Any gathering of Christians gathered before the Lord in His Name (that is, for His sake and not only for their own sake) always receives from the Lord all that they are prepared for and how much they are enabled to receive. And it is not only the measure of contents or volume, what is possible to give, but it is also the measure of quality, the kind, cha­rac­ter and the depth of the Light and Truth. It is written: “Depth calleth after depth” (Ps. 42:8), which may also be translated as „Depth desires depth“. After all, it is also logical. Those that started to attend university will never desire to again learn alphabet, or math additions/subtractions/multiplications, but will rather devote them­selves to far greater depths and heights of knowledge and wisdom in medicine, engineering or sciences.

During our Mission and fellowship in 2013, the Lord had graciously granted to us the basis of Salvation – what Salvation really is, what we are saved from and what we are saved into. We have about 17 sound recordings from this fellowship and thus enough Light for our meditations and for refreshing of our memory.

The task of this Mission and fellowship before the Lord is to receive His Light and Life ex­plai­ning HOW WE ARE SAVED, which is the most important and most practical part of our Salvation. It is not enough just to understand and believe this part, but with the Holy Spirit to learn to do it, apply it, live it in our earthly life so that we would really reach our Salvation-Perfection, overcome and win it and thus become sons and daughters of Our Heavenly Father (Rev. 21:7). We cannot fight for the Lord or for ourselves any fights, nor can we do any spiritual work for the Lord until we have sufficiently overcome within our­selves. Until He has done a sufficient work in our souls and spirits, whereby we got rid of our “old man“ with his pride, selfishness, stubbornness, hypocrisy, anxiety, worries, faith­less­ness, uncertainty, fears, self-righteousness, etc. Until we grew up into Christ, which is to say, until we dwell in Christ (Jn. 15:4,5).

There is another fact which definitely belongs to this Introduction. Our Lord Jesus Christ is encouraging us to consider this fact rather seriously, to understand it and endeavor to perceive it in our whole being, chiefly in our heart and consciousness since His Light which He is going to give us will also head toward the fulfilment of this fact. The fact is simple, but it includes in itself the whole old Creation of God, this whole Universe includ­ing us as well. In His Death, the Lord Jesus Christ CLOSED THE DOOR TO THE OLD CREATION! The whole old Creation died in Him and perished! This fact was already realized in the spiritual world; in the physical and soulish world it is nearing its End. Our future step from this phy­sical world is into the spiritual world and it might take place anytime! Nowhere is it written that the Lord cannot come before the end of 2015, or during the year 2016. And this our future step will be from this world directly into the Kingdom of God, provided that we are worthy of that Kingdom (2Thes. 1:5,11). Provided that we have been seeking it according to the Word of Christ (Mt. 6:33) and that we have also found it in ourselves, or that we are at least on the road of seeking and finding it because the Lord brings to this road all beginners. Provided that we have sufficient oil in our vessels (souls) or we are at least on the road of buying the oil and thus the door to the Kingdom will be open to us (Mt. 25:10-13). Provided that we are not lazy and lukewarm, but willing to be even violent against all the powers that stand in our way to the Kingdom and which the Lord will be show­ing to us because this Kingdom is being taken by violence (Mt. 11:12). The Lord will judge-assess every one of us according to when and how He brought us onto this narrow road, what time we yet have at our disposal before His Coming and what was His calling upon our life. Hence, His requirements for every one of us will be different. For example, what He will require from me, He will not require from anyone of you here (Lk. 23:42.43).

Our Lord Christ Jesus assures us that every one of us, who in truth desires in his heart to be with Him in the Kingdom, He will enable him for his entry IF he will declare his desire and ask Him for His help and Grace. The door will be shut only after those that were ready will enter the Marriage Supper with Him (Mt. 25:10). If, therefore, anyone finds himself behind a shut door and the Lord tells him, that He does not know him, it will not be the Lord’s fault, but his own. Today, every one of us without exception has a true opportunity to know the Lord, if you have never known Him thus far, and have the door to the Kingdom open. It is sufficient to believe it and confess this faith and desire by our tongue – as we have done in confessing Our Saviour at our Redemption (Rom. 10:9,10).

As you can see, the continuation in our Salvation also depends not only on our faith, but also on our work, that is, we must begin to move our tongue! You see, the Lord needs our consent at every important or initial step and at every work, which He desires to do in us (Lk. 22:42). Hence, God also works in our will so we would be willing to do His Pleas­ure which, in this case, is not only our redemption, but also the continuation in our salvation and our entry into His Kingdom (Phil. 2:13). If we are willing to do this, then we give Him our consent with our tongue. In this case, it should, of course, be also our good pleasure and not only His Pleasure for us to enter His Kingdom. Hence, our consent to Our Saviour should be very spontaneous.

Here I must point out one important Word of God, which says: “No man can come to Me, except the Father, which has sent Me, draw him…” (Jn. 6:44). I cannot draw you to the Lord either, nor to His Kingdom, only the Heavenly Father can. I can only give you the Light about these things, which the Lord had given me and which you should consider in your heart and conscience. Then you should make decisions in your own soul and con­fess them to the Lord by your own tongue. Based on these confessions the Father will draw you to Christ and to the Kingdom of Heaven because the Father foreknew your deci­sions (Rom. 8:29). The Lord promises: “All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” (Jn. 6:37). This is all, and I believe that it is sufficient for the Introduction.

Thank you Our Beloved Lord for Your Great Grace and Love for us, for which we want to thank you from all our heart. Enable us to hear, see, perceive and absorb Your Light and Truth You are about to give us, to receive them into our heart. With our own tongue we confess to You that we desire to receive them into our life. We are giving You the consent of our free will that You should work into our spirit and soul this Truth and Light so that we might thereby become Your Bride and wait for Your Coming with assurance, love and joy in our heart. AMEN. (all the present said Amen)

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To be continued next week

brother Hanola

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