-THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD-
“This know also that in the last days perilous
times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy –
without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good
Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of
pleasure more than lovers of God: having a form of godliness, but denying the
power thereof: from such turn away. For of such are they which creep into
houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with diverse
lusts: ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood
Moses, so do these also resist the truth; men of corrupt minds, reprobate
concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall
be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was”…..2ND TIMOTHY 3:1-9.
-WHAT I RECEIVED OF THE HOLY GHOST
CONCERNING THIS MATTER-
People of God, the present generation of
believers is the worst generation of believers ever since the glorification of Christ
- and this is world-wide. What we have today is a generation of pretenders,
hypocrites, liars, backsliders, bribe givers and takers, flatterers, seducers
of men and of women, mockers of righteousness and holiness, etc – multitudes
who claim to worship God but in truth do not know Him. They worship Whom they
do not know. We belong to a Church which defines our God, the holy One of
Israel, based on some worldly and decaying sentiments. It is a generation that
is determined to suppress the truth about Christ, and also to undermine those
who dared to preach that truth. A flirtatious generation – who prefer to
worship the creature rather than their Creator.
This is a generation of Christians whose
Christian foundation is founded on the precepts and philosophies of men and of
women rather than on the undiluted word of our living God. It is a generation
that, in both in form and in manifestation, is ashamed of Christ and of His
Gospel. We are in a Church of Jesus Christ that is without the Christ. We have
sold ourselves out to vanity and covetousness. We are neither cold nor hot, and
God is ready to vomit us out.
Men and brethren, what we are witnessing
today is a generation of Church-goers, majority of whom are not even saved in
the first place. When they talk about salvation they are actually referring to
some emotional displays and tears that have nothing whatsoever to do with our
Lord and the terrible ordeals He suffered at the hands of sinners. It is a
Church which makes a lot of noise about faith – yet what we see is mental faith
– faith that is devoid of the spiritual. What we have today is a generation of
Christians whose Christianity is much more in name than in practical reality.
And this is the purpose for this message. And whosoever reads this message and
tramples upon it is daring the Spirit of the living God.
May it be established in the hearts of
whosoever is interested in this matter: that this generation of Christians,
does not, in any way or manner, resemble the nature of folks Jesus hoped to
produce when He laid down His life on Calvary? On His way to the Cross, our
Lord Jesus, under unbearable pain and agony, declared that He was going to do a
new thing. And He did. He died, resurrected the third day, and went up to
glory. But He also returned through the Eternal Spirit, expecting to possess
the entire being of those who would accept His atonement. And He did, even with
the people of old, and with successive generations. But the reality on ground
today, especially with the present generation of Christians world-wide, is far below
even the least expectations of heaven concerning this matter. What we have is a
generation of Christians that celebrate Christmas without even realizing that
our Lord was never born on the 25 day of any December whenever!
Men and brethren, our Lord Jesus Christ
died to reproduce Himself in men and in women - to produce the Christ-man and
the Christ-woman in whosoever would receive Him as Lord and as Savior. He died to
reproduce Himself even in as many as would believe in Him. That was why He
died. And to as many as would thus believe Him He would also give power to
become sons and daughters of God. To as many as would accept Him and His
finished works on Calvary, He would give power to become like Him, even as He
is. To as many as would believe Him He would give power to live unto all
righteousness, even unto all holiness. This is the summary of why Jesus came
and died – a summary of what His Church is all about.
Brethren, I am not discussing ideas – what
you are reading is the truth about redemption and about the Redeemer Himself. I
am revealing the practical manifestations of the power and glory of God in
salvation. What Jesus accomplished on Calvary was practical and tangible –
something to be handled, to be tasted – the Word of life. For in Him was and
still is life, and that life was and is still the light of men and of women. I
am revealing the truth about Salvation – the Salvation purchased with the
precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am revealing the Salvation that is a
heavenly as well an an earthly reality – founded firmly on grace –the grace
which is by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Brethren, this message is about the
grace of God that brought His Salvation.
I am writing about the grace that was given that human persons may
become as Christ in form and in manifestation. That grace was manifested that
men and women may become the households of the living God – the new temples of
our holy God - not fashioned with human hands. I am referring to the grace that
was manifested that men and women may live as Christ even in this filthy and
fading world. And that grace did reproduce Christ in His first disciples, and
also empowered succeeding generations of believers to manifest Christ to the
world around them. That grace is still available today, to do the same work
even as of old. Yes, that grace is of faith, but of kind of faith that works
with love – even the love of God.
And of this love, many have been misled.
For the love of God truly defined, means a daily fulfillment of the laws and
commandments of our God. When we speak of love of God in Christ we must be
referring to a believer living unto all righteousness. Walking in love as God
ordained it means to live even as Christ lives. And happily enough, the word
love has become the most popular word in the dictionary of most believers
world-wide. Today almost everybody in Church is talking about love.
Sadly though, today, what most of us
refer to as love, even in the very Church of Jesus Christ, is a certain product
of lustful and vain imaginations and pursuits of men and of women – who have
deliberately turned the love of our God into some emotional and fleeting manifestations.
The love of God has suddenly become valentines love even to the body of Christ!
The path of true love has become infiltrated by mockers and enemies of all that
is godly. To them who follow these perverse thoughts, speaking the truth in
Christ is a sign of absence of their kind of love. To them, love means being
careful not to hurt the emotions and pleasures of sinners and compromising
believers. To them love is to pet and pamper, to appease - even in the face of lurking
death and destruction. In their exercise of that love they flatter folks, and
then turn to cajole and mock those who speak the truth even in love.
While it is a commandment of our God
that we should apply His love to deliver many, even from the fire that lies
ahead; but to these sentimental folks in Church, to apply love is to find
suiting words to placate believing folks who continue in error and in impunity
– to watch in ungodly silence as believing folks daily fall into the traps and
snares of the enemy – to cheer compromising believers who flourish in wealth
while at the same time treading the path of hell. These bread and butter
Christians will do everything but to say any word that sound like condemnation
to others. To them, every word from the Lord must pass the wicked test of
complying with the standards of acceptability set by wayward and lascivious
believers. That is the love of today’s Church – a Church which tags the
preaching of the truth as condemnation. And in so doing we all have attracted
the anger of our God – and the consequences will surely follow.
THE FINAL PART OF THIS MESSAGE COMES
WITH A VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL GIFT FROM THE HOLY GHOST. IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED
BEFORE, AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE. BE CAREFUL THEREFORE TO TRACK THAT VERY PART
– AND YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID EVEN FOR THE REMAINING DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.
Till then, keep running and keep
trusting – for it is not just enough just to run, but we must also of necessity
run as to obtain a price, a price that never perisheth. Remain blessed.
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