Church in America, Will You Hear?*

 

From our beginning, America was established with a dependence upon the Christian faith. One of the earliest founding documents, The Mayflower Compact, which was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, was written and signed in 1620 before the settlers disembarked from the ship. This document says in part:

"IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten...Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and advancement of the Christian Faith..."

Subsequent American history, which includes slavery, tells us that the Godly foundations of America were violated at an early point, and continues to be violated by a people who have chosen to call evil good, and good evil, with abortion as just one current example.

This message seeks to reveal the steps that need to be taken for the repentance and revival that America needs.
There is a consequence for rejecting Jesus, and His commandments:

"Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."   Mt. 21:42-43

Jesus delivered these words to Israel, but they are true for any people who reject the truth of God. The kingdom of God can, and will be removed from them. Even the American Church incorporates new age falsehoods and mysticism. Atheism and Humanism are acceptable in America while faith, especially the Christian faith, becomes more and more mocked and persecuted.
A nation that overflows with the blessings of God, as America does, can find that it will suffer the consequences of despising those blessings:

"For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned."

Heb. 6:7-8

We were abundantly blessed by God in this country in order to bring forth edifying spiritual fruit that benefits many, but instead, we have used those blessings to bring forth spiritual briars and thorns, of no desirability, or useful purpose.

We have seen calamity upon calamity befall this nation, as is warned of in the Psalms:

"Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law."  Ps. 119:53

As we read last week in Ezekiel 22, Isaiah 5, and Hosea 4, the LORD prophesies woe and destruction for the nation that embraces the shedding of blood, the oppression of the weak and poor, the corruption of governing leaders, and religious leaders, who compromise what they know is right for ungodly gain, and whose people follow the same corrupt example. Such a nation will reap the rewards of their unrighteousness. As this nation has turned its back on the mercy, truth and knowledge of God, and forgotten Him, He will also forget our children.

God cries out to America in the same way that He cried out to Israel:

"Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the LORD God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the LORD God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye."   Ezek. 18:30-32

In what turned out to be a prophetic glimpse into the condition of America, Rev. D. James Kennedy said,

"Tolerance is the last virtue of a depraved society. When you have an immoral society that has blatantly, proudly, violated all of the commandments of God, there is one last virtue they insist upon: tolerance for their immorality."
Doesn't this sound familiar in America? America insists upon tolerance for all ungodliness, but shows little tolerance for the mention of God, neither His name, nor His Word.

Life and death hangs in the balance of America's decision regarding repentance for our iniquity and transgressions, although God does not desire any to perish. He is longsuffering, that we might yet repent, and live. The question is: Will America repent? We have been wrong about many things in this nation, so it is time to say we were, and are, wrong.

In a Psalm about the LORD's mercy to us, it is written:

"I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD."   Ps. 118:17-19

Turn and live America, while God is crying out to you.

*The above is based upon the 7/12/20 message to the Church from Dr. Kenneth Stevenson. 

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Prayer of Salvation for all who desire to receive Jesus as their Savior: Lord Jesus, I desire to know You, and to know Your salvation. I believe that You died for me, and that You were resurrected for me. Forgive me of my sins. Come into my heart, change me, fill me with Your righteousness. Inscribe my name in the Lamb's book of life. Baptize me in Your Holy Spirit, so that I can learn the truth of Your Word and ways, and be strengthened in my walk all the days of my life. You are the hope of my life, and You are my eternal life. I place my trust in You, Lord, for myself, and my whole household. Use me to do the will of the heavenly Father, Who sent You, in Whose name You came. In Your name, and in thanks and praise I pray, Amen.
 

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                                                                   Sean Stevenson

 

 

Monuments, Men, and Movements**

National Monument to the Forefathers

Plymouth, MA

 

The three words used in the title of this message, monuments, men, and movements, have been in the news lately. Monuments have caused great debate, and some have been torn down. The lives of men, particularly African-American men, have been cut down for little or no reason. Movements have begun from Black Lives Matter to White Nationalists, and Antifa.

The monument pictured above, thankfully, is not one of those being talked about for destruction. It is the one referred to in the documentary, "Monumental", which is highly recommended if you have not seen it. The idea behind its creation and dedication, was to serve as a reminder to the American people of the foundational truths upon which our nation was founded, including the Word of God. This monument, called the National Monument to the Forefathers, was created in anticipation of a time when, as a people, America found itself falling away from its foundation which was established upon these Godly principles. This Monument serves as a signpost for the way back to our original purpose, promise, and identity as a nation. We have definitely found ourselves at such a point in our history when we need this help.

The prophets in scripture spoke to Israel of its similar sorry condition, as they left the knowledge and Word of God behind. What the prophets spoke to Israel could very well apply to our nation as well in this present day. Ezekiel 22 describes this condition that applies to the United States, as it did to Israel, with a sober warning from God. Some of those sins and abominations include:

*Cities that shed blood in the midst of them

*the making of idols

*being the receiver of reproach and mocking from other nations because of our wickedness

*corrupt princes who have shed blood and oppressed the weaker people

*despising the holy things of God and profaning His Sabbaths; forgetting God Himself

*abomination and defiling, lewd behavior against family members and neighbors

*bribery, usury, greed, extortion, dishonest gain

*devouring, lying prophets, priests and princes, who lie for gain

*the common people of the land following the same abominable and oppressive behavior as their political and spiritual leaders

It is obvious how similarly our nation has fallen away as had the nation of Israel spoken of here by the word of the LORD to the prophet. The prophet warned that the LORD's wrath would be released upon the nation (v. 13-22). We should consider that the same warning must also then apply to us and to our time: 

"Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof."    Ezek. 22:21

Perhaps, though, the greatest tragedy of all concerning this corrupt, ungodly, and violent people can be found in the following verse:

"And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none."  v. 30

Concerning America, God is looking for those who will stand up and make up the hedge; those who will, according to 2 Chron. 7:14, humble themselves, repent, pray, seek God's face, turn from their wicked ways, so God can heal our land. Where are those who will do that?

The prophet Isaiah also wrote of things that apply directly to America now. The LORD spoke, even sang, of the beautiful vineyard of His Beloved. He revealed this vineyard as being Judah and Israel, but again, the same could be said of America. The vineyard was well tended, and had the potential to be greatly fruitful. The LORD had the expectation that the best grapes would be produced, since those were the varieties planted, but instead, disappointingly sour, immature wild grapes were produced instead. There could not have been a more blessed and protected vineyard, but now that protection would be removed from it. It would cease to be a vineyard of grapes, and instead become overrun and trampled. Briars and thorns would grow in it, and no rain would fall upon it (Isa. 5:1-6).

The prophet continues to reveal woes that would come upon the people who are like this ruined vineyard. The LORD mentioned in particular that these people took land in a greedy grab for real estate (v. 8). We have done this throughout our history as well to indigenous people, those who could not stand up to an army, or have any remedy against a corrupt treaty. This land grab was excused in our nation under the banner of "Manifest Destiny".
The LORD also describes a people to the prophet Isaiah who no longer had consideration for the work of the hands of the LORD, casting it aside (v. 12). Although they are called to holy appointments with the LORD, they instead indulge in drunken and carnal entertainments. Because of these things the prophet wrote:

"Therefore hell hath enlarged itself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it."  v. 14

Woes are prophesied by Isaiah for those who "call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" (v. 20). We have seen this in our nation like never before. Godly things are rejected, and sinful things are celebrated: "...they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel." (v. 24).

Hell is not a legend nor a joke. Wickedness had grown so pervasive across the land, that Hell had to be enlarged to receive those who engage in it. Ron Reagan, Jr., the son of the former president, mocked the idea of Hell, and defiantly claimed that he was not afraid of it, but it is something to fear indeed. It is for eternity.

Again, the question is asked in Isaiah 6: "...Whom shall I send, and who shall go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me." (v. 8). The LORD continues on to tell the one who will go, to give the warning to this people. The LORD is looking for someone to speak up in warning, and to intercede.

Judgment is real, and, unless America heeds the warning, we will see the consequences. The responsibility lays in the hands of God's people, who are called by His name.

 



**The above is based upon the 7/5/20 message to the Church from Dr. Kenneth Stevenson. 

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Prayer of Salvation for all who desire to receive Jesus as their Savior: Lord Jesus, I desire to know You, and to know Your salvation. I believe that You died for me, and that You were resurrected for me. Forgive me of my sins. Come into my heart, change me, fill me with Your righteousness. Inscribe my name in the Lamb's book of life. Baptize me in Your Holy Spirit, so that I can learn the truth of Your Word and ways, and be strengthened in my walk all the days of my life. You are the hope of my life, and You are my eternal life. I place my trust in You, Lord, for myself, and my whole household. Use me to do the will of the heavenly Father, Who sent You, in Whose name You came. In Your name, and in thanks and praise I pray, Amen.
 

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                                                                   Sean Stevenson

First Become Humble*

The Good Samaritan

 

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

2 Chron. 7:14

As I have discussed in many previous messages, our nation needs the healing that is found in the above chapter and verse from 2 Chronicles. The responsibility and call is to God's people, who are called by His name. The first thing mentioned above, in order to turn a nation's sickness into healing, is for God's people to humble themselves. However, rather than being an age of humility, this era has instead become one associated with pride. Pride has become connected with everything, including things which are against the Word of God. Pride on both sides of the racial divide is threatening to tear our nation apart. It is even more important then, for God's people to understand the need to be humble, but, unfortunately, I have not seen this in practice across the Body of Christ. Scripture teaches the value that God places upon the humble heart:

"...ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time....Submit yourselves therefor to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you" 

                                                                        1 Pet. 5:5-6. and James 4:6-7, 10

The Word also tells us that pride is associated with destruction, not healing:

"A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit." Pr. 29:23

The prophets also revealed the spiritual power and blessing of humility:

"For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."  Isa. 57:15

God's promise is to dwell among His people, to tabernacle in their midst, restoring the relationship He had in the beginning with Adam in the Garden, through Jesus, His Son. This requires a humble and contrite heart in His people. He has shown us what is good, "...and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"  Mic. 6:8

We have seen very little justice and mercy. Those who are wounded, downtrodden, disregarded for racial or ethnic reasons, and even those just going about innocent activities, are being targeted and murdered. Sean Stevenson, my son, was a murder victim in Missoula, Montana, under mysterious circumstances. No answers are forthcoming from the authorities in regard to his murder. Each week, more victims are sadly added to the list, and there is no justice, no mercy, no humility, and certainly no repentance.

Jesus taught a parable, which we call the parable of the good Samaritan, in answer to a lawyer who was challenging Him about how to inherit eternal life (Lk. 10:25-37). Since the questioner was a lawyer, the Lord asked him to answer his own question based upon the Law of Moses. The lawyer answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." Jesus told the lawyer that this was the correct answer to his own question. Then the lawyer wanting to justify himself for not observing the Law he just quoted, asked, "And who is my neighbor?"

Jesus told the lawyer that there once was a man who, while traveling, had been viciously attacked by thieves and left on the road, half dead. Both a priest and a Levite saw him on the road, and passed by him, even crossing to the other side of the road to avoid him. Then a Samaritan came along the road. We know that Samaritans were considered ethnic "half-breeds", and religious heretics by the Jews. They were held in contempt, and were not to be associated with. Yet when the Samaritan man saw the wounded victim laying in the road, he ministered to his wounds with bandages, oil, and wine. The Samaritan picked the victim up, and took him on his beast to an inn, where he continued to take care of him. When the Samaritan had to leave, he paid the innkeeper to continue to care for the man, and promised to pay the innkeeper if there were more charges incurred in the care of this stranger. Jesus then asked the lawyer, which of the men was the neighbor to the wounded man, and the lawyer had to answer that it was the Samaritan, the one who had shown mercy to the wounded man. Jesus instructed the lawyer to "Go and do thou likewise."

Many people, even people who are "religious", and people of faith, find it easier to remove themselves, and not get involved in the face of injustice, or when confronted by uneasy situations, perhaps involving people not held in esteem for various reasons. However, Jesus made clear that the ones who do the Word and will of God embrace justice, mercy and humility concerning their relationship with all others. The inheritance of everlasting life is based upon these things. Where are the Samaritans today, who are willing to align themselves with the downtrodden?

It is not pride, but humility that fulfills the Word of God, and brings healing to our land.

 

*The above is based upon the 6/28/20 message to the Church from Dr. Kenneth Stevenson. 

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Prayer of Salvation for all who desire to receive Jesus as their Savior: Lord Jesus, I desire to know You, and to know Your salvation. I believe that You died for me, and that You were resurrected for me. Forgive me of my sins. Come into my heart, change me, fill me with Your righteousness. Inscribe my name in the Lamb's book of life. Baptize me in Your Holy Spirit, so that I can learn the truth of Your Word and ways, and be strengthened in my walk all the days of my life. You are the hope of my life, and You are my eternal life. I place my trust in You, Lord, for myself, and my whole household. Use me to do the will of the heavenly Father, Who sent You, in Whose name You came. In Your name, and in thanks and praise I pray, Amen.
 

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                                                                   Sean Stevenson

 

Who and Where Are The People of God?*

 

In the middle of a pandemic, we are also seeing that this nation is being torn apart by many divisions, especially racial and ethnic divisions. Even the Church is often divided along racial lines. Jesus warned that racial animosity would rise as a sign of the last days before His return (Mt. 24:7, "kingdom" in this verse being the Greek word ethnos). However, His final instructions to His disciples, called The Great Commission, never divided the Gospel of Salvation along racial and ethnic lines, but included all ethnicities:

"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world ("aion" meaning: age, period of time, forever)...".
                                                                                                           Mt. 28:18-20

Seeing these signs and these divisions all around us, we should not be surprised, but we should be doing. The LORD has clearly told us what we should be "doing" in these challenging times which were foretold by God:

"If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, of if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attend unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there forever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."  2 Chron. 7:13-16

God is addressing His people, above. He has chosen and sanctified this house. We are the chosen and sanctified (by the blood of the Lamb of God) temple, or house, of the Holy Spirit. Our land needs the healing of God, so where are God's people? These verses above are a key for the hope for us, and for our nation.

Our nation was founded in and by the Word of God, but we have forgotten it, and we have rejected it, and we are being destroyed because of that. God warned His people through the prophet Hosea of the consequences of rejecting His Word:

"...because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn...Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge, because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."  Hosea 4:1-7 (excerpt)

Where are the people of God? Instead of seeing the healing that follows the repentance of God's people (2 Chron. 7:14), we are seeing instead the destruction that comes when God's people have forgotten and rejected His knowledge (Hos. 4:6).

Who are the people whom God calls "my people" in 2 Chron. 7:14? Are we even able to recognize them, if they don't look like us? Revelation talks about those in heaven who have been redeemed. His people are praising the Lamb, proclaiming:
"...for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God king and priests: and we shall reign on the earth."  Rev. 5:9-10
There is no racial nor ethnic preference in the kingdom of God.
The fragrances of the saints prayers fill golden vials in heaven (v. 8). Those who are God's people pray.

Again in another place in Revelation, it is revealed to us that the people of God are a great multitude, beyond number, "of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...clothed in white robes" who praise the salvation of God, and the Lamb (Rev. 7:9-10). One of the elders in heaven asks John, the Revelator, "What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?" (v. 13). The elder tells John that this multitude came out of great tribulation. They washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. By this they stand before the throne of God, serving Him continually in His temple. The One who sits on the throne dwells among them. The Lamb, Himself, feeds them and leads them to living fountains of water, and there, God personally ministers to them (v. 14-17).
Scripture further describes those whom God calls, "my people". The Apostle Paul wrote that they are ones who present themselves to God as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable. They are those who are not conformed to this world, but are transformed by the renewing of their minds (washed in the water of the Word of God), showing forth to others through their lives what is the good, acceptable and perfect will of God. Though they are individual members, they are one body in Christ (Rom. 12:1-5).
These are who the people of God are, and this is where they are.
                                                                                                                              

*The above is based upon the 6/14/20 message to the Church from Dr. Kenneth Stevenson. 

To Contact/Submit prayer requests/Support the ministry/Order the book, "NAZAH-White Linen and the Blood of Sprinkling", and to help us get out the message, to contribute to the Book of Remembrance for Sean Stevenson:

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Prayer of Salvation for all who desire to receive Jesus as their Savior: Lord Jesus, I desire to know You, and to know Your salvation. I believe that You died for me, and that You were resurrected for me. Forgive me of my sins. Come into my heart, change me, fill me with Your righteousness. Inscribe my name in the Lamb's book of life. Baptize me in Your Holy Spirit, so that I can learn the truth of Your Word and ways, and be strengthened in my walk all the days of my life. You are the hope of my life, and You are my eternal life. I place my trust in You, Lord, for myself, and my whole household. Use me to do the will of the heavenly Father, Who sent You, in Whose name You came. In Your name, and in thanks and praise I pray, Amen.
 

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                                                                   Sean Stevenson

 

 

 

 

 



Passover, Communion, and Faith*

 

The Last Supper from which we receive our communion elements and significance was a Passover Seder that the Lord shared with His disciples on the night He was arrested:

"And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not anymore eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God."  Lk. 22:15-16

He expressed above that it was with great desire that He would share this special Passover Seder with them, because it represented His fulfilled purpose among men:

"And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me. Likewise also, the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you."  v. 19-20

He made a note to point out at this time that even in the revelation of this great redemption miracle, a betrayer, who had been with them from the beginning, one who had witnessed the teachings and the miracles, was sitting there with Him at the table (v. 21). Communion must be received with the same kind of faith as the Israelites required for participating in the first Passover: believing that the blood of the Passover lamb applied to their doorposts and lintels, would protect them from the death that was sent that night. John the Baptist identified Jesus as "the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world" (Jn. 1:29, 36).

Passover is a feast of the LORD given to Israel to be kept throughout all generations to remember the night that the LORD provided the principle truth that the blood of the lamb that would protect them from death, and deliver them from bondage (see Lev. 23:4-8).

As the apostle Paul delivered the revelation of communion that he had directly received from the Lord, it followed exactly what Jesus had said to His disciples (1 Cor. 11:23-25). Paul also reminded the Corinthian church of the attitude with which to come to the Supper of the Lord. As with Passover, above, the Table of the Lord is kept for "remembrance", in faith, of the Lamb of God who was sacrificed for us, and the promises of the new covenant that freed us, not just for a night, not just for a year, but forever. Paul wrote that as we keep the Table of the Lord in this manner, "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come." (v. 26). Without this remembrance in faith, we are not "shewing the Lord's death till he come", we are eating the bread, and drinking the cup unworthily, without its important spiritual remembrance, thereby being guilty of the blood and body of the Lord (v. 27). All that we do, including the Table of the Lord, we do in faith in His accomplishment, faith in His Word, in Who He is for us. Paul further instructs that we examine ourselves in this very thing. By partaking of the Table of the Lord without this remembrance and appreciation of its meaning, we can bring sickness, death, and even damnation to ourselves (v. 27-30), in the same manner as those who did not trust in the blood of the Passover Lamb in Egypt, and in the same manner as Judas, who did not believe Jesus as the Lamb of God. There is either faith, or unbelief.

In another place, Paul wrote:

"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates (disqualified, not approved)? 2 Cor. 13:5 

Unlike man, who looks upon appearances, God looks at the heart, and the heart is deceitful above all things. Because our hearts are so deceitful to us, the Word of God must examine it, as we will see later.

Romans 16:17-18 warns of those who cause divisions, and we see that the Church is deeply divided. Though these dividers are cloaked in the Gospel, they teach contrary doctrines, fooling and deceiving those who are simple, or foolish. They do this for purposes of greed. We see many strange doctrines that have entered the Church- doctrines that twist the scriptures or are outside of the scriptures. Hold on, rather, to the true doctrines which we have been taught. Teach the Word of God that we have received that corrects and reproves any false doctrines of men that would lead us away from truth, and towards destruction. We cannot teach anything that sanctifies what the Lord has called sin. We warn in love instead, because the wages of sin is death, and Christ gave His body and blood to take the sin of the world, to defeat the power of death; not to teach or praise sin, whose bitter fruit, without exception, is death.

The Word of God reveals and weighs unbelief. It discerns the thoughts, even the most hidden thoughts and intents of the heart, like a sword that slices through to reveal the covered depths. Everything is revealed before Him. The purpose of this revealing and discerning of our hearts is to bring God's people into His rest, the same rest that He entered into after His work was completed. It is the rest of faith, and it is entered into only through faith (Heb. 4:9-13):

"Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession (homologia: to say the same things as, to agree with (the Word of God)."  Heb. 4:14
 

*The above is based upon the 6/7/20 message to the Church from Dr. Kenneth Stevenson. 

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Prayer of Salvation for all who desire to receive Jesus as their Savior: Lord Jesus, I desire to know You, and to know Your salvation. I believe that You died for me, and that You were resurrected for me. Forgive me of my sins. Come into my heart, change me, fill me with Your righteousness. Inscribe my name in the Lamb's book of life. Baptize me in Your Holy Spirit, so that I can learn the truth of Your Word and ways, and be strengthened in my walk all the days of my life. You are the hope of my life, and You are my eternal life. I place my trust in You, Lord, for myself, and my whole household. Use me to do the will of the heavenly Father, Who sent You, in Whose name You came. In Your name, and in thanks and praise I pray, Amen.
 

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                                                                   Sean Stevenson