The Incredible Human Potential PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

116 THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN POTENTIAL"But," verse 5, "prayer was made without ceasing of thechurch unto God for him."The result? God sent an angel to loose the chains that boundPeter, and to lead him secretly out of the prison. Peter fled on toCaesarea.The Prevailing ErrorAt this point it is well to clarify further a most common and universalerroneous belief. 1t is the assumption that God is desperatelywaging a contest against Satan, attempting to get every livinghuman "saved" Now! This assumption must concede that Satan iswinning that contest overwhelmingly! But there is NO sucH coN­TEST. Satan has power to do ONL Y what God ALLOws!The corollary to this assumption is an even more tragic beliefthat has acquired universal acceptance. And that is the fallacythat everyone not now "saved" is "lost" - condemned to an eterna!hell tire - which, incidentally, is also a myth. The vast majorityare neither "saved" nor "lost." Just not yet JUDGED!lt was our first human progenitor that made the CHOICE. Godaccepted his decision, and pronounced sentence on Adam's worldfor 6,000 years - except for those God called for sorne special performance.The 6,000 year sentence is about to expire - and ahappy, joyful world of PEACE, with eterna! life available to all, isnow just around the comer!Jesus Christ emphatically verified this sentence God,.pro!nounced on the world. He said plainly, "NO MAN CAN comeunto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him" (John6:44). And none can cometo God, except through Him!So let us clarify once for all time that the purpose ofthe Church is definitely NOT to preach or persuade the wholeworld into a spiritual salvation, NOW - before Christ's secondcoming!Sorne have construed the GREAT COMMISSION as being to theChurch to fulfill as a whole - to evangelize and "save" the world- Now! A large system ofmissionaries from traditional Christianityhas resulted.Examine, now, the three places where THE GREAT COMMIS­SION is explained.