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November 2019

The Late Rev. B. G. Leonard, Founding President The Late Rev. Evelyn Thiele-Leonard, Former President

Rev. Mark G. Machado, Current President Terry Johnson, Acting Vice President Stephanie Newness, Acting Secretary

You may call into our conference call line live services to hear the messages of faith every Sunday Morning at 10:30 am Central Time (Communion-The Lord’s Supper is first Sunday of every month), and Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm

Our conference number is 605-468-8010, access code is 1029217.

We make healing available to all callers with a need, who desire by faith, healing, at the end of all services.

God hath Spoke (A Christmas message by Rev. B.G. Leonard)

“I count it a privilege to greet you at this specific time of the year especially in the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose birth we now celebrate, not his rebirth, so many worshiping a baby today, that is not only silly, very foolish in the eyes of our enemies, but actually, Blasphemous! We commemorate his birth, praise the Lord! Keep that in mind. So silly to get a card from a full grown man, a man, a giant, an intellect, but whose religion fills him with so much bunkim, that he teaches and has a form of a baby, a little doll, put out in an arm full of hay in an old fashion manager on his altar space every Christmas, and he sends me cards, he’s got Easter (Christ’s Resurrection) pegged right ahead of his fellows in his denomination and see’s Jesus Christ crucified for our sins, raised again from the dead for our justification and ascended on high from whence we look for his coming!

But every Christmas, back he goes back in that pagan-Babylonian corruption and worships a baby in his own words are, a baby that was born today that is born today, Father (He prays) we worship him who was born today you have given us now a Saviour. Phrases like that in his cards, but he loves me very much, and I love this man in Christ Jesus, but that cursed nonsense been bred into him since he was born, and he’s just one of millions who will be doing that this day, worshiping a babe that is not in existence as a babe, and hasn’t been for two thousand years, almost. Father if ever you blessed a message I am asking you to bless this message as with those words behind us as though left indelibility in the hearts of the hearers. we take them into thy wonderful word, and the glorious aspects of the anniversary of thy birth known to us all, this day, as Christmas, in your mighty name Jesus, Amen.

Will you turn in your bibles with me for our text in Hebrews chapter 1, we shall be reading verses one and
two-a.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, Heb 1:1-2A

I’m taking you, though it very quickly, with a reminder that these words were written during the first part of the first century of the church’s existence. This is the church age and the church was born on the day of Pentecost the fruit of Christ’s birth his growth into manhood his sufferings and death his resurrection from the dead his ascension unto heaven and the fulfillment of his promise, ‘when I go I will send the comforter unto you’, and he went, and poured out of his spirit, and the church was born, Jesus the man, incidentally, the phrase hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son. …I make reference to now, which I may not later these are the last days. I am not speaking specifically of any year. If Jesus did not come for another ten thousand years, which is not possible. It will be fulfilled, and any day we look for his coming now, but if the other were possible it would still be the last days they started on the day of Pentecost, a day with the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day. God dealt with man since the creation of man, never mind the rest of it just forget it all, and all the hogwash you’ve been taught, in these days of departing from the truth, and in the millenniums of dealing with man four thousand years went into eternity then came the last days, what last days? The last days of dealing with man unto salvation, which started in the garden of Eden, which will end when the trumpet sounds and Christ comes for his church, the dead in Christ from Adam down being raised from the dead and the alive being changed in a moment of time, so that all shall ascend in their new bodies to meet him in the clouds and to ascend into heaven, this is the word, not the teaching of man, but the word, the word of God. If you want the truth go to the Old King James Version and you got it. There isn’t any other truth and these are the last two days and they are called the latter days by the prophets and sometimes the last times the last days, and so on. All references that can only be interpreted one way, those two days, the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, that’s when Christ rules, God in Christ. Man will have nothing to say about it, just like in the old days which was a picture of it all in the sabbath God rules, man obeys, that is what it will be like in the seventh day, the seventh which is the millennium, millennial rein of Christ on the earth which will be a thousand years in duration the seventh of God’s week of a thousand year days. With those thoughts in mind, we are ready, and I read with you, God in sundry times in times past, anybody understands that unto the fathers by the prophets unto our forefathers in the faith. Don’t think just of Israel the majority of them didn’t believe in him just like it is today but thank God there is Jews or Gentile bond or free, male or female, who do believe in him just like they were in those days, if I had time to go into that, God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, It is Christmas again that happy season perhaps the happiest in the entire calendar of man’s joyous moments Christmas has made its annual appearance on the screen of our lives and it is Christmas. Everything living, or no, animate or inanimate, seems to tell or retell the story of the birth of the child of Bethlehem, the promised prophet, the Son of God, the Saviour of them that believe, Jesus of Nazareth, who did not descend personally from heaven. God created seed in the womb of virgin, did a miracle, and the child was born, more of that in a minute as we go along, but right now, God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself. Never forget that, then you will understand who came down from heaven and inhabited who, and what it was all about in my heart and mind traveled to the beginning of things this morning. When God, even our God, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, first made himself known unto man, speaking in the garden of Eden to the very first man, Adam and Eve, and they weren’t monkeys’, your ancestors may have been. I am not going to argue that point with you, cause mine weren’t, I am very happy to say. I will be reading Genesis chapter three fifteen in a moment. Now He put them in the garden of Eden, they sinned in disobeying His express will, and then He spake!

God spoke to them, Genesis three and fifteen, He promised in what He said, He promised a deliver, a Saviour, who would make propitiation (pay) for their sin. Addressing and pronouncing judgment upon the serpent, the Lord himself decreed and said,

And I will put enmity between thee (satan) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;(Christ) it shall bruise thy head, (satan) and thou shalt bruise his (Christ) heel. Gen 3:15

Eve typifies the church of Jesus Christ, as Adam typifies Christ, for Adam was the first Adam, and Jesus Christ was the second Adam, and God does not recognize any Adams in between, or since, no matter how many call their sons Adam. It the seed of the serpent, no it the seed of the woman, shall bruise thy head, he said to the serpent and thou, He is speaking to the devil himself, shall bruise his, Christ’s heel, who is the seed of the woman. Many years past and man’s wickedness became great on the earth! Genesis six, five, seven, eleven, and twelve. And I am going to move fast now, if you want to keep up with me you know what to do with your Bible,
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Gen. 6:5,7,11-12

It repented me that I have made them, they had to be pretty rotten didn’t they? God has not said that about this generation yet, He has said as it was in the days of Noah shall it be, and the days of the coming of the Son of man, so we are not as bad as they were yet, or He would be here he would have come for us, and we would not be here. It is getting worst today but nothing like it was then and I repeat Jesus Christ would have been here already. Even in New York, which is known today as the city of sin, proud of the name, she’s the city of Cain resurrected. All the evils of the past, even there you have people walking in the Lord, Bless God, walking in spiritual gifts too. Every kind of believer as well as the muckrakes. (Those who make public, sins). God spake unto our forefather Noah in those days in verse thirteen we are still in Genesis six and he said,

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Gen 6:13

And he did just that, the whole earth was turned and turned and over turned in that giant flood, which our present generation is trying to do away with. But you can’t, and any geologist I can confound, any geologist. I don’t care who you are you, come and have it out with me, and with the word I can tie your tongue in a knot, and …the flood and by your own works, and your own words, thank God for the geologist, the honest ones, who are true to what they find in the bowels of the earth. God’s curse on the others, the breed that go around despising His name in defiling the realities on the truth, knowing they are doing it! There is no man with that knowledge can unknowingly apposed the Word of God. In connection with the flood, and He said in verses seventeen and eighteen,

17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. Gen 6:17-18

And when the flood was past history, and Noah and his family were once again on ‘terra firma’ and were again tilling the land God established. A token of that covenant, the same covenant of having been first decreed in the garden of Eden, to Adam in his day, and the token of that covenant is the rainbow of promise a natural phenomenon, ordained by God almighty, as a sign that he would fulfill that which he had promised, that is that he would one day send forth a deliverer, sent forth a deliverer, Genesis nine eleven to seventeen, somewhat abbreviated, but the saline (important) points readily be discerned, that’s chapter nine of Genesis eleven to seventeen,

11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth…” Gen 9:11-17

Well, sometimes He doesn’t remember to do it, clouds come over the earth and there is no rainbow, no, He’s speaking when He sends the cloud specific, then there is a rainbow Now he guaranteed that it is a natural phenomenon, so he knows what he is talking about, some people think that God is in every little shower or something. He sends his winds, He’s not in every little breeze that blows, He claims the three devastating winds, which find their begins in the south, that’s His winds separate from all others, and when He sends a cloud, the rainbows there alright. Something to remember, and the bow shall be in the cloud and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth…”

To have this complete teaching, you may go to our website at ctcoftexas.com, and/or click on this link https://ctcoftexas.com/index.php/video-sermons/ (scroll down to God hath Spoke to watch and listen to this fantastic message of God.) or you may procure the DVD for a suggestion donation of $12.00 US funds (shipping included in the Continental USA only, appropriate shipping cost will be added for those of you outside of the USA) payable to CTC of Texas, PO Box 3766, Brownsville, TX USA 78523, or pay using the PayPal link on our website. God bless you for it!

A message by:
Rev. Evelyn T. Leonard.

Testimonies and Praise Reports

Testimony from M. B. Hello, my Brothers and Sisters at Christian Training Centre of Texas.  I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ. I just wanted you to know that the service last night meant a great deal to our family. My older son…had healing from addictions ministered to (delivered from) last night, and…He is a different person, healthy, happy and praising the Lord. He has had faith for a long time that he would be healed of his addictions, but we don’t have any Christian fellowship in this area that compares with CTC.  I’m trying to reconnect my ties with CTC. I took my CTC training in 1956 in Calgary.  Since I am deaf as a result of a stroke, I can’t get as much out of your telephone services as I should. That is the reason I haven’t tuned in before, but both my sons got a great deal from last night. My younger son… also has health problems, the main one is back pain, I think it has been diagnosed as a slipped disc… I lost contact with you all for a long time… I have been in contact with Brother Mark, have resumed my prayer life and believe I have been forgiven for my sins during the time when I was definitely a lost sheep. (In this case, since accepting Christ, not walking by His Word) I’m not trying to write a book, but I do want to thank you for ministering healing to Dean. Believe me, he was ready to accept his healing and his actions last night and today prove it.  Please add him, as well as me… to your prayer list. There is a daughter

also… I will work on getting them to listen in to your services. May God richly bless your work. I love all of you in the Lord M.B.

Testimony From C.J.

Hi brother Mark!! I just wanted to write you and say, glory and praise to God and to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the ministering that took place at Christine’s was SUCH a blessing for ALL those who were present, and EVERY single one of us have experienced miraculous healing and change in our physical bodies as a result. Hallelujah!! Thank You, Lord God of Israel and Lord Jesus. 🙂 Specifically, for me, my arches have never felt this whole and normal (because, as the Lord revealed, one of the bones in my arches never fully developed until the ministering, now!), and as a result, even also my legs (which are now even) have since then been feeling amazing, along with my knees, hips and lower back. There used to be pain almost constantly in either my feet or knees or hips, 2 of those or all 3 but now that is gone as I am healed and the problem was fixed!! Praise You, God! Christine shared with me also specific things that she and each of her family members have experienced and are experiencing now, since the ministering, and they are so blessed and encouraged. Isn’t God just so good!??? Thank you again, so much, for taking the time to minister to and with me/us, that week. God bless you mightily in Jesus’ precious name! Amen, 🙂

We highly encourage you to join us every week for our call in Church services on our conference call line to hear the message of faith, as we offer healing to those in need, by faith, at the end of every service. Our conference call numbers is 605-468-8010. Access code number 1029217. Sunday mornings 10:30 am, Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm, central time zone.

Please also feel free to browse our website ctcoftexas.com to see and hear video teachings (on the video sermons page) on the Holy Word of God and also to view the updates concerning this God Ordained Training Ministry to help equip the body of Christ.

We, with much appreciation, thank you very much, for those of you who have given us your updated information. If you have not, please send us your current email, or physical address, so that we can better communicate with you.

We thank you whole heartedly, and ask God to bless you mightily for all that you do to help this God given work, so that we may continue to further the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Matt 24:14

Would you like to help us support Christian Missionaries in other nations by vowing to make a monthly donation of any amount? Currently our monthly support for them is about $500 per month. If it is on your heart to do so, simply put a memo that says foreign missions. God Bless you ahead of time and thank you for your help for them!

May God Bless you richly in having The Most Blessed Merry Christmas and The Happiest New Year!

Truly in God’s love in Christ Jesus, Brother Mark Machado, Sister Stephanie Newness, Brother Jorge Cervera, and staff at Christian Training Centre of Texas, USA.

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December 2018

The Late Rev. B. G. Leonard, Founding President The Late Rev. Evelyn Thiele-Leonard, Former President

Rev. Mark G. Machado, Current President Stephanie Newness, Acting Secretary

You may call into our conference call line live services to hear the messages of faith every Sunday Morning at 10:30 am Central Time Zone (Communion-The Lord’s Supper is first Sunday of every month), and Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm There might not be services on Wednesday eve only! When gone into the missionary fields, please go to our website above for notice dates).

Our conference number is 605-468-8010, access code is 1029217.

We make healing available to all callers with a need, who desire by faith, healing, at the end of all services.

CHRISTMAS WILL NEVER GROW “OLD”

Is having a Christmas tree disobeying God’s Holy Word?

In my travels there are some who have told me that having a Christmas tree is contrary to God’s Word. They use the verses in the book of Jeremiah Chapter 10:

1.Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;

for the heathen are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go.

Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. Jer. 10:1-5

These people are heathens, anti-God. There are frustrated with the signs of Heaven.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Ps.19:1

So these people in the book of Jeremiah are looking for a way to worship and or glorify a God. As with so many people in their day, and or our day, people make images, idols. Do you think America is exempt from idolatry? Anything we put before the One True God is an idol, object of worship, God forbids any image!
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Deu.5:8
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Exo.20:4
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: Deu. 12:2

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. Lev. 26:30

Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Deu.4:39

In that day and time, they had to go to the forest to get wood (there were no lumber yards or hardware stores). It says in verse 3 of Jeremiah that it is a workman who did the work.

A message By Brother Mark Machado.

A Christmas message for the young and Christians of all ages.

Greetings in His Mighty Name, …Jesus Christ whose Birth we are so mightily blessed of God to have the privilege of celebrating by His Grace.

I trust that as this Christmas Season is at hand that every one of you, as we, will be able to just take out some quiet time

before the Lord in Communion with Him, remembering all his blessings toward you and yours, thanking Him for all said Blessings. Is this not a time for all to look back, yet in looking back seeing what the future in Him can hold for you?

If when we look back we can truly say that we KNOW that we have a Saviour and, that, that very Saviour has given us a New Life (yes on this earth) and then an Eternal Life, which we would not have if it was not for a very, very special Birth; the Birth of the Holy One of Israel, JESUS CHRIST THE MESSIAH. We read in the Word:

Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born JESUS, WHO IS CALLED CHRIST. Matt 1:16

Pilate spoke of our Lord as:

JESUS which is CALLED CHRIST. MATT. 27:17 & 22A

The Angels when telling the shepherds of JESUS BIRTH said:

Unto you is born this day in the city of David A Saviour, which IS CHRIST THE LORD. Luke 2:11

And Andrew said:

We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41

In God’s Word He is also referred to as:

THY HOLY CHILD JESUS, WHOM THOU HAST ANOINTED, Acts 4:27

GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND WITH POWER. Acts 38A

MESSIAH MEANS THE ANOINTED ONE and CHRIST means THE ANOINTED ONE. Therefore, JESUS CHRIST IS THE MESIAH. AMEN?

During the last few weeks I have received some letters from Sunday School teachers, and I quote from their letters:

The real reason I wrote is to ask you for a little help. I have a Sunday School and since you are teaching young children. I would like to know what should I teach them, where should I start and how should I teach them? There are just some of the questions. The age group is 9 years and under, it’s my first time so I will need some (professional) advise.”

Why do the children get bored with my teaching, therefore unruly?” It has come to my attention that the children think that I am not really interested in them, that they are just some dumb kids I have to put up with while their parents are in Church.”
Unless we begin at the Christmas event remembering that it is not just a story, that it is an actual event that took place almost 2,000 years ago. Without this fantastic event there is no Gospel of eternal life to be taught anyone born let alone the children.

First, yes the very first things they must know is who Jesus is and what He has done for us. How we can get to know Him in reality, what it means to be saved or to be born again. Because in this way you literally take away the fear of death from their hearts and give them the confidence of eternal life that is theirs in Him. The Word of God says:

deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Heb .2:15

Also let us read:

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus. Heb.3:1

Yes, you as a Sunday School teacher must consider the fact that God in His Word has said Holy brethren, partakers of the Heavenly calling. Yours truly is a calling from God, therefore in all that you do and teach you must consider The Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, in other words, no matter what subject you teach in class it must have its basis in Jesus Christ.

You may ask the question. “But how can I teach everything He wants me to teach?

  1. We must be born again and understand the significance thereof.

  2. We must be baptized with His Holy Spirit and understand what it is.

  3. We must have the Gifts of the Spirit and know what they are and how they function, so that when we do use them it will always bring honour and glory to His Great name, remembering if it was not for our Saviour we would not have the privilege of having and using them.

  4. We MUST and there is no other way, KNOW His Word, therefore take every opportunity possible and make opportunities to study His Word. If you are honest before God He will always help. Most people believe that somehow God is going to take our responsibilities, we would not be worth anything. Let’s remember that even a mosquito goes and. gets its own food, it doesn’t wait for us to say to it come here your poor thing, have something to eat.

Therefore, make the first opportunity opened up for you to take a (our) 2-weeks course concerning Spiritual Gifts, so that you can walk by His Spirit, then take the (Rev. B.G. Leonard Full Bible Course), thus filling your heart with His truth so that you can give it out. There IS ALWAYS a way with God’s Help. Amen!

Don’t say, “Well I don’t know if it is God’s will for me to take it?” His Word is. His Will. Amen.

NOW (it does not say tomorrow or sometime in the future but) NOW concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant l Cor. 12:1

He does NOT WANT us to be ignorant concerning Spiritual Gifts. Get busy and find a way to get the knowledge. There always is a way.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
ll Tim 2:15

Do you really want God’s approval upon your teaching of His Word in Truth? You read it. Now do it!

ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto ALL good works. ll Tim. 3:16-17

Let us All take special heed to the following:

2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. ll Tim. 4:2-5

Remember that as we teach these young children they must be so thoroughly grounded in the Truth of His Word that they be not taken in by the above type and thus be destroyed spiritually.

Do you really want to fulfill your Ministries? Follow the instructions given by God in His Word.

The Word of God has this to say:

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Prov. 22:6

Remember that you are also a part of the Training because of Christ Jesus. If you walk by the Spirit of God and fill your heart with His Word, you will be in a position to teach the children by His Spirit. You must also teach them to receive said Word by revelation and you will never have bored children sitting in front of you, or children wonder if you really have their best interest at heart. Or if you really go before God for the portions of teaching He wants you to give them for that particular Sunday or whatever the occasion may be.

We have had many a Young Person taught at the School and they have gone out and had great success teaching others Young or Old.

Remember it is never too soon in life to get them saved. Just make sure that they understand and they will believe because God will make the TRUTH alive and real unto them and they will want Him as their Saviour and He draws them unto Himself by His Mighty Spirit. Now go to it with all of your might, and in the Spirit of God. Amen.

God Bless you ALL as you MAKE FULL PROOF of your ministries; remembering that unto this end Christ was born. Amen!

I do want to Express my gratitude unto all in the Past Year who have been so faithful to uphold the Work of God down here before Him in prayer and love offerings. Believe me it is all truly appreciated. God Bless you mightily for it all.

Yes and especially the Young In Christ; I want to say thank-you for praying for us. God is truly answering your prayers as you can see by this mail and there will be more news of His blessings in the future mail. Also thank-you for Praying for our missionaries they also appreciate it very much. God Bless you Mightily for it all. I love you.

I am in the process of preparing a book on the Teaching and Training of the Young. This book will be a great blessing to help you as you teach. It is part of the teaching of the (Rev. B.G. Leonard Full Bible Course). As soon as it is printed it will be available, In the Love of Jesus Christ Our Blessed Saviour.

As the saying goes time flies! Another year has come and almost gone. The doors to Africa are continually opening, to God be the Glory! (There were four Gifts of the Spirit training courses this year in Ghana, West Africa. There are several other

By the late Rev. Evelyn T. Leonard.


Testimony from Brother Terry Johnson (concerning a relative of his that nearly died). October 2018

God bless everybody!

This person, he is a relative of mine. He got married on that Friday, later on that day he was celebrating with his new bride, and anyway things went to far and he ended up falling two stories out of a building, an apartment building, he ended up crushing his back and damaging his brain, and he was unconscious, and a lot of people thought he would not even survive that (and should not have survived), and thought he would be dead. So, they took him to the emergency hospital. They have one of the best trauma centered hospitals here in Oakland, California USA. Sometimes there is a TV show called ER, they are always talking about this place, it is called Highland Hospital. I went in to see him and could not see him as his trauma was that great, as he was about to die. So, she (his new wife of a few hours) was very hysterical along with all the family members. A new bride of eight hours at the most. I tried to get a hold of Brother Mark. It was late, in the Midwest, there is a two-hour difference (from the West Coast). So, the next day I got a hold of him. We united in prayer in faith we moved in on the situation (by using the Gift of the Spirit). Brother Mark ministered and he saw the spirit of death that was hovering over him. Casted it out and it was gone. His body was pretty broken up, he was in a coma, Brother Mark ministered to him for those things, and his back, the coma that he was in and other structural things, but also there was some spiritual darkness. There were other things, but recently he went to Hawaii and brought back some trinkets. They were idols, He gave me one, not knowing what they really represented, and of course, I took mine and threw it away. But he still had some around. Without Brother Mark knowing (by his natural ability, but by faith) about those things, he casts out spirits that were behind them, which surrounded those things, even the spiritual darkness he just cast it out! Knowing he had to get rid of those things. To make a long story short, we were at the hospital, and toward the evening I went into the room, and my relative there gained consciousness, which no one thought would happen (by God’s Grace and Love). Now his vertebrates in his back and all the swelling was gone in his feet, in his legs, he was sitting up in the bed, opening up his eyes, and mumbling a little bit. Which was good, as they had a tube down his throat so he could not even talk at that time. Acknowledge that I am sharing this with you because this is the power of God, that we all have available to us. Every grad (of the Rev. B.G. Leonard Gift of the Spirit Course) has this ability. I thank you Brother Mark for being there to minister in faith together, I just wanted to share that with the family (of God) to let you know we have the power, it is not a hoax, not just a great teaching about it.

We highly encourage you to join us every week for our call in Church services on our conference call line to hear the message of faith, as we minister healing to those in need, by faith, at the end of every service. Our conference call numbers is 605-468-8010. Access code number 1029217. Sunday mornings 10:30 am, Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm, central time zone.

Please also feel free to browse our website ctcoftexas.com for any and all information about this God Ordained Training Ministry to help equip the body of Christ.

We with much appreciation, thank you very much, for those of you who have given us your updated information. If you have not, please send us your current email address so that we can better communicate with you.

We thank you whole heartedly, and ask God to bless you mightily for all that you do to help us, so that we may continue to further the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Matt 24:14

Have The Most Blessed Merry Christmas and The Happiest New Year!

Truly in the love of God in Christ Jesus, Brother Mark Machado, Sister Stephanie Newness, and staff at Christian Training Centre of Texas, USA.

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June 2018

The Late Rev. B. G. Leonard, Founding President The Late Rev. Evelyn Thiele-Leonard, Former President

Rev. Mark G. Machado, President Stephanie Newness, Acting Secretary

WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN US by calling into our conference call line live services to hear the messages of faith every Sunday Morning at 10:30 am Central Time Zone (Communion-The Lord’s Supper is first Sunday of every month), and Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm (There might not be services on Wednesday eve only! When traveling to the missionary fields, please go to our website above for notice dates).

Our conference number is 605-468-8010, access code is 1029217.

We make healing available to all callers with a need, who desire by faith, healing, at the end of each service.

Summer Newsletter 2018

Greeting to all of you in the mighty name of our risen Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

With a heavy heart I want to remind you that the twenty-sixth (26th) of this month of June will be one (1) year since Sister Evelyn has fallen asleep in Jesus. But! We will see her again in the clouds in the air!

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1Thess. 4:14

We thank you all so very, very much for all your help in prayer, tithes, offerings, and all that you do to help us further the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
We kindly asked you to please give us your email address so that we can keep you updated monthly.

It has been a very busy year and the calendar continues to fill up.
Brother Machado has been to Ghana West Africa, and Cote D’Ivorie. You can view the accomplishments of the Africa missionary work on our website at ctcoftexas.com/missionary trips/
Cote d’IVoire 2018 Page 1 and/or Ghana 2018 Page 1 , Ghana 2018 Page 2 .

Brother Machado and Brother Jorge Cervera are working on the translation of Rev. B.G. Leonard book Gospel of Grace (Evangelio de Gracia). Our goal is to have it done and printed next year.

Sister Stephanie has been diligently continuing the correction for Gospel of Grace in English, also keeping up with the bookkeeping and errands that need to done for the ministry and continuing while Brother Mark is in the missionary field.

Brother Lopez (Mr. Lopez) has been a faithful groundskeeper for the ministry about forty (40) years! Maybe you have wondered how many rewards you will have in eternity? Mr. Lopez will have more than most all of us? Why? Because God says in His Holy Word that we will receive eternal rewards by helping (by the stuff) those who go into the battle (Those in God’s frontline)

For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. I Sam. 30:24-25

 

WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTAKE OF THE REV. B.G. LEONARD FULL TWO WEEKS COURSE ON THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. OUR NEXT TRAINING COURSE HERE AT HEADQUARTERS IS OCTOBER 14TH -28TH. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HOSTING ONE OF THESE FANTASTIC TEACHING AND TRAINING COURSES FOR ADULTS AND /OR THE YOUNG IN YOUR AREA PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US VIA ANY OF THE ABOVE LISTED ADDRESSES OR PHONE NUMBERS. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT TWENTY (20) ACTIVE REV. B.G. LEONARD FULL BIBLE COURSE STUDENTS. IF YOU HAVE GRADUATED THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT COURSE YOU CAN PARTAKE OF THE FULL BIBLE COURSE BY CORRESPONDENCE OR AT OUR HEADQUARTERS. HE (Brother Mark Machado) WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU TO CONTACT HIM!

At the time of this writing there are several locations in the United States that Brother Machado will be preparing to go to preach, teach and minister, including a large Evangelical Event in San Antonio, Texas called Crusade 300, at The Alamo Dome which holds 72,000 will be the venue. You can find updates on this event on the web, and Facebook. This came to Pastor J. Robles, who pastor’s a church that Brother Machado had been to several times. At one particular time Brother Machado and Sister Evelyn ministered healing until 4:04 AM. It was a fantastic revival with many signs miracles and wonders.

There are many nations asking for the teaching and training of Rev B.G. Leonard’s two weeks Bible course on the Gift of the Spirit. Brother Machado has scheduled to return to Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire in the near future to present this fantastic Bible based training to many new students who are eager to walk in the truths that Jesus Commission all believers on Christ to do.

TEN VIRGINS

BY REV B.G. LEONARD

1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed (prepared) their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Mt. 25:1-12

This, Jesus cannot say of the converted. He would be denying His own Word.

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

30 I and my Father are one. John 10:27-30

Now the foolish, speaking scripturally, are described therein as unsaved. (NOT the unconverted who say: “THERE IS NOT GOD.” Such are, Biblically speaking: FOOLS.)

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. (This is your hard-rock atheist.) Psa.14:1A

The FOOLISH ARE CATEGORIZED SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTLY.

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: Jer. 5:21

They are not of the WILFULLY blind which CANNOT see because they do not want to see; but they are NOT born again.

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3B

He cannot UNDERSTAND the kingdom of God. The Word of God is a closed book to him. Such folks are those:

which have ears, and hear not: Jer. 5:21C

Without HEARing which is of FAITH they cannot be saved; for it is written:

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. Rom. 10:9-19

9 The light of the righteous (the saved) rejoiceth (not his lamp, his light): but the LAMP of the WICKED shall be put out. Pro. 13:9

Whereas, of the SALVATION WHICH IS THE POSSESSION OF THE RIGHTEOUS (THE BELIEVER) IT IS WRITTEN:

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. Isa.62:1

The wise, you will note, were the exact opposite of the first five in almost all respects.

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Matt. 25:4-5

Here all ten are alike.

Jesus, when speaking concerning Lazarus, His friend from Bethany (now Dead), said to those around Him:

Our friend Lazarus sleepeth. John 11:11C

To Jesus Himself, to the apostles and believers of the early Church, as well as the patriarchs of old, the dead were “ASLEEP.” So, we have ten people asleep in the grave; five of them believers and five non-believers. That the five foolish ones were not agnostic can be presumed; that they were not atheists is guaranteed. That they were without life (spirit) of God, which one receives via the new birth (that miracle of regeneration which is wrought in the human heart through faith in the finished work of Christ), is just as evident!

All life is spirit. All spirit is life. When Jesus died on the cross this truth was made apparent.

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, YIELDED UP THE GHOST (SPIRIT). Matt.27:50

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save THE SPIRIT OF MAN which is IN him? 1Co. 2:11A

Who (God) maketh his angels SPIRITS. Ps 104:4A

In the Scriptures of God, oil symbolizes spirit; and unless and except there is something wrong with that oil that is referred to in Holy Writ, it symbolized the Spirit of God

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. 2 Co. 5:17

Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Ro. 8:9C

This does NOT refer to the Baptism of the Spirit.

These, the foolish five, the five-minus understanding, were minus oil. They were never born of God; never born again. The other group, the wise five, the five who took oil in their vessels, with their lamps, were believers unto eternal life. They all had lamps (none of them were stillborn). These lamps signify the spirit of man which is in man, i.e., his life, which, at death, returns to God Who gave it. (Those lamps do not take a person very far once you hit the grave.) There is a life that goes beyond death, hell, and the grave, eternal life. This, the wise had!

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Pro. 13:14

When the bridegroom cometh, the five foolish ones shall be held in the snares of death; but the five wise shall depart those snares, it being established that the grave cannot hold them. They shall rise at the resurrection of the just. The others must remain in the tomb till their hour to arise. As to the statement in the parable, it compares with the following statement from Holy Writ:

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Da. 12:2

Further proof from the scriptures to my statement that those who had oil in their vessels had salvation –eternal life—is made manifest by the following from the life of Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles, whose name before his conversion was Saul. He was of Tarsus of Cilicia, a city of no mean (common) distinction, says the Word. Raised in the Jewish faith, this man was an unholy terror to all Christians. He went out of his way to brutalize the Christians, whom he believed were blasphemers and injurious because they believed Jesus was the long-promised Messiah and call Him The Son of God. See this man, then known as Saul of Tarsus, as he gives legal sanction to the stoning of Stephen for bearing witness to the fact that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. Ac. 8:1C

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. Ac. 8:3

His own testimony, delivered after his conversion, reads, in part, as follows:

4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Act. 22:4-21

And if you would question God’s care for His fantastic Apostle to the Gentiles, you would more than likely Hear Him Say:

…He is a chosen vessel unto me. Act. 9:15B

Again, and again, in the Word, God refers to our bodies as vessels. In these bodies we dwell; that is in the body of the Christian dwells the new creature, he that is in the body of God; and we read of the wise:

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; Pro. 21:20

The wise, having oil, were prepared and ready to depart with the bridegroom when He appeared on the scene. His purpose in coming was that He might receive them (i.e., His bride) unto Himself; and we read:

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Mt. 25:10

This is a fantastic message, (given here in part) that God gave Brother Leonard on the “Ten Virgins”. The complete chapter will be in his book Eternity to Eternity which will be printed in the future. You may procure this complete chapter only in written form for a suggestion donation of $5.00. Please feel free to contact us via the information listed at the beginning of this newsletter to receive your copy.

Testimonies

Hi brother Mark!! I just wanted to write you and say, glory and praise to God and to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the ministering that took place at Christine’s was SUCH a blessing for ALL those who were present, and EVERY single one of us have experienced miraculous healing and change in our physical bodies as a result. Hallelujah!! Thank You, Lord God of Israel and Lord Jesus. 🙂 Specifically, for me, my arches have never felt this whole and normal (because, as the Lord revealed, one of the bones in my arches never fully developed until the ministering, now!), and as a result, even also my legs (which are now even) have since then been feeling amazing, along with my knees, hips and lower back. There used to be pain almost constantly in either my feet or knees or hips, 2 of those or all 3, but now that is gone as I am healed and the problem was fixed!! Praise You, God! Christine shared with me also specific things that she and each of her family members have experienced and are experiencing now, since the ministering, and they are so blessed and encouraged. Isn’t God just so good!??? Thank you again, so much, for taking the time to minister to and with me/us, that week. God bless you mightily in Jesus’ precious name! Amen, 🙂 C.J. from NC

I was on my way to work with a horrible speeding heart rate, I could not breath as I was having a hard time catching my breath, and as soon as Brother Machado ministered to me. I was instantly healed! My heart went back to normal! C.T. from FL

I Brother Machado, with all my heart cannot thank you enough for your loving support so that we here at Christian Training Centre of Texas Headquarters can continue the fantastic work of God that he gave to Brother Leonard and Sister Evelyn so that the church of Jesus Christ in its entirety can receive the same knowledge and truth that Jesus Christ commission everyone who has accepted Him as their personal Lord and Saviour to preform so that God will be glorified as we obey His Word and do His Will!

Truly in the love of God in Christ,

Brother Mark Machado and CTC Staff