The Daily Word of Righteousness

The False and the True, continued

A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come. (Joel 2:2—NIV)

When the time arrives for the Lord Jesus to come and take His place as King of kings on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the "saints" will get up from their couch in their mansion, suddenly become fierce warriors and mighty kings, mount the white war stallions, and descend in thunderous fury to crush Antichrist, the False Prophet, Satan, the kings of the earth and their armies, and anyone else that dares get in their way. This is the kind of nonsense being preached today all over the world. It may be some type of gospel, but it certainly isn't the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

I don't know how many people the Lord Jesus will bring back, in the present hour, to the original Gospel of the Kingdom. Hopefully quite a few. But I have no doubt the babylonish confusion that exists today will only grow worse as the believers deceive themselves and other people.

The believers who maintain their own life, their self-will, will proceed to slander and accuse the true saints. They are the synagogue of Satan, the synagogue of the accuser. Don't worry about them. Act toward them like your Lord acted toward Judas. Even though Jesus knew Judas was a devil He let the scenario play out until Judas hanged himself.

We are not to worry about our accusers for they will be many if we choose to return to Jesus. We will make ourselves a prey of the religious people. But God is with us and He will build His own Church. The gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. Therefore we place all the self-willed believers in His hands.

"Believe in Jesus and you will not go to Hell but to Heaven." This is not the Gospel. The Apostle Paul did not use the term "Hell" once, as far as I know. How then can escape from Hell be the primary emphasis of salvation? If the Apostle to the Gentiles did not mention in his epistles escape from Hell, how can it be the principal message of the Gospel? Shouldn't the emphasis of our preaching and teaching correspond to the emphasis of the New Testament?

Christ did not come to save us from Hell but from the sin that always and eternally belongs in Hell.

The Gospel is: "Receive the blood atonement for your sins. Be baptized in water. Take your place on the cross with Christ and with Christ at the right hand of God. Now follow the Spirit of God as He directs you in putting to death the sins of your flesh. Meanwhile, as you submit to the ministry of fervent believers, Christ will be formed in you. You are being born again. You are passing from death to life. Show your love for Christ by keeping His commandments and the Father and Christ will come and make their eternal abode with you."

To be continued.