The Garden Of Today

.....this evening. I heard Brother Taylor singing that song, I've got Him on my mind. I remember our Brother out of Jamaica. The one thing that I remember Him by was he always sang the song, When you see me coming you know I've got Him on my mind. You know, the Bible says to meditate in His laws day and night. From early morning until the night we should be meditating in His Word, in His laws, in His thoughts. The multitude of His thoughts are so precious, so beautiful and so sweet. And we always ought to meditate day and night in His laws, pray always without ceasing, always talking about God. For the Bible said, He that keepeth His mind stayed upon Christ Jesus shall have perfect peace. And it's only when our minds begin to deviate and get off of the Lord Jesus, or off of the great Holy Spirit that we have problems. Aside from that, as a rule, we don't have any problems. But, in that all the paths of God are peace and we keep our minds stayed upon Him, then He brings us peace. When we think about all of the trouble, the tribulation, all of the problems of today, wars, the Bible says from whence cometh wars? Is it not from the wars that lusteth in your members? That's where all the problems come from. It is human beings that set these things in motions and thousands of people are massacred. There are all kind of problems in life because of human beings. All problems from the foundation of the world is caused from a human being. I know that we love to think that it is caused from Satan and it is true that Satan is the root of it. But the thing is, Satan could do nothing without a human being. Satan was completely helpless without the use of Adam and Eve, without a human being. And, you know, where we get in trouble, it's like in the garden. For instance, there is Adam and Eve in the garden and as long as they were not knowing anything about anything, you've heard me say that they were innocent because there was nothing required of them, for they did not anything. But from the time that Satan began to tell them that they could be gods, from the very time of that deception, telling them that they could be gods, then from that time on they run into problems. For, see? It was before they became as gods that they were considered to be innocent. Because being on a human being level God did not account for them anymore than He did the beast, in the sense of requiring anything from them, because they were just living souls and He'd also made the beast living souls. And there was nothing there that made them to know anymore about things, you know, than just as it would be a beast, other than what God revealed to them and what He made them to know. But when they took on versatility of mind and decided to venture out into the world of knowledge and began to want to know, then there came a problem. And the problem was when Eve ran into the beast then the beast said, by the powers of Satan, Did not God say that ye could eat of all the trees of the garden? She said he did. But thou shalt not eat of the tree of knowledge, and the tree of life is in the midst of the garden. That is, you can't eat of the tree of knowledge, but the tree of life, which is in the midst of the garden, these are the two trees and one you can eat of, the other you cannot. But, instead of going after the tree of life they went after the tree of knowledge. Whereas, somebody would say, Well, Brother Pike, I think that was ignorance on their part. You know, I would never do a thing like that, someone would say. I would never dare do a thing like that. But then again I look at it today on the same level, and this world is but a garden. Though it's overgrown with the nettles because of the curse, it's still the same garden. The garden is still upon this earth. You can find it. You can even find where the four rivers, Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel and Euphrates runs right out of the garden. They're still there and you can find those rivers. Some of them have different names today, but see? the thing is when you look at it, it is still the garden of today. The springtime of His presence is what caused it to be without a curse and caused it to be a garden. And when the springtime of His presence left because He could not fellowship iniquity then it was all overgrown with nettles. That is, they were cut out of the garden. The garden disappeared then came the curse. And it's very obvious that today is the same circumstance, I say, I would not do that. You say that you would not do that, as to make the mistake that they made if you were in the garden, or I was in the garden. But here we are under the same circumstance. We have the same opportunity and God is putting forth the tree of life in the midst of this garden and He stands in the midst of us saying, I am the Prince of Life. I have come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundant. And then He plants this wonderful tree of life, through the membership of His body, being the Prince of Life saying, My words are spirit and they are life. But does people go after that life, or the tree of life? Rather they go after diplomacies and they go after education and they go after the frivolous things of the world that promises the vain jangles of lust, deception and enticement. They are always leading them in a downward path toward sorrow, heartaches and woes. And they are constantly involved in science falsely so-called. So, see? There is really no difference today. With Satan around it's just the same as it was in the days of Adam and Eve. But just as quick as Satan had persuaded Eve that they could be as gods they were in trouble. For he said, It won't hurt you to eat of this tree. Ye shall not surely die. Whereas, the Bible says he is a liar and the father of it. So the lie was born. He said, Ye shall not surely die but God does know that in the day that ye eat thereof your eyes shall come open and ye shall be as gods. And sure enough Eve believed it. She went to Adam and persuaded Adam. And though Adam was not in the original transgression, receiving what Eve had to say about it, then he transgressed against God. And so when transgression comes sin comes and when sin comes death comes for where there is iniquity God cannot fellowship it and the springtime of life withdrew and the flowers were gone and the birds singing were gone, and the beauty of the garden that is without spot or blemish was gone, hid away and won't be restored until the coming millennium. Whereas, the Bible said in that day Satan will be bound a thousand years and nothing shall harm in all of my Holy Mountain, saith the Lord. So then, we see that the very moment that they decided that they could be as god they were in trouble. And sure enough God, when He went to put them out of the garden, the one thing that He said, He said, Now that man has become as one of us. Their sin was, now that man has become as one of us, now lest he put forth his hand and partake of the tree of life and then God put him out of the garden. So then, it was obvious that when he came to an equality of God, an equivalence of God, as to know right and wrong he was in trouble. For now he was not as a common beast, he knew as God knew then, and he must do as God did then. And that's impossible. A human being cannot do that; that's impossible. There is no righteousness aside from God. Though you come to know this thing that really doesn't save you. The very thing that's going to bring the end of the world and bring the fire and brimstone down upon the heads of the people is coming to this knowledge. The Bible said the very day that Lot went out of Sodom and Gomorrah the fire and brimstone came. And so then, it's coming to this knowledge that will bring the end of the world because once you come to this knowledge, as to godship of understanding right and wrong, the blood of our Savior can no longer atone. The blood that was placed there before the foundation of the world, the blood that was placed there to protect Adam and Eve and protect us all down through the years, that blood will come off of the mercy seat because it cannot atone for willful sin. For the Bible said once you come to the knowledge of right and wrong it's required. Or if a man willfully sins after that he's come to the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin. That is, Calvary would not atone for that, or avail for that. There is only a fearful looking forward to of the fiery indignation of God that shall devour the adversary for it is impossible to renew you again unto repentance seeing that you have crucified Christ afresh and put Him to am open shame, if you should fall away once you come to the knowledge of the truth. So then, we know that's what going to bring the end of the world. People will hear the Gospel and it won't just be an educational thing, a diplomacy thing. It won't just be an ignorant thing. It won't be a thing that's on the level of beasts, but it will be the knowledge of Almighty God and the knowledge of Almighty God makes them an equivalence to God to the extent that they know right and wrong. And that will bring the end of the world, because once they come to know that and they don't perform it, or make no effort to perform it, they are cut off. And they cannot perform it within themselves. That is impossible. He sent the law, for without the law I was alive until the law came. Sin revived when the law came and I died. And that which was ordained unto life I found to be unto death. That is to say, the law being added because of transgression it was to magnify sin and to make me know my rights and my wrongs. And so then, now the people know their rights and their wrongs. And because of that they cannot perform it. So then, he sent the Lord Jesus Christ as an element of grace to season the law with the element of grace that we might turn to the Savior, realizing that we were lost and undone and that we needed a Savior and we needed help and that we needed grace from Almighty God, turning to the Savior, calling on the name of the Lord Jesus in that there is none other name given under heaven whereby man must be saved except the name Jesus Christ. Beginning at Jerusalem and then to the uttermost parts of the earth remission for sins shall be taught in His name. So then, we understand that they're coming to the knowledge of the truth. Just about everybody has heard. When the Gospel has gone into all the world for a witness then shall the end come. So then, once it is gone and everyone has heard it, then that means that God's blood cannot prevail anymore for them. It cannot be there for them to revel, for them to eat and drink and to do the foolish and childish things that they do and the unwise things. They cannot get by with that anymore. The blood will not stand up for them anymore. When Jesus came, He came to take away the sins of the world, and He did take away the sins of the world. As in Adam all die, in Christ Jesus all are made alive. And so the Bible said let the whole world rejoice because Jesus reigneth. The Lord reigneth. So then, we see that His blood prevails and the whole world has been rejoicing. But, when the church is perfected, pulled out from among the people, after that there won't be anymore blood atonement. And that means when the blood is taken away all of these hundreds of millions of people will have to answer to God because they cannot perform righteousness. Though they join churches, though they be ritualistic, though they might belong to the biggest church and the biggest mass of people, they might be the most dedicated toward their ritualistics, but it still won't do them any good, because the only way that you can perform the fruits of the spirit is to have the spirit. And if you have not the spirit then you're none of His. So then, to be one with Him you must have your fruits unto holiness and the end thereof everlasting life. Having not His spirit then you're none of His. It's not by power or might, saith the Lord, but by my spirit. And so then, He's pouring out of His spirit upon all flesh to give us this life as the rain, like the sunshine, coming down from heaven. But that doesn't mean that we have water within. Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink, as the saying is. So then, we see that the end of the world is here upon us. Ye are the people upon whom the ends of the world have come. And that makes us to realize the dangerous age that we're in, the time that we're in right now, that this is a great danger age and that we're all coming to the knowledge of the truth and the only thing we can do it look toward the Lord Jesus Christ to receive salvation and to believe on Him. That is, to repent of our sins, to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For it's unto you and unto your children and to as many as be afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. The same age old message that God has always given us down through the years. All speaking the same thing. The day of Pentecost, one mind and one accord, everyone of them speaking the same thing. All through the Bible you can find out that they spoke the very same thing. No matter where you find the Apostolic leaders, or you find the different people, you will always find them preaching the same Gospel and it doesn't deviate at all, whatsoever. So then, that means that we, who have come to this knowledge of the truth, are in the same circumstance that Adam and Eve was in. Adam and Eve in the very same circumstance, becoming as gods to know good and evil and to know what they should do and should not do, was not able to perform it and there they were dead. In the day that they ate thereof they died. For to be carnally minded is death. It means that it is at enmity with God and God's spirit withdrew because he cannot fellowship iniquity. So from that time on humanity has been dead, as in Adam all die. And all down through the years the generations have died and died again. That is, people have continued to die. All the way down to Calvary they have continued to die. And as they have continued to die then that means that God had to seek a remedy for them. And He has sought a remedy and He has brought forth that remedy, even the body of His Own Son. He has brought it forth and now have delivered Him to Calvary for us, having been delivered for our offenses He was raised again for our justification. And now old things have passed away and behold all things have become new and there is no remembrance of former things anymore. And that image that you were at the birth of Adam, as in trespasses and sins while you live, dead and cut off from God because of the sins of Adam is no more. And now you've been crucified with Christ, buried with Him in water baptism and you have come forth in the newness of life. For the Bible said if we've been planted together in the likeness of His death shall we not be found in the likeness of His resurrection? So, having passed from death unto life we find ourself completely a new creature dwelling in heaven and we have a new world and old things have passed away and behold all things are new. We find that this is the one thing that God has given us in taking away our sins and that He hath blessed us in such great mighty way with this wonderful salvation that is accompanying us down through the church ages. The church ages has been to give us the transformation of mind as we gradually come to the knowledge of this wonderful truth that can be made manifest in our mortal bodies. For now, beloved, are ye the sons of God. It does not yet appear what ye shall be but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him for we shall see His as He is. For as the church ages move on we move toward the end of the church ages that we might be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump into that wonderful image of the Celestial body. I remind you again that just coming to Calvary does not give us only eternal life, but it brings us through a transformating of mind that stretches our over a period of about two thousand years of generations that we might come to immortality. For now is brought to light immortality. Never before was it brought to light but now it is brought to light and we have immortality that is waiting for us at the last part of the church ages when the Lord appears that we might be changed. For as the Lord is right now in His immortality, in his eternal life, so are we in the present world in the presence of God and the way that God sees us. Though we cannot see that but it does not appear yet to us but we already are in His sight through the blood and the finished works of Calvary. That eternal life is already there. We already are that person in the immortality of bone of His bone and flesh of flesh because He sees beyond the veil. He sees us at the finish line and He sees where we have gone over the many hurdles of life and have received the abundance of the diplomacy of life, as to the reward, going on to the full measure of the full stature of the full reward. And so then, God has brought the church to that gradually and we're right on the verge of the great change, that this heavenly treasure that you already have in these earthen vessels might be made manifest in your mortal genes. May the good Lord bless you in what little we've tried to say. I ask you to pardon me for breaking in so much there with the little problem with the throat. It seems like my throat is very clear until I get ready to minister to you and somehow Satan always causes a little problem there when there really isn't an problem there to start with. But, nevertheless, Chuck and them will pull some of that out and I'm satisfied that you've heard me so many times that you can bear with me a little. May God bless you and we'll see you the next time.

By Rev. George Leon Pike Sr.

Founder and first President of Jesus Christ’s Eternal Kingdom of Abundant Life, Inc.

Holiness Unto The Lord