Praise the Lord! It is such a joy to meet you once again through this episode.
In the last episode we saw about God, what God expects from us and about the laws given for the spiritual life.
First thing was, ëthere is no condemnation for whoever that would walk in the spirití;
second thing is, ëa spiritual man in Jesus is free from law of sin and law of deathí.
These things we saw in the last episode.
Today, we are going to see about brotherly love.
This is because in several places in the Bible, God stresses much on the importance of brotherly love and asks us to follow that.
We will see many verses on what God is going to tell us about this.
Why God wants us to have brotherly love in our heart?
We will see about this on a broader view as well as on the basis of the Bible.
Read Hebrews 13:1: ëLet brotherly love continueí.
Romans 12:10 says, ëBe kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one anotherí
Praise the Lord.
Let us see one more verse and meditate on this.
I Peter 3:8, ëFinally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteousî.
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
This is what the Bible says to all ñ no matter which religion they belong to or which book they may follow.
Why do I say like this?
While speaking of love, the Bible says that we should have brotherly love towards one another.
Brotherly love is a very important thing.
Why do I say this? God has given the first Commandment as ëyou shall love the LORD your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strengthí. This is the first commandment.
Second commandment given by Him is ëLove your neighbour as yourselfí.
Why God has said so?
Why God is asking me to love a brother or a stranger or a foreigner as myself? Think wellÖ
The Bible says that we are the children of God.
When God created man, He created him as Adam and Eve and through them we are living as their descendants.
When God is the head of a family, would He like it if there is strife between the eldest son and the youngest one?
Would a father like this? Take your own family for example.
Would you like it if your two sons or daughters fight with each other? Never.
The reason, when it is a family, everybody should live in unity.
So, the Lord asks me to be in brotherly love for this first reason
ñ I may think, ìI went to church; that brother played the piano and I played the guitar.
My scale did not synchronize with his and so I had to quarrel with himí. I may think like that.
But when seen in a broad view, we are living as a family in God and in that case,
our father in heaven would be watching us sadly with the thought,
ëMy son is playing the piano, my another son is playing the guitar.
But both my sons are playing these instruments only to show off their talents, without any love between themÖî
This is the truth.
How long are we going to live in this world?
The Lord Jesus Christ is coming.
This is the happiest news for those who have accepted God and not for anybody else.
The message that King Jesus is going to come is a happy one only for those who live according to the Bible and who have accepted God.
This is because, He is going to rule and this is the truth.
He is going to give judgment. He is going to come.
He is just waiting for us as to when we would become right with Him.
He is giving us a second chance.
Jesus too loves us with a brotherly love or as a friend.
When the Bible says ëbrotherly loveí there is a genuine love in that.
When seen in a broad view, or a satellite view, or an Arial view, God sees everyone as sons and daughters.
When you fight with others or are angry with others, what is the difference between you and Cain and Abel?
Just think.
If you read the Bible, in Genesis 4:9, the Lord says to Cain, ë"Where is Abel your brother?"
He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
The Lord asks Cain, ìHey, whereís Abel? Where did he go?í
Didnít He know where Abel was or is the Lord blind or was it hidden in the presence of God? No.
Cain was responsible and God asks him, ëWhat happened to Abel?í and he says ëAm I keeper of Abel?í Just think.
What is the difference between you and that Cain?
The only difference is that Cain was Adamís first son and you are the descendant of Adam. Thatís all!
Otherwise, there is absolutely no difference between him and your life because just as how he hated his brother, you too do that.
We hate others in the church, among the relatives;
we first hate our own sister, brother and relatives.
Next we see this in churches.
We would have interacted with others in the church using the term brothers and sisters
but we hate that brother, that church or the brother who runs the church.
We are living as a wicked person, without knowing this basic thing.
I wonít call them Christians. I would never say they are Christians because a Christian is the one, who follows Jesus.
Yes, the one who follows Christ alone is a Christian. Thatís it.
Jesus never says in the Bible, ëQuarrel with your brotherí.
If you live like Cain and Abel, you alone are the reason for that.
Next thing is, when you live like that, you would live a life of not bearing the fruits and without fear of God.
God says, ëWhen you begin to pray to the Lord, our heavenly Father, saying ëThank you so much Lordí and so on,
if you have bitterness or grudge against your brother, first ask his forgivenessí.
You can pray to God only after forgiving him and forgetting his sin.
What presumptuous sin we have when we pray in the congregation after audaciously doing all wrong things
like hating our own brother in the family or in the church or in the fellowship,
denying him of his property or a share in the property, plotting against him, and cheating him!
This prayer is an abomination in the presence of God. It is filth before Him.
The Bible says that only the prayer of a righteous man would reach the presence of God.
The prayer of an unrighteous would reach the lusty ears of the devil and it would pave ways for the devil to again enter into your life.
This is what happens.
God is not someone who says ëAmení to everything that you say.
He wonít accept it just like that, saying, ìOh, My son has said thisî.
First of all how could you be called His son if this is your state?
The Bible clearly says that He, who is in Jesus alone would be a fruit bearing tree.
Jesus says ìI am the vine; you are the branch in Me. The branch that abides in Me would bear fruití.
As a parable the Lord has clearly said that he, who is in Jesus alone would bear a fruit.
In another place the Bible says, ëwhoever does not yield fruits, let him also grow; finally, they will be cut off wholly and thrown in hellí.
If you visit villages or any area where agriculture is done, you would see weeds and grass growing along with crops.
But the master would say, ëLet us wait. If we now try to remove the weed that is growing near the crop, my crop would be affected.
So put manure for both and water them. Take good care of both.
Tomorrow when you harvest the whole lot, let everything be harvested.
Remove all the chaffs that do not have the grain or fruit and collect them and throw them in hell. Burn them in hell fireí.
Why? The Lord clearly says today if you donít love your brother or sister or are creating problems for brothers or sisters in the church,
you can of course clearly show as if you are living a holy life in this worldí
but when you die tomorrow, you yourself go and see whether you reach heaven or hell.
This is the truth.
Today this has to be spoken. Tell whether you are like Cain or Jesus.
If you are a Christian you have to follow Christ; if you are Cainaine, you have to follow Cain. There is no other option.
If we do not learn this, we would have every opportunity to go to hell
and our life too would be like the tree that does not yield fruits and like the chaff that would be thrown in fire.
You have to think about this.
The God of righteousness, will not take anyone to heaven just like that by adjusting here and there.
He is the God of righteousness.
Only those who believe His son, who become like His Son and who follow the righteousness of the Son with concern,
without despising it, would enter in to the Kingdom of God.
If you read the Bible, in Leviticus 19:17 the Lord says, ë'You shall not hate your brother in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of himí.
Next let me read the verse in I John 3:15, ëWhoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life present in himí.
ëPresent in Himí!
Praise the Lord!
Every truth in the Bible could be understood by us only when we see them in the realm of spiritual life.
In I John 3:15 it is said, ëwhen a person hates his brother, he becomes a murdererí.
According to the world, a person is called a murderer when he stabs a man and kills him.
But how does the Lord say? Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer.
In that case, does the Lord say a lie? Is our God a God of lies?
This verse does not seem to be logical and contradicts the world and hence is it not the word of God?
It is not so.
Thatís why I again tell you, when you read Leviticus 19:17, it says ëYou must not hate your brother in your heartí .
ëIn your heartí means ëin your spirití.
When it comes to the spirit, automatically your spirit will be active in the spiritual life.
What does this mean? In the world, we may sometimes curse a person saying, ìGet lost.. youíll never be goodí.
Actually what happens here? It means that you have killed him in the spiritual life.
The Bible says, ëAnd you know that no murderer has eternal life present in himí.
If you read this well, God has said that everyone who hates his brother is a murderer.
Ok. In the flesh you can become a murderer only when you kill someone. What does it mean?
This is something that happens in the spirit ñ that which happens in the spiritual life. What happens then?
ëAnd you know that no murderer has eternal life. What does this mean?
The murder has taken place in the spiritual life.
In that case if someone commits a murder in the spiritual life, he will not have eternal life.
Thus God has shown here that you are a murderer.
Today what are you going to do about it?
Never mind your body! You may not be a murderer in this world.
Actually God does not care about it.
About this the Lord has been stressing from the Old Testament using the term ëredemptioní and ëredemptioní thus ending the flesh.
It is in the New Testament God reveals everything to us - Who we are, who we really are, and His secrets .
Today, think whether you are a murderer or not.
According to this verse, murder is not killing someone with a knife.
If you are a murderer by hating your brother in the heart, by abusing him in the heart,
by making him your slave, by doing injustice to him, the Bible says that ëAnd you know that no murderer has eternal life present in Himí.
Praise the Lord.
In the Bible it is said Jesus is the eternal life. He is the eternal life.
In that case, if I donít have Jesus in me or the eternal life in me, what is the punishment given for a murderer?
It is, going to hell.
Then I will get this punishment in a superb way, so happily!
Today you may be a great elder or a pastor or an apostle or a person who knows the full truth or you may run a Bible college. Let it be.
But if you hate your brother, you are a murderer and if so, you have no eternal life in you.
If you hate your brother, you have become a murderer in the spiritual life.
If so, there is no eternal life in you.
We should think about this.
Thatís why God says, ëLove; love one another. Love your neighbour; show true loveí.
Proverbs 17:17 says, ìA friend love at all timesî. A friend loves at all times. A brother is born for difficult timesí.
A brother loves even at the most difficult time.
Proverbs 18:24 says, ëA man with many friends can still be ruined. But a true friend sticks closer than a friendí.
Holding on to this verse, if we read the previous verse in I john 3:15, everyone, who hates his brother is a murderer.
How does this happen in the spiritual life?
When you hate your brother or abuse him or do injustice to him the devil takes legal rights in your life.
Donít think he is good and is silent. ëI did unjust things and God punished me; I did this and thatÖí
It is never like that.
What actually happens is that this is his kingdom
The Bible says that the ruler of this world is the devil and as this ruler,
the moment you do unrighteousness, he takes the words or curse you uttered against someone
or the injustice which you did against him as his legal rights and causes accident in that personís life.
He would send a spirit saying, ìOk, he has used this word legally against that person; so let us go and spoil that personís lifeí
Thus saying he will do it legally.
Thatís why the Lord says ìYou donít know anything man! You donít know about the spiritual world; about the spiritual life.
You donít know how the devil makes plansí. So to keep us safe, God says, ìTrust me, love your neighbour;
trust me; love Me with all your heart and with all your soulÖí
Thus saying God makes us to go ahead by focusing on Him.
Actually because of whatever we do, there is a great drift happening in the spiritual world ñ a great change.
So, the more you stand before God in prayer, the more transformation would be there.
A church that prays never gets demolished.
Any other thing which has no prayer would develop cracks and would become worse like a harlotís tent, even if it had been a palace.
Today you have to understand this well.
We may say that we know everything. And that God would save us.
But doing injustice and offense and refusing to give share in the property for your brother or sister and cheating him/her
ñ first this may be a brother in your own family.
Next, doing injustice and criticizing the ministry or church of your brother or a believer in your church
whom you call as brother ñ whoever are so, all of you by default are murderers who are heading to hell.
There is no need for the world or the Indian government or any government where you live to call you a murderer.
But in the presence of God, every such person is a murderer and murderess.
What connection do the murderers and murderess have with heaven?
The Bible clearly says ëWhat can murderer do in heaven?í. Nothing.
Everybody has to die. Thatís why the Lord tells, ëRepentí. Repent. Please understand this.
In 2017, all those who do not live a holy life in God ñ whatever be the church or whoever the people are ñ
all the ministries would fall down in ruins. Churches would fall. Just think.
Can we think that they are falling because of my prophecy?
Even when it falls down, the devil would say, ëthat church has fallení. Godís church has fallen. This is the truth.
If I had prayed for my brother and had lovingly advised him to mend his wrongs, and shared with him the word of the Bible,
he would have been saved and his church would also have been saved.
It is not our purpose to demolish Godís church.
But any church that does not obey God would meet that end.
When there is no God, there is no grace.
And when there is no Jesus, actually there is nothing.
If Jesus is not there in a church or in someoneís life or in a ministry, everything would head towards destruction - To destruction only.
Proverbs 18:24 says, ëA man with many friends can still be ruined; but a true friend sticks closer than a brotherí.
If we have many friends, we would not go in a good path.
Plenty of friends make us jolly, happy and we may go astray. I donít say that this is wrong.
But this is what happens when we have plenty of friends.
You may take it in random or as probability that when a man has many friends,
he would have many problems because he wouldnít get a proper guidance.
The Lord says, ëone true friendí He compares this good friend to the one who sticks closer than a brother.
A good friend would be closer than two brothers.
The Bible says that King Jesus is a good friend.
Think! Jesus has said that I am a good friend. He loves me as a brother.
Will He hate me? No. So when I live like Jesus, I call my brother as my good friend. I love him.
Will I then hate him? No I wouldnít hate him.
If I hate him, what do I become? I become the devilís.
What is the connection between the devilís man and heaven?
Psalm 133:1 says, ëlook how good and how pleasant is when brothers live together in unityí.
Praise the Lord. What a joy! How happy is this! When? When the brothers live together in unity!
Today we need to understand one thing clearly. My brother or the person whom I call as brother in my church
or a servant of God whom I call as brother or the brothers or sisters in Christ in the world, who are His servants
- about him if I openly declare through the mike, ëOh, he is doing wrong; he is a false prophetí, what spirit do I have in me?
It means that I donít have love. There is no Jesus in me.
What if I speak over the mike or in the heart ñ when I thus hate my brother I become a murderer.
I am a murderer who hates a minister of God or a ministry.
In that case those who speak over the mike arenít they murderers?
Everybody is a murderer. They or he has nothing to do with the kingdom of God.
There is nothing common between them and the people who enter the kingdom of God. There is no connection between him and God.
Understand this. Let us live in love. Let us establish love. There is nothing without love.
In which love? In brotherly love.
If he commits some wrong you should go and make him realize it.
Take two or three people with you as witnesses and tell him of his wrong. Tell him directly and not to others.
If I do something wrong, you should phone or mail to me saying ëBrother you are doing wrong. You shouldnít do thisí.
If I do a wrong you should help me come to Jesus by convicting me of it and making me repent for it.
Will I be alright if you take the mike and talk against me?
When you do that you are a murderer and murderess who has no eternal life. This is the truth.
The murderer has no eternal life in him. Let us pray.
ìThank you loving Lord, Father, we thank you for this time.
Lord we have meditated on your word, have learnt your word and have realized the importance of brotherly love.
Loving Lord, forgive all my sins of being without brotherly love, doing injustice to my own brother/sister in my own family
and betraying him/her out of greediness for property and failing to give him that which he needs.
Please forgive O, King. Father I lack brotherly love. Change my life O King.
Let my haughtiness and hard heart be changed.
Whether in church or in ministry or in the world, when I call others as brothers and sisters in Jesus,
let me not hate him/her but give me the heart to bring him to Jesus.
I have committed lot of murders. We have murdered O Father. When we see your word, we have become murderers by hating our brothers.
Forgive us O King. Forgive us. Please forgive us.
Help us to live without doing such sins as failing to give share in the property to my brother.
Let Your word day by day change us to draw closer to You Lord. Thank you for doing that.
All praise, honour and glory O, Lord we give to Your name loving Lord.
Bless all the people who heard this Lord. Change their lives. Give them joy peace and Godís love.
Let them grow in brotherly love in their family and in ministry. Thank you for doing that.
In Jesusí name we pray O Father. Amen!
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
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