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Chapter 11

 

We are, AMBASSADORS of Christ Jesus,” we are to reach all people and all nations and teach each other like brothers and sisters of the coming of the Lord and the good news of His salvation through the death and resurrection, that through all we’ve gone through in this life is nothing compared to the wonderful and peaceful eternity will have with Jesus our brother, and to tell of the forgiveness and the love, understanding, and all the things God wants us to be for Him through His Son Jesus Christ. As John the Baptist told of the coming of Jesus now must we must tell of the second coming of Jesus but also like John we must tell of the repentance, excepting Jesus in to our hearts, and being baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, to study His word and to live like our brother Jesus did. Even Joel in the Old Testament has pointed to the need for repentance and the giving of your whole heart to God.

 

Joel 2:12-14

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with

fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

Source: King James 1611

 

2 Cor. 5:17-21

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Source: King James 1611

 

2 Cor. 6:1-5

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

Source: King James 1611

 

Anyone who is joined to Jesus Christ becomes a better person the old is gone, and as Jesus says, “Let the dead bury the dead and follow me”… All this is done through grace by God, who through Jesus Christ has changed us from enemies into his family and gave us the task of making our brothers and sisters His and our family. Our message is that by grace we are saved and God is making all our brothers and sisters His family through Jesus Christ. God does not keep an account of our sins, and He has given us the message that tells how He makes us his family. God was in Jesus, making peace between the world and Him self. Through Jesus Christ, God does not hold the world guilty of its sins, and He gave us the message of peace, love, and understanding so we have been sent called by God the Father through His Son to speak for our brother Jesus Christ, and we should be at peace with God and our selves. Jesus had no sin, Jesus through His death and resurrection has saved us from our sins and made us able to become right with God. We are workers together with and through Jesus or brother… All that people think about is life and what they may obtain here on earth. But we are children of heaven, where our Lord Jesus lives.

 

‘Jesus said’

‘I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore go to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always’

 

… we should not care about our own life’ or material things here on earth, the most important thing is, that we love our brothers and sisters, that we teach them to do the same and to live on ‘The other Side of Life’ this is the work that the Lord Jesus gave us—to tell all people in all nations of the Good News about the Kingdom of God and that we are saved by grace. He loved us so much that He gave His only begotten Son so that we might be saved not only from our sins but from ourselves as well not only God's Good News but our own lives, too. Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope, love and understanding you have within you, and do it with gentleness and respect. Whatever a person is like, we try to find common ground with him or her so that he or she will let us tell them about Christ and let Christ save them. We do this to get the Good News to them and also for the blessing that we our self receive when we see them come to Christ. People who do not believe are living all around you and might say you are doing wrong. So live such good lives that they will see the good things you do and will give glory to God… Whatever you do, always work at it with all your heart, as you are working for the Lord and not for people. Remember that the Lord will give you as a reward the inheritance he has kept for his people. For Christ is the real Master we serve!

 

Col. 3:23-24

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Source: King James 1611

 

And today we see the great achievements we have made in all parts of life and medicine hich was attained by the most genuine and uplifting grace of God. As we continue to meet challenges imposed upon us our guidance and intelligence with divine wisdom from our Father, our ability to perceive will grow and we will grow with it, thereby expanding our vision and understanding of the marvelous process that is God’s creation that which is all around us and is in us for it will leads us back to the fact that it is the miracle {we call}, Life…

 

Proverbs 1:1-7

 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Source: King James 1611

 

8:32-35

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

Source: King James 1611

 

John 6:27-40,

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Then said they unto him, what shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

They said therefore unto him, what sign she west thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou work?

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

Then Jesus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

But I said unto you, that ye also have seen me, and believe not.

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Source: King James 1611

 

1:1,13

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

= The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light that all men through him might believe.

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Source: King James 1611

 

Also see these other verses in, 1John 5:1, 2, and in John6:35, 40, 15:1, 8 and in 2Pet 1:3-8. we would point out that the {alleged} complexity of the Father or Jesus our brothers presentation of His Word is only because we choose to perceive it as complex and then not use our God given ability to see what is really said. In other words it is easer to except lie rather than the truth, as this is proven time and time again, in fact the lie is woven so many times it just gets lost in itself in its nature and yet the truth is simple in its nature and easy to do as it is to follow. Then why is the Bible so hard? Well we as humans have this enter-ability to make things hard on ourselves when we should learn to slow down and stop to smell the flowers, greeting people along the way.

The Bible teaches us how to understand, look, see, hear, work, feel, receive, treat, except, and so on. In fact it is the one true way to LIVE …………..on ‘The Other Side of L.I.F.E’, in fact every time God answers or helps us in some way satin is right there to whisper in our ear about an easier way {which is opposite to God’ way}, but if we live on ‘The Other Side of L.I.F.E.’ we will be Living In Faith Ever which would make it harder for satin to inter fear with our paying no attention to God guiding and helping us to our fullest as only God can do.

Brothers and Sisters we are so miss lead with our insistent on how we should, when all we need is in the book that tell no story better then the truth of or one and only LOVING GOD who is there for use every step of the way no matter what we have done in our lives, He just wants us to be with Him and to live on ‘The Other Side of Life’ with Him as well as following with Him in the end as a Family of God and His children. As you would or have in your family He asks no more than that from you.

Matt 13:10,

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

He answered and said unto them, because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

Therefore speak me to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Source: King James 1611

 

There now we can see that Jesus is and why He’s talking in parables so that we will not be laze and we will use Him and our Father to find the answers to these and many more questions surrounding our life’s little quakes, and yes it is true in fact our Father is there waiting for us to call on Him to assist us in our unlocking the mysteries of His word. Jesus tells us in…….

 

Matt 7:7-8

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

Source: King James 1611

 

Now we are sure that we all know what Jesus’ is talking about and that is when we knock, we open our hearts to God’ attention {so we might see. For how can we see without looking, or how can we hear without listening, better}, seek and we shall find {if we look no matter how deeply, into His word and our selves we will find}, ask and it shall be given {if we ask our father here on earth for something do we not get it} yes our Father in Heaven will give us that which we ask for because we are His children and He wants’ us to ask in our own voice as He loves to hear our sweet voices speak to Him. As our mother, father, brothers, sisters, friends, and family God loves to hear us speak to Him and ask as He loves helping us to find and understand His word. This is the reason for the parables: There are certain laws that establish the need for human effort in achieving these goals, and they were created in that way so that those achievements might never perishSo that by the effort of our continued communication with our Father and our thoughts we may achieve the understanding this that no one can give us, but that we must reach for ourselves, together as brothers and sisters, for it is ours {all of ours}, and as Jesus has told us, it shall remain forever…Many generations have passed; countless material and cultural

achievements have been attained as a result of the efforts of those, and these generations. Yet with all these achievements, we should know that we suffer {as all generations past, present, and future} under the same weaknesses and we have the same inner limitations as the people of Jesus’ time suffered and limited themselves with…

 

Rom 1: 19-21

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath sewed it unto them.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the

 things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Source: King James 1611

 

Heb. 2:14-18

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

 

And what makes us more blamable is when we act badly, is that His witness? that has been given through our Fathers Word has been spoken, and today’s knowledge is more accessible, for there are a multitude of examples and options that provide us with much greater judgment between what is right and what is wrong, What is good and what is evil…

 

Gal 5:16-26

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Envying’s, murders, drunkenness, revel lings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also

told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Source: King James 1611

 

Rom 8:3-12

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any men have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the

dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

 

Today, we and our society have much greater evidence, many more resources and much greater faith when we make decisions, and thus our responsibility is greater…As we should know that the evil that some of us hope will disappear upon Jesus’ return, that only when we ourselves are able to rid ourselves of the evil together as brothers and sisters and live as Jesus did in the one true light of God our Father with the love and understanding that we need.

 

Matt. 16:24

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

 

1Peter 2:21-25

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Source: King James 1611

 

Only when we choose good and only then will evil cease to exist. The only way to raise our self’s in virtue is that through our inherent ability, by always choosing good, and that the free will that we now enjoy will and is eternal, as we will always have the means that will always allow us to have the power to choose good or do evil, but we can only see the good in our brothers and sisters and our selves so we must always choose good over evil no matter what the cost, for it is far better to be that of Godly to live in faith, love and understanding, then that of evilness to destroy and reject.

 

Psalm 35:12-16

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Source: King James 1611

 

37:27-28

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Source: King James 1611

 

James 1:26-27

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Source: King James 1611

 

The generations to come will meet the same challenges and have the same opportunities that we enjoy today, just as they shall also bear the same burdens and face the same consequences caused by their choices between good and evil…But the day shall surely come when, in our decisions at our own and spiritual level, good shall prevail forever, and that is what will lead us to perfection and make possible that return…Jesus’ return is that moment when He is in us, and we are in Him, and will be the moment when we value being Children of God our Father for that moment is but a request away…

 

John 15:1-12

 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

If a man abides not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

 

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Source: King James 1611

 

Phil 3:6-12

Concerning zeal, persecu