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- Characteristics of the Philadelphia Movement (continued)4) Further are we distinguished from our opponents by the fact that we accept the whole Bible as our guideline of faith, while they throw whole chapters overboard. Therefore we acknowledge in...
- The main distinctive characteristics of the Philadelphia-Movement (by Christian Roeckle) 1) The first and most important characteristic of the Philadelphia-Christians is, that they do not consider themselves already prepared for the rapture, but...
- AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES...TO THE END OF THE WORLDLet me clarify my position. As a witness of Jesus Christ I have no unhealthy inerest in controversies or disputes over words (1.Tim. 6.4) but just want to bear witness to the truth, as the Lord...
- SINLESS PERFECTION ?Does it exist? Yes, it does, in Christ Jesus; for in Him there is no sin and God is light and there is no darkness in Him and IF we walk in the light, as He is in the light,...the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from ALL...
- DIFFERENT KINDS OF UNITY First of all it must be established that there are four different kinds of unity. a) The satanic unity, as Satan brings about under the antichristian rule, as it is written (Rev. 17.13): "They have one purpose and will give...
- HOW CAN THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH BE ACCOMPLISHED ?We must give this answer: it will be brought about first and foremost by Him who established it in the first place; for the Word says: "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion...
- THE NEW TEMPLE OF THE CHURCH (excerpt by Christian Roeckle)It can be proven from the Scripture that the individual Christian as well as the church actually consist of three parts. We can see this also in man who is created in the image of God - The...
- GOD IN THE DESERT Before the Lord can lead us into the Promised Land (Hebrew 3 and 4), where we can enjoy the manifold blessings of our inheritance, our faith must be tested in the desert. There we must learn to become independent of our senses and...
- TRUE FAITH is the substance of things we hope for and certainty of things we do not see. (Hebrew 11.1)Mark 11.22 can be literally translated: "Have the faith of God". True, divine faith is not based on anything we can perceive with our senses. No,...
- THE PERFECT SURRENDER AND CONSECRATION TO GOD Part two" I counsel you to buy gold from me refined by fire, so that you can become rich." (Rev.3.18) The innermost surrender happens between your soul and God, when you in hidden prayer wrestle with...
- THE PERFECT SURRENDER AND CONSECRATION TO GOD The following is an excerpt from Christian Roeckle's writings, but by the grace of God I know this innermost surrender from experience. There is nothing that brings the glory of God into the life of a...
- THE MEANING AND VALUE OF ROMANS SEVEN is the title of a chapter in the book "The normal Christian Life" by the martyr Watchman Nee; I recommend it highly. I found by personal experience that the more I was trying to get sanctified - although I...
- Perfection IN CHRISTAs the Lord gives full approval without any reproach to the church of Philadelphia so He wants to give every individual believer this grace of being perfect in His sight. If we insist, however, to see ourselves in our own view -...
- Salvation by Works? Although we can not earn salvation in any way, we still retain our freedom of choice to keep on obeying the teachings of the Lord ( summed up in" loving each other as He loved us") or to reject them and fall into a lukewarm state...
- Message sent to blueskys:Can a born-again believer lose salvation? One thing is clear for me, however progressed in holiness I may be, whatever I may have experienced of the workings of the Holy Spirit, I can never rest on it. I can only rest on...