{"id":195,"date":"2018-02-01T10:56:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T07:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endtimecog.org\/html\/?p=195"},"modified":"2018-02-01T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T07:56:24","slug":"what-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endtimecog.org\/html\/what-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT FAITH?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFaith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen-Heb.11:1\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0In other wards put, faith is the accepting of things that are promised to be, but which are not as yet achieved, which are certainly sure to come. \u00a0For this reason, the adherents of whatever faith they have do live in assured expectations of whatever it is they accept. Our Lord confirms this when he says, \u201c\u2026\u2026Now, hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience-Rom.8:24\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0With this said, we now come to our question topic. All those who worship God claim to have faith in Him. And this is as a result of our Lord\u2019s command that people should, \u201c\u2026..have faith in God-Mark.11:22\u201d. <\/strong>Since faith is the acceptance, the believe in that which is promised, which believe and acceptance, is proven by doing what the one who promises instructs, then we ask; what is this that God instructs, which we have not seen, but yet do accept and believe in? whatever it is, it has to do with the purpose of God for creating us. There also must be some alternative thing which disrupts the acceptance of that which God is instructing about. So, if we will have a sincere and genuine faith in God, we must be in a position to differentiate between, God\u2019s purpose for us and the procedure there-in, and this disruptive alternative. This of necessity requires knowledge.<\/p>\n

WHY THE MAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>We all know that we are here for the sole purpose of being further created, to be made spirit beings, in order to be given rulership over this earth( Read details on this from our message, \u201c Why the physical bodie<\/a>s\u201d, found in our web, www.endtimecog.org<\/a>). Once fully created, we will be like God himself for he purposes to, \u201c\u2026.make a man in his image and in his likeness( after which)\u2026..to rule upon the earth-Gen.1:26\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0This brings us to the needed knowledge of what we need to be doing now, which will make us to be like God, and which is what we should have faith about. God in these physical bodies created us with minds which don\u2019t have an inbuilt knowledge, and which also, can\u2019t produce knowledge on their own. So, for us to have this knowledge on what God is doing in our lives to make us like Himself, we must acquire it from some source. God created man with a mind that has a spirit in it(Job.32:8- not the holy spirit, nor a spiritual-man in the physical). Our Lord makes it very clear that, this spirit needs to be joined by another spirit( holy<\/a> or evil spirit), to pump knowledge into it, for He says, \u201c..for it is the spirit(holy spirit) bearing witness with our spirit( spirit of man-Job.32:8), that we are children of God-Rom.8:16\u201d. <\/strong>It is the same thing\u00a0 God is talking about through Job, for He says, \u201c there is a spirit in man, but it is the breath of the almighty that makes him understand-Job.32:8\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0Now, being the creator, and the only one who knows how He is going about making man like himself, It has to take the spirit of God, joining with our spirit to give us knowledge about it. Since God is what He is because He freely chose to be so; yes, He non-conditionally decided to be so, He also created us, free moral agents, with choice-making arrangement. After creating us in this physical bodies, where Adam was neither holy, nor evil, but was to become either, based on the choice he makes, God allowed him (and he is allowing us now) to choose-Gen.2:15-17(for details, please read our message, \u201cMan\u2019s creation process<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n

ADAM\u2019S CHOICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please remember that, God is talking to you, not Adam. Remember, every one of us should be examining themselves through this message, to be sure whether we be in the faith, or we are just holding to a vain faith. Remember, \u201c faith comes by hearing( acquiring knowledge), and what is heard comes by preaching( passing of information)-Rom.10:17\u201d. <\/strong>It is that information passed on to somebody, on which, one builds his\/her faith, which is confirmed by applying it in all that one does( in other wards, how one lives), for, \u201c faith without works is dead\u201d. So now, what did Adam choose, and from whom (we have details of this in a message, \u201cthe two trees<\/a>\u201d, found in our web please)? \u201c Now the serpent( Satan-Rev.12:9) was more subtle\u2026\u2026\u2026.the serpent said to the woman, \u2018 you will not die\u2019- Gen.3:4-5\u201d. <\/strong>God told Adam, he will die for eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That is God\u2019s information. Satan opposed that, telling Adam, \u2018\u2026you will not die\u2019. Which information did Adam accept, from whose giver, he also received the spirit that joined with his spirit to give him knowledge? \u201c\u2026..the woman saw that the tree was good\u2026\u2026and ate,\u2026 and gave to her husband, and he ate\u2026\u2026\u2026..-Gen.3:6\u201d. <\/strong>Are we there friends? The spirit which joined with Adam\u2019s spirit to give him knowledge on how to live was that of Satan, the deceiver, \u201c\u2026\u2026..the spirit that works in the children of disobedience-Eph.2:2\u201d. <\/strong>Is this what you have received also? Am sure no one will say yes. But know that, there is a difference between talking, and doing. We confirm the spirit in someone by his deeds, not his talk, just in the same way faith(what one accepts) is confirmed by works. So please, don\u2019t rush with an answer. Search your heart sincerely, and see what you entertain as knowledge and desire, which is also what you do, for, \u201cout of the abundance of the heart, a man does\u201d.<\/strong> Then go to the fruits of the two different spirits, and see which one\u2019s- fruits you bear; read-Gal.5:19-21- one set, then, Gal.5:22-23- another set. In this Satan\u2019s style, man accepted a lie that he is like God, meaning, he is complete, perfect, all knowing; and therefore, he doesn\u2019t need God for knowledge, or anything. He can plan his own life and it will be ok.<\/p>\n

THE FRUITS<\/strong><\/p>\n

God is light, and in Him, there is no darkness- 1John.1:5. <\/strong>We know that, sin, the opposite of righteousness, is darkness, and that darkness and light don\u2019t sit together. So, after Adam chose disobedience, God also, \u201c\u2026. drove him out of the garden-Gen.3:24\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0Yes, darkness was separated from light because they can\u2019t dwell together, and it continues to happen up to now, with the descendants of Adam, for when Christ came, He reported saying, \u201c Everyone who does evil hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed( just like Adam hid himself after eating)-John.3:20. <\/strong>This happened before Adam acquired knowledge, about God, his life, about himself, and the life he was to live by. And since what he acquired, which he assumed to be knowledge was a lie, then he \u201c\u2026became darkened in his understanding, separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that was in him, due to the hardness of heart-Eph.4:18\u201d. <\/strong>In his ignorance, man began a life of independence (which in reality is impossible until such a time as, when God will have made him a spirit being. Many don\u2019t know that it is God who keeps even the sinners), but which is driven by Satan from behind the curtain, with man unsuspecting. In it, the imagination is that, man is like God. With this assumption, man is not seeking for eternal life, for he has it; he is not seeking for immortality, for he is a spirit being in a fleshly body; he is not seeking for knowledge, for he knows like God. This assumption has left him striving to try and make the lie he has believed in, to look like truth. Let\u2019s prove it please. Whatever Adam received from Satan, is what he taught his descendants after him, to the present generation. Look at almost everybody today. What are people striving for, and how are they behaving in their struggles? Everyone is striving to be the wealthiest (possessing all things like God). God possesses all things- everyone is striving to possess all things: Everyone wants to be seen as the most wise- God is the most wise: We strive to show being strongest and most powerful- God is the most powerful and mightiest: The leading- God leads in all: <\/strong>Name anything about life, and you will find that, everyone wants to show themselves as above others, and all these because, they want to prove that Satan never lied, that they truly are like God. As a result, since Satan\u2019s aim is to kill all human beings if possible, the whole human race is in chaos, with everyone turning against their neighbour, in an effort to be his\/her god. Who taught them this? It is Satan. So, based on this design, whom do human beings have faith in? Satan of cause. In it all, God on the other hand tells man that, \u201che inherited lies-Jerem.16:19\u201d; and so, \u201c\u2026 he is a fool-Rom.1:22\u201d; and that, \u201c\u2026all have turned aside( not some), together they have gone wrong; no one does good; not even one; no one understands-Rom.3:11-12\u201d. <\/strong>This being the case, we are then left with a clear position, that, we are not what we take ourselves to be, which means then, we are not doing what we are supposed to do in this physical life. As we have seen, since man in reality can\u2019t live independently, after forsaking his only dependence (God<\/a>), he began to depend on what his physical mind knows. What? Fellow human beings who have deceitfully, convinced others that they are dependable, simply because they have wealth, or, are in leadership positions, or, are physically strong. If we look at it, we find that, this kind of arrangement doesn\u2019t have God appearing or, acknowledged anywhere.<\/p>\n

LIE DISCLOSED PRACTICALLY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Seeing that, God cannot lie, after engaging into this arrangement, men, the dependent-upon, and those who depend on them both get disappointed, and are proven untrue, confirming what our lord says, that, \u201c no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life\u2026\u2026 that he should continue to live on forever, and never see death(Pit)-Psalm.49:7-9\u201d. <\/strong>So, it proves to them that they are not gods, and do die, and so, they are not dependable, unlike what the lie they believe in says. Also, the wealth they build on is disapproved by practice, for, \u201c\u2026death shall be their shepherd, and to the grave, they descend, and their form wastes away\u2026\u2026.men who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches;\u2026they perish and leave their wealth to others- psalm.49:14,6, 10(read verses in that order please)\u201d. <\/strong>The claim that they know like God is also disapproved practically, for, when they make their plans, expecting good results, \u201c we look for light, and behold, darkness; we grope for the wall like the blind. We stumble at noon\u2026\u2026.we look for justice, but there is non- Isa.59:9-11\u201d. \u00a0<\/strong>Why the opposite of our expectation ( READ AN EXPLANATIVE MESSAGE, \u201c In search for peace<\/a>\u201d, found in www.endtimecog.org)? \u00a0\u201c\u2026..if they have rejected the word of God( the only information about life), then, what wisdom have they-Jerem.8:9?\u201d <\/strong>Because, accepting a lie that we have inbuilt knowledge, that we can produce our own knowledge apart from God, \u201c we have become fools\u201d; no one understands-Rom.1:22; 3:11\u201d. <\/strong>This has left mankind in total darkness. For one depends on a human being, and all of a sudden, that person dies, or disowns the dependant. One depends on riches, but they don\u2019t \u201c\u2026..deliver him in the day of calamity-Prov.11:4\u201d. \u00a0One depends on his physical strength, or, on his friends strength; but suddenly, either through sickness or accident, the very strong is seen helpless on a wheel chair, or bed-ridden.<\/strong> The \u00a0rich, strong, or leading, is faced by sicknesses, accidents, robbers, and natural calamities, just like the poor, weak, or, the being lead; yes, he dies leaving the wealth, or it fades, leaving him without. But with all this confirmed, man continues to blindly pursue the same course because he is totally blinded. We continue to contend with each other, trying to claim supremacy over each other, we continue to look on each other for dependence, we continue to trust in riches, and so, we deny God the room He needs to make us the great beings Satan deceived us to be. It is this blind rejection of life as defined by God in his laws that has put human beings in this near-extinction condition we are witnessing everywhere on the globe. Now that, man is here helpless before his own problems, and all that has remained is to helplessly watch, as more threatening conditions develop, does this mean, there is no hope, that there is no way out?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GOD\u2019S MESSENGER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Now that the results of what we apply as knowledge in living the lives we live have shown, and proven that, this is not knowledge, and God has also said it is not knowledge, but a lie meant to kill you, are we willing to try something different if it is revealed to us? Yes, since what we have all through built our faith on has failed, are we ready to acquire a new and different knowledge on how to live? If yes, we must first put off that lie, and accept that we don\u2019t know- 1Cor.3:18. This will create room in our minds, for the accommodation of that different information-Mat.18:2. Is this what we did to become the God- worshipers we are today? As I repeatedly say, don\u2019t be in a hurry to just answer, for I know almost all of us will obviously say yes. But I urge you not to speak until you have searched your heart in the light of what God is revealing here, then based on how you align, or don\u2019t align with it, you can be sure of the answer you give.\u00a0 What God purposes to do, He must accomplish, for He wonders, \u201c\u2026..i work, and who can hinder-Isa.43:13?\u201d <\/strong>With what is uppermost in his mind being to restore his kingdom and life here on earth, and seeing that, He must use man to bring it about, whom He \u00a0must first make to be like Himself( our message, \u201c Man\u2019s creation process\u201d, has details please. Read from our web), God did sent his messenger, Christ, to backtrack man to where Adam left it all, for He is telling us, \u201cStand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls-Jerem.6:16\u201d. <\/strong>It is you and me God is talking to now? Let\u2019s do that. Have we done it? What do we find in that ancient path? Obviously, a totally different information (about God and his life; about man and his life; and about material possessions and their purpose in life), which, if one hears and accepts, will build in him, a new knowledge, warranting a new kind of faith (acceptance). So then, what does the messenger reveal about us and our lives as originally designed by our creator, which, when applied will bring the desired perfection- a utopian kind of life? Before we come to that, let\u2019s remember please.\u00a0 According to the present life, the faith we have disapproved, Man is a spirit being like God, but lives in a physical body( is dual, both spirit and physical). He is complete with, eternal life, packed with knowledge, might, possessive, controller, superior, yes, everything about God\u2019s nature, that is man. Based on that faith, man should be adored by fellowman, consulted with, submitted to, always to be referred to, and followed. As we have seen, this kind of faith has terribly failed, and we are now back to our creator, after realizing what Satan did to us( am here pointing to those of us who have had their eyes opened). When God\u2019s messenger came, this is what he revealed, and continues to reveal to those who want a better and fulfilling life. Listen please, and see if you know yourself in this manner. Even though God wants a man who is fully like Him, He didn\u2019t make him so, straightaway. Right now, the messenger reveals that, all of us, \u201c\u2026.are dust; short lived; need to learn and acquire knowledge; can only depend on God alone for life; are in the process of being made like God; can do nothing without God\u2019s help; are equal; and are in this physical life to seek for, \u2018honor, immortality, and eternal life ( yes, we are not like God, but only in His image- see our message, \u201c why the physical bodies)- Gen.3:19; Job.14:1-3; Eph.4:23; 1Cor.3:18; Eph.4:24; John.15:5; Rom.2:7\u201d. <\/strong>Whoever professes to have faith in God must, be knowing him\/herself to be the above, and not what we knew from Satan.<\/p>\n

THE TRUE FAITH<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Remember, the reason behind having faith is, to guide us to our destiny, that of being made gods, yes, spirit beings so that, we can rule in God\u2019s kingdom as his family members, sharing in His glorious life. Remember also that, after God began that process, man was deceived from it, at the first stage, which halted God\u2019s plan, and left him pursuing \u201c\u2026.worthless things in which there is no profit-Jerem-16:19\u201d. <\/strong>Here, God\u2019s messenger has come and \u201c\u2026.opened our eyes to the true course so that, if we accept it, we may go back to the drawing board-Isa.42:6-7\u201d. <\/strong>Are you among those who have accepted, and believed His message? How can we prove? Yes, what is this that we need to see ourselves doing, to be sure we are on track, on God\u2019s course, His purpose for our lives? What God is saying here is strictly for those in whose mind dwells the Holy Spirit, without which, no one can comprehend this. The physical mind comprehends physical things only- 1 Cor.2:14. So, whenever we try to use it to understand God\u2019s way of life, we get confused because it cant grasp. It is also rejective of spiritual life-rom.8:7. A reason why, every time, we try to use it to obey God\u2019s law, it feels very burdensome, and all that one succeeds in doing is to pretend outwardly while the heart and our actions, strongly oppose it. So, those who have truly believed God\u2019s messenger, have realised this one; that, we are \u201c\u2026.God\u2019s workmanship( handwork), being created( a building in progress, not complete) in the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness- Eph.2:10\u201d. <\/strong>For this reason, we also have accepted our helplessness, yes, our total inability to develop or build ourselves even an inch, agreeing with our messenger\u2019s revelation that, \u201c\u2026.. without him, we can do nothing-John.15:5; Psalm.127:1\u201d. <\/strong>We also have accepted our total ignorance, having no knowledge at all about ourselves, what we are, why we are, and where we will end up after all is done. This has left us to sincerely, \u201c\u2026..trusting God with all our hearts,\u2026doing nothing according to what we think( for we have no knowledge), but carefully listening to what God will say(by reading from the bible) about whatever we want to do every time- Prov.3:5-6\u201d. <\/strong>Is this what we did, so that we now know ourselves as God worshippers?<\/p>\n

PROVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

If we have truly arrived at this total dependence, yes, reliance on God, we must be noticing several changes in our lives. See if you are seeing them, and if not, know for sure that, you are still in your former deception, and only assuming what is not in you. Nothingness is a condition of blankness; I mean, non-existent. So, anyone who has heard the message of God as proclaimed by Christ, has to begin with, known him\/herself as \u201c\u2026.nothing-Gal.6:3; 1 Cor.8:2\u201d, <\/strong>because that is what the message says, and for which reason, one has also totally \u201c..denied self( all that one has held to as one\u2019s life)-Mat.16:24\u201d. <\/strong>If you are being given to understand, this is surely a beginning, not a continuation; and why? Because what we received, and thought to be a beginning was a lie. Adam remained at the point God had reached in creating him- the physical, short-lived-perishable- ignorant being. So what is it? Yes, what has Christ broadcasted, which we have heard, and so, have faith in (remember to read the message, \u201c man\u2019s creation process<\/a>\u201d, please)? A building knows nothing about itself, nor how the builder wants it to look like. It doesn\u2019t resist, question, suggest, nor add anything, except to go along with what the builder is doing, for, \u201c\u2026 like a clay in potter\u2019s hands, so are we in God\u2019s hands-Jerem.18:6\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0This is where the true worshippers of God stand, after accepting the message which Christ proclaimed. We do not know ourselves in any other way, except what we read about ourselves from the scriptures, for, \u201c these laws are our only knowledge, wisdom and, understanding-deut.4:6\u201d. <\/strong>So, they say, \u201c\u2026all men are grass, and their lives are like flower-Isa.40:6-7\u201d. <\/strong>Having this acknowledgement in place, then the true worshippers don\u2019t accept what they feel, or think about themselves, nor do they accept what people may say or think about them. We have a cloud of witnesses, starting with Christ himself, who, \u201c\u2026..cared for no man; and did not regard the position of men( beginning with himself-John.7:16-17)-Mat.22:16\u201d. And again, \u201c He did not entrust himself to men. He knew all men, knowing what is in them\u2026..John.2:24\u201d. <\/strong>Those who believed His message behaved exactly like him, for Paul and Peter just to name but a few, repeated Christ\u2019s exact words, saying, \u201c Am I now seeking the favour of men, or of God? If I am trying to please men, then I cant be a servant of Christ\u201d. And again, \u201c we ought to obey God rather than men-Acts.5:29\u201d; \u201cIt\u2019s a very small thing that I should be judged by any human being; I don\u2019t even judge myself- 1Cor.4:3\u201d. <\/strong>Why? God explicitly in this message shows that, apart from Him revealing life to man, man knows nothing, and that, apart from God\u2019s knowledge, \u201c the heart is deceitful, and desperately corrupt\u2026.\u201d; and that, \u201c\u2026.it cant understand, nor obey God-Jerem.17:9; 1 Cor.2:14; rom.8:7\u201d. <\/strong>So, those who are true worshippers of God, don\u2019t count on themselves, nor the people around them, in their new life. They know they are nothing, and so, are the people around them; that, God alone knows, and therefore, He is the only one who speaks the truth. For this reason, they take no pleasure in the praises of men, nor do they get offended by their despisal- Luke. 6:26, 22, for they know how the self and men, speak out of ignorance, and, how there is no truth in them. Is this the faith you have? Is this the knowledge you have about yourself? These true worshippers also know what this body and its physical life is, and so, they don\u2019t seek to secure it, for they know how, it must die at some point. So, they are seriously seeking for \u201c\u2026the Lord\u2026.calling upon him, forsaking their former ways of thinking about themselves-Isa.55:6\u201d. Yes, \u201c they are seeking for honor glory and immortality- Rom.2:7\u201d. <\/strong>Our cloud of witnesses confirms this, for all of them died, without fear or regret. They never tried to secure the body, for they knew it to only be the first stage of creation which, if they don\u2019t stay in the creator\u2019s course, it will perish. Look at Christ in the cross; Meshack, Shadrack, and Abednego, in fire; Daniel in lion\u2019s den; Stephen at stoning scene; its truly a cloud of witnesses, who died in the truth, without caring about the body, for they knew the purpose of its life (see our message, \u201cwhy the physical bodies<\/a>\u201d). Is this the information we got from Christ, and accepted, which we also have faith in? They neither were bothered by riches or, lack of the same. Look at Abraham. I don\u2019t think there is any man in the today\u2019s world who can measure to Abraham\u2019s wealth. But with all that, Abraham lived a very thirsty man in the spirit, \u201c\u2026..living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\u2026..looking forward to a city whose builder is God-Heb\u201d. Yes, \u201cHe never turned his heart to his wealth, for he knew how it cannot build him into the purposed spirit being-Psalm.62:10; Mat.6:19-20\u201d. <\/strong>Look at Daniel, who had nothing, but when king Darius offered him half of his treasure, Daniel never was turned to it; he told the king, \u201cLet your gift be to yourself, and give your reward to others-Dan.5:17\u201d. <\/strong>Who among the today\u2019s preachers, leave alone the followers, will reject such an offer? And why would Daniel not see the value of such great wealth? Talk of Peter, and all those who truly worshipped God; they knew( from the information they accepted from God), that this life is not perpetrated by wealth, nor any physical support, but by God who is creating us to the destined spirit beings, proving what Christ says, \u201c that the life of man does not consist in the abundance of his possession-Luke.12:15\u201d. <\/strong>Look at Paul who was very poor, but his heart never cried for wealth, but rather, \u201c\u2026.to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life-2 Cor.5:4\u201d. <\/strong>Yes, the true worshippers of God never accept praises from people, even angels don\u2019t. They are always careful to make sure that God who is creating us is seen and praised, exalted in whatever happens in our lives, for, being the builder, \u201c..every good\u2026. Comes from him-James.1:17; for we have this treasure in earthen vessels\u2026\u2026to show that the transcendent power belongs to God; for who sees anything different in you? What have you that you didn\u2019t receive? If received, why then boast as if it isn\u2019t a gift-2 Cor.4:7; 1 Cor.4:7\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0What are we saying here? The life of the true worshippers of God doesn\u2019t build on anything that the life of this world( Satan\u2019s deception<\/a>) depends on.<\/p>\n

ANSWER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>We did ask a question in the beginning of this message, and advised that we don\u2019t give an answer until we have read all that the message is informing about. Now we want an answer please. Do you remember the question? I remind you please. Having known ourselves to be in the\u00a0 first stage of man\u2019s creation which is physical, and which creation, its God alone who can do it, and that, He does it the way He says in His word; that we are being created into that word( it is our lives),and that the right now creation stage is about acquiring knowledge by which, in practising, we develop character( behaviour), something which wealth, physical strength, people\u2019s support, or leadership position cannot achieve, something that can only be done by carefully doing what God says in his word, Have we fully turned, and committed ourselves to this knowledge? Is this the kind of faith we are practicing, thus proving to be the descendants of the prophets, and the apostles, all taught by Christ-Eph.2:20?\u00a0 Read Hebrews.11-the whole chapter, our cloud of witnesses who successfully pursued the faith to the end. They commented themselves, in obeying God\u2019s word in every circumstance, whether positive or negative. They never turned to self, nor to the people around them to either, rejoice or fear according to the flesh. They had God and his word as their \u201c\u2026.only fear and dread-Isa.8:13\u201d. <\/strong>Why? For he is the only one who can create us to completion, to that imperishable glorious praise-worthy condition. Yes, one whose value can\u2019t compare with anything we pursued in the lie of Eden, for, \u201c\u2026..this present life can\u2019t be compared to the glorious promised one which is coming-Rom.8:18\u201d. <\/strong>Is this what you heard from Christ (it is the true gospel), which you accepted, and like those who were before us, you are pursuing? Is your faith, that of God in Christ our Lord? Those who have it have lost all that they valued in the flesh; for they have discovered how it will not put them where they want; i.e, in eternal life with peace, joy, happiness, and corporation in all perfection. This is why, in everything, their first thought is, \u201c what does God say?\u201d And even if it will cause suffering to self, they unquestioningly obey God. This is why they say, \u201c\u2026neither, death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, \u2026\u2026nor powers\u2026will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ our Lord- Rom.8:38\u201d. <\/strong>Yes they know that, if God doesn\u2019t make them what He purposed from the beginning, which he explains in his word, and does it in those who obey, \u201c\u2026..they will surely die-Gen.2:17\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0Since all our efforts in everything we do is geared at avoiding death and pain, and the whole world has been deceived, and pursues that death, thinking they are avoiding it; now that god has opened our eyes, to know the right way out of death, have we really believed; yes\u00a0 is this what our faith( our acceptance is build on? We can only answer by actions, not by mere talk. And this can only be by doing God\u2019s word in every move of one\u2019s life, for, \u201cwhether we eat or drink, or whatever we do, it should be to the glory of God-1 Cor.10:31\u201d. <\/strong>Friends, this is possible only by applying God\u2019s word(obeying) in every thought, desire, feeling, action, or talk. This is the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints; the accepting of God\u2019s information of, what we are, why we are, and where to at the end( which is what we have explained throughout this message). Our forefathers, in confirmation of their faith in God, \u201c\u2026commended themselves in every way(by doing the word)\u2026through great endurance, in afflictions, \u2026\u2026\u20262 Cor.6:4-10-read please\u201d. <\/strong>In every circumstance, theirs was not to wonder what will happen after they have done what the word says. It was simply to obey God, trusting Him to took care of the effects, not themselves to secure their positions. What faith do you uphold? One that accepts the lie of Eden, and so builds on the physical with its goals, or the one we have explained here which builds on God\u2019s word, through whose obedience, we will be perfected and made spirit sons and daughters, sharing in that glorious family with him forever? You are now able to rightly answer that question, not unless you have not examined yourselves, through this mirror, \u201c the perfect law of liberty- Jam.1:24-5\u201d. <\/strong>Christ\u2019s voice is what you are reading here, pleading in his ceaseless love with as many as, he has opened their eyes, who are in Leodicea( in spiritual captivity, as well as those whom He is calling, who are now hearing this for their first time. Whoever has ears, let him here what the chief shepherd is saying. He is broadcasting to you through his chosen servants,<\/p>\n

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