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  • No. 326

    My review on 1 Corinthians

    Greetings our beloved leaders Pst John Shin and Rev Paul C Jong and to all the faithful servants of our Lord Jesus in South Korea. I thank God for your continued testimony of the gospel of water and the Spirit. It is such a great encouragement to us, for we live imitating you, and it is a blessing to live one's life under God's Church.Dear Pastor Paul C Jong, I thank God who through the Holy Spirit has blessed us so much with spiritual food, such that while the world is undergoing spiritual famine, we are living in abundance, and our hearts greatly desire to share the word with those around us. I am happy to write to you after finishing reading the first volume of Corinthians. I always try to take my time when reading your books because previously I had a poor reading habit, as most people do in Africa. As the saying goes, "If you want to hide something from an African, put it in a book." But I thank God that through your books, I have started developing a reading habit. Reading your books makes it easier for me to understand the Bible, which carries a living word that strengthens and gives me assurance that by believing in Jesus who came by water, blood, and the Spirit, there is an eternal afterlife awaiting me.I am writing this review in reference to my previous faith and current faith. I thank God for every piece of your teaching. Not only does it help me explain the gospel of water and the Spirit when preaching, but it reaffirms my faith in the gospel that indeed we have become those without sin and are living the remainder of our lives as God's stewards. No matter how much I repeat the gospel of water and the Spirit, my heart does not get tired of it. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth, "Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment" (1 Corinthians 1:10).While reading this book, something kept crossing my mind: the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman. I felt in my heart that what Apostle Paul was telling the Corinthian Church was one and the same to what Jesus himself preached to the people to worship God in "Spirit and Truth." God desires nothing more than to worship him in Spirit and Truth. Jesus found confusion and division among the people of Israel, for it was known by then that the Jews and the Samaritans did not get along in spite of having a common descent; they lived condemning each other.But one time, Jesus, passing through Samaria, met a woman and asked her for water in exchange for living water. This woman claimed Jews and Samaritans could not associate because Jews worshiped in Jerusalem, while on the other hand, Samaritans worshiped in the mountain. Jesus made it clear to the Samaritan woman that they worshiped what they did not know, but Jews worshiped what they knew. But again, Jesus did not just end in commending the Jews; he continued by saying, "Yet I tell you time is coming when people will not worship in Jerusalem nor mountain but will worship God in Spirit and Truth." Indeed, Jews were in the right to worship in Jerusalem, for it was God's establishment to build the temple there. However, Jews did not live as God's stewards by showing love to those who were weak in faith; instead, they condemned them.What does worship in Spirit and Truth mean? The "Spirit" means God cares more about our spiritual well-being and approves anyone who has faith in the baptism of Jesus and his blood. The "Truth" is that Jesus has eliminated the sins of the world by being baptized in the river Jordan and dying on the cross, and that he resurrected from death to atone for mankind. He ascended into heaven and sent the Holy Spirit as the seal to those who believe in him; therefore, there is no condemnation to those who believe.Apostle Paul made it clear to the Corinthian Church that, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.” Apostle Paul concluded by saying, “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”Jesus was sorry for the Jews because even if they thought they were strong in faith, they still did not have "Love" and care for the well-being of others. In one incident, Jesus told a rich man to sell his properties and give the money to the poor. What did he do? He was miserable at this and couldn't do it, which plainly shows that the Jews did not care for one another, especially for those who were weak.In the Corinthian Church, the brethren started dividing among themselves. Some said they approved only Paul's teaching, others Apollos, others Cephas, and still others claimed they only followed Jesus. What did their division mean? It showed that these brothers and sisters did not care for one another but were only interested in self-glory and served their own flesh. I have come to see how Apostle Paul was a very spiritual person who cared for everyone. I can imagine Paul learning about the issues that rose in Corinth, where some people didn't approve of him as God's servant and preferred Apollos or Cephas instead. If Apostle Paul were a carnal-minded person who served his own glory, I believe he would have cherished and commended those who favored him and condemned those who disproved of him.But to my surprise, Apostle Paul did not spare anyone; he was sorry for the entire Corinthian Church because they acted immaturely. Even to those who preferred him over Apollos and Cephas, Apostle Paul wrote: "For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings? What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow" (1 Corinthians 3:4-7). "Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment" (1 Corinthians 1:10).  The Corinthian Church was so carnal that even a person who was known to commit adultery with his father's wife was not rebuked and helped, meaning they did not care for the spiritual well-being of that person. Through the Corinthian Church, Apostle Paul emphasized the importance of living for one another's edification—that is the correct way to live a spiritual life and serve our Lord Jesus. Apostle Paul wanted people to be in one accord when serving the gospel and to care for one another's spiritual and physical well-being. Apostle Paul was even made to explain the importance of unity and caring for one another in simple terms using an example of the unity of the body, saying:“For in fact the body is not one member but many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now indeed there are many members, yet one body” (1 Corinthians 12:14-20).  Therefore, we should not overlook the weak saints among us nor easily condemn our fellow brethren, but rather we should show them love and help them. Also, the Holy Spirit gives gifts according to God's will; we should not envy one another in terms of gifts or think that spiritual gifts determine the superiority or inferiority of a person. Instead, each one is given gifts accordingly for the edification of the Church. The Samaritan woman, after learning that Jesus was the Messiah to come, ran back to her village and invited a lot of people to go and see Jesus. This is the life of a steward: to care for others, to invite more people into God's Church, but mostly to look after each other's faith—especially those who seem to be of weaker faith—to help them turn into God's special workers.Pastor Paul Jong, this book has made me realize a lot of things, but also I will not hide this from you: for the first time, my mind wrestled while reading concerning the order in the Church. I am saying this not to show rebellion, but to expose my weak part so that you may know the best way to help my understanding and strengthen my faith. If I hide this from you and pretend as if I have understood while I am wrestling, I am only deceiving myself and not you; hence, you cannot help me, even though you have the help I need.I know previously you might have talked to us like children, but now I believe you are talking to us as adults and those you expect to be of age. I have faith that we should not just accept the word of God which fits our understanding and reject the one which does not fit our understanding. Both that which is easy for us and that which seems hard for us are God's word, and we need to accept them. This book has disclosed so much, even the questions we previously struggled with, but my most difficult part of it is the part concerning women covering their heads and being silent in Church. I would have loved it if you had stressed more on the matter; personally, I think it was rather short for a sensitive matter such as this.I grew up in a church which believed it was very imperative for women to cover their heads and learn in silence when gathered—not because they are less better than men, but to show submission and order, acknowledging that a woman was given to a man and not a man to a woman. I renounced my old faith because it did not preach the gospel of water and the Spirit, but somehow I retained the teaching of women covering their heads and being silent in the gathering, as it seemed right. Whenever I am reading the Bible, I bear this in mind: "I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?" (John 3:12).These were Jesus' words to Nicodemus. I believe the word of God is 100% spiritual and we cannot interpret it literally, but this scripture makes me feel God spoke to us in a physical-like manner because no one has ascended into heaven except the Son of Man who descended from heaven. So, every physical word we read carries heavenly wisdom. In other words, the physical order shows us the kingdom and wisdom of heaven according to the will of God. For example, the sun and the moon are both God's perfect creation, and both are special in their own way. The sun cannot say, "I am better than the moon because I give more light," nor can the moon break the order to say, "Today I want to give light to the people during the day in place of the sun, for I feel inferior that I am not permitted to shine during the day." They are both beautiful in nature and shine brilliantly in their respective time and season.Pastor Jong, I have learned through your books that in the past, God allowed only the Levites to serve him as priests, and among Levi's sons, Aaron and his sons were to serve as high priests. This was God's order, not meaning that the tribe of Levi was more superior or special than the other tribes, nor did Aaron and his sons serving as high priests indicate their superiority over other daughters and sons of Levi. It simply means that God has put order in his Church according to his will.Pastor Paul C Jong, you mentioned women receiving the Holy Spirit, and that the Holy Spirit gives gifts according to God's will. You also mentioned that if a sister in the church has a gift in teaching, she should not be prohibited from speaking in Church. I believe women and men share the same blessing and faith, and all bear the Holy Spirit.But my question is: is it possible that a woman can plant a Church and serve as its leader, and all who gather should submit to her? And in a case where even her husband also fellowships in that Church, should he submit to her as well? In terms of submission, I believe all the brethren should submit to Jesus as their true groom and savior, but I mean a woman serving as a senior Pastor. Brother Jong, I respect the sisters in God's Church the same way I respect all God's saints. I am writing to you with a pure heart to learn from this matter.The word of God indeed does not prohibit the propagation of the gospel, nor does God prohibit women from being in leadership and service of the Church. Previously, I believed that women could speak in public and participate in every way to propagate the gospel according to the gifts given to them. But when it comes to the gathering of the church where men are also present, I find it questionable that men learn through women—unless we are talking about a Bible study where everyone can contribute according to the revelation one receives from the Holy Spirit. But when it comes to the main service, I thought women learning in silence showed order and the hidden wisdom of heaven, and not to deem them inferior to men. The Bible says, "No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man" (John 3:13).If the physical order were to serve no purpose in representing or showing the hidden wisdom of God, let's say men start conceiving children in their bodies and giving birth, or women start marrying men and not the other way around—pardon me if I reason like a child, I stand to be corrected. Also, God forbids his children to marry or get married to unbelievers. Again, while Jesus was talking to the Samaritan woman, he told her that all the men she had lived with and the one she was currently living with were not her husband. Spiritually, we know that this word teaches us not to engage ourselves with other teachings rather than the gospel of water and the Spirit, and that Jesus is the only true husband for everyone. But can we overlook the physical order and say, "Since it's a spiritual matter, I can go ahead and marry or get married among the sons and daughters of men (unbelievers)?" I believe spiritually and physically, God forbids us to engage in love affairs with unbelievers.So how can we understand the wisdom of heaven since no one has gone there except the Son of Man who came from heaven, who mostly used to teach the wisdom of heaven borrowing from physical nature? Spiritually, we are all women married to Christ, and all of us ought to submit to Jesus. But as long as we are in this fleshly realm, the physical nature cannot escape the physical order of God. In the resurrection, we shall bear bodies that are neither male nor female, but all shall be like angels.I have tried to explain my mind as clearly as I can. I hope my writing is not too complicated for your understanding. I respect you a lot as my brother, predecessor, and mostly a leader in God's Church. Please help me understand more concerning this matter so that we may not deprive the sisters in the Church when we come together in gatherings, if need be, even for them to start teaching in main services.I will proceed with reading volume 2 of Corinthians, and I am also happy to have seen sermons on Galatians. Surely, the food is plenty in God's Church. May you continue to prosper in the Lord. Brother Chris MulongaNew Life Gospel Vision Church Zambia

    • Chris Mulonga
    • Zambia
    • 06/12/20265
  • No. 325

    Beyond the Nicene Creed: Restoring the True Gospel of the Water and the Spirit

    Hello.Here is my review of the Book titled, `Return from the Nicene Creed to the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit (I)` by Reverend Paul C. Jong. I became aware of how little I know about the origins of religious traditions and theological frameworks after reading this book and how nothing can be regarded as true if it does not start with the Word of God.Luckily for me, this book walks the reader through history beginning with the baptism of Jesus, where He received the sins of the world, the Cross, His resurrection, the faith of the apostles and the early church fathers and then the Nicene Creed, which subsequently has altered the faith of mainstream Christianity today by removing the baptism of Jesus.The Nicene Creed was formed in AD 325 by Emperor Constantine to unify the Christian faith of the Roman Empire. One of the reasons the Creed was founded was to combat the beliefs of the Macedonians who denied the Holy Spirit`s divinity, as well as the Arian controversy, which questioned the divinity of Jesus in relation to God the Father. The baptism of Jesus, which is essential to our salvation, is entirely absent from the Creed, despite its historical significance as a standard of faith that founded Trinitarian theology, which holds that the Triune God is One. Because mainstream Christianity does not preach the mystery of Jesus` baptism, we now have fragmented denominations that adhere to customs and sacraments, such as the Catholic Church, whose leaders and followers are bound by sin.The Edict of Milan in AD 313 legalised Christianity and prompted the need for the Nicene Creed years later. The legalisation of Christianity meant that believers no longer suffered persecution within the Roman Empire, allowing them to freely practise their faith. But the church lost the pure faith because of this newfound freedom, a faith that had long been preserved and strengthened through martyrdoms and sufferings. The faith became diluted, and what remained were Catholic doctrines headed by Constantine, and a new Catholic religion emerged under this state power. The Roman Emperor became the head of the Church, and the Church then became a church belonging to the Roman Empire. Introducing another historical event, the author explores the discovery of the Didache records in 1873 by a monk of Constantinople. `Didache` means `teaching` in Greek. This teaching manual was written approximately between 70 and 120 AD and is a practical guidebook on how the Church lived out its faith in the gospel preached and taught by the apostles. This includes regulations for patterns of worship, baptisms, offerings and the manner of appointing bishops and deacons within the Church. An example of this was the teaching that baptism should be administered in the name of the Holy Trinity and performed in running water where possible. This historical guidebook details how the apostles practically carried out their life of faith, and whilst the Didache records contain guidance for everyday living, it does not reveal the complete gospel of redemption needed for salvation found in the Bible. What I found intriguing in Sermon 3 was the author`s comparison of how little we know and continue to learn about space and the universe to how little we know about God, His plan of salvation and our nature as human beings. The universe is continually being studied through the lens of science, but it is so vast that we are still discovering new information. Similarly, we cannot even begin to understand God and His Word without approaching it through the lens of faith. We are nothing. The galaxies and expanse of space show us just how insignificant we are in the bigger picture. Nevertheless, God came to save such sinful and insignificant creatures as us. We should be humble and listen to all that God says. If God says that we are born in sin and can only produce the fruit of sin, then we should just agree. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).If God says that the only way to see and enter the Kingdom of God is to be born again of water and the Spirit (John 3:3-5), then we should just accept and say, `Yes, God, I believe everything you say is true,` even if we don`t fully comprehend it. The Early Church`s faith preached Jesus` baptism and the Cross. However, once the apostles were martyred and the Church Father`s era began, the baptism of Jesus was changed into a ritual. The Catholic Church initiated baptism for its believers as a method of removing original sin. This method failed to deliver the true meaning of Jesus` baptism. Therefore, baptism became a symbol and not the very act we must believe in to be saved. Today, Christianity is trapped in a cycle of repentance, piousness, and prayers of repentance. Similarly, all religions are the same, telling their followers: carry out good deeds, and you will eventually become sanctified. They all encourage self-reliance while neglecting the power of Jesus.Peter`s faith was wholly reliant on Jesus. That is why he confessed: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16). This confession is not only for Peter and the disciples during that time but also for us at present. The Word of God is not just moral lessons of life but actual life-giving words of salvation. Such faith denies one`s own thoughts and looks to the Word as the absolute truth above all else.Reformers such as Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli attempted to reject the Catholic church and the Pope`s authority in the 16th century. Although the essence of the Reformation is somewhat separated from the Catholic Church, their beliefs remain centred on the blood-only faith established at the Nicene Creed. Subsequently, Christianity formed by the Reformers, called Protestantism, still believes in an incomplete gospel. They may not acknowledge the hierarchy of the Pope and Catholicism, but they have not truly undergone reform since they preach a gospel that is incapable of eradicating sin from the heart.The author poses a question, asking, `What losses must contemporary Christianity endure to return to the gospel of the water and the Spirit?` The answer is a huge loss. It would mean turning their back on all the theological knowledge and sacraments that are plaguing Christianity today. This includes their take on all existing doctrines as well as their certificates and diplomas related to all their teachings. In other words, a complete redo of everything they have known and believed thus far. This may cause others to look down on them, and they may feel ashamed and embarrassed, but ultimately it will save their soul and the souls of others if they repent and return to the original gospel of the water and the Spirit.Systems and structures will also collapse, but what will be reborn, along with their spirit, is a church of God, centred on God`s Word. They may lose all these things, be ostracised from society, family and friends and have nothing left, but they would have gained Christ. So, we should all carefully consider our end."For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it" (Matthew 16:25)."Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ" (Philippians 3:8). In summary, the Council of Nicaea solidified the divinity of Jesus and the Holy Trinity. The faith of the Arians, Macedonians, and everyone else who opposed the Holy Trinity faith was declared to be heretical by the Council. Controversy followed this ruling in 325, and thereafter another council was held in Constantinople in 381, further confirming the role and status of the Holy Trinity. The Nicene Creed tells us who Jesus is, but it is silent on how Jesus took on the sins of the world through His baptism. The victory of the Creed protected the Early church from losing the roots of the gospel. But unfortunately, the result is that Christianity now has no power in preaching the gospel of redemption because the baptism of Jesus has been removed and it does not lead its followers to the baptism of Jesus, where the transference of sin took place. This book is an exhortation to return from the Nicene Creed to the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit, which the Apostles taught the Early Church. May this book do just that for you, and may you live a blessed new life, "looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith" (Hebrews 12:2).Amen

    • Loren Simons
    • United Kingdom
    • 05/04/2026225
  • No. 324

    Return from the Nicene Creed to the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit!

    Hello, This is a review of the book entitled "Return from the Nicene Creed to the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit!" by Rev. Paul C. Jong. This book explains in extensive historical and biblical detail, why we must return from the Nicene Creed to the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit! It restores to prominence, a scripture centered teaching that had vanished from theological conversation.The book delves into how the gospel of the water and the Spirit - the core faith held by the Apostles of the early church, was buried beneath religious tradition, as the Nicene Creed created at the council of Nicaea in AD 325, became established. The author draws the readers attention to the purpose as to why the Creed was initially created, providing vital insight into the state of Christianity at that time. We are reminded that the creation of the Nicene Creed succeeded in its purpose to formulate a correct understanding of the divinity of Jesus Christ within the Trinity and to bring about a single, organized standard of faith throughout the Roman Empire where there had previously been much theological confusion.However, Emperor Constantine failed to include in the Creed, the connecting link of salvation - that is, that Jesus was first baptized by John the Baptist to take on the sin of the world. The sheer amount of research in this book is clear and detailed. It precisely documents the timeline showing how the establishment of the Nicene Creed in AD 325, ushered in the system of the seven sacraments and the institution of confession that we see today. And as a result, how the vital element of apostolic teaching, beginning with Jesus` baptism from John the Baptist, faded from historical and theological memory.The readers are invited to reflect on the detrimental effect that the Creed had on Christians of that time whereby the discussion reversed from, "How did Jesus save us from all our sins?" to the question, "Do you agree with Emperor Constantine`s Nicene Creed?", shifting the focus from personal faith in the Word of God to the priest-centered religious system of the Catholic Church, and how this has affected the teaching of the Bible today. With careful exegesis, we are shown that by the end of the 4th century, when the Catholic Church was proclaimed as the state religion of the Roman Empire, the gospel of the water and the Spirit disappeared, leaving behind only religious rituals such as the sacraments of baptism and confession alongside the gospel of the cross alone, which continues to be emphasized today causing believers to remain trapped in their sins.Therefore the call to Return from the Nicene Creed to the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit remains the decisive turning point for all Christians. At the heart of this book is the author`s acknowledgment of all those who fought to keep the faith united under one standard of truth, in particular the early Christians who risked their lives to preserve the gospel of the water and the Spirit as the core biblical truth of redemption. As a result of their perseverance to protect and preach the gospel, we also now know and believe that when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, the sins of the world were transferred onto Him, that He went to the cross to die for our sins and rose again the third day.The central focus of the book is that the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist - where He took on the sins of the world, must be restored to its rightful place within the Creed, so that the Nicene Creed is realigned with the Bible and the faith of the early Church. The work of reformation begins with and is centered around Denominational leaders, presidents of general assemblies, and pastors becoming the first to realize this gospel Word of water and the Spirit, and with faith, proclaiming it boldly from their pulpits, as the Lord demands repentance first within the church as the Bible says, "For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God" (1 Peter 4:17).The discussion deepens with a careful examination of the faith of Watchman Nee, the Catholic Church and Paul C. Jong with the intention to urge the reader to discern their faith through the written Word of the Bible. The book implores the reader to consider the argument, that just as scientific advancements and space science have developed to form a deeper and broader understanding of the universe, so too should we flawed human beings recognize how much our thoughts could be wrong and limited concerning the doctrines that many people have viewed to be the truth.For 1,700 years Christianity has been centered around belief in the blood and resurrection of Christ alone, but now, God is calling everyone to return to the gospel of the water and the Spirit which precedes the Nicene Creed as the Creed of the early Christians which sets the baptism of Jesus firmly as the first work of redemption by which the sins of the world were transferred onto the Lord through the laying on of hands from the high priest John the Baptist (Matthew 3:13-17).The book also addresses one of the main topics in Christianity - The Holy Spirit; when and how one receives Him. But what we are urged to remember is that the Holy Spirit is a "gift" which comes upon those whose sins have been washed away through faith in the righteousness of God. The "gift" of the Holy Spirit can never be purchased as Simon attempted to gain it in Acts 8:14-24, and neither can it be earned through the sacrament of baptism or confirmation as taught by the Catholic Church, equally His presence cannot be equated to the evidence of speaking in tongues or prophesying as asserted by the Pentecostal charismatic movement. The book clearly attributes the receiving of the gift of the Holy Spirit directly with those who have repented and believed in the gospel of Jesus` baptism and blood for the remission of their sins (Acts 2:38).The author successfully expands our understanding of salvation citing historical records such as the Didache: a document of the early church showing the teachings of the gospel delivered by the Apostles and comparing the text with the Holy Scriptures. Each chapter gradually solidifies the necessity of faith in Jesus` baptism as the primitive point of redemption by contrasting the faith believed by each Christian denomination with that of the gospel of the water and the Spirit. We are shown how the failure of the church in removing the teaching of Jesus` baptism from the Nicene creed led directly to the gospel becoming symbolized and institutionalized within human understanding. And how even today, the gospel has shifted toward personal emotions, experiences and social ethics.The author`s exploration of how Christianity has been diluted through the ages illuminates the necessity to return to the gospel of the water and the Spirit (John 3:5). The message within this amazing book, is a call to Return from the Nicene Creed and from human-centered religious structures to the gospel of the water and the Spirit while your heart is still pricked, your conscience not yet seared and the door of salvation is not yet closed. As the Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 6:2, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." And, in Hebrews 3:7, "Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."To download this amazing FREE book in audiobook or e-book format visit - www.bjnewlife.org God bless you all !

    • Aneka Simons
    • United Kingdom
    • 05/01/202648
  • No. 323

    A WIFE IS BOUND TO HER HUSBAND BY THE LAW WHILE HE STILL LIVES( Romans 7:2)

    A WIFE IS BOUND TO HER HUSBAND BY THE LAW WHILE HE STILL LIVES (Romans 7:2). Hello everyone, I would like to share my review on the Book of Romans titled ALREADY COMPLETED SALVATION written by Rev Paul C Jong. This review is much concentrated on the lesson learned from Romans Chapter 7, 8 and 9. My sincerest desire is that you may also get an opportunity to discover the concrete truth of the complete salvation that Jesus Christ has bestowed on us all mankind through both His baptism and death. This truth shows how completely free we are from death and entering hell once we believe wholeheartedly. May God continue to blessing His work through His true Servant Rev Jong and all the other faithful Servants beside him. May God continue to granting good health by healing any chaotic conditions that may hinder His work upon the lives of His Servant in Christ Jesus our LORD. All Glory to Wisdom! Amen.My lesson is actually not from anywhere else but only through the perspective of the gospel of the water and the Spirit as recorded in this precious Book. As the title of my review reads, A WIFE IS BOUND TO HER HUSBAND BY THE LAW WHILE HE STILL LIVES. This shows how important it is to be joined together as One, I speak in a laymen understanding. But Spiritually speaking just as the wife is under her husband from marriage until death of the husband do them apart, so Romans 7 Is teaching us how one is bound to the Law as long as he lives. Because the law as authority over the Living, so any person who is alive is ruled by it. In short the wife cannot be a free woman and have a chance to get married to another husband unless the husband dies, so is anyone who is still alive in sin remain in it unless they die to it. This death only happens when one believes that Jesus took away all sins through His baptism (transferring of all sins), paid the wages of sin once for all on the Cross with His precious blood (Judgement). When We Believe in this truth we become those who have died to the Law through Christ. Hallelujah!!!Romans 7 has basically taught me that, just as the wife’s freedom from being bound to her husband depends on the husband’s death. So no matter the different strategies or ways the wife may try to use to obtain that freedom it can never work because they are a single body. So the wife cannot escape her duty before the husband as they are joined as one, so only death can separate this joined body of a husband and wife. Thereby giving freedom to the wife that she can be remarried. Spiritually speaking, Romans 7 is has taught me, how anyone who is still hanged to the Law is bound to it as long as he lives. In short everyone born on this earth is born bound to the Law as the husband, so is everyone subjected to everything that the Law (husband) comes with. So as long as we live once born on this earth, it is everyone’s duty to take everything the law brings as its own. So no matter how one may try to escape from the law by oneself except through death, it is actually impossible to escape or be free from it by oneself.In simpler way, no humanity can escape sin by oneself, either through his effort, deeds or obedience regardless how one may will to do so. Why? It because anyone who lives under the Law can not help but rather be exposed how helpless and unable he is, that not even a single amount of his effort or obedience is able to remove sin. That’s why today many souls who are under the Law can not help but live either in pretence (trying to hide among their traditions and customs, just show some sort of goodness) or they live publicly or privately in offerings donations or charity services to their denominations and devoted in offering consistent repentance prayers. Even in such pretentious and hypocritical way of living, sin still remains intact in their heart. As mentioned earlier own, no wife is freely unbound to her husband as long as he still lives, so can no mankind be free from been bound to the Law without passing through death.In conclusion Romans 7 is the absolute true word that reveals the true helpless condition of a person under the law (one who knows what is good yet cannot perform it because sin dwells within). Every time one tries to live by the law, only his failure to live by it manifest in short sin is exposed from his heart and conscience, so is publicly visible. So because of such undissolved helpless condition, one needs to reach to point of seeking how he may be delivered from such helpless living with sin intact in the heart, and this is the only gist of the law before mankind. To reveal mankind’s wickedness or sinful nature (Mark 7:21-23) (Romans 3:20) and lead mankind to the only true deliverer of its sin. This deliverance can never happen anywhere else but in Christ, because He is the only Way that lead one to be put to death to the law as He took all mankind’s sins upon Himself through the baptism he received from John the Baptist at the River Jordan, paid the wages of every single sin of past, present and future He took from His baptism with His precious blood and resurrected on the third day to give a new life to us who have believed in this truth of our new Husband Jesus Christ and to you too only when you believe in this truth wholeheartedly. Hallelujah!!! That is why it is said in Romans 7 verse 4, that we have died to law through Christ. So this death to the law through Christ can only manifest in ones life, as one comes to believe wholeheartedly in this work performed by Jesus Christ Himself even, His baptism, death and resurrection.Additionally, chapter 8 now gives us a total remembrance that we have completely died to the law and it curse when we hold on to the truth that Jesus took away all sins through His baptism, paid the price of sin with His blood on the cross and rose again to justify us wholly as He fulfilled all the righteousness of God (making all mankind sinless) (Matthew 3:15). So now that we have become married to Christ through our faith in both His baptism and death, there is now no condemnation to us, because Jesus has fulfilled all righteousness, and the Holy Spirit now dwells in us the believers, testifying that we are God’s children, freeing us from the law of sin and death, and assuring us that nothing can separate us from God’s love Amen. It also teaches us the believers to living not by the flesh (guilty, self-condemnation or unbelief of this truth) but rather to live by faith in the completed work of Christ. Amen!Nevertheless, chapter 9 wholly teaches us that, salvation does not depend on us or anything else except through the completed work of Jesus Christ of both His baptism, death and resurrection as had planned by God the Father. Thus, everyone must erase the notions of thinking that God’s salvation for all mankind is somehow centred in favouritism, human will or effort but only on God’s mercy alone. To become part of God’s own people does not depend on physical attributes, lineage or ones works. Regardless who we are, everyone of us is only qualified to be part of God’s people only by faith the already completed work of Christ of both His baptism, and death. Because even the Israelites, are made His own people by covenant (Christ coming as the Messiah), so are we the Gentiles made God’s people by the same fulfilled promise (Jesus came as the Son of Man, that is, He came incarnated as the Savior, thus received baptism from John and took away all the sins of the world, died to pay the wages and rose again to give us new life even though we were orphans. Hallelujah!!!So Romans 9 is a blessed chapter that is revealing the concrete purpose of God for all mankind, that is to show His mercy to everyone who receive the already fulfilled righteousness of His, through faith in the gospel truth of the water and the Spirit which constitutes both Jesus’s baptism, death and resurrection. Hallelujah!!! All Glory to Wisdom! I hope you come to humbly accept this truth by denying yourself and come to delight together in the beautiful already completed work of Christ as a bride of Christ. May God bless you.Coworker Nazir, Zambia.

    • Brenda Tembo
    • Zambia
    • 04/30/202643
  • No. 322

    Returning to the Truth: A Deep Dive into the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit by Paul C. Jong

    Hi everyone.It is astoundingly clear reading this book, that Paul C. Jong has dedicated his life to helping people return to the gospel of the water and the spirit; The title of his second book, the new revised edition. This book gave me a deeper understanding and appreciation of the gospel of the water and the spirit which is the main topic weaved throughout all his 68 books.It explains how most present-day Christians are unable to be saved from their sins because they are believing in the many false religions that have sprung up, especially from theology. These religious leaders have interpreted the word of God according to their own thoughts and the motivation of their flesh. However, for those who want to come back to God and his written Word, Paul C Jong boldly says to them, "Salvation from sin is already complete. The gate of heaven is open. Whoever heeds the Word of truth, confirms it in the Bible, and believes in the gospel of the water and the spirit can protect himself from the false gospel of the devil and be saved from all his sins. He can receive God`s blessings and enter the kingdom of heaven. Amen."Comprised of eight sermons, this book is full to the brim with a wealth of Biblical knowledge which can only be inspired by the Holy Spirit. I learned for the first time what "heresy" means, who a heretic is. In short, a heretic is someone who believes in Jesus but still has sin. However, Paul C. Jong drills right down to the origin of heresy citing from the account of Jeroboam in the book of Kings, 1st Kings chapter 12. I found it very interesting and insightful. The only way to avoid being a heretic before God is by being born again of water and the spirit. Receive the remission of all our sins.One of the characteristics of heretical preachers is their sole concern of how to extract money from the congregation. They are incapable of solving the problem of their congregation sins nor even their own sins because they do not know or preach the gospel of the water and the spirit. I enjoyed very much how Paul C. Jong showed how people also received the remission of sins and were born again through the gospel of the water and the spirit in the Old Testament and how people are born again to receive the remission of sins in the New Testament.He leaves no stone unturned going through the Book of Leviticus and its pair in Matthew chapter 3:15. Both involve the laying on of hands to transfer sins from the sinner onto an animal in the sacrificial system and the laying on of John the Baptist`s hands baptism to transfer all our sins onto Jesus the Lamb of God in the Jordan River. Leviticus chapter 16 verse 21 and 34 and Matthew 3:15. John the Baptist bore witness to this righteous act the day after baptizing Jesus saying, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." John 1:29. He categorically states in the book that if you do not accept Jesus` baptism and the Cross by faith in your personal heart, you cannot wash away sins through any actions or any religion. Amen.Going right the way back to Abraham, circumcision, and the Passover, Paul C. Jong explains in detail why it is wrong faith to believe only in the blood of Jesus. He shows the correlation between physical circumcision and spiritual circumcision. The cutting off the skin of the foreskin and the cutting off of sins in one`s heart by believing in the water and the blood of Jesus. The author asks, "Have you relied only on the blood of Jesus until today? If so, you certainly have sin in your heart. When you commit sins, there is sin. And if you think your conscience becomes a bit cleaner when you do not commit sins, that is merely a feeling and not based on the Word of God, but on fleshly emotions. Therefore, you must now turn back and believe in the baptism and the blood of Jesus. Then a spiritual circumcision of salvation will occur in your heart and you will be freed from all sins."Being freed from all sins means believing in the primitive gospel; that Jesus has completely removed all sins through His baptism and blood and thus being saved. Everyone, the wages of sin is death. You and I had sin. Because of that sin, we were destined to go to hell. But instead of us dying, instead of us going to hell, Jesus took on our sins through baptism in the Jordan River and suffered the punishment of the Cross in our place.From page 185, I enjoyed so much reading about Paul C. Jong`s personal journey of when he too had believed in Jesus incorrectly, believing only in the blood alone without the water. It really helps the reader to identify and recognize their own wrong faith. In Sermon Four, Paul C. Jong speaks in detail again of the wrong interpretation that the majority of Christians have of confession written about by the Apostle John in 1st John chapter 1:9. I never tire of reading about this huge error of religious people`s spiritual of understanding of God`s spiritual Word.Paul C Jong contrasts the wrong interpretation of 1st John chapter 1 verse 9 with the correct interpretation. He says, "If someone who teaches the Bible teaches incorrectly and if a believer believes incorrectly, this will result in judgment before God and entering hell. The Bible states that only those who are born again can properly teach learners. Just as even the best medicine can become poison and kill if prescribed incorrectly, so it is with teaching God`s Word." Sermon Five debunks the nonsensical man-made doctrines of predestination, election theories, and the doctrine of sanctification. After reading this, your confusion will be all cleared up.He stresses the truth again saying the eternal removal of humanity’s sins by Jesus is recorded in the New Testament. When Jesus was baptized, the phrase "for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness", Matthew 3:15, means the most appropriate or most fitting. Jesus was baptized in the most fitting way. Just as in the Old Testament, a goat or lamb would receive the sins of the sinner by laying hands on it. Jesus received baptism from John to take on all the sins of all sinners once and for all, making them sinless. "For thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Matthew 3:15. Jesus received baptism in this way to take on all the sins of the world`s sinners, saving them from all worldly sins once and for all.How very clear and straightforward, explaining the difference and end result of salvation through adhering to the law in the past. Non-adherence meant no salvation. But true faith is not like this. Jesus told us that He saved us from all the sins of the world through the water and the blood of His baptism and the Spirit which are the water and blood of salvation and the law of love. Jesus accomplished the salvation of humanity from sin through His baptism in the Jordan River, His blood on the Cross, His death, and His resurrection. He speaks about all this through the Book of Hebrews. It`s fascinating.Coming to the end of this book, I like how he sums up the main message. "Why do the reborn not fear the end of the world? Because they have received eternal new life through faith in the Lord`s baptism, the blood of the Cross, and the resurrection." I concur because I know what my own fear was like before reading these special books and how all my fear has now disappeared along with all my sins simply by believing in the water and the blood of Jesus.The Holy Spirit bears witness to this truth. 1st John 5:8. Believing the truth explained again in this book too. This scripture will surely be fulfilled in your own heart as it has in mine. 1 John 4:18 says, "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear because fear involves torment, but he who fears has not been made perfect in love." This book covers many, many more important topics than I have only touched upon. I pray that you return to the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit and download this special book. God bless you.Sarah Nartey, UK

    • Sarah Nartey
    • United Kingdom
    • 04/23/202650
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