Coming Full Circle!

 

 God's Ultimate Plan!

I'm copying the paragraphs below from Pastor Sandy Armstrong's sermon yesterday. I encourage you to watch the entire thing. It will bless you. The Lord gave the following to him a few years ago and it explains what God's Ultimate Plan is:

 

BACK TO THE MOTHERLAND 
Operation Repopulation 
 

The motherland of Black people on earth is called today Africa. God first called the land of Africa, Cush. Cush means Black in Hebrew. 

 

Question: What is the name of the Motherland of Righteous people living in Peace? It's JERUSALEM The city of Peace. The king of that land was Melek- King Tzadek- Righteousness. Melchizedek. He has no father or mother and no beginning or end. The city was beautiful. It was a city built on the most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. It had a Temple and Melchizedek was the High Priest in the Temple. Melchizedek ordained Lucifer the light bearer to bring in the morning worship service there. Lucifer would bring in the morning worship with all kinds of music. His whole body was made to produce music. The Angels would sing praises to God, who was called Melchizedek. The city was joyful with thousands upon thousands of angels. When the angels sang the presence of God would enter the temple and the joy was tremendous. 

Until one day Lucifer started complaining that God was getting all the praise and that was why he had all the power. He thought If the angels praise me I would be just as powerful as Melchizedek-God. “Who knows I could be even greater than Him?” What Lucifer did not understand was it was Melchizedek-God who created him and all the angels. One third of the angels followed Lucifer to begin a quest of taking over Jerusalem to be their own city and rule over it. Melchizedek-God knew of the plan and kicked them all out of Heaven. 

 

Jerusalem now had one third fewer citizens. It was still a beautiful city but one third of the population was gone. Melchizedek-God thought how I will repopulate the city? I could create more angels, but the problem would be the same; which one of the new angels would rebel. None of them have 
been tested whether they love me or hate me like the ones who didn't go with Lucifer. I know what I will do. I will create a being in my own image. I will create them in another place not here and there they will go through testing. The ones who overcome the testing I will bring into the city. 

 MaryLu Here: God's ultimate plan is to gather a special group of people together whom He can adopt as His Children. But they have to be people who purposely chose Him and proved their faith by testing and trials. That's what your whole life has been about. You weren't put here to have your best life now, to gain wealth and success and power, to drive the best cars, have the nicest house, get married, have kids, and go on fun vacations! Those things are nice and can be a blessing should God give them to you. But ultimately, you were put here to pass a test and while you are passing that test, to help others pass it too!  

 

Our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. Titus 2:13-14 

 

The thing is, God is bringing everything full circle, back to the Garden of Eden where everything began. That was His plan for mankind... to live in a luxurious garden with magnificent trees, lush foliage, tame and loving animals of every kind, and tasked with the care of all. But even more importantly, God sought relationship with man, close relationship. 

 

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8

 

God hasn't changed. This is still His goal!  He wants to walk with you in the cool of the day, to have relationship.

 

And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. Revelation 21:3

Have you passed the test? Have you received the FREE gift of salvation offered by our King Jesus? 

 

Here's how the Bible says you can be saved.

 

if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 NKJ

 

Here's the Amplified which is more accurate 

Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  Amp 

 

The Word "Lord" here is the Greek word kurios

2962 kýrios – properly, a person exercising absolute ownership rights; lord (Lord). 
1. supreme in authority
2. (as noun) controller
3. (by implication) Master (as a respectful title) 

 

In other words, in order to be saved, you can't just say "Lord Jesus" with your mouth. This declaration means that you are making Jesus Lord of your life. He now is your master, your owner, your Lord.  

 

The Word "Believe" is the Greek Word pisteuó 1. to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit
2. (by implication) to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)

 

It's not just a mental assent or a mental belief. It is much more than that. That's why it says "believe in your heart" It is entrusting yourself to Jesus. Believing in Him and His death and resurrection and trusting in His sacrifice for your salvation. Committing yourself to Him!

 

Basically, the entire Scripture can be summed up as follows. 

 

If you make Jesus Lord of your life and say so, and also believe and fully trust in His death and resurrection, you will be saved. 

 

In reality, it is quite simple. But where people go wrong is thinking it's just a mind thing and not a spirit thing. Once you truly humble yourself before Jesus, repent of your sins, and truly from your heart ask Him to save you and be your Lord, the Holy Spirit comes to live within you and you are born again. You are saved! 

 

If you haven't done this or aren't sure. Time is of the essence!  God wants you to be one of His Children !  He doesn't want anyone to perish and spend eternity in hell without Him. He wants you to pass the test!!   

 

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,  Titus 2:11-12