Unity in 'Money',nothing more!

Ephesians 4:1-7 (New International Version)

Ephesians 4
Unity in the Body of Christ
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle ; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.

There is only one true unity that remains till the end,and that is the unity of the Spirit and that has got nothing to do with any flesh, whoever you are recognised as, in this temporal world that is going to be destroyed soon.The unity of the Spirit will remain forever in the new heaven and the new earth.All the other temporary unity will fail.Today we see 'unity' being misused for business,financial,social and very personal concerns.This is the place where Christ The Word becomes second to this abominable thing called 'Money'.The pursuit of more money,fame,prestige,recognition in public and government,power and pride becomes the main objective of that unity they strongly promote.In the pretext of seeking these temporal things, they will not hesitate to misuse Christ's Name.

Unity of the Spirit is very different from what they have misunderstood 'unity' to be.In the unity of the Spirit there is peace with one another,not pride,jealousy,strife,anger,envy,discrimination,hatred,self-boasting, selfish ambition,arrogance and feelings of superiority.Infact, if you have these things in this 'unity'- you're walking in the pathway to destruction,although you name the name of Christ with your filthy lips.You must repent and come out of that evil path.

Unity in the Spirit of God is, unity among those in whom true Christformation is taking place.They are not bound by beautiful,eye-catching,comfortable,ego-enriching buildings and wall decorations.They are not bound by things that deceive their eyes and understanding of who Christ Jesus our Lord is actually.Those with the unity of the Spirit will never take pride in the things that these eyes could see.They will take comfort in the things that are unseen by the physical eyes.They will be given spiritual eyes to see the things of Christ and our God.They will rejoice in those things the world considers foolishness.Hypocrisy will be far from them.

It is Christ who apportions everything to all those who believe in Him and love Him,that means those who keep all His commandments as in John 14:23. If you read this verse, you'll know that you can deceive men but you cannot decieve Christ himself.He knows those who are His.Unity among His people will only come when we unite Father ,Son and Holy Spirit to dwell in us by us obeying His commandments.

In this troubled world today, people 'unite' for many earthly reasons.The most destructive is when they use the name of Christ to forward their earthly pursuits.
We know that in the book of Revelation,there is a prophecy nearing fulfillment where an evil unity is being formed called 'The mother of all prostitutes' also nicknamed 'Babylon'- meaning 'they who sell themselves away to the Devil for earthly profit'.This should ring a bell in your head! Many who call themselves as God's people will turn and be united with this unified group because they would not want to be hated by the world.They will choose to maintain friendship with the world and be recognised by them.This has begun to happen and is exactly what is grieving the Spirit of God now.

There will be very few left, who will maintain the unity of the Spirit."Wide is the road that leads to destruction and many will travel on it" and very few will persevere on and be united with the Spirit of God on earth.Very few will follow the pathway that eyes could not see.These people who have their 'unity in money' will tread only on the road that their eyes could see and be attracted to the "Mother of all prostitutes" and thats where they should belong unless they choose to truly repent from this evil and turn fully to Christ, with Christ being formed in them fully.

The Third Character of Christ

The third character of Christ is servanthood.

Isaiah 42:1-4 (New International Version)

Isaiah 42
The Servant of the Lord
1 "Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him
and he will bring justice to the nations.
2 He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.

3 A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;

4 he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his law the islands will put their hope."


Again, in the New Teatament it was said of Him:

Matthew 20:28 (New International Version)

Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Being a true servant is about giving-up and not amassing or accumulating riches or the things that delight you in this world.A true servant in the end has nothing he cherishes except God and His Christ.He must have gained Christ fully or Christ must have been formed in Him fully-the both are the same.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the true Servant of the Living God.There is none other.If you need to see a true example of a servant of God ,look unto Christ and not anywhere else,you will be cheated and disillusioned later, if you do.It might be too late by the time you had realized that you have looked-up unto the wrong 'servant'.
Only look-up to Christ as the true example of a servant and you will be saved.

There are those who claim to be 'servants of righteousness' but are causing more harm and damage to His name.We must be on the look out for these ones.They would claim to be great 'teachers' of God's word and will group amongst themselves to be strong and invincible in the eyes of men.They will threatened the sheeps and God's true servants, as though the apostleship was entrusted to them only.They are 'workmen' who work to fill their stomachs,self-pride and greed for more in the pretext of serving Christ.The are children of the devil who masquerades as the 'angel of light'.This is 'Babylon'- the unity of the wicked.Don't be fooled by them.Watch it!

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 (New International Version)

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

We are going to witness the end of things soon and then they will brought into the actual light and for the unrepenting ones there will be great gnashing of their teeth for eternity.Even now they have begun to gnash their teeth ,I know.

Why do we say all these,simply because,these masqueraders choose to live like kings and queens on this earth,lording over men,enjoying the pleasures of this world,bathing in pomp and glory of men,seeking the praises of the world in what they do,not even bothered about seeking the praise from God.They would only live for what their eyes could see.These are the true enemies of Christ.They live in contrary to what Christ told them to do if they were His servants.They have turned away from Him.

The Second Character of Christ

The second character of Christ is sincerity and truth.

Corinthians 5:6-8 (New International Version)

"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".

If the first and second character of Christ does not get formed in you,then there will be no point in carrying on, in trying to gain Christ other ways. It will be a sheer waste of your time and effort,simply because you know where you will be heading without them if you are on the highway of destruction already.Sincerity and truth, if you don't have them from Christ, you will never get it from anywhere else.These are the riches which are only found in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior,who is truth Himself.You cannot buy sincerity and truth with all your money and wealth accumulated on this earth.

Christ our Lord and Master is The Door.We will have to enter through and ushered by Him. Any other way, you'll be attempting to enter by climbing in like a thief.Christ must be formed in you or else you will be like the wedding 'guest' who was not dressed-up for the occassion.The question the Lord will ask you would be:" how did you get in here?".Today,we see confusion everywhere.We will not know the difference between the 'weeds' and 'the wheat'.We were not supposed to separate them yet.As huma and still wrestling with the temptations of the world,we are commanded not to attempt separating them for fear that we may be influenced by our sinful nature that is not put to death yet.The Lord Jesus Christ will separate the sheeps from the goat at the right time and moment,on that day which is fast approaching now.

Just by looking around you will notice that the situation is getting worse by the day.People are getting more evil and vicious.This is the time we realize that no one in this world,absolutely no one,can help us with the situation we are in,except Christ Himself. People around us can only help us by destroying it further.When we say all,we mean,all the fortune tellers,the witchcraft practioners,the economists,politicians,psychologists,sociologist,human-rights activist,all professionals including all the religious gurus,the militaryexperts,educationalists,faith-healers,leaders,rulers,authorities,powers,
astrologers,positive-thinkers,bankers,financial-experts,,Nasa experts
and all general boasters cannot help you with the current situation.All spoken words were just empty boasting with no truth and sincerity in them.They do not mean what they say.They were just actors with no qualifications to act in Hollywood.

This is where God comes into the real picture.God is in full control of everything.
All authority and power belongs to His own beloved Son,The Lord Jesus Christ.He was bestowed by the Heavenly Father with such authority and power that every knee will bow before Him.In Him is true sincerity and truth.He is the only Truth that we can trust in for eternity.

The 1st Character of Christ...

The character of Christ is first of all, humility.

Philippians 2:1-10 (New International Version)

Philippians 2
Imitating Christ's Humility
1If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

How many of us, if, told to 'empty' ourselves of everything will still remain in the faith? Yes, If you were told to empty everything that serves your pride and ego,will you still remain in the faith and confess Christ anymore?.Many have supposedly left the faith when they were tested in this area.

Abraham was told to leave and give up everything that give him self-pride and he did because of his faith in God.He had such trust in God that he did not fear the circumstances that followed of which he was not sure of.That was faith in God.

The Lord Jesus Christ emptied himself of all this worldly pride.The comfort of this world,the praises of the people,worldly recognition,fame,worldly accomplishments,enjoying public-figure priviledges which he rejected openly and never acquired them secretly either.He had no financial savings,no permanent house he could come back to,no relationships that had strings attached that gave him certainty of life.His continual trust in God never failed him though.

How many of us, if, are told to do this today, will leave the faith and never return to Christ again? Many have done this even though they still claim to be in Christ.
Many have already gone to the world completely even though they still maintain a Christian status,just to be on the safe side!There is no safe side when you do this consciously,you will find out for yourself soon.It will be too late for you to make an about turn in life.

Do not equate financial prosperity with the Christian faith?. You can equate financial prosperity with following the Evil One but not Christ.You have to come empty of all pride of the things of this world before you can come to Christ
and you would have to continue living like this the rest of your walk with Him.
If you don't like this you can choose following the Evil One.I am talking about the pride that sticks to you from the world.That is the character of Christ-"He made Himself nothing".Can you do that now?...or else... you don't deserve Christ, if, you still cling on to the things of this world.

Matthew 18:1-9 (New International Version)

Matthew 18
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven
1At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
2He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5"And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. 6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

7"Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! 8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

We know that God rejects the proud."Before a fall comes pride" says king Solomnn in the book pf Proverbs.We often preach the fall of man,but seldom about the fall of the devil(Satan).The Lord Jesus Christ said " He saw Satan( the Devil) fall from heaven like lightning to this earth.Satan fell because of his pride.Satan desired the worship of man whom he did not create. So, Satan turned Adam and Eve away from their Creator God and His Christ in the Garden of Eden.By sowing his sinful nature in them he turned all mankind away from God.But,in that Garden, God promised that He will turn His chosen ones back to Him through His beloved Son ,the Lord Jesus Christ.

To come back to Him ,His chosen ones must humble themselves before God and man.The pride of Satan, of which ,Satan himself is the author,if you were to come to God with it,you will be cast into the Lake of fire thats waiting for those who oppose Him and live counterfeiting the truth.

Satan fell from a high position that God gave him.One who is "humble as a child" cannot fall because that position is the lowest one can be.Its only when you think you are more important and feel high above others that you can fall.God rejects the proud.
For Christ his beloved Son himself, He chose to be the lowest amongst man. Most humiliated was he among man but He, even though being His only begotten Son,humbled himself before the Heavenly Father and learnt obedience to Him through those unbearable sufferings and shame on earth.

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (New International Version)

26 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

Think of the Lord Jesus Christ, how He was humilisted for you and me:
Isaiah 53:1-12 (New International Version)

Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

3 He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.

6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.

8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his descendants?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was stricken.

9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.

11 After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied ;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors

If you still cannot figure out what is humility in Christ,then, you have lost your way, you'd need help!

Speaking against Jesus Christ.....

Luke 2:34-35 (New International Version)

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."

These are prophetic words that are being fulfilled today.Simeon was a godly man who knew about the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Messiah.He had prayed that God would not decide to take him away through death before he meets His Savior face to face.God granted Simeon his desire and Jesus Christ our Lord was in Simeon's arms as a baby,in human form.

Simeon prophesied to the the mother of Jesus our Lord that, "He will be a sign that will spoken against..".He even said: Mary, as the mother, will also at one point speak against Him.That will be the time that Jesus Christ the Son of God will pierce her heart as the Word of God,the Sword of the Spirit and change her.She will experience the power of the Word of God in her life too.God had made His Son a 'sign' to be spoken against.Speaking against the Lord Jesus Christ is like 'kicking against pricks'.

Saul who became Paul in Acts chapter 9,through his meeting with the Lord Jesus Christ on his way to Damascus also 'kicked against the pricks' by persecuting the believers of Christ.When someone speaks against Christ,the thoughts of his/her heart will be revealed.You will be able to see the true condition of the heart,whether,it is good or evil? the Lord Jesus can change any evil heart,like Paul's convertion.

God will judge us according to how we speak of Jesus Christ when He is revealed to us.The problem is He will appear to us as someone who is the least of Him.That will be the test of our hearts,to see if we genuinely believe in Him.If our heart is proud,it will block us from coming to the Lord because He will appear very humbly to us.

Many among God's own people will fall because they could not recognize who is appearing before them. Christ our Lord will appear to us as someone least like him,but its Him. We will miss Him for eternity if we did not recognize Him then,a high price to pay for pride and arrogance. Do not 'kick against the pricks' if you don't recognize its He who is appearing before you.Be careful not to speak against Him.

Kingdom of Righteousness....

Isaiah 32:1-8 (New International Version)

1 See, a king will reign in righteousness
and rulers will rule with justice.
2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.

4 The mind of the rash will know and understand,
and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.

5 No longer will the fool be called noble
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

6 For the fool speaks folly,
his mind is busy with evil:
He practices ungodliness
and spreads error concerning the LORD;
the hungry he leaves empty
and from the thirsty he withholds water.

7 The scoundrel's methods are wicked,
he makes up evil schemes
to destroy the poor with lies,
even when the plea of the needy is just.

8 But the noble man makes noble plans,
and by noble deeds he stands.

The thousand year rule of Jesus Christ on earth is coming soon.We know that scoundrels and villains are ruling most parts of this world today. The chaotic state of the world is the work of Satan through ungodly fools who have become tools of Satan in power.

The world welcomes such leaders because Satan makes them blind to God's truth and rule through Christ.The time will soon be here when their 'scales' will fall off their eyes and they will be able to see Christ enthroned on earth,heaven and even underneath the earth.

Righteousness today is very,very distorted by Satan.People do not know the difference.Righteousness is seen as wickedness and wickedness as righteousness.Darkness as light and light as darkness.

Christ is the Righteousness of God.If you see Christ,you have seen the righteousness of God.

Lies and Deceit!

Lies and deceit are the expressed nature of Satan.The Devil is the Father of lies and deceit.The Devil,if he is the father of it, it will have it's children practise lies and deceit too. Some of its children may appear just like the Devil itself in lies and deceit.

John 8:42-47 (New International Version)
The Children of the Devil
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."

Some people are just cursed for they cannot hear the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and cannot respond to it.They are doomed to believe the lie of the Devil.