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Answer 1
Because, the true Holy congregation
(Bride, Church) of the Messiah, is the Holy Church that is of His body, of His
flesh, and of His bones. It is the congregation who is loved by her husband the
Messiah. And
this congregation does not deny His love
(as all the heretics and schismatics do, who also say that they are of
Him, but deny His love).
For to show
His love for
HIS BODY, He first washed His body with the baptismal water
of His Word, in order to present it to himself as a glorious
congregation without spot or wrinkle, but Holy and without blemish. And
He nourisheth and cherisheth this one body alone, with His heavenly Word
of light. That's why, of the holy congregation, it is written,
"Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify
and cleanse it (i.e., His Body) with
the washing of water "BY" THE WORD,
(Please note! That the word
"BY"
being used here in Eph.5:26, actually means =
"IN,"
and so there where some Bibles in the past
that used a far more accurate rendition for this Bible verse of
Eph.5:26. For example, The New Testament 1582 Rheims Bible reads,
"That
he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water "in" the
word of life:” Eph.5:26)
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but
that it should be holy and
without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.
He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his
own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the
church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of
his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two
shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church."
Ephesians 5:25-32.
And again,
“Men, love ye your wife’s, as Christ loved the church, and gave
Himself for it, to make it holy; and cleansed it with
the
washing of water, “in” the word of life.” Eph. 5:24-26
Wycliffe Bible
And again,
"Ye husbands love your wife‘s, even as Christ also loved the Church,
and gave Himself for it, To sanctify it, cleansing it in
the
fountain of water “in” the word.”Eph.5:24-26 Bishops Bible
Here we see that the
Holy congregation (Bride,
Church) of the Messiah, is loved by
the Messiah, and that it alone is cleansed by HIS WASHING.
(Note! Here in Eph. 5:26, we see that Christ's Church is sanctified
and cleansed only by His washing. If Christ's Church, is
sanctified, and cleansed by only Christ's baptismal washing, how
can anyone who advocates any other baptismal washing other than the one
that Christ gave to His Church, be of Christ and His Church?)
For we see that they who are not washed and
cleansed by HIS WASHING are not in His Church.
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Answer 2
We find the heretics and schismatics
(i.e., those who by their doctrines make divisions) spoken of in Gal. 5:19-21. These are
all the religious systems of this world who bring in heretic and
schismatic doctrines that seek to cause a disunion between the Messiah
and His body (congregation). For the two words
heresies
and
divisions
that are found in Gal. 5:20,
both mean =
DISUNION.
For they deny
THE UNION.
These are they who bring in the damnable
false symbolic ceremonial water baptismal heresies
(fallen doctrines that came in with the great falling away), that deny the Messiah who bought them, as the apostle Peter says in 2
Peter 2:1, for it is written,
" But there were false prophets also among the people, even as
there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in
damnable heresies,
even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction." 2 Peter 2:1
For there is
only one water baptism
that has bought (purchased)
mankind back to God, and that is the water baptism that took place on
the cross, when the Messiah washed the body of His congregation with His
own water and blood.
For in 1 John 5:6, we see that the Lord Jesus Christ, came with the
baptismal water and blood, as it is written,
"This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by
water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that
beareth
witness, because the Spirit is truth.” 1John 5:6
But the
heretics
and
schismatics
who come falsely to mankind in the
name of the Lord, deny (mostly because of not understanding what
happened at the great falling away)
the baptismal water that brought a Holy eternal
union between God and the flesh of mankind. For there is no other flesh
in Holy union with the Father except the Flesh of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Answer 3
In Romans 7:14 it
is written,
"For we know that
the law is
spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin."
Rom. 7:14
The word "SPIRITUAL"
being used here is very
important for us to understand, it means =
REGENERATE.
Strong's Lexicon Search Results
#4152 pneumatikos pnyoo-mat-ik-os' ..... (divinely)
supernatural,
regenerate,
religious:--spiritual. Compare 5591.
As we know the word
REGENERATE
means =
<again to
generate, i.e., to beget,
born again, born anew Spiritually, etc.>
Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary
So here we see that the
law that is
Spiritual, GIVES LIFE, GIVES A NEW BIRTH
to mankind.
Causes man to be
BORN AGAIN.
And
heretics and schismatics do not teach this, they do not bring
mankind to understand or know anything about this spiritual law, because
they do not know the spiritual law of eternal life that sets man free
from the law of sin and death. But this spiritual law does indeed set
man free as it is written,
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made
me free from the law of sin and death.” Rom. 8:2.
Before we look at this new law of life, let's look up the word
"CARNAL".
For in Romans 7:14, the Apostle also said, "but I am
CARNAL
sold under sin".
The word
CARNAL
being used here means = UNREGENERATE.
Strong's
Lexicon Search Results
4559 sarkikos sar-kee-kos' from 4561; pertaining to flesh, i.e. (by
extension) bodily, temporal, or (by implication) animal,
unregenerate:--carnal,
fleshly.
Here we see that this word
CARNAL
means UNREGENERATE
pertaining to the flesh.
As we know, the word
UNREGENERATE means =
<NOT HAVING BEEN CHANGED SPIRITUALLY, REMAINING UNRECONCILED TO
God.>
Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary
So here we see that the apostle Paul was saying that his flesh was
not changed spiritually, was not reconciled back to God.
But now let us ask, what is the meaning of this? For this very same
apostle Paul said,
"And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by
wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled" Colossians.1:21
Here we see in Col.1:21, the apostle Paul was saying that he and
those whom he was speaking to, were reconciled back to God.
So let us ask again, what is the meaning of this? We find the answer
in Colossians 1:21-22, for it is written,
"And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by
wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of His flesh
through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in
his sight:"
Col. 1:21-22
Here we see that it is only in the body of the Messiah's flesh, that
this apostle and those whom he was speaking to were reconciled back to
God.
So here we see that the spiritual law is life giving, and that this
life of the Spiritual law, reconciles mankind back to its life, i.e.,
back to God. But here we also see that this reconciliation cannot
possibly happen in our natural flesh,
but it can happen only in
the flesh of the Messiah.
Now let us ask, how can one Spiritually enter this flesh of the
Messiah? The answer is
“HEAVENLY SPIRITUAL water
baptism”.
To
understand about this heavenly Spiritual water baptism, we must see that
this water baptismal washing, is
A WASHING OF THE WORD.
It is the
WORD
that washes mankind in
HIS i.e.,
the
WORD'S OWN FLESH,
as it is written,
" Husbands, love your wives, even as the Messiah also loved the
church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify
and cleanse it
with the
washing of water by the word."Eph.5:25-26.
(Please note! That the word
"BY"
being used here in Eph.5:26, actually means =
"IN,"
and so there where some Bibles in the past
that used a far more accurate rendition for this Bible verse of
Eph.5:26. For example, The New Testament 1582 Rheims Bible reads,
"That
he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water "in" the
word of life:”
Eph. 5:25-26.
This is the heavenly Spiritual Word of the heavenly Spiritual law.
And lest anyone should think that the law does not come as water to wash
one clean; the word
"law"
is proven below to be from the root word #3384
in Strong's concordance, meaning that law comes out from the word which
means a
teaching which flows as water. The teaching of the law is a
teaching which flows as water, and therefore, washes, cleanses,
purifies, refreshes, and quenches the thirst of the soul of one
who is seeking for
the truthful baptism.
That's why the Messiah said to Nicodemus, one must be born of water
and Spirit, for one must be born above of law (water) and Spirit.
Let us look now at Strong's concordance in the Hebrew Dictionary, at
#8451.
Lexicon Results for towrah (Hebrew for law) #8451
Pronunciation Guide towrah {to-raw'}
or torah {to-raw'}
TWOT Reference Root Word
TWOT - 910d from #03384;
Here we see that the word
"TORAH"
(Hebrew for
law),
comes from the root word found in
#3384.
Let us look now at #3384 in the Strong's Hebrew
Dictionary.
#3384 yarah
yaw-raw' or yara; {yaw-raw'}; a primitive root; properly,
to flow as water (i.e. to
rain); transitively,
to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to
point out (as if by aiming the finger),
to teach:--(+)
archer, cast, direct, inform,
instruct,
lay, shew, shoot, teach (-er,-ing),
through.
Here we see the word
"TORAH",
(Hebrew for law),
comes out from the word which means =
A TEACHING WHICH FLOWS AS WATER.
And it is written,
“ The
law of the wise is a fountain of life,
to depart from the snares of death.” Proverbs 13:14
Here we see that
the Water (fountain) of Life comes
from the law.
So here we see that the scripture that says,
"...the law is spiritual" ,
means that this
Spiritual law,
can give eternal life onto mankind.
And we invite all who would like to hear more about this
spiritual law, this heavenly life giving water baptism to contact us.
Also, please do read all the articles on this web site
that give reference to this
water
baptism and send us
your comments if you wish.
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Answer 4
First may we say that
we are very glad that you asked this question. For as we know the
heretic and schismatic religious systems have covered the whole world
with their
FALSE DOCTRINES about how one should act at the beginning of
their inquiries; about how to attain to
ETERNAL LIFE. For as we know,
ALL the heretics and schismatics say at the beginning of their
doctrines,
“REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED”.
But we must ask, how
should one repent? What should one repent of? Now someone might say, oh
that’s easy, you just pray. To this we must ask the question, but how
does one know how to pray? how does one know what to pray about? For
even the disciples who were with the Messiah
ALL THE TIME, and had
heard His heavenly doctrine
ALL THE TIME, had to
ask Him, “Lord teach us to pray”. For it is written,
“And it came to pass, that, as he was
praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said
unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
Luke 11:1
Here we see that even
prayer had to be taught to the disciples of the Messiah, and they were
with Him everyday. Seeing these things then, we must ask, how much does
prayer need to be taught to one who is just beginning to come to the
Word of ETERNAL LIFE?
Let us now look into this
prayer that the disciples of the Messiah asked Him about, and let us
look into the answer that the Messiah gave them. For after doing this,
we will see what things (doctrine) are necessary for the beginner to
study. Also, after doing this we will see very clearly that the heretic
and schismatic religious systems have
NO KNOWLEDGE WHATSOEVER
in regards to what is necessary to teach at the beginning of learning
how to enter
ETERNAL LIFE.
Looking at Luke 11:1- 4, we see that it
is written,
“And it came to pass, that, as he was
praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said
unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And
he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven,
so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our
sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us
not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.”
Luke 11:1- 4
We find the Messiah teaching the same prayer in Matthew 6:8-13, for
it is written,
“Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore
pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
Matthew 6:8-13
Let us look now into
these two examples very closely, to find the meaning of how to pray, in
order to help us to obtain the things that make for finding
ETERNAL LIFE FROM GOD.
JOHN THE BAPTIST
In Luke 11:1, we see that the disciples of the Messiah, wanted the
Master to teach them to pray as John the Baptist taught his disciples
to pray. For they asked: "...Lord, teach us
to pray, as John also taught his disciples."
Let us ask, what was the ministry of John the Baptist? What
did John the Baptist teach?
For as we know, very,
very great things were spoken
(in the Spirit of ETERNAL LIFE
~Peter 1:11~),
about John the Baptist. For it is written,
“And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and
prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath
visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation
for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of
his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should
be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To
perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy
covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, That he would
grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him,
all the days of our life.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet
of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare
his ways; To give knowledge of salvation
unto his people by the
remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby
the dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that
sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the
way of peace. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in
the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.”
Luke 1:67- 80
WHAT WAS JOHN'S MINISTRY ABOUT?
In Luke 1:76, we see that
John the Baptist's ministry was to
PREPARE THE WAY, so
that the Lord’s coming (to all those who had the way prepared in them by
receiving the teaching of John the Baptist), would
SAVE them from their
enemies, and from the hand (doctrine) of all who hated them, and would
PERFORM IN THEM
the mercy promised to their fathers, and to remember
HIS HOLY COVENANT,
even this oath which He swore to Abraham, that He would deliver them out
of the hand (doctrine) of Satan. So that they would be in
ETERNAL HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE THEIR CREATOR
FOR ALL ETERNITY
Luke1:71-75.
And we see that this would happen because they would have received
that knowledge of Salvation, and the remission of their sins ( Luke
1:77).
So let us look now and be
amazed at the ministry of John the Baptist. So that we may see how the
true beginning way is prepared in order to enter
ETERNAL LIFE.
WHY WAS JOHN SENT TO BAPTIZE?
Why was John the Baptist sent to baptize? There are several reasons.
For one, in John 1:31, it is
written,
“And I knew Him not: but THAT HE SHOULD BE MADE MANIFEST TO ISRAEL,
therefore am I come baptizing with water.” John 1:31
Here we see why John the Baptist was sent to baptize with water.
John
the Baptist came baptizing with water so that CHRIST WOULD BE MADE
MANIFEST TO ISRAEL!
If John the Baptist would have not made the Christ manifest to
Israel, John the Baptist would not have fulfilled the righteousness of
the ministry that was given to him to fulfill.
Did John the Baptist fulfill the righteousness of his ministry?
Indeed he did! For it is written,
“ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, AND SAID, BEHOLD
THE LAMB OF GOD, WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD”. John 1:29
Do you see why it was so necessary for John the Baptist to say what
he said in John 1:29?
John the Baptist was fulfilling the righteousness of his water
baptismal ministry, by making manifest to Israel,
THE CHRIST WHO WOULD TAKE AWAY THE
SIN OF THE WORLD.
Lets look again at John the Baptist
FULFILLING the righteousness of his
water baptismal ministry,
for it is written,
“And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from
heaven like a dove, and it abode upon Him. And I knew Him not: but He
that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom
thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, the same is
He which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
And I saw, and bare record
THAT THIS IS THE SON OF GOD.” John 1:32-34
Here again we see that John the Baptist, with his water baptism, did
fulfill the righteousness of his ministry, by proclaiming when Christ
came up out of the water, “ THIS
IS THE SON OF GOD”.
Looking more into John the Baptist’s ministry, we see that it is
written,
“Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the Word of God came unto
John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the
country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins;” Luke 3:2-3
Now we know that John the Baptist’s water baptism ministry, was
for repentance, for it is written that John the Baptist said,
“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:” Matt. 3:11.
Here we see that John’s water baptism was for repentance.
But why then was it written in Luke 3:2-3,
“Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto
John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the
country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins;” Luke 3:2-3.
For we had just seen in Matt.3:11, that John the Baptist’s water
baptism WAS FOR REPENTANCE.
Why then does it say, " ...preaching
the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;" Luke
3:2-3
Because Annas and Caiaphas the high priests, and ALL OF ISRAEL,
NEEDED TO REPENT OF ALL THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD GIVE REMISSION OF THE
SIN OF THE WORLD TO THEM. They needed to repent of their works
that were against the spirit of Isaiah, for John the Baptist had the
spirit of Isaiah's ministry in him, as we shall see as we read on here.
BUT THEY ALL NEEDED TO BELIEVE THE RECORD THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS
FULFILLING IN HIS MINISTRY BY SAYING,
“BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD”.
For if they would believe that, then there was REMISSION OF SIN in John’s water baptism
for them.
But also, we see that it is written,
" And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; AND
WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD IS NO REMISSION."
Hebrews 9:22
AND There was NO SHEDDING
OF BLOOD IN JOHN THE BAPTIST'S WATER BAPTISM.
For John the Baptist, WAS NOT
THE LAMB THAT TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.
Just like there is NO REMISSION OF SIN THAT TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF
THE WORLD IN THE FALSE EARTHLY WATER
BAPTISM THAT ALL OF FALLEN CHRISTIANITY RUNS TO TODAY.
For they bring one to a lake, or to a tank of water in order to
baptize them, but there is NO SHEDDING OF HIS BLOOD IN THAT EARTHLY
WATER.
For there is no
shedding of blood in ANY BAPTISM outside of the lord's body.
But for one to understand about THE TRUE AND ONLY HEAVENLY WATER
BAPTISM THAT TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD, one must first seek to
understand, WHAT SIN IS THAT? WHAT IS THE SIN OF THE WORLD?
So we see that John the Baptist, by coming and baptizing with a water
baptism of repentance, was fulfilling the righteousness of his ministry.
And also, we see that the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, by coming to
John the Baptist, and being baptized, and having John bEAR record of
Him, was fulfilling HIS OWN
WORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH HE HIMSELF GAVE TO JOHN THE BAPTIST.
For we see that it is written,
“Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests,
the Word of God came unto
John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the
country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins;” Luke 3:2-3
Here we see that it was
THE WORD OF GOD
who sent John the Baptist to that righteous ministry.
But let us look at what
THE WORD OF GOD
said to John the Baptist, when it spoke about John's ministry that he
was going to fulfill. For it is written,
"And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their
God. And he shall go before him
(i.e., go before the Lord) in
the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the
children, and the disobedient
to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people
prepared for the Lord."
Luke 1:16-17.
Here we see that John the Baptist was to go before the Lord, and bring
the people
TO THE WISDOM OF THE JUST.
And what is this
WISDOM OF THE JUST?
For sure it is Christ (see 1Cor.1:30).
And what do we say of this
WISDOM
OF THE JUST, THIS CHRIST, THIS LAMB OF GOD?
FOR DOES HE COME WITH A
FOUNTAIN? DOES HE COME WITH BAPTISMAL WATER? DOES THIS HEAVENLY WISDOM
COME WITH IT'S OWN BAPTISMAL WATER? NOT NATURAL EARTHLY WATER,
BUT IT'S OWN HEAVENLY BAPTISMAL SPIRITUAL WATER?
YES!!! For it is written,
"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he
hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to
know the LORD: his
going forth is prepared as the morning; and
he
shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the
earth."
Hosea 6:1-3
And again,
"The law of the wise
(i.e., the law of wisdom)
is a fountain of life,
to depart from the snares of death."
Proverbs 13:14
And again,
"Then
will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be
clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse
you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and
I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments,
and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers;
and ye shall be my people, and
I will be your God."
Ezekiel 36:25-28
And again,
"And he shewed me a pure river
of water of life,
clear as crystal, proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the Lamb."
Revelation 22:1
And again,
"For WISDOM IS POURED OUT LIKE WATER, and glory faileth not
before Him forever."
The Book of Enoch 49:1, Jude 14
Looking more
into John's Ministry.
In John 1:23, we see that when the Jews sent priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to talk to John the Baptist, upon finding him, they asked him
who he was, and John the Baptist said to them,
“… I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the
way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.” John 1:23
From this scripture, and from
Matt.11:14, we
know that John the Baptist's ministry was sustained with the spirit and
power of Elias (who was himself sustained with the Spirit of Christ
1
Peter 1:10-11 ).
And what was the ministry of
Isaiah the prophet? What was Isaiah the prophet (in The Spirit of Christ
), telling the people?
In Isaiah 1:10-18, we find the
answer. For it is written,
" Hear
the word of the LORD, ye
rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law
of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. To
what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I
am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I
delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye
come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my
courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the
new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is
iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Your new moons and your appointed
feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea,
when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine
eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek
judgment, relieve the
oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us
reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as
wool..”
Isaiah 1:10-18
Here we see that Isaiah the
prophet ( in The Spirit of Christ), was telling the people that their
way of worship WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY GOD!
Isaiah the prophet was telling the
people to "repent", STOP THEIR WAY OF WORSHIP, and come to worship God's
Spiritual law.
And so, John the Baptist's
ministry was about "leaving off" these things, and coming to worship
God, in God's spiritual law.
For before Isaiah said "leave off
these things", Isaiah said: "Hear
the word of the LORD, ye
rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law
of our God..."
All of the Jews (who would have a
heart to believe it), were being called to this "repentance". And so our
Lord Jesus Christ, because He was a Jew, and he was there at the time of
John's ministry, was called to fulfill the righteousness of John's
ministry like all the Jews were at that time (see Matt.3:15).
True, our Lord was The Son of God,
but He was also the son of man, and being a man, and a Jew, He fulfilled
the righteousness of that ministry of John's by being baptized by John.
But to continue on as mentioned, John the Baptist, in the spirit of Isaiah,
was fulfilling that which was written in Isaiah chapter 40. Let us look now
at Isaiah 40:3-9 to see the amazing ministry of John the Baptist, and to
see how the
TRUE BEGINNING WAY
is to be prepared in order for one to enter
ETERNAL LIFE.
In Isaiah 40:3-9 it is written,
“The voice
of him
that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way
of the Lord,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and
hill shall be made low:
and the crooked shall be made
straight,
and the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh
is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because
the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The
grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the Word of our God shall stand
for ever. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high
mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice
with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah,
Behold your God!”
Isaiah 40:3-9
In these scriptures in Isaiah, we see several amazing things.
But one of the most amazing things that we see in these scriptures in
relation to the Creator of mankind and mankind to his Creator, is that
they have an
incompatibility for UNION WITH EACH OTHER. For in Isaiah
40:8, we see that
the Word of God, the very Word that mankind seeks to
UNITE WITH in order to find wisdom-righteousness-sanctification-redemption-eternal
life etc,
STANDS (abides) FOREVER!
But in Isaiah 40:6-7,we see that
ALL FLESH DOES NOT ABIDE FOREVER,
but withereth and fadeth away.
Here we see that mankind’s carnal flesh (which does not abide for
ever), HAS NO COMPATIBILITY FOR UNION with the Word of God that
STANDS
FOREVER. In Isaiah 40:6-7 we see that ALL FLESH, and ALL THE GOODLINESS
(the word goodliness being used here means =
piety) of it, withereth and
fadeth away.
So here we see in Isaiah 40:3-9, that there can be NO COMPATIBILITY
for eternal union between the Holy Pious Word of God, and the carnal
flesh of mankind. For
THE WORD STANDS FOREVER,
but the carnal flesh of mankind does not stand forever but withereth and fadeth away like a
flower of the field.
Let us ask, what is this great thing?
For even today throughout the whole world, it is clear that mankind is
still trying to unite his mortal flesh, to his Creator, with the Word
(doctrine found in the Bible) of his Creator. Which Word as we know,
IS IMMORTAL AND STANDS FOREVER.
And so, here we are
amazed at the ministry of John the Baptist. For John the Baptist was
teaching the people that if they would believe what Isaiah (and what
John the Baptist) was preaching, that their carnal corruptible flesh
could not unite with the Word of God, the Word of God’s piety, Holiness,
the Word that stands forever, etc, if they would believe this, and
repent of the evil doctrines that they were in (i.e., the carnal
doctrines of the scribes and Pharisees that said that their mortal flesh
could unite with the immortal Spiritual Word of God), if they would
repent of this, and enter his i.e., John’s Baptism as a sign of their
TRUE REPENTANCE,
then their hearts would be prepared to receive the Word (and its flesh,
for the Word was then in a body of flesh), that stands forever.
WHAT WAS JOHN PREACHING?
And so, John the Baptist was preaching saying,
“The voice of him that crieth
in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make
straight in the desert (the soul of mankind that is dry desert without the
Word) a highway for our God.” Isaiah 40:3
The Spiritual understanding of Isaiah 40:3, in regard to
the voice,
is that the
voice is the heavenly Word that walketh in the garden of Eden that
mankind in his fallen state tries to hide from, i.e., keep away from
(see Gen.3:8, John 3:20-21).
The Spiritual understanding of Isaiah 40:3, in regard to
the way,
is that the
way is the heavenly thoughts (doctrines) of the heavenly Word, Isaiah
55:8-9.
The Spiritual understanding of Isaiah 40:4, in regard to
the valley that is low,
is that the low valley, is the true brother of the Messiah. The
one who has the Messiah’s mind, the one who is exalted in God’s eyes, in
the eyes of those who truly had their way prepared, (see James 1:9).
The Spiritual understanding of Isaiah 40:4, in regard to
the mountains and the hills,
is that the mountains and the hills, are the carnal doctrines of the
scribes and Pharisees, and such that one looks up to before one enters
the prepared way. But, after one enters the prepared way these carnal
doctrines (i.e., these mountains and hills) are made low and removed
before their eyes.
The Spiritual understanding of Isaiah 40:4, in regard to
the crooked shall be made straight,
is that the carnal
crooked doctrines are made straight, that is to say, the letter carnal
commandments that are crooked and kill (see 2 Corinthians 3:6) are taken
away for the Spiritual commandments of eternal life (see John 6:63,
Romans 7:14).
For one is then prepared to see the glory of the Lord, which is the
eternal Word of Life and His Flesh, John 1:14. And so, at the very
beginning of one's enquiries about how to obtain eternal life, one must
be willing to repent of one's own carnal ways (doctrines in scriptures)
and lay down one's carnal thoughts (works), and come to Zion the
congregation of the flesh of the Messiah, Ephesians 5:30; to hear the
good tidings, the heavenly gospel of the kingdom of the Word of God
that stands forever. And come, repent, and meet with the heavenly
congregation of Zion and pray with the heavenly congregation for God’s
kingdom Word of eternal Life to come into your heart, so that God’s will
would be done in them.
Why, and when,
JOHN Baptized
Christ.
John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Saviour, when he was
baptizing many to repentance and the remission of their sins, declared
that the Son of God was about to come. These are his words:
'Behold, He cometh to baptize you.'
Yet we do not read that Christ re-baptized anyone after John.
With regard, therefore, to these words:
'He cometh to baptize you,'
Christ coming after John baptized no one.
Why? Because that promise was made for our times, that He might give
what is given to-day, according to His Word:
'He who shall drink the water which I give shall not thirst for
ever.'
And although the disciples of John said to their master:
'Behold He, whom thou hast baptized, baptizes.'
Our Holy Lord Jesus Christ baptized indeed, but by the hands of His
Apostles, to whom He had given the laws of
baptism. As it has been
written in another place:
'For He Himself baptized no one, but His disciples baptized.'
In this matter, we, who have entered Christ’s true Church are all His
disciples, so that we should work, in order that He may give, who
promised that He would give.
Still, when John was baptizing many thousands of men, even in the
presence of Christ, the servant, John the Baptist, worked, and our Lord
did nothing, until our Lord gave the teaching of
baptism.
After the lapse of a considerable period, thousands of men were
washed in repentance and forgiveness of sins, that is true.
But! No one was washed in the Trinity, no one yet knew Christ, no one
had heard that there was a Holy Ghost in a certain water baptism.
But when there came the fullness of time, at a fixed moment, the Son
of God gave the laws of baptism.
He gave also the way by which we might go to the Kingdom of Heaven,
for He then commanded:
'Go ye, teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.'
From that day, what He had commanded had to be done. It was not His
will to amend that which had been done before that time, lest He might
seem to give permission to rebaptism, (although the
baptism of John was one thing,
and the baptism of Christ is
another).
Before our Lord’s law was given, our Holy Lord willed the baptism of
John, which was not full, to be held for full.
And yet with regard to the thousands of men mentioned above, although
they knew not the Son of God and the Holy Ghost, our Lord could not
refuse them the Kingdom of Heaven, because they had believed in God. So
it is the Voice of the Son of God, who says:
'From the days of John to this day the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth
violence, and they who do violence bear it away.’
Let us ask; For what reason did our Lord say:
'They who do violence,'
Because John was still baptizing.
So, because the time before our Lord’s commandments, was different
from the time after our Lord’s commandments, they who have been baptized
in the Name of the Saviour after the commandments, have entered the
Kingdom, through the laws of baptism.
Whilst those who were before the commandments, did violence, without
the law, but were not shut out.
Therefore, though before the commandments, the
baptism of John was imperfect,
it was judged by Him, in whose place no man judges, as though it were
perfect, because a certain line of division was placed between the times
that preceded and those that followed our Holy Lord’s command.
But after the one baptismal commandment was given, NOT SO! For after
the "one baptismal (Eph.4:5)", commandment was given by our Holy Lord
Jesus Christ to his apostles, then ALL had to partake know of baptism of
Christ, and NO OTHER BAPTISM!
For example, we see that when the most blessed Paul saw some at Ephesus who had
been baptized, (after the commandments were given by our Lord Jesus
Christ to His apostles that they should go out and bring ALL TO CHRIST'S
BAPTISM ), in the baptism of
John, Paul asked them whether they had received the Holy Ghost. They
replied that they did not know whether there was a Holy Ghost, and he
said to them that, after the baptism
of John, they must receive the baptism of our Lord, as our Lord
commanded.
So we see, that they had been baptized, in the same manner as had
been the many whom John had baptized.
But! From what the apostle Paul said, we see that those who had been
baptized before the law, belonged to the time of exemption, for He had
been present who could give exemption. Because those who were not bound
by the laws were altogether not guilty.
But! Those who, (as we read), were baptized at Ephesus with the
baptism of John after the law of our Lord, had after the law made error
in the law of baptism, because the baptism of the Lord had now been
introduced and the baptism of the servant John the Baptist, had been
abolished.
And so it is that, after the divine law was given by our Holy Lord
Jesus Christ, men had to now go into the Kingdom by that law, and not by
violence.
For Christ had already fixed the limit of time by saying:
'From the days of John until to-day.'
After 'to-day', that which was lawful yesterday was lawful no longer.
Wherefore we see that the apostle Paul commanded the
baptism of the Saviour, that
they who did not know, might learn, that they had not received, the
baptism that our Holy Lord Jesus Christ gave to His Church for remission
of sin, but had received a different baptism which could not now be
accepted for remission of sin, by faith in the one baptism (Eph.4:5) of
Jesus Christ, and His Church, i.e., His body, might now enter that “one
baptism” for remission of sin.
For our Beloved apostle Paul said:
'In what baptism have you been baptised?'
And they answered Paul:
'The baptism of John.'
And because the ministry of John the Baptist, was a baptismal
ministry of repentance, and a ministry that said to the people that they
should believe in Christ Jesus, we see in scripture that our Beloved apostle Paul persuaded
them who came from John's baptism, to receive the baptism of Christ, which might explain the plural
found in Heb.6:2. But now of course, there is only "one baptism", which
is the one baptism that our Holy Lord Jesus Christ gave to His Church
for remission of sin. And "all", must now enter into it in order to be
saved.
And so we see they who had been baptized at Ephesus, in our Holy
Lord’s one baptism that our Lord gave to His Church, had believed, and
repented, and received the forgiveness of sins.
So we see that rightly was it said to them, that they should be
baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost,
i.e., baptized in our Lord‘s baptism.
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Answer 5
Before we look to see
just what LAW Moses gave to the
seventy elders of Israel,
lets take a minute now to look at all the heavenly things that were
shown to Moses after he went up the mountain. For it is written,
"And the bright fourth waters which
thou hast seen are the advent of Moses and Aaron and Miriam and Joshua
the son of Nun and Caleb and of all those like them. For at that time
the lamp of the eternal
LAW
shone on
all those who sat in darkness, which announced to them that believe the
promise of their reward, and to them that deny, the torment of fire
which is reserved for them. But also the heavens at that time were
shaken from their place, and those who were under the throne of the
Mighty One were perturbed, when He was taking Moses unto Himself For He
showed him many admonitions together with
the principles of the LAW
and the consummation of' the times, as also to
thee, and likewise the pattern of Zion and its measures, in the pattern
of which the sanctuary of the present time was to be made. But then
also He showed to him the
measures of the fire, also the depths of
the abyss, and the weight of the winds, and the number of the drops of
rain: And the suppression of anger, and the multitude of long-suffering,
and
the truth of judgment:
And
the root of wisdom,
and the riches of understanding, and
the fount of knowledge:
And the height of the air, and
the
greatness of Paradise, and
the consummation of the ages, and the beginning of the day of judgment:
And the number of the offerings, and the earths which have not yet
come: And the mouth of Gehenna, and the station of vengeance, and
the place of
faith, and the region of
hope: And the likeness of future torment, and the multitude of
innumerable angels, and the flaming hosts, and the splendour of the
lightning and the voice of the thunders, and the orders of the chiefs of
the angels, and the treasuries of light, and the changes of the times,
and
the investigations of the LAW."
Apocalypse Of Baruch 59:1-12
Here we see that Moses was shown many,
many heavenly Spiritual outstanding things that natural (carnal,
earthly) man is not at all aware of in any way. And we long to speak
about these heavenly things with all others who are of The Heavenly
Congregation of Messiah, which is the Heavenly Congregation of Moses and
the Lamb.
But for now, staying on the subject
of what law Moses taught to the seventy elders, looking at the
Apocalypse Of Baruch, we see very clearly that the lamp of
THE ETERNAL LAW, with its
ETERNAL PRINCIPLES, THE LAW OF TRUE
JUDGMENT, THE LAW OF WISDOM ABOVE, THE LAW OF HEAVENLY (SPIRITUAL)
KNOWLEDGE, THE LAW OF PARADISE, THE LAW OF GOD'S FAITH,
and all the investigations of this
HEAVENLY SPIRITUAL LAW,
was in fact shown to Moses.
Now we know that we cannot call something
"eternal", which has
clearly long since ceased to exist? So one can only say that the
law is eternal in the sense that we say that the LAW IS SPIRITUAL, and
that through it (i.e., the spiritual law),
SPIRITUAL ETERNAL
SACRIFICES can be offered, which can never be interrupted or brought
to an end. And in 1 Peter 2:5 it is written,
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a Spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up Spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God
"by"
Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 2:5
The word
"by"
being used here, means=
THROUGH.
So here we see that
SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES, SACRIFICES DONE IN THE ETERNAL (SPIRITUAL) LAW,
CAN ONLY BE DONE THOUGH THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST.
And in Revelation 19:10 it is written,
"And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou
do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of
Jesus: worship God:
for the testimony of Jesus is THE SPIRIT OF
PROPHECY." Revelation 19:10
Now we know that the testimony of Jesus,
IS NOT in
the things that were of Jerusalem below, i.e.,
IS NOT in
the animal sacrifices, offerings, sprinklings, lighting of lamps,
candlesticks, keeping of days, feasts etc, that the Jews were doing. For
when the Messiah came, He rejected Jerusalem below and all its
carnal offerings and sacrifices, and said
"...Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this
mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye
know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews
(i.e., of Him, for He sprang out of Juda, Hebrews 7:14). But the hour
cometh, AND NOW IS, when the
TRUE WORSHIPPERS shall worship the Father
in Spirit and in truth. For the Father seeketh such to worship
Him." John 4:21-23
Indeed, the
testimony of Jesus,
has
NEVER BEEN in
the things that were of Jerusalem below, i.e.,
NEVER BEEN
in the animal sacrifices, offerings, sprinklings, lighting of
lamps, candlesticks, keeping of days, feasts etc, that the Jews were
doing.
And the apostle Peter gives us a great deal of information on this. For
we read in his teachings,
"After this, Moses, by the command of God, whose
providence is over all, led out the people of the Hebrews into the
wilderness; and, leaving the shortest road which leads from Egypt to
Judaea, he led the people through long windings of the wilderness, that,
by the discipline of forty years, the novelty of a changed manner of
life might root out the evils which had clung to them by a
long-continued familiarity with the customs of the Egyptians.
Meantime they came to Mount Sinai, and thence the law
was given to them with voices and sights from heaven, written in ten
precepts, of which the first and greatest was that they should worship
God Himself alone, and not make to themselves any appearance or form to
worship.
But when Moses had gone up to the mount, and was staying
there forty days, the people, although they had seen Egypt struck with
the ten plagues, and the sea parted and passed over by them on foot,
manna also given to them from heaven for bread, and drink supplied to
them out of the rock that followed them, which kind of food was turned
into whatever taste any one desired; and although, being placed under
the torrid region of heaven, they were shaded by a cloud in the
day-time, that they might not be scorched by the heat, and by night were
enlightened by a pillar of fire, lest the horror of darkness should be
added to the wasteness of the wilderness; those very people, I say, when
Moses stayed in the mount, made and worshipped a golden calf's head,
after the fashion of Apis, whom they had seen worshipped in Egypt; and
after so many and so great marvels which they had seen, were unable to
cleanse and wash out from themselves the defilements of old habit. On
this account, leaving the short road which leads from Egypt to Judaea,
Moses conducted them by an immense circuit of the desert, if haply he
might be able, as we mentioned before, to shake off the evils of old
habit by the change of a new education."
And
again the apostle Peter says,
"When meantime Moses, that faithful and wise steward,
perceived that the vice of sacrificing to idols had been deeply
ingrained into the people from their association with the Egyptians, and
that the root of this evil could not be extracted from them, he allowed
them indeed to sacrifice, but permitted it to be done only to God, that
by any means he might cut off one half of the deeply ingrained evil,
leaving the other half to be corrected by another, and at a future time;
by Him, namely, concerning whom he said himself, 'A prophet shall the
Lord your God raise unto you, whom ye shall hear even as myself,
according to all things which He shall say to you. Whosoever shall not
hear that prophet, his soul shall be cut off from his people'. "
And again the apostle
Peter says,
"In addition to these things, he also appointed a place
in which alone it should be lawful to them to sacrifice to God. And all
this was arranged with this view, that when the fitting time should
come, and they should learn by means of the Prophet that God desires
mercy and not sacrifice, they might see Him who should teach them that
the place chosen of God, in which it was suitable that victims should be
offered to God, is His Wisdom;
and that on the other hand they might hear that this place, which
seemed chosen for a time, often harassed as it had been by hostile
invasions and plunderings, was at last to be wholly destroyed.
And in order to impress this upon them, even before
the coming of the true Prophet, who was to reject at once the sacrifices
and the place, it was often plundered by enemies and burnt with
fire, and the people carried into captivity among foreign nations, and
then brought back when they betook themselves to the mercy of God; that
by these things they might be taught that a people who offer sacrifices
are driven away and delivered up into the hands of the enemy, but they
who do mercy and righteousness are without sacrifices freed from
captivity, and restored to their native land. But it fell out that
very few understood this; for the greater number, though they could
perceive and observe these things, yet were held by the irrational
opinion of the vulgar: for right opinion with liberty is the
prerogative of a few."
From all of this, we see that the testimony of Jesus, has
NEVER
BEEN in
the things that were of Jerusalem below, i.e.,
NEVER BEEN
in the animal sacrifices, offerings, sprinklings, lighting of
lamps, candlesticks, keeping of days, feasts etc, that the Jews were
doing.
And as for the
TESTIMONY OF JESUS, THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY,
and the seventy elders that Moses gave the law to, it is written,
"And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took
of the Spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders:
and it came to pass, that when the Spirit rested upon them, THEY
PROPHESIED, and did not cease.” Numbers 11:25
Here we see that
THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST,
THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, THE SPIRIT THAT REJECTS JERUSALEM BELOW, THE
SPIRIT THAT REJECTS CARNAL WORSHIP, THE SPIRIT THAT SAID
"... It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
the Words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life
" John 6:63,
IS THE SPIRIT THAT WAS UPON MOSES. AND THE LORD TOOK OF THAT SPIRIT
THAT WAS UPON MOSES, AND GAVE IT TO THE SEVENTY ELDERS. HERE WE SEE THAT
MOSES GAVE THE SEVENTY ELDERS, THE HEAVENLY SPIRITUAL LAW, THAT REJECTS
CARNAL WORSHIP IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM.
Therefore, seeing that
THE HEAVENLY SPIRITUAL LAW
was given by Moses, we see that the
WHOLE CONCEPT OF MOSES' LAW
INSTRUCTION TO THE SEVENTY ELDERS, WAS SPIRITUAL, AND NOT AT ALL CARNAL,
AS THE HERETIC AND SCHISMATIC CARNAL RELIGIONS OF JERUSALEM BELOW
WOULD HAVE MANKIND THINK.
And the heavenly church calls out to all mankind, come now,
COME TO JERUSALEM ABOVE, COME TO THE
MESSIAH AND HIS LIFE GIVING HEAVENLY SPIRITUAL LAW OF ETERNAL LIFE.
AMEN.
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Answer 6
CHURCH HISTORIAN EUSEBIUS
THE TRUE WORSHIP OF GOD
" God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him, must worship Him in
Spirit and in truth" John 4:24
THE SPIRITUAL LAW
GOD
IS A WORD
John
1:1
GOD IS A SPIRIT
John
4:24
GOD IS THE TRUTH
1John 5:6
THE LAW IS TRUTH
Ps.119:142
THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL
Rom.7:14
Therefore,
the TRUE WORSHIPPERS of God, must
WORSHIP GOD IN THE SPIRITUAL WORD OF HIS SPIRITUAL LAW!
In the archive of historical Christianity, there is a recording of
Christian fellowship meetings, and
the true worship
service of the early Christian Church, that is of
unprecedented importance to
Christianity TODAY.
When looking at one of the first accounts ever written about the Holy
mature fellowship meetings and
true worship
service of the early Christian Church, we find that; "The Church
Historian Eusebius", gives us an amazing account of the Holy heavenly
mature fellowship meetings, and
the true worship
service of the early Church as it was at the time of the Beloved
apostles.
Dear viewers, by
the providence of
God, this
Holy heavenly mature fellowship meeting, and
true worship
service, was preserved, so that it might come forth in these last days,
AS A POWERFUL WITNESS OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH, AGAINST ALL THE FALSE CHRISTIAN SYSTEMS OF
THIS WORLD.
And that it might show us all, what
the true heavenly mature fellowship meeting, and the true worship
service should be.
 ONE
MUST NOTE! That when one looks at what is said here about these
FIRST TRUE HOLY HEAVENLY CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS
AND WORSHIP SERVICE,
it does not take long for anyone to see how wonderful and glorious
OUR LORD'S TRUE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS AND WORSHIP SERVICES
are to be.
And it does perhaps
ALERT US,
as to how seemly vain and totally empty of such heavenly fellowship, and
heavenly worship, and heavenly wisdom, the false
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