Who in the New Testament receives the CROWN OF LIFE, THE CROWN OF AGAPE

LOVE? Only those who OBEY THE LORD. AND DO AS HE COMMANDS THEY
DO. THOSE THAT KEEP HIS SAYINGS AND DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER. Do
not all REGENERATED BELIEVERS OBTAIN A CROWN OF ROYALTY? Do they
not cast those crowns at the feet of Jesus? IT WAS THE QUEEN THAT OBTAINED
GRACE, FAVOR AND A CROWN.

Surely we can see a remarkable parallel here that is worth looking into in depth. The
point being that wherever we look, we FIND GRACE ALWAYS INTERTWINED WITH
SALVATION, WITH SEEING THE LORD, WITH BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF
THE LORD, AND GRACE IS ALWAYS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD. We remind
you once again that the vast majority of so called "Christians" did not AVAIL
THEMSELVES OF THE GRACE OF GOD. They encountered HIS WRATH INSTEAD.
We will find the same sequence in the New Testament. GRACE ONLY APPLIES TO
THOSE WHO ARE OBEDIENT. It is as NARROW as the WAY IS NARROW. If you
fall off the WAY, you are OUTSIDE OF GOD'S GRACE.

In the New Testament, the word for "grace" is "charis" which means GRACIOUSNESS,
FAVOR, GIFT, LIBERALITY. An example of grace is when Christ asked us to give a
dinner for those who could never repay you in any way. It demonstrates AGAPE LOVE,
and it demonstrates TRUE GRACE.

"And said he also to them that bade Him,

WHEN THOU MAKEST A DINNER OR A SUPPER,
CALL NOT THY FRIENDS,
NOR THY BRETHREN, NEITHER THY KINSMAN,
NOR THY RICH NEIGHBORS:
LEST THEY ALSO BID THEE AGAIN, AND A RECOMPENSE
BE MADE THEE.

BUT WHEN THOU MAKEST A FEAST,

CALL THE POOR, THE MAIMED, THE LAME, THE BLIND:

AND THOU SHALT BE BLESSED:

FOR THEY CANNOT RECOMPENSE THEE:
FOR THOU SHALT BE RECOMPENSED AT THE RESSURECTION
OF THE JUST."
Luke 14: 12-14

There is no better illustration of grace than this command of the Lord Jesus. It
demonstrates for us the WORKING AND MEANING OF GRACE. Grace is
UNMERITED FAVOR. It is granted out of the AGAPE LOVE of the HEART. It is
bestowed upon those WHO CANNOT REPAY, WHO ARE BLIND, POOR,
MAIMED AND LAME. How strange we find these words often applied to the real
believer in disparate search of the Lord and His righteousness. How strange that we be
called BLIND AND POOR. What a beautiful parable to illustrate the meaning of GRACE
AND AGAPE LOVE. Behind the grace of God is AGAPE LOVE. It is the agape love
essence that bestows the favor upon those unworthy. The problem with modern man is
that he is so arrogant he thinks he is worthy of salvation. He claims his worth is so
much that Christ came and died just for him. That is in reality the perversion of grace. It
places the value on the object of grace rather than on the GRACE GIVER,
the act of grace, or grace itself. GRACE IS ALWAYS UNMERITED FAVOR.
MANKIND HAS NO MERIT. HIS PRIDE AND ARROGANCE ONLY BETRAY HIM
INTO ETERNAL RUIN. Man attempts to claim a value, and modern Christian theology
attempts to place a high value upon man. God does not. Most of what He does, He does
to protect HIS NAME, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. It is for the sake of mercy, of agape
love, for THE GOOD NAME OF THE LORD, that HE ACTS. Do a word study on the
word SAKE, and you will find it is true. A few examples of this would be I Samuel
23:10; Psalm 23:3; 25:11; 31:3; 79:9; 106:8; Isaiah 43:2; 48:11; and Ezekiel 20:14.

In all of these God acts for HIS NAMES SAKE ALONE. It has nothing to do with the
value of man. It is only when the SOVEREIGNTY AND THE MAJESTY OF THE
LORD IS UNDERSTOOD CAN GRACE HAVE THE IMPACT IT IS SUPPOSED
TO HAVE. We have no value before the Lord. NONE, ZERO. Man attempts to bring
God down to his level, to deal with Him as an equal, or if higher, only by a small degree.
This blindness as to the true nature and position of the Lord negates all fear of the Lord.
When fear of the Lord departs, all sorts of perversions enter in to the gospel of salvation.
Modern theology has been written in an era of NO FEAR OF GOD, IT IS
PRESUMPTUOUS, ARROGANT, IGNORANT, DANGEROUS AND THE
HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY. It comers from a blindness of ones true POSITION
BEFORE GOD. It ends up in eternal ruin.

The entire planet of earth lives because of the grace of God. Every breath you take is
because of the grace of God. If God turned His face away, the universe would instantly
dissolve. It is sustained and nourished only by the agape love of God, and from that
essence flows GRACE. If man has no value, then who does? CHRIST ALONE, GOD
ALONE, THE HOLY SPIRIT ALONE. The act of bringing Christ into the world to
redeem man was the supreme act of GRACE. It was done simply and only because God
AGAPE LOVED US. Grace and agape love cannot be separated, they are essentially
different faces of the same essence. Agape love calls for action, for deed, for works that
DEMONSTRATE IT. GRACE THEN BECOMES GRACIOUS. Christ coming here
and dying is a demonstration of an unfathomable LOVE AND GRACE. IT WAS THE
SUPREME ACT OF GRACIOUSNESS. Christ was God. CHRIST LEFT HIS
POSITION ON THE THRONE FOR US, NOT FOR OUR VALUE, BUT TO
DEMONSTRATE THE VALUE OF HIS LOVE

It is then easy for us to say, SEE THE VALUE WE HAVE IN THE EYES OF THE
LORD. WE MUST BE OF EXTREME VALUE FOR CHRIST TO HAVE DONE THAT.
That is the rational of man, it is not the rational of God. It is not man that has the value,
it is the AGAPE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE GRACE OF GOD THAT HAS THE
VALUE. It acted where THERE WAS NO VALUE, NO ABILITY TO REPAY, NO
ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING IN RETURN. Only when you begin to grasp this
essential fact of grace and agape love can you begin to discern what transpired at the
cross of Christ. The so called "Grace explosion" is in accordance to the final apostasy
away from the real truth. IT PROVES THAT THE MODERN CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
AND PREACHERS DO NOT AT ALL UNDERSTAND GOD, HIS GRACE, OR
AGAPE LOVE. They have lost all fear of the Lord, even though they proclaim Him with
their lips.

It is utter arrogance to "play" with the Word of God as the false prophets play with it.
They parade around and pose as the ONLY EXPERTS ON THE WORD, AND HOW
THE WORD IS INTERPRETED. Their claim to fame is that they have "degrees" and
that they attended divinity schools. THAT MAKES THEM THE EXPERTS. They have
studied Greek and they have studied Hebrew. They KNOW and no one else does. The
atmosphere within the Protestant denominations is no different than that held by the
Roman Catholic hierarchy. It is an ARROGANCE THAT CHRIST HATED AND
CONDEMNED. There is ONLY ONE SCHOOL FOR THE TRUE BELIEVER IN
CHRIST. It is not seminary. It is not in high church office. It is called THE NARROW
WAY. It is called DYING ON THE CROSS WITH CHRIST. It is called the school of
death and finding that out of that death, COMES LIFE. We are commanded by Christ to
walk the gauntlet of the narrow way.

The arrogance of denominational Christianity displays itself because of A REFUSAL TO

WALK THE NARROW WAY.. THEY ARROGANTLY PUFF UP AND SAY GOD
DOES NOT MEAN WHAT HE SAYS. CHRIST DOES NOT MEAN WHAT HE SAYS.
THEY THEN DEVELOP A NEW THEOLOGY TO NEGATE WHAT HE SAID,
CLAIMING CHRIST MEANT TO SAY THIS OR THAT. No, they will not do it, but
they WILL CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS AS THE CHILDREN OF GOD, AND DEMAND
TO BE TREATED AS THE CHILDREN OF GOD.

I have personally spoken to pastors who have told me that they came to Christ in 10
minutes, and that they never did EVER walk the NARROW WAY AS DESCRIBED.
Rather than FACE THE REALITY OF WHAT THAT MEANS, THEY REFUSE IT,
AND GO ON THEIR WAY PROCLAIMING THEMSELVES THAT WHICH
THEY ARE NOT. Their behavior gives them away. Their utter lack of understanding of
what AGAPE LOVE IS BETRAYS THEM.

It is the PERVERSION OF GRACE that lays the groundwork for what Jude speaks of. It
is the concept that GRACE GRANTS FREEDOM OR LICENSE. Grace does no such
thing. Grace FLOWS FROM AGAPE LOVE, and is limited as we have amply proven,
TO THE NARROW WAY. Grace only provided the strait gate and narrow way, as
evidenced by the "many" who had a very maligned definition of what true Biblical grace
is. They thought that grace was grace, and it was ABSOLUTE. In other words, grace
allowed them a freedom.

" For by GRACE ARE YE SAVED

 THROUGH FAITH
AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES;
IT IS THE GIFT OG GOD;
NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST."
Ephesians 2: 8-9

This verse is ripped out of its context by the false prophets who yell and scream that we
are saved by grace, and therefore GRACE IS ABSOLUTE. That is not what this verse is
saying at all. This verse has to be coupled with all of the others to form the DOCTRINE
OF GRACE. We are saved by grace. It was the grace of God that sent Christ into the
world. It was the grace of God that brought with Christ the PLAN OF SALVATION,
THAT IS THE STRAIT GATE AND THE NARROW WAY. All of it was done under
Grace. If there were no Christ, and there were no strait gate or narrow way NO ONE
WOULD EVER BE SAVED. Therefore it is a correct statement to say we are SAVED
BY GRACE, IF WE ENTER THE STRAIT GATE AND IF WE WALK THE NARROW
WAY. GRACE IS CONDITIONAL, IT IS NOT BLANKET, NOR ABSOLUTE. GRACE
IS CONDITIONAL UPON OBEDIENCE.

It is THE GRACE OF GOD THAT IS THE UNDERPINNING OF THE ENTIRE PLAN

OF SALVATION. It is via the grace of God that WE HAVE A PLAN TO BEGIN WITH.
We are saved by GRACE. I ask you, HOW DOES THAT NEGATE THE
REQUIREMENTS OF OBEDIENCE TO THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY?
IT IS THE GRACE OF GOD THAT COMMANDS WE ENTER IT. IT IS THE GRACE
OF CHRIST THAT REQUIRES EXPLICIT OBEDIENCE. The "many" refused to
comply, and they found GRACE TURNED TO WRATH.

As you see from the graphic, GRACE covers the entire program. Thus it is a true
statement that we are SAVED by grace. We are also JUSTIFIED by grace. It is grace
that brought the plan, it is faith that walks the plan, and if we walk it we will become
JUSTIFIED. Therefore it is a true statement that we are justified by GRACE. But is grace
itself SALVATION? Is grace ITSELF justification? NO. Is faith itself SALVATION? Is
faith itself UNION WITH CHRIST? NO!

Now we move to the next part of the remark Paul makes. We are saved THROUGH
FAITH. The word "through" is "dia" and it means CHANNEL OR PASSAGE. Faith is a
DYNAMIC, the ACTIVE FORCE, THE AGENT that enables the believer to walk the
narrow way. There are, as you recall, TWO TYPES OF FAITH, FAITH IN CHRIST,
AND THE FAITH OF CHRIST. We place our faith IN CHRIST for His work on the
cross. That is faith IN the HISTORICAL, VISIBLE CHRIST. It is the same type of faith
that the Jews placed in their OUTER COURT RELIGIOUS RITUALS.

This type of faith has an OBJECT. We simply BELIEVE OR PLACE OUT TRUST IN
THAT OBJECT. That is what modern Christianity does. It places all of it's faith IN
CHRIST. This theology then turns around and claims that THIS FAITH IN CHRIST IS
THE FAITH REQUIRED FOR REGENERATION. It claims that THIS TYPE OF FAITH
IS THE FAITH THAT SAVES. It goes further and claims that the moment a person
BELIEVES OR TRUSTS CHRIST, THAT REGENERATION OCCURS. This is the lie
of the false prophets. FAITH IN CHRIST IS THE FAITH OF CONVERSION. One
would not CONVERT TO CHRIST UNLESS ONE HAD FAITH IN HIM. This type of
faith is a DECISION TYPE OF FAITH. We simply decide to place our trust in THE
OBJECT OF OUR FAITH.

This type of faith is like a faith in YOUR CAR. You must trust your car. It has always run
well. You know it is TRUSTWORTHY. THE CAR IS THE OBJECT. You place your
trust in a friend, who has always come through for you. THE OBJECT OF YOU FAITH
IS YOUR FRIEND. You place your trust in many things in this life. THIS IS ONLY ONE
ASPECT OF FAITH. THERE IS ANOTHER ASPECT, FAR MORE IMPORTANT. We
have proved via a multitude of Scripture that OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMANDS OF
CHRIST, TO "KEEPING HIS SAYINGS" AND DOING THE WILL OF THE FATHER
IS WHAT DIVIDES THE REAL BELIEVER FROM THE FALSE BELIEVER.

THE FAITH OF CHRIST was an OBEDIENT FAITH, a faith that was obedient, even
unto DEATH UPON THE CROSS. THIS TYPE OF FAITH DOES NOT HAVE AN
OBJECT.

BUT AN OBJECTIVE, A GOAL.

IT HAS A MEANING, A DESTINATION, A PURPOSE, A DOING, AND AN END

RESULT, OR THE OBJECTIVE IS IN MIND. The objective for you and I is to obtain
UNION WITH THE LIVING CHRIST, which is wholly different than faith IN Christ.
Christ had a VISION. His mission to earth was to SAVE AS MANY AS WOULD
COME. His passion was TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. To go 80% or 90%
would not do. To go 97% or even 99.99% would not do. The mission was to be fulfilled
100%. THE VISION, THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO ACCOMPLISH REDEMPTION
UNDER KINSMAN REDEEMER LAW. A people without a vision PERISH. The
Christian is suppose to have a VISION, AN OBJECTIVE; IT IS TO FIND "THE
TRUTH" THAT SETS YOU FREE. It is a real and literal UNION with the living Christ.

The first type of faith, FAITH IN, is a STATIC FAITH. The second type of faith, which is
OBEDIENCE is ACTIVE. A DOING FAITH, A FAITH WITH A WORK, WITH AN
OBJECTIVE ALWAYS HELD IN MIND. THERE IS GOING TO BE A FINISH TO
THE WORK. The first type of faith is what causes us to undergo a CONVERSION TO
CHRIST. That is why CONVERSION is not ever regeneration. The vast majority of
Christians rejected by Christ were all CONVERTED. THEY HAD PLACED THEIR
FAITH AND THEIR BELIEF IN CHRIST. There is no question about that. Christ did not
ever contradict them, or deny them on that basis. It was not the point. FAITH IN CHRIST
BY ITSELF DOES NOT SAVE ANYONE, IT IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP IN A
PROCESS.
God will acknowledge ANYONE who places their faith IN Christ. The Holy Spirit will
BAPTIZE THAT BELIEVER INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST. That believer now enters
the SHEEPFOLD. All come in VIA CONVERSION. As you recall, conversion is what
Christ called "SOME OTHER WAY". We are now in the Body of Christ. That is
wonderful, but now we must face a much more serious issue: ARE WE GOING TO BE
OBEDIENT TO CHRIST AND DO AS HE COMMANDED OR NOT? In other words,
we BELIEVE IN CHRIST, WE HAVE FAITH IN CHRIST, but is our FAITH STRONG
ENOUGH TO BECOME OBEDIENT, and to carry out the objective God and Christ
have in mind, which is AGAPE LOVE BESTOWMENT OR REGENERATION? Are we
going to STRIVE TO ENTER THE STRAIT GATE OR NOT? Are we going to WALK
THE NARROW WAY OR NOT? Are we going to turn our FAITH IN CHRIST into an
OBEDIENCE, to reach the OBJECTIVE, THE GOAL, WHICH IS "LIFE"?

Now that we have discovered that Christ is indeed the Messiah, are we going to become
OBEDIENT to His commands? The vast majority of Christians perish because they were
not OBEDIENT. They had the first aspect of faith down cold. They believed, they had
faith, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BECOME OBEDIENT. An example of this would be
this: A strange man comes to your door and knocks. You open the door. "Hello", he says,
"There is a fire in your house, you have five minutes to get out or you will die in the
explosion" You have seen no such fire, nor have you smelled any smoke. You protest. He
grows impatient, " Verily, verily, I say unto you, you now have four minutes to leave your
house or perish." You protest that you see nothing, hear nothing, smell nothing. He pulls
out his badge, and he is the fire Marshall. Because you TRUST AN EXPERT, you now
have a choice. YOU CAN BECOME OBEDIENT AND TAKE YOUR FAITH IN THE
FIRE MARSHALL, AND CONVERT IT INTO THE FAITH OF THE FIRE
MARSHALL. The fire Marshall has an OBJECTIVE. He has a GOAL. His goal is to
save your LIFE. His goal is to wake you up TO YOUR DANGER.

But can the fire Marshall get into your head and force you to come out? No. He could try
to get you out by physical force, but you might resist. You might bop him over the head
and then he would perish too. The job of the fire Marshall is to CONVINCE YOU HE IS
TELLING THE TRUTH. He does not have a lot of time to accomplish it. Your faith IN
the fire Marshall will not save you. You must be CONVINCED to the same point the fire
MARSHALL IS convinced, that your house IS INDEED BURNING, AND YOU
INDEED ARE GOING TO DIE. When that happens, YOU HAVE THE FAITH OF
THE FIRE MARSHALL, AND THE FAITH OF THE MARSHALL INSTILLS IN
YOU THE SAME GOAL HE HAS. IT PROPELS YOU TO ACT, TO LEAVE
YOUR HOUSE. His objective NOW BECOMES YOUR OBJECTIVE.

In other words, you APPROPRIATE FOR YOURSELF, THE SAME CONVICTION

THE FIRE MARSHALL HAS, AND YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE. Sure enough, two
minutes later your house explodes into a million pieces. The faith OF CHRIST is to
appropriate the SAME CONVICTION CHRIST HAS OF YOUR DANGER OF
BURNING IN THE ETERNAL FIRES OF HELL. IT WAS THIS TRUTH, THIS
ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE OF HELLFIRE BEING REAL, AND ETERNAL, THAT
BROUGHT HIM HERE. IT WAS WHAT CAUSED HIM TO DO THE WORK, A
WORK OF PURE LOVE. Only when your FAITH IN CHRIST IS TURNED INTO THE
FAITH OF CHRIST will you pick up your cross and do as He commanded, NOT
BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND IT, BUT BECAUSE HE TOLD YOU TO DO IT,
AND YOU REALLY BELIEVE HIM. People claim they believe all types of things, but
in reality they do not. WHAT A PERSON REALLY BELIEVES WILL GOVERN HIS
ACTIONS.

True faith is not FAITH IN, BUT INSTEAD A COMBINATION OF FAITH IN AND
FAITH OF. Modern Christian theology places all emphasis on the Faith in Christ, and
denies utterly the requirement of having the FAITH OF CHRIST. Now we get back to our
verse study. It says that WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE "THROUGH" FAITH. The
channel. the passage, the MODUS OPERANDI, THE DYNAMIC, THE FORCE that
will PROPEL YOU TO BECOME OBEDIENT IS THE FAITH OF CHRIST. You first of
all DISCOVER CHRIST THE MESSIAH. Secondly, YOU DEVELOP ENOUGH
CONVICTION OR FAITH THAT HE WAS CORRECT THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO
WHAT HE COMMANDS. True Biblical faith is BOTH TYPES OF FAITH
COMBINED. They forge together, they unite, they work as one to enable you to
OVERCOME. You will not move until and unless YOU STIR YOURSELF UP TO
ACTUALLY DO AS COMMANDED.

This is the faith that saves. No other type of faith will save you. We will examine this
more in the next report, which deals in FAITH. So we are saved BY THE GRACE OF
GOD, WHO BROUGHT JESUS CHRIST INTO THE WORLD. Jesus brought with Him
SPECIFIC COMMANDS. His very specific command was that WE STRIVE TO ENTER
THE STRAIT GATE AND WALK THE NARROW WAY. His specific command was
that we are to BEG, CRAVE, STRIVE, LABOR, GIVE DILIGENCE, SEEK AND
SEARCH UNTIL WE FIND THE TRUTH. Now then, we can either START DOING
THAT, WHICH IS THE FAITH OF CHRIST IN ACTION, or we can sit back and say,
"Jesus did not mean that" and we will PERISH FOREVER. The choice is yours. You
have a free will and Christ expects you to use it. Your choice determines your eternal
destination.

Both grace and faith are a gift from God . Every person born into the human race has
FAITH. The question is, WILL THEY EXERCISE IT ENOUGH TO BECOME
OBEDIENT UNTO THE COMMANDS OF CHRIST? The vast majority of Christians
only exercise enough faith to place a TRUST IN CHRIST, but never enough to
BECOME OBEDIENT. Because they are not obedient they never actually even come
close to entering the New Covenant. They die in their trespasses and sins. The entry stood
before them, but they refused it. The false prophets told them that FAITH IN CHRIST
ALONE WAS ALL THEY NEEDED.

The next thing that Paul says is that GRACE AND FAITH OPPOSE WORKS. When you
read works in the Scripture, it is ANY TYPE OF WORK THAT ATTEMPTS TO
"JUSTIFY" ONES POSITION BEFORE GOD. Paul refers to them as WORKS OF THE
LAW, OR WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. For example, in Ephesians Chapter Two,
immediately after saying we are saved by grace and faith, and NOT OF WORKS, he
mentions circumcision (vs. 11), ordinances (vs 15) and clearly is referring to LAW
KEEPING. The same is true in Romans 9:32; 11:6; Galatians 2:16; 3:2,5,10; Ephesians
2:9; 5:11;
II Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 4:10; 6:1 and 9:14. There are many other references to
these types of works. You have to understand the context in which all of this takes place.
The early church was born out of the Jewish faith. It was a "works" oriented religion. It
was based upon law keeping.

All the religions in the world are religions of legalism or some form of law keeping, or
doing good works, thinking right thoughts , etc. By doing these things , we become
GOOD PEOPLE. By doing these things, we prove how righteous we are. We know by
nature that good is preferred over evil. We know that right is better than wrong. Thus the
human race assumes that if we stay on the GOOD AND LOVE AND RIGHT SIDE OF
THE RELATIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS SCALE, WE WILL BE APPROVED OF GOD
AND HE WILL LET US ENTER HEAVEN. All of these attempts are based upon
WORKS. This is what works are. Paul is referring to these attempts to please God or to
find acceptance as works. In his day it was law keeping. Jewish rules, regulations,
ordinances. They are of no effect. They are in fact worthless.

The false prophets within Christianity then attempt to make ANY FORM OF WORKS
OF WHATEVER KIND, INCLUDING MENTAL SEARCHING A WORK. They
oppose the concept of strive, labor, seeking, searching by advancing a false concept of
GRACE AND FAITH. The false prophets attempt to brand the NARROW WAY AS A
FORM OF WORKS. It is not. It is the exact opposite of works. The narrow way is in no
way an attempt to JUSTIFY OURSELVES BEFORE GOD. IT IS THE METHOD GOD
USES TO EXPOSE OUR INNER NATURE, OUR INNER ANTICHRIST SPIRIT TO
US. It is the way of UNMASKING THE EVIL WITHIN. It is in short, THE ONLY
WAY WE HAVE TO AGREE WITH GOD.

The narrow way SHOWS US, REVEALS TO US WHO WE REALLY ARE DEEP
WITHIN. By this method God can then gain THE AGREEMENT OF THE INNER
HEART THAT IT IS LOST, DESTITUTE, DEAD IN SINS. Only by agreement, CAN
TWO WALK TOGETHER. You see, the problem is the INNER HEART, THE CORE
BEING OF YOU AND I. Christ cannot gain entrance to the THRONE ROOM OF THE
GREAT "I AM", until and unless THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BY THE INNER
HEART. In Revelation 3:20 Christ stands at the door and knocks. But it is YOU that
must open the door. Christ will not smash down the door. HE MUST GAIN ADMISSION
BY YOUR FREE WILL. YOU MUST COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM, A REAL LOSS, A REAL DESTITUTION DEEP
WITHIN.

Works, on the other hand, always attempt to JUSTIFY that soul's value before God. It
attempts to place a VALUE ON THE WORKS PERFORMED. Thus, it places GOD IN
DEBT. GOD WILL SAVE ME BECAUSE HE OWES ME IS THE COMMON
REASONING OF MAN. If this were true, then we would not NEED GRACE. Grace is
REQUIRED because man HAS NO VALUE, AND THEREFORE HIS WORKS HAVE
NO VALUE WHATSOEVER. Because man is of no value, and his works are of no value,
then GRACE IS REQUIRED TO SAVE MAN. GRACE COMES FROM GOD. Man
has essentially reversed it, and now offers GRACE TO GOD. He who sits in the heavens
shall laugh, and vex them in His sore displeasure.

Mankind refuses the grace and the offense of the cross because IT IS OF PURE
GRACE. That offends mankind, because PURE GRACE PROVES THE
WORTHLESSNESS OF MAN, IT NEGATES ALL ATTEMPTS BY MAN TO JUSTIFY
HIMSELF BEFORE GOD. GRACE UTTERLY DESTROYS ALL WORLD
RELIGIONS. Because man will not face the REPROOF OF WHAT PURE GRACE
MEANS, they deny, BOTH CHRIST AND GOD. This is why all religions, including
modern Christianity are WORK RELIGIONS. As long as man can cling to any form of
JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER, he can retain PRIDE. He can hold his head up. Grace
denies ALL WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. They are forever and totally EXCLUDED,
either we have GRACE AND NO MORE WORKS, OR WE HAVE WORKS AND NO
MORE GRACE.

"Even so then at this present time also THERE IS A REMNANT

ACCORDING TO THE ELECTION BY GRACE

And IF BY GRACE, THEN IT IS NO MORE OF WORKS:

OTHERWISE GRACE IS NO MORE GRACE.

BUT IF IT BE OF WORKS, THEN IT IS NO MORE GRACE;

OTHERWISE WORK IS NO MORE WORK."
Romans 11:5-6

There is a REMNANT (THE FEW) that are saved by the ELECTION OF GRACE. By
sending Christ into the world, THE VERY ACT ITSELF PREDESTINATES SOME TO
ETERNAL RUIN AND SOME TO ETERNAL LIFE. It is the act itself that
predestinates, not God choosing on an individual basis each fate. By sending Christ into
the world, HE FORCES ALL MEN EVERYWHERE TO MAKE A CHOICE: YEA
OR NAY. It is this CHOICE BEFORE THEM THAT PREDESTINATES THEM. God
for knows ALL who will CHOOSE YEA, AND OBEY, as well as all those who will
REFUSE IT. It is the free will of man that PREDESTINATES THEM TO HELL OR
HEAVEN. The doctrine of FIVE POINT CALVINISM is foolishness. Man may hate
God, but man can STILL EXERCISE HIS WILL AND BECOME OBEDIENT. He
can MAKE A CHOICE TO OBEY REGARDLESS OF HIS FEELINGS. It might
surprise you to know that God counts OBEDIENCE TO HIS COMMANDS as TRUE
FAITH.

God does not say that HE WILL STIR UP man to lay hold of Him. Hundreds of verses of
Scripture prove it is UP TO YOU TO STIR YOURSELF UP . Once accomplished,
REVIVAL BEGINS, and then God uses YOUR WILL, AND HIS POWER TO DRAG
YOU TO CHRIST. That is why all the warnings NOT TO TURN BACK, BUT TO GO
ON, TO CONTINUE. It is UP TO YOU TO CONTINUE. There is a concept within the
faith that says that GOD ALONE does it all, and that all we need to do is "wait" for God
to tell us what to do. We must look at that one closely. If that was indeed the truth, then
we can prove that GOD DID NOT MOVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF HIS OWN
PEOPLE TO SALVATION. If God does it all, and God puts all of this hunger and thirst
within the human soul, and HE MOVES THEM THROUGH BY HIMSELF and they
have essentially NO PART OR NO DECISION IN IT, then God DAMNED MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE. He did so deliberately, because HE DID NOT PUT IT IN THEIR
HEART TO RESPOND.

If God does all of it, the many were damned before they were born, NOT BY ANY
CHOICE OF THEIR OWN, BUT BY GOD HIMSELF, and God supernaturally
blinded them to truth. That really casts a grave shadow over the integrity of God, His own
Word. What kind of God would do that? God gave you HIS WORD. He said it was NOT
HIS WILL THAT ANY PERISH. If it is not His will that any perish, THEN HE WOULD
HAVE TO SUPERNATURALLY PLANT WITHIN THE HUMAN HEART SUCH A
DESIRE THAT THEY COULD NOT RESIST THE SPIRIT. But He does not do that.
He told you to STIR YOURSELF UP. He told you that IF YOU STIR YOURSELF UP,
AND KEEP YOURSELF STIRRED UP, THAT HE WOULD DO HIS PART. The narrow
way is briefly comprehended as this:

YOU STIR YOURSELF UP TO the point of striving, seeking, knocking, laboring and
searching for God with ALL OF YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIND AND STRENGTH. That
is the command of Christ. You cannot take these verses and say that God does it all. YOU
ARE TO DO IT, THAT IS THE COMMAND. Now either you will be OBEDIENT AND
DO IT, or you will be disobedient and "wait on God" to tell you to do it. Why would God
tell you to do something via a supernatural method when you have REJECTED HIS
PLAIN PRINTED COMMAND THAT ANYONE CAN READ? You are already in
rebellion. The command was there. The Bible was there. You elected NOT TO READ IT,
NOT TO HEED IT. That was your free will choice. It you stand before Christ rejected, it
is not His fault, nor God's fault. IT IS YOUR FAULT.

This must be true because the New Covenant is open TO ANY HUMAN SOUL WHO
WILL CHOOSE TO RESPOND TO THE COMMANDS OF CHRIST. That is a
FREE WILL CHOICE THAT YOU CAN MAKE. God does not care one witt if you hate
Him, if you despise Him, or if you cannot stand the thought of Him. You CAN STILL
CHOOSE TO OBEY. You CAN STILL MAKE A CHOICE EVEN AGAINST YOUR
OWN FEELINGS. Many people CHOOSE TO PAY THEIR TAXES. They hate the IRS
with a bitter passion. Many of them would kill an IRS agent if there were no law stopping
them from doing it. IT IS THEIR CHOICE TO OBEY THE LAW OF THE LAND. The
IRS could care less if you think they are a bunch of criminals, commie rats, or whatever
insult you wish to hurl their way. THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT ONE THING; THAT
YOU CHOOSE TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW. It does not matter if you think the
law is UNJUST. It does not matter if you think the law does not have any legal
STANDING. It does not matter what you think, feel or scream about the INCOME TAX.
Likewise God does not care if you think the STRAIT GATE is unfair. He does not care if
you think the NARROW WAY is something you would not enjoy. He does not seek your
agreement to any of it. HE SEEKS ONLY YOUR COMPLIANCE TO THE DEMANDS.
You can choose compliance. You can hate every step of the way of the way and STILL
COMPLY. It is OBEDIENCE THAT BRINGS SALVATION It is not based upon
feelings or emotions. It is not based on works. It is based upon one
thing:COMPLIANCE. It is open to all man. Man can respond or not. If he does not, IS IT
GOD'S FAULT?

Does this negate the ABILITY OF GOD TO CALL ON A SUPERNATURAL BASIS?

No, not at all. It is open to EVERYONE WHO WILL STIR THEMSELVES UP, but God
does have the right to SUPERNATURALLY CALL ANYONE HE CHOOSES.

Paul is a good example of a SUPERNATURAL CALL TO CHRIST. Paul had some

talents that God needed. It is like the military. The officer says, " I need some volunteers,
YOU. YOU AND YOU." You cannot NEGATE the ability of God to call anyone, for HE
most certainly can and does. FOR HIS OWN SAKE, FOR HIS OWN NAME, FOR HIS
OWN PLAN. That does not NEGATE THE OFFER TO ALL OTHERS. The offer is
there in front of you. TO WAIT FOR THE CALL OF GOD VIA A SUPERNATURAL
METHOD IS TO INVITE CERTAIN DESTRUCTION. The many are a good example of
that.

THE CALL OF GOD IS NOT A "WORK." OBEDIENCE IS NOT A "WORK". The

STRAIT GATE IS NOT A "WORK". THE NARROW WAY IS NOT A "WORK". Grace
does not nullify OBEDIENCE that Christ or God commands. The very concept of
GRACE DEMANDS IT. It is the only way you can avail yourself OF THE GRACE OF
GOD. It is not a work of any kind to walk the narrow way.

Paul is here contrasting WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OR LAW KEEPING with the

principle of grace. Again we find MERIT VS. NO MERIT. All works of the law, all forms
of law keeping or good works, all forms of righteousness are automatically EXCLUDED
by GRACE. They are diametric opposites, utterly opposed. We either remain under the
law, and take our chances before God based upon our works, or we GO UNDER GRACE
AND THE FAITH OF CHRIST TO WALK THE NARROW WAY TO LIFE. You cannot
have it both ways. GRACE BESTOWS THE PLAN, AND TRUE FAITH ALLOWS
US TO WALK THE PLAN BESTOWED It is that simple.

The false prophets EXTEND GRACE TO INCLUDE ALL WORKS OF WHATEVER

KIND, INCLUDING MENTAL WORKS, SUCH AS SEARCHING FOR TRUTH. In
other words grace, in their definition, FORBIDS ANY EFFORT, PHYSICAL OR
MENTAL ON THE PART OF MAN. That is a lie right out of hell itself. If we examine
the term "works" and how Paul uses it, IN EACH AND EVERY CASE HE IS
REFERRING TO LAW KEEPING, TO WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. It is true in all
context that the words are used. The false prophets left out the word "WORKS" AND
TWIST THE MEANING TO MEAN THAT THERE IS NO HUMAN EFFORT
WHATEVER, THAT GOD DOES IT ALL. In other words, HUMANS CAN DO
NOTHING WHATEVER. NOTHING. NO WORKS, MENTAL OR OTHERWISE
THAT SAVES HIM. That is an outrageous perversion of Scripture. It is to stand in
UTTER CONTRADICTION AND DENIAL OF CHRIST.

The labor, striving, seeking, asking, knocking, searching with the objective of being an
OVERCOMING VICTOR are a LABOR OF FINDING TRUTH, OF UNCOVERING
THE DECEPTIONS OF SATAN, OF UNMASKING THE EVIL WITHIN THE
HIDDEN INNER HEART. It is to UNMASK AND TO REVEAL THE ANTICHRIST
SITTING IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, SHOWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD. Jesus
Christ terms that LABOR , STRIVING, SEEKING. All the writers of the New Testament
AGREE. The term OVERCOMER is consistent that there is a FIERCE BATTLE, A
STRIVING, A LABOR, A FIGHT. If we include that as a "work" by extending the
word "works" to include that which it does not include at all, THEN WE HAVE DENIED
CHRIST, WE HAVE DENIED THE NARROW WAY, AND WE HAVE FORFEITED
HEAVEN. We will see the wrath of God and the fires of eternal ruin.

There is no way that the term works INCLUDES what Christ refers to as STRIVE,
LABOR SEEK, KNOCK, ASK, GIVE DILIGENCE. Works in all cases ALWAYS AND
FOREVER IS LIMITED TO THOSE EFFORTS IN WHICH WE ATTEMPT TO
JUSTIFY OUR POSITION BEFORE GOD. You cannot justify yourself before God. It
is not possible., proven by the GRACE OF GOD, which brought Christ into the world.
You see, if we could justify ourselves before God, Christ need not to have died. His death
would have been in vain. No matter how much you pray, no matter how much you tithe,
no matter how good your works, THEY ARE VANITY, OF NO VALUE. Entrance to
heaven is not based upon that system. It is based upon a whole new concept; A GRACE
THAT BESTOWS A PLAN, AND A FAITH THAT ALLOWS US TO WALK THE
PLAN. Refuse either one, and you perish.

Grace works only under the concept of FAITH. The doing of FAITH IS FIRST A
SEEKING, KNOCKING, STRIVING UNTIL THE TRUTH OF AGAPE LOVE IS
DISCOVERED. This is the MYSTERY OF CHRIST. Once the mystery of Christ is
unlocked, and the soul becomes in truth regenerated, a NEW OBJECTIVE comes into
being: TO BE PURGED AND TO BE MADE A PURE SON OF GOD.

Modern Christian denominations are in fact under rank legalism, although they are
unaware of that fact. They would claim adamantly they are under FAITH AND GRACE.
By putting all of their FAITH AND BELIEF IN CHRIST, and by DENYING THE
FAITH OF CHRIST, they are LEGALISTS, for they deny the narrow way, which is the
only way OUT OF LEGALISM. All of their works are done in PHILEO LOVE,
NATURAL LOVE, because they refuse to enter as Christ commanded to OBTAIN
AGAPE LOVE.

Remember Peter? Peter was a legalist. He was not guilty of Judaistic legalism, but of
another form. The issue between man and God is this AGAPE LOVE ISSUE. If you do
not lay hold of agape love, ALL YOUR WORKS MUST BE DONE IN PHILEO,
WHICH IS A "WORK". This is so because God only keeps TWO SETS OF BOOKS:
The AGAPE LOVE BOOK OF LIFE, and the BOOK OF WORKS FOR ALL OTHERS.
All good deeds done by UNREGENERATE MAN are done under his own natural love.
He has no choice, for that is WHO HE IS BY NATURE. He is trapped by his nature into
the RELATIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS SCALE. He cannot get out of it. All his works, no
matter how good, no matter how sincere, FOREVER REMAIN UNDER THE
RELATIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS SCALE, WHICH IS A "WORKS" SCALE, FOR GOD
HAS NO OTHER BOOKS FOR IT.

The command of God was to AGAPE LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. You cannot AGAPE
LOVE until you have walked the narrow way to death. Out of your death comes AGAPE
LOVE, OR LIFE. In other words, God, via the supernatural act of regeneration,
TRANSFERS YOU OUT OF THE WORKS SCALE OF RELATIVE
RIGHTEOUSNESS (NATURAL LOVE) OVER TO HIS SCALE OF ABSOLUTE
RIGHTEOUSNESS IN CHRIST JESUS. When agape love is bestowed, WHICH IS
THE ROBE OF CHRIST, YOU ARE PROTECTED BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF CHRIST. Man never has any righteousness himself, either before or after
regeneration. THAT IS WHAT GRACE IS FOR, THAT IS WHAT GRACE IS ABOUT. It
is the GRACE OF GOD THAT ALLOWS ONE TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM
THE RELATIVE SCALE TO THE ABSOLUTE SCALE OF GOD'S
RIGHTEOUSNESS IN CHRIST. The unregenerate, when they die, have all of their
DEEDS OR "WORKS" JUDGED AGAINST THE AGAPE LOVE STANDARD. They
all fail, they all perish.

That was the point that Christ was making to Peter. It was not that Peter did not love
Christ, it was that the love was not the RIGHT TYPE OF LOVE, IT WAS A RELATIVE
RIGHTEOUSNESS TYPE OF LOVE. Had Peter continued with his love theology
equating phileo love released as the agape love of God, Peter would have died
UNREGENERATE, AND HIS DEEDS WOULD HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A
FORM OF "WORKS". Thus the vast majority of Christians are ABSOLUTE
PHILEO LOVE LEGALISTS THE ENTIRE TIME THEY SCREAM THEY ARE
UNDER FAITH AND GRACE. They did not realize what faith or grace meant, or how
they worked.

They ed them both. It cost them eternity. It becomes obvious that grace is not freedom or
license. It is instead a gift from God which allows us the RIGHT to enter The New
Covenant via Jesus Christ. To expand grace to EXCLUDE THE NARROW WAY
because it is a work is to SPIT UPON THE GIFT OF GRACE. If grace brought us the
narrow way, which it did, then if we refuse it, WE HAVE DENIED GOD'S GRACE. If
we deny it, then we reject it, and we will not be under it at the judgment. Grace has been
offered via THE WAY. The grace of God was offered IN VAIN TO THE VAST
MAJORITY OF MAN, AND ALSO TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS.
They refused to comply WITH THE CONDITIONS OF GRACE.

" We then, as WORKERS TOGETHER WITH HIM,

 BESEECH YOU ALSO

THAT YOU RECEIVE NOT THE GRACE

OF GOD IN VAIN."
II Corinthians 6:1

The grace of God was given in vain to the many rejected. Paul says that he "beseeches"
them to NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. The word "beseech" is "parakaleo" and it
means TO INVOKE, EXHORT, TO ENTREAT It connotes GREAT URGENCY,
GREAT NEED. Why all the fuss if grace is so absolute and forgiving of everything as
modern theology claims? Do not these two concepts appear to be opposites? Either Paul
is right, and the vast majority of Christians never avail themselves of the grace of God, or
modern theology is right. The word "vain" here is "kenos" which means IN VAIN, OF
NO EFFECT, EMPTY. God granted mankind the VERY PRECIOUS PRIVILEGE OF
ENTERING THE STRAIT GATE AND WALKING THE NARROW WAY. It was
refused. The grace of God was for them, VAIN.

" I DO NOT FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD:

for if RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW,

THEN CHRIST DIED IN VAIN"
Galatians 2: 21

The word "frustrate" is "atheteo" which means TO SET ASIDE, NEUTRALIZE,

VIOLATE, CAST OFF, BRING TO NAUGHT OR REJECT. Paul is saying THE
WORKS OF THE LAW, OR WORKS OF LAW KEEPING OR RIGHTEOUSNESS
frustrate grace. They set grace aside. The narrow way is NOT LAW KEEPING, IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH GOOD WORKS. It has to do with SEARCHING WITH ALL
YOUR MIND, HEART, SOUL AND STRENGTH, until YOU FIND OUT THE REAL
TRUTH. The modern Christian is involved in WORKS, and thinks by doing all of this so
called "Christian" activity, they ARE being obedient to Christ. They are in fact in
rebellion. because their works are done under the relative righteousness of phileo
love.

The narrow way is often described as such by the more fundamentalist denomination as
the WAY OF HOLINESS. In other words, it is a way in which we are to act a certain way,
dress a certain way, think a certain way, and do certain things. All of these are law
keeping, simply disguised as the Holiness walk or it is included under the doctrine of
separation. The narrow way is the very reverse of what is now described as the Holiness
Walk. God is not interested in your so called righteousness, or your good deeds. He has
one interest at this point: LAY THE AXE TO THE ROOT. If He is to cut out the root,
He will use a very sharp two edged sword to accomplish it. He will cut away all of the
lies, all of the deceptions, all of the BARRIERS we have erected AGAINST HIM AND
THE REAL TRUTH, AND HE WILL GUT US OUT, LAY US BARE.

The antichrist "I AM" that sits upon your throne in your Holy of Holies is going to BE
REVEALED FOR WHO AND WHAT IT IS. The destitution of that spirit is going to be
made veery clear. The deadness of the spirit without agape love is going to be made
MANIFEST. The narrow way is then a WAY OF DISCOVERY, A WAY OF FINDING
OUT WHO WE REALLY ARE, DEEP WITHIN. It is ugly, it is nasty, it is negative. That
is why the sword of God has two edges. One is negative and it cuts, rips, tears, destroys.
The other side is positive, and it heals. THE NEGATIVE ALWAYS COMES BEFORE
THE POSITIVE. If you have a bad heart, the heart surgeon MUST go in and cut away
that which is dead, that which is useless. He will then heal after he has cut. Likewise for
God to take your bad and rotten heart, cut it out of you, expose it to you, and then give
you another one, a better one, BASES UPON A NEW PRINCIPLE.

I ask you, where is any holiness here? There is none. GRACE BESTOWS, FAITH
WALKS THE WALK, AND UGLINESS IS REVEALED. Such is the death that brings
life. Will you do it? Will you avail yourself of the REAL GRACE OF GOD? Do it and
live, refuse it and die. The choice is yours.

"Not by WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

WHICH WE HAVE DONE

BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY(GRACE)

HE SAVED US,
BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION,
AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST."
Titus 3:5

How is one saved? Is it FAITH ITSELF? Is it GRACE ITSELF? Is it mercy itself? No, all
of these play a part, but the ACTUAL SALVATION ITSELF IS VIA THE WASHING OF
REGENERATION. As water is a code word for agape love, it is via the WASHING IN
AGAPE LOVE THAT REGENERATES US. It is not of any works of righteousness,
because our works of righteousness are always RELATIVE. WE NEED THE
ABSOLUTE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF AGAPE LOVE TO BE GRANTED TO US. It is
done because of GRACE, WHICH IS MERCY.

SUMMERY CONCLUSIONS

The narrow then is the following:

1. It is the way of the GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

2. It is the way of being judged by the AGAPE LOVE STANDARD OF GOD.
3. It is the way of being judged of SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND JUDGMENT.
4. It is the way God judges the INNER CORE HEART OF MAN, THE HIDDEN
MAN. THE SECRET MAN, THE DEEP INVISIBLE MAN. THE GREAT "I AM".
5. It is the way of REPENTANCE, NOT OF SINS (PLURAL) BUT OF ONE SIN
(SINGULAR) THE SIN OF CONDITIONAL PHILEO LOVE.
6. It is the way of TRUE RECONCILIATION. Except two be agreed, they cannot walk
together.
7. It is the way to true spiritual wisdom, the wisdom of agape love.
8. It is the way of true knowledge, the knowing of agape love.
9. It is the way of TRUE humbleness in the sight of God.
10. It is the way of humiliation, of being brought down before agape love.
11. It is the way of the cross, of dying a true death, a supernatural soul death while you
are alive and walking around.
12. It is the way of revelation of the antichrist within.
13. It is the way of revelation of complete rebellion in the inner heart.
14. It is the way of death that we might find life.
15. It is the only way to find TRUE UNION WITH THE LIVING CHRIST.
16. It is the only way into the New Covenant.
17. It is the only way offered BY GRACE.
18. It is the only way offered by MERCY.
19. It is the only way offered by COMPASSION.

Here is what the narrow way IS NOT:

1. It is NOT a way of "works".

2. It is NOT a way of "legalism".
3. It is NOT a way of "righteous deeds"
4. It is NOT a HOLINESS WALK.

We will now examine FAITH. We are in for some rude shocks. It is not what you think it
is. So you think you know Jesus? Does HE KNOW YOU? The type of faith you have
DETERMINES IF YOU WILL LIVE OR DIE FOREVER. The type of faith you have
determines if Jesus knows you or not.