1 Peter 2:1-10 King James Version (KJV):
2 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 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.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
†Body of Christ: These three words shall encompass the Holy Trinity; and with it, all of creation, all of humanity, and all from the living that was ever good. And all the light and life shall rest in the Hand of God, and in His Word. Thus saith the Holy Spirit, for a comfort in perilous times: Jesus Christ is the Holy Temple.†
Earnestly call upon the name of the Lord and you shall be saved. For many call upon His name not in earnest, for though they call upon His name, they cannot, nor will not walk His path. Though many call upon Lord Jesus Christ to save them, they do not truly desire to pick up the cross, nor carry it, nor learn His Word, nor His commandments, or know His teachings; His Wise and Holy Wisdom. He is the way, yet, daily, they fail, though they offer up prayers, even well-meaning acts in His name, to follow all that He instructs in His way. And though many consider themselves to have overcome, to have achieved properly, or enough in the way of the Lord, I assure you, nevertheless He has somewhat against thee. Them that have eyes to see, let them read what the Spirit saith and command of me to write.
Tarry not to be baptized. Tarry not to read His Word. Tarry not to study the Scriptures, to atone, to rebuke and correct thyself; no not to perfection, as is impossible for us, but always walking ever nearer to perfection, and to cease not trying, though we may stumble time and again.
Never cease in seeking the Lord. Say not, “I am saved, I am done.” And God forbid, say not, “I am good.” For truly I tell you, to sit in a pool of stagnant water, even that you were baptized in, for so it becomes stagnant if after you receive the baptism, you do not move to re-enter the world around you cleansed for all to see; in speech, in act, in character, in spirit, then truly I tell you, you do merely sit in a stagnant pool, and the water of your supposed faith will become as sewage to you, and just as useful and fit in cleansing to enter into the presence of your Lord Jesus Christ.
For would any who be earnest toward the Lord in baptism truly be desirous then to sit stagnant in the water? Truly I tell you that if this be so, you were never Baptized, but merely for show, you feigned baptism (and many claim to follow the Lord, yet fail to follow His very commandment of baptism at all, yea, you never even entered the water, not even to sit stagnant), but I tell you, the one who never entered the water at all, and the one who entered in vain, are one and the same, for both shall reap their reward for this deceit, and also this rebuking of the Word of our Lord, whether it be in ignorance or defiance, of saying you know and understand what is good in the eyes of the Lord, though it be against His very commandment of you. Search the Scriptures to prove this message false, and you cannot, for it be of the very Scriptures and the Word of God: “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” (the Gospel of St. John 3:5, but I implore you to read all of chapter 3 of the Gospel of John, especially John 3:1-23, concerning these things. Amen.) And always search yourself the Scriptures, but anon: Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:16, John 3:5, Acts 2:38-41, Acts 8:36-39, Acts 10:47-48, Acts 22:16, Romans 6:3-4, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:12, 1 Peter 3:21.
Do not vainly splash in water but fail to put on Christ, nor boast of (nor deceive yourself) being born again of water, if thou knowest to have not also been born again of a new Spirit (ergo, you splash vainly in a stagnant pool soon to filthy yourself in sewage), and do not mistake euphoria, which is fickle, yea, irresolute, as for the Holy Baptism spoken of (if water be not available for reasons faultless to yourself) and the receiving of the Spirit, for they also can be of separate means; the Holy Baptism in place of water, yet still to receive a new Spirit, but with water, to receive also a new Spirit born from the water, in the form of “but the answer of a good conscience toward God” (1 Peter 3:21), and this conscience, which is the birth of your new Spirit, must come with the baptism of water (or soon to manifest itself, though it may be not immediately discerned, just as the beginning of all new life starts out small and unknown for a duration), or you be not truly baptized, (yea, your zeal and elation soon to wane) but without water, even still, a new Spirit can and must come with the Holy Baptism.
Mistake not euphoria for receiving, for as the Holy Scriptures instruct, you will know this of yourself within your heart and the desire for the meat of the Lord that should follow, the thirst and hunger for His Holy Word, the joy and rejoicing in doing works for Him, yea, even in the suffering and sacrifice; and you will know for a certainty in your brethren if they truly be reborn of the Spirit, by these same acts, for though all works of God begin in secret places, all works of God do manifest themselves plainly to the light of day, as the Word of God attests (Matthew 7:16-20, Ephesians 2:10, James 2:26):
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. (Matthew 7:16-20)
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10)
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James 2:26)
And see you not that if the spirit is dead, you were not truly reborn, nor did you receive baptism, nay anything other than vain splashing, for if thou didst receive the new Spirit, your faith would not be without works, in due time, to follow, and as such, proving your faith is alive in a new Spirit of Christ, and that you now have become a member of the Body of Christ. Such is the Wisdom of the Lord, who knoweth all hearts and minds, and His amazing Grace abounds without limit, save for those who limit themselves through rejection of His invitation.
I implore you out of love, my fellow brethren of all the earth, in all places, that you receive Jesus Christ, for you will be receiving goodness and love, and I would that none should to suffer or go without the light of the Lord and His gift of everlasting life. There is not one soul that exists in this world that cannot receive Him, save by your own choice. My heart breaks for lost souls. How much greater is the grief of our Lord God, who loves the whole world so much the more. Yea, even those who know nothing more of Him than this have heard and know the words of His most glorious truth (John 3:16):
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
See that there is much to learn and understand, so study your due diligence to be of a certainty that you do follow Jesus Christ. Put upon yourself the care of Him, and the care for all He cares for, and you will stay on the narrow path, you will please God, and He will say that He does indeed know you, as you have taken the time to know Him. Further, on the matter of baptism, as is commanded of me to speak thereon:
If you come to Christ with enough faith, but there be any reason, through lack of time, or other stumbling circumstance outside yourself, that you never reach the water, He will see to your Baptism by sending His Holy Spirit to fill and cleanse you. Many receive the Holy Baptism without ever touching water, whether it be for receiving of a spiritual gift for needs to help gather His sheep and build His Church, or to complete your faithful surrender unto Him, for He knows all hearts.
There are two manners toward Baptism, that is, to be reborn and receive the Spirit, but only one Spirit of Baptism to be received; and not all who perform the one are born from the water; for some perform one but do not receive the Spirit, and some perform one and receive the Spirit, and some perform not the one but still receive the Spirit, but all who are Baptized, in one manner, the other, or both, have received through the earnest calling upon the name of the Lord. If all this were not so, Jesus would not have said, “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.” (Matthew 7:21).
Rest assured that Baptism, whether in water, of the Holy Ghost, or both (blessed are ye who receive both. Amen.), be not the only will of God to be done, but only one of which many fall short. Truly it was spoken of the Lord Jesus Christ, “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:14).
Be ye born of the water and of the Spirit, you will be ever vigilant to always bathe yourself in His Word, cleanse yourself in His Wisdom; to which your opened eyes shall see His plans and hopes for your life, your shut up ears will hear His voice, your hands will desire to do His desired tasks for you, your body, within the Body of Christ will act in His name, and you will rejoice. But on the Body of Christ and the building in the new covenant that is Christ’s resurrection and sacrifice, that He is the building of the new Temple and the new Kingdom, and that we are His stones, is the main message of import I am urged to deliver unto you now, and always, as ever, unto the glory of God in the highest, for all glory be unto Him and Him alone.
Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour, whom I love more dearly than anything, whom I adore above all else that exists, and God my Father in Heaven, and their beautiful Holy Spirit that contains all Wisdom, for it truly is the Holy Ghost, I do as He commands me, in the hope that those who have the Lord God written upon their hearts but have not yet seen, heard, nor understood, may now no longer be blind, deaf, nor unknowing in these things that all be equal parts of the portion; the very most precious gift He has bestowed upon you, free to receive, upon the mere condition of acceptance, which is surrender and rejoicing in everlasting peace, happiness, life and love, which all things belong to and are of the Lord God, for He is all good things to us and for us.
And so, dear brethren, desire Him within your hearts, and heed His messengers, but turn to Him and His Word to discern these all, and of how to discern the ravening wolves in sheep’s clothing, the false prophets and hirelings, who would lead you astray from His Word, and abandon you to the darkness. Be ye of the light, follow the Word of the Light of the World. If ye have His Light within your hearts, it will cry out upon the seeing and hearing of His Truth, and you will heed His Word. Yea, this be not my word, nor my message, but a message from His Holy Spirit; but discern so for yourselves. Jesus Christ is the Lord. And of the message given unto you all today, for those who may see it and understand and receive it, this message concerns the Body of Christ and of the building of His Temple. Go to Lord Jesus Christ in prayer, and may you be granted the eyes to see, and the discerning heart and mind to understand the import of this message.
Grace be unto you all. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the one and only true God, I do His Will. Blessing, Glory, Hosanna in the highest to the Lord Jesus Christ. Though I be not long yet within His Body, I rejoice and gladly write (and so speak) in service to Him, for, “And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?” (Matthew 21:16).
And of asking in humble and earnest prayer, does not Jesus say, “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” Matthew 21:22.
Faith can move mountains, even in the smallest amounts, which include amounts in fractions of time, though faith may appear in thought and feeling to vanish, or stay but a short while, as you receive it, pray within your faith, in that short frame of time, that it be not short, but prevail.
But now, to the rest of it, concerning the Body of Christ and of His Holy Temple to be built, I confer this message to you, and begin the sermon with the final Words of John the Revelator. Revelation 22:20-21:
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Amos 9:6 King James Version (KJV):
6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
For I, the messenger, have heard many deny that the end is near. They sling Scripture, without numbers, nor names, nor any reference, save memory; and most of this from a false teaching of misguided or blind elders and the very heads of churches, the so-called wise and knowing. From these blind trusts have many well-meaning been misled of the knowledge of the end, but first, the beginning of sorrows, of which we are now in.
The unknowing and the unseeing wait upon not only a lie, but a blasphemy. They say that the Temple must be rebuilt. They look to Jerusalem, with modern notions of a structure to replace Solomon’s House of God, but they do not know the Word of God. The Word is God, and the Word has always been here, because He has always been here. He is waiting. He is the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6)
Jesus Christ is, and was, and ever will be. Amen. The Lord is our new covenant, not only of the chosen people of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; nor of the tribes of Israel, but He is the seal and saving Grace of the world. He is our meat in due season, and the season is now at hand, yea, He be at the very doors.
He is the Temple. We are His Body. In the Holy Communion, the bread is the life, the wine is the cleansing blood. We take His body and His blood into ourselves, and we become one flesh; He in us, and us in Him, and He of God our Father in Heaven, and so, we in our Father as well. We are His Temple rebuilt. We are His Kingdom.
The Temple was rebuilt the day He rose from the dead, and the building has never ceased. There will come a day when the final stone be laid, however. There will be a final member to join. Only then will the Body of Christ be complete and ready to be delivered. And only God our Father in Heaven knows, yea, He has known from the very beginning the day and the hour of the final stone’s placement into the Temple of the New Kingdom of God, the Body of Christ.
Oh, how precious that one stone. Oh, how treasured, as every stone shall be. For remove but one single stone, and the entire structure is weakened. Remove the wrong stone, and the whole house be fallen. Prevent one stone from being placed, and you will become as a thief, stealing away that which belongs to the Lord. Would you cut off his very arm? Or would you remove a digit from His right hand? Would you hobble the King of kings, the Lord of lords by taking his smallest toe?
Woe to anyone who removes a single strand of hair from the head of the Body of Christ. Do no harm to His members. For the least of them, even that cannot be seen, and seem hidden in secret places do Worship Him. His Body has many parts, each functioning alone, yet together. What you cannot see, an ensample of digestion (yea, of the very meat given in communion) is used, all for function.
And if any should attempt to enter the Body of Christ of which are not good for the Body, they will be expelled as waste, and cast out of the Body. What is cast out of the Body cannot re-enter. All members must be diligent to be of use to His Body, and to perform their functions, alone, but also together. Do not forsake the other parts and members of His Holy Temple. For though there be many denominations of His Body, yea, uncountable parts, all are needed, and one part must not hate another, lest that hateful part despise itself, but also the whole Body it belongs to, and the Body belongs to Christ. God forbid you despise Jesus Christ.
Would you despise your own body? Would you deny your own life? Would you hate yourself? Do you not love your own life, and those of your own family and friends? Your family and friends are His Body, as you are part of His Body. And love all of Him, as you love yourself, as you love your most cherished members upon this earth. And despise not any who belong to Him.
Despise not that which is cast out either. For but a little while, while within the Body, that now wasteful thing was necessary; but it be used up, and found no longer nourishing, for a season it did reside within the Body, so love all that was, or ever has been within the Body of Christ, for the help, even for a time, they did provide.
For even an enemy of the Body serves a purpose, though it be hidden from our sight; and God knows how to use all evil things toward goodness. For even a poison taken into the Body of Christ will not kill the LORD of Hosts, for He overcometh all things. Yea, He triumphed over death itself; and now Jesus Christ liveth forevermore. A poison may indeed sicken the Body of Christ, still, but in the end, only strengthen it for the attack. There be nothing to kill the Body of Christ. His Holy Temple will be delivered. Any attack can only strengthen, and so, love the attacker also. Love that which may even still become the dung.
Before the dung became so, it was more whole, and it served its purpose, and so was needed. Who are we to know when something has truly been wasted to completion? For we are each our own part, and though that which is cast out of the Body cannot re-enter, we cannot see, for we are busy only working towards our own purpose within the Body and should not give thought or worry to that which might be happening outside the Body, where we cannot see, lest we then become wasteful and of the very waste cast out.
Let the darkness outside of the Body be of no concern to you. The Body is of the light, though there be many hidden places. They are not dark, for good works reside within, to keep the Body alive. We are the light of His Body. And He is the Life. He built the pathway, and we, in Him, walk the pathway, and should never stray, but for a little while, as is the nature of us.
And we cannot discern between His shadow, which appeareth to be cast in darkness, as dung, and outside of His Body, and even we all have fallen into the shadow of our Lord. We trail behind, lagging, as His shadow, but even the shadow is a part of His Body and its design. The shadow is cast when the light of the sun is upon Him, and so even the shadow exists because of the light, and cannot exist without the light, nor be seen; and no shadow be ever seen in a place without light. Therefore, take heed, for ye know not if that which was cast off still trails in His shadow, or has become as dung.
Do not presume to know the wasted dung, lest ye mistake one that yet still trails in the shadow of the Lord, as we all will and have. We be all at one time or another within His shadow and fall short of the full Glory of God. But concerning yourself, should you fall into His shadow, worry only, and tarry not long there, for He will not tarry long to cast any shadow.
When the sun hits the highest point, there will be no more shadow and no more darkness, and nothing hidden or unknown. Then shall the door be opened, for the light becomes fullness, encompassing the whole Body of Christ, when the final stone is placed in the light of full day. For He is the light of the world. No one can see in darkness, and rest assured, of the Lord’s very Word, all will see Him coming. Though it be night in certain parts of the world, all will see. Such is the Glory of God.
Know you not when a cloud might block out the sun, darkening the day. Know you also not when a cloud blotting out the sun will be moved away, blown by winds you cannot see. And so, know you not when your sight will be fully illuminated, nor diminished; tarry ye not to be ready for all manner of weather; and tarry ye not on the waiting of the rebuilding of the temple, a structure of man, in a city of men, of mere mortals who cannot even discern the movements of the clouds, yet they think themselves lofty for building up grand structures made from all parts and elements of the very earth that God created. So, see the folly and false teachings of those who say the end cannot come till the temple be rebuilt, and speak of men’s houses, nor anything that comes from the earth.
The earth is not the home of the Body of Christ, nor where the Kingdom will reside. It is not called the Kingdom of the earth, but the Kingdom of God in Heaven, and I tell you that Kingdom resides inside all of us, for we are His Holy Temple, and the Kingdom and the Temple is us; for we are the Temple. The Body of Christ is within us, and we are the Body of Christ, and so, we are within Him. Woe to anyone who stands against the Body of Christ, for they stand against He that is the everlasting and almighty Lamb of God.
Therefore, do not think He will tarry upon the building of a structure within a city upon the earth. Do not swallow poison, lest ye become sick with disinformation. You become ill in spirit if you believe the time of Christ cannot be near as you wait upon the hands of men to put up scaffolding, lay bricks of dust, beams of timber and metal, and overlay all with ugly vanities of marble, bronze, silver and even gold. All things built by man shall crumble away. Did not the Temple of Solomon burn twice? You wait for the building of the Temple thrice, but I tell you, the foundation was laid the day Christ was conceived, was born, lived, died, and rose again.
Yea, the foundation was built long before the world. Christ has always lived. He lives now. Christ will live forever. If you be a part of His Body, you also shall live forever, and none can harm you. With each new stone laid, the Temple is strengthened, and we grow closer to the day of completion in Him.
There be no construction of man to behold. You wait upon a delay that does not exist. You assure yourselves you have time yet to pleasure in this world and your daily lives, but I assure you, you are mistaken. The final stone can be laid at any moment, and only our Father God in Heaven knows when that final stone shall be placed. Search your hearts, and search the Scripture for the Truth, but only search it out yourself, be not told of anyone else, not one man, nor woman, whether they be of the cloth, the churches, nor any ordained.
Go to God in prayer and ask for His guidance. He will show you the Truth. Trust not even myself further than to spur you on to seek the Truth of this message for yourself. Commune with the Lord, desire the Wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Ask in earnest, and you will receive. Or would you not to know your purpose within His Body? Always seek within the Scriptures, for the answers are there, but seek them for yourselves.
Do not be told, for you be told by other people, and all people err. There is none so lofty, so learned, so wise that they cannot be wrong. But the Holy Spirit of God is never wrong, nor does He tell lies. And God makes no mistakes. Therefore, seek your knowledge from Him and Him alone. This is what the Holy Word of God is given to us for. Would you not use the very help He left you with? If someone give you a needed thing, would you not use it for yourself, but let someone else use it?
Church is for fellowship, and members of the church, if they be truly part of the Body of Christ can be useful in rebuking and correcting wayward members, and to reprove towards improvement. But of friendship and fellowship, first and foremost, is the meaning and use of the churches, as well as for guiding in new members, and to be a brighter light within the world, so that all may see and come to Jesus Christ. But all must become workers within the Body, and none rely constantly on the other parts to always tell them how to function. Eventually, each part learns its own work, perfects it, and does the work, functioning in acts of itself, of its own accord, along with the rest.
The body of a babe is new and needs care, but over time, the babe grows into a child, the child into an adult, the adult to be responsible for themselves. But no one functions alone, without companionship. And all that live desire one thing above all else, which is love. Every member desires to give love and to receive love in return. Love comes in many forms, but only one is absolute, true, and unconditional. One love outshines them all, and is to be what we all cherish, desire, and honour the most, above all loves.
We are to love the Body of Christ, which is the Christ Himself above all. And when we love and honour Him, truly, we shall love His Body and all its members, to the last hair of His Head. We shall never cease to love Him above all, and in so doing, we will know how to love one another.
Jesus Christ is the Way. He is the Temple. Wait not for stones from the earth to be placed, but be His stones in Heaven, for His kingdom is not upon the earth, but in Heaven. How then can you wait to see a new temple rebuilt upon this earth? How can you say this must be done first before He can come again? See that His Holy Temple is built up greater by the day; it is built of you, through you, and for you, and so, of Him, through Him, for Him. See that the building of His Temple began long ago and has never ceased, no, not for anything, just as His words never have, no, nor ever shall pass away.
He is the Word. The Word is the Life. He is the Way. And all stones and structures built by men will fall, but not one Word of Jesus Christ our Lord shall ever pass away, and His Temple shall not pass away, for we are His Temple, we are the Body of Christ, and we shall never pass away, for we are within Him and He within all of us, and all of us within each other.
He is the Body of Christ, and we also are the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ is the Temple. And the final stone is to be placed at the end of the season. Search the Scriptures for the signs and wonders of the season and its impending arrival. Search the Holy Word of God for when to be watching, and when to be ready and waiting for Him.
And if you be not of the Body of Christ yet, tarry not long, nay, tarry for nothing. For just as no one knows the laying of the final stone, the stone itself knows not that it is the last. And Christ Himself, and all the angels in Heaven know and rejoice at the laying of each new stone, yet, even they know only the laying, but not if it be the final stone. See you how the Word of God be always Truth? No one knows, not Christ Himself, nor the angels of Heaven, but the Father only, who laid the whole foundation of the world; He alone knows the laying of the final stone.
Would you be so careless as to think you know when it will not be, when you cannot even know when it will be? There is no temple waiting to be built. You wait upon incorrect interpretations and misguided teachings. Learn the Word of God for yourself; do it this very day. As Jesus told His disciples when they asked Him of when the end of all things shall be, and He answered them with all they sought to know, “Behold, I have told you before.” (Matthew 24:25)
And rejoice if you become the Body of Christ, for He is in everything and is everything, so be comforted by His Words: Matthew 28:18-20:
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 whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
*Scriptural references to help guide you: Seek out to discern them for yourself.
Zechariah 6:9-15, 8:8-23 (esp. 8:8-9)
Matthew 4:19 (men = stones), 7:21-29 (but truly, read all of Ch. 7. Better yet, read all of Matthew. Better yet, read all the Gospels. Better yet, read all the New Testament. Better still, read all the Bible, from beginning to end).
Matthew 11:25, 27-29, 12:6-8, 13:24-30, 16:13-19, 21:42-44, 26:60-61, 27:38-40.
Mark 11:15-17, 12:10-11, 13:32-37, 14:22-25, 15:29-30.
Luke 3:8, 14:15-23, 17:20-21, 20:17-18, 24:25-27.
John 2:13-22, 4:40-42, Ch. 6 (yes, the whole chapter), 10:1-18.
Acts 4:10-12, 15:13-18, 17:24-31, 20:27-28.
1 Corinthians 3:9-17, 12:12-27.
Ephesians Ch. 2 (yes, the whole chapter).
Revelation 21:3.
And lastly, it behooves me to leave to eyes that would see, one final exhortation. I hereby set the watch of the season, as I must and am ordered to proclaim. As commanded by the Holy Spirit of God our Lord Jesus Christ, and as the chosen porter of the decree, I am commanded to watch, and to set the watch, and to command likewise watchmen to set the watch alongside me; Be you of the Body of Christ, stand with Him, and watch, and be found ready and doing His work, and not sleeping.
Understand you that you must be awake to work for Christ the Lord, awake and doing His work. For He but commands little, save your faith, and faith through works, and works through faith; and that work be as He commanded His very disciples: If you love Him, feed His lambs. If you love Him, feed His sheep. I say thrice, if thou love the Lord your God with all thy heart and soul, truly as your first love: Feed His sheep.
There will He come and find you awake, working, and watching in proper manner, building His Temple, which is the Body of Christ, also to teach in proper instruction, both the babes and the wayward elder stones of His Temple to be baptized. Be ever more vigilant with each new day, even unto the last, because you have received and seen the decree of the porter, Yea, of the Holy Spirit, Yea, of the Lord God; for He truly is with us always. Now let us truly be with and for Him. (The Gospel of St. John 21:15-17):
15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Understand that I boast not, for I know nothing. I am a babe in Christ, barely understanding these words that I am commanded (and given) to write. I am only a servant, undeserving of any honour, yet I desire and rejoice in proclaiming the glory of God, my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I do what I do because I must. I proclaim not myself, but the words and the will of my Lord God Jesus Christ.
I am no watchman, but merely the porter, a servant of the Lord, (but we all be servants of the Lord, within His Body and Temple), and we all now be equal brethren chosen in no different manner than the original apostles that walked with Christ Jesus. We be all part of the same Body of Christ. He has chosen us all, so I am not a watchman, for I do not stand alone, as none of us do, for we are all watchmen, if we truly be of the Body of Christ.
But this be my task given, and my own function within the Body of Christ, that I am to set the watch, as a faithful porter, a servant of the Lord, and to beseech the rest of God’s members to do the same, and more; as you will find fit to do, each your own tasks of the watch, as learned in earnest prayer to Him who is the Lord your God and Saviour.
†As commanded of the Lord, I hereby call upon the whole Body of Christ, to the last hair on the head of the Body of Christ; and as so commanded in due service: Yea, I hereby set the Watch. Jesus is Lord. Amen.† (03/18/2018). (Mark 13:32-37):
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
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