TO OUR BELOVED MEMBERS....

TO OUR BELOVED MEMBERS.....

MAY LOVE BE THE PRIMARY PRINCIPLE THAT GUIDE EACH OF US.

IF PEOPLE WOULD BE OF DIFFERENT BELIEFS THAN US, LET US NOT JUDGE THEM NOR DO EVIL AGAINST THEM.

INSTEAD, LET US UNDERSTAND THIS: THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT SETS OF EXPERIENCES THAT LED THEM TO BECOME SUCH.

WE MUST NOT HATE THEM, BUT INSTEAD BE MERCIFUL UPON THEM.

THE WAY OF DEUS(GOD) IS A PEACEFUL WAY.

WE DO NOT PROMOTE HATRED, ANGER, NOR DIVISIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER.

WE SUBSCRIBE TO THE WAY OF PEACE AND LOVE.

THEREFORE: WE DO NOT DO THE WICKED THINGS OTHERS DO TO PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE OF THEIR BELIEF.

IF WE MEET WICCANS, PAGANS, MUSLIMS, BUDDHIST, BAHAI, HINDU, MAGICIANS, MYSTICS, ETC. LET US RESPECT THEIR VIEWS AND TREAT THEM AS PEOPLE.

IF GOD IS LOVE, WE AS FOLLOWERS OF GOD MUST ALSO LOVE.

EVEN OUR ENEMIES WE NEED TO RESPECT- EVEN IN TIMES OF WAR.

LET US TREAT EVERY HUMAN BEING WITH RESPECT, MERCY AND COMPASSION.

THAT IS THE DEUS(GOD) WAY....

GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

DO NOT LOSE HOPE...

AT TIMES, HARDSHIP AND TRIALS WE ARE EXPERIENCING LEADS US TO CONCLUDE THAT LIVING IN THIS WORLD IS A LIVING HELL AND THAT EVERY GOODNESS THAT WE ARE DOING WILL LEAD US TO NOTHING.

THIS IS THE NARROW ROAD WE ARE TAKING.

EITHER WE CROSS THE ROAD, OR WE TURN 360 DEGREES AND GO AGAINST ALL THAT IS GOOD.

WHEN WE DECIDED TO CROSS THE NARROW PATH, WE NEED TO HAVE FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE IN OUR HEARTS.

WE WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES, HURDLES, AND ALL MANNER OF OBSTACLES THAT GO AGAINST ALL THE GOOD WE DO.

THIS IS A NORMAL OPPOSITION.

WHY?

THE GOD OF THIS WORLD IS SATAN, AND SATAN WANTS ALL MANKIND TO CONTINUE TO BE UNDER HIS POWER.

ANYONE WHO WILL GO AGAINST HIM WILL BE MET WITH RESISTANCE.

THEREFORE, IT IS NORMAL THAT WHEN WE DO WHAT IS GOOD, THERE WILL BE RESISTANCE AND EVEN OPPOSITION TO WHAT WE DO.

TO GAIN BACK OUR OWN SOUL, WE NEED TO LOSE OUR OWN LIFE IN ATTEMPTING TO DO WHAT IS GOOD.

WE FOLLOW GOD'S PRINCIPLES OF LOVE, GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AGAINST ALL MANNER OF OPPOSITION- EVEN THE COST OF OUR LIVES- TO WIN BACK OUR OWN SOUL.

WHEN THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS SEES US AND ALL WE TRY TO DO TO FOLLOW HIM, HE WILL HAVE HIS EYE ON US, AND HELP US IN OUR WAY.

WHEN WE TRIUMPHED OVER HARDSHIPS OF DOING GOD'S WILL, WHAT HAPPENS?

SATAN, WHO IS GOD OF THIS WORLD, WILL BECOME SUBSERVIENT TO THE ONE WHO HAVE TRIUMPHED.

THE EVIL SPIRITS WHO ARE CONTROLLING THIS WORLD WILL BE SUBSERVIENT TO THE ONE WHO HAVE TRIUMPHED.

THE POWERS OF THE EVIL ONE WILL BE UNDER THE ONE WHO HAVE TRIUMPHED.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ONE WHO HAVE TRIUMPHED- HE/SHE IS GIVEN A SPIRIT MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT IS OF THIS WORLD.

LET US NOT LOSE HOPE.

LET US LOVE AS GOD HAVE LOVED US.

LEAVE GOD TO DO JUSTICE TO US.

GOD SEES ALL THINGS UNDER CREATION, AND HE WILL NOT LET THE WICKED UNPUNISHED.

ALL WILL REAP WHAT ONE SOWS.

NO ONE WILL BE IMMUNE TO GOD'S LAWS.

GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

REFLECTION

REFLECTION:

GOD CANNOT BE CONFINED BY ANY RELIGION, NATION, COUNTRY, NATIONALITY, OR ANY DIVISION THAT HUMANITY HAS PLACED ON ONE ANOTHER.

GOD IS LOVE.

LOVE SHOULD NOT CREATE DIVISIONS WITH EACH OTHER BUT UNITY.

OPPOSITE TO LOVE IS HATE AND ANGER, WHICH HAS CAUSED SO MUCH DIVISIONS IN THIS WORLD.

LIFE IN OUR WORLD IS DIFFICULT, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE RIGHTEOUS IN OUR WORLD.

THERE ARE GREAT TEMPTATIONS AND OCCASIONS OF SINS IN THIS WORLD THAT WE CANNOT BE RIGHTEOUS BY OUR OWN MEANS.

WE REALLY NEED THE HELP OF GOD IN ORDER TO HAVE A HEART THAT LOVES.

WITHOUT GOD AT THE CENTER OF OUR BEING, 

DOING GOOD IS ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBILITY.

IN THE SCRIPTURES, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST SAID:

Mark 10:18 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. 

"No one is good--except God alone.

THEREFORE, EVERY GOODNESS COMES FROM GOD.

APART FROM GOD, WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING GOOD.

Matthew 19:17 "Why do you ask me about what is good?"

 Jesus replied.

"There is only One who is good. 

If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."

TO ENTER THE LIFE WITH GOD, WE MUST OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS.

WHAT ARE THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD?

THERE ARE MANY THAT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THEM.

THEREFORE, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST SIMPLIFIED ALL THE COMMANDMENTS INTO THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS:

Luke 10:27 He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

AND THE CENTRAL COMMANDMENT OF GOD IS LOVE.

1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

LOVING ONE ANOTHER IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE COMMANDMENTS.

GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

THE ANTI CHRIST VS. THE PRO-CHRIST

THE ANTICHRIST:


1 John 2:22 Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son


2 John 1:7 Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.




HOW TO RECOGNIZE IF THE SPIRIT IS OF GOD OR THE ANTICHRIST?


1 John 4:2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,


IF ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS CHRIST REALLY CAME TO FLESH, THE SPIRIT THAT TELLS YOU THIS IS FROM GOD.


1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.


ANYONE WHO CURSE JESUS IS NOT FROM GOD.
WHOEVER SAYS JESUS IS LORD IS INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.


1 John 2:23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.


IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS AS THE SON OF GOD, WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FATHER, WHO IS GOD.


1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.


IF WE BELIEVE AND LOVE CHRIST AS BORN OF GOD, WE LOVE THE FATHER, WHO IS GOD, AS WELL.




1 John 2:23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.


IF YOU DENY THE SON, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FATHER.
IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS AS THE SON OF THE FATHER, THE FATHER IS ALSO WITH YOU.


1 John 4:15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.


IF ONE ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, GOD LIVES IN HIM AND HE IN GOD.




Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.


IF WE CONFESS JESUS IS LORD AND BELIEVE IN OUR HEARTS THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, WE WILL BE SAVED.


IF WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS THE SON OF GOD, THE LORD, AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM TO HAVE LIVED IN THE FLESH AND DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW HIS COMMANDMENT.


WHAT IS THE COMMANDMENT OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD?


John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.


John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.


GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

OUR NATURE AND WHAT WE MUST DO:

2 Timothy 3:2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,


PEOPLE BY NATURE ARE SELFISH, LOVERS OF MONEY, BOASTFUL, PROUD, ABUSIVE, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY.


Philippians 2:21 For everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.


IT IS MAN'S NATURE THAT EACH WILL LOOK OUT FOR HIS OWN INTEREST.


1 Corinthians 10:24 Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.


THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO- LOOK FOR OTHER'S GOOD, NOT THE GOOD OF OURSELVES.


Philippians 2:4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.


IF WE LOOK AT OUR OWN INTEREST, LET US ALSO LOOK ON THE INTEREST OF OTHER PEOPLE.


Romans 15:2 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.


WE OUGHT TO PLEASE OUR NEIGHBOR FOR HIS GOOD, AND BUILD HIM UP.


1 Corinthians 10:33 even as I try to please everybody in every way. 
For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.


LIKE PAUL, I ALSO TRY TO PLEASE OTHERS IN EVERY WAY, SO THAT THEY MAY BE SAVED ALSO.


BUT OFTEN, THIS IS MISINTERPRETED, AND TO OTHERS, IT RESULTS IN MISUNDERSTANDING.


1 Corinthians 9:22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.


THIS IS THE REASON THAT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST SIMPLIFIED THE TEACHINGS, SO THAT EVERYONE MAY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE SAVED.


THAT IS WHY IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE SERVANTS OF GOD TO MEND AND TO ADAPT WITH OTHER PEOPLE- TO WIN THEM BACK TO GOD.


Romans 14:1 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.


WE OUGHT TO ACCEPT THOSE WHOSE FAITH IS WEAK, WITHOUT PASSING JUDGMENT ON DISPUTABLE MATTERS.


Romans 15:1 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.


IF WE ARE STRONG IN FAITH, WE OUGHT TO BEAR WITH THE FAILINGS OF THOSE WHO ARE WEAK, AND DO NOT SEEK OUR OWN PLEASURE.


Romans 15:7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.


WE OUGHT TO ACCEPT ONE ANOTHER, JUST AS CHRIST ACCEPTED US, TO BRING PRAISE TO OUR GOD.


1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.


WE NEED TO BE PATIENT WITH EVERYONE.


2 Thessalonians 3:6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.


IF ANY OF OUR BROTHERS ARE IDLE IN SERVING GOD, AND DO NOT LIVE OR DO THE TEACHINGS YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM US, IT IS BETTER THAT WE KEEP AWAY FROM THEM.


2 Thessalonians 3:15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.


THEREFORE, TO THOSE WHO DO NOTHING IN OUR GROUP, AND STILL LIVE AS THEY PLEASE, THOUGH THEY ARE MEMBERS- WE SHOULD KEEP OUR DISTANCE FROM THEM, THOUGH THEY REMAIN AS OUR BROTHERS.


THUS, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THIS VERSE, I GIVE WARNING TO OUR MEMBERS WHO DO NOT DO THEIR PART IN OUR GROUP, TO DO THEIR PART- FOR WE ARE UNITED TO ONE CAUSE, AND THAT IS TO LIVE AS GOD WANTS US TO LIVE- THROUGH LOVE.


2 Thessalonians 3:7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,


AS IT IS WITH THE OLD CHURCH, IN PART, IN EVERY WAY EVERYDAY, I DID MY BEST TO BECOME GOOD EXAMPLES TO YOU- EVEN DOING ACCOUNTING TO YOU, AND BEARING THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED FROM DAY TO DAY- BLOGGING THEM TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU TO FOLLOW- IN SPIRIT.


1 Peter 5:3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.


TEACHING BY EXAMPLE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, FOR THE LOVE OF OUR BRETHREN.


1 Thessalonians 1:6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.


THEREFORE, MY BRETHREN, LET US BE IMITATORS OF GOOD EXAMPLES AND OUR LORD, IN SPITE OF SEVERE SUFFERING.


THE VIRTUES OF GOD ARE INCLUDED IN THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF D.E.U.S. (G.O.D.) WHERE THE LOVE OF GOD IS AT IT'S CENTER, AND IT'S DIRECT EMANATION IS THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES.


Psalm 34:14 Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
1 Peter 3:11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.


LET US TURN FROM OUR EVIL WAYS AND DO WHAT IS GOOD.
LET US SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE PEACE.


Isaiah 1:16 wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong,


LET US MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO WASH OUR SELVES AND MAKE OURSELVES CLEAN BEFORE GOD.


MAY WE STOP DOING WRONG.


3 John 1:11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.


LET US IMITATE WHAT IS GOOD.


Romans 14:19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.


LET US MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO DO WHAT LEADS TO PEACE AND MUTUAL EDIFICATION.


EDIFICATION MEANS:


1. improvement, instruction, or enlightenment, esp when morally or spiritually uplifting
2. the act of edifying or state of being edified 


Ephesians 4:12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.


THE POSTINGS OF OUR BLOG IS ALSO A MEANS OF PREPARING GOD'S PEOPLE FOR THE LIFE OF WORKS OF SERVICE.


DOING THESE MISSIONARY WORKS AND CHARITY WORKS IS TO STRENGTHEN THE BODY OF CHRISTS- THE MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP- AND IT BENEFITS THE PARTS OF THE WHOLE- WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION.


Romans 12:5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.


EACH MEMBER OF DEUS(GOD) IS A PART THAT BELONGS TO ALL THE OTHERS.


1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.


WE ARE PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.


1 Corinthians 12:12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.


WE ARE MANY PARTS (INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS) THAT MAKES ONE BODY (DEUS (GOD)) 


DEUS (GOD) IS CHRIST'S ORGANIZATION, FOR THE 7 PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE UP D.E.U.S.(G.O.D.) IS GOD'S WILL AND VIRTUES, WHICH IS ONE WITH CHRIST.


1 Corinthians 12:26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.


EACH PART AFFECTS THE WHOLE.


AS A MEMBER OF THIS BODY, I DO MY BEST TO MAKE THE WHOLE PARTS HONORED THROUGH THE HONOR THAT ONE PART (ME) DOES.


MAY THE OTHER MEMBERS FOLLOW THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF DEUS(GOD) SO THAT THE WHOLE OF THE BODY OF DEUS(GOD) WILL BE HONORED.


THEREFORE, AS I SUFFER, BECAUSE OF DOING THE WILL OF OUR GOD, THE WHOLE OF DEUS (GOD) WILL ALSO SUFFER.


THEREFORE, IF OUR MEMBERS WILL NOT SUPPORT OR HELP IN OUR MISSIONARY WORKS AND OUTREACH, ALL OF US WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.


Romans 12:4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function.


WE HAVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS- WHICH IS THE PART OF OUR DUTY TO DEUS(GOD).
LET US WORK FOR THE HONOR OF D.E.U.S.(G.O.D.) SO THAT THE WHOLE OF DEUS(GOD) WILL SHARE IN THIS HONOR.


IF THE MEMBER OF DEUS(GOD) WILL NOT DO THEIR PART, ALL OF DEUS(GOD) WILL BE AFFECTED AS A WHOLE.


John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.


MAY WE DO EVERYTHING OUT OF LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.


Ephesians 5:2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.


MAY WE LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE, AS CHRIST LOVED US AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR US.


MAY WE LOVE AND DO OUR WORKS OUT OF LOVE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND NEIGHBOR, SO THAT THE WHOLE OF DEUS (GOD) LIVE IN LOVE.


1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.


AS WE LIVE IN LOVE,  WE LIVE IN GOD, AND GOD LIVES IN US.
FOR GOD IS LOVE.


GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND THE WEEDS

Matthew 13:24-30
New International Version (NIV)


24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 


25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 


26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.


27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’


28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.


“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’


29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 


30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”


INTERPRETATION:


24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 


IN THE BEGINNING, GOD MADE EVERYTHING GOOD, INCLUDING MAN.


HE CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS, AND HIS INTENTION IS FOR THE GOOD.


25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 


THERE COME A TIME THAT THE WOMAN WHO WAS WITH THE MAN WAS DECEIVED BY THE OLD SERPENT, WHO IS SATAN, AND PLANTED UNTO EVE THE SEED OF CORRUPTION


ADAM FOLLOWED EVE, AND FELL OUT OF THE GRACE OF GOD.


THUS, THE WHOLE OF MANKIND FELL UNDER THE POWER OF THE EVIL ONE.


26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
THUS, MANKIND HAVE  ACTIONS ROOTED FROM THE GOODNESS OF GOD, AND ACTS OF MEN THAT ARE ROOTED FROM THE EVIL OF SATAN.


27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’


THIS IS THEN THE QUESTION OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD, WHY IN SPITE OF BEST EFFORTS, MANKIND WILL FALL INTO SIN.


THIS IS THE QUESTION WHY MANKIND HAS EVIL/WICKED TENDENCIES WHEN IN THE BEGINNING, HE WAS CREATED TO BE GOOD.


28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
IT IS SATAN'S DOING, WHO IS THE ENEMY OF MEN, WHO DID THIS.


WHY? SO THAT HE WOULD BE IN CONTROL OF MEN.


“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
THIS IS THE QUESTION ASKED BY THE SERVANTS OF GOD WHO ARE THE ANGELS AND SPIRITS WHO ARE GIVEN POWER TO HAVE SUCH ABILITIES AS TO REMOVE EVIL TENDENCIES IN MEN.


WILL THEY INTERVENE TO REMOVE EVIL TENDENCIES IN MEN?


29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 


SINCE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GOODNESS AND EVIL TENDENCIES ARE CLOSE TOGETHER, AND GOD KNOWS THAT WHEN THE TENDENCY TO DO EVIL IS REMOVED IN MAN, HE MIGHT DIE, AND THE TENDENCY OF MEN TO DO GOOD MAY DIE TOO.


WHY? THE TENDENCY TO DO GOOD AND THE TENDENCY TO DO EVIL LIES INSIDE ONE'S HEART- OR CORE OF THE HUMAN BEING.


REMOVING OR UPROOTING THE EVIL TENDENCIES (SUCH AS DESIRES, ANGER, PASSIONS, ETC) WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBLE DESTRUCTION OF THE CORE OF THE PERSON, WHICH ALSO HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO WHAT IS GOOD.


THIS MAY RESULT IN KILLING THE PERSON- THUS- IN SUCH INSTANCE, IT IS BETTER TO LET HUMAN BEINGS BE.


30 Let both grow together until the harvest. 


LET MEN CHOOSE THEIR DESTINY- WHETHER THEY BE FOR GOD, OR AGAINST GOD.


At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”


THIS IS THE FINAL JUDGMENT.


IN THE END, THERE WILL BE MEN WHO EITHER HAVE DONE MUCH EVIL IN THEIR LIVES- "THE WEEDS"- AND THEY ARE TO BE GATHERED TO BE BURNED IN HELL.


THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT GOD INTENDS FOR US TO LIVE- WHICH IS THE LIFE BASED ON LOVE, THEY ARE THOSE WHO ARE "THE WHEAT"- WHO WILL ENTER INTO GOD'S KINGDOM.


THIS IS ONE OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THIS PARABLE.


WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE LET THE WHEAT GROW MORE IN US THAN THE WEEDS.


THE WHEAT PLANTED IN OUR SOIL IS GOD'S WORD, WHICH IS GOOD.


THAT WORD IS CHRIST- WHICH IS THE SON OF GOD.


HIS CENTRAL COMMANDMENT IS LOVE.


THEREFORE, FOR THE WHEAT TO GROW IN US, AND THE WEEDS TO WITHER, WE NEED TO LIVE A LIFE THAT IS BASED OF THE CENTRAL COMMANDMENT OF CHRIST, WHICH IS LOVE.


LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS CHRIST LOVE US.


THROUGH LOVE, THE WHEAT WILL GROW, AND THE WEEDS WILL WITHER.


THROUGH LOVING ONE ANOTHER, WE WILL COME NEARER TO GOD, AND BECOME THE WHEAT, AND NOT THE WEEDS.


GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

HELPING OTHERS

THE BASIS OF HELPING OTHERS:


1 Timothy 6:18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share


IT IS GOD'S COMMAND:
1. TO DO GOOD
2. TO BE RICH IN GOOD DEEDS
3. TO BE GENEROUS
4. TO BE WILLING TO SHARE


REGARDING GIVING:


2 Corinthians 9:7
Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.


THIS IS THE BASIS WHY WE DO NOT ASK FOR REGULAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL OUR MEMBERS, NOR WE ASK MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR MEMBERS OF DEUS(GOD).


BUT, BECAUSE WE HELP PEOPLE IN NEED ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ARE EXPERIENCING LOW TO NONE.


THESE ARE THE TIMES WE ASK HELP FROM OUR MEMBERS TO HELP US.


ASKING HELP FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP/ORGANIZATION/ COMMUNITY/ CHURCH OF GOD IS ALSO DONE BY THOSE WHO SERVE CHRIST IN THE OLD CHURCH.


INSTANCES IN THE CHURCH WHEN THE CHURCH LEADERS ASKED FOR HELP FROM THE CHURCH:


Philemon 1:20 I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.


Romans 16:2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many people, including me.


THROUGH THESE EXAMPLES, IT IS IMPLIED THAT THOSE WHO SERVE GOD TO DO HIS MISSIONARY WORKS CAN ALSO ASK HELP FROM THE GROUP/ ORGANIZATION/ COMMUNITY/ CHURCH OF GOD.


WHY THESE HELP IS NEEDED?


THOSE WHO SERVE CHRIST SUFFER MUCH TO DO THE MISSION WORKS SET BY GOD.


THEREFORE, THERE ARE TIMES THAT THE SERVANTS OF GOD ASKS FOR HELP.


SOME REFERENCE TO THE SUFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES ENDURED BY THOSE WHO FOLLOW CHRIST


Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.


2 Corinthians 6:10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.


2 Corinthians 12:15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?


Philippians 2:17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.


2 Timothy 1:8 So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,


2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.


THE SERVANTS OF GOD SUFFER FOR THE GROUP/ ORGANIZATION/ COMMUNITY/ CHURCH/ PEOPLE OF GOD.


THE SUFFERINGS ENDURED BY THE SERVANTS OF GOD WILL BENEFIT THOSE WHO ARE WITHIN THE GROUP/ ORGANIZATION/ COMMUNITY/ CHURCH/ PEOPLE OF GOD.


IN THE OLD CHRISTIAN CHURCH, THERE ARE REFERENCES TO INSTANCES THAT MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHO ARE ABLE TO HELP DID HELP THE SERVANTS OF GOD, AND OTHER BRETHREN WHO ARE SUFFERING.


INSTANCES THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH HAVE HELPED AND REFRESHED THOSE WHO SERVED CHRIST, AND THE LEADERS, OTHER MEMBERS RECEIVED THE HELP:


1 Corinthians 16:17-18 I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.


For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.


2 TIMOTHY 1:16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.


2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.


Romans 16:23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city's director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.


Philemon 1:7 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.


Romans 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.


ADDITIONAL BASIS WHY WE DO MISSION WORKS, OUTREACH, AND HELP TO THE POOR AND THE NEEDY?


Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.


Matthew 25:40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'




BASIS OF SELLING POSSESSIONS TO GIVE TO THE POOR:


LUKE 12:33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.


Matthew 19:21 Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."


Luke 18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."




WHY DO WE DOCUMENT WHAT WE DO IN THE MISSION WORKS?


Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.


THIS IS TO MAKE THE LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE THESE GOOD WORKS, AND BE THE REASON OF PRAISE FOR GOD THE FATHER IN HEAVEN


Luke 16:12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?


THE FUND FOR THE MISSION WORKS WE RECEIVE IS GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF GOD TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED.


IT IS RIGHTEOUS TO DOCUMENT IT SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE FUNDS GO.




THE PROMISE TO THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED IN HELPING THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED:


saiah 58:10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.


Proverbs 19:17 He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.


Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."


2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.




THE PROMISE TO THOSE WHO HELP THE SERVANTS OF CHRIST:


Matthew 10:42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."


Hebrews 6:10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.


A REMINDER TO OUR BRETHREN WHO HAS THE CAPACITY TO HELP BUT DO NOT HELP:


1 John 3:17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?


James 2:16 If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?


REMEMBER THIS:


James 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.


WHAT DOES OUR FAITH IN CHRIST COMMANDS US TO DO?


1 Timothy 6:18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share


IT IS GOD'S COMMAND:
1. TO DO GOOD
2. TO BE RICH IN GOOD DEEDS
3. TO BE GENEROUS
4. TO BE WILLING TO SHARE


John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.


John 15:17 This is my command: Love each other.


Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.


Galatians 5:14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."


1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.


1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.


COMPASSION, MERCY, KINDNESS, GENEROSITY, SELF-SACRIFICE ARE PARTS AND PARCEL OF THE EXPRESSION OF LOVE.


AS LOVE IS THE SUM OF ALL THE COMMANDMENTS, MAY WE HELP OTHERS IN NEED, AND HELP THOSE WHO SERVE GOD TO CARRY THEIR MISSION WORKS AND OUTREACH- FOR LOVE.


GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVE

Luke 10:27 He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"


John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.


Galatians 5:14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."


James 2:8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right.


1 John 4:21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.


1 John 3:11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.


John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.


1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.


1 John 4:11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.


1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.


1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.


LET US FULFILL THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVE, BY LOVING ONE ANOTHER, AND LIVING OUR LIVES BASED ON LOVE.


IN FULFILLMENT OF THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVE, WE ALSO FULFILL THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS, FOR ALL OF GOD'S COMMANDMENTS IS ROOTED IN LOVE.


GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

IDENTITY OF JESUS CHRIST

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE AGREE AT SOME POINT WHO CHRIST REALLY IS.


THIS AGREEMENT WILL HELP US KNOW WHO IS CHRIST AND THE ROLE OF CHRIST IN OUR LIVES.


THERE ARE MANY CONCEPTS ABOUT CHRIST, AND MANY WILL PRESENT CHRIST DIFFERENTLY WITH ONE ANOTHER.


THEREFORE, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN OUR MEMBERS REGARDING THE IDENTITY OF CHRIST.


THERE ARE VERSES THAT GIVES US CLUES REGARDING THE TRUE IDENTITY OF CHRIST.


Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.


CHRIST IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION.


THIS CERTAINLY WILL NOT PERTAIN ON THE HUMAN BODY OF JESUS, BUT PERTAINS TO THE SPIRIT INSIDE THE BODY OF JESUS WHEN HE CONDUCTED HIS MISSION HERE ON EARTH.


FOR THE BODY OF JESUS WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN NAMED MARY. THEREFORE, IT IS NOT HIS BODY THAT IS FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION, BUT THE SPIRIT WHICH DWELLS IN THE BODY OF JESUS.


John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.


CHRIST IS THE ONE AND ONLY SON OF GOD.


WHO IS THE SON OF GOD PERTAINED HERE? 


AGAIN, THE SPIRIT WHICH DWELLS IN THE BODY OF JESUS, IS THE ONE AND ONLY SON OF GOD.


John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.


IN THE BEGINNING, THE FORM OF CHRIST IS THE WORD, THE WORD WHICH IS WITH GOD AND IS GOD.


John 1:2  He was with God in the beginning.
CHRIST IS THE COMPANION OF GOD IN THE BEGINNING.


John 1:3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
CHRIST IS CO-CREATOR WITH THE FATHER.


John 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
HE IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE AND LIGHT OF MEN


John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
HE IS BEYOND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DARKNESS AND THOSE WHO BELONG TO THE DARKNESS.


John 1:10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
WHEN THE SON OF GOD INCARNATED IN THE FLESH AS JESUS, HE WAS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE WORLD, ALTHOUGH THE WORLD WAS CREATED THROUGH HIM.


John 1:11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
THE SON OF GOD MADE THE WORLD, AND EVERYTHING IN IT (WHEN GOD SAID- LET THERE BE, THE ONE WHO WILL MAKE WHAT THE FATHER SAID IS THE SON)
YET, PEOPLE DID NOT RECEIVED HIM, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW HIM.


John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--
THOSE WHO RECEIVE HIM AS THE SON OF GOD, AND HAS COME TO RECOGNIZE HIM, AND BELIEVE IN HIS NAME- WAS GIVEN THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD.


John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
THE WORD, WHO WAS WITH GOD, AND IS GOD, INCARNATED IN THE FLESH, AND LIVED AS A HUMAN BEING.


John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
THE CHRIST IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
HE IS THE ONLY WAY TO COME TO THE FATHER, WHO IS GOD ABOVE ALL.


John 10:9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture.
HE IS THE GATE OF SALVATION.


John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD WHICH GIVES LIFE


Psalm 23:1 A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.


John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--
HE IS THE SHEPHERD, WHO GUIDED DAVID, AND CAME INTO FLESH IN THE TIME OF JOHN.


Revelation 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."


Revelation 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.


Revelation 21:6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.


HE IS THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END.


John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
HE IS THE VINE WHICH WE NEED TO REMAIN ATTACHED TO BEAR MUCH FRUIT.


John 6:48 I am the bread of life.


John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.


John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."


HE IS THE BREAD FROM HEAVEN WHO IS THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL LIFE.


John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
HE IS THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD.


Mark 12:10 Haven't you read this scripture: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;
HE IS THE CAPSTONE, EVEN IF THE BUILDERS REJECTED HIM


Isaiah 28:16 So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.


Ephesians 2:20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
HE IS THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD


1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
JESUS- THE CHRIST- BORN OF GOD


1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
CHRIST IS THE WISDOM FROM GOD.


FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST, 
HE IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
OUR HOLINESS
OUR REDEMPTION


1 Corinthians 1:24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
CHRIST IS THE POWER OF GOD
CHRIST IS THE WISDOM OF GOD

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with 
child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.


Matthew 1:23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."


HE IS IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US.


THESE ARE A NUMBER OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF CHRIST IN THE BIBLE.


THEREFORE, WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND, THAT JESUS CHRIST IS BOTH THE SON OF MAN AND THE SON OF GOD.


THE PHYSICAL BODY HE INCARNATED WITH IS HUMAN- THEREFORE- SON OF MAN.
THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE SPIRIT THAT DWELLS IN THE PHYSICAL BODY OF JESUS IS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, THE WORD OF GOD, THE WISDOM OF GOD, THE POWER OF GOD, ETC.


THEREFORE, KNOWING THIS, THERE SHOULD BE NO CONFUSION AS TO HOW HE BECAME SO.


IT WAS DECIDED UPON THAT THESE SHOULD HAPPEN FOR THE SALVATION OF PEOPLE, SO THAT HUMAN BEINGS MAY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BECOME RECONCILED WITH GOD, AND ATTAIN TO SALVATION.


ALL OF THESE GOD DID OUR OF LOVE FOR US.


IN TURN, WE TOO MUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS CHRIST LOVED US.


GOD BLESS EVERYONE.