Millions profess to be Christians and yet they do not
understand why God calls a person out of the world to be a Christian;
they believe that the purpose of the Christian is just to get saved and
make it into heaven. But would you be surprised to know that such belief
is not the true teaching of the Bible, because God has called the
Christian out of the world for a greater purpose than the selfish way of
us trying to save our own skin by making it into God’s kingdom.
A True Christian is Called
People assume or believe that there is somehow a contest going on
between God and Satan – whereby God is on a desperate course of trying
to wrestle away as many lost souls from Satan and to get them saved, but
in truth, this is a myth, a fable, false belief. God has never been in
contest with Satan – as God is SUPREMELY in charge over Satan – meaning
Satan can do no more than God allows; and this is proven when God
commands or tells Satan to not take the life of God’s servant Job; Satan
was given permission to afflict Job but could go no further – so as to
take the life of Job (Job 2:6).
During his earthly ministry, Jesus never preached or came begging
anyone to please accept Him into their heart; He never pleaded with
anyone to make him their savior. As matter of fact, Jesus even spoke to
great crowds of people in parables; and when his disciples came to him –
asking why He spoke to the people in parables, Jesus said: “because it
is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to
them it is not given” (Matt. 13:10,11).
If some high powered Evangelists or preacher of today were speaking
to such crowds – even as Jesus did, they are likely to beg or appeal to
the crowd to please accept Jesus; to give their hearts to him but Jesus
did no such thing; He did not plead with the crowd because they were not
being called by God to become a true follower of Christ; and it does
not mean they are lost to God or that they will never have a chance to
be in God’s kingdom, but it meant that God is not now calling them to be
converted at that time – as Jesus had only called his disciples to
understand.
In speaking of his disciples, Jesus told them that they did not
choose Him but that He chose them (John 15:16). Also, in John 6:44,
Jesus said, “No man can come to me, except the Father which sent me draw
him …” It is God the Father who has to specially select and call out a
human being to become a Christian; becoming a Christian involve a
selection process; it is a special calling out of a person from the rest
of humanity; this is why Peter urges the true Christian “… to make your
calling and election sure …” (2 Peter 1:10). Election means to be
selected out from among others. Ephesians 1:4 says: “According as he
hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world.” Here again it
is shows that a person has to be specially called out by God’s
selection, and yet the millions who profess to be followers of Christ do
not understand this; they think God is desperately trying to get the
whole world saved now. Yes, God will have all men to be saved (1 Timothy
2:4), but it is not in God’s plan to save everyone now – as God has
only been calling out a few and will seek to save the rest of humanity
or the world at a later date.
In comparison to the vast ocean humanity in this world, this few that
God has called out is like a bucket of water in this ocean of humanity;
it is just a small or tiny drop. This may sound like a shocking thing
to say, but it happens to be true – as Jesus described his true
followers as a “little flock” (Luke 12:32) - meaning God’s true servants
would not be numbering among the millions who profess to know God but
would be those few having the very truth of God, and set apart from the
false religious beliefs and customs of this world; it was Jesus who
prayed that his servants would be sanctified (set apart) by knowing and
having the truth (John 17:17).
Most may not understand or have considered that in the Old Testament,
humanity – as whole did not know God or had the holy Spirit of God; it
was only the few such as Noah Enoch, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,
Moses, David, the prophets – just to name a few, who really had the
Spirit of God and were called out of the world by God; even God’s chosen
people Israel, were not spiritually converted and did not have God’s
holy Spirit -as they were given ritual ceremonial laws to follow – along
with the promise of material blessings if they obeyed God; and even
so, they failed to obey God – to the point where God had to punish them
by allowing their enemies to come up against them; the Spirit of God was
not given to them; God even said, “O that there were such an heart in
them, that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always …”
(Deut. 5:29).
Israel knew of God as creator and the one who delivered them out of
Egypt, but because they did not have God holy Spirit, they did not know
God in an intimate Spiritual way; they did not have spiritual knowledge
of God; and this is why the Bible reveals that when Christ comes and
bring back the people of Israel to life in a great resurrection, God is
going to place his Spirit in them; Ezekiel 37:13,14 says: “And ye shall
know that I am the Lord, when I have opened up your graves, O my people,
and brought you up out of your graves. And shall put my spirit in you
…” This is speaking of time after the one thousand years millennial rule
of Christ on earth when all Israel, or those who have died, will be
resurrected to physical life and then come to know God – by having his
holy Spirit; his holy Spirit will now be given to them as they become
converted.
And another thing that may sound shocking to people, is that after
Adam sinned, God drove the human pair out of the garden of Eden-
shutting off his holy Spirit from mankind-which is symbolized by the two
angels sent to guard the tree of life – preventing man from taking of
the tree or to eat of it; the tree of life represented the Spirit of God
or spiritual knowledge – hence, all of humanity – except for those few
mentioned above, never had the true knowledge of God; and so, since Adam
until Christ came to pay the penalty for the sins of the world, God
never made any effort to save humanity or offered salvation to them, but
allowed humanity to continue in the sinful ways of Adam and Eve; and
even when Christ came to pay the penalty for the sins of mankind, Christ
began by first selecting only his disciples to follow him; the
disciples were specially chosen or selected to be his student or
learners; and for three and a half years, the disciples were taught and
trained by Jesus Christ to become qualified teachers to preach the
Gospel to the world; they had to be students or learners first; they had
to be trained to be qualified teachers; and when they were ready, the
Spirit of God came upon them on the day of Pentecost and they preached
the Gospel of the kingdom of God – to the point that many were in
attendance on that day was led to repentance and conversion; they
received the Spirit of God - as Peter said to them: “For the promise is
unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as
many as the Lord our God shall call’ (Acts 2:39). Here is showed that
God chose or called those people to conversion; to repent of sin and to
have God’s holy Spirit. These people could NOT have received God’s
Spirit unless God has specially selected or called them out of the
world.
When Adam and Eve sinned against God, the human pair became the
children of Satan; Satan had become their ruler; and in a sense, the
human pair had been kidnapped or deceived into following Satan’s wrong
way of living – to the point that all of humanity (except for those few
God called out of the world) has been going Satan’s way – having their
minds filled with Satan’s attitude of envy, lust, selfishness, vanity
disobedience, and greed; and it was for this very reason Jesus told
people of his day that they were of their father the devil (John 8:44).
Those who profess to believe on Christ, do not seem to understand
that this world is not God’s world – meaning it is not a world ruled by
God, but by Satan; this world is Satan’s world, and he is the “god of
this world” (2Nd Corinthians 4:4). God’s world will only come when Jesus
Christ comes to remove Satan and take over the kingdoms of this world
(Revelation 11:15). This world, because of sin and evil, is like a
rickety old building that need to be torn down, and God is going to do
that when Christ comes; God is not trying to save all of humanity now –
so as to try and repair Satan’s world or to make Satan’s world a better
place; and this was why Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world …”
(John 18:36). Jesus has yet to come into his kingdom; and because the
kingdom is not yet here; we still pray thy kingdom come; we pray for it
to come because it has not yet come; and when it comes, it will be the
start of an entirely new civilization that is going to burst forth on
this planet – as Satan is going to be removed and Christ becomes the new
world ruler of earth.
If God had been trying to get everyone saved now, then you would have
to admit that Satan would have been winning the battle because humanity
has always been going Satan’s way instead of God’s way. People seem to
find it more appealing or are more driven to do the wrong over the right
way of life; people who love sports would rather be at a basketball or
football game rather than to keep the Sabbath holy; to their minds, they
think the ways of this world – with all its glitter and sinful ways are
more appealing than God’s way.
The Bible even forewarned that evil men are going are going to become
worse (2 Timothy 3:13); and knowing this, do you not think if God was
in a contest with Satan to get men saved, God does not have the power to
wrest these people out of Satan’s grasp? Of course, God has the power
to do so, but since God in not in some contest with Satan and God is not
now trying to get everyone saved now, God has allowed these things to
be the way they are -until Christ comes to set up the ruling government
of God over the earth; nothing can happen without God allowing it.
Why Would God Call only a Few Now and not Everyone?
It is possible to imagine someone saying: Why would God only select a
few now and not everyone? After all, is God not a God of love – who
loves and cares for all people, then why would He just select some and
leave others out? Is God being fair in doing such thing?
The Bible says, “For there is no respecter of persons with God”
(Romans 2:11). As human beings we are all sinners; all stand guilty
before God and no human being is better than the other because “… all
have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23); and so,
those who God has called out of the world are not called because God
sees them as being better than other people or that they deserved to be
called first, but they are called out only because God chooses to call
certain ones out by his own determined will and purpose and not one of
us has the right to tell God who He should call and not call; this is
NOT our prerogative.
But why are the true Christians called now? What is the reason or
purpose for doing this when all the rest of humanity are also in need of
God’s grace and mercy?
The Bible says God’s ways are perfect (Psalm 18:30); and you can be
sure that God has perfect reason or purpose for calling a few now and
the rest of humanity later. But what is that reason?
As previously shown, Jesus chose and taught his disciples, and then
commissioned them to preach the gospel to others; and these others who
heeded the gospel message – by repenting of sin and being converted,
were also called to learn, study and grow in spiritual knowledge and
understanding - so as to qualify to be able to teach the truth of the
Bible to others; this is why the Bible says, “… be ready always to give
an answer to every man that ask you a reason of the hope that is in you
…” 1 Peter 3;15). Also 2 Timothy 2:15: “Study to shew thyself approved
unto God. A workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth. A truly converted Christian is to study and understand
the bible not only for their own spiritual growth and development, but
also to the purpose of being able to teach the Bible to other people who
may question you in regard to your faith, but to also prepare to
qualify to be a teacher to the rest of humanity when Christ comes to
reign on earth.
When Christ comes to reign on earth and Satan is removed, the vast
ocean of humanity who has for so long been deceived by Satan into
believing the wrong things and living the opposite way of God’s truth or
in spiritual ignorance, are going to have to be re-educated in God’s
way of life; they are going to have to be taught God’s truth – as the
bible reveals it, and in order for those millions of humans to come into
to such knowledge, the saints of God -who has been called in this life,
will, under the authority of Jesus Christ, have the responsibility of
being teachers to all these millions of people that will be living on
earth at that time. When Christ comes, He is not going to snap his
fingers and suddenly the masses of humanity is going to come into the
knowledge of God and the Bible instantaneously; NO, not at all, these
people are going to have to be taught the right way of life; they are
going to have to learn and be trained in the knowledge of God – as such
learning will require time and patience – lasting throughout the entire
1000 years rule of Christ.
Habakkuk 2:14 says, “For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge
of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” This earth that
has always been in rebellion against God on every sinful level is now
going to eventually come into the knowledge of God and will live the way
of righteousness and peace. But how do you suppose such worldwide
knowledge and understanding shall come? It has to come through a process
of teaching the multiple billions the true knowledge of God; people
have to be taught the true way of life; they will be taught to put away
their false beliefs, customs and practices and come into the true
knowledge of the Supreme Creator.
Just as Jesus trained his disciples -as students, who were later
qualified to go out and teach others, even so, the true Christians - who
will no longer be flesh and blood, but Spirit beings in the kingdom of
God, will be responsible for teaching mortal humans the Bible - so they
too can learn God’s truth and become qualified teachers themselves; they
are to become qualified teachers because at the end of the one thousand
years rule of Christ over the earth, there is going to be the
resurrection of the countless millions upon millions who have lived and
died from the time of Adam until now, and all these seemingly
incalculable number of people are going to have to be taught the Bible;
they will be students who will be taught about the true God and his
purpose – meaning all those people taught by the saints (who are then
Spirit beings) at the time of the one thousand years reign of Christ,
will also be qualified to now teach those countless millions that are to
be resurrected to physical or mortal existence.
“And many nations shall come and say, come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will
teach us of his ways …” (Micah 4:2). This scripture is about the time
when Christ is ruling on earth – during the millennium and the nations
are going to be taught God’s ways; and the saints who have been changed
from flesh to Spirit, are going to be responsible for educating and
teaching the people of all nations; they will be taught the law of God.
In a scripture relating to this very time when Christ is ruling on
earth, Isaiah 3):20,21 says, “… but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, this is the way,
walk ye in it …” The Christians in this life are to be these teachers
when Christ comes; and because those true servants of God are Spirit
beings in the kingdom, they will be able to appear and disappear at will
– as people will hear a voice telling them to walk in the right way –
meaning people will be encouraged to refrain from doing evil and to do
the right or good things.
The protestants or those in the professing Christian world seem not
to understand these things; they think it is just about being saved and
getting into heaven or supposedly getting up to the pearly gates and sit
upon clouds – playing a harp and forever staring at the face of God -
doing nothing, but nothing could be further from the truth; and the
truth is that God has called the Christian out of the world to learn or
to be a student who must learn and know the Bible like the back of our
hands; we are to learn and grow spiritually in this life – developing
the holy and righteous character of God; and this kind of character
development can involve years of learning, growth or spiritual
development of the true Christian. Most may not have considered that
conversion is a process of learning and growing in spiritual knowledge; 2
Peter 3:18 says, “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord
and savior Jesus Christ …” This growing in grace and knowledge involve
praying – spending quality time with God in prayer, studying the Bible –
to the point that the Christian is ever growing in spiritual knowledge –
so we may qualify to be an able teacher to other mortal humans who
will be living on earth when Christ reigns; we are not called to just
get saved but are called for a definite purpose of assisting Jesus
Christ in the re-education of billions of humans - for it is in God’s
purpose that they too should come into the knowledge of the truth and be
saved. Sadly, the professing Christian world falsely believe that all
you have to do is just accept Christ into one’s heart and there is
nothing left for you to do but believe.
God has not been calling everyone to salvation now but has set forth a
time frame when all people will be saved; I Corinthians 15: 22,23 says:
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But
every man in his own order …” Own order mean God has set in motion a
definite time frame in which He is going to bring all of humanity to
life and bring them into Spiritual knowledge.
How great and wonderful is the wisdom of God who has purposed that
true Christians are now called in this life to study, learn and grow in
the knowledge of God for the purpose of not only making it into the
kingdom of God, but are also called for the purpose of being teachers
who will assist Jesus Christ when He comes to educate the rest of
humanity - so they too can become teachers to help and teach all the
billions of other humans that will come up in the resurrection.
God has promised that those who have applied themselves – faithfully
studying, learning – qualifying to be a teacher in God’s kingdom are
going to be so highly rewarded for what they have done; some are going
to rule over cities and have power over the nations (Rev. 2:26); they
are going to be royal rulers in the kingdom sitting on thrones – as they
will be rewarded according to their works; according to what they do in
this life with the talent or abilities we have been given. Jesus said:
“… behold I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man
according as his work shall be” (Revelation 22:12). Some are going to
receive higher reward and authority than others - as some will have
applied themselves more faithfully in the things of God than the other
person; and the parable of the pound in Luke 19 prove this is true.
How wrong this religious world has been in assuming the Christian is
called to get into heaven or to just get saved. No, God a far more
meaningful future and purpose for calling a Christian out of the world;
that purpose is for us to be given the tremendous and awesome
responsibility of bringing the vast ocean of humanity into the true
knowledge of God and his purpose; a Christian is preparing in this life
to be an immortal saint who will assist Jesus Christ in the re-education
of mankind.
This nation has many religious denominations or groups – with all the
various religious foundations and their many ministers who claim to
know the bible - while believing they are the ministers of God, and yet,
they lack the true understanding of vitally important doctrinal
teaching of the Bible – such as the fact that a true Christian is called
to be a teacher and not just to get saved. You can go through just
about the many cities and towns across the United States and there you
are likely to find the many churches – as there is no shortage of
religious institution in this land; and yet, these many churches and
Pastors do not really understand God’s purpose for creating man; why we
were born, or even understand that God is not now trying to get everyone
converted, or even the truth that people do not die and go to heaven,
and that Jesus came to not only pay the penalty for this sins of
mankind, but also came to qualify to remove Satan from the throne of the
earth. There is within this nation a lack of vitally true teachings of
the Bible, and so we live in nations or world that is devoid of the true
knowledge of God; God says, his people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge (Hosea 4:6).We live in a deceived religious world – where the
minds of all humans of every nation on earth has been deceived by Satan
(Revelation 12:9).
