12-27-2015 weekly message

Meditation of the week: Psalms 90:1-17

Main scripture: Psalms 98:1-9

Subject: The life of the saints passing through end time

             Before the foundation of the world, the LORD God has planned to adopt them as his children that enter the kingdom of God through believing in the Lord Jesus Christ; and lead them to the church of God according to the good pleasure of his will(Eph. 1:4,5). For last two thousand years, God has made them that have believed the gospel of Christ to be the members of the body of Christ. And God has put all things under the feet of Christ, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all(Eph. 1:22,23).

               God planned to save not only the church of God, but also the Jews that have sinned against God, and the Gentiles. In the Great Tribulation to come, God will save the Jews and the Gentiles that repent to lead them to the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost made the psalmist prophesy of this:

“The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.”(Ps. 98:2-9)

                 Yeah! Sooner or later, when the time is fulfilled, God will give salvation for the church of God, and the Jews and the Gentiles when they repent, and make them be full in heaven and earth. All the scriptures testify of the victory over the Devil, and of such a wondrous works for him in heaven and earth. Seeing and knowing such wondrous works of God in the Holy Ghost, Apostle Paul prayed for the saints of Ephesians to understand his works to be done:

“Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.”(Eph. 1:15-23)

             God chose Apostle Paul to give him the revelations of the blessing for the church of God as well as for the Jews and the Gentiles. And God had Apostle Paul send the epistles to the churches of God and the Hebrews to testify of theses blessings for them. Apostle Paul worried about the saints to be discouraged seeing him persecuted and troubled by the Jews, because he preached the revelation of God. And he said to them, for this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ saying,

“Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”(Eph. 3:13-21)

               Apostle Paul prayed for the saints in the church to be opened their spiritual eyes and ears so that they may be able to see the glory of God, and to see the things in the glorious throne of God in heavens where they are going in the future. He wanted what they hope for to be substance through their faith so that they may not look forward the corruptible world, but the eternal kingdom of God waiting for and running for it.

                He sent the same message unto the saints of Philippians for them look forward the day of resurrection, that is the day of rapture:

“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”(Phil. 3:7-14)

               The life of Apostle Paul was full of all infirmities and reproaches and necessities and persecutions and distresses. After all, he confessed by faith saying, he took pleasure for all theses weaknesses fir the sake of Christ (2Cor. 12:10). He was never be troubled with his life of sufferings. His life was in the fellowship with the power of resurrection as well as passion of Christ participating in his sufferings. What about meditating our life that we have passes through this time? The times that passed by shall not come back before us anymore, whether it was for the sake of Christ of not. The time of past is the rive of no return, as if stream of river cannot flow backward at all. But what is important for us is for us to understand the hope before us, and hold it. Our life is not supposed to be repented as the worldly people.

                Apostle John encouraged unto the spiritually little children:

 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”(1John 2:15-17)

               Apostle James sent a burdensome message unto the twelve tribes of Israel as well as Christians living in the end time:

“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”(James 4:1-5)

                Yeah! The LORD God gave a bill of divorce unto Israel and Judah to be divorced of them that committed adultery with Babylon and Assyria and Egypt(Jer. 3:8). The present world still has been reign by the Devil until Jesus Christ come to put him into the bottomless pit. Even though he was judged unto death through the death of Christ and his resurrection, he is still roaring as a lion to devour the children of God until his judgment is to be executed to be cast into the lake of fire. Apostle Paul testified of the thing that should be careful for the children of God:

“And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”(2Cor. 6:15-18)

               Yeah! We have to make our life rooted into the words of God until the world to be judged, and the New heaven and the new earth and the New Jerusalem before living in the kingdom of God within us that is nothing to do with meat and drink in righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Until we finish the race, we have to keep the faith waiting for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then our faith shall overcome the whole world, and we can do all things through the power of Christ even in our weakness. All of us are not supposed to feel sorry for the time passed by, but to have joyful life in the midst of spiritual fellowship with the Lord Jesus as well as faithful Christians in the power of resurrection of Christ even in tribulations. Amen! Hallelujah!