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| Those Who Possess Abraham’s Faith |
| Roshan Rai [email] ( Bhutan ) |
2009-10-17 Views
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Greetings to you all in the name of our Almighty God The Holy Trinity. Hallelujah.
How have you all been? I know by the abundant grace of God in The Gospel of Water & The Spirit you all are doing fine spiritually although some of you may be stressed out because of the worldly work and physical frustrating world. I feel the same but it is always the grace of God in The Gospel of Water & The Spirit that God bring me back and make me stand firm on the foundation unshakable no matter how this world is changing. Hallelujah to our God The Holy Trinity for giving us this wonderful blessing in the Gospel of Water &The Spirit. Infact we have nothing to boast before God but can only thank and praise about His Righteousness, Love, Grace and Victory. Praise the Lord.
OK today I would like to share with you all the book review on the title, “Those Who Possess Abraham’s Faith- Sermon on Genesis VII from Genesis Chapters 12-15”
This book is a great blessing in faith, it explain in great detail on the faith of our Great Spiritual Father Abraham who believed in the righteousness and goodness of God all his days on earth and now is in Heaven with our God.
GENESIS 12:
Gen 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Gen 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Gen 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Gen 12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Gen 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Gen 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Gen 12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Here in the above scriptures we see God saying to Abraham to get out of his father’s house and come to the land where God wanted Abraham to be in and inherit. Leaving one’s old home and habit is never easy as one has to sacrifice many things before one can venture. But still Abraham believed God and moved out of his father’s house who was a worshiper of idols. Still Abraham trusted God who he never knew but believed Him to be the maker of Heaven and Earth. Same is for us as it is never easy to let go off one’s old habit and egos. In spiritual sense when one ventures into the life of faith one has to fully depend on God for everything with eyes closed because what this physical eyes sees is of great confusion to the life of faith for eyes can see only the perishable things where if one put trust in it is sure to be destroyed but if we close our eyes and see beyond by the spiritual eyes of faith then God is always there by our side and the end result is great blessing of being born again and enter Kingdom of God.
Here when God says to Abraham, “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” If we see closely we see that God is saying to us to get out of our father’s house i.e. as a seed of Adam and be born again in His Righteousness and believe in God for where He is going to take us is New Blessed Land of Heaven. The above scripture doesn’t mean that one has to forsake one’s own dwelling on earth and separate from heathen family but it is more of spiritual. Here God wants us to leave our father’s house means leave behind being the son of Adam by whom we became sinner and trust in God by becoming His Children by being born again of Water & The Spirit and enter the land which God wants us all to inherit i.e. the New Earth and Heaven. And yes indeed God becomes our shield for He blesses those who bless us and curse those who curse us, for to stand against the goodness of God of being born again of water & the spirit is to store curse and eternal death in hell fire for he/she has denied the great abounding grace of God of being born again of water & the spirit.
So indeed we need to leave our father’s house means to be born again of water & the spirit and trust in God and enter His Realm by becoming His Children in His Righteousness. Blessed are those who have left their father’s house (Adam’s Sin) and enter God’s Realm by being born again of God’s Righteousness in the Gospel of Water & The Spirit. Hallelujah.
We see that Abraham departed with his wife and his nephew Lot. By then Abraham was already 75 years old and had no children but still God promised that He will make Abraham great nation. So we see that Abraham simply believed in the word of God and ventured in this wonderful life of faith of being born again of water & the spirit which is none other than God’s Righteousness. When we see from the circumstances revolving around Abraham we find that he didn’t have any kid even at that old age of 75 years old but still God said that his descendants will be great and in him all family shall be blessed. So we find how Abraham simply closed his physical eyes and beheld beyond what is seen to unseen life of spiritual faith and thus God fulfilled what he promised to Abraham all because Abraham trusted God with all his heart and soul and indeed God redeemed Abraham and made him our ancestor of faith. Hallelujah.
Gen 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Gen 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
Gen 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
Gen 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Gen 12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Gen 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Gen 12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Gen 12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
Gen 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Gen 12:19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
Gen 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
In the above scripture we find that Abraham now has to face famine. But we should note that it was all God’s doing that the land where Abraham was then went under famine in order to bless Adam abundantly later on. As the result of famine we find Abraham being led to Egypt with his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot. When Abraham was about to enter Egypt Abraham told Sarai that she should not disclose their relationship but call him as her brother for sake of his life for Sarai was very beautiful to behold and every eye could go greedy in obtaining her. In the same sense when the children of God receive blessing thru the Church of God many worldly eyes does become greedy. The Church- The Gatherings of Righteous Born Again Children of God is the true bride and Christ Jesus Our Bridegroom. So only when one stand together with The Church of God one can receive all the blessing which Lord God promised to Abraham for just as Abraham who became very rich later on when Pharoah of Egypt returned Sarai along with the huge riches for redemption from his mischief. Likewise we the children of God becomes rich if one stay with The Church of God in faith. One should not take this in literal sense for if God wills He will indeed reward and bless His Children with worldly riches as well but we should never believe in God for gaining worldly riches for God made it clear that those who are with the world are against Him. So the greed for the worldly riches is a great sin before God. God never wanted man to reign on earth for a while and perish in hell eternally. But God wanted man to receive salvation in the Gospel of Water & Spirit by leaving his father’s house and become His Children by His Righteousness and reign eternally as His Children during Second Coming of Christ Jesus.
So even if one believed in Jesus Christ and if one’s still struggling with the worldly riches means that his/her faith in not upright before God. First he should thrash out his real reason of believing in God. What did he believe for? If only one seek God’s Righteousness and His Kingdom all things will be added to us (Mat 6:33) otherwise one will always be a beggar deprived of all blessing if one do not seek God’s Righteousness and His Kingdom first. Yes the Righteousness of God and His Kingdom is more valuable than worldly riches for one can never repay God for what Hs has done for us by fulfilling all our need to enter Heaven by The Gospel of Water & The Spirit. So when one has The Gospel of Water & The Spirit (The Righteousness of God and His Kingdom) than all the worldly things is just a trash which one can throw it immediately. None loves to stay close to stinking trash but runs away from it to better environment. Likewise The Righteousness of God and His Kingdom is the best environment to be in rather than staying in the world which is none other than stinking trash can where maggots (sins) thrives. All praise and glory to our God The Holy Trinity. Hallelujah,
GENESIS 13:
Gen 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Gen 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Gen 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
Gen 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Gen 13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Gen 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Gen 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Gen 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Gen 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Gen 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Yes walking with God is not an easy task. It is not achieved by our physical strength and devotion. It is all by the grace of God that God never leaves us but because of the circumstance we might find ourselves in situation where we sometime feel left out because our prayers are not answered. But if one closely contemplate and see then we will always find God by our side smiling and wondering why we are asking for such thing which is not necessity for the life of faith. Walking the life of faith in itself is a great walk of life which determines the end result, whether blessing or curse.
We see Lot being dissatisfied by the worldly things turning between his uncle Abraham and him. God blessed them both and indeed it was all because of his uncle Abraham, Lot acquired great wealth. But this very wealth became a trap for him. For instead of being thankful to God for blessing him thru his uncle Abraham who was a pastor of his life Lot began to grumble over worldly things and yearned to separate his way from blessing to curse. Abraham knew his heart and before Lot could ever dare to go against him by the blindness of wealth, Abraham gave him freedom to stay with him or depart from him.
Abraham thus said to Lot, “Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.” It is not that Abraham truly wanted to separate himself from Lot but Abraham wanted Lot to speak up his mind. For if Lot really wanted to be with Abraham and had Lot requested Abraham to never cast him away then Abraham would have indeed let Lot be by his side and would have settled the small worldly dispute. Abraham said the above because He knew Lot intention and before Lot could commit any sin of disobedient and rivalry against him, Abraham made it clear and gave freedom of choice to Lot either to remain with him and be blessed or depart and receive the curse, for God clearly told and promised Abraham that those who bless him shall be blessed but those who curse him and stand against Abraham was sure to be destroyed and cursed for God had become the surety of blessing to Abraham. Likewise God’s Righteousness which is contained in The Gospel of Water & The Spirit is the surety of our blessing.
Those who want blessing have to remain and enjoy the everlasting love and grace of God but those who stand against it is sure to perish for he/she has disregarded the great abounding love and grace of God and treated it as trifle as he/she has trampled over the great work of God, The Gospel of Water & The Spirit. They may not feel the consequence of their disobedient and rivalry against The Gospel of Water & the Spirit right now and may say they are right although they are preaching half baked Gospel which will cause diarrhea and dehydration of soul and in the end will die of spiritual thirst all the while trying to sanctify their flesh instead of their soul by their tryst of being and acting holy with their hypocritical life and trying to climb up to God pretending to be holy with the sin in their heart.
As they have rejected The Gospel of Water & Spirit which declares that Lord Jesus Christ born of Holy Spirit thru Virgin Mary was baptized to bear the sins of the world on His Own Body thru John The Baptist (The Descendant of Aaron The High Priest) at Jordan River by laying on of hand and rightfully became the Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world, was crucified to pay the penalty of sins by His Death on The Cross, Resurrected after three days in order to grant all His Brethrens The Resurrection of Life after three days and now sits with all glory and majesty in Heaven at the right hand side of God The Father. So simples is The Gospel of Water & The Spirit, which if one accepts there is nothing to add to even can try for God Jesus Christ has perfected it and in it is Eternal Life.
But many people don’t believe The Gospel of Water & The Spirit as The Absolute Gospel. They are ok lying thru their lips by saying Jesus Christ bore their sins on the Cross. The very word of God testify against them that they are liars for word of God declares that the Wages of Sin is Death (Rom 6:23) and these people are so cool that they don’t even feel the gravity of their mischief and what their lie is doing to the peoples’ soul. As per their saying they blindly believe like heathen for even the heathen do not know for what reason they believe their idol. They believe for only worldly stuff. They openly lie from their lips saying that one is saved even if one don’t believe in Baptism of Christ for it has nothing to do with their salvation for Jesus bore their sin on the Cross. So the scripture declare that the wages of sin is death. So does that means that those who are preaching The Cross are simply saying that Jesus Christ was a sinner for only sinner deserved death for they never believe that Christ born their sin thru His Baptism? So in simples sense they are either saying that Christ died as sinner for His own sin for only sinner deserve death penalty. GOD FORBIDS. As they don’t believe in His Baptism The Cross of Christ has nothing to do with them for they never believed that Christ received Baptism to shoulder all the sins of the world (Past, present & future) for they simply believed blindly that Christ died for their sins but they had failed to pass over their sins to the Lamb of God who could have redeemed them if they had believed that Christ Jesus took over theirs sins by His Baptism. But they don’t. So The Cross of Christ has nothing to do with them for the are either saying Christ was a sinner who died for his own sin, and if they believe the Christ died for their sins they have infact failed to hand over the sins to Christ as they never believed in His Baptism where it is the truth that God Jesus Christ shouldered all the sins of the world by the hand of John The Baptist. So the Gospel they are preaching is infact the false gospel where there is no truth at all for their very belief is founded on the sand and when storm comes it will crumble down into dust.
THIS WORD MAY SOUND REPETITION OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT TRUTH IS TRUTH, IF ONE DON”T BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL OF WATER & SPIRIT NO MATTER WHETHER HE IS A ROMAN POPE OR CHURCH FATHER OR CHRISTIAN LEADERS OR PASTOR ONE IS SURE TO END UP IN HELL FOR HE/SHE HAS FAILED TO PASS OVER THE SIN TO THE LAMB OF GOD WHO COULD HAVE REDEEMED THEM BY HIS BLOOD OF THE CROSS. THEY SIMPLY BELIEVED ON THE CROSS WHERE GOD DIED BUT THEY HAVE FAILED TO GRASP THE SUBSTANCE AND REASON OF HIS DEATH AND PROPER KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE CROSS INFACT IS THE CURSE BUT MANY HAVE NOW IDOLIZED CURSE AS THEIR POWER, GOD JESUS WILL NOT BE HAPPY REMEMBERING HIS DEATH OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HE DID IT ONCE AND FOR ALL BY HIS LOVE FOR US BUT WILL NEVER EVER DO IT AGAIN. AND DID JESUS CHRIST EVER SAID TO IDOLIZE THE CROSS, NO HE NEVER SAID OR UTTERED A WORD ON IDOLIZING THE CROSS. BUT HE SIMPLY SAID TO BE BORN AGAIN OF WATER & THE SPIRIT FOR IN IT THE WORK OF CROSS HAS THE MEANING AND COMPLETE HIS MISSION OF REDEMPTION OF MANKIND BY HIS OWN BLOOD. BUT WHAT DID LORD JESUS TOLD THOSE WHO WERE WEEPING WHILE HE WAS CARRYING THE CROSS, READ (Luk 23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.) HOW CAN ONE SYMPATHIZE TOWARDS GOD WHO MADE US? HOW CAN YOU SAY TO YOUR MAKER YOU ARE POOR AND NEEDY? NO ONE CAN. THAT”S WHY GOD JESUS CHRIST SAID WHILE EVEN CARYING HIS CROSS THAT ONE SHOULD NOT WEEP OR SIMPATHIZE HIM FOR HOW CAN CREATURE SIMPATHY CREATOR WHO MADE CREATURES. IT WAS GOD WHO FELT PITY TOWARDS US AND CAME TO SAVE US AND HOW CAN YOU SAY TO GOD, PLEASE DON’T DO IT FOR ME I AM READY TO GO TO HELL AND I DON’T NEED YOUR LOVE. O FOOLISH AND ARROGANT SOUL REPENT AND STOP SYMPATHYIZING GOD FOR YOU ARE IN NEED OF HIS SYMPATHY NOT GOD YOUR SYMPATHY.
SO TO BORN AGAIN OF WATER & THE SPIRIT SHOULD BE YOUR TOP PRIORITY IN LIFE OF FAITH IN ORDER TO RECEIVE GOD”S LOVE, GRACE AND BLESSINGS. AMEN
But blessed are those who have been born again of God’s Righteousness contained The Gospel of Water & Spirit. Hallelujah.
OK back to Lot case. But what did Lot decided. We will see thru the scripture.
Gen 13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Gen 13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Gen 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Lot became greedy and chose the plain of Jordan where he could raise more livestock. But he totally forgot that it was the blessing of God that his livestock increased not by feeding good grass of the plain of Jordan. So Lot forsook the blessing and chose curse for Lot knew that if he remained with his uncle then only he could be blessed but because of the riches and wealth of livestock he became blind. Lot was supposed to close his eyes and believe Abraham but instead of closing his eyes with wide open eyes he caught the spiritual blindness and chose curse over blessing as he decided to depart from the very source of blessing his uncle Abraham. So he journey towards Sodom which at later stage was reserved for destruction for the iniquity of those inhabitants was not yet full.
Likewise with few worldly riches one should never forget that the very source of blessing is God’s Church which preaches The Gospel of Water & The Spirit. And if one thinks of departing from the God’s Church then one is sure to perish physically and spiritually like Lot in the end and enter God’s Wrath of Hell Fire. Amen.
Gen 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Gen 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Gen 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Gen 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Abraham to Lot was a blind man for instead of choosing and struggling over the plain of Jordan remained in the rocky grassless mountain. Abraham could have indeed took top priority to choose best land for he was elder and leader of Lot but he didn’t do for Abraham absolutely believed in God and believed that it was God who has given him such great blessing and if God is willing will sustain even his livestock and riches in the rocky mountain with thousand fold. Hallelujah.
Such should be our faith for if one only stands in The God’s Righteousness than God will bless us thousand folds with eternal life in New World to come and New Heaven. Hallelujah.
GENESIS 14:
Gen 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
Gen 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Gen 14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Gen 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Gen 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Gen 14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
Gen 14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
Gen 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Gen 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
Gen 14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Gen 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Gen 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Soon we find Lot being the victim of the war between the kings of the region. King Chedorlaomer and his allies plundering and taking all the goods of the land along with the people as their prisoner to enslave them. So we see how as soon as Lot rejected the source of God’s Grace that he felt victim of the sinful world.
So is the case of those who forsake the source of God’s blessing which is none other than The Gospel of Water & The Spirit and walk towards the world for soon world will plunder what little they had and will make them victim of their sinful practice.
Gen 14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
Gen 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
Gen 14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
But still Abraham went to rescue his nephew Lot with his 318 trained men in war. Abraham by the power and grace of God defeated 4 kings (Chedorlaomer and his allies) who had defeated 5 kings of Sodom and he allies. So Abraham was well blessed by God that he had 318 trained men who had their own family. He was infact like King but still he nephew Lot never realized the great power of Abraham that God had blessed him with. Lot was infact very foolish and waited for his own destruction. Once Abraham has rescued Lot he should have gone back with Abraham in mountain side and remained with him rest of the days for he would have been blessed even more.
But Lot preferred to stay back in defeated land. Defeated by world and cursed by God. Thus he incurred the huge loss and even lost his own soul in the end all because he failed to stay firm with the very source of blessing i.e. with his uncle Abraham who is now living blessing to faithful. Amen.
Gen 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
Gen 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Gen 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Gen 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Gen 14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
Gen 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Gen 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Gen 14:24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Defeated King of Sodom with his never lost pride came and told Abraham to take all the goods and leave the persons for him. King of Sodom is the antitype of devil as we see how he is trying to exchange the souls of men by the riches of the world. But what our Father Abraham said is that God is his power and strength and it was God who has given him victory over other kings and he will not take a single thread from the world for it is God who has granted him victory. Abraham is infact our Pastor who did care for the people soul and the Righteousness of God for he boasted of God’s Righteousness only and didn’t care for worldly wealth nor treaded the souls of the people with riches of the world.
And we see another King of Salem, Melchizedek King of Salem who brought Abraham Bread & Wine as He was the Priest of Most High. And He blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. Yes Priest of Most High Melchizedek is none other than Christ Jesus for we see Bread & Wine which signify The Gospel of Water & The Spirit which has granted victory to Abraham over the other worldly kings. So Melchizedek who was the Priest of God Most High knew and gave the secret of Salvation in Bread & Wine which is none other than the flesh and blood of Christ in The Gospel of Water & The Spirit. And Abraham gave him tithes of all for Melchizedek offered the peace offering for Abraham before God and thus God blessed Abraham and made him our father of faith.
GENESIS 15:
Gen 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Gen 15:2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Gen 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Gen 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Gen 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Gen 15:8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
After the rescue of Lot and back home God once again visited Abraham and bound His Covenant with Abraham with His Righteousness by declaring to Abraham that his descendants will be like the countless stars of heaven and Abraham believed God and counted it to him for righteousness. With the human perspective it is not possible that one’s descendants could be as stars of heaven but still Father Abraham believed God with his physical eyes closed and opened spiritual eyes and counted as God said him to do.
Likewise the work of God is never tiresome or burdensome.
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
It is so simple. You just need to believe and trust God for the rest. Right now God simply says to us to believe in The Gospel of Water & The Spirit which declares that He has sanctified all mankind by His Water, Blood & The Spirit of His One & Only Begotten Son Lord Jesus Christ. So if one believes one is sure to enlist his/her name in the book of Eternal Life. So it is that simple. You need not have to offer whole night prayers for it doesn’t make any difference in the Will of God for it is God’s Will that every man be saved and receive eternal life. Whether you fast or stay for whole night prayer it doesn’t make difference before God. It is not by your fasting or your prayers that man will be saved but it is by the will of God and those who seek God’s Righteousness and His Kingdom will definitely meet the preacher of The Gospel of Water & The Spirit and will be saved. You might think that it was because of your prayers or devotion or fasting that your prayer were answered but it is not like that in the realm of faith. You fasted because you lacked faith. You didn’t have mustard seed like faith. Measurement of faith is not done by devotion of your deeds. Faith is so simple that it is the only thing in the world that binds us together and teaches us the things of Heaven all in Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour. Hallelujah.
Have you ever read Abraham fasted to receive God’s Great blessing or ever prayed whole night that his descendants to be as stars of heaven. No we don’t find Abraham ever doing any good deeds of show off before God but he talked with God like a friend and revealed his weakness and God forgave him without Abraham having to even ask for forgiveness.
Joh 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Infact Abraham lied and cheated. He lied to King of Egypt and cheated on his wife but still God forgave him for as declared by Jesus Christ our Saviour one is not defiled by what one eats but is born as inert sinner from whom the sins always flows (Mark 7:21-23). So Abraham has nothing to boast before God but always revealed his weakness and yearned for His Grace and thus God blessed Abraham and made father of faith for he believed in God simply without any complication and hypocrisy.
YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS ALWAYS HAPPY ANE EVER READY TO BESTOW MERCY TO THOSE WHO YEARNS FOR HIS MERCY. HALLELUJAH.
Most of the people define God as Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient but still they act like as if God do not know anything. They do use these words beautifully but never realized its reality. God will never demand or beg human to either believe in His Righteousness for He has given mankind free will to choose from blessing and curse.
But God wills that mankind be saved in Christ Jesus and enter His Realm. But if man is least bothered and least interested He will never beg such person for God will always grant the freedom of choice and fruit of the choice: Blessing or Curse according to one’s choice.
Gen 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Gen 15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
Gen 15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Gen 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Gen 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Gen 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Gen 15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Gen 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Gen 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Gen 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Gen 15:19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Gen 15:20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Gen 15:21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
OK in the above scripture we see God slowly revealing His plan as to how He will accept the offering if one has to offer Him as sin offering, peace offering, etc… The creatures which can atone for one’s sins God started slowly revealing i.e. heifer, goat, ram, turtledove and young pigeon. These animals were accepted to atone for the sin of the mankind. So slowly God started revealing that He can’t simply ignore the sin of the mankind. Someone has to pay for his/her sin and as of then He temporarily accepted the listed animal till the end of OT. But during the offering Abraham felt asleep and this lead to God’s another plan of redeeming His People Israel from World (Egypt) and bringing them back to Canaan (Heaven) and further reveling the secret and method of salvation by sacrificial offering at Tabernacle.
Thus God fulfilled all His Plan of Salvation thru the faithful and finally gifted us the complete package of salvation in His One & Only Begotten Son Lord Jesus Christ in His Water, Blood & The Spirit contained in The Absolute Gospel of Water & the Spirit by which every man can enter Heaven by being born again of water & the Spirit. Halleluja.
TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO REST MY PEN HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO END WITH THE GREAT WILL OF GOD FOR US THE MANKIND.
IT WAS NEVER OUR WILL THAT WE SHOULD BE BORN ON EARTH BUT STILL WE WERE BORN ON EARTH FOR IT IS GOD’S WILL
IT WAS NEVER OUR WILL THAT WE SHOULD BE BORN AS A SINNER BUT STILL WE WERE BORN AS A SINNER FOR IT IS GOD’S WILL
IT WAS NEVER OUR WILL THAT WE SHOULD BE REDEEMED BUT STILL WE WERE REDEEMED AND BECAME HIS CHILDREN IN THE GOSPEL OF WATER & THE SPIRIT FOR IT IS GOD’S WILL
IT WAS NEVER OUR WILL THAT WE SHOULD PREACH THE GOSPEL BUT STILL GOD MAKE US PREACH FOR IT IS GOD’S WILL
IT WAS NEVER OUR WILL THAT WE SHOULD ENTER HEAVEN BUT STILL WE ENTER HEAVEN AS HIS CHILDREN FOR IT IS GOD’S WILL
IN THE END GOD’S WILL IS ALL THAT MATTERS AND ONE’S WILL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EARNING SALVATION FOR THE VERY FIRST MAN ADAM USED HIS WILL FOR HIS OWN DESTRUCTION SO HOW CAN HIS BLOOD USE FOR THEIR OWN GOOD FOR THRU ADAM ALL HAS ENTERED DESTRUCTION AND ONLY THRU CHRIST JESUS BY HIS WATER, BLOOD & THE SPIRIT ONE WILL ESCAPE DESTRUCTION.
SO WITH THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE HERE:
1Ti 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1Ti 2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
1Ti 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
1Ti 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1Ti 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
1Ti 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
REMAIN BLESSED IN THE GOSPEL OF WATER & THE SPIRIT. AMEN
Yours brother
Ev. Roshan Rai
Bhutan
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