The   QUALIFICATIONS   for   BAPTISM

September 7, 2005

Article By: Tom Demeter
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Dear Friend,

On   August 25, 2005   the  Philadelphia church  of God was physically formed, when Michael and Marsha were baptized into it.  On   September 5,   an eGroup was set up to help others, whom our Father in heaven has   "chosen"   Mat.20:16 to be His   "witnesses"   Acts.10:41 and members of His   Philadelphia church Rev.3:7.

Christ our Creator Eph.3:9 is a very practical God.  He knows that His people are going to come from many, very different denominations of Christianity and backgrounds.  All these people will need to be shown that they need to leave,  "come  out"  of their belief systems and churches Rev.18:4.  They need to learn a new, and much better and  "higher"  law, to live by the  "laws of the spirit"  Rom.8:2.  Upon this law Christ builds His Philadelphia church.   On His Philadelphia church Rev.3:7, Christ founded His  "highest"  government of His three Governments existing today.  This is God's   "mystery"   administration, the Government of the  Godhead  Rom.1:20, or the God family.

Christians are divided by their believes or doctrines they hold as truth.  The variety of believes are infinite among the denominations of Christianity.  There are a few basic doctrines of Christianity which they all share, but from there, there are great differences.

It is unfortunate, looking from our human point of view that Christ  pre-ordained  our  "alienation"  from God Col.1:21, by using the Anti-god, Satan to  "deceive"  Christianity Rev.12:9.  All Christians are deceived and you can tell by seeing that they    ALL   believe the   "doctrines of the Pharisees"   Mat.16:6,12.  These doctrines are so   evil  that it will    "SHUT  UP   the  Kingdom of Heaven   against man"  Mat.23:13.

From God's perspective our alienation from God is essential, for it allows God's "operation" of salvation to work Col.2:12.  This is why we are told that   "ALL   things work together for  good,  to them that  love God,  to them who are the 'called' according to His   PURPOSE"   Rom.8:28.  This understanding was only given to   Apostle Paul  in the  "revelation of the mystery"  Eph.3:3.

This means that   NONE   of the other sixth churches of true Christianity have it, not having access to   Paul's gospel   Rom.2:16, and because of it they do not have Gods   "full gospel"   Rom.2:16, the true  "knowledge of salvation"  Lk.1:77, and because of it they can't qualify to be in the resurrection without dying IThes.4:17.

It is God's  First  Witness,  of His   Two Witnesses    Rev.11:3 function to  "restore"  Mat.17:11 God's  "mystery,"  at the  End of the World  Mat.24:3.  This is why if you do not listen to the teachings or  "doctrine"  of God's  First Witness,  you   MUST  DIE    to be in the  resurrection  at Christ's second coming ICor.15:52.  If you follow this man, you can be in the  resurrection  without dying Thes.4:17.

The Testing of the Called

This tells you that God, by  "hiding"  the truth, His  "mystery,"  until the very  End of the World  when the   "seventh angel"   of God sounds, in the book of   Revelation 10:7 is when the  Mystery  of God is  "finished"  from being hidden, and start to be  "revealed."

This tells you that   ALL   religions are now, as the religions were in Joshua's day, and are like the religions were before the flood Josh 24:2.  Jesus confirmed this by saying: that  "as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be"   Mat.24:37.  We are as the people were in Noah's day.  We are without the  "holy spirit"  of God, and His  "knowledge of salvation."  Christianity is  "deceived"  Rev.12:9.

This is why   ALL   the religions of the world, only prepare us for the time when our Father  "draw"  us, to be His  "witnesses"  Acts.10:41.   If we are  "called,"  our function is as the  First Witness',  to make God's   FULL  SALVATION   known to God's Elect Mat.24:22, who are members of God's  Philadelphia church Rev.3:7.

As you see, God's operation of salvation demands that we   ALL   be    "ALIENATED"   Eph.4:18 from God this way, that we may be    ALL   "RECONCILIATED"   to God 2Cor.5:18 in His future   "dispensations"  Eph.1:10, in His future  "ages to come"  Eph.2:7.

None of the  true sixth other churches of God   Rev.2 & 3 teach this, nor the modern  "deceived"   churches of Christianity.  This is why only the  Philadelphia church  can be in the   "resurrection"   (not the Rapture) ICor.15:52 without dying IThes.4:17.

This is what Jesus meant when He gave the Lord's prayer, saying:  "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil"  Mat.6:13. It is God our Father and Christ, who set up this system of salvation, which included to   "LEAD  US  INTO    Satan's temptation"  as Adam was.  Jesus, all the Apostles, Paul and all the saints went through, this  "operation of God,"  Col.2:12 before they were   "called"  and   "chosen,"   to do God's work.   We also go through this  "temptation"  in our churches now.  After we have been  Tempted,  in the Anti-god's churches, like Adam and Jesus were Mat.4:1-3, can we come to Christ.   This is why we need to   ASK   our Father, to    "deliver us from evil"   of being under the  Tempter's  power, who is the Anti-god, Satan the Devil Jn.8:44 and his church and government.

This is why we are told to   "come  out"   of this world Rev.18:4 legally and financially, and   ALL   its religions Rev.18:4,    REPENTING   not to be in them.  As long as we are in the churches of the   "world,"  we are  Idolaters,  and  sinners  which is punished with    DEATH   Rom.6:23!  If we are in one of the true other sixth churches of God, we need to   "come  out"   of them too, that we may be in the   resurrection  ICor.15:52 without dying IThes.4:7.

So you see, knowing this no matter   WHAT  RELIGION  YOU   ARE  IN,  if you don't  "come  out"  of this  "world"   and its religious, political and financial system, you are a   DEAD    man/woman!  The coming political, economic and natural and man made catastrophes, plus the   "End of the World"   Mat.24:3, which will be like the flood in Noah's day,  killing  all humanity and  destroying  the world as you know it, will prove this to you through your   DEATH   Mat.24:37!

God Finds and Delivers You

Now, you must see that the salvation you have learned and received in the churches, is the   Anti-god's salvation.   It is designed to hold you in   "deception"   Rev.12:9 and to cause your   DEATH   Mat.23:13. Satan's  salvation  and God's are opposites.

Christ came and brought God's   true salvation,   that   "we might have   -LIFE-   and have it more abundantly"  Jn. 10:10.   The Anti-god's salvation is to  "steal"  your wealth, health and life, and to    "KILL"   you, or shut eternal life from you Mat.23:13, and to   "destroy"    what ever is left of your possessions Jn.10:10, and the world as in Noah's day Mat.24:37.

This is why from the very beginning, humanity and the angelkinds were given a choice to   CHOOSE   between   "good and evil"   Gen.2:9, or between   "blessings and curses"   Deut.28, or   "LIFE  and   DEATH"   Prov.14:12, Jer.21:8.  The issue gets a little more complicated, because we all were   "preordained"   to be   "ALIENATED"   Eph.4:18; Col.1:21,  separated  from God our  Heavenly Father   and His Christ, that we might be   "RECONCILIATED"    ICor.5:18 to our Father in heaven through His  "operation of salvation"  Col.2:12.

This is why our salvation was also   "pre-ordained"   before the foundation of the earth was made 2Tim.1:9.

God's   "operation of salvation"   of our   "alienation"    and   "reconciliation"   just blows most Christians away!  It is    "foolishness"   to them ICor.2:14!  They can't believe it!   The  "Lord closed their eyes, and covered"  them, as if they would be in a  "deep sleep,"  being  anesthetized,  as Adam was when God took out one of his ribs to created Eve Gen.2:21; Isa.29:10.

This is why Jesus said:   "No   MAN"   (or angel) can come to  Me,  except the Father which has sent Me   DRAWS   him" Jn.6:44.   The churches of the Anti-god neglect these and other scriptures.  They  read  them, but they  can' t   "see"   them, because our Creator put them in a   "deep  sleep"   to  "cover their eyes"  from it Isa.29:10.  I know, this is what my condition was before our Father showed me my error.   This is an incredible and un-believable fact, and a   "stumbling block to the Jews"    ICor.1:23, and a   "rock of offence"   to the Gentiles IPet.2:8.   People literally say, if God is this evil, well the  "hell with Him!"  They can't come to God!

To come to our Father, and His Christ, He has to initiate the salvation process.   The world's churches tell us differently.  Just  "come to the Lord as you are,"   He will  accept  you, preaches Billy Graham.   Not so,   says Jn.6:44!   God's salvation is the  narrow and difficult way,  and it is given to the   "FEW"   to find in this age, we are warned Mat.7:14.  The world is upside down from God's perspective!  We can't think like God our Creator Isa.55:8.  To us the world is right side up as we see it.

In this age of evil, the first sixth thousand years is given to man to  "endure"   Mat.24:13 the   "evil,"   God created for us Isa.45:7.  It is a tremendous privilege and honor to be   "called"   Mat.20:16 by God, not to mention to be   "chosen"   V.16 by God, to be His   "witnesses."   It is the most difficult time to be a Christian now, as it was during the time of Nero, when the Christians were persecuted to death.  This is when Christianity has   "fallen away"   2Thes.2:3, and were  "delivered to be tempted"  and to   fall away,   that they could die a natural death, not as martyrs!  God was merciful to them.

Now, again at the  End of the World,  Christians will be   persecuted   Mat.10  more  than all the previous time in history, and ever in the future Mat.24:21: Rev.13:15b!

The Philadelphia Church

If you are  "called,"  and you respond to be   "chosen,"   by bringing   "fruits  (acceptable to God)  to meet for repentance"  Mat.3:8, a   "sacrifice,"   like righteous Abel   MUST   be offered,  to approach God!  This sacrifice   MUST   be offered first,  before  you can be  "baptized"  to be a member of His    Philadelphia church.   Our Father will  "deliver us from the evil"  of    DEATH   if   we are members of  His Philadelphia church!

If you notice world events, the signs in the heavens, and on the earth, you see that the  End of the World  is coming.  I don't have to tell you this, because you know and are  convinced  of this already.  The un-converted can't believe that the world is coming to an end, because they don't have the   "earnest"    2Cor.1:22 of God's spirit in them.  Your   "conviction"    that we are living at the  End of the World,  is your   "confirmation,"   that Christ is  "calling"  you!  This is one   sign    showing that Christ has prepared you for this moment.  God is  "calling"  you, and your willing attitude to   "sacrifice,"   is   "the  way"   Mat.7:14 you can show that you have God's love, and the "ernest" of His spirit in you Jn.15:13.

This is your  process of qualification  to be   "chosen"   by God!  You can't love God directly.  You must love your fellow man to love God IJn.4:20.

The First Witness' function is to make you aware of God's mystery, His true   "knowledge of salvation."  He makes you see that you don't have God's  "holy spirit,"   only the Holy Spirit of the Anti-god.  It is God' First Witness whom Christ is using to baptize you into the Philadelphia church and by it receive the holy spirit.

The Philadelphia Church is the foundation of God's   "highest"   government of the Kingdom of God.  This is the kingdom of God's family, also called the   "Godhead"    Rom.1:20.  As a Christian you must seek the Kingdom of God first on the earth Mat.6:33.  You must establish it religiously with its proper  "doctrines,"  and with its laws legally, that you may not live by the   "iniquity"   Mat.7:23 or   "lawlessness"   of the Anti-god, using private   "codes,"    instructions  or commands in the absence of law.

If you don't change from the Anti-god's system to God's system, you are an idolater and Christ will say to you:  "I never knew you: depart from Me, you that work iniquity"  V.23.

To be an Idolater, which is  "obeying"  the world's governments and its  "god,"   the Anti-god, is   S-I-N   IJn.3:4 and brings the punishment of   DEATH   for it Rom.6:23.

Since you are a physical man, a member of God's Philadelphia church, and its government of the  Godhead,  you are the physical manifestation, a  "witness"   or representative, a diplomat of God's   "highest government."   This is why Paul called His followers the   "Ambassadors of Christ"   2Cor.5:20.

If you are a baptized member of the Philadelphia church, you are like Jesus was,   "god in the flesh,"   for God's spirit, the   "word was made flesh"   in Him Jn.1:14.  Now   Y-O-U   are through baptism!   You have God's spirit in you, as Jesus had.  You are not quite God yet, because your love has not been   "made perfect"   IJn.4:18!   You are   "perfect"   when you overcome the   "fear  of   death"   Heb.2:15, either by  "crucifying your life daily"  Gal.2:20 as the Elect must, to live for Christ, and His government,   OR   by giving your life, as a martyr as a witness of Christ!

Now, you see why God created evil for you Isa.45:7 and all the fearful things, so that you could   "LOSE   your life, to   FIND   it"   or eternal life Mat.16:25 one way or the other.  The salvation of the churches want to   SAVE   our life from sacrificing it, therefore they shall    LOSE   it Mat.16:25! Christ demands that you sacrifice your life!

Now, you see why Christ must   "Lead Us Into Temptation,"   and why you must pray that Christ   "lead Us   Not   Into Temptation"    that you may be in the Philadelphia church and by it, qualify to gain eternal life without dying IThes.4:17.

In the reality of God's eternal love,
Tom Demeter ***

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