Make Every Effort to live in peace with all Men

The need to Live in Peace with All Men.

“Make Every Effort to live in peace with all Men and to be Holy; without Holiness no one will see the Lord”

[NIV. Hebrews 12: 14]

This article focuses on the first part of the scripture:

The bible teaches us to live in peace with other people:

Rom 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

2Cor 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

2Thess 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord [be] with you all.

1Cor 14:33 For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Mark 9:50 Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Matt 5:9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Ps 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

2Tim 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

In 2 Cor 13:11. Paul describes God as the God of Love and Peace

Living in peace with others entails sacrifices even forfeiting what is rightfully yours, foregoing your privileges just so that peace can prevail between you and others. Jesus instructed Peter to pay the temple tax for Himself and Jesus so as not to offend the two-drachma-tax collectors:

Matt 17:24[KJV] And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

NIV refers to the tax in verse 24 as temple tax

Living in peace with others may often entail forfeiting what is rightfully yours to avoid an argument, complains, slander that might follow an argument, and to protect a weak Brother/Sister’s Faith as well as defend the way of the faith that it may not be evil spoken of.

Paul went extra lengths to live in peace with others and forfeited his rights and privileges so as to win the lost, set them a good example to follow, and protect the way of faith:

1Cor 9:19 For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [you].

Acts 16:3 [ESV] Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Rom 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

1Cor 10:33 Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.

1Cor 6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather [suffer yourselves to] be defrauded?

Gal 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

1Cor 8:9 But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

1Cor 8:13[ESV] Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

Rom 14:20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 [It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

1Cor 10:27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience-29 I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?

1Cor 10:33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

Phil 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

The end times are at hand. The transition from normality to marshal law will be sudden. In a dream that the Lord gave me I saw myself in the midst on the coming tribulation and was able to observe the speed of the transition. Its sudden, its not months or weeks , its sudden. Like it was during the Rwadan genocide- so it will be. You pass by a road and its all normal. Three hours later when you are driving back, there are soldiers everywhere , people are being rounded up. the Lord has given me two dreams regarding this. below is the first dream. 

Dream about the coming new order-13/2/2013

Yesterday night I had a dream in which I saw myself and other people none of whom I knew being left behind. We were doing political campaigning in a stadium . We had done the campaign in this stadium for several days earlier (in Kenya its political campaign time and elections are scheduled for March 2013). Then when the function of the day was over, me and the company I was embedded decided to do a final lap in our campaign lorry truck round the stadium to promote the candidate we were campaigning for (who was not revealed in the dream. I am not a political campaigner, not even a registered voter though am eligible to vote), this was an extra lap to the number of laps we had done every day. As we did so the gate was closed and we did not get to know it nor see it happen. We were locked inside- others had left and we did not notice as they left or as they were leaving. The guards had locked us inside the stadia by mistake as I understood it in the dream. We started calling out, shouting to the guards whom we could see walking away in a distance to come open the stadium gates for us but they could not hear us, though we could see them walking away and they were not very far away.

We remained held in the stadium. We climbed up the stands to the top of the stadium a looked out. There was no one, no one, none; then it got slightly dark and soldiers were now doing rounds. The soldiers opened the gates, bound us, carried us and detained us in a makeshift jail in a civilian facility which was actually a hall. We were about a hundred or more. We now had to bribe/pay to get anything. Then things just got from bad to worse. From the hall window bars we could see soldiers patrolling outside all over and others driving the roads. I become aware that danger like I had never known awaited and that other people were being rounded up too. I then realized in my spirit that the antichrist had taken over and the tribulation had begun and that when we decided to take one more lap back in the stadium, during that lap we had been left behind.

After many days in the hall, I begged the soldier guard to allow me see my daughter but he asked what I could give in return for him to organize that. He demanded that I pay my way to seeing my daughter. He then appeared confused and was unable to figure out a way that he could help me and then it hit me that I had nothing. At that time I knew in my spirit that the tribulation had begun and we were never going to get out of there arrive. It was tribulation and it was getting worse and worse. 

Then I woke up and wrote the dream.

Stephen Kamau

Nairobi Kenya.

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The second coming of Christ Jesus, the end times

This blog relate to the second coming of Christ, the end time. In this blog I have tried to enumerate various teachings and revelations relating to the second coming, the end times and the fact that Jesus Christ is near even at the door. Various references and links are provided to other sites that I believe are truthful and faithful to the Bible and its teachings about the end times, the second coming of Christ Jesus our Saviour. These events unfold in Mathew 24 and the book of Revelations. Bible Prophesy in old and new testaments all talk about end times and gives the signs thereof. The coming of our Lord Jesus is in the Bible repeated put as an event that will occur as a trap. Jesus will sure come back. Jesus is coming back. The first coming He comes as a thief to take away His Bride to an event in Heaven called the marriage supper of the lamb (revelations). Christ comes again 7 years or less later to fight a battle – the battle of Armageddon. Christ will return and be seen by all in this coming. He shall end that battle in one day and set up His Kingdom in Jerusalem.

So Jesus is coming back, the Messiah is coming again, the end times are here, the signs of his coming are all over, bible prophecy predicted it, the rapture is imminent.

The rapture of the church is the most important event in the History of the church after Calvary.  But wait a minute. Shall you be ruptured? The Bible says it shall be in a moment in the twinkling of an eye.

Shall you be ruptured?

Whenever a wedding is taking place even as the marriage supper of the lamb is a wedding party certain things are required: a wedding gown, wedding date (in the Jewish cultural only the Father of the Groom knows this date- so Jesus said of His wedding, only Our Heavenly Father knows the date when Christ comes for His Church), wedding rings, a bride, a bridegroom, and the party setting among others. Israel (seen in the Old Testament) is the wife of Jehovah; the Church is the Bride of Christ. A bride has to exhibit certain minimum qualities for the groom to go on with the wedding, such as: She must be mature- a mature bride, no one marries an infant bride. Christ will not wed an infant church one that is infant in spiritual matters- He comes ONLY for a mature church. There is no sustainable childhood. The Groom does not marry a bride who does not know him. Christ will not marry a church that has not taken time to know Him.  A bride must be found Faithfull. In between engagement (when you got born again and committed your life to Christ) and when He comes for you, you must be found to have been and lived faithful to Him. An unfaithful bride is set aside and put to shame. This is what Joseph wanted to do with Mary when he found out that she was expectant outside their relationship. God intervened and explained to Joseph that Mary was faithful to Him only that the baby she was expecting was the work of the Holy Spirit.

Many Christians today live a life that show that they don’t realize that they are engaged to Christ and a wedding to marry Him is upcoming. They live unfaithful and shall therefore be put to shame when Christ comes for His faithful bride. They live oblivious of the fact that their bride prize has already been paid (at Calvary). We were bought at a price, the Highest price possible (not by corruptible things such as silver or gold) that’s why we can only serve the Bridegroom who bought us. Once your bride prize has been paid you are now as a bride bestowed to only one man/groom- you cannot go about prostituting yourself or behaving as if you are still single and looking. You are bestowed and belong to one Man.

Even in our societies we know the need for faithfulness to our spouses and insist and demand faithfulness. Believing that Christ does not demand the same from the church is a delusion as He is God the Creator and the author of the family.

Christ will marry only a mature bride, give Him Credit, for he has allowed His bride 2000 years to mature. He is not coming for a junior-school bride or a first grader. He comes for a mature bride. Ask this: how many Christians are mature today? How many have died to themselves? How many have abandoned Christ’s rival in courtship- the other boyfriend called the world and the things that are in the world- the enticing entreatments that the rival boyfriend offers as he seeks to win you from your marriage engagement with Christ to an adulterous relationship with Him. Or do you think that this article is too fleshy and talks about the flesh? Do you think God does not see things the way they are presented here? Try Ezekiel 16 and 23 and see how intimate Jehovah gets with His wife Israel and how much He detested her adultery. Mature your Christian walk. Walk in the Spirit and you will not satisfy the desires of the flesh.

But take hid, the bridegroom in this case is not an earthly man who you can swear to be faithful to while continuing your side relationships; whom you get to bring up your children believing they are his while you know they are not; whom you lie to, cheat on and so on. We are taking of the King of Glory from whom NOTHING, NOTHING is hidden. We are talking of one who not only knows everything but sees the thoughts and searches the heart. A King who is not mocked and has already promised that whatsoever you saw that shall you reap. I suggest that you don’t try to fool around with a bridegroom who has indicated that He will punish His unfaithful bride by killing both her body and soul in hell. He is the almighty who is ready to judge the quick/living and the dead. He is Holy, Very Holy.

DO NOT DOUBLE DATE CHRIST. A HEFTY BRIDEPRIZE HE PAID AND THE ONE YOU CHEAT HIM WITH IS A FRAUD CALLED THE WORLD AND ORDAINED BY THE DEVIL WHOSE MOTHERTANGUE IS CALLED ‘LIES’

AVOID THIS THREESOME:

The lust of the flesh- gratifying your desires

The lust of the eyes

The pride of life

And remember: be Holy Spirit filled.

Remember JESUS IS THE SAME YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER. If he punished sin in the past- He will do it again and again. If He demanded faithfulness of Israel in the Bible, He demands it of the Church. He is the Lord, He changes NOT. So as our world got more and more modern and cosmopolitan Jesus did not get cosmopolitan, as we got more and more adulterous and sinful Jesus remained Holy.