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Religion / If You Have One More Day To Live Learn More About The Baptism Of Jesus Christ by Thegospelman(m): 8:17am On Mar 17
If you have one more day to live in this world please learn about the baptism of Jesus Christ and His blood of the Cross. You need to know why Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River and why He had to shed His blood on the Cross three years later.

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Religion / Antichrist Will Seize AI, Have You Met The Gospel Of The Water And The Spirit? by Thegospelman(m): 12:19pm On Mar 10
This is the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We also have to teach AI the gospel of the water and the Spirit. A grieved Taiwanese man Tino Bao created an AI of her late daughter Bao Rong who died in 2021, using Avatar. This man just got a degree in AI in 2022 and built a digital replica of his daughter, it seems to me that he had this project on his mind before going to study AI. The AI he created can sing and dance, and interact with people in real time. He wanted to 'resurrect' her daughter using AI, to ease her painful exit.
This is just a glance on what is coming in the near future.

But eventually, Antichrist will seize AI but before then we can make good use of AI.

As AI dominates the industry now, we also need to teach an AI the gospel of the water and the Spirit so that it can interact and teach people the gospel of the water and the Spirit in real time.

If I learn learn Data Science and Machine Learning, I can create such an AI if God permits. And teach it the gospel of the water and the Spirit. I'm not afraid to give anything a try, because I believe in the Word of God that says "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." If it's the will of God, and if God permits I can do all things.

Anyway, do you want to learn about the gospel of the water and the Spirit?
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Religion / Why Was Jesus Crucified? by Thegospelman(m): 3:45pm On Mar 04
WHY WAS JESUS CRUCIFIED?

The blood that Jesus shed on the Cross could have efficacy for our salvation because He had taken upon the sins of the world once and for all by being baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. All the religionists of this world do not realize that Jesus accepted the sins of the world by being baptized by John the Baptist, died on the Cross, and rose from the dead again, all to blot out the sins of this world once and for all through the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit. Now, anyone who wants to receive the remission of his sins must know the gospel of the water and the Spirit exactly, under the six basic elements of facts: “Who, when, where, what, how and why.” God’s Word is the Truth. The Word of God is not a superstition. God’s Truth is the Word of Truth that fits exactly, even when it is tested under the six basic elements of fact of human perspective. Those who still have not received the remission of sin into their hearts must now find out the reason why Jesus was baptized and shed His blood, and believe in this fact.

Do you know why you were born in this world? Do you know the reason and purpose for which God created the human race? God chose us in Christ even before the foundation of the world, and to make us His children, He created mankind on the sixth day of His creation of the heavens and the earth. In allowing us to be born in this world, God planned to enable us to receive everlasting life as His eternal children—in other words, God wanted to make us His own people by giving the blessing of rebirth to those of us who believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. That is why God gave us the gospel of the water and the Spirit, so that we humans would be born again according to His plan.

Why did Jesus Christ come to this earth? It was to save us from the sins of the world, and to make us His children, that God sent His only begotten Son Jesus to this earth, and when Jesus came to this earth, He was baptized by John and shed His blood on the Cross, thereby saving sinners from sin. We must believe in this gospel of the water and the Spirit with our hearts. If Jesus Christ indeed took upon all the sins of this world by being baptized by John the Baptist, then we should believe in this truth with all our hearts. Through this baptism that Jesus Christ received, he took away all the sins of our entire lifetime, and He was crucified. Jesus, having received His baptism from John, bore the sins of mankind and washed them all away once and for all. By thus being baptized by John and crucified, Jesus Christ paid the wages of our sins. We should therefore be grateful for the baptism of Jesus Christ, for His resurrection and for His second coming as well.

One must not think that his rebirth from sin depends on his own good deeds. To save us from the sins of the world, and to make us God’s children in the likeness of His image, Jesus, who is the true God Himself, received from John the Baptist the baptism through which He accepted the sins of the world; to bear the condemnation of sin, He was crucified and shed His blood on the Cross; and rising from the dead, He has enabled us to be born again as God’s children.

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Religion / Re: The Baptism Of Jesus Christ by Thegospelman(m): 8:52pm On Mar 03
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Religion / The Baptism Of Jesus Christ by Thegospelman(m): 12:52pm On Mar 03
The baptism of Jesus Christ is necessary for your salvation and in the near future, faith in the baptism of Jesus Christ will turn you into a believer who is courageous like Joseph of Arimathea to face the Antichrist.

Joseph of Arimathea was a staunch follower of Jesus Christ and a believer in the gospel of the baptism and bloodshed of Jesus Christ. He was also waiting for the Kingdom of God.
After Jesus was crucified, all His disciples deserted Him and no one wanted to identify with Him. And even Peter His best disciple denied Him three times. The Scripture was fulfilled which said "‘I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’" (Matthew 26:31, Zachariah 13:7).

It was at such a moment that Joseph of Arimathea courageously approached Pilate and asked him to hand over the body of Jesus Christ to him. Nothing could make someone so bold and courageous like this if not faith in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. It will happen again, in the end time, Antichrist will emerge and threaten everyone in this world to betray Jesus Christ and to rather worship him or face death. At that moment, the believers in the baptism of Jesus Christ will courageously embrace their martyrdom to defend their faith in the gospel of the water and the Spirit.

Why is the baptism of Jesus Christ so important? The baptism of Jesus is the only way through which the sins of the whole world were passed onto Him.In John 3:5 Jesus said to Nicodemus “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."

In this gospel of the water and the Spirit, the water refers to the baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist in the Jordan River. John the Baptist passed all the sins of the world to Jesus through the baptism he gave Him, and that is why the next day after baptizing Jesus, John the Baptist saw Him passing by and said "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29). It means that all the sins of the world were transferred to Jesus Christ when He was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River at the age 30. The baptism of Jesus Christ, alongside His bloodshed on the Cross, His resurrection and His being God Himself make up the gospel of the water and the Spirit we are now preaching all over the world.

You too my online friends, can have this bold faith that can face the Antichrist in the near future by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Download our free books on the gospel of the water and the Spirit today by going to.

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Religion / Our Sins Were Passed Onto Jesus Christ In His Baptism At The Jordan River by Thegospelman(m): 6:35am On Feb 26
Not only the daily sins we commit with our flesh, but also all sins in the future, all the sins of our mind and of our flesh were passed on to Jesus. Thus, He had to be baptized by John the Baptist to fulfill all the righteousness of God, the complete atonement for all the sins of the world.

Three years before Jesus was crucified, when He first began His public ministry, He took away all the sins of the world by being baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan. His salvation of humankind through the atonement for all our sins began with His baptism.

In the Jordan River, in a spot where it was about waist deep, John the Baptist put his hands on the head of Jesus and immersed Him in the water. This baptism was the same as the laying on of hands in the Old Testament and had the same effect of passing on all sins.

To be immersed in the water meant death, and the coming up from the water meant resurrection. Thus, by being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus had fulfilled and revealed all three: taking away all sins, crucifixion, and resurrection.

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HAVE YOU TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT? [Revised Edition]

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Religion / We Must Know The Meaning Of Jesus's Baptism By John The Baptist by Thegospelman(m): 6:51pm On Feb 25
The sins of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and the sins that we commit until the day we die are also included in ‘the sin of the world’ just as the sins of today, yesterday, and the day before yesterday are also included in ‘the sin of the world.’ The sins of people from birth to death are all part of ‘the sin of the world,’ and the sin of the world was passed on to Jesus through His baptism. Therefore all the sins we will commit until the day we die have already been taken away from us.

And we need only believe in this original gospel, the written words of God, and obey to be saved. We should set aside our own thoughts to be redeemed of all our sins. You may well ask, “How could He take away the sins not yet committed?” Then, I would ask you in return, “Should Jesus come back to this world every time we sin and shed blood again and again?”

Within the gospel of being born again, there is the law of atonement for sins. “And without shedding of blood there is no remission.” (Hebrews 9:22). When someone wanted to be redeemed of his sins in the days of the Old Testament, he had to pass on his sins by laying his hands on a sin offering, and the sin offering had to die for his sins.

In much the same way, the Son of God came down to this world to save all humankind. He was baptized to take away all our sins and He bled at the Cross to pay the wages of our sins and He died at the Cross, saying, “It is finished!” He was resurrected from the dead after 3 days and now sits at the right hand of God. He has become our Savior forever.

Excerpt from the book:

HAVE YOU TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT? [Revised Edition]

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Religion / The World Ends If Israel Is Invaded And Utterly Destroyed by Thegospelman(m): 5:39pm On Oct 14, 2023
Israel believes that Jerusalem is their undivided and eternal capital and they will soon make more enemies than ever before, I believe the time is near when this will happen. It seemed to me some countries are deterred because US is solidly behind Israel. Israel can fight and defend themselves against their enemies, but US never wants them to fight alone. But in the end the enemies of Israel will swarm like locusts. Bible says if Israel is invaded and completely destroyed the world will come to its closure.

Israel will soon garner more enemies, in the end the ultimate purpose of the world's governing body will be to destroy the nation of Israel. Many will soon think if Israel is destroyed the world will be at peace.

To draw a circle, a pencil is inserted in the hold of a compass, placed at a starting point on a paper and moving the compass 360 degrees back to the starting point. Just like this, Israel is the beginning and end of the world. Do you believe this my social media friends? Let's just watch and see.

In the book of Genesis 17:7-8, God promised Abraham "And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
God promised to give Israel the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession. As long as this world exists, the nation of Israel will exist because the word of God cannot pass away. At one time, Israel was scattered around the world for about 2, 000 years. But because God has promised to give them the land in which they now dwell as an everlasting possession, they shocked the whole world by fighting their neighboring countries and reclaimed their God-given land. This is a historical fact.

The nation of Israel will continue to exist in the world map, but once they stop existing the world will come to an end. The world began with Israel and will end with it. It means that the New Jerusalem will be ushered shortly after the nation of Israel is invaded and utterly destroyed by an enemy country.

We have to monitor the nation of Israel closely, if that nation is invaded by a powerful country we should realize that the world has reached its end.

By the way, are you prepared to face the end time? Do you have the faith that enables you to boldly embrace martyrdom? Don't be deluded by the doctrine of pre-tribulation rapture. The Antichrist will soon emerge in this world and kill those who don't receive his mark.

The gospel of Jesus's baptism in the Jordan River and His bloodshed on the Cross is the faith that can overcome the Antichrist. The gospel of the water and the Spirit is the only truth of salvation. It means that Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God and God Himself borrowed the body of Virgin Mary was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was baptized by John the Baptist to receive our sins onto His body. Just a day after baptizing Jesus Christ, John the Baptist bore witness saying "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29). He took the sins on His body to the Cross and died to pay the wages of the sins. He was resurrected from the dead after three days. Do you believe He has taken away all your sins and mine with both His baptism and blood? This is the gospel of the water and the Spirit that is written in the Bible.

Let's learn more about the gospel of the water and the Spirit, the gospel that has power like dynamite to wipe away the sins of the world. Visit The New Life Mission website today to get free Christian books on the gospel of the water and the Spirit and books on end time.


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Religion / Did Jesus Christ Save Us With His Blood Alone? by Thegospelman(m): 6:19pm On Oct 08, 2023
If you say that Jesus saved you with His blood on the Cross alone. Then, when you partake in the Holy Communion of your church, do you drink only wine or do you take both bread and wine, I am asking you, my social media friends?

Today I listened to the live sermon of a church, they are gathered together to partake in the Holy Communion, the presiding minister said it is through the blood that Jesus saved them from their sins. But present to them on the table are both bread and wine. It hurt me that Satan has deceived Christians to such an extent.

In the Old Testament, Melchizedek appeared suddenly before Abraham and gave him bread and wine. In the New Testament also Jesus Christ gave us bread and wine. The wine represent the blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross, this is the judgement of our sins which Jesus received on our behalf. Then what is the meaning of the bread? The bread is the baptism of Jesus Christ through the sins of the world were passed on His body. In other words, the bread represent the flesh of Jesus Christ through which He received the sins of the world by the baptism of John the Baptist in the Jordan River. Jesus Christ, the Son of God came to us in the flesh of a man and was baptized by John the Baptist at the age of 30 to receive our sins onto His body.

Dear fellow Christians you must give a second thought to the gospel you have believed till now. For us to have eternal life we must eat the flesh of Jesus Christ and drink His blood.

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Religion / The Gospel Of Water And The Spirit That Was Foreshadowed In The Old Testament by Thegospelman(m): 8:46am On Aug 13, 2023
It is written in the book of Hebrews 8:5 "who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
The pattern of the tabernacle was shown to Moses on the mountain at the same time when he received the Law. The tabernacle is where Israelites atone for their sins.

God gave Moses the Law alongside the sacrificial system. There is a reason why God showed Moses the pattern of the tabernacle and commanded him to build it according to the pattern, at the same time He was giving him the law. It was to tell us the purpose of the Law, and to make us realize that we cannot keep His Law. The purpose of the law is to enable mankind to recognize their sinful selves and seek the salvation of God. The legalists claim they can keep the Law of God perfectly, but the tabernacle whose pattern was shown to Moses on the mountain is a place where those who break the Law atone for their sins. if God intended us to receive perfect salvation by keeping the Law, He wouldn't have given Moses the tabernacle at the time He was giving him the Law. Because in His infinite knowledge, He knew that none of us can ever keep His holy law in its entirety. If He had put even a little confidence in us in keeping the Law, He could have waited for a few months or years before giving us the sacrificial system. But that is not what happened, He gave us the sacrificial system at the time He was given the Law so that we the sinful beings who continuously break His law can be saved from our sins through the tabernacle offerings.

The people of Israel committed numerous sins, it is said that blood flowed like a river in the tabernacle. How many animals were slaughtered there? It is also said Israelites raise their livestock for atonement more than for eating. The priests always stand in the tabernacle, they always stand because they never have time to rest, and for this reason, there is no seat in the tabernacle. How frustrating would it be for the priest when a young man came in the morning for the sin he committed, would see him coming again a few hours later, because he has committed yet another sin? But since the priest himself is also marked with weaknesses he can sympathize with the people. If an Israelite committed a sin and it came to his knowledge, he must bring an animal without blemish and lay his hands on its head to pass his sins to the head of the animal, kill the animal himself and the priest will complete the rest of the atonement in the tabernacle. If he committed yet another sin and it came to his knowledge, he must offer yet another sacrifice. This is how individual Israelites atone for their daily sin in the Old Testament. Because the wages of sin is death, anyone who commits sin must be put to death for his sin or someone else must die in his stead. Since none of them could avoid committing sins due to their weak flesh, they had to be offering those sacrifices repeatedly.

However, God knew they could easily give up on this daily sacrifice due to their countless sins. So in His love and mercy, He instituted yearly atonement. Bible records "Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness." (Leviticus 16-21-22). On the Day of Atonement the tenth of the seventh month, the High Priest would stand on behalf of the entire congregation of Israel and offer sacrifices on their behalf for a whole year. After offering sacrifice for himself and his household with the bull, he would take two goats. He cast lots, one for God and the other for the scapegoat, he offered the one on which the Lord’s lot fell in the tabernacle and offered the one on which lot fell to be the scapegoat alive in the presence of the congregation of Israel. Because salvation from sins must be received on God's side and on the human side. Our sins are written in two places, first, it is written on the tablets of our hearts and on horns of the Lord’s altars (Jeremiah 17:1), this horns of the altars refer to the books of works before God in heaven. This means that God bears witness of our salvation and we also have the witness in ourselves. In each case, the High Priest must pass the yearly sins of Israel to the animal by laying his hands on the head of the animal. And the animal must die bearing the sins on its body because the wages of sin is death. Like this Israelites were saved from their yearly sins on the Day of Atonement. They offered this sacrifice looking towards the Messiah who would come to save the world in this manner.

It is written in Hebrews 10:1 "For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect."
Bible said that this sacrificial system is not the very image but a shadow of the good things to come. The good things to come is none other than the gospel of the water and the Spirit that Jesus Christ fulfilled for us in the New Testament. A shadow can exist when there is a real object that casts it and it must have the same pattern as the real object, the real object here is the gospel of the water and the Spirit.

Christians today claim that they have received the remission of sins by believing only in the blood of Jesus on the Cross. They are mistaken. It is never true, no one can ever receive the remission of sins by believing only in the blood of Jesus Christ. If they can look into their heart, they will certainly find sins in their hearts. But for those who insist they have received the remission of sins through the bloodshed of Jesus alone, I have this question for them: Where is the shadow of the gospel that consists of the blood of Jesus alone found in the Old Testament? Such a shadow clearly does not exist in the Old Testament. It is written "For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come" It is under the Law that the Levitical priesthood was given. The faith in the blood of Jesus Christ alone as our salvation has no mate or shadow in the Old Testament.

The gospel of the water and the Spirit is a very image whose shadow was found in the Old Testament. Jesus Christ temporarily left His throne and came down to this world in the flesh as a man. He is God in His fundamental essence, He is perfect and completely without blemish. He is our Creator and the King of kings. If He is not our Creator, He couldn't have loved us so much to leave His glory and come as a lowly man to save us from our sins. It is written in Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you."
We see how much mothers love their children. Who then can love us this much even to the point of death if not our very Creator God? We all deserved to die and be cast to hell for our sins because God declared a law that says the wages of sin is death. Seeing our pending destruction, Jesus came down for us and was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary. When He turned 30 years He was baptized by John the Baptist to receive our sins on His body. Just before His baptism at the Jordan River, He commanded John the Baptist “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then He lowered His head to John the Baptist, and John laid his hands on His head and passed all the sins of the world onto His body. This is what He meant by fulfilling all righteousness. The sins of the world were passed onto Jesus Christ when He was baptized by John. Then the next day after baptizing Jesus, John saw Jesus as He passed by and bore witness saying "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29), just like the High Priest of the Old Testament, John the Baptist represented the whole world and he as the last High Priest, passed all our sins past, present and future sins onto Jesus. Jesus bore the condemnation of those on His body by shedding His blood on the Cross. He could receive the wages of sin on the Cross because He has accepted the sins with His baptism. Just like the blood of sacrificial animals of the Old Testament is sprinkled in the tabernacle. He died shedding His blood on the Cross, saying "It is finished!" He was buried and after three days He rose again from the dead ascended to heaven and now sitting at the right hand of the throne of God the Father. He has become our true and eternal Saviour. This is the gospel of the water and the Spirit which the Apostles and the Early Christians believed in and preached.

Christians all over the world have to rethink the gospel of the Cross alone they are holding onto till these days. They have to abandon such a gospel and believe in the gospel of Jesus's baptism and the bloodshed. This is the only biblical truth of salvation that casts the shadow of the sacrificial system of the Old Testament.


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Religion / Re: Human Beings Are Born Sinners by Thegospelman(m): 9:42pm On Aug 10, 2023
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Religion / Re: What Is Being Born Again Of Water And The Spirit? by Thegospelman(m): 9:31pm On Aug 10, 2023
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Religion / Re: The Gospel Of The Water And The Spirit by Thegospelman(m): 12:54pm On Aug 06, 2023
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Religion / Re: The Biblically Estimated Time Of Rapture : Mid -tribulation by Thegospelman(m): 12:51pm On Aug 06, 2023
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Religion / Re: Is The Age Of The Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture And The Millennial Kingdom...? by Thegospelman(m): 7:47am On Jul 02, 2023
Is the Age of the Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture and the Millennial Kingdom Coming? (I) & (II) by Paul C. Jong

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Religion / Is The Age Of The Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture And The Millennial Kingdom...? by Thegospelman(m): 7:30pm On Jul 01, 2023
Is the Age of the Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture and the Millennial Kingdom Coming?

Seeing how eager people are to learn about the second coming of Jesus Christ I wish to open this thread to guide them properly to the Word of Truth. I have seen many errors and misguided faith surrounding the return of Christ. Some people even have an unfounded claim that those who are left behind can still make heaven by paying price with their own blood. This is the deceitfulness of Devil which people turn to for solace. Some can't decipher the mark of the beast 666.

Here I want to introduce books that explain the imminent return of Jesus Christ in strict accordance with the Bible. This is a verse by verse commentary on the book of Revelation followed by Holy Spirit inspired sermon by the author. I want every Nairalander to read these books.

Is the Age of the Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture and the Millennial Kingdom Coming? (I) & (II) by Paul C. Jong

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Religion / Re: The Gospel Of The Water And The Spirit by Thegospelman(m): 4:55pm On Jun 27, 2023
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Religion / The Gospel Of The Water And The Spirit by Thegospelman(m): 7:07am On Jun 26, 2023
The gospel of the water and the Spirit is the truth of salvation which Jesus Christ fulfilled for us through His baptism and bloodshed on the Cross. This gospel is not a Christian doctrine but the very way to see and enter the kingdom of God. When Nicodemus the ruler of the Jews and a Pharisee came to Jesus by night, he wanted to find out from Him how one can truly be born again to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus told him “Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)
So being born again of water and the Spirit is the only God-given condition to enter His kingdom. In the gospel of the water and the Spirit, the ‘water’ refers to Jesus’s baptism by John the Baptist at the Jordan River and the Spirit means that Jesus Christ is God Himself in the Spirit. God the Son momentarily left His throne of glory and came to this world in the form of human flesh and was baptized by John the Baptist to receive all the sins of mankind once and for all. In Bible “water” means baptism of Jesus Christ, 1 Peter 3:20–21 says “who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. There is also an antitype which now saves us — baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”
The antitype of water that saved eight families of Noah in the Old Testament is the baptism of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. 1 Peter 3:21 we just read says that baptism saves us. This baptism mentioned here is the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. Furthermore, Bible said Jesus came with His water and blood “This is He who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.” Water means His baptism and blood means His death on the Cross.

The gospel of the water and the Spirit is the very gospel that the Apostles and the early church Christians believed in and preached. This explains why the apostles together with the Early Church Christians commemorated January 6th as the day of Jesus’s baptism. At that time there was no such thing as Christmas, they only celebrated the January 6th day Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. Why did they pay such an important attention to the baptism of Jesus Christ? It is because the baptism of Jesus Christ is an indispensable element of our salvation. The baptism of Jesus is a significant part of the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Without the baptism of Jesus Christ, there wouldn’t have been a need for Him to die on the Cross. Jesus is God who has never committed any sins whatsoever, He could not have been hung on the Cross if He had not taken all sins beforehand because it is written in the Bible that the curse is on anyone who hangs on the tree. He died on the Cross because He has already accepted all the sins of the world through His baptism by John the Baptist. He shed His blood because the wages of sin is death. He must die and pay the price for our sins because He bore the sins on His body first and foremost by receiving baptism from John the Baptist. Therefore, the next day after Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, John saw Jesus as He passed by and shouted “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). John referred to Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God, moreover, he also said He has taken away the sin of the world. John the Baptist bore this witness the very next day after baptizing Jesus Christ. Jesus is the sacrificial Lamb in the New Testament. For us to understand why John the Baptist referred to Jesus as the Lamb, we might as well visit the Old Testament.

In the Old Testament God first gave Israelites His Law. The Law consists of 613 articles which are condensed into the Ten Commandments. These 613 articles are the do’s and don’ts of the Lord’s commandments. You should do this and should not do that. God told us not to commit adultery, He said we should honour our parents, etc. But human beings are too weak to obey the divine Law. God is righteous and holy, so when He said we should not bear false witness, we should not commit murder, He said such things because He Himself is holy and can do such things. But human beings cannot obey such holy law in its entirety, it is beyond our capabilities to obey God’s law perfectly for we are weak. In the history of the law from Moses himself through whom the law was given, to David the faithful servant of God to apostles of the early church and today’s Christians, there has never been anyone who was able to obey the Law in its entirety. If people say they have kept the law without fail, they are only hypocrites. If one tries to live trying to keep the law, he will only end up being a hypocrite. Such people will end up with wounds of sin in their hearts and eventually abandon their faith and go deep into Jericho (the world). They will be like the man who fell among thieves who was wounded and stripped of his clothing, it would be fortunate if such people could meet Jesus the good Samaritan on their way to Jericho.

The people of Israel misunderstood the Law, so when Moses read the Law to them, they all vowed to keep the Law but it wasn’t long before they began breaking the very Law that they all promised to keep. Apostle Paul said “I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” (Galatians 2:21), furthermore in verse 21 of Galatians chapter 3 it is written “Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.”
It means no Law could give us life, if the God-given law could give us life, righteousness could have been attainable through the Law, and if righteousness comes from the Law then Christ died in vain.

We must realize that we human beings are so weak to keep the Law of God perfectly. We are such people who commit numerous sins in just a day. We are such that when circumstances allow we commit hideous sins. God who created us knew everything about our weaknesses. He knew we could not obey the law even before He gave us the law. Why then did He give us the law? Romans 3:20 says “Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” The purpose of the law is to give us the knowledge of sin. It means that through the law we are able to get to know our original selves. The law serves as a mirror to enable us to see our sinful nature. Without the law, we couldn’t have realized that we are adulterers, murderers, and covetous. Therefore Apostle Paul lamented “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” (Romans 7:7)
Through the law, we are able to realize we are such sinful beings who need the salvation of God.

When God called Moses to Mount Sinai, He did not give him only the law there. He gave him the law as well as the sacrificial system at the same time. This means God knew from the beginning that they would not be able to keep the Law, so He had a reason for giving them the Law. If God had given the Israelites only the law, there wouldn’t have been a way for them to escape the judgment of God that comes with the breaking of the law. God gave them a sacrificial system so that anyone who breaks any of His commandments could be remitted of his sins. God commanded Moses to build the Tabernacle according to the pattern He showed to him at Mt. Sinai, “And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” (Exodus 25:40). So Moses built the tabernacle according to the pattern God showed him at Mt. Sinai. The Tabernacle is a place where the people of Israel atoned for their sins. The Tabernacle is a detailed structure that foretells the salvation of the gospel of the water and the Spirit, there are many things to say concerning this Tabernacle. From its gate, utensils, etc. all speak about the gospel of the water and the Spirit. For instance, the gate of the tabernacle court is made of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine woven linen. The blue yarn signifies the baptism of Jesus Christ, the purple yarn shows that Jesus Christ is King of kings and God Himself, the scarlet yarn signifies His bloodshed on the Cross, and the fine woven linen, on the other hand, signifies the interconnectivity between the Old Testament and the New Testament, it means that both Old Testament and New Testament are closely related. They both speak about the gospel of the water and the Spirit.

The Tabernacle is the place where Israelites offer their sins offering to God. God commanded them to bring clean animals when they commit sin and break His commandments. The clean animals include lamb, goat, ram, etc. “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:‘When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the livestock — of the herd and of the flock. ‘If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD. Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. He shall kill the bull before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.” (Leviticus 1–6)

Israelites must offer animals without blemish, it must be among the animals God has declared to be clean and they must offer it of their own volition. Before killing the animals and sprinkling the blood they must first lay their hands on the head of the animals to pass their sins on the head of animals. Leviticus 16:21–22 says “Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.”

This laying on of hands is a method through which the sins of Israelites were transferred to the head of the sacrificial animals. This is the law of God, God cannot accept any sin offering unless hands were first laid on it before it was killed. God instituted daily offerings for the individual of the Israelites and later gave them the yearly sacrifice for the entire Israelites to be carried out by the High Priest on the tenth of the seventh month. The High Priest represented the people of Israel and laid his hands on the head of the scapegoat and passed all the yearly sins of the Israelites on the goat. This is what is written in the Bible.

So when John the Baptist referred to Jesus as the Lamb of God, he meant he has passed the sins of the world onto Jesus when he baptized Him in the Jordan River. John the Baptist laid his hands on the head of Jesus and all the sins of the world were passed onto His head. That is the reason John could bear witness the next day after baptizing Jesus saying “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Jesus was not baptized to set an example or show His humility but to fulfill all righteousness. All righteousness means that God who is just, demonstrated His justice by passing all our sins to Jesus Christ through the baptism He received from John the Baptist. It means that God has fulfilled the very righteousness that the law could not achieve by passing all our sins: past, present, and future sins to the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.
Before He was baptized He said to John the Baptist “But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.” (Matthew 3:15). Here “for thus” means “in this way”, “the most appropriate way”, “there is no other way but this”. This means there is no other way Jesus could accept the sins of the world except through His baptism. After His baptism, He carried the sins to the Cross and was nailed to it to pay the price of those sins. He couldn’t have died without first taking upon Himself all our sins by His baptism. Such death would have been lawlessness, it wouldn’t have anything to do with our salvation. It will be akin to an Israelite in the Old Testament killing and sprinkling the blood of the sacrificial animal without first laying his hands on its head. God who is just cannot accept such an offering.

The gospel of the water and the Spirit is the only truth that saves human beings from all their sins once and for all. Many Christians have believed only in the blood of Jesus on the Cross, but they are actually practicing lawlessness before God. And they cannot receive the remission of sins in their heart. As such their sins always remain intact in their heart. For all our heart’s sins to be blotted out, we must believe in both the baptism of Jesus Christ and His blood on the Cross. He was baptized to receive our sins, was crucified on the Cross for the punishment of our sins, He rose again from the dead on the third day to give us eternal life. He is now sitting at the right hand of the throne of God the Father, He will also return to judge sinners who failed to believe in this gospel of the water and the Spirit and cast them to the eternal fire of hell. For the believers, He will welcome them in His kingdom to enjoy glory with Him forever.

Further readings:

1. HAVE YOU TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE WATER? By Paul C. Jong
2. The TABERNACLE: A Detailed Portrait of Jesus Christ ( I ) & ( II ). By Paul C. Jong

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Religion / Re: Believe In The Gospel Of The Water And The Spirit To Avoid This Scary Story by Thegospelman(m): 11:01am On Jun 25, 2023
We must all believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit to be able to see and enter the kingdom of God.
Religion / Believe In The Gospel Of The Water And The Spirit To Avoid This Scary Story by Thegospelman(m): 5:22pm On Jun 24, 2023
As such, we must always trust in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, and we must spread this gospel in our lives. Let me tell you a scary story here; I heard this story from one of our sisters. There was a married couple living in a high-rise apartment building—let’s say that it had 300 floors. One day, the elevators at the apartment building broke down, and so this couple had to take the stairs all the way to the 300th floor. So they decided to climb up the stairway, promising each other to take turns to tell various stories, some funny, some sad, and some scary, until they reached the 300th floor. In this way, as they shared interesting stories, they didn’t feel that it was so hard to climb up that high. Eventually, they reached the 299th floor. The husband then said to his wife, “Honey, would you like to listen to a really scary story?” So the wife said, “Sure, why not; go ahead.” Her husband then said to her, “I’ll tell you the scariest story in the world. I actually left the key at the guardroom on the first floor!” Can’t you feel goose bumps all over your body?

Like this, if you and I lead our lives of faith without knowing the gospel of the water and the Spirit despite having believed in Jesus all our lives, and we are still convinced that we ourselves would still go to the Kingdom of Heaven, then we will find out at our last breath that we actually can’t go to where the Lord is, all because of the sins that still remain in our hearts. This will be the scariest thing ever to happen to us. All this time, you have believed in Jesus with the hope of entering Heaven one day, but if you find out at your deathbed that you can’t go to Heaven because you don’t have the key to Heaven, which is faith in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, then just how devastated would you be? Aren’t you terrified of this prospect?

If we really believe in Jesus as our Savior, and if we really believe that we have been remitted from our sins by our faith in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, then all of us will surely enter Heaven. However, many people do not know the gospel of the water and the Spirit, and therefore their sins remain intact in their hearts. Since such people are not God’s children, they cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That is why many Christians professing to believe in only Jesus will bear the most terrifying punishment by paying the wages of sin from God, all because they are ignorant of the gospel of the water and the Spirit. However, for those of us who have now received the remission of sin by believing in the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit with all of the heart, there is nothing to worry about for our salvation is assured even unto our deathbed. By believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, we have already received eternal life from God as well as the washing away of our sins, and we have also been moved from death to life to never reach (John 5:24).

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Programming / Re: How Can I Set Up Or Run My Python IDE On VS Code On Windows 8 by Thegospelman(m): 11:55pm On Apr 28, 2019
Learning to use command line programming can be very effective and rewarding. I would advise you to dual-install Ubuntu with your Windows 8. You can now understand the power of Command Line programming with Genome terminal. But when you are working on larger projects there is need to turn to IDE.
If you insist on using Windows. It would be better if you switch to Wingware IDLE 1.0.1. It's an intelligent python IDE that supports auto corrections and has its own powerful console. Windows itself has a poor console.
Just Google python WingIDLE and download it to your system, during installation it will prompt you to allow the IDE setup python path, just check the option and proceed to installation.
I have Wing IDE on both my Windows 8 and Ubuntu. I also have VS Code but it has some bugs. It seems that Microsoft focuses on their dotnet programming languages like C#. When it comes to other programming languages, VS code is full of bugs.
Several times I have tried to compile and run java codes using VS code , but it's producing errors.
Religion / Re: Which Religious Denomination Preaches And Teaches The Bible Truths? by Thegospelman(m): 2:55pm On Feb 03, 2019
wallace1:
Please on a serious note,which religious denomination ACTUALLY preaches and teaches Bible truths? I really want to be a member of such a religious organisation.I REALLY WANT TO BE TAUGHT BIBLE TRUTHS. Please help me with SINCERE answer.
"Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father."(John 4:21)
That is the message you need to inculcate into your heart, no denomination can save man. We are saved by the living Word of God. Every denomination will claim that theirs is the true teaching and gospel. So to answer your question: any denomination or teaching that doesn't fulfill the purpose of the coming of Christ, which is to wipe away sins from the heart of every man on earth is false. Have you heard of the gospel of the water and the Spirit? That's the original gospel the apostles and the early church preached. To know about the gospel click on the link below to view and download the book on the beautiful of the water and the Spirit as Jesus explained to Nicodemus in (John 3:5)"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of the water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God"
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Religion / Re: How Do I Stop Watching Porn by Thegospelman(m): 2:37pm On Feb 03, 2019
Wyrax:
Please help. I love God but I am in a scourge of addiction to porn. Ever since my 100 level days.



I feel far away from God. But I have tried all I can to stop watching but I still go back. Please help
I am a Christian I can speak in tongue but I am addicted to watching porn and mastubating.

What can I do before I destroy my eternal life please help
This book will provide some answers to your questions and give your heart a relief, click on the link below to view and download. If you need further assistance don't hesitate to let me know, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8wCbx7jt6ZJMTZNemJESWx1QlU/view
Religion / Re: Do You Know When The Time Of Rapture Is? by Thegospelman(m): 8:05am On Jan 06, 2019
paxonel:
There is nothing like rapture is the bible, you christians must get sense this year.

All what you are read in revelation are figurative languages and hyperboles which have occured during the days of John who wrote those things ,you dont need any of those things today.

You had better think of how to live your life better today and stop the childish rapture fictious doctrine
What if there's rapture? What excuse would you give to God if you were abandoned by the Lord on that Day. Therefore, your condemnation is just.

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