Conviction and Confession

[Carl Emerson]

Hi there,

I would appreciate a good discussion around this topic.

I tried a few days ago but I seem to strike a nerve and the discussion went South.

First can we agree on a biblical understanding of what conviction is in the life of the believer.

Second can we explore whether confession without conviction is fruitful.

It seems that branches of the church are resistant to the idea of the Holy Spirit working in individual hearts and prefer to emphasise the conviction of the corporate Body.

Some churches are heavy on confession but de-emphasise the need for individual conviction.

Lastly if someone claims I am in sin - how should I go about determining if this is so.

Personally I am very strong on trusting God to speak to me about such matters.

Paul in 1 Cor 4 seems to indicate He does not allow the judgements of others to affect him in fact does not even indulge in self judgement. This is because at the end of the day God alone knows the heart.

As a young believer I was told 'no fishing' regarding trying to work out matters in my life but trust God to bring such to the light.

Input greatly appreciated.

 

[Jeshu]

i think religion has captivated many believers telling them how to serve God, but in light of biblical prophecy such is not the right way to go about learning about the love of God in Christ, for Christ Himself ought teach us.
Jeremiah 31:34
"No longer will they teach their neighbour, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

Jesus' Spirit is The living word inside our hearts. Just as God did for Moses, He does for us.
"He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.

Like Peter tells us about the living word preached to us.
"For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God."

i know receiving The Spirit of The Lord teaches us all things, also when we are wrong, by bringing the truth to light. Those who walk in the Spirit of God are truth lovers.
John 14:15-17
“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."

This promises is the fulfilment of this prophecy.
Isaiah 30:21
"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

About personal sin. i know all sin leads to death and is therefore always detectable in the light of The Spirit of love, truth and light living within us, regardless of what everyone else says about that, for our inner love in Christ's truth begins to die if we stay stained by sin for our spirit is no longer pure.

If i'm uncertain if sin sticks to me, i read the letter from Jude. He puts a nice light on the nature of sin lovers dwelling in the human heart.

Jude
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James,

To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:


Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.


Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.


Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgement on the great Day. In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.


In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings. But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you! Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.


Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.


These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.


Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These people are grumblers and fault-finders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.


But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.


But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.


Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.


To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Saviour be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and for evermore! Amen.

 

[spiritfilledjm]

Hi there,

I would appreciate a good discussion around this topic.

I tried a few days ago but I seem to strike a nerve and the discussion went South.

First can we agree on a biblical understanding of what conviction is in the life of the believer.

Second can we explore whether confession without conviction is fruitful.

It seems that branches of the church are resistant to the idea of the Holy Spirit working in individual hearts and prefer to emphasise the conviction of the corporate Body.

Some churches are heavy on confession but de-emphasise the need for individual conviction.

Lastly if someone claims I am in sin - how should I go about determining if this is so.

Personally I am very strong on trusting God to speak to me about such matters.

Paul in 1 Cor 4 seems to indicate He does not allow the judgements of others to affect him in fact does not even indulge in self judgement. This is because at the end of the day God alone knows the heart.

As a young believer I was told 'no fishing' regarding trying to work out matters in my life but trust God to bring such to the light.

Input greatly appreciated.

As far as confession goes, one should always have at least one person they can go to. Airing out one's feelings and thoughts to someone they can trust is an absolute must. Unfortunately, the one who is least likely to have that person is the one that everyone goes to, their pastor. Christianity is not meant to be done by oneself or superficially. Yes, we need to gather as a corporate body but we also need to gather together with 2 or 3.

Sin...conviction...that is always a fun topic. I see why your last attempt at a conversation went south even though I didn't actually see it or participate in it. Anyways, I believe that if the Bible says it is sin, it is sin. Especially if it is listed black and white in the New Testament. If a brother tries to confront you on something that they believe is a sin, has scripture from the New Testament and the Old to back it up, then you should, at the very least, spend time with God in prayer with this specific issue. Even if it's not, and the brother is very convicted and you go over why it's not but they still feel that whatever you are doing is a sin, then don't do it around them. For whatever reason they are convicted that it is a sin in their own heart and if that be the case, they shouldn't do it either and we, being loving siblings in Christ, should avoid whatever action it is when we are with them just so we don't hurt them.

Definitely follow Paul's lead and don't allow judgement to hurt you. A lot of times when people feel it is judgment, it is truly meant to be love from the person.

 

[com7fy8]

From your other thread >

Say a friend claims you have sinned - do you confess on the basis of his claim?

I would examine the claim for its merit.

In my past, someone could tell me I was wrong, somehow, but I would be in denial and it could be years or decades later before I would discover I indeed was wrong. And correction would be in connection with how I need to be loving, instead.

So, now, when ones tell me something is wrong about me . . . I might pray for God to make me clear.

So, no I would not confess to something, just because someone says so, but now I am more ready right away to be quiet, in order for God to get through to me, however He pleases. And I might get that indeed I am wrong, or that the person is off, somehow.

So, Carl . . . I have to consider that there is something to what Paidiske is saying, here . . . so you can go uphill . . . north But heading north should not get you colder if you are in New Zealand; because going north will get you closer to the Equator!

On the other hand > what if my standards of right from wrong are not Biblical? I can be examining incorrectly.

 

[dqhall]

Hi there,

I would appreciate a good discussion around this topic.

I tried a few days ago but I seem to strike a nerve and the discussion went South.

First can we agree on a biblical understanding of what conviction is in the life of the believer.

Second can we explore whether confession without conviction is fruitful.

It seems that branches of the church are resistant to the idea of the Holy Spirit working in individual hearts and prefer to emphasise the conviction of the corporate Body.

Some churches are heavy on confession but de-emphasise the need for individual conviction.

Lastly if someone claims I am in sin - how should I go about determining if this is so.

Personally I am very strong on trusting God to speak to me about such matters.

Paul in 1 Cor 4 seems to indicate He does not allow the judgements of others to affect him in fact does not even indulge in self judgement. This is because at the end of the day God alone knows the heart.

As a young believer I was told 'no fishing' regarding trying to work out matters in my life but trust God to bring such to the light.

Input greatly appreciated.

I expect confession is giving an accurate account about what one has done and often in a negative context. One example is confessing having drank too much alcohol. The car was smashed. Confession alone can not make right. Repentance provides for it not to happen again.

As for conviction, it could be a court of law finds someone guilty of a crime, or liable in a civil suit. The court is not always wrong.

Jesus was falsely accused and convicted of trying to make himself king (treason). Conviction does not always prove guilt. The court of Pilate made a mistake in convicting Jesus after a request from the chief priests (of the Sanhedrin) and protests from the crowd. Pilate was not allowed to execute someone for blasphemy against the Jewish religion.

 

[com7fy8]

First can we agree on a biblical understanding of what conviction is in the life of the believer.

It is when God convinces you how you are wrong, but this comes along with God showing you . . . encouraging you . . . how His correction brings us to better loving with Him. You see what is wrong, you see what He desires to do with us, instead.

Of course, God sees more than we can, of how we have been wrong and how He will have us loving in sharing with Him because of His correction.

And then is when there is a different kind of conviction . . . having us realize how better we are with God in loving, than how we were while in the wrong stuff. So, there is conviction while I am wrong, then conviction to confirm that by showing how stupid and inferior it was, in comparison with how now we are enjoying the LORD and appreciating loving people.

 

[com7fy8]

Now I see how conviction is not only meant to isolate you about your own sins. God is about us becoming family with Him and one another; so His conviction is meant to bring each person into sharing as family, not staying isolated with one's own sins and criticizing them.

So, Carl . . . if you are with people confessing how "we" have sinned, this might help you to become more alive to the fact that we in Jesus are together with one another, in however we need to be convicted and confess. All of us can be wrong, somehow. So, this is what you can get out of a communal confession.

One form I hear is something like, "we have sinned in deed and by not doing what we should have done" . . . something like this. So, I should be getting convicted somehow, about what I have not done, whether I hear this again and again or not > repetition can't stop the Holy Spirit from using it, somehow > I don't think the LORD will merely have you sitting there and comparing yourself with others. Or else, it is not good for you; and why would God have you there and not use what there is??

But, again . . . what do people have in mind, when they confess their sins? They could be leaving out things it is not popular now to say are wrong. Plus, how about how God's word says to relate with God and how to relate with other children of God and how to care about any and all evil people? When ones confess there are things they have not done, do they mean they have not controlled their desire for chocolate? Do they mean they have not turned the TV off after only an hour?

Or, are we talking about how we have not forgiven the way Jesus on the cross has forgiven us? > "even as God in Christ forgave you," our Apostle Paul says, in Ephesians 4:31-32. Are we talking about how we have not loved people and their soldiers of other countries, caring about them as we care about our own selves in prayer?

I would say it depends on what each one is confessing, then; and you could have an adventure talking with each member, to discover who each person really is and what he or she is processing during the confessing. I offer > if you have real Christians in your church, you will get convicted by things they share with you about what was going on in them while you supposed they were doing superficial confession.

 

[com7fy8]

Second can we explore whether confession without conviction is fruitful.

Well, if I confess what I really know is a sin, I must have been convicted somehow that it is a sin.

What matters is if God is encouraging my attention to what is better than that sinning, and if God is correcting me in my character (Hebrews 12:4-14) so I am "healed" (James 5:16) of what has made me keep on being available to that sinning.

 

[com7fy8]

It seems that branches of the church are resistant to the idea of the Holy Spirit working in individual hearts and prefer to emphasise the conviction of the corporate Body.

Some churches are heavy on confession but de-emphasise the need for individual conviction.

Well, you are talking about "branches" of a lot of people. I do not think you can efficiently find out what is true about every person in a large branch of people. And you should know, by now, how a human has a tendency to connect with ones who somehow confirm how that person is ready to see things . . . right? So, it is possible you have talked to or listened to only so many people of a group . . . perhaps ones who do not speak for everybody. Even official leaders might be so in your face, but they do not speak for everyone in a group, do they?

So, I have to ask you how many individuals you have really gotten to know, in order to talk about whole branches of people.

In my Catholic background, we had individual confession with a priest, and we were told to do our own confessing in prayer and right before communion. So, confession was indeed individual. But, on the other hand, I went to Saturday confession regularly for some years, and I often was the only person there, of a church with hundreds of members, I would say.

And I have been in a service where ones said a confession with each other, then I think they would pause so each of us could deal with our own personal sins. And then came the communion.

A point to consider, with corporate repetition confession, is maybe it is meant to prepare people as a group for the communion. So, it is not intended, perhaps, to deal with more deep and personal confessing . . . with correction . . . at that time.

But, again, I think a real issue is, what do people consider to be sins?? There are ones who appear to be ok with very wrong things, and so they might confess what suits their fancy. Meanwhile, also there is the matter of sins which are degrading and socially destructive . . . in how we relate; but relational and emotional sinning are left off the list. But eating too much chocolate and letting the doggie pee the rug because you were watching football all day might get confessed, while hurting people with your arguing and getting drunk with worry might not make it to the confession list.

 

[Carl Emerson]

Hey, thanks for some excellent comments.

On a personal note I have been told I come across too harsh, yet folks can come back even years later and thank me for what I said.

As a result we have few friends but the ones that we have are very close.

I do believe in being straight up and sadly it can result in 'faithful are the wounds of a friend'

But we are more and more under pressure to become PC in our churches never to offend, and always to be inclusive.

I think this is because of Govt. applying pressure under the label of 'hate speech' quietly dictating how we must act.

This may in future have serious effect on confessions - priests/church leaders may be compelled by law to break confidences concerning personal disclosures.

I think this is why branches of the church have embraced 'new morality' to avoid being censured.

There is no place for 'righteous anger' and this is part of the disempowerment the church.

However in all of this I have been called to a liturgical church in which I have seen the river of revival flow through as have the leaders. I have great respect for our minister, we are excited to be there.

 

[SANTOSO]

Hi there,

I would appreciate a good discussion around this topic.

I tried a few days ago but I seem to strike a nerve and the discussion went South.

First can we agree on a biblical understanding of what conviction is in the life of the believer.

Second can we explore whether confession without conviction is fruitful.

It seems that branches of the church are resistant to the idea of the Holy Spirit working in individual hearts and prefer to emphasise the conviction of the corporate Body.

Some churches are heavy on confession but de-emphasise the need for individual conviction.

Lastly if someone claims I am in sin - how should I go about determining if this is so.

Personally I am very strong on trusting God to speak to me about such matters.

Paul in 1 Cor 4 seems to indicate He does not allow the judgements of others to affect him in fact does not even indulge in self judgement. This is because at the end of the day God alone knows the heart.

As a young believer I was told 'no fishing' regarding trying to work out matters in my life but trust God to bring such to the light.

Input greatly appreciated.

Beloved one, I heard your concern:
“First can we agree on a biblical understanding of what conviction is in the life of the believer.”

This is what we have heard :
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. -1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV

If we look on New King James translation:
“For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.”
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So full conviction is much assurance. What conviction or assurance? in much assurance, as we know what kind of men apostles were among us for our sake.

How we should perceive what kind of men apostles were among us for our sake ?
This is what we have heard:

“But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts. For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness—God is witness. Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. So, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us. For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe; as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.”
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭2:4-12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

This is what assurance should be impressed on our hearts and that we should confess with our mouths:

But apostles have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so apostles speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests their hearts. For neither at any time did they use flattering words, as we know, nor a cloak for covetousness—God is witness. Nor did apostles seek glory from men, either from us or from others, when apostles might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But apostles were gentle among us, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. So, affectionately longing for us, apostles were well pleased to impart to us not only the gospel of God, but also apostles’ own lives, because we had become dear to apostles. For we remember, as apostles’brethren, apostles labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that apostles might not be a burden to any of us, apostles preached to us the gospel of God. We are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly apostles behaved themselves among us who believe; as we know how apostles exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of us, as a father does his own children, that we would walk worthy of God who calls us into His own kingdom and glory.
( reference from ‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭2:4-12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬)

So beloved one, consider what apostle Paul have said:

“For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.”
‭‭II Timothy‬ ‭1:12-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, for this reason we also suffer these things, that we confessed according to I Thessalonians‬ ‭2:4-12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬.
Beloved one, that we confessed according to I Thessalonians‬ ‭2:4-12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ — we
hold fast the pattern of sound words which we have heard from apostles.
Beloved one, that we confessed according to I Thessalonians‬ ‭2:4-12‬ ‭NKJV, that is, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
So the full conviction or much assurance in the life of the believer, that is in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

Thereafter, we heard after I Thessalonians‬ ‭2:4-12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ :

“And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe.”
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭1:6-7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

And so we became followers of holy apostles and of the Lord Jesus Christ, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, so that we became examples to all in every place who believe.

So the full conviction or much assurance, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit.

For we heard:
“And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.”
‭‭John‬ ‭16:8-11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Likewise, we heard:
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.””
‭‭Acts‬ ‭1:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, let us trust that we received the power of the Spirit of His words when the Holy Spirit has come upon us, let us bear witness to Christ our Lord in all places on earth.

Beloved one, let us bear witness that they may believe in Christ, for this is the conviction or assurance, that they may be saved from sin.

Beloved one, let us bear witness that Christ who was sent by the Heavenly Father has been resurrected, that they may be assured or convicted of God’s righteousness through faith in Christ Jesus.

Beloved one, let us bear witness that God is just, because the ruler of this world is judged.

And that we heard:
“For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.”
‭‭John‬ ‭5:22-23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, let us bear witness that God is just, that the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father.

Beloved one, in the life of as believers, let us bear witness to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ did not come to them in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as they know what kind of men we were among them for their sake.

Beloved one, remember what we have been told:
“I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Therefore I urge you, imitate me. For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.”
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭4:14-17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, for in Christ Jesus the apostles became our fathers through the gospel.
Therefore the apostles urge us to imitate them. So as faithful ministers of God, let us remind others of the apostles’ way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what the apostles teach everywhere in every church.

To God be glory and thanksgiving through Christ Jesus. Amen.

 

[SANTOSO]

Beloved one, you are concerned:
“Second can we explore whether confession without conviction is fruitful.
It seems that branches of the church are resistant to the idea of the Holy Spirit working in individual hearts and prefer to emphasise the conviction of the corporate Body.
Some churches are heavy on confession but de-emphasise the need for individual conviction.”

Beloved one, confession without conviction of the heart, actually, our Lord have said:

“‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15:8-9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So those who made confession without conviction of heart, they worshipped the Lord in vain ! Our Lord have said that they are teaching the commandments of men.

Beloved one, if you said that there are that branches of the church are resistant to the idea of the Holy Spirit working in individual hearts and prefer to emphasise the conviction of the corporate Body, consider this :

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. -Galatians 4:28
But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. -Galatians 4:29
But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman." -Galatians 4:30
So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman. -Galatians 4:31

Beloved one, the branch that you said in the church are resistant to the idea of the Holy Spirit working in individual hearts and prefer to emphasise the conviction of the corporate Body, are the branch that prosecute those who were born according to the Spirit.

Likewise, we also heard :
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. -1 Corinthians 12:27

So beloved one, the branch that want to separate the body of Christ from individual members of it, are not of Christ.

What you should consider doing:
“Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain. Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage), to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭2:1-5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, imitate apostle and faithful ministers of God who did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with
the called out ones.

May the Spirit of revelation be with you as you preach the gospel of truth. To God be glory, honor, power and praise. Amen