We are an evangelizing church which believes that the church of God which Christ started is a single spiritually-united, though physically scattered group. We have been sending out messages to our readers which doesn’t show the author. We simply sign as, theendcog@gmail.com. And this, for contact sake. But most of our readers have all through pressed to know us better, demanding that we identify ourselves. We did so by sending them a message entitled, “aboutus”. But they keep on demanding to know the personalities involved. It is in an effort to reveal ourselves to our readers that we have come up with this message. It’s unfortunate but, even after this explaination, know and understand that not every reader will understand. We are send to those who are given ears to hear and minds to comprehend. Wecan only know them by seeing them getting the message and heeding to what it says. This is because, It is Christ our master who calls and chooses people to Himself, for He says, “You did not choose me but I chose you-John.15:16”. And again, “No one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws him-John.6:44”.See also,Luke.10:22.
When Christ who began the Church came into the world, “the world did not know Him, neither did it accept or welcome Him-John.1:10-11”.He tells His followers, “If they persecuted me, they will persecute you(what they did to me, they will do to you, because you are like me)-John.15:20”.So,know and understand that, however much we try to identify ourselves, it will only be to those whom God has drawn to Christ, who alone,”…knows His voice-John.10:27”.For in the same manner they didn’t know,nor accept Him,they will also not know nor accept His church. With this in mind, let’s now get into details.
ONE BODY
It is those who believes and accepts Christ’s message(gospel) who are His Church,for,”as many as have believed in Him, He has given the power to become children of God, those who believe in his name-John.1:12”.And those whom Christ chooses also becomes His body parts, “for all of us….have been baptized into one body by the same spirit, having been given the one spirit…….Christ is like a single body, which has many parts(church members)-1Cor.12:13,12”.Now please, those of you who want our identity, get it please. If you are one of us, I don’t think after this message, you will still want to know us. For if you belong to Christ, then know also that we are. Butnow, how will you prove? A single body has many members. Have we at any time heard the head,eye,nose or foot asking each other for identification? When the eye sees something, the mind interprets what the thing is without first demanding that the eye identify itself. Immediately after that, the mind orders the feet to go. Thefeet moves unquestioningly because it knows the mind. Body parts are one and the same thing, though functioning differently. So it is with every follower of Jesus who is named after him,i.e,Christian(from the name-Christ).Therefore, if you truly belong to Christ,i.e,if you are a Christian, then you know us and need not ask for any further identity. How? How do we know Christ? “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God; and the word was God……..And the word became flesh, and dwelt among us-John.1:1-3,14”.It is this word God who became Christ, who was speaking through the prophets(1pet.1:10),and later through the apostles. After speaking to them, He told them;”Go and write it down in a book(the bible)…that it may be for a witness throughout all generations-Isa.30:8”.It therefore is a proven truth that the voice of Christ is the written word of the bible. Actually He is called,”….the word of God-Rev.19:13”.When one accepts to follow Christ, he/she abandons one’s life and being, and becomes a dwelling place of God and Christ, for,”…my father and i(Christ) will come to him and dwell with him-John.14:23”.From that moment,”…it is no longer the person but Christ who lives His life in that person-Gal.2:20”.And the only way we can prove that one is a Christian is by seeing him live and also hearing him speak the word of the bible without adding to or, subtracting from it, for Our Lord tells us, “If we obey God’s commandments(word),then we are sure that we know Him. Obeying His commands is the only way we can be sure we are united with God and Christ. It is by living by the word that we know we are in God and Christ-1John.2:3,5,24”.If this then be the case, why is one in Christ asking another one in Christ to identify oneself? There can only be one reason. The person asking for identity doesn’t neither know, Christ nor His voice, and this is why he/she cant know the one in whom God and Christ dwells. You can’t put a difference between Christ and a true Christian. For, a Christian is one who,” ..has died, and the life he lives is no longer his but that of Christ who died and is now living His life in that person-2Cor.5:15”.This is why Christ tells us, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes Him(God)who has sent me-Mat.10:40”.But this person who wants to know a person, even after proving that the life and the words of that person are that of Christ is most probable in his carnal mind, and one who,”..worships the creature rather than the creator-Rom.1:25”. It’s high time we understood God and Jesus Christ and the work they are doing in our lives so that we concentrate on the work and not the workers, “for we are His workmanship,creatd in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them-Eph.2:10”. Now, God does nothing without revealing it to His servants. So, if He is working inanyone, or through someone, one should be able to know,”….through the indwelling spirit-1 Cor.2:10”. It is with this thinking in mind that we don’t see much need to introduce our personal selves, for we are only messagers,just mere Radios send to broadcast your creator’s will for you, so that you may unite with Him and let Him continue to create your mind and character.So,we expect those in Christ with us not to miss the mark by concentrating on us as persons but rather heed to what Our Lord tells us,”…set your eyes on Christ, the apostle and high priest of your confession-Heb.3:1-2”.Our work is to have you hear His voice that you may know Him(not us),afterwhich, we are very sure, you will easily be able to also know us once in Christ. Affirming this stand, our brother Paul said,” When I came to you, I sought to know nothing about you except to see the Christ( in you who was Crucified)- 1Cor.2:2”.Therefore please, don’t think we have anything to hide. We strongly believe that through this message we are preaching, Christ is recollecting His Church which is right now scattered in the spiritual Babylon of denominations. We are trying our best to see that what is seen and heard from us is the Christ not us. After one goes back to Christ, he will automatically know us because he/she will find us there. We will know each other personally once in Christ, not before. After we be in Christ and meet in Him, our fellowship with one another on the physical level (occasional coming together) will be without any friction nor questions because all that we will see and hear from each other is the Christ we love and follow.So,we will also love and follow with each other and also get to know each other’s name.
CHRIST IS ALL
After we get joined in Christ, then, working together, “standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, striving side by side for the faith of the gospel-Phil.1:27”,will be easy.Yes,we will be physically united into that one body, with all of us being its body parts, members of Christ, “from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and up builds itself in love-Eph.4:16”.For this to be possible, we need to understand another very important aspect of Christ living His life in the hearts of men. The first and foremost thing is the fact that, it is Christ who chooses His Church members. Then after that, it is also He(not anybody or the members as a group) who appoints some to be,”….apostles,prophets,teachers,workers of miracles,healers,helpers,administrators,and speakers in various tongues-1Cor.12:28;Eph.4:12-14”.
When you look at all these titles, you will realize that they belong to Christ, not to men. This proves the fact that He is the one living His life in them, notthey. Let’s prove it please. Christ Jesus is,”….the apostle, and high priest-Hebr.3:1”.He has appointed some, apostles. Christ is, ”the chief shepherd-1 pet.5:4”.He has appointed some to be shepherds(pastors).Jesus is,”…the messenger of the covenant-Malachi.3:1”.He has appointed some to be Evangelists(messengers).Christ is ,”the prophet-Acts.7:37”.He has appointed some to be prophets. The point is, until that time when we will be changed into spirit beings, and it will be after we have attained the fullness of the likeness of Christ(Eph.4:13-14),when, “Christ is fully formed in us-Gal.4:19”,all members of God’s true Church are members of Christ’s body, branches in the vine(Christ).Now, if we know Christ, and He is living His life in us, how can we fail to know Him when He comes in the flesh through His church members, His chosen and appointed servants? There can’t be any other reason, other than that, “we don’t know Him, we are deceived”. For as we began to say, body members don’t need introduction to know each other, because they are one. This is why we chose to just present Christ and His teachings, because we believe like David that, “those who fear God will see us and rejoice, because we have hoped in His word. Those who fear God will turn to us(for we have turned to Christ),to know His testimonies(for He speaks through us)-Psalm.119:74,79”.Knowing individual members or their names is secondary and the purpose will be none else other than being edified by the Christ in that individual.
We live in a very skeptical generation. Many are those who when they listen to somebody they know, the first thing they think about is how he/she is wrong. All of us Church members, are coming out of that society, which has man-made standards and do judge things by the same. People are racists, tribalists, and also discriminative. The physically great nations will not listen and take any idea from the small ones however right and helpful it may be, simply because they despise them. And also, as Christ said, “A prophet is never accepted in his own home”. It is with this in mind that we decided to help those who bear these weaknesses by only speaking the word of God in Christ without revealing our personalities. We believe that it will help them hear and see Christ(by confirming the word to be God’s from their bibles), and once that is done, even if they later on(which they will do) discover that God was using someone they least expect, they will have got convinced and it will be very easy to join with them through the love that will have developed in them by the indwelling spirit through this word we are speaking.Brethren,we believe that this message is a detailed explanation of our identity and that, it is now easy for you to know us. We have given the Church email address but we also don’t mind to give our personal details to those who may need them. Only, our insistence is to have people know Christ first not us, and then know us through that mind of Christ after it is developed in everyone. Once, God’s government is established in every member’s heart, it will be very easy to respect and love those whom God may decide to use in any of His services, and there will be no grumbling or gossips or any negativism. May God help us to front line His knowledge (through His word), by which we will know each other, and in which, we will all be one in mind and spirit. It is Christ speaking to Laodicea through His chosen servants, who pray that the grace of God abides with as many as are called, and are being drawn back to this everlasting foundation. He is telling everyone of us;”If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and dine with him and he with me…….I will give him to sit with me on my throne even as the father has given me to sit with Him on his throne. Whoever has ears, let him hear what the spirit is saying-Rev.3:20-22”. Learn more from us through,
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