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MPRMOBISM : The Things You Never Knew (Part 1) By: Apostle Dr. Lee Ann B. Marino, Ph.D., D.D.
\ Mormonism today What was, once upon a time, regarded as an off-color cult with a highly shady history, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has risen to prestige and power, with many American businessmen (including founder of the Mariott hotel chain) and many celebrities and athletes standing at the forefront of this uniquely westernized religion. We know about Mormons in terms of their commercials that seem to advocate family values and the varied doctrines that have been implemented by Mormon leaders over the years, but I find many people do not understand much about this group today. It is to a point that most often just consider Mormonism a Christian
sect - perhaps extreme, but still upholding Christian values. Mormon history is littered with colorful characters, charlatans, and beliefs, and NONE of them had any interest in associating Mormonism with Christianity. In fact, Brigham Young, who was the second leader of the Mormon Church, spoke clearly that they wanted nothing to do with Christian value or identity.
While more modern exposure and attempts to mainline the church in the 1970s have been effective in PR and marketing, it does not change the roots of what the church is about and much of the deeply-rooted and held ideals of doctrine, right down to this day. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormons (also called LDS, LDS Church, Latter-Day Saints, Mormon Church, and Zion [only among members]), is a unique religious denomination with no ties to traditional mainline denominations, but rather occultism, that was founded by Joseph Smith, Junior in 1830 in Fayette, New York. He is hailed as the first and founding prophet and president of the church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has approximately ten to twelve million members, operating on a rotating basis, in countries all over the world, and is growing fastest abroad rather than in the United States, which has seen a decline in membership. The Mormon Church is best known for three things: 1) Missions, including door-to-door evangelism, 2) The Book of Mormon, and 3) Polygamy. All of these issues will be discussed and examined at their value, both spiritual and temporal, in the
space that we have available here. Please note: the purpose of this writing is not to insult or offend anyone, but to take a considerable look at a religion both visible and influential in modern culture. Mormon theology If you were to ask a Mormon if they believed in the Trinity doctrine, espoused by many in the religiously Christian world, they would say yes. Yet the Mormon "trinity” concept that exists is anything but the mainline Trinitarian understanding.
First and foremost in terms of obviousness, Mormons are classified as tritheists, or people who believe that the trinity is three separate gods: the father is a god, the son is a god, and the holy ghost is a god, which is a counter to Trinitarianism, which states that there is one God manifest in three divine persons. The father god of Mormon theology’s true name is Elohim, and he is only one of an infinite number of gods in the universe ruling over an infinite number of planets much like ours. "God” was once a man, who lived on another planet and due to his great obedience to the god on his planet, he was allowed to, in obedience, come to this planet, was crucified, died, and resurrected from the dead, and became the god over ours due to his works of obedience. (Note: this is not a reference to Jesus Christ, although one can understand the confusion by similarities in actions). This doctrine translates to the following Mormon teaching: because their "god” was once a man and became "god” out of obedience, men (not women) may also ascend to godhood through observance of Mormon regulations and beliefs. Mormons teach Jesus Christ’s true name is Jehovah and
he is always subordinate to the father, Elohim. Jesus is the "spirit brother” of all men, including Satan. They also teach that Jesus Christ was conceived by a sexual union between Mary and the "god” of this planet and existed as this god’s son, preexistent through spiritual sexual union between the father and mother gods.
As Jehovah of the Old Testament in preexistent form, he was ordained by the Grand Council of heaven to "condescend” to earth, volunteering to sacrifice for sins, whereas Satan also volunteered, but with conditions that were not acceptable to the gods. Jesus is also taught to have been married, as marriage is essential to godhood in Mormonism. The Holy Ghost is a nameless, literal "spirit man who can only be at one place at one time…” (Bruce McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, pg. 359) The Holy Ghost is contrasted with the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) that is the influence of the godhead. It fills the immensity of space and enables God to know what is going on at all times, and is likened to electricity. (see The Doctrine and Covenants 130:22-23) The Holy Spirit is distinguished as the presence of God. Mormon theology is greatly confusing. First of all, it is a blend of theologies rather than one set principle. Second of all, it is confusing because Mormons use the same terms as Christians but with markedly different meanings. It is important to comprehensively understand exactly what Mormon theology is and see its evolution, which we shall explain now. Joseph Smith’s concept of
deity has gone through approximately four stages of evolution. The first stage was, ironically enough, monotheism, or the belief in one god. The standard church teaching in 1830, it can be seen in Alma 11:22-31 in The Book of Mormon and in Moses 1:6 in The Pearl of Great Price. Binitarian modalism was the next stage of Mormon theology, and manifested in 1831.
Binitarian modalism is the belief that the Father and Son are not understood as distinct persons, but as different modes in which God has manifested himself. Seen in Mosiah 15:1-3 (The Book of Mormon) and in The Joseph Smith Translation of the Holy Bible (1833) in which he made alterations to the Biblical text, such as Luke 10:22, to make it reflect binitarian modalism rather than monotheism. Stage three of Mormon theology was binitarian monotheism, which believes the Father and the Son are in the godhead and the Holy Ghost is the shared bond of the two. The fourth stage was polytheism, or the belief in many gods, and can be seen in The Doctrine and Covenants 121:26,28. The Book of Mormon was also altered to fit the new belief in plural gods, which also entered in tritheism, that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three separate gods. Modern Mormon theology falls under two further classifications of theology: henotheism and process theology. Henotheism is a form of polytheism in which one god is believed as the deity of a race, tribe, etc. without claiming he is the only god. (The World Book Dictionary, 1963) Mormonism falls into this classification
as it only believes that its deity is the god supreme over this planet, but that there are other deities in existence as gods over other planets, therefore indicating that their god is not the only god and is not supreme over all. Process theology, on the other hand, is the belief that a god or deity is a part of creation and is evolving along with it.
As Mormons believe their god was once a man and is now an exalted man who has become god, this indicates that through his "evolution� to godhood, their god was actually a part of the creation rather than being its creator, and separate from it. Their god is therefore subject to a continuing evolution rather than being supreme, because he evolved into his position as god. The church itself The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints believes itself to be a restoration of the true church on earth which was lost through thousands of years of apostasy. This restoration has taken place in the last days or latter days before Jesus Christ returns in the Second Coming and is the sole avenue for salvation. Therefore, Mormons believe their church is the only true church of Jesus Christ, and that all other churches and religions, including Christianity, are of the devil. Salvation, therefore has a unique concept for Mormons not shared by mainline religions. According to Mormon belief, all are entitled to be saved and salvation is for all through the Mormon church. The cross does not atone for all sin and therefore "exaltation into godhood� requires works and obedience to
LDS teachings and leaders. Just as their god became god through obedience to the god ruling on his planet, so must men become gods through their obedience, that when they die they too may become gods over their own appointed realms. "Freedom” is an option that one might use it for the choice of following Mormon precepts to the end of godhood. Joseph Smith, Jr. Most central to Mormon philosophy is its emphasis on its leaders and their teachings, in particular founder Joseph Smith.
It was these two men who largely shaped what is Mormon doctrine today. Joseph Smith, Jr. was the founder of the Mormon religion, and is hailed as its first prophet. While room does not allow for an entire examination of the Mormon founder, it is worth noting that his character was extremely questionable. He was guilty of making numerous false prophecies, and was extremely arrogant by nature. In 1820, at the age of fifteen, Joseph Smith claimed to have had his "first vision,” in which God the Father and Jesus the Son appeared to him while he was praying in the woods as to which church he should join. At the time, he belonged to a Methodist Church Class and participated in Methodist meetings. In the vision, he was "instructed” by Jesus that he should join no church, for they all were corrupt and all wrong and that all of Christianity was an abomination. (see Joseph Smith – History, 19, found in The Pearl of Great Price). The present form of the first vision story was written in 1838 (History, verses 14-20). There are at least ten accounts of the first vision story dating from 1827 to 1859 and none of them match. This, therefore, establishes the foundational claims
of the church to be highly suspect, by their own nature. Joseph Smith went through different phases and scams throughout his lifetime. In 1827 Joseph claimed another revelation in which the angel Moroni (who began appearing to him after the first vision) allowed Joseph Smith to retrieve a set of golden plates buried in a hill in Palmyra, New York.
This work, which became The Book of Mormon was supposedly translated from these plates between 1827 and 1830. For the job of "translating” these plates, Joseph used his occult and "seer stones” by gazing into the stones and then placing them in his hat for gazing in the dark. No one was permitted to look at the stones or gold plates but Joseph Smith himself. In its completed form, The Book of Mormon was published in 1830, the same year the Mormon Church was first organized and growing. From this point until his death in 1844, Joseph Smith led the church and governed the Mormon body of believers through the guise of "divine revelation.” As a result, doctrines such as polygamy, polytheism, and others, were introduced. Wherever the community went, Joseph Smith quickly established himself as the mayor, sole holder of any liquor licenses, and eventually the self-declared governor of provinces. Despite multiple relocations on the part of the Mormons to protect their people and their prophet due to the illegal nature of much of their religious practices including polygamy and the marriage of other men’s wives, Joseph Smith, Junior was killed in Carthage,
Illinois on June 27, 1844 along with his brother Hyrum, the same year that he announced his intention to run for president of the United States. His successor in the prophecy and presidency of the church was a man named Brigham Young. Mormon scriptures The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints acknowledges four separate works as scripture: · The Holy Bible in the Authorized King James Version, which is the only one of the four authorized works not considered infallible; ·
The Book of Mormon, which is part of a record, both sacred and secular, of prophets and peoples who were supposedly among the ancestors of the modern-day Native Americans. These people were believed to be of Asiatic origin, living among the house of Israel, who left Jerusalem during the reign of King Zedekiah. The records were kept on golden plates until Joseph Smith discovered and translated them in 1827 and translated them. It was first published in 1830, and has undergone many revisions since, including 3,913 textual and editorial alterations. · The Doctrine and Covenants, a collection of "divine revelations” and "inspired declarations” given for the establishment and regulation of the Mormon Church. It is not a translation of any documents but rather was given for the modern times and are all of modern origin. Most were written during the early years of the church, on topics relevant to different areas of church member’s life and faith. · The Pearl of Great Price – A selection of materials relevant to aspects of Mormon faith and doctrine produced by Joseph Smith and published in his day. It was named a standard work of the church in 1880 but has been
revised a number of times to suit the needs of the denomination. The president edition of The Pearl of Great Price has been edited to bring it into conformity with earlier documents. It contains selections from The Book of Moses (extract from the book of Genesis in The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible), The Book of Abraham (a translation of Egyptian papyri that Joseph Smith obtained in 1835 containing writings of the Patriarch of Abraham; now proven fraudulent),
Joseph Smith – Matthew (an extract from the testimony of Matthew in The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible), Joseph Smith – History (excerpts from Joseph Smith’s official testimony and history, prepared in 1838), and The Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints (a statement by Joseph Smith published in 1842 in company with a short history of the church known as The Wentworth Letter). Mormon family and theological understanding One cannot properly understand the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints without understanding its emphasis on family values. It has its origins in the belief that "god” has a family and that to enter into godhood, one too must be married and have a family as a part of the ascent to godhood. As a result, Mormons believe the family is an eternal unit, which is sealed only through Mormon temple marriage. Only marriages Performed in a Mormon temple as part of a sealed ceremony are recognized as valid in Mormonism and ensures the family will be an eternal unit in this life as well as the life to come. Those who marry outside of the Mormon system will not be sealed in the church without
conversion and are regarded as "unsealed.� It is from this teaching that matters of contraception and birth control are regarded as "contrary� to the teaching of the Mormon Church rather than personal matters. Their emphasis on family values encourages close family ties, genealogical research, and family involvement in decisions otherwise regarded as individual or personal.
In the next edition In the next edition of Shepherds Without Borders, we will continue our look at Mormonism, including more on the Mormon family, polygamy, freemasonry and Mormonism, and the various social teachings of the Mormon church. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Apostle Dr. Lee Ann B. Marino, Ph.D., D.D. Apostle, Founder, and Visionary Apostolic Fellowship International Ministries P.O. Box 935 Cary, North Carolina 27512 USA www.powerfortoday.org Article originally printed in Power For Today Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 5, September/October 2012. Reprinted with the permission of the author. Mormonism: The Things You Never Knew (Part 1) By: Apostle Dr. Lee Ann B. Marino, Ph.D., D.D.
A Prayer of Healing through Worship : ADDED BY BABSIE VAN DER BERG
A Prayer of Healing through Worship Heavenly Father, We come into Your presence to love and adore You. Thank You for Your love and Your desire for union with us.
We welcome all that You wish to do through this healing prayer. We open ourselves to communication with You and Jesus through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, anoint us with healing so deep it reaches back into our blood line; with healing so wide it impacts our friends and relatives; with healing so high it draws us into Your holiness. Holy Spirit, come with Your fire. Our Father Which Art In Heaven--Father God, by Your grace I come to You with all that I am and all that I ever hope to be. I am Your child born of Your love. Jesus brought me into Your presence. You alone satisfy my soul.
You in me and I in You; this is the path of healing for my soul. By Your grace I come into Your presence with simple, trusting assurance, certain of Your love for me. In Your presence all fear and insecurity melt away and deep hurts become healing memories. In Your presence I am strengthened and filled with hope. Father in heaven, I breathe the breath of heaven deep inside my spirit. Your heaven flows through me. May the light of Your glory be present with me throughout this day.
I love You Father. Hallowed Be Thy Name--Father, I choose to live this one precious life in a way that honors Your holy name. You call me to worship, and I come. Oh Father, let all that is within me cry holy. Let every wound of my past dissolve in the light of Your wonderful presence. Turn my weaknesses into strengths, my failures into victories, my sorrows into joy. Perfect all that concerns me as I gaze upon Your holiness.
Thy Kingdom Come--Father, Your kingdom of love is in my heart. It is not I who live but Christ who lives in me. I am identified with my risen Lord Jesus and Your kingdom is established in my spirit. In coming to know Jesus, I am discovering who I am, Precious Lord. Your kingdom has come into my emotions, and they are in a healthy balance. Your kingdom has come into my mind,
and it is sanctified. Your kingdom has come into my body, and I am becoming healthy. Your kingdom rules my heart, and I live a life of richness and depth. Your kingdom has come into my mouth, and I speak words that heal and liberate. Because Your kingdom rules my life I am resilient and filled with hope in all circumstances. Thy Will Be Done--Father in heaven, unite my will with that of Your son. Thank You for giving me a spirit of submission, tender and open to the Holy Spirit. In every circumstance I commend myself to Your grace and choose what is pleasing to You. Father,
I delight to do Your will. When I lay my life before You and say "Thy will be done," You receive it as an act of worship. Wonderful Lord, You have come tenderly into the deepest struggles of my life and whispered, "Just keep Your eyes on me. Trust me to take care of You." You have come into my broken heart and made it a place of worship. You have drawn me to praise You when everything in my world was in ashes. You have called me to trust beyond all
reason. I lay my life upon the altar of Your love and say with joy in my soul, "Thy will be done." Jesus, I trust in You." On Earth As It Is In Heaven--Father, my heart beats with Your heart. For me, to live is Christ. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for bringing my life into harmony with heaven. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for teaching me how to walk with Jesus in His resurrected life. Thank You, that the attitudes of heaven are my attitudes. I think Your thoughts and walk in Your presence. I carry the light of Heaven wherever I go.
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread--Father, You have always taken care of me, and You always will. You give me what I need each day and prepare for my tomorrow. My faith is growing. Thank You for my daily joy that draws me to worship when sadness comes. Thank You for Your healing balm that soothes the day's aches and pains. Thank You for Your perfect love that soaks
away my fear. Your tender daily care in every area of need draws me to my knees in worship. Thank You for walking with me day by day. In our growing friendship You have never failed me, ever. I love You, Father. I love You, Jesus, Bread of Heaven. I love You, Holy Spirit. Forgive Us Our Debts--Father, thank You for Your gift of mercy in my life; Your mercy that reaches my heart, because I have forgiven those who hurt me. I confess my sins and receive forgiveness. I am free from condemnation and safely united to You. Your truth has made me free. I love You Father.
As We Forgive Our Debtors--Father, by the grace of the cross I let go of bitterness resentment and unforgiveness. If there are hidden roots of unforgiveness, thank You for shining Your light on them. I entrust this area to You. Thank You, for turning injury into compassion and hurts into intercessions. Forgiveness brings heaven to earth. I love You, Father---
And Lead Us Not Into Temptation--Thank You, Father, for keeping me on a path that leads to holiness. With Your grace I see temptation when it comes, and brush it off the path. Your love is stronger than the urge to sin. Thank You for healing any areas of my soul that might be vulnerable to temptation. Jesus, You are my Shepherd and my hiding place. You guide me to safe pastures. I am responsive to the voice of the Holy Spirit who warns me of trouble ahead. Thank You, Father. I Love You.
But Deliver Us From Evil--Father, Thank You for protecting me from every evil and for bringing me a gift of peace. You have broken the chain of oppression, delivered me from depression, anger, guilt, and fear. At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow; addictions, perversions, hopelessness, worthlessness, loneliness and despair must bend their knee to the name of Jesus. I cast down every argument and every high thing in me that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. I bring every thought into captivity
to the obedience of Christ. Thank You for giving me the power over all the power of the enemy. Nothing shall hurt me. You have given me a spirit of praise and worship, which is my strength in the face of the enemy. Thank You for Your armor, Your name, Your blood, Your Spirit. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. Thank You Father. I love You. For Thine Is The Kingdom.. And The Power.. And The Glory Forever Father, every gift You have given me, every dream, every talent, every possesion, every resource and hope for the future, I return to You with love. All is Yours. May Your name be glorified, may Your kingdom come. Take Lord, receive, All my liberty, My memory, my understanding, my entire will.
All that I have and possess. You have given all to me; To You, O' Lord, I return it. All is Yours. Dispose of it wholly according to You will. Give me Your love and Your grace, for this is sufficient for me. Amen
Don't Overreact to Mistakes ~ : ADDED BY SUSAN C. CLARK
Don't Overreact to Mistakes ~ Almost every prophetic person I know stated that 2012 will be "the best of times and the worst of times." I think this has proven true, but I think it will be increasingly true with each passing year. We are entering the most challenging times in world history and the best time there has ever been to know and walk with the Lord. As I have said too many times to count, we are living in the times of Isaiah 60. We are entering times when we must face ultimate issues in America and in every other nation. In Scripture, this is called "the Valley of Decision." Everyone called to live on earth during these times must pass through this valley, but now is the time to resolve in our hearts what our decision will be – that we will never compromise the truth that we have been entrusted with and we will never deny the Lord who paid such a price for our salvation. If we remain true we cannot lose, and we are promised to see His glory.
As the Lord also said, as we do unto the least of His, we are doing it unto Him. Therefore, when any of His people
are being targeted, we need to rise up and stand with them just as we would with Him. When we learn to do this as Christians, and the love we have for one another becomes known in this way, the world will see it and soon begin to see by this that Jesus was not only sent by the Father, but He is still here in His people. When the devil knows that he cannot stop someone, he often gets behind them to push them too far. His first goal is to keep people from seeing the light of Christ, but once they do, he can still cause damage to their faith if he can push them to an extreme. A ditch is on either side of the path of life. Basically, legalism is on one side and lawlessness on the other. The path of life is between these extremes. Many Christians spend their lives oscillating between these two ditches because of their tendency to overreact to mistakes or failures. The key word here is "overreact." If we have been in an extreme, some reaction is necessary, but the key here is not to overreact and therefore fall into the opposite extreme. Obviously, we also have a problem waiting for the Lord. There are many exhortations in Scripture to wait upon the Lord, and I don't know of a single one that says to hurry. Many, especially the zealous, often get burned from getting ahead of the Lord. The key is not to lose our zeal and become so hesitant that we are hard to get moving at all.
A main reason why Jesus gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom was his ability to fall or make major mistakes but then get back up and keep going. Proverbs 24:16 states, "A righteous man falls seven times, but rises again." Many seem to believe that the righteous cannot fall at all, but James assured us that "we all stumble in many ways" (see James 3:2). We all will make mistakes, but "the righteous" do not let those mistakes keep them down. I felt the Lord explained this to me that our failures do not displease Him as much as our getting back up after we have stumbled and continuing to fight on pleases Him. As I have spent decades working with prophetically gifted people, one thing I began to see early was that those who are trusted with the greatest gifts and spiritual authority are those who sometimes make the biggest, and especially, the most embarrassing mistakes. They are humbled, and they do not quit, but learn from the mistakes and keep going. It seems like it is only after a big embarrassment that the Lord will trust them with greater revelation and authority. Some will wise up quickly to understand that God gives His grace to the humble, so they will gladly embrace the humility and keep on going. I often hear people say that they would like to step out and try their gifts, but they don't want to fail because they don't want to hurt someone's faith. I've learned to interpret this to mean that they have so much pride, or insecurity, that they're too proud to risk embarrassment or too afraid to risk failure. In this way they trust who they are, or are not, more than they trust the Lord.
If our stepping out and being wrong hurts someone's faith, then they have their faith wrongly placed anyway. They need to be disillusioned, which means to lose our illusions. It is an illusion to trust in men instead of the Lord. Even so, neither do we want to fall into the ditch on the other side that would have us become presumptuous or callous with the gifts of God. As we are told in Proverbs 14:26, "In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge." It is an awesome thing to be used to represent the King of kings, and we don't ever want to take for granted what a privilege and a responsibility this is. If we can stay between these extremes, we will do well. Rick JoynerMorningStar Ministries Email: info@morningstarministries.org
WITCHES & DEMONS ARE SUBJECT TO YOU!!!!! : BY APOSTLE JESSIE STRIGGLES
WITCHES & DEMONS ARE SUBJECT TO YOU!!!!! AND THESE ARE THE SIGNS THAT FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVE!!!!! Luke 10:19 - I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU!!! FOR PPL OF GOD - U HAVE TO KNOW ALL DEMONIC SPIRITS ARE SUBJECT TO YOU!!!! Mark 16:17-18 - JESUS SAYS IN HIS NAME WE SHALL CAST OUT DEVILS - WE SHALL TAKE UP SERPENTS AND IF WE DRINK ANY DEADLY THING, IT SHALL NOT HURT US, WE SHALL LAY HANDS ON THE SICK AND THEY SHALL RECOVER!!!!
Jesus also tell us that we shall walk among witches & not be hexed; for SUFFER NOT A WITCH TO LIVE!!!!! OK - WAIT A MINUTE!!!! We declare we are of the Kingdom of God; yet we are so fearful. DEMONS & WITCHES HAVE NO POWER OVER US UNLESS WE WALK IN OUR OWN MIGHT!!!! We have this Power in earthen vessels to decree a thing and it is so!!!! I AM HERE TO TELL YOU - I AM NOT AFRAID OF NO WITCH, WARLOCK NOR DEMON!!!! THE SPIRIT OF GOD SHOULD BE SO IN YOU THAT IT IS RADIATING ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOU; WHEN DEMONS & WITCHES SEE YOU THEY RUN AND HIDE!!!! All you did was show up and the whole atmosphere should shift because of the light that is coming from you. With the Anointing of God on you the Favor of God anounces your coming. The 2 Angels that step in before you sound the trumpet to anounce your coming - I KNOW U DIDN'T HEAR IT; BUT THE DEMONS & WITCHES HEARD IT!!!! Just as Jesus approaches Legion & before Jesus can say anything - Legion knew exactly who Jesus was - THAT IS THE SAME WAY AS YOU!!!! Jesus ask him what was his name as an example to us - that when were are to cast out a demon - you should ask them what is your name. Legion says - my name is Legion for we are many - WELL!!!!!! They will tell you there name & it won't be the name that you know them in the natural as. WAKE UP PPL OF GOD!!!!!! He knows Jesus is going to cast them out of him so they beg Jesus - please let us go into the pigs.
BE CAREFUL NOW - BECAUSE U MUST BE ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN MEANING YOUR ANOINTING MUST BE ON THAT LEVEL TO CAST OUT DEMONS & SUFFER A WITCH NOT TO LIVE. For if you don't kill the witch - the witch will surely kill you. Pleople that have dealt in witchcraft _ God will allow the devil to get his payment in full from selling their soul to the devil & now want to run back to God. Demons on assignments that you have entertained so long - you are comfortable with them - now they turn on you to torment you until you lose your mind or died. I could really get into this; but I know I won't read long notes so I take that into consideration!!!! You are welcome to add to this note as often as you are led by the Holy Spirit - FOR TOO MANY ARE PREACHING WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S INSIDE OF THEM. final word!!! THESE SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVE!!!! WALKING IN AUTHORITY!!!! from the desk of AJS
General Topic: Echoed from the man of God house ....BY PASTOR PETER PAYE
Text: 1 Samuel 2:12-17,22-25,27-36;4:12-18 General Topic: Echoed from the man of God house Sub-Topic: Echoed from the Eli’s house Introduction: This book is rich with instruction, showing us how God in His providence causes human societies to navigate transitions. These transitions are often brought about by sin and failure, and yet God is not stumped by anything. First and second Samuel are named after the same person God used to establish monarchy in Israel.
Samuel not only anointed both Saul and David, Israel's first two kings, but he also gave definition to the new order of God's rule over Israel. Samuel's role as God's representative in this period of Israel's history is close to that of Moses Ps. 99:6; Jer. 15:1 since he, more than any other person, provided for covenant continuity in the transition from the rule of the judges to that of the monarchy. This series of messages is to help us avoid the pitfall of some of those who were before us. And to also reawaken us to some of the present error we are still making despite all the warnings. That is why history will continue to repeat itself, because we all have fail to the learn the lesson history had to teach. Why do we have so many problems with most of our world leaders? They see it, hear about it, realize the consequences and yet do the same. May God by his grace help us through this time in Jesus name. Let us first of all look at the definition and responsibilities of a Priest: "an authorized minister of a deity who, on behalf of a community, officiates at the altar and in other rites, acting as a mediator between the deity and man." This included three responsibilities: The first was to minister in the sanctuary, which at this time was the tabernacle, but when Israel became a settled nation it would be the temple. Secondly, priests were responsible for teaching the people the law of God, and Thirdly, when God's will was sought for the nation, it was the priests who prayed for guidance. Eli was the Lord's priest and teacher of the law but this man of God sons felt short of the above standard, they were worthless (sinners) pagans.
They had no respect for the Lord or the offerings the people brought to the Lord. Later, God brought judgment against the nation, and Eli's family because of their wickedness. These passages draw our attention to the wickedness of Eli two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. How their way of life in service of the Lord has scandal the office of the priesthood. We should never fail to know that our ministry is not all about services but character. We want to consider three very important truth about the House of Eli. I. It was a house of disobedience 2:12,15,16,22 Disobedience and sins close our eyes and our ears to the Call of God, and Slowness in perceiving the work and word of the Lord. One of the most evil things in life is corruption at an official position. Be it in ministry or outside. For every time that God gives you the opportunity to service as a leader, do all you can to be an example. Some time when you talk to some people about their way of life not being in agreement with the scripture, they think that the church or Pastor is getting in to the private life. Note this, "why it is true that we all have our private lives to live, we must also know that if we are a part of a community and if our private lives cast a shallow over the community of faith, than the church has the responsibility to call our attention�. As a priest it was required, however, that their personal character should accord with their sacred work Mal. 2:7 "For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, And people should seek the law from his mouth; For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
The sons of Eli failed to use their office for the welfare of men and the glory of God, but for their own selfish and corrupt purposes. And as a result became a bad example of wickedness. (ver. 12)"Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the Lord”. They had no proper conception of God as holy and just, and they did not consider that God observed and hates sin. They had no communion with God, no sympathy with his purposes, and no sense of their own obligations to him. They were unspiritual men, and practically unfaithful. They fail to accept their opportunities, they were servants of God yet they did not know him. It is my pray that in our walk with God, we will never come to this place like the sons of Eli. I pray that we will not get to the place where we feel that there is no need for God, there is no need for fasting and praying. We have the money why do we pray? Remember, it is he who called us. ver. 15,16). Also, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, "Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.” And if the man said to him, "They should really burn the fat first; then you may take as much as your heart desires,” he would then answer him, "No, but you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.” Under the Levitical law it was required that the fat should be burnt on the altar before the offering was divided between the priest and the offerer. Their legally assigned portions were the breast and shoulder. But instead of waiting for the fat to be burn, the priest sent his servant to demand his portion with the fat, that it might be better fitted for roasting than boiling.
They were claiming larger portions of what they were not entitled, and robbed both God and man. This is true with some of us as Pastors, we always want the best. Even if other are getting hurt or if it is destroying some longtime relationship we are still willing to persuade it. Instead of regarding themselves as a servant of God for the good of men, the priest made himself a "lord over God's heritage"1Pet. 5:3. "Nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock”. I believe the people were not willing to give as before because they knew that the priests were eating the meat. It was a gross act of disobedience and profanity which also hindered the people from fulfilling their religious purposes, and made his own servant a partner in his sin. The question is this, now that Eli son are nowhere around, as pastor or leaders, how do we treats ministry money? As a believer has you also stop tithing because you feel that you do not know where the church money is going? I also want you to remember this,” when a leader fall in to sin or disobedience, that art of sin will either cause you to go up or bring you down”. Do you remember the words of Simeon concerning Jesus in Luke 2:34 "Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against”. Do you learn the lesson God want you to learn or do you take an offence? Eli house was a house of disobedience. II.
It was a house of disgrace 22,23 Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.� The behaviors of these men have brought disgrace to the office of the priest. Two unworthy priest have made many unbelievers. Instead of strengthening what is noblest and best in men, they have destroyed it, and made its restoration impossible. And generally speaking, ungodly conduct on the part of professed servants of God or a believer is a great hindrance to the spread of truth and righteousness, and a powerful influence in extending error and evil in the world. I believe this is why Paul reminded Timothy continuously to watch is way of life and ministry. If you will agree with me on this, "we are not better or more educated than some of the people in our congregation, the difference is grace�. These man of God, has shamelessly indulgence in to pagan immorality. They were involve in to sexual immorality at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. They lack self-control. This art was a common practice associated with idol worship, which made pagan worship so terrible a temptation to Israel. Eli son involvement made the tabernacle of the Lord like a heathen temple. Having become insensible to the presence of the invisible King, they treated his services as a mere outward ritual, which may be performed without any felt inconsistency between it and any amount of immorality.
Eli house was a house of disgrace. Eli son’s art was a known fact to the communities of Israel, everyone were talking about it. If you are out there and you are in to anything that is bring shame on the body of Christ, I ask you in the name God to stop. If you know that what you are doing unknown to man, when made know will cause shame, please stop now! III. It was a house of disdain The house of Eli was not just a house of disobedience, disgrace but now a house of disdain or disrespect. Professionally Eli’s son followed in their father foot step (1:3b). "Also the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.” But morally however, they took a different path (2:12). "Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the Lord”. Who was responsible? They shamelessly engaged in immorality at the very door of the tent of meeting and all Israel was awards of it. (2:22)” Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting”. Men of corrupt lives at the head of religion, who are shameless in their profligacy, have a lowering effect on the moral life of the whole community Down and down goes the standard of living. The mischief spreads like fire in dry grass; and the basic fabric of society is infected with the poison of immorality. Joshua 24:15 "but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Being a leader is more than the position it is a lifestyle, being a good example in words and in deeds. When I am spiritual, my family will see the fruit of the Spirit in my daily walk.
There will be peace in my home and I will be patient with them, be gentle toward them. My actions will be characterized by goodness, faith, meekness and moderation. What was Eli response as a father to all of this? Eli’s way of dealing with his shameful son behavior was not done with seriousness 2:23-34. Eli was not only incomplete in his reproof; he even indulged his son as God rebuke to him indicates 2:19. By not intervening when his son took such huge portion of meal for themselves, Eli was indulging his son. A final thing we note about Eli respond is a sort of passive fatalism (3:18) he had not been obedient to the law of Moses in the first place, he would had taken action that would have prevented his sons from bringing such shame upon the family, the priesthood, and the nation. Deut. 21:18-21 Let it be known to us that God does not take anyone by surprise as we see in the case of Eli family. He was rebuke publicly by the people 2:24 He was also rebuke by a unknown man of God 27a, 30-34 He was rebuke by God himself 3:3:11-14 Causes of Eli household down fall were a result of the following. Preoccupation with work, he did not have time for his children up bring. No seriousness in correcting the error when it was made known (Pro 19:18). Failure to respond correctly to the warring of other (Pro. 11:14). We live in a time were our world is crying out for human right. Be that father and mother God has call you to be. You cannot claim any form of success if your children are going wayward. In ministry some things can wait and other cannot, let be sensitive to the happening around us.
Concluding thought Eli house was a house of disobedience, disgrace and disdain. As a result of the bad character of his house, the man of God said that Eli would suffer a terrible degradation. He would be strip of his strength. No member of his house would reach a good old age. The eternal rule of the kingdom of God that we see here which is not limited to the days of Hophni and Phinehas is this, God said "Them that honour Me I will honour, but they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed." http://facebook.com/payepeter Email: payepeter@gmail.com Phone: 00221775589488
HEARTS OF GLADNESS : BY CATHERIN SKINNER
In him our hearts rejoice, for we rest in his holy name. Psalm 33: 21 NIV Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress. Although trouble may surround them, they still sing; and, like many birds, they sing their best in their cages. The waves may roll over them, but their souls rise to the surface and see the light of God’s countenance. Trouble does not necessarily bring consolation with it to the believer, but the presence of the Son of God in the fiery furnace with him fills his heart with joy. He is sick and suffering, but Jesus visits him and makes his bed for him. He is dying, but Jesus puts His arms around him and crises, "Fear not, beloved, to die is to be blessed; the waters of death have their fountainhead in heaven. They are not bitter; they are sweet as nectar, for they flow from the throne of God.�
As the departing saint wades through the stream and the billows gather around him, the same voice sounds in his ear, "Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed, I am your God.” As he nears the border of the infinite unknown, Jesus says, "Fear not, it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Thus strengthened and consoled, the believer is not afraid to die; no, he is even willing to depart, for since he has seen Jesus as the morning star, he longs to gaze upon Him as the sun in his strength. Truly the presence of Jesus is all the heaven we need. Amen!! Reflections: Though trouble may be on every side I can say my heart rejoices in my Lord Jesus. When I call upon the name of Jesus a song rises up with gladness within my spirit/heart. As I draw near to my God, and His presence overshadows me. I have no fear for I know that my God is with me. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were determined to worship the One true God only, and thus were reported to the king. Courageously they stood before him as the king pressured the men to deny their God. They said, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up." (Daniel 3:16-18, ESV) When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego courageously took their stand before Nebuchadnezzar, they didn't know with certainty that God would deliver them. They had no assurance they would survive the flames. But they stood firm anyway. In the face of death could you boldly declare as these three young men did: "Whether God rescues me or not, I will stand for him. I will not compromise my faith, and I will not deny my Lord." As I was typing this it dawn on me that I was typing about death or in the process of dying. I ask why I am typing about dying or death! Is this a spiritual or natural death? It dawn on me that God is dealing with me about dying to my old self/ways. I know that when there is about to be a move of God in my life fear grips me. Whenever fear grips my heart, I always hear these word fear not, be not dismayed for I am with thee. Yet I never equated them with death or dying. Therefore, now that I have a full understand of what is meant and being said truly my heart does rejoice in Him with gladness. Amen!! Prayer: Lord Jesus, as I enter the borders of the infinite unknown, I can hear you say, "Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed, I am your God. I say thank you Lord Jesus that my heart/spirit rejoices in you just at the thought of you r good pleasure to give me the kingdom.
My heart belongs to you; therefore, you have established your throne. Take joy my King and reign therein your temple. this I declared and decree in your most holy name Lord Jesus. Amen!!!!!!
Delight yourself also in the Lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37: 4 Inspired by the Word of God Written by Charles H. Spurgeon Quotes from Mary Fairchild Guide Reflections & prayer shared by Catherin Skinner 9/11/12
Tithing In the Kingdom :by Dr Leonard Robinson
Tithing In the Kingdom Picks up Mic: "In the New Testament Jesus receives Tithes. It is not a point of Law for the tithe was practiced before the Law. Tithing was and is a matter of choice and speaks to one's wisdom or the lack thereof. Abraham had no instruction to give tithes but He gave in an acknowledgement that God had enabled him (Abraham) to defeat his enemies, rescue his family and possess the spoils of his enemies. So when the King of Salem (King of Peace), Jesus is the King of Peace today, brought forth bread and wine Abraham blessed God by giving the tenth. No Law whatsoever was involved. Then we see Jacob who made a deal with God. Jacob said to God bless me, bring me home to my Father's house safely and prosper me and I will give you a tenth. So here the tithe was offered to bargain with God.
Now lets deal with this thing we have a tendency to do in not knowing how to understand what is a principle, which may or may not be the result of an established Law but is no less impractical when we practice its truth as a principle. Tithing whether Law or not contains within it the revelation of wisdom, that a person who practices tithing by faith enjoys the prophetic benefits declared. But if the person does tithe as a matter of Law it should most certainly be because the Lord has written His laws on the tables of our hearts and we now do not do the Law to earn our righteousness but we do the Law because the righteous Law giver is living His truth out through you and I. Every commandment of God are called the Laws of God and not one of them have we been relieved of having to do because Christ has come. No rather we do them now because it is the righteousness of the Law that lives in us. Lastly, lets deal with this issue of whether coins were used in the Old Testament or not? Again I appeal to your since of principle and wisdom. The tithe is a tenth of your increase. If you received cattle you gave a tenth. If you receive herbs and spices you give a tenth, and if you receive coinage or currency as income you give a tenth.
Now if you get paid plants, carrots and seeds and that is how you barter and what you use as currency to meet your needs as a result of how God has blessed you, then that is what you give a tenth of. Chances are though, the society you are living in you go to work 5-7 days per week and you get paid monetary gain. Therefore of your increase you give a tenth. And here is a beauty. The issue isn't the tithe ultimately. The real issue is your recognition that God owns it all. You do not receive 100% and God only ask for a tenth. The whole 100% belongs to God. So what would you do if God called for 100%? A man of wisdom would give God what He calls for and trust the same God who gave Him the increase in the first place, to take care of him. People who debate the tithe often times, not always, but often times have a poverty mentality, a stingy spirit and fail to see the spiritual principles involved in giving. And you can't blame them because for years the Church leadership has manipulated the system of the tithe and have enriched themselves on the backs of poor people." Drops Mic Friends break the trap of religious bondage and squabbles over that which is spiritually discerned. Instead purpose to make seeking God's kingdom and righteousness your number one priority and the Father will amaze you at the simplicity of His Kingdom and His process in all things concerning you.
Anything short of such discipline will only leave you with rhetoric and a smug believing you have arrived when what you need to know critically the enemy deprives you of. Make Matthew 6:33 your number one priority and you will discover the King owns it all and have chosen to provide for you as you make His Kingdom and righteousness your priority even as Jesus made His Father's will His priority. Dr Leonard Robinson Kingdom Vision Ministries International Philadelphia, PA
Have you become Spiritual Lethargic? :Catherin Skinner
Have you become Spiritual Lethargic? Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30 NIV For several years now I have been trying to figure out what happened to the way I saw and fellowship with God. The word Lethargic came into my spirit so I looked it up. While I was reading the definition thereof, I heard the word spiritual. Spiritual lethargy is one of the greatest dangers to confront a believer in his or her day-to-day walk with God. A. W. Tozer said, "There are only three directions from which danger comes to the Christian life. They are the world through which we journey, the god of this world and our own mortified flesh."
In this never-before-published book, the renowned teacher issues a clarion call for all Christians to awaken to the times in which we live and stand boldly against spiritual and moral slumber. Tozer’s focus is on those few believers who will heed the call to arouse themselves rise up in the face of the great temptation to malaise that is before us, believing that God always begins with one or two who hear and heed His voice, and refuse to become weary in their pursuit of Him. I sometimes sit back and wonder what happened to my faith in God. How did I allow it to slip away from me? I know that God is able to do above and beyond all I could ask or think. There is nothing to hard or difficult for my God to do. What was missing? The passion I once had for serving God was slipping away. It seem like I have lost my zeal for doing what I know I was created to do. Nothing great is done without passion. Passion turns the impossible into the possible and it energizes life. Passion is what makes your life alive and with out passion your life is dull and boring. God wants you to live a passionate life, He wants you to sense the passion that He put within you by His nature. Jesus said that the greatest commandment was this: "Love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.� (Mark 12:30) And that is what most of us really want to do but for some of us, we have gone into a state of spiritual lethargy and even though we still believe all the right things, the passion for Christ and Christianity has somehow been drained away. So what happened?
After a while, that passion began to drain out of your life, the enthusiasm began to fade and your zest and your zip and the joy in your life began to go away. Life became so … daily, mundane, routine! Your dreams began to gather dust. It’s a predictable pattern and it’s something that happens to most of us at some point in our Christian walk. First thing, you get the blows; then you begin to lower your expectations in life; then you begin to question things around you; then inevitably, if you let this spiral go on, you’ll find yourself going through the motions of faith, with no passion whatsoever to back them up. This results in guilt, a lack of desire to serve the Lord and eventually, if something isn’t done about it, you’ll find yourself dropping out of the church altogether. http://www.shalomeden.co.za/bible/bible145.htm Reflections: the more I read the more I realized this was me. And I had to know what to do to get it back. Wow! What an eye opener!!!!! How to get it back? ” If you’re in this state of mind you didn’t get there overnight, so please be patient with the process.” The Process 1. Rediscover your purpose Roman 8: 28-29 2. Unwrap your spiritual gift 1 Corinthians 12:7 3. Confess and repent of all sin 1 John 1:9 4. Resolve any conflicts Job 5:2; Ephesians 4:26 5. Invest in yourself Colossians 2:6-7
Prayer Abba-Father, "Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in your sight, shew me now your way. Lord, You heard me the last time, and now I come again.” I beseech you, show me your glory.” I cry out with my whole heart; hear me O LORD! I will keep Your statues. I cry to You; save me and I will keep Your testimonies. I rise before the dawning of the morning, and cry for help; I hope in Your word. My eyes are awake through the night watches that I may meditate on Your word. Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; O LORD, revive me according to Your justice. My heart cries for the zeal/passion it once held for Christ Jesus, O God. I don’t know when my expiration date is, but I do know that I need to be right standings with You before it does. You created me for your purpose and glory, and it is my heart’s desire to fulfill it. I confess that I have held resentment, anger even jealousy against others Lord, which has only held me back. I thank You, O God, and give you all the glory, honor, power, and praise for Your Holy Spirit keeping me from going to distant before I cried out and called upon You in the Name of Christ Jesus. O God, I not only pray this prayer for me but for everyone that is in this same place where I am. Touch our Lord and we will be healed/strengthen and restored by your grace. This is my plea O God, have mercy upon us all. In the mighty name of Jesus. Amen (P. S. please click on the link and read the message in its entirety.)
Inspired by the Word of God Quotes from A. W. Tozer & Shalom Eden Link from http://www.shalomeden.co.za/bible/bible145.htm Reflections & Prayer by Catherin Skinner 9/14/12
Strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house."/ Is there Salvation in Other Religions
Babsie van der Berg Strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house." — Jeremiah 51:51 In this account the faces of the Lord’s people were covered with shame, for it was a terrible thing that men should intrude into the Holy Place reserved for the priests alone. Everywhere about us we see like cause for sorrow. How many ungodly men are now educating with the view of entering into the ministry! What a crying sin is that solemn lie by which our whole population is nominally comprehended in a National Church! How fearful it is that ordinances should be pressed upon the unconverted, and that among the more enlightened churches of our land there should be such laxity of discipline. If the thousands who will read this portion shall all take this matter before the Lord Jesus this day, He will interfere and avert the evil which else will come upon His Church. To adulterate the Church is to pollute a well, to pour water upon fire, to sow a fertile field with stones.
May we all have grace to maintain in our own proper way the purity of the Church, as being an assembly of believers, and not a nation, an unsaved community of unconverted men. Our zeal must, however, begin at home. Let us examine ourselves as to our right to eat at the Lord’s table. Let us see to it that we have on our wedding garment, lest we ourselves be intruders in the Lord’s sanctuaries. Many are called, but few are chosen; the way is narrow, and the gate is strait. O for grace to come to Jesus aright, with the faith of God’s elect. He who smote Uzzah for touching the ark is very jealous of His two ordinances; as a true believer I may approach them freely, as an alien I must not touch them lest I die. Heartsearching is the duty of all who are baptized or come to the Lord’s table. "Search me, O God, and know my way, try me and know my heart.”
Is there Salvation in Other Religions? Jesus said: "I am the way and the truth and the life. Noone comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). The Apostles proclaimed: "Salvation is found in no-one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). The Old Testament prophets agree: "All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name” (Acts 10:43).
The message of the Bible, then, is clear: "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him” (John 3:36). But what about other religions? Why can’t we be saved through philosophy and "spiritual enlightenment,” as Buddha taught? Why can’t we be saved by our sincere prayers and good works, as Muhammad taught? Why can’t we be saved by worshipping other gods, as Hinduism teaches; or through Mary, as the Pope teaches? The reason why there is no salvation in these other religions is because, whatever good things other religions might teach us, none of them deals with our deepest need: a restored relationship with God. The salvation we need is two-sided: salvation FROM God’s wrath (Romans 1:18); and salvation FOR friendship with God (James 2:23). Only Jesus can help us here, because of what Jesus has uniquely DONE, and because of Who Jesus uniquely IS. Jesus has done what nobody else has ever done. Only Jesus lived a perfectly righteous life (John 8:46; 1 Peter 2:22), for our sake (Romans 3:22; 5:17), that we may be credited righteous through faith (Philippians 3:9). Only Jesus died an atoning death (1 John 2:2; 4:10), for our sins (Isaiah 53:4-6; 1 Peter 3:18), to rescue us from the wrath of God (Romans 5:8-9).
Only Jesus was resurrected from the dead (Acts 1:22), for our justification (Romans 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15:17), to raise us to spiritual life (Romans 6:5-11). And only Jesus washes us with the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11), for our regeneration (John 3:5-8; Titus 2:5-6), to fill our hearts with true love for God (Romans 5:5). No other person or religion can do what Jesus has done, because Jesus Himself is unique (John 1:18). Other men and women may have lived comparatively good lives by human standards (e.g. Luke 1:28), but even they need a Saviour (Luke 2:47), for only the fully human (John 1:14; Hebrews 2:14), fully divine (John 1:1; Hebrews 1:8) Son of God (John 3:16) offers to God, on our behalf (Romans 10:34), an acceptable righteousness (Galatians 2:21) that is both human and divine (1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:21). Other priests may have prayed for their people and offered sacrifices for sins (Hebrews 10:11), but only the eternal High Priest is able to pray for His people forever (Hebrews 7:25) and offer a sacrifice that is fully sufficient once for all (Hebrews 7:27; 10:12). Other men and women may have been raised from the dead (e.g. John 11:43-44), but only the One with life in Himself (John 5:26) has been raised with an immortal resurrection body (1 Corinthians 15:42-54) and authority to forgive sins (Mark 2:5-12) and grant life on judgment day (John 5:27-30).
Finally, whatever earthly authority other religious leaders may have possessed, only Jesus is now seated at God’s right hand (Luke 22:69; Ephesians 1:20), with all authority in heaven and on earth (Ephesians 1:21-22), even to pour out the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:33). God’s command to followers of non-Christian religions is gracious but uncompromising: turn "to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, Whom He raised from the dead – Jesus, Who rescues us from the coming wrath” (1 Thessalonians 1:910), "for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How, then, can they call on the One they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the One of Whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent?” (Romans 10:14-15) Therefore, Christians must obey the Great Commission. "Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age’” (Matthew 28:18-20).
When Human Hearts Burst : BY Delia Ann Thumbadou
Delia Ann ThumbadooAll around, the world rages and constricts with the birth pains for change. People are no longer able to withhold or withstand their anger, their fury, and their tolerance of the things that have held them captive for so long. When human hearts burst, then a shift is necessitated, something needs to give – Cries get louder they vocalize – this outburst manifests through outward actions and projections - Strikes and protests and demonstrations grow fierce and spill over into violence and bloodshed. The one given that has stood for all time, is that a discontent, disheartened, disgruntled people will one day stand up to the forces, the iron fist, the stifling suffocating regimes that never let up. Every man has a breaking point, there’s a limit to everyone’s endurance. The idiom, "the straw that breaks the camel’s back”, "is a reference to any process by which cataclysmic failure (a broken back) is achieved by a seemingly inconsequential addition (a single straw)” – (Wikipedia).
Joel 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room. Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, "Spare your people, O Lord, and do not give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘where is their God?’ Is a wakeup call to the church, the labourer’s and harvesters of Gods Kingdom. The blowing of the trumpet heralded a change of season, of the Jewish feasts of Passover: Unleavened Bread, Sheaf of Firstfruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles. But the time and hour has come where the command to blow the trumpet signals a change of dimension in the ushering in of the Kingdom of Heaven to the Kingdom of Earth. It is a call for repentance and lamentation, for the latter day Saints to brace and muster for battle. Numbers 10:8, "The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets”. God is establishing His people amidst all the change and uncertainty, the call is to assemble and gather the harvest. As carriers of Gods anointing, it is imperative that we understand why and how this anointing needs to be disseminated and imparted. Scripture exhorts, "The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.� Isaiah 61:1. This is the heart of the Gospel, the crucial essential elements of Discipleship. As conduits of the Sovereign Lords anointing we are duty bound to share the Good News which the world aches to receive, it’s time to go out into the poorest of the poor in spirit, in body, in mind and to bind up their wounds. It is only truly the outpouring of the Spirit and the anointing of God that will break fetters and chains and strongholds. These are the barriers and prisons that have people bound and imprisoned by all manner of ideals, principalities, politics, religions, customs and traditions. The Light of Christ pierces the darkest; and the most obstinate and immovable of obstructions and hindrances will succumb and bow down to His Name! "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.� Isaiah 42:16. No longer can we remain in our little places of content and comfort. We have to respond to the trumpet call, Gods command, Gods intent and clear-cut directive. The world needs you, how will you resolve to answer the call today? But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. (1 John 2:20)
WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES : BY C. Eden McNabb
Elden McNabb Various Holy Scriptures and songs speak of the glorious event of the return of Jesus with excitement and great expectation. O the joy experienced by faithful believers when they let thoughts of His coming linger in their meditations. We rejoice at the very idea of getting to see The Man who sacrificed himself for the forgiveness of our sins, and to redeem us from our bondage in the grip of Satan, and the servitude of sin and shame. Jesus died on the cross to free us, He healed the sick, He raised the dead. Bless His holy name, and may it be glorified everywhere. Let His praises continue to echo around the world, and multitudes find in Him the hope and the peace which He so freely gives to those who believe, and repent, and call upon His name. When Jesus "came into the world to save sinners� (Titus 1:15), He spent about three-and-a-half years in the public eye in the land of Israel.
He performed many wonderful miracles, but neither His presence or his exploits seemed very glorious to most people. Jesus came to do a job, and to sacrifice his life to get it done. He performed many great miracles, even raising the dead, but He was scorned and vilified and mocked.
And in death He was cursed, and abused, and then killed in a most brutal and cruel manner. He died before the soldiers thought He had suffered enough, so one of them cruelly thrust a spear into His side. Jesus knew, from the beginning, that great suffering was in store for Him, yet, when that time drew near, He earnestly prayed to His Father, saying, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done� (Luke 22:42). But the plan was made, and the prophecies written. So Jesus willingly paid the price to make it work, and the Holy Spirit has now been executing the plan for the redemption of the believers for more than nineteen hundred years. Now the time of the end is upon us, as we stand about a year into the seventh millennium, anxiously awaiting the appearance of our Lord! "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ (Tit. 2-14). As the time of His return approaches, it seems as if fewer and fewer of His children are trying to attain unto that mark. They seem to have lost sight of the promise that those who endear themselves to Him the most will inherit the most, and together become the Bride, the Lamb’s wife. Not all of the redeemed will attain unto that mark, but the redemption of mankind was not only to get a bride for Jesus. God needs all kinds of people, with all kinds of skills to replace the angels which fell with the Devil those many thousands of years ago. The day is very near when all of the redeemed will have attained to some mark of achievement, and they shall all be rewarded "according to his works� (Matt. 16:27). The angel spoke to John, saying, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be� (Rev. 22:10-12).
When Jesus returns He shall fulfill many prophecies. One of which is to sit upon The Throne of David "in truth in the tabernacle of David” (Isa. 16:5). "That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called saith the Lord (Acts. 1516-17). To which Solomon testified, saying, "The Throne of David shall be established before the Lord for Ever” (1 Kings 2:45). That promise has been on hold since the destruction of Jerusalem and the nation of Israel, in A.D. 70. So what of the promise to David? The Scriptures cannot be broken, therefore the "Throne of David” must be rebuilt at the appointed time (Isa 9:6-7; 16:1-5; Acts 15:1318). "In mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the Tabernacle of David, judging and seeking Judgment, and hasting righteousness” (Isa 16:1-5). In Acts 15:13-18, James, the brother of Jesus, the Bishop of the Church of God, said, "Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the Tabernacle of David which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: that the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon which my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.”
But before Jesus shall begin to call the rulers of the nations to stand before Him, the wrath of "the devil” must be allowed to be manifested (Rev. 12:12-17). He will make war with the Church and the remnant of her seed. He will make war with the saints, and overcome them: and power will be given to him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations (Rev. 13:7). The primary thrust of that work has already been given to the US Dept. of Homeland Security: "the Little Horn,” which shall "wear out the saints of the Most High,” and that very soon (Dan. 7:7-8; 18-25). Most, if not all, of the necessary legislation for that has been in place, since July 15, 2010. But "He that shall come will come.” He will be on schedule, and He will appear to "them that look for Him”, relatively soon when the two thousand and three hundred days, and the 1290 days are finished, and the end of the 1335 days has come (Mal. 3:1-6; Dan. 8:13-19; 12:). And that moment arrived August 29, 2010. It is high time that we begin to purify ourselves, even as Jesus is pure, and prepare ourselves for the "Marriage of the Lamb”, both mentally and spiritually (1 John 3:2-3). Will you believe it when the Lord’s messenger makes the Midnight Cry, "Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him”? In the parable, five were wise, but the other five were foolish (Matt. 25:1-13). Is your lamp trimmed yet. It is as easy as reading the Bible.
Jesus Still Weeps : BY Jeff Godsown
Imagine if you will, our Lord Jesus who took upon Himself, the scorn, the heartache, the ridicule, the pain from others hatred, the separation of all dignity, not to mention He gave His life as a ransom for all, only to continue in His suffering today! With the price and cost that He paid, one would think that our attitude would be of a grateful nature, with a willingness to depart from our ways, desirous to walk His way, in total love. We ALL know this is far from reality as we see people always trying to make themselves out to be something or someone they were never called to be. God is a living being, Jesus His Son, feels everything our Father feels, Jesus still weeps, just like He did, when He walked this earth in person. Joh 11:35 Jesus wept. Joh 11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! Joh 11:37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
Joh 11:38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Joh 11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Joh 11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Joh 11:41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. Joh 11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. Joh 11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. Joh 11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Consider for one moment, part of the reason that Jesus wept was due to the fact, the people never understood His heart, or the things that broke Jesus heart. Let us look at Lazarus from a different perspective, but keep in mind, all that is offered is in God’s Word. The local world declared Lazarus dead and took the necessary steps to ensure this, man killed Lazarus or any of us for that matter with the words we speak. It wasn’t enough to do that, they tried to keep this so by enclosing Lazarus in a dark tomb, the world and it’s thinking with its lies and deceit, would have your mind entombed in their thoughts and teachings, this includes pulpit predators. Lazarus was bound up in burial clothes, burial clothes consist of the wrong attitudes, lies, theft, and even the murderous attitudes of the world, which has infiltrated the church and the leadership or would be leadership, calling that which is evil good and good evil. These burial clothes offer a level of insulation against sensitivity, keeping us from sensing the wrongs being perpetrated and done to the body of true believers, so they do not do the acts of love and compassion that Christ awakened us to do. Lazarus’ face was bound with a separate cloth, before being wrapped, a napkin in order to ensure there was no possible vision; Pro 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. If we cannot see with the eyes of the Lord, with eyes of faith, then where is the hope of life and a future?
The servants and worshipers of satan and his world, will do everything in their power to grow things in the wrong way, towards the wrong things, forsaking the only loving being that despite their foolishness, still won’t forsake them. We are called to be Christ-like in every measure, and for those of us who are still awake and alive in Christ, it’s time we took our stand and called the dead forth. Speaking clearly to the demonic charges; loose them and let them go, in the name of Jesus! This also goes for those whom you might think are satan's servants, for they ,too were blinded, deafened, and covered in grave clothes long before you entered into their world. Joh 11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. Jesus was, is and always will be the example of who and what we’re supposed to be and do, so let us go forward, in His power and authority, call the dead out and loose them from the blinding, desensitizing bindings, raise them in God’s truth, then send them out. This is everyone’s call of duty, as ministers of the living God, Amen! Now I declare and decree to you all, come forth be loosed and go and sin no more, in Jesus name!
WE ALL HAVE MADE WRONG TURNS -: BY JApostle Jessie Striggles
Apostle Jessie StrigglesSOME OF US WERE CAUGHT AND JAILED - SOME OF US GOT AWAY FREELY - BUT WE ALL HAVE MADE WRONG TURNS/BAD DECISIONS IN THIS LIFE!!! So many of us Religious Ppl claim we are working for God; yet we WON'T GO INTO A PRISON!!! If you would go into a prison and talk to the men and women there - you will find they are NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU AND I!!!! They come eagerly into the room with you & they talk, they cry and they make you cry; for you wonder what took you so long to reach out to them and hear their stories. THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU AND I - THEY TOOK A WRONG TURN. They love the Lord & they take notes to reassure them that God is there with them and HE LOVES THEM JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE!!!
They need to know that they can talk to God right where they are at and He will hear them & MANY TIMES RAISE THEM UP RIGHT THERE FOR HIS OWN PURPOSE. WHAT A WORTHY JOB!!!! THE PRISON MINISTRY!!!! HOSPITAL MINISTRY!!!!! My God - you don't know what a smile can do for a person, a gentle touch - a few minutes of your time to pray with them or just sit with them. YOU DON'T KNOW - that your visit may be the only visit they get. You can actually see the glimmer of hope of life begin to spring forth in their eyes - somebody cares!!!!! Lord have mercy; for if we can take the time to comb their hair, wash their face & hands, hold their hand and even feed them - U R SETTING UR SELF UP FOR A BLESSING FROM GOD THAT YOU KNEW NOT OF!!!!! THE LEAST OF THESE IN OUR EYES, THE LOST AND FORGOTTEN, THE DEPRESSED AND OPPRESSED, THE BROKEN HEARTED. GO IN AND LOVE THEM TO LIFE!!!!! Matthew 25:36 tells us - I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came unto me.
Let us moved beyond the Church walls of the familiar and go into the unfamiliar. IT IS THE WILL OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!!!!!!!!
final word: we have amazing power in earthen vessels, everything Jesus has inside of Him - God has put inside of you - if a person ask you to go a mile with them - go two. AMAZING HOW YOU WILL FEEL WITHIN!!!!! from the desk of: AJS
The Voice of God Part Two : BY Kenneth White
"At sundry times and in different manners He sent His prophets among them, inspiring their words with exactness, proclaiming with wisdom and verbal inspiration the very word of God. They came from different places, they spoke in different manners, but all spoke the message of God by verbal inspiration. Moses, the Levite, was rescued from the reeds in the river to speak face to face with his God, and to do all things according to the pattern that was showed to him in the mount. Elijah the Tishbite appeared suddenly before Ahab, speaking the word of the Lord. Where he came from is a mystery. His origin matters not at all. The important this is that he spoke the word of God. Elisha left his oxen to receive a double portion of the spirit of Elijah. David was taken from following the sheep and Amos from the herdsmen of Tekoa. Shepherds from their sheepfolds, farmers from their farms. Rugged men came from the wilderness. Kings came from their palaces, some wore girdles of skin and ate locusts and wild honey; others were arrayed in royal apparrel and sat at the table of kings. Others were fed by ravens and widows.
Many were destitute, tormented and despised. Singlehandled they put armies to flight, and silenced the wrath of kings. They fed the poor and raised the dead, fled before enemies and prayed for death to take them, but the word of the Lord was in their mouths, burning like an unquenchable fire. They did not speak their own ideas but the Spirit spoke through them and His word was in their tongues. The prophesy by which God spake in ancient times was not a sermon or a comforting exhortation. It was the exact word of the Lord, and the prophet was completely incapable of making an error of any kind. Four hundred years had gone by since Malachi had proclaimed the word of the Lord in Israel. No other prophet had appeared on the scene and there was a great dearth of the word of God in the land The order was changing. God was removing the old way of speaking and bringing in a better way. In times past He spoke by the prophets. Now He would speak by His Son, the Son by whom and for whom the world and all things within it were created, the Son who was the brightness of God`s glory and the express of His person. When they heard Him speak, the soldiers said, "never man spake like this man." The Jews marvelled that He spoke with authority and not as the scribes who could only quote what others had said. The sermon on the mount excelled all other sermons either written or spoken as light excels in darkness. No words of truth and comfort ever thrilled a human heart as did His words to weeping Martha:"I am the ressurection and the Life." No man had ever opened the gates to the Kingdom as He did when He explained the
new birth to Nicodemus. No words of truth and comfort ever thrilled a human heart as the trembling woman, "neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more." He knew the answer to every question, but when He questioned there was none to reply. By His matchless skill the lame were made whole. By the touch of His hands fevers vanished and by His lips dead men rose to life again. At His rebuke demons fled, fierce winds stilled and raging seas whimpered like babes at His word of peace, and fell asleep. God was speaking by His Son, setting an eternal pattern for a vast family of Sons who are soon to follow in His steps. God is speaking to us by His Son... George Hawtin The voice of the Galilean has been silent for almost two thousand years, but all through the centuries God has been speaking by the life of His Son. Today He speaks to us by the Son who lives in our beings. We are beginning to learn to walk as He walked and move only when we see Him move. It has been a long road for many of us, but the light is beginning to appear as "darkness covers the earth and gross darkness covers the people". A great light is now arising in the manifestation of the Sons of God.....KW
God Has Given Us The Tools : BY Joel McNabb
Joel A. McNabb Dear God, You are the hope that keeps me ticking, You’re the answer to my problems, And the explanation to my failures, You are all that is pure. And you remind me of all that I am not, You have given me morals, Ones that give me integrity and strength, Ones that make me a better person, But also ones that i struggle to stick by. You give me courage to say no, You make me ashamed when I do not stand up for what is right.
You gave me jesus, my role model, someone I can aspire to, someone I can never live up to. I have strayed, but never for long, I just want to thank you for everything you have done in my life. In you I live, move, and have my very being.
This reminds me of an old song about the worthiness we have obtained, in Christ. "Unworthy am I of the grace that He gave, Unworthy to hold to His hand; Amazed that a King would reach down to a slave, This love I cannot understand. Unworthy, unworthy, a beggar; In bondage and alone; But He made me worthy and now by His grace, His mercy has made me His own. My sorrow and sickness laid stripes on His back, My sins caused the blood that was shed; My faults and my failures have woven a crown Of thorns, that He wore on His head. Unworthy, unworthy, a beggar; In bondage and alone; But He made me worthy and now by His grace, His mercy has made me His own. Unworthy am I of the glory to come, Unworthy with angels to sing; I thrill just to know that He loved me so much, A pauper, I walk with the King Unworthy, unworthy, a beggar; In bondage and alone; But He made me worthy and now by His grace, His mercy has made me His own.
"And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing�. Phil 3:9-16 We are called to walk as close to God as we can, on a daily bases. He desire such to follow in His ways and walk according to His commands, having our minds purified and renewed, by the blood of Jesus, in whom no vial was found. "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect�. Mt 5:48
It is with His righteousness our hearts can me made perfect, walking and trusting the Lord in all things. "Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day�. 1Ki 8:61 We mush build up our most holy faith, as we take the daily bread of His word. With a Bible in your hand, and faith in your heart, none shall harm ye, none shall even start! For the Lord is greater than the storm, He hath overcome the wind and rain! The victory shall be yours, but you shall not win the battle by might alone! But with faith in Christ, and a simple, powerful trust. So reach out your little hand, blindly, in the dark, and be prepared for God to grasp it, and take you as his own! Do not wonder who has done this, but marvel in his power! For the Lord in all his goodness, has saved you from your fear! The Lord is mighty and all-powerful, He has took you as his own, so pray in all that you do, and thank the Lord for your faith! The Lord is my strength, and my help in times of trouble! How true the words! If only you ask with faith, He will do many great things! So do not wonder who has done this, but marvel in his power! Glorify him and sing his praises! He has fought your battles, and he has overcome! Many great victories will be yours, with him at your side!
So reach out your little hand, blindly, in the dark, and be prepared for God to grasp it, and take you as his own! He will never abandon thee, never forsake thee, never begrudge thee, but always carry thee! So praise the Lord, Loudly sing his praise! He protects our lives, and does not allow us to be defeated! With the Lord at your side, and faith in your heart, none shall ever harm thee, none shall even start! Now with all that I have said I do not claim, that you will never have harms, that you will never fear! But the Lord will be there for you If you call his name He is here, as I write, and he will be there, if you believe the same! He will protect thee, and uphold thee! With his mighty arms he will carry thee, and help you in the dark! So reach out your little hand, blindly, in the dark. And be prepared for God to grasp it, and take you as his own!
"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries�. (Hebrews 10:22-27 KJV)
I wonder if believers, after hearing the preacher at church, are going home and searching to see if their preacher was correct or not. It takes men and women who have an honest heart to look into the word of God daily to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord. There would be many more today, who would have questions to be answered,, if their like the Bereans, in the New Testament church.
I encourage you today to take hold of God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength, as we face dark days ahead. For the day of the Lord cometh, a day of darkness, which we can see in our world today. Let not your candle go out, and sleep as do others, so the day of the Lord will not take you as a thief. God has given us all he weapons we need to endure to the end. The Lord keep you is my prayer.
" WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!" : BY PROPHETESS SISTER MARY BOLDEN
"GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN he that is in the world!" HE'S AWESOME! HE'S MIGHTIER THAN THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR ON EARTH! AFTER ALL, HE IS THE ONE WHO CREATED THEM AND ALL MEN ON EARTH. HE WAS IN THE BEGINNING BEFORE MAN KNEW WHAT THE BEGINNING WAS. HE KNEW MAN'S BEGINNING BEFORE HIS ENDING! HE OWNS TIME. HE IS ETERNITY! ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM AND WITHOUT HIM, NOTHING WAS MADE ON EARTH. HE AND HIS FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE THE ONES WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE. HE'S OMNISCIENT>ALL KNOWING AND ALL WISE GOD! HE'S OMNIPOTENT>ALL POWERFUL GOD! HE'S OMNIPRESENT> EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME! WHO IS IT ON EARTH THAT CAN OUT DO OR OUT SHINE HIM!
GOD IS THE KING OF kings and the LORD of lords! IMAGINE THAT! NO MAN CAN BE ALL THAT GOD IS. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO SATAN WHEN HE GOT TOO HIGH MINDED AND PROUD AND LIFTED UP WHEN HE WAS AN ANGEL IN HEAVEN AND TRIED TO OUT TOP GOD, HE GOT THROWN OUT OF HEAVEN, DIDN'T HE? OH YES, THERE IS NONE OTHER WHO CAN OVERRIDE GOD AND WHAT HE IS CAPABLE OF DOING! NO MAN HAS THE WISDOM THAT GOD HAS. HE ONLY GIVES MAN A PORTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE REASON GOD CREATED ALL OF THE UNIVERSE; THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS; THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, THE FISH IN THE SEA; THE ANIMALS ON EARTH; THE TREES, FLOWERS, PLANTS, GRASS ON EARTH; THE RIVERS, THE OCEAN, ETC. EVERYTHING ON EARTH WAS CREATED BEFORE HE DECIDED AT LAST TO CREATE MAN. IT WAS ALL GOOD, TOO. BUT, ONCE HE CREATED MAN, HE DID SAY, "IT IS VERY GOOD! SO MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL! THERE IS NOBODY GREATER THAN JESUS ON EARTH! SOME MEN HAVE BECOME PRIDEFUL AND TRIED TO SET THEMSELVES UP AS HIGH AS THEY COULD , BUT THEY ENDED UP TAKING A FALL. HE ALLOWS MEN TO GET AS HIGH AS THEY WANT IN EDUCATION AND BECOME DOCTORS AND LAWYERS; TEACHERS AND PREACHERS WITH THEIR BA'S AND PHD'S AND DOCTORATE DEGREES, ETC. BUT, ONCE THEY'VE GOTTEN AS FAR AS THEY CAN GO IN EDUCATION,
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH ELSE THEY CAN DO. OH YES, THEY CAN HAVE THE FINEST HOUSES, FINE FURNITURE, FABULOUS CARS, MONEY IN THE BANK FROM GREAT INVESTMENTS OF LAND AND OTHER ASSETS, BUT STILL NOT BE SATISFIED. MAN ALWAYS WANTS MORE BECAUSE NEW THINGS COME OUT ON THE MARKET AND THEY WANT TO OUT DO THEIR NEIGHBOR AND HAVE THE MOST OF ALL OTHERS. BUT, MAN STILL FINDS HIMSELF NOT SATISFIED. THOUGH MAN MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE HOUSE, HE CAN ONLY LIVE IN ONE AT A TIME. HE MAY HAVE A WINTER HOME, WHEREAS HE CAN LOOK OUT AND SEE THE SNOW AND ICE AND YET, NOT BE SATISFIED. AND THEN HE DECIDES TO BUIILD
A HOUSE FOR THE SUMMER IN A WARMER CLIMATE.AREA SO HE CAN LOOK OUT AND SEE A WONDERFUL, AWESOME ATMOSPHERE OF GREEN LAWN, TREES, FLOWERS, BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES FLYING AROUND; A POOL FOR SWIMMING AND PERHAPS A LAKE TO BE ABLE TO FISH IN OR GO BOATING, ETC. SO MAN TRAVELS FROM ONE STATE TO THE NEXT AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR TO HIS TWO HOUSES AND TRIES TO ENJOY HIMSELF. BUT, IN SO MANY CASES, HE DOESSN'T FIND THE TIME TO ENJOY HIS HOUSE AND FINDS OUT THAT A HOUSE DOES NOT MAKE A HOME. IF HE DOESN'T HAVE A WIFE AND CHILDREN WHO HE LOVES DEARLY TO SHARE THE HOUSES WITH HIM , HE MAY BE LONELY AND BORED. SO, AGAIN, HE FINDS OUT THAT JUST HAVING A NICE HOUSE DOES NOT MAKE HIM HAPPY AND HE CANNOT
REALLY CALL IT "HOME". MAN GETS CAUGHT UP IN MATERIALISTIC THINGS AND IN HOW MUCH MONEY HE MAKES AND HOW MUCH HE CAN TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY DOING WHATEVER IN LIFE HE ENDEAVORS TO DO. SOME THINGS CAN BECOME VERY COSTLY AND HE MAY THINK THAT HE CAN AFFORD IT AT THE TIME, BUT IN THE DURATION OF TIME, HE OVERSPENDS AND FINDS HIMSELF IN SO MUCH DEBT THAT HE HAS TO GO BANKRUPT AND LOSES ALL THE THINGS THAT HE ONCE TREASURED ON EARTH.HE MAY ALSO LOSE HIS WIFE AND FAMILY BECAUSE OF THE INDEBTEDNESS HE HAS GOTTNE HIMSELF IN. THE WIFE MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO SPEND LAVISHLY ON CLOTHES, SHOES, JEWELRY, ETC. AND HELPED TO GET THEM IN DEBT, BUT BLAMES IT ON THE HUSBAND. AND HE LIKEWISE BLAMES HER FOR HER LAVISH SPENDING. SO, THEY END UP GETTING DIVORCED. THE CHILDREN GROW UP AND LEAVE HOME . THEY MAY BE OFF TO COLLEGE AND THAT, TOO LEAVES LOTS OF DEBT FOR THE MAN TO PAY, ETC. AND HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE'S GOING TO PAY ALL THE EXPENSES OF SHELTER, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL HIS CHILDREN WHO ARE GONE OFF TO COLLEGE.
ALL THAT MAN ENDEAVORS IN LIFE MAY JUST FALL DOWN AND HE MAY HAVE TO FORFEIT IT ALL IN BANKRUPTCY. HE MAY COME TO A PLACE IN LIFE WHEREAS LIFE DOESN'T SEEM WORTH LIVING. THAT IS, IF HE DOESN'T KNOW GOD! THAT IS , IF MAN DOESN'T MAKE IT HIS BUSINESS TO BUILD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, HE WILL BE LOST WITHOUT HIM. HE WILL FEEL THAT THERE IS NOTHING LEFT ON EARTH OF VALUE IF ALL HE DEPENDS ON IS MONEY AND MATERIALISTIC THINGS IN LIFE. HE MAY LOOK AROUND AND SEE THAT ALL THOSE WHO HE THOUGHT WERE HIS FRIENDS HAVE TURNED AND WALKED AWAY. HE MAY TRY TO CALL THEM BUT GET NOTHING BUT "WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE" ON THE VOICE MAIL. HIS CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP AND HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES TO LIVE AND HAVE FORGOTTEN ALL OF THE SACRIFICES THEIR PARENTS WENT THROUGH TO HELP THEM GO TO COLLEGE AND/OR BUY THEIR FIRST HOME. THEY MAY EVEN HAVE HELPED THEM TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND THEIR PARENTS HAD TO HELP THEM OUT WHEN BUSINESS WAS AT A LOW SEASON, ETC. I CAME TO TELL YOU TO PUT ALL OF YOUR HOPE, BELIEF, FAITH, AND TRUST IN THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! TRUSTING IN HIM ALONE WILL BRING YOU OUT OF ALL YOUR STRESSFUL AND TRYING TIMES. HE CAN EVEN BRING YOU OUT OF DEBT AND HELP YOU FIND PEACE IN YOUR HOME, WHEREAS YOU COULDN'T FIND BEFORE
WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD IT ALL! HE'S MIGHTY AND HE'S MERCIFUL! GOD IS AWESOME! HE IS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND HE LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE WAS WILLING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR US BY SENDING HIS ONLY SON, JESUS TO DIE FOR US ON CALVARY'S CROSS JUST TO DIE FOR OUR SINS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE LIFE ETERNALLY WITH HIM IN THE END. HE'S GOD ALL BY HIMSELF AND THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR GOD! HE'S ABLE TO WORK ALLL THINGS TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD. NO MATTER HOW DARK THE SKIES MAY LOOK RIGHT NOW....HE WILL CAUSE THE SUN TO SHINE IN THE MORNING. THAT'S RIGHT , WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY WILL COME IN THE MORNING ALL BECAUSE HE'S A MIGHTY , LOVING, CARING,
COMPASSIONATE GOD! ONLY WHEN WE SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL WE FIND OUT THAT HE WILL BRING ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS IN OUR LIFE THAT WILL BRING US SATISFACTION AND HAPPINESS. WE WILL FIND OUT THAT IT IS THE JOY WE GET OUT OF SERVING THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD THAT BRINGS US TRUE HAPPINESS ON EARTH. AND THE JOY OF THE LORD WILL GIVE US STRENGTH. ALLOWING HIS ANOINTING POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST IS WHAT STIRS UP REAL JOY IN KNOWING THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM , NOT YOU OR I.
HE TAKES PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF HIS PEOPLE AND INHABITS THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE. SO, IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY AND FILLED WITH JOY, PEACE, AND LOVE, YOU NEED TO FIND PLEASURE IN SERVING THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE AND LIVING GOD! FOR TRULY SAINTS, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCES IN LIFE, TRULY...WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE! LOVE WITH AGAPE', PROPHETESS SISTER MARY
REPORT OF DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM @ Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria- ISHASI/IBOKO AREA
Wole Gbogboade The program had a good wide spread representation with participants from about 35 churches from Lagos , Oyo and Ogun States . Pastor Omoboriowo of AREM was the coordinator of the program assisted by Rev OkikiJesu of The King’s Assembly. The program took place at His Grace Church aka Reconciliation Gospel Church . With me throughout the four days program was a disciple, Pastor Clement Alogbe. The teachings cover many areas of Discipleship: The great commission, How Jesus raised His Disciples; prayer and how to study the Bible; Disciple making Church, manifestation of spiritual growth, family life of a Disciple etc. Many questions were asked on the teaching by the participants and scriptures were searched for answer.
Other issues raised by the participants and answers were sought bothered on alcohol. We shared the following scriptures to serve as answer: Proverbs 20:1, 21:17, 23:31, 31:4, Leviticus 10:9, Isa. 28:7-9, & Nu. 6:3. Marital issues were also raised and we al see from the scriptures that God hate divorce Mal. 2:16, Mark 10:10-12, Luke 16:18, 1Cor. 7:10-11, Rom 7:1-3; marriage lasts for life until a spouse die before remarriage can take place. The other question was on how to help those with wrong foundation in the faith- pray for them and befriend them with compassion so their heart may open to receive the truth.
TESTIMONY: Christ Restorer Evang Church , Ibadan , Oyo state: This program is a blessing to me. I discovered that most of my members I tagged disobedient followers in our Church is because myself failed in my duty of discipling them. Pastor Olumide Akinola Christ Ambassador Revival ministry, Akute, Ogun State : "I was blind but now I can see.� Evangelist Goodluck. That’s how he described vividly the transformation & impartation the teachings had on his life and ministry.
His Grace Church: I have been so blessed throughout these 4 days program. I found the teachings fulfilling. This program should still hold more. Please, come again. Sister Stella Adebayo. Christ Ambassador Church , Ishasi, Ogun State : I have been looking for a program like this but, I don’t really have time to attend. I really don’t know how I have time for this one, since day 1. I thank God i‘ve been able to attend all the 4 days. Even, I can’t explain it. I had to invite some other people after I heard the teachings of Day1. It has really changed me. Thank God. Prophet Bukola Babalola. The Saints Gospel Church, Akute, Ogun State : She appreciated God for making her faith to stand firm as a result of the 4 days Training program. Lady Evangelist Dorcas F. Osagie Christ Ambassador Revival Ministry: Thank God for a program like this in times such as this. The training has added growth to my spiritual life. Sister Jessica. What miracles the Lord wrought throughout this program. Glory be to God. PRAYER: 1-Thank God for His overwhelming grace over the meeting that has transformed many lives to His glory.
2- Pray for success of the forth coming programs in the US , Kenya , Tanzania , Benin republic, Ghana , Liberia , Sierra-Leone and Guinea . 3- Pray for provision, protection, anointing, strength and safety in all the meetings.
Beloved, thanks for your prayers and support. May the Lord of the Harvest richly reward you for labouring with us in the Harvest field. God’s servant, Wole Gbogboade Jesus loves you and so do I. JESUS IS THE ANSWER!!
STRESS MESS : BY Marilyn Orton
Marilyn OrtonLife is literally filled with unanticipated, unwanted storms. These "stress messes” of life surge across everyone’s horizon. The massive blows and shattering blasts can leave us battered, bruised and on the verge of shipwreck. It would be easy to lose our courage, reach our wits end, and find ourselves tossed about in search of an anchor. God’s Word is the anchor that will keep us from drifting in the storms and "stress messes” of life. Like radar, it guides us in the darkest night and is a compass that pilots us through things we cannot see. If ignored, we will end up dashed to pieces on unseen problems. Our ship will come apart. We might even sink. Much of our stress comes from one of two things. First, trying to manage what is out of our control. We especially do this in the lives of those we love. If only they would do this, or follow that, things would be better for them. Consequently, our prayer life can easily become an endless repetition to God of what we think He should do.
And when things don’t turn out as we think they should, we can easily become discouraged, and decide that God is not hearing our prayers or that He hears them but just does not care. The entire book of Job follows this pattern. Job’s friends, and at times Job himself, puts for endless effort to control what is only under God’s control. Hence, the "stress mess” covers most of the book. After all of the humans in the book have had their say, God starts to speak. He lays out a perfect case that He does indeed care. He also has the power to change circumstances. When this dawns on Job his life is totally transformed. His stress fades as He found peace and comfort in the sovereignty of God. The second cause of stress is failing to manage what is under our control. When we know there are things we need to do in our lives, or the lives of others, and fail to do them the built in "alarm clock” in our brain keeps nagging us day and night to do what we know we need to do. Making a simple list of what we know we should do, and promising ourselves to begin work on them the next morning, would save us many a sleepless night. Jesus never said that He would be a bridge over troubled waters. He has promised much more. He said that He would GO WITH US through the "stress messes” of our lives. God was with Paul in a storm where the ship was breaking apart.
The winds were howling and the waves were above the ship. But Paul had an anchor. He said "I believe God.” Maybe the changes in your life are drastic, and the hurts overwhelming. Storms and shipwreck we all endure, but we don’t have to worry, we will not be dashed to pieces. God will bring glory out of the most drastic situations. Cling to the anchors. The anchor holds though the ship is battered. God will bring you to the place He has for you to fulfill the purpose of your life. The worst can happen but the best will always remain. He, the best is still with you. Believe God and trust Him to live out the reality of who He is in your circumstances. This the key to having the peace of God guard our hearts and minds in all of the "stress messes” of life. A poem, by an author unknown says it so well: "I came to the swift, raging river, And the roar held the echo of fear: ‘Oh Lord, give me wings to fly over, If you are, as you promised, quite near.”
But He said, "Believe the grace I am giving, All pervasive, sufficient for you, Take my hand- we will face this together; For my plan is not over,,,,but through.�
THE BIZARRE SOMETIMES UNFOLDS THE PLANS AND PURPOSES OF YAHWEH! : BY Margaret Mullings
Margaret Mullings Webster’s Definition of Bizarre: 1. Odd in manner, appearance, grotesque, queer. Unexpected and unbelievable. In our daily lives some of the most bizarre things occur. Read it for your self what happened To a widow of Nain form the book of Luke 7:1116. (11) "Now it happened, the day after, That He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large Crowd. "(12) "And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being Carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the City was with her. "(13) "When the Lord saw her; He had compassion on her and said to her,
"Do not weep. " (14) "Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried Him stood still. And He said; "Young man, I say to you, arise. " (15) "So he who was dead Sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. (16) "Then fear came upon All and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen among us,� and "God has visited His people. "Can you imagine for just one moment, how this woman must have felt? She Had already lost her husband, and now she was on her way to bury her only son? There comes a time in each of our lives, when Yahweh Himself would roll back the curtain to Remind us of how He allowed some bizarre things to happen to us. I cried as He drew the curtain To years ago, while on a routine day of driving to pick up my children from school. There was an Urgent tugging to get to my youngest daughter’s preschool. Upon arrival, a frantic cry was heard. The ambulance had already been summoned. The teacher said, "Your daughter was sitting in her Chair, when suddenly and forcefully she collapsed onto the floor and lay in an unconscious state. They had tried to revive her but to no avail. Immediately I picked up her tiny body put her in the Car and drove to the hospital which was not far away, it was urgent. She received attention right Away; but something was terribly wrong she had a very high fever, and the doctors were doing all They could, yet it was not going down she still remained unconscious.
Well upon hearing of this I Just lost for a few minutes and began to weep uncontrollably. Somewhere in between weeping, the Word spoke up from the book of 1 Thessalonians 5:17, "Pray without ceasing,” Leaving my daughter’s Bedside, I began walking the hospital corridors praying and petitioning Abba Father to divinely intervene My little girl’s life was at stake. Prayer really changes things after many more hours had passed, she Gained consciousness the fever had broken Oh Hallelujah! She had to remain hospitalized and having To leave her there, I cried all the way home without realizing that God had birthed out of me how to Stand in the gap for others through travail during this bizarre experience. In your life even now you may be going through some of the most bizarre situations and you may be On the brink of giving up now, but I just stopped by to tell you, the bizarre sometimes unfolds the plans And purpose of Yahweh. Just when it seems that all hope is gone Abba Father is stepping into your Situations and circumstances even now! Get this. Jesus Christ is moved with compassion over you and It is happening for you. The bizarre things which have caused you great pain and sorrow will not only Bring you blessings without measure, but they are unfolding the plans and purposes of Abba Father. He Says to you from Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, "Declares the LORD, "Plans to Prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Remember,
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called According to His purpose.� Now, look through the eyes of faith as you are walking in what may seem Like the most difficult time of your life. You may find yourself crying uncontrollably like me but allow the Word to minister to you, and as you pray! He will reveal His plans to you. He did it for the widow of Nain. Abba Father did it for my little baby girl and He will do it for you. Yes, dear reader. The bizarre sometimes Unfolds the plans and purpose of Yahweh! Lets you and I make it a priority to pray for each other! Prayer Really changes things! Be encouraged!
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An eagle cannot be hatched from an ostrich’s egg? BY DR. JOHN ROBERTS
The condemning words of a preacher’s wife said, “My husband doesn’t need you to help protect him! Your ministering words are of no use to anyone! My husband is in charge NOT YOU! Enough with your so-called expressions of support! If you really loved my husband and if you were truly his son in t... he gospel, and if you really wanted to help support him, then you would honor him by paying him with your money! Everybody is talking about you, and don’t want to hear what you have to say!” THIS KRL is based upon actual events! Serving another member of the Body of Christ is the very fiber of what God is made up of! A SERVANT! Unfortunately, there are those that think they are supreme all because of titles and positions either in a local body or gathering of believers, or in a denomination. Just because you have a title or position doesn’t mean that you are all that and a bag of chips!
The reason why people seek or desire to serve another is because of the GOD that RESIDES IN THEM, and the gasoline within their engines of serving is nothing less than THE LOVE OF GOD WITHIN THEM. 1John 4:16, “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” Along with this serving one another is the affection that is a reflection of who one is IN GOD! As a direct result, the servant wants to protect, admonish, and honor the other in whatever means and with whatever ways God lays upon their heart to do so. If God has laid it upon your heart to help protect a fellow Believer, then you best be for protecting! If what God has laid upon your spirit whereby you seek show gratitude, and offer encouraging words to MINISTER to that other person, why haven’t you done it already? If you believe that serving means to lead, like as leading a horse to the watering trough, then best hurry up before the horse dies of thirst! Sure you can’t make them drink, but if you lead them there, you will be amazed at how they accomplish the quenching of it? The problem is that those who hold these titles, and labels, along with their positions of religious pious rhetoric have become nothing more than the opposite of what they have professed to following, and have become a leader of slave-like mentality, and seek to place chains upon those that are supposed to be free!
God has set us free, yet for some title-owners of religion they have become what were once known as slavemasters. What’s worse? What is truly in their heart is nothing more than money grubbing, which do nothing than make themselves out to be religious prostitutes, denominational dictators and pious pimps! IF GOD HAS SET YOU FREE!! THEN BE FREE!! THE GREATEST FREEDOM ONE WILL EVER EXPIERNCE IN GOD IS SIMPLY KNOWING THAT YOU ARE? The answer? Eagle’s nesting will result in Eagle’s questing! You cannot get an eagle out of an ostrich egg! TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE IN CHRIST! BY KNOWING WHO CHRIST IS IN THEM!
God Created Man To Be His Image On Earth
God Created Man His Image On EarthI was driving down the road just thinking about the Lord and I heard him say to me Man was created in my image, then he began to teach me, He said that he created all things, but the last thing He created was man, it caught me off guard, I had to think back
on Genesis, I shared this with my wife, and I was so caught off by it I told my wife I have to go back and study and see the order of Creation, the Lord spoke so clear to me and said that after Creating all things that something was missing, it was His Image, I really rolled this over in my mind, even though Adam walked in the cool of the day with Him, We are his Image as Jesus was His Image,the Earth was incomplete until he put His Image in it,He told me this Truth, Genesis 1 1:1 In the beginning God created * the heaven and the earth. 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 1:4 And God saw * the light, that it was good: and God divided * the light from the darkness. 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the
firmament: and it was so. 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to
divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life *, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Notice all things was Created, then he made Man the last part of His Creation, and said to be Fruitful, Replenish and Multiply, so many think this is all dealing with producing children,this is mans way of thinking, when he says to be fruitful and multiply this is dealing with children but it also goes so much deeper it means in every area, Man was made to Grow,
here's some things to think on with that: Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Luke 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. It also talks about Knowledge increasing in the last days,so man is suppose to constantly grow in the Lord, 1 Corinthians 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye ableHebrews 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. Hebrews 5:13 For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow therebyThese scriptures are just a couple showing we are suppose to grow in our Christian walk. Now back to what i am saying he showed me we are made in His image, when people see us we are suppose to reflect who He is, we are not little Gods as some would teach,but we are the image of his personality when we walk in the Spirit, we are suppose to manifest His Attitude, His love, His Compassion,His Mercy, His Boldness, His Glory should be manifested in us,
the earth was without His Image in the beginning because He Reigned in the Heavens, Man Represented and still represents Him on Earth,that's why it says to examine ourselves as in a Mirror to reflect His Glory: Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 1 Corinthians 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 1 Corinthians 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord. As you see these Scriptures you can see just what the Image is and How it relates to us being His Image on the earth. Ask yourself this: "What kind of Image am I producing?" Are you presenting the right Holy loving Image of our God or a perverted twisted ungodly unholy Image,? my
Prayer is you get the Revelation of the fact that you are made in His Image and should produce that in your daily life. see without His Image the world is still incomplete, it's why we are called His Representatives or Ambassadors, and why we are called the body of Christ, we as the Church walking in Unity produce the Fullness of Christ The Anointed one, I pray this Revelational Truth challenges you to grow and be all you can be for His Glory, God Bless in His service, Apostle Tim and RhondaFishermen Ministries easy-fishing-net.comFishermanministries@facebook.comTim Benitez@Facebook.com
The Authentic Kingdom Church
Authentic KINGDOM CHURCHES do not manipulate and operate in a lordship over the people, in a soulish emotional display of pseudo Christianity.
Authentic KINGDOM CHURCHES do not manipulate and operate in a lordship over the people in a soulish extortion of the peoples offerings selling blessings.
Authentic KINGDOM CHURCHES do not use the word "Kingdom" as seasoning to the message, especially when its time to collect the offering, with no real substance in the character or lifestyle of Kingdom citizenship.
Authentic KINGDOM CHURCHES do not make merchandise of the people, selling Videos, CDs and Tapes with no real Kingdom substance, theology and understanding of God's genuine Kingdom agenda, in the messages they are offering to the people.
Authentic KINGDOM CHURCHES do not focus on emotional, psychotic, euphoric displays of depravity and need which has been the aim of the tradition of preaching from preachers who preach traditionally.
Authentic KINGDOM CHURCHES have made the transition from religion and tradition to relationship and victory. Kingdom terminology is not used to season their messages in a further attempt to manipulate the emotional needs of the people.
Authentic KINGDOM LEADERS know the difference and have made a commitment to change even if it means that their flocks will dwindle, and they will have to suffer the loss of what they've built.
What greater testimony of a genuine KINGDOM LEADER than to be one who exercises the courage to change, even at the risk of losing what he or she has built, considering this; Lest the Lord build the house, they that build it labor in vain.
Authentic KINGDOM CHURCHES are established by authentic KINGDOM LEADERS who are wholly, holily submitted to the sovereignty of the King, neither seeking to manipulate the people and rebuking and reproving those who do. There is only one true Church to which we are all to aspire to be and that is a KINGDOM CHURCH driven by the King who manifest the Kingdom in all the citizens that submit themselves to Him that through the Holy Spirit we together enjoy righteousness, peace and joy, all that the Kingdom is, in every measure and provision, as we properly comprehend and apprehend that which the Father has purposed to apprehend us.
Are you really Kingdom, or are you operating in religious pretense calling what you do as being Kingdom? Courage will answer the question and make the changes necessary.
Dr Leonard Robinson Kingdom Vision Ministries International 267-357-9816
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I am Giving This Battle to God! By Melinda Dee Perrodin, MBA
What battle are you fighting today? Are you tired feeling defeated and frustrated about this battle? Did you try several solutions to overcome this
battle but you are still stuck at a dead end? It is time to let go and let God fight this battle for you! God wants you to give your battle to him because the bible states to “cast all your cares upon him because he cares for you" (I Peter5:7). God does not want you to fight this battle alone. The bible states that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Psalms 46:1). He promises to never leave you nor forsake you in the day of trouble. Jehoshaphat and his armies had several armies against him but he decided to let go and give his battle to God. He did not tried to come up with his own solutions to fight the battle but he chose to pray and fast to God for an answer on how to deal with his battle. God told Jehoshaphat not to fear the multitude that came against him because the battle is not his but the Lord (2 Chronicles 20:15). God instructed Jehoshaphat to set singers on the front line of the battle . When the singers began to praise, they defeated the multitudes that came against Jehoshaphat and his armies. God wants you to know that whenever you are facing a difficult battle in your life, just to remember these words "the Lord will fight for you and to hold your peace" (Exodus 14:14). He wants you to give the battle to him and not to fight the battle in your own strength! God wants you to not to have any fear but to stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more for ever (Exodus 14:13).
PRAYING FOR AMERICA ~BY SUSAN C.CLARK
[‎1 Tim 2:2] I pray for all men and women having authority over us in any way.
[Ps 25:21] Cause them to be men and women of integrity, obedient concerning us. [1 Tim 2:2] that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. [Prov. 2:10] Let wisdom enter their hearts, and let knowledge be pleasant to them. [Prov. 2:11] Let discretion preserve them and understanding keep them. [Prov. 2:12] to deliver them from the way of evil and from evil men. [Psalm 1:1] Make their hearts and ears attentive to godly counsel. [2Chr 20:32] doing what is right in your sight. [Prov. 2:21] Let the upright dwell in our government. [Heb 12:27] Cause there to be a shaking in all areas. [Prov. 2:21, 22] Let those complete and blameless before You stay and cut off the wicked. Let the unfaithful be rooted out.
[1Cor 4:5] Bring to light what is hidden in darkness and expose the secret aims of the hearts. [Rev 2:5] Let this nation remember from where they have fallen, repenting, and returning to doing their first works. [1Chr 22:19] setting their hearts and their souls to seek the Lord.
[2Chr 7:14] humbling themselves, praying, and turning from their wicked ways. Then hear them, O Lord, and forgive their sins and heal our land. [Acts 26:18] Open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light. [Heb 3:13] Soften the hearts that are hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. [Ps 107:20] Deliver them from their destructions. [2Pet 3:9] Father, You have been longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that ALL shall come to a knowledge of the truth. [Isa 49:22] Raise up a standard in this nation. [Zech 10:1] Cause the rains of Your Spirit to flood this land. [Hab 3:2] and revive Your work in the midst of us. [Isa 59:16] Raise up intercessors for this nation. [2Cor 10:4] to pull down strongholds over this land. [Isa 40:5] And let the glory of the Lord be revealed! Adapted from a scripture prayer @ prayingscriptures.com
THE DIE IS CAST…. BY BISHOP STEVEN LIBERTY SR.
I CANNOT TELL YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR BUT I CAN ADVICE YOU TO LOOK BEHIND THE TRICKS AND LIES OF THE POLITICIANS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO CONVINCE YOU AND PRAY FOR GOD TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A REAL LEADER IN THE EYES OF GOD AND MAN. YOUR CHOICE WILL HAVE A GRAVE IMPACT ON THE ENTIRE WORLD AND A FOOLISH, SELFISH CHOICE COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON US ALL. FORGET COLOR OR SENTIMENTS, FORGET ABOUT THE SWEET WORDS OF OBAMA AND ROMNEY ; FOR THEY CAN NOT DO HALF OF WHAT THEY PROMISED WITHOUT GOD AND I AM NOT EVEN SURE THEY ACTUALLY KNOW OR TRUST GOD. DURING THEIR DEBATES THE HAME OF GOD WAS THE LEAST WORD THAT PASS THEIR LIPS. LOOK BEYOND THEIR VISIONS AND VOTE FOR THE RIGHT PERSON WITH GOD ON YOUR SIDE.