Have you been in peace? Sometime ago, more than 10 years ago, I, too, belonged to the world. I was head over heels with all the affairs which this world could give me. I indulged myself with the filth and spills of a hopeless life. But thanks be unto the Almighty God. Ah! Him alone—through meeting Jesus with His gospel word of the water and the Spirit—my soul became refreshed and life out of a blue became worth living serving His majesty, preaching the gospel of the water and the Spirit and spreading the good news in accordance with the Great Commission to every nook and cranny of the world.

♪I have been redeemed. ♫You have been redeemed. ♪We have all been redeemed.

Whether or not my flesh is perishing in this world, but so long as the inward man gets renewed I praise and revere but, for the only way out, Jesus` shouldering of the sins of the world through His baptism by John the Baptist as well as His bloodshed on the Cross in our stead. As it is written, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). This good news, which is "euaggelion" in Greek, is the fulfillment of the promised word prophesied in the Scriptures. I give my real thanks to God who has enabled and made me to live an upright and virtuous life. Glory be to the Highest.

In spite of our small work to believe, have faith and trust only in God Almighty, we at times find it lonely. But what is there to feel lonely about when there are just too many righteous people of God out there with whom we can work together? For the righteous abhors to be with sinners. God`s church is the place I like to work and it is with the people of God I like to live. Like in the parable of the dragnet cast into the sea (Matthew 13:47-50) all types of fish, both good and bad ones, were caught. Put differently, the church has both the righteous people of God and the evil ones. But in the end the latter are burned in the furnace of fire even so may the Lord God catch us the bad ones, those foxes who come into the vineyard that is the church to destroy it (Song of Solomon 2:15). While the former are to live enjoying the splendor and glory to come in the eternal world of the Kingdom of God. We the righteous do not find it lonely without working together with the sinners for there are so many righteous people with whom we can work together. The people I like to live with are with the righteous people of God. And the place I like to work is God`s church. Those born again of the beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit hate it to be with the sinners, in reality, they come across with each other due to their newly found faith in Jesus` water baptism and bloodshed. The true joy is only in Christ. The true work is also only in the Lord. That is where all satisfaction is. "So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:6). I acknowledge our Lord in and out of turbulent times, in and out of seasons and hard times. My heart`s earnest desire and hope for you is to believe and become born again of the gospel of water and the Spirit—the power of God`s righteousness unto salvation that washes away all our sins. That is where the true faith begins and grows.

It may look like from my standpoint I am putting my health to ruins as I carry on with the gospel-preaching ministry enduring first-degree burns ensue and affecting the left side of my limbs. Presupposing we met a few days ago, I wasn`t in an all round good shape because I was caught up in a run-of-the-mill kitchen fire incident where hot cooking oil spilled and burnt my wrist and knee so I am just recovering from first-degree burns. And recovering from the heated oil burning accident I am treating the scars whether they can disappear. Because water is water whether it`s sewage water or tap water I immediately followed the advice of a home remedy over a pharmaceutical therapy with the burnt skin I sustained. I bruised my cheek and the inflammable frying pan containing the hot cooking oil poured on my left wrist and thigh. It was a minor accident leaving my body decrepit and scarred. Nevertheless I made it clear without hesitation that the young girl who provoked the fire to which I ran to extinguish wasn`t entirely responsible for the structural damage to me. And looking behind at the few dollars handy at the time of this fire incident it would dwindle and probably end up in a pot belly among these people whom I wanted to be among the citizens of Heaven through the Lord`s righteous work. Even so, "There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty" (Proverbs 11:24). As I got a bit calmer I checked on my physical damage and it was irreparable. Being a resilient man I won`t go before you when I check if it was this fire incident that will take my last breath. Like so, I have had a near-death experience and even tried once to commit suicide before I was saved and knew the name of Jesus.

Eventually we are all studying to grasp His Word. Let`s go on! Do you understand? Even though the flesh serves only the flesh as well as its ego you can repent from your heart and not the flesh, for the only need it has is for it to be tamed instead to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit as a born again saint of the beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit. You should not be intimidated by these shortcomings. Certainly not! I am so weak bearing iniquities with my eyes closed and dreaming. Before I even cross-question I would have acted out, "Huh? There`s this cigarette stick, let me use my light and have a whiff before I get back to the Bible studies." That is, every now and then, battling restlessly, back and forth between the carnal and fleshy desires of the body against those of the Spirit–and vice versa–warring against my members and instruments. Even so, I finally stopped smoking after lighting up on and off for more than 10 years. I am human too with so many shortcomings and weaknesses but because of the fact that I am rooted through my faith and believe in the sheepfold ministries of Jesus Christ as the very foundation in my heart there is actually no sin. To the Pharisaic Christians with a sinful heart let go of spiritual narcissism and appeal to be born again of the gospel of water and the Spirit once off and let the Holy Spirit abide in your heart. I am a righteous servant of the Highest. No no no, I do not turn my back from His calling into nuisance, emptiness and void of this world. Hebrews 10:39 states, "But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul." It is not a tragedy that we who died in sin now are alive and enter the everlasting Kingdom that God has prepared for us. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! We are in darkness, for we are darkness. Just as the moon cannot give light to the earth without receiving sunlight, we are darkness without Jesus` righteous act of His baptism and shedding of all His blood on the Cross in our place.

No matter how vulgar, tempting, oblivious liars and degraded we are in this world; whether this is to lead us into filthiness and the corruption in this desolate world, with God`s righteousness God predestined us all in Christ and has called those whom He already knew, justified those whom He called, and glorified those whom He justified once and for all. Even if I remember, "My flesh is like a garbage can" we thank God through Jesus Christ for overcoming such, for therein lies the gospel of the water and the Spirit is the Lord`s righteousness and His love. When the Bible talks often about love it means "the love of the truth" (2 Thessalonians 2:10). Thanks be to God for having someone like you to listen to the words of God`s gospel for bestowed Grace and Mercy. With mankind we get too many unanswered questions, however through meeting the gospel God talks about the water and the Spirit it is like having a piece of jumbled up puzzle being matched and resolved. Our every endeavor and our sole reason for our existence now becomes geared toward sharing the gospel word to every soul and for the Lord to be the only One to receive the glory. May His divine providence take us along. ✉️