THE MARK OF THE BEAST & THE MARK OF GOD.
Because "THE LOVE" of money is the Root of all evil." (1 Timothy 6:10), Money tests some of the ultimate issues of the human heart. Idolatry is one of the ultimate offenses against God. Money is one of the primary Idols in the world today. And Idol is not just something that people fear or worship, but what they put their TRUST IN.
Money in itself is NOT EVIL, but how we relate to it can be a factor that determines the entire course of our lives for good or evil.
Many sincere Christians still have idolatry in their hearts in relation to money, because they trust more in their jobs or bank accounts than they do in the Lord. Because we know that one of the ultimate tests that comes upon the people living in the last days will revolve around the 'Mark of the Beast", which is an Economic Mark that determones whether we can buy, sell or trade under his system, it is imperative that we confront this in our Lives NOW!
In REVELATION 7:1-3 (Read) we see that four angels are sent to hold back the four winds of the earth until the BONDSLAVES of God have been marked on their foreheads. Believers have spent a great amount of time trying to figure out how this mark of the Beast will come, so they will not be fooled by it, but there has been almost no attention given to how we will take the Mark of God. The only way we will not take the Mark of the Beast, regardless of whether we know what it is or not, is to have the Mark of God.
If we are marked by God we will never have to Fear taking the enemy's mark.
These angels held back the winds of the earth, which are the violent forces that are destined to sweep the earth, until the BONDSERVANTS were Sealed. They key to understanding this seal of God is to Understand the BONDSERVANT, just as the key to understand the Mark of the Beast is to understand who those taking the Mark are serving, which is the Beast.
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT NOT ALL BELIEVERS ARE BONDSERVANTS.
Many really do come to an understanding of the sacrifice of Jesus for their sins, but they still go on living their lives for themselves. We were the slaves of sin and were purchased by the cross. If we are Christ's we are NO LONGER OUR OWN - We belong to Him. A BONDSERVANT does not live for himself, but for his master.
This commitment is not just an intellectual agreement with certain Biblical principles; It is the commitment to a radical Lifestyle of Obedience.
A BONDESERVANT does not have any money or time of his own, and he therefore cannot freely spend what he has been entrusted with, since it is not his. Even his family belongs to his Master.
To Voluntarily become a slave is the ultimate commitment that can be made in this world. That is what it really means to embrace the Cross. Those who are truly BONDSERVANTS are the ones who will receive His Mark, and escape the Mark of the Beast.
Even though the Lord purchased us with His blood, He will not force anyone to be His BONDSERVANT. In Scripture a BONDASERVANT was one who was able to go Free, but loved his Master so much that he chose to be his slave for the rest of his life. HAVE YOU CHOSEN THE FREE LIFE? WHERE SLAVERY IS TRUE FREEDOM.
We, too are FREE to choose whether we will be a BONDSERVANT or not.
God allows us to choose whether we will serve Him or Not, because FREEDOM is required for true Worship or for true Obedience from the heart.
There can be no Obedience from the heart unless there is the Freedom to Disobey.
The reason He put the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden was to give man the Freedom to Choose whom he would serve. This was not to cause man to fall, but rather so that man could prove his devotion. If all the Lord had wanted was Obedience, He would have done better to just create computers and programed them to worship Him. Would this kind of worship be acceptable to anyone, much less our Glorious Creator?
We are free to go on living for ourselves but it is the Ultimate Folly.
We must know the Lord as our Source and keep our trust in Him.
THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IN THIS TIME IS BEING A BONDSERVANT!
Every master is obligated to provide for his slaves, and we have the most dependent Master of all. He will take care of His own.
When we are truly dead to the world there is nothing the world can do to us. It is impossible for a dead man to fear, to be offended, or to feel remorse because he loses some of his possessions. To the Degree that we fear the loss of our possessions or positions, that is probably the degree to which we are still not dead to these things.
The Enemy uses Fear to Bind us just as the Lord uses Faith to set us Free.
When we are dead to this world but alive to Christ we have Him - all of the treasures of the earth seem petty and insignificant. When we are seated with the King od Kings on His Throne, what pull can any earthly position have for us?
This does not mean that we do not have a genuine care for our jobs or ministries here, but we care for them because they have been entrusted to us by Him, and we engage in them as worship unto Him.
If our positions here are taken from us, we are still seated with Him, and we will worship Him in whatever way He calls us to next.
We are His slaves, and we must be content with whatever job He gives to us.
When Christ is our life, our Trust, and the true Desire of our Hearts, He can trust us with the earthly possessions and positions that we are called to rule over. But if He is not our Life, our Trust, and the Desire of our hearts, our possessions and positions will inevitably rule over us, making us Slave to them. But if He is not our Life, our Trust, and the Desire of our hearts, our possessions and positions will inevitably rule over us.
WHOEVER OR WHATEVER RULES OVER US IS IN FACT OUR LORD!
We are entering a time when the Lordship of JESUS must be more than a doctrine, or something we choose to believe, over something else - It must be a profound and continuing reality in our lives. Then we will be FREE INDEED.
When we are fully yoked to Him, having cast off the yokes of this present Evil Age, He will then be Free to Trust us with the Unlimited Resources of His Kingdom.
I pray this teaching has helped you to Redefine your Position in the Kingdom of God, and mostly to make all the right adjustments to positions yourself to Receive what He has for you to contribute to His Kingdom. Amen.
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