Beloved brothers and sisters, dear friends in Christ, this is Brother Frank speaking to you from the Mission Center in Krefeld - Germany. 

It’s always a privilege for me to speak to those who wish to know God and His plan of salvation. In Romans the first chapter we find the introduction of Jesus Christ and also to the gospel that we are to preach. I read Romans chapter 1 from verse 1: “Paul a servant of Jesus Christ called to be an apostle separated unto the gospel of God which He had promised before by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures concerning His Son Jesus Christ our LORD who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead”. And now comes the verse that I like to emphasize especially today. “By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name.” The purpose of the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ was to bring people back to God, to let them know that God was in Christ reconciling the world with Himself. To let them know that thru the disobedience of the first Adam all humanity was separated from God. And thru the obedience of the second Adam our beloved LORD Jesus Christ and Saviour, we are reconciled with God and therefore the apostle emphasizes that thru the preaching and thru the apostleship he received he was to find people obedient to the faith among all the Gentiles. If you search the Holy Scriptures then disobedience is connected to unbelief and belief is connected to obedience. Unbelief and disobedience brought the fall, the separation and Jesus Christ the Son of God was obedient, obedient to the cross but now our time has come as sons and daughters of God to also be obedient. It’s not enough to be saved, it’s not enough to have a conversion, it’s not enough to repent, it’s not enough to be baptised, it’s not enough to be baptised in the Holy Spirit. The way of obedience leads to final destination. There is no other way. If we are disobedient, we are not in the will of God. We have to understand that only obedience brings us into real harmony with God. Disobedience will cut us off from the direct fellowship with God. Therefore the apostle Paul was referring to the commission he received the direct apostleship to work obedience thru the preaching and teaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ that all from the nations would be obedient to God according to the Word. And then in Romans the last chapter the apostle again places the emphasis on the obedience. We read Romans chapter 16 from verse 24: “The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with you all, the Amen is to say: yes so be it and the he continues, “now to Him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel”. The gospel of God is the gospel of Jesus Christ. And the gospel of Jesus Christ was and is the gospel of every true man of God. Therefore Paul could say: “according to my gospel”. He didn’t have his own gospel. He had the gospel of Jesus Christ. And then he continues to say: “and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world begun”. All the mysteries of God are not somewhere laying on the surface. We have to dig down to find them and they can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit. Therefore God kept a few things to those who love Him. When He spoke to ………the multitudes He spoke in parables. But to the disciples He said: “To you it is given to understand the mysteries of the kingdom”. But now coming to the main point in verse 26: “But now is made manifest and by the scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.” So, the preaching is not just a preaching so that everyone can continue in their own ways. The preaching is to bring people back to God, to obedience to faith. To bring them back again out of the fall into the fellowship with God. Therefore we preach Jesus Christ crucified, we preach Him as the same yesterday, today and forever. But only where the true gospel is preached in obedience to God and His Word, obedience can also be done and followed by those who believe according to the scriptures. Otherwise we shall be obedient to what our church, our religion, what anybody says but not to God. And that is where the great deception is going on with all religions. I’m a missionary and sometimes I hesitate to mention it but for over 40 years I’ve travelled all the nations, I’ve passed the 130 mark of nations I visited during the course of over 40 years. I know about all the religions on earth. And everyone is ready to die for their religion, being convinced that it is true. Again, if you go into Christianity you have the Roman Church, you have the Greek Orthodox Church, you have the Russian Church, you have Anglican Church, you have all the churches, the many churches all over the earth there are many churches. But if you go to the Holy Scriptures there is only one Church of Jesus Christ. In Matthew 16:16 to 18 our LORD said: “I will built my church” If you go to I Corinthians chapter 12 from verse 12 we are all baptised into one body, into the body of Christ by one Spirit. So, there are people who are born again and one step further who are not only born again and became children of God, sons and daughters. But then are baptised into the body of Christ and Christ being the head and as Christ was obedient then we are obedient to the Word of God. 

Brothers and sisters it all starts with our personal experience with Jesus Christ our LORD and Saviour. It all starts with Acts 2 : 38: “Repent everyone and be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ”. Don’t think that God is going to join you in your own ways. That’s impossible. That’s an illusion. We have to follow Christ. And Christ is the way, the truth and the life. And He is in His Word. And in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was made flesh. And the Word is the original Seed. Christ was the promised Seed from the Garden of Eden, Genesis 3, verse 15. Right thru the Old Testament He was the promised Seed, the Son that would come and be born in Bethlehem as is written in Micah chapter 5. The Son of whom it is written in Psalms 2, verse 7: “Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee, the Son that was promised in Isaiah 7 : 14: “A virgin will conceive and bare a Son”. 

Beloved, the Son was not born in heaven in eternity. The Son was born in Bethlehem, there was nobody to be redeemed in heaven. Those who separated in heaven from God with Lucifer were cast out. There was nobody in heaven to be redeemed. Those who separated themselves were cast out with Satan himself. So, there was no need for a Son to be born in heaven as the Nicean and Calcedonian Creed makes us to belief. No, beloved brothers and sisters! God never had a Son in heaven as the second person. And God never had the Holy Spirit in heaven as the third person. That’s not according to the Scripture! I just finished writing a small booklet with the title: “In the beginning was the Word” Not in eternity! God is eternal. But God manifested Himself already in the Old Testament as LORD as the great I AM. With His Name JAHWE He appeared to Moses. Beloved, and in the New Testament He was manifested in the body of flesh as Son of God – Emmanuel – God with us. Because we had sinned in the body of flesh and blood, the Redeemer, the great I AM had to come into a body of flesh. He had to be born into this world like you and I were. But of course by Immaculate Conception. HE was totally of the Holy Spirit. Nothing came from Mary. All came from God. His body was holy. His blood was holy. His life was holy. But then He took our place to take our sins upon Him to die in our stead, to even go to hell in our stead and to conquer death and hell and He rose on the third day and said: “I live and ye shall live also”. So, in Christ the Son of God the Almighty made a new beginning. And reading Galatians chapter 4 verse 4 we are placed back again; thru the Son we received the adoption as sons and daughters of God. So, in Christ the Son of God, God Himself accepted us. That’s what the Scripture says and we do believe it. You just need to read Romans chapter 8, verse 28, 29, 30. You just need to read Ephesians chapter 1. God foreordained us to eternal life. As the lamb of God was foreordained to die for us, we as the sons and daughters of God are foreordained to receive Christ as our personal Saviour. And our names were placed into the lamb’s book of life before the world ever begun. So, God did not plan in time. HE made the plan in eternity for all the time. Time has a beginning and time will have an end. Even the time of grace has a beginning and shall have an end. Right now we see how the world is groaning, how birth pains are coming upon the earth. We are seeing the end is very near. Because in Matthew 24 our LORD spoke about what would take place before He would return. And then He makes the statement: “When you see all these things come to pass then you know it’s near even at the doors”. And then you continue with Mark chapter 13 where the LORD speaks about the same subject and telling us when all the things He predicted would come to pass we should look up. The same you find written in Luke chapter 21. But beloved, the main point is this: Not only to see how Bible prophecies are being fulfilled with the European Union as the last World Empire coming to power now - With Rome and the Roman Treaty - With the uniting of commercial power, political power, religious power - All the uniting. And we see it. And we have done so in the last few weeks and months we have seen how all the heads of state made their way to the Vatican. All the leaders of the earth make their way there. Because that is where politics are being made for the end time. Not in the USA anymore and not in Russia and not in any other country but here in Central Europe according to Bible prophecy in Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 – we read about what will take place at the end of the time. The fourth Empire will come to World Power and all the other powers will have to submit and give their power to this last power according to Revelation chapter 17 the last five verses. 

Beloved, we have to acknowledge that this is the end of the end time. And not only to see that Bible prophecies are being fulfilled with Israel. And I’m always glad to say this: The Jews returned from 143 countries as the scripture predicted in Isaiah chapter 14, verse 1; in Jeremiah chapter 31 from  verse 1 to 10; in the prophet Ezekiel chapter 36 in verse 24 and as our LORD said in Matthew 24 and also in Luke 21: “When you see the fig tree come back to life again then you know the time is near”. And He said: “This generation shall not pass till all things be fulfilled. “Verily, verily I say unto you” our LORD said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away but my Words shall not pass away”. 

Brothers and sisters, friends all over the earth! I’m here to tell you that the time of grace is ending. Nobody knows the day or the hour but by the fulfilment of Bible prophecies we understand that the time is very near. And therefore the preparation of those who belong to the bride church, the preparation of those who wish to have Matthew 25 fulfilled in the wise virgins who were ready to enter the marriage supper with the bride groom before the door was closed. But after they went in the door was shut. 

Beloved friends! And according to Matthew 24 from verse 45, now the full Word, the spiritual food is being shared with God’s people. And they who are of God will hear the Words of God; they will acknowledge the Word of God to be true and every interpretation thereof to be a lie of the enemy. 

Now, what about restoration? What about returning to God? Being obedient as we read in Romans chapter 1, verse 5 and in Romans 16 the last few verses. The apostle Paul had a ministry not only to preach, not only to teach, not only to baptise but to work obedience among those who believe.

Beloved, this is the time when God’s children must acknowledge God’s Word to be the truth. We must forsake our own ways, our own ideas and return to God and to His Word. We have to start with the ABC. And that is to believe in Christ the way the Scripture says. What good would it do for you to think you will be ready when Christ returns but you are walking in disobedience to God’s Word. You still believe what you wish. You do what you like. You’re walking in the church ways and not in the ways of God’s Holy Word. 

Beloved, I’m an old timer in the kingdom of God. Every church has their own doctrines. Every church believes the way they do but now the time has come for God’s people to believe as the scripture says. And many times I read Romans 3:4: “Let God be true and every man a liar.” How often did I refer to Romans 4, verse 3: “What does the scripture say”? What does the scripture about God - About salvation, about eternal life, about the end time, about the Return of Christ? What does the scripture say? That is what I’m interested to know. 

Beloved, don’t forget to put God in the first place, to respect His Holy Word, to know that there is only one true gospel. Not the many gospels, even the gospel of today that is being preached by so many charismatics. They call it the prosperity gospel. God doesn’t want anybody to preach a prosperity gospel, to become rich in the goods of this world. God wants us to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ which is the power onto salvation to all who believe. And right now is the moment for you not to think but to believe as the scripture says and become obedient to the Word of God walking in the ways of the Word of God, looking up for the redemption that is drawing near. I wish to see you in glory and therefore I must speak God’s Word in such a way to wake up God’s people all over the world. I would be glad to hear from you. May the blessings of Almighty God rest upon you and may your life be worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ our LORD and Saviour. And may obedience come into your life and may you have the true fellowship thru the Holy Spirit is my prayer. God bless you and be with you in Jesus’ Holy Name. Amen.