BECOMING A PERSON OF TRUTH AND LOVE

Abraham

-God wants us to change from the inside out

-everywhere Abraham went, the pattern remains the same

   -he will always pitch his tent, and he will build his alter

      -after he moved his tent, he don't move his alter.. but build a new alter 

everywhere Abraham goes, theres new culture, but Abraham didnt give in

don't be easily swayed by the cultural truth

truth is objective, and it never change

truth tt can be altered is preference or opinion.. no longer truth

if you don't stand on truth, you will take sides.. based on popularity, experience, feelings

the culture of the world

-truth comes from God, from Jesus

-objective.. doesn't change with feelings

-not a cultural truth, manipulated truth

-speaking the truth in love come in a form of spiritual dexterity

Apostle Paul

how you follow up with the revelation determine if you speaks truth in love

-when he was known as Saul, he was known as the great king

-when he was known as Paul (after receiving revelation from God), he was more known as the humble one

-some ppl, when they recvd a revelation, they tend to be more aragont, prideful

 

Paul didn't push his way to have his revelation accepted

speaking the truth in love have to be demonstrated

BOOK OF REVELATION L13

uses the temple of God to symbolize what will happen in Jerusalem in the end times

-measurement is symbolic preservation or destruction

   -gives specific number

when temple is measured, it shows tt God knows every dimension

God knows exactly

   -which area will be forbidden by the Gentile forces

   -how many will die in this invasion

   -how many will be alive to resist the Antichrist

During the end times, those who doesn't believe in God (foreign forces) will come and invade the City of Jerusalem

   -but they will not invade the entire city

before the coming of Christ, half of the city of Jerusalem will be invalided.. for 3.5years

Daniel - Antichrist will bring sacrifice and offerings to an end

Jesus - when the Antichrist image is set at the City of Jerusalem, its a sign tt the great tribulation has begun

Paul - Antichrist will sit in the temple as God

when army surrounds Jerusalem, we know tt soon the Antichrist will set up the temple of God

-God will raise up 2 men who will stand against the Antichrist and his forces

-this 2 men will prophesy and prevent the half to be taken away

-sackcloth speaks f mourning

   -they will preach and demonstrate repentance

-in scripture,

   -man is likened to tree

   -olive is the basic ingredient for anointing of the Holy Spirit

-lampstand, being the light in the darkness

   -2 lights to testify the greatness and goodness of God

-anointing is given to demonstrate the power of God's words, supernatural signs and wonders through our lives

the 2 witnesses can call fire.. just like Elijah

-at tt time, Israel worship Baal, Elijah stood as a shining light, full of power of God

   -when the enemies came, he called fire down from heaven to destroy them

-the 2 witnesses have power to shut heaven

   -no rain = drought, result in scarcity of water.. will further worsen when the waters at the enemy turn into blood

   -call for plagues as often as they will

the 2 witnesses are men!

at the end of the 3.5 years, the witnesses will be killed by the Antichirst

John came in the anointing and attitude of Elijah

why is John more likely to be 1 of the 2 witnesses

1. hint from the scripture

bottomless pit is not yet hell (lake of fire)

Jesus didnt say tt John will not die, but tt John will be ard at Jesus' 2nd coming

2. message of the 7 thunders

this angel was very loud and roared to awaken the ppl of the earth to prepare the judgement of God against all nations

-the words of the seven thunders were not to be disclosed.. its not yet time to be revealed

-John must come back to reveal what was spoken in the seven thunders

-when the 7th angel sounded his trumpet, the earth (present age) comes to an end

   -all the mysteries will be answered

-the devil will be locked up for a thousand years, and we will enter the new age

every word tt God speaks were not spoken in man

3. message of the little book

-why God gave John a bitter book to eat

   -the book was bitter cos it is filled with sorrows and judgement of God.. bitter words

-eat and go speak

-John has the message of the little book

   -but we dont know what is in the book.. must be a message to the ppl of the great tribulation

4. promise of a worldwide ministry

God promised John a worldwide ministry

-the Antichrist kills John and the whole world sees it (via media which is impossible in the past)

-the ministry of the 1 witness will be broadcast to the whole world from Jerusalem

5. the spirit of Elijah

John had the same spirit as Elijah

   -aggressive spirit to confront

-spirit of Christ is spirit of mercy and grace.. to save sinners

-the 2 witnesses will have a define mandate to defend Israel by destroying the forces of Antichrist with fire from heaven

6. fulfill the prophecy of Jesus

4 baptism Jesus have to go through

   -baptism of John

   -water baptism..Father, Son and Spirit

-baptism in the Holy Spirit

-baptism of suffering

John suffered for the gospel, but he didnt die as a martyr

the beast.. he has alr been described by the prophet Daniel

-Sodom known for immortality and Egypt for salvery 

-similarly, half of Jerusalem be taken to captivity and come under the oppression of the Antichrist and gentile forces during the great tribulation

7. the new Testament witness

-theres 2 Testament.. at the end times, 1 from Old Testament, 1 from New Testament

-old testament ends with the mention of Elijah, New Testament ends with the mention of John

-ppl celebrate after seeing the death of the 2 witnesses.. they cant stand hearing the truth of God's word

   -they are unrepentant, and the church suffers

Jesus will return 3.5days after the death of the 2 witnesses and rapture His ppl

   -ppl will be in great fear for those who do not know Jesus

the 2 witnesses will be resurrected and raptured tgt with all the saints, dead and alive

John was greatly blessed and highly favored but was greatly persecuted and suffered

-blessing and suffering is not exclusive

   -they come tgt

-the 2 witnesses will have supernatural power to perform miracles and wonders

-only God's anointing can overcome the evil forces

-the anointing is the supernatural ability to excel in life and ministry

   -especially healing and miracles

say and do the right things at the right place at the right time with the right ppl

be skillful

leadership ability to be true leaders.. otherwise easily swayed by our pride, becoming man pleasers

its good to be appointed, it is far more impt to be anointed