Subject 14 : The First Epistle of JOHN
[Chapter 5-6] If a Brother Commits a Sin Not Leading to Death, Ask God to Keep Him in Life (1 John 5:16-19)
(1 John 5:16-19)
“If
anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he
will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading
to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should
pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not
leading to death. We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but
he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not
touch him. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under
the sway of the wicked one.”
What Is the Sin Leading to Death and What Is the Truth of the Remission of Sin?
The
Apostle John was talking about the problems God’s Church was facing
during his days. He said in 1 John 5:16, “If anyone sees his brother
sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will
give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death.” The
Apostle John tells us to pray to God to give life to those who have
committed sins not leading to death, when we see them committing those
sins. If so, we should be obedient to this commandment.
The
reason the Apostle John was telling us these words was because there
were those who committed sins that lead to death, and because we also
have to know the gravity of the sins, which lead to death. Therefore,
this passage is an exceedingly grave warning to you and me. The Lord
also said, “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be
forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven
men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be
forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be
forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come” (Matthew
12:31-32). Similarly, the Apostle John warned us not to commit such sins
that lead us to death, for there are such sins.
Among
the sins that lead people to death is the sin of disbelieving in our
Lord as the Savior God. Also, they include the sin of disbelieving in
the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit. Sins are still intact in
the hearts of those who disbelieve in the gospel Word of the water and
the Spirit.
The
gospel of the water and the Spirit states that Jesus came to this world
in the flesh of man and took all the sins of humanity at once by
receiving the baptism from John the Baptist. Not believing in this is
the sin that denies Jesus Christ as the true Savior, who came by the
gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit. Such disbelief is one of the
sins leading the sinner to death, which cannot be forgiven.
Then,
why is disbelief in the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit a sin
leading to death? Jesus has completely blotted out all the sins of this
world once for all by receiving the baptism from John the Baptist and by
the bloodshed on the Cross. And He has cleansed all the sins of those
who believe in Jesus as their Savior. Those who do not believe in the
gospel of the water and the Spirit in their hearts commit a sin that
leads to death, because the baptism Jesus received and the bloodshed on
the Cross were activities of God’s love on this world as well as the
truthful fulfillment of God’s will. Because the gospel Truth of the
water and the Spirit is the eternal righteousness of God which our Lord
has accomplished on this world, those who do not believe in this Truth
commit a sin leading to death.
The
only Truth that brings salvation to all sinners is the gospel of the
water and the Spirit. Hence, those who disbelieve this gospel Truth
despite of knowing it are not granted the remission of sin for eternity,
but only deserve to receive the eternal condemnation because they
surely have committed the sin that leads to death. Therefore, it is
imperative for them to turn around and believe in the gospel of the
water and the Spirit, which is the absolute Truth of salvation.
Otherwise, there is no other way to escape from the sin that leads to
death. For anyone of us, there is no other way to blot out our sins
except for the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Ordinary
people believe that believing in Jesus somehow is sufficient to blot
out one’s sins and to enter Heaven. However, that is a misguided
knowledge. Because most Christians have believed so and delivered such a
misguided knowledge to the other souls, there are many superstitious
Christians these days. If people do not know the gospel Truth of the
water and the Spirit, and therefore witness with only half the truth,
they may be able to convince others to confess Jesus as their Savior out
of their sheer will. But they will fail to convey the Truth, which
leads people to the bosom of Jesus Christ.
Thus,
everyone has to learn and know the gospel Truth of the water and the
Spirit and, furthermore, believe in it to attain the remission of one’s
sins. We have to know the gospel of the water and the Spirit and witness
Jesus to the people by our faith in this Truth. Then, the people who
hear this true gospel will realize the true salvation in their hearts
and receive the God-given salvation. Every Christian has to change his
mindset, even if only from now on. In order to do so, they have to
learn, know, and believe more concretely about the gospel Truth of the
water and the Spirit. That is because only when we first believe in this
gospel Truth can we share the Truth with other people.
We
are preaching the true gospel to the entire world. Although this may
seem plain enough, what we have to know is that we are ambassadors of
God, performing the important task of spreading the Heaven-bound Truth
to the people. In order to carry out this task, we have to first know
the Truth of the remission of sin as revealed in the Old and New
Testaments through the perspective of the gospel of the water and the
Spirit. The Lord has told us, “Unless one is born of water and the
Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). We need the very
sophisticated knowledge of the heavenly Truth, if we are to preach the
gospel of the water and the Spirit with other people.
The
Apostle Paul said that he considered all knowledge of this world to be
dung and rubbish. He also said that the knowledge of Jesus Christ is the
most excellent (Philippians 3:8). Here, the knowledge of Jesus Christ
means to know the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit. The Lord
implied this very same notion, when He said, “And you shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). I can tell you
now that the possessors of the knowledge of the gospel Truth of the
water and the Spirit have the Heaven-bound Truth of salvation, which is
superior to any philosophy in this world.
You and I Should Surely Never Commit a Sin That Leads to Death
When
we see someone commit a sin that leads to death, we should deliver him
from all his sins by sharing the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Such a sinner will be able to escape from the sin that leads to death by
believing in Jesus as his Savior, who delivered him from the sins of
the world through the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Until
now, many people, when they said that they believe in Jesus as their
Savior, meant that they believed that the Son of God had delivered them
from all their sins by vicariously receiving the judgments for their
sins on the Cross, where He was crucified shedding His blood. However,
that kind of faith is a mere unrequited love towards Jesus. That kind of
faith is essentially different from the faith in the gospel Truth of
the water and the Spirit, which God has given to us.
We
can reach salvation only if we possess the right answers to the
following various questions. Who is Jesus? Are we fundamentally sinners?
Is Jesus the Son of God? Is Jesus a mere creature? Or is He truly God?
Did Jesus wash away our sins just by His crucifixion? Or did He wash
away our sins by taking them onto Himself through the baptism from John
the Baptist? We have to get the answers to these questions from the
gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit.
No
matter how long you have believed in Jesus as your Savior, and no
matter how virtuous you have been, if you did not know and believe in
the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit, you would know better that
you have not received the full deliverance from your sins yet. Whoever
that desires to receive the salvation from one’s sins must believe in
the gospel of the water and the Spirit. There is no other way to one’s
salvation.
Thus,
what we have to know is that Jesus, in order to save us from all our
sins and inequities, Himself came to this world and took all of our
worldly sins onto Himself once for all by receiving the baptism from
John the Baptist. Moreover, Jesus bore the sins of the world onto the
Cross, where He shed His blood and died. By resurrecting from the dead,
Jesus became the true Savior to those who believe in this gospel of
salvation. We have to believe in this whole Truth to receive the
salvation from all our sins.
Because
Jesus is fundamentally God of Truth, the fact that Jesus came to this
world, received the baptism from John the Baptist, shed His blood on the
Cross, and resurrected from the dead becomes the real Truth of
salvation. The gospel of the water and the Spirit has the power to
deliver all who believe in this gospel from all trespasses and sins.
This gospel of the water and the Spirit, which possesses enormous power
and authority, is the true gospel.
The
Bible says, “Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the
face of the earth” (Numbers 12:3). However, even if Moses were to have
received the baptism, have died on the Cross crucified, and have
resurrected from the dead to blot out all the sins of the world, he
could never have become our savior. That is because Moses is merely a
creature. Because Moses, like us, is a weak creature helpless but to sin
before God, he has no authority to wash away our sins.
Yet,
Jesus is different. Jesus being fundamentally God had the authority to
become our true Savior to those who believe in the gospel of the water
and the Spirit. And He actually fulfilled all righteousness of God by
taking all sins of the world onto Himself through the baptism He
received from John the Baptist, by bearing all our sins onto the Cross
where He shed His blood, and by resurrecting from the dead on the third
day so that humanity may be delivered from all their sins.
Now,
you and I can be delivered from all our sins by believing in the
powerful gospel of the water and the Spirit, for Jesus is our Lord and
Savior, the Son of God, and God Himself. Hence, knowing the gospel Truth
of the water and the Spirit itself becomes a very important evidence of
our salvation.
The
Apostle John said in 1 John 5:16, “If anyone sees his brother sinning a
sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him
life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading
to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.” Those who
commit sins leading to death are unable to be delivered from their sins
because they voluntarily disbelieve and reject the gospel Truth of the
water and the Spirit. What is tantalizing is that we are unable to share
the gospel of the water and the Spirit with them in order to deliver
them from their sins because they willingly have committed the sins
leading to death.
Dear
fellow believers, you should never belong to such kind of a people. You
have to wholeheartedly believe the gospel Truth of the water and the
Spirit. The incarnate God Jesus has taken all our sins by receiving the
baptism from John the Baptist and vicariously suffered the judgment for
our sins by shedding His blood on the Cross. We have to become believers
of this gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit instead of becoming
disbelievers. To have eternal life or not is absolutely up to you.
We
should not commit sins leading to death before God. How in the name of
God dare we? However, so many Christians are still committing sins
against God, which leads to death. Even though Jesus had taken all the
sins of the world onto Himself by becoming the Lamb of God through
receiving the baptism from John the Baptist, there are still so many
people who do not acknowledge this amazing Truth in their hearts.
The
Lord is our true Savior who has received the baptism from John the
Baptist, died on the Cross, and resurrected from the dead in order to
fulfill all of God’s righteousness. If you have not been aware of this
Truth until now, it is not too late for you yet. God still grants you an
opportunity to receive the remission of sin through the gospel of the
water and the Spirit. Although you may have first believed in Jesus as
your Savior without knowing the gospel Truth of the water and the
Spirit, you have to receive the remission of sin in your hearts by
believing in this true gospel and begin living authentic spiritual lives
from now on. Whoever believes in the gospel Word of the water and the
Spirit can be washed completely of all of one’s sins.
We Have to Examine Our Own Faith
Dear
fellow believers, examine your own faith thoroughly. Do you know and
believe in the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit in your hearts?
Jesus Christ is the Lord and Savior who delivered us from all the sins
of the world. Hence, He is our Master.
Dear
fellow believers, do you at this moment believe in your hearts in the
Savior, who came by the gospel of the water and the Spirit? Do you
believe that Jesus took all the sins of humanity once for all by
receiving the baptism from John the Baptist? And do you also believe
that Jesus was crucified to death on the Cross? Do you believe in His
resurrection? If so, you are the born-again who have been delivered from
all your sins by believing in the gospel Word of the water and the
Spirit before God.
What
we have to know is that everyone has the right to believe in the
Lord-given gospel of the water and the Spirit, no matter how much sin
one has committed out of one’s shortcomings. People desire to receive
the salvation from their sins. Still, what they have to know is that
anyone who does not believe in one’s heart that the Lord has come by the
gospel of the water and the Spirit will be led to one’s death.
All
that you have to do is to believe in your heart. Paul said, “For with
the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:10). I hope that you believe in your
hearts that Jesus is the Savior to all of humanity, the Son of God, and
the Creator God of everything in the universe. Our faith is in vain if
we believe only in the blood of the Cross as our salvation without also
believing in our hearts the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Therefore, you and I should become believers in the gospel of the water
and the Spirit at all cost.
The
Apostle John tells us whether we are delivered from our sins or not
depends on whether we believe in Jesus Christ, who came by the gospel of
the water and the Spirit. We commit sins continuously as we live in
this world, but we have come across the Truth of salvation that enables
us to be delivered from all our sins, only if we confess Jesus as our
Savior and believe in our hearts the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
The
Apostle John said, “And this is the victory that has overcome the
world—our faith” (1 John 5:4). Do you know why he said those words? Dear
fellow believers, what is the gospel of the water and the blood? It is
God’s salvation that was completed by our Lord Jesus who took all our
sins by receiving the baptism and bore all the judgments vicariously for
our sins by shedding the blood on the Cross. We can overcome the world
and Satan if we believe in our hearts that Jesus is the Son of God, who
has delivered us from all our sins by the water and the blood.
Many
people treat this passage of 1 John 5:16 as one of the most difficult
passages to interpret and do not try to comprehend it, because they
profess their faith in Jesus without knowing the gospel of the water and
the Spirit. Put differently, they can neither know nor comprehend the
Word of God correctly because of their ignorance on the gospel of the
water and the Spirit. Therefore, everyone has to come to believe in
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who came by the water and the blood (1
John 5:6). We have to believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit,
prevailing over our inability to recognize this true gospel as the
source of salvation from our sins and over our stubbornness to insist on
the blood of Cross as the lone source of our salvation.
Those
who do not know the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit are of the
world. These people are just worldly religionists, and are not true
Christians. These people are those who feel comforted by the illusion of
the banishment of sins, just as the devotees of the worldly religions
feel in their self-hypnotic doctrines. They believe somehow in Jesus as
their Savior on their own accord, without knowing the gospel of the
water and the Spirit, which is the true Truth of salvation.
The
spiritual conditions of this end times are on the verge of destruction,
more and more filled with sinfulness to an alarming degree. But most
Christians, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron of false
teachings (1 Timothy 4:2), feel comforted by such teachings. They do not
seek the true gospel that can cleanse all their sins at once, even
though they have sins intact in their hearts. Therefore, they must turn
around and become believers in the gospel of the water and the Spirit
that says Jesus is the Savior, who saved us from all our worldly sins by
the water and the blood.
Dear
fellow believers, Judas had followed Jesus for over 3 years, but Judas
failed to become God’s own people because he did not believe in Jesus
Christ as his Savior. Some of the other disciples may have had nicknames
like sons of thunders because they were lacking and impatient, but they
all, except Judas, were delivered from all their sins by knowing and
believing in Jesus as their personal Savior. Judas later regretted his
deeds and committed a suicide by hanging himself. We should not become
people who are damned as such by disbelieving in the gospel Word of the
water and the Spirit. From now on, many people will become God’s own
people by being delivered from all their sins through their faith in the
gospel Word of the water and the Spirit.
To Know That Jesus Is Our God, We Have to Believe in the Divinity of Jesus
We
can recognize the divinity of Jesus through many events. When Jesus’
disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee on a boat, suddenly a great
tempest arose on the sea, so the boat was covered with the waves. But
Jesus was asleep. The disciples could not help but wake Him and scream,
“Lord, save us! We are perishing!” But He said to them, “Why are you
fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and
the sea, and there was a great calm. So the disciples marveled at this,
saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”
(Matthew 8:23-27)
Another
similar case was like this: After feeding the five thousand with the
five loaves and the two fish, Jesus made His disciples get into the boat
and go before Him to the other side, and He Himself alone went up on
the mountain by Himself to pray until midnight. But the boat was now in
the middle of the Sea of Galilee, tossed by the waves, for the wind was
contrary. At that moment, Jesus walked towards them on the sea. Jesus
appeared like a ghost, since He was walking on water through the rolling
waves. The disciples were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they
cried out for fear. But immediately He talked with them and said to
them, “Be of good cheer! It is I. Do not be afraid.” Then He went up
into the boat to them, and the wind ceased (Mark 6:45-51).
Here
goes another incident. Jesus came to the tomb, where Lazarus was
rotting in stench after his death. When Jesus ordered, “Come forth,
Lazarus,” Lazarus came out of the tomb with the clothes wrapped around
him. As such, Jesus had raised three dead persons back to life (John
11:43-44, Luke 7:11-15, Luke 8:54-55).
Yet
another event happened after His resurrection. When Jesus visited His
disciples, who were fishing. Jesus said to them, “Cast the net on the
right side of the boat” (John 21:6). The disciples cast the net on the
right side of the boat according to Jesus’ instruction. And the net was
full of fish.
As
these events took place while the disciples were traveling alongside
Jesus, they witnessed with their own eyes that Jesus is God. As long as
we are no fool, we should know that Jesus is God, the Creator of the
entire universe, after hearing the witnesses of the disciples. And we
also know that Jesus is our Savior.
Our
faith in Jesus as our Savior is flawed if we believe only in the blood
of the Cross. Jesus is our Savior, who delivered us from all our sins by
coming to this world through the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
These days, there are so many people who waste their lives sobbing and
wailing in vain because they did not know Jesus Christ as God, who came
by the water and the Holy Spirit.
I
have heard that the only son of a famous Korean actress died in a car
accident. He was run over by a sliding truck, which was parked on a
sloppy hill. Her only son was the joy of her life, because this actress
led an unfortunate life without a husband. After her son died in the car
accident, she choked in sobs.
Such
are our lives. We have no idea over who will die when. Hence, we should
believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit now and receive the
salvation from all our sins. We have received great blessings from God,
both in spirit and flesh. In order to share these blessings with others,
we have to witness the Jesus-given gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Many
people are suffering in the pain of condemnation and vanishing from the
face of the earth because they did not believe in Jesus Christ as their
Savior, who came by the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Because of
that, we are working on Christian literature ministries in order to
spread the life-giving gospel. Because there are many people in this
world who do not know nor comprehend the Word of God correctly, we have
to clarify the Word of the water and the Spirit in its delicate details.
Dear
fellow believers, there is a Truth that we have to believe while we are
on this earth. We have to believe that Jesus is God. Also, we have to
know and believe the Truth of salvation from the sins of this world,
that is, the gospel of the water and the Spirit. And we also have to
follow the gospel of the water and the Spirit by faith in every step of
our lives. We have to confess, “He who gave us everything and will take
us to Heaven is God.” We have to believe as such, as we live our lives.
I
did not want to preach God’s Word in front of people shortly after I
had encountered the gospel of the water and the Spirit, because I had
suffered great troubles in preparing every sermon. But now, regardless
of what others may say, I am preaching the gospel of the water and the
Spirit. God had empowered me to do so. I give thanks to God for
spreading the gospel of the water and the Spirit to all people through
us, who believe in this gospel Truth. God has made you and I believe in
the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit and, then, made us spread
this gospel Truth to all people of the world.
Dear
fellow Christians, do you believe in and are you spreading the real
Truth of salvation, that is, the gospel of the water and the Spirit? I
am sure you are. Thus, we not only approach before God with our faith in
His righteousness but also live in His abundant blessings. Although we
have done more wrongs than right in front of God, God has nonetheless
blessed us through the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Dear
fellow believers. Do you want to belong to God? Or to the Devil? Of
course, you would want to belong to God. There may still be a few who
say, “I hate God.” But we must know that the Devil possesses the hearts
of those who do not believe in the gospel Word of the water and the
Spirit, and uses them as tools for trickery. Hence, we all have to
become believers in the gospel Word of the water and the Spirit, which
is the only way to belong to God.
Dear
fellow Christians, to whose words do you have to pay attention? We all
have to yield our ears to the gospel Word of the water and the Spirit,
which is the Word of God. Those who neither pay attention to nor believe
in the gospel of the water and the Spirit still belong to the evil one.
Thus, sin remains in their hearts.
Everyone
is doomed and condemned because of one’s sins and still have no choice
but to continue living in sin. If there still are sins in the hearts of
those who believe in Jesus as their Savior, it is the proof that they
have not yet accepted the gospel Word of the water and the Spirit, which
is the Truth of salvation, in their hearts. There can be no sin at all
in the hearts of those who believe in the gospel of the water and the
Spirit. Therefore, those who have sins in their hearts must turn around
in repentance and believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Only then can they receive the salvation from their sins.
Once
we have believed in the gospel Word of the water and the Spirit, we
have to share the faith in that gospel of salvation to all people. If we
say we believe in God and yet try to share something else other than
God’s Word, we will be deceived by the Devil eventually. God has given
us the Word of salvation alongside the gospel of the water and the
Spirit so that we may not fall prey to the deception of Satan the Devil.
Now,
we are spreading the faith in the gospel Word of the water and the
Spirit to all people around the world. The gospel of the water and the
Spirit is not some doctrine we have invented but the gospel Truth of
salvation that is recorded in the Bible. Therefore, we must witness to
the righteous act (Romans 5:18) of our Savior who came by the gospel of
the water and the Spirit, which is more than enough to deliver us from
all our sins. Since this task is more important than we can ever
imagine, we have to carry it out faithfully with our faith in the Word
of Truth.
There
was a touching story about a Chinese young lady who was faithful to her
lover. When a war broke out between Japan and China during the World
War II, China was on the brink of utter defeat. Some vast territories
had already fallen into Japanese’s hand. At that time, a certain Chinese
air force pilot flew over the enemy territory in battles. When the
fuels were depleted, the plane crashed thereabout. A young lady of that
nearby town found the pilot and saved his life with much care. The pilot
and the young lady became to love each other. But the pilot again had
to go out to the war. The situation had worsened, and the possibility of
not being able to return was quite real. However, he promised the young
lady that he would return alive and asked her to wait for him. The
young lady waited for him to return, visiting the runway where his plane
would land day and night.
While
she was still waiting, a plane crashed on the runway. And the town’s
folks, who realized that the war had worsened beyond their imagination,
told the young lady that he would not return and to give up her hopes.
And the people gave up hopes of cleaning the runway and went away. Even
his mother was among the crowd that lost all hopes and went away. Still,
the young lady remained alone on the runway, where she cleaned debris
from the crash. The young lady alone cleaned the runway for days for
fear that her lover would not be able to land and instead fly away. And a
miracle took place. When the young lady cleaned the last piece of
debris, the plane her lover was flying landed safely on the runway.
Likewise,
we have to carry out in our faith the works that brings joy to our
Lord, who loves us. The Lord loved us through the gospel of the water
and the Spirit. Because God loved you and I, He delivered us from all
our sins by giving us the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Jesus
Christ has promised us that He would return to this world. Therefore, we
have to be faithful to the task of spreading this true gospel till that
day comes. Instead of living our lives based on our emotions, we should
serve the God-given gospel of the water and the Spirit with our faith
in it. Until the day we meet with our Lord, we have to spread the gospel
in order to bring joy to the Lord, who loves us.
The
gospel of the water and the Spirit, which God has given to you and I,
is the real Truth of salvation. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who has
delivered us from all the sins of the world. Jesus Christ is also our
Lord and Savior. Our Lord, who came by the gospel of the water and the
Spirit, has granted us, who believe, the salvation from all our sins all
at once. Now, we have so many things to do in this world.
We
live in Korea, which has accomplished its advancement to the
semi-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. From this point on, many people
will remember our country and especially The New Life Mission as we
spread the gospel of the water and the Spirit. And they will become our
coworkers who are spreading this true gospel. We, who believe in gospel
of the water and the Spirit, are all Jesus Christ’s own people and His
disciples. God, who loves you and me, will empower us to carry out the
works of spreading the gospel of the water and the Spirit and fill our
needs in body and spirit abundantly. Actually, our God is already giving
us the power and blessings to spread the gospel of salvation. We have
to ceaselessly spread the gospel before God and serve the gospel.
Why
are many people these days unaware of the gospel of the water and the
Spirit? Did God hide the gospel with a purpose? Did God hide the Truth
in order for people not to find it easily as one does in a treasure
hunt? Yes, God hid the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit in the
Word so that people cannot easily encounter this true gospel unless they
become poor in spirit. That’s why the servants of Satan the Devil
cannot find it no matter how hard they try to do so. The gospel of the
water and the Spirit is a hidden Word of secret. If the enemies of God
could realize the precious gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit
easily, they might have used it for evil purpose. Thus, God has hid the
gospel Truth from the eyes of the enemies and revealed it now in front
of you. God in these end times has revealed the secrets of the gospel of
the water and the Spirit to you and me. By doing so, God has made it
possible for the gospel of the water and the Spirit to spread in these
end times covering the whole wide world. God has given the eternal life
to everyone who believes.
In
these end times, God wants to embrace all who believe in the gospel of
the water and the Spirit, and to give them new life and eternal life.
The Lord had allowed us to do much work of God this year. God had
empowered us to carry out all we have done. Now, although you and I are
exhausted in body and spirit, I am sure that God would help us to do His
works ceaselessly. What we ask of God is the power and blessings to
continue to do His works.
We
believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, who came by the gospel
of the water and the Spirit. Jesus Christ is Savior to those who believe
in this true gospel. And He is the Son of God, and the true God. And I
give thanks to God for having us realize and believe in the gospel Truth
of the water and the Spirit.
God Has Given His Church to Those Who Believe in the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit
God’s
Church is where believers in the gospel of the water and the Spirit
come together to worship God in their faith. Therefore, it must be
filled with believers in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. The
Holy Spirit cannot convict the hearts of the righteous strongly, if
nonbelievers of the gospel of the water and the Spirit are present in
His Church. Then, what needs to be done? A separate fellowship and Bible
study on salvation has to be administered for those unaware of the
gospel of the water and the Spirit.
We
are sure that believers in the gospel of the water and the Spirit will
increase throughout the world. By their faith, they will be delivered
from all their sins. From now on, such true believers must be united
with God’s Church and live to accomplish good, since they are now in
Christ.
However,
an absolute majority of world population has not yet received the
salvation from their sins. They must receive the true remission of sin
by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, which is the
Truth of salvation. They must be taught the teachings of Truth, and
believe it with all of their hearts. Now, there are not many remaining
opportunities for us to share the gospel of the water and the Spirit in
this world. If they do not believe now, I am not so sure when the
opportunity for them to believe in the gospel of the water and the
Spirit will avail itself again. For that reason, we are devoting
ourselves to the spreading of that gospel right now.
God
has called us to spread the gospel of the water and the Spirit
throughout the world. All we need to do is to devote ourselves to this
Great Commission by our faith. Surely, I have worked with my coworkers
in many different parts this year. I am sure we have made great progress
in spreading the gospel of the water and the Spirit all over the world.
I give thanks to God, for we can witness this Truth to all believers in
Christianity around the whole wide world.
The
true gospel we are preaching is the fragrance of Christ to those who
are being saved and to those who are perishing. To the one it is the
aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life
leading to life (2 Corinthians 2:15-16). To some, the gospel of the
water and the Spirit will be a stumbling block. For others, it will be
the true Truth of salvation. The former people must know that they are
committing sin leading to death.
We
also must know and believe that all of us are loved by God for
spreading the gospel to the entire world through our Christian
literature ministries, which contain the gospel of the water and the
Spirit. We are witnessing the true gospel of the water and the Spirit
with our concrete faith in it.
We
have no sin even in our consciousness. Is your conscience also sinless?
Is your conscience washed of all your sins completely when you believe
only in Jesus’ blood of the Cross? If you believe only in the bloodshed
of the Cross, while skipping the faith in the baptism Jesus received
entirely, the sins in your conscience cannot be blotted out. That is
because no sin can be blotted from our hearts unless we believe the
gospel Truth that Jesus came to this world in the flesh of man,
receiving the baptism from John the Baptism in order to take all the
sins of humanity onto Himself.
What
you and I have to know is that the sins of the believers in the gospel
of the water and the Spirit are washed away completely because Jesus
received the baptism from John the Baptist, which transferred all the
sins of this world onto Jesus once for all. How could you wash away your
sins engraved in your conscience, if you do not acknowledge that Jesus
took all the sins of the world onto Himself by receiving the baptism
from John the Baptist? The blood Jesus shed on the Cross may give you
the sense of being delivered from the judgments of all your sins. But
such faith is not enough to blot out the sins carved in your conscience.
These days, people are trying to expunge the sins in their hearts with
faith in Jesus’ bloodshed of the Cross alone. Yet, the reason for their
failures lies with their exclusion of the faith in the baptism Jesus
received.
Some
people, although the sins of their hearts are still intact, stubbornly
say, “God surely regards me as sinless even though I have sin in my
heart, since I believe in Jesus’ bloodshed.” This kind of people
deceives their own conscience before God, trying to hide themselves
among the numerous who do the same. And they mock the Truth of God.
Those
among Christians who believe only in Jesus’ bloodshed on the Cross and
say they are sinless are all liars. All the sins they have committed are
engraved on the tablets of their hearts (Jeremiah 17:1). Those who say
that they are sinless despite of believing only in the blood of the
Cross deceive their own conscience in their soliloquies. Since there are
sins in their conscience, they cannot say in front of God that they are
sinless. Rather, their conscience profess that they are sinners.
When
we say that the gospel of the water and the Spirit is the only Truth,
many people in this world feel absurd. These people have believed that
Jesus’ bloodshed on the Cross alone is the evidence of salvation. If you
request them to present their evidence for their remission of sin, all
they can offer is their faith in the blood of the Cross. However, as
Jesus is God, the gospel of the water and the Spirit is surely the
Truth, which expunged your sins as well as mine. This is why I reiterate
again and again that the Lord has not come to us by the blood of the
Cross alone but by the water and the blood (1 John 5:6-8). You must
remember that whoever disbelieves the gospel of the water and the Spirit
cannot receive the full remission of sin.
We
have to believe over and over again that Jesus delivered us from all
the sins of this world by coming to this world and receiving the baptism
from John the Baptist, dying on the Cross, and resurrecting from the
dead. We have to accept with our faith that our Lord Jesus came to this
world and cleansed us from all our sins by receiving the baptism from
John the Baptist. If we do not believe so but instead believe only in
the blood of the Cross, such faith would be nothing more than our own
stubbornness.
No
matter what concrete conviction of salvation you have upon your
spiritual experiences, Jesus cannot acknowledge your faith that believes
only in the blood of the Cross. That is because your experiences cannot
be superior to the Lord-given gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit.
If the man-made Christian doctrines or teachings were stronger than the
gospel Truth, which expunged our sins by the water and the blood, your
spiritual experiences might mean something. But you cannot blot out your
sins by the blood of the Cross alone. Such man-made doctrines and
teachings can never deliver people from all their sins. Many Christians
will perish because they are still trying to expunge their sins through
such man-made doctrines.
Sticking
to one’s own thoughts without believing in the Lord-given gospel Truth
of the water and the Spirit is an assault against God. Everyone who does
not believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit is against this
gospel.
Some
people may say, “What are you talking about? I have a Ph.D. in
theology. My family has produced pastors for five straight generations.
Are you saying that the faith of my ancestors is wrong?” But five
generations of believing in Jesus is of no avail, unless we know and
believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit because we cannot
receive the full remission of sin any otherwise. Every sinner has to
receive the salvation from all of one’s sins by turning around from
one’s own evil way and by believing in the gospel of the water and the
Spirit. If we desire to receive salvation from all of our sins, we need
to know and believe the true gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit.
Now, dear fellow Christians, you have to receive salvation from your
sins by knowing and believing in the baptism Jesus received from John
the Baptist in conjunction with your faith in the bloodshed on the
Cross. This is the Truth I eagerly want to tell you about.
The
Apostle John has said, “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is
born of God” (1 John 5:1). Everyone who believes in this Scripture
passage knows and believes that Jesus is God. And they also believe that
Jesus came to this world by the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Although we knew Jesus Christ as our Savior, it is through our faith in
the gospel of the water and the Spirit that we will come to enjoy the
everlasting life in His Kingdom. We will be able to live happily forever
with Jesus Christ. God has given us the eternal life and His promise to
be with us in this world. I hope you all would take the eternal life
with your faith in the true gospel.
We
should all examine ourselves whether there is even one among us who has
not entered the gospel of the water and the Spirit out of lack of
faith. Our lives cannot be joyful, if we live without the faith in the
God-given gospel of the water and the Spirit. The lives of the righteous
in this world, full of compassion for the sinners while spreading the
gospel of the water and the Spirit, will be for a short while. The Book
of Hebrews says, “For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come
and will not tarry” (Hebrews 10:37). Also, it says, “And as it is
appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews
9:27).
God
has said that if anyone is with sin, that person would be judged
accordingly. Hence, those who do not believe in Jesus as God and do not
believe in the God-given gospel of the water and the Spirit will receive
judgments accordingly to all of their sins. On the other hand, those
who believe in Jesus as God and in the gospel of the water and the
Spirit and wholeheartedly spread the gospel will eventually enjoy
authority and glory of Heaven.
Do
we have anything to brag in front of God? Absolutely nothing. God alone
is Almighty. Only God alone is omnipotent. Only God alone is good. Only
God alone is real love. Therefore, we should not brag before God but
instead admit all of our weaknesses and sins, and receive the blessing
of becoming God’s own children by believing in the Truth of our
salvation, that is, the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Now,
we are waiting in our faith in the Word of God for the day we will live
enjoying the eternally blessed life God has granted us. When the new
world descends on us, it would be possible for us to live as such. There
may be some of you who ask, “Is it really possible to live that way?”
because of lack of faith in the Word of God’s blessings. Such a new
world will be realized actually because of Jesus Christ.
My
dear fellow believers, believe in God’s Word. Now, I am sure that you
would not fall in such sins leading to death. I really want to share the
Truth of salvation with you. Because our brothers and sisters among us
are so lovely, nothing can prevent us from living in unity. And in our
faith, we give thanks before Jesus Christ, who has given us new life
through the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
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