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  • No. 226

    HAVE YOU TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT?

    GOD BLESS REV. PAUL C. JONG FOR BRINGING THE BORN-AGAIN GOSPEL MORE CLEARLY TO THE READERS OF HIS BOOK, HAVE YOU TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT? AFTER I READ THIS BOOK A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE MESSAGE OF REDEMPTION THROUGH THE DEATH OF OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST BECAME MORE VIVID IN MY LIFE. THE LAYING OF THE SINS OF THE WORLD ON JESUS AT HIS BAPTISM AT THE JORDAN RIVER BY JOHN THE BAPTIST GIVES EVERY HUMAN BEING THE ASSURANCE THAT ALL BURDEN (SIN) IS OFF OUR LIVES, ONCE WE BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL. JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS AN ANTITYPE OF THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, E.G. AARON WHO SACRIFICED FOR THE SINS OF THE ISRAELITES. AARON OFFERED SACRIFICES TO GOD, EVERY TIME PLEADING FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF THE SINS COMMITTED BY THE ISRAELITES. JESUS AT HIS BAPTISM TOOK ALL OUR SINS WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST LAID HIS HANDS ON HIM. HE SIGNIFIED THE SCAPEGOAT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. BUT HE DID IT ONCE FOR ALL FOR ALL HUMANITY. ONCE WE BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE BECOME FORGIVEN ALL AT ONCE. REV. PAUL JONG SHOWS CLEARLY HOW OUR SINS ARE PUT ON JESUS AND THAT SIN SHOULD NO LONGER BE A PROBLEM IN OUR LIVES. I AM NO LONGER A SINNER NOW, BECAUSE I AM FORGIVEN AS JESUS TOOK MY SINS ON HIMSELF AND DIED IN MY PLACE. MAN’S GREATEST PROBLEM TODAY IS FREEDOM FROM SINFUL NATURE. THIS BOOK SHOWS US CLEARLY HOW WE CAN LIVE A LIFE FREE OF SIN, GUILT AND CONDEMNATION AS WE BELIEVE IN THE TRUE GOSPEL OF JESUS. THANK GOD FOR HIS REVELATION ON HIS SERVANT PAUL C. JONG.WHEN WE ASK CHRISTIANS, “HOW, AND WITH WHAT KIND OF FAITH, CAN WE REALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF YOUR SINS?,” THEN MOST OF THEM SAY, “WE CAN SOLVE IT BY OFFERING PRAYERS OF REPENTANCE WHILE BELIEVING IN JESUS’ BLOODSHED ON THE CROSS.” WHEN WE THEN ASK THEM, “HAVE YOUR SINS THEN ACTUALLY BEEN SOLVED AWAY IN YOUR HEART?,” THEY REPLY, “ACTUALLY, I STILL HAVE SIN LEFT IN MY HEART.” PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIN IN THEIR HEARTS ARE STILL NOT THE PEOPLE OF GOD. SUCH PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE JESUS CHRIST. THEY MUST COME INTO JESUS CHRIST BY BELIEVING IN THE GOSPEL OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT SOON. PASTOR TIMOTHY KATOLA, KENYA

    • Pastor Timothy Katola
    • Kenya
    • 09/11/2023101
  • No. 225

    What is the best way to approach the problem of sin?

    Sometimes I picture sin as a wound and trespasses like flies. When one has a wound it is inevitable to attract the flies, in the similar case human beings who are fundamentaly born with sin, live their life trying to avoid sinning. But to their disappointment is that no matter how hard they try to avoid sinning they find themselves commiting the same sin over and over again. Why is it so? Because human beings are born with 12 kinds of sin in is heart that`s why it is impossible for man to avoid sinning. "Mark 7:21-22."Then what is the best way to approach the problem of sin? Using an analogy of the wounded person and flies how to try to explain how most people approach the problem of sin without looking at it in this perceptive. Imagine a person having a wound become extremely annoyed because the flies keep on coming to feed on is wound. So this person decided to get rid of them by killing each one of them with is bear hand`s. After killing a few flies he says in is heart "Am almost done with these irritating flies, let me just clear the remaining ones and take a rest". But to is disappointment just the moment he thinks is killing the last fly, only to realize another swarm of flies attacking is wound. This person will surely run out of energy to kill the entire flies that keeps on coming and will just sit there helplessly watching the flies feed on is wound.Just like this analogy, this is how most christians try to approach the problem of sin with their efforts. I know the analogy I used may sound somewhat childish and foolish because it is obvious that no adult person could take such an approach to prevent the flies from feeding ones flesh knowing it`s foolish and childish only kids could reason like that. Everyone will surely look for medical attention or rather find a nice clean peace of clothing and cover the wound, that way a person wont be troubled by the flies.But guess what! This is exactly how most christians are approaching the problem of sin. Of cause it may not look foolish in their eyes. But to someone who has truly received the remission of sin, he sees it exactly as the wounded person who reason like a small child killing the flies with his bear hands hoping will soon get rid of them. People don`t realize that they can`t avoid sinning due to the fact that the original sin they inherited from Adam attract their daily trespasses. But how do they approach this problem? Rather than seeking proper solution from their Creator Jesus, they instead think in their heart "Am not that much of a sinner, I just have few sins with me, if I just pray to God truthfully that I will never commit this kind of sin again, and practice virtue am sure he will forgive me and I will be trouble free from this irritating sin".But what happens after they finish giving their prayers of repentance? Just the moment they feel like they are done away with the last sin and things seem to be perfect, another different kind of sin pops out in them and the repeat is endless.Most christians don`t realize that approaching the problem of sin by reallying on prayers of repentance and ones on virtue is akin to this man who wanted to get rid of the flies with is bear hands from attacking is wound. Infact it is even more foolish for people to think they can solve the problem of sin with the prayers of repentance and virtue than this man mentioned. The bible reads in psalms 32:1 "Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered" Dear believers what does this scripture teaches us? The scripture says "blessed his he whose (SIN) and (TRANSGRESSIONS) are "FORGIVEN and COVERED" what does the word "Covered" means? "Covered" denotes the completeness of something. In this case if I were to say a person mentioned above who had a wound partly put a peace of clothing on it, it will be incorrect for me to say a person partly "Covered" is wound with a peace of clothing. Because the moment I introduce the word "Covered" it means "Completely".So when David through the inspiration of the holy Spirit said "Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered" he did not refer to those who think "Jesus partly took their sin(only original sin) and died for them while leaving their future sins for them to solve by offering prayers to God" on the contrary he referred to those "whose sins were completely transfered on the Lord through his baptism in the river Jordan and the Lord bore their condemnation on the cross once and for all for the remission of sin" it is the very people who are indeed blessed.To those who are truly born again of water and the Spirit they no longer worry about sin because they know and believe that the Lord "Covered" in other words "Blotted out" their life time sin once. So when they see those who depends on their prayers of repentance and virtue they think "how foolish to reason like a child for one to think he can solve is life time sin with is efforts."I wish I could go on and on but I would like to end my testimony by encouraging everyone who has not yet received the remission of sin that do not be deceived. The Lord has washed away the entire sin of the world once and for all with his water(baptism), blood(crusifixion) and Spirit(Jesus is the King of kings Creator of all things) John 5:6 it takes just your faith in the Lord and his work of salvation to receive this gift nothing more praise be to God the Father, his son Jesus Christ and God the Holy Spirit.Saint Chris Mulonga, Zambia

    • Chris Mulonga
    • Zambia
    • 08/24/2023121
  • No. 224

    The gospel of the water and the Spirit whose shadow was found in the Old Testament

    It is written in the book of Hebrews 8:5 "who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” The pattern of the tabernacle was shown to Moses on the mountain at the same time when he received the Law. The tabernacle is where Israelites atone for their sins. God gave Moses the Law alongside the sacrificial system. There is a reason why God showed Moses the pattern of the tabernacle and commanded him to build it according to the pattern, at the same time He was giving him the law. It was to tell us the purpose of the Law, and to make us realize that we cannot keep His Law. The purpose of the law is to enable mankind to recognize their sinful selves and seek the salvation of God. The legalists claim they can keep the Law of God perfectly, but the tabernacle whose pattern was shown to Moses on the mountain is a place where those who break the Law atone for their sins. if God intended us to receive perfect salvation by keeping the Law, He wouldn`t have given Moses the tabernacle at the time He was giving him the Law. Because in His infinite knowledge, He knew that none of us can ever keep His holy law in its entirety. If He had put even a little confidence in us in keeping the Law, He could have waited for a few months or years before giving us the sacrificial system. But that is not what happened, He gave us the sacrificial system at the time He was given the Law so that we the sinful beings who continuously break His law can be saved from our sins through the tabernacle offerings. The people of Israel committed numerous sins, it is said that blood flowed like a river in the tabernacle. How many animals were slaughtered there? It is also said Israelites raise their livestock for atonement more than for eating. The priests always stand in the tabernacle, they always stand because they never have time to rest, and for this reason, there is no seat in the tabernacle. How frustrating would it be for the priest when a young man came in the morning for the sin he committed, would see him coming again a few hours later, because he has committed yet another sin? But since the priest himself is also marked with weaknesses he can sympathize with the people. If an Israelite committed a sin and it came to his knowledge, he must bring an animal without blemish and lay his hands on its head to pass his sins to the head of the animal, kill the animal himself and the priest will complete the rest of the atonement in the tabernacle. If he committed yet another sin and it came to his knowledge, he must offer yet another sacrifice. This is how individual Israelites atone for their daily sin in the Old Testament. Because the wages of sin is death, anyone who commits sin must be put to death for his sin or someone else must die in his stead. Since none of them could avoid committing sins due to their weak flesh, they had to be offering those sacrifices repeatedly.However, God knew they could easily give up on this daily sacrifice due to their countless sins. So in His love and mercy, He instituted yearly atonement. Bible records "Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness." (Leviticus 16-21-22). On the Day of Atonement the tenth of the seventh month, the High Priest would stand on behalf of the entire congregation of Israel and offer sacrifices on their behalf for a whole year. After offering sacrifice for himself and his household with the bull, he would take two goats. He cast lots, one for God and the other for the scapegoat, he offered the one on which the Lord’s lot fell in the tabernacle and offered the one on which lot fell to be the scapegoat alive in the presence of the congregation of Israel. Because salvation from sins must be received on God`s side and on the human side. Our sins are written in two places, first, it is written on the tablets of our hearts and on horns of the Lord’s altars (Jeremiah 17:1), this horns of the altars refer to the books of works before God in heaven. This means that God bears witness of our salvation and we also have the witness in ourselves. In each case, the High Priest must pass the yearly sins of Israel to the animal by laying his hands on the head of the animal. And the animal must die bearing the sins on its body because the wages of sin is death. Like this Israelites were saved from their yearly sins on the Day of Atonement. They offered this sacrifice looking towards the Messiah who would come to save the world in this manner. It is written in Hebrews 10:1 "For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect."Bible said that this sacrificial system is not the very image but a shadow of the good things to come. The good things to come is none other than the gospel of the water and the Spirit that Jesus Christ fulfilled for us in the New Testament. A shadow can exist when there is a real object that casts it and it must have the same pattern as the real object, the real object here is the gospel of the water and the Spirit.Christians today claim that they have received the remission of sins by believing only in the blood of Jesus on the Cross. They are mistaken. It is never true, no one can ever receive the remission of sins by believing only in the blood of Jesus Christ. If they can look into their heart, they will certainly find sins in their hearts. But for those who insist they have received the remission of sins through the bloodshed of Jesus alone, I have this question for them: Where is the shadow of the gospel that consists of the blood of Jesus alone found in the Old Testament? Such a shadow clearly does not exist in the Old Testament. It is written "For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come" It is under the Law that the Levitical priesthood was given. The faith in the blood of Jesus Christ alone as our salvation has no mate or shadow in the Old Testament.The gospel of the water and the Spirit is a very image whose shadow was found in the Old Testament. Jesus Christ temporarily left His throne and came down to this world in the flesh as a man. He is God in His fundamental essence, He is perfect and completely without blemish. He is our Creator and the King of kings. If He is not our Creator, He couldn`t have loved us so much to leave His glory and come as a lowly man to save us from our sins. It is written in Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you." We see how much mothers love their children. Who then can love us this much even to the point of death if not our very Creator God? We all deserved to die and be cast to hell for our sins because God declared a law that says the wages of sin is death. Seeing our pending destruction, Jesus came down for us and was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary. When He turned 30 years He was baptized by John the Baptist to receive our sins on His body. Just before His baptism at the Jordan River, He commanded John the Baptist “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then He lowered His head to John the Baptist, and John laid his hands on His head and passed all the sins of the world onto His body. This is what He meant by fulfilling all righteousness. The sins of the world were passed onto Jesus Christ when He was baptized by John. Then the next day after baptizing Jesus, John saw Jesus as He passed by and bore witness saying "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29), just like the High Priest of the Old Testament, John the Baptist represented the whole world and he as the last High Priest, passed all our sins past, present and future sins onto Jesus. Jesus bore the condemnation of those on His body by shedding His blood on the Cross. He could receive the wages of sin on the Cross because He has accepted the sins with His baptism. Just like the blood of sacrificial animals of the Old Testament is sprinkled in the tabernacle. He died shedding His blood on the Cross, saying "It is finished!" He was buried and after three days He rose again from the dead ascended to heaven and now sitting at the right hand of the throne of God the Father. He has become our true and eternal Saviour. This is the gospel of the water and the Spirit which the Apostles and the Early Christians believed in and preached.Christians all over the world have to rethink the gospel of the Cross alone they are holding onto till these days. They have to abandon such a gospel and believe in the gospel of Jesus`s baptism and the bloodshed. This is the only biblical truth of salvation that casts the shadow of the sacrificial system of the Old Testament.

    • Ndubuisi Okorie
    • Nigeria
    • 08/07/2023199
  • No. 223

    John The Baptist

    John the Baptist Scripture Reference:  John 1:29, Malachi 4:5-6, Matthew 11:11, Luke 16:16, Matthew 3:15   Intro:   Verse    G             C                  D                        Em       C           G                                  Jesus the Lamb of God Who takes away my sin   Em                               C                        D     C            G                                         Before He came, He sent a man to baptize Him           C       Em      D His name is John the Baptist                Chorus G                                    C John the Baptist the last high priest             Em                          D         Baptised Jesus at the Jordan river  G                              C John the Baptist the last prophet Em                         D prophesied in the Old Testament G                                     C                         Em                 D John the Baptist the greatest man ever born of a woman   Bridge                           G  What did he do?  C Prepare the way of the Lord                            G What did he do? C           Pass the sin of mankind                            G What did he do?       Em                               D Turn our heart to Jesus              C                          D            G The Righteousness of God is fulfilled

    • Ern Huang
    • Malaysia
    • 07/27/2023124
  • No. 222

    Today`s Christians that Believe in the Baked Gospel Must Now Return to the Pure Word of God

    Until these days, many Christians have believed only in the blood of Jesus. They never give a second thought to this belief because it is held by an absolute majority. They did this because they have made for themselves a law that says "Whatever is held by the majority is the truth". Therefore, it is just natural for them to consider faith in both the baptism and blood of Jesus Christ as new and strange. However, this gospel of baptism of Jesus Christ and His blood is neither new nor strange, it is the primitive gospel that the Apostles and the early Christians believed in and preached. Since the Bible which is the Word of God is the only benchmark for every spiritual debate, when we examine the claim of today`s Christians that salvation is found only in the blood of Jesus with the Word of God, we can see clearly that their faith is wrong. In no where in the Bible was it written that our sins were laid on Jesus Christ on the Cross, such claim is neither found in the Old Testament nor in the New Testament. If we examine the both Testaments, we can see without a doubt that our sins were actually laid on the body of Jesus Christ when He was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. The truth is simply the truth, it does not matter whether it is accepted by the minority or majority. The truth cannot be tranformed into a lie just because it is rejected by the majority. Faith in the blood of Jesus Christ alone is a baked faith. In olden days of Okoyong society of Cross River state in Nigeria, it was considered a taboo, abomination or even a heresy for women to have twins. So when twins were born, they were taken away from their parents and killed. Because most women give birth to one baby at a time, it was then natural for them to believe that giving birth to one baby was the right thing and giving birth to twins was strange. As a result, countless twins were killed. This killing continued until a British missionary named Mary Slessor came to Nigeria. She taught the people that it is natural for women to have twins. Through her education, that society was taught the truth of nature, and the infanticide of twins was stopped. In nature such multiple truths can exist, but it does not exist in the Word of salvation. God commanded Israel to plant a single crop in a single piece of land, God does not permit mixture, in other words He does not allow the adding of human thoughts to His Word. When Pharaoh`s servants had dreams in the prison, Joseph interpreted their dreams. The chief butler had dream of having a vine with three branches and ripe grapes before him, he took grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh`s cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh`s hand. This implies a faith in the pure Word of God and so this servant was reinstated. However, the chief baker had a dream of having three white baskets on his head, in the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods. This is not the pure Word of God but a syncretized faith made by adding human thoughts to God`s Word. It`s written that birds ate the baked goods. Such mixture cannot even be offered to God nor will God ever accept it, this servant was executed by the king. Just like birds ate the baked goods on this servant`s head, when religionists come across the Word of God and fail to believe in it with the heart, Satan will come and snatch whatever they ever have. Like this, Christians today have a baked gospel. When was this gospel baked? Today`s faith in the Cross of Jesus was baked by Roman Emperor Constantine and his followers when he summoned the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325. In this meeting, the Nicene Creed was produced in which the baptism of Jesus Christ was removed arbitrarily and it was replaced with the syncretic gospel that consists of the blood of Jesus Christ alone. When we examine the Apostle`s Creed which is just a modification of the Nicene Creed, we can see that the baptism of Jesus Christ was removed, it means that human thought was added to it. This syncretized gospel has now been handed over to Christians today. The Apostles and Early Church Christians believed in both the baptism and bloodshed of Jesus Christ as well as the truth that Jesus Christ is God Himself who came in the likeness of human flesh, but today`s Christians only believe in blood of Jesus Christ as their salvation. They are all mistaken just like Okoyong society was mistaken. The gospel of the water and the Spirit is the biblical truth of salvation supported in the both Testaments. So Christians these days have all misbelived. However, they can now reform this age by putting their faith in the baptism of Jesus Christ. There is nothing as urgent in our life as knowing and believing wholeheartedly that our sins were passed onto the body of Jesus Christ through the baptism He received from John the Baptist in the Jordan River and that He received the condemnation of those sins on His body by His death on the Cross. This gospel of the water and the Spirit is all that we need to launch a reformation in this age. This book titled "If You Have Confusion and Emptiness in Your Heart, Seek the Light of the Truth (I)" will open your eyes to see how false the faith of today`s believers that lies on the Cross of Jesus is. Through this book you will be able to see the wickedness committed by Constantine and his followers in the First Council of Nicaea. And you will meet the Truth of salvation that removes the darkness of sins in your hearts. In the book of Genesis it is written "Then God said "Let there be light"; and there was light" (Genesis 1:3). This light refers to the salvation that Jesus Christ has given us through His baptism and blood of the Cross. Where the light shines, there can`t be darkness. There can`t be sins in the hearts of those that believe in the biblical truth of salvation. However, today`s Christians still harbour sins in their hearts despite putting their faith in blood of Jesus. Sins remain intact in their hearts because their faith in the precious blood of Jesus alone cannot wash away their sins. Now, they need to place their faith in both the baptism of Jesus Christ and His precious blood of the Cross if they ever want to escape from the darkness of their sins. If your heart is burdened by your sins despite believing in Jesus, you must consider your faith once again. You must consider carefully whether your faith in blood of Jesus Christ alone has truly given rest and peace to your heart. And if you ever find sins in your heart, then this is the right moment to return to the gospel of the water and the Spirit that the Apostles and the Early Christians believed in and peached. You will receive the remission of sins in your heart and the God-given peace, rest and joy will henceforth overflow in your heart.

    • Ndubuisi Okorie
    • Nigeria
    • 07/23/2023122