Podcasts about My Kingdom

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 4:52

My Faithful Warrior,Do you know how much I delight in you? You, who have taken up the call to be My witness, bring Me such joy. I see the moments when you step out in faith, when you boldly share My message of hope and love, even when it's uncomfortable or costly. I want you to know this: I am with you, and your labor is not in vain.Every word of truth that you speak, every act of love that reflects My heart, and every testimony of My goodness that you share—it all matters. My Word is powerful, My child. When it is spoken, it moves with purpose. You may not always see the immediate effects, but trust Me, My Word never falls to the ground without bearing fruit. As I declared through Isaiah, the Word that goes out from My mouth will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.When you feel discouraged because the results of your efforts seem invisible, remember this: you are planting seeds in hearts that I am cultivating. Some seeds will sprout quickly, while others will take time to grow. Trust Me with the timing. Your role is to share, to love, to reflect Me—and I will take care of the rest. Even when it feels like no one is listening, I am working in ways you cannot yet see. Your obedience to share My message is an act of worship that pleases Me deeply.Do not fear rejection, for even My Son faced it when He walked the earth. When you encounter resistance or indifference, remember that I am your shield, and I have already overcome the world. Keep your eyes on Me, not on the outcome. It is not your responsibility to measure success by what you see. Success in My Kingdom is measured by faithfulness, and you are faithful.My Spirit is within you, empowering you to be bold, wise, and compassionate. You are not alone in this mission. I go before you, preparing hearts to receive the words you speak. I stand beside you, giving you strength when you feel weary. And I follow after you, watering the seeds you've sown with My grace and truth. Never doubt the eternal impact of your obedience.Take heart, My warrior. Your testimony carries the weight of heaven. You are an instrument in My hands, and I am using you to bring light into the darkness. Stay faithful to the task I've given you, for the harvest is coming. Trust in My promises, for they are true and unfailing.I love you and am so proud of you. Keep speaking, keep loving, and keep trusting. My Word will never return empty.With all My love,Your Heavenly FatherAdditional Scriptures to Reflect On:* Matthew 28:19-20 - "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing 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."* 1 Corinthians 15:58 - "Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."* Romans 10:15 - "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

24-343 A Love Letter from God

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 4:52

Which Jesus Do I Choose?

His Hands Church

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 45:36

Message for 12/1/2024 "Which Jesus Do I Choose?" By Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Matthew 27:1-2 - Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death. 2 Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor. Matthew 27:11-26 - Now Jesus was standing before Pilate, the Roman governor. “Are you the king of the Jews?” the governor asked him. Jesus replied, “You have said it.” 12 But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent. 13 “Don't you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?” Pilate demanded. 14 But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor's surprise. 15 Now it was the governor's custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted. 16 This year there was a notorious prisoner, a man named Barabbas. 17 As the crowds gathered before Pilate's house that morning, he asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” 18 (He knew very well that the religious leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.) 19 Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Leave that innocent man alone. I suffered through a terrible nightmare about him last night.” 20 Meanwhile, the leading priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be put to death. 21 So the governor asked again, “Which of these two do you want me to release to you?” The crowd shouted back, “Barabbas!” 22 Pilate responded, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” They shouted back, “Crucify him!” 23 “Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?” But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!” 24 Pilate saw that he wasn't getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood. The responsibility is yours!” 25 And all the people yelled back, “We will take responsibility for his death—we and our children!” 26 So Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified. Tiberius Sejanus Drusus Lavilla John 18:36 - Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.” Luke 12:15-21 - Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” 16 Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. 17 He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don't have room for all my crops.' 18 Then he said, ‘I know! I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I'll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods. 19 And I'll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”' 20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?' 21 “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.” Matthew 10:28 - Don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 6:31-33 - So don't worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 26:52-54 - Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. “Those who use the sword will die by the sword.53 Don't you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly? 54 But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?” Matthew 27:20-22 - Meanwhile, the leading priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be put to death. 21 So the governor asked again, “Which of these two do you want me to release to you?” The crowd shouted back, “Barabbas!” 22 Pilate responded, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” They shouted back, “Crucify him!” Mark 10:35-45 - Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do us a favor.” 36 “What is your request?” he asked. 37 They replied, “When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left.” 38 But Jesus said to them, “You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?” 39 “Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!” Then Jesus told them, “You will indeed drink from my bitter cup and be baptized with my baptism of suffering. 40 But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. God has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen.” 41 When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant. 42 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. 43 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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Escaping Apostate Church Judgement (5) - David Eells - UBBS 12.1.2024

North Harbor Community Church

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 118:37

Escaping Apostate Church Judgments (5) (audio) David Eells – 12/1/24 Let's continue with our study on escaping apostate church judgment through the apostate ministries. The days we're in right now are days where God is spiritually and, then physically judging these ministries because the greater Man-child ministry is coming on the scene. First let's look at Ezekiel, who was a type of the Man-child ministry; he was a type of the David ministry that was to come upon the scene to speak to God's people and speak to their leaders. In chapter one, from verse 26 down to the end of the chapter, Ezekiel was caught up to the throne of God, where he saw God on His throne. This was like Jesus and the end time Man-child ministers. Then, in chapter two, God began to call him “son of man” and He did this all the way through the book of Ezekiel. As you know, Jesus was called the “Son of man” and Jesus was also a type of the David Man-child ministry. And we see that in chapter two, in verses one and two, that the Spirit of God entered into Ezekiel. This is what happened to Jesus when He was ordained and to David when he was anointed to sit upon his throne. Also, this is a type of the end-time Man-child. So we see in verse three that the Lord sent Ezekiel to the children of Israel, to the nations that are rebellious. Just like Jesus did, Who was coming to His Own people, and David, who was to rule over Israel, Ezekiel was going forth to a rebellious people with a rebellious leadership. (Eze.2:8) But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee. So the Lord is telling Ezekiel, “You can't be rebellious like they are.” What is it that they were not doing that Ezekiel was doing? Well, He says, eat that which I give thee. (Eze.2:9) And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein (This book represents the Bible.); (10) and he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. (3:1) And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go and speak unto the house of Israel. Now, we see this same little parallel going all the way down through about verse 11 or 12. And that is, eat the roll and then go and speak to the house of Israel. Don't be like the rebellious house who don't eat the roll; they just go and speak. They like the position of authority and they've usurped the position of authority, just as Korah, Dathan and Abiram did in the wilderness (Numbers 16). They usurped the position of authority; they hadn't overcome yet. But God says, to he that overcometh, … to him will I give authority (Rev.2:26). And how do you overcome? Well, first of all, you have to eat the roll of the book and then you have to walk in that through your faith. Let's read on here in (Eze.3:2) So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the roll. (3) And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. Praise the Lord! Remember, also, John, in the book of Revelation, ate the roll of the book, but he was also a type of the Man-child in Revelation 10:9,10. He was called up to the throne and received a revelation to give to the churches in the time of tribulation. It's very neat how God does this over and over. We have to eat the roll of the book. (Psa.119:89) Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven. And we're told that if any man speaks, let him speak as an oracle of God in 1 Peter 4:11. In other words, we are to say what God says. We are to eat this roll, first, for our own life, and we overcome in our own life. We learn to walk and be an overcomer in our own life before we're qualified to go forth and exercise authority over God's people. In this way, He's preparing here a Man-child ministry to go forth and speak to God's people with His Words. (Eze.3:4) And he said unto me, Son of man, go get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. This is very important. We can't speak with our own words because they have no power to regenerate Christ in the life of other people. It's only His Seed that brings forth His life in His people. So God commands that the son of man here, Ezekiel, go and speak as an oracle of God with His words. (Eze.3:5) For thou art not sent unto a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel. The Man-child is once again about to go forth to the lost sheep of the house of spiritual Israel. But the Lord said, “I haven't sent you to the lost, I haven't sent you to those whose language you don't know. I've sent you to Israel.” (Eze.3:6) Not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would harken unto thee. It was true in Jesus' day that when the overwhelming majority of the Jews blasphemed the Word of the Lord, that God turned to the Gentiles and they did harken and received. The same thing is about to happen. Now the Church has been grafted into the olive tree called “all Israel,” so the Church is part of “all Israel.” Everybody who believes in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and walks by faith in that is grafted into the olive tree. Romans 11 is very plain. But natural Israel is not involved in that. They were broken off because of unbelief in Jesus Christ as their Messiah and Savior, so they're basically the other nations that God's going to turn to today. When much of the church blasphemes God this time, God's going to turn back to the Jews, which it also says in Romans 11. So we see a parallel here in what is being told to Ezekiel. God said, “If I sent thee to them, they would harken unto thee.” We're coming to a time, when there's going to be a lot of people in the so-called church who are just religious people who are going to fight against the move of God and when they blaspheme, God's going to turn back to the Jews. Back to (Eze.3:7) But the house of Israel will not harken unto thee; for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart. We know that was true about natural Israel when Jesus the Man-child came to them and now it's true about spiritual Israel when the Man-child of our day comes to them. There's a perfect parallel going throughout history. The church is very rebellious. The so-called church is full of people who believe they are members of the church through a born-again experience with the Lord, but they're rebelling because they're building their own kingdom. And they're of a hard forehead and a stiff heart. (Eze.3:8) Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads. (9) As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. (10) Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears. (11) And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. God's people were in captivity then, just as they are today. They're in captivity to Babylonish religion and Babylonish society, and God is sending His Man-child unto them, but first He tells Ezekiel, all my words which I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears. And go, get thee to them of the captivity (Eze.3:10). Any other way is like that rebellious house back in Ezekiel 2:8 and that's basically what a lot of the leadership is made up of. Ezekiel was going to the Saul ministry of his day, as Jesus went to the Saul ministry of His day. And now we see God is going to choose a Man-child reformer ministry who have received His words into their heart and who hear with their ears. Then they are going to be sent to God's people. We've already seen from Ezekiel's example what it is to be sent of the Lord. First, to get the Word in your heart. God doesn't care about religion or man's Sunday school books. If anybody speaks, let him speak as an oracle of God. Let him say what God says because God has already said it and He said it very well and it's supernatural and powerful. The Word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword in Hebrews 4:12, and it will accomplish that for which He sends it. But God rebuked the apostate ministers in (Jer.23:21) I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied. (22) But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. See, the whole point is that if we first put the Word of God into our hearts, we're able to pass on that Word to others. It will deliver God's people. It's supernatural. It will drive the wicked out from your midst and it will deliver those who are honest with God. This is God's plan and it always has been God's plan. Let's go back to the beginning of the chapter. (Jer.23:1) Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Shepherds like that are destroying God's people. They're not coming into the image of Jesus Christ. They're not prepared for life. They die before their time because they don't believe in a Savior Who provides, heals, delivers, Who does all these things. They don't come into maturity. They don't bear fruit without the true Word of God. So these shepherds are destroyers. God is talking about the Saul ministries here and I'll prove it to you. Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. (Jer.23:2) Therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock…. Now, that's the second time He's said that. What does it mean “scattered”? It's talking about denominating God's people, dividing them up. Instead of being one, they are now divided up into these sectarian groups for the sake of the sectarian groups, not for the sake of the Lord. Jesus said when He prayed, that they may be one, even as we [are] one (Joh.17:22). And when we read in Revelation, the church of Philadelphia was all of the church in that particular city. It wasn't a Baptist church, the Methodist church, the Pentecostal church, the whatever-denomination church. What has happened? Well, wolves came in to divide the flock. That's what we were told. (Jer.23:2) … Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord. I will visit upon you. I will cause you to pay for what you have done, is what the Lord says. Back when we were writing on these things, I received two short dreams from Shirley Hinkle. The first one of them she had back in July of 2005 and the second one was just a few days after that. (My notes in red) The first one is speaking about these Saul shepherds having to pay for what they're doing to God's people. She says, “I dreamed that our former pastor walked into the room where a group of us were standing and I wondered to myself, ‘What is he doing here?' I thought maybe we were to pray for him. So I walked over to him and laid my hand on his head. I said to him, ‘You are full of lust and pornography.'” (Now Shirley is a prophetess and, so, in her dream she was prophesying to him.) “You are full of lust and pornography.” (You can't imagine how common this is today among Protestant churches. I heard the percentages one time and I was just amazed. I'm wondering how they found all this out, but it was an extremely high percentage of ministers who are into pornography.) “‘You are full of lust and pornography.' As I said these words, his head turned to mush under my hand.” (In other words, he had a mind that was corrupted by the curse.) “I pulled my hand back, revolted, and had turned to walk away and, as I did, he leered and then sneered at me. I started to wake up and that is when I saw that he was just a shell of a man full of demonic spirits.” (I believe that this was not an individual prophecy here; this was not an individual dream about an individual man. I believe this pastor represents a great group of people out there.) She continues, “God spoke in my heart and He said, ‘As he stole from My people, I am taking his mind from him. He is given over to these spirits.'” (Well, what did he steal? If he lost his mind, what was it that he stole? He stole the mind of the Spirit from God's people. The mind of the Spirit is the Word of God. These men stand in the doorway and they won't enter in to all the precious truths and understandings of God's Word and they won't let the rest enter in either as in Luke 11:52. What they are stealing from God's people is going to be stolen from them; their understanding is going to be taken away. Remember the prophecy of Isaiah that Jesus pronounced upon the Jewish leaders in that time, that their eyes and their ears were going to close, and He was basically reprobating them in Matthew 13:14.) (So what they had stolen from God's people, God was taking from them. And then a few days later she had this second dream.) “All of these people were in booths at a restaurant.” (A restaurant represents a congregation of people gathered together to eat and that sounds like the church because we gather together to eat the Word of God. We just read in Ezekiel that God said, “Here, take the book and eat the roll.” So we're commanded to eat the Word. When you eat the Word it goes into you; it nourishes you in the ways of the Kingdom and it becomes who you are because what you eat is actually what your cells are made of. We need to be the Word made flesh. Jesus was the Word made flesh and we are His spiritual offspring, the Word made flesh. A restaurant is a place where you eat, but if you're eating a bunch of leaven, and things that inoculate you from the truth, then there's destruction coming from these ministers unto you.) And so, she said, “All of these people were in booths at a restaurant and I walked in and it was the congregation of a former church. I began to go from table to table under the anointing and exposing all the lies of the teachings and the sins in the lives of the people. Some looked at me like, ‘What are you doing?' They had no comprehension at all. Others said, ‘Yes, we see it.' And then others were getting very angry at me for exposing all the lies. And I raised my right arm to heaven and I began to pray in the spirit with a loud voice and with authority. Then, as I was walking out, I turned to the people and said, ‘The associate pastor was never supposed to leave his wife for the other woman. He played the harlot. He sold his body to prostitution. He left her.'” (And you'd be surprised how often this is happening in Christianity, too. But this is not ‘Christianity', is it? No, of course not. This is all too common.) “Then the next scene in my dream, my husband and I were walking down a hallway away from the restaurant.” (In other words, they were walking away from those teachings.) “We could hear the former pastor from the other side yelling. We knew he was mad at me for exposing him. He was yelling really loud as he came around the corner, but the weird thing was he was walking on his knees. His legs were twisted up behind him and he was being led by his head usher.” (In other words, he was spiritually crippled. He was not able to walk with the Lord.) “For a split-second, I felt pity for this man who was all disfigured and then I saw his face as he was yelling. And my husband and I just stood there quietly watching at first. This pastor was so mad and yelling so loud that his hair was all matted and he snarled with his face all contorted. Then, all of a sudden, I looked at him and said, ‘Everything you have stolen from My people (she said this in the spirit of prophecy), everything you've stolen from my people (Which is what? Their walk with the Lord.), I have taken from you. Judgment has come to your house.' I then brought my right hand down like a gavel was in it.” This sounds very familiar, doesn't it? It's what we read here in Jeremiah. (Jer.23:2) … I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord. (3) And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply. Yes, God's people, in a spiritual way, have been taken captive to all nations, exactly as the Jews were physically captive. We are now captive to the nation, full of patriotism and things that make us pledge allegiance to our nation, rather than the nation that we truly belong to, which is the nation of spiritual Israel Peter spoke of. (Jer.23:4) And I will set up shepherds over them … Here is where He's delivering His people from these Saul shepherds. He's bringing them out of captivity back to their own land, to the Promised Land, to live on the promises of God, so to speak. (Jer.23:4) And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith the Lord. So they will be fed the nourishing Word and will not be hungry and leave. That sounds good, doesn't it? And especially concerning the days that we're coming to, right? They shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith the Lord. That's kind of what was said about those under Jesus. None were lacking except the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled (Joh.17:12). The Scripture continues (Jer.23:5) Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch … This refers to those new shepherds whom we just read about whom God is raising up in these days to take the place of those foolish Saul shepherds. They are a righteous branch. (Jer.23:5) … And he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. (6) In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: the Lord our righteousness. Our righteousness represents a corporate name. It's a group of people. “The Lord our righteousness” is David in our day. The Lord said He would multiply the seed of David to rule over the house of Israel. In our day there's a corporate body of David whom He says are these shepherds He's going to raise up. And He tells us that we're going to understand this in the last days (23:20). These righteous shepherds will replace those in (Jer.23:16) Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. We are to teach what comes out of the mouth of the Lord. (Mat.4:4) … Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Jer.23:17) They say continually unto them that despise me, the Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you. These apostate religions of “Christianity,” using the term loosely, these stubborn, rebellious people, have been trained to be that way. Their leaders are telling them that they're going to have peace and security and safety. They're telling them that they will all fly away, and all the other deceiving doctrines out there, such as ultimate reconciliation, unconditional eternal security, everything is okay – it's all peace and safety, peace and safety. But God says differently. (Jer.23:18) For who hath stood in the council of the Lord, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it? We know Ezekiel did. (19) Behold, the tempest of the Lord, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked. (20) The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly. (21) I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied. (22) But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. Yes. Amen. We need a ministry that God is raising up and sending, starting with the John the Baptist ministry, leading on to the Man-child ministry, leading on to the Two Witness ministry, leading on to the raising-up of the five-fold ministry. And this is all going to be wave after wave of a coming revival in the earth happening all during the time judgment is going forth, while both spiritual and physical judgment is going forth. Spiritual judgment is much more detrimental than physical judgment. Physical judgment can take people out who might even go to heaven, but spiritual judgment takes away their seeing and hearing, bringing reprobation upon a people which are not able to walk with the Lord anymore. That's an eternal judgment there, so it's far worse to be in that kind of a situation. (2Co.11:13) For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. (14) And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light. (15) It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. Satan's ministers look like ministers of righteousness. They're in pulpits teaching God's people. They “fashion themselves”, it says, as “ministers of righteousness.” In other words, they usurp this position. Like Korah, Dathan and Abiram, they usurp this position. They didn't come to authority by overcoming, by hearing the Word, by eating the roll, by having eyes to see, by being ordained by God, etc. They fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works (2Co.11:15). But notice that the judgment upon them starts down here and now, folks. It's not just going to be passing off into eternity. Now this judgment is catching up. God is going to judge these ministries and judge all their organizations. There's going to be a reprobation. What we need to do, is make sure that we're eating the roll of the book individually, every one of us. It doesn't matter whether you're a minister or not, we all need to eat the roll of the book to be Christlike and not be like Korah, Dathan and Abiram and followers, upon whom the judgment fell. As you know, Korah, Dathan and Abiram were usurping not only the High Priest's position but the priesthood. Korah was a Levite, but he was usurping the authority of Aaron and Moses. (Num.16:20) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (21) Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. This was one of the trials in the wilderness. The Korah, Dathan and Abiram rebellion happened in the wilderness, which is the Tribulation. The first 3½ years of the Tribulation are called “wilderness” in Revelation 12 and the second 3½ years are called “wilderness” in Revelation 17. So here they are in the wilderness with this trial of usurpers. They've been there all along but now God's dealing with them. Now God's sending His Man-child. Now God is going to speak the Word before them, make them responsible and tear down their organizations. (Num.16:21) Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. (22) And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? Well, but all the congregation was following them, you see. (Num.16:23) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (24) Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle (tent) of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. (25) And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. (26) And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. Oh, yes. And God was planning just such a consumption, wasn't He? (Num.16:27) So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side…. So, what is this saying in our day? This is talking about a revival of God's people coming out from among these usurpers who have taken a position that's not theirs. It's similar to what Jesus spoke about in John 10 when He called His sheep by name and called them out of the sheepfolds. This is what's coming. (Num.16:27) … And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. (28) And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own mind. (29) If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. (30) But if the Lord make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised the Lord. What is it to be swallowed up by the earth? The earth is our flesh. Adam's flesh was made out of the earth, so to be swallowed up by the earth alive is to be consumed by the fleshly old man. That's to be totally reprobated. You know, the Bible says, She that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth (1Ti.5:6). In other words, you can be dead while you're alive. They were swallowed alive by the earth, by their flesh. (Num.16:31) And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them; (32) and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. (33) So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol (the place of the dead): and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. This is repeated again when we see Saul, and everybody that appertained unto Saul, died on Mt. Gilboa, and then David was made king. This is where we are one more time; we're right here. There is a rebellion and it's not going to be over until the Tribulation period, until God has reprobated all of the wicked and brought in all the righteous. Reprobation represents this dying while you're alive, being dead while you live. (Jud.11) Woe unto them! for they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. (12) These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots. It also speaks about the shepherds, those who followed after Cain and Balaam through their lusts to lead the people. They were twice-dead and plucked up by the roots. Twice-dead means you have to be born again and die again. Yes, there are multitudes of people who have had a new birth in their spirit, but they refuse to be reborn in their soul; they refuse to follow their spirit and eat the Word of God, and be an overcomer. So God is going to reprobate their leadership. That will enable the people to see that there's something wrong with this, especially when they're able to compare it with a new ministry that God is bringing onto the scene. These twice-dead shepherds are going to be falling into more and more sinful lusts of their flesh; that way the people will be able to see it. Even today ministers fall into the most corrupt, sinful ways and yet the people who don't love truth and don't love righteousness, those people don't depart from about their tent. Those people will go down with their ministers, still justifying them, because they're in idolatry with their organizations. They won't see that these men have become corrupt. Well, God is going to corrupt them so that all of the people of God will be without excuse when they continue to follow them. God is delivering His people in these days and it's great! What's really happening is similar to what Jesus speaks about in (Mat.24:15) When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the... Literally, in the Numerics, it says, “a holy place,” not “the holy place,” but the translators thought, “It couldn't be; there's only one holy place.” So they put “the holy place” but the original says “a holy place.” The Numeric pattern proves it's a holy place, so what is Jesus talking about? (Mat.24:15) When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place (let him that readeth understand) [That's in parentheses because He's telling you, “Hey, look a little deeper here; there's something here.”], then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains: let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house: (Mat.24:18) and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak. (19) But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! (20) And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a Sabbath: (21) for then shall be great tribulation…. Daniel speaks of an abomination that maketh desolate (Dan.11:31). And who is it who is “standing in a holy place”? Well, it calls to mind 2 Thessalonians 2. So who's standing in a holy place? And what is a holy place now, in our day? Is there any holy place? Well, there is no such thing as THE holy place anymore, but there are holy places all around the world. They are assemblies of God's people who are truly God's people. So it's an abomination for anybody to stand in these holy places who is an antichrist. Jesus said in (Mat.12:30) He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.. See, we don't have any choice: we're either going to speak the Word and agree with the Word or we're antichrist. It's either Christ, Who is the Word, or antichrist, who is against the Word. God's been very merciful, but with the knowledge, the understanding, the anointing that's coming upon the scene right now, He's no longer going to be merciful because we're coming to the end. (2Th.2:3) Let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be,] (that is, our gathering together unto the Lord) except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. Folks, before we gather unto Him there's going to be a falling away and the son of perdition is going to be revealed. Why do apostate ministers read this as the very opposite of what it's saying? It's because they want to make sure they get out of here. (2Th.2:4) He that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God. There he is in the holy place, right? And the word “temple” here is the word naos. Everywhere else the apostle Paul used that term, he used it to talk about the temple comprised of the people of God, not a temple building. You know, hieron is the word they used when they spoke of the building, but here he's talking about the people of God, just like he used it everywhere else. So that he sitteth in the temple of God (that is, amongst God's people), setting himself forth as God (2Th.2:4). They act like gods but they are rebels. Now, if you're not paying any attention to God and you're ruling in the temple of God, then you're the god there. The whole problem is that these men think that they can do what they want to do, say whatever they want, and lead you any way they want to lead you. They don't have to do it according to the Word; they make up their own rules and their own organization. But, you see, God already has an organization. It's called the Church and it's supposed to be one; it's supposed to be one with Him and it's supposed to be one with the Word. It's supposed to be led by people who have eaten the roll of the book and who hearken unto the roll and then go and lead God's people. So they set themselves forth as God. (2Th.2:5) Remember ye not, that, when I yet was with you, I told you these things? (6) And now you know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. The falling away is what restrains the revealing of the son of perdition. The falling away is this reprobation of these people. God's taking away their seeing and hearing. (2Th.2:7) For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only [there is] one that restraineth now, until he be come out of the midst (Numerics). What is restraining the revealing of the son of God? The son of perdition in the midst of God's people. We ought to be a spotless, blemishless people. Talking about them in their corporate body, Jude called them spots in your love-feasts, these apostate leaders. They are spots in the body of Christ. They have to be removed before He can come for His people. Only [there is] one that restraineth now, until he be come out of the midst. (2Th.2:8) And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord shall slay with the breath of his mouth…. The Lord is going to destroy these wicked leaders of God's people and every other son of perdition who leads God's people astray. We are on the verge of a great corporate move like this. God's given me a little training several times in watching how He does this and I know He is about to do it now on a worldwide scale. I know that He is training up other people around the world to understand these things too. There is a corporate body of the son of perdition leading multitudes of people astray, but God is sending some help. He's sending a new anointed ministry like we saw in Ezekiel, anointed with the Holy Spirit. This ministry will be empowered by the Holy Spirit to go forth and deliver His people. Praise be to God! Thank You, Father! Now I have some revelations to share, beginning with a revelation sent to us some time ago which points out that the true people of God will have a great victory. This will be as when they came out of Egypt at the Passover and their enemies were conquered there and at the Red Sea. Esther the Bride fought for the true people of God and won. You Have Lost; We Have Won Mike Thompson - 10/5/18 (David's notes in red) Well, hello, you mighty prayer warriors and beloved of God. I had to share a vision with you. It may be a little difficult for me to get through because it's still on me. I'm sitting in the sanctuary and this is where it happened last night. I had a class that started at 7:00, and while I was coming in to do the class, I could just feel myself being overcome by the Spirit. I could hear sounds in the Spirit, and catch images; and I want to talk to you about the Lion's Army: The Lion of the tribe of Judah. I want to share with you a victory that's happening in the spirit right now. An Open Vision of the Lord's Army The first thing that I began …, In the Spirit, the way it swirls around me when these things begin to occur is that I could see darkness and I could see lightning. Here I am talking to people, in fact, standing behind the podium teaching a class, and I could hear, just muffled sounds that resembled strife and conflict. I would catch just glimpses, the glint of light that seemed to be reflecting off of swords. I slowed down in my presentation, my teaching, and the Spirit of God overwhelmed me, invaded me and just began to pull me away. The scene became clearer and I could see a battleground. And that's when I stopped the class and I just shared with them what I just shared with you: I said, Let's go into prayer, and we did. And as we did, the vision developed and went further. I could see this large battleground in front of me in the spiritual realm. It was a full vision; it was an open vision occurring. On the far side of the battleground were these hoards of grotesque disfigured demonic spirits. They were advancing and coming toward us screaming. When I say us, my position and those that were around me. The sound of their screams at the top of their lungs, and the screaming was violent, it was in anger and rage, blood-curdling screams of demonic spirits as they were advancing. Their screams were not only of anger and rage and meant to psychologically throw the opposing army off, but behind the screams, hidden in those screams I could sense fear; the fear that they have of losing the fight, of losing their purpose. It was a fear that was so strong you could tell that it caused them pain, but they screamed even louder. On the near side of the battleground were warrior believers and warrior angels, a mighty army. They were covered in light and glory. There was such a strength and a determination on the inside of them that it's like, ‘This battle is so important, we will not lose; We recognize our authority and who we are and we will not lose; We will not give up; We will not back down.' And they stood in confidence against that fear and the screams of the advancing hoard. I was part of the army. It was – it's hard to explain, but simultaneously I was both watching it from an elevated position, as well as being part of that righteous army. I could see that the army wore armor, they carried shields, they had drawn swords, light was reflecting off of the swords as they held them up; swords against the screams. Then I heard a thundering voice from behind the righteous army, and the words that just echoed with authority and power across the battleground saying to the demonic legion, YOU HAVE LOST; WE HAVE WON. (This is the Gospel, We have won through Jesus.) And as that voice thundered, I turned to look and it was a large lion that was immediately right behind the righteous army: The Lion's Army. As I write this, I'm getting overcome right now; I'm back in it. I wish I could articulate what I see and feel adequately to you. Just catch the anointing. Catch what the Spirit of God is dropping on the inside of you right now. As the words from the Lion came, they entered the army, the warriors, and simultaneously with the voice of the Lion the warriors released the same words. It was as if one voice through thousands, millions perhaps, all came forth with the Lion's voice: YOU HAVE LOST; WE HAVE WON. It was a faith declaration. The strength, the confidence, the authority from heaven, from the throne, through the Lion, through the backs of the warriors and out of their mouths. And it was like the sound of many waters as it flowed across the battlefield toward the advancing hoard. And then it shifted a little bit and at that point, the Lion's army at the same time was lifted up into the air and was carried over the heads of the advancing hoard and they began to speak down upon the advancing hoard words of authority, the Word of God, faith declarations, speaking against them in great authority and power. And when they did, there was a flaming sword that came out of their mouths and the swords launched straight down on the heads of those advancing legions. There were angels in the fire in the swords and when the fire would hit one of the demonic spirits, then his power was diminished, he slowed, his screams weakened. And it was having an effect. And then I noticed behind the legions arose a great beast. And I knew it was the same beast that I had seen in preceding visions. I knew it was the same beast that was connected with Leviathan and with Jezebel. The same beast that I saw before came up to the edge of Europe, the west coast, jumped into the ocean swam over, and crawled up on the east coast of the United States. And that beast began to yell as loud as he could. It was saying, ‘Scream harder! Scream harder!' But it was too late. The screams were no match for the flaming swords of the Lion in the mouths of His warriors and the battle, the tide of which began to change. I knew instinctively, I could feel it, that the beast had the ability to influence and call in more warriors and more screams, but the power was in the screams. But the authority in the advancing army of God, the Lion's Army, was also coming out of their mouths in prayer, in faith proclamations, in prophetic declarations, in speaking the Word, in pulling down the strongholds and the strategies and the structures, all the things that were happening. People, I feel that this vision is timely in several respects: (This was given in 2018 regarding the political scene at that time. But it fits today.) Number 1, for what's going on in the spiritual atmosphere over America right now; for what's going on in the confirmation hearing for Judge Kavanaugh; for the upcoming midterm election; for … I even see behind that, the 2020 Presidential election. (The Supreme Court is deciding who won the 2020 election now. So, this is still true and relevant for today with the current DS political situations, fake administration, the 2024 presidential vote, and imminent EBS, GCR, human trafficking, illegal immigration, weather warfare, etc. We need to be declaring the defeat of the DS/apostate church and the victory of the Lion's Army.) I see all those things just coming at me in the Spirit. And I hear the screams and the violence and the threats. And the Lord says, “Do not be afraid, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. The Lion's Army is well able to do its job. The Lion's Army with flaming words of authority will rise up and defeat the enemy.” I also feel that it's a progressive revelation that we will see a progressive vision that we will see come to pass in various forms through the upcoming years. The Lion's Army. If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, you are part of the Lion's Army. If you will dare to stand up in prayer, you're part of the Lion's Army. If you will stand up against the unrighteousness, if you will stand against the work of the beast; you don't have to fight the beast, the LION will destroy the beast, but you are part of the army that is launching those fiery projectiles down on the heads of the legions of the damned. And it is disempowering them, it is stopping them, it is paralyzing them. It is diminishing their power and their authority in the earth, and in America, and against the body of Christ, and against God's purposes and plans for the political structure of our nation, the destiny that He has already proclaimed. YOU are a warrior … clothed in Beauty and Garments of Praise, the Armor of God, the Shield of Faith, and the Sword of the Spirit. And the angels are flowing like fire from your mouth as you speak into the second heaven, the spiritual atmosphere the words of the Lion: “YOU HAVE LOST; WE HAVE WON”; and every other word that He places in your mouth. Stand up and give it with the third-heaven authority! Discerning Shepherds and Apostles Ellen Cary - 09/10/2008 (David's notes in red) Prophetic Word - The seven-year cycle is over. I have called and you have not answered. I have warned over and over, but you have refused to hear. You shepherds who sit in your high towers have told my sheep that I didn't cause the towers to fall, that I didn't bring Katrina for destruction (of Mardi Gras in two states), that the floods and fires are not at the hand of My judgment, teaching them that all power is not Mine, so they learn to not heed My warnings, they learn to not hearken to My voice because they believe your lies; and for this, you false shepherds will pay a high price. I call you false, for you have turned from My divine plan for your life. You've allowed the enemy to entice you with the pleasures of this world, the riches and loftiness of sitting in high places. You have exalted your throne above Mine in making the choices you have to please men, to tickle their ears and tell them what they want to hear, rather than telling them the truth. Few there are who are listening to My voice and calling My church to repent of their wicked ways, for they have gone the way of the world; their lives are compromised and not set apart for Me, to live in the holiness I've commanded. See now you false prophets who speak lies of peace and safety, you shall all be brought down by My Elijahs I'm about to release upon the land. They will smite you with the sword of the spirit that will come forth from their mouths and it shall be wielded with precision and accuracy. You who have given yourselves a title of apostle, know ye not it is only the Lord God Almighty who decides who I call as an apostle, or any of My ministry gifts to My body for their edification and growth to build My church. You gather together in your convocations to discuss your lofty plans of dominating My earth, but you know not of what you speak, for this world will never be dominated by your flesh. It is only by My Spirit that My Kingdom is established on the earth because it is established in the hearts of those I choose. My true apostles are in the fields of the world, in the dark places establishing My kingdom, for I have sent them. I alone, and no man, for I called and I instructed and I gave the order to go and they have obeyed My voice to not only listen to obey My call, but to be chosen to follow My orders. They are nameless and they are faceless only to you, for l know their names and I know their faces. I know their hearts and I know their minds, for they seek only My will, not to build their mighty kingdoms, as you have done, and for this they shall be rewarded greatly. For they are true warriors and true soldiers of the cross who have died to their own plans and purpose and allowed Me to send them out for My glory only, nothing to exalt themselves, but only Me. For they recognize they are but dust willing to be blown by the wind of My Spirit to wherever I will them to go. These shall have great reward in My house, for they have laid down their lives for the sheep, some even to death, never even thinking they are great or doing anything for recognition in My body, but only having a heart to follow after Me and being obedient to My word. Yes, the time has come for all false ones to be exposed, for you want to be leaders but you lead My sheep into the darkness and for this, the blood of many will be on your hands. The hour has come for your judgment, America, the great America whom I have blessed to such measure that all the world envies you. But shortly in an hour you think not, you shall fall and the whole earth will groan and the nations will lament and rejoice at the same time, for your greatness shall be over. (DS Babylon in America and DS Babylon in the church are falling.) Shaking Out the Sinners Vision Given to Ueli Surbeck I saw the Father standing above me with the world in His hand and He began shaking it -- violently shaking the world up and down, left to the right and backward and forward and this is what the Father says: “My church has to be shaken out of the world. I want it out, and I am shaking my church until it comes out of the world! They have become so entwined in the world it is the only way to get them out”. He continued to shake the world violently (it very much reminds me of the process of harvesting potatoes); as I saw the church being shaken out of the world, I saw 3 things happening in the Church: Preachers were falling out of the pulpits, head first, pulpits started falling out of the Church, I saw the prophets falling, as they fell they lost their mantles, their mantles fell out of the churches and then I saw the reprobates start falling out of the Church. And then the Father said in the Voice of the General, “THEY HAVE MISSED THE HOUR OF THEIR VISITATION”. He said it 3 times consecutively. They missed the hour of My visitation; they think they are somebody, but in fact they are blind and naked. As the prophets fell out and lost their mantles, I saw the Father pick up the mantles and give them to the faithful prophets of the hour who had not missed THE HOUR OF THEIR VISITATION. (Isa.66:15-16) For behold the Lord will come with fire, and with His chariots, like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword the Lord will judge all flesh; and the slain of the Lord shall be many. Tell My People I Love Them Janet M. - 11/23/2012 Around 8:00 PM, as I was lying in bed, the Lord spoke to me, saying, “Tell My people that I love them”. He had a great urgency in His voice and He did this three times. Over the course of almost an hour, He spoke to me and showed me things. But of all the things that He said, He put the greatest emphasis on the message: “Tell my people that I love them”. He started by answering a prayer of mine: I asked the Lord, “Please confirm that You do not want us to participate in Christmas”. The Lord explained that He never asked us to commemorate His birth and yet people make the manger scene of Jesus into an idol. He is not a baby in a manger anymore. There will be no Christmas in Heaven and God does not honor that day. (When we share this with family and friends we should be graceful and weak to the weak so it can be received.) The Christmas holiday is a creation of man. He continued that it grieves Him how selfish people have become, all the exchanging of gifts is merely vanity for pleasing the flesh. (Jesus taught us to give to the poor and we will be rewarded.) Jesus already gave the greatest gift of all. How can man ever top that? He showed tremendous emotion as He spoke. I saw Him cry with trembling concerning those perishing in sin. We must repent (turn from what we know is wrong). We must forgive those who have wronged us, so that God will forgive us. Jesus died so that we can be redeemed to the Father. The blood of Jesus was that perfect sacrifice to restore fallen man unto God. We must come out from among those who covet evil and be separate from the pleasure and distractions of the worldly “Egyptian” system. Then, the Lord showed me how sin separates us from Him. I saw a narrow path and Jesus waiting at the end of it. As the people traveled the path toward Jesus, the devil would place many temptations along the way to widen the path and divert the believer from Jesus. If the believer endured, the path would again narrow, as Jesus drew them ever closer to Himself. Eventually, the believer would be near enough to abide in the Lord (they knew Him and were sure of Him). That is the place where you can reach out and touch the hem of His garment. When I saw the sincerity of the Lord as He spoke, I feared for my relatives and I pleaded to God to have mercy on them. He replied, “Believe on Me and you and your family will be saved”. I asked, “Should I do anything?” He said, “Intercede for them by lifting them up in prayer. As it is written, pray without ceasing. Since an idle mind tends to be the devil's playground, think on the things of God, for where your heart is, there your treasure will be also.” And when it comes to the devil and demons, the Lord said, “I have given you power and authority over the enemy; use it”. As the Lord saw us praying and travailing for others in obedience to God, He smiled. His smile was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I cannot describe it. I did not see His face but I saw His smile somehow. His smile had real feeling to it and was so reassuring. His smile was light, love and perfect. God then showed me how He freed my husband and me from the oppression and deception that blinded us for so long. Then I saw the chains and something like a heavy weight that bound the people who desired to stay in the world system and refused to repent. He also said that we should be willing to open our homes and our hearts to the poor on more than just Thanksgiving Day and He asked us if we would do that. As He spoke, He took me up in the spirit and showed me some things that are important to Him. I saw Jesus pointing to the Earth. The Earth looked to be about the size of a tangerine compared to Him. Somehow, I was standing next to Him. He pointed to the Earth and said, “I have commissioned you to tell them, 'Tell My people that I love them'. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Start the conversation by telling them that I love them. It is your job to tell them. The Holy Spirit will convict them”. The Harlot's Final Moments Jenni Davis - 06/30/2009 (David's notes in red) I had a vision the other night. I cannot believe it took me a couple of days to understand its meaning, as it is so incredible and obvious to me just now after God opened my eyes. In my vision, a group of people, including myself, were kneeling around an old, dying woman who was on the ground, taking her last breaths of air. Other people were standing around watching the scene, but a small number of us were knelt beside her. She was a very old woman, heavily wrinkled and ancient-looking, to the point it was clear she had shrunk in her old age. She was decked out in the most humorous way to hide her age. She had an enormous, thick, long, blond, curly wig on to hide her balding, thin hair. She had decked herself out in thigh stockings and lots of fake jewelry. She was so “in costume” that she just looked hilarious, as she was trying to cover her age and recover her youth. She was fooling no one, of course; she looked like she was dressed up for a costume party -- like an old hooker. As she lay there dying, taking her last breaths, suddenly, a horrifying-sounding demon started speaking out of her mouth. It was just like a Poltergeist movie. Here was this tiny old woman dying on the ground and this awful, male, evil voice started speaking in a language I could not understand out of HER mouth; it was clearly pure evil. I have no idea what she was saying but I could feel the evil in the air -- thick and awful --and her body slashed and flexed as she spoke these evil words forth. Suddenly, all the other people who were knelt beside her started breaking into spiritual warfare to combat the demon that was speaking. They were flailing their arms, pointing their fingers, binding demons and speaking in tongues in their own chaos all around her. My mouth dropped a bit and my eyes widened a bit, watching this mad display going on around me as this old woman lay hardly breathing, but still managing to speak forth evil. I remember thinking, ‘what in the world is going on here?' Then, like a mother who is tired of watching someone rock her whaling baby in the wrong way and finally gets frustrated and screams, “Give me that baby!” and snatches the infant into her own arms; well, I did the same. I took the old woman's upper torso into my arms and pulled her to my chest (my heart), out of their flailing hands and away from their words, and I held her to my heart and said, “Jesus”. One time only. Instantly, the demon(s) were gone! She was instantly healed and alive and she jumped to her feet and ran around happy and jumping like a little kid. Everyone was shocked, including me a little. It felt like such a natural response to pull her to me, that I was also shocked at the result. I only saw her for a second before the vision ended, but I saw that her wig and the rest of her costume was falling off. I am embarrassed to say it took me two days to realize it was the false harlot church that is the old woman, who even now lies dying. (I believe this old woman more specifically represents a body of people in the midst of the larger Harlot church who will turn to God because of the love of more mature brethren who will reach out to them as Jenni did here.) God knows what evil she will speak as she takes her last breaths (what more or new madness she will speak) and who will listen to it, but I do know how some will try and fight it. They will try and fight it with their own wisdom, their own power, their own warfare. It will not work. Jesus is the hero, He is the answer and He is the dragon slayer. He knows how to fight; it is our job to call on Him. He lives in our heart; we are His bride if we understand and know His love. It is His love in us and through us that will conquer the demons that hold the (harlot) church captive. She IS loved and out of love and genuine empathy for anyone who is lost, confused, bewitched and evil, we should do as God says: “Bring them to me and I will give them life”. All we do is hold them in our hearts and love them in Jesus' name and He will give them life. He will accomplish this --not us. I am reminded in this vision of the day that God asked me if I wanted to know what the “Best spiritual warfare is” and I eagerly said, “Yes! Tell me!” He said this slowly to me: “Close your eyes, lay your head on My chest and rest”. It is finished. It is all His work; we just call on Him.

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11/24/24 - 34th Sunday Ordinary Time

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024

11/24/24 - 34th Sunday ordinary times John 18:33-37 NLT33 Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him.34 Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?”35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?”36 Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”37 Pilate said, “So you are a king?”Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”

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In God's Will: Always Prayerful

Tallowood

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 30:54

How do we know God's will for our lives? Thessalonians and Houstonians wonder. Twice in his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul declares God's will. In a word, God wills for us to be full. Filled with the Spirit, our lives overflow with joy, prayer, and gratitude. This is the will of God for all of us: that we are always praying! Message based on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.Quotes:Thomas Merton: To be an acorn is to have a taste for becoming an Oak Tree Duane Brooks: God wills for us to pray, and when we pray we find and fulfill his will. Joyful, prayerful, thankful . . . People who are full of God in the fullness of the Spirit, seeking that his full will be done rejoice, pray, and give thanks. Duane Brooks: We do not just pray spontaneously, sporadically, but continually in conversation with the Father.Fred Craddock: all we know in the life of prayer is asking, seeking, knocking and waiting, trust sometimes fainting, sometimes growing angry. Persons of such prayer life can only wonder at those who speak of prayer with the smiling facility of someone drawing answers from a hat.Duane Brooks: Until you have stood for years knocking at a locked door, your knuckles bleeding you do not really know what prayer is. Augustine: You put forth your hand from on high,” and you drew my soul out of that pit of darkness, when before you my mother, your faithful servant, wept more for me than mothers weep over their children's dead bodies. By that spirit of faith which she had from you, she saw my death, and you graciously heard her, O Lord. . . . You did not despise her tears when they flowed down from her eyes and watered the earth beneath, in whatsoever place she prayed. Graciously you heard her. . . . For almost nine years passed, in which I wallowed “in the mire of the deep” and in the darkness of error, and although I often strove to rise out of it, I was all the more grievously thrust down again. But all the while, that chaste, devout, and sober widow . . . ceased not in all her hours of prayer to lament over me before you. Her prayers entered into your sight. 1 The conversion of St.Augustine of Hippo (AD 354–430) was an answer to his mother's persistent prayers. Duane Brooks: When God's Kingdom comes – his rule, his reign, then his will is done here as in heaven.Alan Redpath: I can never pray your Kingdom Come until I am willing to pray, My Kingdom go.Robert Law: Prayer is a mighty instrument, not for getting man's will done in heaven, but for getting God's will done on earth.” Richard Foster: To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. Prayer is not about bending God's will to our own, but about aligning ourselves with God's will, which shapes and transforms us.George W. Truett: To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge; to do the will of God is the greatest activity.C. S. Lewis: There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'Unknown: The real trouble in life begins when we get what you want . . . your will! Jim Cymbala: I'm a little embarrassed when Christians cry out over the lack of prayer in schools, when there is no prayer in churches. David Butts in his book Forgotten Power: The early church didn't just have prayer meeting . . . the early church was a prayer meeting.To discover more messages of hope go to tallowood.org/sermons/.Follow us on Instagram, X, and YouTube @tallowoodbc.Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

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My Kingdom or God's Kingdom

Venture Church | Bozeman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 57:10

My Kingdom or God's KingdomWhat am I investing in that is going to outlive me?If my budget could speak, what would it say about who I am and what matters to me?

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24-308 A Love Letter from God

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 5:10

My Dear Wise and Faithful Servant,I see you. I see the hours you spend planning, organizing, and coordinating to ensure that everything runs smoothly for My people. You may wonder if anyone notices the behind-the-scenes work, the countless details that make a difference, and the quiet sacrifices you make. I want you to know—I notice. Not a single moment escapes My eyes, and every detail you manage is precious to Me.You are fulfilling a vital role in My Kingdom. You have been entrusted with the gift of administration, and through this gift, you reflect My heart for order, stewardship, and care. Just as I have designed creation with great precision and purpose, so have I equipped you to bring order and structure to the tasks before you. Your efforts do not go unnoticed. I take great delight in the way you serve faithfully, ensuring that My work on earth is carried out with wisdom and diligence.Remember this, My servant: Isaiah 58:11 promises, "The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." You may sometimes feel drained, as though the weight of responsibility is heavy. But I am here to remind you that I am your source of strength. I am the One who will sustain you, guide you, and satisfy your every need.When the tasks feel overwhelming, remember that I am with you, guiding your every step. I am not only interested in the outcome but in you—your heart, your well-being, and your joy in serving Me. Lean into My presence when you feel weary. Let My love refresh you, just as a well-watered garden is refreshed by the constant flow of a never-ending spring. I will never let you run dry, for My strength is made perfect in your moments of weakness.Your work matters more than you know. In every plan you make, every meeting you attend, and every decision you weigh carefully, you are advancing My Kingdom. The details you manage with care and precision are part of My divine plan. You may not always see the fruit of your labor immediately, but know that the seeds you are planting are growing into something beautiful.I also want you to know that you don't have to carry the weight of this alone. I am your helper, your guide, and your strength. Just as I lead you, I also surround you with others in My body to support and encourage you. Lean on them, just as you lean on Me.Be at peace, My faithful servant. Rest in the knowledge that you are deeply loved and appreciated by Me. I have called you for this, and I will continue to empower you for all that lies ahead. Keep your eyes fixed on Me, and I will lead you step by step.With all My love,Your Heavenly FatherMy Reasons To Believe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

24-308 A Love Letter from God

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 5:10

24-287 A Love Letter From God

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 5:34

My Chosen Vessel,I have called you to walk a path that not everyone will understand. You carry the gift of apostleship—a calling that goes beyond what the eyes can see and the mind can fully comprehend. You are a pioneer, one who is sent forth to build, establish, and expand My Kingdom in places that have not yet seen My light. This is a gift not just of leadership but of foundational work that others will build upon. And for this journey, I have not left you to walk alone; I have given you My Spirit as your constant Companion, Guide, and Source of strength.Understand that apostleship is not just about leading churches or starting new ministries; it's about being sent with My authority to bring My Kingdom to earth. And to do this, you need to be in close, continual relationship with the Holy Spirit. He is the one who empowers you, gives you wisdom, and teaches you to hear My voice. "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8). The power to be a true apostle comes from the Holy Spirit within you—without Him, you cannot fulfill this calling.Walking confidently in your gift means being aware of His presence at every moment. He is the Counselor who whispers direction when you are faced with decisions. He is the Comforter who encourages you when you are weary from the journey. He is the Spirit of Truth who will always point you back to My Word and My promises when the road seems unclear. Lean on Him, trust in Him, and allow Him to lead you into all the fullness of your calling.Remember, an apostle is not self-made; an apostle is one who is sent—one who goes in the authority and power of the Sender. I am the One who has sent you, and My Spirit is the One who equips you. When doubts arise, when challenges come, when you feel like you're not enough for the task at hand, remember that it is not by your strength but by My Spirit that you will overcome. "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit," says the Lord Almighty (Zechariah 4:6).To walk confidently in your gift, stay in step with the Spirit. Make room for Him every day—invite Him into your decisions, your plans, and your prayers. Let Him fill you with the boldness and courage you need to break new ground, to speak truth, and to lead others into a deeper relationship with Me. He will give you the discernment to know when to go and when to wait, when to speak and when to listen, and when to build and when to tear down what is not of Me.As you journey in apostleship, know that My Spirit will always confirm My calling in you. He will give you supernatural insight, wisdom, and grace to carry out what I have commissioned you to do. I have placed this gift in you for a reason, and I am faithful to complete the work I have begun in you.So walk boldly, My apostle. Walk confidently. For My Spirit is within you, guiding you, empowering you, and filling you with the authority of My Kingdom. Go where I send you, speak what I give you, and trust that My Spirit will be with you every step of the way.With everlasting love,Your Heavenly FatherMy Reasons To Believe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

24-287 A Love Letter From God

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 5:34

E.441 | Grimrose - Rapper & Musician

La Crosse Local

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 13:39

Brent and Amy are joined by Grimrose, a rising La Crosse area musician who blends genres like punk, goth, and trap to create his unique "goth trap" sound. In this interview, they discuss his musical influences, the process behind creating his recent album "Welcome to My Kingdom," and his plans for upcoming projects. As an independent artist producing and recording his own music, Grimrose provides an interesting perspective on the local music scene and collaboration that makes this unique genre break out from the Midwest.

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24-259 A Love Letter From God: Embracing Miraculous Powers

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 5:34

My Beloved Warrior,Today, I want to talk to you about a gift that carries immense power and significance—the gift of miraculous powers. This gift, given by My Holy Spirit, is a testament to My sovereignty, My love, and My active involvement in your life and in the world around you. It is a gift that transcends the natural order, allowing My divine power to manifest in extraordinary ways.Throughout the scriptures, you have seen the evidence of My miraculous powers. From the parting of the Red Sea to the feeding of the five thousand, from the raising of the dead to the casting out of demons, I have always used miracles to display My glory, to confirm My word, and to bring deliverance to My people. These acts of power are not confined to the past—they are just as real and accessible today through the working of My Spirit in you.The gift of miraculous powers is not about showcasing human strength or ability; it is about revealing My power through you. It is a partnership between heaven and earth, where you become a conduit for My divine intervention. When you operate in this gift, you are demonstrating My authority over creation, My compassion for the broken, and My desire to bring heaven's realities to earth.But remember, My warrior, this gift requires humility, obedience, and a deep connection to My heart. Miraculous powers are not a tool for self-glorification or personal gain. They are given for the purpose of building My Kingdom, revealing My glory, and drawing people closer to Me. When you operate in this gift, do so with a heart fully surrendered to My will, seeking only to honor Me and to serve others in love.Faith is key to unlocking this gift. Miracles happen when you believe in My ability to do the impossible. When you pray for the miraculous, pray with boldness and confidence, knowing that I am able and willing to move in powerful ways. But also trust in My wisdom and timing, understanding that My ways are higher than yours. Sometimes the miracle you seek will come in a way you did not expect, or at a time that seems delayed—but know that I am always working for your good and My glory.I have given you authority through My Son, Jesus. In His name, you can command mountains to move, speak life into dead situations, and release My power into the world. Do not be afraid to step out in faith and use the authority I have given you. The world is in desperate need of a demonstration of My power, and I have chosen you to be My vessel.As you walk in this gift, stay rooted in My Word and in prayer. Let My Spirit guide you, teach you, and empower you. Miraculous powers are not about sensationalism; they are about revealing My love in the most tangible way possible. Every miracle points back to Me, the source of all power and life.My beloved, the world is waiting to see My power displayed through you. Do not hold back. Be bold, be courageous, and let My Spirit flow through you to bring healing, deliverance, and transformation. I have given you this gift because I trust you to use it wisely, for the good of others and the glory of My name.With Unfailing Love and Power,Your Heavenly Father This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

24-259 A Love Letter From God: Embracing Miraculous Powers

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 5:34

24-238 A Love Letter From God: Embracing Knowledge

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 5:42

My Dear Child,Today, I want to speak to you about the gift of knowledge, one of the precious gifts I bestow through My Holy Spirit. This gift is more than just accumulating facts or information; it is about understanding My truths and applying them to your life in a way that deepens your relationship with Me and illuminates the path I have set before you.Knowledge, in the spiritual sense, is the ability to grasp the deep truths of My Word and to perceive the ways in which I am working in the world and in your life. It is about seeing things from My perspective and gaining insights that go beyond human understanding. As you grow in this gift, you will find yourself drawn closer to Me, and your faith will be strengthened.In Proverbs 2:6, I tell you, "For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding." This means that true knowledge comes from Me and is rooted in a reverence for who I am. It is through a relationship with Me that you begin to understand the mysteries of My Kingdom and the depth of My love for you.One way to cultivate this gift is through spending time in My Word. The Bible is filled with My truths and is a wellspring of knowledge. As you study the scriptures, ask My Holy Spirit to open your mind and heart to understand what you read. Allow My Word to penetrate your spirit and transform your thinking. It is through the diligent study of My Word that you will gain the knowledge you need to navigate life's challenges and to fulfill the calling I have placed on your life.Prayer is another crucial aspect of developing the gift of knowledge. When you come to Me in prayer, seek not only My help and guidance but also My wisdom and understanding. Ask Me to reveal the truths you need to know and to give you the insight to apply them in your daily life. I am always willing to share My knowledge with those who earnestly seek it.Knowledge also involves being attentive to My voice. I speak to you in many ways—through My Word, through prayer, through the counsel of godly friends and mentors, and through the inner prompting of My Holy Spirit. Be still and listen for My voice. I have much to tell you, and I long to guide you in all things.As you embrace the gift of knowledge, you will find that it leads to a deeper sense of purpose and direction. You will begin to see My hand at work in ways you never noticed before, and you will gain the confidence to walk in the path I have set before you. Knowledge will also equip you to help others, to share My truths with those who are seeking, and to be a light in a world that often seems dark and confusing.Remember, My child, that knowledge is a gift from Me, given freely and generously. Embrace it with a humble heart and a willingness to learn. Let My knowledge fill you, guide you, and draw you closer to Me.With Eternal Love and Wisdom,Your Heavenly FatherMy Reasons To Believe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

My Kingdom is Not of This World

Christ Church Katy Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024

Where the Jews tried to trick Jesus into committing blasphemy, Pilate is focused on worldly power. This is a clear opportunity for Jesus to declare to Pilate and to teach us that “My Kingdom is Not of This World”

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24-224 A Love Letter From God: Embracing Humility

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 6:20

My Beloved Children,I want to speak to you today about something close to My heart: humility. It's a virtue that often goes against the grain of the world's values, but it is essential for living a life that truly honors Me and reflects My love.In Philippians 2:3-4, I say, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." These words are a call to live differently, to rise above the pride and self-centeredness that so easily entangle human hearts.Humility starts with understanding who you are in relation to Me. I am your Creator, your Sustainer, and your Savior. Every breath you take, every blessing you receive, comes from My hand. Recognizing this truth is the foundation of a humble heart. When you see Me for who I am, you begin to see yourself more clearly—not as self-sufficient or superior, but as deeply loved and wholly dependent on My grace.Living in humility means acknowledging your limitations and weaknesses. It's not about thinking less of yourself, but about thinking of yourself less. It's about putting others first, just as My Son, Jesus, did. He left the glory of heaven, took on human flesh, and humbled Himself to the point of death—even death on a cross (Philippians 2:5-8). He is your ultimate example of humility, showing you that true greatness comes through serving others.In your daily lives, humility will manifest in various ways. It will shape your relationships, fostering kindness, patience, and forgiveness. It will guide your actions, leading you to serve others selflessly and to seek the well-being of your neighbors. It will influence your thoughts, helping you to stay grounded in gratitude and to resist the lure of pride.Humility is not always easy. The world around you often celebrates arrogance, self-promotion, and dominance. But remember, My ways are not the world's ways. I oppose the proud but give grace to the humble (James 4:6). When you choose humility, you align yourself with My heart, and I lift you up in due time (1 Peter 5:6).Cultivating humility requires intentionality. Spend time in My Word, allowing it to shape your perspective and priorities. Pray for a humble heart, asking Me to reveal any areas of pride or self-centeredness. Seek out opportunities to serve others, even in small, unseen ways. And be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry (James 1:19), recognizing that everyone you encounter is precious in My sight.As you walk in humility, you will experience My peace and presence in profound ways. You will find joy in lifting others up and in seeing My love work through you. You will become more like Jesus, embodying the servant-heartedness that defines My Kingdom.My dear children, embrace humility. Let it be the hallmark of your lives, drawing others to Me and bringing glory to My name. Remember, I am with you every step of the way, giving you the strength and grace you need to live humbly and faithfully.With All My Love,Your Heavenly FatherMy Reasons To Believe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

What do people mean when they say “Christian Nationalism”? – 6/26/24

Family Life News

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024

What do people mean when they say "Christian Nationalism"? Christian nationalism is in the news, but what is it? Nationalism is different from feeling patriotic or making sure to vote every November. Part of what defines nationalism in general is its goal to reserve privileges for only one group in a country that has many groups. Christian nationalism, to be specific, aims for the government to privilege Christians. Dr. Paul D. Miller believes Christian nationalism is a danger to the Church. That's because it makes a Christian's citizenship in a country a higher priority than a Christian's citizenship in God's Kingdom. “If we start to orient our hearts towards America as if it were an ultimate thing, well, that's actually idolatry, and we misunderstand the entire Gospel, as if the Gospel is all about making America great. And that's just not why Jesus came,” Miller says. “He said very clearly, ‘My Kingdom is not of this world.' I'm grateful for America, but it's really important that I don't confuse America for Jesus' Kingdom.” He believes that Christian nationalism not only threatens the Church, but also our democracy. “It is a danger, I think, in a more mild sense of being in tension with the principles of liberty and equality for all citizens, Christian and non-Christian alike.” And while not all Christian nationalists are violent, some are. Those waving Christian symbols and calling on God as they broke into the nation's capitol on January 6, 2021 are an example of the movement's violent minority. “That kind of mixing of religious rhetoric with a violent assault on the citadel of democracy is, I think, clearly dangerous for American democracy,” Miller says. “Again, that's a small minority, but it is there, let's not ignore it.” Miller wants the Church to be aware of the danger of Christian nationalism, even as he points out that it's not the only threat. “This is part of a much bigger conversation. While we've talked about the dangers on the Right, there's dangers on the Left as well.” - - - Dr. Paul D. Miller is Martha's guest for this Inside Out discussion on Christian nationalism. Dr. Miller is a former member of the National Security Council staff who has served as an intelligence analyst for the CIA and as a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. Currently Dr. Miller is a professor of the practice of international affairs at Georgetown University. Read a more detailed biography of Dr. Paul D. Miller discover more about his book The Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism.

Saturday 23rd March - John 18:25-40

Lent 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 2:45

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, “You aren't also one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn't I see you in the garden with him?” Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed. They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” They answered him, “If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you.” Pilate therefore said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is illegal for us to put anyone to death,” that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die. Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?” Pilate answered, “I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.” Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him. But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

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Great Earthquakes and Tsunamis (3) - David Eells - UBBS 2.28.2024

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 116:13

Great Earthquakes & Tsunamis (3) David Eells (audio) Judgement On The House Of God Ms. Sophie May 28, 2018 (David's notes in red) https://youtu.be/w0IHAzLmunY?si=sY_gMF1wtYUHagg4 My daughter, My child, write these words down for me. The time has come now for judgment on the House of God. As I sit on My heavenly throne and look down I see all the things being done in secret. You men on pulpits and stages, you call yourselves Pastors and Preachers yet I did NOT send you. Some of you have even read warnings I have given yet you have not turned from your ways. Mammon is what you refuse to give up for truth. You comfort your followers with a false gospel, compromising My Word and fleece the flock. YOU ARE NO SHEPHERDS BUT FOOLS!!! Do you think I do not know what is said and done in secret? Do you think I cannot strip you naked and take away all your prosperity with just one whisper? It is time now for Me to visit with each one of you in ways that will put fear into your hearts. I will drop you to your knees to repent before Me. If you refuse and continue to rebel, you will burn with all those before you that fleeced My flock, stole from Me, sold wares and used My house as a marketplace. You lukewarm, mammon loving wolves have lived deliciously over the years as My poor got poorer, as the orphan received no help from you, as the homeless was forgotten. Instead, you bought fancy homes, cars, taking care of yourselves and your family while the stranger visited your den and gave their last dime to you. My house was to be a house of prayer, NOT a house of entertainment, selling books, CD's, trinkets. WOLVES, you are NOT Mine!!! You work for your father, the devil, the master of lies. You are the Pharisees of the modern era teaching doctrines of devils, imparting spirits from the underworld into My children, telling them it is MY Holy Spirit. LIARS, THIEVES, ADULTERERS IS ALL YOU ARE!!! Are you ready for My visit? I will catch you unaware. Many of you will perish very soon. Some of you started off well with Me but you, too, have sold your souls to the papacy. (Meaning as a mother of the harlot churches.) Pastors, Preachers, Evangelicals following after the False Prophet, following his laws and not those I had ordained from the beginning of time, the beginning of creation. There are very, very few that are still with Me. Very, very, very few that have never compromised to appease the masses. These I will protect if they are walking in My Will, as well as staying in My Will in their personal lives. This is not the time to walk off your posts or be swayed in a different direction. Stay close to Me as I am the way and will lead you. I will be with you instructing you. Feed My Sheep and Stay in Me. To My children, those who go to these dens of thieves and give your hard earned earnings to. GET OUT NOW! If you continue following them, you will end up forfeiting salvation by staying in your lukewarm apathy. If you believe the lies of these men and women who have fleeced you for years then you, too, will be thrown into depths of hell and fire. You too, children have read warnings and are refusing to “come out of her”, choosing to burn with her. There will be no excuse you can give to Me as you stand before Me and I will say “DEPART FROM ME, I NEVER KNEW YOU”!!! Many of you refuse to give up traditions of men; your trick or treat, your false Jesus holidays. You continue to put My Son next to idols. My Son is the Light of the World and He would never compromise and place Himself amongst your idols nor would I have placed Him there. Ashtoreth, Nimrod and all the multitude of other gods you follow saying that you are following me. Children, these are not of Me nor have they ever been of Me. These are all manmade traditions that My children are NOT to follow. Stop following Rome and the ways of Rome!!! The House of God has become a house of spiritual adultery, an adulterous house, a wicked house promoting abominations to Me. Witchcraft abounds and the Kundalini Spirit will take you down to a great fall. Deceiving spirits run these churches with lying spirits. Jezebel has taken over. I AM is about to tear these down and will you go down with her or will you come out of her and repent before Me? The choice is yours. Where is sin being preached in these houses? Where is the true cry of a person's heart in mourning; where is the contrite heart? Where is the holiness? Where is the true worship and praise unlike your circus acts? Where is the humble man, woman and child? I see proud, arrogant, boisterous men and women saying God wants me happy, He must bless me, He must prosper me, He is here to do my will. Where is the one crying out in the wilderness “prepare ye the way of the Lord”? Where is My Spirit in you? My Spirit is NOT in you if you are continuing in willful sin and living against My commands. Be ye Holy for I am Holy is a thing of the past. Let us live in the “NEW AGE”. Let us live as we wish, loving our sins. Yes children, go right ahead, live as you wish, live in your filth and you will perish in all your sins. Garments that are filthy do NOT enter My Kingdom. Washed in the blood means you must separate yourselves from the filth you are in. Yes, you are filthy before My eyes yet you think you are clean. You must be continually washed by My blood. Only your past sins have been forgiven you. I am the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob that sanctifies you. This is a daily walk. You have made it a “one time” event. Those who walk with Me know this difficult road. They are not lazy. They come before Me, seeking My Face, asking to be cleansed daily, reading My Word, worshipping and praising Me. They know only I can purge and purify, only I can heal their broken heart, only I can restore them to wholeness. It takes a lifetime of devotion to Me, a commitment to follow Me no matter what the cost. Narrow is the way that leads to everlasting life and these I will lead home. Much joy awaits those who gave up everything for Me for they will reign with Me forever. These are My children and I am their God. You cannot be lukewarm and expect any heavenly rewards. Does My Word not say I'd rather you be hot or cold than lukewarm for these I will spew out of My mouth like vomit? You make NO effort to change, to seek, to have a true relationship with Me. You live to please your friends and Pastors, Preachers. Where is this life devoted to Me? Yes, I will hold all you Pastors, Preachers, Evangelists, Teachers that have fed My Sheep this compromised word, guilty. Every soul that goes to hell will be on your head. You, too, will burn! Now children, you are also held responsible for everyone that you have brought to these vultures, saying they are true men and women of God. Come, hear this wonderful lukewarm gospel. It will make us happy. You were to open the Bible, to seek Me, to learn. Instead, you believed every lie of prosperity, of there is no sin in us now, of as long as we are good people we will go to heaven, of there is no hell, of every lie that there is no need to fear Me, of every lie that I AM has only one side–love and that I am not a just God; a God of judgment. I say to all “GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT”! You are all in danger of hellfire. No more watered down preachy preach gospel to make you feel good. My Word was not to make you feel good. It was to teach you who I am and to keep you on the righteous path. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for My true Word. I was there at creation, I am your Creator. All those in ancient days knew to follow and obey Me. Those that decided later to go their own way perished and burn to this day. Obedience is NOT a suggestion but a requirement. Obey My commands and live; disobey and perish! It is time to purge these houses of filth, of liars, of thieves, of abominations, of wickedness, of adulterers. Be ye ready for I am coming with a fury against you. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Your kingdoms you built up for yourselves are about to fall; your bare nakedness for all to see. All will see I have been weighing all My houses and most of you have been found wanting. The scales tipped against you. This year is the year of changes, destruction, the year of sorrows along with next year. Purging will continue until I take out the evil, the garbage. You will see many fall as I clean house! Repent I say for your days are numbered and coming to a close! I AM THAT I AM AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREAT I AM. NO MORE WILL YOU PROFANE MY HOUSE!!! (Given to Ms. Sophie on 5/27/2018) Ezekiel 34:1-10 KJV (Where it says Israel, put America) 34 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel (America) who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock? 3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep! 4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them. 5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast. 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them. 7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep, 9 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them. Matthew 7:15-18 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Matthew 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Jude 1:22-23, 22 And on some have compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 2 Corinthians 6:16-18, 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 18 And I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Revelation 18:4 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 1 John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Proverbs 7:1-3, 1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. 2 Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of your eye. 3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Kicking The Can Dream Dana Coverstone 2-23-2024 (David's notes in red) https://www.youtube.com/live/85lNDuIBNUw?si=HOdLM6f6-SeHSIxr When I had this dream, it had a sense of finality. (The wilderness tribulation is about to start because of these judgments.) This dream lasted over a two-month time period and the pieces were not always necessarily in sequence, but they fit together during the week of February 11th. I was walking down the road where I grew up as a kid. I walked off my porch and I grabbed a steel can which was like a vegetable can and it appeared to be a spinach can from the 1960s because it had a paper wrapper around it; it wasn't glued or painted on. It reminded me of an old 60's style can and it had a picture of spinach on it. (The cartoon character, Popeye the Sailorman ate spinach from a can like this making his naturally skinny body beef up with huge muscles making him strong to fight the bullies. If we Christians would eat the food of the Word which is healthy for eternal Life we would bear the fruit of Christ.) So I started walking down the road in the town where I grew up in Jason, Indiana on South Meridian St. From where I lived, I could look a mile and 2/10 up the road at night and see the stoplight. I'm walking towards that stoplight kicking the can down the road. Over the distance that I was kicking the can, I was getting older. (Kicking the can down the road represents putting off things we should do today into the future.) I was probably about eight or nine years old in the beginning walking down the road. As I walked, I was growing and getting older. I was getting older and grayer and losing hair. (We are running out of time to partake of the spinach of the Word. You can't save up the manna for another day.) I kicked the can down the road as far as I could and I reached the end of the road. I was standing facing an obvious drop off. There was nowhere further I could go and there was like a cliff and I could see the other side. (I.e. time is up; make your choice to become a disciple of Christ or else…) Now the man that I see in my dreams was standing with His back towards me. (Jesus?) And He turned and faced me, and He gently tapped His shepherd staff onto the right side of His head. And then He pointed at me. (I.e., Pay attention! Judgment is coming! Get on the right side in your mind, repent.) Next, I was in my car about to cross the Cumberland River on Highway 90 here in Burkesville, KY. As I cleared the bridge and headed into town, I saw this swarm, of what appeared to be locusts. (The northern army of Joel 2 was likened to a cloud of locusts devouring the crops that represented God's apostate people. This happened until they reached the righteous Bride, Jerusalem, and then God judged them killing 185,000 of the Assyrian army's mighty men in that night. This attack on the Bride city was preceded by an earthquake in verse 10 and when the army was smitten God brought the latter rain revival. According to Ecc 1:9 history must repeat.) They came up and hit my car as I slowed to a stop and they smeared my car with their wings (Their broken wings represent their inability to continue their evil works. They were smitten in Joel 2.) and their blood (their own blood). After they had passed by, I pulled over and got out of my car and surveyed the mess. I opened up my trunk and it was full of boxes of rags. And what's significant about this is a couple months ago, a guy visited my church on Sunday morning from Missouri and he had printed some shop rags for the ministry he was doing. He told me that his trunk was full of boxes of rags. So I said, “OK, God, there's something about these rags I need to pay attention to.” I began to wipe the mess off of my car with these clean rags and then I did something I would never do in the natural; I threw the rags on the ground. I'd used five of them. (Five represents Grace and it will wipe them out.) And then I continued to drive through the center of town when I saw another swarm, but this swarm was bats. (Bats are clothed in black representing their dark works. These are the leftist anarchists, Islamists, Chinese, Mexicans, etc., who fight for the DS and live in darkness and have no eyes to see.) I stopped my car again and I felt the bats hit my car with intent, to the point that the windows were cracking where they hit. They were denting the wipers and my hood and after a few minutes, that swarm of bats flew off. I got out of my car and realized that my car was not the only thing damaged. Buildings had broken windows and there were dead bats on the ground. (Anarchists love to break glass and the Alliance is expecting them believes their military will take them down.) The blood of the bats and their body parts were strung over the streets and on the vehicles and people were coming out of businesses and looking around and trying to figure out what they'd just seen and what had just happened. I opened my trunk, grabbed a handful of rags, and began wiping the windows down so that I could see. It took me much longer to wipe off this mess and I used 10 of these rags and once again after I wiped the car, I would just throw them on the ground. I left them on the ground. (The blood of the unclean and defiled is on them. Ten is the number of law which they broke.) I inventoried the remaining boxes in the trunk. I was making note of it so if anything else happens, I've got rags and it seemed that there were at least 100 rags left in my trunk. (100% represents the fullness of ability to wipe them out.) I got back into the car and headed down the road. I approached the stoplight, just like here at Brooksville. It was red and I stopped. I could see a much larger and more sinister cloud or swarm of something headed my way. It covered the entire sky and it was headed towards me at a high rate of speed. I turned my car around quickly; I did a donut, turning my wheel and headed back towards my house going at a high rate of speed but I could see the swarm following me and getting closer as I went. I finally got to my house and I ran inside and just as I shut the door, I could hear banging like something was hitting the door from outside. And the wind began to howl. It picked up to the point it was making the house shake and move. Then the next thing I saw was I was walking down a big city street and the few people that were out there were standing right next to the buildings and looking up in absolute fear. They were hiding underneath the awnings and looking up into the sky. And I could not see anything in the dark sky but I definitely sensed there was something up there and it was ominous in that regard. I watched as people took off running and I took off running too and I kept looking up as I ran. I suddenly saw three large red dragons and they swooped down holding some kind of fabric in their talons. (It is a “fabrication”. Satan is in the body of the 7-headed, 10-horned Red Dragon in Rev 12. He is “the deceiver of the whole world”. The 3 sects of them are part of the corporate body of deceivers in the mainstream media.) All three of them approached the people who were running and they threw the fabric over them. (The fabric represents deception they are using to veil the eyes of the people. This could well be the MSM twisting everything in the DS's favor. 2Co 4:3-4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.) So all three dragons by themselves were throwing fabric on these people and onto me, it looked like the fabric was alive; it had energy and it was moving. And when they dropped the fabric on these people it seemed to tie them to the ground, and I watched as about 10 more people were tied to the ground the same way. (The people are being bound by the satanists lies through the MSM and falling under the curse on this world through loss of faith and unbelief. They become earthly and have no heavenly power through fear.) And then looking up I saw that there were more red dragons huddled together in the skies as if literally they were conversing. (The media's operation mockingbird gives them total agreement because they are ruled by the CIA.) They flapped their wings rapidly and aggressively and one was directing their attention to the Earth. (Only when our eyes are on the Heavenly Savior do we have power to dwell in heavenly places IN Christ.) I reached into my pocket and I grabbed a bottle of oil (Representing the Holy Spirit anointing, which reveals all Truth and destroys lies.) and I ran to the people that had been tied down and I poured oil on the fabric the dragons had dropped onto the people. The fabric began to move like it was in pain. It was writhing, it was moving and shifting, and it started to let the people go and it flew off of them, literally. The fabric didn't have wings, but it just kind of flew off of them like it had been rebuked. (Being set free from bondage to demon spirits that use fear and anxiety.) And then I ran from person to person, pouring the oil on the people who were still held down. (The anointing of the Holy Spirit Gospels will set the captives free.) The dragons in the sky all screamed; they hissed mercilessly and then they headed back to the area. The people scattered; they ran and opened doors into some of the buildings and people were breaking windows to get into businesses to stay safe from these dragons. At this point though, the dragons turned into military style aircraft and I saw them fly, one over the West Coast, one over the Midwest, and one flew over the East Coast. (The fault lines that will let go.) All three dragons dropped what appeared to be missiles. They looked like missiles to me being dropped from military aircraft heading towards the ground. (Missiles are not dropped. This is ground penetrating bombs that are shaped like missiles that go off deep underground like they have used in our fault line east of us according to witnesses. Two of our UBM people lived above the faultine in the valley and saw them bombing down the line with penetrating bombs and coming back afterwards in helicopters to check their work probably with GPS to see how much movement there was. The DS Dragons military have prepared the domino effect of earthquakes in fault zones in these three exact places as we just shared in this series but I doubt Dana knew of these revelations: Great Earthquakes & Tsunamis. They landed with a hard impact and a boom. But they did not explode in the places where they were dropped. (Because they explode deep underground to move faults.) So it was almost like an impact tremor from when these things hit the ground and it was harsh and it was firm. (These harsh tremors will literally tear the country apart.) They did not explode. (Above ground but the boom was heard.) And then I saw crops begin to die in the Midwest and I saw farmland for sale at less than $100 per acre. (Bill Gates, or his actor, bought up this farmland to starve the people but I believe his ill-gotten gain will be given back to farmers by executive orders.) I saw people leaving their homes in the West with suitcases in hand and they were walking towards retail businesses like Walmart stores or box stores (They are closing Walmart stores in record numbers now, likely in preparation.) that had been converted into apartments that were not very large at all. The people were being served food bags when they walked in, and they were given directions where to go. And after the thousands of people were in these buildings, an alarm sounded and an electric fence came up from the ground and it surrounded the facility. (Another FEMA trap to depopulate during martial law, stay home and pray.) The one stark thing that stands out that I saw in the dream was that the security and the leaders were all on the outside of the facility and now they were heavily armed and they had not been that way when the people were going into the building. On the East Coast I saw a museum and it was a Museum of Fiat Currency from around the world, highlighting that the dollar was gone. (It is digital currency that is taking over. And a new dollar backed by gold and precious metals is coming.) Wall Street was totally empty and the starting bell which is always hit that triggered when the markets open, looked like it was part of a statue, but it really was more like on a pole. The bell was on this pole and it was up high enough that no one was ever going to be able to reach the bell at the top to hit it. (There will be no stock market.) But this square where this bell was on top of that pole or statue was littered with trash and there were people sleeping on the streets. Burn barrels were keeping people warm and they were burning boxes of American flags. (People will turn against the God and country folks with the help of the MSM.) They were throwing those boxes into the fire and they were shaking their fists in the air. (Angry at God which justifies His actions) They were also thanking the dragons for exposing the true nature of America. I saw the dragons were flying over their respective areas, the West, Midwest and the East, and they were watching closely. (As we have seen, they are expecting those earthquakes in those exact areas to depopulate and distract from their evils.) Then I was back at the end of the road with the man standing right next to the cliff. He told me to kick the can as hard as I could. I took a few steps back and He faced me with His hands in the air like a referee does signaling a touchdown. The man's arms went straight up like field goal poles, making a goal for me to kick the can over. (According to this we have won before we started for Christ won against the curse on us by grace at the cross. This is just like my revelation of the impossible pass of grace to make a touchdown. Not knowing of this revelation, a few days ago I had a vivid dream that finished with an open vision. In the dream I saw a quarterback on one side of the football field. He was way too far from the end zone but the clock was running down and they were about to lose the game. In the end zone was a receiver who saw this as hopeless and put his hands over his face and was shaking his head because it was impossible for the ball to reach him. The quarterback reared back and let go with what people use to call a “hail Mary” pass. This is where I woke up and the dream turned into an open vision. I saw the ball land on the back of the receiver's hands and stick there. The receiver looked over his hands at the ball with a wide-eyed look of shock. So they won an impossible win. The first thing that came to me was, that was total grace, unmerited favor, and they wouldn't have won any other way. The back of the hands is not where you do your works and who can catch a ball there?) Back to Dana's revelation: So I took a few steps back and I ran towards the can and I kicked it. It soared right between His arms. He just watched the can go through His hands and then turned as it went over the cliff. (Oh,oh, is grace lost? Let's see.) I walked up beside Him and I realized that the cliff had no bottom to it and the can was still dropping into the darkness. He just watched it continue to fall. (This crevasse is how the New Madrid fault opened up a major gap in the earth making what looked like two separate countries. Grace appeared to be lost but this is the time of the Man-child reformers appearance with great grace.) And then He spoke, and He said this: “The world is at the end of the road as they know it and the reality they deny (The true Gospel) is going to hit the bottom hard and shock those that don't know. You, who are witnesses of mine, have but moments because the can has no more road to be kicked down.” (It's now! We cannot kick it into the future, the Gospel must go out into the darkness this time. The Man-childs of our day will begin the revival of the latter rain as Jesus, the Man-child, did the former rain.) “Focus and reach and lean on My Spirit. Stay filled with the fire and Know My word and fortify yourself with it and in it.” “The sky is falling, but you must help catch those who are falling with it. I am coming quickly, so stay on the road and bring others with you.” I suddenly heard the can hit the bottom; the sky went dark, and clouds rolled in and thunder started rolling up from where the can had gone over the cliff. (earthquake) I'm seeing all the things in the air but the thunder was coming up from where the can had gone over the cliff. (This crevasse is like the ones the earthquake made at the New Madrid.) And then a huge lightning strike revealed the landscape with fields of harvest. (This huge lightning strike could come from the flyby of Planet X, a major cause of the quakes. After the judgments the greatest harvest of souls will come when the Man-child ministry is anointed.) And I saw parked tractors and parked combines and I yelled out that I need some help over here, because those fields of harvest weren't going to be taken care of with parked tractors and combines. And I yelled out, “I need some help over here.” And I saw people, one by one, begin to come and that's when I woke up. (When Jesus the Man-child came the revival harvest began and so it will be this time.)

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A Word from the LORD: His Children Are Being Distracted!!

Repent And Believe

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 3:24

Thus saith the LORD God Almighty: Tell the people they must repent and serve the One True and Living God. For the Day of My wrath is fastly approaching and only those who have washed their robes will be ready and fit to enter My Kingdom! They must repent, for My Son, Jesus, will judge this world in righteousness and the people will stand judged and condemned. I have spoken since millennia and the people go about as if judgment is not coming, but oh it is coming and swiftly it shall come. My people, those who have been called out of darkness, are growing and becoming more and more distracted by this world that I brought them out of. They are totally and completely engrossed in the things of this present evil world. They have little time for Me and My Word. They want freedom, but they put themselves back in shackles again. Back into chains they go because they refuse to follow Me. They don't heed the voice of My Son, but they listen to the world. They go to the world for what they can only get from Me: freedom and justice. Israel has done the same and are now present day still under My judgment because of their abandonment and idolatry. I AM coming soon daughter and only those who are truly mine own will be taken. I will judge this world for their evil: their rejection of My dear Son, who died for their sins! But they said no, so I say no: you will not enter My righteous Kingdom with filthy rags on! You will not drink from the fountain of the water of life. You will not! Thus saith the LORD God, Creator of the heavens and the earth who sent Lord Jesus as the propitiation for sins! He's coming soon. Be prepared - I tell all: be watchful and be prepared. I AM coming and My reward will be with me. I shall give to everyone according to their deeds. It shall be done! Thus saith the LORD. Sunday, February 18th 2024 at 1:31 a.m. CST Amen, so shall it be LORD! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/repentandbelieve/message

We Need to Check Ourselves - David Eells - UBBS 1.3.2024

Waukesha City Church Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 110:28

We Need To Check Ourselves (1) (audio) David Eells 1/3/24 We are very close to the appearance of the Man-child reformers to chose the Bride. It is past time to stop playing and draw close to the Lord. It is time to check ourselves to be sure we are in the running. Major disasters are coming at the same time so pray that you are accounted worthy to escape all these things. Lam 3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. 1Co 11:27-34 Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body. 30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep. 31 But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another. 34 If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come. 2Co 13:5 Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate. Gal 6:4 But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor. Psa 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psa 26:1-2 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering. 2 Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind. Eph 5:15-21 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; 19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. (Rev 3:11 I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.) Purposely Desire The Lord Anonymous 4/7/23 (David's notes in red) Nothing comes from anything else other than Me. Not your own works, or other people, or this earth. Just Me. (Joh 3:27 ASV John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.) Endure the suffering now. Have selflessness now above all. If it hurts or is undesirable to the flesh, it is most likely to be for My Glory. (As in Death to self; the crucified life.) There are testings of your patience and diligence to make way for the end result of My Will. And these testings will enable you to always resist the enemy. Have a high regard and hope of Who I Am! (The highest of all, the creator of all; cares for you.) Ask yourself, can there be anything I cannot do? Would I leave anything undone? (Jer 32:27 ASV Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?) Keep loving so much so, that the intensity drives darkness into nothingness. You are in a very tough but major change. Be ready for the blessings in abundance. (I felt to be ready to utilize, not just receive.) Let go of your own feelings and satisfactions. Look at My Son. Did He not lay His life down for you, and yet said nothing? (We are to do just the same as Lord Jesus.) NENT Act 8:32-35 Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth: 33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth. 34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other? 35 And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached the gospel to him, Jesus. 1Jn 3:16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. Repent quickly. The quicker you do so, you can then be close to each other as I am to you. (I saw a triangle. We must yearn for each other in unity.) You are in a time of sanctification. Tried and true. (I saw how metal being beaten into shape by a blacksmith and tried and proven and made stronger in a fiery furnace.) There is nothing that compares to My Love. I want you and desire your company forever. Cherish this and do not get distracted from My Love. I am pure and true. Everything else is a test of our love together. When you see the time where children and those young in faith are speaking as Jesus did in the temple, then you are unable to ask for more time for the end of time is here. Be ready. (I felt that these are the times where we are seeing those being called out from the apostate churches, His Sheep who follow His Voice, for Our Father's Glory.) NENT Luk 2:46-49 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions: 47 and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Child, why hast thou thus dealt with us? lo, thy father and I seek thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be about my Father's business. Trust Me. I have a way. (I felt we are to let go of all our desires and to treat each day as the last. Not for pleasure but for closeness to Him.) Hold to Me. Never let go. You are doing well and keeping true on the righteous path. Never let this be a reason to stop or slow down. Never allow lies or self to be a hinderance to our life together – now. There Must Be An Exchange Debbie Fenske 12/30/23 (David's notes in red) My children let Me speak this Word of love to you from My heart. Being where you are does not make you part of My Holy Bride. Only ignoring this world around you, and consuming yourself with the business of My Kingdom, willingly and faithfully from a heart of total repentance, and a life of Holy Living as you abide in Me, do I stamp upon you, “Holiness To the Lord." In this hour of much darkness and much falling away of My people, I need your oneness with Me, and I so desire My oneness with you. I need you to be in the thick of warfare against this darkness. Realize the exchange that has taken place. I have been exchanged for meaningless activities. Do you really understand the times we are in? Yes, we are in this together. You need to make the exchange back from the meaninglessness to My High Calling, exchange from darkness to light. Yes. I say that this is an exchange from darkness to light. Let Me open your eyes so that you will see the darkness where you spend so much of your time. This world and the things that are only for occupying your mind and your time are things of darkness. (The distractions of the pleasures of the flesh are darkness.) For a very short time, now, My hand of invitation is still mercifully stretched out to you. What great mercy I have given to you, My people. I have given you so much of everything. So much of Myself. And now the choosing of My Bride is at hand. This is the time to make the exchange. You know what I am asking each of you. Search your hearts. Examine your hearts. Separation is not what I am merely asking of you. I Am requiring it of you. Be diligent to enter the fight for those to whom I have called, and am calling, still, out of My great mercy. Enter in, in the beauty of holiness. Remember, desire is not enough. Your will must win over mere desire. Just as My will was to give My life for Yours, so now, so close in this last hour, will you by your will, and by My extended grace and mercy, give up your life for Me and for others? There are many who need you to give up your life for them, in warfare for them against the enemy. Have you not known that playtime has been over? The time has always been for death to self, but life in Me, for Me and with Me in our Kingdom Reign together on this earth for eternity. Eternity is right now. Right now, spend it with Me on your knees. Keep your hearts bowed. I Am waiting to cloth you with My glory. Are you making yourselves worthy of My High Calling? You are not alone, though you may feel it, being separated from beloved friends and family. For I have given you one another, a family to work together, to come into this calling together as one in Me. I love you, My Children. So Many Will Not Be Kept Safe Debbie Fenske 9/30/23 (David's notes in red) I received this last Thursday night, 9-28-23. It was our worship and praise night on the Zoom Outreach conference call. I could not share it that night because I knew I had to pray about how to present this. Our worship time was awesome. It was such a wonderful uplifting time. I was being really blessed worshiping and praising God, and being lifted up in my spirit, so, I was not prepared for such a turn that I received. One of the last few songs we were singing had lyrics about how He will keep us in the fire, and He will keep us in the storm. After that song I began feeling a spirit of heaviness come over me. It just wasn't normal. I asked Father, “What is this all about, God? Why am I feeling this way?” And then, suddenly I was seeing a vision of Jesus in a white robe. His hair was brown, and shoulder length. His head was somewhat bowed allowing His hair to fall forward over His shoulders, and hang down at each side of His face. Then, I was suddenly given a closer view of His face, like the way a camera focuses on an object. I could see Jesus was not happy. I could tell He was very sad, and grieving, and I could not understand that, because I thought our worship time was so great. Then our worship went into another song with real high praise, and people were so happy, lifting up Jesus. The main lyrics, I will say, were, “I just can't stop praising His Name.” And the song kind of went on and on. I opened my eyes and watched as I was singing with them. It was really a great song. But I was feeling this heaviness at the same time, Then, closing my eyes again, I was again seeing the same vision of Jesus, really grieving, with such sadness on His face. I couldn't understand this. I was still confused, asking myself, “Why this, now?” Then, Jesus faded out, and I was looking at what I had just been watching: people on stage, raising their arms, singing loudly, kicking their legs, and dancing, and twirling while praising God. I saw one group of praisers that were really dressed up, and then another group of praisers were in just jeans and T-shirt, just like what we were watching in these worship videos. But what I heard the Lord say after that, I don't think He was necessarily applying to these particular groups, individuals, and choirs of people that we were just seeing in the worship videos. But He was referring to many people out there that are lifted up in this way. And not just groups or individuals who are popular out there, but to so many who are saying they are doing what they are doing for God's kingdom. But they are not. As I was watching that vision, and after seeing Jesus looking so sad and grieved, and feeling His heart, this is what the Lord said. “So many will not be kept safe from the burning fire, from the storm, from the battle. They will not be kept safe, though they praise Me, because they have not known Me. They are deceived. Oh, they look like they know Me when they are singing great songs of praise to Me. But though they know that what they sing about Me is true, they do not know Me.” “They boast in that I love them. But they cannot boast in their love for Me, for they do not know Me. Therefore, I do not know them. These people grieve My heart so, as I watch them make fools of themselves before the devil and his demons. If they only would really want to know what is in My Word. But they have no desire to know My Word, because they have no real desire to know Me. What they really desire is to be looked upon and worshiped by others. Foolish, they are.” “And though it grieves Me, I know that there are many of them who realize they are empty of Me, and will repent, and come to Me, and follow Me. But so much more than those who will repent, are those who will not repent, and are going to stay on their stage singing their way into hell.” After I finished writing this down, I just happened to opened my Bible. I wasn't, at this point, going for a random word for confirmation. But I was thinking I would do that. So I was really amazed when I read the verses that my eyes looked down at after I opened my Bible. Thank you Lord! I looked at verse 7 of Matthew 7. I'm reading Matthew 7:6-7. 6 And He said unto them, “Rightly did Isaiah, prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: this people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from Me. 7 But in vain, do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.” So, the numbers, 767 strongly stood out to me. When numbers stand out to me I like to look them up in the Strongs concordance. So what Strongs says of 767 is, “of no mark, unmarked, or unstamped, insignificant, ignoble.” Oh Father, You've shown that You do grieve for those who are in such a deceived state. It is scary to be thinking that people who worship You before men, are in that place. (Hollywood entertainment has invaded the Church.) The same as all people who say they are Christians, but are deceived by doctrines of demons, thinking that popularity while wearing Your name tag is acceptable. They know of You only in their head, not in their heart. But so many do not realize that they are unmarked, or unstamped, and insignificant to You, and ignoble in what they think they are doing unto You, or for Your kingdom. And they don't realize that You do not know them. I pray that we, and all of Your people will always examine our hearts before You, searching our hearts, and repenting, of not worshipping You in spirit and in truth in all we do. Father, as we are staying in Your Word, reveal to us where we are being in the flesh, and of any spirit of pride and self-grandeur which is so unpleasing to You, so that we can repent. Thank You for Your grace to us to stay in the light of Your Word, wanting Your light to shine on any darkness in our lives so that we can repent and remain true, pure, and clean before You, before one another, and before those out in the world, for Your honor and glory alone. Please open the eyes of Your people, quickly, who don't see that they are in this dangerous, place, trapped in the lie of the devil that tells them they are right with You, while they are really just lifting up themselves, desiring only to please men. Please make them aware of the strong truth of Your words in Matthew 7:23, “I never knew you.” And Matthew 25:41“Depart from me ye cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” Lord, put in them a Holy fear of You, and cause them to repent, to change their ways by walking according to Your Word. Deliver them from the darkness so that they will be a Light in the darkness, bringing honor to only Your name, never to their own. And always, in all they do, worship You from their heart, in spirit, and in truth. Thank you, Father. Amen. Sing For The Lord Anonymous 4/9/23 (David's notes in red) “Are you worshipping Me to make yourself feel good or are you doing it for (or to revere) Me? The songs you listen to and the words you sing, are they Holy? Are they, My Word? Are they truth? Or is it repetitive flesh pleasing and self-pleasing words? Are the words (lyrics) contrary to My Word? Are the feelings you are experiencing the Holy Spirit, or the flesh being aroused? Is this for Me or for You? Don't you know that you can't even speak or walk without Me and My grace? Use your mouth for Me and My Glory. Let Me bridle your tongue and let Me only speak through you. Stop speaking about self and singing for self. Think about how those who worship Me now in the Holy of Holies for eternity. You have heard some say, ‘Holy Holy Holy' and they don't speak or glorify self. Think and speak with Me about the beats you listen to. Music goes straight to your soul and there is no filter, spirits transfer whether you see it or not. Are the people you are listening to singing from My Spirit? Are the instrumentals to Glorify Me and from Me or is it another spirit to make and manipulate you to feel a certain way? Is it making your flesh feel good? When the song finishes do you lose the joy? Does it feel like a come down? Or is it My Joy that is always present? Does the pleasure only last the duration of the song or is it My Peace which is always there? Abide and remain in My presence. Ask Me and allow Me to open your eyes to see what spirits are singing, speaking and playing through in the songs you listen to. Allow Me to show you what is really happening in the spiritual when you listen to these songs. When you listen to it you are agreeing with it and in some ways, it has put you under curses. Yes, My Grace is for you but I can't break or go against My own words. Touch NO unclean thing and be Holy as I Am Holy. I love when you sing to Me from your heart. It doesn't matter the tone of your voice or how it sounds in the physical. Your singing from your heart gives Me greater joy than you know. I created you to sing for me and dance for Me. Allow My spirit to sing through you. You don't need to always listen to others singing when you don't even know what spirit they are singing from, and you don't even know them. Sing to Me, you don't even need a beat but sing to Me, My child with My Spirit, commune with Me not just in Spirit and Word but in songs and dance. When you are alone and when you come together. The flesh doesn't like the Spirit singing and dancing through you to Me and will do anything to hinder it. Your Spirit desires to sing and dance to Me always. And when you do it hinders and crucifies the flesh so your Spirit rises up. I love you My child but do these things. I desire you to be clean, holy, pure, undefiled. I Am with you and I will help you, I will show you if you just ask.” Your Time Is My Time Eve Brast 7/23/17 (David's notes in red) Father spoke a word to me that I would like to share. I had been meditating on a couple of conversations I'd had with a brother and sister after the morning prayer meeting and, as a result, I asked Father to speak to me. I realized I hadn't heard from Him in a while so I asked Him why he'd been silent lately? He answered me immediately as if He had been waiting for my attention. He said, "I have not been silent. It's that your mind has been too loud. Empty your mind and void it of busyness and the soulish thoughts that continually scream for your attention. Still your mind and be quiet and you will hear My voice clearly. Don't allow external distraction or the soulish thought life dull your discernment of the attacks from the enemy. He hides behind these and intermingles with them to keep you in turmoil and keep you from fully entering into the life and purpose I intend for you. Guard your mind with My Word. Build the wall with the Rock of my Word and the mortar of quietness and stillness of mind. This will protect and strengthen your mind with My peace and a singleness of purpose. Cast down the soulish thought life and turn away from distraction. Shut them out so you can hear Me clearly and distinguish the voice of the enemy. Strive to walk out your days in stillness of mind. As you train your mind in this way, I will meet you there in the stillness.” I asked our Father for a verse or text for this word and received: Psalm 139:3 (1-4), O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. When I was driving home from work Sunday evening, Father again spoke very clearly to me as I was thinking on this Word above. He said, "Your time is My time! Don't waste My time. Seek Me on how I would have you spend it.” This really convicted me, because I do waste time at some point each day. I didn't realize that He considered my time His time and that it was precious to Him. I figured, "Well, I'm nobody, so how I spend free time isn't all that important.” Looks like I was presumptuous on that one! I asked Him for a verse concerning my time being His time and received, Acts 1:14 These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. Hope this helps any who are also struggling in these areas. Scripture Test of Discipleship David Eells Rom 8:13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Mat 10:34 Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: 36 and a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. Joh 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor. 1Co 9:23 And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof. 24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. 25 And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. Luk 13:6 And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. 7 And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground? 8 And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down. Jas 1:2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; 3 knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. 4 And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; 8 a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. 2Pe 2:2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not. 4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds): 9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment; 10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities: Jas 5:9 Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors. 10 Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful. Rom 8:17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him. 29 because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf: 2 Th 1:4 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure; 5 which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 1Pe 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 1Pe 3:14 But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled; 1Pe 4:19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator. Rev 2:10 Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

My Kingdom is Not of This World

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023

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The Upside Down Kingdom

His Hands Church

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023 52:56

Message for 10/22/2023 "The Upside Down Kingdom" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Matthew 4:23a - Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. Matthew 4:17 - From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” John 19:10 - “Why don't you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don't you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?” John 18:33-36 - Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him. 34 Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me? 35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.” Luke 17:20-21 - One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the Kingdom of God come?” Jesus replied, “The Kingdom of God can't be detected by visible signs. 21 You won't be able to say, ‘Here it is!' or ‘It's over there!' For the Kingdom of God is already among you. Luke 11:17-20 - He knew their thoughts, so he said, “Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A family splintered by feuding will fall apart. 18 You say I am empowered by Satan. But if Satan is divided and fighting against himself, how can his kingdom survive? 19 And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcists? They cast out demons, too, so they will condemn you for what you have said.20 But if I am casting out demons by the power of God, then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you. Blessed are those who rejoice in their children. Blessed are those who live to see the downfall of their foes. Blessed is the man who lives with an intelligent wife. Blessed are those who have not made a slip of the tongue. Blessed are those who do not have to serve someone inferior to them. Blessed are those who have gained good sense. Blessed are those who speak to attentive listeners. Blessed are those who have gained wisdom. But no one is more blessed than the person who fears the Lord. Matthew 5:3-11 (NIV) - Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Blessed are those who live to see the downfall of their foes. Matthew 5:44 - But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you Luke 6:32-36 -“If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them! 33 And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you get credit? Even sinners do that much! 34 And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get credit? Even sinners will lend to other sinners for a full return. 35 “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. 36 You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate. Blessed are those who speak to attentive listeners. Matthew 5:10-11 NIV - Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Blessed are those who do not have to serve someone inferior to them. Matthew 23:11 - The greatest among you must be a servant. Matthew 6:2-4 - When you give to someone in need, don't do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get. 3 But when you give to someone in need, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.4 Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 - Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. 7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” “Recently a pilot was practicing high-speed maneuvers in a jet fighter. She turned the controls for what she thought was a steep ascent—and flew straight into the ground. She was unaware that she had been flying upside down. This is a parable of human existence in our times—not exactly that everyone is crashing, though there is enough of that—but most of us as individuals, and world society as a whole, live at high-speed, and often with no clue to whether we are flying upside down or right-side up.” - Dallas Willard John 17:9-19 - “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10 All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. 11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. 12 During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold. 13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. 14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I'm not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. 19 And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.

Understanding the Kingdom of God

His Hands Church

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 44:21

Message for 10/15/2023 "A Kingdom Come" By Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Blessed are those who rejoice in their children. Blessed are those who live to see the downfall of their foes. Blessed is the man who lives with an intelligent wife. Blessed are those who have not made a slip of the tongue. Blessed are those who do not have to serve someone inferior to them. Blessed are those who have gained good sense. Blessed are those who speak to attentive listeners. Blessed are those who have gained wisdom. But no one is more blessed than the person who fears the Lord. Matthew 5:3-11 (NIV) - Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Matthew 5:3 NIV - Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 4:23a - Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. Matthew 6:33 - Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 10:7 - Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Mark 4:30 - Jesus said, “How can I describe the Kingdom of God? What story should I use to illustrate it? Mark 4:26 - Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. John 18:33-36 - Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him. 34 Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me? 35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.” Matthew 4:17 - From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” WHERE Luke 17:21 - You won't be able to say, ‘Here it is!' or ‘It's over there!' For the Kingdom of God is already among you.” Mark 1:15 - “The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced. “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!” Matthew 28:18 - Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. WHEN Luke 17:20-21 - One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the Kingdom of God come?” Jesus replied, “The Kingdom of God can't be detected by visible signs. 21 You won't be able to say, ‘Here it is!' or ‘It's over there!' For the Kingdom of God is already among you. Matthew 6:10 - May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. WHAT Matthew 6:10 - May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Psalm 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. WHO Matthew 5:3-11 (NIV) - Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. “Can you think of somebody who came from poor, insignificant circumstances, who mourned and grieved over the state of this world and over the people he met, and he was extremely important but did not think of himself as important, and he longed to see God's world set right, and so with small acts of mercy to hurting individuals, he showed his pure devotion to the cause of the kingdom and he inserted himself into dangerous situations between people who hated each other. He got persecuted and in fact was killed for it.” - Tim Mackie

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Night School #575: "My Kingdom"

Every Night's A School Night

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 82:52

Night School #575: "My Kingdom" by Every Night's A School Night

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Only God is Breathing.

Go(o)d Mornings with CurlyNikki

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 9:00

Right now, where you are, only God is breathing. That Breath is how He sounds in this moment. That is His form. You are His form. His hands. His feet. His mouth. Feed us today. We need your Energy. We need that Peace you're carrying, that Joy that only you can give. Don't withhold It from anyone. We all need It. We all need You, just as You are. You already made it. I Love You I Am You nik To claim your free gift, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, screenshot it and send it to me at nikki@curlynikki.com! Join us on Patreon to support the show, and tune into and participate in live video Q&As with me! Support the show ******************************** Today's Quotes: "God's plan for your life far exceeds the circumstances of your day." - @worthyofgrace via IG "Maharajji had breathed me into a place of calm and peace and stillness. He was huge. There was no place that He was not." - Krishna Das "I was first led to say; 'I have never seen a thing without seeing God behind it, then to say which is closer to the truth: I have never seen a thing without seeing God with it, then finally to say 'I have never seen a thing without seeing God before it. Now I can only say, He He He."- ibn Sab'in "To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." - Lao Tzu "A God-ordained transition season is rarely comfortable, but what it never lacks is peace."-@worthyofgrace via IG "Your Relief is written, Don't lose hope. Your miracle will happen. It will all happen unexpectedly and you will wonder at how everything worked out for you, You will be amazed at how Allah answered your dua. So don't worry about your prayers, they are not going unheard. Trust Him." -@ownthoughts_24 via IG "This inner Grace appears as love in our hearts and as food on our table. It satisfies our every need without our taking thought. It creates in us an awareness of "My Kingdom"." -Virginia Stephenson "Sometimes you are so focused on the future that vou don't realize you're in the middle of what vou used to pray for." - @trustgodbro via IG "I am who I am, and that is enough." - Bashar

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Give to Caesar What is Caesar's, and to God What Is God's (Mark Sermon 61) (Audio)

Two Journeys Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023

Jesus exposed the plot to kill Him through a question on taxation and affirmed it is lawful to support the government, but also it is essential to obey God's commands. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - Turn in your Bibles to Mark chapter 12 as we continue this incredible journey through the Gospel of Mark. From the beginning of church history, Christians have had an uneasy and challenging relationship with secular government. It was Caesar's governor, Pontius Pilate, who ordered the crucifixion of our Lord, and it was Roman soldiers that nailed Jesus to the cross. But the awestruck Roman centurion who carried out Pilate's orders gave this stunning statement about Jesus as He died. Mark 15:39, "Surely this man was the son of God." Soon afterward, it was a godly Roman centurion, Cornelius, who began the gathering of Gentile converts to Christ by his repentance and faith in Christ, preached by the apostle Peter. The greatest apostle of them all, Paul, was both a Christian and a Roman citizen, and Paul frequently claimed the benefits of Roman citizenship and used the advantages of the Roman Empire, the transportation system, the commerce of the Roman Empire to spread the gospel. Yet in the end, it was the Roman Caesar Nero that ordered Paul's execution. The New Testament constantly commands willing submission to the government. Yet it was the government that savagely persecuted Christians and murdered Christians for the first three centuries of church history. Then the Emperor Constantine declared himself to be a Christian in the year 312, but that declaration eventually brought a wedding of church and state that it's not hard to argue, was nearly ruinous for the church of Jesus Christ. It required a massive reformation of the church twelve centuries later. In many nations around the world, it is the government that is the bitterest enemy of the gospel, hunting down godly Christians and their pastors, incarcerating them, persecuting, even killing them. Yet in America, there has been for well over 200 years a mostly comfortable relationship between Christianity and secular government, and many godly Christians have had a massive influence in the governmental life of our nation over that history. Because of that, some have even gone so far as to call America a Christian nation because of the pervasive influence of Christianity on our nation's government and history. However, recently this comfortable relationship between the genuine Christian Church and secular government has begun to decay. It's become clear that our surrounding culture is increasingly hostile to Christianity, and therefore many elected officials that represent those people are bolder and more aggressive and speaking slanderous, even blasphemous words against Christ. Many recent policies are directly contrary to biblical truth and put Christians consistently in a difficult place, in a bind in the workplace. The question stands before us as it has for ages, how exactly should a Christian relate to government? In our text today, Jesus finds a way to elude a trap that's set for him and begins a significant answer to this deeply divisive issue with the principle that you just heard read. "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s." In that one statement, we're not going to find a comprehensive answer to the problem of the relationship between Christians and government, but we're going to take a significant step forward in understanding how Jesus saw both sides of that equation. I. An Attack Plotted and Executed We see here in this text, an attack plotted and executed by Jesus' enemies. Look at verse 13, “Later, they, [his enemies] sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words." It is the final week of Jesus' life. We're in Mark's Gospel and there's just one conflict after another, leading up eventually to his condemnation and his execution on the cross. We saw two weeks ago the parable of the wicked tenant farmers that refused to give the owner his due, and the parable that Jesus walked through, culminating in the text that I preached on last week, “the stone the builders rejected has become the capstone.” The Lord has done this and is marvelous in our eyes. We talked about the builders being the leaders of the nation, the movers and shakers, the governing officials there of the Jewish nation. In verse 12, it says they, these enemies, looked for a way to arrest him because they knew that He had spoken this parable against them, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left him and went away, but their hatred for Jesus burned hotter than ever before. Their fears of the crowd, however, and of the Romans and losing their position with the Romans was boxing them in. They had to become sly and plot some devious way to trap Jesus so that they could get him killed, which is what they wanted. So they plotted against him. In Matthew's account, Matthew 22:15 it says, "The Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.” They took counsel together, they made some kind of devious plot here. Now, as you think about it, there'd be two ways of killing Jesus, getting rid of him. They could do it directly themselves by force or they could do it by law, by legal means. If they wanted to dispense with Jesus by legal means, by law, they had a problem because He had to be made a criminal in the eyes of Rome for the Romans would not allow the Jews to execute anyone. They had no authority to put a man to death. The Romans for their part had no interest in Jewish religious controversies at all, so Jesus' claim to be the Son of God, while blasphemous to the Jewish leaders, would've meant nothing to the Romans. They wouldn't have given it the time of day. Jesus had to be made a criminal in the eyes of the state, in the eyes of Rome. If Jesus was espousing rebellion against Roman rule, now that would be something, and saying in general as somebody who is so popular with the people, "We need to stop paying taxes to Caesar." That would've been of intense interest to the Romans, hence the question about taxation. On the other hand, if Jesus's Jewish enemies had wanted to just kill him directly, just rise up against him and kill him, the problem there was the people. The people loved Jesus for the most part. They held that He was a prophet at least. A number of times, Jesus' enemies wanted to seize Jesus. But even in the texts we have here, they want to arrest him, want to lay hands on him, but they're held back by their fear of the people, so they have to strip his protection away. The Jewish people have to turn on Jesus. Somehow they have to manipulate the crowd so that they turn on Jesus and hate him. If Jesus espoused that they should pay taxes to Caesar, that would do it for a lot of them. The patriotic Jews among them, not just the zealots but just general rank and file Jews would be deeply offended by this open teaching of submission to Rome and paying taxes to Caesar and all that. Hence, I hope you can see the dark genius of this plot laid. They have him, they think either way. Now, springing this trap, bringing this trap are some strange bedfellows here, the Pharisees and the Herodians. Matthew 22:16, "The Pharisees sent their disciples." So some young zealous Pharisees are sent, dispatched along with the Herodians. The eyebrows really should go up if you realize who these people are. The Pharisees on the one part are Jesus's most vocal and consistent enemies. Vehement, they're known for their passionate commitment to the laws of Moses and their belief that obedience to the laws of Moses was the means by which they could earn their salvation, favor with God and they thought they did keep the laws of Moses. Now along with this, of course, with their fierce commitment to their Jewish heritage, they hated the Roman occupation, the Roman legions. Some Pharisees were even zealots who were secretly plotting rebellion against Rome, wanting to overthrow the Romans. They would've adamantly, passionately rejected the Messiah teaching that we need to pay taxes to Caesar, would've hated that, the Pharisees. The Herodians on the other hand are disciples or followers of King Herod who was a puppet king of the Romans. He derived his power from Roman rule, that's how he was in power, and all the taxes that were gathered, some of them went to Herod and to the Herodians. They actually benefited from the taxes paid to Rome. How in the world do these people get together? Ordinarily, they would've hated each other, but there's an old adage, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. We see this, you see it in the military , as in World War II. How did the UK and the United States get together with the wicked Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin? They had nothing in common in terms of government, but they had a common enemy: Hitler and the Nazis. So we see this kind of thing, these two groups who are normally enemies, they get together, they represent opposite sides of the question on taxation, but they're both committed to one thing and that's getting rid of Jesus. They hated Jesus so they banded together in their desire to get rid of Jesus. This is a sinister, dark, devious trap that Jesus is encircled with here and they bring it with some flattery. Look at verse 14, “They come to him and said, ‘Teacher, we know that you're a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by men because you pay no attention to who they are, but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.’" This should make you feel sick as you read that, you realize who it's coming from. Flattery is very different than encouragement. I hope you realize that. It's good to encourage other people, it’s bad to flatter them. What's the difference? The difference is your motive, and whether you believe what you're saying or not. Flattery is insincere praise given for selfish reasons. Years ago I was reading the Aesop's Fables and I came across one of the fables, the fox and the crow. It's a fun story. A wily fox sees an ugly crow sitting up on a branch up high with a coveted piece of cheese in its beak. The fox looks up and persuades the crow that it has the most beautiful singing voice of any bird in the forest and that he would love to hear a single song from its golden throat. Filled with pride, the crow opens its beak and begins to squawk its nasty little song while the precious piece of cheese falls to the ground right into the open mouth of the fox. Moral of the story, don’t trust flatterers. The Book of Proverbs says the same thing. Proverbs 29:5, "Whoever flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet." That's exactly what Jesus' enemies are doing here, they're flattering him and spreading a net for his feet. The thing is the words they used are actually true and for us as believers in Christ, we could walk through them and worship Jesus for these things, but they didn't believe them, for the most part. First of all, Jesus was in fact a man of integrity. Never has there ever been a man so much, a man of integrity, a man absolutely committed to the truth, willing to die for the truth and exactly what he appeared to be. There's no deception, no corruption. He wasn't just true, He was truth incarnate. He didn't say, "I am the way and I teach the truth." He said, "I am the way and I am the truth and I am the life." He is truth incarnate. That's who He was, but they didn't believe this. They actually believed that He was a deceiver, teaching false doctrines. Jesus actually did teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. He perfectly spoke the words of his heavenly Father. No one has ever taught more pure and perfect doctrine than Jesus. He did teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. But again, they didn't believe this. They believed He was a heretic, a false teacher. "Jesus actually did teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. He perfectly spoke the words of his heavenly Father. No one has ever taught more pure and perfect doctrine than Jesus. He did teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. But again, they didn't believe this. They believed He was a heretic, a false teacher." The next statement they make, "We know that you aren't swayed by men since you pay no attention to who they are, but you just say your convictions no matter who you're talking to." They actually did believe that, and it actually was true. Jesus wasn't concerned at all with the person He was talking to in terms of any fear He would have. He wasn't afraid of Pontius Pilate, He wasn't afraid of Annas, He wasn't afraid of crowds, He wasn't afraid of anybody ever. He taught what He believed. He didn't look at the individual's face, that’s literally the expression. He wasn't moved by the face, the appearance, the position, it didn't intimidate him at all. Nowadays, politicians are constantly governing by opinion polls. They stick their finger in the wind and try to find out the prevailing opinion, and then they'll make their judgments based on that. Jesus never did that. He had zero fear. He's the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, He's the judge of all the earth, and He knew it. No fear. Now, as I said, Jesus' enemies actually did believe this about him and they were counting on it. You understand they're counting on Jesus just saying what He thinks here. They are wanting to trap him in his words so they come, the trap sprung. They say, "Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t?" He was stuck so they thought. If Jesus says, "No, we should not pay taxes to Caesar,” how long do you think it would've taken them to go tell Pontius Pilate? I mean it would have been later that hour that he would've heard about it. But if on the other hand Jesus says, "We should pay taxes to Caesar." He's surrounded right there in the temple area by hundreds of people that are listening to every word He says. He would've lost a lot of those patriotic Jews right there and then. So either way, it was a trap designed to get Jesus killed. II. Jesus Exposes Their Hypocrisy Jesus begins by exposing their hypocrisy. Look at verse 15, “Jesus knew their hypocrisy. ‘Why are you trying to trap me?’” Now it's one thing to have an instinct about hypocrisy or an instinct about flattery. It's another thing to actually know the motives of another human being's heart and Jesus is omniscient. John 2:25 says, "Jesus doesn't need any testimony about a man because he knows what's in a man.” He knows what's inside someone's heart. It’s like when He spoke to Nathaniel, He knew that Nathaniel was a man of integrity and he was a true Israelite. “How do you know that?” Nathaniel asked. "I saw you while you were under the fig tree.”[ John 1]. Jesus knows people. He knows their hearts because He's omniscient. He understands what they're trying to do and He evades their trap. Now how in the world is He going to get out of this one? You've already read the text so you know how He gets out of it, but it's really quite remarkable. First of all, fundamental to this whole exchange is that they do not understand who He is. They don't understand who they're dealing with. Like most of you do, I like the amazing person incognito kind of story. I mean the Kyrie Irving, Uncle Drew thing. I mean there are a lot of athletes that do this. Eli Manning dressed up, Chris Bryant, Greg Maddox, you don't know who he is. It's like, "Man, this dude's got a good curve ball." That was Greg Maddox. What did you think? But you didn't know. He thought he was the sound guy. I like those things. Or Joshua Bell, the violinist just incognito there with his Stradivarius in a DC subway kiosk playing some amazing pieces. People just walk by and don't even care. That's Joshua Bell right there. Or there's some of these CEO incognito stories, like there's a TV show about this where you don't know that you're dealing with, the CEO of the whole company, and you find out later who you were dealing with. Isaiah 53 says, “He [Jesus] had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him." He was despised and rejected so they underestimated him. They thought, "Hey, we're going to trap him. We're going to kind of triangulate and trap him." They're crossing swords, however, with the mind that created the universe. They're playing chess with the infinite God of the universe. You're not going to trick him. You're not going to trap him. Jesus' death could never be an accident, could never be a trap or a trick. He will say in John 10:18, "No one takes my life from me, but I lay it down of my own accord." “You're not going to trap me. You're not going to trick me into dying here. I'm going to die because I want to die.” III. Jesus Evades Their Trap He wanted to teach principles. He wanted to teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. He wanted to talk about taxation. He's not shrinking back from it. So He uses an object lesson. Look at verse 15, "Bring me a denarius and let me look at it." They brought it. They bring in this coin, and He's holding it. You can picture him holding up the coin and then He says, "Whose portrait is this?" He points to the coin. "And whose inscription?" The coin itself would've been odious to any religious Jewish person because it would've had an image of Tiberius Caesar proclaiming him to be God. On the obverse, it would've had a picture of Tiberius Caesar in priestly robes like he was some kind of a high priest. It would've been extremely offensive, a violation of a law against idolatry. Anyway, Jesus' enemies are happy to produce the coin. They think He's about to put his head in his own noose with his own words. "Whose portrait is this?” "Caesar's," they answer. Then He gives his answer, "Render to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's?" Jesus changed the word the Jews used. It’s not that we are to give the tax to Caesar as if it was something that didn't really belong to Caesar, but we're going to give it to him anyway. He changes the word in the Greek, it's “give back”, or “render,” with a sense of give what is truly owed to that individual. That's the word. He actually changes the word. The word “render” in this case is a little awkward for us. It’s not a word we would use commonly, and therefore I think it's good to think of it that way. "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar." It means to give back to him what is really his. That's the whole point of the object lesson. Do you see it? If you mint the coin, you're in charge, you run the country and therefore you have that authority, give it back to him. It belongs to him. That's what Jesus is saying, but He doesn't stop there. He says, "Render to God the things that are God's." It's amazing in the first half, "Render to Caesar." Jesus is vigorously, clearly, no doubt about it, upholding the very government that very soon will execute him and He knows it, and yet there He is upholding the authority of this idolatrous pagan government and the right they have to receive taxes. He upholds it. But that second statement, "Render to God the things that are God's." We'll spend eternity understanding it and doing it. The reaction to this is that they're astonished when they heard it, they were amazed. [Matthew 22:22] They left them and went away. I would think bad move, be astonished and fall on your face and worship him. How about that? They're impressed, they're amazed, probably a little frustrated, they're not going to be able to do anything with that statement, and they walk away. Instead, they should have loved him and worshiped him and believed in him. IV. What We Must Render to Caesar Let's go back and try to understand this. What must we render to Caesar and what must we render to God? How do we understand that? First of all, taxes. I know, I know, but I'm not going to be up here saying you don't need to pay your taxes. You do need to pay your taxes. Jesus says so. We need to pay taxes, and the reason is that you are supporting, you're paying the salaries of God's servants who are governing in the language of Romans 13, "The authorities that exist have been established by God." God set them up, so of course the Son of God is going to uphold them. Daniel 4:17 says, "The most high is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of men." That's Nebuchadnezzar's statement, it's absolutely true. That means that Caesar's power, Rome's power, came from God. It's not an accident. Furthermore, and this would've really stung for patriotic Jews, Caesar's power is just in a line of Gentile overlords that were there as a direct judgment on the Jews for not keeping the law of Moses. That's why the Romans had control of the Promised Land. It's the very thing that God had said through Moses in Deuteronomy He would do. They're getting the Promised Land on condition of their obedience to the laws of God and the laws of Moses. It's the condition. If they do not keep his laws, He's going to use Gentile armies to evict them. It's in the song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32. It's a clear prediction that that's what He's going to do. He's going to make them jealous," he said, "by people that are not a people." It's a very clear statement. He's predicted ahead of time what they're going to do. This is not an accident. It's not something He didn't know. From the Babylonian exile through the Medo-Persians, through the Greeks and now the Romans, it’s been a series of Gentile overlords that were direct judgments by God on the Jews for violating the laws of God. He specifically judged Jews who refused to submit to the Gentiles. Read about it in Ezekiel 17. He's very angry with them that they're not submitting to Babylon. It’s very surprising. I mean do you think those things were taught much among the Zealots and among the Pharisees and all? I don't think those themes were lifted up much, but it was clearly true. Jesus called it the “Times of the Gentiles.” Ezra knew it. When a small remnant of Jews came back from the exile of Babylon to rebuild Jerusalem and to rebuild the temple, Ezra said these things. Ezra 9:7, "Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword and captivity to pillage and humiliation at the hand of foreign kings as it is today." That's it. That's why this is happening says Ezra. “But now for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in a sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage. Though we are slaves, our God has not deserted us in our bondage. He has shown kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia, allowing us to return and rebuild the city in the temple.” That's what he's saying. Ezra understood it. The patriotic Jews, the Zealots who wanted to rebel against Rome were forgetting the sins of their fathers and God's just judgment against them. In addition, they were forgetting the benefits of wise Roman government, and there were many. The Roman conquest of the Mediterranean world brought with it tremendous advantages and unification. They united that part of the world in something called the “Pax Romana,” the “Roman peace." This meant that as long as a conquered country accepted the Roman yoke, accepted Roman rule, they pretty much could live out their whole lives in peace free from warfare. That's a big advantage back then. You're not going to have raiders coming in and taking your crops. The Romans were excellent at long-term stability. They used local leaders and regional kings to keep the peace. They allowed freedom of religion within a certain measure and guaranteed a semblance of justice for the people. They established commerce, roads, a economic system where some people became pretty prosperous in that system. As with any reasonable government, they protected its people from rampant crime, from anarchy, from armed mobs roaming the streets. They brought stability and order and daily peace to life. And so it is today, the benefits of government today, Romans 13:4 says, "The ruler is God's servant to do you good." 2 verses later, Romans 13:6, "This is also why you pay taxes for the authorities are God's servants who give their full time to governing," and because they give their full time, they need to be paid. That's their salary, so it's right to pay taxes. God's servants and government do you good. They promote peace and public order. They establish and uphold a system of justice. They punish evildoers. They protect people from military threats. They promote health and prosperity by roads, infrastructure, common economy, all of these things. There are many benefits. By contrast, I think the worst possible situation there could be, I've thought about this, it's debatable whether it's tyranny, dictatorship or anarchy. I think anarchy is worse. It's not like there aren't going to be any people trying to control that situation. You look at, for example, the reign of terror during the French Revolution or you look at Somalia for example, from 1991 to 2006. There was no permanent government in Somalia, it was just anarchy. What would it have been like to live in Somalia in 2000? You couldn't go out of your home really. There’re roving bans of gun-wielding young men that gun you down, steal things from you. It was horrible. There are all kinds of markers of what life was like in Somalia in terms of infant mortality, in terms of disease, in terms of education, literacy, adult literacy rates. All that plummeted, it was horrible. But we owe to government more than just the payment of taxes. The scripture says there's other things. We owe honor. We owe honor to governing officials. 1 Peter 2:17, "Show proper respect to everyone, love the brotherhood of believers. Fear God, honor the King." There's a certain respect that goes to governing officials. We owe obedience as far as we're able. Romans 13:1. It says, "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities for there is no authority except that which God has established." The authorities that exist have been established by God. In our government system, we also, I think, owe wise participation. We're able to take advantage of being, for those of us that are, American citizens, who are able to participate in government, able to vote out officials that we think have policies we disagree with. We're able to debate them, raise up questions, concerns, et cetera. You look at the way Paul behaved nine times in the Book of Acts, the Apostle Paul is referred to as a citizen of Rome. He had that Roman citizenship card in his back pocket and he's going to pull it out at some key moments, like one time when they were stretching him out to beat him. He says, "Is it lawful for you to beat a Roman citizen who hasn't even been condemned?" The Roman guard at that point pull back and said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are we doing here?" Paul used that Roman citizenship card. It was his Roman citizenship and it was his appealing to Caesar, which was his right to do as Roman citizen that enabled him to go to Rome and preach the gospel to Caesar. For us, it's a matter of voting, participation, jury duty. Also, many godly Christians, as I mentioned at the beginning of my sermon, actively participate as elected officials or participate with government, federal, state and local officials. Throughout history, Christians have used their convictions to be salt and light in those settings. Very much like Daniel in Babylon where he was the third-highest ruler in the kingdom. He's able to do that. What else do we owe to government? We owe prayer. We need to pray for governing officials. 1 Timothy 2: 1-2, "I urge then first of all that request prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone, for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." So pray those things. Go to 1 Timothy 2 whenever some elected official from the President on down, even to local government does something that really irritates you. I would say first and foremost, go to 1 Timothy 2: 1-2, read the text and then pray for them. Pray for them. Paul goes on in the next two verses to imply we should be praying for their salvation. 1 Peter 2: 3-4, "This is good and pleases God our savior, who wants all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth." Friends, think of it this way. If the tyrant Nebuchadnezzar could be, as I believe, genuinely converted, so that he writes incredible worship to almighty God at the end of Daniel 4, I do expect to see him in heaven. If a guy like that who's running the world, can be converted, God can convert anyone. We pray because God desires all men to be saved and just because they are leading, are leaders, a prime minister, a dictator, whatever, doesn't mean that they can't be converted. But there are limits, aren't there, to our obedience? There should be limits. When government commands something contrary to the Word of God we need to resist. For example, in the Book of Acts, the governing officials there, the Jewish government, the Sanhedrin, forbad Peter and John from preaching the gospel. "We forbid you from speaking the name of Jesus anymore." Just shortly before that, Jesus had given the Great Commission, right before He ascended to Heaven, to preach the gospel in all the world. So who are you going to listen to? They knew who they were going to listen to. They said, "Judge for yourselves, whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God, for we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” A Christian should still do this disobedience with a respectful attitude. I think we see this with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and also Daniel. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace were respectful to Nebuchadnezzar still. How do I know that? I mean it's important don't you think for governments to make laws that are enforceable? That's why I say no government can ever make a law against coveting because they can't enforce it. Well, here's the most unenforceable command ever. They're in the fiery furnace, miraculously sustained by the hand of God, and Nebuchadnezzar shouts "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, come out.” Suppose they said, "Come and get us." What's he going to do? His soldiers burned to death throwing them in there. It's unenforceable. But that wasn't their attitude. There was nothing immoral about the command to come out. There was something immoral about the command to bow down and worship an idol. You've got to distinguish. It’s the same thing with Daniel in Daniel 6. It was immoral to be commanded not to pray to any God except the emperor. Daniel disobeyed it. He continued to pray to God, and they threw him in the lion's den, but he was still respectful to the emperor. Romans 13 presents government as a servant of God. Revelation 13 presents government in its final state as a direct servant of Satan. No doubt about it. The dragon is Satan and he's behind the beast from the sea, who is the Antichrist. It's one thing to be demon possessed, what it's like to be Satan possessed?I believe that is the final form of human government on Earth, and in that final form during the reign of the Antichrist, which is that one world government that I believe is coming, all the nations of the earth are going to bow down to this one individual. It's the final form of human government. One of the indicators of submission to that wicked ruler will be the mark of the beast. It’s very plain that if you receive it, you'll spend eternity in hell [Revelation 14]. So none of the elect ,Jesus said, will be deceived and none of the elect will receive the mark of the beast. That's overt rebellion against the world government. V. What Must We Render to God What must we render to God? I'm going to table a full discussion of this to three sermons I'm going to preach on the first and greatest commandment, but here's what you owe God. You owe it to him to love Him with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength, and to show your love by your total absolute obedience to him. That's what you owe him. You owe him your worship, you owe him your heart, you owe him everything. As a matter of fact, your rendering to Caesar is a subset of what you owe to God. You do it because God's told you to do it. Everything you give to God. Governing officials need to be careful and not seek to be gods themselves. It's always that temptation, and that's what's going to happen with the Antichrist. He's going to want to be, he's going to demand to be worshiped. This is that tendency where governing officials get filled with themselves and filled with ego and they seek to be worshiped. That is not something we render to Caesar. That's something we give to God alone - worship. Render means to give back as rightful due, ascribe to the Lord, Psalm 29, "Ascribe to the Lord almighty men, ascribe to the Lord the glory and strength, ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name." That's what you owe him. Give him the glory that his name deserves. Then realize if render means give back, everything in the universe is going back to God. From him and through him and to him are all things, everything's getting rendered back to God ultimately. Therefore, everything that we do, whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, we do it for the glory of God. We Christians can look forward to a perfect government yet to come. We're looking ahead to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Eternal Kingdom of Christ described in many places. One of my favorite is this Isaiah 9: 6-7, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders." Think about that. "And he'll be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace, there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over its kingdom, establishing and upholding it. From that time on and forever, the zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this." That was going to be the end of the sermon until this morning. Then I wrote this extra page, and I want to read it to you. I believe many Christians living in America today are intensely disappointed with what's happening with our government, and I share your disappointment. Many Christians have expectations of government that I am worried about, frankly, I'm concerned about it. Those expectations are not being realized. And as they look ahead, they wonder how can we get those expectations realized? So I wanted to just say a few things about the difference between the kingdoms of this world and the Kingdom of Christ. There's just a significant difference between the kingdoms of this world and the Kingdom of Christ. How do they advance? How do the kingdoms of this world advance? How does the Kingdom of Christ advance? How are they governed? How do the kingdoms of this world, how are they governed, and how is the Kingdom of Christ governed? I mean right now? How do they handle opposition? How do they handle enemies? How do they handle opponents? With the kingdoms of this world, it is the compulsion of the sword. You oppose, you die, ultimately. Whether you're criminal or if you're taking up a sword against the government or an opposing an enemy army, it's the sword, the compulsion of the sword. With the Kingdom of Christ, it's the compulsion of truth and love. That's what we do with our enemies, we love them and we give them the truth. "With the kingdoms of this world, it is the compulsion of the sword. You oppose, you die, ultimately. …With the Kingdom of Christ, it's the compulsion of truth and love. That's what we do with our enemies, we love them, and we give them the truth." Therefore, it is force, physical force even, compulsion by force on the one side versus persuasion and love on the other. Or if I could keep it simple, the kingdoms of this world advance, get larger by killing, and the Kingdom of Christ gets larger by its subjects dying. It's very different. Therefore, there are two verses in my mind. John 18:36, "Jesus said to Pilate, ‘My Kingdom is not of this world. If it were my servants would fight for me.’" Think about that. That's what it means to have a kingdom of this world. My servants would take up the sword and fight for me. But Jesus said earlier in John 12:24, "Unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains a single seed. But if it dies, it brings forth much fruit." That's why I say the kingdom of this world, kingdoms of this world advance by killing and the Kingdom of Christ advances by us being willing to die. Maybe not physically, but you die to yourself, you die to what's best for you, you share the gospel, you're willing to serve. And in some cases, some martyrs actually did lay down their lies. The blood of martyrs was seed for the church, they're willing to die for Christ. Therefore, I go back to the beginning of the Gospel of Mark as I conclude, Mark 1:15, Jesus said when He began his preaching ministry, "The time is at hand. The Kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel." That's how we enter the Kingdom of Christ, by repenting of our sins and believing the good news that God sent his son to die for us under the wrath of Caesar, under the wrath of the Sanhedrin, to die for us that we might have eternal life. So repent and believe the good news, enter the kingdom, live that life for his glory. Close with me in prayer. Father, we thank you for Jesus's amazing statement here. I don't think we've even begun to scratch the surface of what it means to "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's." But I pray, oh Lord, that you would just teach us, oh Lord, help us to understand government biblically, help us to fulfill our duties properly, help us to look ultimately to the Kingdom of Christ, while we do not shrink back from influence, salt and light influencing policies as we're able. God give us wisdom for the facing of this hour. We thank you for the gospel. Thank you that Jesus Christ offers full forgiveness of sins by his death and his resurrection. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

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The Mystery of Mrs. Highweather

Storyfeather

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 39:41

When a new father searches through his childhood books for stories to tell his daughter, he learns that some of those books are linked to a hundred-year-old mystery. Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Excerpt: For generations, for nearly a century, the Rofotou family had been gathering the pieces of a puzzle that they believed would unlock some grand secret of the universe, or some extravagant treasure, or at least some profound piece of wisdom. But I didn't know anything about that before a dark-haired woman named Red came knocking on my door one day. I didn't know why she asked to see my old dream logs. And I certainly didn't know what any of it had to do with Mrs. Highweather. What's the Word (that inspired the story)?Seriatim: in a series; one after another (source: dictionary.com) Follow my Fictioneering MischiefThe Storyfeather Gazette is a monthly round-up of my recent podcast episodes, short stories, trailers, news, recommendations, and more sent by email. Follow the link to look through old issues and to Sign Up: STORYFEATHER GAZETTE Storyfeather-themed merchandiseT-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, baby onesies, and more featuring artwork from stories and art challenges STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE CREDITSStory: “The Mystery of Mrs. Highweather” Copyright © 2019 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: “Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background” by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music)* “Dark Side” “Casual Theme #3” “Casual Theme #1” “Another World” “Medieval Theme #5” “Medieval Theme #3” “Medieval Theme #2” “My Kingdom (looped)” Music by CHRIS LOGSDON* “Level 1” “Level 6” Music by RAFAEL ARCHANGEL “So Cold” “Deep Dive” “Smoke” *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Chris Logsdon and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Rafael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal LicenseSound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.netFind more music by Chris Logsdon and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.netFind more music by Rafael Archangel at bandcamp.comFind more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Eleven books of approximately equal size but differently colored covers sit on a shelf. The book at far right is angled so that its cover is visible. The cover reads “Mrs. Highweather Charming Adventures.” Below the title is the image of a woman whose face is obscured under a floppy hat with a band whose ribbon edges float up into the title. She is seen from shoulders up wearing a coat. The titles of the other books and the number indicating their order in the sequence are readable from the spines. From left to right they are as follows. Mrs. Highweather Meets the Four-leggers (1). Mrs. Highweather's Haunted Hat (8). Mrs. Highweather Finds the Farthest Star (2). Mrs. Highweather and the Key to Existence (7). Mrs. Highweather Sails the Suddenly Sea (5). Mrs. Highweather and the Queen of Questions (3). Mrs. Highweather and the Villainous Vine (10). Mrs. Highweather in the Dream Realm (6). Mrs. Highweather and the Forest of Feathers (11). Mrs. Highweather and the Perilous Painting (4). Mrs. Highweather and the Last Charming Adventure (9).

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Episode #91- Our Forgotten God

The John Grdina Classroom

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 15:03

Before I get started, please leave a review for my podcast on the app that you are using and share it on your social media with someone that you feel needs to hear this message today. I wanted you to know that my book, Freedom to Ascend is on sale now on Amazon, so pick up your copy today! https://a.co/d/8CziyhT Lastly, if you have land that you feel compelled to donate for my future ministry of helping to heal others in their journey of life, please send me an email, which is provided in the show notes. grdinajohn@gmail.com Let's get started. This message today is one of the main missions in my life, which is to serve God and spread the Good News. When I die and I meet God, He is going to ask me one question? Did you do enough to help save souls for My Kingdom? How am I going to answer that, with a definite Yes or well, sort of? God gave me a voice, like John the Baptist and I am going to use my gift to honor Him by sharing the truth of His Love and Mercy. So let's get some stats to address the problem and then how can we fix it. Most recently, Gallup found 81% of Americans expressing belief when asked the simple question, "Do you believe in God?" This was down from 87% in 2017 and a record low for this question first asked in 1944, when 96% believed. It reached a high of 98% in the 1950s and 1960s. As the percentage of people who believe in God is declining, the rise in stress and anxiety is increasing. Already at or near record highs in 2020, these experiences of stress, worry and sadness ticked upward in 2021 and set new records. Worry rose two points, while stress and sadness increased one point each. “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 Why are more and more people not believing in God? A key factor in keeping young people from falling away from their faith is the influence of their parents. It's as the Proverb says, “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it” (Proverbs 22:6). One particular study found that when both parents were faithful and active in the church, 93 percent of their children remained faithful. When just one parent was faithful, 73 percent of their children remained faithful. When neither parent was particularly active in church, only 53 percent of their children stayed faithful. In those instances where neither parent was active at all and only attended church now and then, the percentage dropped to a mere 6 percent. “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬ These are two ways that we can bring pleasure to God- by worshiping Him and loving others. This is similar to what Jesus says the greatest commandment is in Matthew 22:36-40. He sums it up by telling us to love God and love others. We love God by worshiping Him and praising Him. We love others by doing good to them and sharing with them. Hebrews 13:16 tells us another way that we can please God: by loving others. When we love others, we are reflecting the love that God has for them. That is why it matters how we treat people. Our actions are a reflection of how God has loved us. And since we've been loved by God, we ought to do good to those around us. “In him, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.” ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭28‬ ‭NIV‬‬ You can follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jgrdina04/or by going to my website at: www.johngrdina.com You can purchase my book here —------- https://a.co/d/8CziyhT If you feel compelled to donate land for my future ministry, please email me at grdinajohn@gmail.com

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23-211 A Love Letter From God

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 5:11

My Beloved Child,So often, you cry out to hear My voice. I listen and respond, but it's not always the hearing that is the issue, but rather, the listening. Hearing is passive, simply receiving the noise around you. Listening, however, is active. It's an intentional focus to understand and absorb the message being conveyed. Many times, you hear My voice, but you dismiss it as your own thoughts or coincidence, or perhaps you believe that the words in the Bible were meant for a different time and place, and are not applicable to your life today.And yet, all the while, as you cry out for Me to speak, I am calling out for you to truly listen, to interpret, to comprehend, and to act on My words. I am not seeking passive hearers in My Kingdom; I desire active listeners. I invite you to take risks and step out in faith based on what you hear. If you are unsure whether you have truly heard Me, choose to believe that you have. Trust in My ability to make Myself heard and understood, rather than doubting in your ability to correctly discern My voice.Do not be afraid of making mistakes. If you step out in faith and you stumble, know that I will be there to lift you up. I do not condemn those who dare to listen and to act. I applaud their faith and their courage. If you step off the path, I am there to gently guide you back. My grace is abundantly sufficient for those who listen, those who trust, those who are willing to take a chance and follow My voice.Listening requires more than your ears. It demands your heart. My voice often resonates on a deeper level, a place where trust, faith, and love intersect. This is where discernment takes root and blossoms into understanding. And it is here that you will find the courage and the boldness to act upon My words.So, My Child, I urge you to not just hear but to truly listen. Lean into the whispers of My voice. Commit to this deeper level of listening and I will meet you there. Together, we will navigate your journey, step by step, one act of faith at a time. Trust Me, and do not fear.In My Infinite Love,Your Heavenly FatherThank you for reading The Power Of God's Whisper. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to My Reasons To Believe at myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

Ex Post Facto Reasoning: Cal Crucis on John Henry Newman's 'Development of Doctrine'

Doth Protest Too Much: A Protestant Historical-Theology Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 76:31

Cal Crucis joins Andrew today to discuss Cal's article "My Kingdom is Not of This World: A Critique of Cardinal Newman's Development of Doctrine" from The North American Anglican. We get into the Tractarian, Ritualist, and Anglo-Catholic movements that caused a tectonic shift in Anglicanism, and the role Newman played in this shift. Cal presents Newman on Newman's own terms and then gets into what some of the problems he sees in his theory. Links to more work from Cal: Cal's blog Cal's podcast Cal's articles at North American Anglican The quote from Mark Chapman that Andrew shared was from p. 89 of Anglicanism- A Very Short Introduction Link to book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/anglicanism-a-very-short-introduction-9780192806932?cc=us&lang=en&

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23-183 A Love Letter From God

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 5:11

Been So Good (feat. Tiffany Hudson) | Elevation WorshipMy Beloved Child,As your Creator, I have always held a deep love for you as an individual, cherishing your unique strengths, passions, and potential. But my love extends far beyond individuals; it reaches to the communities, cities, and nations you inhabit.Just as I delight in restoring a broken heart, I also yearn to restore the cities and communities where you live. I envisioned a world where peace thrives, where families are knit together in love, and where balance and wellness are the norm. It was My design for the world to be a place of blessing.I am aware that some perceive My plan as merely waiting for the current world to pass so I can usher you into heaven. However, this overlooks how often I have implored you to seek the healing and wholeness of your world here and now. Recall the prayer My Son taught you, where you asked for My Kingdom to come on earth. Remember how I encouraged you to pray for those in authority that life may go well for you? It is a misunderstanding to think I wish you to ignore this world because I have promised a future in heaven.I am not just the God of redemption; I am also the God of restoration. My concern extends to your well-being, your community, and your world.My call for you is not to isolate yourself, not to turn away from the world's pain and brokenness, but to engage with it. To enter into your community's struggles, to bring light into its darkest corners, to bring healing where it's wounded. It may be in the form of volunteering at a local school, lending a hand to a neighbor, joining a community program, or standing up for a cause close to your heart.You are my hands and feet in this world, dear child. You are called to rebuild, to restore, and allow My blessings to flow through you into the lives of others. Listen to My voice and be led by My spirit. You may feel unsure or inadequate, but remember that I will equip you with everything you need.In the journey to restore and rebuild, you will find Me beside you, guiding your steps, strengthening your hands, and filling your heart with My love for the people and places you serve.In My Everlasting Love,Your Heavenly FatherThe Power Of God's Whisper is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to My Reasons To Believe at myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

John 18:36: My Kingdom is not of this world

Eschatology Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 53:45

Pastors Tim Bushong and Josh Howard discuss the Kingdom of God. Does the Kingdom simply mean the Church? What did Jesus mean when He said, "My Kingdom is not of this world?". Do the WCF and 1689 LBC speak about the Kingdom of God? These questions and much more on today's episode.Watch all of our videos and subscribe to our channel for the latest content >HereHere

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Time of Joy

Westchester Chapel Media

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023

Pastor Jim Warren shares how God has overwhelming pleasure for who you are, as we look into Nehemiah 8:9-12, Zephaniah 3:14-17, and Luke 15:11-32. Click the arrow below, or if you're reading this in an email you can click this link, to play the service: During the service, Pastor Joyce Swingle sensed the Lord speaking this into our congregation: This is breakthrough. Live in the Love. Rejoice in the Love & Minister in that Love. For indeed this is the way of the Kingdom. Do indeed bend your wills to this Truth for all My Kingdom is predicated upon it.Amen & AmenThis service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Store. If you want to know more about starting a relationship with Jesus Christ visit www.WestchesterChapel.org/salvation.

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23-155 A Love Letter From God

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 4:40

My Dearest Child,In your moments of weariness and waiting, I see you. You've searched for answers, looking for a resolution to the struggles you face. Your heart longs for relief and for the fulfillment of the promises I've spoken over your life. I know you've sought My will diligently and I have been guiding you. But, My beloved, in your focus on your own needs, you may have missed the broader whispers of My voice. I am calling you not only to attend to your own needs but also to those of others.My Reasons To Believe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Remember, when you step outside of your own worries to help others, you draw My attention and favor. It's a divine principle of My Kingdom - as you pour out, I pour in. As you focus your prayers on others' needs, you will find that I am attending to yours. I understand this may sound counterintuitive, as expressed in Isaiah 58:8, but it is the mysterious way of My love.Sometimes, you look to Me, questioning why I don't do something about your situation. But remember My dear one, I am often looking back at you, asking the same question. When you align your actions with My will and start taking steps, even small ones, towards resolution, you will find Me coming alongside you, empowering you, and quickening your progress.I am not demanding perfection from you, nor am I holding your answers, hostage, until you reach some unattainable level of righteousness. Rather, I am looking for a shift in your heart, a turn towards selflessness and love for others. This is the action that stirs My heart and moves My hand.So, do not lose hope. Like the watchman waiting for the dawn, keep your eyes on the horizon. Your salvation will come. Your healing will come. Your breakthrough will come. Not because you obsessively seek it, but because you have chosen to love others and to seek My heart above all else.With All My Love,Your Heavenly FatherThank you for reading My Reasons To Believe. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to My Reasons To Believe at myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

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UBBS 4.30.2023