For our light Affliction.
This life is full of fear and problems. Many people around the world are eager to hear the Gospel,of Jesus Christ, preached. They are seeking after God, they are seeking after salvation, and many do not know where to find it. The Gospel must be preached, even tho many are threatened with prison and loss of their property. Many are and will continue to suffer for the sake of preaching, this we all must endure, for salvation is Gods will for all mankind. God takes no pleasure in the suffering of any man, neither does He find any pleasure in the damnation of anyone.
We love the people of the world, from Africa to India, the Philippines to the people of Europe, and the afflictions that they suffer are heartbreaking and troublesome.
“Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.” No man is an island unto himself. Christians are not bound by boarders nor fences, we are universal and, as such, must bear even the burdens and afflictions of all Christians.
We are a separated people but not separated from each believer, but separated from the life of the world that are unrighteous. We are plainly told in the Bible, come out from among them and be ye a separated people. The time is short, the trumpets are about to sound, and the dead in Christ are preparing to arise to glory and life everlasting, we are the terminal generation, the ones that will see Christ return. Amen.
The spirit of Jesus must be made manifest within our lives. We must show openly, no matter what the cost, our dedication to the Saviour. We are His ambassadors of the Good news, and as such, we will, at times, suffer reproach and hatred of the spirits of anti-Christ that arise out of others.
“So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.”
“So then death worketh in us.”
We have been dieing since the day we were conceived in the womb of our mothers. We started to die because of the transgressions of Adam and Eve. Death works in us, and all mankind, we shall not defer, not delay and most assuredly, not escape.
Christ died on the cross, so that we may have life, and life everlasting, but remember that Christ did die, from the flesh, and was made manifest in the spirit, for as it is written, God is spirit and those that worship Him, must worship Him in spirit and truth. A spirit will never die, but those that die without Christ will suffer for their unbelief, damnation to all will come if they refuse to believe in Christ, for it is written and it is sealed.
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; tells me that all mankind, that believe in Christ, no matter who they are, where they are from, no matter weather black or white, Asian or European, we are all the brothers and sisters to each other.
There is no difference between the black Christian, or the white Christian. For our testimonies of Christ are the same, we all have the same spirit within us, we are family.
For only mankind sees color, God does not. God only sees those in first Adam or in Last Adam, for this is also written for our knowledge. We were all, at one time or another, lost, without hope, without direction, but under Jesus Christ, we became a people, a royal family.
“And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.”
I pray, and suffer for the family that suffers, and they pray when I suffer, we are to bear the infirmities of the weak, teach, preach and share the knowledge that we have with all. When I hear of suffering or persecution from a brother, I also cry with them, when I hear a praise report and hear of joy from our brothers and sisters, I also rejoice with them, this is the commandment from Christ.
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”
Isn't it wonderful that we can rejoice, when we are persecuted and tormented, day and night, for our testimony of Christ? Isn't it wonderful that we can rejoice, when we are hated or imprisoned for our belief in Gods Son ?
For as it is also written;
“For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
Hold on to each other, pray for one another, and look up our redemption draws nerier each moment we live, God bless and hold on, the Lord is coming soon. Ars. Webster, Tsk. 2Co 4:10-18 1Co 12:26 Joh 16:20 Rom 12:15
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