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By Wu Hui
“Liang Chao, it’s almost midnight. You came back so late. You were drinking again,” Li Lan blamed her son.
“On my way home from work, I bumped into several old classmates. They invited me to eat out with them. It was not polite to refuse, so I accepted,” her son said airily.
Question 4: All of us have believed in the Lord for many years, and have always followed the example of Paul in our work for the Lord. We have been faithful to the name and way of the Lord, and the crown of righteousness surely awaits us. Today, we need only focus on working hard for the Lord, and watching for His return. Only thus, can we be taken into the kingdom of heaven. Because it is said in the Bible, “for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me” (Isaiah 49:23). We believe the Lord’s promise: He will take us into the kingdom of heaven at His return. Could there really be anything wrong with practicing in this way?
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Pastors and elders always tell us that all the words in the Bible are God’s words and that the Bible is given by inspiration of God. As the Bible says, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16). So, we have been holding the belief that everything in the Bible is the word of God. But today, when studying the Bible together with Sister Qi, I gained a new knowledge of this notion.
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By Xuezhi
When they hear about “overcomers,” most Christians think those who labor and work for the Lord, who can keep the Lord’s name, who can sit in prison for years without denying the Lord, and who experience all kinds of persecutions and tribulations and yet can still stand witness, are the overcomers referred to in Revelation. Is that view correct? What, exactly, do the overcomers in the Bible refer to?
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Ever since I believed in the Lord, I have often heard my pastor say, “We are already in the last days and the Lord will soon return; we must not go and listen to other sermons. Because Revelation 22:18–19 say, ‘For I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.’ All of God’s words are there in the Bible. Nothing can be added or removed from the Bible, and anyone who adds anything to or removes anything from the Bible cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. In believing in God, reading the Bible is enough for us. We don’t need to go out to seek.” I was deeply influenced by what the pastor said, and thus kept listening to him and never went to other places to attend meetings or listen to sermons.
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By Xuesong
The Cross was an instrument of capital punishment. Since the sinless Lord Jesus was nailed to the cross as a sin offering for mankind, the cross has symbolized the redemption of the Lord Jesus. As long as believers in the Lord repent and confess their sins to the Lord, they will be forgiven of their sins and will be no longer seen as sinners by the Lord. If the Lord Jesus hadn’t done the work of crucifixion, we human beings would have forever lived under the law; at that time, although people clearly knew the laws and commandments, they still couldn’t help but violate them, so they were in the danger of being condemned and sentenced to death by the laws at any time. The salvation of the cross redeemed the believers in God from the fetters of the laws, and this is God’s great love and salvation and is the greatest honor of people who believe in the Lord.
Continue reading “By Receiving Jesus’ Salvation of the Cross, Can We Enter the Kingdom of Heaven?”And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12
Thoughts on Today’s Verse…
From this verse, we can know the requirement for entering the kingdom of heaven that the Lord Jesus pointed out for us: Only by obtaining force can we enter the kingdom of heaven. As Christians, our greatest wish is to be raptured into the kingdom of heaven. So, how can we obtain force? What direction should we do it in? The Lord Jesus said, “Not every one that said to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). And the Bible also records, “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” (Heb 12:14). Obviously, only when we do God’s will, follow His way, break free from sin and are purified, can we enter the kingdom of heaven. However, many people don’t focus on following the way of the Lord or practicing His words; instead, they think as long as we work hard for the Lord, make sacrifices, expend ourselves, and spread the gospel more, we can enter the kingdom of heaven. This reminds me of the Pharisees who single-mindedly pursued working hard for the Lord and traveled far and wide to preach the gospel. They thought that as long as they did in this way, they could be praised by the Lord and enter the kingdom of heaven. This is the direction they worked toward. But in the end, all of their actions were condemned as hypocritical because they wanted to enter the holy kingdom of God through external toil instead of practicing the Lord’s words. Let us take a look at the Lord Jesus’ disciple Peter. In his pursuit of the Lord Jesus, he focused on practicing according to the Lord’s requirements in everything, and pursued loving God and satisfying God, and finally he achieved an ultimate love of God, obeyed God unto death, was crucified upside down for God, and became a person after God’s heart. People like him will live in the heavenly kingdom. If we compare the directions the Pharisees and Peter walked toward, it’s easy to see that if people who believe in God and follow Him want to enter God’s kingdom, only by practicing the Lord’s words, following His way, and becoming people who do God’s will, can they enter the heavenly kingdom. This is the only condition for entering the kingdom of heaven. Just as God says, “You must know what kind of people I desire; those who are impure are not permitted to enter into the kingdom, those who are impure are not permitted to besmirch the holy ground. Though you may have done much work, and have worked for many years, in the end if you are still deplorably filthy—it is intolerable to the law of Heaven that you wish to enter My kingdom! From the foundation of the world until today, never have I offered easy access to My kingdom to those who curry favor with Me. This is a heavenly rule, and no one can break it!” (“Success or Failure Depends on the Path That Man Walks”). From God’s words, we can see that God is righteous and holy, and God’s kingdom is holy, so how can those who are impure be permitted to enter into the kingdom? Meanwhile, we can see God’s will is to bring those who are saved by God, changed and made clean into His kingdom. Having known God’s will, we should pursue doing God’s will, following God’s way, and being cleansed and perfected, thus achieving an ultimate love of God and obeying God unto death like Peter. Only in this way can we be people after God’s heart, and have a place in the heavenly kingdom.
From: Grow in Christ
By Tongxin, Malaysia
Have you ever received counterfeit money? Many of you will answer that you have. Faced as we are with an era where counterfeit money is rampant, will you reject money because you fear receiving counterfeit bills? Of course not, because once you can discern real bills from fake, you are no longer blindly on guard. What, then of those Christians who yearn so deeply for the Lord’s return? How should they treat the matter of the appearance of false Christs? Should they be defensive and avoid things? Or should they listen attentively for God’s voice? This concerns whether or not we can receive the Lord. Once, I was on guard against being deceived by false Christs, and nearly missed my opportunity to receive the Lord.
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