Title of the Word: The church of God to be unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ
When the resurrected Jesus appeared to the Apostle John and told to write to the seven churches, he did not write to each member of the church, but to the angel. Of the seven churches, only the church in Philadelphia was praised by the Lord, and not rebuked at all giving the message that it would not enter into a time of temptation that is the Great Tribulation coming to the whole world:
The Church of God that became the bride of Christ as well as His body, is to marry to Him only when it reaches the perfect measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. When it marries, it shall become his helper, and come back to the earth with him putting on a crown, and rule with him. He also gave a warning message that that crown could be taken away.
Apostle Paul knelt down and prayed earnestly for the saints of the inheritance and glory unto the Church of God that received life through the blood of Jesus Christ(Ehisians chapter one through three). But unfortunately, among those who heard his testimony, everyone in Asia left him (2 Timothy 1:14) and Dema loved the world and also left him (2 Timothy 4:10). Jesus spoke unto his disciples, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.“ (Matthew 18:20). He might foresee what is going to happen when the churches of God fall away in the future.
He testified, “Ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.” (v. 1). In the King James English Bible, the word vocation was used instead of calling. The word vocation means a job. Apostle Paul’s testimony here is that the Christian work and profession are to obey Christ in the kingdom of God. What he means is that the job to make a living on this earth should be just “hobby”. All other professions are side jobs, and a Christian’s true profession has nothing to do with astronomy, physics, agriculture, commerce, electrical engineering, architecture, trade, art, music, literature, education, politics, business, economy, civil servants, military and so on .
He testified clearly of Jesus as the only Christ who is the true Savior giving the salvation of the soul.
However, when we look at the apostated churches in the end times united with the WCC, WEA, and NCCK, most of the churches have accepted different Jesus, different gospels, and different spirits defeated in the spiritual war failed to keep good faith ended up forsaking the Christ to be united with Roman Catholic Church that is the religious Whore Church.
The testimony of Apostle Paul of “one baptism,” is a very important truth. When Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Corinth and to the Saints in Rome, he testified of its meaning:
Christ took captives when he rose to heaven when he resurrected. The captives are the saints under the law in the Old Testament period; they were staying in the bosom of Abraham that was the paradise under the earth Matthew, seeing this sight, testified:
That’s right! The lower part of the earth where Jesus descended was the hell where sinners were supposed to go. When Jesus spoke of the sign of Jonah, he shall go down to the heart of the earth (Matt. 12:40) as Jonah’s soul cried in the belly of the hell(Jonah 2:2).
King David and prophet Micah prophesied of the reason why Jesus descended to the hell after he died and buried:
The Lord Jesus had our sins transferred unto his flesh unto death, and descended to the hell, and cast all our sins into the fire of the hell. Finally he rose again with the body without sin.
Apostle Paul testified that Christ gave gifts for the remaining saints in the Church of God on earth as he ascended into heaven to take the Old Testament saints in captivity:
That’s right! To have the church of God reach unto the perfect measures of God and to fulness of Christ, the man called as pastor and teacher has to teach all the words of God, and have the saints understand the words of God, and have them put of the whole armor of God. This is the way for the saints to be clothed with Christ.
Apostle Paul encouraged the saint who had learned the words of God from him:
Nowadays, we are living in the time of falling away of the churches of God that have forsaked the sound doctrines. We have to be awakened spiritually to pray for all our soul and all our spirit and all our body blameless at the coming of Christ.