CIRCULAR LETTER December 2007

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”  (Heb. 13:8)

CIRCULAR LETTER December 2007

We would like to extend special greetings to all of you, Brothers and Sisters, in all countries on every continent, with the passage from 2. Cor. 4:5-6, 

“For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 

This applies to all true servants of God. Not a single one of them ever presented himself; each one of them served the LORD and, at the same time, God’s people according to his calling and commission. The Apostle Peter referred to this and wrote that they were men of God who preached the Word in the power of the Holy Spirit – things the angels desire to look into (1. Pt. 1:12). What a mighty statement! 

In the Scripture quoted in the introduction, there is a reference made to the creation. Our God Who commanded, “ ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light!” is the same One Who brings forth the light in the hearts of the true believers – the light of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

The Apostle Paul further emphasises that the believers have the spirit of faith, which is the only way for them to believe as the Scripture says. It actually states the following in verse 13, “We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak …” This also applies to all servants of God. 

Indeed, it is vitally important for us to believe as the Scripture actually says. The pertinent question is always, “What does the Holy Scripture say?” – “What does the Bible teach?” Any interpretation is the concoction of the enemy, a strange seed, a religious lie. The LORD sows the original Word, as it is written, “… the seed is the Word.” (Mk. 4:14; Lk. 8:11). Meanwhile, Satan, the evil one, is busy sowing the seed of discrepancy and dissension, by introducing his interpretations. Two different seeds grow on the same field: The children of the Kingdom are the good seed (Mt. 13:37-38); the tares, however, are the seed of the wicked one. Both seeds receive the same rain, both enjoy the warmth of the same sun, which shines on the evil and on the good (Mt. 5:45). 

The children of God have the divine nature, the characteristics of Christ, with all the virtues of a born-again individual (Gal. 5:22-24). The children of the wicked one, in contrast, have his evil nature and do his works, the same way it emerged in Cain, whose jealousy, envy and hatred led to fratricide (1. Jn. 3:10-12). The LORD Himself foretold what would happen at the end of the time of grace, “As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mt. 13:40-43). 

God Himself, as we all know, made the promise in Mal. 4:5-6 to send us Elijah the Prophet before the great and dreadful day of the LORD. In Mt. 17:11 and Mk. 9:12 our LORD clarified it for us: “Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.” In accordance with the THUS SAITH THE LORD, through this last prophetic ministry every teaching within the New Testament Church must also be brought back to its original condition. 

The last message that precedes the Return of Christ restores all things and prepares the Church for the final ministry. That message will take the Church back to its original state, in teaching and in life. The hearts of God’s children are being turned back to the faith of the apostolic fathers in the beginning (Acts 2:42). It is the preparation of the overcomers who, at the Return of Christ, will partake in the greatest promise that God made in the Holy Scripture: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Rev. 3:21-22). 

The true Church of Jesus Christ is, “… the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” However, the calling-out from all things which are not in accordance with God or His Word must be completed first. “Wherefore come out from among them – out from all religious systems, also out from ecumenism – and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you …” For what agreement does the temple of God have with idols, what communion does light have with darkness, and what concord does Christ have with Belial or even with the antichrist (2. Cor. 6:14-18)? 

After the appeal for separation and cleansing, the Apostle Paul referred to 2. Sam. 7:14, where it states in regard to the Son of God, “I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son …” (Heb. 1:5). The apostle applied that same promise to all the sons and daughters of God: “And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” (2. Cor. 6:18). 

Through the completed work of Redemption by the Son of God on the cross of Calvary we became sons and daughters of God, as it is written in Gal. 4:5-7 and other Scriptures, “… that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” 

“For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren …” (Heb. 2:10-11). 

“I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.” (Ps. 22:22). 

“Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.” (Jn. 20:17). 

In Rom. 8:14 we read, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” The Spirit of God leads us into all the truth – and the Word is the Truth! Finally, the apostle showed forth that all of creation is longing to be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty promised unto the children of God (Rom. 8:19-25). That is the final goal which God has in mind throughout the entire plan of Salvation. That is what we strive for, and it will all be worth it in the end.