Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 9:49-50
9:49. Now John answered and said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us."
9:50. But Jesus said to him, "Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side."John forbade someone who cast out demons in Jesus' name because he does not come from John's group.
John used worldly system in ministering God as follows:
- Envy and strife.
1 Corinthians 3:3-7
3:3. for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?
3:4. For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal?
3:5. Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?
3:6. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
3:7. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
We often envy because others are used or blessed by God.
We should give thanks because we are also used and blessed by God.
The strife happens because of sin or difference in teaching until there are hatred, quarrel, revenge, and bitterness.
If there is strife because of sin, the way out is to reconcile, namely confessing and forgiving one another.
If there is strife because of teaching, the way out is to return to the Bible with honesty.
- The groups.
There are many groups because we do not see God as the head.
Envy, strife, and groups are obstacles of the unity of the body of Christ that cause divisions.
We must return to heavenly system.
The core of true fellowship is
Jesus.
Psalm 138:2138:2. I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.Jesus' name is Jesus Himself, namely true teaching word.
John 1:1,14
1:1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1:14. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Philippians 2:8-10
2:8. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
2:9. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
2:10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Jesus has to become obedient to the point of death on the cross, so He is given the name which is above every name.
The usefulness of the power of Jesus' name is to defeat Satan the trinity as follows:
- Satan/fiery red dragon in the form of wicked (disobedient) and unclean spirit.
Revelation 12:3
12:3. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
- False prophet/the beast coming up out of the earth, namely lie, gossip, evil speaking , and false teaching with physical great signs.
Revelation 13:11-13
13:11. Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
13:12. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13:13. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
- Antichrist/the beast rising up out of the sea.
Revelation 13:1-2
13:1. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
13:2. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
The practices of being controlled by antichrist are as follows:
- One ministers to God to get physical thing only.
- Being not faithful up to one leaves the ministry to find physical thing.
- Stinginess and greediness.
Satan the trinity is the source of sin up to the peak of sin that does two things as follows:
- Hindering the true fellowship of the body of Christ or causing divisions to the body of Christ.
- Destroying the image of God the Trinity, so human becomes the same as Satan the trinity.
Jesus does not will if human He has created becomes the same as Satan the trinity.
That is why; He willingly dies on the cross to receive the name which is above every name, so He wins over Satan the trinity.
We must also become obedient until the flesh does not sound anymore.
If we become obedient, we will receive two things as follows:
- Entering the true fellowship of the body of Christ.
- Experiencing the power of Jesus' name, so we win over Satan the trinity.
Philippians 2:10-11
2:10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
2:11. and that every tongue should confessthat Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Winning over Satan the trinity means we win over the power of three beasts.
The proof is every tongue confesses Jesus.
We can confess our sin and do not sin anymore. We speak good and true word as well as become the blessing and testimony for others.
We can worship Jesus, namely our eyes only see God, our mouth cries out Jesus' name, and our hand is stretched out to Him.
Numbers 6:25-26
6:25. The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you;
6:26. The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace." '
The results are as follows:
- God radiates His peace to us, so everything become easy and light.
- God radiates His mercy to finish all problems up to the impossible ones. There is beautiful and successful future.
- The shekinah glory changes us from carnal men to spiritual ones like Jesus, starting from being honest. Until we become heavenly bride who is ready to greet His second coming.
We can see Jesus face to face on the glorious clouds.
God blesses us.