Jesus is the Christ of God and we followers of Christ are not.

John 3:22-36

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• The Gospel of Christ was once shared from one side of the world to the next.
• The purification which Jesus gives is greater than the word of His followers.
• Jesus is God’s Christ, and we are not.
• We rejoice at the voice of Jesus Christ.
• The Spirit of Christ must increase, and we must decrease.
• Jesus Christ is sent from Heaven, but we are of this earth.
• Jesus brings God message to earth, but no one is listening.
• God has given Jesus Christ the fullness of His authority.
• Belief in Jesus Christ brings eternal life, unbelief brings the wrath of God.

The Gospel of Christ was once shared from one side of the world to the next. “After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized.”  “Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. For John had not yet been thrown into prison.” John 3:22-24

John and the disciples of Jesus were baptizing at the same time but in different areas. It would be like one group baptizing on the north side of town and the other group baptizing on the south end of town. With that said, the Holy Scriptures makes it clear that Jesus was not doing water baptisms, “…though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples ” John 4:2 Eventually, John was thrown into prison as a direct result of his ministry and for being “offensive” to the governing power.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ used to be shared from one side of the world to the next, and especially in the United States it was shared from one side of the nation to the other. Followers of Christ were everywhere. After WW2, the New World Order was established and along with forming the United Nations it brought the demise of the Gospel of Christ, as described in Daniel 8.

Today, seventy-seven years after WW2, the Gospel is absent from the churches, non-existent in government law-making, and despised in every sector of society. The United Nations is now establishing its agenda in every nation around the world. Like John the Baptist, the followers of Christ are in a virtual prison to stop the spread of the testimony of Jesus in the present “democratic” society. It won’t be long before Christians are literally jailed for spreading “hate speech,” “propaganda,” and disturbing the peace against the governing authorities.

The governing authorities of today are those who insist that everybody welcomes the thing which forms what we think, feel, and do. It enables the image of the beast to live and speak through a person and as it lives and speaks through a person they are conformed to their place in life. That place in life is their mark in life as they are groomed to the mark of the beast. The Gospel of Christ is offensive to them, and they consider the teachings of the Bible to be filled with hate, bigotry, violence, etc. Actually, they despise the teachings of the Bible because the Spirit of Christ makes us the home of the Holy Spirit and not the home of the thing which forms what we think, do and feel.

The purification which Jesus gives is greater than the word of His followers. “Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification. And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!” ” John 3:25-26

The dispute over purification centered around John’s baptism and those coming to Jesus Christ to receive His baptism. Today, the baptism of Jesus is through the Holy Spirit, and the baptism like John’s is from the word of God. It’s one thing to share the Gospel of Christ for many to hear, but quite another for people to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. We need to be more than just hearers of the testimony of Jesus, but also be doers.

We are the John the Baptists of today and we testify about Jesus Christ as we encourage others to prepare for when Jesus comes back. That preparation is to come to God through Jesus Christ and to receive the Holy Spirit by the remission of sin. We can shower people with the Good News of Jesus and baptize them in the Scripture, but the Holy Spirit comes into each person’s heart by receiving the Lord Jesus. Some Gospel seed falls on hard ground, like a rock being baptized in water, but some Gospel seed falls on good ground like water moisturizing the earth and giving growth to a fruitful tree.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are not in competition with each other about who brings more people to Him. The goal is to bring all people to Jesus and to deflect any glory, honor, or esteem from ourselves. Afterall, there is nothing we can do to fill a person with the purification of the Holy Spirit, only Jesus Christ can do that within a willing heart. In a sense, sharing the Gospel of Christ is water baptism, but the purifying baptism of the Lord Jesus is in the Holy Spirit. As human beings, we cannot purify anyone by sharing the scriptures of the Holy Bible, it is only when people make Jesus a part of their life that they can experience purification. Purification happens when the human spirit mixes with the Spirit of Christ.

The thing which forms what we think, feel, say and do considers purification to be from living by its guidance as it exerts its power over physiology and human nature. As long as it controls what people do, think, feel and say then they consider sin to be under control and purification reached. It requires that everyone allows the image of the beast to live and speak through them, and by what they say and do they are considered acceptable or rejected. The global “democratic” society in cities around the world is built on that type of artificial purification. It eliminates the human spirit, human sentimentality, etc. and hardens people to the Spirit of Christ. It mocks purification by the Holy Spirit, discards the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ, and denies God. It despises the life of Holiness. People are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

It sits itself up as God in the temple of God, our body, as if it were God, “…he opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” That is done by forming what people thinks, feels, does, and says. Click here for a link to the “man of sin”. 2 Thessalonians 2:4

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Jesus is God’s Christ, and we are not. “John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’” John 3:27-28

John the Baptist realized that Jesus Christ was the Son of God sent from Heaven to atone for sin and to infill us with the Holy Spirit by the remission of sin. John also realized that no matter how popular he was and how much dignity, respect, and esteem the people placed on him, he could never replace Jesus Christ. John was sent to let people know to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord Jesus. John plainly told all of his followers that he was not the Christ.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we always point the way to Him and minimize our importance compared to His. We must decrease and He must increase. We clearly say that we are not Jesus Christ nor any type of special prophet at all. We are sinners sharing the Gospel of Christ by God’s grace and mercy. We are in no way the Christ who atones for sin and gives the Holy Spirit. Like John the Baptist, we plainly say that we are only a voice crying out in the wilderness of this world to tell others to prepare for the day of Jesus Christ. Jesus is coming back.

Authority has been given to Jesus from Heaven, and God has made this statement concerning Him,

…and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” 

Matthew 17:5

We rejoice at the voice of Jesus Christ. “He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.” John 3:29

As followers of Jesus, we rejoice that He is the Son of God, we rejoice because we are His sheep who hear His voice, and that voice is heard in the human spirit through the Spirit of Christ. As human beings, Jesus has made it possible for our spirit to be married to the Him through the Holy Spirit. He is the Good Shepherd, and we are His sheep who hear the voice of the Lamb of God with the Spirit of a dove. The sheep do not follow the voice a lion (for obvious reasons), the sheep do not follow the voice of a wolf (for obvious reasons), the sheep do not follow the voice of a bear (for obvious reasons). We are married to the Spirit of Christ, and we rejoice at the voice of the Good Shepherd.

When our spirit is married to Jesus Christ, His voice enables us to make sense of what is happening within us and externally around the world. Through the Spirit and the voice of the Lamb, we know today’s global culture hardens the human spirit to build a wall against marriage to the Spirit of Christ. The goal is to get every person to listen to the voice of the thing which forms what they think, feel, do, and speak. It enables the image of the speak to live and speak through people in every city around the world. They are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. They are not rejoicing for the voice of the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.

The voice the world listens to despises the remission of sin through Jesus Christ and brings mockery to the belief in God while ridiculing the Holy Spirit. It pollutes Holiness by leading by the flesh.

The firs song I learned to play on an alto horn is what is written below,

I come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses;
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,
The Son of God discloses.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own,
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.
(Church Hymn)

The picture below is an alto horn.

The Spirit of Christ must increase, and we must decrease. “He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:30

John the Baptist was very popular and recognized as a prophet sent from God. Even the Pharisees and kings respected John’s popularity and refused to deal with him harshly in fear of causing protests and riots among John’s massive following. However, at the coming of Jesus Christ, John surrendered his standing with the people to acknowledge Jesus as being the Christ sent from God to atone for sin. John was willing to surrender his dignity, esteem, prestige, and social approval to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. John told everyone that he must decrease so that the Lord Jesus would increase.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are the John the Baptist of today as we share about preparing for the return of Jesus Christ. That preparation is done by reconciling to God through Jesus Christ by the remission of sin. Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit to walk in the path of Holiness. In today’s world, the Gospel of Christ and Holiness are so detested that it’s necessary to swallow our pride to allow Jesus Christ to increase within us. Because we believe the Holy Bible and live by the Spirit, this world removes social approval from us, tears down our dignity, runs down our self-esteem, and removes any resemblance of honor or prestige from us. We have to consider the testimony of Jesus Christ to be more important than the negativity we receive in this world.

This world spends a lot of time on using human dignity, esteem, and social approval to groom people to the thing which forms what we think, feel, do, and speak. It enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people and by what they say and do, the human creature is given more dignity and prestige than God the Creator. By making people feel important and wanted, people are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

Lonely years I had nothing
My life had no meaning
‘Til I heard about Calvary
Then I knelt down in prayer
And my Lord met me there

Now Jesus, He’s living in me
He’s in my feet when I’m walking
In my tongue when I’m talking
In my eyes, and now I can see
He’s in the songs that I’m singing
In my heart, His joy is ringing
Jesus is living in me
(Church Song)

Jesus Christ is sent from Heaven, but we are of this earth.  “He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.” John 3:31

Every human being has originated from the earth, as God created everyone from the dust of the ground. The woman was not created from the dust of the ground but was created from the rib of the man, making her the creation of an earthly source. It is the earthly creation which succumbed to sin by disobedience to God.

Jesus Christ was not created from the dust of the earth and is not a creation of the earthly flesh. Jesus was formed by the Spirit of God within the womb of a woman through the virgin birth. That is how God sent Jesus to earth to live among the earthly creation as the Son of God. Jesus was made flesh to be able to bring the message of God’s plan of redemption to human beings in words and behaviors which could be seen and heard. In the flesh, He was sinless to make atonement for sin as the spotless Lamb of God. Whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

The Lord Jesus Christ is above all earthly creation because He came from Heaven to bring God’s message and to atone for sin, as quoted, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 Jesus spoke of heavenly things, such as eternal life in the Paradise of God, the Kingdom of God within us, the need to be reconciled to God by the remission of sin, the infilling of the Holy Spirit, and of the judgment to come after the grave.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are of the earthly nature and marred with sin but devoted to making Jesus the Lord of our life. As imperfect sinners, we are merely sharing the testimony of Jesus Christ which was given to us to share with the world. It is up to others to believe in the word of God, to live for Jesus Christ, and to look to Him as the Son of God who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. As earthly human beings, it is not our word we ask others to believe, it is not us we ask others to look to for their Salvation, and we are not asking others to live their life by following us.

Heaven came down and glory filled my soul
When at the cross my Savior made me whole
My sins were washed away
And my night was turned to day
When heaven came down and glory filled my soul
(Church Song)

Jesus brings God message to earth, but no one is listening. “And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.” John 3:32-33

The message Jesus Christ has heard and seen is what He brought to light for all the world to hear and see. That message is this, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 This world does not receive the testimony of Jesus Christ. They mock the existence of God, mock the need for the remission of sin trough Jesus Christ, and mocks the presence of the Holy Spirit. They detest the life of Holiness.

I have received the testimony of Jesus Christ, and I can certify that God is true. He has changed my entire life. I don’t win any social approval points for living for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in fact I have practically nothing in this world. Eight billion people are in the world and Jesus is the only one I can turn to for warmth, love, compassion, and mercy.

The whole world lives for the thing which forms what they think, feel, do, and say as it enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. They are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

It was granted to it to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given it over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship it, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 13:7-8

The names of those who do receive the testimony of Jesus are written in the Lamb’s book of life. We believe God, acknowledge the need for the remission of sin through Jesus, and welcome the Holy Spirit.

God has given Jesus Christ the fullness of His authority. “For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. ” John 3:34-35

God has given into the hand of Jesus Christ the authority to forgive sins, which is a power which only God is known to have, as quoted below,

And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

(Jesus) said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 

But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Mark 2:6-12

All the fullness of the Spirit of God embodies Jesus Christ and the Lord Jesus spoke every word according to His Father God. Jesus is the only person in the history of humanity to whom God has given all authority. When we come to Jesus Christ we are coming to God. Jesus Christ died on the Cross to make atonement for sin, God raised Him from the dead after three days, and now He sits at the most powerful place that has ever existed, at the right hand of God. The Father loves the Son.

Today, there is a thing which seems to have authority over all things, but it is not loved by God. It has power over physiology, but it manipulates the thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors of people against God. It enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people and by what they say and do they mock the existence of God, mock the need for the remission of sin through Jesus, and mocks the presence of the Holy Spirit. It despises Holiness. God does not love it because it conforms people to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

We know God does not love the global government nor the global culture it created. We already see a major judgment coming against it. Global warming is that judgment. Global warming is of the Fourth Plague as mentioned in Revelation 16:8-9. The intensity of global warming is increasing hand-in-hand with the increase of power and authority of the global government (United Nations). Global warming is instrumental in bringing an end the power center of the beast of the Fifth Plague (Revelation 16:10-11). That renders the global culture powerless and ushers in the Battle of Armageddon f the Sixth Plague (Revelation 16:12-16). Jesus Christ comes back after that.

Belief in Jesus Christ brings eternal life, unbelief brings the wrath of God.  “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3:36

When we see the events of unbelief unfolding in the world today, it’s comforting to believers in Jesus Christ to know there is a great reward for our faithfulness to His testimony. We have eternal life in the new heaven and earth where the New Jerusalem is created. The truth is clearly seen that those who do not believe in the Son of God, Jesus Christ, has the wrath of God sitting on them.

1. Because of unbelief, the global government of the beast came into existence, which operates through the United Nations. It was established immediately after WW2 as described in Daniel 8. and also described in Revelation 17. For its authority and power, it relies on the thing which forms what a person thinks, feels, says and does. The wrath of God is upon the global government of the beast.
2. Because of unbelief, the global government believes the thing which forms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors is the way to a “democratic” society of peace and harmony. The United Nations has based its global agenda and global constitution on its presence. It sits itself up as God in the temple of God, our body, as if it were God. It does that by forming what we think, feel, say and do. The wrath of God is upon it.
3. Because of unbelief, the world government requires the masses in every city around the world to allow the image of the beast to speak and live through them by welcoming the thing which forms what they think, feel, and do. As it lives and speaks through people, they are conformed to their place in life, their mark in life. They are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. The wrath of God is upon the government of the image and mark of the beast.
4. Because of unbelief, the global government derives its power through those who allow the image of the beast to live and speak through them. The masses in every city around the world welcome the thing which forms what they say, do, think, and feel. They are the driving force causing nations to change their culture and laws to conform to the global goals of the United Nations. They blaspheme God, discard the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ, and trample on the Holy Spirit. The wrath of God comes against the global culture.
5. Because of unbelief, global warming is walking hand-in-hand with the progression of the global government. Global warming is mentioned in Revelation 16:8-9 and is the Fourth Plague. After global warming, then comes the destruction of the power center of the beast (the Fifth Plague Revelation 16:10-11). That means the thing which has power over thoughts, feelings, and words behaviors will not be functioning, which means the image of the beast will not be functioning, which means the mark of the beast will not functioning. After that, comes the Battle of Armageddon (Sixth Plague) which is mentioned in Revelation 16:12-16. After that comes the Day of the Lord Jesus Christ, He is coming back! That is detailed in the Seventh Plague (Revelation 16:17-21 and is when the Seventh trumpet blows (Revelation 11:15-19).

Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

Revelation 16:8-11

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11