Pastor Joel Laswell

There is an essential Biblical principle that is generally unrecognized by Christians today both within and without spiritual Babylon, and some who are made aware of this principle refuse to acknowledge it. This principle is at the very core of the great controversy. This principle has everything to do with unity—being of one accord with God and each of His people. This is the principle of corporate accountability or corporate responsibility; the fact that God holds you accountable, not only for your own individual actions but also for the actions and behavior of the group or body you choose to belong to or be a part of.

Light has ever been a symbol of the divine presence. As physical light is essential to physical life, so divine light is necessary if rational beings are to have moral and spiritual life. Jesus told us to walk while we have the Light... to continue on to the Kingdom of God, we must Advance in the Light!

In defining God's church we find that the scriptures have drawn a line and a decision must be made as to which church we will choose to belong to and there are only two choices. We either join the church of Christ or remain in the church of antichrist. What side of the line will you choose to be on?

What is the banner of Christ? The banner of Christ is the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Christ and all the apostles taught Christians to keep the commandments of God through the faith of Jesus, by the power that Jesus will give you. Anyone holding up this banner is a member of God's true church!

Things in this world are tightening up. We are seeing the birthing pains of the earth and it will get worse my friends, for God has said so. God has also said that He is going to lead His people to triumph in this great final conflict with the beast, his image, number and mark and that is great news! Just when it appears that His church will be destroyed, it is delivered. I want to talk about His victorious church today--the final victory for His people on earth.

Some lessons in taking a closer look at God's people, His church, from the time of Christ and the apostles through to today.

There is a parallel in the experience of King Saul and King David and that of the professed church of God and the true church of God that will help us to make the right choice and come out of Babylon fallen.

We are going to take a look at the parable of the Ten Virgins, the message to the Laodicean Church of Revelation 3, and then the parable of the Wheat and the Tares. We are going to see tremendous parallels between the three and hopefully learn the truth as to these three subjects in their relationship to the church of God—the church militant and the church triumphant.

There will never exist true unity in the home or in the church while someone is striving for first place. We must, by God’s grace, become humble and it starts with allowing Jesus on the throne of our heart.

There is nothing more precious than true unity in the Lord. It is what the Lord desires and longs for in our home; between husbands and wives and children and parents. That is what He longs for in the church. It is the thing that will allow Him to pour out more of His blessings upon us and give us a greater than Pentecost experience—the Loud Cry. The 144000 will be in complete unity of faith and Spirit. True Unity in Christ!

In order to be vibrant and healthy spiritually, one must submit to Jesus. When we submit to Jesus we will become like Him. Our hearts will be filled with the love that has its origins in Him. We will love God with all our hearts and our neighbors as ourselves. We will live Christ's life of obedient love! His church exemplifies this vibrant love in its fellowship together.

The body of Christ--His church, will be Vibrant; physically and spiritually healthy as they live in Christ day-to-day. They will exemplify a vibrant fellowship of believers!

We have an idea that we must do some part of the work alone. We have thought that there are two or three steps that we must take without any help or support. But this is not so. The Spirit of God is continually wooing and drawing the soul to right purposes, and into harmony with the law of God... to write His law upon our heart!

By following Jesus as the Lord or Spiritual Head of your life you will begin to share in His character traits in that His righteousness becomes yours, by faith.

Sometimes while walking along a peaceful creek I come to a point where I need to cross the water and I look around for stones in the creek bed to set across the way so I can safely step over to the other side. I leave the stones for the next person who may come along this same pathway and wish to cross the water. Such stepping-stones are left as a memorial to help others in their walk and point the way across. God promises to change our heart and work reformation in our life, if we will give ourselves completely over to His hands. He can start us on the path of righteous living, leaving memorials and stepping stones along the way to help us in our walk.

One of the ten identifying attributes of the true church is that it stands upon the foundation of truth and especially present truth, which is the Three Angels Messages that we find in Revelation chapter 14.

Throughout time there have been incredible mysteries that we have not been able to unravel. Unsolved mysteries that grab the attention of even the most casual of observers. Each of us can think of unsolved mysteries that we would like to solve. There are untold mysteries that date back to the beginning of this world but I want to speak to you about the great mystery. As Paul said to the church at Rome, “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits…” Romans 11:25

The leaders of Israel came to Jesus and asked for a ‘sign’ that He was the Messiah and Jesus said that the ONLY sign would be the sign of Jonah. What did Jesus mean by this? What exactly is this sign?

You know, too many people fail to really grasp the blessings of a spirit filled life, because they’re too easily satisfied. They somehow believe that baptism is the object of the Christian life, and that this is everything that God wants to do for them. I tell you today that that’s only the beginning of what God wants to do for us. Too many people stop right there on the banks of baptism—they want to stay in that spot. They feel that God has come near to bless them, that maybe this is all that the Christian life is intended to be, but it’s not true. If we would dare to go on out into the deep things of God, He has unlimited blessings for us in spiritual resources.

We must stop looking at the temporal my friends, and look steadfastly upward to the our God and thank Him for all that He has done and is doing to save us from sin. To save us from ourselves. To bring an end to the devil and death forever. Through Jesus we can cultivate an attitude of thanks. Are you thankful to God for His love, care, mercy and grace? Are you thankful that He is constantly considering you and taking care of all your needs?