DARK LIGHT SERIES – THREE THE CREATION OF MAN IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD In the first two studies we have examined the Scriptures and found that not only is it possible for souls to think they are saved and going to heaven when the reality is the reverse, but that THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS DELUSION. We found that THE MANY REJECTED, THE EVIL SERVANTS, THE NON-OVERCOMERS, THE MANY WHO FOLLOW AFTER THE FALSE PROPHETS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON THAT THEY ARE MISSING: AUTHENTIC REGENERATION. IT WAS ALSO PROVED THAT THEIR DECEPTION HINGES UPON THE FACT THAT THEY CLAIMED A SPIRITUAL REBIRTH, A REGENERATION AND A UNION WITH CHRIST THAT WAS NOT TRUE, BECAUSE THEY HAD EMBRACED A THEOLOGY OF THE FALSE PROPHETS. We have found that the one common element that makes it untrue is that they failed TO LAY HOLD OF THIS MYSTERIOUS LOVE OF GOD CALLED ‘AGAPE’. The only way this can happen is to FORM A BELIEF STRUCTURE AROUND UNTRUE DOCTRINE, UNTRUE THEOLOGY. They embrace a false doctrine, a heresy, and that heresy DAMNED THEM TO ETERNAL RUIN. IT HAS BEEN OFTEN CLAIMED THAT A MAN’S THEOLOGY DOES NOT MATTER; ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT HE BE SINCERE. Nothing could be further from the truth, for a soul’s theology is WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE TRUE. If the theology is wrong, and it is embraced as truth, THE THEOLOGY BECOMES A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LIVING CHRIST, and that soul in fact becomes an IDOL WORSHIPPER, AND THE IDOL IS THE THEOLOGY, which POSES AS CHRIST. The primary key to all of this boils down to what CONSTITUTES AUTHENTIC REGENERATION. All of the people sent away NEVER UNDERWENT A TRUE AND AUTHENTIC REBIRTH. This being the case, then our efforts must be directed toward finding out WHAT CONSTITUTES AUTHENTIC REGENERATION. WHAT IS IT? WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? WHAT ARE THE PROOFS? IS IT EXPERIENTIAL OR NOT? CAN I KNOW FOR SURE? This issue is so important that Satan and his demons are going to apply all of their effort and time to attacking those areas that lead to authentic regeneration, and he will obviously attempt to REDEFINE WHAT IT MEANS, so that people WILL THINK AND BE POSITIVE THEY ARE REGENERATED AND BORN AGAIN WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE NOT. In other words, Satan WILL BRING IN A SUBSTITUTE REBIRTH. HE WILL DO IT FOR THE CHRISTIAN, AND HE WILL DO IT FOR THE “SPIRITUAL” PERSON. The only safe method we have is to dig deep into the Word of God and find out what God says about it, and cross compare what we find out with all the rest of Scripture. If we find a harmony from Genesis to Revelation, then we must embrace it as truth, and become obedient to what we have learned. To find out the simplicity of the mission of Christ, we must go to Genesis and the story of the creation and fall of man. If we can once grasp the SIMPLICITY OF WHAT GOD IS TELLING US, THE ENTIRE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION WILL BECOME CRYSTAL CLEAR, AND WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE WHY THE MANY WERE REJECTED. We will begin at the very
beginning, and we will trace the key essential elements of our creation through
all of Scripture to prove our points. Many theologians play down the LOVE
ASPECT OF MAN, and claim that it is only a small part of the issue. They are
TOTALLY WRONG. IT IS THE ONLY ASPECT OF MAN THAT GOD DEALS WITH IN SALVATION.
All other issues are side issues, and of little consequence. It will be proven
that the AGAPE LOVE ISSUE is the only issue between God and
mankind. The depravity of man is based upon HIS CENTRAL CORE ESSENCE, AND IT
IS FROM HIS CENTRAL CORE ESSENCE THAT ALL THE OTHER ISSUES COME FROM. We will prove that man was created in the AGAPE LOVE IMAGE OF GOD. God created man with an essence of 100% pure agape love, direct from the central core image and essence of God. Out of this pure agape love flows all truth, all mercy, all compassion. From man’s pure agape love, flows pure phileo love, pure eros love, pure joy and peace that comes from total communion with God. Man was in total peace with his Creator and with his world. “And God said, LET
US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over
all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD CREATED
HE HIM; MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE
THEM.” (Genesis 1:26-27) Genesis is very blunt and very direct: God created man IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF HIMSELF. The word “image” is ‘tselem’ and it means RESEMBLANCE, A PHANTOM, A REPRESENTATIVE FIGURE. What is this so called ‘image’ and ‘likeness’? What is God’s image and God’s likeness? What is God’s central core essence, what is God LIKE, WHAT IS HIS TRUE IMAGE? Scripture proves IT IS AGAPE LOVE. FROM THIS CENTRAL CORE ESSENCE, THIS IMAGE, THIS LIKENESS, MAN WAS CREATED. The THEOLOGICAL WORDBOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr. and Bruce K. Waltke, has this to say about the word image: “…God’s image obviously does not consist in man’s body which was formed from earthly matter, BUT IN HIS SPIRITUAL, INTELLECTUAL, MORAL LIKENESS TO GOD WHOM HIS ANIMATING BREATH CAME…GOD is non-material, the Creator (Deut. 4:15-19), THIS SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF MAN HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY THE FALL AND IS DAILY TARNISHED BY SIN…” We must turn to Scripture to get our answers, and the answers MUST BE TOTALLY ACCURATE, for if we misunderstand the fall, then we will not understand what Christ was attempting to convey to us in the doctrine of salvation. We will now attempt to prove that the CENTRAL CORE SPIRITUAL ESSENCE OF GOD IS PURE AGAPE LOVE, AND FROM THIS CORE FLOWS HIS CREATION, HIS COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD IT AND SUSTAIN IT, HIS GRACE, HIS PROMISES, HIS GOVERNMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, FLOWS FROM THIS INNER CORE ESSENCE. “Beloved, let us (AGAPAO) LOVE ONE
ANOTHER: FOR (AGAPAO) LOVE IS OF GOD;
and everyone that (AGAPAO) loveth is BORN OF
GOD, and knoweth God, HE THAT (AGAPAO)
LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT GOD; FOR GOD IS (AGAPAO) LOVE.” (1 John 4:7-8) Here we have a flat statement that ANYONE CAN READ; GOD IS AGAPAO/AGAPE LOVE. The agapao love of God is pure 100% love, untainted. We could say PURE, OF ABSOLUTE PURITY. That does not mean 80% pure, 90% pure, or 99.99% pure. IT MEANS ABSOLUTE 100% PURITY. THERE IS NOT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST TRACE OF ANY IMPURITY IN GOD’S AGAPE/AGAPAO LOVE. That is an important thing to remember as we trace what happened at the fall, and why man is now separated from God and is condemned to eternal ruin. John also tells us that in order to KNOW GOD, WE MUST HAVE BEEN BORN OF GOD’S PURE 100% AGAPE LOVE. UNLESS AND UNTIL A PERSON OBTAINS THIS 100% PURE AGAPAO LOVE, HE IS NOT BORN OF GOD, HE IS NOT REGENERATED, AND HE DOES NOT KNOW GOD AT ALL. This confirms our conclusion about the ‘many’ who were rejected by Christ: THEY DID NOT KNOW GOD, THEY DID NOT KNOW CHRIST, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE AGAPAO LOVE OF GOD IN THEM. They only professed they knew God, but they did not POSSESS the agapao love of Christ or God. We now have ONE PROOF THAT THE ESSENCE OF GOD IS AGAPE/AGAPAO LOVE. We will now look for more: “And we HAVE KNOWN
and believed the (AGAPE) LOVE THAT GOD HATH
TO US. GOD IS (AGAPE) LOVE; AND HE THAT
DWELLETH IN (AGAPE) LOVE DWELLETH IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM.” (1 John 4:16-17) Once again we find a direct statement that GOD IS AGAPE LOVE. Once again we find that those who DWELL WITH GOD HAVE THIS AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. God dwells IN THEM. If God and Christ dwell in them, then Jesus WOULD KNOW THEM. What did Christ say to the ‘many’ rejected? He said ‘I NEVER KNEW YOU.’ It is obvious then, that AGAPE LOVE WAS NOT IN THEM, FOR CHRIST AND GOD ARE AGAPE LOVE. You cannot dwell in the very core of a soul and NOT KNOW THEM. It is this agape love of God that brings UNION WITH CHRIST. The agape love of Christ is the INTERPRETER that allows communion with GOD AND CHRIST. These verses prove that the ESSENCE AND IMAGE OF GOD IS AGAPE LOVE. The Likeness of God is AGAPE LOVE. “Nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the (AGAPE) LOVE OF GOD, WHICH IS IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.” (Romans 8:39) “Finally brethren,
farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, and be of one mind,
live in peace; and THE GOD OF (AGAPE) LOVE and peace SHALL BE WITH YOU.” (2 Corinthians 13:11)
“The grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and THE (AGAPE) LOVE OF GOD, and the communion of
the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. (2 Corinthians 13:14) “But God, who is
rich in mercy, for HIS GREAT (AGAPE) LOVE WHEREWITH HE (AGAPAO) LOVED US…” (Ephesians 2:4) “But whoso keepeth
his word, in him verily is THE (AGAPE) LOVE OF GOD
PERFECTED: HEREBY KNOW WE THAT WE ARE IN HIM.” (1 John 2:5) “Love not the world,
neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, THE (AGAPE) LOVE OF THE
FATHER I S NOT IN HIM.” (1 John 2:15) We could go on. We could fill a whole book to prove
that the CENTRAL CORE IMAGE, LIKENESS OR ESSENCE OF GOD IS 100% PURE
AGAPE/AGAPAO love. As we unravel the story of the fall, it will become obvious
to you that THE ONLY ISSUE BETWEEN MAN AND GOD IS THIS AGAPE LOVE ISSUE. This
issue MUST BE SETTLED. One cannot enter heaven’s gate until and unless this
issue is taken care of. According to Jesus Christ, this issue CANNOT BE SETTLED
UNLESS ONE ENTERS THE STRAIT GATE AND WALKS THE NARROW WAY. At the end of the
narrow way is ‘life’ and Scripture proves that ‘life’ is AGAPE LOVE, AS YOU
WILL SEE. NOTHING COULD BE MORE BOLDLY
STATED, NOTHING COULD BE MORE PLAIN: THE IMAGE, LIKENESS AND ESSENCE OF GOD IS PURE AGAPE LOVE. “In this was
manifested the (AGAPAO) LOVE OF GOD toward us, because
that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might LIVE THROUGH HIM. HEREIN IS (AGAPAO)
LOVE, not that we (AGAPAO) LOVED GOD, but that HE (AGAPAO) LOVED US, AND SENT HIS SON TO
BE THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS.” (1 John 4:9-10) Our English language does not convey the importance of the different types of love found in the Greek or original Aramaic. The translators simply translated all of these different forms of love as simply LOVE. If you read it simply as LOVE, you miss the entire essence of what Scripture is attempting to show you. In fact, the English translations paved the way for the final great apostasy, for they do not show the VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN’S LOVE and GOD’S AGAPE LOVE. If a believer does not recognize this vital difference, he/she simply assumes that OBEDIENCE TO GOD MEANS TO SIMPLY ‘LOVE’ MORE. Thus obedience to God means that we are to ‘decide to love’ and if we will, we are then fulfilling GOD’S COMMANDS. This decision to love is then via doctrine and theology branded ‘making a decision for Christ’. This is true because we are told that CHRIST IS LOVE. Therefore if we make a DECISION FOR CHRIST, HE INSTANTLY COMES INTO OUR HEARTS AND WE BEGIN TO LOVE. In reality this so called ‘DECISION FOR CHRIST’ is no more than a decision to LOVE, and the love that then comes from within the human heart is nothing more than HUMAN LOVE DISGUISED AS THE LOVE OF CHRIST. It is in fact ONE OF THE KEY ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS IN THE GRAND DELUSION. The Scripture does not tell you to make a DECISION FOR CHRIST. It tells you to be OBEDIENT TO CHRIST, AND DO AS CHRIST COMMANDED YOU TO DO, TO OBTAIN THE AGAPE LOVE OF CHRIST. IF YOU REFUSE, YOU DO NOT OBTAIN IT, YOU ARE LOST. IF YOU WILL DO WHAT CHRIST COMMANDED YOU TO DO, THAT IS, IF YOU WILL ENTER THE STRAIT GATE, AND WALK THE NARROW WAY, you will then FIND THE TRUE AND AUTHENTIC (AGAPE) LOVE OF GOD. The vast majority of Christians REFUSE TO DO SO, and they are handed a COUNTERFEIT OR FEIGNED LOVE WHICH IS NOT AGAPE AT ALL, BUT IS WHOLLY FALSE, WHOLLY FEIGNED, WHOLLY A FABRICATION OF THEIR OWN HEARTS. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT WAY, IT APPEARS TO THEM AS THE GENUINE LOVE OF GOD. The Christ they are presented with by the false prophets in effect is a PLACEBO, and it triggers within them THE ILLUSION OF A NEW LOVE. We will explore this in great depth, for the ANTICHRIST SYSTEM IS BASED UPON THIS FALSE LOVE. We have already proved that the
many who were rejected of Christ LACKED ONE THING: REGENERATION, WHICH IS
THE BESTOWMENT OF THE SUPERNATURAL AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. The many held a
doctrine, a theology that TOLD THEM they HAD IT WHEN THEY DID NOT HAVE IT.
Their so-called DECISION FOR CHRIST, their HOLY GHOST BAPTISM,
their WATER BAPTISM, their CONVERSION TO CHRIST, their BELIEF,
their FAITH: A) DID NOT OBTAIN FOR THEM
THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD B) DID NOT OBTAIN FOR THEM
UNION WITH CHRIST C) DID NOT OBTAIN FOR THEM
ETERNAL LIFE. They waged a bet on a wholly false theology, brought into being by Satan’s FINEST ANGELS OF LIGHT, AND IT COST THEM ETERNAL LIFE FOR EVER. This is no joke, and this is no laughing matter. WE ARE SPEAKING OF YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY, AND IF YOU FAIL TO SEEK THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD, AND FIND IT, AND HAVE HEAVEN’S SECRET OPENED TO YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO BE DAMNED FOR ETERNITY, WITH NO HOPE, NO MERCY, NO COMPASSION, AND NO REPRIEVE. What happened? The long and short of it is very simple: THEY HAD NATURAL HUMAN LOVE IN THEIR HEART WHICH BY A SIMPLE DECISION FOR CHRIST (WHICH MAKES THEIR FALSE CHRIST A PLACEBO), THEY TRANSFORMED IT INTO THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. They began to release this love, and did mighty works in the name of the Lord. Peter and Christ had a major confrontation OVER THIS VERY ISSUE IN John 21:15-18. Christ asked Peter if Peter AGAPE LOVED CHRIST. Peter replied in the AFFIRMATIVE, and then SUBSTITUTED HIS OWN NATURAL PHILEO LOVE FOR THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. Peter did NOT KNOW OR UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE, AND THE DIFFERENCE IS RADICAL, SO RADICAL YOUR VERY SALVATION HINGES UPON YOU FINDING OUT WHAT AGAPE LOVE IS. AGAPE LOVE IS SO RADICAL, IN FACT, THAT IT CANNOT BE KNOWN BY A HUMAN BEING WITHOUT IT BEING SUPERNATURALLY REVEALED AND BESTOWED UPON THE SEEKER OF GOD’S TRUTH. THE METHOD OF THE SEARCH IS CLEARLY OUTLINED FOR YOU: THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY. The many did what Peter did, they claimed their NATURAL LOVE RELEASED WAS THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. Who would dare say Peter did not love Jesus Christ? Peter left everything and followed his Lord and Master. He even attempted to kill to protect Jesus. Yet Peter, for ALL OF HIS NATURAL HUMAN LOVE, DID NOT AGAPE LOVE CHRIST. We will explore this exchange between the resurrected Christ and Peter and PROVE that this problem of the vast majority of Christians rejected was the same problem Peter had: THEY BELIEVED THAT HUMAN LOVE RELEASED IS THE LOVE OF GOD: “So when they had
dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, (AGAPE) LOVEST
thou me more than these? YEA Lord; THOU
KNOWEST THAT I (PHILEO) LOVE THEE. He saith unto him,
Feed my lambs.” (John 21:15) I must stop right here and point
out what Peter is doing; ALTHOUGH I DOUBT Peter REALLY UNDERSTOOD HE WAS DOING
IT. Jesus asked Peter if he AGAPE LOVED Him. Peter responded IN
THE AFFIRMATIVE, and then SUBSTITUTED PHILEO LOVE FOR AGAPE.
In other words, Peter said the TWO FORMS OF LOVE WERE EQUALS, THE SAME THING.
If this were not true, Peter would have said, “NO LORD, THOU
KNOWEST I ONLY PHILEO LOVE YOU.” Peter did not respond IN THE
NEGATIVE. He responded in the POSITIVE, THE AFFIRMATIVE, AND THEN WENT ON TO
PROVE IT BY SAYING HIS PHILEO LOVE WAS THE SAME AS AGAPE. PETER, AND THE
MANY THOUGHT THAT PHILEO LOVE = AGAPE LOVE! Peter was under the DELUSION that THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD IS WHAT BEATS WITHIN OUR BREASTS, AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS RELEASE IT, and by that release of our natural love, WE ARE BEING OBEDIENT TO THE LOVE COMMANDS OF THE LORD, IT IS AN ILLUSION. IT IS A LIE, THE VERY LIE OF ANTICHRIST, WHO SUBSTITUTES THE LOVE OF MAN FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, AND PROCLAIMS IT IS GOD’S. This is exactly what the ‘many’ who stand rejected did. They claimed their natural love WAS THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. They made a serious mistake. “He saith to him
again the SECOND TIME, Simon, son of Jonas, (AGAPE) LOVEST THOU ME? YEA, LORD; THOU
KNOWEST THAT I (PHILEO) LOVE THEE. He saith unto him,
Feed my sheep.” (John 21:16) Christ now presses Peter again, because Peter missed the entire point of the question. The attack upon Peter’s love theology deepens, for Christ must smash it, just as the ‘many’ had their ‘love theology’ smashed to pieces, but for them, it was too late. Christ has different plans for Peter. Peter was going to be made TO FACE THE ISSUE BETWEEN MAN AND GOD; THE AGAPE ISSUE. Peter AGAIN ATTEMPTS TO EQUATE HIS OWN NATURAL PHILEO LOVE WITH THE AGAPE LOVE OF CHRIST. He answers again in the AFFIRMATIVE, AND THEN SUBSTITUTES ONE LOVE TYPE FOR THE OTHER. He again tells Christ that HIS PHILEO LOVE IS JUST AS GOOD AS THIS ‘AGAPE’ LOVE that Christ is speaking of. Christ however will have none of THIS GRAND DECEPTION, THIS GRAND DELUSION. Peter is too important a soul and he is ONE OF THE CALLED, ONE OF THE FEW. The attack to Peter’s heart is now made without MERCY OR COMPASSION. “He saith unto him
the THIRD TIME, Simon, son of Jonas, (PHILEO) LOVEST THOU ME? Peter WAS GRIEVED
BECAUSE HE SAID UNTO HIM THE THIRD TIME, (PHILEO) LOVEST THOU ME? And he said unto
him, LORD. THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS; THOU KNOWEST THAT I (PHILEO) LOVE
THEE. He saith unto him,
Feed my sheep.” (John 21:17) This exchange is one of the most important exchanges in the Bible to show you THAT THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD IS NOT THE NATURAL HUMAN LOVE OF MAN RELEASED, WHICH IS WHY GOD CALLS IT A NEW HEART COVENANT. IF MAN HAD AGAPE LOVE WITHIN HIM, HE WOULD NOT NEED A NEW HEART. THE NEW HEART IS A CHANGED HEART, A LOVE CHANGE: FROM PHILEO TO AGAPE!
WITHOUT THIS SUPERNATURAL LOVE CHANGE, THERE IS NO SALVATION. Peter was under a DELUSION, A DECEPTION. No one could say that Peter did not love his Lord. No one could claim that Peter had not left everything behind and followed Jesus Christ. No one could claim that Peter had not gone where Christ had ordered him to go. Peter had come near murder in an attempt to save his Master’s life. That Peter displayed BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE HUMAN LOVE FOR CHRIST CAN NOT BE QUESTIONED. Whatever Peter was, whatever Peter’s human frailties, HE LOVED JESUS CHRIST TO THE CORE OF HIS BEING, WITH ALL THE NATURAL LOVE HE HAD WITHIN. How would you feel to follow someone all these years, to have left everything, only to have the one you love turn upon you AND CLAIM YOU DID NOT LOVE HIM ENOUGH? You would feel as Peter did, and you would break, and you would CRY AND WAIL IN PAIN. This is exactly what the MANY REJECTED DO. THEY STAND IN STUNNED SILENCE AT THEIR REJECTION. THEY CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE HEARING. THEY THEN BEGIN TO PROTEST, CLINGING TO THEIR DEEDS TO PROVE THEIR LOVE FOR JESUS. Do you know what the many are really saying: DIDN’T WE AGAPE LOVE YOU? DIDN’T WE PROVE OUR LOVE BY OUR WORKS AND LOVE DEEDS? DOES NOT OUR OBEDIENCE TO YOUR COMMANDS BY ALL OF OUR DEEDS PROVE THAT WE HAD YOUR AGAPE LOVE WITHIN US? IS NOT LOVE PROVED BY OUR DEEDS? Deeds done or not done do not prove anything. A man full of hatred can do a wonderful deed if he feels it is to his best interest at the time. THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD, THE AGAPE LOVE OF CHRIST MUST BE PUT WITHIN THE INNER MAN BY A SUPERNATURAL MIRACLE, IT CHANGES THE ENTIRE INNER NATURE OF MAN; IT IS A CHANGED ESSENCE. THAT IS WHY DEEDS OR WORKS ARE EXCLUDED. THEY PROVE NOTHING WHATEVER, NOR DOES JUSTIFICATION BEFORE GOD COME BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT COMES ONLY BY WALKING THE NARROW WAY TO A SUPERNATURAL SOUL DEATH, WHERE YOU ARE ALIVE, YET KNOW YOU ARE DEAD, AND THEN CHRIST, WHEN HE ELECTS, COMES AND TAKES YOU OUT OF DEATH AND INTO THE NEW LIFE OF AGAPE LOVE. You see the ‘many’ were positive they were born again and had the agape love of God within them. They were positive they had true union with Christ. Their mistake was in their theology, a theology that TOLD THEM, AND PROVED TO THEM THAT THEY HAD AGAPE LOVE WHEN THEY DID NOT. THEY WERE UNDER A DELUSION, A DECEPTION. The love that they had was their OWN NATURAL LOVE. Christ became nothing more than a PLACEBO. Because THEY THOUGHT AND BELIEVED CHRIST WAS IN THEM, VIA THEIR THEOLOGY, it allowed them to RELEASE THEIR OWN PENT UP LOVE VIA THE DOCTRINE OF FAITH. It was all a lie, a total sham, a fabrication of Satan and his false teachers! They made the identical mistake Peter made! The agape love of God will not show mercy WHERE SALVATION IS CONCERNED. Who could deny that Peter HAD FAITH? Who could deny that Peter DID NOT BELIEVE? Who could deny that Peter had not done MANY WONDERFUL WORKS? Who could deny that Peter had not CAST OUT DEVILS? Yet for all of it, PETER LACKED ONE THING: AGAPE LOVE, FOR PETER WAS NOT YET BORN AGAIN! Peter was not grieved because Jesus asked him the same question THREE TIMES. That was not what Peter got so upset over. He became exceedingly sorrowful over A TRUTH THAT ONLY CHRIST KNEW; PETER WAS NOT REGENERATED, PETER WAS NOT BORN AGAIN. PETER DID NOT HAVE THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD WITHIN HIM. When Jesus dropped the use of AGAPE and instead asked as Peter had answered, PETER INSTANTLY KNEW WHAT JESUS WAS DRIVING AT: HE DID NOT HAVE THIS AGAPE LOVE, AND IT BROUGHT ANGUISH AND TEARS TO PETER. He was being told that FOR ALL OF HIS WORKS, FOR ALL OF HIS HUMAN LOVE, FOR ALL OF EVERYTHING PETER WAS, IT WAS NOT ENOUGH. HE LACKED ONE THING: AGAPE LOVE. This confrontation actually began back when Peter DENIED HE KNEW JESUS CHRIST in front of the mob. It has a far deeper spiritual meaning than we might at first realize. THE DENIAL WAS A DENIAL OF ‘KNOWING’ JESUS. From a worldly view, PETER DID KNOW JESUS, but from a spiritual view PETER DID NOT KNOW JESUS AT ALL. The denial by Peter that HE KNEW JESUS WAS A FACT CHRIST USED TO PROVE HIS DENIAL A LITERAL TRUTH; HE DID NOT KNOW JESUS BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE AGAPE LOVE IN HIS HEART. Peter DID NOT KNOW JESUS, NOR DID THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS KNOW JESUS. They did not know, because they HAD NOT THE AGAPE LOVE OF CHRIST WITHIN THEM. Jesus knew Peter’s heart, just as He knows your heart. He knows that within you lies a LOVE FORM, WHICH WE WILL SIMPLY CALL PHILEO. Phileo love can be very intense. Phileo love can be very emotional. Phileo love can come from DEEP WITHIN. Phileo love, WHEN IT FEIGNS AGAPE LOVE, CAN EVEN DRIVE MEN TO DIE FOR ONE ANOTHER. Yet, in the end, it is still ONLY PHILEO LOVE, ONE MUST ENTER THE STRAIT GATE AND WALK THE NARROW WAY. If you will do it, you will FIND the LIVING JESUS CHRIST. YOU WILL FIND AGAPE LOVE, YOU WILL HAVE THE MYSTERY OF GOD OPENED UP TO YOU, AND YOU WILL “KNOW THAT JESUS KNOWS YOU.” Our modern translations fail to convey the essential key aspects of what the original documents are attempting to tell us. There is a RADICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOVE OF MAN AND THE LOVE OF GOD. Supernatural agape love is in fact NOT VIEWED AS LOVE BY THE VAST MAJORITY OF MANKIND. In point of fact, MANKIND HATES THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. It does not know it, nor does it want to know it. This is just as true for those who claim they are religious as those who are unbelievers! Scripture is adamant that ALL NATURAL MAN HATES GOD. The point is this: THE IMAGE, THE LIKENESS, THE ESSENCE OF GOD IS PURE AGAPE LOVE. If mankind was CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, then HE WAS CREATED WITH AN INTERNAL ESSENCE OF PURE 100% AGAPE LOVE. SCRIPTURE PROVES IT TRUE. He resided in perfect communion and harmony with his environment and with his Creator. Could we prove that the other members of the Godhead were also of the same essence? We would then have positive proof that man was indeed and in fact created with a pure agape love essence, in perfect peace and harmony with God. Jesus said that God was a Spirit, and John says that God is a spirit of AGAPE LOVE. Combined together, we have a God of Spirit, and that Spirit’s essence is pure AGAPE LOVE. Jesus stated that He and the Father dwelled together, that they WERE ONE: “Jesus said unto
them, IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER, YE WOULD (AGAPE) LOVE ME: for I proceeded
forth, and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent Me.” (John 8:42) “I and my Father ARE
ONE.” (John 10:30) “IF ye had KNOWN ME,
ye should have known my FATHER ALSO: AND FROM HENCEFORTH YE KNOW HIM, AND
HAVE SEEN HIM.” (John 14:7) “Believest thou not
THAT I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THE FATHER IN ME? The words that I speak unto you I
speak not of myself: BUT THE FATHER THAT DWELLETH IN ME; he doeth the works. BELIEVE ME THAT I AM
IN THE FATHER, AND THE FATHER IN
ME: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.” (John 14:10-11) “I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which
is to come, the ALMIGHTY.” (Revelation 1:8) “And unto the angel
of the Church of Sardis write; these things saith HE THAT HATH THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF
GOD, AND THE SEVEN STARS…” (Revelation 3:1) “For unto us a child
is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER,
THE PRINCE OF PEACE.” (Isaiah 9:6) There is no question that Jesus claimed to be GOD, or that He dwelled with the Father, and that the Father dwelled with Him. God is a SPIRIT OF PURE AGAPE LOVE. PURE AGAPE LOVE DWELLED WITHIN CHRIST, AND THUS CHRIST AND GOD WERE ONE. When Christ prayed that all believers come unto TRUE UNION, AND BECOME ONE WITH THE GODHEAD, He was praying that all His followers COME TO AGAPE LOVE BESTOWMENT, which is the GLUE OF UNION. In other words, WHERE PURE AGAPE LOVE IS, GOD IS THERE ALSO. God is a SPIRIT OF LOVE THAT PERVADES AND FILLS THE UNIVERSE, HIS CREATION. Where AGAPE LOVE IS NOT, GOD IS NOT. What makes a Son of God is AGAPE LOVE BESTOWMENT, and this AGAPE LOVE is GOD. That is why Christ prayed that the AGAPE LOVE OF THE FATHER BE IN THEM, SO HE COULD BE IN THEM. The vast majority of Christians go into eternal ruin BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER A UNION WITH CHRIST, NEVER A UNION WITH AGAPE LOVE. AGAPE LOVE IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, AGAPE LOVE IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD. It is important to realize that the Holy Spirit’s GRANTING OF A POWER BAPTISM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH UNION WITH CHRIST, as we have proven by the ‘many’ who had the Holy Spirit. Some may object and say that the essence of the Holy Spirit IS AGAPE LOVE. The logic sounds correct, but the truth is THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT’S MINISTRY IS NOT TO REVEAL HIS ESSENCE TO THE BELIEVER, NOR TO PLACE THAT ESSENCE INTO THE INNER HEART. The Holy Spirit’s ministry is to BAPTIZE THE BELIEVER INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, GIVE GIFTS SEVERALLY AS HE WILL, CONVICT OF SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGMENT (THE NARROW WAY), WHICH LEADS THE BELIEVER INTO THE ‘TRUTH’. When the believer is brought down to DEATH, HE ABIDES IN DEATH UNTIL CHRIST ARRIVES TO BRING THE NEW HEART AND TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE WITHIN. The revelation and the bestowment of AGAPE LOVE ARE RESERVED FOR GOD THE FATHER AND CHRIST, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT HAVE A PART IN IT. THAT PART OF THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IS A MYSTERY AND IS NEVER REVEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT ITSELF. THE JOB OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO LEAD THE BELIEVER TO THE POINT OF THE REVELATION, AND THEN GOD AND CHRIST TAKES OVER FROM THERE. We will study that in depth later in this series. If God then be pure agape love, and God was in Christ, then we should find references to the AGAPE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST: “Who shall separate
us from the (AGAPE) LOVE OF
CHRIST?” (Romans 8:35) “For the (AGAPE)
LOVE OF CHRIST constraineth us…” (2 Corinthians 5:14) “And TO KNOW THE
(AGAPAO) LOVE OF CHRIST, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with
all the FULNESS OF GOD.” (Ephesians 3:19) “And the grace of
our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith AND (AGAPE) LOVE
WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.” (1 Timothy 1:14) “Hold fast the form
of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and (AGAPE) LOVE, WHICH IS IN
CHRIST JESUS.” (2 Timothy 1:13) We could continue, but if this is not evidence for you, your problem is not the evidence, but a refusal to face the evidence presented. GOD THE FATHER IS PURE AGAPE LOVE; JESUS CHRIST IS PURE AGAPE LOVE. If this is true, WAS CHRIST MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD THE FATHER? He claimed it was so, and to say otherwise would be to declare Christ a liar. Original man was called Adam. Christ was called by Scripture the second Adam. Man was made in the IMAGE OF GOD. Christ was made in the IMAGE OF GOD. Christ was PURE AGAPE LOVE, VIA THE VIRGIN BIRTH. Man was created in the identical image, PURE AGAPE LOVE. We will show later in this series that Christ was born into the human race under what is known as KINSMEN-REDEEMER LAW. He was born of a woman so He could be a NEAR KINSMEN TO THE ADAMIC RACE, SO THAT HE COULD LEGALLLY REDEEM US FROM SATANIC BONDAGE AND THE CHAINS OF DEPRAVITY. He was born of a virgin to BYPASS THE SIN NATURE, BORN OF A PURE AGAPE LOVE ESSENCE SO HE COULD PAY THE RANSOM PRICE. Once you grasp the central essence of redemption in its beautiful simplicity, all the rest will fall into place. We have shown you that both GOD THE FATHER AND JESUS CHRIST HAVE THE SAME CORE ESSENCE OF PURE AGAPE LOVE. What about the Holy Spirit? “But when the
Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you FROM THE FATHER, even the SPIRIT OF TRUTH,
which proceedeth FROM THE FATHER, he shall testify of
me.” (John 15:26) “And I will pray the
Father, and HE SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, that he may abide with you for ever…” (John 14:16) Notice that the Holy Ghost PROCEEDS FORTH FROM THE FATHER. If the Father is pure agape love, and Christ is pure agape love, THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT MUST BE PURE AGAPE LOVE AS WELL, FOR NO PART OF THE GODHEAD IS TARNISHED OR FALLS SHORT IN ANY WAY. “But the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS
(AGAPE) LOVE…” (Galatians 5:22) The FRUIT of the Spirit, that is, ALL THE PREPARATION, ALL THE CONVICTING OF SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGMENT, ALL OF THE POWER BAPTISMS, ALL OF THE GIFTS HAVE AN ULTIMATE GOAL; THE BESTOWMENT OF AGAPE LOVE, AND ITS PERFECTION WITHIN THE REAL BELIEVER. Again, I will say, IT IS NOT THE JOB OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BESTOW AGAPE LOVE, BUT ONLY TO LEAD THE BELIEVER TO THE POINT OF THE REVELATION. JESUS HIMSELF COMES AND REVEALS THE MYSTERY OF THE GODHEAD, THAT IS, THE SECRET ESSENCE OF ALL OF THE TRINITY. WE WILL SHOW THIS WITH MANY VERSES OF SCRIPTURE, AND IN ALL OF THEM, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NEVER MENTIONED! Notice that the final fruit of the Holy Spirit is AUTHENTIC AGAPE LOVE, and this is in perfect harmony with the prayer of Christ, that the AGAPE LOVE OF GOD BE PLACED INTO EACH BELIEVER’S HEART. The problem with the many is that THEY DID NOT BARE THE FRUIT OF AGAPE LOVE, BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT WALK THE NARROW WAY. They never came to the point where GOD BESTOWED IT UPON THEM, THEY MERELY CLAIMED THEY HAD IT, BY A THEOLOGY THAT TOLD THEM THEY HAD IT. The whole ball of wax for the Christian is to FIRST OF ALL LAY HOLD OF THE AGAPE LOVE OF CHRIST, THEN SECONDLY, TO PERFECT IT, ONCE HE OBTAINED IT. The ‘many’ never laid hold of it! We have proved the central core essence of the Godhead is pure agape love. Each single member of the Trinity has a pure central essence of AGAPE LOVE. From this flows all of truth, all of doctrine, all that God has for the universe and the world of man. There is a very real and very literal Trinity. They are all distinct individuals, each with a DIFFERING MINISTRY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NEW COVENANT AND SALVATION.
AND YET THEY ARE ALL ONE IN AGAPE LOVE Each one has a differing ministry as will be proven. They are in UNITY, IN UNION, IN CONCERT AND THEY ARE ONE IN ESSENCE: PURE AGAPE LOVE. THEY HAVE DIFFERING FUNCTIONS; DIFFERING PARTS TO PLAY IN BRINGING THE SOUL TO SALVATION. ALL THREE WORK TOGETHER TO BRING THE LOST SOUL INTO UNION WITH JESUS CHRIST. The whole thrust of the New Covenant is a NEW HEART OF AGAPE LOVE, THE VERY HEART OF JESUS CHRIST, SO THAT UNION WITH CHRIST BECOMES A FACT. Does the Bible say anywhere that THE HOLY SPIRIT is the only name under heaven by which we must be saved? Does the Bible say anywhere that GOD THE FATHER is the only name under heaven by which we must be saved? NO! Their function in this great plan of salvation IS TO BRING THE BELIEVER INTO TRUE UNION WITH JESUS CHRIST! The whole thrust, the entire operative mode of the TRINITY IS TO BRING THE BELIEVER INTO AUTHENTIC REGENERATION, WHICH IS THE BESTOWMENT OF AGAPE LOVE, WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS. It is this agape love issue that SEPARATES GOD FROM THE HUMAN RACE. It is the work of Jesus Christ upon the cross that RECONCILED GOD TO MAN. But man IS NOT RECONCILED TO GOD, FOR IF THEY WERE, NOT ONE HUMAN SOUL WOULD EVER BE LOST. It is the work of the Holy Spirit and God the Father to DRAW AND CONVICT OF SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGMENT. THIS PROCESS IS TO BRING A SOUL TO A FULL RECOGNITION OF HIS TRUE LOST STATE BEFORE GOD. IT IS IN THIS FULLY EXPERIENTIAL STATE OF BEING UTTERLY LOST, IN RUIN, AND IN TOTAL HUMILIATION THAT GOD CAN BEGIN TO DEAL WITH THE INNER HEART. THE SOUL IS TO BE, AND MUST BE, READJUSTED BACK TO THE STANDARD OF GOD: AGAPE LOVE. EXCEPT TWO BE AGREED, THEY CANNOT WALK TOGETHER. The narrow way IS this process that leads to the RECONCILIATION OF MAN TO GOD. It is a fatal flaw of modern theology that suggests that the work of Christ WAS A TWO-WAY RECONCILIATION. IT WAS NOT. The many, in spite of all their work and dedication and sincerity to the Lord Jesus Christ REFUSED TO RECONCILE THEMSELVES TO HIM OR TO GOD. They only claimed a reconciliation; their hearts were NEVER RECONCILED BECAUSE THEY REFUSED THE REPROOF OF GOD THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT RECONCILIATION TO TAKE PLACE. God does not have to reset His timepiece to man’s schedule; man must set his to God’s. THE NEW COVENANT IS THE WAY OF RECONCILIATION OF MAN TOWARDS GOD. God’s reconciliation to man IS THROUGH THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST. Man’s reconciliation to God is THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO ENTER THE STRAIT GATE AND WALK THE NARROW WAY. If you refuse it, your heart is NOT RECONCILED TO GOD. That God is your friend now is of NO CONSEQUENCE. Remember the parable of the marriage supper, and how God came over to the man WITHOUT THE PROPER WEDDING GARMENT ON? What did God call him? He called him FRIEND. He called him friend because GOD IS NOW THE FRIEND OF MAN, THROUGH THE WORK OF CHRIST. But God threw the man into eternal ruin, FRIEND OR NOT. WHY? Because he did not have on a RECONCILIATION ROBE OF AGAPE LOVE. The soul that refuses the strait gate and narrow way HATES GOD, AND HATES CHRIST, IN SPITE OF ALL HIS ‘RELIGION, HIS PIETY, and HIS PROTESTS TO THE CONTRARY’. “For MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, neither are YOUR WAYS MY WAYS saith the Lord. For as the HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE
EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN
YOUR WAYS, AND MY THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS.” (Isaiah 55:8-9) This can only be understood in relation to the AGAPE LOVE ISSUE. This is the ONLY issue between man and God. It is what separates man from his Creator. God is higher than man not only because He is God, but because HE HAS PURE AGAPE LOVE AND MAN DOES NOT. Scripture will prove that MAN LOST HIS AGAPE LOVE ESSENCE AT THE FALL. His loss of agape love plunged him into a world of sin, depravity and eternal ruin. Thus God is saying to man, MY AGAPE LOVE ESSENCE IS WHAT MAKES ME HIGHER THAN YOU, AND MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS. God is so far above the love plane of man that there IS NO COMPARISON. Only those who have searched for the face of God with all diligence (THE FEW), ever look into the depth, height and width of the AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. To those that refuse to come as God demanded, who refuse Jesus Christ, they are handed a SATANIC COUNTERFEIT, a mimic, a look alike, a DELUSION because they REFUSED GOD, THEY REFUSED CHRIST, AND THEY CAME UP WITH SOME OTHER WAY. ALL RELIGIONS LEAD TO ETERNAL HELLFIRE, INCLUDING CHRISTIANITY, BECAUSE TRUE AUTHENTIC CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION. IT NEVER WAS A RELIGION. RELIGION IS WHAT SATAN MANUFACTURES TO SATISFY THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF MAN. HE TOOK THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY AND PERVERTED IT INTO A RELIGIOUS MONSTER TO DERAIL THOSE WHO WERE SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT CHRIST REALLY WAS THE MESSIAH. HE TAKES THAT ASPECT OF CHRIST, AND TWISTS IT ALL AROUND INTO A RELIGIOUS “BELIEF SYSTEM”. True Christianity is not a religious belief system. It is not another “faith system”. All religions have at their core FAITH AND BELIEF. Modern Christianity is wholly a PERVERSION OF THE TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST. It is a SATANIC SUBSTITUTE FOR THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY. Christianity was SO RADICAL in its very nature that MAN COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT CHRIST BROUGHT. The ORIGINAL CHURCH KNEW THE TRUTH, TAUGHT THE TRUTH, AND HELD FAST TO THE TRUTH. If the original church was on earth today, it would be branded as a totally fanatical far out “cult”, as a group of mentally disturbed people in great need of help. Apostasy set in, and soon the TRUTH WAS MERGED WITH ALL SORTS OF LIES AND DECEPTIONS, EXACTLY AS PAUL AND THE OTHER APOSTLES FORETOLD. What was truth was eventually called a lie, and the lies were brought in as truth. The modern faith movement, which began in the 1700s and the early 1800s was the final assault upon the REAL TRUTH OF CHRIST. The faith movement UTTERLY REMOVED THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY AND SUBSTITUTED IN ITS PLACE A SYSTEM OF INSTANT “DECISIONS”, PARADED AS “FAITH” AND “BELIEF” THAT HAS AND WILL DAMN MILLIONS OF SOULS TO ETERNAL RUIN. Man has always RECOGNIZED that in Christ was something very special, and very different (even Pilate knew that) and thus more books are written about Christ than any other figure in human history, and more problems and fights have arisen over Christ and the meaning of Christ than any other figure in history. But for all that, because man is UNREGENERATE, and because man WILL NOT DO AS CHRIST COMMANDED, the vast majority of believers, and all unbelievers of whatever persuasion, VIEW CHRISTIANITY AS A RELIGION which is PRECISELY WHY ALL THE WORLD RELIGIONS ARE BEING COMBINED TO FORM A ONE WORLD RELIGION; AND CHRISTIANITY WILL BE A KEYNOTE RELIGION IN THIS FINAL APOSTATE ANTICHRIST SATANIC DECEPTION. CHRISTIANITY IN TRUTH IS SO SIMPLE IT GOES RIGHT OVER THE HEADS OF MAN. THEY FLAT DO NOT GRASP THE SIMPLICITY OF CHRIST. CHRISTIANITY CAN BE SUMMED UP AS THIS: A CHANGED HEART, A REAL, LITERAL ALBEIT WHOLLY SUPERNATURAL CHANGED HEART. IT IS A MIRACLE. IT IS A LOVE CHANGE. IT IS SUPERNATURAL TO MAN. MAN IS DEPRAVED AND LOST BECAUSE HE LOST AGAPE LOVE AT A REAL AND LITERAL FALL. Man’s heart is therefore called UNREGENERATE. He must, if he is to enter heaven, OBTAIN A NEW HEART, A HEART OF AGAPE LOVE. He does not obtain it by becoming “religious”. He does not obtain it by going to “church”. He does not obtain it by ANY FORM OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF SYSTEM ON PLANET EARTH. HE DOES NOT OBTAIN IT BY MAKING A “DECISION FOR CHRIST”. He does not obtain it by faith as it is defined by today’s false prophets. He obtains it BY BEING OBEDIENT TO THE COMMAND OF CHRIST AND GOD THE FATHER, which, when summed up to their final essence is this: “SEARCH FOR THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY MIND, ALL THY HEART, ALL THY SOUL, AND ALL THY STRENGTH, AND THOU SHALT FIND HIM.” That search, says the Scripture, PROVES FAITH VALID. It tries the faith, the profession to see if it be true or not. FAITH HATH A WORK. That “work” is not “works” or “legalism”. Dear soul, this is not a religious command. It is not a command to do ANYTHING EXCEPT TO SEARCH FOR THE MEANING BEHIND YOUR LIFE UNTIL YOU HAVE MET THE LIVING CHRIST FACE TO FACE. IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU WILL, AND IT WILL NOT HAPPEN IF YOU WON’T. DIVINE AGAPE IS NOT KNOWN BY NATURAL MAN. Natural man knows NOTHING of the agape love of God. It is beyond HIS MIND, BEYOND HIS REASON, BEYOND HIS BEING, BEYOND HIS IMAGINATION. He cannot COMPREHEND OR KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. It is HIDDEN because of the FALL OF MAN. If God has HIDDEN SOMETHING, and it is a MYSTERY, a SECRET, and UNKNOWN, then to FIND IT, MAN MUST ENTER INTO A SEARCH. The call to SEARCH IT OUT is the PRIMARY CALL OF CHRIST, GOD THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. The STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY ARE THE SEARCH. If any human soul will RESOLVE IN THEIR HEART THAT WILL SEARCH THIS MATTER OUT WITH ALL DILIGENCE, GOD WILL MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO SHOW YOU THE TRUTH. AS YOU SEARCH, GOD SUPERNATURALLY BRINGS YOU DOWN. If you will not make this SEARCH the PRIMARY, THE ONE AND ONLY EFFORT IN YOUR LIFE, CHRIST SAYS YOU WILL NEVER FIND HIM, FOR THAT IS HIS PRIMARY COMMAND TO YOU. Scripture wholly proves it true. It is not a “work”. It is not a form of “legalism”. It is in fact a diametric opposite of works or legalism. But if you insist that IT IS A WORK, OR IT IS A FORM OF LEGALISM, YOU WILL PERISH IN YOUR SINS, YOU WILL BE LOST FOREVER. But if you will DO IT, YOU WILL FIND CHRIST, YOU WILL FIND AGAPE, and you will find “life”. And when you do, you will be utterly amazed and held in total awe at this AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. You will stand transfixed as you LOOK DEEP INTO THE DEPTH, THE HEIGHT, THE BREADTH AND THE WIDTH OF HIS LOVE. You will be amazed AT THE SIMPLICITY OF CHRIST. You will be AWED at the POWER OF GOD. You will KNOW A SECRET THAT ONE OF THE ‘FEW’ WILL FIND. You will know with Paul what it is to say, “ I KNOW I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST.” You will KNOW what Paul means when he speaks of the MYSTERY OF GOD. You will know what is meant by TRUE JOY AND TRUE PEACE, that Christ said was NOT OF THIS WORLD. But if you will not LIFT YOUR FINGER TO SEARCH IT OUT, God says YOU ARE A FOOL, AND HE WILL MOCK YOU IN YOUR DAY OF TROUBLE. Now you can either believe the Bible, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD, or you can believe the modern FALSE PROPHETS OF DEATH and go WITH THEM INTO THE FLAMING FIRE FOREVER. Mankind invents all sorts of religions. He invents all sorts of philosophies to explain life. They all end up in death. They are all utter foolishness to God. They are the reasoning of unregenerate hearts WHO REFUSE to be OBEDIENT to ONE simple command: SEARCH IT OUT WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, ALL YOUR MIND, ALL YOUR HEART. Drop all bias, drop all pretense, drop all tradition, drop all knowledge, and SIT AT THE FEET OF CHRIST and LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS. LISTEN AND YOU WILL FIND LIFE, REFUSE AND YOU WILL REMAIN FOREVER IN DARKNESS. All religions are satanic counterfeits to the simplicity of the Gospel call of Christ. Satan does know that IF YOU WILL DO AS COMMANDED, you will find the truth. Then you will be SET FREE. Then Satan has lost yet another soul to Christ, whom he HATES WITH A PASSION. So if this be the case, Satan will INVENT WHATEVER HE MUST INVENT TO PREVENT YOU FROM ESCAPING. Usually he wraps it up in theological doublespeak, and complicated programs to confuse the mind. Christ, on the other hand, said it was simple; HIDDEN BUT SIMPLE. You must die, He said, while yet you live. IF YOU WILL DIE, YOU WILL FIND LIFE. He was not speaking of suicide, but of a literal and real method God employs to bring the human soul DOWN THE PIT, so God can deal IN TRUTH. RELIGION IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT GOD AND CHRIST COMMAND BE DONE. That is why RELIGIONS are dangerous. That is why RELIGIONS CAN KILL, TORTURE, AND ENSLAVE ALL IN THE NAME OF CHRIST AND GOD OR ALLAH OR WHOMEVER. They know not love. They know nothing about TRUE LOVE. They are slaves to their passions, to their beliefs, and they will KILL YOU FOR THOSE BELIEFS. Thus it is that RELIGIONS WAR UPON MAN, because SATAN IS THE GOD OF ALL RELIGIONS, and he WARS UPON MAN. Satan’s entire purpose upon earth is to do anything he must to accomplish his goal of UTTER DESTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN RACE. He is a VERY REAL, VERY POWERFUL, EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT CREATURE OF EVIL. Those that have walked the narrow way KNOW THIS FOR A FACT. The religious soul clothes himself or herself with robes of RIGHTEOUSNESS. They are “religious” and “pious” and “good”. They dress in long robes and parade about in PRETENSE. Christ had words for them and they are not pleasant. They will die in their sins. THE CALL OF GOD IS NOT TO BE RELIGIOUS, BUT TO DESIRE TO FIND THE TRUTH BEHIND LIFE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. RELIGION, ON THE OTHER HAND IS QUITE SOMETHING ELSE: IT IS THE SATANIC
COUNTERFEIT TO DAMN THE HUMAN RACE BECAUSE THEY REJECTED TRUE AGAPE LOVE, THEY
REJECTED CHRIST, THEY REJECTED THE METHOD GOD GAVE TO MAN, AND ALL THE PROOFS
GOD GAVE TO MAN. They said WE WILL NOT HAVE THIS MAN RULE OVER US. They then manufactured a million religions, a million philosophies, a million ideas which at the root HAD ONLY ONE PURPOSE: TO CIRCUMVENT THE CROSS OF
CHRIST, TO CIRCUMVENT HIS COMMANDS. “And for THIS CAUSE (no
other reason whatever) GOD SHALL SEND THEM
STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE THAT THEY ALL MIGHT BE DAMNED
WHO BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH, BUT HAD PLEASURE IN
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.” (2 Thessalonians
2:11-12) Notice how God says that there is ONLY ONE CAUSE THAT FORCES HIM TO SEND A DELUSION UPON THE WORLD OF CHRIST REJECTERS WHICH INCLUDES THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS: ONE CAUSE; WHAT WAS IT? “…because THEY RECEIVED NOT THE (AGAPE) LOVE OF
THE TRUTH (JESUS CHRIST).” (2 Thessalonians 2:10) There is ONLY ONE REASON LISTED IN ALL OF SCRIPTURE FOR A SOUL GOING INTO ETERNAL RUIN: THEY DO NOT LAY HOLD OF THE AGAPE LOVE OF CHRIST, THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST WITHIN. Because they refused the strait gate and refused the narrow way, THEY NEVER LAY HOLD OF IT, AND THEY ARE LOST FOREVER. The whole of modern Christianity is rapidly falling into the GRAND DELUSION OF GOD, ALONG WITH ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD. The United Nations, the Masonic Lodges, the world religions, all the world philosophies are BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT LOVE AND BROTHERHOOD ARE THE ONLY UNIFYING FORCES THERE ARE TO PREVENT WAR. All mankind knows about love. Every human soul has at one time or another experienced the fantastic heights of LOVE. It may have been only a fleeting moment, but ALL OF MAN KNOWS THE POWER OF LOVE. It is the one common GLUE to bring man together. THE DELUSION IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT THE LOVE OF MAN IS NOT LOVE AT ALL. IT IS MANIPULATIVE, SELF-CENTERED, POWER SEEKING AND LEADS TO UTTER RUIN. It only appears to be the answer! It is the BASELINE OF THE GRAND DELUSION. The ROOT of the grand delusion is that THE NATURAL LOVE OF MAN RELEASED IS THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. In other words, human love released, human love IN ACTION, by being a ‘point of light’ IS THE VERY LOVE OF GOD, AND IS THE FULFILLING OF THE COMMANDS TO LOVE. Thus if a soul goes out and rights some wrong, or does something good and nice, HE IS FULFILLING THE COMMANDS OF GOD TO LOVE, AND HIS LOVE IS THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. Scripture will prove that THIS IS THE GRAND DELUSION. It is from this base delusion that all other delusions will spring from. HUMAN LOVE RELEASED IS ONLY HUMAN LOVE RELEASED. It may be beautiful, it may be wonderful, it may fill you with great joy and peace, BUT IT IS NOT THE AGAPE LOVE OF GOD. The grand delusion is not just for UNBELIEVERS. It is for EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT LAY HOLD OF AGAPE LOVE. You cannot lay hold of agape love unless you walk the NARROW WAY to find LIFE, which is in CHRIST. THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS WILL BE SWEPT AWAY IN THE GRAND DELUSION OF ANTICHRIST, which is why so many Christians are involved in UNITED NATIONS OPERATIONS, PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS, NEW AGE CONCEPTS AND SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. The love the UN espouses, along with the Masonic Lodge, and all other religions of the world IS PHILEO LOVE. It will damn them and you in the end if you embrace it. The AGAPE LOVE of God was lost at the fall. Mankind does not even have the faintest idea of what agape love is. His form of agape love is nothing more than a sub-definition of his PHILEO LOVE OR BROTHERLY LOVE. The agape love of man is twisted, perverted, ruined by a very literal and real fall, as we explore later in this series. The hunger within man, the all pervading search of man for his Creator centers in his CRAVING TO OBTAIN LOVE. The human soul wants to be loved more than anything else in the world. It wants to BE LOVED AND TO LOVE. All of life is nothing but a search for this illusive thing we call love. What man REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE, AND REFUSES TO DEAL WITH, IS HIS TOTAL INABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH HE SEEKS TO DO. The LOVE WHICH MAN SEEKS HE DOES NOT HAVE. IT IS NOT WITHIN HIM. IT IS NOT WITHIN HIS NATURE. HE IS NOT CAPABLE OF BEING ANYMORE THAN WHAT HE IS; A FALLEN CREATURE, DESTINED FOR SORROW AND RUIN. His nature does not allow anything more than strife, division, factions, crime, murder, war, thefts and power plays. HE ENDS UP IN ETERNAL RUIN. Christ came down to the world and said to man: “Look, I am your redeemer. I hold the secrets to your troubles, to your pain, and to your suffering. I can answer all of your hungering, all of your loneliness, all of your fears. I can show you WHY THESE THINGS BE. I can give you all the answers. I can heal you; I can make you all well.” He then proceeded to prove He was something very special by performing all manner of healing and miracles. But we are a hardened lot, and we live in pain and suffering. We watch a loved one die in terrible suffering and we are hopeless to do anything about it. We stand by in total anguish, with huge anger in our hearts and chests for we ARE HOPELESS IN THE FACE OF DEATH. WE ARE NOT THE MASTER OF OUR SOULS; WE ARE NOT THE MASTER OF OUR SHIP. THERE IS AN UNSEEN FORCE DRIVING EVERYTHING WE KNOW, EVERYTHING WE LOVE, EVERYTHING WE SEE TO UTTER RUIN AND DESPAIR. We view Christ with a hardened eye. We hear His message, yet we see what we see. We are unable to reconcile the two concepts. If God is love, then why does He allow all of this to happen? Why does He not put a stop to it? Christ gave us the answers, BUT WE HATE THE ANSWERS. SO WE REJECT IT OUT OF HAND, IN ANGER. We blame God for everything unpleasant. We throw mud at God when things do not go right. But God is not to blame. ADAM AND EVE ARE TO BLAME. THEY SOLD US OUT. THEY SOLD US INTO THE DOMINION OF A CREATURE NAMED SATAN. He holds a tight fisted dominion over the entire human race, and HE HATES EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD EVER BORN INTO IT. He is worse than the worst nightmare movies Hollywood ever dreamed up. He is real; he is literal; and he will sweep the human race into utter ruin. We do not like what Christ said. We do not
like His NEGATIVE GOSPEL. We live in a negative world, and who needs MORE
NEGATIVE NEWS? His worst news? OUR LOVE IS NOT LOVE AT ALL. NO HUMAN BEING IN
TRUTH KNOWS WHAT TRUE LOVE REALLY IS. He said to us: “Your problem here is
simple, but difficult to face. Your love, the love you have been born with is a
hurtful type of love. You need ANOTHER TYPE OF LOVE. YOU NEED A LOVE CHANGE.
YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR OWN NATURAL LOVE UPROOTED, AND ANOTHER TYPE OF LOVE PUT
IN ITS PLACE. If you will follow my directions, I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW LOVE, A
NEW HEART, A HEART FILLED WITH TRUE LOVE, AGAPE. With it, you will be healed.
With it, you will enter heaven. With it you will learn the secret behind the
ENTIRE UNIVERSE. “To get what it is I bring to you, you will first have to suffer many things, for I am going to CUT OUT OF YOU THAT WHICH IS WRONG. SURGERY IS NEVER EASY; SURGERY IS PAINFUL. But if you will do as I tell you, and go through the anguish of the narrow way, WHEN YOU ARE DEAD, YET THOUGH YOU LIVE; I WILL COME AND GIVE YOU LIFE. Do you believe it?” The world rejects it, and the vast majority of believers reject it. Jesus even tells us why they reject it OUT OF HAND: THEY WILL NOT BE REPROVED BY THE LORD. THEY WILL NOT FACE THE REAL JUDGMENT, THE REAL TEST; THAT THERE IS NO AGAPE LOVE IN THEIR HEARTS. BUT DOES IT MATTER IF THE WORLD REJECTS IT OR NOT? BECAUSE IT IS TRUE NEVERTHELESS. MORE PROOF THAT AGAPE LOVE RESIDES ONLY WITH GOD Jesus gave us much proof to prove out the real essence of God, if the direct statements of Scripture are not sufficient for you. Christ jelled down the ENTIRE LAW AND PROPHETS, THE ENTIRE BIBLE DOWN TO THE AGAPE LOVE ESSENCE. You are familiar with the Ten Commandments. Most Christians view them as rules for DO’S and DONT’S. In reality they are not for that purpose at all, they have a much deeper purpose: THEY SHOW US SOMETHING ABOUT OURSELVES THAT WE REFUSE TO FACE AND ADMIT: WE DO NOT AGAPE LOVE. Scripture says that NO HUMAN SOUL ON EARTH CAN KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. It is an impossibility. Try as you might, you will fail, in either THOUGHT, WORD OR DEED. Scripture also says that IF YOU FAIL IN EVEN ONE POINT OF THE LAW, ONLY ONE TIME, YOU ARE DAMNED FOR ETERNITY. In other words, you must keep the law 100% for 100% of your entire life, and if you fail, you are eternally lost. “FOR WHOSOEVER
(that’s you and I) shall KEEP THE WHOLE LAW,
AND YET OFFEND IN ONE POINT, HE IS GUILTY OF ALL.” (James 2:10) “Now we know that
what things soever the law saith, It saith to them who
are under the law: That every MOUTH MAY
BE STOPPED, AND ALL THE WORLD MAY BECOME
GUILTY BEFORE GOD. Therefore BY THE DEEDS OF THE LAW
THERE SHALL NO FLESH BE JUSTIFIED IN HIS
SIGHT: For by the law is
the KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.” (Romans 3:19, 20) The law of God is designed to
place the human soul in a box, shut the box up tight, and close him in. NO ONE
CAN KEEP THE LAW. ALL WHO FAIL TO KEEP THE LAW ARE UNDER CONDEMNATION. The law
REPRESENTS THE PERFECT LOVE OF GOD. The law represents the AGAPE LOVE OF GOD.
The whole concept of the law is to prove to you THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LOVE
OF GOD IN YOUR HEART, AND BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE IT, YOU CANNOT KEEP THE LAW.
In other words, BECAUSE
YOU DO NOT HAVE AGAPE LOVE, YOU ARE CONDEMNED. This is the real function of the law. It is to prove to you that YOU DO NOT AGAPE LOVE. You do not need to be told to love your neighbor IF YOU LOVE HIM. You do not need to be told to love God, IF YOU LOVE HIM. You do not need to be told not to steal if you LOVE THE ONE YOU WOULD STEAL FROM. Now to prove this to the human race, Christ gave us several illustrations that say it all: “Master, WHICH IS
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW? Jesus said unto him,
THOU
SHALT (AGAPAO) LOVE the Lord thy God with ALL THY HEART, AND WILL ALL THY SOUL, AND
WITH ALL THY MIND. This is the first
and great commandment. And the second is
like unto it, thou SHALT (AGAPAO) love thy
neighbor as thyself. ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS |