those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which
grew upon the ground (Genesis 19:24,25).
The angels had warned Lot and his family
not to look back; but as they were fleeing,
Lot’s wife looked back from behind him,
and she became a pillar of salt (Genesis
19:26). Jesus warns His disciples of then and
today to remember Lot’s wife (Luke 17:32).
She was called by God with the rest of her
family to escape God’s judgment, and she was
on the road to deliverance; but she disobeyed
the Word of God and was destroyed.
The Glorious Church
Jesus will return one day to Rapture His
glorious Church, the Bride, to Heaven. That
Church will include people from all over the
world and from all walks of life, and their
spiritual garments will be perfect. That he
Jesus might present it to himself a glorious
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any
such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish (Ephesians 5:27). This glorious
Church will be the chosen few.
As it was with Lot, Christ’s glorious Church
is vexed by the sins of this world. That is why
God has sent His Word and the Holy Spirit to
prepare the Bride of Christ to leave this sinful
world before the Tribulation Period comes
upon the Earth. The Word and the Holy Spirit
will determine who will be chosen from the
many who are called.
The path of deliverance the glorious Church
will travel with the Word and the Holy Spirit
as they flee the coming judgment is called the
narrow way. Jesus said, Strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it (Matthew 7:14).
The strait gate and narrow way are truth. Jesus
said, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me
(John 14:6). Everyone is called unto truth.
Very few will enter the strait gate and follow
the narrow way in life because they don’t want
to live in truth or abide by it. Jesus said, And
this is the condemnation, that light is come
into the world, and men loved darkness
rather than light, because their deeds were
evil. But he that doeth truth cometh to the
light, that his deeds may be made manifest,
that they are wrought in God (John 3:19,21).
It is not enough just to hear truth; you must
be a doer of truth if you want to be one of the
chosen few. Again, remember Lot’s wife. Her
love for the world was greater than her love for
truth—the Word of God.
You Must Have the Holy Ghost
Jesus said, And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me (John
12:32). And it shall come to pass in the last
days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit
upon all flesh...And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the name of
the Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:17,21). The
Spirit is being poured out upon all flesh in this
last hour, but all people will not answer the
call and accept the Spirit.
Truth and the Holy Spirit are the Bride of
Christ’s angels of deliverance. Both are necessary
for her to escape the coming judgment,
and truth declares that the Holy Spirit is for
all people who are saved. Then Peter said
unto them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for
the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise
is unto you, and to your children, and to all
that are afar off, even as many as the Lord
our God shall call (Acts 2:38,39).
Even though that is what the Word says, many
Christians neglect the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Some procrastinate in receiving the baptism
while others have no desire to obey truth and
seek for the Holy Ghost. Only those who are
obedient to truth can receive the Holy Ghost.
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