Emptied of self means filled with our Savior.

'An Hour and An End' by William Grotheer.

We're still tying up this manuscript by looking at the Appendix.  Today we are talking about something that we should ALL be very interested in simply because it is TRUTH. Relevant truth for you and I. Truth that if we ignore it we are being willfully blind and we all know that if we choose darkness over light then we are not going to be Christ's, we can't be Christ's - He is the Light of the world. So please, read it slowly, carefully… study it, study to know it and comprehend it, making it a part of you.

Please, Lord, help us as we study. Open our hearts and minds to You and all Your truth!

All by Your grace!

'APPENDIX B --What Will the Final Witness Be?

There are those, who, when confronted with the significance of Christ's prophecy in Luke 21:24, ask - Does this mean that when Jerusalem was no longer under Gentile control, probation had closed for all individuals?

The answer is, No!

Only the times of the nations had been fulfilled.

Then another question follows - If the present work is for the Church - "the closing work for the church" - then how and when will the final witness be given to the individuals who perhaps have never heard the truth for this time?

The same night that Jesus gave the prophecy concerning Jerusalem which would serve as a sign when the times of the visitation of the nations were ended, He also told what the final witness would be.

This part of the prophecy is found in Mark's gospel. It reads: -        But take heed to, yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. (Mark 13:9)

The 10th verse is interposed parenthetically - and it gives the time location, reading: "And the gospel must first be published among the nations."

When the gospel has been given as a witness to the nations, their times of visitation are fulfilled, and the end period begins. After giving this time setting, Jesus continued the thought of the 9th verse: -       But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

For men and women to merely open their mouths, and the voice of the Holy Spirit is heard can mean only one thing - they are completely filled and controlled by the

p 46 -- Holy Spirit.

The final atonement of Jesus will have accomplished its objective, and the fulness of the latter rain will have been experienced by the "faithful few" who have overcome by the blood of the Lamb, and who are now ready to give their testimony, loving not their lives unto death. (See Rev. 12:11)

Rev 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

God alone will be exalted in that day. It will not be men nor institutions which will be headlined by this experience. THOSE WHO BOW THEIR HEARTS BEFORE GOD IN SURRENDER IN THE CLOSING MOMENTS OF HUMAN PROBATION AS A RESULT OF THIS FINAL WITNESS, WILL BE KNOWN ONLY TO GOD.

 It is our responsibility now to understand what it means to be so completely emptied of self that the Spirit of God will alone appear not only in our manner of conduct, but be able to take over our minds and voices. The image of Jesus, who "emptied Himself" (Phil. 2:7 RV) and who declared, "of my own self, I can do nothing*' (John 5:30) will be mirrored in such lives.'

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As we struggle day to day being shown how exceedingly full of self we are just knowing we ar to be emptied of self says so much.

It is a thought meant to bring us to despair by Satan, but a thought meant to give us hope when we realize that it is ONLY Christ who can empty us of self, we CANNOT do it on our own. Satan wants us to believe we can do it on our own so that when we try and fail over and over again he swoops in when we are at our lowest point and tries to destroy us with despair of ever being empty of self- it's Satan's specialty.

Emptied of self means filled with our Savior.

We can never empty any part of our self, but Christ can fill us, and as He fills us He delivers us from self. Christ in us, our hope!

Col_1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory

All Glory to GOD, may we be filled with Christ now and forever!  Please LORD empty us as You feel us with YOU and YOUR love.