With Lucifer’s fall and banishment to Earth, along with one third of the angels that turned into demons, his authority, his body, as well as his beauty, were taken away.
Because Lucifer wanted to form his own empire here on Earth, he noticed that Adam and Eve enjoyed perfect communion with God and that Adam had been given authority over the earth. This was all he needed to establish the kingdom of the fallen. And so he persuaded Adam to disobey God and become the firstborn of the fallen.
Today humanity has distanced itself from God, not only those who one day knew Him and then turned away, but also those who have never known Him at all.
The moment a child is born, he has the purity that Adam had before falling away from God. If he dies while still a child, he is saved because of the purity of his heart. This purity exists from the time he is born until the age of reason, this phase corresponds to the time that Adam was close to God. After a child reaches the age of reason, he naturally starts to walk on the path of the fallen, and malice and sin start to appear in his heart. He turns away from the phase of the obedient and close-to-God Adam and enters the phase of the disobedient and fallen-away-from-God Adam. This is where those who are far from the Almighty are headed, taking long strides towards the same exact destination of their lord: the lake of fire and brimstone.
God Himself wanted to be reconciled with those who had fallen away from Him, so He offered a solution and adopted the greatest attitude of faith and love that has ever been seen, by giving His Only Son as a sacrifice to rescue humanity, 1 Timothy 2.5,6.
You who have fallen away from the Lord need to know that your present situation is the same as that of the lord of the fallen (the devil). You may think, “But I believe that God exists, that He is Lord, I believe in Him”. Look at what Scripture says: “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!” James 2.19.
Ex-assistant, ex-pastor, ex-member, ex-pastor’s wife, ex-assistant pastor and those who have never been any of these, if you want to come back to the arms of the Lord Jesus at this very moment and be reconciled with Him—right there where you are, if possible, bow your head and talk to God, humble yourself and surrender to Him, and the Holy Spirit will accept you right now!
Otherwise, know that far from Him your future will be cruel. Do you doubt that? What else can we do? We are working tirelessly for you to come back to the arms of the Father, like many others are doing.
May God bless you.
Bishop Sérgio Correia
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