something in the lives of

these three, that we can

say was the reason why

the Lord rewarded them

with being close to Him

in His time of triumph

and trouble. On the oth-

er hand, it could also be

the other way around.

The Lord was preparing

them for greater minis-

try, and that is why they

had a closer look at the

Lord’s days of power and

agony.

Our main concern how-

ever is to answer the

questions:

1) Will all the people of

God be as close to

the Father and the

Son for all Eternity,

as possible?

2) Could it be there

will

Peter, James, John were

faithful apostles. Ac-

counts of the three of

them together and set

apart from the twelve

were:

Mat 17:1 And after six

days Jesus taketh Peter,

James, and John his

brother, and bringeth

them up into an high

mountain apart,

(TO THE MOUNT OF

TRANSFIGURATION)

Mar 5:37 And he

suffered no man to fol-

low him, save Peter, and

James, and John the

brother of James.

(WAKING UP THE DEAD)

Mar 14:33 And he

taketh with him Peter

and James and John, and

began to be sore

amazed, and to be very

heavy;

(PRAYING IN MT OLIVES

BEFORE ARREST).

They were the inner-

most circle, among the

inner circle of twelve.

(Matt. 10:2)

The twelve were chosen

among the saved disci-

ples of seventy, whose

names were written in

heaven, who were given

power to cast out spirits,

heal the sick. (Luke 10:1-

20)

We know that the 3, the

12, the 70, were all cho-

sen based on the eternal

purpose of God. Those

who are saved among

them and us were cho-

sen based on the grace

of God, by the merits of

Christ alone. But there is

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IF YOU OFFEND—IF YOU ARE OFFENDED

There are TWO states of being of-

fended. (1) Offended and hurt but

ready to forbear and does not want

to be stressed about it. (2) Offended

to the point that if you don’t talk

about it, you will explode. You are

ready to fight to make things right.

Whenever No. 2 happens, it seems

we never learn or we are too proud

to follow the command of our Lord

as stated in the scriptures.

Matthew 18:15 Moreover if thy

brother shall trespass against thee,

go and tell him his fault between thee

and him alone: if he shall hear thee,

thou hast gained thy brother.

Luk 17:3-4 Take heed to yourselves:

If thy brother trespass against thee,

rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive

him. And if he trespass against thee

seven times in a day, and seven times

in a day turn again to thee, saying, I

repent; thou shalt forgive him.

To be continued .. Pg 2

Col 3:13 Forbearing one another,

and forgiving one another, if any

man have a quarrel against any:

even as Christ forgave you, so also

do-ye.

Mat 5:23-24 Therefore if thou

bring thy gift to the altar, and

there rememberest that thy broth-

er hath ought against thee; Leave

there thy gift before the altar, and

go thy way; first be reconciled to

thy brother, and then come and

offer thygift.

The command is: 1. If you are

offended, whether unintentional-

ly or intentional, whether directly

or indirectly, you are to go, NOT

WAIT until he notices his error, it

is you, the offended party who

should initiate contact with the

offender, the obnoxious brother,

the one who hurt you and gave

you sleepless nights, the one who

Question and Answer Portion

IF YOU OFFEND—IF YOU ARE OFFENDED

the faithful members of the

faithful churches on earth will

have a Wife-like relationship

with the Savior forever and

ever, and will dwell in the city

of God, the New Jerusalem,

while others who were saved

by grace, but not in the

church built by Christ, will be

with us for eternity, happily

serving and worshiping the

Father and the Son, but they

are not city dwellers, but in-

stead New Earth dwellers.

Please read Rev 21:24 And

the nations of them which are

saved shall walk in the light of

it: and the kings of the earth

do bring their glory and hon-

our into it.

CHRIST’S INNER CIRCLE (cont. from pg. 1) be differences in close-

ness, and yet all are to-

tally satisfied and joyful

in the place where God

has put them for all eter-

nity?

3) Could it be that this

difference in closeness

be the same as the differ-

ence in intimacy we have

between husband and

wife, son and mother,

person and his best

friends?

I would say,

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MAPASAIYO

KUNG IKA'Y TUMALIMA

SA AKING EBANGHELYO

QUESTION: SINO YUNG

SATAN NA KA MEETING NG

DIYOS SA JOB. 1:6?

ANSWER: The fallen angel,

the enemy of God.

The doubt came because of

assumptions that, (1) That

meeting cannot be in heav-

en, because heaven is a

Holy place where no sinner

can enter. (2) Satan is a

sinner, therefore he cannot

enter heaven. (3) There-

fore, that meeting is a

meeting of mere men and

NOT OF ANGELS.

Let us consider.

Job 1:6 does not mention

heaven, but just that angels

came to present them-

selves. It was about a time,

purpose, instructions, not

about a place.

Rev. 12:9-10. Satan is the

day and night accuser of the

brethren on earth, in front

of God in heaven today. He

will be cast out soon. There

will then be peace in heav-

en, but turmoil on earth.

QUESTION: Will we see the

anti Christ?

ANSWER: There are many

antichrists, but there is

only ONE Antichrist, the

beast.

Some say the Pope is the Anti-

Christ. We cannot accept that.

Although the Pope and his

religion is full of blasphemies

like the antichrist, our Bible

says the Evil One is supernatu-

rally powerful with all lying

signs and wonders. Since no

pope fits the description, we

cannot conclude that any of

them in the past or in the pre-

sent is The Beast.

There must be a falling away

first, before the Man of Sin is

revealed. 2 Thes. 2:3.

What is that falling away,

which must first happen

before the son of perdition

is revealed?

Apostasy (falling away from

the faith) of true churches?

Rapture (away from earth) of

the saints?

wrote the offensive words,

CHRIST commands you to GO

and tell him his fault. Are you

to involve others? Your Lord

said, NO. It should be at first

contact, between thee and him

ALONE.

But what do the people of

God always do? They get an-

gry, they don’t approach the

offender, they PUBLISH their

anger in public, tell other

people first, and then be up-

set and be ready to unlove,

avenge, and increase tension.

Such immature thoughts and

approach are used of Satan to

discourage the babes in Christ;

offend the innocent parties

watching the tantrum; and

disrupt the body of Christ.

When babes are affected,

Christ is affected. 1Co 8:12

But when ye sin so against the

brethren, and wound their

weak conscience, ye sin

against—Christ.

Not only that, sometimes the

offended party gets so upset

that he is irreversibly going

out. No explanation and pro-

cess can stop him from mov-

ing out and moving on.

Words are said, exchanged,

like an egg shell that cannot

be put back together.

This has happened several

times in many churches and

our church is no exception.

When the Pastor himself is

no longer heard and accused

of partiality, then the joy is

gone, only unprofitable bit-

terness remains.

Heb 13:17Obey them that

have the rule over you, and

submit yourselves: for they

watch for your souls, as they

that must give account, that

they may do it with joy, and

not with grief: for that is un-

profitable for you.

THE PROPER WAY should

be followed, otherwise, those

The Bride of the Lord Jesus

Christ, lives in the Eternal City

where the Lamb is the light.

They are like the pillars of the

city.

Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh

will I make a pillar in the tem-

ple of my God, and he shall go

no more out: and I will write

upon him the name of my God,

and the name of the city of my

God, which is new Jerusalem,

which cometh down out of

heaven from my God: and I will

write upon him my new name.

who don’t follow, even if he

is the offended becomes

the offender. STEP 1, go to

the offender, if no avail,

STEP 2, bring a witness, if

no avail, STEP 3, bring it to

the church.

Always be ready to recon-

cile because you were also

alienated, but God who is

rich in mercy, reconciled

you.