11. Gospel of Jesus Christ is His Commandments to Obey.
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I am a retired pastor of
the Church of God (Tennessee). My name is Isaac Livingston. I am from Neyyoor India. |
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Email: Pastor True Gospel
Declaration
Jesus Christ is the author of the gospel. He tells his disciples to teach his commandments as the gospel, for people to observe, as in Mark 16:15-16 and Matthew 28:18-20. Apostles preached that Jesus taught to do. If we do not obey, Jesus Christ will take vengeance as in 2 Thessalonians 1:8. If we obey Jesus Christ, we will be blessed and we will inherit his kingdom, as in Revelation 22:14.
Gospel and
salvation are part of evangelical Christianity. We know what they are. However,
the devil is the deceiver, who deceived Eve at the garden of Eden, and he still
deceives Christians. But, we think that nobody can deceive us and so we will
have no problem.
Jesus is the author of the gospel and he preached the gospel.
The gospel is
that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and if we believe it, we are saved.
The Bible says that Jesus is the author of the gospel and he preached the
gospel. But, Jesus did not preach to believe his death and resurrection as the
gospel for our salvation. If Jesus did not preach that, and if we preach it as
the gospel, then we are preaching another gospel. If our gospel is true, almost
all Christians will go to heaven. But, if it is another gospel, all will go to
hell. It looks like that Satan do not have to deceive us, and we are very much
capable of deceiving ourselves. We talk about eternal life and glorious heaven,
but do we actually believe it? I don’t think so. It is our religiosity. Heaven
is not ghost story. It is real. If you really believe that heaven is the most
glorious prosperous joyful happy long life of reality and you can have
inheritance there, will you take this inheritance to heaven for granted, or will
you make sure that you get it? I think that you will make sure of the
inheritance. You are not doing it because you do not believe in it. Heaven is
old folk’s story to you. It is not real for you.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the only author of
the gospel.
Isaiah prophesied, that the Holy Ghost will anoint Jesus Christ, who was
sent from heaven, to preach the gospel.
Isaiah 61:1 says
"The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the
LORD hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent me to bind
up the brokenhearted...and so on"
This prophesy is fulfilled in Jesus Christ in
Luke 4:17-21.
"17 And there was delivered unto him the book of
the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it
was written, 18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to
the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
20
And he closed the book,
and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them
that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21
And he began to say unto
them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."
Jesus
Christ is the only person of this prophesy, and so he is the only author of the
gospel. He did preach the Gospel when he was a man.
Matthew 4:23 says: "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, ..."
Mark 1 says:
"14)
Now after that John was
put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the
kingdom of God,
15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of
God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
So,
Jesus Christ did preach the gospel, taught his disciples to preach the gospel
and send them also to preach the same gospel that he has preached. If any of us
preach the gospel, we must also preach the same gospel. "In
Luke 9:1 he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and
authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2
And he sent them to preach
the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 6
And they departed, and went
through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere." Jesus Christ gives his disciples power and authority
over the devils and to heal diseases. Gospel is for eternal life and healing is
for a sign. Signs follow them that believe the power and authority of God.
Eternal life is given to those, who believe and obey the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Holy Ghost is given to those who obey him. "Acts 5:32 says,
we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom
God hath given to them that obey him.
Hebrews 5:9 says,
And being made perfect,
he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;"
Jesus Christ did not preach to believe his death and
resurrection as the gospel for salvation. So, the message of the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ is not the gospel for salvation. We all must
believe that as a pre-requisite for the gospel he preached. His disciples
preached Jesus Christ as the author of the gospel and preached his commandments
as the gospel for the people to obey so that they may inherit his kingdom.
All other gospels are another gospels. They deceive
you.
Teach the Commandments of Jesus Christ as the Gospel
Jesus Christ
replies to a man in
Matthew 19:
"16)
He asks... Good Master, what
good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17) Jesus answered ... if
thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
He tells him to obey his commandments. Let us see
in the epistles,
"2
Thessalonians 1:
7
… when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his
mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: (So,
if we do not obey him, he will take vengeance in flaming fire, it is what the
scripture says.)
9
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10
When he shall come to be glorified in
his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (---) in that day." So, if we do not obey him, he will destroy us in flaming
fire, and if we obey him, we will be glorified in him, and with him. Most
Christians laugh at these. But, it is not a hoax and it is real.
The Lord Jesus Christ came to his
disciples after his resurrection and told them to preach the gospel. Mark
and Matthew recorded this. Mark recorded as:
Mark 16:15 says:
"... he said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
And Matthew recorded the same instructions as:
" Matthew 28:20 says:
"Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you."
So, we see that to preach the gospel Mark,
is the same as to
teach the commandments of Jesus Christ for the people to obey.
Inheritance in
the kingdom of God is not a cheap thing. A position in the government of the
United States is a great thing, it is not even an inheritance. If we have to
stand for scrutiny for a position in a worldly government, how much more do we
have to stand for test to inherit the kingdom of God? Most Christians look at it
as a very cheap and free commodity.
How to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven?
Let us see
what is required of us to inherit heaven. What are the main things that we must do?
1.
We must love God.
Jesus said in
Matthew 6:37,
"Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind."
Jesus Christ told the religious people in John 5:42
"I know you,
that ye have not the love of God in you." Even now, religious people put up a show, they do not love
God. But he told his disciples in John 16:27,
"the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me,..."
The disciples loved him. So, if we love Jesus, God the Father will love us. This
is good. But, when we love Jesus Christ, we must love him as the disciples loved
him. We cannot love him as we love our pets. We must love him with reverence,
which also has an element of fear. So,
#2, we must fear God.
"Luke 1:50
his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the
body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to
destroy both soul and body in hell."
So, we must love God, with fear.
#3
is, we
should do no harm to anybody.
Let me
read Romans 13:8-10. "8
Owe no man
anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the
law. 9 For this,
Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou
shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself. 10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour:
therefore love is the
fulfilling of the law."
So, 'Love thy neighbor' requires only two things. 1) as in
verse 8, don't owe anything to anybody and 2)
don't hurt or do evil to your neighbor. So, if you do these two things, you have
obeyed this commandment. Any righteous person can do this. We do not have to be
our brother’s keeper, as some preachers say with ignorance.
#4 We must do
good to all, especially to true believers
in Christ. "Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do
good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to
do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."
So, do good to others. In a nut shell, these are the summary of all commandments
of Jesus Christ. Are these things, too much for a person who will inherit the
kingdom of God? Not at all. "1 John 5:3 says,
For this is the love of God, that we keep his
commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." If we love Jesus
Christ as our God, these commandments are not hard to obey. But, if we love
Jesus as one of our friends, or as one of the voluntary social workers, we will
not do what they want us to do. But we will still love them. The problem is, if
we love Jesus Christ that way, we will not inherit his kingdom. "1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written,
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath
revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea,
the deep things of God." If you are really born of the Spirit of God, not
the spirit of the church, but spirit from God, you will know the deep things of
God. Then, you will seek after his kingdom, the Spirit of God will lead you, and
you will inherit the kingdom of God. Religion will never take you there. Don’t
be satisfied with religion. It will deceive you. Seek God.
Thank you for listening. God bless you. May his
presence go with you. Amen.
Additional Notes:
Please notice the last statement of the Lord God Jesus Christ to the churches; it is his grand finale. "Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." He tells that only those who obey him will go into heaven. So, obeying Jesus Christ is the key to enter heaven.
Let me make a statement just to emphasize the truth. Even if we have repented, took water baptism, and if we have belief, faith, hope, love, grace, and if we claim that we are saved, sanctified, reconciled, restored, and filled with the Holy Ghost, have the gifts of the Holy Ghost, born again, born of the spirit and born of water, and yet if we do not obey Jesus Christ, God will cast us in the lake of fire. But even if we do not have any of these, yet if we obey Jesus Christ, we will go to heaven. Why do I say this? Example: If we have repented we will obey. If we have faith, we will obey. If we believe God, we will obey; and so on. Everything will include obedience. If they say that they have other things but not obedience, then they are telling a lie. Bottom line is; we must be honest and obey God. Then, we will inherit the kingdom of God.
If someone asks what things to obey, before they decide to obey; answer them hypothetically. Whatever God tells us to do, we must do. For an example; God told prophet Isaiah to walk naked on the streets. The prophet did. God told prophet Hosea to take a wife of whoredom and to have children with her. He did. God told prophet Ezekiel to eat cake, cooked by human waste (feces). So, we must do whatever God tells us to do. Let them first accept the principle that we must obey God for our salvation. If they have accepted it and then asked sincerely what to obey; then teach them what to obey from the Bible.
You may begin your study from these two
lessons: 1. Commands of Jesus Christ: "Commands
of Jesus".
2. Gospel of Jesus Christ: "Gospel
of Jesus". Thank you.
Note: If any point needs
explanation, OR, if you find an error according to scripture,
Please write to me in the
'Mail Box' below. I will reply promptly. Thanks.
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What is the true gospel and what are false gospels?
Matthew 28:20, & Mark 16:15. Jesus Christ preached his commandments to obey, as his
Gospel; it is the true Gospel to inherit Eternal life. Genesis 3:1-4 & 2 Corinth 11:2-4. But Preachers, who are Serpents of Satan, preach the life of man Jesus just to believe, but not to live as a chaste virgin, as the gospel; it is another gospel, which cannot and will not give Eternal life.What will the true Gospel do?
The true gospel will convert evil people to do good and thereby they will inherit the kingdom in heaven
. John 3:19-21 say that people are two kinds, evil and true. Evil doers will not come to the Light, who is God; but people of truth come to God for their deeds to be made manifest. We have good and evil people by our standard of our society or culture. These evil people may be converted to be doers of truth by the power of God, and they may inherit the kingdom of God in heaven.
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