WHAT BODY ARE YOU PRESENTED AND REPRESENTED?

By: Bishop Albert Gran

Romans 12:1-2

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12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Gospel sermons in pulpit often introduced upon the reading of these popular verses Paul wrote from his pen to the saints at Rome. However, there's so much mystery behind what was written down for our success with life in grace as beings who were far more and always triumphant in Christ. It's magnifying our godly service with lives as though prepared for slaughter and  yet were consoled by Christ, blessed by God with spiritual wisdom and understanding with the discernment what real life is, its true nature in this dispensation of grace.

The "bodies" as referred to in the context which is something for and about our service offering, denotes our physical body imbued with the immaterial soul and spirit’s being which is inwardly worked out by Christ when He quickens our inner Spirit reflecting our mortal bodies to be a working vessel for His service which is our reasonable service.  

The effect of this human vessel (physical body) producing reasonable service (as pleasantly acknowledged by God in accordance to His will) had a foundation, built on the same foundation of our apostle Paul designed by God to lay the foundation in this dispensation of grace who is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, whom he's representing for as those who were called themselves "saints", the members of the Body of Christ in particular.     

1 Corinthians 3:10-12

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¹⁰ According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

¹¹ For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹² Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

For Paul to render his life worthy before the Lord basically to be set apart for the gospel's sake, and to be a pattern for those who hereafter believe on the gospel of salvation causing to produce eternal life were objectively designed in significance to THE GRACE OF GOD.

Expecting worthwhile rendering of service as something called by God - as a sweet smelling savor acceptable by God was pretty much in view in accordance to the GRACE OF GOD. And because of that, we can therefore appreciate the information of knowing what benefits we had in Christ in matters of all facets of information essential for our establishment and equipping. The knowledge we had in Christ is the same knowledge Paul embraced upon in exchanged of what he previously acquired based on the law, the world-based knowledge system after Judaism council with an image like a Pharisee. He’s someone hailing the privilege position as a supposed prospect member of an elect of God under the kingdom prophetic program being a Benjamite or called a Jew although an unbelieving persecutor and a blasphemer of Christ. He indeed did these things out of ignorance without proper guidance and understanding what best condition under God's plan in cognizant to His prophetic purpose.

Building a foundation is relative in the presentation and offering of our physical body for this privilege service we can offer to Him in this present dispensation of grace. It’s really best to understand the “will of God” and His revealed purpose suitable in this dispensation of grace. We loved to be loved by our Most High God and therefore it’s now a high time to awake out of sleep by knowing the essential fact how God himself freely offered His life as a sacrifice, as thus someone motivated by love for you (Gentiles).We called this demonstration of sacrifice as “God’s love for us”.

  Romans 5:8

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⁸ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

That’s why it made me sure that the ultimate basis of everything in matters of giving and offering ourselves wholly for the sake of God’s glory is a kind of motivation pushed by love and grace. Our active role as we learned and received this sort of spiritual education is to simply declare the message of love and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ offering the lost people to reconcile the world (lost people) back to Himself. When you take the lead in doing this privilege divine task then you’re bearing the servant hood principle and offer yourself as a sacrifice having the same motivation with that of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

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¹⁹ To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰ Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

²¹ For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

2 Corinthians 4:10
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

When we truly represent our physical body as a member of the spiritual body of Christ (our newest living union with Him after believing the gospel of our salvation ) it’s not the same idea as the world of religion supposed to think imbued with physical prosperity brought by God’s active manipulation of His supernatural demonstration of power, however, contrarily  taking the reality of sacrifices and sufferings for His sake and of the gospel. This remarkable principle and reality of our present body imbued with the real characteristics and nature of God hail weaknesses and sufferings positively used as basis to be strengthened by the strength designed by God in effect of your understanding and knowledge which in general the wisdom of God fully equipped to us. This is the mystery prayed by Paul and so therefore wishing our eyes of understanding shall be opened.   

Ephesians 6:10-19

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¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

¹¹ Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

¹³ Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

¹⁴ Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

¹⁵ And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

¹⁶ Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

¹⁸ Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

¹⁹ And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

Colossians 1:8-10

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⁸ Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

⁹ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹⁰ That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

It’s pretty clear that in this dispensation of grace God wonderfully equipped us something strange which is something less recognized or perhaps unrecognized in the realm of Christianity. Nowadays,  most rendering services are clouded with fleshly and physical motivation instead of  that motivation based on the increased knowledge of God  in accordance to the mystery of the gospel, which is also something hidden in time past, and which has to be declared plainly and boldly  in view of honest means and intentions without wavering . This is the unfeigned faith pushed by the motivation of love and grace patterned by Christ Himself when He rendered service to us for free. Thus, it’s essential requirement that in making known the gospel of the grace of God especially in preaching the gospel in accordance to the revelation of the mystery, we will and should do it for free without charge.

How can we not serve the Lord like a sheep prepared for a slaughter?

Grace and Peace!

    

ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST

By:  Bishop Albert Gran

Philippians 3:17-19

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¹⁷ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

¹⁸ (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

¹⁹ Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

It's amazing to contemplate for once into this particular situation wherein our apostle Paul invited anyone to emulate him in matters of a true redefined walk consistent to the life of grace in this dispensation of grace.

 The overwhelming account of God’s act upon us for completion, sanctification, and grandeur started from him as a man set with the purpose to be the first among all blessed person, who is a new creature of God, a man saved by grace through the precious blood of Christ. We cannot just simply mark those who were not received His blessings in accordance to the purpose for the election of grace with an acclaim of true justification in line with the preaching of the cross. The remnant of grace in view of the election of grace began with the apostle Paul and he was set by God as our pattern in this present time when God looked after those who were before His enemies, had nothing to hope for, and the most unprivileged individual who were without God  (Eph. 2:11-12).

We have to simply acknowledge the most sensible idea why it needs for Paul to invite others to follow him as there were those apostles who were before him whose lives are also noteworthy in view of the gospel and principle of the kingdom which is at hand, a kingdom declared under prophecy as a never ending kingdom which the Lord Jesus Christ shall have to establish on earth, and a kingdom which shall stand against the established earthly kingdoms.

Isaiah 9:6-8

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6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

Daniel 2:44

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⁴⁴ And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Are you not wondering why it needs for Paul to say follow “me”? What’s the idea of it? Is there anything more sensible to appreciate the goodness of God for us Gentiles through Paul and his apostleship for us? Not by laid to just a simple opinion but in declaration of truth I will declare to anyone who name the name of Christ asking you to consider what gospel is the heart of this dispensation of grace declaring most His wonderful love and goodness for us all seeds of Adam in this present dispensation of grace.  

Who are those others whom we need to mark as another example? They are those who walked in accordance to the gospel delivered by Paul to us. We can’t simply say that the gospel delivered by Christ to the “sons of men” in time past under the economy of law and the kingdom is the heart of today’s gospel and that we would consider it as the ultimate basis and a means we obtained access and hope in Christ. With this attempt, the cross of Christ as the heart of the gospel was marred with many salvation contents ending up to cover the finished work of Christ to that something man could do for his salvation in view of  his capacity to not just only believe but do something to be saved.    

      

Timothy 1:15-17

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¹⁵ This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

¹⁶ Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, THAT IN ME FIRST Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

¹⁷ Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

We have to then consider the sense why it needs for Christ to demonstrate His grace FIRST to Paul while there were already those who were sinners called apostles, the 12 apostles who declared the gospel prior Paul’s calling and election? Why it needs for God to set him as a pattern for the life everlasting when there were those who received the BREAD OF LIFE which come down from heaven in the earthly ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ? I believed there’s one simple reason for that. God demonstrated a new everlasting life brought by the gospel of the cross, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ apart from works, laws, ordinances, statutes or commandments as what condition he made manifest in the TIME PAST.

It’s a new everlasting life in THE BUT NOW wherein it’s an operation simply set by God when he opened the door for the Gentiles so they could have the chance to obtain peace with God, with lives even more blessed and whose sins were totally forgiven. It’s even more gladly open to preach the gospel of peace in view of the mystery truth by preaching Jesus Christ in accordance to the revelation of the mystery revealed to us through Paul in his epistles so that when you read you will understand the knowledge of His will.

While many today succumb to many different gospels believing it’s one whole thing and entity without dividing God’s plan, it resulted to mixed up gospels following and  marking men who were not patterns for the life everlasting set by God for today’s Gentiles.   

Are we not aware that by doing this, those who mixed up the cross of Christ with apparent works of services described by Paul in verse 2 and 3 were called THE ENEMES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST? If there would be any other thing men’s doctrines shall add more to the finished work of Christ especially those who establish there own works, believed for symbolic representations other than simply trusting the finished work of Christ, divulged His relative purpose to be as friend of His cross instead becoming an enemy of the cross of Christ.

Simply believe Christ paid in full the penalty of your sins when he was died, was buried, and was resurrected so you can live a new life in Christ whereby Paul was set as our pattern.  

Grace and peace to you all!

    

THE MISQUOTED DOCTRINE UNDER THE LAW A CORE EMPHASIS FOR MODERN MINISTERS

THE MISQUOTED DOCTRINE UNDER THE LAW A CORE EMPHASIS FOR MODERN MINISTERS

1 Cor. 9:1-18

By: Bishop Albert B. Gran

I pray this very simple article would preserve many souls who were doctrinally blinded by the law of tithes as means for others to hinder the gospel of grace causing to produce more fruits redounding to the thanksgiving from many after the giving of love was exercised.

The opening salvo of I Cor. 9 was clearly a very hint while Paul along in this chapter defended his clear intention and purpose for the ministry and his ministerial services for the glory of God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

² If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

³ Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

Suffice to consider the tone of our apostle that the opening questions stated in the above verses also posed a queue that there were those among believers in Corinth questioning his apostleship, his freedom of ministering and service as God’s faithful steward, commission, and the fruit of his labors who were the saints at Corinth themselves. Furthermore, he then mentioned all these attacks were forms of examination (notice verse 3).

MORE POINT OF INQUIRIES STRESS HIS SUPPOSED POWER AND CAPABILITY TO EXERCISE POWER AS A MINISTER OF GOD

⁴ Have we not power to eat and to drink?

⁵ Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

⁶ Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

⁷ Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

⁸ Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

¹⁰ Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

¹¹ If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

^12 a If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather?

These foregoing verses were relative to rebut and shut up those who examined his true ordination as a special apostle of God for the Gentiles. Notice that the mainstream issue denoting his defense against those who question his apostleship authority had mere view upon comparison of those ministerial purposes with their carnal followership that cause division, following  the previous head kingdom apostle and a kingdom church masterbuilder, Peter known as Cephas.

The “have we not’s and if’s" with Paul correlative to the clear exercise under the previous economy of law, together with their ministers who use the power of which in the context talked about living physical life’s provision in exchange of the spiritual services rendered( as it’s noticeable in verse 4 when he mentioned about eating and drinking), the verse 5 as lording over members in the church even above kingdom apostles and saints,  the verse 6 as using means to survive by forbearing outside source of living or income instead resort to church income,  the verse 7 with stressed more significance for a full time job as a soldier with full support from backups and as an agriculturist who ate the fruits where in the context of the chapter talked about using members to get his own physical supply and for the satisfaction of his needs,  and the verse 8 which discussed more principles how it was also used under the law applying the principle of a laboring ox which in its plowing time needs not to be muzzled so that it could also eat food while plowing which was also further emphasized in verses 9 and 10, these were what Paul seems  and supposedly applied in this dispensation of grace but found not to administer grace but law.

Parallel to this physical scene principle, Paul supposed that these powers in the physical ministering principles of service would seem or supposed and I emphasized, the same law principle rendition in view of the objectives of spiritual services for the Lord. Thus, in verse 12a he mentioned that when it’s possible for others to do the same, use the same power, and govern and lord over them in the church who have less authority, then there’s no reason why Paul himself couldn’t do it.

But hey! True followers of Paul! Look at the onset! See how Paul answered and shared his pure intention in the PURE service for the Lord which he offered for FREE, notice!

PAUL’S PURE MINISTERIAL GRACE SERVICE:

Verse 12b……  NEVERTHELESS WE HAVE NOT USED THIS POWER; BUT SUFFER ALL THINGS, LEST WE SHOULD HINDER THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.

This is what I want to show to you my dear friends how Paul shut off the mouth of those who questioned his authority as an apostle of Jesus Christ. He’s someone who administers grace with free of charge service, “NOT USING” forms of authority of lording those who were the least even those who are less honorable including the getting used of physical substance for the minister’s means of living, sources of funds, etc. At any rate, suffer all things FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL so that it wouldn’t be hindered.    

Further supposed claim of Paul if it thus:

¹³ Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

¹⁴ Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

This is the ultimate claim and stress for those who marked themselves USING THE AUTHORITY instead of not using it like our apostle Paul in the rendering of the free of charge ministry. Paul made mentioned if he was like the authorities’ over users then why it can’t be? He could do it because he’s a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Notice how the life of a pure grace minister, the apostle of us all today administers grace to the simple.

His real claim in the free of charge a moneyless charge spiritual service:

 ¹⁵ But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

¹⁶ For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

¹⁸ What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

A.      I HAVE USED NONE OF THESE THINGS, verse 15 (as mentioned above under the law including their supposed tithes)

B.      NEITHER HAVE I WRITTEN THESE THINGS, verse 16 (not wrote as a command, ordinance, obligation to mean others accountability)

C.      I HAVE NOTHING TO GLORY, verse 16 (as many tithe teachers and preachers boast their physical luxuries and prosperities in effect of their false teachings)

D.      MAKE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST WITHOUT CHARGE ( grace principle of ministering as a steward of the mysteries of Christ)  

E.       I  ABUSE NOT MY POWER IN THE GOSPEL (as many today used as they  like to forbear working)

STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART:

What can you say about the legacy of the true ministerial position that our beloved apostle with pure intent, for the gospel sake, suffer himself, neglect the authorities or power he mentioned above?

Why can’t many believers today follow Paul if they truly love God for the gospel’s sake? Why their aim focused to earthly abundance as they God prospered them using the law of tithe under the economy of law?

Compare spiritual things with spiritual folks and consider for your learning and life edification.

Grace and peace!

    

APOSTLE PAUL OUR PATTERN IN PRAYER

By: Bishop Albert Gran

Ephesians 6:17-19

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¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

¹⁸ Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

¹⁹ And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

Colossians 1:8-10

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⁸ Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

⁹ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹⁰ That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Prayer is one among many doctrines greatly misunderstood from our beloved friends in the old faith who embraced the traditions of men in consonance with the general belief especially in the doctrine of physical intervention.

I pray this simple task would lead to you my fellow laborers a desire to compare spiritual things with spiritual neither basing things from God in line with fleshly understanding for it only stands behind bar of lies and hypocrisy. 

Purity of grace doctrine adheres prayer in view of the mystery truth, thus, we pure grace believers dare not entertain the idea with the so-called supposition accordingly as how we should no longer pray in this age of grace.

WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PRAY

Ever since the time Paul started His ministry from the road to Damascus until his last breath, there's no point in his life that he stops praying. There were times he prayed for physical safety and deliverance. Thrice he besought the Lord for the healing of his physical infirmities believing God could do what he seems similar to what he used to do to His people Israel. The fact is that he knew Christ had responded him only through the sufficiency of His grace, experiencing the demonstration of God's power and might through overcoming sufferings and afflictions in the natural process and way without miraculous drama.

In my above mentioned statement, I already stated at first that Paul also prayed for and about his flesh in the gradual process of revealing the doctrinal point of truth in accord to the mystery plan of God in this dispensation of grace.

"We do not know how to pray as ye ought", this is a phrase Paul make mentioned why he included himself knowing that he once prayed a nonsense and unknown prayer, which caused him to understand the how and what's the  real sense and most significant view of prayer in our times following Paul as a pattern of praying an "unknown prayer". 

All of us including myself previously prayed an unknown prayer and also once followed Paul as a pattern who also didn't know how to pray. All of us too became under the yoke of bondage which is the law as Paul once became under the law in fact he  was on the seat to that of Gamaliel's. 

Having thought of the progression in view of consideration to some points of significant changes in the doctrine of prayer as visible and evident in Paul's epistles such as: "When ye pray, pray with understanding", "I besought the Lord thrice and he said;"My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness";"Praying always with all prayers in the Spirit", "Set your affection on things above, not on things on earth", so on and so forth, it is enough to consider that the doctrine of prayer is something we have to consider dispensationally transcending from physical point of view towards the future hope of glory with current provision of His grace and blessings on the account of faith in the cross work of Christ, and apart from the notion similar to the blessedness of the nation Israel with physical prayer responses which God acted upon in blessing them and their land. 

Great thoughtful consideration in view of our understanding of which our prayer must not cling to the idea how God himself viewed prayer significant to the strengthening of our inner man enabling us to also have His inner might which I perceived the power of God brought by the gospel of the mystery.

The "working out of our salvation" is how God acted upon today, that means the source is within the inner man. Basically, when we view the doctrine of prayer dispensationally considered, most especially when you began to understand the eternal operation of God, you would see how it works in the realities of our present world wherein what you see is but the appreciation of His magnificent wisdom through the Spirit of God working in us upon His word.

HOW PAUL BECAME A PATTERN IN PRAYER?

Much thought in Paul's prayer was to far from the idea that Pure grace believers would no longer pray. We prayed and let's all pray together. However, sensible workman of God who understood the way of the Lord in our current time more perfectly advice you to pray no longer in an "unknown prayer" but a "prayer with understanding". As the truth of the mystery continues to increase in knowledge, wisdom, and understanding our apostle Paul prayed a right prayer which we have to follow today. What was his prayer?

Mediate and ponder the things he wrote for you today folks!

I do pray you will now start to pray a right prayer with understanding. Believe it and surely it will work.

Grace and Peace to you!

                            

STRAIGHT TO THE HEART IS HIS GRACE

Ephesians 2:8-10

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8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

This web page may ensure your future life into what was right and appropriate before your true master in heaven who bought you with His precious blood.

God's sufficient grace is His fully provided measure to those who would want to enjoin His life back to the family of God. Our moments in this world are just passing by and thus, needs for you to be reconciled back to your maker and receive perfect restoration of relationship as once destroyed through the disobedience of one, Adam.

The secured restored fellowship in view of new creation determines what life you have in Christ with freedom from slavery and sin-condemnation. We can not boast of what we don't have but on what we have received from Christ, the abundant grace of God that is reigning in our lives today. It's but the cross of Christ simply savors the theme in our life as grace believers.

Our thankful life is that what praise Him all the more. The life we have today is not what we owe from Him requiring ourselves to pay what we can't do.It's a life of gratitude simply offered to Him like a precious ointment that adds scent to our new found life in Christ. It's also a flavor that adds taste to our most wonderful life inspite ordeals and unbelief of men.

No works of men which could be compared to the blessed wondrous offering of Christ's life imputed to the unjust who simply trust to such noteworthy grace of God demonstrated on that cross. It's all but that was a single element of trust you could best examine if you would try to find the abundant life brought by His love, mercy and grace. Your faith rest on the finished and once and for all act of God by providing the full soul's nourishment for perfect satisfaction, completeness, and freedom in view of understanding His pure love, grace, and mercy.

Having these knowledge-wise understanding your freedom in Christ leads you to the fulfillment of your hope not once received in this planet earth but towards the glory which soon Christ shall reveal to you.

Much blessings from God awaits for you brought by the truth of the gospel, the mystery which was known as the grace of God.

Grace to you and peace!

Bishop Albert Gran   

     

THE PRIZE OF A FUTURIST!

By: Bishop Albert Gran

2 Timothy 4:8

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⁸ Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing

Romans 8:22- 25

²² For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

²³ And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

²⁴ For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

²⁵ But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Matthew 24:20-30

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²⁰ But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
²¹ For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
²² And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
²⁵ Behold, I have told you before.
²⁶ Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
²⁹ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
³⁰ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 

Just a thought made significant in view of the doctrine of "Preterism", a doctrine denying a certain period in the "future" eachatological events wherein having such an idea presumed futurist believers who they thought baselessly deny what has been fullfilled in the prophecy, challenged me to really review few passage of Scriptures through the light of Paul's epistles. The verses posted above were truths needed to be pondered. Now, let's be sensible in dealing whether Berean test would merit the philosophical twist compared to the wholesome truth of God's word available in our hands today.

Unification of doctrinal belief generally divides among the preterists considering that they were also disunitied in the stand between Partial Preterism and Full Preterism. Noticeable from the standpoint of majorities' understanding among the circle of preterists hold a firm premise where there won't be any realization of future hope.

How can we get rid through avoidance of future promises the Lord Jesus Christ himself promised to the church, the Body of Christ? How come many interpreted as though God's promises for us today were already fulfilled upon the twist of their illogical premises? How can this vile body would soon unable to function in glorification to his creator when one unrealistically see the future hope ensured to us through our God Almighty as far as the resurrection issue is concerned?

Jesus Christ once mentioned about the Lord's day where heavenly creatures brought cataclysm and disorder which would soon melt the planet earth to the point where people would encourage death to come upon them. No record of history even by speculation proving such accounts or events were true when one investigated the historical scene that happened last A.D. 70. Events recorded in the year A.D. 70 perfectly disqualifies the preterists allegation that God's prophecy and past recorded prophetic accounts prophecied by the prophets had been fulfilled last A.D. 70. Sensible student of God's word must be keen to compare if those things mentioned by Christ in reality through fact check had recorded such amazing account not once happened in the earth's history. The fact that Christ told his disciple that the events falls on that day are NOT ONCE happened in the history's past neither in the ending portion of the present dispensation of grace leading to the resumption of the prophetic program in the era of the man of sin, the god of this world Satan who was known as the anti Christ.

How could the believers in this dispensation of grace consider the thought of preterism if the most denied resurrection account for the members of the Body of Christ which is known as the caught up event was too far from the reality as a future hope for them? Why they thought there's nosuch thing as bodily resurrection as best promised of God to not pass the future event not once named in the  earth's history?

The prevailing truth of futurists made a very spectacle sound basis how soon we as members of the body of Christ shall fill-in the heavenly places promised by Christ through the gospel as we're all joint heirs of Christ, the soon to be rulers of angels who possessed significant ruling power to the praise of His glory.

Be a futurist and not a preterist.

Grace to you and peace!