CONCEPT OF GOD'S JUDGMENT

 

CONCEPT OF  JUDGMENT

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad”. 2 Corinthians 5:16.

Judgment basically is accountability to God at the final day. There is certainly going to be a day when we shall all appear before the judgment seat of God where we shall give account to God for all things we have ever done, good or evil. There and then God will hold us accountable for the good and or evil deed that that we ever did whilst were on earth. It is accountability of whatever we did with our body or in our body or which we were alive in this body.

“For God shall bring every work into judgment with every recent secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:14. In judgment God is going to reward righteousness and punish sin as well. “and behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be”. Revelation 22:12

For everything that we have ever done God will bring it into account at the judgment because there is a hundred percent records of our deeds in God’s book. “and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works”. Revelation 20:12

Judgment therefore is the design of God to punish sinners and also to reward the righteous. “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15”. God’s judgment for the unrepentant is to be condemned to eternal fire of destruction. In judgment we discover the terror of the Lord against the disobedient and the devil.

“Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men (people)”. 2 Corinthians 5:11. This shows that God gives out judgment in fury, although he is a merciful God. However, at the judgment it is a terrifying scene, because then the time of mercy has exhausted. God’s judgment without mercy will be at the end of the world and especially the judgment day.

Dreams ,Their Meanings And Effects

 

Dreams  ,Their Meanings  And Effects  

A dream is a night vision, it is usually the journey of your soul or spirit in the spiritual rheam . Dreams are the spiritual reality of life that should not be taken for granted, in that they play a significant role in one's destiny. 

Most dreams are usually a revelation of what is  happening in  one's spirit that can actually materialise  one day in one's real life . Dreams are also a demonic reality  that is revealed to one's inner  being .

Demonic reality is what the satanic agents like witches are doing, or have done  in your life .Mostly ,they are things to come or what is actually happening. 

Dreams can fall into different categories depending on the nature of the  dream and their significance .

Prophetic  Dreams 

Dreams are also prophetic in that they  are detector signs that has been given to you . 

A dream is a  dramatic revelation that seeks to define what could be happening in  your  life or other people's lives ,why it is happening  , what is the cause of it , the source of it or who is the cause of  it and even a solution to it .

A dream is a monitor of the  soul , with which one discerns what the forces of darkness are doing in his or her life .In the bible dreams  where given to leaders of nations or prophets to see the future reality and probably found  a solution to it .

For instance,  God said, 

" ... If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. "

Numbers 12:6

And the Lord added  in another scripture; 

" And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: " Joel 2:28

So for the child of God, a dream could be a prophetic gift ,with which one can discern the will of God in matters of concern. So every child of God  must approach his or her dream with the word of God and prayer. 

Demonic Meetings Dreams 

Some dreams are also an  indication that the  spirit of  the person was  present in a demonic meeting, such as witchcraft meeting, occultic meeting, marine spirit meeting, or in the witch doctor's custody. 

This happens when the person is not  prayerful or has contacted a demon spirit through food or some demonic means . At times the person is yet to be initiated into witchcraft or satanism.

Mostly, he or she will see himself or herself in a gathering of meeting, where matters of agenda  will be discussed on him as the subject matter. 

If you have such dreams, you pray and  probably fast against the agenda ,something bad that was ever said about you in the dream , you must refuse and refute in Jesus name. 

Soul And Time Travel Dreams 

Dreams are also soul travels ,there are some people whose soul can travel to their past ,present or future in dreams. In the  dream world  a lot of  journeys do take place. 

However, these journeys  do not  take place with the dreamers  consent. For instance, you can travel in time and place in the dream to a nation abroad that God has actually ordained that you should be there some day physically. 

To travel in time  ,means you have gone ahead of time ( future ) in the spiritual rheam, to a time distance of let's say ten years more or less .

This could be a place that you have never been before  physically,  nor ever thought of ever going there. When that happens it means  ,there is  a spiritual activation that  you have to actualised by prayer, so the door can open for you to go there   .

If it is  bad place ,you must pray against it ,if it is good place you prefer to be you must pray for it to become a reality. 

Soul travels  also entails the soul of a person going to  strange towns ,being in a car going to a place you never know about ,neither the name or geophysical environment is common to you. 

These types of dreams could signify untimely death ,especially when in the  dream you seem to be lost or unhappy about that  new place you found yourself .

Examples of time travel  dreams are : 

1. Constantly seeing yourself in school in dreams, years after you have graduated or left school ,especially when you see yourself  wearing school uniform. 

It typifies that your soul has travelled back in time ,and the implications in real life is that  you will experience set backs or retrogression in life ,if prayer is not said to avert the situation  .

2. Constantly seeing yourself in  your home town or  where you were brought up in dreams .This is also a demon  of set back ,you need to deal with it ,because it also typifies a time travel to the past . 

What is implied here is a form of retrogression that is  meant to destroy your future progress if you don't pray to overcome the situation. 

Seeing The Dead / walking in cemetery, or wearing black   In Dreams

This category of   dream is usually a misfit, because you are alive ,the person is dead  ,the two of you, should not be seeing each other . Bible said about Jesus, that we should not be looking for the living among the dead. 

“ Why do you look for the living among the dead? "

Luke 24:5 

When the dead keeps appearing to you all the time ,it is symbolic of a demon of death .This means there is  a covenant of death that  also entails you dieing probably the same way that the person died .

Eating In Dreams 

Food in the dream is mostly symbolic of a disease that is  being given to you. The dream is ironical in that, it conveys the opposite meaning, food physically gives us strength, so spiritually in your dream it could give you the opposite, which is weakness, anaemia or any form of sickness. 

At times it could be witchcraft initiation or covenant that is been established in the rheam of the spirit through food. For instance,  I lady told me anytime she had a dream that she was eating in the dream, the next morning, she would fall sick .

Sex In Dreams 

Is a symbolic of a spiritual marriage, and it has so many implications in one's life physically. This includes marriage problems, financial constrains, disappointments in business or life .

Example, a man who has been staying in  America for years  had a dream that  someone had sex with him, by the time he woke up, he saw semen in his pant .Then the next day , he had a call from the immigration office, and when he went there , they told him that he got his American green card by fraud .

Meanwhile, he had stayed in America for about thirty years prior to that time  using that same card .Promptly, they took  him to court ,so they could dispossess him of  his American citizenship  documents  .But God intervened when prayer was offered to abort the plan of the enemy. 

A pregnant woman once told me that, she had a dream that  someone  was sleeping with her ,and the next morning, she saw that she had miscarriage of her twelve weeks conception .

Seeing  A Mad person  In Dreams 

Whenever, you see a mad person in your dream, following or  pursuing you ,it is actually  an idol .This means that  a fetish demon ,or goddess is after your life . Someone has actually consulted this idol or shrine demon to kill you  or destroy your life. 

Mad man in your dream is also symbolic of many demons that has come together to destroy you  ,in the bible it was a legion of demons that  live together in the mad man .

"  And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

[30]And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. "  Luke 8:27,30

A legion comprises over two thousand  ,in fact in military terms, legion represents battalion of 3000 to 6000 troops. So a mad man spirit usually is a myriad number demons that has come together to destroy a life .

When demons  join forces together to attack a person it could be disastrous, so with that kind of dream you need to enter into fasting and prayer  to avert any satanic  calamity the forces  of darkness has designed against you. 

How Witches Manipulate Peoples Destinies

The following are some of the manipulative ways that the witchcraft kingdom operates ; 1. Food or Drink Food and drinks has been one of the major mediums of witchcraft manipulation .

Through the medium of food, a witch can transfer anything evil into your spiritual destiny. First of all a witch can give you witchcraft through food or drink including water , as I have already stated. Food or drink can also be used by the witch to give you spiritual sickness, that may result in physical symptoms. Such kind of sickness may defy medical treatment or , it becomes on and off . 

 This means the spiritual state of the food may contain poisonous demons ,who are on assignment to give you pain and symptoms. This type of sickness demands prayer and the word of God to deal with it. In the bible, we see Jesus dealing with demonic deseases by casting out the demon and thereby restoring health to the individual. " When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: " Matthew 8:16 

 " And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. " Matthew 10:1 "And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. " Mark 6:13 Luke 13:11,16

 In each of the scriptures above we see that demons are cast out , before healing is ascertained, because the evil spirit is responsible for the sickness. In another instance, Jesus said Satan has bound a certain woman who was bowed together, due to her sickness for 18 years, and that she needs to be loosed from that bondage of sickness.

 " And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? " Luke 13:11,16 So we see that sickness at times could be some form of bondage that the witches may place on a person just to make the person suffer. Witches are satan's agents of destruction in families

. 2. Clothes or personal effects Witches are expects in manipulating people through Clothes, dresses of all kinds and anything that people use on their body including creams soaps ,perfumes ,lipsticks, eye lashes, manicure and pedicure, toys or any form of article or items that may come in contact with your body . 

 When a person uses some of the afformentioned items above from a witch ,the witch can easily use those things as a point of contact to create a spiritual covenant of destruction in the life of the person. These items from the witchcraft agents when used on your body can cause problems designed by the witchcraft group against you ,including sickness, spiritual marriage,financial crises,and any form of omen like madness, unemployment, divorce, or even death . regards Ezekiel Melchisedec

How Witches Give Contracts Of Destruction To People

 How Witches Give Contracts  Of Destruction To People

The witchcraft activities are spearheaded by Satan, whose mission is to destroy human beings through the medium of another human who is possessed with the spirit of witchcraft .

The destruction of a fellow human by a person who comes from the  same family, but he or she is a witch is satan's network of diabolism. A witch can have access to manipulate your destiny in so many  ways , including the giving of contracts of destruction to another witch who may be near the victim.

The victim of destruction may be given  a mark of  destruction on his or her spiritual identity, this could be a mark on you spiritually  or a demon that follows you spiritually  .

These marks on the victims of witchcraft are only seen by fellow witches who may be in a different place aside the original witch who may be after your life and glory .

For instance a witch in your  home town can give a witchcraft contract to a witch in your workplace, without knowing the person physically. The witch in the work place only follows spiritual marks or demonic communications  to sign the contract of destruction.

The witch in your work place takes the contract to operate against you, and to perform  a particular task against you . It may take any form of destruction, ranging  from job loss to sickness or divorce in your marriage.

If for instance they want to destroy  your job a coworker or customer  who is a witch can be contacted to do that job .That witch in your work place in  his or her witchcraft capacity  will go at all length to make sure you loose your job whether through spiritual or physical attack on you .

For instance someone in the work place can implicate you ,that is to say  he or she can do something to frame you up ,so that the charge would be laid against you .Some of these incidents could be occasioned by the witches in your family.

The witchcraft agent can also operate against  you by giving you a gift or food, especially something that you use or that comes in contact with your body . In order to destroy your life, destiny body ( with sickness ), or marriage therewith .

To guide against witchcraft manipulation, one must be very prayerful and  careful of association of friends and relatives as well as the people in the neighbourhood.

Secondly, how you eat food , don't eat food from just anyone without praying. Also be careful of how you use gifts that people may give you  ,as much as possible pray over every gift before using.

Ephesians 6:10-12
"[10] Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
[11] Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
[12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. "

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How Witches and Spiritualist Transfer Destinies Of People

 How Witches and Spiritualist Transfer Destinies Of People  

The satanic activities that are perpetuated by witches ,mediums ,occultist, fetish priest and the like, in the  live of human beings  in the area of destiny transfer is quite alarming. 

The devilish agents of darkness usually targets a soul ,that they have been contracted to destroy . One of the  various ways they destroy a person's life is a transfer  of one's destiny for their own advantage. 

When we say destiny, it is the glorious life that God has ordained for one to live .Destinies may take different forms such as being a successful  doctor, lawyer, business man/ woman, a CEO, Politician ,manager ,banker , company owner  or director  etc. 

Destiny  can also be defined as the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person  in the future. It also means a hidden power believed to be controlling future events, what should happen and how it happened.  

Destiny transfer is the art of transferring what should be another person's  glory or virtue  to a different person through spiritual and demonic  means .This means that any good thing or virtue that should come to the victim  would automatically go to the person that the destiny was transferred to. 

A highly demonic person can perform rituals to transfer the destiny of two or more people to another person, so that the person can accrue wealth or riches that are meant for two or more people. In this way the victims may become so poor, while the beneficiary becomes extremely wealthy. 

This kind of destiny transfer is called wealth transfer. When one's  riches are transferred to someone else. There are types of destiny transfer, the following are the different forms of destiny transfer. 

Different  Types of Destiny Transfer 

1 . Wealth transfer 

This is when the riches of the  victim are transferred to another person and the recipient becomes extremely wealthy. 

2. Long life transfer 

This is when an aged person is about to die and they transfer the death unto a young person in the family or outside the  family. This means the  younger person rather dies while the older person who is supposed to die lives on .

3. Marriage transfer 

This is when one's marital destiny is transferred unto another person. So  the recipient will be the one to get married instead . While the victim suffers marital disappointments  for the rest of his or her  life .

4. Position transfer 

This is when one's position in the working place is transferred unto another person, especially when a junior person will be the recipient of the senior coworker's position (glory ) at work . 

5. Sickness transfer 

This is when the sickness of someone is transferred unto another person through a demonic means, the recipient becomes sick and the other person recovers from  his or her disease.

A lady one's gave alms to a cripple on the wayside, and instantly the lady became crippled, whiles the crippled instantly stood up and recovered from his impairment. 

6. Customers Transfer 

This is when one's customers who use to patronise his or her shop are converted to another shop nearby through a demonic means . Usually the recipient shop  is a new shop just opened, looking for customers, so when the transfer occurs the victim's shop will loose all the customers to the recipient. 

Knowing Who Jesus Is

 

Knowing Who Jesus Is

The world knows that 2,000 years ago a man named Jesus came from the town of Nazareth in what is now called Israel. He traveled about the region and gained a large following. After a few years, the religious leaders in Jerusalem falsely accused him of crimes and handed him over to the Roman authorities. They executed him by nailing him to a cross. A short time later, his followers preached in the name of Jesus Christ, whom they said rose from the dead. More and more followers were added to this movement which has become the Christian church of today.

These are the facts upon which even the greatest skeptic will agree. But there is so much more to Jesus than that. Where he came from, what he did on earth, what he can do for us now is all revealed in the Bible. This book contains the only record of Jesus and was written by the generation of people who heard him teach and saw his deeds. Here is what the Bible teaches us about Jesus Christ:

1. JESUS IS GOD.

John wrote about Him: In the beginning was the Word [poetic description of Jesus], and the Word was with God and the Word was God (John 1:1 ESV). He created the world and all that is in it (John 1:3). The religious leaders of his time understood that Jesus claimed to be God (John 5:17-18). Paul wrote that when Jesus died, the Father revealed to the entire world that He was God (Philippians 2:5-11).

2. JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD.

According to the Bible, “Son of God” means: (1) He is fully God. (2) He is one of three persons who together make up the One God. This concept is called the “Trinity.”

The religious leaders of Jesus’ time understood this concept: This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. (John 5:18 ESV)

3. JESUS BECAME HUMAN THROUGH THE VIRGIN BIRTH.

The eternal Son of God already existed in heaven (John 17:5). Through the power of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:20), He was born as a human being, who was then named Jesus (Matthew 1:25). To demonstrate that Jesus was not a mere man (Colossians 2:9), God chose a virgin to give birth to Him (Luke 1:34-35).

4. JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.

Anytime we disobey God is called sin. The penalty for sin is death, but God in his love wants us to live. Therefore, he sent the promised Messiah (also called Christ) to save the world (John 1:41). The Son of God, Jesus Christ, came to earth to die in our place. Because He lived a life without sin, only He was qualified to pay for our sins by His death on a cross. He then demonstrated His power over death when He rose from the grave three days later. Only through Jesus can our sins can be forgiven and we can come to God (Acts 4:12). Jesus Christ is the Savior of everyone in the world (John 3:16).

5. JESUS PERFORMS MIRACLES.

All through his time on earth, Jesus performed miracles. He healed the sick (Matthew 8:16 among many other instances), controlled the weather (Mark 4:39), multiplied food (Matthew 14:14-21), and provided money when needed (Matthew 17:24-27). Even after leaving the earth, He still does miracles in people’s lives (Acts 3:12-16).

6. JESUS CHANGES LIVES.

People who followed Jesus turned away from their sins. He cast seven demons out of Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2) and she became a devoted follower who told others that Jesus had risen from the dead (John 20:16). Zaccheus, a tax collector, repaid people whom he cheated when collecting taxes and gave half of everything else to the poor (Luke 19:1-10). When followers were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, they were able to declare the message of Jesus, perform miracles, and live free from sin (Luke 10:1-20).

For nearly 2,000 years, Jesus Christ has been changing the lives of people all over the world. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV). He can change your life as well. Jesus will deliver you from sin’s addiction (Romans 6:22), renew your mind (Romans 12:2), and heal your hurts (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17).

Would you like to pray to receive Jesus into your life?

7. JESUS LIVES IN HEAVEN AT FATHER GOD’S RIGHT HAND.

After Jesus rose from the dead, He ascended to heaven to the place where he was before becoming human. From there he is able to hear our prayers (Romans 8:34).

8. JESUS WILL RETURN TO JUDGE ALL HUMANITY.

While he was still on this earth, Jesus said, Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man [a title Jesus used for Himself], and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory (Matthew 24:30 ESV). When Jesus returns, He will separate those who will live with Him forever in heaven from those who will be punished (Matthew 25:31-33).

9. JESUS CHRIST WILL RECEIVE YOU IF YOU COME TO HIM.

Jesus said, Whoever comes to me I will never cast out (John 6:37 ESV). This was why He came to earth—to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10 ESV). It does not matter what you have done, Jesus still wants you to come to Him. He said, I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance (Luke 5:32 ESV).

Statement of Faith

Section 1: The Bible
We believe the Bible, comprised of the Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God (Matthew 5:18; 2 Timothy 3:16-17). In faith we hold the Bible to be inerrant in the original writings, God-breathed, and the complete and final authority for faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16-17). While still using the individual writing styles of the human authors, the Holy Spirit perfectly guided them to ensure they wrote precisely what He wanted written, without error or omission (2 Peter 1:21).

Section 2: God
We believe in one God, who is Creator of all (Deuteronomy 6:4; Colossians 1:16), who has revealed Himself in three distinct Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14), yet who is one in being, essence, and glory (John 10:30). God is eternal (Psalm 90:2), infinite (1 Timothy 1:17), and sovereign (Psalm 93:1). God is omniscient (Psalm 139:1-6), omnipresent (Psalm 139:7-13), omnipotent (Revelation 19:6), and unchanging (Malachi 3:6). God is holy (Isaiah 6:3), just (Deuteronomy 32:4), and righteous (Exodus 9:27). God is love (1 John 4:8), gracious (Ephesians 2:8), merciful (1 Peter 1:3), and good (Romans 8:28).

Section 3: Jesus Christ
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is God incarnate, God in human form, the express image of the Father, who, without ceasing to be God, became man in order that He might demonstrate who God is and provide the means of salvation for humanity (Matthew 1:21; John 1:18; Colossians 1:15).

We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit and was born of the virgin Mary (Matthew 1:23); that He is truly fully God and truly fully man (John 1:1,14); that He lived a perfect, sinless life (1 John 3:5); that all His teachings are true (John 14:6). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for all humanity (1 John 2:2) as a substitutionary sacrifice (Isaiah 53:5-6). We hold that His death is sufficient to provide salvation for all who receive Him as Savior (John 1:12; Acts 16:31); that our justification is grounded in the shedding of His blood (Romans 5:9; Ephesians 1:7); and that it is attested by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6; 1 Peter 1:3).

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven in His glorified body (Acts 1:9-10) and is now seated at the right hand of God as our High Priest and Advocate (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25).

Section 4: The Holy Spirit
We believe in the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-4). He regenerates sinners (Titus 3:5) and indwells believers (Romans 8:9). He is the agent by whom Christ baptizes all believers into His body (1 Corinthians 12:12-14). He is the seal by whom the Father guarantees the salvation of believers unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13-14). He is the Divine Teacher who illumines believers' hearts and minds as they study the Word of God (1 Corinthians 2:9-12).

We believe that the Holy Spirit is ultimately sovereign in the distribution of spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:11). We believe that the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, while by no means outside of the Spirit’s ability to empower, no longer function to the same degree they did in the early development of the church (1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 2:20; 4:7-12).

Section 5: Angels and Demons
We believe in the reality and personality of angels. We believe that God created the angels to be His servants and messengers (Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:2; Hebrews 1:14).

We believe in the existence and personality of Satan and demons. Satan is a fallen angel who led a group of angels in rebellion against God (Isaiah 14:12-17; Ezekiel 28:12-15). He is the great enemy of God and man, and the demons are his servants in evil. He and his demons will be eternally punished in the lake of fire (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10).

Section 6: Humanity
We believe that humanity came into existence by direct creation of God and that humanity is uniquely made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). We believe that all humanity, because of Adam’s fall, has inherited a sinful nature, that all human beings choose to sin (Romans 3:23), and that all sin is exceedingly offensive to God (Romans 6:23). Humanity is utterly unable to remedy this fallen state (Ephesians 2:1-5,12).

Section 7: Salvation
We believe that salvation is a gift of God’s grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross (Ephesians 2:8-9). Christ’s death fully accomplished justification through faith and redemption from sin. Christ died in our place (Romans 5:8-9) and bore our sins in His own body (1 Peter 2:24). On the third day after His death, Jesus physically rose again, demonstrating His victory over sin and death (Romans 14:9).

We believe salvation is received by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Good works and obedience are results of salvation, not requirements for salvation. Due to the greatness, sufficiency, and perfection of Christ’s sacrifice, all those who have truly received Christ as Savior are eternally secure in salvation, kept by God’s power, secured and sealed in Christ forever (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 24). Just as salvation cannot be earned by good works, neither does it need good works to be maintained or sustained. Good works and changed lives are the inevitable results of salvation (James 2).

Section 8: The Church
We believe that the Church, the Body of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all believers of this present age (1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23, 5:25-27). We believe in the ordinances of believer’s water baptism by immersion as a testimony to Christ and identification with Him, and the Lord’s Supper as a remembrance of Christ’s death and shed blood (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42, 18:8; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Through the church, believers are to be taught to obey the Lord and to testify concerning their faith in Christ as Savior and to honor Him by holy living. We believe in the Great Commission as the primary mission of the Church. It is the obligation of all believers to witness, by word and life, to the truths of God’s Word. The gospel of the grace of God is to be preached to all the world (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19-20).

Section 9: Things to Come
We believe in the blessed hope (Titus 2:13), the personal and imminent coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to rapture His saints (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). We believe in the visible and bodily return of Christ to the earth with His saints to establish His promised millennial kingdom (Zechariah 14:4-11; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Revelation 3:10, 19:11-16, 20:1-6). We believe in the physical resurrection of all human beings—the saints to everlasting joy and bliss on the New Earth, and the wicked to eternal punishment in the lake of fire (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:5-6, 12-13).

We believe that the souls of believers are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where they await their resurrection when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23, 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until their resurrection when, with soul and body reunited, they shall appear at the Great White Throne judgment and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire to suffer everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:41-46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Revelation 20:11-15).

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