Sun, Aug 30th - 5:46PM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAINST ME
SPIRITUAL WARFARE (EARNESTLY CONTEND FOR THE FAITH)
One might ask
what about true Christians who after salvation, begins to worship as those
under the Mosaic Law, or only a portion of the New Covenant. This question is easily answered in the new
covenant. The new believer initially
knows only that he or she has been saved by faith in Jesus Christ. There are
also some Christians who do not fully understand the whole of the New Covenant. Because they
are unlearned, they may do such things, ignorantly. However, as they learn and
grow through correct teaching of spiritual truth they will obey God according
to the New Covenant. The Bible gives
one example among several, of Christians who are unlearned and therefore do not
fully understand the gospel message: Acts 18:24 And
a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in
the scriptures, came to Ephesus.25 This man was instructed in the way of the
Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the
things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to
speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they
took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. Holy brothers
and sisters, feel free to read this whole chapter. See how Apollos clearly misunderstood the baptism of John, because John never preached water baptism as a means of salvation. When Apollos was taught the truth that salvation only comes through faith in Jesus Christ alone; we see how wonderfully God used him to go on to teach the whole
gospel truth and convince many to come to faith through Jesus Christ alone. Water baptism is for those who are already saved to show their identification with Christ. There is a
cautionary tale here that true Christians are teachable and correctable by the
word of God. Contrariwise all apostates remain unteachable and uncorrectable,
no matter how often they hear the truth of scripture. Brothers and
sisters let us zealously do as we are all instructed by God: 1 Ti. 2:15 15 Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word
of truth.
No Christian need ever fear or think that he or
she cannot fully know the word of God; because Jesus Christ is always ready to
help each and every Christian, to come into the full knowledge of the word of
God through the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy
Spirit that disseminates the truth of the gospel of the New Covenant of Jesus Christ directly as well as
through pastors, teachers and the body general, so that we can all have the joy
of partnering with God, to help one another to grow in truth and love of our
Triune God. By the grace of Jesus Christ we have the wonderful privilege to take His message to a fallen world. love serola Mat 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Luk11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
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Sat, Aug 29th - 4:43PM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAINST ME
SPIRITUAL WARFARE ( Earnestly contend for the faith)
Mat 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Luk11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Are there
people who desperately want to be saved but who have been deceived or tricked
into thinking that they can be saved or are saved by the Law? The answer is
yes. This is primarily through various methodologies of FALSE TEACHERS, who repackage the Law by labeling it as the New Covenant; combining
the Law with the New Covenant; or teaching the Law as the only means of
salvation while dismissing the New Covenant altogether.
Dear friends
of Jesus Christ , we must persistently, tirelessly hold to the truth of the Bible
and tell men all of its truth; the Law
can never save, nor was it designed to do so by God. Only through faith solely in Jesus Christ can
anyone ever be saved for all eternity. Whenever the Law is mixed with grace, or
substituted for grace it becomes Law only. God does not accept a mixed gospel.
However, all mixed gospels are false and cannot save. How can anyone know if
they have been deceived, or misled into believing falsely that the Law has
saved them?
We have the
Bible showing that our Lord Jesus Christ preached the gospel of the New
Covenant as the sole means of salvation. Brothers and sisters, we cannot fail
to note that Jesus Christ never labeled His message as anything other than the
gospel of the New Covenant. Every last one of the apostles of Jesus Christ also
never preached anything but the gospel of the New Covenant. The Bible shows us
clearly that Jesus Christ never preached that the Law could save anyone. The
Bible actually forbids in multitudes of scripture for anyone to remotely think
that they can please God, be made righteous, or can be saved by the Law. The
whole Bible, points to the Son of God, Jesus Christ as the sole means of
eternal salvation for all time. Since it is impossible for God to lie, brethren,
we must absolutely trust in His word alone, correctly interpreted.
Let us take a look at the worship life of
those who earnestly desire to be saved, but have been deceived to think they
are saved by the Law in any form no matter if it is falsely labeled as the good
news. Instead of the fellowship and full
joy promised by the New Covenant, they are plunged into a false gospel, a toxic
message of deadly deception. Having
placed themselves under relentless bad news; they experience: works for rest,
condemnation instead of joy, and in misery they are saved but never safe,
washed, but never cleansed.
Blindly, such
persons pray to an obscure false saviour of their own imagination, from whom
forgiveness of sin is won and lost with no hope to attainment of permanency.
Such persons continually moan, wring their hands, scream how utterly unworthy
they are, beg, cry, sob, and crawl towards an imaginary false altar
continually, with various sins to lie upon it, all while mercilessly afflicting
their souls in the process. Living in abject shame, condemnation, and
misery of their own incorrect understanding, they continually offer up their
own ineffectual offerings of "confessions" to get forgiven of their
sins over and over again, through a false saviour of their own imaginings and not
the true. They
experience a short lived comfort-until the next sin, to begin the unending
cycle of horrific futility of keeping short accounts over and over again. Their identity
and their whole lives are colored, and encompassed about with the language of
the Law: They are
“saved sinners” They are
saved, but never “safe”, always just a step away from “falling” and /or”
backsliding”. They are
washed but never “cleansed”. They keep
“short accounts”. They believe
that their fellowship with God can be broken, over and over when they sin..
They believe
they can be separated from God at any time, and must rely on keeping short
accounts confessing each and many times the same sin over and over. To restore broken
fellowship with God and to be extra “safe”, along
with confessing their own sins they confess the sins of their moms and dads,
the nations, uncle Bob’s, aunt Hester’s, and what the heck all their
generations too. They are haunted by
fears of the generational curses. At some point
a light bulb comes on and eventually such persons think hmmm this isn’t
working, something is wrong. Overwrought by relentless, guilt, condemnation,
and shame they become open to seeking a better way.
So in every
sense, children of light, the Law cannot
be hidden no matter how it is mislabeled as something else. It always achieves God’s
goal, proof positive that every human
being is a sinner, who of himself cannot save himself, but absolutely needs the
only eternal saviour-Jesus Christ.
God cannot be
fooled or tricked. Wherever the Law is given, God oversees it to accomplish His
purposes in revealing sinners. Human works cannot defeat, delay, nor hide what
the Law always reveals, mankind is ruthless, depraved, corrupt, and totally
bankrupt, without one shred of righteousness, and ALL human righteousness is as
filthy rags before God. Only Jesus Christ can and will save all who come in
faith to Him.
God is faithful, and draws all such persons to Jesus
Christ, whom they will believe in when they hear the true gospel message of the
New Covenant. love serola
END NOTE: Judaizers is a term for Christians who insist that Christians must follow the Old Covenant laws. This term is most widely known from its single use in the Greek New Testament (Galatians 2:14) where Paul publicly challenges Peter for compelling gentile converts to Early Christianity to "judaize".
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Mon, Aug 24th - 9:36AM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAINST ME
SPIRITUAL
WARFARE ( Earnestly contend for the gospel of Jesus Christ)
Dear Christian
brothers and sisters I suspect that most of us are sickened and saddened by even the thought that there are people
within the church body who are unteachable, uncorrectable, hardened and
unreachable with the truth of the gospel message. The truth is that God in His
word tells us that there are such people within the church body, not only in
the world. Within the body in the sense that while they do gather with
believers, they choose to reject the gospel.
There was a
lady who called herself a Christian. She adamantly preached that in order to be
saved one must believe this:
2 Chr. 7: 14 If my people, which are called
by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
2 Chr. 7: 19
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have
set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20 Then
will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and
this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight,
and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
Another peculiar
thing about her was that no one could ever recall her ever mentioning the name
of Jesus Christ.
Out of concern
for her spiritual wellbeing, many of her Christian friends took a great deal of
time to show her John 3: 16-21; John 14:6. She became angry at them and told them they were wrong.
When they
showed her John 10:28-29, that was the last straw for her, and she exploded
with anger accusing her Christian friends of lying and twisting the truth. Her friends
wrote out everything they tried to teach her and gave it to her for further
study. She again let them know in no uncertain terms that they were liars and
she was going to show the paper to her pastor of many years who would stand by
her. She did go to him, and he confirmed the New Covenant way of salvation
through Jesus Christ alone, and never through the Law.
She went away
unconvinced, and threw the paper in the garbage, and refused to hear anything
further about salvation through Jesus Christ. The time came when her Christian friends separated from her company, after
doing all they could to help her because she continuously slandered them and steadily
and indignantly rejected the truth.
The New Covenant
would not call her or any person believing and acting in this way “backslidden”.
The Bible always speaks the eternal inerrant truth. This is what the New
Covenant declares:
2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have
known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from
the holy commandment delivered unto them.22 But it is happened unto them
according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again;
and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
People who
claim to believe but then steadfastly turn away from the gospel, never had it. Jesus
warns us that we cannot force, beg, badger, nag, scold, or shame people into
believing in Him if they stubbornly and steadfastly refuse to do so.
We should well
heed our Lord’s warning and command: Mt. 7:6 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye
your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and
turn again and rend you.
At some point
the impenitent will not tolerate any further attempts to witness to them. At that
point they can become very hostile or even dangerous. We should be careful to
move on and witness to the multitudes that will gladly hear the gospel message
and believe it. Do not believe the lie that God is wringing His holy hands and
weeping in sadness over the impenitent; for the Bible declares:
Ro. 1: 18 For the
wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness
of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;19 Because that which may be
known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and
Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
God speaks
frankly of how He sees the Impenitent and calls them exactly what they are:
fools, heretics, brute beasts, dogs, swines, corrupt and defiled of mind and
conscience, traitors, blasphemers, deniers of Jesus Christ, reprobates,
unbelieving. Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom
is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Such persons
have chosen to permanently reject Jesus Christ. They are not deceived, mistaken, or confused they are deliberate, willful rejecters
of Jesus Christ. God considers them to be children of the devil, and the
enemies of God and His people.
There are too many things that God calls such people
than I can post here, always feel free to look further on your own. The fact
here is that God wants us to know that such people have crept into the church. Our
warfare, brethren, always centers on standing firm in the truth of the gospel
of Lord Jesus Christ against all comers, at all costs. Never accept a watered
down gospel, one that is part -truth and mixed with a lie of some sort, which
is a perverted gospel that can save no one. It goes without saying we should never accept lies falsely stamped or labeled as the gospel.
I pray that we will diligently and persistently study, meditate on, practice and preach the full, true gospel message, and live it in our personal and private lives. This we will do by the power of Lord Jesus Christ.
love serola
Mat 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Luk11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
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Thu, Aug 20th - 10:33AM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAINST ME
SPIRITUAL WARFARE ( Earnestly contend for the gospel of Jesus Christ)
Paul warns the
Corinthians not to suffer fools gladly. Who are these fools that the apostle
Paul is talking about? Absolutely anybody coming to Christians with a false
gospel:
2 Co. 11:
13 For such are false apostles,
deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And
no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.15 Therefore
it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of
righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Dearly beloveds,
we must note here the wisdom of God. We must never be taken in by people who
look holy. God teaches us to go beyond the outer appearance of any person and
look at what they bring to our table. Anybody that comes bringing another gospel
other than that of the New Covenant of Jesus Christ is a false apostle, and
evil minister of the devil. Again, and again the whole of scripture serves God’s
purposes, however His program for salvation today is absolutely and eternally
through His Son Jesus Christ alone.
Fear is one of
the devils best tricks to intimidate people from even talking about him. The
devil even uses his evil ministers to threaten death to prevent people from
exposing him and his evil workers. The devil and his wicked servants are less
than nothing to our God. The plain truth is that it is God alone who is to be
feared who can destroy both body and soul in hell:
GOD ALONE IS
TO BE FEARED
Mt. 10:
28 And fear not them which kill
the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.30
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye
are of more value than many sparrows.
GOD GIVES HIS
PEOPLE POWER OVER ALL POWER OF THE ENEMY
Luk 10:19 Behold,
I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the
power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
REJOICE PEOPLE
OF THE LORD
We do not get
puffed up, because God has given us power over all the power of the enemy:
Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding
in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice,
because your names are written in heaven.
GOD PROTECTS
US FROM THE WICKED ONE
1Jo 5:18 We
know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God
keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
NO GOD NO
PEACE
Jesus Christ came
to give forgiveness of sin, peace and reconciliation with God to all who
believe in Him and do His will. God gives NO general peace on the earth where everybody
will just be happy regardless of whom and what they believe. No such peace will
ever be granted by God:
Lk. 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather
division: 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided,
three against two, and two against three. 53 The father shall be divided
against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the
daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her
daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
This is the
word of the Lord. Even today it is not uncommon to find some Christian brothers
and sisters rejected by their families, because of their faith in Jesus Christ.
Christ causes division between the sheep
and the goats. However, at the end of time those who are impenitent will be
cast along with the devil and his evil angels into the lake of fire.
God uses the
word impenitent (and other words), to describe people who are more than just an
unbeliever who is not yet saved, but who will be upon hearing and believing the
gospel message. The apostle Paul is a wonderful example that God can and will
save everyone who believes in Him. However, the impenitent will never believe
the gospel of Jesus Christ, no matter how often or how long they hear it, thusly excluding themselves from being saved.
In every sense God uses the descriptive word
impenitent in much more than forensic language that goes beyond mere human psychopathological
understanding of true evil, because He wants us to well understand it too. love serola
Mat 12:30 He
that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth
abroad. Luk11:23 He
that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth.
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Wed, Aug 19th - 1:15PM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAIST ME
SPIRITUAL WARFARE I got a
frantic call from a sister one day. She was choking with crying and grief that
was alarming and heartbreaking. Between sobs she asked over and over again if
it was true that any Christian who had a blemish could attend church services
only, but was forbidden by God to perform any kind of works in the church
forever, due to having any kind of physical defect.
I knew this sister well,
she had experienced severe rejection, physical and emotional abuse early and
ongoing in life, and been marginalized by society at large. She believed on
Lord Jesus Christ, and had at last found the forgiveness, love and acceptance
that only He can give through His matchless grace. But now, once again, she
felt that she had truly failed, and been rejected by the only one she believed
that ever truly loved her.
Now she felt cast out, unwanted, undesirable, and
unlovable. Once again she felt like human refuse, unfit, unusable, unneeded, unnecessary
and condemned. Once again she was tolerated, but nevertheless unwelcome and on
the outside looking in, never being a part of the whole. She wanted to
help clean and prepare the church building before services, and her “pastor” made
her put down her cleaning tools, and told her that because she had a physical
defect or blemish in her eyes, God did not allow her or any with physical
defects to perform any work in the church, they could attend only. I comforted
this dear sister, and told her the truth that her so called pastor was wrong. Under
the Law of Moses this was true, but Christians are no longer under the Law of Moses,
but now and forever the eternal New Covenant of grace. Because of Jesus
Christ, every Christian who is able can serve freely both inside and outside of
the church building, regardless of any physical imperfections. It goes without
saying that we can freely serve God and one another as God has given us
ability. Upon hearing the good news of grace, her joy in the Lord was restored She left and
never returned to that so called church again. I tried to
persuade that pastor to stop teaching the Law for grace, but that pastor miss-used
the Law of Moses to ensure the people would give tithes. All that pastor wanted
was money, and cared nothing for the people. That pastor continued to teach law
for grace and eventually, the members of that church left, and that so called
ministry went into the oblivion that was so well deserved. Holy brothers
and sisters, let us walk in the eternal message of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Let us be vigilant, diligent, and in all sobriety contend for the unchanging
truth of the true good news of the New Covenant. Let us boldly proclaim the
gospel by God’s power, knowing that all who believe, will escape those who
falsely preach the Law of Moses for grace, or any other false gospel, to bring
people back into bondage, and condemnation, from which Jesus Christ has once
and for all times delivered all Christians from. Praise God,
for the glorious liberty given to us the people of God through our lord Jesus
Christ. Let us go often,
freely boldly into the most holy place within the veil that is the body of Jesus
Christ, who has perpetually opened up the entrance to the very throne room of God,
where He the Son sits on the right hand of the Father in heaven. The veil you
say? In no wise are we speaking of that man-made veil of the earthly Mosaic
tabernacle that has been ripped completely in two through the final, complete
sacrifice of our Saviour Jesus Christ. The veil of the earthly most holy place,
separated the common man from God on pain of death of anyone other than the old
Levitical high priest attempting to enter therein. Even the Levitical high
priest could only enter one day a year, with unblemished but still corruptible
animal blood, and he would be killed by God if he came without blood. No beloveds we
speak not of that poor old merely human high priest/sinner whose many
sacrifices never brought nor could bring permanent forgiveness, peace and reconciliation
of the people with God. God speaks plainly to us on this wise: Heb. 10: 16
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the
Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write
them;17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.18 Now where
remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.19 Having therefore,
brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,20 By a new
and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to
say, his flesh… Brothers and sisters
let us join our hearts in prayer to the One who has made us and saved us, to
whom we belong forever. Long before we enter prayer our New Covenant eternal High
Priest is forever entered before us. He is our Advocate with the Father, who
after the power of an endless life lives forever to make intercession for us
with the Father. Certainly there
are times when we struggle, not knowing how we ought to pray, but we need never
be discouraged to pray. We have the Holy Spirit which helps every one of us in
our times of weakness. The Holy Spirit is also perpetually making intercession
for us before the Father with groaning’s that cannot be uttered. Ro. 8: 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the
Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of
God. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Brethren, lets
pray. Lord Jesus we thank you that you will never leave us nor forsake us. We love
and bless you because you are the author and finisher of our faith, and you
keep us by your everlasting power. Lord Jesus we thank you that we are never
alone, you help us even in prayer. Father we praise you for the great joy of
your everlasting love. Holy Spirit we thank you for your continued comfort and
help in understanding and living the truth of scripture. Father God we thank
you for we were once not your people, we were once lost, we were once sinners
destined to hell. Thank you for sending us your Son Jesus Christ who through
faith in His sinless blood has saved us and made us your people forever. We do not worship three
Gods, but One Triune God in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, God the
Holy Spirit. Lord God, some
among us are heavy laden, burdened with hardships, and many difficulties. Lord
some among us are heartbroken with many sorrows that seem never to end. Some are
sick among us or have dear ones who are sick. Some of us are discouraged due to
rejection and mistreatment of others. Whatever our difficulty Lord, our first
priority is to bring you the totality of our worship. We give to you alone our
praise offerings and thank offerings. Lord we know you are no stranger to
sufferings. You took on a body and suffered all the things that the people your
hands have made suffer.
This is so that you could be the kind of High Priest
who fully understands us your people and know how to help us to the uttermost. Yet in
all your trials, sufferings and temptations, you sinned not. Lord God, thank
you that your heart is always moved in compassion for all of us. You are so
much bigger than our problems, and greater than our troubles. Lord, we glorify
your name, for you have taught us and strengthened us, from your example how to
be steadfast and faithful. Lord we trust
in you with all our hearts. We pray Lord that you will give garments of praise
and joy to those of us who mourn. Lord we pray for healing and health for the
sick, and for many to come alongside them to help and encourage them. Lord we
pray that you will shower down your continual love to heal those who are
suffering from broken hearts among your people. Lord some have been deeply wounded
because of rejection and abuse. Lord, rain down your love upon them, let the
past be as waters gone by because they are forever accepted in the beloved, and
no longer need the pitiful crumbs of so called love from a fallen world.
Lord we
pray that each and every one of us will walk in love that does no harm to its
neighbors. Lord we pray that as ambassadors of Jesus Christ regardless of our
situation, circumstances or condition, we are fully persuaded that we will and
can remain faithful to you by your power. Amen
Brothers and sisters, pray all kinds of prayers,
whether you stand, sit, or lay down is of no importance, whether your prayers are
long or short, is not the focus. Our motivation is on God who looks on the
hearts of His people. We must not look to rituals- but right relationship in
fellowship with God and one another. Be richly blessed, brethren, tirelessly resting and trusting in the hands of Almighty God. love serola
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Sat, Aug 15th - 12:55PM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAINST ME
SPIRITUAL WARFARE Precious
brothers and sisters, for whom our great Lord Jesus Christ died and rose again to bring us to Himself,
God gives us the details into just who His enemies are. Our Creator knows all
things and gives us the fullest description and motivations of His enemies,
those who willfully impenitently reject Him. If anyone is angry with any of God’s
people for telling God’s truth, they are fighting against God, not men, and
have zero chance of winning against Him; because God protects and watches over His
Word. The righteous,
however, always rejoice in our Lord’s eternal truth. God wants us, brethren, to
know who His and thusly our enemies are. We have already aforementioned that
all perversion of scripture comes directly from the devil and his demons. But
God still wants us to know who are the devil’s human evil workers or servants
that gladly aid the devil, by carrying out his work. We still are commanded by God to and must deal with
them, but only within the bounds of the New Covenant of Grace. We are never
talking about going out to physically harm anyone, but we have the right to
expose these evil workers by warning others about them, to refuse to hear them
and avoid them personally, and to expel them from our churches. According to
the book of Revelation we know the devil and his wicked followers will in the
end come visibly and in person to aggressively attack the righteous. Nevertheless
the righteous will overcome the devil and all his evil forces by the blood of Jesus Christ, the Holy Lamb of God: Rev. 12: 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in
heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which
accused them before our God day and night. 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. Beloveds we
know even now, every one of us God’s people are more than conquerors through
Him, Lord Jesus Christ that loved us and gave Himself for us. Ro. 8: 7 Nay, in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him that loved us. 1 John 4:
3 And every spirit that
confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this
is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and
even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the
world. Little
children of God, we need not fear, because the power of our almighty Triune God
is with us, even within us. Through Him we have obtained the victory over all
the forces of the devil even unto the end, when the devil and every evil worker
will be forever expelled from God and His eternal kingdom, and cast into the
lake of fire and be burned forever with the unquenchable fire of God’s wrath. Nevertheless
we cannot fight an enemy we do not know. God, however gives us a meticulous
examination of His enemies who they are, and the corrupt work that they attempt
to do against Him and His righteous people. Pray with me
brothers and sisters in spiritual warfare, and pray all manner of prayers as
well as God leads: Lord Jesus,
our Almighty unbeatable and loving God, we thank you for your way is the only
right way and the only right way is your way. Father God we thank you because
you are calling all men to repentance to your Son and only Saviour Jesus Christ.
We love and praise you God the Father, God the Son-Lord Jesus, God the Holy
Spirit, because it is not your will that any should ever perish and be lost. Your
inerrant word tells the eternal truth that men condemn themselves, because they
impenitently and willfully reject your eternal and only Saviour your Son Jesus
Christ: John 3:16 For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent
not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of
the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil. Lord Jesus
Christ Bless we your children as we continually go forth into the harvest that
through your eternal gospel message that you can and will save and deliver ALL who believe in you and do your will.
Lord we pray that you will restrain the devil
and his evil human workers who are in the world, seeking to blind men’s eyes to
turn them to hell, and to turn them away from the gospel of Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus
let every snare of the devil, every conspiracy, every plot, every stumbling
block, every trap set, every pit dug, every scheme, every stronghold, every
high thing, every form of mischief, every form of maliciousness, every
conspiracy, and every false doctrine set to keep men from coming to the eternal
truth of the gospel, be thrown down, cast down, and demolished. Lord snatch
away the covering of every false teacher and reveal them so that those seeking
salvation shall escape to the true gospel. Let all who are saved escape and
overcome all evil even according to your word. Amen love serola Mat 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
Luk11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
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Wed, Aug 12th - 11:02AM
HE THAT IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME
GOD WARNS ALL WHO ATTEMPT TO PERVERT THE GOSPEL
OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST
The New
Covenant is God’s sole and eternal plan today to save all men who believe on
Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The New Covenant permanently closes out the Law
of Moses for righteousness. Anyone who claims to be saved other than through
the blood of the covenant remains still unsaved.
SPIRITUAL WARFARE
Those who voluntarily, willingly, of one's own
accord (as opposed to sins committed inconsiderately, and from ignorance or from
weakness) continue to reject repentance to preach any perverted gospel, falsely
teaching that people can be saved or please God by the Law of Moses, or by any other means than Lord Jesus Christ, do
not love Jesus Christ.
In fact Lord
Jesus regards them as His personal enemies. Yet, God is merciful and receives
all who repent and come in faith to His Son Jesus Christ. But woe to those who
know the truth and reject it in order to teach their own hellish perverted
gospel which is no gospel at all.
Holy brothers and sisters, every perversion of the gospel comes from the
devil to be promoted by his evil servants to attempt to turn people away from
Lord Jesus Christ. But praise God, those who are truly saved will resist and
overcome every false way, by the power of God.
Gal. KJV 1:8
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than
that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.9 As we said before,
so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye
have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do
I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of
Christ.
Rev 22:19 And
if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and
from the things which are written in this book.
Beloved brothers and
sisters praise God that He has armed us to stand for the truth of the full
gospel message of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the eternal message and power
of God, that we must tirelessly preach everywhere and to everyone that we can.
Many will accept it and there are those who will be offended by the final and
only truth. Even so, brothers and sisters, let us patiently continue doing the will of God for
there is none that can stop His power.
Love
serola 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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Tue, Aug 11th - 10:59AM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAINST ME
SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN SUMMATION Our Lord Jesus Christ loves us and has given us
everything we need through the New Covenant written in His SINLESS BLOOD. We know
from God’s word that even the Jews must come to salvation through the New
Covenant of Jesus Christ and all men as well. God’s Covenant for salvation with
the Jews, and all men was never according to the Law. God concluded all men even the Jews under
the Law of sin and death to give men an acute consciousness of their sinfulness
so at the coming of Jesus Christ the Son of God all men could be fully
delivered from the Law of sin, death, curse and wrath of God. God speaks for
Himself, backs up Himself, and proves His word absolutely by His word.
The promise of the New Covenant was given by
God to Abraham 430 years before God gave the Law to Moses, as aforementioned
for God’s purposes. When the fullness of the gentiles have come in God will also
take away the blindness of the Jews so that they also shall be saved through
the Saviour. And instead of two there shall be one sheepfold and one Shepherd.
Abraham Justified before Circumcision
Ro. 4: (HCSB) 9 Is this blessing only for the circumcised,
then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to
Abraham for righteousness. 10 In what way then was it credited—while he was
circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while he was circumcised, but
uncircumcised. 11 And he received the
sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[h]
while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe
but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them
also. 12 And he became the father of the
circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps
of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.
The Promise Granted through Faith in Jesus Christ
only
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his
descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but
through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 If those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made empty and the
promise is canceled. 15 For the law
produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression. 16 This
is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to
guarantee it to all the descendants—not only to those who are of the law but
also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all 17 in
God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations.
Gal. 3: 15 (HCSB) Brothers, I’m using a human
illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to even a human
covenant[n] that has been ratified. 16
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and
to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your
seed, who is Christ. 17 And I say
this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not revoke a covenant that was
previously ratified by God and cancel the promise. 18 For if the inheritance is from the law, it
is no longer from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the
promise.
SONS AND HEIRS
Gal 3: 27
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ like a
garment. 28 There is no Jew or Greek,
slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are
Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.
Beloveds, let us continually praise and bless
our God, who has caused us to enter into His rest through the free gift of Grace by Lord Jesus Christ. Let us show our God
that we truly love Him who first loved us, by fully resting in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dear friends of Jesus Christ, our dear Saviour and High Priest, let us run
fully into His unfailing love, and embrace all that He is, and be full and
satisfied with the richness of His mercy, for thereunto we are called. Let us be gatherers with God in bringing all to the full Gospel message of Jesus Christ, for there is none other foundation can any man or woman lay. love serola
Mat 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that
gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Luk11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that
gathereth not with me scattereth.
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Sun, Aug 9th - 5:51AM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAINST ME
SPIRITUAL WARFARE
Mat 12:30
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth abroad.
Luk11:23 He that is not with me is against me:
and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
Brothers and
sisters, we cannot but give thanks and praise offerings to and for the love,
wisdom, genius, and patience of our God. He is the Absolute and only Father,
who through the Law, teaches all men the eternal truth that we need a Saviour,
because we are declared in deed and truth to be totally incapable of saving
ourselves.
God teaches us through the Law that a mere man such as the sinful
human high priest or any mere man, no matter how glorious he might appear, no
matter how much work he does to help people observe the Law, he himself is
powerless to save others or even himself.
The law
teaches us that just being sorry for our sins is not enough to gain the
forgiveness of God. The Law teaches us that just confessing our sins to God is
also inadequate to get God to forgive us. Why??? Because God makes it absolutely clear: Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the
blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your
souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
However, God shows
us that UNDER THE LAW the blood of unblemished animals once shed could not maintain its
efficacy due to rotting away into corruption. This made it necessary for a new
sacrifice to be offered for the sins of all the people on the yearly Day of Atonement. God wants
us to fully understand, holy brethren, that the effectiveness of the shed blood of
animals was so poor that it only had power to SECURE ONE MERE DAY OF REST FOR
ALL THE PEOPLE.
Nevertheless,
although the people languished under the bondage of the Law, God in His mercy, used
it to engender in them a gnawing hunger, a desperate thirst, a devastating longing and hope for the promised
Saviour that would save them and take away their sins forever. In every sense the Law served as preparation to make the people ready to receive the only One Saviour who could deliver them and the whole world from the bondage of sin.
It is clear
that God never intended anyone to be saved by water baptism. Water is good to
drink, if it is clean, but no man or woman will ever be saved, nor enter into the kingdom of God
through it. Water cannot save you nor anyone EVER. Everyone must come in absolutely and only through Jesus Christ. Those who refuse are still dead in their sins.
I have heard
of cases where an animal, having been chained up a long time, tended to remain
in the same spot once it was released from bondage, because it did not
understand that it really had been set free. Sadly, brethren, although many
believers know that they have been set free, there are some who still think in, error,
that they are in bondage to the Law of Moses. Worse still they fail to
comprehend that the old contract or Old Covenant of the Law of Moses is no
longer in effect nor enforced by God for believers in Jesus Christ. Then there
are some unbelievers, who believe in error that they have been saved by or through some mechanism of
human doctrine or denominational teachings; remaining ignorant of the fact that they are still unsaved.
Dear saints
(G40 hagios), you who wear the helmet of salvation rooted in Jesus Christ, please
join with me in prayer for all such, that the blindness will be removed from
their eyes, that Lord Jesus will take away the stony heart, and a hardened
mind, and that they will believe all that God has done for us through His Son,
Lord Jesus Christ alone.
Thanks to Lord
Jesus Christ for you who are patiently hanging in with me in this study. I pray
to the Holy Spirit to greatly cheer your hearts and minds with the
understanding of how greatly our God loves us all, and deeply wants to bring us
all fully into knowing and being assured of our fellowship with Him in His Son Jesus
Christ forever.
Love
serola
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Tue, Aug 4th - 7:29AM
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME YOU ARE AGAINST ME
SPIRITUAL WARFARE Some might
think that surely all these sacrifices have gained the whole or full atonement
for the nation of Israel. They would be entirely wrong. Why? Because further
steps are commanded by God to complete the yearly(day of) atonement. THE BURNT
OFFERING OF ATONEMENT Lev 16:23 And
Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the
linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave
them there: 24And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put
on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt
offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people… The high
priest does not say to God, “whoa! You told me I would die if I tried to
minister without the holy garments, and now you tell me I can minister a
certain burnt offering without them. God what’s up with this? The high
priest without question does exactly as God commands knowing it is deadly to
question God. The high priest knows that God does what He wants, when He wants,
how He wants, and with whomsoever He wants and surely only a fool questions
God. God forbids the holy garments to be used to sanctify
the people as explained: Eze
44:19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to
the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay
them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall
not sanctify the people with their garments. God in putting
the high priest back in his everyday clothing reveals the high priest as just
as much of a sinner as the common people
and in as much need of the same renewal and restoration back to God as the
common people! The high
priest in his everyday clothing burns the two rams completely on the altar; as
an atonement, one for himself and one for the people as a whole. Thus bringing
the nation of Israel to renewal and a restored relationship back to God-only
for one day. The high priest
lastly burns the fat of the sin offering upon the altar. The man the high
priest chose to send the scapegoat out into the wilderness baths and washes his
clothing and then is allowed back into the camp. The man the high priest chose
to take the remains of the sin offering of the bullock and the goat whose blood
was offered for the atonement burns, their skin, flesh and dung outside the
camp washes himself and his clothing then is allowed back into the camp. This
completes the yearly, better, the once a year DAY of atonement. Lev. 29 And
this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the
tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at
all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among
you:30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to
cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. The nation of Israel had every reason to afflict their
souls as God commanded, for no sooner than the DAY of atonement has passed, the
daily grind of sin, confession and sacrifice starts all over again, until the
next year’s day of atonement. Although God
always found notable exceptions, i.e. people
who were faithful, they still were not able to fulfill the Law. God absolutely gave the Law for the whole nation of Israel not just a few. Some falsely
teach that the Law is about the faithfulness of the nation of Israel (they were
not faithful). Some falsely teach that you should trust God like they think the
nation of Israel did (they did not trust God). Some falsely teach that you must
follow the Law to be made righteous, (the law was given by God, as a
schoolmaster to teach and to prove all men sinners, in need of a saviour). The Law shows
the eternal love, power, mercy, faithfulness, trustworthiness, sovereignty, dominion and
rulership of Almighty God over all mankind, even the totality of all His
creation, and that He alone is to be worshiped. Against the standard of God we see the utter depravity, corruption, and sinfulness of mankind totally devoid of righteousness in and of itself; and wholly unable to save itself by it's own works. When will the
covenant of the Law of Moses end? It will never end for those who seek in vain
to be made righteous by it. God's plan is to close
out the Law for righteousness, however, He promises His plan to inaugurate a new program, a New
Covenant entirely separate from the Law forever. God is always well able to
speak for Himself and He is absolute TRUTH- Jer. 31:
29 In those days they shall say
no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set
on edge. 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that
eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 31 Behold, the
days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an
husband unto them, saith the Lord:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my
law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be my people.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. Throughout time
all the prophets prophesy that God will send a saviour, the only Messiah who
will take away the sins of the world. Nevertheless
we continue to see the steady depravity, degeneracy and corruption of the Levitical
leaders. By the time we get to the Jewish nation under the Roman Empire, their
thoughts are only to keep their position and power at all costs, and to fight
against any threat to their rule. The leaders and the nation, when they will meet the revealed Messiah on the
road they will cry- KILL HIM!
LOVE serola
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