Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, April 2, 2023
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, April 2, 2023
The moment that you take the word of God in your heart, Jesus as your Saviour, you are passed from this death into life; potentially, you go into eternal life. And you have the honest in your heart of the Holy Spirit, that eternal life is in you.
Luke 8: 13: “They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.”
Those that received the word of God on a rock initially received the word with joy, and “for a while”, believed God. They will testify that they are saved, they may tell you how happy they were when they first received salvation and they may even tell you of the miracles that they have received. These statements will all be true because they did believe God “for a while”, which could be months or years. However, it caught up with them because they did not receive the word of God for salvation in a good and honest heart.
But the honest and the good heart preaches it just like it is and it will fall just like God said. That’s your honest and good heart and they bring forth the elect of God.
Soul winning is the most important thing, but it must be done according to the word of God or it will not have root. And if it has no root, it will be blown away.
But when you preach it right, and allow the word to take its course, it will bring forth the gospel with miracles, signs, and wonders.
John 8: 51: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”
“shall never see death”: As if, this gives hope to those that will pass on before the translation. You won’t even know it if you love Jesus. You will just sleep and wake up in His arms, is what He means.
But “shall never see death”: It means there is no struggle. You’ll just transpire and be right like in the bosom of Abraham.
How God in His great compassion relieves the fear of departing.
Some are afraid when they are translated. Translation comes, it’s a twinkling of an eye. Your human mind won’t even think of what happened. It will be done. You will be caught up at the presence of Jesus.
You want to thank the Lord Jesus for letting you receive the word of God for salvation in a good and honest heart. It is only then that you have eternal life. You will then be able to preach the word of God from a honest and good heart and bring forth good fruit; these are the Lord’s children.
You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, April 2, 2023
We listened to a sermon titled “Spiritual Death – Faith And Forgiveness”, CD # 963A, preached by Brother Neal Frisby.
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
The most important thing that there is right now is soul winning. It is the most important thing.
We’ve had the teaching rain. And now, we are going into the harvest rain.
Soul winning the harvest, and that’s the harvest rain of translation, and we are entering the age to do it. And the Lord will do a quick short work right toward the end of it.
Healing and deliverance will go right along with it, but the importance now is soul winning.
Soul winning is what’s coming. And the Lord is going to have a bountiful harvest.
The Bible said not exactly just sinners that are walking around. Some of them have not really heard the word or partook of the word, but it’s those that have rejected the word and they will have no part of the word of God. And they walk around while they are yet dead and He can do nothing for them.
Luke 8: 15: “But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”
Some people preach part of the word. It won’t catch it. Tribulation will catch some of them.
Some use gimmick and they use something to place in front of the word of God and something to take away from the miracles so that they don’t show their unbelief.
But the honest and the good heart preaches it just like it is and it will fall just like God said. That’s your honest and good heart and they bring forth the elect of God. Now that’s the difference. All others are on sand and will sink.
And some preach the least of the word of God; you have the great tribulation saints.
But the honest and the good heart will preach it from the word. There is the good fruit.
There’s only one way to preach the gospel and that’s to be honest about it to the people. When you do that, you’ll be ruled out of the system, you’ll be ruled out as independent and you’ll be on a different sphere.
If you stay right with the word, you’ll bring what crop the Lord wants. That is for sure, because you get what you plant.
The spiritual dead bury the physical dead.
And Jesus said follow me and let the dead bury their dead.
Matthew 8: 22: “But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.”
You are passing right out of spiritual death when you get that word in you.
By faith in the word of God, we not only feel the Holy Spirit, but we know the Holy Spirit is with us and the Holy Spirit is eternal life.
John 5: 25: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.”
He that eateth of the bread that comes down from heaven shall not die (John 6: 50). Just point-blank, shall not die. Even though this body passes away, Jesus said it means nothing.
If you partake and act upon the word of God, in the action of the Holy Spirit, the Bible said that you shall never die, means that this body will pass away. It makes no difference. You’ll go on to meet the Lord.
Jesus said let the dead bury the dead, because He said that those burying the dead are just as dead as those being buried. They have rejected eternal life is what He meant. He said follow me.
The good and honest heart bringeth forth fruit with the word, meaning it is brought by the word of God. There is the ones that will have eternal life.
But if you are going to get eternal life and get into the translation, there’s only one way it will come and that’s through the Lord Jesus Christ. And it will come through the word of God. That’s the only thing that will bring it.
If you go in any other direction than what I preach here, in the building. If you go any way than the word of God here, it won’t work. You’ll wind up into predicament.
If you’ve got a good garden and you keep the weeds out, you’ll bring forth a crop.
He that keeps Christ’s sayings, that means to keep in your heart, shall never die spiritually.
John 8: 51: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”
These statements are so point-blank and positive. The way that He says it that it brings out another viewpoint.
“shall never see death”: As if, this gives hope to those that will pass on before the translation. You won’t even know it if you love Jesus. You will just sleep and wake up in His arms, is what He means.
A real Christian that loves God, that’s why when we preach here, faith and power. Faith is a substance and when that substance reaches more potency, as we go in further into the dimension of God, perfect faith will begin to rise and he can have whatsoever he saith, no matter what, he know he’s got it and that’s the real church.
By this substance of power and the substance of faith that comes off the ministry, into the hearts and into the bodies of the people, is creating a power within you.
And in that power, you love God, it will take that faith when you cross over. It’s what I’m trying to tell you, what I’ve been trying to do.
Enoch walked with God. Because the Bible said he was translated by faith, that substance. If you get that much faith, you have the word of God in you.
So, when someone passes on, I preach in such a way, that I feel in my heart that if they had any inkling at all, what I said and believe it, I had power that I put in there will pull them in there.
“he shall never see death”: That’s almost like you live on and on, but we know we have to get out of this body or be changed by the Holy Spirit. He’s speaking spiritually.
But “shall never see death”: It means there is no struggle. You’ll just transpire and be right like in the bosom of Abraham.
The way He put that, it’s just passing from one dimension and walking into the other. And you’ll come back later with Him at the translation and pick up the old changed body. It will change on you.
And we which are alive and remain shall not prevent them. We’ll be caught up together and those will come back with God and they will enter back into that body. It will be changed like the ones on earth at the translation and they shall never see death.
It is just like passing on. Glory to God.
The honest and good heart brings forth the fruit right.
Believers in Christ shall never die spiritually.
Not only is He telling they will have eternal life, but He’s saying something again, shall never die.
It’s such a thing of having so much faith in God that it’s not really a death, it’s a translation. It’s just like Enoch and it’s just like Elijah. That’s what He is trying to say here. If you really have that faith in your heart and you believe in God like that, it’s just like a translation. It ain’t nothing to do with death. Isn’t He wonderful.
Like you are translated, like Enoch and Elijah. Really, the translation takes place. In other words, it’s no difference, than when we which are alive and the translation takes place and our bodies are changed. And when we turn to light, our bones turn to glorified and we turn to light like Jesus’ body, it said. And we just turn to light.
It’s no difference than all of a sudden, at death, they shall never die, they will never see death, shall never die and it just turns like that, it’s like translation, the same as being translated.
How God in His great compassion relieves the fear of departing.
Blessed is he that hath no part in the second death.
Belief in Christ, belief in the Scriptures, is the only hope of escape from hades (Luke 16: 27 – 28).
The honest and good heart will also hear the message and is on good ground and it takes seed.
I am He that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore (Revelation 1: 18).
And maybe you’ve testified since a young child to those people that have passed on, a mother, a brother, a sister, a friend or something and you’ve taught the word of God from a good honest heart and when you pass on, they’ll welcome you in or translate.
It is a substance of faith and power that God loves in His people. And when they’ve got power, they’ve got faith in His word and power in His word, that there is a substance of faith. Faith has a substance.
Passed from death unto life. You ought to feel just freedom in your heart. Believe these words, that’s what going to get you there.
I read from Scroll # 100:
PARABLE – The Sower parable – “Portrays Christ’s Word falls on four kinds of hearers!” (Matt. 13:3-23) – “First the seed is the word of God!” (Luke 8:11) – “Jesus sows the Word. Those who do not understand the Word in their heart, the devil taketh it away! – Those who hear in stoney places have not root when he is offended by tribulation or persecution because of the Word, he falls away!” – “Those who hear among the thorns, reveals the cares of life choke out the Word!” (Matt. 13: 21-22) – “And he who receiveth the Word in good ground are those who bring forth good fruit!” – “They hear the Word and understand it and even some bring forth a hundredfold; these are the Lord’s children!” (Matt. 13:23) – “This reveals that in our age a great harvest is upon us!”. . . “Blessed are they who hear and keep the Word!” (Luke 11:28) – “Behold saith the Lord, I have promised them an open door – even now!” (Rev. 3:8) – “Parables are not for everyone, but for those who love a mystery and deligently search His word!”
I continued with the sermon:
The moment that you take the word of God in your heart, Jesus as your Saviour, you are passed from this death into life; potentially, you go into eternal life. And you have the honest in your heart of the Holy Spirit, that eternal life is in you. And this body changes, then you’ll know the whole thing is yours.
The moment that you believe the word of God for salvation in your honest and good heart, you have eternal life.
You will understand the word of God; you will keep the word of God; you will bring forth good fruit; these are the Lord’s children.
The parable of the Sower is in Luke 8: 4 – 15 . You can also read it in Matthew 13: 1 – 23 and Mark 4: 1 – 20.
Luke 8: 4 – 15: “And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and chocked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; THAT SEEING THEY MIGHT NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”
You will notice Luke 8: 13 states: “They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.”
Those that received the word of God on a rock initially received the word with joy, and “for a while”, believed God. They will testify that they are saved, they may tell you how happy they were when they first received salvation and they may even tell you of the miracles that they have received. These statements will all be true because they did believe God “for a while”, which could be months or years. However, it caught up with them because they did not receive the word of God for salvation in a good and honest heart.
With your salvation received in a good and honest, you will preach and witness from a good and honest heart. You will not preach part of the word.
The honest and good heart brings forth fruit on good ground. It means the gospel was not slighted with the word, be honest.
Some people preach part of the word. It won’t catch it. Tribulation will catch some of them.
Some use gimmick and they use something to place in front of the word of God and something to take away from the miracles so that they don’t show their unbelief.
But the honest and the good heart preaches it just like it is and it will fall just like God said. That’s your honest and good heart and they bring forth the elect of God.
But the honest and the good heart will preach it from the word. There is the good fruit.
The most important thing that there is right now is soul winning.
And the Lord is going to have a bountiful harvest.
There’s only one way to preach the gospel and that’s to be honest about it to the people.
If you stay right with the word, you’ll bring what crop the Lord wants. That is for sure, because you get what you plant.
When you bring the honest, that’s going to cause division. That’s going to cause the separation in there. But at the end of it, my, what a people.
In your honest and good heart, the word of God will have root. You will know that the following Scriptures are true:
John 11: 25 – 26: “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?”
John 15: 16: “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”
The Lord Jesus is also the Father. Isaiah 9: 6: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Romans 8: 14: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
The children of God “are led by the Spirit of God”.
Colossians 3: 3 – 4: “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
Believe these words, that’s what going to get you there.
There is no other way. If you have some other way, you are a thief and a robber, the Bible says (John 10: 1).
The Bible said some people walk around, but they are dead while they are still alive, walking around. You say who are these people?
The Bible said not exactly just sinners that are walking around. Some of them have not really heard the word or partook of the word, but it’s those that have rejected the word and they will have no part of the word of God. And they walk around while they are yet dead and He can do nothing for them.
When you preach from a good and honest heart, you are speaking the words of Christ. Anyone that rejects God’s word is rejecting eternal life.
The great tribulation saints will also come to believe the way you have believed, in a good and honest heart.
Matthew 8: 22: “But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.”
And Jesus said follow me and let the dead bury their dead.
They have rejected eternal life is what He meant. He said follow me.
It meant that the people that have died physically, the ones that were burying them were just as dead while they yet walked around. They have rejected the word of God.
Those that reject the true word of God, given from a honest heart, and bringing forth the word of God, they are dead while they are yet walking around; let the dead bury their dead.
Believing the Lord Jesus for salvation in your honest and good heart and witnessing from such a heart, you will bring forth the fruit of God, you will see all of those you have helped bring to salvation welcoming you to heaven.
So the Bible said make friends now that they may welcome you in life to come when you leave here. In other words, all that’s contacted with the gospel that’s passed on. That we have helped to save; they’ve passed on from this world.
And maybe you’ve testified since a young child to those people that have passed on, a mother, a brother, a sister, a friend or something and you’ve taught the word of God from a good honest heart and when you pass on, they’ll welcome you in or translate.
John 8: 51: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”
With your salvation in a honest and good heart, you will never see death, spiritually speaking.
These statements are so point-blank and positive. The way that He says it that it brings out another viewpoint.
“he shall never see death”: That’s almost like you live on and on, but we know we have to get out of this body or be changed by the Holy Spirit. He’s speaking spiritually.
And we which are alive and remain shall not prevent them. We’ll be caught up together and those will come back with God and they will enter back into that body. It will be changed like the ones on earth at the translation and they shall never see death.
The way He put that, it’s just passing from one dimension and walking into the other. And you’ll come back later with Him at the translation and pick up the old changed body.
Like you are translated, like Enoch and Elijah. Really, the translation takes place.
In other words, it’s no difference, than when we which are alive and the translation takes place and our bodies are changed. And when we turn to light, our bones turn to glorified and we turn to light like Jesus’ body, it said. And we just turn to light.
You will not see death. It means you are not on the same path as death. You don’t even know how death looks like because you shall never see it.
How God in His great compassion relieves the fear of departing.
Some are afraid when they are translated. Translation comes, it’s a twinkling of an eye. Your human mind won’t even think of what happened. It will be done. You will be caught up at the presence of Jesus.
You want to thank the Lord Jesus for letting you receive the word of God for salvation in a good and honest heart. It is only then that you have eternal life. You will then be able to preach the word of God from a honest and good heart and bring forth good fruit; these are the Lord’s children.
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Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas