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Brethren, First, let it be known I am flesh and blood in human form. Second, by the convictions upon my heart placed there by God, giving me the will to write and exhort, having been made a messenger by God. I do not speak for God but if I speak, then I speak by God. By His abundant mercies and empowering grace, I serve the King on High, our Lord and Savior. The foremost purpose and intent of this
mission, which has been assigned to me, is to exalt His deep
love and consideration for His most wonderful creation, the human
soul eternal. Because of this time we are now in, the Spirit
declares, “You are in the last hours even moments of
the second day. Soon, the third day will dawn. What happens on
the third day oh sons of men? This is the time when the Lord
will begin to raise up a people whom you do not know…to
worship Him with all fear, reverence and conviction of heart.
We who are appointed this commission so revere our Lord often
find it necessary to remind those who are believers. We are given
to stir your mind and hearts up by way of reminder, to convict
you if necessary in order to lead you unto the paths of righteousness.” I do not condemn you or others but know that a man’s actions made evident by his word and deed brings condemnation upon himself when he strays too far from the Truth. I, having also been fashioned out of clay by God am not a bland ingredient or stale bread. I am the salt, which has a robust appeal. The words I write and that which I exhort while in the Spirit belong to our Lord. As He has loved me, so also I apply my love for you. Listen to the reproof, accept the pending outcome of change and receive the salvation that awaits all who follow. We are called to be faithful
witnesses so that the very witness of Christ in us may continue.
This is our given duty and responsibility as bondservants to
God. These are the words written and spoken by the authority
of the Spirit whom dwells in me. And He that is Spirit is also
a witness to the fulfillment of prophesies as recorded in scripture.
I am but a very small part of the current fulfillment. Hear now
the other witnesses speak as it was so recorded long ago. Though
I am a man whom is labeled a transgressor and lunatic by some,
I stand in agreement and hereby affirm their witness and testimony.
“Take Heed!” Peter writes, “Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you. But to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing so that at the revelation of His glory, you may rejoice with exaltation.” “If
you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed because
the Spirit of Glory and of God rests upon you. By no means let
any of you suffer as a murderer, thief, evil doer or troublesome
meddler; but if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not feel
ashamed but in that name let him glorify God.” “For
it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and
if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome of those
who do not obey the gospel of God? And if it is with difficulty
that the righteous is saved, what will become of the godless
man and the sinner? Therefore, let those also who suffer according
to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator
in doing what is right and just.”[1] As
Peter exhorted this message to those who are scattered abroad
and are called, I too, declare the same, “ that is according
to the fore knowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work
of the Spirit that you may obey Christ Jesus and be sprinkled
with His blood: May His empowering grace and peace be yours in
fullest measure.”[2] And
this, as Peter describes is so “that you may obtain the
imperishable inheritance that is undefiled and reserved for you
who are protected by the power of God through your faith for
a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.” Peter further
states that the various trials are necessary “so that
the proof of your faith being more precious than gold, even though
tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory and honor
at the revelation of Christ Jesus achieving the desired outcome.
That plainly said, is the salvation of your souls.”[3] Peter
further exhorts, “As obedient children, do not be conformed
to your former lusts which are yours in your ignorance. Like
the Holy One who calls you, be Holy yourselves also in all your
behavior; because it is written, “You shall be Holy for
I am Holy…” “Conduct yourselves in fear during
the time of your stay upon earth…”[4] As
newborn babes, Peter urges us who are as aliens and strangers
to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against our souls.
He says, “Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles
so that in the very thing which they slander you as evil doers,
they may on account of your good deeds, as they observe them,
glorify God on the day of His visitation.”[5] Peter
further exhorts to those who are called and have the same kind
of faith, “That you should remember the words spoken
before hand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord
our Savior, spoken by your apostles (ambassadors). Know this
first of all that in the last days mockers will come mocking,
following after their own lusts.” They will say all
kinds of things and even question the promise of His coming.
But, that is as it has been since from the beginning of creation,
even until now.[6] Peter warns,
“False prophets arise among the people just as their
will also be false teachers among you who will secretly introduce
destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them
bringing swift destruction upon themselves. Many will follow
their sensuality and because of them, the way of the Truth will
be maligned.”[7] Speaking
to the Galatians, Paul asserts how amazed he was by the followers
who so quickly deserted Him who calls by the empowering grace
of Christ for a different gospel. It is the same today as it
was then. Paul further admonishes by saying, “As we have
said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you
a gospel which is contrary to that which you received from Him,
let that man be accursed! For am I now seeking the favor of men
or of God? Am I striving to please men? If I were still trying
to please men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.”[8] Paul further
exhorts, “For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed,
I prove myself to be a transgressor.”[9] And
“The scripture has shut up all men (things) under sin,
that the promise by faith in Jesus the Christ might be given
to those who believe” and thus obey.[10] To the
Corinthians in his first letter, Paul further asserts his given
authority in no less a degree to what I assert as a bondservant
of God. Speaking of those who engage in sexual immorality, Paul
says, “I wrote you in my letter not to associate with
immoral people. I did not at all mean with the immoral people
of this world. For that, you would have to leave this world.
Actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called
brother if he should be an immoral person, covetous, idolater,
reviler, drunkard or swindler, not even to eat with such a one.
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge
those who are within the Church? For those who are outside, God
judges. So, remove the wicked man from among yourselves.”[11] Paul
closes his letter with, “If anyone does not love the
Lord, let him be accursed. Maranatha! (Lord come!)”[12] Now, afterwards there was great suffering and tribulation within the assemblies at Corinth. Paul writes a second letter addressing that suffering. After declaring the abundant mercies of God our Father being our comfort through Christ our Lord, Paul writes, “For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.”[13] Paul encourages those who are gathered at Corinth to accept both the sufferings and comfort afforded us through Christ’s sacrifice. In plain English, we are to endure this conflict of hardship as we seek to be made straight in our application of obedience and in following the very standard set before us, Christ crucified.
For, we were promised to be stressed by various trials and tested
by following the example of obedience and selfless living. Paul
says, “And He died for all that they who live should
no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose
again on their behalf…Therefore, if any man is in Christ,
he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new
thing have come.”[14]
Again, Paul exhorts with bold confidence, “Do not be
bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness
and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
What harmony has Christ with Belial or what has a believer in
common with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God
with idols? We are the temple of the living God; just as God
our Creator said, ‘ I will dwell in them and walk among
them; and I will be their God and they will be My people. Therefore,
come out from their midst and be separate,’ says the Lord
our God. “Do not touch what is unclean and I will welcome you. I will be a Father to you and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,’ says the Lord almighty.”[15] “Now I ask you brethren, how are my sentiments and the message I have consistently preached any different than that of Paul or Peter? If I do not obey this gospel, who will know he is still sinning? How can man achieve the righteousness of God without conforming to and obeying the very Word, which has long been exhorted to us? As Paul caused these people sorrow by his application of faith, unwavering testimonies and strong letters, so I also, have caused you and others sorrow. I seek to rejoice with you at the revelation of Christ in our flesh but you are still weighed down by false doctrines and deluded precepts of men. Take “Prosperity” for example. Though I am very poor indeed, I am showered with a wealth beyond contemporary measure. That too, is the prosperity you all should be seeking. You should not be seeking the worldly things or riches because that will weigh you down and cause you to stumble. Cast off your religious virtues and filthy attire and put on the cloth of God’s Appointment, which is Christ crucified so that you may be made rich indeed.” Thus declares the Spirit in me. If
you are unable to do this, know that both the sorrow and fear
has cast it’s shadow upon you because it is according to
the will of God so that it produces repentance without regret,
leading to your genuine salvation. Remember, Paul said, “Worldly
sorrow produces only death.”[16] Now
when Paul described himself and the ministry in which God commissioned
him, he did say, “We are destroying speculations and
every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God and
we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ
and we are ready to punish all disobedience whenever your obedience
is complete.”[17] Brothers! “I have labored
long and hard for your edification to bring you to this knowledge
and level of acceptance yet you still refuse to obey the myriad
of examples affirmed by a cloud of witnesses throughout history.
What am I supposed to do about you? You frustrate me and provoke
me with your contempt and lack of attention! What are you? Whom
do you serve? Do you know love? If you cannot accept my rigid
application and faith, which is love for God and you, then what
is the point in my laboring over you? You seem to be as un-attentive
pupils in a classroom. It even appears to me that you often cannot
perceive what your eyes see and you don’t understand what
your ears hear. Is it true then about some, “They go
on learning and gaining knowledge yet they do not understand?”[18] “You are such a burden to me yet I must endure this conflict of suffering you cause me because that is the will of my Lord. Do not doubt any longer! Doubt is of the Devil and shame is his game.” Declares the Spirit in me. “
Have I committed sin in humbling myself to the point that you
should be exalted and transformed into new creatures because
I preached the gospel of God to you without charge? Indeed, I
have robbed the churches, taking wages from them to serve you.”
[19] Declares
the Spirit in me. As Paul declared and by the abundant mercies
and grace afforded me, I reiterate, “I say in advance
to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well,
if we meet again, I will not spare anyone, since you are seeking
for proof of the Christ who speaks in me and who is not weak
toward you, but mighty in you. For indeed He was crucified because
of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we
also, are weak in Him because of the power of God directed towards
you.”[20] Regarding persecutions and enduring much affliction, Paul, writing to those gathered at Thessalonia said, “This is a plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you may be considered worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. After all, it is only just for God to repay with affliction, those who afflict you (Speaking to the true disciples) and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God nor obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.”[21] To know God is to love God, to love God is to obey God without regret. Declares the Spirit in me. May Day, May Day, May Day, today is the first of May and the Apostasy is revealed![22] Do not be found fellowshipping with men of lawlessness for they are the sons of destruction![23] Declares the Spirit in me. Paul writing to Timothy stated, “The Spirit explicitly says, that in later times, some will fall away from the faith paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. By the means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron…” As Paul instructed Timothy so I too, heed that instruction and attend to teaching those who are willing to listen, reading scripture and giving exhortation. That is my duty and that is what I am called to do. The Spirit articulated, “Keep on exhorting my son until I give you something new to do. The words you speak will be new to them but they are very old words indeed.” I am merely trying hard to keep you all from straying to far from the truth.[24] But some are already condemned and hopelessly lost. The Spirit says, “You will know them by their deeds.” Of these things, the things
of Christ crucified, Paul wrote Titus saying, “Speak
and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard
you.”[25]Titus
was also commanded, “to reject a factious man after a
first and second warning, knowing that such a man is perverted
and is sinning, being self condemned.” If that is not enough evidence for you, the witness of John affirms the relationship between love and obedience. In fact, it is clear that they are one in the same and may be looked at as the very evidence of Christ in us. John writes, “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God that we keep His commandments and His commandments are not burdensome…He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life…We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him (us in Christ) and the evil one does not touch him.”[26] I know I am of God by the witness and testimonies I have shared over the years and also by my labor over you and so many others. I also know the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.[27] He has seated himself upon the thrones of mans religions and has indeed, exalted himself as being God.[28] That is why I labor so hard over you and so many who are deceived and weak minded. John says further, “Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ does not have God. For the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not even give him a greeting. For the one who gives him a greeting, participates in his evil deeds.”[29] To make sure that
you are not confused or deceived by a spirit that is not of Christ,
my Master spoke and proclaimed the following, “Enter
by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad
that leads to destruction and many are those who’ll enter
by it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads
to life and few are those who find it. Beware of the false prophets
who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous
wolves. You will know them by their deeds (fruits). Grapes are
not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles are they?
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit and every bad tree
bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit nor can
a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear
good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire. So then, you will
know them by their fruits (deeds).”[30] Speaking again of false
Christ’s and prophets, Jesus indicated what the signs of
the times would be when we were nearing His coming. Today, brothers
are delivering up one another for death and destruction, the
volcanic and earthquake activity has increased 300% since the
year 2000 (factual observation). The Nations are beginning to
war with one another again and the false prophets are like flies
on dog crap! They’re everywhere! He said when speaking of
the great apostasy, which is also a sign, “And because
lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.
But the one’s who endure to the end shall be saved. And
this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached unto all the inhabited
earth for a witness to all the Nations, and then the end shall
come.”[31] Brethren, the apostasy is now being revealed so that this gospel may now be confirmed. It is in part, a small fulfillment of ancient prophesies as foretold by a cloud of witnesses. I beg you to listen and consider carefully what is being said. I cannot and will not shirk my duty and responsibility for this thing that God has me doing. I am not alone as there have already been many witnesses and some recent fulfillment of prophetic utterance. God, through His Spirit has assured me that for the purposes of credibility that which He has given me to exhort is being and further, will be fulfilled. I belong to the Appointment (Christ) and it is He that speaks through me regarding these things. I am also assured that because this is a bigger world today than it was two millennia ago, there are others even now who are given the same charge and authority. The measure of witness grows.
To the gathering at the house of Gambriel. I have been in submission
to a Spirit that is not my own and I know it has at times caused
you and others to be uneasy. With respect to your request that
I repent for my rare and occasional outbursts, I am indeed sorry
that when provoked by Tom, I shouted, “May lightening come
out of the sky and strike you.” For this I am deeply sorry
and I want Tom to know the same. But you and he and all who think
they know me, I am still flesh and blood and if provoked again,
I may stumble further. So then the focus should not be on me,
but rather you and others in your company who slander me for
my faith and application. So many are full of unbelief! This
is not the first time I’ve been attacked at your house.
As I said in an earlier letter, your household affairs need to
be put in order. Tom needs to be humbled and until he is made
a repentant man by the discipline of God who loves him, he will
not know the humility that is necessary in order for love to
be safe. In fact, I discern that he is likely to do that again
and again because no one but me seems to understand the importance
of following the instructions and commands of our Lord and His
Apostles. As I said yesterday in our meeting, “doing
anything other than what is commanded in such circumstances interferes
with God’s perfect wisdom.”
By doing so, you make yourself a transgressor and that is a dangerous
vocation. What deceives you? I also said, “Jesus
didn’t make friends with sinners. He took sinners and made
them holy.” I think It’s
about time that you and others take me seriously, especially
when I am able to provide you with such an abundance of testimony
and witness. This letter and exhortation is the evidence of how
much love I have for you and others yet you and others cannot
tolerate my rigid application and unwavering faith. The aforementioned
references to scripture are what vindicate the disciple I have
become. Jesus said at least two witnesses were required. I have
provided you with not only the Father and Son’s voice, but
also mine and that of Matthew, John, Paul, Peter, Jude and the
Holy Spirit whom is witness in all. So great a cloud of witnesses
it is and in the proper context as well. Do not neglect so
great a salvation especially when there is one in your midst
who comes in the name of the Lord to help you. Please pass
this on liberally and be sure to give Tom a copy to prepare for
a possible meeting between us. The Lord has not yet said that
this meeting will take place between us. But this is my initial
offering according to the will of God and the Spirit that dwells
in me. Honestly, now that my book is out and the message is starting
to spread…I have a world of affairs to attend to. Where
now are my brothers who should be supporting the ministry God
has ordained? You, I, or Tom or anyone is insignificant as compared
to the millions of deceived souls in the world who are waiting
for this gospel to be shared freely so that some souls might
be truly saved. Let’s not be distracted. Nicholas
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