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THE
CRY OF HIS COMING -
December
2009 Issue
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ORAL
ROBERTS:
A Great Man of God Has
Gone Home!
By
Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
ORAL ROBERTS was a many-talented-man. He was an evangelist of the ‘first
order’, a man of tremendous compassion, faith and vision, and an
educator. He was a principled man of impeccable morals and a great spokesman for
Jesus Christ and His Gospel.
Most of all, he was a great preacher!
In his heyday, he would preach for two hours and then make an altar call and
have sinners by the thousands hurrying down the aisles of his Canvas Cathedral
to meet with Jesus.
By the time Oral Roberts discontinued his tent crusades to build the
University that bears his name, he had already won ten million souls to Jesus
Christ. And he was used by the Lord to reach thousands of old-line
denominational people through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Oral Roberts preached the Word of God ‘straight as a gun
barrel’. He did not compromise with sin and modernism. He knew the Bible
inside out, and he knew Jesus Christ personally and His call upon his life.
He took a lot of flack and ridicule for his position on Divine Healing
and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit but he didn’t let his distracters stop him.
In his message on the ‘Fourth Man in the Fiery Furnace’, he
repeatedly said these words: “If you won’t bow, you can’t burn. If you
do bow, you will burn, but if you won’t bow you can’t burn!"
Then, like a
prophet of God he uttered these words: “I hate compromisers!”
He was making a statement that he hated the SIN of compromise and had no
confidence in someone who would compromise his faith in Jesus Christ to win
favour with the world.
When I entered the Ministry in 1963 and began conducting large Gospel
Crusades across the world, Oral Roberts made it easy for me. When asked
about my ministry, I would often say: “Have you heard of
Oral Roberts? I believe the Bible from cover to cover, just like he
does.
While
preaching the Gospel in the North West
Territories, I met a
preacher by the name of Charlie Gordon. He was of mixed blood, his father
was Scottish and his mother was Inuit. His beautiful little wife Thea was an
Inuit.
HERE IS HIS AWESOME
TESTIMONY
Here is his awesome testimony as was related
to me by Charlie Gordon: “My wife had contracted tuberculosis and was in the
state of dying when I heard about Oral Roberts. I had heard him over his radio
broadcast so I sent him a letter about my wife’s condition.
“Several weeks later, I received a letter from Oral Roberts assuring me
that he was praying for her healing and that as a point of contact I should lay
his letter on her body and believe for a miracle.
“Immediately, I harnessed my dog team and headed across the ice and
snow many miles away to the hospital where Thea lay on her death bed. When I
arrived there, I informed the nurses that I was taking my wife home.
They remonstrated, “She will die, if you take her home.” I
answered, “You have told me several times that she is dying and will not
get better. I will take her home and trust God for a miracle."
“I put Oral Roberts’ letter on her chest, bundled her up and
headed home across many miles of ice and snow on our dogsled. My wife was
completely healed and is totally healed until this day."
Thea lived a number of years in perfect health after Charlie had passed
away. Donna and I invited her to stay with us for a few days when she visited Edmonton.
BILLY GRAHAM said: "Oral Roberts was
a man of God and a great friend in ministry. I loved him as a brother."
Graham
– who is the same age as Roberts, 91 – said the two shared many quiet
conversations over the years. Just three weeks ago, Oral Roberts told him he was
near the end of his life’s journey.
Billy
Graham says: “I look forward to the day that I will see Oral and Evelyn
Roberts again in Heaven – our eternal home."
MY DAD’S
HEALING
If it had not been for Oral Roberts I would not have been in the Ministry
for the past 45 years. It was the supernatural power of God that so
transformed my Dad’s life that I decided to give my life to Jesus Christ.
My father, INGVAR, was healed miraculously through Oral Roberts’ Radio
Ministry in March, 1956. By God’s grace, my Dad learned of Oral Roberts’
radio ministry before going into the hospital for gall bladder surgery.
Shortly after being admitted into the hospital, he heard an audible Voice
speaking in the Norwegian language, saying: “Go home and listen to Oral
Roberts.” He was amazed because were no other Norwegians in the ward.
He asked: “Is this You, Lord?” Again, the Voice said: “Go
home and listen to Oral Roberts."
After two weeks, my Dad was getting disillusioned and preparing to go
back to the hospital, when Oral Roberts said: “If you want to know if
this is real, lift up your hands and ask God to show you."
When Dad lifted his hands and prayed those words, a pillar of light - with
rain falling through it - came down upon him and he was instantly healed.
And a few days later, while singing an old Lutheran hymn, he was baptized
with the Holy Spirit and spoke and sang in tongues. His life was totally
transformed and he became a burning witness for Jesus Christ.
This amazed me, because like Mother said: “Dad was never a Church
man!” We were very strong Lutherans and my Dad had never been in a
Pentecostal
Church
and knew nothing about speaking in tongues.
W
Muslims
and others are
coming to Christ by the millions
I
recently sent out a story about Zakarios
Botros,
Islam’s Public Enemy No.1. A wonderful story. (Go to YouTube and
get a video on this Egyptian Christian Pastor, preaching the
Bible in Arabic across the Muslim world. Many Muslims have come
to faith in Jesus Christ through his preaching.
This
was so encouraging to so many who have become fearful of Islam in
recent years, that I am passing on more astoundingly good news that
has come to me in recent years. Maybe you have already received some
of it yourself. But to most it will be surprising news.
In
2001, Sheik
Ahmad al Qataani,
made a surprising statement over Aljazeera
T.V.
He
said that 6,000,000 Muslim were converting to Christianity each year.
“A tragedy has happened”, he said. It seems too good to be true
But
Joel
C. Rosenberg
writes: My wife and kids lived in the
Middle
East
for 3 months during which time I was able to interview more than
three dozen Arab and Iranian pastors and evangelical leaders
throughout the region. This is what I learned;
-
Egypt
:
It is estimated that 1,000,000 have trusted Christ during the last
decade. The Egyptian Bible Society used to sell 3,000 copies of the
Jesus film a year in the early 1990s. But are now selling 600,000
per year, plus 750,000 copies of the Bible on tape in Arabic and
about 500,000 copies of the Arabic New Testament. The largest
Christian congregation in the
Middle
East
meets in huge cave on the outskirts of
Cairo
.
Some 10,000 worship there every weekend. A prayer conference drew
20,000
-
Irag:
More than 5000 new Muslims converts have been identified since the
end of major combat operations. 14 new churches in
Baghdad
,
dozens in
Kurdistan
,
some of which have 500 to 800 members. More than 1,000,000 bibles
shipped into
Iraq
since 2003. They are eagerly snatched up.
-
Afghanistan
- In 2001 there were est. 17 Muslim converts, but now there are more
than 10,000- dozens of Baptism every week
-
Kazakhstan
- In 1990 there were only 3 known Christians. But now more than 15,000
-
Uzbekistan
- No known Christian in 1990. Now more than 30,000
-
Sudan
- More
than 1,000,000 converted since 2000, in spite of ongoing Muslim
genocide of over 200,000
-
Iran
: In
1979 there were 500 known Muslim Christians. Today there are over
1,000,000,in spite of fierce persecution.
Many Muslims are reporting having had
dreams and visions of Jesus and coming into churches explaining that
they have already been converted and now need a Bible
Rosenbergs
story is recoded in his book “Epicentre”
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Israel: In
April 2007 “Israel Today”, a messianic magazine (aviel@israeltoday.co.il
ph. 972-2-622-6881) reported that last year one of Israel’s
leading Kabbalah rabbis died in 2006 at the age of 106. Before he
died he said that he had recently met the Messiah. He told his
disciples that he would leave a written note with the mystery code
of the identity of the Messiah written out. He had them promise that
this note was not to be opened until one year after his death. A
year later in 2007 it was eagerly opened and in the note were six
words written in Hebrew stating, “He will lift the people and
prove that His word and the Torah are valid”. The first letter
of each word spelled “Yehoshua”, a form of Jesus name in Hebrew
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China
:
The top religious official in 2007 was Yie Xiaowen. He declared,
“Religion is one of the important social forces from which
China
draws strength”. He also admitted that there were
130,000,000 Christians, 20,000,000 of which were Catholics. It is
not clear if that included the house churches or not. But since they
are not registered, it seems unlikely
Amity
Press in
China
has printed 40,000,000 Bibles since its inception. They are now
printing 2,000,000 per year, much short of demand. There is still
persecution in some districts in spite of the official attitude.
The
Universities are now teaching about Christianity and many
high-ranking academics are Christians.
It
is reported that a movement known as the “Back to
Jerusalem
”
movement is seeking to recruit 100,000 workers to take the
gospel back through the Muslim countries as far as
Jerusalem
.
(http://www.churchinchina.com/).
Some have been killed already.
Friends
of ours who have recently returned from
China
have brought back a very encouraging report of a Friday youth
service at one of the smaller Three Self churches of over 1000.
People began gathering at
4.30p.m.
for a
7.30p.m.
service. For two hours they sat and listened to scripture being read
from tape. The whole Bible is completed every three months. There
was also much prayer and a 45-minute sermon on Forgiveness. Then the
main service began, with another sermon on forgiveness and the need
to forgive the communists for their persecution.
The
current Spiritual awakening in
China
is said to be the largest Holy Spirit movement that the world has
ever experienced. It is expected that
China
will soon have more Born Again Christians than the
U.S.A.
Who could have expected this twenty-five years ago?
Europe
:
My son Jeff. wrote on April last year, that although the secular
media gives a very negative picture of Christianity in
Europe
,
there is much cause for encouragement. The
Pope has declared publicly that Luther was right after all.
That salvation is obtained through Faith Alone. He is encouraging
Catholics everywhere to read the Bible after centuries of bible
reading being discouraged.
Devotion among Catholic Youth is evidenced by the attendance of
100,000 at Taize
each summer and 1,000,000 at the World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005
and the engagement in many new movements both Catholic and
Protestant including Foclare, Alpha, ProChrist, the Thomas Mass for
contemporary doubters, Soul survivor,
Immigration
into
Europe
has majored on the Islamic immigration, little
is said about the many Christians that are coming north from
Africa
.
Of
Britain’s
ten largest churches, Africans pastor four.
Europe
’s
largest church in Kiev is pastored by a Nigerian.
We
need to recognize that with this harvesting of souls, it is no
wonder that the enemy of our souls is hopping mad. He knows his time
is drawing to an end and is fighting back with all his might, and
stirring up the Muslim activists to do his
bidding. But
he is not having it all his own way by any means.
Joshua
Livestro is a columnist for Holland’s
biggest selling newspaper, De Telegraph, and the Dutch edition of
Readers Digest. In 2007 he wrote a long ten-page article in which he
proposes that
Holland
is entering a “post-secularist” wave of the future.
Liberal
Protestantism is in its death throes. It will be replaced with a new
orthodoxy. God is back in
Europe
’s
most notoriously liberal country. A new Bible Translation published
in 2004 has sold more than 500,000 copies. Holland’s most
prestigious literary prize were awarded to openly Christian writers
one of which, by author Iceblink, sold nearly 350,000 copies in its
first year. Making it the single best-selling book of the past
decade.
Let
me repeat Mark Twain’s quotation:
“If
you don’t read the newspapers you are uninformed.
If you do read the newspapers you are
misinformed."
MORE
GOOD NEWS FROM THE MUSLIM WORLD, EUROPE, CHINA AND AROUND THE WORLD
Take
heart, Lord Jesus is in control, as I have mentioned before and now
again, the Muslim world is crumbling from within with even greater
speed than I had envisaged. PRAISE
THE LORD! Hallelujah! Please tell all your friends.
In
Christ's love,
Bobby
Chee
- November
17 2009
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EMMANUEL
God
With Us
By: Pastor Max
Solbrekken
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“Therefore
the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Emmanuel.” (Isaiah
7:14)
FAIRWEATHER
CHRISTIANS
A
Vancouver pastor picked up a visiting missionary at the airport on a
Sunday morning some time ago. As they hurriedly drove across the
city, it seemed as though every light was green as they rolled along
towards the church. The pastor was overjoyed and jubilantly
exclaimed, “My, isn’t it wonderful how we have had all the green
lights. We haven’t encountered even one red light all the way from
the airport. Surely God is with us”!
The
missionary very wisely replied, “If we would have hit only red
lights along the way this morning, would God have still been with
us”?
A
young Christian man died in a communist prison approximately 5 years
ago, in Eastern Europe. He had been incarcerated for approximately 8
years. Beaten, bruised, tortured and brainwashed, finally he
succumbed to the guards brutality and they found him dead one
morning in a pool of blood on the dungeon floor. Vital organs had
ruptured as a result of the traumatic beatings and he hemorrhaged
blood until he died.
In
the last minutes of life he had staggered over to the edge of that
dungeon and left his testimony on the wall written in his own blood,
with his own finger. So great was the impact of his testimony that
the guards who found him accepted Christ as their Saviour and passed
the story on to the Full Gospel Christians in Western Europe. This
is what he wrote: “I believe in the sun even when it’s not
shining and I believe in love even though I feel it not and I
believe in God even when He is silent, so by faith I’ll hold on to
what I have got”!
He
hadn’t seen the sun in 8 years. He had felt and seen only hatred
from his captors in 8 years and for 8 long years he had prayed for
release from that living hell without an answer, but still he
believed in God! Hallelujah!
EVEN
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG WE STILL HAVE GOD’S ABIDING PRESENCE
Only
a few weeks ago (1982) my father, Ingvar Solbrekken, was walking
down the highway from his home in a little town in Saskatchewan to
his farm when he was involved in a tragic accident. An old man, aged
86, was driving down that road and struck my father with his
automobile, rendering him almost dead on the side of the road. He
was rushed to a nearby hospital and then by ambulance to Regina
where he has been near death for the last three weeks with brain
concussion, ruptured bowel, broken pelvis and right leg and foot. As
well as fighting pneumonia and infection from the operation on his
stomach. He is improving slightly but still needs our prayers. Even
in the coma my brother Emil and I who were at his bedside often kept
telling him, “Papa, God is with you, Jesus is here, God is with
you - everything will be all right”!
How
wonderful, that God is with us always. He never leaves us nor
forsakes us. In good times or bad times; in joy or sorrow; in
sickness or health! God is with us - Praise His Holy Name.
THE
MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL ~ THE HOLY BIBLE - THERE IS HOPE FOR ALL, IF
GOD IS WITH US
Over
seven hundred years before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth the
prophet Isaiah speaking by divine inspiration declared that God
would send His Son to become the Saviour of the world. The book of
Isaiah is aptly called “The Gospel of the Old Testament”. How
precious to read of the birth, life and death of Christ in this Old
Testament Gospel! What good news that God had perfected a plan for
the salvation of lost mankind through His virgin birth, sinless
life, vicarious death and glorious resurrection of the Messiah King
of Israel! He would be rejected by men and forsaken by God but
brought back to life and restored to a place of glorification with
His Father so that you and I can receive eternal life.
The
sign of the virgin birth - What a Miracle! To be supernaturally
conceived by the Blessed Holy Spirit and born naturally of a virgin
mother. Talk about confounding the mouths and minds of those who
rejected Him.
IT
BLOWS THE MIND, ALMOST!
No
wonder the Bible says, “The natural man understandeth not the
things of the Spirit of God for they are spiritually discerned”.
(1 Cor. 2:14) Again the scripture declares, “Had they known who He
was they would not have rejected the Prince of life”. (1 Cor. 2:8)
They tried to reason it all out and couldn’t. The intellectuals
failed miserably; and they are still messing up today trying to
incorporate Jesus, the Christ into their natural minded stereotype.
It can’t be done!
Why
can’t puny little man take God’s Word at face value - accept the
Gospel of Christ for what it’s worth and embrace it all, including
the supernatural aspects of: (1) Who He is, (2) Why He came, (3)
What He did, and (4) What it all means and how it relates to us
today. But NO, the egotistical proud earthling wants to find his own
way, chart his own course and fly his own craft to the stars! The
Bible says, “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.
But to as many as received Him, to them gave He the power to become
the sons of God”. (John 1:11-12) What a position we enjoy as
redeemed blood-bought children of God. I can hardly contain it all!
Hallelujah!
It
is so simple that many feel it is too elementary. It’s a fact of
life that in everything from religion to politics, people like to
make things as complex as possible. Yet no tool or gadget is as
good, effective and usable as the most simply operating one. The
simpler anything operates the more valuable it is and the more
reliable and easy to maintain.
Hear
the plain, simple and yet profound truth: “For God so loved the
world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent
not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through Him might be saved”. (John 3:16-17) Jesus confirmed that
statement when He declared: “They that are whole have no need of
the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance”. (Mark 2:17) Again He said,
“The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was
lost”. (Luke 19:10)
WHO
IS EMMANUEL - JESUS CHRIST LORD GOD SAVIOR CHRIST MESSIAH
-
Emmanuel
... “The prophet answered by saying, And shall call His name
Emmanuel.” (Is. 7:14)
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God
With Us ... “Which being interpreted is, God with us.”
(Matt. 1:22-23)
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Jesus
... “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His
name Jesus” (Savior, Salvation)
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Savior
... “For He shall save His people from their sins.” (Matt.
8:21)
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The
Lord ... “And thou, child, (John the Baptist) shalt be called
the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of
the Lord (Jesus Christ) to prepare His ways.” (Luke 1:76)
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Savior
... “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a
Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11)
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Lamb
of God ... “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto Him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world.” (John 1:29)
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The
Christ, Anointed One, Messiah ... “Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God.” (Matt. 16:16)
WHAT
JESUS CHRIST SAID OF HIMSELF!
“Before
Abraham was I am.” (John 8:58; Ex. 3:14)
“I
am the Bread of Life.” (John 6:35; 6:41, 48, 51)
“I
am the Light of the World.” (John 8:12)
“I
am the Door.” (John 10:7
“I
am the Good Shepherd.” (John 10:11)
“I
am the Resurrection and the Life.” (John 11:25) “I am He (the
Christ).” (John 4:25-26)
“I
am from above.” (John 8:23-24, 28)
“I
am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” (John 14:6)
“I
am the True Vine.” (John 15:1)
“I
am the Alpha and Omega.” (first and last) (Rev. 1:8)
“I
am the Almighty.” (Rev. 1:8; Is. 9:14)
Just
recently the well-known radio commentator and author Charles
Templeton, from Toronto was a guest on our 2-hour weekly radio talk
show “Nightwatch”. When I questioned him about his agnosticisms
and his relation to Christ, he replied, “Jesus in my estimation is
a moral genius...He has influenced my life more than any other
person that has ever lived”! That’s quite a statement.
Then
I asked him, “Do you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God”?
Charles Templeton answered, “No, I do not believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God”!
Now
let me ask him another question: “How can Jesus Christ be a moral
genius and also be a liar: if He is not the Son of God for He
claimed He was the Son of God”?
WHAT
THE HOLY BIBLE SCRIPTURES SAY OF JESUS CHRIST ~ SON OF GOD
“In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.
In Him was life; and the life was the light of man.” (John 1:1-4)
“God...Hath
in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed
heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; Who being the
brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and
upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by
Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty
on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by
inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” (Heb.
1:2-4)
“And
I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon
him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge
and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were
many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He
Himself. And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His
name is called the Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven
followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and
clean. And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He
should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron:
and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of
Almighty God. And He hath on His vesture and His thigh a name
written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” (Rev. 19:11-16)
“For
unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government
shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.” (Is. 9:6)
WHAT
GOD THE FATHER SAYS OF HIM!
“For
unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art My Son, this
day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and
He shall be to me a Son? And again, when He bringeth in the
firstbegotten into the world, He saith, And let all the angels of
God worship Him. But unto the Son He saith, Thy throne, O God, is
for ever and ever: A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy
kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast
laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of
thine hands. They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they shall
be changed: but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail. But
to which of the angels said He any time, Sit on my right hand, until
I make thine enemies thy footstool?” (Heb. 1:5-6, 8-13; Psalm 2:7)
“And
Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:
and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him: And lo a voice
from heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.” (Matt. 3:16-17)
“While
He yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a
voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased: hear ye Him.” (Matt. 17:5)
WHAT
GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS OF JESUS CHRIST ~ EMMANUEL
“But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in
My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I (Jesus) HAVE SAID UNTO YOU.” (John
14:26)
“But
when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,
He shall testify of Me.” (John 15:26)
“Howbeit
when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all
truth: for He shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever He shall
hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come. He
shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it
unto you.” (John 16:13-14)
WHAT
THE PROPHETS SAY OF HIM!
“...which
God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the
world began. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall
the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me;
Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He shall say unto you.
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that
prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Yea, and all the
prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have
spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.” (Acts 3:21-24)
“Then
He said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken; Ought not Christ to have suffered these
things, and to enter into His glory? And beginning at Moses and all
the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the
things concerning Himself.” (Luke 24:25-27)
“To
Him give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever
believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.” (Acts 10:43)
WHAT
HIS MOTHER SAID OF HIM!
“His
mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, DO
IT.” (John 2:5)
WHY
DID JESUS CHRIST COME?
“These
things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In
the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
“...That
He (Jesus) should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given
Him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:2-3)
“Be
it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man
is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by Him all that
believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be
justified by the law of Moses.” (Acts 13:38-39)
“For
the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
(Luke 19:10; Matt. 18:11)
“...For
this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy
the works of the devil.” (1 John 3:8)
“But
He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him: and with His
stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5; Matt. 8:16-17)
WHAT
DID HE ACCOMPLISH?
“...Thus
it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise
from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of
sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:46-47)
“Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But
made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in
fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly
exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: That at
the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.” (Phil. 2:5-11)
“Who
(God) hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son.” (Col. 1:13)
“And
(Jesus) having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of
them openly, triumphing over them in it.” (Col. 2:15)
HOW
DOES ALL THIS RELATE TO US TODAY?
“But
as many as received Him, to them gave He the power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:” (John 1:12)
“For
the Father judgeth no man, but hath quickened them; even so the Son
quickeneth whom He will. For all men should honour the Son, even as
they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not
the Father which hath sent Him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation: but is
passed from death unto life.” (John 5:22-24)
“He
that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him.” (John 3:36)
“Jesus
cried and said, He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on
Him that sent Me.” (John 12:44)
“Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send
receiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent
Me.” (John 13:20)
“Believe
Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe Me
for the very works’ sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father. And
whatsoever ye shall ask in Me name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My name, I
will do it. If ye love Me, keep My commandments. I will pray the
Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide
with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him, but ye know
Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave
you comfortless: I will come to you.” (John 14:11-18)
“But
ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
(Acts 1:8)
“And
He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved:
but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall
follow them that believe; In My name shall they cast out devils;
they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and
if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall
lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” (Mark 16:15-18)
“Let
not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Me.
In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” (John 14:1-3)
“For
God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.” (John 3:16)
“Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be
opened.” (Matt. 7:7-8)
“Come
unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.” (Matt. 11:28)
“So
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that
look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto
salvation.” (Heb. 9:28)
“Wherefore
He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by
Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” (Heb.
7:25)
GOD
IS WITH US - EMMANUEL!
When
God laid Salvation’s Plan, He included you and me - We are the
recipients of His divine grace! Hallelujah!
The
Bible says, “No good thing will He withhold from them that walk
uprightly.” (Ps. 84:11) And “For whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Rom. 10:13) How great and
majestic is the glorious salvation of our Blessed Christ and
Redeemer. The very word ‘Jesus’ in both Hebrew and Greek means
‘Saviour’. The angel spoke to Joseph in Hebrew and said “Ye
shall call His name Jesus (Saviour) and He shall save (salvage) His
people from their sins”. (Matt. 1:21)
What
good news, God is with us - Jesus is God and He is with us. God is
not only with us but through the baptism of the Holy Ghost He is in
us!!
Jesus
said, “And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another
Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of
truth: whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not,
neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you and
shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to
you”. (John 14:16-18) Note these precious words: “At that day ye
shall know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you”.
(v. 20)
“And
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” (Acts 2:4)
THINK
OF IT. GOD IS WITH US AND ALSO IN US. HOW MARVELLOUS, HOW WONDERFUL!
Let
this scripture grip your heart as it has mine.
“He
that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth
Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will
love Him, and will manifest Myself to him.” (John 14:21)
IF
GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? WHAT ASSURANCE!
The
great apostle to the Gentiles certainly spared no words when it came
to giving us assurance of God’s great power that is very available
and readily accessible to His people. Let me share only a few:
“And
we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are called according to His purpose.” (Rom. 8:28)
AND
WE KNOW...NO DOUBT, NO MEALY-MOUTHED UNCERTAIN TEACHING, WHATSOEVER!
Definite, definitive and unfailing are the promises of God. We need
not worry, fret or doubt. WE KNOW! WE KNOW! WE KNOW!
St.
Paul knew a great many things about our Blessed Lord and His
marvellous salvation which unfortunately, many so-called preachers
seem to be in doubt today. The following scripture gives one of the
keys to his success - notice his sincere desire in this prayer.
“That
I may know Him and the power of His resurrection...” (Phil. 3:10)
Here’s
another of his positive confessions and professions:
“...I
know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to
keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” (2
Tim. 1:12)
“Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day
long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these
things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I
am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come.
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.” (Rom. 8:35-39)
FOR
I AM PERSUADED!
“If
God be for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31) “Who shall
lay anything to the charge of God’s Elect? It is God that
justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yeah
rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us”. (Rom. 8:33-34)
THEY
THAT ARE WITH US ARE MORE THAN THEY THAT ARE WITH THEM!
Let
me share with you a little about the great miracle that happened at
Dothan. A miracle of God’s power, provision and grace! It was told
to the King of Syria that the reason he was unable to get the
advantage over the Israelites was due to the supernatural gifts of
God by which the prophet Elisha was able to warn Israel of the
plans, designs and purposes of their enemy, coming against them.
Finally the King of Syria sent his army to Dothan with orders to
capture the prophet. The servant of Elisha was greatly concerned
when he saw the place surrounded by hostile men of war. He cried
out, “Alas my master, How shall we do”?
Notice
the prophets answer: “Fear not, for they that be with us are more
than they that be with them”. (2 Kings 6:16) Elisha then prayed
for God to open the spiritual eyes of the young man and he saw.
“...The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round
about Elisha”. (v. 17) Praise God!
Jesus
said, “All power is given unto Me in Heaven and in earth...and lo
I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world”. (Matt.
28:18-30)
What
a promise! I am with you always! Even to the very end of the age -
Hallelujah!
Again
our Lord said, “...I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee”.
(Heb. 13:5)
NEVER,
NEVER, NEVER WILL JESUS LEAVE US! He will be with us in good times
and bad times, in sickness and in health, in success or failure, in
testings, trials, tragedies and sorrows. He will be with us in times
of poverty or prosperity right up til the END; including the journey
through the valley of the shadow of death! (Ps. 23)
Jesus
promised, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they
follow Me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand. My Father,
which gave them Me, is greater than all: and no man is able to pluck
them out of My Father’s hand”. (John 10:27-29)
NO
ONE CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD...NO ONE CAN PLUCK US OUT OF OUR
FATHER’S HAND; NO ONE, NO ONE, NO ONE! WE ARE PROTECTED FOR TIME
AND ETERNITY, PROVIDED WE WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL TO GO HIS
WAY! WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN CHOOSE TO DEPART FROM HIS LOVE. HE
WILL NEVER LEAVE US IF WE WANT HIM TO STAY!
St.
Paul said, “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw
back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them
who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving
of the soul”. (Heb. 10:38-39)
Please
remember, dear friend: “But if we walk in the light, as He is in
the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of
Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin”. (1 John 1:7) Also
never forget that there are conditions as well as promises. Here is
a good example.
“If
ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it. If ye love Me, keep
My commandments.” (John 14:14-15)
“In
all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved
us.” (Rom. 8:37)
St.
Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth
me”. (Phil. 4:13) We can do the same for Jesus our Lord is “No
respector of persons, places or times”! (Acts 10:34) “He is the
same yesterday, today and forever.” (Heb. 13:8)
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