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JOURNEY
INTO
GOD
J.M. CARDONA
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
Wait!
Behold how quickly the masses turn from one Pied Piper to
a Pinnochio, vice versa, or to another! From one
charismatic, eloquent deliverer to another hypnotic, silver-
tongued liberator. Saying the right things at the right time,
claiming to be the right person. And so it seemed. And so it
would always seem.
Who to follow?
“What to follow?”
In your mind’s eye, you see it is, in the end, all a mirage. A
heartbreaking illusion. A delusion that brought and ended
in much of the painful heartaches and sufferings of those
that went into the pursuit of that pot of gold.
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And only the knowledge of the Truth, and the Truth itself,
can ever set them free, (Gospel Book of John 8:31-32).
It is for you.
The Publisher
THE WORK OF GOD – 21ST CENTURY
Circa June 2008
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A
Journey
Into God
Key Scripture
(Gospel
(Gospe l Book of John 17: 17-
17-21)
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We are on a journey.
Every day of our life, we set our bearings (2 Cor. 4:10) aright
on that point in that compass, our spiritual compass. So that
we can arrive at our destination.
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THE WORLD LOST ITS WAY
So, they came up with the conclusion that there is one God.
Then, they
they concluded in their own minds that there are many
ways, approaches, viewpoints by which and through which we
can all worship Him and how to love Him.
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In the course of time, a huge bloc of believers adopted the idea
that there are many gods. They do today.
today.
He was manifested in the flesh with the one Way (Eph. 4:4-
4:4-6)
we must go.
He did not bear His own Message. He carried the one and only
Message from God, He only had one message, the message of
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the true Way of God (Jn. 4:34; 5:19-
5:19-20; 5:30; 5:43; 6:38-
6:38-40;
10:30).
The All-Inclusive
Key
(The Kingdom of God)
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crises bedevils the human race. Glimpses of success are few and
far between.
Throughout all the 6,000 years, all the sons of Adam and
Eve have nibbled and eaten of the Tree of the Knowledge of
Good and Evil, (Gen. 1:17; 3:3-3:3-17; Matt. 3:10; 7:17, 19; Lu.
3:9; 6:43; Isa. 38:18) like all their forefathers did. Like Adam
and Eve did. Even, if they went out of the Garden of Eden, all
of them including us before we were converted, were nibbling
everyday at the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil which
symbolizes truth and error.
They have great big cathedrals. They have great big libraries.
They have great big schools. And they graduate in the millions,
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learned men and women. And, all of them produce only
graduates that have drunken, eaten and have been mentally,
intellectually nourished from the fountain of Satan the devil
which is truth and error, (2 Cor. 4:4).
Christ Sends Us
To The World
Why is that? Who are we? (Matt. 6:28; Lu. 12:27; Ps. 8:4;
Heb. 2:6; Ps. 115:12). We, of whom the apostle Paul said,
''For you see your calling brethren, not many wise men, not
many noble are called'' (1 Cor. 1:26). You, who are the
simple. You, who
who are the “of no account.” You, who are base.
You, who were the useless, why? Why, did He call us? (Ps.
34:18; 51:17; Isa. 57:15; 1 Cor. 1:26; pr. 9:4, 15).
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From Nobodies
To Precious Children
He will change us, not by our own wisdom but by the Spirit of
God, (Ro. 8:9, 14). The Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit of the
Godhead that empowers to help us and quickens us (Ac. 1:8) to
change. ''Be ye transformed brethren,'' the apostle Paul said,
said , by
the renewing of your mind.
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We have become the ambassadors (2 Cor. 5:20) and the
representatives
representatives of Christ.
And, so many other things (Ja. 2:23) that amazes us. From
nobodies in Gods' eyes, in Gods' standard, we became the heirs
(Gal. 4:7), the children of God
God (Ro. 8:17). We are empowered
with the Spirit which we did not have before we ever knew Him
(Eph. 1:4). Before He ever imbued us (Isa. 44:2, 24; 49:5) or,
ever before we ever knew God, He knew us.
Mighty Instruments
In God's Hands
We become His instruments (Isa. 41:15) to go and bring the
Good News (Lk. 8:1; 1:19; 2:10)
2:10) of the New World (Rev. 21:1,
5: 3:12; 21:2) to come.
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age is divided into some phases of course. There's the missing
years before the Great Flood. There is the time before Enoch,
the only righteous man. And so before that, and
and after that is
now our Christian era, as we look back 2,000 years.
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IF you have the big picture, why are we here today? Why
did He call you and me? Who are we? If, we were useless at
one time or the other before He called us, we ceased to become
useless. To the Eternal God of Heaven we can be used by Him
but He can only use us to the end that we are willing to be
trained to study (2 Tim. 2:15); to grow in grace and knowledge
of the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Pe. 3:18).
The Good News of the Kingdom of God is what Christ has told
us. We are not carrying a literal physical golden vessel (Isa.
52:11). Oh, no! We become the bearers of the Mission to go
and tell
tell the human race the one and only true Gospel of the
Kingdom of God.
We are not out here to tell them that “now is the only day of
salvation
salvation” as others do. And so they are so eager to blanket the
world by thoroughly evangelizing it. And making them come
and join them, and “give their hearts to the Lord ”. And join
with them in their religious group.
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That is not our job.
Our job is to be like the Church of God in Philadelphia,
even as we are small, or little, in number and in physical
strength. Let us go to Revelation
Revelation chapter 3 verses 7-
7-12 and read
this.
Our Father and His Christ has opened that door (Col. 4:3;
Rev. 3:5, 20; 4:1; 2 Cor. 2:12) and He will give us all the ability
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to be able to preach and to publish the Gospel of the Kingdom
of God (Matt. 24:14) in in spite of the fact that we have little
strength (Rev. 3:8). So, He will provide us with all the strength
(2 Cor. 12:9) from the Divine God of Heaven who owns the
entire Universe ( Ps. 24:1; 98:7; Nah. 1:5; 50:12; 89:11; 90:2;
Jn. 1:10; Ac. 17:24; 2 Pe. 3:6;
3:6; ).
Be Fishers of Men
See, He has not said that in any other eras, or time periods.
He is telling us, He is announcing to us, that Christ is going to
come in our own time. He promised that. And, we that are
going to do it, will become pillars in the temple of our God
(Rev. 3:12).
Reward
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For Works Done
He did not say speak. He said sing for joy. “Let the people
praise you, let all the people praise you O God,”
God,” (vs. 7).
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To Worship God In Spirit And In
Truth
So, they worship idols (Ac. 7:42; Ezek. 20:31; 22:4; 23:7,
30, 37; 2 Cor. 6:16; Ac. 15:20; Hos. 8:4; 1 Thes. 1:9; 1 Jn.
5:21; Rev. 9:20). You know when they have a revolution, the
first thing they do is dedicate their success to that big statue
that looks like a fish at EDSA. They dedicate, consecrate their
success to that metallic crafted Idol.
You see, our Father through Jesus Christ tells us that the
time to worship Him has come (Jn. 4:23, 24). The true
worshippers shall worship the Father but they can not do that
until we have told them the true Gospel of the true Kingdom of
God (Matt. 4:23; 7:21; 10:27; 7:13, 14; 24:14; 10:22; 19:17;
22:37-
22:37-40; 23:8-
23:8-10; 28:20; Mk. 1:14; Lu. 4:43; 8:1; 9:2; Ac.
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2:38, 39; 1 Thes. 4:15-
4:15-18; 1 Cor. 10:12; 15:51-
15:51-54; Eph. 6:12-
6:12-
19; Jas.
Jas. 2:10; 1 Pe. 4:12; 2 Pe. 1:19-
1:19-21; 2:21; 1 Jn. 3:4; 1:15-
1:15-
17; Rev. 2:26; 3:12, 19, 21; 5:10; 11:15; Rev. 20:6).
We Have A Job To Do
So, that is our job. So, that is important, that we fix our
reference point on the Kingdom of God. And when we fix fix it
there, the next day and day after tomorrow after tomorrow
while we go into our Journey into God, towards God the Father
in Heaven, we will never deviate. We will not turn right. We
will not turn left. And then, we are fixed. We do not go out
there
there and form our own Gospel (2 Thes. 1:8; Gal.1:8,9) like
others do. No, we don't get side tracked. If we have a gift of
healing, it is all part of preaching the Gospel and it is free
(Matt.10:8). Jesus Christ gave them. He loved them. He took
good care of
of them. He provided for them, even sometimes He
made miracles to feed them. Remember the 5,000. He did not
collect anything. He created the resources to feed the hungry.
That is what we will do. So, you remember the promise of God
to us in the Church of God in Philadelphia, if you can feel that,
if you have the Spirit, the heart, you of little strength (Deut.
8:18; Ecc. 5:19; 6:2)! We must be faithful to believe that our
Father has put before us an open door. What is that open
door? He will reveal that
that to us in due time.
What Happens To Us
When Christ Returns?
We will not be ''raptured'' to go into heaven (Jn. 3:13; Ac.
2:34). But, we will rise to meet the returning Lord Jesus Christ
in the air (1 Thes. 4:16-
4:16-17) then we will descend on the mount
of Olives with Jesus Christ (Zech. 14:4) and begin to rule the
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earth in the Kingdom of God from there. We will not be
''raptured'' to go into heaven but we will all rise up in the time
that Christ returns and we will all descend on the Mount of
Olives and we will begin to rule from the Kingdom of God. Let
us read (Ro. 9:28)
9:28) so you can see our role. He will finish the
work and cut it short, because a short work, He will make upon
the earth.
The Lord Jesus Christ will come quickly in our day and
time, if, we fulfill the prophecy of the Church of God in
Philadelphia (Rev.
(Rev. 3:7-
3:7-13). If, He opens to us a door and He
executes a vast wealth transfer, which is only available in this
country, then we are able to shake the earth like a rag doll with
the message of the Kingdom of God arises. And, we will be able
to fund every servant of Christ throughout this planet.
He, Jesus Christ, then will call out from anywhere on the
earth, the two witnesses (Rev. 11:13) that He has chosen to
preach on the streets of Jerusalem
Jerusalem for three and one half years
(Dan. 12:7; Rev. 12:14) while the Church of God, who will
have done the job, will be brought to a place of safety in the
wilderness (Isa. 33:16; Rev. 12:6, 14).
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So, our job is to prepare for His coming. The glory of the
Lord shall be revealed. Our job is to preach and to publish the
Gospel of the coming Kingdom of God throughout the world.
So, at the time when they are needed to go and help the
other Churches, throughout the world and other countries, He
will use these Islands where the wealth of the world is hidden
(Isa. 46:9). Remember . . . read, (Isa. 46:11) a ravenous bird
bird
from the east . . . He has called a Church. He will raise up a
Church in these Isles.
Others have claimed this brethren. The others are the anti-
anti-
christ (1 Jn. 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 Jn. 7; Ro. 16:18; 2 Cor. 11:13;
Eph. 4:14; 2 Tit. 1:10; Rev. 18:23; Mt. 5:19; 1 Tim. 1:7; 4:2;
6:3; 2 Ti. 4:3; Tit. 1:11; 2 Pe. 2:1; Mk. 13:22; Mt. 7:15; 24:11;
Zec. 13:3; Zep. 3:4; Mi. 3:5; Ho. 9:7; Ezek. 13:2; 22:28; Je.
2:8; 5:31; 14:14; 23:16; Isa. 9:15; Deut. 13:5; 18:22; Mk.
13:22; Ac. 20:30; 1 Ti. 4:1; 2 Ti. 3:13; 1 Jn. 2:26; Ezek. 13:10;
2 K. 21:9).
And, you are the Church of God brethren. You are the ones
who are going to fulfill this prophecy!
prophecy!
Let us read again, Jn. 17: ''Holy Father keep through your
own name,'' the name we must keep is the name even as we are
the Church of God, so we passed the name test. Now, let us go
to the Law and the Testimony test. Do we keep the law of God
and the testimony of God? If they speak not according to this
word, it is because they have no light (truth) in them, (Isa.
8:16, 20).
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Second, we must pass the name test: the Church of God.
There is but one and only true church of Christ: THE
CHURCH OF GOD. So named in twelve places in the New
Testament, (THE CHURCH: Mat 16:18; Col 1:18, 24; Jn
17:11: The Church of God: Acts 20:28; 1 Cor 1:2; 1 Cor
10:32; 1 Cor 11:22; 1Cor 15:9; 2 Cor 1:1; Gal 1:13; 1 Tim 3:5;
1 Tim 3:15; 1 Cor 11:16; 1 Thes 2:14; 2 Thes 1:4. The Church
of God is also the Church of Christ, (Rom16:16;
(Rom16:16; Christ is the
Vine, the churches of Christ /God are the branches, (Jn 15:5).
Third, we must pass the Law test. Not one jot or title
title will pass
away until all things are fulfilled (Matt. 5:18). If we say the
Law is done away, and there are hundreds of millions of them
who do, these hundreds of millions do not believe that the Law
of Love is the Royal Law of Love by which we must be taught
(Lu. 2:39; 10:26-
10:26-28; 24:44; Deut. 17:19; 27:3,8; 32:46; Ps. 1:2;
19;7; 119:1, 77, 92, 174; Matt. 7:12; 5;17, 18; 22:36, 40;
23:23; 16:17; Ac. 7:53; 13:15; 15:5; 22:12; Jn. 1:17, 45; 7:19,
23, 49; 8:5; 10:34; 12:34; 15:25; 18:31; 19:7; Ro. 3:21; 7:2 7:22,
2,
25; 8:7; 13:8, 10; Gal. 2:21; 3;2; 3:13; 5:3, 14, 23; 6:2; 1 Tim.
1:7; Tit. 3:9; Heb. 9:19, 22; 10:11; 1 Jn. 3:4; Jas. 2:8, 10, 12;
4:11), and LIVE BY, Then they do not pass the law test. On
that testimony they fall. For the Law of God is Holy, Just and
Good (1 Tim. 1:8). TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY,
IF THEY SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, IT
IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM, (Isa 8:20).
“He that keepeth the law, happy is he,” (Prov 29:18).
“He who turns away his ear from hearing the L:aw, even even his
prayer shall be abomination,” (Prov 28:9).
So, by those four tests we can see that most of the organized
religious groups of this planet do not pass. So, they can not
possibly be the one that Christ said He will open the door for.
They have not kept
kept His Word and they have denied the Name
of God. (Jude 4:1; Jn. 2:22, 23; 2 Tim. 3:5). To them, He will
shut the doors. What ever door they will enter into, it will not
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be the doors that God has opened. Now, going to all these
missions who are trying to
to save souls, that is fine, Paul said, if
they be of God, they can be useful, leave them alone, (Mk.
3:23; Phil 1:18)
A Kingdom of Kings
and Priests On Earth
HOW FEW?
The world today has six billion six hundred million inhabitants.
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How many are us? How many are
are you?
Brethren, if the Most High God is with you, you are the
majority.
worship
And the rest of all mankind who do not know neither worshi p
the true God is the minuscule minority.
“In that day, men shall learn the art of war no more,” (Isa. 2:4;
2:4;
Mi. 4:3). The full knowledge of God and of the perfetc Law
shall cover the earth as the waters covers the sea.
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You will see it happen in your spiritual immortal existence in
the Family of God, in the Kingdom of God as kings to rule with
Christ here ON EARTH. Not in heaven.
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will be together with him, as Christ prophesied. They will be
immortal spirit beings.
And we will meet Paul, who wrote the fully inspired epistles in
the New Testament Scriptures that truly helped and
enlightened us in so many ways.
And we will, at last, meet and know all the men and women of
living faith whom God the Father has called, and the Living
Christ, the Son of God, has chosen, and led by the Holy Spirit,
in the last two thousand years of the New Testament
Tes tament Church of
God!
And, the earth will be shaken like a rag doll (Matt. 24:20;
Mk. 13:25; Lu. 21:26). He will call more men and women like
you (Ac. 2:39; Jer. 1:15). So, you will have
have to be able to teach
others (Matt. 28:19). You will have to be able to impart to
them the knowledge of the true Gospel (2 Cor. 2:12; Ro. 9:16;
2 Tim2:2; Matt. 4:23; 9:35; 24:14; 26:13; Mk. 1:14; 14:9;
16:15; Lu. 20:1). And that takes faith, (2 Cor. 5:7;
5:7; Ac. 24:24).
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sole main concern in this life is that you will be instruments in
the hands of
of the Father to bring the herald of the good news of
the Kingdom of God (1 Cor. 2:4). He will give you
everything. He will hand over, first, all the tools, all the
powers that you need, because the God that we serve is the God
of the Universe. There is nothing that will be withheld from
you. He will give it all to us.
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And We Will Teach
The Secret of True Happiness
First,
First, We only need to be healthy. Thereby we will teach them
how to be healthy (Exod 20:12; Ps 91:16; Prov 3:1-
3:1-2, 7-7-8,
12:18; Hope: 13:12; 16:22, 24;17:22; 18:14; 19:23;
24:13;27:27;3 Jn v. 2; Ac. 27: 34).
Second,
Second , we will
will teach them is how to be self- self-sufficient (
Ps.44:12; Prov 3:9-
3:9-10; Prov 13:11, 28:18; Mat 25:25; 2 Cor
9:8-
9:8-9; Phil 2:12), that they may be free from penury and want,
and are able to share and help others in real, genuine need.
Third,
Third , we will teach them is how to be successful as
individuals, as groups, as families (Josh 1:7-1:7-8; Prov 13:19;
21:5;22:9; 22:29; 24:3-
24:3-5; 24:16; 30:24-
30:24-25; 1 Tim. 5:8; Zeph.
3:16). In their lives, personally. And in their work , (Isa 48:17;
1 Thes 4:11). Either with their professions. Trades.
Occupations. Careers. Enterprises. Projects.
When they have these four, which are the four pillars of
happiness, then, we will teach them how to build on the
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foundation of absolute irrevocable faith in the Creator God ,
(Ps 127:1; Heb. 11:1).
We will teach them to learn, obey, keep, live by, and master
these things, then they will be embraced by happiness and joy,
(Ps 23:6; Jn 13:17).
These are the things we will teach.
Not the things that are beggarly and vain deceit that are taught
to the peoples of this world.
We will teach the peoples of this nation and they can only do it
if they do it God's Way. And we testify that God’s Way
Way works.
Sustained by His Word. Strengthened and empowered by His
Will, by the Holy Spirit. In fulfillment of His Work to create
immortal children of God into His Family and Kingdom
forever.
Yes, it works.
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“Jesus saith unto him, “If a man love me, he will keep My
Words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto
him, and make our abode with him,”
him,” (Gospel Book of John
14:23).
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OUR JOURNEY
COMES FULL CIRCLE
“And God said, ‘let there be light’: and there was light.”
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29 And God said, ‘Behold I have given you every herb bearing
seed, which is upon the face of all the , and earth, and every
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it
shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth.
earth. And to every fowl of the
earth, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is life, I have given every green herb for meat, and it was
so.
31 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it
was very good. And the evening, and the morning were the sixth
day,” (Book of Genesis 1:26-
1:26-31).
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Satan the devil. The sin that the first human family, Adam and
Eve, had committed against God their Creator and Father who
created them direct from the dust of the earth, disabled them
from having access to the Tree of Life. And consequently, and
ultimately, they have to die, which they did, instead of
attaining immortality.
Their children and generations after them till our day, have
repeated the same sin which grew into a vast labyrinth of
wretched sins against the Eternal Creator God. This has
separated them from God. And their foreordained journey into
God was hindered. Blocked. Delayed.
ALMIGHTY GOD sent His Son, the Living Jesus Christ from
Heaven to come to earth and fulfill the spiritual redemption of
the human race from the penalty of death for all the sins ever
committed by every created mortal to the last living human
being before the very return of the Divine Saviour from Heaven,
from the right hand of power and glory with God the
Father.
Spiritual Creation –
Final Phase 2
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And so, our spiritual journey commenced when we heard the
Gospel of the Kingdom. When we believed it. When we accepted
the Lord Jesus as our Savior by faith. When we were immersed
into symbolic death by water baptism, upon repentance. When
we received our earnest of divine nature and eternal life by the
Holy Spirit.
Yes, to endure to the end while doing the work we have been
given to do.
Till finally, upon the very return of the Lord Jesus Christ, King
of kings, and Lord of lords, we are truly saved, (Eph 2:8). Born
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again, (Jn 3:3). Born of the Spirit, (Jn 3:6). Into the Divine
Family and Kingdom of God, fully Born of God.
“And Jesus said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except
a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God,”
(Gospel Book of John 3:3).
51 “Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption. 51 Behold I show you a mystery; We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed. 52 In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality,” (First Epistle of Paul to
the Corinthians15:51-53).
And then, for our good works, receive our reward of a crown
and everlasting honor, (Eph 2:10), as immortal kings and priests,
under the Great King, (Rev 1:6; 5:10).
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By
JESUS MARTINEZ CARDONA
Senior Serving Brother
CHURCH OF GOD
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Scripture Reference
Index
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