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To Coincide with Fasting Prayer Service Session III
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 16:3
16:3  Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.

The second bowl is the sea became blood as of a dead man.
It means the spiritual dead up to the second dead
. The spiritual dead means that there is no passion in spiritual things.

What is the sea?
James 1:6-8
1:6  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
1:7  For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
1:8  he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

The sea refers to the one who doubts like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the false teaching, so he falls from the true teaching Word and faith. It is the same as life without faith.

Romans 14:23
14:23  But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

"eats" refers to eating the Word.
Life without faith is the same as the sinner that is unstable in all his ways, weariness and heavy burden. One cannot pray. It means receiving nothing, not being saved, and when the sea becomes blood, he will perish forever.

How to prevent being doubtful?

  1. We must be swift to hear the Word.
    James 1:19-21
    1:19  So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
    1:20  for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
    1:21  Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

    Hebrews 5:11-12
    5:11  of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
    5:12  For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and
    you have come to need milk and not solid food.

    Being swift to hear the Word means that we must be able to hear the true teaching Word (the solid food) as the continuation of the gospel Word (the milk).

    We must hear the Word with gentle heart, so we can do the things as follows:

    • Understanding the Word. The proofs are as follows:

      1. Being slow to speak, we must be silent to do the introspection in our life until we find the sin. If we find it, we must confess and stop sinning.
      2. Being slow to wrath is the same as patience.

    • Believing, so the Word becomes faith in our heart. It is the same as giving the righteousness in ourselves. This is saving our life.


  2. We must experience the trial of faith.
    James 1:2-4
    1:2  My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
    1:3  knowing that
    the testing of your faith produces patience.
    1:4  But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

    We experience the trial of faith in various temptations, even the impossible one.

    Why does God allow us to experience the trial?


    • It results the firm faith.
      The proof is that we feel joy in facing the temptation. We do not feel desperate.

    • It results the perseverance, especially the perseverance in the correct and good shepherding.
      The conditions for being shepherded are as follows:


      1. Staying in the sheepfold or the perseverance in doing the three main services to God, namely the General Service, the Bible Study Service and Holy Communion, and the Prayer Service.
        In the sheepfold, our body, soul, and spirit attach to the Trinity of God, so Satan cannot touch us. It means that Satan cannot make us fall in sins up to the peak, so we can live in righteousness. Satan cannot make us fall in the false teaching, so we can stay firm in the true teaching Word.


      2. Listening and obeying only to the voice of Shepherd or the shepherding Word, namely the true teaching Word that is repeated. Thus, the true teaching Word becomes the knowledge of wisdom in our life.

        James 1:5
        1:5  If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

        We are also employed in the building of the perfect body of Christ.

        Matthew 7:24-25

        7:24  "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
        7:25  "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

        The building of the perfect body of Christ starts from the marriage.
        Entering the marriage starts from obedience, so the marriage will be firm up to the perfection.

        Proverbs 24:14
        24:14  So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; If you have found it, there is a prospect, And your hope will not be cut off.

        If there is wisdom, we will have the successful and beautiful future up to the eternal life forever.

      The perseverance results in the perfect work. Every branch that abides in the true vine, sooner or later will bear the sweet fruit.

      James 1:4

      1:4  But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

      The perfect work means experiencing the life renewal from the carnal man to the spiritual one like Jesus.

      James 5:16-18
      5:16  Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
      5:17  Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
      5:18  And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth
      produced its fruit.

      The life renewal refers to confessing and forgiving the sin of each other, so the blood of Jesus wipes our sins and we can live in righteousness. Thus, we can serve and pray for each other.

      This is the prayer of the righteous man. The fervent prayer avails much like Elijah's.

    The results are as follows:

    • The power of protection and caring in the midst of crises in the world up to the age when the Antichrist reigns on earth. We are cared directly by God through the Word and Holy Communion.

    • The power of healing. The illness, the financial problem, the sins, et cetera will be restored.
    • The power for erasing the impossibilities. There was no rain for three and a half years until Elijah prayed seven times and the heaven gave rain. It means that all impossible problems are finished.

      When Jesus comes a second time, we are changed to become perfect as He is to be worthy for greeting His coming on the glorious clouds. We enter the One Thousand Years Kingdom of Peace (the upcoming Paradise) and the New Jerusalem forever.

God blesses us.

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  • General Service in Malang, July 06, 2014 (Sunday Morning)
    ... Spiritual food that is the Word of God. As the Word is eternal our life will also be eternal. The spiritual food is divided into two parts as follows. The gospel of salvation the gospel Word Good News milk Proverbs . Ephesians In Him you also trusted after you heard the ...
  • Fellowship of the Body of Christ in Kartika Graha III, July 17, 2013 (Wednesday Evening)
    ... physical marriage is the entrance to the world but the spiritual one is the exit of the world to meet Jesus on the glorious clouds. Revelation Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth ...
  • General Service in Malang, February 12, 2017 (Sunday Morning)
    ... who willingly dies upon the cross in order to liberate us from sin. nbsp Why should we be liberated from sin Because the wages of sin are death misery difficulties exhaustion heavy burden up to perdition in hell forever. nbsp How does Jesus liberate us from sin Through the blood ...
  • Youth Service in Malang, May 21, 2011 (Saturday Evening)
    ... heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God Romans Or do you despise the riches of His goodness forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance Actually God has already given ...
  • Passover Service in Malang, April 01, 2018 (Sunday Morning)
    ... it. We commemorate His death on the Good Friday Service and His resurrection on The Passover Service. So the tomb of Jesus was sealed to prove His death and resurrection to give us or the church and the bride of God the seal on the foreheads. Commemorating the Good Friday is ...
  • Bible Study Service in Malang, March 17, 2016 (Thursday Evening)
    ... the true teaching Word. Such desires have the power to entice and drag one to go out of the will of God. Consequently the temptation or problem comes. The temptation refers to the suffering or problem we get because of sinning or not obeying the will of God. One usually looks ...
  • Prayer Service in Malang, February 04, 2021 (Thursday Evening)
    ... Corinthians For there must also be factions among you that those who are approved may be recognized among you. If there is rebellion in heaven there will be disunity on earth as a result of refusing the true teaching Word and the true shepherding. God allows the shaking to happen to reveal ...
  • Prayer Service in Malang, November 22, 2022 (Tuesday Evening)
    ... kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury. Babylon rules over the world. Thus it is the same as the news about punishment to the world that is ruled over by the spirit of evil ...
  • Bible Study Service in Malang, June 30, 2022 (Thursday Evening)
    ... able. . There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and yourselves thrust out. Matthew . Then the king said to the servants 'Bind him hand and foot take him away and cast him ...
  • General Service in Malang, February 05, 2012 (Sunday Morning)
    ... false witness but fortunately there was crowing of the rooster and Jesus was turning about Peter such that he was saved. The two witnesses appeared when Jesus cleaned the temple of God. John - Jesus answered and said to them Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise ...

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