Month: July 2020

Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

The Greek word hades like its Hebrew equivalent Sheol is used in two principal ways;

• To indicate in general the condition of all departed human spirits between death and resurrection. In the Old testament it is occasionally used. (cp Gen 37:35 Gen 42: 38 Gen 44: 29, 31)

• To indicate the condition of the unsaved between death and the great white throne judgement (Rev 20:11-15,)

In Wikipedia, Gehenna or Gehinnom literally translated as valley of Hinnom is thought to be a small valley in Jerusalem. In the Hebrew bible Gehenna was initially where some of the kings of Judah sacrificed their children by fire. Thereafter it was deemed to be cursed (Jeremiah 7:31, 19:2-6)

Some have argued that there is no life beyond the grave as they interpret some scriptures as; Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

In contrast Job testifies that man is appointed to wait after death wherein a change will definitely come for man( Job 14:7-14)

Luke (16: 23-24) shows the lost in hades are conscious possess, full use of their faculties, memories etc. and are in torment. This continues until the final judgement of the lost. (2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:9) when all the unsaved and hades itself will be cast into the lake of fire.

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. {hell: or, the grave} And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev 20: 13-15)

It should not lead anyone to think that there is a possibility of change from one state to the other after death. For in verse 23 shows that when the unsaved man was in hades saw Abraham and Lazarus, they were afar off and verse 26 states that between the two places there is a great gulf fixed so that no one can cross from one side to the other.

Whiles we are here on earth and have life, we have to make our calling and election sure so as when we fall dead or sleep in the Lord, we will find ourselves in the other dimension where our heart desires are, in the bosom of the Lord.

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (1Peter 3:19-20)

(Ephesian 4:8-10) indicates that there was a change in place of the departed believer at the resurrection of Christ. In other words that dimension called Hell was taken from the heart of the earth to a different location by Christ known as the third heavens.

Apostle Paul was taught “caught into the third heavens” (2 Corinth 12:1-2)

It is certain that all who are saved go at once into the presence of Christ ( 2corith 5:8 Philippians 1:23) Jesus told the pertinent thief “today thou shall be with me in paradise” ( Luke 23:43)

Paradise is a place of great joy and bliss, but this bliss in not complete until the spirit is re-united with a glorified body at the resurrection of the just. ( Corinth 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:16-17)

In conclusion, though both hades and sheol are sometimes translated “grave” (Gen 37:35) they never indicate a burial place but, rather the state of spirit after death. Hell is a temporal resting place of the soul which will be judged and not a place of fiery torment forever

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:  ( Habakkuk 2:5)

God bless.

Shalom!

(2 Thessalonians 2:2,3,7) That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.  2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;  2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

There are a lot of things that offend in the religious mainstream which the lord is unfolding and in these last days many will wonder. Our Lord hates things that offend. The hearts and secrecy of men will be made known and judged. Many who have clothed themselves under the work of the cross and doing so much evil in hypocrisy and under feigned words and pretentions to bring deception upon their hearers will all be opened up.

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all that offend (skandalon), and them which do iniquity (anomia; transgression of the law); And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.(Matthew 13:41-42):   

God hates iniquity above all sin committed. He does not endure iniquity – “…I cannot away with; it is iniquity…” (Isaiah.1:13).

This is perhaps the only reason our Heavenly Father could not look on His Only Begotten Son being crucified. It was because of the iniquity (that is, inequity) of One who had never sinned bearing the sins of many. “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity” (Hab.1:13).

Many Christians presume to do God’s will when it is not God’s will. What they presume to do is not only a lie, it is unjust with God, it makes God a liar

The mystery of iniquity is that men put their will above the will of God, their wisdom against the wisdom of God. Religious people may think themselves so righteous and holy that they are without reproach in their life. “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1John 1:8 cf. 1Cor.3:18).

Such confession is not only a lie, it is unjust with God, it makes God’s Word a lie.

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. (1John 5:21) “Your love for a man-made church system and traditional doctrines are two examples. Remember, deception is iniquity, even when one deceives his own self. Was not the Apostle Paul such a man before he was converted? The reasons he persecuted the church and tried to destroy it are;

• He was full of himself being a member of the “great” Pharisaical sect
•  He was “advanced in Judaism beyond many of his contemporaries in his own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of his fathers” (Gal.1:14).

Shalom!

BRO. STEPHEN AWITTOR, CAPE COAST, GHANA.

The tabernacle of Moses shows the beginning of The Lord God coming to dwell in something tangible.

Upon Mount Sinai, the mountain of God, The Lord God meets with the Prophet Moses to give him the Law and the pattern of tabernacle and That began the process of building a tabernacle where God could manifest his Shekinah glory to man.

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. (Exodus 25: 8-9)

That is the evidence of God’s plan of coming to dwell with his people. Although this tabernacle was made with hands, God himself had designed it to show forth his divine plan of dwelling in a tabernacle in the midst of a people.

The tabernacle, speaking comprehensibly as explained in the New Testament typifies;

• The church as a habitation of God through the Spirit. The whole church is the temple and tabernacle of God.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. ( Ephesians 2:19-22)

• The believer,

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ( 2Corithnians 6:16)

• The tabernacle also depicts figures of things in heaven

It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: ( Hebrews 9:23-24)

In all its details the tabernacle speaks mainly about Christ. The Ark in its materials, Acacia wood and Gold is a type of the Humanity and Deity of Christ

( Exodus 26:15) And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.

The contents of the ark is Christ as having God’s law in his heart ( Exodus 25:16) (1 Kings 8:9) and for a time the golden pot containing manna, the wilderness food (or portion) for his people ( Exodus 16:33) And Aaron’s rod that budded is a symbol of the resurrection of Christ. ( Numbers 17:10) (Hebrews 9:4) . All these symbolizes Christ as the Ark of safety in the covenant of Grace. Whoever gets in would be sheltered from the wrath of God which is to be poured on sin. In Christ was the Law made perfect. He was the Logos who provided the Law and fulfilled it.

In its use the Ark, especially the Mercy Seat is a type of God’s throne ( Exodus 25:22). That it was to the sinning Israelites, a throne of grace and not of judgement was due to the Mercy Seat formed of gold and sprinkled with the blood of atonement which vindicated the Law and divine holiness guarded by the cherubim’s ( Gen 3:24) (Ezekiel 1:5) (Roman 3:25).

The shewbread is a type of Christ the Bread of life, nourisher of the Christian’s life as a believer- priest (1 Peter 2:9) (Rev 1:6) In (John 6:33-58) Our Lord has more in mind, the manna that food which came down from heaven. The manna is the life giving Christ, the showbread, the life sustaining Christ. The showbread typifies Christ as the corn of wheat (John 12:24) ground in the mill of suffering (John 12:27) and brought into from of judgement (John 12:31-33) .We as priest by faith feed upon him as having undergone that in our stead and for our sakes. we are fed by meditation upon Christ (Hebrews 12:2-3)

Also the Candlestick is type of Christ our light (John 1:4 8:12 9:12) shining in fulness of power of sevenfold Spirit (Isaiah 11:2) ( Hebrew 1:9) (Rev 1:4)

The Ark was behind the second curtain in a room called THE MOST HOLY PLACE with the altar of incense. When Christ died on Calvary that curtain or veil was torn into two meaning the believer now has access into the holy of holies by the death of Christ. The flesh of Jesus was the veil. Jesus as the ark of the testament housed the shekinah Glory of God. ( Hebrews 8:1-2, 5-6)

SHALOM!

( 2 Peter 1:19) We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Many believers around the globe are steadfastly waiting and looking unto the taking away of the elect of GOD and believing what they have been holding on to will come to pass as they have been believing . The LORD God almighty undoubtedly will come for a virgin bride who is without spot or blemish adorned with the DOCTRINE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Friend , there is only one person who is the absolute Authority , who is the full and infallible word ,and who is the Urim and Thummim . And He is none other than the almighty God who manifested himself in the flesh called JESUS THE CHRIST.

When some message believers ascribe the MESSAGE BOOKS of William Marrion Braham as being the CHRIST . They ignorantly or equally confessing that William Braham is the Christ . Because William Braham made a statement, : “You cannot separate the message from the messenger “

Prophets are only part of the Word but Jesus Christ is the full Word of God .

We cannot point to no other person than Christ Jesus who is the Absolute Word of God in its fullness. Christ is the full Word of God. He is the revealed WORD , the very revelation that God had manifested in Christ Jesus.

Bro Braham in his tapes only pointed to the CHRIST, the  full word of God . He was not the Christ. As seen with the first foruner (John the Baptist ), Braham cannot be the Christ but rather pointed to the Christ of this bible , hence the message books are not the Christ.

Go into the wisdom of the sacred scriptures and allow the DAYSTAR arise in your hearts .

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).

Apostle Paul has this to say ,” For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away”. (1 Corinthians 13:9-10)

It is clear that the Perfect is yet to come .The perfect is CHRIST our LORD. Is not about laying in the message but laying the  word of God . It is only in that, one can meet  CHRIST,  THE FULLNESS OF THE WORD OF GOD.

Shalom!

Bro Stephen Awittor,

Cape Coast, Ghana.

What actually is the sign of Jonah was mentioned by our Lord Jesus Christ during his earthly ministry? A call for repentance or Symbolic of his resurrection?

A CALL FOR REPENTANCE?

“Some believe that the “sign of Jonah” was simply Jesus’ call for those in His audience to repent, much as Jonah had also preached a call to repentance.

“Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me” (Jonah 1:1–2)

Later on, in the account, we find what Jonah taught:

“And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So, the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them” (Jonah 3:4–5).

The inhabitants of Nineveh responded to Jonah’s impassioned call to repentance. From the least to the greatest, all turned from their sinful lifestyle.

“And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not” (Jonah 3:10)

 Both Jonah and Jesus preached about repentance. But was this the sign of which Jesus spoke? Or was there something else?

A SYMBOLIC RESURRECTION?

“Some say the sign of Jonah was his symbolic resurrection from the dead, which foreshadowed Christ’s resurrection. After all, when Jonah fled on a ship, was thrown overboard and was swallowed whole by a sea creature, he was as good as dead!

We even have a record of his prayer—from inside the stomach of his captor! “Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly. And he said: ‘I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice'” (Jonah 2:1–2).

The Hebrew Sheol can also be translated as “the grave.” Jonah knew that without God’s dramatic intervention, his life would be over!

Yet God freed Jonah from his horrible underwater prison! In a sense, God brought Jonah back to life! Jonah described it:

“For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your billows and Your waves passed over me… The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; the deep closed around me; weeds were wrapped around my head. I went down to the moorings of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever; yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord, my God” (Jonah 2:3, 5–6).

Jonah was figuratively resurrected from the dead, much as Jesus Christ was literally resurrected from the grave. Is this the sign of which Jesus spoke? Or is it something else?

At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here.  At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here. (Luke 11:29-32)

GOD’S CLEMENCY AND JONAH’S DISPLEASURE

(Jonah 4). God’s clemency greatly displeased Jonah, and he was very angry; what would become of his reputation?

In his prayer he repeated what he had at first said to himself about the grace of God. He asked God to take away his life: how could he be a prophet to such a God? Alas, he was filled with his own importance. As he watched to see what would become of the city, God prepared a gourd to give him shade from the heat of the sun, and he rejoiced over the gourd; but the next day it withered, and under the power of the sun and the east wind he fainted, and again asked to die. He said to God that he did well to be angry about the gourd, but God condescended to reason with him, saying that as Jonah had had pity on the gourd which cost him nothing; so God had had pity on Nineveh, a city with more than 120,000 inhabitants who knew not their right hand from their left, besides very much cattle.

Salvation is of the Lord. (Jonah 2:9) The theme of the Bible God’s redemptive plan in order to draw all men unto himself. ( Psalm 3:8)

Shalom!

ETERNAL JUDGEMENT.

The six principles being laid down by the apostle, emphasis the carrying on to a more perfect degree and measure of knowledge in the mysteries of the gospel; in order for becoming skillful in the word of righteousness;

(Hebrews 6:1) “Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; which we will do, if God permit.”

And of eternal judgment.( Hebrews 6:2) The sixth element or principle of Christian religion. It is, that there will be a judgment whose consequences will be eternal. It does not mean, of course, that the process of the judgment will be eternal, or that the judgment-day will continue forever; but that the results or consequents of the decision of that day will continue forever. There will be no appeal from the sentence, nor will there be any reversal of the judgment then pronounced. What is decided then will be determined forever.

This doctrine was one of the earliest that was taught by the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ and his Apostles, and is inculcated in the New Testament perhaps with more frequency than any other. (Mt 25, Acts 17:31.)

That the consequences or results of the judgment will be eternal, is abundantly affirmed. (Mt 25:46, Jn 5:29, 2Thes 1:9, Mk 9:45,48.)

Modern societies are living in a delusion as to whether there is a God of judgement

 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil (Ecclesiates12:14).

The gospel of Jesus Christ is a period of grace which had appeared unto all men. (Titus 2:11) but that grace will ultimately bring judgement to all men. Repentance of heart is a is the only way of escape. 

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: (Acts 17:30)

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things [done] in [his] body, according to that he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad. (2 Cor 5:10)

John the Revelator saw the judgement.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.( Rev 20:4)

After Satan is chained up Christ will set up thrones on earth (not in Heaven).

The “thrones” speak of positions of authority.

Jesus said, “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 (Rev.3:21).

Those who shall sit on the “thrones” and be given judgement will be the raptured saints, the Bride-Wife of Jesus Christ of every age. They will rule with Christ and share the honor with Him as indicated by the words of Jesus Christ himself which are recorded in the parables of… (Mathew 25:14-30, Luke 19:12-27) “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”  

Then comes the Foolish virgins also but their garments were blood stained because they were foolish and had their white robes stained with carnalities, false doctrines and teachings. and they do not even know it.

Prophet Daniel saw a vision parallel to this vision seen by the Apostle John. He wrote: “I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousand ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened” (Dan.7:9-10).

The First Resurrection

 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. (Rev 4:5)

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. (Rev 4:6)

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. ( 2 Peter 3:7)

The Second Death

What is death? Death is the cessation of Life. Man consists of spirit, soul and body. To put it simply, the spirit is in the soul which is in the body. The First Death occurs when a person stops breathing (the air of life in the body is gone). The soul, together with the spirit, will leave the body. The Second Death occurs when the soul is cast into the Lake of Fire. The spirit (of life which originates from God) will leave the soul and return to the Life-Giver as the sinful soul is burnt and destroyed in the Lake of Fire… “the soul that sinneth, it shall die” (Ezek.18:4).

There is no such thing as an eternal hell where souls are burned but do not die. Life cannot exist in Death. The essence of all wicked and sinful souls will be completely annihilated in the all-consuming Lake of Fire, never to exist anymore.

Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,  To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.  ( Jude 1: 14-15)

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.  And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire (Rev 20:10-15).

There is coming a judgement. Let us all set our houses in order.

Shalom and God bless for reading!

 

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“A Christian don’t try to be what he used to be; he’s not looking where he’s been; he’s looking where he’s going”.

Yes, looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

✍🏻 The Word

The Word of God is a seed sowed that must be read 📖, studied, heard or listened and understood so that the believer can be fruitful or perfect 👌.

The Word which God sent unto the children of Israel 🇮🇱, is the same Word expressed to the gentiles.

🤷‍♂️ The Word is near you, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; “(Rom10:8)”, and as it’s been preached, He who is of God hears the words of God. And he that is not of God, hears it not.

✍🏻The Word is our source of power, sanctification, pillar and measure of truth upon which every thought must be subject to and every fact founded – (John 17:17)

✍🏻 The Fivefold ministry in (Eph 4:11), is a ministry of the Word (not stories, fables, creeds, dogma, bunch of quotes, etc.) for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

✍🏻The Unity of Faith

As the ministration of the Word comes, the Holy Spirit establishes the Unity of faith. Unity of faith is not looking eye 👁‍🗨 to eye 👁‍🗨 and lining up with a renowned man of God. The Unity comes about when we look eye to eye with and line up with the Lord and His doctrine (the Word).

👍 When the unity of faith comes by the holy spirit, brethren dwell in togetherness and that agape love is demonstrated.

👉🏿 Any unity at the expense of the Word of God, is death.

👉🏿 Unity can only be centered on God’s Word.

🤷‍♂️ Dear fellow Bible believers, let’s unit only on God’s word. Any unity without God’s word is earth 🌎 bound and not from God.

 *👨‍🦯William Branham said*

🕴️”Angelic beings associate together. Oh, I hope you get that, that just dropped right down, free. Look. And if you’ve got the Holy Spirit in you, then you’re a candidate for association with the unseen world and the Supernatural”(Revelation Book of Symbols 56-0617)

🕴️A genuine faith of God will believe in God, and God is the Word; it’ll never add nothing to It”(Seed of Discrepancy 65-0118)

🕴️A good born-again faith in God, a real genuine Holy Ghost faith, nothing’s going to turn it down. It can’t do it. It’s persistent. It’s going to the goal that God has promised to it. There’s nothing going to turn it down; it’s going anyhow”(Perseverant 64-0305)

🙇‍♂️May the Lord give you hope of His blessed appearance

Shalom!

By; Bro Olga

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(2 Thessalonians 2:7) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Iniquity, is something that you know you ought not to do, and you do it anyhow. INIQUITY consists of the violation of the law of right (or duty) between man and man; wrongful or harmful actions towards another; grossly immoral acts with others. To practice iniquity is to be unjust and unequal in our dealings with someone. This is what we often read about in the Sacred Scripture. The workers of iniquity are, for example:

• Those who eat up God’s people like bread –

“Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?” (Psa.14:4);

• And those who lay snares for the saints –

“Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.” (Psa.141:9).

According to the prophet messenger (William Braham), Sin is unbelief. Sin covers all wrong doing of any sort. (1 John 5:17):  All unrighteousness is sin: …

(1 John 3:4):  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

When a believer is taught God’s Truth and the simple fact of faith, he commits sin if he doubts, and fails to respond to, what is right.

(Hebrews 11:6) (NKJV):  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Many who are religious unrepentantly cloth themselves under redemption work at the cross doing the wrong things will have to desist from all forms of iniquity. (Luke 13:27):  But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

Now, lawlessness is not merely something we do but rather what we think. If you tell a lie, you transgress the law. It is sin, it is lawlessness. If you refuse to do what is right in the eyes of God, even if you are not breaking the “law”, (1John 1:10) it is still lawlessness. If you do what is not the will of God, you commit presumptuous sin, it is lawlessness. There is a need for us to control our tempers, our gluttony to satisfy the flesh, even the consumption of food and drinks, and the words we utter.  We need to bring every thought under control.

Bro Stephen Awittor, Cape coast, Ghana.

Deuteronomy 12:5-7, 

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee

✍🏻 In the Old testament, the children of Israel 🇮🇱, were commanded to worship the Lord at the place He placed His name. Sacrifices were done only at the place the Lord chose for them to worship 🛐.

✍🏻 In the New testament,

Luke 4:8 (NHEB) Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'”

“You shall worship the Lord your God and shall serve Him only”

🤷‍♂️Where shall we Worship the Lord?

Exactly, at where God placed His name.

🤷‍♂️Where does God place His name?

👉🏿At the closing hour of Jesus’ physical presence on earth, He lifted up His eyes 👀 to heaven and prayed to declare the name of God to His disciples. That Name is Jesus.

God placed His name on His Son, Jesus Christ, yes that’s the chosen place of worship 🛐.

Now, Jesus Christ was the Word of God expressed to human on this earth.

✍🏻John 1:1-4 (KJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

✍🏻 Apostle Peter testified that Jesus Christ has the Words of Eternal life.

John 6:68 (KJV) Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the Words of eternal life.

✍🏻 Bible believers really need to hold on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain. Phil 2:16

🙏🏻When we worship 🛐 God in His chosen place of the Word, through our sacrifices of praises and thanks, offerings, etc., we will have the spirit of Life and eternal life will be our portion or dominion.

👉🏿Worshipping God in the Word means we must believe God and take Him at His Word.

👨‍🦯William Branham, a prophet of God, once said,

We must believe God. We must take Him at His word. We must not try to figure things out, but just whatever God says, the real true spirit of God will punctuate every Word of God with an “Amen”.

God bless you for reading 📖. 

By Bro Olga.

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