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Really touching may the Lord blessed keep the fire burning 

• Lolweikoi 
• Kenya
• 05/06/202190

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The Elementary Principles of Christ Part 2

WE MUST FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS>   In accordance with the Apostles creed, apostle confessed, "The third day He arose  again from the dead." Acts 1:3 tells us "To whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." Here,  "after His suffering", refers to the complete death of Christ. There are many proofs that Christ died completely, John 19:34; "But one of the Soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." Crucifixion was a punishment of condemnation the Romans imposed on slaves and political insurgents. Crucifixion by hanging on the cross by tying ands and feet together and killing by piercing the chest was very painful and slow. and in some cases the death was so slow that it took six days for the convict to die. This type of punishment was changed by Constantine to nailing on the cross for a faster death instead of the duration of 3-4 days. In the case of our Lord Jesus it took six hours on the cross before he died. Jesus died sooner because he suffered a ruptured heart, because he suffered a great heartache for sinners for when they pierced his chest, blood and water came out showing that he had a broken heart.   In three days, after his death, Jesus rose again in a perfect body (a glorified body. However, despite the miracle of His some hesitated to believe in the resurrected Christ, even though they claim to recognize his death. clearly an attempt by the devil to stop people from believing in the truth, Luke 8:12, "Those by the way side are they that hear; then the cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. To deny the truth of the resurrection , the devil advocates through unbelieving Scholars, divers  hypotheses such as apparent death, spiritual resurrection, hallucination, manipulation, stolen body hypotheses and such like. However, authenticity of the Lord's resurrection has many definitive proofs, including Acts 1:3.   THE FACT THAT JESUS PRESENTED HIMSELF ALIVE IS THE PROOF> Acts 1:3 "To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God."   Jesus had liberated power over life and death, John 10:17-18; "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.   No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down of myself. I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father."   Revelation 1:18, Jesus said, "I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore. A-men. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death." Our Lord has the power to rise from the dead and to live again, for He is God the Almighty and a perfect man at the same time. Romans 6:23 tells us, "the wages of sin is death." This is the unchangeable righteous law of God. Jesus conquered death and hades by dying for the sins of the world, and thereby blotting out all the sins of the world once and for all through his baptism and blood. He made all the sins to disappear, He rose from the dead again and has become the God of those who believe in Him. This is how the righteous law of God is established.   THAT HIS TOMB WAS EMPTY IS THE EVIDENCE> MATTHEW 27:57-66 tells us that Joseph, the rich man from Arimathea, also Jesus' disciple laid Jesus' dead body in a tomb hewn out of rock, and sealed it with a large stone against its door; a guard placed at the tomb for security. However, the tomb was empty after Jesus rose from the dead with his power and came out His tomb. Luke 24:3, "And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus." This is the proof of the Lord's resurrection.   Jesus is a great historic figure. One of the proofs is the chronological use of Anno Domini (A.D.), "in the year of our Lord.", based on the year of His coming. He is the Lord of creation and of Salvation. If He was still in the tomb, the tomb would have remained closed as an historical landmark; but he rose from the dead. The tombs of Confucius is in China, that of Buddha in India, and that of Mohammed in Mecca, Saudi Arabian are still closed because their bones are in their tombs; but because Jesus rose from the dead in three days His tomb has been empty. This is believing in our Lord, the one and only God.   THAT HE ATE AFTER HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD IS THE PROOF>   We know that Spirits do not eat. But the resurrected Lord ate. Luke 24:40-43 states, "And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. And while they believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them." Further proof> Acts 10:40-41, "Him God raised up on the third day, and showed him openly, not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with him after He arose from the dead." This provides the absolute proof of his resurrection. More proofs> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Acts 4:18-20; Acts 5:29.   Jesus' disciples were troubled at the death of Jesus; but they became bold once they saw the living Jesus. This boldness to spread the gospel even onto our times is because of the certainty that he rose from the dead which also give the assurance of our resurrection as well, so we are troubled of persecution. 1 Corinthians 15:20, "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept." Similarly, the teachings of the Pauline Epistles are also centred around, firstly, the core truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and then on the message that this resurrection also brings us our own resurrection.                           

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/06/202195

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THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY: This was placed in the Most Holy.   THE MERCY SEAT: This was the covering on top of the ARK.   ARTICLES INSIDE THE ARK: the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. the golden pot that contained the Manna. ARON'S rod THAT BUDDED.   the SPIRITUAL MEANINGS OF THE ARTICLES IN THE ARK: Aaron's rod that budded refers to the resurrection of the dead. the two stone tablets of the Law refer to the righteousness of God. the golden pot that contained the manna refers to God's word of life.    The blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled seven times before the Covering. The golden bells attached to the hems of the robe worn by the High Priest sounded as he sprinkled the blood dipped in hyssop, Leviticus 16:14, "He shall take some of the blood of the Bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times." When the Israelites heard the sound of the bells from the Most Holy place, they would say that their burden of sins have been lifted and they rejoiced and return happily to their every day life. This sound of the bells points to the gospel of the water and the Spirit that we preach, because on hearing it and believing, we are able to confess to God with our mouth that our sins, past, present and future have been blotted out once and for all believers. The gospel of the remission of sins enables us to be born again in our spirit of water and the Spirit, the faith of the baptism of Jesus and of the Holy Spirit, Leviticus 16:21-22; "Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the life goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgression, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land."   Thus, the offering accepted all the sins of the Israelites passed onto it by the laying on of hands; then carried these sins on itself, roaming the sand desert until its ultimate death. THIS WAS THE OLD TESTAMENT'S REMISSION OF SINS.   Jeremiah 17:1, "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;" This tells us that the sins of everyone are written in two places before God. One is in God's Book of judgment, and the other is in people's own hearts, spiritual soul.   It is a must that all should have their sins erased both God's Book of judgment and from the conscience by receiving the remission of sins. We can only receive the remission of sins by believing righteously before God. This why the High priest preformed the ritual of the remission of sins for the nation of Israel. Like the people of Israel who confessed the remission of sins when the heard the sound of the bells from the Most holy place; so should all realize this in this dispensation when they hear the good news of this beautiful gospel of water and the Spirit. All the ways of God are righteousness; and without receiving this righteousness in this dispensation in the faith of the baptism of Jesus and of the Holy Spirit, it is not possible to receive sonship of the Kingdom of God.   In the New Testament, Jesus has given us salvation by being baptised and crucified (Matthew 3:15-17; 1 Peter 3:21).   WHY DID Christ die vicariously for many> He accepted the sins of the world through the baptism he received from John; Matthew 3:15. This was the way God desired for him to shoulder the sins of the world on the cross. Isaiah 53:10. This demonstrated God's love to us as John declared, John 1 John 4:10. The Lord gave up his Majesty and glory because he was able to shoulder the sins of the world in his baptism and obeyed the will of God and died for us, Isaiah 53:6; Hebrews 10:20. His suffering was the will of God, so he did not complain; but was glad to do the Father's will; Isaiah 53:7, "He was oppressed and was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth." He was falsely accused, harshly beaten, plucked of His beard, and spat at, because He had accepted the sins of mankind passed onto Him from John through His baptism, He remained silent. Also it was the will of the Father for Him to be baptised and fitting to die in this way, He died for those who believe. It was his Baptism by John at the age of 30 years that he took the sins of the world upon him that brought the judgment of His crucifixion at the age of 33 years of age, and to shed his blood. He rose from the dead, and became the eternal Saviour for those of us who believe in this truth.  

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/06/202196

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WHAT DO THE OLD TESTAMENT'S LAYING ON OF HANDS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT'S BAPTISM MEAN? The righteousness of God in the Law and the prophets for the remission of sins tells us: Leviticus 1:3-4>   "If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord. The he shall put his hands on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make an atonement for him."   The old testament tells us that an offering for the remission of sins must be a male, and unblemished. The sacrifice must be presented at the door of the tabernacle of the meeting with the sinner to put his hands on the head of the sacrifice. The Priest ministering in the alter, when they kill the sacrifice on behalf of the people must draw the blood, sprinkle it on the four horns of the alter of burnt offering and pour the rest on the ground, for the people to receive the remission of a day's worth of sins.   However, for the remission of a year's  worth of sins, Leviticus 16:6-10 tells us, "Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and his house. He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord's lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering. But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness." In the bible, the scapegoat means " to give out."   Additionally, Leviticus 16:29 says, "This shall be a statute for ever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you."   HOW WERE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL FORGIVEN OF A YEAR'S WORTH OF THEIR SINS ALL AT ONCE? 1 First they needed the high priest, Aaron, this was necessary for a year's worth of the remission of sins. He was the representative of all the priests of the Israelites. He and his descendants God set aside as the High priest. 2 Aaron brought a bull into the tabernacle's court, passed his sins unto the bull, putting his hands on its head to atonement for himself and his house. 3  Cut its throat, drew its blood, and took some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy  on the east side, and before the mercy seat sprinkle some of blood seven times. Atonement means passing one's sins unto the sacrificial animal by putting his hands on its head. The vicarious death of a sacrificial animal is atonement. The sinful must die. However, by passing their sins unto the animal by the laying on means that the animal is put to death in the place of the sinner. The High Pries and his first remitted their sins in this way. After this the High Priest enters the tabernacle by himself, offering one of the two goats to God by laying their hands on its head, killing it to draw its blood on behalf of the people. Afterward, he would lay his hand on the scapegoat to pass the sins of the people in their presence. with the hands of the high Priest on the head of the scapegoat he prays as follows:> "Oh, Lord, the people of Israel have broken Your Law, from the first to the last of your Ten Commandments, and all the 613 articles of the Law. I therefore pass these sins onto the sacrificial goat by laying my hands on its head." He will then cut its throat, drew its blood and would take the blood into the Most Holy, where he was allowed to enter once a year. He then sprinkle the blood on the east side of the mercy seat, covering the ARK of the Testimony, and before the mercy seat  , again sprinkling the blood seven times.

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/06/202196

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What Is The Baptism Of Jesus? (Matthew 3:13-17): We must believe that Jesus took the sins of the world in the baptism which he received from John the Baptist, Matthew 3:15.This baptism meant he bore the sins and the inequities of this world. To understand see Greek's interpretation of the word "Thus" in Matt.3:15; and it means: 1 Just in this way, 2 Most fitting; 3 There is no other way. It was the requirement of God when Jesus came to this earth for him to be baptised to accept the inequities of sinners passed unto him. If we do not believe so, our sins cannot be blotted out. It is a misunderstanding to think his baptism was to demonstrate his humility; but it bears witness of the truth that he took upon himself the sins of the world, so that he could be the saviour of those who believe this truth. He received in a single instance the sins of the world on his body. The enemy of the gospel seeks to stop people believing this truth so that they do not receive the remission of sins and to lose their eternal life and condemn themselves to hell.   The Baptism of Jesus And The Blood Of The Cross:-   Now I John 5;4-6 tells us that the baptism of Jesus is the work of Salvation for the following reasons:   the baptism of Jesus is the fulfilment of all the righteousness of God by taking the sins of the world upon himself ( being made sinful for the world.); Submersion signified death and emersion signified resurrection. His baptism is the fulfilment of Leviticus chapter 16, where the sacrificial offering accepted the sins of the people of Israel with the laying on of hands. For this reason Jesus sought John to baptise him because it was fitting to fulfil all righteousness. To be become the children of God we must believe the baptism of Jesus Christ fukfilled all the righteousness of God.   There is no other way that we can be saved from the wrath of God except to believe in the rightteousness of God which the Lord has fulfilled for the whole world in his baptism. We need to come for the remission of sins from the heart by believing in the baptism of Jesus, because this is the way he was made to shoulder all the sins of the world.

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/06/202193