Reference: Isaiah 55:7-9
Are you aware of the fact my friend thatGod has a way of doing things no matter what it may be that he attempts to do?God absolutely does not do something in the same way that man would attempt todo it. No matter what you or any other person may attempt to do, I willguarantee that God would not do it in the same way that you attempt to do thething. Do you think that God would build a house in the same way that manbuilds it? Do you think that God would use giant earth movers to build superhighways like we see in the world today?
Reguardless of what man may attempt to do,Almighty God will do the same thing in a different way. Are you totally awareof the fact my friend that God has a way of saving a person and this way as hisword reveals it will not be accepted and believed by the average person today?Now if you have any knowledge at all of the old testament scriptures you shouldknow that Israel failed to walk in God's way and for this reason God wasforevermore bringing judgement upon them. The very same is very true today as faras man walking in the ways of God as his word reveals it in the new testamentscriptures. Let me refresh your memory as to what the apostle Paul tells us inhis epistle of I Corinthians 1:21 which says these words, "Forafter that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleasedGod by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe."
Now you may say that you knew all alongthat God chose the way of preaching to save anyone, but friend, I just aboutknow for a fact that you are totally ignorant of what it means for God to savea person through and by the act of preaching. In order to be saved thenaccording to God's holy word of truth a person absolutely had to hear thepreached word of God. Now friend, if you think that all preachers in the worldtoday are preaching the pure unadulterated word of God as the Bible reveals it,then allow me to tell you that you are completely void of the truth and easyprey to the wiles and tactics of the devil and will be deceived.
If you will listen closely to the averagepreacher in the land today you can find out that they completely stumble overGod's word of truth just as if it doesn't exist. Now you may like to know howthe average preacher is by-passing the word of God by the way they arepreaching. Now if you will read this tract real close and pay close attentionto what is said, then you will be able to see spiritually how the preachers inthe world today are skipping over and by-passing the word of God just like itdoesn't exist.
Now keep in mind what Paul said when hesaid that God chose the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. Nowwhat this simply reveals is that God saves a person as his word is beingpreached and revealed through his true ministers. Now what you don't understandabout this way of God saving a person is the fact that a person is saved as hehears and obeys God's word of truth. Now the average belief in the religiousworld today is that a person is saved in a certain place and is evidenced by afleshly sensation. If you believe that a person is saved in a certain place andis evidenced by a feeling or a sensation of the flesh then you are actuallyseperating yourself from God's way of believing the preached word and allowinghis word to do the saving of your soul. The same is true in the way that manypeople are confessing to receive the Holy Ghost and it being manifested throughthem. Most people today think and believe that receiving the Holy Ghost is donein the same manner that the early disciples received it.
Now we know that the disciples on the dayof Pentecost were filled with the Holy Ghost and the speaking in other tongueswere manifested and they began speaking these other tongues as the Spirit gavethem utterance. There were many people who were filled with the Holy Ghost inthis same manner as we read this account in other portions of the book of Acts.Now what most people are totally ignorant of today is the fact that we now havethe written scriptures and it is through these very scriptures that we can bepartakers of the same Spirit and of the same promises as the early disciplesdid. Now Paul tells us in Ephesians 3:6 these very words that says, "Thatthe Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of hispromise in Christ by the gospel."
Now what Paul is actually saying here isthat we can become heirs with Christ as they did, but we become an heir throughand by the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Most people today are being ledto think and believe that they are filled with the Holy Ghost in the samemanner as the apostles were on the day of Pentecost with the speaking in othertongues as being the initial evidence that this has taken place. Believing thisis absolutely by-passing and stumbling over the already written word of God. Webecome partakers of the same Spirit as the disciples did, but we become thispartaker as we hear and walk in and obey the truth of the gospel. ThePentecostals of today think they receive the Holy Ghost apart from hearing theword of God being preached, but they are being deceived, but this they won'taccept and believe. Their evidence is based on a fleshly sensation and thetongues speaking, but the true evidence is the mighty word of God and you can'thave a more positive evidence than God's word of truth. God's word says torepent and be baptized in Christ's name and you shall receive the gift of theHoly Ghost. If we will truly repent and be baptized like his word tells us todo then God is duty bound to give us what his word says he will do and give.
We must hear the word and this word can beheard through and by the true ministers. Now is this not exactly the way thatPaul said that God would save them that believe? God chose the foolishness ofpreaching to save a person and a true minister of God will say exactly whatPeter said on the day of Pentecost when they were filled with the Holy Ghost.Now friend, you have to hear the preaching of God's word of truth in order tobe saved. This is God's way and certainly not man's way. Man's way is sayingthat you receive the Holy Ghost like the apostles did on the day of Pentecost,but believing this is absolutely denying and by-passing the word of God asrevealed in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
God's plan of salvation begins and ends bywhat his word has to say. To believe what God says in his word will bring topass exactly what he said. This is how the gospel of Christ is the power of Godunto salvation to them that believe, but is down right foolishness to them thatperish. Now friend, if you fail to believe and walk in God's way how then is itpossible for you to be saved? Where in God's word does it say that you mustreceive the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues like many are saying today?Obedience to God's word of truth will make us partakers of the very same bodyof Christ and the very same promises that the early disciples were madepartakers of. This is the power of the gospel if you believe it....