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February 04, 2009
The Body of Christ
Thank all of you for being here no matter what time it is where you are. I would like to thank all the people that helped sister Uyi, I cannot mention their names without their consent so I will forbear for now, you know who you are and I Guarantee the lord knows who you are, thank you, I could not help anymore I was over my head trying to support 17 children and three adults not to mention my own family. God is Great!
Today I want to, as best I can, explain the Body Of Christ to you. Many people believe different things; Most churches today teach salvation through a form of works whether it is confessing your sins to stay saved or to be baptized to be saved or walking the aisle for Jesus to rededicate your life and there are those that believe that if you commit sins after you're saved then you will lose your salvation.
I have Great news for you Today! I want to show you that when Christ died on the Cross, he paid for ALL your sins, past, present and future. If God can hold you accountable for even one sin after you have trusted Christ as your Savior, then Christ would have died in vain.
I will give you an example, Peter and the 12 were in Christ, but they were NOT in the Body of Christ. Why? When the Lord came to earth, He came to his own and His own received Him not. The Lord took away the Church at that time and gave it to the twelve. How do I know that?
Answer: Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of Man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremiahs, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. 21 Now from that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Peter's Reaction: Matthew 16:22 Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23 but he turned, and said unto peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offense unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God but of men.
What the disciples had to do to be saved: 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father and with his angels: and then he shall reward every man according to his works. 28 verily I say unto you, There be some of you standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
This of course happened in the next chapter if you want some homework.
Next I want you to see they kept the 10 Commandments and were Baptized. Keeping the Commandments requires a lot more than you think; it includes the first 5 books of the Bible. If you had just to keep all the levitical laws you would never make it. The law was given to show you needed a Savior, you just simply cannot keep it perfectly, yet if you offend only in one point you are guilty of the whole law.
Illustration: Matthew 19:16 And behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing must I do to that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up; what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Now, the man had kept the law from his youth up, yet Jesus said there are none good, so how had this man kept the commandments? BLOOD SACRIFICE. Do you do that today? Do you keep the law blameless? Do you have a bank account? Did you sell all you had and give it to me (I am poor)? No, of course not and neither will you sell all your possessions and make distribution to all that have need and all men had everything common.
What does Paul say on this subject of money?
2 Thess. 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
This is the Grace message not of works. These earthly teachings of Christ was to the Jew, He came to His own and His own received Him not. The Lord gave grace to the Gentiles to provoke Israel to jealousy. Paul went to the Jew first and he would go into synagogues and draw out proselytes and start a church, and at first they had a thing called commandments contained in ordinances which was broken down by the Cross and Paul was teaching ALL men to see the fellowship of the mystery. What was that mystery? 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. 4 And that he was buried and rose again the third day according to the scriptures.
The twelve apostles and those of the new church at Jerusalem were in Christ but not in the Body of Christ, how do I know? Because it was a mystery hid in God from the foundation of the world. It was unsearchable in the Old Testament and only revealed to the apostle Paul, he revealed it to Peter after 14 years (that gospel which I teach to the Gentiles). Before this the 12 had a commandment from the Lord: Matthew 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshiped him: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Then, in Mark I believe, they had an order in which this was to be done, to start first in Jerusalem, then Judea, then Samaria (10 tribes) and then unto the outermost parts of the world. But...they didn't do it. How do I know? Galatians 2:1 then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. Verse 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision as committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 8 (for he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me towards the gentiles:) 9 And when James, Cepas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcision. (The Great Commission went right out here.) They did not do what the Lord told them, but the Lord told Peter what he bound on earth was bound in heaven and he and Paul shook hands on it.
I don't know if people don't read their bible or if they trust someone with a theology degree, but one thing is for sure: Peter and the 12's message is NOT being in effect today; it will be in the trib and in the millennium.
If you don't get anything else out of this, understand this: either your pastor doesn't know what he or she is talking about or they don't care as long as the money comes in and the church is full.
I want you to know right now God is not worshiped with men's hands, neither does he dwell in buildings made with hands. Get out of those churches and stay here or somewhere that teaches the Word rightly divided or you are surely going to end up in hell. Your problem today is not your sins; your problem is unbelief. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and go free.
The 12 sold out lock stock and barrel and made distribution and stayed in the Temple praising god waiting for his return. Not so with Paul. Paul says the Gospel that he taught he neither received it of men but by the Lord (Gal 1:1). One more thing, every person that has ever been saved in the Body of Christ got the message from Romans through Philemon, no exception to this.
People sit in church Sunday and Wednesday and do all their good works and think they are worshiping God. If you want to really worship God then accept His Son.
I'm afraid there are going to be a lot of "good" people in hell and remember the Lord says, "there is none good but one, that is God."
I love you all in Christ. I really do or I wouldn't be doing this, I do not want one person even my worst enemy to end up in hell. Sorry I haven't been here in a while; I had a death in the family.
michael
Posted by michael at February 4, 2009 07:27 PM