Ezekiel
28:12-19; Isaiah 14:12-15; Genesis 3:4-6;
1 John 2:15-17 KJV 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. (16) 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. (17) And the world passeth away, and the
lust
thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1 John 2:15-17 is a VERY GRAVE warning to us all.
- To the whole
human race.
- ONLY THE LOVE OF
THE FATHER WILL REMAIN ONE DAY.
LUCIFER'S FALL
God spoke of Lucifer being the Garden of Eden.
- He fell due to
pride of self.
- Desire to be his
own god.
- Not worship true
God, but self.
Mankind's entire problem today stems from this fall of Lucifer.
- Man would not be
in sin today had not Lucifer tempted the woman to sin.
But when all the world as we know it is over, God will wrap up
everything that occurred since Adam's sin, and carry on with His
purpose He instituted for man long before man was created and sinned.
- And there will be
people in heaven with Him forever.
- THINGS WILL
CHANGE.
- But, why did He
plan it this way.. to change the state of things as they now are?
God created Adam and desired to have Adam become infused with God's
LIFE.
- Why not make Adam
infused with it at creation?
- Man is going
through steps.
More questions:
- Why is man
created in the same world where Jesus said Satan fell into from heaven?
Luke 10:18 KJV And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
Isaiah 14:12-15 KJV How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
son of the morning!
Why did not God make us on another planet?
- The bible speaks
of Satan being cast into the lake of fire before the white throne (Rev
20:10.)
- Why leave the
devil in this world in the mean time?
- Why leave him in
the
world before God created Adam and Eve, to tempt them, and why leave him
here after he succeeded in seeing Adam and Eve sin?
- Why is not the
devil in the fire now?
Why are we being exposed to the devil?
- Adam and Eve
proved mankind is susceptible to temptation, so why leave this sort of
enemy around us?
1 Peter 5:8 KJV Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Why are we in this domain of danger?
Let us go back further to the beginning.
ADAM'S CREATION
Genesis 2:15-17 KJV And the LORD God took the man, and put him
into
the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (16) And the
LORD God
commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat: (17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die.
Why did God put man in the very place where a forbidden tree existed
that man must not eat?
WE ARE IN NEED OF LEARNING THESE ANSWERS.
- Life is more
important than we can ever imagine.
- This message will
explain just how.
- It's beyond
getting somewhere in the world with a good job and even a good family
and home.
- IT IS A
PREPARATION PLACE FOR ETERNITY.
The bible says that when Christ comes back again, He is going to
glorify the saints.
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 KJV So also is the resurrection of the
dead. It
is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: (43)
It is sown
in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is
raised in power: (44) It is sown a natural body; it is
raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
This is a coming resurrection.
- Our bodies will
be changed from corruptible ones to incorrupibtle ones.
- Why did God even
make us susceptible to corruption?
- Did you know that
Adam was not created to die.
- He would not have
died had he not sinned.
Romans 5:12 KJV Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world,
and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned:
Nevertheless, Adam was made in such a way that he could be altered and
made to die.
ADAM WAS CREATED AND PUT IN A PLACE OF PROBATION.
- MANKIND WAS ON
TRIAL.
- God wanted man to
get His life inside them, by way of eating fruit, however before that,
God put man in the middle of a test.
Before God created the world and time, there was what we call eternity
PAST.
- There is also an
eternity future ahead of us.
- And in that
eternity future there is incorruptible glory in store for the saints.
- AND HERE IS THE
POINT.
- WHEN EVERYTHING
THAT IS
PHYSICAL IS EITHER RECREATED AND RECREATED, OR FREED FROM SIN TO LAST
FOREVER ANYWAY, WHATEVER THE CASE...
- GOD WILL NOT WANT
ANOTHER BEING AROUND WHO WOULD FALL TO THE DEPTHS OF THE REBELLION TO
WHICH LUCIFER FELL.
- So before Adam
would receive this LIFE OF GOD, he was tested.
- This would ensure
another LUCIFER does not rise up.
- GOD TESTED ADAM'S
LOVE FOR GOD.
Between Adam and the tree of life was a space where the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil stood.
- Adam was to pass
through that space, maintain his loyalty and love for God, and cleanly
eat of the fruit of life.
- And God would
usher the
human race into an eternity before them full of wonders which, I
believe, entailed man's place in the entire universe at God's side.
- Who knows what
God would have for Adam and all mankind after that point?
- AND THE FORBIDDEN
TREE HAD ALL THE ATTRACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LUCIFER'S OWN FALL.
- There was the
same appeal to make the people their own gods that Lucifer wanted when
he fell.
- THERE IS A STRONG
ASSOCIATION between the people's temptation and Lucifer's experience.
IT WAS LIKE THE WILDERNESS BETWEEN EGYPT AND CANAAN, THE PROMISED LAND.
Genesis 2:9 KJV And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow
every
tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life
also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and
evil.
Genesis 3:6 KJV And when the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to
make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave
also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
God allows the lustre of the world to pass before us, TO TEST OUR LOVE
FOR HIM.
SINCE EDEN'S DISASTER.
Well, mankind's leader, Adam, failed.
- Lucifer did not
have to get past the first human couple to mess this show up.
- BUT WE ARE STILL
AROUND!
- GOD DID NOT WIPE
US OUT!
- WHY?
After Adam sinned, he became susceptible to death.
- We are now
non-neverending.
- And God wanted
this!
Genesis 3:22-23 KJV And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is
become
as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his
hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for
ever:
(23) Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of
Eden, to
till the ground from whence he was taken.
He wants man to remain susceptible to death.
- Angels that fell
with Satan cannot be redeemed since they are permanently poisoned.
- Until Lucifer's
rebellion there is no record of any beforehand.
The fruit of life would put God's life into man.
- But there was
also something else in that fruit that was put there, that would ALSO
help man in case he was made to die.
- It was REMEDY to
restore never-ending life again.
- So after sin, we
were able to die, God did not allow us to receive that never-ending
life yet.
- He blocked it
away from us, allowing man to die.
- But in every case
He
set something up that, though man die, a SACRIFICE could be made upon
which the sins of the people would be passed, and it would be killed,
removing and killing their sins, so to speak.
- AND THEN planned
to
come in the flesh, Himself, as JESUS CHRIST and die as the TRUE
sacrifice, and save everyone in the past who offered the animals that
pointed to Christ's death, and all those after who directly depend on
His sacrifice.
SO THIS LIFE WAS HELD BACK FROM MAN.
- And our bodies
are still not made everlasting yet.
- We who are saved
are promised to have our bodies changed, BUT NOT YET.
- So it's in us, as
a seed, but NOT YET EMPOWERED TO CHANGE.
BEFORE WELCOMING US INTO THE ETERNALS, GOD IS TESTING OUR LOVE FOR HIM.
We pass through trials and tests as believers.
- God still leaves
us mortal after He saves us.
- STILL ON
PROBATION.
- He takes away all
your sins and makes you his sons and daughters, BUT LEAVES YOU IN
PROBATION.
- You have not
proven yourself yet.
- Who is to say you
would not be like Lucifer and later desire to worship self more than
God?
Not only that, he leaves SIN IN YOUR FLESH after you are saved.
- You have to pray
and learn how to serve God with sin all around and in flesh.
- And you have to
make an
effort to get into the Spirit, for if you leave everything alone and
try to coast, YOU ARE TORN DOWN BY SIN!
God did not take us into glory yet.
- He is ensuring we
do not go the way of satan.
- EVERYTHING
RELATED TO
CHRISTIAN LIVING -- HOW HE DEALS WITH SINNERS AND SAINTS ALIKE --
CIRCLES AROUND GOD TEACHING US LOYALTY AND LOVE DEDICATION.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 KJV Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one
LORD:
(5) And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart,
and
with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Paul spoke of the testing time.
Romans 5:3-5 KJV And not only so, but we glory in tribulations
also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience; (4) And
patience,
experience; and experience, hope: (5) And hope maketh not
ashamed;
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us.
Experience is SKILL.
- Many companies
want a certain SKILLED employee to work of them.
- Someone with
experience.
- Success is
guaranteed from their employment in such cases.
God has something in eternity future for us.
- He wants success
in our involvement, and not have to see another waste like Lucifer
involved.
- So he is putting
us through tribulations FOR US TO HAVE EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE IN LOVING GOD AND PROVING THAT LOVE IS GREATER THAN LOVE FOR
OTHER THINGS.
1 John 2:15-17 KJV 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. (16) 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. (17) And the world passeth away, and the
lust
thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
God will not allow someone without love of the Father into Heaven.
- So he leaves us
in a
world sup'ed up by the devil to entice us away from God, to see if we
will have love for anything else other than God.
- And HE IS
COUNTING ON
SATAN ENTICING US WITH OTHER LOVES, because He wants to ensure we cover
all the bases to prove we love God.
- WHAT A CONVENIENT
AGENT THE DEVIL IS.
- Perfect
plan: Allow
the devil to try everything he can to dissuade us from God, since he
hates God so much and hates us, so that we make it through ONLY by
proving we really do have a love for God the Father more than anything
else.
Revelation 12:13 KJV And when the dragon saw that he was cast
unto the
earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Satan persecutes and tempts as God allows it to test our love for Him.
We physically die BUT WE ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO THE SECOND DEATH.
Revelation 2:11 KJV He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit
saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the
second death.
Revelation 20:14 KJV And death and hell were cast into the lake
of fire. This is the second death.
Revelation 21:8 KJV But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
That is why angels cannot be redeemed.
- They are in a
state of never dying already.
- So God cannot
have sacrifice -- a death in their place -- die as them, if they cannot
die.
- So God kept man
away
from living forever with sin in him, because only one way was left to
recover man... salvation through death of the cross.
The angels saw Lucifer rebel and seemed to have joined him.
God could have vapourized Satan right then and not see the angels
follow.
- BUT HE WAS
TESTING ANGELS, TOO.
- He let that devil
rise up and sway many others.
- They would have
only been additional "Lucifers" themselves, later if he had not done it
this way.
- God would see who
else truly did not love him.
- God lets you face
trials and temptations because if we really love Him THAT WILL PROVE IT
OUT.
Deep inside of those who will end up in heaven will have been a hunger
to love God that nothing else could ever stop.
HAD MAN NOT FALLEN, MAN WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO GOD THAN LUCIFER!
- But man did the
same thing!
- Wanted to be like
God.
God had a choice... wipe man out or SETUP A SYSTEM.
- A system where
man
would be surrounded by sin and temptation and devils, damaged by sin,
and yet given a chance to be redeemed through TOTAL RELIANCE UPON GOD.
- HE MADE IT IN
SUCH A WAY THAT ONLY THROUGH TOTAL LOVE AND RELIANCE UPON GOD WE WOULD
MAKE IT.
- SO LOVING GOD IS
AN ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT TO GO TO HEAVEN.
- He made it in
such a way that LOVE would shine through, because LOVE would ensure no
more future devils.
A billion possibilities exited.
In our temporary bodies that burn out and die, man is OBSERVED to see
if we reach out to God.
IMMUNITY
The body builds up immunity when faced with disease.
- Safety mechanism.
- When a virus
attacks, your body reacts.
- It fights it.
- Builds up an
immunity.
- Get the mumps and
never get them again, because your body reacted and fixed the problem.
Europeans carried influenza to the North American Indians who died by
the thousands.
- Europeans had an
immunity.
- But the Indians
did not, having never been exposed to it before.
- After
generations, the Indians also became immune.
MANY ANGELS HAD NO IMMUNITY TO SIN.
- Many fell as soon
as Lucifer rebelled.
When people are defeated again and again in sin, and reach out to God
to be saved, put into his system, and THEN go through trials as
Christians, WE BUILD UP AN IMMUNITY.
- THERE ARE
BELIEVERS WHO ARE SO LOYAL TO GOD THEY WILL BE IN HEAVEN ONE DAY.
All of life is a FILTER.
You are living in this probation RIGHT NOW.
- You are already
making
choices that will tell if you are destroyed in the end, or ushered into
the glory of eternity future with God.
- You have all you
need to make it if you truly love God.
- The bible warned
about every thing you can imagine that people walk into and lose out
with God.
We may see weaknesses in our lives right now.
- But that is why
we are still here in this probation.
- God knows we need
more time.
- We need more
experience.
- So we can see
that immunity increase!
In the eternals to come, there will be saints of God who STOOD THE
TEST, having passed through all temptations.
- They will walk
with God in glory.
- An immunity will
have been instilled within them.
- They will likely
never fall.
- EVEN IF another
satan
arises, these folks lived in a world exponentially worse in
unimaginable ways than anything heaven is, and stood the test then, so
they will CERTAINLY NOT FAIL IN GLORY.
- A second satan
would have a hard time getting followers.
- The angels who
did not fall the first time when he did, have an immunity.
- And saints of God
passed through a wicked world with temptation everywhere, and did not
give in then.
- They were used to
temptations and holding on to God!
When will the resurrection happen?
- When God sees fit
that enough time has passed for mankind to have been faced with enough
evil and fully tested.
By then, the minds of dedicated Saints will be totally settled on
serving God.
We will be able to say we tasted life on both sides.
- In sin and out of
sin.
- We already lived
in sin once.
- We made a
decision long ago to be loyal to God no matter what.
- We chose to not
serve self.
No one who is too proud to admit wrong will be there.
- If you are loyal
to yourself now, forget making it there.
Believers are tested!
Matthew 7:21-24 KJV Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of
my Father which is in heaven. (22) Many will say to me in
that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
(23) And
then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye
that work iniquity. (24) Therefore whosoever heareth these
sayings of
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his
house upon a rock:
God even gives us supernatural gifts TO TEST US.
- With a bit of
supernatural power from heaven now, can you be trusted?
- Will you give
glory to God?
- Many cannot.
- They take the
gift and make money from it all.
- Such will have
been "Lucifers" had God took them into heaven when he saved them.
Even your loved ones are involved in God's test for you.
Matthew 10:37-39 KJV He that loveth father or mother more than me
is
not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is
not worthy of me. (38) And he that taketh not his cross,
and
followeth after me, is not worthy of me. (39) He that
findeth his
life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find
it.
With all this elaborate effort on God's part, ETERNITY MUST BE GOING TO
BE SO AWESOME WE CANNOT IMAGINE IT!
- THAT MUCH
preparation before He even lets us in!
6,000 years of earth so far.
When it is all said and done, will you have been proven loyal?
Some do not even reach out for Salvation when they hear the Gospel.
- They are so loyal
to self they could not even repent and be baptized.
- YOU HAVE NO HOPE
IF YOU CANNOT EVEN REACH OUT TO GET SAVED.
- We are getting
ready through trials and troubles.
- YOU need to join
us.
- Do not be
forgotten long after this life is over.
- TAKE THE FIRST
STEP TO GLORY, and reach out to Jesus.
- Repent and get
baptized in Jesus' name.
The first step of loyalty is to reach out when you know what to do.
This plan is going on over the whole of creation now.
- Some have made
this meagre life everything, and insanely care not even to think about
eternity.
- Will you join the
rebel angels of hell, or the faithful 2/3 who never rebelled?
- I AM GOING TO GO
TO HEAVEN!
Have grudges?
- Trade that
ridiculous human pride for ETERNAL GLORIES!
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