New Apostles Voice

Why Hasn't Jesus Returned? It is almost 2,000 years since Jesus said he would return for His body of believers, His church. Why hasn't He come back? We learn the reason why when we read the real answer written, for our understanding, in James chapter 5 verses 7 and 8. It is important that we keep working in our portion of the Kingdom of God and patiently wait for His return. Christians must wait expectantly, just like the farmer waiting for the harvest of His crop. The Lord patiently awaits the heavenly harvest not willing that anyone, who can be saved, will miss out being saved. However, we have God's promise of His near return. Huge numbers of born again Christians have gone to be with the Lord over the past 2,000 years. Many will shortly experience the wonder of His soon coming return, when He raptures and takes home His church to heaven!

You Are Forgiven! Every person alive on planet Earth, this very day, who repents and is genuinely sorry for their sins and is willing to accept Jesus Christ of Nazareth as their own Lord and Saviour, is then forgiven of all their sins. This we learn from Psalm 103 verses 2 to 4. Their spirit, their inner person, is then recreated by the Holy Spirit, in the likeness of God and becomes a new creation. They are a child of God and their destiny is eternal life, in heaven, forever. Their sins are blotted out and remembered no more, by God.

Live Securely! We read that God's children can live securely in the knowledge and safety of God's word, the Holy Bible. This we learn from Proverbs chapter 1 verse 33. Those who are obedient to God's will and purposes will have confident trust in Him and will also be at ease even during troublesome times. They will not have fear of Satan's deceptions, nor fleshly desires, nor the dread of evil, from the surrounding worldly activities. Their peace and safety will be in their Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who is well able to keep them, in His hands.

Release God's People! Even though many hundreds of millions of people have heard the gospel, during the past two thousand years and have repented and have been saved, there are many more millions of people in the world, today, who still receive and accept the gospel of salvation and eternal life. We read from Exodus chapter 5 verse 1 that God commanded Moses to tell Pharaoh to let God's people, the Hebrews, to go free from their captivity in Egypt, three thousand five hundred years ago. There are many people, who are under spiritual bondage, this very day, who are seeking freedom and release from their slavery to sin. Those who are already God's children are the ones who are chosen by God, to witness to these lost children, whether singly or in groups or in great numbers. Only the salvation hope of Jesus Christ can release those who are willing to accept the revelation knowledge of the Holy Spirit, that enables them to have eternal release and freedom from sin.

We must acknowledge that we are sinners and are in need of God's forgiveness. When we do this we become crucified with Christ, because we are now His child. No longer should we or even dare live the life we once lived. Our old man, our inner person, has been crucified with Christ. It is now Christ who lives in us. God Almighty, through the Holy Spirit, lives in and contacts us through our inner person, our recreated spirit. The life I now live is by faith, in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. This we learn from Galatians chapter 2 verse 20.