Knowing Not the Time of their Visitation
Peter and Rohnel, servants and apostles by the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God the Father and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord
The Scriptures are written for and are about Jesus Christ and His Christ, the firstfruits of salvation in this age. While all humanity is saved in the end, in this age, it is the chosen few, the elect, who are the firstfruits; they are Jesus Christ in the world. All Scriptures are a parable spoken in dark sayings that only those given ears to hear and eyes to see can understand. The Scriptures begin with the Lord creating us as His firstfruits and making in us a heaven and an earth in which His light shall shine forth.
Gen 1:1 In the firstfruits [Strong H7225 ראשׁית, beginning] God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Few understand these spiritual words, yet those appointed to understand do so as they are marked by the Lord for salvation in this age. The manifestation of the sons of God comes about in the time of the end, which is now for this generation and continues until the end of the physical age.
Dan 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Dan 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
We are fulfilling the prophecies of the end times written in the Prophets, the Gospels, the Epistles, and the book of Acts. All things are indeed ours to fulfill as Christ fulfilled the Scriptures, and so do we as His Christ in this world. As with Christ, events happen so that the Scriptures are fulfilled in our lives. We endure the same rejection and hatred from our own people as the Lord. The city that welcomes us with great joy, and then, as is appointed and declared from the beginning, turns against Christ. These brethren also fulfill the Scriptures and do not know the day of their visitation, the coming of Jesus Christ to them in this age for salvation.
Luk 19:41 And when Christ was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Luk 19:42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Luk 19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Luk 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
To fulfill the Scriptures, we briefly sorrow as Christ over the rejection from the fallen brethren who know not the time of their visitation. They are not given to discern the signs of the time, nor recognize Jesus Christ in their midst, and, in time, turn against Christ. It is all written to be fulfilled by the Christ, the Lord’s anointed, whom He raises to do His greater works in this age. Our recent experience fulfilled many prophecies regarding Christ and His dealings with the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes, who are the chiefs and rulers of the house of Israel, to which we go through to find the lost sheep of Israel. These chiefs took away the key, the Commandments, corrupting them by adding to and taking away, and thus are not entering in and hindering those who heed their counsel. They kill Christ in their hearts as they have done to the prophets before.
Luk 11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute:
Luk 11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Luk 11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Luk 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Speaking truth in boldness and standing firmly on the Commandments, Christ, the Apostles, and all born again of the Spirit are rejected by our brethren in living by every Word.
1Co 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
1Co 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
1Co 3:23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
The Lord brings a trial and a heresy against the Commandments. The warnings of the watchmen who blow the trumpet [the rule and order the Lord sets over the flock] go unheeded, and the result is the division the Lord orchestrates. Thus, our warnings about the sin unto death and remaining separated from one the Lord has cut off are ignored, spoken evil about, and thus the Lord’s will in winnowing the flock is accomplished. The Lord did it.
Amo 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Amo 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
In New Testament language, the Gospel we preached was heard yet not obeyed, as their foolish hearts are darkened by the Lord. The fallen of Israel worship the creation, meaning men, themselves, and not the creator [the Commandments], preferring to return to Sodom, which the angels of God previously delivered them from.
Rom 1:21 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.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
2Co 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
2Co 4:4 In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
We boast not against these branches whom the Lord has cut off, but fear, knowing we too can be cut off if we make the same error and do not continue in the Gospel we have heard and preach. We obey God and fulfill the remaining prophecies for the work of God to be finished. Those who reject Christ and refuse to come to the wedding feast when given the choice to choose today whom they shall serve are cut off, and Christ moves on from them. The call to come out and meet the bridegroom is rejected, and the foolish virgins who have no oil in their lamps, who had merely warmed themselves by the fire, doing no work, were not ready when Christ came. The door is thus shut and not reopened in this age.
Mat 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Mat 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Mat 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
The Lord rules with a rod of iron, and when judgment has come upon the house of God, after the Gospel has been preached, there is no more ignorance, and thus the separation of the sheep and the goats, the wheat and the tares, is taking place quickly. Many are called, and only a few are chosen to be saved in every generation, and we are witnessing this in our day of the Lord. The door to Christ is shut for those who refused the call and did not recognize the day of Jesus Christ.
Luk 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luk 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Luk 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
Luk 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Luk 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
The door is shut to those who cut off their Messiah, and the wicked one has now entered their city, and they are being swept away by a flood of lies.
Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
To fulfill the Scriptures, some who did not come when called to choose whom they serve and at what table they eat, return asking to be let in through the door that is now closed. It seems unloving to flesh, but the rejection of Christ and the Gospel once one has tasted of it is not forgiven in this age. It is the sin unto death. We are commanded not to pray for these brethren; we do not even wish them Godspeed. We move on as commanded.
1Jn 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1Jn 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
Mar 3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath no forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
John tells us what walking in love is all about, and the very next words remind us that loving God and all men includes doing things that some may seem offensive and harsh, as they judge by their flesh and emotions, not by the Commandments. Here is the Commandment again.
2Jn 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
2Jn 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
2Jn 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
2Jn 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
2Jn 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
2Jn 1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Christ and His Christ do not open the door as Commanded; we do not even wish them Godspeed; we cut off all communication with those who spoke evil against the Commandment and/or against the Lord’s anointed in their day of visitation. Speaking evil is saying our words were lies and the Commandment was not true, thus attributing them to Satan. Anyone who did not hear the voice of the true shepherd and follows the voice of strangers instead is not of God; they are being identified in the times of the harvest, as the time of separation is now.
Joh 10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
Joh 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
Joh 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
Luk 10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
1Jn 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Now is the harvest, and the sheep and goats are being divided by judgment that has fallen on the house of God in this generation.
Mat 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Mat 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Mat 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
The ways of God in dividing a remnant and moving them onwards to salvation are the mysteries being revealed in the last days. Those who reject our Gospel and us who preach it, are separated from Christ. When they seek to come back, they learn that repentance is not granted in this age for those who sinned the sin unto death. Those who fail are caused to fail of the grace of God, receiving it in vain and thus are not renewed to repentance in this age.
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Heb 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he [Esau] would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Those being saved, the elect, build their spiritual house on the Rock that is the Commandments and nothing else. Those not chosen build their house on a mixed multitude of shifting sand, esteeming flesh, respecting persons, and not loving God with all their heart, mind, and soul. When the flood of apostasy comes in the last days, to try the faith of Israel, they are swept away and taken away only to be restored in the age to come. This is the fall of Spiritual Babylon within every man not given to heed the call of the angels to come out of her.
Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Apostles receive their revelation, the Promise and baptism of Christ, directly from the Lord. All others receive their baptism of Christ through the laying on of hands by the Apostles and others who have in turn been raised in Christ. When preachers of the Gospel are sent out, they are Christ, and the day of visitation of Jesus Christ has come to all that the Lord puts in our path. Christ and His Christ first go into the synagogues of the spiritual Jews who profess His name, and there we preach the Gospel [Act 13:46]. Yet most Jews reject it, trusting instead in their knowledge and desiring to continue to reign and sit in the high seats they appointed themselves to take. We thus fulfill these Scriptures as Christ in the world.
Mat 23:2 Christ saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
Mat 23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
Mat 23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Mat 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Mat 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Those who exalted themselves are abased, and when the Commandments and Christ are evil spoken about, the Lord brings his fury and destroys the leaders of Israel and all who follow their pernicious ways. Scriptures speak of this in many places, including here in Ezekiel speaking of Egypt, that is, really, Spiritual Jerusalem, likened unto Sodom and Egypt [Rev 11:8]. The dragon, the prince of the world, runs the show here as they remain bound to the law of sin and death in their members. The leaders of the house claim the river that fed the flock as their own and boast in themselves, bringing the wrath of God upon that house. The fowls of heaven, the carnal lies and reasonings of men, are set to devour them, as this is the great supper of God that is the same as being swept away by a flood of lies [fowls of heaven].
Eze 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Eze 29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
Eze 29:5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
These cut off brethren marked for destruction are not the true shepherds, as they did not come through the door that is Christ. They are the deceivers, the false apostles, whom the Scriptures prophesy appear to us in the last days. They beguile many by their outward form of righteousness and swelling words of vanity.
2Co 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
2Co 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
These are also known as false brethren, unawares, and are among the perils that the apostles of every generation face in preaching the Gospel and defending the ministry of the Gospel.
2Co 11:26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
As the angels of the Lord, the Cherubims, the apostles by the will of God, we zealously guard the gate/door and entryway into the Holy City of New Jerusalem, where the tree of life grows and feeds the inhabitants. Nothing unclean enters in as the watchmen and shepherds are commanded to guard the sheep and allow no dogs, wolves, sorcerers, or heretics whom the Lord has already rejected into the Holy City.
Rev 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Rev 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.
Rev 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
The Fate of the Fallen
Those deceived by the hand of the Lord, not marked for salvation in this age, think they are doing God a service by killing us in spirit and cutting off the Messiah from their city. Yet they are the blind leading the blind who have not known the Father nor the Son, and thus fulfill many prophecies in our lives, including this one.
Joh 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Joh 16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Rather than Christ, the Jews in the city chose Barabbas, a murderer and a man who previously stirred up sedition against the Lord’s anointed and was rightly put into prison and excluded from the city. They were given a choice, and they chose Barabbas, proving they know not the Lord who had visited them.
Luk 23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
Luk 23:19 Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.
Joh 18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
We sorrow for our fallen brethren; we tried to save them as Paul wrote about in Romans 10 and 11. Yet the will of God has been made manifest, and thus we move on, dying to our fleshly emotions and knowing no man in the flesh anymore. Many have observed these things from afar, following what the Lord is doing in His flock and reading what the Lord has given us to post on this website. Some of them following us are rising from their graves and awakening from their sleep.
Mat 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Mat 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Mat 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Mat 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Mat 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Our spiritual clothing, meaning our writings and doctrine that we taught them and preached, are parted from us, and they have cast lots for them, thus fulfilling even more Scriptures.
Joh 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
Joh 19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
They broke none of Christ’s doctrine, as the legs of the crucified Christ were not broken. The doctrine of Christ is only heard and is not obeyed.
Joh 19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
Joh 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
A day comes when those who were cut off look upon him who was pierced. While they seek repentance in tears, it is not granted, for the door remains shut in this age. All these things, the killing of Christ and His Christ in spirit in every generation is about fulfilling the Scriptures.
Joh 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Joh 19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Joh 19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
False apostles and deceivers are cut off from the true Israel of God. They are not to be found in the true city of God, Heavenly Jerusalem, also known as New Jerusalem. They remain in Spiritual Jerusalem, which is Babylon, and the cage for every evil bird [carnal thoughts and reasonings].
Rev 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Rev 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
It is obedience to the Commandments to deny and separate from those who commit the sin unto death, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, that immediately shuts the door. We are not letting anyone aligned with them back into our spiritual house. This is the Commandment of the Lord, and the door remains shut as we love God more than we love men. Saying otherwise is another gospel.
Gal 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
With lessons learned, as the appointed shepherds, we carefully guard the gates of who comes into the Heavenly Jerusalem that the Lord is building, the true everlasting city of God. Anyone coming to our fellowships must be let in by the Apostles, who oversee the flock as shepherds and are diligent watchmen. We are careful as commanded to whom we cast our pearls of truth and the meat of this Gospel. We do not give our holy things to those the Lord has cut off who are the heretics, antichrists, deceivers, false apostles, and deceitful workers the Lord raises to try our faith. Time is short, and we do not waste any time in disobedience with those whom the Lord has cut off. Our ministry is to go only to the lost house of Israel, and they are those who hear and receive the words of Christ we preach.
Mat 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
As the Lord’s witnesses, we have the power to shut heaven and to make it rain or not in the Spirit. We are given this power by the Lord and are commanded to use it in obedience to the Commandments. By retaining their sin, we shut the rain off in this age.
Rev 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
We know the fallen did not choose of their own free will to do the evil they have done. All was appointed and declared from the beginning. Thus, we have asked our heavenly Father to forgive their sin as we cannot forgive it ourselves in obedience. Our Father hears us, and the fallen cut off brethren are saved in the age to come.
Luk 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
We have not yet attained, and we press onward for the high calling of God, striving to finish our race. We follow Christ, the Commandments, our eyes always looking to them, and we groan, waiting for the fullness of the adoption as the Sons of God.
Darryl, there are many important truths in your letter you shared that is best to keep private between us. This includes the truth at the start that says God forgives all sin. Our Father God does forgive all sin in the end, as all mankind is being saved in the appointed times. There is one sin that if committed with knowledge of the Truth is not forgiven in this age and which Christ is Commanded not to forgive. That sin is the sin unto death or otherwise known as blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
Mat 12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Mat 12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
We never forgive the sin, in this age or the one to come, it is reserved unto the Father, and thus we do ask Him to forgive those who commit this sin, as they knew not what they did.
Luk 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Several studies on this have been written and have been improved with time as our understanding of this and ability to explain it have improved. We are the blessed few given to see these things in this age by the mercy of the Lord who has opened the eyes of our understanding. Expect very few others in our lives to receive these truths.
The Living Commandments, that is, the Living Christ, the Word, the Spirit of Grace and Holiness in us, is how evil spirits are cast out of us and those who hear us. The Commandments are the Wisdom of God, the Spirit of Truth, and no lie can stand in the presence of Christ. When the Commandments are given, the demons, the lies, flee. Fruits of the Spirit that begin with Love, meaning obeying the Father, spring forth in us when the lies that hold us back, the bondage to our carnal mind, who is our father the devil, are loosed. The power of death is no more when the lies are gone, and the carnal mind and all our thoughts are brought into subjection to Jesus Christ, who is the Commandments.
Heb 2:14 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;
Heb 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
The three false doctrines you cite are some of the big ones that ensure one remains blind until the Lord sends a brother or miraculously pulls those planks out of one’s eyes. Eternal Hell, Free Will, and the Trinity are perhaps the big ones but there are many more. But even if we are taught the truth, whether or not one goes onward to maturity and overcomes their sin and sees the Scriptures fulfilled in their lives, is all up the Lord. It is not up to us, as we are mere clay in the Potter’s hands. He has to give us the eyes to see, ears to hear and is directing our every step.
Pro 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Heb 6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.
Many get this far but then fall back; they shrink back into perdition as they receive the grace of God in vain, loving the knowledge more than the obeying part. We just saw this fulfilled in our lives and have seen it before in many who have walked only a way with Christ and did not endure to the end. So beware not to lose sight of what is truly important and forget the Lord. The Lord is shaking the many called, and winnowing the herd, so only the faithful few remain in the end.
Joh 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
To become like God, which is what Sons of God are, we are becoming love which means we are obeying the Lord in all ways and like Christ the Lord our example, only doing what pleases His heavenly Father. Yes we all stumble and only those the Lord has chosen for salvation are lifted up and keep walking and finish the race. Therefore all glory and honour is the Lord’s and we thank Him daily for the mercy He has shown us and continues to show us in bringing us along the journey to salvation from our sins. We pray the Lord’s prayer daily in our hearts, asking for more bread, more grace, more overcoming, and that the Lord deliver us from the evil within ourselves and without. The Lord loves to answer our prayers asking for His will to be done.
Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
The very definition of life eternal is to know the Lord and the Father, meaning to know and be intimate with the Commandments that save us.
Joh 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
We sell all, meaning our carnal reasonings and we engage in buying and selling our whole lives to buy the field or the pearl of great price, the true treasure of the Commandments. This includes all of them, starting with the great Commandment to love God who all of our heart, mind and soul. It is not enough to obey some of them or even most of them, we must obey them all. King Saul found this out in 1Sam 15 and was rejected as king and cut off for corrupting the Commandments. This is adding to and taking away from the Word which brings may plagues and has us written out of the Book of Life.
Rev 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
In this age, very few, only the elect are written into the Book and in the age to come all men are added to the Book, all in the appointed time.
The servant who did not forgive the small debt owed him is all of us at first who learn the only way to peace and the removal of inner torment [the living hell] is by standing in the Commandments, forgiving and obeying all the Commandments. This is peace, the Prince of Peace and is the true Sabbath of the Lord. You are correct, the Lord hardens hearts and only He can soften them, so if one forgives or not, is all the Lord’s work in us as He again is the Potter. The Lord makes two kinds of vessels our of each of us and also has two kinds in His house, the good and the wicked. But it is all still the work of the Lord and none of man.
Rom 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Rom 9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Rom 9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Rom 9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Rom 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Rom 9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
We purge ourselves from the vessels of dishonour in our assemblies, this is cutting off, and separating, not allowing any wicked man to eat with us. This is coming out and being separate.
1Co 5:13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
Hearing the Gospel but not having it mixed with faith is how and why Israel fell back then and continues to fall today. You quoted those verses correctly and we remember that faith, the faith of Jesus Christ, is not our own, it too is a gift from God, given very few.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
They could not believe if they tried. They are clay in His hands.
Joh 12:39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
Joh 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
I do not understand what you wrote here or where this is even from. I assume it is from a bible dictionary, maybe Strong’s or Thayer. Those can be useful tools in our studies, yet we are to be careful going beyond what is written. The Lord shows mercy and he gives the increase and it is not in control of man to figure it all out.
My constructive criticism of your letter would be it is too complex. The simplicity of Christ, the singleness of Christ, is what we all need to get back to, me included. Just do the Commandment, do not look to the right or the left [debating it, reasoning it], just do it.
Col 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Our carnal minds want to go deep, make things complicated and thus we can easily be beguiled when we stray from the simplicity of just doing the Commandment.
2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Having everything in common is being of one mind and one Spirit to obey all the Commandments that are the bread of life.
Act 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Act 2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Act 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
To forgive spiritually means to bury. It is to remember the sin no more. We have many Scriptures speaking about dead bodies lying in the streets and the cities which is spiritual speak for not forgiving but being under the accusing and excusing mindset of the father of death, the carnal mind.
I trust this helps you, Darryl. The takeaway from all of this is to not stray too far from the Commandments, never let them get out of our view; they are always to be in the discussion. Just doing them is going about our Father’s business. We want the Lord to find us busy at work in His Kingdom when He comes to us.
Luk 2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
We put to work the talents we have, be it one, five or ten, or even minas. The Lord gives gifts out in different measures. To him given much, more is expected yet we need to ensure we occupy or do business until the Lord comes. This is obeying the Commandments, this is the work of God and Christ showed us the way.
Luk 19:13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’
Joh 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do.
Doing the works of God, obeying the Father, is what makes us disciples indeed and proves us to be the true and faithful witnesses to the Father and the Son.
Joh 5:36 But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
Peter [and Rohnel]
Thanks Pete(Rohnel)
I appreciate both your time very much
I need to say when I used a “Greek” reference it did feel very foreign to me…we know the simplicity of the gospel and I usually never concern myself with such translation… I basically find the sum of the word much more profitable..although, I will use various versions of the bible (KJV,NIV,Youngs,etc) I have seen discrepancies in all, which I feel ,may hide the love and sovereignty of God.
We know the truth is hidden from most in this lifetime and very few find any light in the scriptures,yet this is not diminishing His love for all He creates… the light we get is only due to His mercy upon us as He creates us to serve His plans… few are given the knowledge that they are “unprofitable servants” and will seek rewards for their service in scripture(millennial reign, Hell, gold mansions,physical planets ,etc) for these caught in the snare of religion the “truth” , being revealed to us, is not enough….Luke 17:10 “So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.”… making themselves somehow superior to others is an example of not resting in the sovereignty and peace of God’s love for all….ICOR4…6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. 7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Thanks again
Darryl
look forward to reading more of your work
Amen Darryl. We have no boast in anything except that we know the Lord.
Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast
Psa 44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah
Jer 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD
As ministers, we do boast is in the raising up of children to God who bring forth glory to God by preaching the Gospel.
Isa 61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves
Hi Pete and Rohnel,
Thanks again for all you do.
Been thinking on the beginning of our journey in the spirit and the direction God can take with it.
WE overcome the spirits which inhabit the old man through learning the MILK of the word ,principles of Christ and wait for the promises of His coming ,WAITING , in Jerusalem (assembly of sound teachings)for the promised TRUTH ..deeper meaning explanation of God’s truth and how Matthew 4:4 becomes a reality in our spirit… The flesh and its carnal reasoning will seek to be “puffed up” when knowledge is presented to it and will run greedily after more knowledge (riches of this world) accepting false spirits trying to explain the word .
Only God can give us true understanding , which overcomes the false spirits, which become a stumbling block for us to mature to SEE more truth …
Indeed the apostle Paul spends a lot of time giving us
encouragement and admonitions to “wait” and “hold fast” for the “promise” of the fire of truth which will cleanse our temples …the power of God not only forgives us our sin but gives us the power to forgive the sins in others.
Acts 2:38
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Acts 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Acts 13:38-39
Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. / Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
We are pulled from our carnal reasoning and works of the devil to the work of Christ and His spirit in us…
**11**Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. **12**But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. **13**Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, **14**because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
**15**The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
16“This is the covenant I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord.
I will put My laws in their hearts
and inscribe them on their minds.”
**17**Then He adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more.”
**18**And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
(If we think we can offer anything for our sin we then grieve the holy spirit and put it to an open shame… saying it is not good enough we must add the works of the flesh to it.)
**4**It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, **5**who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— **6**and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to OPEN SHAME .( mix their works of the devil with the works of the spirit)
Christ takes away our sin…. His spirit in us …there is ONLY room for Christ in our HEAVENS…the snare of the devil and our carnal works must be expelled …
**19**We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, **20**where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
HEBREWS 4…….His word of truth enters our heavens(throne of grace)… we have our confidence ,peace and our rest is found in Him alone..
**12**For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. **13**Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.*14**Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. **15**For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. **16**Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
The word of truth comes into our heavens to destroy the works of the devil(false spirits)
Hebrews 2:14
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
Colossians 2:15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
1 John 3:8
New International Version
8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
HEBREWS****If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, ****but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.( mix the works of the devil with the works of the spirit) ****Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ****How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?(added our carnal works to the works of the spirit)
****For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”****It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
****Remember the early days that you were in the light.h In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering. ****Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated. ****You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
****So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward. ****You need to persevere, so that after you have DONE THE WILL OF GOD (wait on the promise of HIS KNOWLEDGE ), you will receive what He has promised. ****For,
“In just a little while,
He who is coming will come and will not delay.
****But My righteous one will live by faith;
and if he shrinks back,
I will take no pleasure in him.”
****But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
The works ( false spirits) of the devil within us and without will only bring the power of death(flesh)….
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Acts 20:29-30
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 Timothy 4:1-2
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy
of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
we spiritually place a stumbling block to the truth when we do NOT “hold fast” to the principles …or wait for the promises in Jerusalem… we are to tarry and not leave the principles of God we are given
God is love,sovereign, simple truths like these are corrupted and contradicted by the traditions of man(Babylon)..
We run greedily after knowledge ,and leave our first love , we receive a deadly wound to our beast, and it is healed and takes in false doctrines
we grieve the spirit ..accepting the power of the devil …when the spirits within us will not abide to good teaching of the word looking to the riches of men and their traditions(knowledge falsely so called)
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. / I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
1 Peter 2:
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
HEBREWS 5
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat
We do not follow the pattern of sound words given to us…and confusion (Babylon) grabs hold of us…..
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
2 Timothy 3:14-15
But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. / From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:9
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
Philippians 3:17
Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
ITHESS 5 19Do not extinguish the Spirit. 20Do not treat prophecies with contempt, 21but test all things. Hold fast to what is good. 22Abstain from every form of evil.
we must not run GREEDILY to add to our knowledge(puffed up in the flesh) humility (charity in concern for others) MUST BE added with any increase in knowIedge…COR 8 11Now as touching things offered unto idols(false doctrine), we know that we all have knowledge( we may have been given more knowledge but don’t use this as an occasion against a brother). Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
we wait for the word of truth to increase our knowledge int he scripture which brings the peaceable fruits of love with it…
• Acts 1:4-5 (TPT/NIV): Jesus instructed them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the gift the Father promised—the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which would come in a few days.
• Luke 24:49 (BSB/KJV): Jesus commands them to “stay in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high”.
• Revelation 3:11 (BSB/Weymouth): “I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown”.
• Hebrews 10:23 (NKJV): “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 (BSB): Calls for believers to stay alert, sober, and awake rather than sleeping, “holding fast” in faith.
Isaiah 62:6-7: “On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen… You who call on the Lord shall take no rest for yourselves, and give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem…”
we are to try the “spirits” with the word we have been giving following a pattern of sound words and examining the fruits it produces in us..
1Beloved, believe not EVERY SPIRIT, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: EVERY SPIRIT that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3And EVERY SPIRIT that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
getting kind of long,
have some more thougths
thanks for reading
Dear Darryl,
Thank you very much for writing. After reading your comment, the Holy Spirit quickens to write this: We overcome the evil spirits within us not through the milk of the Word or a better way to say we do not overcome the evil spirits within us through the essential doctrines that is knowledge of the Word that are named in Hebrew. To be matured in Christ, we move beyond the knowledge into the doing of the Commandments.
Heb 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Heb 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Heb 6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.
We do the essential or basic doctrines first and if God permits, we go unto perfection. This is our waiting period, striving to do while we tarry for the Promise. We overcome the evil spirits within us through hearing the Gospel preached to us. The Gospel is Christ’s Commandments, and they are what cast out all the demons. When we hear, believe and understand the Gospel and accept it as the only way to be saved from our sins within which leads to our sins without, we experience the Baptism of John which casts the evil spirits out of our heavens. The Baptism of John is what casts out the evil spirits in our minds that is to say the false doctrines we have, the lies and so forth. The disciples cast out demons by the Commandments when they were sent out by Christ well before the Promise came.
Luk 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. (Commandments)
Through this, we justify God that is to say we worship God and have the mind of Christ.
Luk 7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Our sins are now forgiven, having the Commandments of Christ, which stops the accusing and excusing mindset within ourselves, and we put the Commandments of Christ first and foremost in all we do. The accusing and excusing we do is the law of the gentiles quoted in Romans, and we all do it at first before we hear the true Gospel preached to us. Accusing and excusing is sinning when we reason Christ’s Commandments away.
Rom 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
As you pointed out, only God, the Father through Christ [His Word, His Wisdom] gives the understanding and we see the Apostles always pray for Wisdom [the Word] and Understanding [The Father] for their sheep and for themselves of course. This Wisdom and Understanding is the true knowledge of God which we strive for and which we have and which is age-enduring life. [John 17:3]. Paul’s desire is:
Col 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Being born again is a process and as you quoted in your mail, the milk of the Word is what makes us grow and bring us to the Commandments that Peter calls the sincere milk of the Word. The sincere milk is our hearing of the Commandments, the Gospel, and is how Christ begins to grow in us as He is the Commandments.
1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
But he that is only on the milk, hearing only, is unskillful in the Word and is known as a babe in Christ. Babes hear only and are to weak and immature to always stand in the trials that write the Commandments into our hearts and minds. To be weaned off the milk we need to be moved onward to perfection and which is eating strong meat, standing in the Commandments, doing them, taking the heat and rejection of the world.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Still carnally minded and unconverted disciples walked with Christ 3.5 years and yet he told them about a meat they did not know as of yet. This is the meat of the Gospel, the living Commandments, the Promise and indwelling power of God, the Spirit of Grace, coming to dwell in us. The meat of Christ is what finishes the job in us for which the Father sent Christ.
Joh 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
Joh 4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
Joh 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
The strong meat in Heb 5:14 is the same as sincere milk, with the difference being we are now being chastened into obedience of the Commandments by the coming of the Promise, the power unto salvation.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Eating strong meat is what we do in our day of the Lord, once the Promise is comes and the Living Lord is judging us and reproving us of all things to make us holy and blameless. It is our time of much tribulation, enduing heavy trials that are perfecting us. We are now born again by the water and the Spirit and are moving onto perfection, not dwelling back in the essential doctrines, hearing but not obeying the Lord.
The Baptism of John is also our Baptism of repentance. We are no longer ignorant our eyes being opened and our understanding being enlightened.
Acts 17:30 quoted in your mail is a testimony to this. The scales have been removed from our eyes, we now see and hear the Lord. No more ignorance can be claimed.
Act 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
After we heard the Gospel, the Commandments, we wait for the Lord to appear more and more bringing His fiery trials, that is to say Grace which causes us to be obedient to His Commandments. This is our Baptism of Fire every day. The Baptism of John and the Baptism of Fire, hearing and doing is one Baptism. We need this Baptism because although we have Christ’s mind, we still have the law of sin in our members which Paul writes about in Romans 7:24.
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
We now stand fast in this Baptism every day. It is the only thing that saves us. It is the end of our faith, the salvation of our souls.
1Pe 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
We do not sway from what we have heard from the beginning which is the true Gospel of Christ, which are His Commandments.
1Jn 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
Today is the day of salvation to hear, know, believe, confess and keep His Commandments. It is the simplicity of Christ’s doctrine.
Heb 3:15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Thank you once again for writing. Please write again if you feel led. Grace and Peace be unto you.
Rohnel