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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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  • Prayer Service in Malang, November 20, 2012 (Tuesday Evening)
    ... your iniquities have separated you from your God And your sins have hidden His face from you So that He will not hear. Sin separates human from God. It makes human who is in the world far away from God who is in heaven. Human in the world becomes weary ...
  • General Service in Malang, December 05, 2010 (Sunday Morning)
    ... among you Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. We are still learning about the way to get the heavenly wisdom through the meekness. Three things that must be meek are as follows The meek heart. James Therefore lay aside all filthiness ...
  • Prayer Service in Malang, February 12, 2013 (Tuesday Evening)
    ... God with false worship until they become the den of thieves. The spirit of selling-buying causes spiritual blindness and lameness or imperfection so one is left when Jesus comes a second time. The spiritual blindness and lameness are the disease of heart. The spiritual blindness means that the heart is ...
  • Bible Study Service in Malang, October 24, 2013 (Thursday Evening)
    ... right hand seven stars out of His mouth went a sharp two edged sword and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. Ephesians - Husbands love your wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her that He might sanctify and cleanse her ...
  • General Service in Malang, October 15, 2023 (Sunday Morning)
    ... commanded Moses. verse The screen of the Gate the four colors refer to the cross has been hung. It means that we receive Jesus as the Head. The requirement is that there must be the pillars of the Gate namely the pillars of heroes of faith. There are four pillars ...
  • Prayer Service in Malang, April 11, 2017 (Tuesday E8vening)
    ... You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation nbsp And have made us kings and priests to our God And we shall reign on the earth. John the apostle wept much at Patmos Island because he ...
  • Bible Study Service in Malang, September 08, 2016 (Thursday Evening)
    ... as the foundation or chief cornerstone is making reconciliation with God and other people. We confess our sins to God and other people honestly. We do not repeat the sin after being forgiven. We also forgive the sin of others and forget it. As a result the blood of Jesus ...
  • General Service in Malang, February 11, 2018 (Sunday Morning)
    ... . The fear or stress attacks the world. Revelation - And the kings of the earth the great men the rich men the commanders the mighty men every slave and every free man hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains and said to the mountains and ...
  • Youth Service in Malang, November 05, 2011 (Saturday Evening)
    ... birth tidings of John the Baptist was entrusted to Zacharias who burnt the incense. Meaning the angel tidings was entrusted to a life that worships God. The angel refers to a priest a pastor. The angel also refers to the Holy Spirit. So the angel tidings is the shepherding Word in the ointment ...
  • Prayer Service in Malang, February 24, 2015 (Tuesday Evening)
    ... shepherd Word. There are three functions of Manna in Exodus - as follows Manna for daily need Exodus - . Manna for Sabbath Exodus - . Manna for being kept in golden pot Exodus - . We are learning the first function. Exodus - And so it was on the ...

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