Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 10:17-20
10:17. Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."
10:18. And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
10:19. "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
10:20. "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
God has a desire that we can experience the spiritual increase, so we are sent by Him.
Ephesians 4:8-12
4:8. Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men."
4:9. (Now this, "He ascended" --what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10. He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
4:11. And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
4:12. for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
Jesus has to descend into the lower parts of the earth (the Hades) or die on the cross to do the things as follows:
God never lies. All things we have to sacrifice for the ministry of the building of the body of Christ will not become in vain, but God will give two things to His messenger as follows:
ad. 2. Our name is listed in the kingdom of Heaven.
Revelation 20:11-15
20:11. Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
20:12. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
20:13. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
20:14. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
20:15. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
The process of our name's being written in the Book of Life is we must be set free from white throne or the one of God's judgment.
Jesus as the true and fair Judge will judge on the white throne.
With what does Jesus judge on the white throne?
1 Peter 4:17
4:17. For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Now, we must start the judgment at the house of God, namely judging ourselves through the sharpness of the true teaching word or the bible, so we are free from the judgment on the white throne. It is like Jesus who always teaches at the temple of God, so the recovery happens.
What is judged by the sharpness of the true teaching word?
How can we judge ourselves?
If the sword of the word pierces our sins or shows our hidden sins, we must confess to God (vertical) and others (horizontal).
If we are forgiven, do not sin anymore.
As a result, the blood of Jesus will take away all of our sins.
The sign is we experience peace. If our heart is peaceful, Jesus the High Priest is able to do everything.
Peaceful heart is the strong baseto receive God of peace to work in our life.
The resultsare as follows:
God blesses us.
Luke 10:17-20
10:17. Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."
10:18. And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
10:19. "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
10:20. "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
God has a desire that we can experience the spiritual increase, so we are sent by Him.
Ephesians 4:8-12
4:8. Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men."
4:9. (Now this, "He ascended" --what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10. He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
4:11. And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
4:12. for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
Jesus has to descend into the lower parts of the earth (the Hades) or die on the cross to do the things as follows:
- Lifting us up from the captivity and curse of sin, so we are justified and saved.
- Purifying us with shepherding system.
Jesus as the Good Shepherd gives His life, so we become good sheep that is shepherded well and truly.
We are in the shepherding system, so we experience intensive purification. - Equipping the saints with the ministry or lifting us up to become the priests and kings who are used in the edifying of the perfect body of Christ according to the ministry that God gives to us until the finish line.
Our ministry may be different, but we can cooperate up to one perfect body of Christ if the head is one, namely Jesus Christ.
The ministry of the building of the body of Christ starts from marriage, namely child obeys parents, husband loves his wife, and wife submits to her husband.
It continues further in the shepherding, inter-shepherding, until one perfect body of Christ. All things must be sacrificed for the ministry of the building of the body of Christ (time, power, money, mind, and feeling), except the true teaching word.
God never lies. All things we have to sacrifice for the ministry of the building of the body of Christ will not become in vain, but God will give two things to His messenger as follows:
- The power of God to defeat Satan(Luke 10:17-19).
- Our name is listed in the kingdom of Heaven(Luke 10:20)
ad. 2. Our name is listed in the kingdom of Heaven.
Revelation 20:11-15
20:11. Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
20:12. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
20:13. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
20:14. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
20:15. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
The process of our name's being written in the Book of Life is we must be set free from white throne or the one of God's judgment.
Jesus as the true and fair Judge will judge on the white throne.
With what does Jesus judge on the white throne?
- The bible= the base for judging.
John 12:48
12:48. "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the wordthat I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
All of our steps of life must be in accordance with the bible or the true teaching word. Otherwise, we are surely judged.
We must do everything based on faith. If we walk with our logic, we will be easily proud, disappointed, desperate, and ashamed.
But, if we walk in faith, we will not be easily proud, disappointed, and desperate, because all things happen just by the grace of God. - The books.
Revelation 20:12
20:12. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and bookswere opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
The books refer to our personal book that contains our personal sins, namely all things that contradict the bible or the true teaching word. - The Book of Life.
Revelation 20:12
20:12. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
The Book of Life contains the names of people who have finished their sin with the blood of Jesus, so they are worthy to inherit the eternal kingdom of heaven.
1 Peter 4:17
4:17. For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Now, we must start the judgment at the house of God, namely judging ourselves through the sharpness of the true teaching word or the bible, so we are free from the judgment on the white throne. It is like Jesus who always teaches at the temple of God, so the recovery happens.
What is judged by the sharpness of the true teaching word?
- All sins that are hidden in heart and mind.
Romans 2:16
2:16. in the day when God will judge the secrets of menby Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. - Sinful deeds.
2 Corinthians 5:10
5:10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. - Idle words, namely lie, gossip, evil-speaking up to the blasphemy to the true teaching word.
Matthew 12:36
12:36. "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. - Not doing a thing that God has moved in our heart through the word, Holy Spirit and love, especially for the building of the body of Christ.
Matthew 25:41-46
25:41. "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
25:42. 'for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;
25:43. 'I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.'
25:44. "Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?'
25:45. "Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
25:46. "And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Being selfish means one cannot give, or visit but judges others.
Matthew 7:1
7:1. "Judge not, that you be not judged.
Let us do what God moves in our life.
How can we judge ourselves?
If the sword of the word pierces our sins or shows our hidden sins, we must confess to God (vertical) and others (horizontal).
If we are forgiven, do not sin anymore.
As a result, the blood of Jesus will take away all of our sins.
The sign is we experience peace. If our heart is peaceful, Jesus the High Priest is able to do everything.
Peaceful heart is the strong baseto receive God of peace to work in our life.
The resultsare as follows:
- God will crush the enemy soon.
Romans 16:20
16:20. And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
It means God finishes all impossible problems in due time.
God makes everything easy and light in due time.
God makes everything successful and beautiful in His time. - God is able to take care of our physical lifein the midst of difficulties in the world up to antichrist' age.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
5:23. Now may the God of peaceHimself sanctifyyou completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blamelessat the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is also able to take care of our spiritual life, namely purifying and renewing our life up to perfection like Him.
We may greet when He comes a second time on the glorious clouds. - God writes our names in the Book of Life in His time.
We receive eternal life
God blesses us.