{"id":7,"date":"2009-03-02T23:07:57","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T22:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/u0073107394.user.hosting-agency.de\/wordpress\/?p=7"},"modified":"2011-03-28T23:17:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T21:17:29","slug":"the-lord-saviour-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nac-life.de\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"The Lord, Saviour of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As I looked out of the train window this morning\u00a0on my usual journey to work I spotted a large\u00a0green\u00a0and white metal sign\u00a0just to the left of a larger\u00a0lettered display\u00a0promoting the local brewery. The sign stood clearly above the railway boundary wall like a beacon in the mist for all to see (well for train passengers at least) on which was written – Jesus Christus Retter der Welt (Jesus Christus,\u00a0Saviour of the world)\u00a0– and once again I acknowledged this truth\u00a0in the comfort of my own soul and was jolted back in time to last Sunday, 1st March, 2009\u00a0at our church in Horb where our District Elder Werner Schick held the Service for the Departed under the Word – John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” <\/em><\/p>\n

I\u00a0understand and acknowledge\u00a0this as meaning the Lord’s way and the things he taught us both\u00a0in the early church and today are still valid and, therefore, true. I not only believe in God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit but also in the teachings of the Apostles as commissioned by the Lord in the early church. This I believe to be mandatory in order to be able to reach the Father. Simple eh?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a new apostolic christian I\u00a0believe that\u00a0faith comes from the Word and the Word is heard at the altar and proclaimed\u00a0by the Holy Spirit through the weak flesh of living apostles and other brothers in the faith. I and my fellow believers believe these teachings were, are and always will be part of God’s plan of Salvation until the Lord’s return.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0made us a promise to return and collect his Bride –\u00a0will we be\u00a0waiting for him when he does?\u00a0\u00a0Hope is there for everyone and the offer is not limited.\u00a0We (all nations)\u00a0are able to become part of this wondrous event.<\/p>\n

Often\u00a0the Spirit teaches us\u00a0that\u00a0– to hear doesn’t mean we have understood – to understand doesn’t mean we\u00a0agree – and\u00a0to agree\u00a0is by all intents and purposes not as yet put into practice.\u00a0 Are we ready to bow and be obedient out of love\u00a0to our Saviour when he comes for us? Can we forgive others, and be reconciled beyond all pain and doubt? How much more difficult is this when we leave this life and cross over into the afterlife do you think?<\/p>\n

Oh I see, so you don’t believe in life after death?<\/p>\n

At this point you will have to come to terms with my belief that\u00a0the soul is immortal and lives on.\u00a0 Death is not the end, it is the only the result of the original sin and the removal of our earthly entity.\u00a0Our immortal souls, however, are then\u00a0released and ‘live’ on.<\/p>\n

Right now everyone is talking about the failing economic system and the problems of getting old or\u00a0the dangers of climatic changes in the future but what do we still believe\u00a0in these days\u00a0or in fact even hold dear?<\/p>\n

I thought about the departed souls when I saw the “sign” and was reminded\u00a0that Salvation is not only meant\u00a0for the living but also for the dead.\u00a0\u00a0It is up to the living to be a good example to those who cannot yet see.\u00a0Dead or alive.\u00a0My belief is that the Spirit is truth and only the Spirit can reveal God’s will. Once the Lord was asked “what is truth” and he replied\u00a0\u00a0“I\u00a0came into the world to bear witness unto the\u00a0truth”, which to\u00a0to me\u00a0confirms that he is evidence of the truth.\u00a0\u00a0During his lifetime\u00a0the Lord\u00a0continued to give evidence and proclaim the truth to those he helped and taught.\u00a0The\u00a0bible\u00a0is evidence of those encounters.<\/p>\n

Through the Holy Spirit, God makes his intention known to us,\u00a0as he did in the early Church and indeed as he still does today through the\u00a0apostle ministry. \u00a0Services for the Departed are the bridges into eternity, where\u00a0the souls\u00a0can cross over to receive forgiveness of sins and the baptism of water and of fire\u00a0through\u00a0the hands of a living Apostle, enabling them to\u00a0step freely over\u00a0into the divine\u00a0fellowship and the promise of the eternal community with God.\u00a0 I believe there is no greater goal.<\/p>\n

The Lord has prepared the way\u00a0for everyone. All we have to do is follow and he will lead us away from the darkness and through the mist, into the light. The truth is out there…\u00a0 Just follow the signs to salvation….. easy eh? <\/strong>See you there….hopefully (if I manage to get there and if you follow)!<\/p>\n

God Bless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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