John 1: 11-13

(John 1: 11-13)

『He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 』

God's children can call on the name of Jesus. Jesus is our master. No one can call on the name of Jesus. When we are born again in the spirit body, we can call on the name of Jesus. Otherwise, he is not related to Jesus. It's like what a non-family member calls a father. So Jesus will say, "Who are you? I do not know you." Those who are connected with Jesus are "those who die with Jesus, not believers in Jesus." . Those who die with Jesus feel pain with Jesus. This is repentance.

Those who become Jesus' family must have a body of spirit, not a body of flesh. God gives the repentant a spirit body. God makes the body of the spirit by the light of the Holy Spirit. Those who have a spirit body follow the Holy Spirit. How can we know? When we believe the words of the Bible and repent, the light of the Spirit enters our hearts. So the Holy Spirit leads us. Those who live in the body of flesh receive the wrath of God, but those who live according to the Spirit receive God's love.

Today. Many church people say they believe in Jesus, but they will not be saved unless they die with Jesus. They think they have repented, but their lives are like those who have nothing to do with Jesus. The phrase "believing in Jesus is saved from God" is a false gospel. If we do not repent, we cannot be saved from God. Repentance is death with Jesus. When we know that we are the object of God's wrath, we can repent. There is evil in the human heart. The evil is the heart that wants to be like God. If we say this to people, we will be persecuted right away. Why do people hate Jesus on the cross? People want to escape from God. People want to be unrelated to God. However, most people seek God when they die. What god do people look for? Jesus' father is the real God.

『Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 』(John 20: 29)

Jesus 'disciple Thomas did not believe in Jesus' resurrection. Other disciples said they had witnessed the resurrection of Jesus, but Thomas could not believe it. Thomas said, "I can't believe it without seeing a spear puncture in Jesus' side." Thomas does not believe until he sees with his own eye. This story applies to everyone. Most churches say that people believe in the resurrection. Those who believe in Jesus' resurrection are born again into the spirit body. If we are not born again in the spirit body, it is a fake to believe in Jesus' resurrection. For it is the resurrection that is born of the spirit body. The body of the spirit is invisible to the human eye. While living, the body of the eye cannot identify the body of the spirit.

 

What is in the center of our lives? Is it money, honor, power, or Jesus? Jesus said, "To follow me, deny yourself and take up your cross." Our body will be burned and destroyed. But the body of the spirit does not go away forever. The cross is the door of denial of the body of flesh and rebirth into the body of spirit. Those who do not enter the door of the cross cannot be saved from God. Thus, there is no salvation except the cross of Jesus. Many people say that any religion has salvation, but if it is not a cross, it is a burning faith for man is under the wrath of God. If we do not know this, no matter how hard we try, it is only in vain. Why are humans under God's wrath? For there is greed in man. It is a desire to be like God. Thus greed dies on the cross, and the body of an innocent spirit is reborn.

 

Although people do good, practice spirituality, and strive, they cannot get rid of greed for themselves, because man is a creature. So, when a situation comes, people forget God, because the body responds. There was a city where Jesus performed most miracles. But the Bible says that no one repented. People have seen amazing miracles where lepers are healed and dead ones happen, but because they react with the body of the flesh, they are forgotten in some situations. This is the condition of the unrepentant. When people look at miracles, they do not look to Jesus who caused them, but think only of miracles.

 

Those who do not repent believe in themselves more in some situations. When Thomas did not believe in Jesus' resurrection, there were disciples Jesus trusted more than Thomas. Thomas, as they say, did not believe in the resurrection, because his judgment felt more important. Even if we share the word of God with others, the reason people do not believe in the resurrection is that their thoughts are more important. Those who put their judgment more important are not saved from God.

 

『But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. 』(John 20: 31) This is synonymous with John (1:12). Those who believe in Jesus 'resurrection can call on Jesus' name and receive life from God. Thus a believer in Jesus receives Jesus. Those who believe in Jesus die with Jesus on the cross and are born again.

『A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 』(John 16: 16) What Jesus said to his disciples. The first word means "Jesus dies on the cross." But the latter part does not mean "seeing the resurrection of Jesus." It means that Jesus enters the believer.『And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 』(John 16: 23)

 

When Jesus is in the believer, God gives what Jesus asks for. Although the church people pray in Jesus 'name and speak in Jesus' name, does Jesus dwell in us? Jesus' name is in the Most Holy Place. There is no place for the riches of this world to enter the Most Holy Place.『Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 』(John 16: 24) Only those who ask in the name of Jesus are born of the spirit body. Those who do not have the body of the spirit are not given God, even if they seek anything in the name of Jesus.