“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Matthew 3: 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah

Immersion Baptism is important

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon when the Israelites were delivered and redeemed from the wickedness of Egypt (sea) they praised and thanked God and they sang saying “Who is like You, O Lord” and Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea!” and they sang in this manner.

The song that Miriam sang is that God removes the deeds of Egypt which are in us and makes us triumph and the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea means the worldly fame, worldly occupation, worldly riches, worldly status; those who consider such kind of things of the world as great are Egyptians. He is throwing this kind of people into wickedness. That is what is said as he has thrown the Egyptian into the sea. That is why the vision that God gave Daniel was regarding the soul. There are two types of soul within us – everlasting life, everlasting contempt.

Lord Jesus Christ breaks our soul and does many type of works for us and if we will repent and do the will of God he submits us for everlasting life; and if we do not obey the will of God he will submit us to everlasting contempt. Till our Lord Jesus Christ opens our heart our soul will be asleep in the dust of the earth. Right now, let us analyse ourselves. That is –

Revelation 5: 1 – 5 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 

Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” 

And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

So, I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it. 

But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”

The one who is sitting on the throne is our Father God. The scroll in his right hand is each one of us. This scroll is written inside and on the back. Our heart is sealed with seven seals.

We come to know that our heart is a scroll which cannot be opened by anyone. And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. No one can see inside the heart of any man. But when he saw that scroll, John is saying that he cried because no one was able to open it. 

Hearing the crying sound, one of the elders out of the twenty-four elders who were sitting around the throne said “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”

My dear people, the word of God, as the glorious Christ appears in our soul. It is not enough that he appears in our soul, but we must give place for him to attain complete growth. How will we give place? If our Christ appears itself Herod will try to kill him. We must safeguard ourselves every day so that we are not seen by the eyes of Herod and we must be in Jerusalem. We must be filled with his fullness.

John 1: 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. In our soul, only if we grow in grace, we will have an understanding of sin. If we have an understanding of sin, we will be able to receive forgiveness of sin. If we receive forgiveness, we will be able to repent. Repentance means in our soul, faith in God’s name will grow. If faith comes, we will receive victory. This victory is uniting with Christ. We will receive boldness. If we receive boldness, we will receive wisdom. If we have wisdom, we will receive self-control. Self-control will develop perseverance. Perseverance will develop Godliness. If we have Godliness, we will receive brotherly kindness. Along with brotherly kindness we will increase and abound in love. Increasing and abounding in love means we will follow God’s commandments.

If we have a heart that follows the commandments of God, we will surely learn to walk according to the example that Christ walked and showed us. 

For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

If we have faith in this manner, we will want to follow the way that Christ walked and showed us, and our heart will be continuously stirred. We will have an understanding that holiness is important for our life. Therefore, to receive holiness we will walk in his path. If we desire to walk in this manner, surely, we will have the desire that we must receive the baptism of the new covenant in his blood. Let us submit ourselves for that desire to come and for those who have that desire to receive it.

Let us pray.

May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

 - To be continued