Worship - Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Matthew 24:15 is the prophecy about antichrist.

Matthew 24:15
24:15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand),

Who is antichrist?

1 John 2:20
2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

To know who antichrist is and not being the target of antichrist or being the same with antichrist, then priests and kings must live in Holy Spirit’s anointing. How can priests and kings live in Holy Spirit’s anointing? They have to live in the Holy Place.

Leviticus 21:12
21:12 nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

Inside the Holy Place, there are 3 furnishings that denote 3 kinds of main service:

1. the Golden Candlestick = perseverance in General
2. the Table of Shewbread = perseverance in Bible Study
3. the Golden Altar of Incense = perseverance in Pray and Worship.

Perseverance in these three kinds of main service is equal to a shepherded life. Life outside the shepherding pen will be spiritually withered, there is no Holy Spirit’s anointing, there is no satisfaction. Spiritually withered lives defile God’s Holiness and their lives direct to make sins, fall in sins, and become antichrist’s target. They don’t know who antichrist is, they do their ceremonies, but they are being marked by antichrist. They like Israelites who worshipped golden calf but said, “This is our god, who brought us up out of Egypt”.
Who is antichrist?

1. people who come out from us = people who do not really do their ceremony and service to the Lord, they become lax in ceremony and service, they become lax in purification.
   1 John 2:18-19
   2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
   2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
   Judas is a disciple, but he did not really do in service and purification. Finally he left his ministry, ended in destruction.
   Without Holy Spirit, we can be negligent.
   The Holy Spirit’s anointing makes us solemn (faithful and burning) in:
   1. the true teaching word
      Luke 24:32
      24:32 And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while
      He opened the Scriptures to us?”
      The true teaching word is the word written in the Bible and revealed. Each verse is explained by the others.
      For the Pastor, must be faithful and burning in preaching the word of God. And for the church, must be faithful and burning in hearing the word of God.
   2. service
      Romans 12:11
      12:11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
      If we hear the word of God solemnly, the word of God will become a command such that we can really do our service to the Lord.
      Be careful! If somebody burning in service but does not hear the word of God solemnly, his service is just based on the emotion on the flesh that will guide to destruction.
2. liar = deny Lord Jesus Christ
   1 John 2:22
   2:22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
   Lie is the starting of denial to the Lord.
   Denying Lord = without Holy Spirit’s anointing.
   For example is Peter, who denied the Lord three times. Actually he must be destructed. But Peter was helped by the shepherding word which is like the crow of rooster that reminded Peter.
   Luke 22:60-62
   22:60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
   22:61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
   22:62 So Peter went out and wept bitterly.
   Then Peter became repented and he was forgiven. His life was saved.

But after the anointing of Holy Spirit at Jerusalem’s attic, Peter lived in Holy Spirit’s anointing. The results are having confidence to:

1. acknowledge Jesus’ name, whatever the risks
   Acts 2:14, 22
   2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.
   2:22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know—
   For us, acknowledge Jesus’ name is equal to repent our sins, and then we are forgiven, and not make sins anymore.
2. testify about Jesus
   Acts 4:8-10
   4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:
   4:9 If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,
   4:10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you
   crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.
   Testimony is about what the Lord has done in our life, about our life salvation, and about abundance that has happened in our life. If we do not testify, we will live in lack until lose the salvation.
3. worship the Lord
   1 Peter 4:7
   4:7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
   In Holy Spirit’s anointing, when we are facing the shaking in the last times, we will be able to keep silent and quiet to worship the Lord.
   Isaiah 30:15
   30:15 For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: “ In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” But you would not,
   Silent : keep silent ourselves, doing introspection; if there is sin, it must be confessed and not repeated.
   Quiet : fully surrender to the Lord
   Being silent and quiet is like reaching out our two hands to the Lord to worship Him.
   Then, Lord will also reach out His hands to us. The results are:
   1. all shakes will become calm, all problems will be solved
   2. The Lord works to make everything good in our lives
      Romans 8:26-28
      8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
      8:27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
      8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
   3. Even if our lives have already drowned, but if we can cry out to the Lord, He will reach out His hands to uplift us from drowning. Our lives will not be ashamed, we will be uplifted starting from now in this world, until exalted with Him on the clouds on His second coming.