Sunday 5 June 2022

Manifold Grace of God (CW48)

   World War 3 is at Hand

While we wait for the fall and destruction of Iran to start World War 3, let's check our own Christian faith, doctrine and knowledge of Him and His words.

John 1:14  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
    Grace is freely given to men so that we will know truth, which will set us free from the snares of Satan. Grace is the unmerited favour (empowering, mercy, etc.) of God at the expense of His Son Jesus, on condition that we believe and receive Him (New Covenant) .
John 1:12  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

A. Saving Grace - unmerited favour
Eph 2:8  For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
   To obtain God's saving grace, we must walk out our faith by doing the following:-
1. believe that Jesus the Son of God was the Word made flesh, He died on the cross as the propiation for our sins and on the third day He rose having victory over death,
2. acknowledge that we are sinners by confessing our sins,
3. accept and confess Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior,
4. believe that we are now the temple of God with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit as His seal.
    Only after walking out this faith in Him, can we receive His grace of salvation.
Rom 10:9  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

B) Manifold Grace of God
1Pet 4:10-11  As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
   Similarly, God will grant to those who fulfills the conditions for receiving each of His manifold grace.

1. Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts
Acts 19:2,5-6  he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?"  So they said to him, "We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.".. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
    The Holy Spirit and His gifts are given to those who are saved and also believe and desire them.
1Cor 14:1  Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

2. Empowering for good Works
1Cor 15:10  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

3. Empowering for Holy living
Heb 12:14-15  Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

4. Building the Temple of God
1Cor 3:9-11  For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

    Brethren, these are only a few examples of the manifold grace of God given to help His sheep.

Saturday 4 June 2022

Knowledge of God (CW47)

     World War 3 is at Hand

  While we wait for the fall and destruction of Iran to start World War 3, let's check our own Christian faith, doctrine and understanding of His words.

Exceedingly Precious Promise
2 Pet 1:2-4  Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
   We thank God for the exceeding great and precious promises and His divine power through the knowledge of God, that men can be perfected, being partakers of the divine nature, which is our transformation into His image.

Obedience to Perfection
    In 2nd Peter, God has shown us a step by step to perfection. So, if we diligently follow the instructions and with the understanding of the seven Spirits of God, it will be easy to trace our walk with Jesus to perfection.

2 Pet 1:5  But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

1. Spirit of the Lord - Faith
    As soon as one is saved, he is giving the Holy Spirit. From the Bible he will begin to know Him and find his faith in Him and His word.

2. Spirit of Wisdom - Virtue
add to your faith virtue,
    a man of virtue is a wise man - one who does what he believes (faith) or doer of the word.
Mat 7:24  "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:"

3. Spirit of Knowledge
add to virtue knowledge
    Having kept His word, he now understand it. He can be a teacher

2 Pet 1:6  to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

4. Spirit of Counsel
add to knowledge self-control
    One who can control oneself from sins and evil thoughts, and helps and counsels his sheep to righteous living - a fatherly figure or pastor

5. Spirit of Might
add to self-control perseverance
    One who can endure pains and sufferings reaching out to the unreached - an evangelist

6. Spirit of the Knowledge of the Lord
add to perseverance godliness or godlikeness
    One who understands the very heartbeat of God - His will, delights, pleasures, ways and sadness. He is worthy to be His prophet

7. Spirit of the Fear of the Lord
2 Pet 1:7  to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
    One, who fears that his good and righteous works are done without the sincere love of the brethren - an apostle of the Lord.

Five Fold Ministries
Eph 4:11  And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
    These are Jesus' anointed servants.

Doers of the Word
2 Pet 1:8  For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    A doer of the Word of God will be fruitful in the knowledge of Christ, and he will be able to walk in the light with Him until perfection.

The Spirituality Blind
2 Pet 1:9  For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
    All those rejecting the words and commandments of Christ are spiritually blind. Without the truth and the knowledge of God, they are just mouthing out worldly opinions, which are outright nonsense in their walk with God. They will always distort the truth and promote wrong doctrines and heresies.

New Covenant of Jesus (CW46)

    World War 3 is at Hand

   While we wait for the fall and destruction of Iran to start World War 3, let's check our own Christian faith and doctrine.  

   The bible, both Old and New Testaments, comprises covenants of God made with men.
    The Old Covenant was made with the Israelites and followers of the Mosaic Law of the Old Covenant were called Jews.
   The New Covenant of Jesus' blood was made with all men and believers of the Gospel of Christ are called Christians.
Heb 8:13  In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

Rev 3:20  "If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me."
  So when we fulfill the 'if', then our faithful God will fulfil His part by granting us more grace. Heresies are usually doctrines where the 'if' is left out

John 14:23a  Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word;..."
    We can sing, proclaim, declare and say that we love God. According to God, if we have not kept His word, we do not love Him.
    John 15:24a  "He who does not love Me does not keep My words;.."

John 15:14-16  "You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you."

'whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.'
    The above is the favourite verse of preachers of prosperity gospel, positive confession, extra grace and other heresies. This promise is given only to Jesus' friends who have kept His commands.

John 14:15-17, 26  "If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever — the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.... But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."
    Similarly, we cannot get the anointing of the Spirit of truth to enable us to understand His truth, will, prophecies, teachings, unless we keep His words.

John 16:13-14  "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you."
    Brethren, if you have signed a contract and yet without fulfilling the contract of payments, you demand the delivery of the house, then your action is lawlessness and wickedness.
    Similarly, all these blind, lawless and wicked Christians blaspheme God's name by demanding Him to keep His promise of blessing them when they have not kept their part of the contract of loving Him by keeping His word and commands.

Brethren, remember the 'ifs' , which will guide you to Him or warn you of sufferings, or damnation. Please keep away from all these wrong doctrines and heresies. Keep His word and commandments, and then our loving Father will manifest in you His joy, peace and love. He will also remind you of your needs, the help, miracles, and healing that you have forgotten to ask Him. Amen.

Joy of the Lord (CW45)

    World War 3 is at Hand

The Joy of the Lord is my Strength
Luk 19:37-38  Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, saying: " 'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!' Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
    The whole multitude in Jerusalem rejoiced with spontaneous praising, worshipping and welcoming the King of kings and the Lord of lords, who had performed so many miracles to comfort, heal and deliver the people.  
    Similarly, there will be great rejoicing in Christian homes (house cells) by all those saved, healed and comforted. Their exultation and adoration of His great love, mercies, kindness, healings, helps and deliverances will constantly be offered spontaneously daily. Be ready to form more house cells.
Note  Get ready the hymns books, for most hymns have the gospel message.

Rejoicing in Heaven
Luk 15:5-7  And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
    The greatest joy in heaven is when one sinner repents. So when we continuously pick up the sick, suffering, wounded and hungry from the streets and allow our Lord to heal, deliver and save them, the whole heaven will continuously be rejoicing during these period of the 4th Seal.

Saddest Moment in Heaven
    God is just, righteous, merciful and filled with love for all mankind. The beginning of the 4th Seal will be His saddest period to see His so-called children (pseudo-Christians, hypocrites, heretics, false christs, homosexuals, etc.) killed and cast into Hades.
Eze 18:32  For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord God. "Therefore turn and live!"

Brethren, Repent and Love Him
Eph 3:14-19  For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—  to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
    Brethren, God loves us very much to the extent of sacrificing His only begotten Son to die on the cross to redeem us from damnation. When a Christian rebels against Jesus, His words, teachings and doctrines, it saddens Him very much. Unless he repents,  God has no other choice but with great pain and anguish, condemns him to damnation because God is just and is always faithful to His words.

The Horrific Fourth Seal (CW44)

      World War 3 is at Hand

Judgment of God
1 Pet 4:17-18  For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God. Now "If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
    The wickedness, lawlessness and abominations against God make the West (so-called Christian nations), unlivable to bible believing Christians. God will use WW3 to judge the world starting from His house (church and countries). All apostates and heretics, abominable, unmerciful, lawless, carnal and covetous pastors, false prophets, leaders and televangelists will be killed. God will also judge and kill all extremists, murderers and terrorists.

Rev 14:6-7  Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."
    As nations after nations are dragged into WW3, godly and bible believing Christians will rise up to help, care and miraculously feed all those affected. The love of Christians and the miracles of God will convince the heathens including Muslims to believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. This endtime harvest just before rapture will be the greatest ever. So brethren, be ready to be involved in His endtime harvest.

Rev 14:8  And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
   The mighty US and the West will be defeated because through UN they force their abominable human rights (especially sodomy) upon all nations.

Judges 2:14-15  And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for calamity, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.
    Similarly, God will judge and fight against the abominable West by allowing the jihadists and sympathizers to sabotage their own countries (West). Nations after nations will be handed over to the Iranian conquerors.

Mat 24:7  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
    A quarter of mankind will be killed during this period of the beginning of sorrows or Fourth Seal by bombs, missiles, famines, diseases, pestilences, earthquakes and tsunamis.

Underground Nuclear Bunkers and Shelters
Rev 6:15  And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains
   God even prophesied that during the last days the rich and powerful with their servants will hide in underground bunkers and shelters to escape food shortages and the WMD warfares and fallouts.

Brethren, repent from worldliness, carnality, covetousness, which are the results of distorted truth and heresies for the end of all things is at hand; therefore, be serious and watchful in your prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
(1 Pet 4:7-10)

Jordan Escapes Iran's Wrath (CW43)

     World War 3 is at Hand

https://youtu.be/srNw00tNYwI?si=ItEcO8dUVR3TANAD
 
How World War 3 Develops
Dan 11:41  "He (king of the North) shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon."
    When the Antichrist (Iran) calls 'Jihad- against the West for the massacre of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iranian Muslim civilians by missiles, bombs, from the US Fifth Fleet, Muslims worldwide will rise up.
  There will be worldwide condemnation for this great atrocity against mankind, with Russia, China and many nations sending their forces to help and rescue Iran from the powerful and invincible West.
   Many Muslim nations too will join forces with the Antichrist to fight against the West - the big bully. These will be the former Russian Muslim nations together with Turkey, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Indonesia, and others.
   But Muslim nations which still support and fight alongside the West, will face rebellions, and the people will try to overthrow their governments for Iran.
    After the Antichrist had conquered Israel and Jerusalem, killing and scattering the Jews, he will then proceed to attack the neighbouring Arab Sunni nations.

The Kingdom of Jordan
   The present kingdom of Jordan comprises lands of Edom, Moab and part of Ammon. The other part of Ammon is in Saudi Arabia.  
    Though Jordan is a Sunni Muslim nation and has assisted Israel recently in bringing down the Iranian drones and missiles, yet from this prophecy in Daniel, Jordan will escape the wrath of the Antichrist during WW3. WHY ?

Egypt Ransacked by Iran
Dan 11:42-43a  "He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt;
  In 1982, as a result of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979, Israel had withdrawn from all of the Sinai Peninsula.
   What makes the Antichrist ransack Egypt?
   Is it because of the peace treaty with Israel or the Egyptians reluctance to help the hungry and desperate Gazans at its borders or possibly the future help given to Israel in its attack of Iran.

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
   Jordan is called the Hashemite Kingdom, because it is ruled by the Hashemite dynasty, which claims descent from the Islamic prophet, Mohammed.  
   The Hashemite dynasty itself is named after Mohammed's great grandfather, Hashim. Jordan occupied the biblical lands of the Edomites, Moabites and part of the Ammonites (the rest of Ammon is in Saudi Arabia).
   
Note Shia Islam accepts only the descendants of Mohammed to be their political and religious leaders, whereas all other sects can accept any Muslim to be leaders.

   Since the Hashemite King Abdullah of Jordan is the direct descendant of Mohammed, the Antichrist  respects him as the rightful leader of Jordan and therefore will not attack Jordan but protect it.

Carry out Great Exploits (CW42)

    World War 3 is at Hand

Luke 4:18-19  "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
   During World War 3, all mankind will be poor and in great need. Just like our Lord Jesus, we will be anointed by Him to carry out great exploits in caring, comforting, healing, helping and evangelising the poor and needy.

Great Exploits of Faithful Christians
Dan 11:32  "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits."
    Christians, who know their God, are strong in their faith.
    They believe that He is the Almighty God who is the Creator of heaven and earth and to Him nothing is impossible.
1. He can provide us with food,  light, water, electricity and gas to our home during World War 3 when the towns and cities are in complete darkness.
2. He can protect us in WW3
Psalm 91:9-11  Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
3. He can anoint us to do great exploits
John 14:12  "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father."
   Our Lord Jesus promised us that if we have faith in Him, He will help us to do greater works than what He had done.

a) Jesus Walk on Water
    Our Lord defiled nature by walking on water. During WW3 though there will be no water and electricity in the whole area, I can believe that for our premises God will miraculously provide water, gas and electricity so that food can be cooked to feed the needy and hungry.

b) Feeding the Thousands
    Brethren, I believe that our Lord will keep filling up our empty food containers/fridges with food to feed and nourish all those coming to us for help.

c) Gifts of the Holy Spirit
   I believe that our Lord will anoint us with the gifts of the Holy Spirit so that
1. the gift of tongues will lead foreigners/immigrants to the Lord
2. the gift of the word of wisdom - to comfort them and guide them to salvation.
3. the gift of the word of knowledge - teaching His words and truth
4. the gift of faith - performing miracles,
5. gift of healing

d) Jesus had Compassion
    When we see God's mercy and love for those pitiful souls, the joy of the Lord within us will encourage us to give our last ounce of strength to serve and care for them with love.

Brethren, within days, majority of those, who have witnessed the miracles of God in helping and preserving them through WW3 and our love and concern for their welfare, will believe and accept our Lord Jesus. Thereafter, we must disciple them to abide in His word and prepare them to disciple new converts so that all of them will be able to overcome the deceptions of the Antichrist during the Great Tribulations before Rapture.

Before World War 3, brethren, our Lord has given us the free choice, of either
1. serve Him as His faithful servants in carrying out great exploits by our repentance of our covetousness, carnality, idolatry, homosexuality, destructive heresies, and the untransformed old man, or
2. killed in World War 3 as hypocrites, heretics, wolves in sheepskin, agents of the devil, false christs and enemies of God.