Our Lord Jesus is building His Church.
His ways are past finding out. The wisdom and ingenuity, He demonstrates in the creation of His Eternal Love, the wife of His own design is absolutely beyond Human ability for us to grasp.
We are not left in ignorance of His masterful plan and purpose. The Holy Spirit led the Apostle Paul to write to the Church of Ephesus. Explaining how we were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world and for what purpose. But how will He bring this about?
❝³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: ⁴ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: ⁵ Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, ⁶ To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. ⁷ In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; ⁸ Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; ⁹ Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: ¹⁰ That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: ¹¹ In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: ¹² That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. ¹³ In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.❞
Verses nine and ten have come to my attention as being important for us at this time to consider. ❝⁹ Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: ¹⁰ That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:❞ The development of this process started with Christ resurrection.
❝Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, ❞. Ephesians 1: 3-20
Then our salvation.
❝And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:❞ Ephesians 2: 6
Now that we are in Christ and we know His purpose and will.
Which is...
❝That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:❞
Knowing His purpose and will takes away all doubts as to what we are to do be involved in doing at this present time.
The gathering together as one being the global Church coming unto unity and vision in heart and Spirit. The means He has of drawing us together is the love of God which is present in every believer. This love is not willing for any to perish. All true believers will indeed be involved in the carrying out of His Divine Will.
This is the mystery of His will.
It is readily accepted among us that time is short. Only the Father knows how long. The body of Christ is at present time incomplete or He would have come for us. We have been given an important responsibility in the preaching of the gospel and the making of disciples in all nations (ethnic groups).
❝And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.❞. Matthew 24: 14
At this time we have many who profess to know Christ but in works deny Him. Those who have truly repented are fully forgiven. The following verse brings light to this generation.
❝Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.❞. Luke 7: 47
Loveth little because of no repentance. True repentance brings forth a new creation, 2 Cor.5: 17 (created unto good works.) Ef.2: 10
The only good work is the work of Christ in us.
Wherefore I write this message in the fear of Our Lord God. Because the knowledge of the condition of the Body of Christ has been made considerably greater to me than your average Christian.
Jesus said...
❝But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him, they will ask the more.❞. Luke 12: 48
My wife Francille and I have been in the ministry since April 16th 1972. Our experience in ministry has varied much in the fact that we have labored in countries all around the globe. We have been upfront and personal with the multitude of suffering in the world. We cannot deny the need is great. The lost of this world are truly in darkness the light of the glorious gospel is their only hope. You and I hold the solution of their despair, please don't just brush their suffering aside and put it out of your world. Let us consider how Jesus came into our world and took upon himself our sins and paid the price in full.
Now allow me the privilege also to report, as some know, the gospel has gone out into many countries, in the power of the Truth and the Holy Ghost. Our Lord Jesus is building His Church, and in my opinion He is doing a very fine job. For many generations the faithful have been pressing on in the face of much opposition nothing turning them back, in many cases the more the enemy brought his fiery lies and accusations against them the more were added unto the Kingdom of God.
I can with much joy also say that at this present time, I know of many faithful men of God that are blessed with fruitful ministries of our Lord Jesus. They have seen our Lord raise up many fellowships of believers. Like in Uganda, Kenya, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, India (especially in the State of Mizoram). For example, very few are even aware of in Mizoram there are 1.5 million in the state. There are 293,416 Christians living in the Capital of Aizawl That's right they are all Christian. Aizawl strongly reflects the rest of its population of Mizo people. To Christ Jesus be the glory. Most of India is Hindu or Buddhist. Mizoram stands as a strong testimony in this dark world. It is such a blessing to see what our Lord can do. Reality is that He isn't finished and He is worthy to receive the reward of His suffering.
It looks to me that the finishing of reaching the nations and for Christ to mature His body of believers could be done relatively quickly. This is the message I have for you today. He left this charge in our hands, so let's get to it.
Within the saints, we have a force to be reckoned with.
I meet many faithful people who ask me where do we need to take the gospel now?
The answer is almost everywhere.
There are villages where there are no Christians in many countries but there are believers in neighboring villages. It seems we lack leadership. There are a good number of believers quite willing to help in many different ways. We have in the body of Christ those who are endowed with plenty of finance but don't know where to use it. There are those who are ready to make disciples or to evangelize. Some who are gifted as Pastors looking for ministry. Service ministries of all types, doctors, nurses, mechanics, carpenters, youth leaders, children's ministries. There are those who have the vision to raise up new fellowships but lack laborers or the money to get it going. There are those who would go and serve full time if invited, and those who would be glad to go for a week or more.
I know leaders in various places, that have vision and I know people with the ministry of supporting. Basically in the body of Christ, we are blessed immensely and we will be judged in how we use these gifts.
I Am going to do send this letter out to a good number of the people I know I will try to get it to as many as possible. The leaders and to people I know who are faithful, so if you get this letter please pray and make your heart available to hear from our Lord concerning His service. I trust that those who are meant to be used in starting new works or finishing up what they have already started. I will step up and say I could use a disciple-maker or evangelist or whatever is needed. In the month ....... in the country.....Those who are on this list will then be informed.
Hopefully, there will be those who will step up.
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