Tony Alamo with Tony Alamo World Wide Ministries The Mind of Christ, the Failure of Human Freedom, and the Society That Endures Ep210 How To Have Gods Life Living In You Part 108 Continuing the Call to God’s Society In this episode, World Pastor Tony Alamo continues part 108 of How to Have God’s Life Living in You, program 210. He opens by asking listeners to have pencil and paper ready so they can request a free tape or CD at the end of the program. He prays that listeners will leave their own ideas “buried at the cross,” become born-of-the-Spirit Christians, and allow God’s ideas rather than human thoughts to direct their lives. The central theme continues from the previous program: human societies fail because they are built on human concepts, while God’s society endures because it is built on His Word. Letters From India and Nigeria The program begins with letters from West Bengal, India, and Edo State, Nigeria. The West Bengal writer says Tony Alamo’s messages, including Earthquake and Pearl Harbor, have inspired him and that he is translating ministry books into Hindi, including The Messiah. Alamo interrupts to clarify that the work should not be called “my ministry,” but the Lord’s ministry carried out corporately by believers. The Nigeria letter describes how the writer was once a sinner, read Alamo’s literature, became a born-again Christian, and now wants to help establish an extension of the ministry in Nigeria with literature, Bibles, and T-shirts. Precepts, Concepts, and the Unseen World Alamo then resumes the prepared message on ideas, precepts, concepts, and reality. He teaches that everything visible first existed as an idea or concept, but that God’s Word also reveals the unseen world of angels, Satanic attack, and spiritual warfare. He says believers must have faith in what God says, rather than confidence in their own preconceived ideas. Alamo emphasizes that he no longer lives by his own motives or thoughts, but by the Spirit of Christ, and that any good done through him is the work of the Lord rather than his own. Christ as God and the Command to Obey A major portion of the sermon focuses on Christ as the fullness of the Godhead in human form. Alamo says Jesus came into the world to show human beings how God’s society works and what must be obeyed in order to remain in it eternally. He repeatedly warns that people who reject the words he says God is speaking through him are not fighting him, but fighting God. He also stresses that God, not church members, placed him in charge, and that those who resist his authority are rejecting the Word and commands of the Lord. Grooming, Witnessing, and Church Discipline Alamo applies his teaching to practical church conduct, criticizing members who he says are poorly groomed, badly dressed, or ineffective witnesses. He contrasts true church members who must maintain a proper testimony with counterfeit churches that appear polished and attractive. He specifically discusses teeth, clothing, breath, hair, shoes, and the need to present oneself decently when witnessing on the streets. He also criticizes members who leave church areas dirty or fail to act as examples to newer believers, explaining that he used fasting as discipline until the church was cleaned. Ideology, Utopia, and the Failure of Human Systems The prepared message then turns to world history and the human search for an ideal society. Alamo discusses ideology as the force behind systems such as imperialism, socialism, communism, dictatorship, democracy, humanism, Satanism, one-world order, monarchy, and communal living. He argues that all human attempts to build a utopia fail because they do not submit to God’s society. He describes democracy as a facade and as part of an anti-God or anti-Christ system, while also claiming that the world’s political and military systems are ultimately being manipulated by Satan and Rome. Freedom, Discipline, and the Salvation Appeal Alamo contrasts worldly freedom with what he calls true freedom in the Holy Spirit. He says worldly freedom encourages people to follow feelings, desires, lusts, pride, and self-determination, while God’s freedom enables believers to deny themselves, carry the cross, walk in the Spirit, and keep the commandments. He turns to Deuteronomy and the altar at Mount Ebal to describe obedience, sacrifice, and covenant responsibility, applying it to believers offering themselves as living sacrifices. The program closes with a salvation prayer, asking Jesus to forgive sins, cleanse by His blood, and live within the believer. Alamo then gives four ways to request the free program 210 audio tape or CD and tells listeners to tune in tomorrow.
