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29.3.23

Love, Faith and Hope in God Almighty: Read and what's your view

Love, Faith and Hope in God Almighty: Read and what's your view

(1) LOVE FOR GOD ALMIGHTY
(A) If our very foundation and roots are built in Love then we will be able to understand Christ's Love even if it cannot be fully understood. With God we can move mountains. "Our God" gives us power from His "wealth of glory" through the "Holy Spirit" which makes "Jesus Christ" to "make our heart His home through faith."

NOTE THAT: 
(1) EVERY "FAMILY IN HEAVEN" GETS THEIR "TRUE NAME" FROM GOD ALMIGHTY.
(2) EVERY "FAMILY ON EARTH" GETS THEIR "TRUE NAME" FROM GOD ALMIGHTY.

According to Ephesians 3: 14-21
FOR THIS REASON I FALL ON MY KNEES BEFORE THE FATHER, FROM WHOM EVERY FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH RECEIVES ITS TRUE NAME. I ASK GOD FROM THE WEALTH OF HIS GLORY TO GIVE YOU POWER THROUGH HIS SPIRIT TO BE STRONG IN YOUR INNER SELVES., AND I PRAY THAT CHRIST WILL MAKE HIS HOME IN YOUR HEARTS THROUGH FAITH. I PRAY THAT YOU MAY HAVE YOUR ROOTS AND FOUNDATION IN LOVE, SO THAT YOU, TOGETHER WITH ALL GOD'S PEOPLE, MAY HAVE THE POWER TO UNDERSTAND HOW BROAD AND LONG, HOW HIGH AND DEEP, IS CHRIST'S LOVE. YES, MAY YOU COME TO KNOW HIS LOVE - ALTHOUGH IT CAN NEVER BE FULLY KNOWN - AND SO BE COMPLETELY FILLED WITH THE VERY NATURE OF GOD. TO HIM WHO BY MEANS OF HIS POWER WORKING IN US IS ABLE TO DO SO MUCH MORE THAN WE CAN EVER ASK FOR, OR EVEN THINK OF: TO GOD BE THE GLORY IN THE CHURCH AND IN CHRIST JESUS FOR ALL TIME, FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN.


(B) We need to Love and respect God which in turn, puts us right with Him. Angels who sinned have been punished before by God sending them to hell; the ancient world was destroyed by flood sent by God (except Noah, his immediate family, and everything in the ark/boat he built as God instructed him to); Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed with fire. We, as Good Christians, are still serving this same God who remains the same yesterday, today and forever. We must all throw away and avoid the teachings of false prophets and false teachers. Do not wait for God's punishment on you before you desist from being a false teacher/false prophet and stop being followers/disciples/students of false teachings/false prophecies. 

NOTE THAT: 
(I) "JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE."

(II) SOMEONE CAN BE SENT TO HELL WITH ALL THE GNASHING OF TEETH AND SUFFERING THERE ONCE THE PERSON DIES AND THE PERSON WILL STILL BE ON "AWAITING TRIAL FOR SUCH A VERY LONG TIME."

(III) REMEMBER THAT GOD IS STILL GOD. HE CAN DO AS HE PLEASES AS HE IS THE ONE TRUE GOD.

(IV) PREACHING THE RIGHT WORD OF GOD WHICH IS ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS CAN MAKE GOD SINGLE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY OUT OF MANY GODLESS PEOPLE AND BLESS YOU WITH PROTECTION, GUIDANCE , FAVOR ETC JUST LIKE HE DID WITH NOAH AND HIS FAMILY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.

(V) THE SEVEN OTHER PEOPLE SAVED FROM THE FLOOD IN THE ANCIENT WORLD ASIDES FROM NOAH ARE HIS WIFE, HIS THREE SONS AND THEIR THREE RESPECTIVE WIVES (ONE WIFE FOR EACH SON).

(VI) EVEN IN A PLACE FILLED WITH SIN, GOD RECOGNIZES AND SAVES THE GOOD AND RIGHTEOUS ONES BY ALL MEANS POSSIBLE JUST LIKE HE DID WITH LOT WHO LIVED IN ONE OF THE CITIES SODOM AND GOMORRAH. GOD ALSO MAKES SURE THAT HE PUNISHES THE UNREPENTANT GODLESS ONES SEVERELY. "THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY HEAVENLY RACE IS A PERSONAL RACE." CHOOSE YE THIS DAY, WHOM YOU WILL SERVE.

(VII) "THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS COMING FOR ALL THAT GOD CREATED."

(VIII) THOSE WHO LIVE AND BEHAVE LIKE WILD ANIMALS (THAT IS, FALSE TEACHERS AND FALSE PROPHETS) WILL BE KILLED LIKE WILD ANIMALS THAT THEY ARE (AS SEEN IN THE BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW). AND THEY WILL BE PAID WITH SUFFERING FOR THE SUFFERING THEY HAVE CAUSED. REMEMBER THAT JESUS CHRIST ALSO WARNS THAT "HE WHO LIVES BY THE SWORD DIES BY THE SWORD." 'THIS CAN SIMPLY MEAN THAT THE WAY YOU LIVE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD IS THE SAME WAY YOU WILL BE KILLED IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. GOD SEES EVERYTHING (THE SIGHT OF GOD).'

(IX) "FALSE TEACHERS/FALSE PROPHETS WANT TO LOOK AT NOTHING BUT IMMORAL WOMEN" WHICH COULD MEAN THAT THEY ENJOY WATCHING/LOOKING AT PORNOGRAPHY, STRIPPERS ETC. JUST LOOKING AT THEM WITH THEIR EYES GIVES THEM PLEASURE THAT IS INSATIABLE (THAT CANNOT BE SATISFIED).

(X) THIS BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW TELLS US THAT "FALSE TEACHERS AND FALSE PROPHETS ARE CURSED PEOPLE."

(XI) THIS BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW DESCRIBES "FALSE TEACHERS AND FALSE PROPHETS AS MISSING PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH THAT HAVE LOST THEIR WAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL LEFT THE TRUE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST." JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.

(XII) THE ROLE MODEL OF FALSE TEACHERS AND FALSE PROPHETS IS BALAAM (A FALSE PROPHET) THE SON OF BEOR, WHO LOVED THE MONEY HE WOULD GET FOR DOING WRONG AND IT TOOK A DONKEY TO ACTUALLY SPEAK IN A HUMAN VOICE TO REBUKE HIM AND STOP HIS INSANE ACTION. WHY DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN ANIMAL TO CORRECT YOU AS A FALSE PROPHET OR FALSE TEACHER THAT YOU HAVE BEEN? ARE THERE NO TRUE TEACHERS OR PROPHETS AROUND YOU OR ACCESSIBLE TO YOU THAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO AND LEARN FROM SO THAT YOU MAY CHANGE YOUR CROOKED WAYS AND FOLLOW THE STRAIGHT WAY?

(XIII) THE ROLE MODEL OF TRUE TEACHERS AND TRUE PROPHETS IS JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND MASTER. AND THE LOVE OF GOD (NOT THE LOVE OF MONEY) DWELLS IN THEM.

(XIV) NEW CONVERTS TO TRUE CHRISTIANITY, MOST ESPECIALLY,  MUST AVOID AND RUN AWAY FROM FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE TEACHERS.

(XV) A PERSON IS A SLAVE OF ANYTHING THAT HAS CONQUERED HIM.

(XVI) AS TRUE CHRISTIANS, JESUS CHRIST IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR BUT IF WE GO BACK TO OUR VOMIT LIKE DOGS OR GO BACK TO THE DIRTS LIKE PIGS AFTER OUR SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN AND THE STAIN REMOVED BY GOD ALMIGHTY, THEN WE TEND TO COMMIT MORE SIN THAN BEFORE WE BECAME TRUE CHRISTIANS. THUS, THIS BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW SAYS TO EVERYONE PERTAINING THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, "DO NOT START WHAT YOU CANNOT FINISH." AND ALSO, "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT  OF RIGHTEOUSNESS"

(XVII) THIS BIBLE PASSAGE HELPS US TO SEE THAT AMONGST THOSE SITTED IN THE CHURCH OR CALLING GOD'S NAME OUTSIDE ARE "VERY MUCH STILL UNREPENTANT HARDENED SINNERS/HARDENED CRIMINALS."

The characteristics/features of false prophets and false teachers are as shown in the Holy Bible passage below:

According to 2 Peter 2: 1-22
FALSE PROPHETS APPEARED IN THE PAST AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND IN THE SAME WAY FALSE TEACHERS WILL APPEAR AMONG YOU. THEY WILL BRING IN DESTRUCTIVE, UNTRUE DOCTRINES, AND WILL DENY THE MASTER WHO REDEEMED THEM, AND SO THEY WILL BRING UPON THEMSELVES SUDDEN DESTRUCTION. EVEN SO, MANY WILL FOLLOW THEIR IMMORAL WAYS; AND BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DO, OTHERS WILL SPEAK EVIL OF THE WAY OF TRUTH. IN THEIR GREED THESE FALSE TEACHERS WILL MAKE A PROFIT BY TELLING YOU MADE-UP STORIES. FOR A LONG TIME NOW THEIR JUDGEMENT HAS BEEN READY, AND THEIR DESTROYER HAS BEEN WIDE AWAKE! GOD DID NOT SPARE THE ANGELS WHO SINNED, BUT THREW THEM INTO HELL, WHERE THEY ARE KEPT CHAINED IN DARKNESS, WAITING FOR THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT. GOD DID NOT SPARE THE ANCIENT WORLD, BUT BROUGHT THE FLOOD ON THE WORLD OF GODLESS PEOPLE; THE ONLY ONES HE SAVED WERE NOAH, WHO PREACHED RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND SEVEN OTHER PEOPLE. GOD CONDEMNED THE CITIES OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, DESTROYING THEM WITH FIRE, AND MADE THEM AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GODLESS. HE RESCUED LOT, A GOOD MAN, WHO WAS DISTRESSED BY THE IMMORAL CONDUCT OF LAWLESS PEOPLE. THAT GOOD MAN LIVED AMONG THEM, AND DAY AFTER DAY HE SUFFERED AGONY AS HE SAW AND HEARD THEIR EVIL ACTIONS. AND SO THE LORD KNOWS HOW TO RESCUE GODLY PEOPLE FROM THEIR TRIALS AND HOW TO KEEP THE WICKED UNDER PUNISHMENT FOR THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FOLLOW THEIR FILTHY BODILY LUSTS AND DESPISE GOD'S AUTHORITY. THESE FALSE TEACHERS ARE BOLD AND ARROGANT, AND SHOW NO RESPECT FOR THE GLORIOUS BEINGS ABOVE; INSTEAD, THEY INSULT THEM. EVEN THE ANGELS, WHO ARE SO MUCH STRONGER AND MIGHTIER THAN THESE FALSE TEACHERS, DO NOT ACCUSE THEM WITH INSULTS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. BUT THIS PEOPLE ACT BY INSTINCT, LIKE WILD ANIMALS BORN TO BE CAPTURED AND KILLED; THEY ATTACK WITH INSULTS ANYTHING THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. THEY WILL BE KILLED LIKE WILD ANIMALS. AND THEY WILL BE PAID WITH SUFFERING FOR THE SUFFERING THEY HAVE CAUSED. PLEASURE FOR THEM IS TO DO EVERYTHING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT THAT WILL SATISFY THEIR BODY APPETITES; THEY ARE A SHAME AND A DISGRACE AS THEY JOIN YOU IN YOUR MEALS, ALL THE WHILE ENJOYING THEIR DECEITFUL WAYS! THEY WANT TO LOOK AT NOTHING BUT IMMORAL WOMEN; THEIR APPETITE FOR SIN IS NEVER SATISFIED. THEY LEAD WEAK PEOPLE INTO A TRAP. THEIR HEARTS ARE TRAINED TO BE GREEDY. THEY ARE UNDER GOD'S CURSE! THEY HAVE LEFT THE STRAIGHT PATH AND HAVE LOST THEIR WAY; THEY HAVE FOLLOWED THE PATH TAKEN BY BALAAM SON OF BEOR, WHO LOVED THE MONEY HE WOULD GET FOR DOING WRONG AND WAS REBUKED FOR HIS SIN. HIS DONKEY SPOKE WITH A HUMAN VOICE AND STOPPED THE THE PROPHET'S INSANE ACTION. THESE PEOPLE ARE LIKE DRIED-UP SPRINGS, LIKE CLOUDS BLOWN ALONG BY A STORM; GOD HAS RESERVED A PLACE FOR THEM IN THE DEEPEST DARKNESS. THEY MAKE PROUD AND STUPID STATEMENTS, AND USE IMMORAL BODILY LUSTS TO TRAP THOSE WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING TO ESCAPE FROM AMONG PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ERROR. THEY PROMISE THEM FREEDOM, WHILE THEY THEMSELVES ARE SLAVES OF DESTRUCTIVE HABITS - A PERSON IS A SLAVE OF ANYTHING THAT HAS CONQUERED HIM. IF PEOPLE HAVE ESCAPED FROM THE CORRUPTING FORCES OF THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, AND THEN ARE AGAIN CAUGHT AND CONQUERED BY THEM, SUCH PEOPLE ARE IN A WORSE STATE AT THE END THAN THEY WERE IN THE BEGINNING. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER FOR THEM NEVER TO HAVE KNOWN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAN TO KNOW IT AND THEN TURN AWAY FROM THE SACRED COMMAND THAT WAS GIVEN THEM. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM SHOWS THAT THE PROVERBS ARE TRUE: "A DOG GOES BACK TO WHAT IT HAS VOMITED" AND "A PIG THAT HAS BEEN WASHED GOES BACK TO ROLL IN THE MUD."

(2) FAITH IN GOD ALMIGHTY
(A) Our faith in God, as Good Christians, is not on what affects the physical body only. External ceremonies like circumcisions do not purify us within and moreover, we have passed that level as we now live by the Holy spirit (as Good Christians). We believe, as Christians that being put right with God is not by obeying the Laws/Commandments of God only but by having faith and trust in God as He always has great plans for His children.

NOTE THAT: 
(I) "KNOWING JESUS CHRIST (GOD, THE SON) AND BEING GUIDED BY WHAT HE KNOWS TOO IS MUCH MORE BETTER THAN ANYTHING WORLD SEES AS IMPORTANT OR VALUABLE."

(II) KNOWING JESUS CHRIST MAKES YOU CONSIDER EVERY THING OF WORLDLY STANDARD AS TRASH OR REFUSE, THUS, THROWING THEM AWAY IS INEVITABLE.

(III) THIS BIBLE PASSAGE CONFIRMS THAT THERE IS A RIGHTEOUS THAT COMES FROM ONE OBEYING GOD BY HIM OR HERSELF.

(IV) THIS BIBLE PASSAGE CONFIRMS THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY OF GAINING RIGHTEOUSNESS TO ONESELF FROM GOD AND IT IS THROUGH "FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS." FAITH-BASED RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BETTER THAN OBEDIENCE-BASED RIGHTEOUSNESS.

(V) FAITH-BASED RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES FROM GOD WHILE OBEDIENCE-BASED RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES FROM ONESELF (ONES PERSONAL EFFORT).


According to Philippians 3: 1-11
IN CONCLUSION, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BE JOYFUL IN YOUR UNION WITH THE LORD. I DON'T MIND REPEATING WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE, AND YOU WILL BE SAFER IF I DO SO. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE WHO DO EVIL THINGS, THOSE DOGS, THOSE WHO INSISTS ON CUTTING THE BODY. IT IS WE, NOT THEY, WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE TRUE CIRCUMCISION FOR WE WORSHIP GOD BY MEANS OF HIS SPIRIT AND REJOICE IN OUR LIFE IN UNION WITH CHRIST JESUS. WE DO NOT PUT ANY TRUST IN EXTERNAL CEREMONIES. I COULD, OF COURSE, PUT MY TRUST IN SUCH THINGS. IF ANYONE THINKS THEY CAN TRUST IN EXTERNAL, I HAVE EVEN MORE REASON TO FEEL THAT WAY. I WAS CIRCUMCISED WHEN I WAS A WEEK OLD. I AM ISRAELITE BY BIRTH, OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN, A PURE-BLOODED HEBREW. AS FAR AS KEEPING THE JEWISH LAW IS CONCERNED. I WAS A PHARISEE, AND I WAS SO ZEALOUS THAT I PERSECUTED THE CHURCH. AS FAR AS A PERSON CAN BE RIGHTEOUS BY OBEYING THE COMMANDS OF THE LAW, I WAS WITHOUT FAULT. BUT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT I MIGHT COUNT AS PROFIT I NOW RECKON AS LOSS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. NOT ONLY THOSE THINGS; I RECKON EVERYTHING AS COMPLETE LOSS FOR THE SAKE OF WHAT IS SO MUCH VALUABLE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST JESUS MY LORD. FOR HIS SAKE I HAVE THROWN EVERYTHING AWAY; I CONSIDER IT ALL AS MERE REFUSE, SO THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST AND BE COMPLETELY UNITED WITH HIM. I NO LONGER HAVE A RIGHTEOUS OF MY OWN, THE KIND THAT IS GAINED BY OBEYING THE LAW. I NOW HAVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS GIVEN THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD AND IS BASED ON FAITH. ALL I WANT IS TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, TO SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS AND BECOME LIKE HIM IN HIS DEATH, IN HOPE THAT I MYSELF WILL BE RAISED FROM DEATH TO LIFE.


(B) Put your faith in the power of Christ's death on the Cross and not on the good people of God who brought you to Christ or counsel you on how to live in Christ Jesus as it results in divisions into groups or cliche that do not agree in the church (gathering of Christians). How can you follow someone you do not have faith in? Trust in God compulsory for Good Christians.

NOTE THAT: 
(A) WHEN YOU ARE IN UNION WITH CHRIST JESUS, YOU DEFINITELY BECOME RICH IN ALL THINGS INCLUDING ALL KINDS OF SPEECHES AND ALL KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE.

(B) THE ONE THOUGHT AND GOAL THAT UNITES CHRISTIANITY IS JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF WHO DIED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY FOR US ALL. EVERY OTHER THING IS SECONDARY SO, CHRISTIANS MUST ALL PLACE THEIR TRUST/BELIEVE IN GOD. 

(C) DON'T LOSE YOUR FAITH AND FOCUS IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR.

(D) ALL BAPTIZED CHRISTIANS ARE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST AND NOT DISCIPLES OF YOUR PASTORS, PROPHETS, PROPHETESSES, PRIESTS ETC.

(E) YOU CAN BAPTIZE PEOPLE INTO CHRISTIANITY (JUST LIKE PAUL DID IN THE HOLY BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW) EVEN IF BAPTIZING PEOPLE (LIKE JOHN THE BAPTIST DID IN THE HOLY BIBLE) IS NOT THE SPECIAL CALL OF GOD ON YOUR LIFE.

(F) THIS BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW TEACHES US TO HAVE FAITH IN CHRIST'S DEATH ON THE CROSS. DO NOT SEE IT AS NONSENSE LIKE THE LOST: THE SCHOLARS, SKILLFUL DEBATERS AND THE WISE WHO ALL TRIED/ATTEMPTED TO USE WORLDLY WISDOM/HUMAN WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND GOD BUT FAILED AT IT, THUS, THEY HAVE FAILED TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST'S DEATH ON THE CROSS FOR A VERY LONG TIME NOW.

According to 1 Corinthians 1: 4-20
I ALWAYS GIVE THANKS TO MY GOD FOR YOU BECAUSE OF THE GRACE HE HAS GIVEN YOU THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. FOR IN UNION WITH CHRIST YOU HAVE BECOME RICH IN ALL THINGS, INCLUDING ALL SPEECH AND ALL KNOWLEDGE. THE MESSAGE ABOUT CHRIST HAS BECOME SO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN YOU THAT YOU HAVE NOT FAILED TO RECEIVE A SINGLE BLESSING, AS YOU WAIT FOR OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO BE REVEALED. HE WILL ALSO KEEP YOU FIRM TO THE END, SO THAT YOU WILL BE FAULTLESS ON THE DAY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. GOD IS TO BE TRUSTED, THE GOD WHO CALLED YOU TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD. BY THE AUTHORITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST I APPEAL TO ALL OF YOU, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO AGREE IN WHAT YOU SAY, SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU. BE COMPLETELY UNITED, WITH ONLY ONE THOUGHT AND ONE PURPOSE. FOR SOME PEOPLE FROM CHLOE'S FAMILY HAVE TOLD ME QUITE PLAINLY, MY FRIENDS, THAT THERE ARE QUARRELS AMONG YOU. LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY: EACH ONE OF YOU SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. ONE SAYS, I FOLLOW PAUL"; ANOTHER, "I FOLLOW APOLLOS"; ANOTHER, "I FOLLOW PETER"; AND ANOTHER "I FOLLOW CHRIST". CHRIST HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO GROUPS! WAS IT PAUL WHO DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU? WERE YOU BAPTISED AS PAUL'S DISCIPLES? I THANK GOD THAT I DID NOT BAPTIZE ANY OF YOU EXCEPT CRISPUS AND GAIUS. NO ONE CAN SAY, THEN, THAT YOU WERE BAPTIZED AS MY DISCIPLES. (OH YES, I ALSO BAPTIZED STEPHANAS AND HIS FAMILY; BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER I BAPTIZED ANYONE ELSE). CHRIST DID NOT SEND ME TO BAPTIZE. HE SENT ME TO TELL THE GOOD NEWS, AND TO TELL IT WITHOUT USING THE LANGUAGE OF HUMAN WISDOM, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT CHRIST'S DEATH ON THE CROSS IS NOT ROBBED OF ITS POWER. FOR THE MESSAGE ABOUT CHRIST'S DEATH ON THE CROSS IS NONSENSE TO THOSE WHO ARE BEING LOST; BUT FOR US WHO ARE BEING SAVED IT IS GOD'S POWER. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS: "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE AND SET ASIDE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCHOLARS." SO THEN, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THE WISE? OR THE SCHOLARS? OR THE SKILFUL DEBATERS OF THIS WORLD? GOD HAS SHOWN THAT THIS WORLD'S WISDOM IS FOOLISHNESS!


(3) HOPE IN GOD ALMIGHTY
(A) Our ultimate hope, as Christians, is to rise from death to life one day (after our physical death in this world) just like our Lord Jesus Christ has resurrected from the dead.

NOTE THAT: 
(A) THIS BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW TEACHES US THAT "ALL A TRUE CHRISTIAN REALLY WANTS IS TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, TO SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS AND BECOME LIKE HIM IN HIS DEATH, 'IN HOPE THAT HE OR SHE WILL BE RAISED FROM DEATH TO LIFE.'"

(B) WINNING THE PRIZE OF "RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD" IS THE REASON WHY JESUS CHRIST WON US TO HIMSELF TO BE CHRIST-LIKE (CHRISTIANS).

(C) HAVING SUCCESS AND PERFECTION TO WIN THE ULTIMATE PRIZE IN TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS/JOURNEY WHILE WE ARE STILL IN THIS WORLD. SO, "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT."

According to Philippians 3: 8-12
NOT ONLY THOSE THINGS; I RECKON EVERYTHING AS COMPLETE LOSS FOR THE SAKE OF WHAT IS SO MUCH VALUABLE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST JESUS MY LORD. FOR HIS SAKE I HAVE THROWN EVERYTHING AWAY; I CONSIDER IT ALL AS MERE REFUSE, SO THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST AND BE COMPLETELY UNITED WITH HIM. I NO LONGER HAVE A RIGHTEOUSNESS OF MY OWN, THE KIND THAT IS GAINED BY OBEYING THE LAW. I NOW HAVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS GIVEN THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD AND IS BASED ON FAITH. ALL I WANT IS TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, TO SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS AND BECOME LIKE HIM IN HIS DEATH, IN HOPE THAT I MYSELF WILL BE RAISED FROM DEATH TO LIFE. I DO NOT CLAIM THAT I HAVE ALREADY SUCCEEDED OR HAVE ALREADY BECOME PERFECT. I KEEP STRIVING TO WIN THE PRIZE FOR WHICH CHRIST JESUS HAS ALREADY WON ME TO HIMSELF.



(B) Our hope in God, as Christians, is for Him to strengthen us to continue the work that He has given/assigned to us because the enemies of our King Jesus Christ (even if He has warned us that His kingdom is not of this world but He is still the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords) will always try to device means to end the Gospel/Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ (which is very impossible for them to accomplish anyway because they keep failing as always). Hope in God keeps us  smart and strong in the work of God. God makes a way where there seems to be no way. 

NOTE THAT: 
(A) JESUS CHRIST IS THE MESSIAH

(B) JESUS CHRIST HAD TO SUFFER AND RISE FROM THE DEAD SO THAT WE WILL NOT PERISH (SO THAT WE WILL NOT GO TO HELL) BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE (BUT GO TO HEAVEN INSTEAD).

(C) QUOTING THE HOLY BIBLE IS THE PROVE OF THE GOOD NEWS/GOSPEL OF CHRIST JESUS THAT WE SPREAD 

(d) In the Bible passage below; Paul, Silas, Timothy, Jason, Leading women, a large group of Greeks, including many Greek women of High social standing and  many Greek men, and some other believers (all Christians by faith and hope whether old or new believers) suffered in the hands of some jealous Jews who kept on stirring up mobs of worthless loafers from the streets to attack them because of their active participation in the spread of the Gospel/Good News of "CHRIST JESUS" (as either listeners and/or preachers of the Word of God). The jealous Jews in Thessalonica still followed them to Berea exciting and stiring up the mob against Christians just as they did in their place before.

(E) EACH TIME IN THE BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW, PAUL AND SILAS WENT TO THE HOUSE OF GOD (SYNAGOGUE) TO ENLIGHTEN THE CHILDREN OF GOD ABOUT JESUS CHRIST (IN THESSALONICA, THEN, IN BEREA).

(F) THIS BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW TEACHES THAT EVEN WHEN ONE'S ENEMIES DEDICATE THEIR LIVES AND TIME TO TRY TO DESTROY, DISTRACT OR SCATTER ONE'S SUCCESS, GOD WILL MAKE A WAY TO FAVOR THE PERSON AS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN.

According to Acts 17: 1-15
PAUL AND SILAS TRAVELLED ON THROUGH AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA AND CAME TO THESSALONICA, WHERE THERE WAS A SYNAGOGUE. ACCORDING TO HIS USUAL HABIT PAUL WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUE. THERE DURING SABBATH HE HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE, QUOTING AND EXPLAINING THE SCRIPTURES AND PROVING FROM THEM THAT THE MESSIAH HAD TO SUFFER AND RISE FROM DEATH. THIS JESUS WHOM I ANNOUNCE TO YOU," PAUL SAID, "IS THE MESSIAH." SOME OF THEM WERE CONVINCED AND JOINED PAUL AND SILAS; SO DID MANY OF THE LEADING WOMEN AND A LARGE GROUP OF GREEKS WHO WORSHIPPED GOD. BUT SOME JEWS WERE JEALOUS AND GATHERED WORTHLESS LOAFERS FROM THE STREET AND FORMED A MOB. THEY SET THE WHOLE CITY IN AN UPROAR AND ATTACKED THE HOME OF A MAN CALLED JASON, IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND PAUL AND SILAS AND BRING THEM OUT TO THE PEOPLE. BUT WHEN THEY DID NOT FIND THEM, THEY DRAGGED JASON AND SOME OTHER BELIEVERS BEFORE THE CITY AUTHORITIES AND SHOUTED, "THESE MEN HAVE CAUSED TROUBLE EVERYWHERE! NOW THEY HAVE COME TO OUR CITY, AND JASON HAS KEPT THEM IN HIS HOUSE. THEY ARE ALL BREAKING THE LAWS OF THE EMPEROR, SAYING THAT THERE IS ANOTHER KING, WHOSE NAME IS JESUS." WITH THESE WORDS THEY THREW THE CROWD AND THE CITY AUTHORITIES INTO AN UPROAR. THE AUTHORITIES MADE JASON AND THE OTHERS PAY THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE RELEASED, AND THEN LET THEM GO. AS SOON AS NIGHT CAME, THE BELIEVERS SENT PAUL AND SILAS TO BEREA. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUE. THE PEOPLE THERE WERE MORE OPEN-MINDED THAN THE PEOPLE IN THESSALONICA. THEY LISTENED TO THE MESSAGE WITH GREAT EAGERNESS, AND EVERY DAY THEY STUDIED THE SCRIPTURES TO SEE IF WHAT PAUL SAID WAS REALLY TRUE. MANY OF THEM BELIEVED; AND MANY GREEK WOMEN OF HIGH SOCIAL STANDING AND MANY GREEK MEN ALSO BELIEVED. BUT WHEN THE JEWS IN THESSALONICA HEARD THAT PAUL HAD PREACHED THE WORD OF GOD IN BEREA ALSO, THEY CAME THERE AND STARTED EXCITING AND STIRRING UP THE MOB. AT ONCE THE BELIEVERS SENT PAUL AWAY TO THE COAST; BUT BOTH SILAS AND TIMOTHY STAYED IN BEREA. THE MEN WHO WERE TAKING PAUL WENT WITH HIM AS FAR AS ATHENS AND THEN RETURNED TO BEREA WITH INSTRUCTIONS FROM PAUL THAT SILAS AND TIMOTHY SHOULD JOIN HIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.



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