Being well aware of the controversy that dwells in this land concerning abortion and with that controversy the powerful emotions that are vested in the hearts and minds of all involved, I do not approach the issue without due care and prayer. It seems a complex and irreconcilable issue, yet for the Christian it should be clear. The Christian must be for life and for choice. The Word of God demands this be our position.
The Christian, who is called to unswerving obedience to Messiah, hears their Lord say, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” and St. Paul makes clear that “To live is Messiah”. So the Christian understands and so it is spoken clearly by the elder, ‘No more shall you kill a child by abortion, nor shall you kill it once it is born.’ Anyone doing such a thing and teaching others to do the same should be turned over to Satan for the destruction of their flesh that they may be saved when the End comes, forever blessed and holy is He.
As for those who are in the world, the sons and daughters of disobedience. Those blind, ignorant and dead. As we once walked! It is written, let the ‘wicked continue in their wickedness and the righteous in their righteousness’. This is to say, Christian, you must leave room for the judgment of God. The Teacher says “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.” and again, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.” When faced with this truth, one can chose to walk in the way of Light, receiving in themselves Eternal Life, the Salvation that comes from God in Christ or to remain in darkness and death because they are afraid, because they know that their deeds are evil and are they are ignorant to the loving kindness of the King. The wicked flee though no one pursues! There is nothing new under the sun; however, in the Son all things become new! So, Christian, preach the Kingdom, forgiveness of sins in Christ, death, resurrection, eternal life and judgment, the setting of all things to rights! The gospel of God. Not just in word, but in deed. Let your walking be your preaching as well.
If you want to destroy the works of the devil, Christian, be prepared to suffer, to bear the weight of their sin as our Lord taught us, to love them, to take them in, to bring them healing, to listen carefully and to speak with grace and humility, to bring them to Messiah making disciples, fully immersing them in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and teaching them to walk according to His Word. Certainly you are not to make whores of our mothers, daughters, sisters and wives by turning them over to rape! Remember always that we do not war against flesh and blood, but the evil that corrupts and destroys: idolatry, the god of convenience, the god of money, or whatever…these are not gods! They are the children of Desolation that seek to set themselves up as gods in the temple of the Holy One!
What temple? There is no temple? There is! In the place where He himself undertakes to make and finish it! For it is written and it is coming to pass, as the Day is accomplished, the temple of God shall be built gloriously in the name of the Lord. We find then that there is a temple. How then shall it be built in the name of the Lord? Understand this. Before we believed on God through his Messiah, the dwelling of our heart was corrupt and weak, a temple truly built by hands; it was full of idolatry and was a house of demons, because we did whatsoever was contrary to God. But now, it is being built in the name of the Lord. Pay attention then so that the temple of the Lord may be built gloriously. How? Understand this. By receiving the remission of our sins and hoping on the Name we became new, created afresh from the beginning as the Lord is doing throughout the whole of Creation in and through Messiah, who is seated at His right hand. God dwells truly in our habitation within us! How? The word of his faith, the calling of his promise, the Spirit of the ordinances, the Words of the teaching, He Himself prophesying in us, He Himself dwelling in us, opening for us who had been in bondage to death the door of the temple, which is the mouth, and giving us repentance leading us to the incorruptible temple, the New Heaven and New Earth where righteousness dwells, that God may be all and in all!
Some may say ‘in the New Heaven and New Earth there will be no temple as the prophet says.’ This is true! What dwelling can hold Almighty God? So open the door! Speak His Word, the Gospel of God! Walk in the good works He has prepared for you that you may no longer walk as though you possess God, but that God possesses you! The Lord of Hosts! Let your whole body be Light! It is no trouble for me to remind you that flesh and blood cannot enter the Kingdom, so be changed and walk in the Spirit! I urge you all be reconciled to God in Christ, be of the same mind, the same Spirit…That of Messiah Jesus.
Grace and peace,
JNG
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