The Jesus is Lord Church Worldwide (JIL) will celebrate its 46th Anniversary on 12 October, 2024 at Quirino Grandstand in Luneta, Manila, Philippines.
Celebrations will start at 3pm, but devoted JIL members and supporters will be arriving at the venue as early as 2am, coming from as far as Ilocos in the North and Quezon in the South. This year’s theme is “Christ is the Answer” based on Romans 7:25a (NLT Version): “Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.”
This is timely, as obviously the world is in so much pain and darkness at the
moment.
Still reeling from the tragic ravages of the Covid Pandemic, numerous parts of
the world face economic and health challenges like never before. Unparalleled
poverty indiscriminately slices through the various layers of society not only in
third-world or developing countries (like the Philippines) but even in powerful
nations like America, Japan, and Singapore, to name a few. Inflation is
everywhere; basic commodities, i.e. food items, have become ridiculously
pricey. Meanwhile, people are getting sick more easily and more frequently,
pushing governments to be more engaged in monitoring the physical and mental
health of their constituents. But no matter how serious these material and
health problems seem to be, the more urgent issue at hand is moral and
spiritual bankruptcy.
The Word of God in 2 Timothy 3:1-4 is
on-point when it said, “…in the last days there come times of difficulty…people
will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to
their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without
self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with
conceit, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God…”
Taking advantage of the legit-sounding term
“gender dysphoria,” members of the Alphabet Community (LGBTQA++) are
shamelessly parading their love for self and pleasure, unholiness, and plain
and simple recklessness by dishonouring “their own bodies between
themselves…even their women did change the natural use into that which is
against nature. And likewise, also the men, leaving the natural use of the
woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which
is shameful…” (Romans 1:24, 26-27 KJ2000 Version). They shall not inherit the
Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9). It appears proponents of homosexuality and
transgenderism are promised wholeness in their so-called gender choice. This is
one of the saddest lies to ever come from hell; only in Christ can fallen ma
find full and true life, because when you have Christ, you have everything. “Of
His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.” (John 1:16)
Poverty. Sicknesses, diseases, and
infirmities. Mental confusion. Violence, heinous crimes, and incredible
political scenarios. Famine and calamities. Above all, moral bankruptcy,
enslavement to sin, and spiritual deadness.
Where do we turn? Who has the answer?
It pleased the Father that in Christ Jesus should all fullness dwell (John 1:16), therefore our completeness is in Him. So, we come to Christ--the One who rules over all powers in heaven and earth. We bow our knees to Jesus our Lord, the unchanging, Omnipotent Christ who remains absolutely the same (Hebrews 13:8) in a rapidly changing, deteriorating world.
Only Christ is THE answer. Only Christ HAS the answer. All of GOD (His power, attributes, etc) is IN Christ. The sick, the poor, the lost, and the confused—those whose lives have been almost devoured by the evil one can now RECEIVE the ANSWER: hope, peace, and abundant life here, and eternal life with the Father, in heaven. (John 10:10)
We need to tell others about Him! We need
to bring our communities to Christ. We need to proclaim that JESUS CHRIST IS
TRULY THE ANSWER TO ALL OF FALLEN MAN’S COMPLETE NEEDS (body, soul, and
spirit). He Himself gave us the Great Commission, with a reminder that all
powers belonged to Him: “18 …All power is given unto me in heaven and in
earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you always, even unto the end of the world...”
CHRIST IS THE ANSWER, “For by him were all
things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:
all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and
by him all things consist.” (Colossians 1:16-17 King James Version)
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