Pastor's Comments March 24, 2012

“. . . For this reason MANY are Weak and Sick among you, and MANY sleep! . . .” I Corinthians 11:30.

Once again, God’s True Passover with its Vital Symbols is at hand! In view of this most important service in God’s Master Plan, a most serious life and death question is needful of being asked of each member:

“Are YOU prepared to partake of each SYMBOL with the full understanding of it?”

Truth is— most aren’t! As to why, they will be partaking of a Passover designed by Satan the devil! Unless this is corrected, Scripture makes known this will lead them into the Great Tribulation! It is that deadly serious!

It should be realized by everyone the Great Tribulation is at hand! And with it will be the demise of America, Britain, and other nations of Israel brought about by the fully revived Roman Empire.

This will also be the time of the martyrdom of saints (Revelation 6:9-11)! Shortly before this occurs God’s true and faithful ELECT will be in the Place of Safety—protected from the terrifying warfare and slaughter then taking place.

To be counted worthy of God’s protective blessing, this should seriously be considered in view of this coming Passover and Its Vital Symbolism! By partaking of the Passover with a right Spirit, recognition, and acceptance of the true meaning of the SYMBOLS could make the difference between healing in this life, deliverance from an early death—and even the Great Tribulation!

The greatest EMPHASIS must be placed on the Passover! It should be realized by one and all that it is the most vital and important service of all God’s commanded assemblies for it symbolizes the horrible beating and crucifixion to death Jesus Christ voluntarily paid for all of humanity. Sadly, many thousands will be observing it without a real grasp of comprehension and understanding of its sacred and vital meaning.

The BREAD: “The Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took BREAD. And when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is BROKEN for you; do this in REMEMBRANCE of Me” (I Corinthians 11:23-24).

The WINE: The shedding of the BLOOD of Jesus Christ is to make payment for our iniquities and is symbolized by the WINE that each member is commanded to drink during the Passover service:

“In the same manner He also took the cup (of Wine) after (the traditional) supper, saying, “This cup in the New Covenant in My BLOOD. This do, as often as you drink it, in REMEMBRANCE of Me” (I Corinthians 11:25).

The symbol of the WINE is understood and taught by all of the approximate 700 Corporate Churches of God – split-offs – from the former parent Corporate Worldwide Church of God.

The doctrinal teaching of the United Church of God, the Church of God, WA, the Church of God, IC (David Hulme), and possibly others teach there is no such thing as Physical Sin – sin is sin – so it was said to me by Dr. Donald Ward – each one following the change in teaching from Mr. Armstrong to this one by the deceased apostate pastor general!

1) If sin is sin – as being one and the same, why partake of the morsel of bread during the Passover service, what does it’s symbolism mean?

2) Why did Jesus Christ make a distinction between the bread and the wine – partaking of one first, then to be followed by the other?

3) If sin is sin – all inclusive – Why not partake of both at the same time without an interval of time between them?

4) Since they, doctrinally, say, “sin is sin”, no distinction between committing the sin of murder, adultery, etc., and the sin of dying with some disease, etc., why not give each member the bread and wine at the same time – first take the bread into the mouth and then mix it with the wine and swallow both together?

To teach there is no such thing as physical sin is not logical nor does it even make sense! Pure and simple this is straight from Satan the devil for it takes one away from the intimacy of a close relationship with God and Jesus Christ and into the darkness of his camp! This is NOT what the Holy Bible teaches; nor is it what God’s late apostle taught and practiced with each Passover service all through the years of his ministry.

Sadly these leaders have rejected God’s apostle and the teaching Jesus Christ restored through him within His Church – including the true Passover service! Satan the devil led the apostate pastor general away from the true one to one of his satanic devising and the ministry fell for it.

Unless this is corrected, with godly sorrow and repentance, all those who continue following blindly the apostate leadership within these churches, the Holy Bible makes very plain the Great Tribulation will give them reason for real sorrow and anguish before death mercifully ends it.

Holy Scripture teaches there is a definite distinction between the two and is DISCERNED by the WISDOM of the true members (Daniel 12:10; Isaiah 33:6). In contrast, Jesus Christ made known through the Apostle Paul the deadly consequences of those who do NOT understand the difference and partake of the wrong one:

“For he who eats and drinks in an UNWORTHY MANNER (not discerning the WORTH OF EACH SYMBOL) EATS and DRINKS JUDGEMENT to himself NOT DISCERNING the Lord’s BODY. For THIS REASON MANY ARE WEAK AND SICK among you, and MANY SLEEP (have died, I Corinthians 11:30-31).

“Not discerning the Lord’s body!” Holy Scripture reveals the explanation of the DISCERNING of the Lord’s Body:

“Surely He has borne our sicknesses and carried our pains . . . but he was pierced through for our transgressions (spear, nails) He was bruised (crushed) for our iniquities; the chastisement (beating) for our peace (welfare- health) was upon Him and BY (or, because of) HIS STRIPES (blows that cut in) we are healed” (Isaiah 53:4-5).

Mathew 8:16-17 When evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and HEALED all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He Himself TOOK our infirmities and BORE our sicknesses.”

Psalm 103:2 “Bless the LORD O my soul, and forget NOT all His benefits: who FORGIVES all your iniquities and HEALS all your diseases.”

Notice the distinction, or separation, Scripture makes between the TWO SINS, Spiritual and Physical in the above Scriptures!

Matthew 9:1-7 Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their FAITH, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your SINS are forgiven you. . . . For which is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? . . .”

John 5:5-14 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years . . . Jesus said to him, “Rise take up your bed and walk.” . . . Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well, SIN NO MORE lest a WORSE thing come upon you.”

James 5:14 “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the Church, and let them PRAY over him, anointing him with oil and the PRAYER OF FAITH will save the sick and the Lord will raise him up. And IF he has committed sins (of himself), he will be forgiven.”

A foolish question: Are we to be anointed with oil for lying, coveting, dishonoring a parent, etc.? This is efficaciously being asked in view of those who teach this erroneous teaching – no such thing as physical sin! Ridiculous!

To couple the bread with the wine – ‘sin is sin’ – is taking away the real substance of faith one can have in seeking his or her healing by partaking of the bread with its true SYMBOLIC Scriptural meaning! For it is directly associated with the horrible beating Jesus Christ suffered for humanity for payment of physical sin.

How can an elder pray the believing prayer of faith if he does not believe with true understanding of what the morsel of bread symbolizes – physical sin! He cannot for he is denying the power of it! II Timothy 3:5. Health penalties are experienced from the Sins we either inherit from our forefathers (Exodus 20:5), or primarily through wrong eating habits; serious health problems, such as: heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer, etc. Hospitals are filled with the sick! Scripture bears meaning to this:

Exodus 23:25 “So you shall SERVE the LORD your God (obedience to His laws), and He will BLESS your bread and water. And I will take SICKNESS away from you.”

Exodus 15:23-27 For I am the LORD (JHVH–ROPHE’EKA, God Healer) who heals you.” Jesus Christ the Great Physician, God Healer.

In contrast, to the doctrinal teaching there is NO SUCH THING AS PHYSICAL SIN! God’s late apostle and His promised Elijah of the end-time, Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, wrote the following:

The Plain Truth About Healing, 1979 Publication, Page 47, “. . . To say there is no such thing as Physical Sin, as has been said by self-professing intellectuals, is not intellectual—it is rank STUPIDITY, IGNORANCE OR WILFUL PERVERSION OF PLAIN SIMPLE TRUTH.”

During the last year of his life, Mr. Armstrong wrote briefly about this subject:

Mystery of the Ages, Pages 211-213, Mr. Armstrong, ‘Jesus Beaten for Our Healing’

“. . . This indescribable scourging was endured that believers might be healed from physical transgression [physical sin] sicknesses or disease (Isaiah 53:5; I Peter 2:24). What a terrible price our own very Maker paid that we might, by believing, be healed. Yet nearly all professing believers totally ignore what their Savior provided for them, and instead of relying on Him, put their faith in human doctors, drugs, medicines and knives.”

NOTE: Physical transgressions of God’s natural laws have a physical penalty we pay – that is termed physical sin. By not understanding, discerning, the body of Jesus Christ that was beaten to pay the penalty for us can either bring sickness or an early death according to the writing of the apostle Paul (I Corinthians 11:29-30).

Will YOU continue to refuse the acceptance and belief of the True Meaning of the Symbolism of the BREAD that removes the penalty of Physical Sin? Please know unless YOU change with repentance, Scripture makes known you will suffer the horrors of the Great Tribulation that is virtually on top of us!

WHY— because of CHOOSING to accept the teachings of Satan the devil through an apostate pastor general over and above Jesus Christ through His apostle and end-time Elijah! II Corinthians 11:3, 13-14; Colossians 2:6-8; Daniel 12:10; Isaiah 33:6.

The Apostle Paul concluded his writing about the bread to be partaken during the Passover service by writing— because of the Church member’s failure to grasp with both the heart and mind the meaning of it—

“. . . For this reason MANY are Weak and Sick among you, and MANY sleep! . . .” I Corinthians 11:30.

The Apostle Paul follows up by encouraging all the membership to judge themselves individually so as not to be counted unworthy and end up being weak, sick, and possibly dying by failing to evaluate and make the good and needed changes so that each one can then partake of the Passover, both the bread and the wine, in a worthy and understandable manner.

“For IF we would judge ourselves, we would NOT be judged. But WHEN we are judged, we are CHASTENED by the Lord, that we may NOT be condemned with the world” (I Corinthians 11:31-32).

The decision is yours to make as to what you will do or not do in preparing for God’s Passover; no one else can do it for you or me.

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