A MESSAGE AND REVELATION FROM GOD TO THE WORLD. I AM A SON OF GOD AND I AM PROCLAIMING GOD'S MESSAGE. I AM THE MESSAGER!
I AM A MINSITER OF THE NEW COVENANT: BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS US IN TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION IN CHRIST AND THROUGH US SPREADS EVERYWHERE THE FRANGRANCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. FOR WE ARE TO GOD THE AROMA OF CHRIST AMONG THOSE WHO ARE BEING SAVED AND THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING.
TO THE ONE WE ARE THE SMELL OF DEATH; TO THE OTHER, THE FRAGRANCE OF LIFE. AND WHO IS EQUAL TO SUCH A TASK? UNLIKE SO MANY, WE DO NOT PEDDLE THE WORD OF GOD FOR PROFIT. ON THE CONTRARY, IN CHRIST WE SPEAK BEFORE GOD WITH SINCERITY, MEN SENT FROM GOD. ARE WE BEGINNING TO COMMEND OURSELVES AGAIN? OR DO WE NEED, LIKE SOME PEOPLE, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO YOU OR FROM YOU? YOU YOURSELVES ARE OUR LETTER, WRITTEN ON OUR HEARTS, KNOWN AND READ BY EVERYBODY.
YOU SHOW THAT YOU ARE A LETTER FROM CHRIST, THE RESULT OF OUR MINISTRY, WRITTEN NOT WITH INK BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON TABLETS OF HUMAN HEARTS. SUCH CONFIDENCE AS THIS IS OURS THROUGH CHRIST BEFORE GOD. NOT THAT WE ARE COMPETENT IN OURSELVE TO CLAIM ANYTHING FOR OURSELVES, BUT OUR COMPETENCE COMES FROM GOD.
GOD HAS MADE US COMPETENT AS MINISTERS OF A NEW COVENANT- NOT OF THE LETTER BUT OF THE SPIRIT; FOR THE LETTER KILLS, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE. (2 Cor. 2:14-3:6)
THIS IS THE SPIRITUAL LIFE: THEREFORE, WHEN CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD, CHRIST SAID: "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU DID NOT DESIRE, BUT A BODY YOU PREPARED FOR ME; WITH BURNT OFFERINGS AND SIN OFFERINGS YOU WERE NOT PLEASED. THE I CHRIST SAID, 'HERE I AM - IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT ME IN THE SCROLL- I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'
FIRST CHRIST SAID, "SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS, BURNT OFFERRINGS AND SIN OFFERINGS YOU DID NOT DESIRE, NOR WERE YOU PLEASED WITH THEM" (ALTHOUGH THE LAW REQUIRED THEM TO BE MADE). THEN CHRIST SAID, "HERE I AM, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL." CHRIST SETS ASIDE THE FIRST COVENANT TO ESTABLISH THE SECOND COVENANT. AND BY THAT WILL, WE HAVE BEEN MADE HOLY THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST ONCE FOR ALL.
DAY AFTER DAY EVERY PRIEST STANDS AND PERFORMS HIS RELIGIOUS DUTIES; AGAIN AND AGAIN HE OFFERS THE SAME SACRIFICES, WHICH CAN NEVER TAKE AWAY SINS. BUT WHEN THIS PRIEST HAD OFFERED FOR ALL TIME ONE SACRIFICES FOR SINS, CHRIST SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. SINCE THAT TIME CHRIST WAITS FOR HIS ENEMIES TO BE MADE HIS FOOTSTOOL, BECAUSE BY ONE SACRIFICES CHRIST HAS MADE PERFECT FOREVER THOSE WHO ARE BEING MADE HOLY.
THE HOLY SPIRIT ALSO TESTIFIES TO US ABOUT THIS. FIRST GOD SAYS: "THIS IS THE COVENANT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THAT TIME, SAYS THE LORD. I WILL PUT MY LAWS IN THEIR HEARTS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR MINDS." THEN GOD ADDS: "THEIR SINS AND LAWLESS ACTS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE." (Hebrews 10:5-17)
WE HAVE A COVENANT WITH GOD. GOD PUT HIS LAWS IN OUR HEARTS AND WROTE THEM ON OUR MIND. WE HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH THE COVENANT GOD GAVE US. WE FULFILL GOD'S LAW BY LOVING GOD WITH ALL OUR HEART AND OUR MIND AND WITH ALL OUR SOUL AND LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES. WE SPEAK THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT TO GOD AND GOD STRENGTHEN OUR SPIRIT TO BE ONE WITH GOD. FAITH IS THE LAW OF THE NEW COVENANT AND WE HAVE FAITH IN OUR COVENANT WITH GOD.
"THEREFORE SINCE WE ARE GOD'S OFFSPRING, WE SHOULD NOT THINK THAT THE DIVINE BEING IS LIKE GOLD OR SILVER OR STONE AN IMAGE MADE BY MAN'S DESIGN AND SKILL. IN THE PAST GOD OVERLOOKED SUCH IGNORANCE, BUT NOW GOD COMMANDS ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO REPENT. FOR GOD HAS SET A DAY WHEN GOD WILL JUDGE THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE BY THE MAN GOD APPOINTED. GOD HAS GIVEN PROOF OF THIS TO ALL MEN BY RAISING CHRIST FROM THE DEAD." (Acts 17:29-31)
JESUS SAID, "MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD. IF IT WERE, MY SERVANTS WOULD FIGHT TO PREVENT MY ARREST BY THE JEWS. BUT NOW MY KINGDOM IS FROM ANOTHER PLACE." "YOU ARE A KING, THEN! SAID PILATE. JESUS ANSWERED, "YOU ARE RIGHT IN SAYING I AM A KING, AND FOR THIS I CAME INTO THE WORLD, TO TESTIFY TO THE TRUTH. EVERYONE ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH LISTENS TO ME. "WHAT IS TRUTH?" PILATE ASKED. (John 18:36-37) GOD IS THE TRUTH!
JESUS SAID TO THEM, "IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER, YOU WOULD LOVE ME, FOR I CAME FROM GOD AND NOW AM HERE. I HAVE NOT COME ON MY OWN; BUT GOD SENT ME. WHY IS MY LANGUAGE NOT CLEAR TO YOU? BECAUSE YOU ARE UNABLE TO HEAR WHAT I SAY. YOU BELONG TO YOUR FATHER, THE DEVIL, AND YOU WANT TO CARRY OUT YOUR FATHER'S DESIRE. THE DEVIL WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, NOT HOLDING TO THE TRUTH, FOR THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. WHEN THE DEVIL LIES, HE SPEAKS HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE, FOR THE DEVIL IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES.
YET BECAUSE I TELL THE TRUTH, YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME! CAN ANY OF YOU PROVE ME GUILTY OF SIN? IF I AM TELLING THE TRUTH, WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME? HE WHO BELONGS TO GOD HEARS WHAT GOD SAYS. THE REASON YOU DO NOT HEAR IS THAT YOU DO NOT BELONG TO GOD." (John 8:42-47)
THE DEVIL IS A LIAR AND WHOEVER LIES IS DOING THE DEVILS WORK. GOD WILL JUDGE US BY THE TRUTH SO WHEN WE LIE GOD WILL JUDGE US JUST AS HE DID ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA IN ACTS (5:1-11). THEY LIED TO PETER AND PETER SAID, ANANIAS, HOW IS IT THAT SATAN HAS SO FILLED YOUR HEART THAT YOU HAVE LIED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT......... WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF DOING SUCH A THING? YOU HAVE NOT LIED TO MEN BUT TO GOD. WHEN ANANIAS HEARD THIS, HE FELL DOWN ANS DIED.
LATER THE WIFE CAME IN PETER ASKED HER, "TELL ME, IS THIS THE PRICE YOU AND ANANIAS GOT FOR THE LAND? "YES," SHE SAID, "THAT IS THE PRICE." PETER SAID TO HER, "HOW COULD YOU AGREE TO TEST THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD? LOOK! THE FEET OF THE MEN WHO BURIED YOUR HUSBAND ARE AT THE DOOR, AND THEY WILL CARRY YOU OUT ALSO." AT THAT MOMENT SHE FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET AND DIED.
DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT IN A RACE ALL THE RUNNERS RUN, BUT ONLY ONE GETS THE PRIZE? RUN IN SUCH A WAY AS TO GET THE PRIZE. EVERYONE COMPETES IN THE GAMES GOES INTO STRICT TRAINING. THEY DO IT TO GET A CROWN THAT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER. THEREFORE I DO NOT RUN LIKE A MAN RUNNING AIMLESSLY; I DO NOT FIGHT LIKE A MAN BEATING THE AIR. NO, I BEAT MY BODY AND MAKE IT MY SLAVE SO THAT AFTER I HAVE PREACHED TO OTHERS, I MYSELF WILL NOT BE DISQUALIFIED FOR THE PRIZE. (1 Cor. 9:24-27)
AS I SAID BEFORE, THE DEVIL IS A LIAR AND WHOEVER LIES IS DOIN THE DEVILS WORK. WHEN WE LIE WE DISQUALIFY OURSELVES FOR THE PRIZE.
"BUT I TELL YOU THAT MEN WILL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR EVERY CARELESS WORD THEY HAVE SPOKEN. FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE ACQUITTED, AND BY YOUR WORD YOU BE CONDEMNED." Matt.(12:36-37)
WE WHO ARE STRONG OUGHT TO BEAR WITH THE FAILLINGS OF THE WEAK AND NOT TO PLEASE OURSELVES. EACH OF US SHOULD PLEASE HIS NEIGHBOR FOR HIS GOOD, TO BUILD HIM UP. FOR EVEN CHRIST DID NOT PLEASE HIMSELF BUT, AS IT IS WRITTEN: "THE INSULTS OF THOSE WHO INSULT YOU HAVEN FALLEN ON ME." FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE PAST WAS WRITTEN TO TEACH US, SO THAT THROUGH ENDURANCE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SCRIPTURES WE MIGHT HAVE HOPE.
MAY THE GOD WHO GIVES ENDURANCE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT GIVE YOU A SPIRIT OF UNITY AMONG YOUR SELVES AS YOU FOLLOW CHRIST JESUS. SO THAT WITH ONE HEART AND MOUTH YOU MAY GLORIFY THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ACCEPT ONE ANOTHER, THEN, JUST AS CHRIST ACCEPTED YOU, IN ORDER TO BRING PRAISE TO GOD. Rom. (15:1-7)
THEREFORE, SINCE THROUGH GOD'S MERCY WE HAVE THIS MINISTRY, WE DO NOT LOSE HEART. RATHER, WE HAVE RENOUNCED SECRET AND SHAMEFUL WAYS' WE DO NOT USE DECEPTION, NOR DO WE DISTORT THE WORD OF GOD. ON THE CONTRARY, BY SETTING FORTH THE TRUTH PLAINLY WE COMMEND OURSELVES TO EVERY MAN'S CONSCIENCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. AND EVEN IF OUR GOSPEL IS VEILED, IT IS VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. THE GOD OF THIS AGE HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS, SO THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD.
FOR WE DO NOT PREACH OURSELVES, BUT JESUS CHRIST AS LORD, AND OURSELVES AS YOUR SERVANTS FOR JESUS SAKE. FOR GOD, WHO SAID, "LET LIGHT SHINE IN OUT OF DARKNESS," MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN OUR HEARTS TO GIVE US THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST. BUT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE IN JARS OF CLAY TO SHOW THAT THIS ALL SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM US. 2Cor.(4:1-7)
I HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. GOD SAYS TO ME "BECAUSE DAN LOVES ME," SAYS THE LORD, "I WILL RESCUE DAN; I WILL PROTECT DAN, FOR DAN ACKNOWLEDGES MY NAME. DAN WILL CALL UPON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER DAN; I WILL BE WITH DAN IN TROUBLE. I WILL DELIVER DAN AND HONOR DAN. WITH LONG LIFE WILL I SATISFY DAN AND SHOW DAN MY SPIRITUAL SALVATION. (Psalm 91:14-16)
SO MY HEART IS NOT TROUBLED AND I AM NOT AFRAID TO TELL THE WORLD WHAT GOD HAS REVEALED TO ME. THAT ON JANUARY 20TH GOD WILL ESTABLISH HIS TRUTH THE WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST AND ALL THE LYERS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
JESUS SAID: PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU; MY PEACE I GIVE YOU. I DO NOT GIVE TO YOU AS THE WORLD GIVES. DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED AND DO NOT BE AFRAID. "YOU HEARD ME SAY, 'I AM GOING AWAY AND I AM COMING BACK TO YOU. IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WOULD BE GLAD THAT I AM GOING TO THE FATHER, FOR THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I. I HAVE TOLD YOU NOW BEFORE IT HAPPENS, SO THAT WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN YOU WILL BELIEVE. (John 14: 27-29)
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