When the Holy Spirit descended from heaven and the disciples of Jesus Christ were filled with the Holy Spirit, they could no longer stay silent about Jesus the Christ, but they had to tell the Truth and call the people to repentance. Unlike today, where most Christians stay silent and barely preach Jesus the Christ, the Savior of mankind and call the people to repentance, empa ho e-na le hoo, they let the people remain in their sins and leave the people to their fate. On Sunday they confess their faith, but the rest of the week, they live in silence as undercover Christians. But if Christians stay silent, who shall set the captives of darkness free and who shall save the souls of man?
Who shall set the captives of the kingdom of darkness free if the truth is concealed?
The Bible is God’s Word and contains the truth, bophelo, and the power of God. The Bible is so powerful, that there is no other book in the world that is so controversial and even forbidden in some countries.
The devil fears the words of God, because the words of God are the truth. He knows that the Bible is the only Book, which exposes the lies of the devil and saves mankind from the power of sin and death, and reconciles mankind with God by faith and regeneration in Christ (Oh. Johanne 3:3-8, Baroma 3:23-24, 1 Korinthe 15:50-57, Bakolose 2:9-15) .
Therefore the devil does everything in his might to keep Christians far away from the Bible and keep them ignorant and make them passive.
The devil distracts them with the cares, litšitiso, and things of this world and keeps them carnal, so that they’ll be focussed on themselves and walk after the flesh.
This way they shall not know the truth and will of God and stay silent about the Truth and the devil can keep his sons.
The devil has infiltrated in many churches and has deceived many and ensured that the true gospel, thato ya Modimo, and the walk after the Spirit are no longer preached and practiced. The truth has been replaced by half-truths, which are focused on the temporary carnal life on earth and ensure that people keep living in sin.
The boldness and the confronting hard words of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit have been replaced by pleasant gentle humanistic words, which derive from the spirits of this world, and satisfy the carnal people and stroke their ego
But is this the will of God?
Thato ea Molimo
Ke kgothatsa ke hona, hore, ntlha ea pele, lithapeli, Lithapelo, dithapelo, le ho leboha, e etsetsoe batho bohle; Bakeng sa marena, le bohle ba boholong; re tle re phele bophelo bo khutsitseng le ba khotso, ka borapeli bohle le ka bokhabane. Etsoe sena se molemo ’me sea amoheleha mahlong a Molimo Mopholosi oa rōna; Ea tla etsa hore batho bohle ba bolokehe, le ho fihlela tsebong ya nnete. Etsoe ho na le Molimo a le mong, le Mmueledi a le mong mahareng a Modimo le batho, monna Kreste Jesu; Ea Iinehetseng ho ba topollo bakeng sa bohle, ho pakoa ka nako e loketseng (1 Timothea 2:1-6)
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave himself for our sins, hore A tle a re lopolle lefatsheng lena le kgopo la jwale, ho ya ka thato ya Modimo le Ntata rona: To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen (Bagalata 1:3-5)
Etsoe sena ke thato ea Molimo, esita le kgalalelo ya hao, hore le ile bohlola: Gore mongwe le mongwe wa lona a itse go tshola sejana sa gagwe ka boitshepiso le tlotlego; Eseng takatsong ea takatso, fela jaaka Baditšhaba ba ba sa itseng Modimo (1 Bathesalonika 4:3-5)
Ke thato ea Molimo, that every man be saved and live holy. God doesn’t want any person to perish.
God didn’t create hell for man, but hell was created for the devil, and the angels, who followed their leader, diabolose, and because of their disobedience to God, fell from their position, just like him.
Leha ho le joalo, after the fall of man from his position, things changed and the sons of the devil, who belong to him and listen to him and follow him, will go to the same destination.
This is not the will of God, but the choice of mankind, who chooses to listen, obey and follow the devil, mmusi wa lefatshe lena.
Preach the truth of the Kingdom of God
In order to prevent that many souls perish, Jesus commanded us to preach the truth of the Kingdom of God and call the people to repentance.
Ho na le batho ba bangata, who are prisoners of darkness and live in the bondage of darkness and are looking for deliverance. They do everything they can, however many times they search in the wrong places.
The worst thing is, batho, who say they believe and think they live in the Kingdom of God and are filled with the Holy Spirit and therefore should possess the Truth, and the Way to salvation and the Life, don’t help the people in need and don’t give them what they need, empa ho e-na le hoo, they direct them to the darkness; to people, who have taken the place of God and think they can help people with their human intellect and their carnal methods, technics and means.
Tseo, ba reng ba dumela, don’t trust in the Almighty God and His Word, but because they are carnal and see with carnal eyes, they trust in the world; in the worldly expertise of man, e booatla ho Molimo. Because the cause of the problems is not in the natural realm but in the spiritual realm.
Only someone with a higher authority than the rulers of the kingdom of darkness can help people and redeem and save people.
Jesus didn’t stay silent but preached the gospel
Moya wa Morena o hodima Ka, hobane o ntlotseditse ho bolella mafutsana Evangeli; O nthomile ho fodisa ba robehileng dipelo, ho bolela topollo ho baholehuwa, le ho foufala ha difofu, ho lokolla ba hateletsoeng, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luka 4:18-19)
Jesus preached the Kingdom of God and called God’s people to repentance. Jesus walked in the Name of His Father; Ka matla a hae. There was no higher authority and no greater power than His authority and power.
God the Father has given all authority and power to His Son Jesus Christ and all those, ba tsoetsoeng hape, and have died and have been resurrected in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, mme a fuoa Moea o Halalelang, have all authority and power in Him on earth.
Yaba Jesu o boela a re ho bona, Khotso e ba teng: jwalokaha Ntate a nthomile, Leha ho le joalo, u romelle. Mme ha a ne a buile sena, O ile a ba hlola, mme a sale, Amohela You Shost e Halalelang: Le leng la hae le libe tsa mang, ha ba ba hahe ho bona; le hore u boloke libe tsa hae, li bolokiloe (Johanne 20:21-23)
They ought to do the same as Jesus and represent, preach and bring the gospel of the Kingdom of God to mankind, ka Lebitso la Jesu Kreste; in His authority and the power of the Holy Spirit (Mattheu 28:18-19, Tšoaea 16:15-18, Luka 24:47-49, Johanne 20:21-23).
Who dares to speak the truth of God?
But who dares to walk according to the Word in the truth and who dares to speak the truth of God.
The truth of God is no longer considered as love. Because speaking the truth of God can cause indignation, tshabo, khalefo, mabifi, and hate in people. People may feel hurt, khopisitsoe, or attacked, Mme ka lebaka leo, you no longer be loved, people can’t stand your presence anymore and don’t want to hang out with you and you will lose people.
But hard words are often necessary to wake people up, lead them to repentance, and save them from destruction and reconcile them with God. Because without the preaching of the truth, many souls will be deceived and not repent, but perish in silence.
You don’t win people by saying what people want to hear. Hantle, you win them for yourself but not for God. You only win people for God by preaching the truth of God and call them to repentance (Bala hape: ‘Pitso ea ho pako le ‘Pako ke eng?‘).
If Christians stay silent the access to the Kingdom of God will be prevented
Ka ho nchafatsoa, you are transferred from the kingdom of darkness, where the devil is lord and king, Ho 'Muso oa Molimo, where Jesus Christ is Lord and King.
The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Heaven and is above the kingdom of darkness, the kingdom of the earth.
Jesus has given the keys of the Kingdom of God to His Body; Kereke; Potso ea Bobeli ea Bobeli - le Balumeli, who have become sons of God.
The keys of the Kingdom not only represent authority, but also access to the Kingdom.
The believers have the keys of the Door to the Kingdom of God, Jesu Kreste, and have the answer and solution for everyone.
Leha ho le joalo, the believers must stand up and speak out instead of remaining silent and go along with every wind of doctrine and submit to the spirits of this world and compromise (bala hape: ‘Are you bold enough to speak the truth?’).
Ka bomalimabe, many souls don’t find the Door to the Kingdom of God and eternal life, because of silent Christians, who are afraid to speak out the truth, since telling the truth can ensure that they will no longer be loved by those, who belong to the world and be rejected (Bala hape: ‘Lebaka Leo Lefatše le Le Hloileng Bakreste?‘)
They have not bala litšenyehelo and are not willing to lefa theko.
As long as Christians remain silent about the truth, the devil can continue his destructive work
They are more concerned about the flesh than the spirit. Because first of all, they want to please people and don’t want to be rejected or be considered a fool. Taba ea bobeli, they don’t want to hurt people in their feelings and emotions, by telling them the truth. They want to prevent people, ba lulang sebeng, from feeling attacked, khopisitsoe, bohloko, Tšaba, Ho halefisa, and become hateful and aggressive and walk away angry and/or turn away from them.
And so many remain silent about the truth of God, le ho sekisetsa, and allow people to live in sin. They don’t tell them where their sins lead to and don’t give them what they really need.
As long as Christians stay silent about the truth, the devil can continue his destructive work undisturbed and as a result, many souls will remain living in the bondage of darkness and eventually go down into silence to hell.
‘E be letsoai la lefatše’
