Humanism and the Bible do not see eye to eye.

As far as democracy is concerned, Christ and His saints will have to govern the nations with the rod of iron righteousness for a thousand years, because of the self-will that has been encouraged by the concepts of humanism.

Antichrist is "against Christ." He is against the rule of Christ and favors the rule of himself. It is as simple as that, revealing that both humanism and democracy are forms of the antichrist spirit.

Even after a thousand years, when the great I WILL is released from the Bottomless Pit, many of the citizens of the Kingdom of God will gladly join with Satan and seek to overthrow the camp of the saints. God shall destroy them all with fire, which certainly is not a nice humanistic thing for God to do!

The world tells us we should be "in control." The psychologists and the teachers tell us we should be "in control." In some instances the religious leaders encourage us to "go forth and do great things for God."

But I tell you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, all of this accent on what we poor creatures of dust are supposed to do in order to gain righteousness, love, joy, and peace will come to nothing of eternal value.

The greatest prayer anyone ever will pray is, "Father, not my will but Yours be done."

I heard one "minister of the Gospel" state that if we pray for someone who is sick to be healed, and then say, referring to God, "Your will be done," that we do not have faith. Can you imagine, telling us that if we say, "Not my will but Yours be done" it is because we do not have faith?

"Not my will but Yours be done" is the greatest declaration of faith any human being ever will make! The statement by the minister revealed that she still believed in the rule of self. ("If we pray for someone to be healed, and we have 'faith,' then they should be healed whether or not it is God's will.") Perhaps without realizing it, this is what she was declaring.

Do you believe our "faith" should insist that our will be done whether or not God agrees? I certainly do not!

When we take the position that we have been crucified with Christ and now it is not we who are living but Christ who is living in us, we then are oriented properly to the new covenant. The Law of Moses, which governs only the living, no longer has authority over us. We are free to flow with the will of Christ as it is revealed to us.

There is a false "rest" in which we become indecisive. It is true rather that we are not to wait for Christ to "move us." We are to blunder ahead in our customary fashion, but always praying for Christ to guide us. We acknowledge Him in all our ways.

He who obeys Christ, obeys God. He who disobeys Christ, disobeys God. He who ignores Christ and seeks to rule himself, ignores God and will end up in misery.

God's commands are not grievous. To follow Christ carefully, always obeying Him in every detail, certainly is a delightful manner in which to live.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psalms 40:8)

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight (Psalms 119:35)

The "rule of God" is another way of saying the "rest of God." It is a way of living in which every thought, word, and action is part of the will of Christ for us. Such a way of living may seem impossible of attainment. It is not impossible at all!

It is the way Christ lives by the Father and in the Father.

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. (John 6:57)

Eating Christ's flesh and drinking His blood is a ceremony we observe in church. Actually, it is supposed to be the way we live. What we do in church is to remind us that this is how we are to conduct our life.

As we keep calling on the name of Christ to enable us to overcome sin, Christ feeds us in the spirit realm with His body and blood. This is to be happening continually. It is not difficult. Such is the normal Christian life.

The rest of God is one of the principal, if not the principal, topic of the Book of Hebrews. The key to understanding the rest of God is the following passage:

Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. (Hebrews 4:3–NIV)

The key is this: "His works have been finished since the creation of the world."

God's works have been finished since the beginning.

This statement means that every aspect of your life and my life was completed at the time of the creation. Also, a role in the Kingdom of God was assigned to us.

Thus our discipleship is a most wonderful adventure, discovering each day what God has planned for us!

God has stipulated in advance the affairs of our life. God has set forth in advance our role in the Kingdom of God.

Next Part Now, here is the issue.

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