INSPIRATIONAL NEWSLETTER

THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2023

SPIRIT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

The giftings of the fivefold ministry should have one purpose, and that is the equipping of the saints until we come into unity.

We pray that this newsletter and its contents that we share will help you on your daily journey with Christ, causing you to grow in the ways of the Lord.

Russell and Helen Sanders

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BIBLE VERSE

"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and i ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

Jeremiah 1:5 KJV

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RUSSELL SANDERS

5-25-2023

MYSTERY –

BABYLON THE GREAT

PART 4 OF 4

Revelation 17:5 speaks of, “Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth.”

In Revelation 18:2 we see “Babylon the Great is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold (prison) of every foul spirit…”

Babylon is portrayed in Revelation chapter 17 and 18 as a woman upon a scarlet (blood) colored beast and clothed in purple, the color of rulership, and scarlet, as blood (revelation 17:3-4). In verse 18 she is called “that great city (or civilization) which reigneth (rules) over the kings (political heads) of the earth.”

This is the world order of the tribulation end times where the beast and the antichrist rule the world under Satan’s power. The beast demands worship as god. Many of the righteous are slain by this bloody world order, and only a remnant escapes.

In chapter 19 we see how this world order called Babylon falls. It is because God comes down and destroys it as we see in verses 1-16 in the King of Kings leading the armies of heaven (Battle of Armageddon). 

Let’s look at Nimrod and Babel. Nimrod would be a type of “the beast” spoken of in the Book of Revelation. Nimrod and his civilization sought to reach heaven to become gods just as the end-time beast claimed to be god. Nimrod founded the first great world order, just as the anti-Christ and beast are establishing a New World Order. Just as God came down and destroyed Nimrod’s world order, so also does God (Jesus) come down and destroys the New World Order ruled by the beast with anti-Christ.

There is nothing in the New Testament that was not foretold or foreshadowed in the Old Testament. The New World Order, called Babylon the Great, is a mystery because it will become known as the prophecy literally comes to pass. Until then, it is a mystery waiting to be unveiled. In my opinion, it is not a literal physical city as we think of but is a world-wide system, just as Nimrod established thousands of years ago.

These are my thoughts. Others may have a different idea. Keep your mind open and your ears tuned to Holy Spirit.  

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HELEN SANDERS

5-25-2023

YOU ARE NOT A MISTAKE

In Jeremiah chapter 1 we see God speaking to Jeremiah. He was a young man. In verses 1:6-7 it says, “Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the LORD said unto me, say not I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.”

Earlier God said in Jeremiah 1:6, “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”  Jeremiah must have been shocked to hear this from God because he was young. His father was a priest used by God from the land of Benjamin, but now God was calling him.

As we look at these verses, we see that God had a plan for Jeremiah before he was ever conceived. In our finite minds that is hard to understand. Yet, God had a plan for Jeremiah before he ever existed as a man, and God has a plan for each of us before we were ever born.

No child ever born was an accident, including you. God does not make mistakes. Yes, we make mistakes, but that does not disqualify God’s plans for us. Some of us were not planned by our parents, but we were definitely in the plan of God. These verses prove this. 

Often the circumstances of life cause us to think we are a mistake, but we must cast that imagination down. Jeremiah heeded what God said and was used by God in a mighty way. Jeremiah 1:10 tells us God’s plan for Jeremiah. He was to be used by God who would set him over the nations, and kingdoms to root out and pull down, to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. 

God isn’t calling the qualified my friends. He qualifies the called. As Jeremiah submitted to the call, God did everything necessary to bring it to pass. We must do the same whatever the call may be. Never think your life is a mistake. God has a plan for you and for each of us. We walk it out as it unfolds. We may not have the call that Jeremiah had, but it is a call anyway.

One of the greatest calls was the call on Mary’s life. She submitted to God’s call and gave birth to Jesus. John the Baptist submitted to the call on his life and made the way plain for the Messiah, Jesus, to come.

What is your call? Only God knows what it is. He will show you as you listen. It may not be a plan to save the world, but it is definitely a plan that He has for you. You are not a mistake. You were born for such a time as this. Be all that God has called you to be.

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