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SALVATION of the Soul by Douglass Member of |
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To those for whom it is meant Those who answer the call to become workers for Him in the end time harvest of souls, will forsake family, friends and country just to be a servant for a King whose Kingdom has not yet come to earth. He will exist in them just as He did the first time, having inherited a body formed of the earth but a spirit and soul that are from above. These reapers of souls will forsake all of their past for a future with Him, no longer following the words of man but obedient to the Father alone. Having endured to the end the trials and tribulations brought against them so that they may be proved worthy before the Lord, they will fulfill the mandate of the Lord not to appear before Him empty handed. What will be in their hands is the evidence of faith (truth) through their works (beliefs) and manifested by words that reflect their hearts. For those who do not believe in the truth, their words are also a manifestation of the heart. Matt.12: 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. As in the days before Luther when salvation was taught to be the end of works and not the free gift of God, so it is today. Even with the knowledge that we have been saved in the spirit by the grace of God, there are those who proudly teach that salvation of the soul is the soul of man being made acceptable to the Lord. The apostles did signs and wonders through the power of being in harmony with God the Father through soul and spirit, just as God the Son was when He walked on earth. This was not a fluke but a prophecy of what is yet to come and we are the ones who this time is upon. 1Cor. 15: 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. In the above scriptures we have the apostles seeing Jesus in the flesh after the resurrection and then by Paul as “one born out of due time” “Due time’ is a phrase that points to the time that the Apostles worked miracles and when it will happen again 1Cr 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 1Ti 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: “Due time” Strongs# 2540 kairos Thayer Definition: 1) due measure 2) a measure of time, a larger or smaller portion of time, hence: 2a) a fixed and definite time, the time when things are brought to crisis, the decisive epoch waited for 2b) opportune or seasonable time 2c) the right time 2d) a limited period of time 2e) to what time brings, the state of the times, the things and events of time What the Apostle Paul and others like him did was an example of what in due time will come to those who too, will be in harmony with the creator. The reason it came to them first was because they had received the end of their faith, the salvation of ones soul. Having their mind, will and emotions sealed in Christ, allowed them to be as Christ because they were “In Christ”. “Christ in us” reflects His Spirit in us but us “In Christ” reflects His Soul in us. To the Christian whom is content with hearing the Word of God from man there is no difference between “Christ in us” and “us in Christ” but to those with understanding, the difference is the salvation of their soul. The mind of man has pondered and stumbled how to explain the existence what cannot be seen but to the mind of Christ it is the beginning of understanding. The hope of righteousness is by faith and that is made possible by the presence of the Holy Spirit however the salvation of the soul is the evidence of a work of faith from above. People think that they can increase their faith but faith is the gift of God and not a work of man, only God can increase it. The ones who become “In Christ” have been prophesied of ever since the fall of man as the “seed of the woman”. They are the ones who have been at enmity with Satan while those who follow in the likeness of Eve that yielded to the flesh, are as Eve and in compliance with Satan. A woman does not produce a seed nor is she born with one but by divine design is created to receive one. The womb of women is where life is first seen from, but the seed of the male is where life is begotten. To try and perceive what transpires before this divine design is to comprehend the creation of something from nothing. This is also reflected in the relationship of ones soul and spirit. The spirit is not visible but the works of the soul are, and are a parallel to “works” being the seen of “unseen faith”. From the beginning there were two seeds in opposition to each other, one from below and one from above. 14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. It is commonly taught that the “woman” in the above verse refers to Eve however that is not true. Eve had already yielded to the serpent and at this point was not at enmity with Satan but in compliance with him. However it is well known and understood that the seed that will always be at enmity with the way of the serpent is the seed that is of Christ. We do not hear of this woman and her seed again per se until Re.12: 17. Re. 12: 17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. This “woman” has always been the one who was barren as she did not conceive because the Spirit in Adam became defiled and the womb of righteousness has been denied from conceiving with who the virgin woman both needs and represents…. righteousness. The consummation that did happen was of the flesh and has produced a church that reflects it. This is presented in allegory in the Gospel of Mark where we see the woman that should have conceived, remained barren because the spirit and soul of man is impotent. (Without life from above) Mk.12: 19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. 23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. The brother that died was Jesus and He has left His wife behind and it is the church. The seven brothers are of Adam and his fallen spirit has laid down with the seven churches so consequently there is no life in the church. They did not have the seed and consequently the woman has remained barren. The soul (woman) that reflected righteousness never had a worthy like-minded spirit to yield to because the spirit of the church today is anything but righteous. However as the book of Daniel states in the time of the ends knowledge shall be increased and this is what is being presented to you. The original virgin woman was the soul that first lived in Adam but the woman that Adam conceived with to have children came from his flesh that was of the earth. The Virgin Mary represents the original women (soul) and it is this woman who brought forth the first man-child who was caught up to heaven. It will be another virgin soul that will bring forth a child of the same Holy Spirit that will become the next man-child who too will be caught up to heaven. This Holy Alliance between a spirit and soul that are both righteous is bringing forth a man-child as I speak but it will never ever happen within those who believe that the soul that they were born with will become worthy of the Holy Spirit for a husband. We can recognize the seed of Jesus Christ who are counted to Him as generation to carry forth His name in the scripture of Revelations quoted earlier. “the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ”. Those who obey the commandment to wait for Him and remain obedient will see Him a second time as the latter rain and receive the salvation of the soul from Him. This will compliment the salvation of the spirit they received from Him the first time as the early rain. We were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise that this will happen and it will to those who are faithful and hold to the truth. Unfortunately there is a blasphemous spirit in the church representing the will of Satan that teaches that man can obtain this second benefit that Paul spoke of without a second appearing of Christ unto them. 2nd Cor. 2: 15And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit— 16to pass by way of you to Macedonia, to come again from Macedonia to you……. As Paul told them they could have this second benefit and just as Paul would have come again to teach them this, so would Jesus have come again to give it to those who believe it . Just as the children of Israel who did not enter into the rest because of unbelief in the truth and power of God, so is the church experiencing this same unbelief. I plead with you to hearken unto the truth and endure to the end by first casting off the teaching of the soul of man ever obtaining righteousness. The sin of unbelief is not within those who understand my words and are spoken of in Hebrews. He.9: 28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. The “unto salvation” is the salvation of the soul and those who believe and endure until it happens will receive it. We have the book of Galatians as a guide to identify what spirit we are yielding to and the middle of Romans to explain to us how evil appears again. Paul’s account of his thorn in the flesh explains why it does. I have shared this connection with Paul in my testimony however there is a part that I unknowingly left out. The part I left out is that when I had the vision of the cross, the mound of earth beneath the cross that represents us, was barren of any growth. That is to say that all stubble and chaff had been removed and there were not any doctrines of man to divert the Blood of the Lamb slain for those who receive it. Those who received it then and will receive it in the future were prophesied of in Matthew when the saints came up from the graves and went into Jerusalem. These were the ones who were seen (beholden) then and represent those who will be seen by the church after the second appearing gives them the power of the indwelling soul of Christ poured out at the cross. The irony of the blasphemy of the work of fiction (untruth) search for the Holy Grail that the secular world has made a best seller of is, that the Blood Line of Jesus really does exist. They are the “seed of the woman” that bear the testimony of Christ and will bring forth righteousness, first to an unrighteous church and then to the world. Amen Peace and Blessings Douglas ______________________________ WE
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