This site is dedicated to those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the fruit of which is peace - quietness and confidence forever. To those poor in spirit, who seek a much closer relationship with God and Christ. To those pilgrims in a strange land, who know there has to be something more. To those who mourn under the burden of sin; to be truly clean in thought, word, and deed. To those who long to serve the Lord, according to his direction and will. To those wayfaring men and women who have been searching for their Beloved, turn in here. We proclaim the Holy Way to find the water so you never thirst again - to find Bread from heaven- to find fullness and completeness in Christ - to hear and see and know your Beloved - Christ in you, the hope of glory.
From the Voice of the Lord
"Welcome to my site.
Are you ready to see your sins?
The cross is offered to all. Are you ready to suffer the shame,
the pain, and the blood of the cross -
or do you cry out with indifference?
Yes, it is your birthday -
as many as are at their savior's feet.
There are six things I will put in order in front of your eyes:
1-how evil proceeds out of the heart,
2-and goes forth out of the mouth.
3-how your heart longs for evil.
4-how your feet are swift to run to evil.
5-how your heart builds a strong tower as a bulwark of defense.
6-how your heart is a mirror of the world.
As many as I love, I chastise.
This is the Word of the Lord to you all:
He who is not on the cross
is repulsive to me.
There has never been a time like now; all men will twist in the earth.
If those who hear will obey, their progress will be swift.
Those who follow their own brain will weep and mourn; there will be great pain.
Who have become Quakers
are an anathema.
They blot my efforts. They cumber the ground.
The early Quaker writings are a rich heritage, which all must strive to fully understand.
Proverbs: we must all believe the hidden comforts in those proven words.
Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Make no provision for the flesh.
I am against the shepherds, who have prophesied a false salvation.
They gutted what Jesus had to say.
You are my disciple, if you do what I [Jesus] say.
Hear the word of the Lord from within.
Draw your arms around Him - take heed you incarnate.
Every man should retire to his own house until the foundations of the world are destroyed.
The sons of the fathers went to sleep.
Beware of false prophets.
What is necessary for salvation? -- obedience to commands heard.
When you have heard the dead words in the Bible, and recall them, heed what is said.
Ears must hear -- Faith within purifies.
Believe you are hearing the Son of God.
When you cast my warnings behind you, this erases the fear we must have.
If you love me, you will obey me.
Pay not attention, heed not, and I will come upon you as a thief in the night.
Listen to and obey my voice, and I will be your God.
The King is where he is king.
Strive to enter through the narrow gate. Few will find it. Men have stopped trying.
They have plunged themselves into iniquity.
Seek his face. Seek his face in ever increasing glory. Heed and obey.
Jesus is a mighty name to be declared in all the worlds to come. Guard and protect his name.
And to those who obey, he will appear like a magnificent star in your heart.
A man without sin has the power and life given to him.
The gift of God is himself - a measure of his Spirit; to each man a measure.
If you pay attention and obey, it results in union with God. He joins with our cleansed nature.
Prepare for the flight.
Six attestations prove the reign's existence.
Stand your ground.
See myself - thus no sin has a place in me.
If all that profess me, would possess me.
There will be no solace.
Gather the prophets: Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and all. You can find out what is pleasing to God.
Witness salvation.
Your thoughts are not my thoughts.
Think on His name.
What's going to happen, you might hear.
You shall suffer persecution, when you lead a godly life.
When you see the abomination of desolation, do not be afraid.
Nobody else has the answers, nobody but He.
He wishes to make you like Him.
Little children, thy garments are spotted.
Little children, take heed unto me.
Like Daniel, you are captive of the Chaldeans.
Unless you hear and see,
there will be no progress.
Fat men of increase would have a god fat of increase, so
they can use God to become holy or to become fat.
And then they read again, and saw the law applied to them too.
The Bible has been made hollow through the years and therefore blamed.
The perfection of man frees from death.
He was in them, but they obeyed not his voice.
He shall shut the door on those not holy.
You, who hunger and thirst, are God's chosen people.
Just like Judaism was taken over by the enemy, so has Christianity.
Your place of worship is filled with unclean birds.
I give favors to he who is pure.
Your heart cannot reach those who wonder after the beast.
You will hear the truth at final judgment.
Little children, this is the seventh day of the kingdom.
I am against your fathers, being in the presumption."
Thus said the Lord God.
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To attain the available fullness, one needs to know, and then believe what is possible. The writings of George Fox testify to thousands of men and women who became one with Christ and God and exhibited their moral ethnicity, and how this joy is available to all who hope and believe in the power of his name, and the true gospel: repentance to purity through the inward cross of self-denial, the power of God. And after purity, to enter paradise, the Kingdom of God within and among us; our consciousness and sight being translated to the spiritual dimension, to live in union with Christ and God in their presence, while walking on earth by the light of God, as children of the light. For God is light and nearby; in him we live and move and have our being.
From the Voice of the Lord: "These writings show the true character of the church of Christ as well as the way out of darkness to light. Within these writings, you may attain the way to salvation and disprove others, while discovering the hidden depths of the gospel that Jesus came to deliver."
For those of you unfamiliar with Bible terminology,
click here for a plain speaking summary of this page.
This is not repent for the end of the world is near. This is repent to enter paradise on earth - good news, not bad news. For God is good and wishes us to be with Him as a partaker of the divine nature. But to be in his presence, we must become pure through death of our sinful nature on the Missing Cross to Purity - the inward cross of self-denial that leads to purity - missing from, and forgotten by Christianity today. These writings show the way to purity and union through the inward cross of self-denial.
If anyone would come after me,
he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
A great darkness has perverted salvation to be instant, actuated by various forms of heathenish ritual, leaving us captive to our sinful natures; confusing the Kingdom of God, within you and among you, which does not come with signs to be observed or visible display, to be an after-death heaven; and then again confusing the return of Christ with his Kingdom to individuals purified from their sinful natures, to be a future one-time return of Christ to the whole world. This site's purpose is to unravel the knot of lies blanketing Christianity and scripturally correct the confusion, in hope of inspiring you to seek the available union with Christ and God in the Kingdom while on earth, which comes to individual persons by repentance to purity.
From the Voice of the Lord: "This is the day of your visitation, regarding the business of obedience feared and repentance required."
When he appears, we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone who has this hope in him
purifies himself,
just as he is pure.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God.
If you die without a pure heart,
you will be banned from heaven.
And this is the will of Him that sent me,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes on him,
may have everlasting life,
Woe to the inhabitants of the earth,
who stand forth without repentance!
Your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with hell will not stand.
For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Without holiness, no one will see the Lord.
Those who are living the life of the flesh
cannot please or satisfy God,
or be acceptable to Him.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus
have crucified the flesh
(the godless human nature)
with its passions and appetites and desires.
Most who claim to be Christians would have a Christ
who
excuses them to do nothing; a pearl of little price.
The few Christians committed to truth would have the Christ
to change them
to live pleasing to God, whatever the price.
The false gospel of grace says Jesus came to set you free from guilt of sin, lulling you to have no fear of God's disapproval and to remain in your sinful nature until death, thereby missing any chance to inherit the Kingdom of God. To suppose that Jesus erases guilt for continuing to sin, changes grace (God's love) into a license for immorality and makes Jesus a promoter of sin. The true gospel says Jesus came to set you free from sin, by destroying the sinful nature within you, through obedient repentance and change by grace, the missing cross, the power of God, which produces purity and union with Christ and God, in the Kingdom of Heaven; walking by his light in his perfect will, while on earth, and then forever.
Repentance and Remission of Sins
should be preached in His name to all nations.
Jesus does not just forgive your past sins, he promises to bring you out of darkness to a sinless state, through repentance. Most deficit sects preach instant salvation by grace, never mentioning repentance; some deficit sects speak of repentance, but without a clue on how to achieve it. Whatever their various heathenish rituals employed, all of the deficit sects' instant salvations are without repentance to life, leaving you still captive to sin and without salvation. Jesus tells us that few will find the gate to heaven, because of false prophets [with a false salvation], so that many who claim to be Christians, even having done miracles in His name, will be rejected, because they still sinned; and then he tells us the formula for success: hear his sayings, and do them, [come, listen, hear, obey].
Jesus said he will deny all who continue to disobey him (sin),
even those who claim to be saved Christians.
But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’
and not do the things which I say?
Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but [only] he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven.
Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in Your name,
cast out demons in Your name,
and done many wonders in Your name?
And then I will declare to them,
‘I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness,
and sin is lawlessness.
The Son of Man will send out His angels,
and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend,
and those who practice lawlessness,
and will cast them into the furnace of fire.
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Jesus said, 'I tell you the truth,
everyone who sins is a slave to sin.'
If you still sin, you are slave to sin,
and Jesus cannot be your Lord.
Jesus said himself, you cannot serve two masters!
Christians today are like the Jews, who had the scriptures and believed Moses, but failed to hear, see, and obey what he commanded. Do you believe Jesus enough to be obedient to his commands and advice; or are you like the demons, who believe him to be the Son of God raised from the dead, but disobey his commands?
John tells us who really believes that Jesus in the Son of God: he who has overcome the world, by fighting the good fight of faith, to victory over sin. He that believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself,’ 1 John 5:10-12. ‘and he that has the Son, has the Father.’
The acts of the sinful nature include adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like, etc.
...those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
All with sexual immorality, pride, hatred, lying, envy, wanting more, partying, foolishness..etc., will be banned from heaven.
You can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person..has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Anyone who is impure, immoral, or greedy will be banned from heaven.
Jesus said, .. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
All these evil things come from within and defile a man.
Notice, until your heart has been cleansed, you are defiled - a ravenous beast that serves yourself, rather than others.
John said, Anyone who hates his brother has committed murder in his heart.
Jesus said, But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So, just restraining your desires is not enough - the desires have to be crucified - destroyed - removed - purged.
But, these sins do not make you unfit for God's help to eliminate them from your heart.
So kill (deaden, deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members:
sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, and all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry.
By mercy and love, truth and fidelity, iniquity is purged out of the heart.
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump.
Jesus is eager to destroy sin and the works of evil in us - if we go to him.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested [in us], that he might destroy the works [sin] of the devil.
As Jesus told Paul: I am sending you to open their eyes
that they may turn from darkness to light and
from the power of Satan to God,
so that they may thus receive forgiveness and release from their sins
and a place and portion among those who are consecrated and purified by faith in Me.
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom;
that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
Do you not know.. you are that one's slaves whom you obey,
whether of sin leading to death,
or of obedience leading to righteousness?
If you are still sinning, you are still under the power of Satan.
Salvation is not to remain enslaved to passions and pleasures.
Salvation is to live free from lusts and rage.
He promises control of our emotions - and everlasting peace.
Jesus never said you could be saved if you say the sinners' prayer, or be baptised with water, or eat bread and drink grape juice; this is just heathenish ritual, the wide and broad way of that leads to destruction. Today's deficit sects, still captive to sin and the power of Satan, believe in a God whose favor is presumed to be granted due to their heathenish ritual and form of godliness. They deny a God of power, who can and is eager to free us from the oppression and captivity of sin, so that we can secure his promises, which require our holiness and purity. These deficit sects have defined a false gospel that promises heaven to those still sinning, and a false Jesus, who supposedly accepts sin, disobedience, and disregard of his own commands. Jesus said, who doesn't love me will not obey my teaching. As Paul said, "cursed is anyone who brings you a different gospel," a different gospel and different Jesus from what Paul preached. Per Acts, Paul was sent to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may thus receive forgiveness and release from their sins and a place and portion among those who are consecrated and purified by faith in Me. The deficit sects falsely preach a different gospel than Paul, while completely ignoring, totally dismissing, and failing to believe the Good News that Jesus announced he had been sent by God to proclaim:
Are You Really a Disciple of Christ?
So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. And whosoever does not bear his cross,
and come after me, cannot be my disciple.He that finds his life shall lose it,
and he that loses his life
for my sake shall find it.as I have loved youso you too should love one anotherif
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells [abides] continually in Me,
and I in him.
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus
shall suffer persecution.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.
If anyone desires to come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. |
The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim
freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
To open the blind eyes,
to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Isa 42:7
Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
These deficit sects don't understand the Kingdom or how to crucify the sinful nature by repentance, necessary to be set free from sin and to enter the Kingdom. Yet that was his message, and the reason why Jesus said he was sent to the world!
I must preach the good news
of the kingdom of God,
..because that is why I was sent.
The kingdom of God
does not come with signs to be observed
or with visible display,
Nor will people say, Look! Here ! or, See, there!
For behold,
the kingdom of God is within you and among you.
The time has come ,
the kingdom of God is near.
Repent, and believe the good news.
Notice, he said, the time has come, the Kingdom is near. He is not talking about a Kingdom thousands of years later. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Jesus is recorded saying that some then standing with him, 2000 years ago, would see his glorious coming with the Kingdom before they died. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Jesus is recorded saying all the end times prophesies would be fulfilled before the generation of 2000 years ago died, (click here to see all).
2000 years ago, he told us to Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.
We are supposed to ignore the pursuit of food and clothing so that we can dedicate ourselves to seeking the Kingdom of God.
2000 years ago he told us to pray the Lord's Prayer, including pray: Thy Kingdom come.
These commands make no sense if the Kingdom of God is only coming to a generation thousands of years later.
But Jesus is neither guilty of cruelty, or stupid, for telling every generation for 2000 years to make this their first priority;
for every generation has the opportunity to enter the Kingdom, which is in them, and does not come with outward or visible sign.
He said: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels;
and then he shall reward every man according to his works. (Not just a particular generation.)
Some standing here shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.
Those not purified, to see Jesus' coming in them before death, see him as they die, as all peoples, all nations, all generations do.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: (also, the Jews 2000 years ago)
and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
2000 years ago, to the Jewish High Priest and the Pharisees at his trial, Jesus said..
you will see the Son of Man sitting
at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
This is not a particular generation in our time or later. (See Howgill for more on those not purified).
Heaven appears to our spiritual eye as in a mist or in clouds - so, his coming is on the clouds of heaven, within the hearts of purified believers.
He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Notice he appears to bring salvation. But he doesn't bring salvation to the whole world - only to those waiting for him.
Neither is his appearance to the whole world, only to those who are waiting for him, and who love him by obeying him.
Salvation occurs when He appears within to bring salvation to those who have waited, listened, heard, and obeyed him - those who love him.
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?"
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching.
My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. [home in the heart of those who obey]
He who does not love me will not obey my teaching.
On that day [when he appears in you] you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.
He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him," .
So he only appears to those who have heard him speak commands to them, and have obeyed him -
only to those who love him, as evidenced by those who listen to his voice and keep his commands - only to those who are obedient.
I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.
This is the return of Christ. The world does not see it. He returns with the Father. They become one with us - union.
It is a personal experience. This is not His resurrection after death. He is talking about becoming one with the disciples.
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you will keep and protect them from evil..Sanctify them.
So, Jesus wants to keep us in the world, but to protect us from evil, while in the world- to be sanctified.
Father, I desire that they also whom you have entrusted to me may be with me where I am,
so they may see my glory, which you have given me - your love gift to me - for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
We are physically still in the world, but our consciousness and sight translate to the Kingdom of heaven, a higher dimension.
God is in this same higher dimension; in him we live and move and have our being; who is over all, in all, and through all.
And there we have fellowship with the Father and the Son.
So with obedience to the cross, we can enter paradise while alive on earth, to be there forever, even after the second death.
When he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone with this hope purifies himself, just as he is pure.
Only those who are like him, pure, will see him appear. Call on the name of the Lord with a pure heart.
The deficit sects teach that you don't have to be pure, you don't have to be perfect, you don't have to be holy.
If, as they incorrectly teach, he came back to the whole world, none of them would see him, because they are not pure.
But if one has the hope of purity and seeing their savior, they will purify their hearts, by faith and grace, to see God appear within their hearts.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Without a pure heart, you are now, and will be, banned from heaven.
He appears to the purified heart of a believer - he is seen. This is his second appearance - this time to the purified in heart.
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge
of the glory of God in the face of Christ. Christ is revealed in your heart; you see, and have knowledge of, the glory of God.
The morning star rises in your hearts.
Jesus is resurrected in us to be our true Lord.
So, seek his face, and keep on seeking until he appears.
Until the light rises and Christ appears, you must listen, hear, and obey the word within your heart.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Who do you think James was writing to? He was writing to those in the churches, still captive to sin.
Notice he says draw near to God. God is not found in sect meetings. God is not found in reading scriptures.
You must go to him. You must wait on him - listen silently, with the humility of a sinner in need of his changing power - grace.
Seek, listen, obey..seek, listen, obey.....seek, listen, obey. You must endure to the end, when Christ brings salvation.
You must abide in him. Now little children abide in him, that when he shall appear you may have confidence in him.
Jesus said: Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father.
And how do you do the will of the Father? Then there came a voice out of the cloud, saying,
"This is My Son, My Chosen One or My Beloved; listen to and yield to and obey Him!”
To be purified, you must come to him, listen for him, hear him, and obey him - repetitively, over time.
He [Jesus] became the Author and Source of eternal salvation to all those who give heed and obey Him.
You are purified by faith in Jesus - faith in hearing his convictions of you to be true, and faith enough to obey his commands.
When Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
When Christ appears in you, bringing his kingdom, you will appear there also - in the kingdom within you - in glory.
How are you going to appear in glory, unless it is inside of your heart, to your mind's eye? Hidden from the world.
Other than the fruit of the Spirit, the world does not see Christ;
for such a person's life is hidden in Christ Jesus.
This mystery .. is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
I will dwell in them, And walk in them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
The end of grace is to bring the completion of salvation, at the second appearance of Jesus Christ, but only within those who have purified themselves and who have been looking for the blessed hope of his coming. His appearance within us, union with God, salvation, and entrance to the Kingdom of God, all occur simultaneously. Salvation is to be witnessed by seeing Jesus bring it. Over twenty men and women on this site, write of seeing their savior, receiving a new name engraved on a white stone, and having fellowship with Christ and the Father. Think about it: God would never leave our salvation subject to conjecture, some other person's opinion, reading scripture to see if you qualify, trying to guess which ritual is important, etc. God is not a god of confusion. God would make our salvation absolutely clear, without any doubt, without any reservations, with no questions left. So he has created a salvation to be experienced; which includes purity, holiness, perfection, judgment, being freed from even the desire to sin, destruction of the residual man of sin within one by the brightness of his coming, seeing their name written in the Book of Life, union with Christ and the Father, entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven, seeing the Glory of God, themselves also appearing in glory, fellowship with past saints made perfect, and fellowship with the Father and Christ - an unmistakable salvation, clearly seen, clearly felt, clearly understood. He that believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself,’ 1 John 5:10-12. ‘and he that has the Son, has the Father’ - to see the Son and the Father reigning in their hearts - the union.
And from George Fox's Journal: written in 1656 (Click to see who Fox was.)
While I was in prison here, the Baptists and fifth-monarchy-men prophesied, that this year Christ would come, and reign upon earth a thousand years. And they looked upon this reign to be outward: when he had come inwardly in the hearts of his people, to reign and rule; these "believers" would not receive him in their hearts. So they failed in their prophecy and expectation, and did not have the possession of him. But Christ has come, and does dwell and reign in the hearts of his people. Thousands, at the door of whose hearts he has been knocking, have opened to him; and he has come in, and does sup with them, and they with him; the heavenly supper with the heavenly and spiritual man. So many of these Baptists and monarchy-people became the greatest enemies to the followers of Christ, but he reigns in the hearts of his saints over all their envy.
And from the writings of another early Quaker, William Dewsbury: (written in 1655)
“Thus through the righteous law of the
Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus," Dewsbury says, "I
was and am made free from the body of sin
and death; and through these great tribulations, my garments are washed and made
white in the blood of the Lamb, who has led
me into the new Jerusalem, where no one
enters that works abomination or speaks a lie,
but those whose name is written in the Lamb's book
of life. Here my soul now feeds upon the
tree of life, which I had so long hungered and
thirsted after, that stands in the paradise of God. Here there is no more curse nor night;
but the Lord God and the Lamb are my light
and life forever and ever! And I witness that
I am regenerated and born again of the immortal seed, and having partaken of the first
resurrection, over such the second death has no power."
Dewsbury clearly speaks above of: 1) having gone through great tribulations, 2) Christ being resurrected in him, 3) being translated into the Kingdom of God, 4) being in New Jerusalem, and 5) feeding from the tree of life that stands in the paradise of God. Thus all the promises of the scriptures he witnessed as having been fulfilled.
From the writings of yet another early Quaker, Francis Howgill: (written in 1676)
By this Light all the righteous, who have waited on God’s appearance, come to see Him. As it is written, “Lo! This is our God, we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” Does he indeed come that you have waited for? Yes, come, “and his reward is with Him;” and they that see Him find contentment in Him, and in his reward. And what is his reward? Joy, gladness, peace of conscience, assurance of God’s love sealed in the heart by the pure Spirit of the Lord, the streams of Life flowing forth continually from the great deep, which refresh and keep cool in the greatest extremity and heat of temptation; and this is enjoyed by those that have waited and do wait for it; even in the body they bear witness of Him and his coming. What was the witness of his disciples? "The Son of God has come and has given us an
understanding." Of what? Of God, of his day, of his appearance, of his power, of his wisdom,
of his kingdom, of hope, of faith, of assurance, of peace, of joy, of comfort and consolation. What? In this life? Yes, a cloud of witnesses I might bring in former ages, and also in this
age, blessed be the Lord; but my witness that
gives me assurance, is nearer me than all their
witnesses, although they are all true. Abraham,
the father of the faithful, and of the righteous,
who believed in God and was accepted, saw
Christ’s day and was glad; that is, by faith;
yes, he and all that ever saw Christ’s day, or the Father, saw Him by faith; by faith
they saw Him who is invisible: "Behold! God
is my salvation." Isaiah 12:2. What! Do you enjoy it already? Yes, He has become my
salvation; and Simeon, who waited for the consolation
of Israel, said: "Now let your servant depart in peace, for my eyes have seen
your salvation." Luke 2:30. And this he said,
who knew comfort and consolation: "As the
sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation abounds by Christ." They were made partakers of his Divine nature, and sat together
in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: and they
that are in Him, and enjoy Him, who is the
power of God, and the wisdom of God, know
rest; and peace, and salvation, both from guilt
and acts of sin. . . Those, who have not come to the day, do not know God’s
work in themselves; and those, who have not yet
heeded that in themselves, which manifests all
things reprovable, and which reproves, have not yet come to know the appearance of the glimmering of light or of the day in themselves,
which the saints witness in themselves, even all of
those that are sanctified.
From George Fox's Letter #172:
So everyone of us, that has come to the seed of God, that bruises the serpent's head, that led man from God, who is the prince of the world, the prince of darkness, and the prince of the air, the father of lies, a murderer from the beginning; the corrupter of mankind, the author of the separation from God, and the original of sin, the beginning of it, which led man from his dominion over the handiworks of God; which the royal seed Christ, destroys, and renews man again in the image of God, and brings him again to his dominion over the handiworks of God. And this hundreds of thousands are now witnessing; by which they come to be kings, and redeemed from the earth and come to be made kings upon the earth, in the image of God, over the handiworks of God, in the wisdom by which they were created....Among these Christ is king, which thousands witness. Among these he is king.
And the Apostles further testified to living in his Kingdom too:
Paul said: Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
Paul again: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
So Paul (and others) had been delivered from sin, had been translated into the Kingdom of Christ, and were
living in union with Christ.
John said: I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.
(John had been in tribulation, and was in the Kingdom)
For his return is to purified believers, in all generations, who have prepared the way of the Lord, making his beaten paths straight, by repentance through grace, to crucify the sinful nature. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display,
Nor will people say, Look! Here ! or, See, there!
For behold, the kingdom of God is within you and among you.
Repentance and the cross yield purity and then to see God!
He, who has been hidden within, is revealed; the Revelation of Jesus Christ, within the purified believer.
The second death exerts no power or authority over those who have crucified the sinful nature; they shall be ministers of God and of Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand years.
The cross is bearable, but not easy. It is not easy to lose your life. It is not easy to forsake everything. It is not easy to suffer. So any alternative to the cross, which supposedly allows one to escape Hell, is eagerly received; and false doctrines and lies have quickly become pervasive. (See Suffering and Tribulation for more on suffering.)
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.
The ministers of the deficit sects tell their members that they are righteous, even while they are still sinning, sin being wickedness.
He that says to the wicked, 'You are righteous;'
him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him.
All the pastors and ministers shall be cursed, who lied, saying that with belief in Jesus, you are righteous while still locked in sin.
In effect, the ministers of today tell their members: don't seek, don't obey, don't fear, don't strive -
saying there is no need, because of grace, your supposed license for immorality and excuse for remaining in sin.
Yet Paul instructed ministers thus: "Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear."
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? . So now ask yourself: have you overcome the world? Because John has just told us who believes that Jesus is the Son of God - it is he who overcomes the world; and to overcome the world is to fight the good fight of faith, to have victory over sin, and to bring forth fruit unto perfection - which occurs by your faith through repentance on the inward cross of self-denial.
The Jews, incorrectly interpreting the Scriptures, rejected Christ, expecting a physical King to appear. Similarly, one hundred generations of Christendom, incorrectly interpreting the Scriptures, have rejected listening to and obeying Christ within them, expecting an outward appearance; expecting Christ to physically appear to be King of the whole world, thereby missing the possibility of preparing for his inward, individual spiritual appearance in them. This is a major deception with disastrous consequences to those so deceived. Prize your time; use it wisely, for it is finite. For more on this subject, see The Second Appearance of Jesus.
The gospel, promising the Kingdom by repentance, has been ignored. Instead, life-long sin is preached, which is a devastating deficit in all the sects; a 180° departure from righteousness; not even aiming at, much less approaching John the Baptist's righteousness, of whom the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater. Let no one think themselves unworthy to enter the Kingdom by repentance, for even the prostitutes and tax collectors were entering in Jesus' time, .The Holy Way...the simple ones and fools, shall not err in it and lose their way. . His grace is sufficient for all men and women to enter, but first, we must all repent.
In the past God overlooked ..ignorance,
but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
We must be brought under the control of God by repentance.
Awake to righteousness, and sin not;
for some have not the knowledge of God:
I speak this to your shame.
Everyone talks about how Jesus is so forgiving; true, but after forgiveness he says, sin no more!
To the adulteress: I do not condemn you either. Go on your way and sin no more.
To one healed: Behold, you are made whole: sin no more least a worse thing come unto you.
The worse thing to come unto you is called Hell.
Christendom doesn't have a clue how to be freed from sin, and pretends it is impossible.
But Jesus said: Sin no more! Repent or perish! [to lose you soul ]
Jesus said, If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell. .
He doesn't want us to maim ourselves. He is only illustrating how serious continuing to sin is.
Jesus is desperately trying to tell us that to enter the Kingdom and escape hell, sin has to go.
He knew false ministers with false gospels promising freedom to continue to sin would arise after he left.
Changes in our heart through the missing cross to purity can take away the desire of the hand, foot, and eye to cause us to sin.
Sinners can't live in heaven, or heaven would be Hell. Only former sinners go to heaven. Until all sin is removed from you heart, until you are purified; you cannot be in the company of God-
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? . No one wants children, who lie, or steal, or envy, or get angry, or constantly want something more, or are drunken, or are violent, or wrongfully use others, or cheat - or are disobedient to one's commands.
Everyone has to be purified first, and it cannot be instantly done on earth or in the next life. We must learn to loathe and hate our selfish motives and desires before they can be removed to purify us; or else we would drift back into the same selfish