The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. — Ecclesiastes 1:9-10
God does not speak eternal truths and then they come to pass in time; they come to pass in time because they are done in eternity. Jesus was the “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” before he was slain on earth (Revelation 13:8). Likewise, the church of Jesus Christ has already been seen victorious in Heaven; we will be victorious on earth: “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints” (19:7-8). The church of the last days has been seen in Heaven and she is everything that the scriptures said she would be! As I learned from Bishop Traylor, the script-ure is the Script the church must follow. What a script! What a director! What a producer we have in the Holy Ghost!
The church that Jesus is going to catch away into the heavens to be with him is clothed with true righteousness. This means that the church has grown up into Jesus in purity and power. It means that in the last hour the same Jesus that was revealed in the gospels and the book of Act’s is going to be revealed one more time!!! I have an irrefutable, eternal witness on this: “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish” (Ephesians 5:26-27). This is the Word of God that the Holy Ghost heard from the very Throne of God and spoke it to and through Paul (see John 16:13). This is eternal evidence that can not be altered!
“For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world” (Hebrews 4:3). The word “finished” is the same word translated “be done” in the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). We are to pray the eternal “evidence” we find in the Word of God from heaven into a manifestation of His Glory on earth. True faith will be to pray until it comes to pass.
The King is calling to all who will come: “Let us go up to a “Mount of Transfiguration” and pray. In my presence not only will you be changed from glory to glory, I will multiply my words and your house will be saved. You will become all that is written concerning the church, the very reflection of my glory!!"
Thursday, October 15, 2009
THIS IS AMAZING!!!
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. —Revelation 19:10
The word testimony is translated witness elsewhere and comes from the word translated witness in Acts 1:8: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
The words testimony and witness speak of someone taking the witness stand in a trial to tell under oath the things they have seen and heard. This is then known as evidence which is “something that gives a sign or proof of the existence or truth of something, or that helps somebody to come to a particular conclusion.” “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).
It really goes without saying but a witness on the witness stand reports only that which is historical fact. Consider a prosecutor asking:
“Mr. Smith, did you see the defendant kill somebody?”
“Yes.”
“When did this murder occur?”
“It happened two years in the future, October 14, 2111!!!!”
This in the natural would be impermissible evidence, but this has always been the case when Jesus takes the witness stand. I believe that Jesus with uplifted hand stood in eternity and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth: So be it because I AM THAT I AM!!! “For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec” (Hebrews 7:21).
From eternity Jesus prophesied the beginning—Genesis—to the end—Revelation: “I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure” (Isaiah 46:9-10). All that you read within the pages of the Bible was a done deal before time began. Therefore God speaks with more accuracy concerning that which is future than the most accurate history book concerning that which is past. You could sooner change the Civil War than change this book!!
God’s Word and his action are one. All prophesy in spiritual reality was not a foretelling of things that would happen but rather an eternal proclamation of that which is already done! As B.H. Clendennen has said, “God never starts a thing till he has finished it!!
Consider God’s “prophesy” to Abraham from eternal evidence. When John the Apostle “stepped” into eternity he saw evidence of Abraham’s seed—both spiritual and natural. He saw the redeemed “out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.” He witnessed 144 thousand descendents from Abraham sealed by God. Above all he saw the Lamb of God which is Jesus Christ who was the promised seed. All OF THIS HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN GOD’S ETERNAL VIEWPOINT!!!
When God promised Abraham that He would make of him a great nation and that in him all families of the earth would be blessed, He was simply WITNESSING to Abraham what he was seeing in eternity: "I have made you a father of many nations (this is past tense). What God was saying was this: “Abraham, I am worshiped by a “great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues.” They worship before my Throne as we speak and everyone of them descended from your loins. Therefore I assure you that if you can count the stars which no man can number, then you can count your Seed!!!!!
This is amazing! What good word has he "witnessed"to you?
The word testimony is translated witness elsewhere and comes from the word translated witness in Acts 1:8: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
The words testimony and witness speak of someone taking the witness stand in a trial to tell under oath the things they have seen and heard. This is then known as evidence which is “something that gives a sign or proof of the existence or truth of something, or that helps somebody to come to a particular conclusion.” “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).
It really goes without saying but a witness on the witness stand reports only that which is historical fact. Consider a prosecutor asking:
“Mr. Smith, did you see the defendant kill somebody?”
“Yes.”
“When did this murder occur?”
“It happened two years in the future, October 14, 2111!!!!”
This in the natural would be impermissible evidence, but this has always been the case when Jesus takes the witness stand. I believe that Jesus with uplifted hand stood in eternity and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth: So be it because I AM THAT I AM!!! “For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec” (Hebrews 7:21).
From eternity Jesus prophesied the beginning—Genesis—to the end—Revelation: “I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure” (Isaiah 46:9-10). All that you read within the pages of the Bible was a done deal before time began. Therefore God speaks with more accuracy concerning that which is future than the most accurate history book concerning that which is past. You could sooner change the Civil War than change this book!!
God’s Word and his action are one. All prophesy in spiritual reality was not a foretelling of things that would happen but rather an eternal proclamation of that which is already done! As B.H. Clendennen has said, “God never starts a thing till he has finished it!!
Consider God’s “prophesy” to Abraham from eternal evidence. When John the Apostle “stepped” into eternity he saw evidence of Abraham’s seed—both spiritual and natural. He saw the redeemed “out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.” He witnessed 144 thousand descendents from Abraham sealed by God. Above all he saw the Lamb of God which is Jesus Christ who was the promised seed. All OF THIS HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN GOD’S ETERNAL VIEWPOINT!!!
When God promised Abraham that He would make of him a great nation and that in him all families of the earth would be blessed, He was simply WITNESSING to Abraham what he was seeing in eternity: "I have made you a father of many nations (this is past tense). What God was saying was this: “Abraham, I am worshiped by a “great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues.” They worship before my Throne as we speak and everyone of them descended from your loins. Therefore I assure you that if you can count the stars which no man can number, then you can count your Seed!!!!!
This is amazing! What good word has he "witnessed"to you?
Monday, October 12, 2009
IS AMERICA SODOM'S GRANDDAUGHTER?
A friend of mine,Bill McCoy, sent me the following word that he received on September 30, 2009:
For I alone am over the earth – it obeys my every command. These earth quakes are from me – my wrath upon the wicked nations of the earth as it was fore told by my Son in Matthew 24. The Lord says, “Repent oh evil nation and change your ways unite with my land and people – or woe to those things to come upon the U.S. It mocks me while it serves the world – abortions, homosexuality, the laws of the land that dare ban me from my children and creation. For your nation has turned its back on me and shakes its fist at my Throne. I see all, I know all – Repent and be saved – continue and my wrath you will see – as it was in the days of Noah, the days of MY prophets – then all will know I Am that I Am – the Mighty El-Shaddai.”
Many will automatically dismiss this because of a false teaching that says that God is no longer the God as revealed in the Old Covenant when it comes to his wrath. They say God used to be angry and he used to judge nations, but now that entire wrath was placed on Jesus at the cross. As one teacher says, “God is no longer angry; he’s not even in a bad mood! There is no way God is going to judge America and if he did he would have to apologize to Jesus!” This man says the problem is we do not let the Bible get in the way of our thinking:Let’s see what the Bible has to say about this.
First of all God in his wisdom left us the whole Bible, not just the New Testament. When Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:16 that, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” he was referring to Genesis through Malachi because at that time there was no written New Testament. Secondly, it is a gross misrepresentation of God to paint him as this angry Lord who was always looking for sin so he could punish. The truth is, the blood of millions of innocent lambs and other animals was shed to cover sins in the Old Covenant because God is a God of mercy: “Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live” (Ezekiel 18:23)? Furthermore, God is revealed by David as “The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy” (Psalms 103:8).
What saith the scriptures? “If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it” (Amos 3:6)? Who overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah? “And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly” (2 Peter 2:6). Notice it said example, not an exception. Notice that it is recorded in the New Testament. The problem is that this is not the image of God that we want people to see so what do we do? We change his image: After all, don’t we know best?
Who said God was no longer angry? He is not angry without cause and he is not angry with those who are in Christ, but for those who reject the poured out Blood of the Lamb and refuse to obey the gospel, the scriptures teach that there is a present wrath: “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36). Paul speaking of the Jews said in 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16: “Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.”
God judged the nation of Israel severely some forty years after the New Covenant began for rejecting Christ: “But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city” (Matthew 22:7). If he destroyed Jerusalem, and if judgment must first begin in the house of God, will he not judge America? Are we not murderers of millions of innocent babies? Do we not worship with Sodom: “Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)? Is America Sodom's granddaughter?
For I alone am over the earth – it obeys my every command. These earth quakes are from me – my wrath upon the wicked nations of the earth as it was fore told by my Son in Matthew 24. The Lord says, “Repent oh evil nation and change your ways unite with my land and people – or woe to those things to come upon the U.S. It mocks me while it serves the world – abortions, homosexuality, the laws of the land that dare ban me from my children and creation. For your nation has turned its back on me and shakes its fist at my Throne. I see all, I know all – Repent and be saved – continue and my wrath you will see – as it was in the days of Noah, the days of MY prophets – then all will know I Am that I Am – the Mighty El-Shaddai.”
Many will automatically dismiss this because of a false teaching that says that God is no longer the God as revealed in the Old Covenant when it comes to his wrath. They say God used to be angry and he used to judge nations, but now that entire wrath was placed on Jesus at the cross. As one teacher says, “God is no longer angry; he’s not even in a bad mood! There is no way God is going to judge America and if he did he would have to apologize to Jesus!” This man says the problem is we do not let the Bible get in the way of our thinking:Let’s see what the Bible has to say about this.
First of all God in his wisdom left us the whole Bible, not just the New Testament. When Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:16 that, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” he was referring to Genesis through Malachi because at that time there was no written New Testament. Secondly, it is a gross misrepresentation of God to paint him as this angry Lord who was always looking for sin so he could punish. The truth is, the blood of millions of innocent lambs and other animals was shed to cover sins in the Old Covenant because God is a God of mercy: “Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live” (Ezekiel 18:23)? Furthermore, God is revealed by David as “The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy” (Psalms 103:8).
What saith the scriptures? “If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it” (Amos 3:6)? Who overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah? “And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly” (2 Peter 2:6). Notice it said example, not an exception. Notice that it is recorded in the New Testament. The problem is that this is not the image of God that we want people to see so what do we do? We change his image: After all, don’t we know best?
Who said God was no longer angry? He is not angry without cause and he is not angry with those who are in Christ, but for those who reject the poured out Blood of the Lamb and refuse to obey the gospel, the scriptures teach that there is a present wrath: “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36). Paul speaking of the Jews said in 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16: “Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.”
God judged the nation of Israel severely some forty years after the New Covenant began for rejecting Christ: “But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city” (Matthew 22:7). If he destroyed Jerusalem, and if judgment must first begin in the house of God, will he not judge America? Are we not murderers of millions of innocent babies? Do we not worship with Sodom: “Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit” (Ezekiel 16:49-50)? Is America Sodom's granddaughter?
Sunday, October 11, 2009
JUDGEMENT
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. —Hebrews 12:25
The scriptures state that the church of Jesus Christ is presently gathered in the assembly of all assemblies: “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem….To the general assembly and church of the firstborn….” (Hebrews 12:22-23). The keynote speaker is none other than Christ and his text is the New Testament, “And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel” (12:24).
If you are having trouble getting into this service, I have the exact directions for you. Open your Bibles. If you will look by faith, you will notice an audio and video plug that will enable you to hear and see all that your Heavenly Father is saying and doing. In other words, every Bible comes with “headphones” that enable you to hear Jesus as he expounds his Covenant: “Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures” (Luke 24:45). Likewise, it comes with a direct “satellite” feed that enables you to see all that God is doing: “For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel” (John 5:20).
Do you really want to know what God is saying? Let’s listen in as he speaks: “Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain” (Hebrews 12:26-27). This shaking begins in the House of God: “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God” (1 Peter 4:17). God is fixing to tear down every pulpit that has preached doctrines that have originated at best in the mind of man, and in reality spewed from the father of all lies.
Where does this shaking end? Let’s go towards the close of the “service” as Jesus is declaring his warning of judgment: “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning” (Revelation 18:4-9).
Church in America: Hear the Word of the Lord. We have mocked God our last time! I write this on a day when gays and lesbians marched on our capital and chanted, “Obama, let our mama’s marry our mama’s.” However, this is not the greatest sin committed today. The greatest sin committed today was in the churches, as the pulpit was filled for the most part by preachers who gave no warning of imminent judgment that always falls on a nation whose cup of iniquity is full. We have become like Eli who refused to correct his son’s as they committed fornication in the very House of God and caused men to “abhor the offering of the Lord.”
David Wilkerson has warned for years of seeing American cities on fire and the President not knowing what to do. Perry Stone has likewise warned of an attack on a major city. B.H. Clendennen has quoted a man who chooses his words very carefully, that something major was going to happen in thirty days. Many others have warned of a nuclear attack that comes from Russia. I hope they are wrong; I hope I am wrong.
Could it be that God sealed our fate on September 28, the Day of Atonement? According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a "book" on Rosh Hashanah and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. The ten days leading up to the Day of Atonement were supposed to be days of deep soul searching and repentance. We have not repented: How then can we as a nation escape the wrath of God Almighty?
Jesus is the only "Ark" that is going to float in these last days. In him there is safety and peace from all storms that may blow. He always makes a difference between the righteous and the unrighteous.
The scriptures state that the church of Jesus Christ is presently gathered in the assembly of all assemblies: “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem….To the general assembly and church of the firstborn….” (Hebrews 12:22-23). The keynote speaker is none other than Christ and his text is the New Testament, “And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel” (12:24).
If you are having trouble getting into this service, I have the exact directions for you. Open your Bibles. If you will look by faith, you will notice an audio and video plug that will enable you to hear and see all that your Heavenly Father is saying and doing. In other words, every Bible comes with “headphones” that enable you to hear Jesus as he expounds his Covenant: “Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures” (Luke 24:45). Likewise, it comes with a direct “satellite” feed that enables you to see all that God is doing: “For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel” (John 5:20).
Do you really want to know what God is saying? Let’s listen in as he speaks: “Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain” (Hebrews 12:26-27). This shaking begins in the House of God: “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God” (1 Peter 4:17). God is fixing to tear down every pulpit that has preached doctrines that have originated at best in the mind of man, and in reality spewed from the father of all lies.
Where does this shaking end? Let’s go towards the close of the “service” as Jesus is declaring his warning of judgment: “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning” (Revelation 18:4-9).
Church in America: Hear the Word of the Lord. We have mocked God our last time! I write this on a day when gays and lesbians marched on our capital and chanted, “Obama, let our mama’s marry our mama’s.” However, this is not the greatest sin committed today. The greatest sin committed today was in the churches, as the pulpit was filled for the most part by preachers who gave no warning of imminent judgment that always falls on a nation whose cup of iniquity is full. We have become like Eli who refused to correct his son’s as they committed fornication in the very House of God and caused men to “abhor the offering of the Lord.”
David Wilkerson has warned for years of seeing American cities on fire and the President not knowing what to do. Perry Stone has likewise warned of an attack on a major city. B.H. Clendennen has quoted a man who chooses his words very carefully, that something major was going to happen in thirty days. Many others have warned of a nuclear attack that comes from Russia. I hope they are wrong; I hope I am wrong.
Could it be that God sealed our fate on September 28, the Day of Atonement? According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a "book" on Rosh Hashanah and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. The ten days leading up to the Day of Atonement were supposed to be days of deep soul searching and repentance. We have not repented: How then can we as a nation escape the wrath of God Almighty?
Jesus is the only "Ark" that is going to float in these last days. In him there is safety and peace from all storms that may blow. He always makes a difference between the righteous and the unrighteous.
Friday, October 9, 2009
NO COMPROMISED BRAND
If I were to write a truthful account about some of the things I like and don’t when it comes to eating I would definitely include the following:
1. There is to be Heinz ketchup on the table: Do not give me a compromised brand!
2. Do not overcook the steak: A little pink in the middle will be just right.
3. Make sure the potato is fully cooked.
4. No mustard. No pickles.
5. Sweet tea is a must because there will be no unsweetened tea at the marriage supper of the Lamb!
6. Top it off with a strawberry pie, homemade ice cream, and a sweet watermelon!
Now if you invite me to eat and you serve according to the above list, I promise you I will “manifest” every time! There will be no struggle to do so no matter how many times you put me to the test because it is who I am. This being true today, it was true yesterday, and it will be true ten years from now if I am living. I hate pickles; I love ketchup! You could write otherwise but it would simply be a lie.
Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). He is the way; He is the truth; He is the life. He is holiness; He is divine healing; and He is divine habits! He is Redemption, Deliverance, Peace, Light, Salvation, And the Resurrection! He loves righteousness and he hates iniquity. He is the God of Love as well as the God of wrath to those who refuse to be washed in the Blood of the Lamb. You could write otherwise but it would simply be a lie!
You can see this over and over in the Word of God. When Jesus is confronted with the situation of his disciples being in the middle of the sea during a storm, we see him manifesting who he was—no struggle whatsoever: “And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea…” (Mark 6:48). Jesus was simply manifesting what he had already declared on his “menu” in Psalms 77:19: “Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.”
We are invited in this last hour to eat at the Lord’s Table. If we will study his word we will know what he desires to feed us daily and he will manifest to the world one more time all that is written in the scriptures. There will be no struggle or sweat to do so no matter how big the test, because he is the way; he is the life; he is the truth. He is who he is: How dare we serve a compromised brand!!!!
1. There is to be Heinz ketchup on the table: Do not give me a compromised brand!
2. Do not overcook the steak: A little pink in the middle will be just right.
3. Make sure the potato is fully cooked.
4. No mustard. No pickles.
5. Sweet tea is a must because there will be no unsweetened tea at the marriage supper of the Lamb!
6. Top it off with a strawberry pie, homemade ice cream, and a sweet watermelon!
Now if you invite me to eat and you serve according to the above list, I promise you I will “manifest” every time! There will be no struggle to do so no matter how many times you put me to the test because it is who I am. This being true today, it was true yesterday, and it will be true ten years from now if I am living. I hate pickles; I love ketchup! You could write otherwise but it would simply be a lie.
Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). He is the way; He is the truth; He is the life. He is holiness; He is divine healing; and He is divine habits! He is Redemption, Deliverance, Peace, Light, Salvation, And the Resurrection! He loves righteousness and he hates iniquity. He is the God of Love as well as the God of wrath to those who refuse to be washed in the Blood of the Lamb. You could write otherwise but it would simply be a lie!
You can see this over and over in the Word of God. When Jesus is confronted with the situation of his disciples being in the middle of the sea during a storm, we see him manifesting who he was—no struggle whatsoever: “And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea…” (Mark 6:48). Jesus was simply manifesting what he had already declared on his “menu” in Psalms 77:19: “Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.”
We are invited in this last hour to eat at the Lord’s Table. If we will study his word we will know what he desires to feed us daily and he will manifest to the world one more time all that is written in the scriptures. There will be no struggle or sweat to do so no matter how big the test, because he is the way; he is the life; he is the truth. He is who he is: How dare we serve a compromised brand!!!!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED BY THE HOLY GHOST
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. — John 16:12
One rule in the study of the scriptures is this: while the applications can be many, the interpretation is one and can only be one. The Bible interprets the Bible. There is no need to err therein because the Author of the Word has come to teach us all things: “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26)).
What are the “many things” that Jesus had to say to the church? Words of Life from the very Throne of God: “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you” (John 16:13-14). The Words that Jesus was talking about is what we know as the written New Testament!
How did the writers of the Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John remember the Words of the Lord? The Holy Ghost brought all things to their remembrance,"He...will bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you"(John 14:26). Where did Romans, Revelation, Galatians, 1 Peter, and the rest of the New Testament come from? The Spirit of Truth heard these words at the Throne of God and spoke them to Peter, Paul, John, and the others and they were faithful to write them down.
Is God still speaking today? Yes, but only that which is in absolute harmony with the scriptures! Even at that, you could transcribe word for word that which is true but you will NEVER add another book to the Bible: “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book” (Revelation 22:18).
The Church of Jesus Christ was birthed some two thousand years ago by an Anointing that is Eternal and has been in building ever since. This anointing is one and the same with the Voice found from Genesis to Revelation. The true church will recognize no other voice because it believes that ALL of the New Testament should be in Red Letters for it is truly that which is proceeding from the mouth of the Lord!In other words,Jesus had many things to say in John 16:12 and now we know what he was talking about if we will study our Bibles.It is a living foundation that has been signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Ghost once and for all!!
One rule in the study of the scriptures is this: while the applications can be many, the interpretation is one and can only be one. The Bible interprets the Bible. There is no need to err therein because the Author of the Word has come to teach us all things: “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26)).
What are the “many things” that Jesus had to say to the church? Words of Life from the very Throne of God: “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you” (John 16:13-14). The Words that Jesus was talking about is what we know as the written New Testament!
How did the writers of the Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John remember the Words of the Lord? The Holy Ghost brought all things to their remembrance,"He...will bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you"(John 14:26). Where did Romans, Revelation, Galatians, 1 Peter, and the rest of the New Testament come from? The Spirit of Truth heard these words at the Throne of God and spoke them to Peter, Paul, John, and the others and they were faithful to write them down.
Is God still speaking today? Yes, but only that which is in absolute harmony with the scriptures! Even at that, you could transcribe word for word that which is true but you will NEVER add another book to the Bible: “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book” (Revelation 22:18).
The Church of Jesus Christ was birthed some two thousand years ago by an Anointing that is Eternal and has been in building ever since. This anointing is one and the same with the Voice found from Genesis to Revelation. The true church will recognize no other voice because it believes that ALL of the New Testament should be in Red Letters for it is truly that which is proceeding from the mouth of the Lord!In other words,Jesus had many things to say in John 16:12 and now we know what he was talking about if we will study our Bibles.It is a living foundation that has been signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Ghost once and for all!!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
TALK ABOUT BAD BREATH!
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive” — Ephesians 4:11-14
Have you ever noticed that almost every church building has the pulpit located in the center? This is one tradition that is in keeping with truth: The church is to be centered on the preaching of the Word of God. The word of the Lord given to the prophets and apostles is the foundation of the true church: Its light keeps us from being “tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.”
The word translated “sleight of men” is dice in the Greek. How many teachings in the church today are nothing more than the roll of a dice? How many “gifts” have you seen operating that were truly a “hit and miss proposition?” A preacher with an audience of perhaps a million says, “The Lord is showing me that someone listening to me has a headache; the Lord wants to heal it. Be sure to send your seed git of a thousand dollars!” How many people don’t have a headache: this is nothing more than a roll of the dice.
The word “cunning craftiness” is translated “subtilty” in 2 Corinthians 11:3, “ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” As I have said before, there is nothing innocent about false doctrine. The same devil that spoke through the snake in the beginning still speaks deception today! that does not line up with the teaching of the scriptures. Were it not for the foundation of the true Apostles and Prophets, we would not have a “more sure word of prophesy” to refute “every wind and wave of doctrine “that has blew in the church today.
Do you know of anyone claiming to be a “modern” foundation of the church today? Have you heard that we as a church are going to take over the governments of this world and will be under the leadership of “super apostles?”Did you know that all of these teachings are available now: oil in the hands, gold dust, fascination with angels, exstasis dancing, ecstatic prophesy, and singing with the planets? Do you know where all of this is coming from? It is coming from the hot air of hell itself! Talk about bad breath!!
Have you ever noticed that almost every church building has the pulpit located in the center? This is one tradition that is in keeping with truth: The church is to be centered on the preaching of the Word of God. The word of the Lord given to the prophets and apostles is the foundation of the true church: Its light keeps us from being “tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.”
The word translated “sleight of men” is dice in the Greek. How many teachings in the church today are nothing more than the roll of a dice? How many “gifts” have you seen operating that were truly a “hit and miss proposition?” A preacher with an audience of perhaps a million says, “The Lord is showing me that someone listening to me has a headache; the Lord wants to heal it. Be sure to send your seed git of a thousand dollars!” How many people don’t have a headache: this is nothing more than a roll of the dice.
The word “cunning craftiness” is translated “subtilty” in 2 Corinthians 11:3, “ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” As I have said before, there is nothing innocent about false doctrine. The same devil that spoke through the snake in the beginning still speaks deception today! that does not line up with the teaching of the scriptures. Were it not for the foundation of the true Apostles and Prophets, we would not have a “more sure word of prophesy” to refute “every wind and wave of doctrine “that has blew in the church today.
Do you know of anyone claiming to be a “modern” foundation of the church today? Have you heard that we as a church are going to take over the governments of this world and will be under the leadership of “super apostles?”Did you know that all of these teachings are available now: oil in the hands, gold dust, fascination with angels, exstasis dancing, ecstatic prophesy, and singing with the planets? Do you know where all of this is coming from? It is coming from the hot air of hell itself! Talk about bad breath!!
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