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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
If we obey God, he blesses us, and if we disobey him, he curses us. God proved this to Israel in the worldly kingdom. Jesus Christ preached to us that "the kingdom of heaven is at hand." So, 'the righteous' can reach the kingdom of God now, and they will inherit his kingdom in eternity.
Praise the Lord, Alleluia.
In the Old Testament, God blessed
Israel if they obeyed him and cursed them if they did not obey him. So, the
rewards were given to them in the world. "Deuteronomy
11:26
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
27 A
blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you
this day: 28
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, ...
Deuteronomy
30:15 I have
set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
16 In that I
command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep
his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and
multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest
to possess it.
In the rest of the rest of the verses God says
that he will destroy them if they do not obey."
Israel flourished when they obeyed God. But when Israel did not obey God, he
destroyed them. You can verify it, through the Bible study, or even if you study
the secular history of Israel. The point is, in the Old, the reward was given
here.
In
Matthew 4:17
... Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand." As we read it, we always hear ‘repent’, that is to repent for our
sins. That is it. But, Jesus says one more thing, that the kingdom of heaven is
at hand. The context is this. The kingdom of the Jews was destroyed, and they
were under the Roman kingdom. They want to receive their kingdom back. Jesus
told them to change their mind. It is not the kingdom of the Jews, but it is
time to receive the kingdom of heaven. If it is so, how to receive the kingdom
of heaven? "Luke 11:20
But if I with the finger of God
cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you."
It is the manifestation of the things of God. We
may be familiar with miracle healings, prophesies, and such things. Let us see a
few scriptures that we never paid attention to. Let us see
Matthew 16:19. "And
I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou
shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Jesus Christ gives the keys to the kingdom of
heaven. That is, his servants can either open or close the door of heaven to
you. They can let you in or shut you out. Whatever they do, God will approve.
This is super. "Matthew
18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven. (this is the same as the previous verse)
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall
agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for
them of my Father which is in heaven."
They can touch anything and ask, it is not only open the door to heaven, but
anything will be done on earth; healing, miracle, or ‘anything’. It is only
to the true servants of God. But now a days, any Tom, Dick, and harry, reads
this verse and claims everything, but nothing happens, and they bring shame upon
them. God knows who his true servants are. "John
20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto
you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. (see the comparison, as
Jesus came, he sends you, that is, you will be doing the same work that Jesus
was doing) 22 And
when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the
Holy Ghost: 23 Whose
soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye
retain, they are retained."
This does not need an explanation. You will be
sent in the place of Jesus, if you forgive someone’s sin, God will forgive them,
if you do not forgive someone, then God will not forgive them. The kingdom of
God is in your hands, if you are a true servant of God. If you do not believe
me, I am not saying this, but the word of God says this.
1 Corinthians 5:4 In the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit,
with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of
the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
In its context, even the church also has the power even
to give an evil doer in the hands of the devil, so that his body may be
destroyed. It is time that churches believe the word of God as the word of God.
The kingdom of God is at hand and the people of God can reach it now in the
world. And it will not go without reward in heaven.
Our Christian preaching is that Jesus
Christ loves you, he died for you, he is crying and weeping for you. He is
willing to receive you with open arms, so come as you are, and so on. These
kinds of preaching are just nonsense. Let us look at this verse. "Revelation
22:11 He
that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be
filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that
is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And,
behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as
his work shall be." Our
present-day preachers preach just the opposite. They are against obeying God and
to do righteousness. They are servants of the devil, the deceiver.
"Matthew
25:34 Then
shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
1 Corinthians 6 says: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of
God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."
God is not begging us to come to him. It is not the gospel message. The message
is this: If you want reward in heaven, be righteous and be his servant. If you
are unrighteous, you will receive the reward in hell and in the lake of fire.
God does not beg to us to come to him. If we obey him, the reward will be
waiting for us. "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.
Isaiah 64:4
For
since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him
that waiteth for him. 5
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth
and worketh righteousness... "
So, we will see God’s kingdom here,
and we will inherit it in heaven.
Christianity
is the biggest religion of the world.
The devil entered
Christianity, as an angel of light, and his servants pretend as the servants of
God. "2 Corinthians 11:13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into the apostles of Christ.
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
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Therefore it is no great thing if his
ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall
be according to their works."
The world came inside the church and Christianity and it is polluted. Now, we
are not different from worldly people, except we attend churches and a few of us
carry the Bible. But, we oppose God, who gives commandments for eternal life.
But we love a god, who will neither give commandments, nor allow us to obey God.
It causes eternal damnation to Christians. We are in fake Christianity. Anyhow,
let us continue.
Jesus Christ says in Matthew 7:21: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." So, it is not religiosity, but it is our godliness that takes us to the kingdom of God. Jesus Christ says in Matthew 18:3: "And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." How to become as a little child? We should be born as babies and grow up. Smart alecks are not children. Jesus Christ says in Matthew 23:13 "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in." Jesus Christ called the leaders of the church as hypocrites and said that they are the ones who cause the kingdom to be shut against the people. The situation has not changed even today. Jesus Christ says in John 3:5 "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." Here, born of water means to be born of the word of God. After we are born of the spirit as a baby, we must study and live by the word of God and must become the sons of God. As sons of God, we can enter and inherit the kingdom of God. Thank you very much for listening. God bless you. May his presence go with you. Amen.
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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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.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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