Peace in Christ.
Again, we are to come out from among them….from among the man-based churches…and be separate…and not be attached (“touch not”) to the unclean….the unclean dead church body that will not believe in what they will hear Him saying via the Spirit of Truth.
2Co 6:16-18
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are 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.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
This is the “holy commandment” that is delivered to us to keep. “Holy”= “to be separate” for sanctification. Do not turn away from it. Remember Lot’s wife. Don't look back.
This is the way of righteousness that we must go in. This is the way that leads to His life to be made manifest in our mortal flesh….the revealing of the Son of man to the people of the world so that they can be saved. They will then see His light shine through us.
2Pe 2:20-21 KJV
(20) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
(21) For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
We are to “awake” from our “sleep” and arise OUT OF THE DEAD ONES (the man-based churches) and Christ shall give us light.
We can then shine His light towards the people of the outside world who are sitting in deep darkness (because the man-based churches have NO LIGHT shining in them and the glory of God does not appear over them.) We have NO LIGHT while we are sitting in the man-based churches where the glory of God does not appear.
Eph 5:14
(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead (OUT of the dead ones), and Christ shall give thee light.
What does light have in communion with darkness? The man-based churches will not believe in what they will hear Him saying and will remain in darkness. We must separate from them as the light is separated from the darkness.
2Co 6:14-15
(14) Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
(15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel (unbeliever)?
The people of the man-based churches will persecute us for believing in the Word of Truth and leaving them…but we are to follow (pursue) peace with all.
We are to pursue “holiness”…our sanctification…without which no man shall SEE THE LORD.
The people of the outside world will not see His life shine in us if we do not come out from among the man-based churches and be separate. This separateness is for our purification.
Heb 12:13-14
(13) And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
(14) Follow peace with all men, and holiness (Greek: hagiasmos = purification) , without which no man shall see the Lord:
We must not keep company (being members of) with them (with harlot churches) or we are “one body”….one flesh…with them in their mortal destruction. This is the “fornication” we must flee from.
1Co 6:15-20 KJV
(15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
(16) What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
(17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
(18) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
This is our “sanctification”…our HOLINESS...that we abstain (hold oneself off) from “fornication.” The same Greek word for “holiness” in Hebrews 12:14 also appears here in 1st Thessalonians 4:3
“hagiasmos” - properly purification, that is, (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier: - holiness, sanctification.
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We must come out from among the man-based churches and be completely separate...for our sanctification.
1Th 4:2-4
(2) For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
(3) For this is the will of God, even your sanctification (Greek: hagiasmos) , that ye should abstain from fornication:
(4) That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
They will persecute us when we leave them for His sake and the gospel’s….the truth of the gospel of which they will not believe in when they will hear it.
We must leave our church “family” we were once part of….but they will persecute us when we do. We must follow peace at all times….being faithful to His death by not returning evil for their evil…not returning their threatening with threatening….not reviling them when they will revile us.
Mar 10:29-30
(29) And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
(30) But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the coming age, age-lasting life.
A man’s foes shall be they of his own household…his own “church” family that he once was part of. He that loves his church family more than Him is not worthy of Him…not worthy of His life being made manifest in their mortal flesh.
Mat 10:36-39 KJV
(36) And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
(37) He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
We must follow peace with all people and follow Him out. We must not render evil for their evil when we follow Him out of the man-based churches. We must take our cross and be faithful unto His death by not returning evil for their persecutions of us.
(38) And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
He that finds his “life”..that is, SOUL…shall lose it. He that loses his soul for His sake shall find it.
(39) He that findeth his life (SOUL) shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
We shall be persecuted for leaving the man-based churches for His sake and the gospel’s.
Our SOULS shall be troubled…but we must patiently endure. Do not be fearful and “draw back” to their churches when being persecuted.
Whoever shall seek to “find his soul” by giving up and going back to their churches to avoid their persecutions, will lose it.
The fearful will “draw back” to their churches to avoid persecutions (trying to save their soul from their persecutions)…but they will draw back unto “perdition.”
Let us instead patiently endure their persecutions….losing our souls rather than try to save them by giving up and going back to their churches in order to save it from being troubled by their persecutions.
Heb 10:38-39 KJV
(38) Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
(39) But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
After we have done the will of God, we shall receive the Promise.....the promise of His presence. Our body shall reveal the Son of man to the outside world so that it can "see" the Lord through us and be saved. For after a little while (while we are being persecuted), He that IS COMING shall arrive. His life shall be made manifest in our mortal flesh...and our souls shall rejoice immensely.
Heb 10:35-37
(35) Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
(36) For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
(37) For yet a little while, and he IS COMING shall arrive, and will NOT DELAY.
For "a little while" we shall endure their persecutions which shall be the "trial of our faith". We shall endure "manifold temptations" to return evil for their evil...but we must resist by the keeping of His daily sacrifice. We must endure so that we might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
We shall then receive the completion of our faith....His arriving presence in our mortal bodies to be revealed outwardly in our mortal flesh. Then, our souls shall be "saved" as we shall no longer be troubled by the persecutions of those we had left behind.
1Pe 1:6-9 KJV
(6) Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
(7) That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
(8) Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
(9) Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Don't think it "strange" concerning their fiery trial of persecutions of us when we leave the man-based churches. We should instead REJOICE as we are then made partakers of Christ's sufferings so that WHEN His glory SHALL BE REVEALED, we shall be glad with exceeding joy. His glory shall be revealed in our mortal bodies in the here-and-now.....after a "little while" so that we may partake of His sufferings in the persecutions of us done by the man-based churches we leave behind.
1Pe 4:12-14 KJV
(12) Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
(13) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
(14) If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Again, we are to come out from among them….from among the man-based churches…and be separate…and not be attached (“touch not”) to the unclean….the unclean dead church body that will not believe in what they will hear Him saying via the Spirit of Truth.
2Co 6:16-18
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are 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.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
This is the “holy commandment” that is delivered to us to keep. “Holy”= “to be separate” for sanctification. Do not turn away from it. Remember Lot’s wife. Don't look back.
This is the way of righteousness that we must go in. This is the way that leads to His life to be made manifest in our mortal flesh….the revealing of the Son of man to the people of the world so that they can be saved. They will then see His light shine through us.
2Pe 2:20-21 KJV
(20) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
(21) For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
We are to “awake” from our “sleep” and arise OUT OF THE DEAD ONES (the man-based churches) and Christ shall give us light.
We can then shine His light towards the people of the outside world who are sitting in deep darkness (because the man-based churches have NO LIGHT shining in them and the glory of God does not appear over them.) We have NO LIGHT while we are sitting in the man-based churches where the glory of God does not appear.
Eph 5:14
(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead (OUT of the dead ones), and Christ shall give thee light.
What does light have in communion with darkness? The man-based churches will not believe in what they will hear Him saying and will remain in darkness. We must separate from them as the light is separated from the darkness.
2Co 6:14-15
(14) Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
(15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel (unbeliever)?
The people of the man-based churches will persecute us for believing in the Word of Truth and leaving them…but we are to follow (pursue) peace with all.
We are to pursue “holiness”…our sanctification…without which no man shall SEE THE LORD.
The people of the outside world will not see His life shine in us if we do not come out from among the man-based churches and be separate. This separateness is for our purification.
Heb 12:13-14
(13) And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
(14) Follow peace with all men, and holiness (Greek: hagiasmos = purification) , without which no man shall see the Lord:
We must not keep company (being members of) with them (with harlot churches) or we are “one body”….one flesh…with them in their mortal destruction. This is the “fornication” we must flee from.
1Co 6:15-20 KJV
(15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
(16) What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
(17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
(18) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
This is our “sanctification”…our HOLINESS...that we abstain (hold oneself off) from “fornication.” The same Greek word for “holiness” in Hebrews 12:14 also appears here in 1st Thessalonians 4:3
“hagiasmos” - properly purification, that is, (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier: - holiness, sanctification.
.
We must come out from among the man-based churches and be completely separate...for our sanctification.
1Th 4:2-4
(2) For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
(3) For this is the will of God, even your sanctification (Greek: hagiasmos) , that ye should abstain from fornication:
(4) That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
They will persecute us when we leave them for His sake and the gospel’s….the truth of the gospel of which they will not believe in when they will hear it.
We must leave our church “family” we were once part of….but they will persecute us when we do. We must follow peace at all times….being faithful to His death by not returning evil for their evil…not returning their threatening with threatening….not reviling them when they will revile us.
Mar 10:29-30
(29) And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
(30) But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the coming age, age-lasting life.
A man’s foes shall be they of his own household…his own “church” family that he once was part of. He that loves his church family more than Him is not worthy of Him…not worthy of His life being made manifest in their mortal flesh.
Mat 10:36-39 KJV
(36) And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
(37) He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
We must follow peace with all people and follow Him out. We must not render evil for their evil when we follow Him out of the man-based churches. We must take our cross and be faithful unto His death by not returning evil for their persecutions of us.
(38) And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
He that finds his “life”..that is, SOUL…shall lose it. He that loses his soul for His sake shall find it.
(39) He that findeth his life (SOUL) shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
We shall be persecuted for leaving the man-based churches for His sake and the gospel’s.
Our SOULS shall be troubled…but we must patiently endure. Do not be fearful and “draw back” to their churches when being persecuted.
Whoever shall seek to “find his soul” by giving up and going back to their churches to avoid their persecutions, will lose it.
The fearful will “draw back” to their churches to avoid persecutions (trying to save their soul from their persecutions)…but they will draw back unto “perdition.”
Let us instead patiently endure their persecutions….losing our souls rather than try to save them by giving up and going back to their churches in order to save it from being troubled by their persecutions.
Heb 10:38-39 KJV
(38) Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
(39) But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
After we have done the will of God, we shall receive the Promise.....the promise of His presence. Our body shall reveal the Son of man to the outside world so that it can "see" the Lord through us and be saved. For after a little while (while we are being persecuted), He that IS COMING shall arrive. His life shall be made manifest in our mortal flesh...and our souls shall rejoice immensely.
Heb 10:35-37
(35) Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
(36) For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
(37) For yet a little while, and he IS COMING shall arrive, and will NOT DELAY.
For "a little while" we shall endure their persecutions which shall be the "trial of our faith". We shall endure "manifold temptations" to return evil for their evil...but we must resist by the keeping of His daily sacrifice. We must endure so that we might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
We shall then receive the completion of our faith....His arriving presence in our mortal bodies to be revealed outwardly in our mortal flesh. Then, our souls shall be "saved" as we shall no longer be troubled by the persecutions of those we had left behind.
1Pe 1:6-9 KJV
(6) Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
(7) That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
(8) Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
(9) Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Don't think it "strange" concerning their fiery trial of persecutions of us when we leave the man-based churches. We should instead REJOICE as we are then made partakers of Christ's sufferings so that WHEN His glory SHALL BE REVEALED, we shall be glad with exceeding joy. His glory shall be revealed in our mortal bodies in the here-and-now.....after a "little while" so that we may partake of His sufferings in the persecutions of us done by the man-based churches we leave behind.
1Pe 4:12-14 KJV
(12) Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
(13) But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
(14) If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
