{"id":219,"date":"2018-04-27T00:03:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T21:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endtimecog.org\/html\/?p=219"},"modified":"2018-04-27T00:03:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T21:03:56","slug":"the-church-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endtimecog.org\/html\/the-church-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CHURCH OF GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Church that Christ build on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, all standing on him-Eph.2:20, is right now in spiritual nakedness and blindness-Rev.3:17. And please, before we continue, let those who hate correction not blame me for being affront in speaking what Christ has sent me to speak. If you must blame somebody for this message, then blame Christ, for He is the one who is saying that, though you claim to see and are ok, \u201c\u2026\u2026you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked-Rev.3:17last part\u201d. <\/strong>Also, the \u201cyou\u201d, is Christ\u2019s speech, pointing to every one of us individually. This i say so that also, no one may think I (the writer) is excluded in this corrective message. So, instead of rushing to self-defence and finger-pointing, let every one of us humble themselves and, using the word which \u201c\u2026.is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training-2tim.3:16-17\u201d, <\/strong>try to wonder why Christ is saying this. With that in place, let\u2019s now get tuned please. \u00a0Hear the word of the Lord you His people, whom He bought with His blood. \u201cIf you return, o Israel (of God-Gal.6:16), says the Lord, to me you should return. If you remove your abomination (the spiritual leaven) from my presence, and do not waver, and if you swear, \u2018as the Lord lives\u2019, in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall bless themselves in you, and in you shall they glory-Jerem.4:1-2\u201d. <\/strong>Now we ask; \u201creturn! From where? Were we not baptized into Christ, thus becoming his body, and have remained in him up to now? We keep the Sabbath, and the holydays; we pay tithes, we meet every Sabbath and study the bible always, and so, we know what He says about our lives. Why then is He telling us to return?\u201d\u201cHear o\u2019 my people, and I will speak, o Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. I will not accept no bull from your house( today\u2019s tithes and offerings); \u2026your new moon and Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies-I cannot endure\u2026my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them\u2026..wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil\u2026.Psalm.50:7,9; Isa.1:13-16\u201d.<\/strong> Brethren, let\u2019s not forget the leaven of the Pharisees, for they sat on Moses\u2019 seat (now it is the present- church ministers), teaching the law of God but would not do it themselves, something Christ calls, hypocrisy. Let us then, therefore not rush into self-defence, or justification, for what God is telling us here is something He reads from our hearts. Let us first, with an open mind hear what Christ is saying here, and then, let everyone examine their hearts before being sure of ourselves. There are factors which confirm whether, a fellowship is the true God\u2019s church. Let us therefore go through them as we prove everything from God\u2019s word, after which, everyone will know whether he\/she is the church or not.<\/p>\n

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

I believe we all know what a church is. So now, why did Christ establish the Church? We know that, God created man to make him a god, and to have him rule over the earth-Gen.1:26. We also know that, one can become like God if he freely chooses to be so, at which point, then God creates His mind and character in him( our message, \u201c why the physical bodies<\/a>\u201d, has details please). We also know that, once man accepts to live by God\u2019s word, he becomes a member(in making-1John.3:2-3) of God\u2019s one family, which is one in every aspect of life, for, speaking of it, Christ says, \u201cI and the father, are one-John.10:30\u201d.<\/strong> So, once man is made a god, he will also join that unity, \u201c\u2026the father is in me and me in the father, that they also may be in us-John.17:21\u201d. <\/strong>This is what God has in mind for all of us, which is also the purpose for calling us into His church. But, We have abandoned the course, and are now playing hypocrisy, a reason why God is not happy with all that we are imagining to be His worship.When we look into the today\u2019s world, we see a humanity divided into millions of differing communities, and which, even within the communities, men live quarreling, disagreeing, separating, fighting and even killing each other. This is all because, man never chose the way of God, because each said,\u201c\u2026\u2026we will not walk in the good way-Jerem.6:16\u201d. <\/strong>God also, seeing that He doesn\u2019t force His will on anybody, \u201c\u2026..allowed all nations to walk in their chosen ways-Acts.14:16\u201d. <\/strong>We know that, \u201c\u2026.when God works, no one can hinder Him-Isa.43:13\u201d. \u201c For He speaks, and brings it to pass; he purposes, and he does-Isa.46:11\u201d. <\/strong>After a long time of man playing a god to himself, doing whatever he imagines, and bringing upon himself the untold suffering that we see today, God began His restoration plan, in which, He will bring man back to the creation table. So, He \u201c\u2026 sent forth His son( Christ), born of woman,\u2026..to redeem\u2026. So that man may receive adoption as sons-Gal.4:4-5\u201d.\u00a0 <\/strong>It is this Christ who says, and this being part of that mission for which He was sent, \u201c\u2026..I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it-Mat.16:18\u201d. <\/strong>What for?In order to answer this question in an understandable manner, it\u2019s important to remember something please. Christ called a people from this world(of divisive minds), and its ways (traditions)-John.15:19, and taught them the original God-purposed life for men. These people heeded the call, and so abandoned the way of the world, dying to it, thus, \u201c\u2026no longer living for themselves, but for Christ who died for them-2Cor.5:15\u201d. <\/strong>Therefore, these people, though in the world, in the flesh, do not live according to the flesh-2 Cor.10:3-5, or the world around them, but are instructed from heaven, for, \u201c\u2026..our commonwealth is in heaven-Phil.3:19\u201d, and so, our minds are, \u201cset on things above, where Christ who is our life is. Yes, we don\u2019t set our minds on earthly things or its life, (we are instructed from the heavenly Zion- Isa.2:3)-Col.3:2-1\u201d. <\/strong>Brethren, it is those who live this heavenly life on earth, who are the true church of God. I am using \u201cThe\u201d, because that Church is one body, not divided at all.\u00a0 With this information, we then come to our question; why the church? Bearing in mind, God\u2019s reason for creating man, and how he was swayed from that purpose, and also how God wants to restore man into that purpose, we find that the church was established to be the instrument God will use to accomplish His restoration plan. This, God is doing through Christ in two ways, and these two are the very reason for the church. After those chosen people heard the voice and transferred their aim from this world to the heavenly life, then Christ, appointed and continues to appoint in every generation, from among them( Yes, from among those who live not for themselves but for Him), \u201c\u2026apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers—-\u201c.<\/strong> What for? Brethren, this is the first, and primary reason for which, God in Christ established His Church. So, hear it please, and see whether you are part of it. What for? \u201c For the equipment of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of the son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; so that, no one is tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine-Eph.4:11-14\u201d. <\/strong>Is there anything personal here, so that, anybody can go ahead and claim any self-achievement? It is \u201c\u2026.God at work in everyone, both to will and to do, and, for His own pleasure-Phil.2:13(more information of what work God is doing in man, can be got from our message, \u201cman\u2019s creation process<\/a>\u201d please)\u201d. <\/strong>It is therefore God appointing (not any man), not to exalt anyone above another, but to use them for what He wants to achieve through the instrument He calls the Church, for our Lord is saying, \u201c\u2026..you have one teacher and master, and you are all brethren-Mat.23:8\u201d<\/strong>. Therefore the Church is God\u2019s spiritual college (not anybody\u2019s project) in which all those who are called, are taught (and by God\u2019s own appointees, whom He personally instructs), until they know the full council of God, by which, \u201c\u2026.we escape the corruption that is in the world, because of passions, and thus, become partakers of the divine nature (remember, men were created to be made gods-John.10:34)- 2 Pet.1:4\u201d. <\/strong>Once that primary purpose is in place, it invites the second reason (purpose for the church), which is also equally important. God is light. He created men to be like Him, meaning, they should also be light like Him, for, \u201c you shall be holy even as I the Lord is holy-1Pet.1:16\u201d. <\/strong>The word of God is light-Psalm.119:105, and this light is Christ-John.8:12, who is also called the word-Rev.19:14. What am I driving at? Once all of us who are joined to the church, are being built into that godly life, the word, then, we are becoming lights, and as we know, light shines in darkness-Isa.60:1-3. \u00a0This brings us to the second reason for the establishment of the Church. Which one? \u201c\u2026 to preach to the gentiles( one can be a physical Jew, but a spiritual gentile-rom.2:29) the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; that through the Church, the manifold wisdom of God may be made known\u2026-Eph.3:8-10\u201d. <\/strong>Yes, since God has a purpose for all human beings, which He must accomplish, He is using the Church as a display of that purpose (and this, only if the church is practical in that life) he had, when He created man. So He says, \u201cYou are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am He\u2026..Isa.43:10\u201d. <\/strong>Are we getting it? The two reasons for the Church are addressed in that verse, that is,1.<\/strong>to witness to the world once, 2.<\/strong>we have known and confirmed that God is the creator, and his life is what we should live by. Is this what we are, because we are calling ourselves the Church? Search yourself and be sure please. So, once all this godly arrangement is in place, then, the reason two, for God\u2019s establishment of the Church gets working, for the members become, \u201cthe light( God\u2019s example) of the world( just as God is light-1John.1:5)-Mat.5:14\u201d. <\/strong>And by being this light, then, men begin to understand from the church, what God wants all people to be, for, the church is, \u201c\u2026..a letter written by Christ for all men to read-\u201c 2 Cor.3:2\u201d. <\/strong>Is this what we are brethren? Is the Church serving in these two reasons for which it was built? Leodicea is very fast in saying yes, because in its blindness, it assumes knowledge of everything godly, seeing what God is saying through this message is something it has heard many times over, and all these quoted scriptures are in their minds. But I ask again; is the two reasons for the church establishment, what we are engaged in doing right now?<\/p>\n

AN UNNOTICED SATANIC DESIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n

While we are very ready to say yes, and call ourselves the church, seeing that we understand all these things the message is talking about, it is important to sit back and look at ourselves carefully, and see whether we are truly in there. God is in the process of(beginning with the Church, and through it), restoring mankind to Himself, to complete them, and make them one with him, yes- members of His family. Amid a divided humanity, which is against each other, God is using the Church to show the world how it is wrong, and therefore, why it needs to change, or else, it dies. The only way we will be able to serve in this purpose is, to first be what God is, which is what Christ is teaching us in his word. So He says, unlike the divided world, \u201c\u2026.. all of you agree, and there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind, and the same judgement-1 Cor.1:10\u201d. <\/strong>Is this what we are brethren? Nothing is further from the truth than this. Someone posted in Facebook saying, and which is very true; and I quote. \u201c If you want to do anything, you will always find a way; but if you don\u2019t want to do it, you will always find an excuse\u201d. This is very true of those of the Leodicean mind. Though we see hundreds of groups, divided among themselves, and bearing the name of God\u2019s church, the slyness of Satan through his agents, gives Leodicea an excuse to continue with the divisions saying,\u2018God dispatched the church that the gospel may spread in a faster way\u2019. They are also trying to preach love ( which is not God\u2019s love) and respect for one another, so that, each may continue in one\u2019s corner of interest, and console themselves that, they are still one. Yes, because we don\u2019t want to deny self and let Christ build us into that oneness of his, then, we are consoling ourselves with this excuses, and then, we are pretending to still serve God\u2019s purpose. Now please, which gospel is this we are preaching in this divisions? It is not the one The Church of God was establish to preach. It is that of the world, and by worldly men, agents of Satan posing as servants of Christ, for, they are rejecting number two reason for which the church was established, witnessing to the world about God\u2019s one family for which, all men were created. The true gospel will always be preached by the Church in, \u201c its manner of life being worthy of the gospel,\u2026..that of you standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, striving side by side for the faith of the gospel-Phil.1:27\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0Brethren, this is very much against the present display by the divisions, which rejects God\u2019s purpose for His Church, proving beyond doubt that, these divisions are not His Church but firstly, agents of, \u201cthe world, who say what is of the world, and the world listens to them-1John.4:5\u201d. <\/strong>Yes, approving the divided world to be ok( which is not true), by the church itself getting divided also. Secondly, these divisions, are Satan\u2019s way of scattering God\u2019s Church-members, who are now trapped among these groups, and they are asleep, they are back to slavery of sin, entertainers of self. Because He loves them, Christ is here sounding the trumpet of warning to them. Yes, God is clearly warning that, these divisions are caused by , \u201c\u2026.scoffers who follow their own ungodly passions,\u2026. Who cause divisions, worldly people who lack God\u2019s spirit-Jude.1:27\u201d. <\/strong>This is because, the only way Christ said, the Church will prove itself to be the one, is by, first, \u201c\u2026being one even as God and Christ are one-John.17:21; 10:30\u201d. <\/strong>And this oneness is possible, only if the natural \u201c love for one another is at work in every member-John.13:35( our message, \u201c love is life<\/a>\u201d, has more)\u201d. <\/strong>Why are this two qualities lacking today, that of oneness, and love? Because the word whose practice(obedience), produces true love is not in our hearts, but rather, in our mouths.Brethren, it is with this two qualities in place in the Church, that, the being light, and a letter (a witness, and an example), to the divided world is accomplished, and also, the second reason for God\u2019s establishment of the church, is achieved. Without them, what we will display is not God\u2019s church, but men\u2019s groups. If we know all these things, why are we comfortable in these divisions?<\/p>\n

LOT\u2019S \u2013WIFE- ACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a bitter pill for the self to swallow, but those who would heed to Christ\u2019s knock, and open their hearts-Rev.3:20, must deny themselves now for a second time, and engage in a second exodus from Leodicea( the present spiritual dispersion). To successfully do it, we must remember please. After the world accepted the lie of Eden, everybody became a god to oneself, and independently began to live, \u201c according to what one sees to be good before one\u2019s eyes\u201d. Remember, since this is a lie, then, man is doing everything in ignorance. He doesn\u2019t know himself, he doesn\u2019t know what life to live, and where to find information on how to do it, for, \u201c\u2026.he became darkened in his understanding, alienated from the life of God( the only life there is) because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart\u2026.Eph.4:18\u201d.<\/strong>In this ignorance, everyone is a god. Therefore, he is the only one who should be referred to, who should be praised, pledged loyalty-to, whose points and instructions should be followed, should be feared and respected, is above all and it\u2019s like, has power to help and keep those who submit to him. Brethren, this is the unnoticed Satan\u2019s design which keeps the world in darkness, and in which Leodicea has now slumbered into. Because, with this misinformation, no one is ready to give in to any other except self, \u00a0and Satan is using it to have human beings fight until, if it were possible, they wipe themselves out( our message, \u201c Satan\u2019s greatest deception\u201d, has more). The resultant behaviours of this misinformation are, self-defence( because one is his own god), disagreements( because one\u2019s-own-ideas is all that should be taken), hatred( because one who doesn\u2019t take it is bad),\u00a0 wrong competition( being an effort to suppress others while one remains on the top), fighting and killing( because all should know one as powerful, and worthy to be feared and submitted to),owning( because like God, one can produce, plan, and effect his plans, and so, the products are his own-making), and many\u00a0 such-like.But when the messenger of God, who is our Lord and saviour came, He taught that, all these notions are foolishness based on ignorance, for, \u201c\u2026.if they have rejected the word of God, what wisdom have they-Jerem.8:9?\u201d <\/strong>Yes, if we reject the only information from our maker on what and why we are, then, how can we know surely? It reads in scripture, \u201cassuming to be wise, they have become fools-rom.1:22\u201d. <\/strong>It is the above engagements, which form the today\u2019s life, which is what is called, \u201cSELF\u201d.\u00a0 This brings us to the reason for our sub-title of Lot\u2019s-wife-act. As we saw, the church of God is a people who have had their eyes opened, who have discovered this Satanic design, and turned to God in Christ for the true knowledge and life. But right now, after, \u201c the falling away-2 Thes.2:3\u201d, <\/strong>the church has revived the self they once denied, thus going back to the lie, and so once again, \u201c it has become blind-Rev.3:17\u201d. <\/strong>It will take the same kind of denial we did when we first came to the Church, if we will re-deny ourselves for this second exodus from Leodicea. It is this self-revival, which is the unnoticed Satanic design, which he is using to keep the church divided, and stop it from doing the work it was established to do, that of being an example of God\u2019s life for mankind. This is why, we now see ministers, claiming ownership of groups, being the beginners and establishers of the same, and so, being the chief managers, thus, getting very careless with reference to God, for, this is now their work, and should be done their way.<\/strong> Look at everything these Church of God groups are doing and you will agree with me that, they are not doing God\u2019s work, but, each being superior, everyone is striving to own and lead-\u201c\u2026\u2026scrambling for following-Acts.20:30\u201d. <\/strong>But after all these efforts by individuals, to try and do God\u2019s work, by our own, the result is what we are seeing right now. What? A so-called Church which resembles the world in every way, but speaking God\u2019s word, becoming the exact likeness of the two-horned-beast, for, \u201c it has the appearance of Christ(lamb), but speaks like Satan(dragon)- Rev.13:11\u201d. <\/strong>Just like Lot\u2019s wife, majority of Church members have looked back, and are therefore, not seeking the guiding pillar( the word), but rather, have had their minds once again, filled with all manner of selfishness. Who among us is hearing this voice and wants to open for Christ, yes, who has heard this watchman\u2019s-trumpet alarm, and wants to flee from this spiritual Babylon? This is how we will do it.<\/p>\n

KNOW YOURSELVES<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is the self and its designs which are satanic-Rom.8:7-8; 7:18,24, which has stopped Christ\u2019s work through his right-now-sleeping Church. If we will successfully make a come-back, we must re-deny it. I am using the \u201cRE\u201d, because we once did it. Let\u2019s therefore follow, heart-searchingly, and know how we will do it; and this will be possible only in those who have first, accepted their blindness. Otherwise, for many, because it is a really difficulty venture, they are unwilling to do it, and as we talk, am sure they are preparing for self- defences and reasons for remaining in what, and where they are. Watch out on that please.So now, if you be one of those who accept their blindness, and are willing to have Christ take their hands back to the fold, \u201c stand by the road, and look, and ask for the ancient paths( the faith once and for all delivered to the saints-Jude.1:3), where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls-Jerem.6:16\u201d. <\/strong>If we remember what we did to become church members, it was exactly what the Lord is telling us here through Jeremiah. For when Christ came, He told us, \u201c come to me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke and learn of me, and you will find rest for your souls-Mat.11:28\u201d. <\/strong>What was it that we took as Christ\u2019s yoke? We discovered from his message, how we were lied to, and how the self we were entertaining was corrupt and destructive, and so, denying it, \u201cHe gave us his word which God had sent him, and we received them, and accepted that they were our maker\u2019s words-John.17:8\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0From this time on, we knew, how, we are someone\u2019s unfinished hand-work, and so, we submitted ourselves fully into his hands, \u201c doing nothing except what we see our father do( through his word)\u201d, \u201c doing nothing according to what we think, but rather, in everything, referring to Him for direction\u201d-John.5:19; prov.3:5\u201d. <\/strong>Yes, we stopped assuming the ability to produce knowledge and, applying it to develop Character (to live), and instead, gave ourselves fully to God.<\/p>\n

HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember, this is you and me, not that other person over there. You ministers, and overseers, this is you, not the people you are shepherding. God is not a respecter of persons, nor does He have double standards by which, he is dealing with His Church. Every one of us is equally helpless before Satan. Every one of us is equally being constructed in the mind and behaviour-Eph.4:23-24, and, unless the Lord will build us, every one will toil in vain-psalm.127:1, for, \u201cwithout him, everyone can do nothing<\/strong>-John.15:5\u201d. Brethren, this reminder is meant to bring every one of us into our senses, so that we may( minister and the being ministered alike) sincerely and genuinely re-deny self and allow Christ to build his Church, his way, not the way we are doing it now. Those of us who are in agreement with this position, lets now re-deny self, step by step, and allow Christ to regather us in himself, so that, for this last time before He comes, by this oneness, we may make all men see and know God\u2019s plan for them-Eph.3:10. The very first step of re-denying self must be the understanding that, we don\u2019t know ourselves, and all that we have been doing about ourselves and the people we deal with is wrong. After that, we must accept that the scriptures are God\u2019s information about what and why we are. For those who are in line with this message to this point, let\u2019s now begin please. God is life, and the only life there is, in heaven, on earth, and in the seas. So, if there be any life in any creature, or vegetation, if there be any forces visible or invisible, they must be God-managed,orelse, they be destructive, for, \u201c\u2026.the God who made everything\u2026\u2026.gives life to all men and breath and everything-Acts.17:24-25\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0This God, who is life, is the word He has written for us in scriptures. The word is God in writing, while His spirit at work in us is the word in action. This is why, in the same way God is eternal, is life and spirit, \u201c\u2026. This word is spirit, life, and everlasting-John.6:63; 1pet.1:25\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0Don\u2019t lose the aim of this please. We are following Christ, so that He may deliver us from human dragnets (groups), and gather us to himself, for He says, \u201c\u2026.there is one fold, and one shepherd-John.10:16\u201d. <\/strong>Back to ourselves please. Since God is the only life there is, then, He created us in himself, for, \u201cin him, we live and move, and have our being-Acts.17:28\u201d.\u00a0 <\/strong>It therefore means, our physical life is God\u2019s word (yes, what the word says of us), for, \u201cIn him (word) was life, and the life was the light of man-John.1:4\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0So many other verses prove beyond reasonable doubt that, we were, and are still being created in the word, that is, this word of God is our life, for, \u201c we are created in Jesus Christ(the word)\u2026\u201d; for He is life\u2026\u201d; for in Him, all things were created..\u201d-Eph.2:10; John.11:25; col.1:16; Rev.19:14. <\/strong>With this information in place, let\u2019s now come to us, the Church. Because we have discovered our blindness, and are now here, following Christ back to the fold, what should every one of us be doing, whether minister, or the being ministered? All of us should be strictly doing the same thing. Which one? Submitting to God, in Christ Jesus, for, \u201c\u2026we are his workmanship (construction in progress)-Eph.2:10\u201d. <\/strong>Seeing then, that we are God\u2019s word, that is, the word is the only life we have, then, we do not know anything, ourselves included, outside that word, nor can we think, react, respond, do,or speak anything outside it. Where does that bring us brethren? We have nothing else to strive for, except to become the word, for, in the same way the physical is built in that word, so is the spiritual for which we are the Church, and in which, everyone is having the mind and Character of God being created in them-Eph.4:24\u201d.<\/p>\n

BEFORE GOD, NOT MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget the unnoticed satanic design that works with self, which is the cause of all these divisions and disagreements, with everyone fighting for a position, among fellowmen. \u00a0Now that Christ has revealed it to us, what should we do? We must shift our focus from ourselves, and the people around us, to God and his word (our true life).Going then, strictly by this word, the first step is for every member of the Church to know themselves, as, \u201c\u2026\u2026..nothing, and a fool( for apart from what God says in His word, this is what we are)-Gal.6:3; 1 cor.3:18\u201d.<\/strong> Me nothing! Yes, because you have strayed from the foundation( the word), \u00a0for if one doesn\u2019t agree with this, then we will always be finding ourselves trying to reason against Christ\u2019s word, and thus, add to or subtract from it to justify our stands. But if we do this, then we will take the position of a building being constructed, and which knows that, whatever is happening to it is the constructor\u2019s work and not its own. This brings us to the uniformity, and equality of God\u2019s work in all members, as body-parts which don\u2019t know themselves individually, but simply know themselves as one body, whether a minister or a lay member. For surely, if we truly accept that we are someone\u2019s building, then we know everything happening in our lives to be our constructor\u2019s work, in which case, we can only talk of him not ourselves. We have a cloud of witnesses who were before us. Hear what they have to say please, and see whether you are following in their footsteps, unless you are not descended from them. \u201cNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our sufficiency is from God-\u201c. \u201c\u2026\u2026.We are only men like you, bringing you good news that you should turn from idols to the living God, who made the heavens, the earth, the seas and all that is in them\u201d. \u201c\u2026.we are all the work of thine hands\u201d. \u201c\u2026all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment- 2Cor.3:5; Acts.14:15; Isa.64:8, 6\u201d. <\/strong>The people talking here were all appointed leaders and instructors of God\u2019s people in their days. No one here is talking about himself or his position, but about God and the life he wants to create all men into, nor is anyone claiming to be the beginner, author, or the manager of anything they do, for they knew very well that, \u201cthey have this treasure in earthen(the physical bodies) vessels, to show that, the transcendent power belongs to God and not to themselves-2Cor.4:7\u201d. <\/strong>Here, we find that the struggle and any effort done by a true Church member, is never done in the light of what one may want, what those who are looking, or hearing one, will do or say, but rather, what God sees in one, for, \u201c\u2026.in the sight of God( not men), we speak-2 Cor.2:17\u201d. <\/strong>The point here is; once we shift our lives from this one of the world to the one Christ has taught us, our interests also shifts from self, the people around us, and materialism to, God and His word( life), apart from which, we know, see, hear or, do nothing( our message, \u201cGod\u2019s work<\/a>\u201d, will add details here please). If we each sincerely take this position, where will the contention, the effort to be seen, defending a stand or position, persuading others to accept you, and the like, come from? Are not all these efforts, a sign of somebody who is self-dependent? For surely, if we truly accept ourselves as God\u2019s building- 1Cor.3:9, then, after we are sure to be in His hands (in the word), that\u2019s all we need. How people see us, what they say, how they treat us, whether they accept us for what we are or not, that\u2019s none of our business. It is the builder\u2019s( God\u2019s business) business to protect, uphold, advertise, or convince its seers how it is a very prime one; think of anything about the construction, and, you will agree with me that, it is none of the building\u2019s-bussiness to present itself, for, \u201cYou will not need to fight in this battle; take your position( obey), stand still(have faith), and see the victory of the Lord on your behalf-2 Chron.20:17\u201d. <\/strong>It is basing on this truth that, all we do is, \u201c\u2026. Cast all our anxieties upon the Lord, who cares for his building-1 Pet.5:7\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHRIST BUILDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leodicea is very sly, and almost all of us seem to agree and say that, the Church will never be united again, until Christ comes. Who is this speaking against the Lord of the house (the Church)? Brethren, \u201c take note of those who create divisions and difficulties to the doctrine which you have been taught; avoid them. For such people do not serve Christ, but their own appetites\u2026.Rom.16:17\u201d. <\/strong>With this alert, hear please, the builder\u2019s position. \u201cMaintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one, one, one\u2026.everything-Eph.4:3-6\u201d. <\/strong>Why do we allow Satan\u2019s agents to lure us from what we received, and are being built into, the only life and, purpose for being the church? Did our forefathers do like us, so that we, by entertaining the divisions, are following in their steps? When in their days, Satan struck and tried to divide the Church, did they say its ok, and continued with it the way Leodicea is now doing? Hear it please. \u201c What I mean is that each one of you is saying, \u2018 I belong to Endtime cog, to Lcg, Ucg, Cogi, CCog\u2026.there are so many\u201d. <\/strong>Did our forefathers respect each other\u2019s stand and so divide God\u2019s Church among themselves the way we brethren of today are doing? That idea was met with stun rebuke, wondering, \u201c Is Christ divided? Was any group crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of any group, or, any group leader- 1 Cor.1:12-13?\u201d<\/strong>Who among us is grieved by this satanic design, and would want to flee from this nets, taking the same position our fathers took, so that we continue to content for the faith, once and for all delivered to the saints? Search yourself thoroughly, using the only mirror which can show you, your heart-Jam.1:24, and you will agree with me that, to a great degree, you are not in your group because Christ led you there, but rather, because you were carried away by the slumber, after which, \u201c\u2026.you got careless with the sound teachings( the carefulness to deny self, and instead, you feared men and succumbed to their will), developed itching ears, and went to the teacher who teaches what you want to hear(not the truth), and have turned away from the truth, wondering into myths( by which you no longer care much about the truth)- 2 Tim.4:3-4\u201d. <\/strong>Don\u2019t forget how, against Christ\u2019s warning, Leodicea is insisting that its ok-Rev.3:17. How I pray you don\u2019t be party to that.This message is for those who are ready to reject the self-anew, with all its benefits and, non-conditionally follow the lead of the word (our message, \u201cthe spiritual protection\u201d, will give detailed info please). To successfully do this, we must each be continually aware of why we are the Church, which we covered somewhere in this message, and how the builder is achieving it (not us). If we stand there, then God\u2019s call which we began by, through Jeremiah will be meaningful, that of, \u201cReturn, \u2018o, faithless sons, and I will heal your faithlessness-Jerem.3:22\u201d. \u201c\u2026. If you remove your abominations from my presence\u2026\u2026Jerem.4:1\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0Which abominations? To become the Church, we never heard any teaching about any group, but rather, we heard Christ teaching about the original life which God created us for, and which is His written word-John.1:4. \u00a0We understood how in these physical bodies, we are half-created and should submit to God for completion. We also knew how, right now, God is creating his mind and behaviours in us, which is all that we live for (review our messages, \u201cman\u2019s creation process\u201d, and, \u201cWhy the physical bodies\u201d).But right now, Leodicea has ignored Christ, and everyone is very careful with his\/her group, and one\u2019s standing in that group (before men).<\/p>\n

BEING BUILD INDIVIDUALLY<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not easy to quit from the right-now self-established zone and thus, surrender fully into the hands of God. It is human to form a habit. It is also humanly very hard to let-go a formed habit. But now, everyone has a choice to make here. Many are those who have read the warning messages to Leodicea which Christ is proclaiming through us. Their response! Some ministers tells me how this is the truth, but they must keep to their habitual groups. Others tell me how they have a group of, like, 50 followers, and would want to move with them; still some members would tell me how they don\u2019t want to brew arguments by sharing this truth, or to offend their ministers. So many reasons are there from everyone\u2019s point of stand. Yes, everyone is saying, I belong to\u2026.\u00a0 Say it, and are so careful not to offend each other in that error, while being very careless with the Christ they purport to be their Lord-Luke.6:46. Do we want to quit these stand-points of view? Begin by remembering what we saw in the above page, that is, what you accepted and received, which made you a church, and forgetting the rest, hang on to it. Here, you will find that, it is Christ (who is known by His word-1John.2:3,5), whom you received and in whom, you must live, not a group, or a leader. So, He is the only one, and His word, the only thing we should be concerned with, for He tells us, \u201cDo not call conspiracy all that these people call conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the Lord of host, him you should regard as holy; let him alone be your fear and your dread- Isa.8:11-13\u201d.<\/strong>God talks to a person individually. So, if you hear and understand this voice, act without questioning, and don\u2019t tell Christ, about your brother or sister, for He knows. Hear what He says to whoever has this mob-way of thinking. Peter harboured this mind and, after Christ told him to follow Him, he asked Him, \u201c\u2026.Lord, what about this man? Jesus answered him, \u2018if it is my will that he remains until I come, what is that to you? Follow me-John.21:21-22\u201d.<\/strong>The point here is; it is not our work to make people understand this voice, nor accept it, for our Lord explicitly says, \u201c no one knows the father except the son, and no one knows the son except the father, and him unto whom they choose to reveal themselves to-Luke.10:22\u201d. <\/strong>Therefore, know and understand that, God is dealing with everybody individually, and there is no way we can sit as a group and decide to obey His voice. We can only become a group after everyone individually decides to obey.This position removes all personal efforts, whether of convincing others, or trying to keep them together, or even trying to abide among people. Yes, it removes the self and all its attachments, and leaves one with Christ, and him alone.What will happen after everyone takes this position individually? It will leave all those who embark on it, having nothing to do with one\u2019s self, whether thoughts, feeling, desire or deeds, and instead, \u201c\u2026living for Christ who died for them-2 Cor.5:15\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0It is by this, \u201cno longer I that lives but Christ who lives in me-Gal.2:20\u201d, that we become His instruments( body-parts), which He uses according to His will, for, \u201c\u2026can I not do with you as this potter has done\u2026.Jerem.18:6?\u201d; He wonders.<\/strong>Yes, once we acknowledge being a construction in progress, and that construction being the purpose of our being here in this physical body, then, we willindividually (not as a group),surrender fully into his hands, at which point, God continues with His construction, which is at the level of, \u201c\u2026writing his laws in every submissive-person\u2019s heart and inscribing them in one\u2019s mind-Jerem.31:33\u201d, <\/strong>thus developing in one, His righteous mind and character. Remember, \u201c If God doesn\u2019t do it, any other person\u2019s effort to do it is in vain-Psalm.127:1\u201d. <\/strong>Where does this leave us brethren? Strictly in referring to God whom we have through His word. Here there isn\u2019t a minister, nor, the being ministered, nor a group, but all equally, and individually \u201c\u2026\u2026setting their eyes on Christ-Heb.3:1\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0There isn\u2019t also, any plan for any individual\u2019s way, except only as directed by the builder, for by carefully obeying his instructions, we are in him, and He in us; yes, we are His word (the light, as he is light). At this point, every one of us is dead, and Christ has taken over, living his life in us. Let us now please get it brethren. Christ cannot differ with Himself, neither can any of his body-parts detouch itself from the body, nor, work independently. What then is this, which Leodicea is upholding, and justifying? If we all each are dead and its Christ now alive in us, what are these divisions about (our message, \u201cour identity\u201d, will give details please)? Agree with me please. They are as a result of men who have gone back to self and, unawares of this satanic design (because they have become blind-Rev.3:17, last part), everyone is trying to own, what should be God\u2019s, \u201c\u2026going beyond what is written. For\u2026. What have you that you did not receive? If then you received, why then do you boast as if it isn\u2019t a gift-1 Cor.4:6-7?\u201d <\/strong>Are you among those who are hearing and agreeing with this voice?<\/p>\n

GOD\u2019S WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your answer to the above question is yes, then join us in accepting what our part in this work is, and let God do his part. This I say because, right now, almost all of us are doing God\u2019s work( which is impossible), proving that, we don\u2019t trust in his power to do it. How? Get it please and repent. Remember what we saw; that it\u2019s Christ in every one of us. He is creating his mind and character in every one of us. He is the only teacher we have-Mat.23:8; He is the only shepherd-John.10:11\u201d; He is the prophet-Acts.7:37; the Lord; the Evangelist-Malachi.3:2; the priest- Heb.8:1; the minister-v:2. Yes, mention any name in the Church ministry, and they are all Christ\u2019s. This I write brethren because, there are no people in God\u2019s Church whom Satan has succeeded in using to destroy the Church, more than those Christ has appointed into His various offices, who are now appropriating the offices to themselves, instead of, to Christ. From the above names, we have confirmed beyond doubt that, Christ must be living in someone for that person to serve in any of those positions. This, God further proves when He says, \u201cAs each has received a gift (not his own), employ it for one another ( as a boss, superior than those, one is serving? Not at all), as good stewards of God\u2019s varied grace: Whoever speaks,\u2026.uttering oracles of God; whoever renders service, \u2026.by the strength which God supplies; \u2026.. in order that,in everything, God( not any man) may be glorified in Christ Jesus- 1 Pet.4:10-11\u201d. <\/strong>Will anyone be justified before God, above others because he\/she holds any of the Christ\u2019s office in the Church? Will anyone be given special favour, and so created differently from others because Christ is using Him to restore His Church? Not even in the least. All Church members are equally being created, and will be equally justified, by obedience of faith, through which Christ is developing his righteousness and holiness( without which, no one will see God-Heb.12:14)in them. After this purpose is achieved- yes, after love (God\u2019s life) has been created in each Church member, the work of the ministry will cease, \u201c\u2026\u2026.; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away; but as for love, it never ends-1 Cor.13:8\u201d. <\/strong>Yes, as we saw, God appoints church members in these offices, strictly, for the purpose of \u201c\u2026.building his body-Eph.4:12-13\u201d. <\/strong>Can we who are in any office of service in the Church hear this and wake up from sleep, and tend the flock( as a body-part being used by the owner) instead of tearing it apart? Whatever anyone is, in the Church, it is for the purpose of building one\u2019s character, no other purpose. And every member is being built individually through non-conditional obedience to the word, bearing in mind that, \u201ceveryone will carry his\/her own load-Gal.6:5\u201d. <\/strong>If this be the case, why are we trying to own members (and why are members trying to be owned by ministers), to own positions, seek men\u2019s approval, instead of striving to own Christ and be approved by Him-Phil.3:3? If any one\u2019s concern is these positions, when they pass away, what will one remain with? Eeh, what will you have lived for? Surely, you will have missed the mark, and worshipped in vain, wasting time.\u00a0 Brethren, this is Christ knocking at the door of your heart, but to open for him or not is your choice. For those who will do it, Christ is going back into their hearts, and is continuing with his creation work for his building. Since it is his work, no sincere member is concerned with how Christ is doing it for, we can\u2019tknow( except by His word), for,\u201c\u2026\u2026my thought are not your thoughts, nor are my ways yours, says Christ-Isa.55:8-9\u201d. <\/strong>For this reason, let every willing member learn not to question Christ, but rather obey-Isa.29:16, for our Lord alone knows what He is creating in us, and how He is doing it, which is what He is revealing to us in his word( nowhere else). He says, \u201c Iam the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go\u2026.Isa.48:17-18\u201d. <\/strong>Brethren, it is here, very clear that, every member\u2019s work is to obey God, in an effort to, always remain in his hands, to be fully created, and, \u201c\u2026. Be found in Him, not having self righteousness,\u2026\u2026..that we may attain the resurrection from the dead( our life-goal, becoming spirit beings)-Phil.3:9-11\u201d. <\/strong>If we are truly understanding this message, where is LCG here? Where is UCG, ENDTCOG, Yes, where is your group? Where is your leadership position, where is anything that people are contenting with, for which, they are arguing, disagreeing and getting divided? Am I then not right to say that the Church is off-truck, \u201c\u2026..labouring for that which does not satisfy-Isa.55:2?\u201d<\/strong>If anyone\u2019s wish is to be built into the person God has in mind, He\/she must forget all these manmade groups and their arrangements, and follow Christ. There is nowhere in the entire bible where Christ commanded groups, nor, the following of fellowmen. He is the only Church, for those who are looking for a Church-Eph.2:22-23. If we go by the true meaning of the word, \u201c Church\u201d, then, all these groups call themselves by it, but disqualify their claim by their deeds and setups. \u00a0Christ is here placing His Church\u2019s position very clearly for those who are given to hear His voice. Are you one of them, don\u2019t wait for your brother.\u201cEveryone will die for his own sin-Jerem.31:30\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0Remember Lot\u2019s wife, and \u201c\u2026..not refuse him who is speaking-Heb.12:25\u201d, \u201c\u2026..not to harden your hearts if you hear this voice-Heb.4:7\u201d.<\/strong>With this stand- point, many have asked me; Do you want us to come to your group? But I tell you brethren; I have no group. I am repeating to anyone with this kind of question, the same answer which Christ gave the Pharisees. Hear it please. \u201c\u2026. My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me. If any man\u2019s will is to do the will( the written word) of Him who sent me, he shall know whether this teaching is from God or, whether I am speaking on my own authority-John.7:16-17\u201d. <\/strong>How will we know? \u201cHe who is sent of God, speaks the word of God( without adding to or subtracting from, since he is inspired and not from himself)-John.3:34\u201d. <\/strong>And this can only be understood by those whom Christ is revealing Himself to, of whom he says, \u201che who is of God hears His word\u2026..John.8:47\u201d. <\/strong>This is why I am speaking boldly, because I believe what my lord is telling me, that, \u201c his sheep knows his voice\u201d, <\/strong>and the only way I can know them is by seeing them understanding and believing that word. With this explanation, we now come to the toughest part, in this move to flee from Leodicea, in which many are asking; if we leave these groups, where do we go to? Will we not just gather elsewhere, forming another group, thus, adding to the many?<\/p>\n

CHRIST IS THE GLUE<\/strong><\/p>\n

If we have followed this message to this point agreeingly, then, we right here don\u2019t have any group in mind, nor any leader(except Christ),nor do we have anything personal to hold to, whether an office, a minister, or any kind of self-based mind, nor, \u201c\u2026.do we judge ourselves in anyway, but that, it is God who is judging us( and we know His word to be his only judgement-Jam.1:24-25)-1 Cor.4:4\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0From now hence, we don\u2019t know ourselves, nor our lives, in any other way, except what Christ tells us in his written word. Yes, we are the word of Christ, unless one is not the Church, \u201c being created in Christ, until He be formed in us; until we all attain to the full stature of his likeness-Eph.2:10;Gal.4:19; Eph.4:13\u201d. <\/strong>As we saw previously, everyone here is dead, and it is now Christ living his life in us. What for? We were created to become gods-Gen.1:26. Therefore, this physical life is for everyone to be, \u201c\u2026..created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness-eph.4:24\u201d. <\/strong>Is it Christ who is living His life in you? The only way to be sure is to see yourself, \u201c\u2026.obeying His commandments (the very word which is our life)-1John.2:3-5, 24\u201d. <\/strong>God\u2019s word is not, the so called church regulations, which groups have come up with, by which they put a fence around their followers, which is what their ministers emphasize on, and which, anyone who doesn\u2019t follow is thrown out of a group. God\u2019s word is the scriptures in the old and new testament, on which the church is built, and by which, it is known-Eph.2:20, nothing else. If this is what you have, \u201c\u2026\u2026..then you are sure you are in Christ, and truly, do know him-1John.2:3,5\u201d. <\/strong>Here, the people know for sure that, godliness (or if you wish to name it-Christianity), is for the sole purpose of developing Christ\u2019s likeness, and that, we are not doing it ourselves but, \u201c\u2026.it is God at work in us-Phil.2:13\u201d. <\/strong>Now show me please. Where are the divided groups here? Divided in following what? All those who have Christ living in their hearts know him fully; they also know his voice and, can\u2019t mistake a stranger\u2019s voice for His-John.10:5.They also love him with all their hearts, all their minds and souls-Mat.22:37. For this reason, by knowing Christ, when they hear, and see anyone in whom Christ dwells, they know him\/her, because Christ cannot mistake, or, differ with himself seeing that, \u201che dwells in their hearts-Eph.3:17\u201d, and that, \u201c\u2026.they are growing into him who is the head, into Christ-Eph.4:15\u201d. <\/strong>You still want to belong to a human group after this clear position of the one who called you to His church? Then you are not His, otherwise you would be hearing this voice and following. Remember, all of us who are following with this message are dead here, and we are strictly talking about the only one true Church, that is Christ. So, we are now free from any self, or people\u2019s confines, and Christ is also free to use us, for we are, \u201cHis body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied( holy spirit), when each part(member) is working properly, making bodily(one group) growth, and up-building itself in love-Eph.4:16\u201d. <\/strong>If you still want to support these divisions, or uphold a position you have taken for yourself, or want to control your fellow-member in anyway, or even claim anything you do here as yours, then, separate your body parts, so that the hand, leg, head, eye or any part will operate by itself, and still claim to be in the body. If you can\u2019t, and it is truly impossible, then please, repent, and stop worshipping the image of the beast, which is actually manmade groups with governments, purporting to be God\u2019s government. Will you be ok if your hand is chopped off? This is what you are doing to Christ by supporting these divisions. You will therefore realise here, that it is by this death to self, and Christ\u2019s takeover, that all of us become one-body parts, sharing the same one mind which makes us, \u201c speak the same thing, agreeing in everything, united in the same mind-1 Cor.2:16, and the same judgement-1 Cor.1:10\u201d. <\/strong>Since this is Christ, and all of us are his parts, then no one here is claiming ownership of anything, or being anything, for surely; have you ever heard anybody- part in you claiming anything for itself or, thinking about itself independently? Have you ever felt, any body-part feeling burdened by the rest, or blaming another for anything, or coveting another part\u2019s work? I am here talking about the only group on this earth, which alone can rightly be called the Church, as per our topic. It is this one am talking about here whose binding glue is Christ, and which is strictly for those who have completely crucified, and continually fight the self, thus allowing Christ to be their lives.This cannot be possible to anyone who thinks of himself according to what Satan said about us in Eden( see our message, \u201c what faith\u201d, for details please). It is why we said that, we must now know ourselves according to what God is saying in the scriptures, and not any other way, for surely, there is no other way but a lie, purported to be another way. Even though, among these people, Christ has appointed some to be leaders, apostles, ministers, teachers, and so on, no one among them recognises himself in that position, nor do those who are served by such a one see the person, but in everything, it is Christ seen, not unless we have not died, allowing Him to live in us. Everyone here is striving to train in living like God, and for God, and in God, for, \u201c\u2026there is one God the father, from whom are all things, and for whom we exist-1Cor.8:6\u201d. <\/strong>We can\u2019t leave this fact without some proof from our cloud of witnesses, men who lived this life before us. Did they move around convincing people to be ministers, or the present apostles, or for a show before men, of any kind? David was a king. What was His desire before God? That people may recognise and support his kingship? Hear please and search yourself if you can. \u201c\u2026\u2026give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments (life),( not that I may teach others). And those who fear thee shall see me and rejoice-Psalm.119:73-74\u201d. <\/strong>Yes, David doesn\u2019t want to be exalted and praised by men; he wants to live godly, and so lead in making others see God in him not see a great king. Why, because he knew himself to be a body part of somebody\u2019s body-Christ. Search in the entire bible, and you will not find a single servant of God who thought of him\/herself as, whatever position one was appointed to serve, a good reason why Christ says, once you have done all that is commanded (remember that you are someone\u2019s building, and so), always remember that, \u201c\u2026we are unworthy servants, we have only done that which is our duty (not our own planning)-Luke.17:10\u201d. <\/strong>What do we conclude then? That there can\u2019t be any room for division in the Church of God, for it is the one Christ, operating in the hearts of the believers, thus bringing all of them into that one-knit-together-body.<\/p>\n

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So brethren, why is this not the case, and instead, we are divided in groups, something impossible with a body, except only when it dies? It is because of what we began to say. What? Satan\u2019s unnoticed design, at work, primarily in the ministers, and also the being ministered to. Are we ready to overcome this? If yes, then, here is how. \u201cSeek to know nothing in you, or in your fellow-members, except Jesus Christ and Him crucified-1 Cor.2:2\u201d. <\/strong>This is possible only to those who will know themselves, and everything they deal with (fellowmen included), according to God\u2019s word, for it has become the only knowledge they have- \u201c\u2026 their wisdom and understanding- Deut.4:6; Jerm.8:8-9\u201d. <\/strong>With this knowledge in place, everyone realises that, they are nothing, filthy rags, perishable dust-of-the-ground- being, with \u201c\u2026nothing good dwelling in them-Rom.7:18,24\u201d. <\/strong>This is why Jesus Christ who is our only example told those who would harbour this lie concerning our physical standards, that, \u201c..no one is good but God alone-Mat.19:17\u201d. <\/strong>This means that, if there is anything good at work in any body, it must be God\u2019s doing, not that person\u2019s; a good reason why, the members of this Church, \u201cwhether they eat or drink, or whatever they do, it is to God\u2019s glory-1 Cor.10:31; Eph.5:20\u201d.<\/strong> What do we live for then, and how? Brethren, This Church-members, know why they are here in this physical life, and they strictly live for it. What? \u201c\u2026seeking for honour, glory and immortality-eternal life-Rom.2:7( see more in our message, \u201c Seek for honour\u201d please). <\/strong>Now they know that (do you know?), this can\u2019t be got by any self-means, or from any human being, or any human organization, nor from wealth, but from God alone. For this reason, like Paul, they have \u201c\u2026. Counted all things as dung, that they may gain Christ( share in his glory and eternity)-Phil.3:8\u201d. <\/strong>It\u2019s always good to confirm every point with those who are our true witnesses, and examples. Christ in His physical life, \u201c\u2026never entrusted himself to any human being\u201d. He,\u2026..cared for no man, and neither had any regard for men\u2019s positions-John.2:24; Mat.22:16\u201d. <\/strong>He strictly taught against it also- see John.5:44. Paul, one who imitated Christ in every way, also, \u201c\u2026.sought not the favour of men, but God\u2019s only. Showed how one can\u2019t be a servant of Christ, if one pleases men-Gal.1:10\u201d. <\/strong>Like Christ, he also strongly warned against it-See 2Cor.10:12\u201d. Where does this leave those who commit themselves to this course? In the hands of their creator, and so, strictly following His instruction, never looking into self, or anything else-See Prov.4:23-25. Brethren, for those who have put, or are striving to put themselves in this position, the groups, the ministers, the leadership positions, yes, the anything that has attachment with self has become invalid, and only God and his instructions has remained, thus, \u201c..him becoming all, for all and, in all-Eph.4:6\u201d. <\/strong>These people also know each other by the Christ (spirit), whom they share. For this reason, we ministers, it is not our work to make the members know what we are. David has shown us how, once we live this pathway of seeking for honour, glory and immortality, and nothing else, then those who have also chosen it, \u201c once they see and hear you, they will rejoice, and\u2026\u2026..will automatically turn to you( not you campaigning and persuading them)-Psalm.119:73-74, 79\u201d. <\/strong>Why? Because, the Christ who appointed you, whom you have submitted to, is the same one who is in them, and as we said, there is no way Christ can forget, or differ with Himself. Remember please, this message is for those who thirst for the pure milk, who want nothing else other than eternal life, and are seriously seeking for it the way men seek for silver and gold-Prov.2:2-6. Anybody lacking in this kind of devotion will neither understand nor go by what it is revealing. Look at it and understand if you can please. So, those who are in any Church service position by the grace of God are not thinking about their position, but about how to be completed in becoming like God-Gen.1:26; and so is those who are being served. It is simply, Christ identifying himself in every member in equal terms. All that everyone should be committed into doing is to seek for the promised eternal life, using whatever gift one has, strictly for that purpose of \u201c\u2026\u2026divine training-1Tim.1:4\u201d, and not, \u201c\u2026\u2026..get puffed up with conceit\u2026having morbid craving for controversy and disputes about words, which produce envy, slander\u2026. And imagine godliness to be a way of gain-1Tim.6:4-5\u201d. <\/strong>I know of many ministers who do agree with this truth (especially in the poor regions), but cannot leave their groups, purely because of pay, or the tithes they get from members, and also, for the same reason, they don\u2019t want to lose that position of controlling everything. I also know of members who understand this voice, but they fear being alone or, with few people. If you are one of them, ask yourself please. If my goal is to attain eternal life, how will this- pay, position, or group help me in attaining it?\u201c\u2026. God is never served by human hands, as though He lacks anything, for all things are His servants-Acts.17:25; Psalm.119:91\u201d. <\/strong>He also shows how, it is \u201c\u2026gentiles (non-believers) who seek and worry about these things-Mat.6:32\u201d. <\/strong>\u00a0Paul had all these things with him, but because he chose to heed Christ\u2019s voice which you are hearing now, \u201c he forsook all, and lost every confidence that springs from the flesh( any physical)-Phil.3:3-7\u201d. <\/strong>This he did because he believed in him who called him, who promised saying, \u201c\u2026 and these things shall be yours as well-Mat.6:33\u201d. <\/strong>Look at Abraham-Gen.12.1-3; don\u2019t forget Moses also-Heb.11:25-27; just but to name a few. How did they succeed? The way we will if, we fully accept we are God\u2019s buildings under construction, and that, all our life is for that purpose, in which, it God who takes care of everything, not we. Brethren, know and understand that, all these groups by the name of God\u2019s church will continue, but the Church \u00a0we are talking about here will leave them, each individually, because, once they hear this voice which they know, they will go where it is originating from, for it means, Christ has put his name there, and is living his life in whoever is proclaiming this message. They will not have gone to that person but to Christ for, \u201c\u2026 he who receives anyone whom I have sent receives me, and he who receives me, receives Him who has sent me-Mat.10:40\u201d. <\/strong>When I speak like these, the scoffers will outrightly talk of me exalting self. But I must speak what God has put in me. As for whether it is so, you have your bible to prove it-1Thes.5:20. One will argue, and say; \u201c butEndtime is an organization like any other! Doesn\u2019t this mean, only moving from my group to another? Please, throughout this message, we have condemned, and removed all groups( Endtime included), and strictly remained with Christ who is known strictly by his unmixed word, which is also his glue which binds those who believe it together, as we have seen. Be sober and prayerfully search, and you won\u2019t find this kind of message elsewhere except with isolated individuals( without these details of course) who are trapped in these groups, and who must go back to Christ and join hands with their likes. Christ is regathering his Church through this message. If you prove, it to be His word, then, don\u2019t talk about Endtime; talk about Christ who has purposed to put his name in Endtime.It is upon everyone who hears it to decide, but Christ won\u2019t change His word to accommodate people, simply because they love self. We are talking about total trust in God, according to His word, for someone\u2019s life. Look at it and you will agree with me that, with this total self-denial, and with Christ living His life in every member, All church members will be in \u201c\u2026one fold, with one shepherd-John.10:16\u201d, <\/strong>And will have totally nothing to differ about, neither will anyone claim anything of his\/her own, but we will all be in Christ, acknowledging Him for all things. It is Christ\u2019s voice, calling His own from Babylon, back to base and for perfection before He comes. If you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts. Whoever has ears, let them hear what Christ is telling His church- The Church of God through His servants,<\/p>\n

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