#Holiness,#Preaching,#Unity,Bible,#Holy Ghost

We just finished three days of preaching thanking the Lord for 9 years as a Pastor at Steadfast Apostolic Church.  The Elder brought messages that allowed for the soul to eat.  I was so grateful for that.  The final message he preached came from the book of Jude vs. 3, "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."

I took that message to heart.  The Elder said the Lord gave it to him for our Church.  The times have led us to a place where men do not want to hear the truth or be told the truth.  Everyone wants to live by their own convictions and still made it to Heaven.  When the Word of God speaks about conviction, it is talking about being convicted of the fact that one is not living according to the Bible.

When the world was destroyed the first time, only 8 souls were saved and that was Noah's family.  One family with one name.  When the world is destroyed again, there will be only one family with one name saved.  The family will be the Children of God with the Jesus Name baptism evident by speaking in other tongues as the Spirit give utterance and by the manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit in the life.

Men can say what they want, but the Word of God teaches Holiness.  The Word of God teaches being born again of the water and the spirit.  The Word of God teaches repentance.  The Word of God teaches modestly.  The Word of God teaches love according to how God loves.

Verse 4 of Jude says, "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of out God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ".    Prosperity preaching is not of God according to this verse.  Only being concerned about stuff and money is not of God.

The standard of Holiness is straight and tight.  No one can change it.  Therefore, I am fully persuaded to preach and teach it the way it is written.  I am not concerned about having a lot of people.  For I know the responsibility associated with souls sitting under your teaching.  I am not concerned with getting a big building to be full of people that do not know the Lord.  I am concerned about contending for the faith so that the man, woman, child seeing the Lord can find Him when they come to Steadfast Apostolic Church.

Those playing with the Word will not be comfortable around Steadfast.  But those that love Jesus, will embrace it.

I thank the Lord for His work and His people.

"Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:".  Hebr. 12:14

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