The Seal, the Church, the Message and the Coming of our Lord Jesus By Dr. Josimar Salum

I humbly would like to exam the following recommendations in light of the Scriptures of God through Jesus Christ.

“Prophecy is fulfilling right before our eyes. THERE ARE 4 THINGS EVERY ADVENTIST MUST DO NOW..
1. Get close to Jesus Christ and receive the seal of GOD. Revelation 7:1-4
2. Be regular at all Church gatherings. Hebrews 10:25
3. Take active role in spreading the 3 Angels message to warn the world and call them out of Babylon. Rev 14:6-12 and Rev 18:4
4. Share this message to all Adventist to warn them of the rapid fulfilments of Prophecy.”

1. About the seal.

The seal that guarantees your redemption is not the seal mentioned in Revelation 7:1-4. About this reference we can talk to you later. The seal we have received if we are born again it is the seal of the Holy Spirit. We received this SEAL only by faith and it was given only by Grace and not for keeping the law, not even by keeping the Shabbat as we have explained before in another teaching we have shared previously.

“In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

2) About church gatherings which is really referred as temple gatherings.

This is what the Scriptures really mean:
“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews‬ ‭10:24-25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

These words are not referring to attendance or church services in temples and churches, because when the writer originally wrote these words there were no temples and there were no churches as we know today. The disciples of Jesus were not separated by denominations, nor by sects or cults neither by flocks led by one man. There were no buildings or temples in different streets of the city and they were not separated by “flocks” led by different individuals. The assembling together is simply meeting each other as disciples of Jesus, as brothers and sisters wherever they are.

 ““Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”” Matthew‬ ‭18:19-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

3 - The role of angels calling God’s people out of Babylon.

To take role with the angels to call out people out of Babylon which actually is not our role, but if were, the Babylon system involves all human and world made systems which include our own denominations, Protestants or Catholics, because none of them were founded by our Lord Jesus, but by men. They are all divisions of God’s people. This is a very serious and strong statement, but it is true.

You should decide to pray about it and exam yourself with your open mind and heart for Jesus Himself that He may reveal to you the Truth. Don’t take my words. Exam the Scriptures not by the glass of your traditions, religion or denomination, but by the perspective of the living Christ Jesus Himself.

Do you know Jesus personally as I do? If you do, He will talk to you and reveal to you His Truth. And you and I are to love everyone and serve everyone instead of selecting God’s people to have fellowship according to our beliefs.

4 - About the sign of the coming of Jesus.

The only sign that is really worth of our attention is this: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew‬ ‭24:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

More than 3 billion people on Earth today  has never heard the name of Jesus. And the vast majority of the rest of the world and this includes our own nation has never heard the Gospel of the Kingdom.  And the end mentioned here by Jesus is not the end you think it its.

Here it is:
 ““Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”” Acts‬ ‭3:17-21, 23-26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Many people arrogantly have predicted the coming of Jesus in the past setting up dates that were not fulfilled, because nobody knows the hour or day.

Instead of worrying about Jesus coming we should get and be involved in His mission.

“Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 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 ‭1:6-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Protestantism was a movement that rescued some teachings of Jesus from a corrupted religious system called Catholicism. During history Protestantism also became corrupted as all human denomination systems become. The Church is not made by denominations or by divided groups. The Body of Christ is ONE and cannot be divided.

“Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?”
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭1:12-13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

None of the Christian denominations are right and in some instances they oppose directly the teachings of our Lord Jesus. We should humble ourselves before our God and ask Him to reveal to each of us His perfect will and the TRUTH!

“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; and again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” I Corinthians‬ ‭3:9, 16-23‬ ‭NKJV

What it matters is how your Heavenly Father sees you.

What it matters is how your Heavenly Father sees you.

Jacob looked at Joseph and saw

A good son!

The ten brothers looked at Joseph and saw 

A useless dreamer!

The travelers looked at Joseph and saw

A slave !!

Potiphar looked at Joseph and saw a good servant!

The prisoners saw Joseph as a prisoner!

How wrong were they all!

God looked at Joseph and saw

a governor of Egypt on hold!

Do not get discouraged by what people see in you!

Be encouraged by what God sees in you! 

Never underestimate the person next to you because you never know what the Lord has put in that person.

Your may be an Executive Director waiting for a company that will employ your child.

Your garden boy might be a waiting President.

Remember that David got the anointing to become a King while he was a simple young man shepherding sheep.

Esther was a simple orphan girl, but she was a waiting queen. 

Let's share the love of God and make the world a better place to live. Show that love by sharing this message with those you love.

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW PEOPLE SEE YOU, WHAT IT MATTERS IS HOW GOD SEES YOU. God bless.

#jsalum

9/20/2017

You are the solution Dr Paul Taylor

YOU ARE THE SOLUTION TO SOMEBODIES PROBLEM! 

Dr. Paul Taylor 

It doesn't matter if you are in Brazil or the USA, the message remains the same.  There are people waiting for you!  You possess answers to the issues and problems around you.  Sometimes you share the solution and at other times you are the solution!  What is important is that you are aware of what is happening around you.  

The woman who anointed Jesus in Mark 14 was aware of what was happening.  No one else was, but she was!  Jesus said of her act of generosity and sacrifice, "She has done what she could."  What a testimony!  An act that has been told for thousands of years, all around the world!  She didn't do it to be seen or even remembered.  She simply did what she could!  It had nothing to do with the cost, but everything to do with the purpose!  I don't believe she understood completely what was going to happen to Jesus.  She didn't have to!  All she had to do was what she could.  Just think what she had to overcome.

1.  She had to overcome herself.  

I can only imagine that she was saying to herself, "I can't do this.  People will think I am crazy.  Is this really what I should be doing?  What if Jesus gets angry with me for pouring oil on him?"

2.  She had to overcome others.  

"What will people think of me?  Who am I to even think of doing something like this when there are all these people, important people around Jesus?  What if they put me in jail, or I become an outcast?

3.  She had to overcome her fear of the reaction of Jesus!  

"Who am I to touch this man!  He is a man and I am a woman, this isn't something I should be doing! He may embarrass me in front of all these people."

She did what she could!  She was the solution at that moment in time for what was to come in the life of Jesus.  No human would have chosen her, but she did what she could and the rest is history!

Please meditate on these words. “While Jesus was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.” Mark 14:3, 5-6, 8 

Maybe you feel that you need to do something, but you are battling the same thoughts as this woman.  Push past your own reason and do what you can do!  I know this, it will be recorded in heaven and you just may be the solution to someone's problem!

I am believing for the impossible!

Zig Ziglar : You Have the Power to Dramatically Improve Your Life

Zig Ziglar : You Have the Power to Dramatically Improve Your Life

But the most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won't work—if you won't. 

The choice is yours. 

Question: Do you believe there is something you can specifically do in the next seven days that would make your personal, family and business life worse? 

Chances are good you did a double take on that one and rhetorically responded, "What does he mean, make it worse?" 

OK, next question: Do you honestly believe there is something you can do in the next seven days that would make your personal, family and business life better? 

Chances are astronomical that you answered "yes" to that one. 

With that in mind, let me pause for a moment and ask this: Do you believe the choice is yours, and do you believe that every choice has an end result?

Now, let's think it through as I make the observation that if you were serious with your answers, you just made a profound statement. 

Here's what you said: "I don't care how good or bad my past has been, I don't care how good or bad my circumstances are at this moment. There is something I can specifically do right now that will make my future either better or worse, and the choice is mine." 

That thought is truly profound. Think about it. You can do something about your future. To dramatically improve your odds at making it better, you must accept that responsibility. 

Two-time Pulitzer-prize winning historian Barbara Tuchman said that America's No. 1 need is people who accept responsibilities.

So make the right choice; take action on that choice; keep your thinking sound and persist, persist, persist—because if you do, I will enthusiastically say I'll SEE YOU AT THE TOP! 

A good servant

A Good Servant 

By Jeremie Manirakiza

I understood that God did not put me on this earth only to consume resources (to eat, drink, breathe…) and just enjoying the creation. But He created me to bring a contribution in this fallen and corrupted World. 

Indeed He created me in Jesus Christ to do a good work and to serve him. I was not saved by service but I was saved to serve. Serving God is serving the people that He created; it is being a solution to their needs (spiritual or physical needs).  

In fact, many people desire to lead and be given titles, respect and honor but few of them desire to serve. Jesus is the greatest leader with a highest position but He called himself a servant. “I came to serve not to be served.”

The Disciples of Christ once discussed who is great among us? Who will lead us? But Jesus responded them by telling them that the greatest among them is the one who will serve others. According to Jesus the greatest person is the one who serve many not the one who is served by many. 

Other people want to be served, to be blessed and to get someone or a place where their needs will be met but few want to serve and meet other’s needs. We are so comfortable when we are living a self-centered life.

A good servant is the one who is serving without expecting a payment or a reward from the people his serving. 

However, if you want to be like Jesus Christ, you need to serve others. I understand that I should not be just a spectator in the Kingdom of God I have a role to play and a mission to fulfill.