Showing off Brokenness or Arrogance?

2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions,in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

With Christformation in us, we can remain broken before the LORD all the time we spend on this Earth. If we call upon His name without Christformation in us, it would be very difficult to remain broken before Him. We will continue with arrogance from the sinful nature of the Devil in us. Remember, there will be no Christformation in our born again spirit if, we do not consciously put to death that sinful nature within us. We must put it to death on the cross of Christ provided for us. The Lord Jesus Christ provided us with that propitiation. He showed us the way. He is the way, the truth and the eternal life of God. Anyone who has Him filled in His born again spirit, will be filled with eternal life. What we sow with our lives, we will surely reap. If we sow with brokenness, we will reap Christformation. If we try to sow with the arrogance of the sinful nature of the Devil in us, we will reap destruction only. We can never fool God. We can fool men, but we can never fool the LORD. He knows it when we still obey the sinful nature of the Devil in us, while still outwardly professing the name of the LORD. He knows it when we deliberately choose to continue walking in the arrogance of the sinful nature of the Devil in us. Our mouths may say we don't, but our actions still show we do obey the sinful nature of the Devil in us. Where is our delight directed towards? Towards the things of the LORD or the things of this world? We cannot fool Him." I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in persecutions and in difficulties" says the apostle Paul who was filled with the Spirit of the LORD and who fought the good fight till the end. He pledged a good conscience towards Christ and all that He had commanded. He made a good confession of his faith before all men. He also fought a good fight of the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He never wavered in his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:7-12
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.  We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

All that Christ our Lord Has Spoken Will be Fulfilled

Hebrews 1:1-3
In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Today,God speaks through His Son. God the Holy Spirit brings to us what Christ our Lord has spoken. He regularly reminds us of whatsoever Christ our Lord has said. The Lord Jesus Christ will continue to be the radiance of God the Father's glory. The exact representation of who God the Father is. All things on this Earth and this universe is sustained by what He has said. His word is powerful. It continues to be fulfilled in the lives of His chosen children. Can anyone come against His word and get away with it? In His word is our purification. Through His word is the power of God displayed. The power of His blood to make us clean from all defilement is revealed in His word. When God speaks through His Son, He purifies us from all defilement of the Devil only when we obey Him. He sustains everything in this universe by the power of His word. He is the appointed heir of all things and through Him the universe was made. The whole universe hangs by His word. He is lifted up high to the right hand of the Majesty in heaven because of His word and to ensure that His word comes to pass. What he had said has come to pass. What He says will come to pass too. God speaks through His Son.In His Son is eternal life. His words bring eternal life into us when we obey Him. If we do not obey Him, we will not have eternal life. Only when we obey Him, we will have eternal life. What has He spoken about very clearly? It's all about the sinful nature of the Devil in you. It is destroying you and you don't know it. It's about your own blindness- your stubborn blindness to the things of God the Father. It will require your whole obedience till the end. You need to be faithful till the end to fight the sinful nature of the Devil in you. You cannot afford to fight it today and give it up tomorrow, it just won't work. You must faithfully fight it till the end. Never give up fighting! A "good confession" alone will not be enough, you need a "good fight" till the end too.

1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Bread or Yeast?

Mark 8:17-21
Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?  Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember?  When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?" "Twelve," they replied.  "And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"They answered, "Seven."  He said to them, "Do you still not understand?"

The Lord Jesus said to His disciples, "You do not know what I am taking about here" I am talking about 'yeast' and you are discussing about 'bread'.I was saying be careful of the 'yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod'. Why can't you understand what I am talking about here? Why is your understanding so dull? You see, your mind is always on 'bread' alone all the time, so anything I say brings your thought back to 'bread'. That's bad, He said. I am talking about what is bad for you and you can't see it because you are made blind by the Devil. You can't understand anything beyond 'bread'.Anything you say has to do with earthly and fleshly things and nothing else. You always try to justify yourselves why you need 'bread' but never see the 'yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod' that is destroying you within. The yeast is hidden and it permeates to every part. This 'yeast' corrupts everyone who come into contact with you. It comes from these influential men like you mentioned above. It makes you and others unclean before God and you do not care. If all that you are discussing about concerns your stomachs only, then when are you going to learn that the 'yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod' is destroying you? You seem to be worried about survival all the time until you do not care about your relationship with Me. Your mind is always on things that are here today and gone tomorrow. I am talking about things that do not go away from you. Why is your heart so hardened and darkened in sin? Why do you enjoy sinning and try to justify your sinful ways all the time? You don't have to justify your evil ways. Just enjoy it quietly. Are you feeling guilty if you don't? If you are feeling guilty for all the sins you commit, don't continue in them then, It's as simple as that and you won't have to waste your effort trying to justify your evil acts to everyone. Don't you realize that everyone can see what you are trying to justify?

1 Corinthians 5:6-8
Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast--as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

No One Else is Like Christ our Lord

1 Peter 3: 18-22
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,  through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison  who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,  and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,  who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

No one else has been or is like the Lord Jesus Christ. Many talk big but they have nothing but only their selfishness to show. Their eyes are always on the money while they talk big, nothing else. If it's not the money, some kind of fleshly pleasures they will seek from you. They boast that they are great because of the power money gives them. If they don't have that money, they will start contemplating suicide. they have nothing to live for after that.That's how it has been all these years.The Lord Jesus Christ isn't and wasn't like that. No one can be compared to Him. He never talks big. He just tells you the truth. There was no guile found in his mouth. If you break one law you have broken all of God's laws. The Lord Jesus came to fulfill each law of God that came from God the Father's mouth. He was without sin even after being crucified on the cross even when he faced the death sentence. If it was others, they would have bribed the enemy and joined forces with them to avoid being persecuted. He did not do that unclean thing. If fact, He did not have to do that. He knew before hand He would be resurrected from the dead. Even the grave could not hold Him in. He was sinless. There was no sin found in Him. No one was ever like Him. No one can be like Him in the future. No one can ever match Him. He is the Greatest, besides the heavenly Father. God the Holy Spirit makes this known to us today! He is the Greatest Son of God and Son of Man. He humbled Himself to learn obedience to the heavenly Father and no one else is as obedient to the heavenly Father like Him. He is the Greatest Son! The perfect Firstborn of God. Therefore, He is the perfect, Gentle and Good Shepherd. There is no one as gentle as Him. There is no as holy and righteous as Him. Put your unwavering trust in Him and He will never fail you. He does not say one thing and do another thing like the hypocrites do. He is the most trustworthy One. There is no one more trustworthy than Him on this Earth.

Philippians 2:8-11
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Don't Let Your Eyes Be Distracted

Hebrews 12:2-4
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

Do not get distracted by what you see with your physical eyes. If you get easily distracted by what you see with your physical eyes, you are the weakest of all men. 'Weakest' meaning your death will be just like the death of an animal. No meaning to all your time on earth Do you know that the animals were created for man and so were all the vegetation and plants? Eve was created for Adam as a helpmate in God's garden. Then came the 'destroyer' and spoiled everything for them. Eve was trapped and deceived by what she saw.She believed and accepted what the 'destroyer' offered. He spoiled her life for good. Eve, in-turn spoiled Adam's life for good. What did the LORD do? He return what the 'destroyer' did on his own head for good and that is his eternal condemnation. After that, what happened? All of them were thrown out of that Garden of Eden. They were locked out for good. Why were they locked out? The Secret of God was still there. Adam and Eve disqualified themselves from receiving that Secret of God as a result of their disobedience. The 'magic' the destroyer did before their very eyes brought about their tragic end to their eternal relationship with the LORD. Disobedience was the reason. In came the Secret of God, revealed as the Word of God. He taught us how to obey the LORD, even to the point of shedding His blood and dying for us like a lamb for the slaughter.He became the Lamb of God, the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Even the grave could not hold Him in beyond three days. The grave give Him up. He resurrected from the dead, revealed Himself to chosen men and women of God. He ascended up and now is seated at the right hand side of the Father interceding on behalf of each of us who trust in Him that we will not make the same fatal mistake of disobedience to the Father like Adam and Eve.Watch your eyes. There is that same 'magic' being played before your eyes.Do not get trapped and deceived to disobey the LORD. Keep your eyes fixed on the author and the perfecter of your faith.He showed you the way of obedience to the Father.Follow exactly that, nothing else. Do not get distracted by sinful men who oppose you like they did to Him. Do exactly what He did to them. They like sinning and the sinful path, therefore they are trying to justify the evil path that they have chosen for themselves rebelliously, even though they keep claiming they 'belong' to God. The Devil still claims that too.He claims that as God had created him, he has the right to exist on Earth. More so did he feel that this is his rightful dwelling place, when the LORD threw him and the demons that followed out of heaven to this condemned Earth. The present heaven and the Earth that has been defiled by the Devil, the author of every sin, is about to be destroyed for good. The Devil and all those who obeyed the sinful nature of the Devil in them will also be destroyed forever and ever. That day is drawing very near. Beware of the 'magic' the author of sin is performing through his demons and minions. Their intention is to make you disobey the LORD. Keep your eyes fixed on the author and perfecter of your faith for full Christformation in you.

Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Humbling End but Victorious Exit and Triumphant Return

Acts 10:37
You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached--  how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.  "We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,  but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen.  He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen--by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.  All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

The Lord Jesus Christ was mercilessly killed by real wicked men and women of the Earth. These 'jokers' wore robes making a fool of themselves before everyone.Would any sensible person ever go to them again for any form of help? The people were the witnesses of the very darkened hearts and motives of wicked men and women. They bravely displayed their evil thoughts and acts before a very innocent man. He was the Son of Man who was also the Son of God, yet it was a cowardly act to attack Him when he quietly surrendered Himself, knowing it was God the Father's will for Him to sacrifice His life for all who would believe and obey Him till the end. They killed Him by hanging Him on the tree, which does not literally mean a tree with branches, but nailed to a pillar-like or block of wood cut out from a tree. He died on that cross that was made of wood at Calvary but He rose from the dead on the third day, as He prophesied earlier that He would. The disciples and others saw and talked to Him after His victorious resurrection. They even ate and drank with Him meaning, He was as a normal person would be because He still had His wounds from that brutal torture and crucifixion.He had a humbling end but He exited out of this Earth victoriously by giving the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20 to all those who believed and obey Him till the end, to preach and testify that He is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets, including John the Baptist testified about the Lord Jesus Christ. In His name is our forgiveness of sins so we were told to offer this forgiveness to everyone who wants that forgiveness of their sins. Without receiving the forgiveness of sins, you cannot be born again for full Christformation to occur there. However,the promise of God is that until Christ our Lord returns to earth again, there will be many who will believe, receive forgiveness of their sins and have that new life in Christ. Ever since He exited victoriously from this Earth, there has been jubilant celebration in heaven everyday and every moment there. Until He returns to this Earth to say to the world "God's time is finally up for all mankind" as in Noah's time, the whole heaven is rejoicing every moment and day over every sinner who turns away from his or her sins and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior of their lives forever and ever. His return to Earth will be a triumphant return too because everyday and hour there is someone turning from their sins to Christ our Lord. This heavenly rejoicing will continue on Earth too, when He returns.

Luke 15:7
 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Luke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Luke 15:32
But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' "

The Issue Was the Robe

Matthew 27: 27-31
Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.  They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,  and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said.  They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

The issue was the robe. The robe spoke of authority. They needed to show who is in authority. They mocked Christ our Lord saying that authority still belonged to them. They were concerned about the robe that they were wearing. They were afraid that their authority will be taken away from them so, they showed these evil tantrums. Evil men haven't changed much. Even now, they are concerned about the robes they are wearing to deceive everyone, as though they belonged to God and everyone else belong to the Devil. Let us tell you plainly, it's the other way around. The robe didn't show anything. Their authority was evil authority. Read the whole chapter of Matthew 27 again and again. Even Pilate's wife tried to stop him from having anything to do with the crucifixion of Christ but she couldn't stop it. Who had more evil influence over the king? Read it! It was about the robe they were wearing. They could not stand any challenge to their evil authority. They were afraid that their robes will be taken away from them. Robes meant authority. They were afraid that their evil authority over men will be taken away from them. They won't be able to have power to deceive others for financial gains and satisfying their evil pleasures.They used that authority to gain wealth and evil power over others. Now, that was challenged and they could not accept it. Things haven't changed much today, either! The issue was the robes that they are wearing to deceive others. Do not believe or trust them when they say that they are serving God. They are are only serving their own pleasures. They will use anyone and anything to safeguard their own interests. Real selfish and wicked men in evil robes who disguise themselves to be servants of righteousness when they are clearly servants of wickedness. Real authority was shown to them by the Lord Jesus Christ when He rose from the dead. The evil rulers and powers thought that they had destroyed God's temple but on the third day it was raised to life again.That's true, eternal authority and who can challenge that authority? Pilate, Herod or whoever was involved are all gone forever and ever into condemnation but the Lord Jesus Christ lives on triumphantly forever and ever. So will everyone who believes and obeys Him. Don't be easily fooled by their robes. If you dare, take off your robes and then come and make that point, you coward!

Mark 12:38-40
As he taught, Jesus said, "Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the marketplaces,  and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely."

Godly Authority against Worldly Authority

Luke 10:19
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

'Snakes and scorpions' are worldly authority. The power of the Enemy (the Devil), is in his sinful nature embedded in man which he sowed through Adam and Eve. He uses these 'snakes and scorpions' to carry out his evil schemes and wiles on God's Chosen in Christ. God's chosen in Christ are those who continually put to death the whole sinful nature of the Devil in themselves. These truly live resenting the sinful nature of the Devil in themselves and by the power of God's Spirit within them, they overcome all the power of the Enemy. Once Christformation has occurred within their born again spirits, no harm can come to them. Those who oppose them will be opposing Jesus Christ our Lord directly. Therefore, nothing can harm them. The Enemy cannot harm them no matter how hard he tries. The 'snakes and scorpions' will be trampled by them. They are rendered powerless by the authority given to them by the Lord Jesus Christ. Why 'snakes and scorpions' you may ask? Deception is the word. Snakes and scorpions are deceptive creatures and these who obey the sinful nature of the Devil in them, get deceived themselves and try to deceive others too. In the end, the ones who will get crushed is them. Have you observed the behavior of snakes and scorpions, especially when they are attacked? They go berserk here and there, finding ways to strike back. The ones who will be 'crushed to powder' in the end will be them because they have walked into God's trap. They will try to 'hiss here and hiss there' but to no avail. They have been rendered powerless long, long time ago and they still don't know it. Yes, not until they face the crushing defeat this time. A lesson they should have learnt a long time ago but it has been reserved till this day. The time is here for them, finally. Now, they would learn the actual meaning of the verses of the Bible below.

Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

God Chose the Things That are Not

1 Corinthians 1:27-29
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things--and the things that are not--to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.

In order to nullify the things that are already existing and that which throws it's weight around too much by boasting, God chooses things that are not heard of. He nullifies or makes them into nothing even without lifting a finger at them, such is God's power over man. These things that He uses to nullify easily, may be things that are lowly and despised in the eyes of the wicked. God does not tolerate any of his created beings to lift their heads too high to boast or show off their strength or power on Earth. It will be just a matter of time He brings about something that will dispose off the proud and arrogant. What the wicked consider foolish, He will make it wise. What the wicked consider weak, He will make it strong, too strong for them to come against.The wicked who think of themselves too highly, will suddenly  appear to be the fool. The wicked will be placed in such a corner, they would not be able to do anything. God will demonstrate His power on this Earth, whenever the right time comes for Him to do so! Always remember Pharaoh, whenever you forget that He is still around to watch all that you are boasting about. Your arrogance will soon be stumped. Shaming those who keep claiming they are strong or wise has been God's work all through the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. He does this with the use of even a donkey. He used animals to teach the whole world a lesson during the floods of Noah's time. There were numerically more animals saved than humans. Only eight of them were saved from the flood. The large Ark that was built was to house the animals not humans. Noah didn't need such a huge Ark for his family but he needed it for the animals. God uses anything and anyone the wicked despise to teach them a lesson. Another times like Noah's is fast approaching.

Psalm 75: 4-10
To the arrogant I say, 'Boast no more,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horns.  Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck.' "  No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man.  But it is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.  In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.  As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.  I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

Bringing Down the Walls First

Revelation 18: 1-3
After all this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor. He gave a mighty shout, "Babylon is fallen -- that great city is fallen! She has become the hideout of demons and evil spirits, a nest for filthy buzzards, and a den for dreadful beasts.For all the nations have drunk the wine of her passionate immorality. The rulers of the world have committed adultery with her, and merchants throughout the world have grown rich as a result of her luxurious living."

May it be the Tower of Babel, the Babylon during the times of the major prophets or the Babylon of Revelation 17, the walls have to come down first. God brings down the walls surrounding Babylon. Within those walls are all the abomination. All the demons and evil spirits treat Babylon as their hideout, nest and den. These are very morally dreadful and filthy beings. This is where immorality is promoted. The attraction is luxurious living. You have to give up your legitimate relationship with God to start an illegitimate relationship with this very evil Babylon. People who obey the sinful nature of the Devil in them go to it for luxurious living. They don't mind this evil association as long as it makes them rich. These are merchants, real evil and greedy merchants. They will do anything to become rich with the wealth of this evil Babylon. These are evil rulers with no conscience. Their conscience is already dead, seared with hot iron. Drunkards who cover up their sins blaming insobriety.They have made themselves as enemies of God.They like to be known as the enemies of God. They promote all kinds of evil under the sun in the name of prosperity.They corrupt the whole world without any qualms or shame. They have no shame. They know no shame. They have no respect for the things of God, for they think that they are 'God'. No one can move or remove them here on Earth. Babylon have become very powerful they boast. No one can or should stand on their way, they warn arrogantly. They forget that there is God, our LORD, who is sovereign over all men and women, regardless of who you are or have become. He rules the Earth. They forget that there is One who is righteous,just and holy. They are blinded to this because they live enjoying the sinful nature of the Devil in them every minute. They enjoy the darkness of their souls and the death of their spirits. They join the demons and all the evil spirits to come against God, our LORD. Babylon has been prophesied to fall. The walls around it has to fall first before the whole city falls, never to rise again. That's how it has been for Babylon and that's how it is going to be now too. If it is the house for demons then it has to be destroyed by God our LORD.

 Jeremiah 51:52-64
"Yes," says the LORD, "but the time is coming when Babylon's idols will be destroyed. The groans of her wounded people will be heard throughout the land. Though Babylon reaches as high as the heavens, and though she increases her strength immeasurably, I will send enemies to plunder her," says the LORD.  Listen! Hear the cry of Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.  For the LORD is destroying Babylon. He will silence her. Waves of enemies pound against her; the noise of battle rings through the city.  Destroying armies come against Babylon. Her mighty men are captured, and their weapons break in their hands. For the LORD is a God who gives just punishment, and he is giving Babylon all she deserves.  "I will make drunk her officials, wise men, rulers, captains, and warriors," says the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty. "They will fall asleep and never wake up again!" This is what the LORD Almighty says: "The wide walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground, and her high gates will be burned. The builders from many lands have worked in vain, for their work will be destroyed by fire!"  The prophet Jeremiah gave this message to Zedekiah's staff officer, Seraiah son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah. This was during the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign.  Jeremiah had recorded on a scroll all the terrible disasters that would soon come upon Babylon.  He said to Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, read aloud everything on this scroll.  Then say, 'LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.'  Then, when you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone, and throw it into the Euphrates River. Then say, 'In this same way Babylon and her people will sink, never again to rise, because of the disasters I will bring upon her.'"This is the end of Jeremiah's messages.

Be Citizens of the New Jerusalem

Revelation 3:12
All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write my God's name on them, and they will be citizens in the city of my God -- the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And they will have my new name inscribed upon them.

It's not that easy to be citizens in the city of our God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. They have to be victorious first. Victorious over the sinful nature of the Devil in them. This is when the Lord Jesus Christ will "write God's new name on them". What is writing God's name on them? Is it that easy to 'write' God's name on them? Writing God's name on them means ownership. You belong to God when you have Christ's divine nature formed in you. If you do not have this divine nature of Christ formed in you, you do not belong to Him. You have to overcome the sinful nature of the Devil in you first by putting it to death. Until then, you still belong to the Devil. You see God's new name will be 'inscribed' upon them. How will someone be inscribed with God's new name , except through Christformation in the born again spirit? Even though we are on Earth, our eternal bodies are being constructed in heaven according to the proportion of our obedience to God the Holy Spirit on Earth. The 'Parable of the Sower' in Matthew chapter 13, tells us this. God the Holy Spirit brings into remembrance everything Christ had commanded us. Through our obedience to Him, we have Christformation in our born again spirits. That Christformation in the born again spirit will bring about the proportionate transformation of the sinful mind into the mind of Christ. All these will translate into our Christconformed and imperishable body in heaven proportionately too. We become citizens in the city of our God in heaven, the new Jerusalem by our obedience to everything Christ had commanded while He was on Earth. We become the temple of God the Holy Spirit on Earth first, before we can become a pillar in the Temple of our God, meaning in the Temple of God the Father and His Son. Temple of God the Father and His Son is Full Christformation in us. We have eternal life when Christ's divine nature is formed in us. We will never leave Him, as long as we have obeyed everything He had commanded us.

John 14:23
Jesus replied, "All those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and live with them.

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Revelation 17:8
The beast you saw was alive but isn't now. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit and go to eternal destruction. And the people who belong to this world, whose names were not written in the Book of Life from before the world began, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died.

Do not settle for the temporal enjoyment the Devil offers you on this Earth. The Devil will appear in any form to deceive you. He might even do some incredible 'miracles' before you, to trick you. Watch it! He will be making you an eternal slave to wickedness and condemnation, if you accept that offer . His offer will be something that will appeal to the sinful nature of the Devil in you. Do not settle for the sinful nature but put it to death. Go for the divine nature of Christ to be formed in you instead. Remember, you cannot have the divine nature of Christ formed in you in the spirit of the old self. Christformation can only occur in the born again spirit, the new self. God the Holy Spirit is The Helper sent by the heavenly Father for full Christformation in you. You must be led by Him, step by step, towards full Christformation in you. Your obedience to everything Christ had commanded will ensure full Christformation in you. God the Holy Spirit will remind you, step by step, everything Christ had commanded. Listen to Him. Obey Him always. If you are not led by Him, step by step till the end, you will be easily deceived by the Devil. Remember, "greater is He who is in us, than he who is in the world". God the Holy Spirit who dwells in us is greater and more powerful than the Devil. You can defeat the Devil in your life through the power of God the Holy Spirit in you, if you obey Him at every step of the way towards full Christformation in you.

Galatians 5:24-25
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.  If we are living now by the Holy Spirit, let us follow the Holy Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.