He Gives More Grace (CW69)

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Jam 4:6  But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

    What are these more or extra grace that He will give to us on the condition that we are humble?

Predestination of Saving Grace

Eph 1:3-4, 7  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will...In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

    God before the foundation of the world had already destined that the Word was to be made flesh (in the Person of Jesus Christ) for the salvation of all men (not angels).

Note -there are two fallen creations - men and the fallen angels.

God's Plan of Salvation

Luke 24:46-47  Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."

    God has given a fair chance to every man who is humble enough to believe the gospel and accept Jesus as the Christ will be saved. When God seals him with the Holy Spirit of redemption, he becomes a born-again Christian.

Eph 1:7, 13  In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

More Grace to the Humble

John 14:15-17a, 26; 16:13  "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... 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... 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.

The OT and NT are covenants of God. When we fulfill our part of the covenant, He will fulfill His part, for He is faithful to His words and commitment. He is also a righteous God and He cannot and will not sin.

    So when a Christian keeps His commandments, God will have to admit that he loves God and He will grant him another Helper, the Spirit of truth, who will guide him into all truth so that he is free from the bondage of this wicked world, deceptions, lies, heresies.

(John 8:32  "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.")

The Spirit of truth will also tell (teach) him the end time signs and prophecies.

Grace overcomes the Flesh

2Cor 6:1,4-10   We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain... But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, in stripes... by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, by the word of truth, by the power of God... as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Jesus' Gospel of Grace (CW68)

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Mat 16:15-16,21  He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.".. From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

    It was only after His disciples were able to believe and accept Him as the Messiah the Son of God that our Lord started to show them the gospel of grace with Him, coming as the sacrificial Lamb of God.

Gospel of Jesus

Luke 24:46-47  Then He (Jesus) said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."

    The gist of the gospel that our Lord Jesus instructed His disciples to preach:-

1. Jesus was the Christ or Messiah or God was made flesh

2. Jesus suffered

3. He was crucified as the Lamb of God

4. He rose from the dead on the third day, having overcome death, so that Christians can have eternal life with Him.

Gospel of grace to Jews by Peter

Acts 2:22-24,36   "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know— Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it... Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

    On Pentecost, Peter preached the gospel of Jesus to the Jews and 3,000 devout Jews repented and became Christians. Later on, Peter preached the same gospel to the Gentiles in Act 10.

Gospel to Gentiles by Peter

Act 10:34, 39-40, 42  Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality... And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree. Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly... And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.

Gospel of Paul to All

Act 17:2-3  Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."

    Paul preached the same gospel as Peter to both Jews and Gentiles.

Same Gospel of Grace to All

Eph 3:5-6   which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets; that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,

    God gave to the Apostles the same gospel of grace for both Jews and Gentiles.

Walk by Faith (CW67)

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Perfection of our faith

James 2:22  Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

There are three levels of faith, with the lowest being:

1. Seeing is Believing.

Men only believe what they see, including the disciples of Jesus.

John 20:29  Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

2. Not seen and yet Believe

1 Pet 1:6-9  In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.

3. Faith in His words and not sight

2 Cor 5:6-8  So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

    When we walk by faith and not by sight, we are spiritual and are no longer interested in our earthly lives but set our minds on the eternal future with the Lord.

Phi 1:21  For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Perfect Faith of Apostle Paul

Roman 8:37-39  Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    With our faith perfected, we can overcome by rejecting the Antichrist on the mercy seat as god and discounting all his signs and lying wonders as demonic.

Abomination Of Desolation (CW66)

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Mat 24:15-16  "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,"

Abomination is Satan, Antichrist and whatever is abominable in the Bible.

Desolation is the complete destruction of our faith in God, Jesus, His words, promises and teachings.

    In the last days, the Abomination of Desolation is the Antichrist himself (Satan), instead of any abominable idol.

    When we see the Head of One World Order (the Antichrist), standing in front of the newly completed temple of God – holy place, all in Judea must flee to the mountains for Satan will imitate God's signs and wonders during the dedication of Solomon's temple to deceive all and if possible even the elects.

Dedication of temple of God

2 Chron 5:2  Now Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, in Jerusalem, that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the City of David, which is Zion.

    The Antichrist too will invite all religious leaders and heads of nations, to Jerusalem to dedicate the temple to God. Video cameras will be fixed even in the most holy place so that all mankind can witness God being seated on the mercy seat.

2 Chron 5:6  Also King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.

    The Antichrist with the world leaders will assemble and make sacrifices in front of the temple of God. Everyone watching on gadgets will see the Antichrist standing in front of the temple of God, and all those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

Mat 24:17  "Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes."

    All those working on the housetop and in the field, when informed by family members of seeing the Antichrist making sacrifices in front of the temple of God at its dedication, must immediately take their families without entering the house and flee into the mountains otherwise they will be trapped to watching the life broadcast and be deceived.

Mat 24:19  "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!"

   Those pregnant and with nursing babies will have to pack clothings and food for the babies or else they will be entrapped to the broadcast and be deceived.

Mat 24:20  "And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath."

    In winter, the mountains are covered with snow and on the Sabbath they can only walk a short distance and cannot flee to distant mountains. Because of their closeness to Jerusalem and the temple, they will be able to see suddenly Jerusalem covered with thick clouds with thunder and lightning just like God's presence on Mount Sinai. Then lightning, cloud and fire will come down from heaven similar to the dedication of Solomon's Temple. All these signs will draw them to turn back to satisfy their curiosities.

2 Thess 2:9-10   the coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Love Not Their Lives to Death (CW65)

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Rev 12:11  And they overcame him (Antichrist) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

    Having understood the power of the message of the cross and the great deceptions of the Antichrist masquerading as the angel of light, then we must surrender our bodies to God as living sacrifices.

Rom 12:1 I-12  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

1 Cor 15:51  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

    The Lord compares Christian's death to sleep so that when he wakes, he rejoices in heaven – so harmonious, serene, peaceful and glorious.

Heb 2:14-15  Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

    After the death of our Lord Jesus, He went to destroy the Devil, who had the power of death so that Christians no longer fear death because before any godly Christian tastes the horror of death (any knife, bullet, bomb or weapon touches the body), our Lord will empower him by making him oblivious to pains or take him back to heaven.

Mat 16:28  "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."

Mat 10:19-20  "But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you."

    Before we are brought to judgment, our Lord will make our physical bodies oblivious to pain or take us home before any of our hair is lost.

Luke 21:16b-18  "and they will put some of you to death. And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But not a hair of your head shall be lost."

Martyrdom of Stephen

Act 7:56-58a  and said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; and they cast him out of the city and stoned him.

    When Stephen saw the Lord he became oblivious to pain before the multitudes ran at him and stoned him.

Faith of Paul in His words

2Tim 4:6-8  For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

    Paul was stoned, scourged and beaten many times and these strengthened his faith to finish the race. Our Lord will reward all who love His appearing and fearless of death, with crowns of righteousness.

Heb 11:24-26  By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

Heb 11:35b-36a  Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. (Read Heb 11)

    Brethren, can we have similar faith to Moses, the prophets and Jesus' disciples, who loved not their lives by giving up earthly comforts, riches and powers and willing to suffer for their eternal rewards?

Word Of Their Testimonies (CW64)

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Rev 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

    Christians having seen the faithfulness and miracles of God before and during WW3, will still need the pure word of God (truth) and fulfilment of endtime prophecies to increase their faith and help them to overcome temptations and deceptions during the Great Tribulation.

John 16:4a  But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them."

    The Lord told us beforehand all these things (signs of His coming) in chronological order so that we knowing in advance the Devil's wicked schemes, plans and devices will be able to rejoice overcoming each of his deceptions one by one with confidence.

Beginning of Sorrows (Fourth Seal)

1. Tribal and religious civil wars

2. World War 3, pestilences, etc.

3. Fall of the Western powers 

4. Antichrist conquers Jerusalem

5. All extremists, terrorists killed

6. God's provision, deliverance, etc.

7. Greatest harvest of souls.

Period of Tribulation/Sorrows or Wraths of Satan-Rev13 (Fifth Seal)

8. New One World Order

9. One World Religion

10. Mark of the beast '666

11. Dome on the Rock removed

12. Building of temple of God 

13. Crucifixion of saints

14. Gospel preached to all

The Great Tribulation

15. Antichrist standing in Temple

16. All in Judaea flee to the mountains

17. Dedication of temple of God

18. Antichrist seated on the mercy seat

19. Antichrist's lying wonders 

20. False Christs

21. False prophets

The Rapture (Sixth Seal)

22. The Great Earthquake

23. Great heavenly blackout

24. Jesus coming at the Rapture 

25. Scene on Earth (all Israel saved)

26. Scene in Heaven

John 14:29  "And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe."

    Scriptures keep mentioning 'I have told you this before it comes to pass' and this is important for it is God's way of strengthening our faith in Him, His words, teachings and promises. In these last days, we must ensure that our congregations are well versed with endtime signs and events otherwise they will easily be deceived.

Blood Of The Lamb (CW63)

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Overcoming Satan

Rev 12:11  And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

    Here our Lord empowered us to overcome Satan and his deceptions.

Message of the Cross

1. His blood cleanses our sins

Rev 1:5b  To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood.

1 John 1:7  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

    The day anyone sincerely accepts Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour, the blood of the Lamb cleanses him of all his sins along with the removal of all the associated curses and he then becomes a Christian.

2. Temple of God

Once his sins are cleansed, his physical body is then holy and the Holy Spirit will dwell in Him.

1 Cor 3:16-17  Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

    Every Christian is the temple of God and cannot be demonized or demon-possessed. God is holy and He will not share His holy temple with unclean spirits. Every Christian must ensure that his body is also the temple where the Holy Spirit is Lord and finally King, then the kingdom of God is within him.

3. Child of God

Every Christian then becomes the child of God and no one including Satan can hurt him.

Rom 8:15-16  For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

    Since we are children of God, the Devil cannot hurt or harm us. Which father will let the enemies harm his beloved children? Therefore, do not fear the Devil nor give him the glory.

4. Delivered from the power of Satan

Col 1:12-13  giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

.. but deliver us from evil is wrongly interpreted to the evil one. Jesus has already delivered us from the evil one including idolatry, witchcraft and animism the day we are saved. The love of money (covetousness) is the root of all evil and we only need to be delivered from the evil in us by crucifying our old man (flesh). We can even cast Satan out in Jesus Name. So why fear him.

    Do not glorify Satan anymore, as though he is still controlling you and messing up your lives.

5. The Name of Jesus

God then allows us to use the power of the Name of Jesus to:-

1. Cast out demons

2. Heal the sick

3. Perform miracles and;

4. Pray, intercede, praise, thank, fellowship and love God.

    Brethren, we have the Name of Jesus. Please do not misuse the blood of Jesus to cast out demons. Otherwise, we are using the bow to shoot bullets; making our prayers and teachings ineffective.

These are some basic Christian doctrines. Feed on His pure words (bible). Hold fast to sound doctrines and avoid worldly wisdom, distorted truth and heresies.

Brethren, the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor 1:18)