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Friday, October 8, 2021

God's preordained plan for the church

The church which is the body of Christ is foreordained by God to attain a specific status in life, before the appearing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul in his earnest prayer for the church said; “Now may our God and Father Himself and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints” (1 Thessalonians 3:11-13).

In his various exhortations, the apostle Paul admonished the church by saying; “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

Not only is the church preordained by God to be blameless, but provisions have been made for her to attain her desired status and has given the assurance saying; “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” The irony of truth is, as the bride of Christ the church is subject to Him, and as a loving husband, “He gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish” (Ephesians 5:25-27).

 The sad thing is, most people including professing Christians do not make a clear distinction between the church and the rest of the world. Even we who claimed to be Christians are not living the way we are destined to live as light bearers. For we have been admonished saying; “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.'

“Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain” (Philippians 2:12-16).

The objective of the church is to be found blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. But the crucial question at this present time is are we ready and prepared to face the inevitable that is being promulgated by the leaders of this world?

The general consensus of the majority of world leaders and business owners is that, every single authorized worker that is on the authorized worker’s list must be vaccinated if they want to continue working and to the majority of them this decision is irreversible and the ultimatum. To these authorities, the unvaccinated, God’s perfect creation is a significant risk to society and must be eradicated if the world wants to regain its freedom.

What gross disrespect, irreverence and profanity? God’s perfect creation is now being considered as scum, worthless, inferior, useless, a danger to society which need to be isolated and left to starve in favor of the vaccinated, the work of man’s wisdom which we are not to have our faith in, but rather in the power of Go, what spiritual blindness?

But thanks be to God who forewarned His people by saying; “These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them (John 16:1-4).

To the church of the living God this is what the Lord says; “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches ” (Revelation 3:19-21).

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To be continued, stay tuned

With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph


 

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