A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD   A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD JUNE 23, 2001 Unto the Church of God, and all who are called to be saints of Christ: All Hail: Is it well with thee?: I am well in the Spirit of the True and Only God: Hallowed be His Name: for His kingdom has come. May the grace of our God, the God of our fathers; of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, be upon every one of you that seek His love unconditionally. For Jesus said, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (St. John 4:24). So what be the truth? for every man has some truth in his own belief. Thus, there are many truths, but only one reality; which is what was, is, and shall be. And there is but One that was, is, and shall be: and that One is God Almighty, who has placed all things in the hand of His Son Christ Jesus. What then are your truths compared to the Truth of Christ? For it is written: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (St. John 14:6). Thus, a relationship with God cannot exist without the heart and wisdom of Christ. For without the heart there is no love of God: and without wisdom there is no knowledge of God. So my friends: a relationship with God categorically begins with one’s understanding of self as an existence of flesh. For how can a man have a relationship with God and not know himself as an existence of flesh, which is the nature of his ways and the heritage of his seed? The flesh is a vessel: and in that vessel is a spirit, and a heart, and a soul. If the Spirit be of God, then the Heart is of Truth, and the Soul is the mind that harvest the Truth by accepting and professing the Truth. Only then can one truly have a personal relationship with God: when the heart knows truth and the mind accepts truth. For when the heart knows truth and the mind accepts truth, then is a man made perfect: even in the likeness of sinful flesh: for Christ himself was sent in the likeness of sinful flesh (Romans 8:3). Thus, when a man accept the truth from the heart, which is Christ, he build himself a new man by confessing his faults to God and asking for the strength to overcome transgression or to make correction of his faith. When a man ask God for strength with a sincere heart behind the volition of his own vessel, he shall receive the strength to support his strength as an existence of flesh, to endure all trials and tribulations, which are given to strengthen a man in the love and faith of God. When a man finds a personal relationship with God: he has found a personal relationship with self. For how can a man love God without loving himself? And if a man love himself, then he love others: because knowing one’s self gives realization to the needs and feelings of others. And what is love for others, but care and concern for others. With that love: you will not kill, nor steal, nor covet, nor bear false witness, neither commit adultery, neither violate any commandment of God or Christ. For with the love of God there is also the fear of God: knowing that God’s wisdom will overshadow His love. Now there be some that shall say, A man who love God should not fear God. But what say the Scriptures: for I speak out of the Scriptures: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7). So why do men despise me when I bring wisdom and instruction from the Lord, except they be fools in their own understanding. It is written: “My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth” (Proverbs 3:11-12). Thus, a relationship with God is accepting correction of your faith and belief: humbling yourself to admit when you are wrong. For the Lord do love you, and has brought you to this point, to correct you for the hour of redemption. For greater is the man that humble himself to accept correction, than the man that is stubborn in own ignorance. Good people of the earth: If a man love God, he loves his wife as himself, as well as all fellowservants of God: because all who serve God are extensions of God, which are the extensions of one’s self. So if sacrifices have to be made to accommodate your wife, or your family, or your friends, you would make those sacrifices easily, no matter what they might be: because your sacrifice is made for yourself: because your wife, and your family, and your neighbor is an extension of yourself when you walk with Christ. Here is an example of sacrifice: If a neighbor (a fellowservant of the true doctrine) and his family find themselves homeless, then you should make your home available to them until they are given new residence. And you should not consider the thoughts of inconvenience and over crowded: because one must love his neighbor as himself: and one is never inconvenienced or too crowded with self. How can a man have a relationship with God and not serve his fellow man? God is love for all who love God. Jesus said, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these” (St. Mark 12:30-31). Surely if a man keeps those two commandments, he has kept all the commandments of God and Christ: for by adhering to those two commandments shall no other commandment be broken. Now I am not degrading the relationship that any man had with God in his own understanding: because the Lord can only judge one according to what he knows. But if you have heard my testimony, then you have heard the Holy Ghost speak plainly: thus make your corrections accordingly. And think not that I am saying that a man did not have a relationship with God prior to my testimony: for the Lord ponder the heart of every man; and love him that loves Him: to correct him as a father correct his son whom he love. Thus, if your heart be with God, but your worship is a so-called realist (science): Repent: for true reality is the Scriptures of the Holy Bible. And if your heart be with Christ, but your worship is of pagan customs and traditions: Repent: for Satan has deceived you. And if your heart be with God, but your worship be as a Muslim without Christ: Repent: for a true Muslim walk with Christ as the Prophet Mohammed walked with Christ. For who is Allah, but the Father: and who is Christ, but the Son, whom men must honor even as they honor the Father. So if any man have a true relationship with God, no matter what his faith or religion, he will speak no ill words against me, but see my Spirit in himself, and humble himself to my knowledge of God. For I speak in the Truth of Christ: and the heart of a righteous man know me: and the mind of a righteous man preserve me. And if there be any man who think that I am equal to an apostle, let him think again. For I am higher than an apostle: Yea for sure I am the Holy Ghost speaking plainly: and the wisdom of my words is the evidence. Question me and I shall answer: Ridicule me and I shall ignore. For these are not the days of the apostles: but the regeneration of Jesus Christ. And I Cornelius, whose Spirit is sent from the throne of Christ, come not to convince any man of my calling: for those of my flock know my Spirit: because my Spirit dwell in their heart and in the soul of their mind. Think not that the kingdom of God is not esoteric: for it be: not by choice, but because of the regeneration of Christ and his apostles (St. Matthew 19:28). For Jesus said to his disciples: “Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand” (St. Luke 8:10). I know there be many not ready for such truth about Jesus, whom they truly know not. But how can a man have a true relationship with God without the knowledge of Jesus Christ. One cannot love something that they do not know or understand: for such is the love of a myth. I seek not to avoid controversy, neither to hold my tongue. For if I come in like manner, then the Lord has not sent me. Here is more truth of Jesus: It is written: “Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour” (St. Matthew 15:21-28). Did you hear every word you just read?: such are the words of True Jesus that the ministers of your churches skip over. And if there be a man that say, You cannot take the words of the bible literally: let him shut his mouth quickly and pray his words were not heard: for a man degrade the wisdom of God when he speak such foolishness. It do not take much conversation for a man to know my Spirit if my Spirit be inside him: so if I end my conversation abruptly with you, know why. For I have much work to do and no time to waste: so I shall not seek those that do not seek me. For here is wisdom: “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have” (St. Luke 8:11-18). Now let us open our Holy Bibles, which be the Authorized King James Version, and let us Read and Hear every word the apostle Paul wrote in Galatians 5:16-26 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another”. Now let us Read and Hear every word the apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:16-32 “From the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members of one another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”. May the Lord add a blessing to the hearer of His Word. Now let me say this, that, a man might hear: I am sent with the face of Jesus from the heights of heaven. And I boast not, but no man is above me save Christ Jesus. For as it is written, so be it: “He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all” (St. John 3:31). And I Cornelius say this, and the thing be certain, that, unless a man take up the Seven Keys, he shall in no wise be saved. For no man can be renewed in Christ without the keys to the kingdom of heaven. And if there be any that are confused by what they read of the Seven Keys: This is the sum: 1st Key – The Church of God and Saints of Christ This is the name of Christ body: for the body of Christ is the church (Ephesians 1:22-23). 2nd Key – Wine is forbidden to be dunk in the Church of God If the church is the body, then wine is forbidden to be drunk at any time, until it is made new in the kingdom of God (St. Mark 14:25). 3rd Key – Unleavened Bread and Water for Christ body and blood This is the communion of the Holy Ghost. 4th Key – Foot Washing is a commandment This is a ceremonial act of the baptism; because to enter the body of Christ a man must first have his feet washed (St. John 13:8). For if the feet of a man be clean, then his whole body is clean (St. John 13:9-10). Read St. John 13:1-17 . 5th Key – The Disciples Prayer Jesus said to his disciples, “After this manner therefore pray ye:” St. Matthew 6:9-13. 6th Key – You must be Breathed Upon and Saluted in the Church of God with a Holy Kiss This a ceremonial act of the baptism, which is done only at the time of baptism. Like the 3rd and 4th keys, this act is the anointing of a saint. 7th Key – The Ten Commandments This is self-explanatory. I Cornelius take no credit for the Seven Keys: for they were brought to remembrance by the Prophet William Saunders Crowdy, who was called to be the world’s evangelist and to re-establish the Church of God in 1896. How great is that man? Surely he is as great as Moses: for he brought back the Ancient of days, to pave the way for the regeneration of Jesus Christ. And I Cornelius, whose flesh was born in the Church of God and Saints of Christ, and whose Spirit was anointed before the womb, am sent as a brethren and a fellowservant with the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ, to anoint the twelve apostles of the Lamb. For it be the twelve holy apostles who shall baptize and anoint the Hebrew saints: and the remnant of the saints shall be baptized and anointed by disciples of Truth. Here is the wisdom of the Holy Trinity: The Spirit of God is the author of the Old Testament: The Spirit of Christ is the author of the New Testament: The Holy Ghost is the author of the Lamb’s book of life. I say this my brethrens and hear me: What relationship have a man with God without a relationship with Christ? Be not misled by your own reasoning and understanding: for why do a Muslim walk with the Koran and the Holy Bible? Surely whom the Muslim call Allah is also God Almighty, the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whom the Muslim must also serve to find his inheritance. For there is no other way for a man to reach the kingdom of God, but through Christ Jesus. And the great Prophet Mohammed did not bring the Holy Koran without the Scriptures of the Holy Bible. Therefore let a man put away his own belief: and whatsoever be of his own faith. For nothing of your own matter, save that which is of Christ Jesus. For there is one Lord, who is the God of Israel: and there is one faith, which is the faith of Christ: and there is one baptism, which is the baptism of the Spirit and water, whose Spirit is Truth and whose water is foot washing. Brethren of mine: all who are sanctified in the Spirit of Truth: Let your works be known unto the Lord: for what be faith without works? It is written: “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” (James 2:26). So put forth your works, as I put forth my labor for the Lord. And let the world see the light of your candlestick: as I shine the light of Christ. For the hour come, and now is the hour for the true servants of God to be lifted up: for I am raised to call others to rise. Why hide in your truth from the world, except you be ashamed of the truth. Be not ashamed to stand as one: for one is already three (the Holy Trinity) in the Spirit of Truth. And is it not written, Where there be two or three gathered, there will the Lord be also? So be not ashamed to stand alone: for you are not alone in Christ. And the hour come, and now is the hour for the true worshippers of God to stand up and make themselves known to the world, that they may be a light in the darkness of the world for those that seek the light out of the darkness. Wherefore the hour come and now is, for a man to put up or shut up: for faith without works is like flesh without Spirit. To the men of the earth: you out of every religion and faith: I leave you this Sabbath with these words: “Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace” (James 3:13-18). If a man agrees with me, he has not agreed with me, but with Christ. If a man disagrees with me, he has not disagreed with me, but with Christ. For I Cornelius am only the vessel: but the voice that speak is the Holy Ghost. Seek ye a true and pure relationship with God: and ye shall be as sons of God. For is it not written, “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High”? (Psalms 82:6). And it is not written, “For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?” (St. John 10:33-34). Let a man that have understanding know the meaning of the words I speak: and let the man that have not understanding seek understanding in the Spirit of understanding and he shall understand to know the meaning of the words that I speak. To my brethren of Israel: and to my Muslim brothers: and to the Filipino saints: and to all who are sanctified in the Spirit of Truth: I send Peace and Blessings in the Name of the Lord our God and His Son Christ Jesus. Amen. And let one say, So be it.