Without Holiness No Man Shall See the Lord

Hey everyone. I trust you are doing well and prospering in the Lord. We are living in such a dark and wicked hour. Everything in this society is against our spiritual growth and our walk with the Lord. Television, movies, billboards, advertisements, magazines, etc., etc. are constantly bombarding us with Satan’s world view and wicked ideas to destroy our faith. I pray that each of us would evaluate what we are watching and reading and allowing into our homes because whether you think it does or not it truly affects your spiritual health. Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. (Hebrews 12:14). To be holy means to be set apart for God. We are not set apart for the things of the world; movies, tv, entertainment, the worlds music (both the secular and Christian versions of it), etc. We are to be set apart for God. Its not because of legalism, its because our hearts are filled with love for God and our greatest desire is to “see the Lord.” That is something that has been on my heart lately. I pray the Lord uses it for whatever purpose he desires.

Preach the Gospel

I have a deep burden in my heart to see the gospel preached here in America amongst and through believers of the end-time message. Here is the reason I have this burden.

I have seen and heard of many people being so disturbed because someone presented them with William Branham and his ministry. They say something like, “the worship William Branham” or “they are exalting a man.” What a reproach this brings upon the word of God!

What happened to following William Branham’s example and preaching the same gospel that he did. Not just a powerless presentation of the powerful ministry of William Branham, but preaching the gospel with signs following. When I say the gospel I mean, the apostolic fathers’ faith, the original faith preached by the apostle Paul. I’m talking about water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, the oneness of the Godhead, the work of the Holy Spirit, the blood of Christ, sanctification of the Spirit, holiness living and salvation by faith alone. The mysteries of the scriptures are important, but people need to hear the original faith and gospel. I am seriously in prayer that the Lord would raise up a generation of brothers that would preach the word and not preach quotes of God’s servant or about the miracles of God’s servant.

As glorious and wonderful as the ministry of brother Branham was we are never called to lift up a man. We are called testify of God’s work, but not before we testify of the real true gospel of the bible and Jesus Christ. My hope is there would be a group of men raised up to preach out of the scriptures and not a bunch of quotes and statements piecemealed together. The gospel (that is the good news that Jesus is Lord and Christ, that he has raised from the dead and that through his name there is remission of sins) comes not in word only but in power and demonstration of the Spirit that faith might be in God and not in the words of men.

My hope is that the saints in America would be revived to this and would go out in our local areas and present the truth we have been restored to in a scriptural means and not as the seven sons of Sceva who said, “we adjure thee in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches.” Many times that is what we do as we preach, “bro. Branham said this out of the bible and bro. Branham taught that out of the bible.” PREACH THE WORD!

I pray the Lord helps us all!

Christ Our Righteousness For the Rapture

There is no way for me to stress the importance of this teaching enough. It is very simple yet so needed for this hour.

 

The premise of this teaching is that only through the merits and righteousness of Jesus Christ will we make the rapture. Of course we know that. You do, but do you trust in something besides that to make the rapture? Are you trusting in how spiritual you are? In other words, have you ever felt like you were doing something or could do something to hold back the rapture? Do you think the Bride of Christ is doing something to hold back the rapture? People may be spiritually asleep and they may be in a position in their life where they should not be, but let me tell you, nothing will prevent God from catching away the Bride in the season He has ordained. According to Ephesians 4 the ministry is ordained to “for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry…until we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God.” This is what God is doing in our day and age. Nothing will stop this purpose from being accomplished. If you are born of the Spirit walking in Christ your righteousness is of Christ. You are sinless in the sight of God and nothing will hold you back from the catching away of the saints.

 

Whether we make the rapture has nothing to do with your righteousness and your good works. It is all about the blood of Christ shed on the cross for your righteousness. You could never work yourself to be holy enough to make the rapture. You will perish in your sins if you think the church you go to or the holiness of your own character is holding back the rapture. If you think the church you go to or whether you are living good enough has anything to do with being caught up to meet Christ in the air YOU NEED TO REPENT! Satan has injected an idea in you that is leading to your destruction. The destruction of your faith and either your ultimate repentance and salvation or ultimately leaving the faith of the word of God.

 

Brothers and sisters, what rest and what peace this should bring to our hearts. If you born of the Spirit and feeding on the word of God you will have accomplished in you the purpose of God. The righteousness of Christ has been given to you by faith in his blood. NOTHING WILL STOP YOU FROM BEING RAPTURED. No man, no church, nothing can stop God’s work in you! Put your hope in the future grace. Because you are IN CHRIST NOW you will be caught up WITH CHRIST THEN! “Comfort one another with these words!”

What is God Doing Today?

Is there a living God that speaks, works miracles, and manifests himself TODAY, or is

that a thing of the past or is it simply a myth?

Are you sensing there is more to biblical truth than what you are experiencing right now?

There is a message that God has sent to this generation!

The answer to these questions is in the Scriptures and that is what I stand for in this ministry. He is calling his people back to the bible and the apostolic faith. He hasn’t simply left it up to us to figure it out. He sent a ministry and vindicated His presence with it. So let’s go back to the Bible. I’m not standing for my own thoughts or ideas, but the teachings of the Scriptures, pure and simple without the interpretations, creeds and historical confessions of the church.

Please read through and find out more. But don’t just come to this site to read the articles. Get in contact with me! I’d love to hear your questions and talk with you about what Christ is doing today.

“Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.” 2 Peter 1:12

Through the Holy Spirit we have been given the apostolic understanding of the Godhead, water baptism, the original sin, the new birth, holiness, predestination and the spiritual gifts operating in the body of Christ.

Saved By Faith Alone

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

Salvation is to be received as a gift from God. There is nothing at all we can do within ourselves to merit salvation. The righteousness of God demands that sin be punished. He is holy, perfect, just and righteous. He cannot forgive anyones sin based upon whether they did good works or were kind to their neighbor. When a sin is committed death is the punishment for it. But not just death per se, the punishment ensues after death when you enter into the suffering of hell. Your sin has offended an infinitely holy God and the just reward for sin is weeping and gnashing of teeth in hell. It’s not because God is cruel. It is because of His perfect holiness that goes way beyond anything we can even imagine.

But, God is also rich in mercy. He sent his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be an atonement. An infinitely holy God required a perfectly righteous sacrifice. From the very beginning God required repentance and a sacrifice to cover sins. If he requires it once he must always require it to be just. That is exactly what was done. We deserve death and punishment and seperation from God. This is exactly what Jesus Christ did for us.

The Almighty God his Father poured out his wrath and our just desert upon Jesus. He took the punishment of God for our sins. He stood in our place and God can now be righteous and just as he looks upon us filthy sinners, deserving of hell and forgive our sins. He took our sins and put them on Jesus Christ and through faith He takes Christ’s righteousness and gives it to us.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21

But, again, not everyone is automatically forgiven. How can MY sins be forgiven?

“For by grace are you saved through faith…” It is a gift given to us by God, freely, through sovereign grace. What part do we have in it? “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Romans 10:9 It is faith, even that faith is a gift from God. Nonetheless we are saved by faith. That faith is evidenced by a true repentance and a confession in baptism leading to a complete and total transfomation given to you freely by God. It is what is known as the new birth.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

If you need to experience salvation through Jesus Christ please get in touch with me at jdemars@presenttruthmn.com or call me at 763-302-9270 I’d love to pray with you.