Hope
(edited version of Sabbath sermon)
APRIL 20, 2002
Beloved children of the Most High: I Cornelius, your friend and brethren in the stress and anxiety that befalls our labor for the gospel of Christ, cannot endure this hardship without the hope that is God. For though the armor of God protects me from the onslaught of thorns and thistles, I can still feel their sting upon my flesh, because nothing can precede what the flesh feel. Moreover, the armor of God is not worn to protect the flesh; but the spirit of the flesh. Let the flesh be dead: for the hope of flesh seek an unacceptable sacrifice.
My brothers and sisters in the true name of Jesus Christ: I am an upright man: a faithful and holy man: whose suffering is only the beginning of things to come. Indeed, I, even I, am in training as an existence of flesh, that I might build up my hope, that my faith be increased. For without the stamina of hope, I cannot find the faith to endure. Though I am steadfast and un-moveable in Christ, I still suffer the natural feelings of flesh, which bring forth the thoughts to faint in the time of trouble, and to quit in the hour of scorn. But with hope, I eat not of those thoughts, but press on until the next day, when the Lord shall send me an angel to increase my faith. But without hope, I would be as the fool, who does not wait for tomorrow, but lives for today. Whosoever lives for today is dead of the spirit: but he that lives for tomorrow is dead of the flesh but alive in the spirit. And if you are alive in the spirit, then you are resurrected to life in Christ. But if you are dead of spirit, then you are resurrected to damnation. Where are you in the hope of your resurrection? I pray you are in the light that is Israel: for only in the light of Israel can a soul be saved. For how can any man be saved outside the body of Christ when Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever? So if Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8), his priesthood is unchangeable (Hebrews 7:24): thus salvation is still of the Jews(St. John 4:22). For through the salvation of the Jews do all others obtain salvation. I speak these words not to offend the religions of men; but to defend the doctrine of Christ. The world has been led astray: for if Christ is a Jew and his body is the church, what then is his doctrine? Let the truth be known that no man might have an excuse: for the message shall be heard in all nations, even in the most remote of places. For you saw how they traveled over all the world showing on television the many different ways the world celebrated the year 2000; even showing the heathens of remote islands. Surely if even the heathens in remote places knew that a new year was beginning in accordance with the Gentile calendar, so shall they also know that Christ has risen, and sent forth his messenger.
I beseech no man to believe my testimony: for he who is to believe shall believe the voice of truth. I need no man to believe that I am without sin since the beginning of my ministry, which began on the thirty-first day of the third month of the Gentile calendar in the year 2001. For God be my witness: and His eyes are upon me. If there be any man, or woman, or child, that can testify as a witness, that I have committed a sin before the eyes of God, let them come forth and give their testimony. And I pray for their sake, that they be an eyewitness and not a repeater of what was told to them, or what they heard, or a liar: for such is a false witness: and what be the fate of a false witness?
Beloved men of Israel: I nor we exalt ourselves: for the Spirit of Truth, which is the Holy Ghost, has exalted us. Let us take our place in the heavenly calling, which for some is to listen and obey, and for others to listen and preach. Men say I have exalted myself: but how can a man exalt himself when his testimony is the gospel of Christ? In the hope that is Jesus Christ, I stand before you all, boasting not, but in the confidence of my knowledge in Christ; to tell every man who give an ear, that none might enter into my website unaware: I am he that is called with the Lamb’s book of life as it is so written in the book of Revelation. I am to some a great man; but to most a lost soul. I am not Jesus Christ as you know him: but a sacrificial lamb of the tribe of Judah. And the blood I offer up in the hope of God for the kingdom that is God, I offer up in the true name of Jesus Christ. For in Christ blood do I live: and in his blood I can find no death but life everlasting. So the death that is given to me in this world is to a flesh that is dead already: for in this world I am dead of flesh but alive by the Spirit of Christ which dwells in me. If I live by my flesh, then I am a transgressor of the law, because I am subject to the sins of flesh. But if I live by the Spirit of Christ that is in me, then I am born of God, and cannot sin before the eyes of God, because no unrighteousness is in me. The men who sin live by their flesh, which is to eat the thoughts of flesh, which manifest those thoughts into action, which gives birth to sinful flesh, which is to lust and transgress the way of God. You cannot be in the body of Christ halfway: you must either serve God or the devil. If you serve anything belonging of the flesh, you have served the devil. So stop indulging in coition outside of marriage. Stop conceiving *******s into the world. Stop showing the nakedness of your body to one that is not your husband or your wife. Stop the envy and jealousy. Stop being stubborn and hardheaded. Stop lying, and stealing, and raping, and murdering, and conniving. Stop living the life of flesh, which in the end is foolishness. For if we are true in Christ, then we repent of our wrong doings, to make ourselves holy unto the Lord, that when he appear, we might be like him. For a great woe shall be unto those that do not appear as him when he come in the glory of the Son of man. So my brethren: live not for actuality, but for reality, which is the future as well as the past and present. Live not for today, but for tomorrow, in the hope that is God Almighty. Stand in the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto the promise of the twelve tribes of Israel in the book of Revelation. Stand in the hope that is Christ: unto the promise of eternal life for all men. For what is the death we might receive for the gospel of Christ in this world, but a death that we might live with Christ in the world to come. In this hope do we live and pray that all men be of this hope: for by hope is faith manifested.
(The Scriptures of Romans 8:10-28, Galtians 4:4-7, and Ephesians 1:2-23 was edited)
Even as I am called in the purpose to gather the twelve that a spiritual and social revolution in the true name of Jesus Christ be ignited: you who be among the twelve are called to your purpose to lead a tribe of Israel. And if you are called are you not then found worthy in the eyes of God through the searching of your heart? But what keeps a worthy man from answering his calling, but the weakness of his flesh, which he has kept alive by eating of its thoughts. For unless a man live by the Spirit only, he cannot humble himself to accept correction, neither submit himself to one of authority over him, nor have the eyes of his understanding enlightened. There are many in Israel who are worthy to be called; so they are called: but the twelve answer their calling without hesitation; because they are of predestination according to the purpose of God’s will whose will has sent me to gather them. So when they hear me, they come, neglecting their own understanding for God’s. And though they were born of flesh as ordinary men, they are not: for their vision is from God: and their knowledge from Christ himself. And unlike the apostles of old, they are without doubt, and without denial: for given unto them in the regeneration is the whole Spirit of Christ.
So if we be in the Spirit of Christ, then are we not of his holy priesthood? And if we are ministers of his holy priesthood, then are we not led by the Spirit of Truth? And if we are led by the Spirit of Truth, what then is our teachings in this world, but a spiritual and social revolution in the true name of Jesus Christ? For the knowledge of Christ from the mouths of the Gentiles, who are the governors of this world, is lies and misunderstanding; even paganism in disguise. So is our testimony not a revolution when it speaks against the things of Christianity? We come sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, with one as the Lamb and twelve as apostles: what man can teach us the way of Christ? What man can bring us the understanding of his word, when we are given the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him?
I pray you take your time and read every word of this sermon in patience and understanding, that every word you read is heard and retained. The Holy One of Israel is in this place: for the Love and Truth of Jesus Christ is our sanctuary. And let the people say, Amen. And let one say, So be it.
(edited version of Sabbath sermon)
APRIL 20, 2002
Beloved children of the Most High: I Cornelius, your friend and brethren in the stress and anxiety that befalls our labor for the gospel of Christ, cannot endure this hardship without the hope that is God. For though the armor of God protects me from the onslaught of thorns and thistles, I can still feel their sting upon my flesh, because nothing can precede what the flesh feel. Moreover, the armor of God is not worn to protect the flesh; but the spirit of the flesh. Let the flesh be dead: for the hope of flesh seek an unacceptable sacrifice.
My brothers and sisters in the true name of Jesus Christ: I am an upright man: a faithful and holy man: whose suffering is only the beginning of things to come. Indeed, I, even I, am in training as an existence of flesh, that I might build up my hope, that my faith be increased. For without the stamina of hope, I cannot find the faith to endure. Though I am steadfast and un-moveable in Christ, I still suffer the natural feelings of flesh, which bring forth the thoughts to faint in the time of trouble, and to quit in the hour of scorn. But with hope, I eat not of those thoughts, but press on until the next day, when the Lord shall send me an angel to increase my faith. But without hope, I would be as the fool, who does not wait for tomorrow, but lives for today. Whosoever lives for today is dead of the spirit: but he that lives for tomorrow is dead of the flesh but alive in the spirit. And if you are alive in the spirit, then you are resurrected to life in Christ. But if you are dead of spirit, then you are resurrected to damnation. Where are you in the hope of your resurrection? I pray you are in the light that is Israel: for only in the light of Israel can a soul be saved. For how can any man be saved outside the body of Christ when Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever? So if Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8), his priesthood is unchangeable (Hebrews 7:24): thus salvation is still of the Jews(St. John 4:22). For through the salvation of the Jews do all others obtain salvation. I speak these words not to offend the religions of men; but to defend the doctrine of Christ. The world has been led astray: for if Christ is a Jew and his body is the church, what then is his doctrine? Let the truth be known that no man might have an excuse: for the message shall be heard in all nations, even in the most remote of places. For you saw how they traveled over all the world showing on television the many different ways the world celebrated the year 2000; even showing the heathens of remote islands. Surely if even the heathens in remote places knew that a new year was beginning in accordance with the Gentile calendar, so shall they also know that Christ has risen, and sent forth his messenger.
I beseech no man to believe my testimony: for he who is to believe shall believe the voice of truth. I need no man to believe that I am without sin since the beginning of my ministry, which began on the thirty-first day of the third month of the Gentile calendar in the year 2001. For God be my witness: and His eyes are upon me. If there be any man, or woman, or child, that can testify as a witness, that I have committed a sin before the eyes of God, let them come forth and give their testimony. And I pray for their sake, that they be an eyewitness and not a repeater of what was told to them, or what they heard, or a liar: for such is a false witness: and what be the fate of a false witness?
Beloved men of Israel: I nor we exalt ourselves: for the Spirit of Truth, which is the Holy Ghost, has exalted us. Let us take our place in the heavenly calling, which for some is to listen and obey, and for others to listen and preach. Men say I have exalted myself: but how can a man exalt himself when his testimony is the gospel of Christ? In the hope that is Jesus Christ, I stand before you all, boasting not, but in the confidence of my knowledge in Christ; to tell every man who give an ear, that none might enter into my website unaware: I am he that is called with the Lamb’s book of life as it is so written in the book of Revelation. I am to some a great man; but to most a lost soul. I am not Jesus Christ as you know him: but a sacrificial lamb of the tribe of Judah. And the blood I offer up in the hope of God for the kingdom that is God, I offer up in the true name of Jesus Christ. For in Christ blood do I live: and in his blood I can find no death but life everlasting. So the death that is given to me in this world is to a flesh that is dead already: for in this world I am dead of flesh but alive by the Spirit of Christ which dwells in me. If I live by my flesh, then I am a transgressor of the law, because I am subject to the sins of flesh. But if I live by the Spirit of Christ that is in me, then I am born of God, and cannot sin before the eyes of God, because no unrighteousness is in me. The men who sin live by their flesh, which is to eat the thoughts of flesh, which manifest those thoughts into action, which gives birth to sinful flesh, which is to lust and transgress the way of God. You cannot be in the body of Christ halfway: you must either serve God or the devil. If you serve anything belonging of the flesh, you have served the devil. So stop indulging in coition outside of marriage. Stop conceiving *******s into the world. Stop showing the nakedness of your body to one that is not your husband or your wife. Stop the envy and jealousy. Stop being stubborn and hardheaded. Stop lying, and stealing, and raping, and murdering, and conniving. Stop living the life of flesh, which in the end is foolishness. For if we are true in Christ, then we repent of our wrong doings, to make ourselves holy unto the Lord, that when he appear, we might be like him. For a great woe shall be unto those that do not appear as him when he come in the glory of the Son of man. So my brethren: live not for actuality, but for reality, which is the future as well as the past and present. Live not for today, but for tomorrow, in the hope that is God Almighty. Stand in the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto the promise of the twelve tribes of Israel in the book of Revelation. Stand in the hope that is Christ: unto the promise of eternal life for all men. For what is the death we might receive for the gospel of Christ in this world, but a death that we might live with Christ in the world to come. In this hope do we live and pray that all men be of this hope: for by hope is faith manifested.
(The Scriptures of Romans 8:10-28, Galtians 4:4-7, and Ephesians 1:2-23 was edited)
Even as I am called in the purpose to gather the twelve that a spiritual and social revolution in the true name of Jesus Christ be ignited: you who be among the twelve are called to your purpose to lead a tribe of Israel. And if you are called are you not then found worthy in the eyes of God through the searching of your heart? But what keeps a worthy man from answering his calling, but the weakness of his flesh, which he has kept alive by eating of its thoughts. For unless a man live by the Spirit only, he cannot humble himself to accept correction, neither submit himself to one of authority over him, nor have the eyes of his understanding enlightened. There are many in Israel who are worthy to be called; so they are called: but the twelve answer their calling without hesitation; because they are of predestination according to the purpose of God’s will whose will has sent me to gather them. So when they hear me, they come, neglecting their own understanding for God’s. And though they were born of flesh as ordinary men, they are not: for their vision is from God: and their knowledge from Christ himself. And unlike the apostles of old, they are without doubt, and without denial: for given unto them in the regeneration is the whole Spirit of Christ.
So if we be in the Spirit of Christ, then are we not of his holy priesthood? And if we are ministers of his holy priesthood, then are we not led by the Spirit of Truth? And if we are led by the Spirit of Truth, what then is our teachings in this world, but a spiritual and social revolution in the true name of Jesus Christ? For the knowledge of Christ from the mouths of the Gentiles, who are the governors of this world, is lies and misunderstanding; even paganism in disguise. So is our testimony not a revolution when it speaks against the things of Christianity? We come sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, with one as the Lamb and twelve as apostles: what man can teach us the way of Christ? What man can bring us the understanding of his word, when we are given the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him?
I pray you take your time and read every word of this sermon in patience and understanding, that every word you read is heard and retained. The Holy One of Israel is in this place: for the Love and Truth of Jesus Christ is our sanctuary. And let the people say, Amen. And let one say, So be it.
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