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But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

The true witness of God declares that great tribulation is coming upon the earth. One of the purposes of the great tribulation is the purifying of the Christian churches so the saints can lift up holy hands in praise, intercession, and supplication.

The true witness of God declares that every Christian will reap what he or she is sowing.

The true witness of God declares that judgment begins in the house of God.

The true witness of God declares that the promises of life, authority, and closeness to God will come only to the saints who through Jesus have overcome the world, Satan, Antichrist, and their own sins and self-love.

The true witness of God declares that only the royal priesthood, the conquerors, will participate in the first resurrection from among the dead.

The true witness of God declares that God has called His elect out of the world so they may become His witnesses, the light of the world, not so they may go to live in mansions in Heaven while the nations continue to stumble about in ignorance, sin, corruption, and death.

The true witness of God declares that every aspect of redemption takes place in the believer, not on the basis of his dying physically and passing into the spirit realm but on the basis of his setting aside his own life so that Christ can re-create him in the image of God.

The truth concerning God, His Christ, what will happen to the human being when he dies, and what will happen to the human being in the day of resurrection, is the most important information in the world.

Yet the witness being given today by the Christian Churches is not true and is based on conjecture, conclusions, hearsay, tradition, fables, and the human desire to win friends and influence people.

The Lord Jesus is looking for a believer who will set aside his own life and give himself to seeking the face of the Lord. Let not that individual think that what God reveals to him or her will be received warmly by the churches for the Laodicean churches will always resist bitterly the true witness of the Lord.

Every true witness of God becomes eternal. Noah, Job, John, and Paul still are bearing witness to us today. What they saw and heard they yet are declaring to us. Will you lay aside your life in order to join the ranks of the eternal witnesses of the Lord?

The Lord Jesus Christ is the faithful and true Witness of God. Let us who are being fashioned in the image of Christ also be faithful and true witnesses of God.

The believers of Laodicea have a great desire to hear pleasant things. They think they desire Christ but they want the Fire of Israel to be nice to them. Satan understands this and will invade the ranks of Christendom by speaking pleasant things to the believers in the name of Christ. This is taking place today.

Satan's strategy for the last days is to make friends with the churches of Christ. Satan understands that persecuting the churches makes them stronger and purer, that attacking the Christians often produces results that are the opposite of what he intended.

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