that we can give You your due glory...

This prayer we make in Jesus’s Name, Amem.

[Reference Scriptures]
Philippians 2:5-11
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [{fashion: or habit }
]9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which
is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven,
and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;
11 And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.

John 17:4-5
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou
gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory
which I had with thee before the world was.

Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the
word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but
by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Relating Sin to Sickness

John 9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him,
Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

For the Paschal sacrifice the people were instructed to choose an animal
without blemish (having no sickness or deformation) and to confirm it they
had to observe the animal for 5 days. God and corruption do not get along.

When God created man He gave the term (not name) Adam which means man but
also the meaning reddish symbolizing full of life (all Hebrew names /
pronouns have meaning / use / purpose). After man sinned we see the
grandson of Adam (son of Seth) started showing signs of mortality thus his
name was Enos (meaning mortal). Bible says after Enos was born they
realized the consequence of sin and thus started calling on the Name of the
Lord.

Sin and sin consequence are not passed from father to son, but the sin
nature and curse are. A good seed will bring forth good seeds and corrupt
seed brings forth corrupt seeds. Sin corrupts us spiritually and this is
manifested in the natural and thus we have DNA changes which causes
sickness. Due to God’s mercy all DNA issues do not always manifest in the
natural, we have thousands of DNA issues but very few may manifest, that is
why a parent born blind will not necessary give birth to a blind child or
even a mother having AIDS may not necessarily give birth to an AIDs
infected child.

Let us understand there are thousands of reasons for which we can daily
give glory to God, we may know only a minuscule of them then too we
hesitate to give Him glory, praise and thanksgiving.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Merciful God. Even though You are Righteous and Holy yet your
Mercy does not fail us and helps us through to restored to You. We pray
Lord we realize the many reasons we can give glory to You, we may not have
blindness restored but the fact we can see even though we are sinners is a
reason to give glory to You...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Genesis 4:25-26
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
whom Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Exodus 34:6-7
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD
God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and
truth,
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and
sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the
third and to the fourth [generation].

Galatians 3:13-14
13 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:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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Is Jesus with you or is Christ with you?

John 6: 22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other
side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one
whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his
disciples into the boat, but [that] his disciples were gone away alone;

When I was small and was a Catholic, not knowing Christ and the truth,
whenever I was in a difficult situation the first thing I would do, like
most Catholics, is take the sign of the cross. Catholics including
Christians are known to put the sign of the cross on exam papers, so
nowadays in Indian one finds even Hindus following this trend so put OM
symbol. People think it is ‘lucky’ or God’s/gods’ favor will fall on them
when they draw religious symbols!

When we come to know the truth we know writing / tattooing names or
religious symbols is not going to get us any brownie points with God but
may in fact work the other direction for it shows we do not know Him.

Idolizing any human even if it from the Bible is like idol worship and can
cause us to fall on the wrong side with God. I remember one day I shared on
the weakness of the Apostles like Paul and some of the brothers who were
close to me came to the state of almost hating me. When I say any human it
does not mean those who have sinned but even the man Jesus forbid people
from worshiping Him as a human. He went on to the extent to rebuke the man
who called Him ‘holy’ (perfect - translated as ‘good’) and said only God
(the Father) is perfect.

As Christians we worship the Lord Jesus Christ who is God and part of (one
with) God, we do not worship the man Jesus nor any Angels. We lift up the
Name of Jesus meaning His nature, who He is, and not the English word
‘Jesus’ or what He is called in various languages (including Hebrew or
Greek).

Jesus as man even after His resurrection left us so that we associate with
His Spirit and succeed in our purpose in Him. Take the fact He as man
taught His core disciples for almost 3 years but they understood nothing
much, it was only after they were led by His Spirit that within days they
were a transformed lot.

The term ‘Christ’ includes the Spirit of the Son / Holy Spirit who came
from the Father. If we are followers of Jesus and not of Christ then we
fail as Christians and become a cult like Jehovah’s Witnesses who do not
know who ‘Jehovah’ is and still claim to be His ‘witnesses’.

Today’s message is not milk but solid meat, so not easy to digest. It took
almost a year to come to its true acceptance. Unless we do not break these
bonds on idolizing people we will not be people truly led by the Spirit of
God and will not mature to become true Sons of God.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God and You alone are God, there is none other than
You. You alone are Holy and thus are worshipped by all the beings in Heaven
by shouts of Holy, Holy, Holy. Lord we pray we overcome the flesh and
understand the corruption of the flesh. We pray we understand even though
You Lord Jesus were without blemish as man yet You objected to be
worshipped for You humbled yourself giving up your glory. We know we will
once again worship You as part of the Father when You return to Him gaining
back your glory which You had before this world was...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Luke 4:6-8
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the
glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I
give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it
is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou
serve.

Mark 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is]
none good but one, [that is], God.

Revelation 22:8-13
8 And I John saw these things, and heard [them]. And when I had heard and
seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me
these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See [thou do it] not: for I am thy fellowservant,
and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of
this book: worship God.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this
book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let
him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:
and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every
man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last..

Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

John 17: 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the
glory which I had with thee before the world was.

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Hosanna to the King of Israel and the Lord of Lords
John 12:13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and
cried, Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of
the Lord.

Studying of the Greek and Hebrew words (with its grammar) helps give us the
right interpretation of scriptures. Referring to Strong numbers and its
meaning is okay in the start but should be discontinued over a period of
time since it is not very accurate, it errs on grammar and many a times
takes two conjugated words are two different words, giving different
meaning to them. Strong also does not help in understanding compound words
so as to give the proper understanding and at time only gives part meaning.

If we take the word ‘Hosanna’ it is a compound word ‘Savior/Deliverer’ +
‘Please/Pray/Exhort’ so the word talks of exhorting the savior. Even the
word ‘Israel’ is a compound word and means ‘Prince’ + ‘Almighty’, so the
word means ‘Prince having power with God’. So when we use the term ‘King of
Israel’ it means Chief amongst kings/prince and this term is used for
Christ in 1 Timothy 6:15 and is translated as ‘King of Kings’.

Initially when I read the King of Kings I though the second ‘kings’
referred to worldly rulers but later realized it referred to us who are in
Christ, to whom the Lord had given the dominance over this creation, which
we lost due to corruption by sin and which Christ restores in us through
His Spirit - the Holy Spirit. So we become kings again only when the
corruption is removed through restoration of the image by the working of
the Holy Spirit and Romans 8:14 says those led by the Holy Spirit become
Sons of God. We also need to note He as ‘Son of Man’ is chief of the
Shepherds, He also sits on throne and leads the Angels/Saints on Judgment
Day as chief on them. Matthew 22:30 says we will be Angels when we
resurrect.

If we look at all these scriptures together then we see Christ is called
King of Israel, King/Chief of Kings, Chief of Sons of God, Chief of Angels,
Chief of Shepherds so that makes us the Israel, kings, Sons of God, Angels
and Shepherds.

Also 2 days back we had a scripture in which Jesus Christ is stating we
will be ‘gods’ {meaning ‘divine beings’} when we are renewed and become one
with the God the Father in Heaven so the Lord of Lords does not mean He is
greater than other worldly gods since they do not exist, it speaks of He
being Lord of us.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You God and You alone are God. You are Almighty and there is no one
like You. Lord we pray we know You and know who we are in You. We pray we
understand your purpose in creating us and what it means to be one with
You. We pray we overcome these little problems and difficulties that
trouble us and keep our eyes on to the great plan You have for us...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
1 Timothy 6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, [who is] the blessed and
only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons
of God.

John 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because
he is the Son of man.

1 Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a
crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Matthew 22: 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given
in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in
holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ with all his saints.

Revelation 19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name
written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken;

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Feeding Solid Meat

John 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest
thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest
thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest
that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

In my previous message on this scripture I pointed out how Jesus gave
instructions on how to disciple His people. In this scripture Jesus spoke
of feeding the sheep (teaching the Word) unlike the previous two verses he
spoke of feeding the lambs (giving the Gospel) and supporting the people
while the Lord starts speaking unto them.

People do not like spiritual solid meat of the Word, they love to hear the
Gospel which is like the trailer of the Word. People who dedicate
themselves to the NT do not realize leaving for 1 book (Gospel of John)
almost all the books in the NT connect to the OT (including the book of
Revelation). The fact that many Christian think they should restrict
themselves to NT keeping aside the OT shows how little they know of the NT.

Basic understanding of the Bible and how to study it, is lacking in our
Churches. People love to follow intellectuals who have knowledge but no
understanding of scriptures like the Jews did. We all behave like Peter who
failed to understand why Jesus asked him the third time ‘do you love me?’
failing to understand that the lord was not questioning his loyalty but
giving him important instructions.

Some weeks back I interacted with a Pastor in whom I saw a spark of seeking
true deeper understanding of scriptures, I started send my daily messages.
In the start he loved it but after he read my last message on this topic of
disciplining people in Christ, he stopped reading my messages.

What I send through these morning messages are not solid food but still
baby food that has some small amounts of solid food, so those who have
teeth coming, may chew on it and those who do not, can swallow it and yet
not get chowed.

It is truly a sad state when we see the scriptural understanding of not
just normal Christians but even the leaders. I interact with many including
some at international level, initially I get fascinated to fellowship with
them, but when one finds their actual level of understanding it is
saddening. Some even say something, but practice something else, their
preaching has nothing to do with real life.

We truly need to pray for especially those who lead others in the Lord. If
there is not revival amongst them then how can there be revival in the
Church? We need someone like the Prophet Joel today to speak to the leaders..

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord are God of progress and prosperity in
all things. We pray Lord your people do not seek prosperity that is of this
world and set aside that of your Kingdom. We pray You heal the hearts and
minds of those whom You have called to be shepherds of your sheep...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Joel 3:4-8
4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the
coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense
me, swiftly [and] speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your
temples my goodly pleasant things:
6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold
unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them,
and will return your recompence upon your own head:
8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the
children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far
off: for the LORD hath spoken [it].

Joel 1:11-14
11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat
and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate
tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the
field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the
altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the
meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your
God.
14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all
the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry
unto the LORD,

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Men as gods!

Acts 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of
like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these
vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea,
and all things that are therein:

In Hinduism they use the term ‘Bhagwan’, people think it refers to God but
it does not. The word is a compound word which means man + god.

Many religions elevate man to gods and worship them, some do it directly
and most indirectly; even many Christian sects are into it. We have
Catholics who worship Mary (not knowing the one they worship has nothing to
do with the Mary of the Bible) and they also worship the Pope (position).
If one reads the Catholicism of the Catholic Church (CCC) which is
available on the Vatican website, it shows they believe the Pope is Christ
in the flesh and the Pope have authority over the Angels in Heaven, he can
even excommunicate them like he does to Catholics from the Church! The
Tiara of the Pope is of triple layers signifying Hell, our Creation and
Heaven, it has the words ‘King of Kings and Lord of Lords’ and this is worn
by a man in the flesh!

In today’s message we see Paul while preaching at a place with Barnabas,
Paul notices a man unable to walk from birth had the faith which could heal
him so Paul spoke the words of healing and he was healed. The people not
knowing what happened and not knowing God, thought Paul and Barnabas were
Greek/ Roman gods come in the flesh so bought an animal to be sacrificed to
them and flowers to venerate them!

You may say brother Bible too talks of man as gods, Jesus Himself quoted
the OT verse and said it cannot be negated.

If we study the verses, context and the words used it speaks of renewed man
who enters Heaven and become one with the Father.

Heavenly wedding is not of some eternal banquet, of eating, drinking like
Muslims think they will have continual sex and vine in their Paradise /
Jamnat. It is only when we understand Judgment Day, its Why, How and When
we will understand the plans of God.

Let us not be like those people who ignorant of things worshipped man as
gods, but let the understanding of spiritual things make us walk in light
and not in darkness.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. In the beginning before You created all this
creation You knew of the turn of events thus You took the necessary step in
advance. Lord we pray we know your plans so that we too take the necessary
step and not be foolish like the people in today’s message...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Acts 14:6-18

John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken;

John 14:19-20
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:
because I live, ye shall live also.
20 At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I
in you.

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The Day we hear His Voice

Hebrews 3:15 while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden
not your hearts, as in the provocation.

I have mentioned before the Greek word ‘semeron’ translated as ‘today’ does
not necessary mean to-day (this day) for it is a compound word and has 3
meanings this /these, that, which; so when joined with day it means
this/these day or that/those day (the day/s referred to in the
conversation).

One of the greatest mistranslation of this word is Luke 23:43 where it
should have been ‘that day’ is translated as ‘today’ and caused people to
negate ‘Judgment Day’ saying people go to Heaven before Judgment Day.

In today’s message too we think God will talk to us today but when we read
with the context of the verses before, it shows the right understanding.
The day we are made partakers of Christ, Christ does talk to us and if we
have not harkened to His voice then we do not need to wait for Him to speak
to us again for His words then is the same now and the same forever. So
before it is too late let us not delay but harken to His voice.

Time in spirit world is not measured by revolution of the sun or by any
atomic activity. Spiritual time is based on condition set and if we set the
right condition then the time is NOW. We can thus quicken or delay our
spiritual blessings or events (which are not co-related to natural timing)
by our heart /spiritual conditions.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You are Spirit and your Kingdom is Spirit world.
We pray Lord we understand more and more of your Spirit Kingdom and its
ways. We pray we quicken our blessings by the change of our hearts, we also
pray we harken to your words now and not delay it till it gets too late...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Luke 23:42-43
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy
kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day {that day}
shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Hebrews 3:13-15
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of
you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our
confidence stedfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts, as in the provocation.

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Sealing a grave with a stone

John 11:41 Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead
was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard me.

We must have all experienced our grandmothers telling us not to do
something as it was not good even though there was nothing bad in it. They
did so with good intentions but due to lack of knowledge and understanding
they believed something that was nonsense.

We see people follow traditions and we think it is normal but only when we
get to the root of the understanding, the why of those who started it we
see something else behind it. People make mountains of anthills.

In Islam their prophet thought if the door was closed ghosts or angels
(evil spirits) could not enter. Lack of knowledge and understanding causes
people to do foolishness.

The rich of especially Galilee used to bury their dead in caves and this
was because northern Israel (Samarians) partly followed the Egyptian
rituals. Bible does mention Patriarchs like Abraham his wife Sarah amongst
other had their bodies kept in caves, this was done because they did not
understand resurrection, so when they God, the Lord granted them their wish
even though it did not matter.

Even though Men of God of OT were vessels to give us the Word of God yet
they did not have the full understanding of it. Bible says Truth and Grace
came only through Jesus Christ. Even most wise person like Solomon from OT
did not have clear understanding of scriptures therefore he also worshipped
other gods and goddesses.

The Egyptians sealed the tombs of the dead not to lock that which was in
but to prevent people outside from stealing the precious things that were
buried with their loved ones to use in their afterlife. Babylonians put
seals /signet of people in authority on the stone after sealing it to show
approvals of men.

When I was a Catholic and my father had expired I designed his grave using
CAD-CAM software and got it made as per my designed. People were very happy
to see it and especially my family members were proud of me. I initially
thought I did it out of love for my father, then realized it was more for
the approvals of people.

Even today people put crucifixes to mark the grave of their dead. Ask them
why and they say to identify it as a Christian grave.

Think of it, they are doing this in a Christian grave. Now where would find
non-Christians being buried in a Christian graveyard that people need to
mark it as a grave of a Christian!

Jesus cried at the grave of Lazarus not because he had died. Jesus knew He
would raise him to life again. Jesus cried looking at the foolish rituals
that his sister and other had done over him.

There is a difference between traditions and statutes. Statutes make us
understand that which is hidden and thus builds our faith. Statutes do not
need to be continued once understood thus were more for the ‘Children of
Israel’. Traditions on other hand may be claimed to be connected to the
faith but are made by man and actually contradicting the faith. Traditions
are like iron shackles and have to be continuously followed.

God hates traditions for they destroy His people.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord are Truth and Light. You do not change
for Truth is always the same. Lord we pray we who are your children walk in
light and not in darkness. We pray we learn to discern all things in spirit
and truth. We pray we do not be victims of vanity due to our foolishness...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Genesis 23:9,19-20
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in
the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me
for a possession of a burying place amongst you.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field
of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

Genesis 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of
Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is]
before Mamre;

John 11:34-36
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and
see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

Daniel 6:16-17
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast [him] into
the den of lions. [Now] the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom
thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the
king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that
the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ.

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Are all authorities ordained of God?

Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is
no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

We see people do not believe in predestine salvation and consider those who
believe in it as heretics since they remove the human responsibility and
blame everything (even their own doings) on God. They take out the key
factors of repentance and renewal in spirit which are necessary for
salvation.

True God is in control, omnipotent and knows all but then the evil that
exist cannot be blamed on Him. He did make the being we call Satan but He
did not create Satan, He created a Cherub who later became Satan (evil).
Did He know about his fall when He created him?
Yes, yet He allowed the fall so that darkness would be made spectacle
forever by light overcoming it that too shining through a mere creature
called man.

We forget Deuteronomy which tells us when we do evil God will punish us
with evil people ruling over us. Now are we to thank God for the evil
people who rule over us? Paul in the 3rd verse states this.

When elections come people pray for good people to govern them, they think
God will ignore His own Word. If they want good governors they need to walk
in righteousness. Grace cannot be taken for granted. God is slow to anger
that does not mean He forgets, He gives time and even helps us to change,
but if we be persistent then He like a righteous Father does punish us.

Let us differentiate between worldly authority and spiritual authority. Let
us respect all that are in authority but submit to those ordained by God
for good. We are called not to take arms or violence against those who are
in authority. We may make known our protest or our disappointment through
civil means. If things are not controllable we are simply asked to move out
like in persecution we are called to flee and not revolt.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. For You nothing is impossible yet You do not do
all things in a moment but give time and space for change. Your purpose and
means are above all things, You do not compromise on both. Lord we pray we
understand our responsibilities as citizens of Heaven and the countries we
belong to while on earth…

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Romans 13:2-3
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God:
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou
then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have
praise of the same:

Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto
judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the
righteous, and condemn the wicked.

1 Peter 3:12-15
12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are
open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that
do evil.
13 And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is
good?
14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy [are ye]: and be
not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to
[give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is
in you with meekness and fear:

Deuteronomy 28:15-16,36-37
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of
the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes
which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee,
and overtake thee:
16 Cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] in
the field.
36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee,
unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there
shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among
all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

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Diversity amongst men

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on
all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed,
and the bounds of their habitation;

In Hinduism they believe Brahmins came from his head, Kshatriyas came from
his hands, Vaishyas came from his thighs, and Sudras came from his feet.
These are the castes amongst Hindus and one caste could not marry another
caste, if done not only the couple but even close family members were
killed. The Brahmins were considered the intellectual lot for schools were
exclusive for them. They alone could speak Sanskrit, learn the text to read
and write. The other castes had gurukools (classes) which were specific for
skill learning (according to the caste/trade). If any low caste like
Vaishya, Sudra or untouchable spoke Sanskrit their tongue would be cut or
burning coal put in their mouth. Thanks to Christianity coming to India
that we have proper schools for all. It was Christians who legally got
Sanskrit and many other languages to be learnt and spoken by all (else many
languages would have died).

Before Hinduism became popular in India (before that people had local
beliefs which were not connected to each other) Buddhism flourished
throughout the land thanks to Emperor Ashoka the Great, that time (and also
during Gupta Empire) education was for all and casteism was not rampant. It
was with Hinduism specifically casteism that destroyed the intellectual and
prosperous India. Today again this evil is raising its ugly head.

Christianity did not have casteism but during Catholic Church rule (300AD –
1700AD) classism was enforced. Depending on social status people had
opportunity and availability of resources. Like Sanskrit in India Rome had
Latin which was the language of the high class. The Catholic Church
translated NT from Kone Greek (common man Greek) to Latin and tried to
destroy all Greek manuscripts for they did not want common man to know the
truth, and the high class were not interested in knowing it. It was the
Reformation movement that help destroy classism (keep it under check) in
Europe.

Amongst early Americans, Africa and Middle East region skin color was an
issue. Racism caused human salve trade to flourish, again it was
Protestants who led the revolt against racism.

Gender issue is still a going factor and we see the revolt against it
taking an ugly turn with grey shades of genders being formed. Bible clearly
says in Christ there is no man or woman, both are same; sadly this truth
has yet to sink in fully amongst Christians. Many areas they do not
differentiate, but some areas they still do.

Christianity does not consider color of skin, race, caste, gender or class
to be a factor to differentiate humans. It also does not allow us to
differentiate people according to beliefs for we are called to reach out to
the lost sheep and they surely will be mainly amongst those who do not know
God, so how can we, set them far from us. Even behavior is changeable
according to environment, so should be discerned carefully.

Today’s scripture tells us God has intentionally made man in various forms
and differences so that they overcome their differences and seek the truth.
So let us not judge people by their looks or their external form. We need
to mainly differentiate ourselves from the deeds and thinking of people.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You are Spirit and You desire us to worship You
in spirit and truth. You made variations in mankind so that man does not
let it become a factor but be led only by the spirit and not by natural
senses. Lord we pray we learn to discern in spirit and not by our natural
senses...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Acts 17:24-28
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord
of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing,
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the
face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the
bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and
find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of
your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor
free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing,
nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body,
whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have
been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor
uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all,
and in all.

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Judging your Brother

Romans 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at
nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of
Christ.

Today’s scripture is amongst few scriptures which due to being
misunderstood has caused great harm to Christianity. You may wonder what I
am talking of.

Christians blanking think they are called not to judge others (Christians)
thus turn a blind eye towards them and their deeds. They forget there are 2
very hard hitting scriptures from the OT (Isaiah 5:20, Ezekiel 3:18-19)
which outright condemn a person who certifies evil or is silent when evil
is committed by a brother and no efforts are done to correct that brother.
This is not just OT but even in NT we see many scriptures which calls us as
Christians to correct a brother (another believer) who is doing wrong and
to do that we need to judge if that brother is doing wrong or right.

Judging and passing judgment are two different things. We are called to
judge people but not to pass judgment. We cannot in no possible way state a
person is doomed to Hell or eternal judgment and if we do it in our own
wisdom then we will be responsible to answer for that on Judgment Day,
meaning this will stand against us and may even hinder our eternal life
since that goes against the Will of the Father.

Will of God is to save His lost sheep and we as His vessels who are saved
are called not only to save others by preaching the Gospel but also making
them Disciples of Christ and for that we need to correct them when they do
wrong. Correction requires us to judge / discern their words and deeds.

Many may not like today’s message therefore I quoted more scriptures today
to back what I am saying. Please read them diligently and understand them.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord You are Almighty God. You Lord know all for You are Omnipresent and
time nor space is a factor for You. Lord we pray the leaders chosen by You
as shepherds know the shepherds staff is both for protecting the flock and
also for correcting the flock. We pray people understand the need and above
all the purpose for correction...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness
for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for
bitter.

Ezekiel 3:18-19 If I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” and you
give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in
order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but
his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked, and he
does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for
his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

Ephesians 5:11-12 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,
but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient
do in secret.

John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.

Titus 1:10-13 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and
deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be
silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful
gain what they ought not to teach. One of the Cretans, a prophet of their
own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. This
testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in
the faith.

James 5:20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his
wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who
are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on
yourself, lest you too be tempted.

James 4:4 You adulterers! Don’t you know that friendship with the world
means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is
an enemy of God.

Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are
evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Acts 13:9-10 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy
Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, “You are a child of the devil
and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of
deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the
Lord?”

1 Corinthians 5:1-2 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality
among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man
has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn?
Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

Galatians 2:11-14 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his
face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James,
he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and
separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. And the rest of the Jews
acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray
by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with
the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though
a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the
Gentiles to live like Jews?”

1 Corinthians 5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are
without? do not ye judge them that are within?

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