Continueing in Corinthians look at chapter two, verses four and five - "and my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words OF MAN'S WISDOM but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith SHOULD NOT STAND IN THE WISDOM OF MEN but in the power of God". If your denomination is not a "demonstration of the Spirit and of power" than it is based in man and not God. Oh my people, the wisdom of man is enticing to our carnal, fleshly minds but we must not, as many in these last days do, heap to ourselves teachers, having itching ears. These are they who will not endure sound (apostolic) doctrine but shall turn away their ears from the Truth and shall be turned to fables (to lies), my people, from such turn away! Heed not men who have not the wisdom that comes down from above, who do not speak as the Holy Spirit inspires them, repeating only what they hear the Father saying, who do not DEMONSTRATE THE SPIRIT WITH POWER, from such turn away. And the greatest demonstration of the Holy Spirit's power is not a healed body but a transformed heart. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. From what? From demons, from diseases, from death, fear, diverse lusts and all that is in the flesh for the "flesh" referred to throughout scripture is the flesh of man. This is what he frees us from, for our flesh is abiding in death, if we remain bound to it, it will become our grave. We will surely abide in death forever for our flesh is that part of us that was cast out of his presence for rebelling against him, for choosing our will over his and it must die. That part of us that strives against God, that seeks to return to Babylon, must "die daily" 1 Cor:15:31.
Again, look at 1 Cor:2:13&14 - "Which things we also speak, not in the words which MAN'S WISDOM teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for they are spiritually discerned". As you, dear reader, come out of Babylon, as your mind is renewed, indeed transformed from a carnal mind to a spiritual mind, those still in bondage to the religious spirit of Babylon will not be able to understand "for the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, NEITHER CAN HE KNOW THEM, because they are spiritually discerned" 1 Cor:2:13. "The carnal mind is AT ENMITY AGAINST GOD" Rom:8:7. They will be at enmity with YOU if it so be that you are spiritually minded. They (those caught in religious christianity) will hate you, call you all sorts of things behind your back, rebel, heretic, etc. and all this shows whose spirit they are walking in. If this happens to you, take heart and rejoice! "Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you and SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in Heaven for so they persecuted the prophets which were before you"Mt:5:11&12. Yes, Jesus Himself went through the exact same persecution we all must go through. He was called all manner of evil things including a "prince of devils". The Holy Spirit is still teaching today, still revealing the Word to us and it is his voice you should hear and no man's. "And ye need not that any man teach you" 1 John 2:27. Every apostle, prophet, pastor or minister of any kind you submit to should be a vessel the Holy Spirit is using to touch your life. If not, do not submit to them.
to be continued...
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Arise Complete
Paul's writings, being inspired by the Holy Spirit, are full of admonitions to avoid putting man out of order, of following or worshipping man. Look at his first letter to the Corinthians - "now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos and I of Cephas and I of Christ" (1:12). Here we have the beginnings of denominationalism, which has it's roots in the book of Judges when "every man did that which was right in his own eyes". I am of Calvin, I am of Luther, I am of Wesley, I am of the Pope, etc., for each denomination on earth today is founded on some man. "Is Christ divided? Was Paul (or Calvin or Luther or the Pope) crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? (1 Cor:1:13) Paul is clearly rebuking them for following man, EVEN HIMSELF, for forming their own divisions within the ranks, from starting their own little cliques. Even though Paul, Apollos and Cephas (Peter) were all apostles, sent by God to them, a true apostle will always divert attention and adoration away from himself if he knows that attention is misplaced or inappropriate. A true apostle will steer men's worship and adoration to Christ where it belongs. We are all unworthy servants just doing what we're told. Jesus may call us friends but he must invite us to that place, we must not presumptuously take it.
Is Christ divided? To look at so called Christianity today, with it's thousands of denominations, one would think so but no, the scriptural reality clearly reveals he is NOT divided. It is Satan's kingdom that is full of divisions and will fall. By his very nature, his own devour themselves and destroy one another. This shows us that the true spirit behind denominations is Satan and not God. When God scattered them at Babel, he confused their language. When God restored us and brought us again into proper fellowship with Him and with each other, when they were all one in spirit in the upper room, he restored their language so that every man understood them. This was a complete reverse of the curse of Babel, taking place in Jerusalem, showing us in a type and fore shadow that the New Jerusalem is the complete opposite of spiritual Babylon.
So we see that a hallmark of Babylon is confusion and this is yet another sign that denominations are spawned by Satan and not God for christians caught up in denominationalism are unable to understand or communicate with one another and are unable to JOIN TOGETHER AS ONE. When God confused their language at Babel, he also scattered them, thereby dividing them from one another. So we see another mark of Babylon is division. Those who go by the name "Christ" are extremely divided all over the world but Christ himself is not divided and all who are truly of him speak the same spiritual language and fully understand one another and are instantly connected to each other in the Spirit though they may be complete strangers in the natural. "So, we being many, are one body in Christ, and everyone members of one another" Rom:12:5. "There is one body, and one Spirit, One Lord, One faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all" Eph:4:4. The true body of Jesus the Christ is NOT DIVIDED AT ALL BUT IS IN PERFECT UNITY (not uniformity).
to be continued...
Is Christ divided? To look at so called Christianity today, with it's thousands of denominations, one would think so but no, the scriptural reality clearly reveals he is NOT divided. It is Satan's kingdom that is full of divisions and will fall. By his very nature, his own devour themselves and destroy one another. This shows us that the true spirit behind denominations is Satan and not God. When God scattered them at Babel, he confused their language. When God restored us and brought us again into proper fellowship with Him and with each other, when they were all one in spirit in the upper room, he restored their language so that every man understood them. This was a complete reverse of the curse of Babel, taking place in Jerusalem, showing us in a type and fore shadow that the New Jerusalem is the complete opposite of spiritual Babylon.
So we see that a hallmark of Babylon is confusion and this is yet another sign that denominations are spawned by Satan and not God for christians caught up in denominationalism are unable to understand or communicate with one another and are unable to JOIN TOGETHER AS ONE. When God confused their language at Babel, he also scattered them, thereby dividing them from one another. So we see another mark of Babylon is division. Those who go by the name "Christ" are extremely divided all over the world but Christ himself is not divided and all who are truly of him speak the same spiritual language and fully understand one another and are instantly connected to each other in the Spirit though they may be complete strangers in the natural. "So, we being many, are one body in Christ, and everyone members of one another" Rom:12:5. "There is one body, and one Spirit, One Lord, One faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all" Eph:4:4. The true body of Jesus the Christ is NOT DIVIDED AT ALL BUT IS IN PERFECT UNITY (not uniformity).
to be continued...
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Man is the beast when he dwells apart from God
As with all the prophets, Ezekiel clearly reveals God's loathing of the worship and idolization of man, and look, society today is as full of it as they were in Ezekiel's day. We truly worship and are obsessed with our own image today through TV and movies. Movie stars are idolized from afar as our billions we spend each year on movies and entertainment can testify. Millions spend their whole lives on the pursuit of entertainment, on self pleasure. Truly we are "lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God". It must be an abomination to the Father, seriously, that we spend BILLIONS of dollars every year (in America) just to entertain ourselves. I believe Hollywood is full of sorcerers and witchcraft. I personally do enjoy movies but we must all be very careful which ones we allow in to our hearts and homes.
Look at Ezekiel 16:15-18 (sounds eerily like Rev:17:4&5) - "But thou didst trust in thine own beauty (Satan's original sin) and playedst the harlot because of thy renown and pouredst out thy fornications on everyone that passed by, his it was. Thou hast taken fair jewels of My gold and My silver, which I had given thee and madest to thyself IMAGES OF MEN and didst commit whoredoms with them. And tookest thy broidered garments and coveredst them and thou hast set MINE oil and MINE incense before them".
Remember, God is not speaking here to the pagan, lost peoples of the world, but to his very own chosen ones. Like they did in the Exodus from Egypt with the golden calf, they took the blessing of God and made an idol out of it. They worshipped the gods of the world around them, the golden calf was an Egyptian deity and in Babylon they worshipped man! They were becoming very sophisticated in their idolatry in going from a calf to "images of men". Did not Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant image and command all in his kingdom, Babylon, to worship it? This image was most likely an image of man, of Nebuchadnezzar, for like the Roman ceasars, the king was worshipped in Babylon as a deity. All in Satan's kingdom will be forced to do the same thing in the end for Satan desires to take all that rightfully belongs to God and when man worships his own image it is Satan who triumphs.
The giving of oil and incense symbolizes the giving of the anointing and prayers to this Babylonian system of the exaltation of man. Look at Rev:13:8 - "All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (Satan, the dragon) whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world". There is no neutral ground. Everyone on earth will either worship the beast or the Lamb and those in the churches who are false, who are tares, will give their gifts and anointing from God and their prayers to this false religious spirit of Babylon.
Look at verses 17 & 18 - "and that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom, let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it is THE NUMBER OF A MAN". Satan's mark, his means of enslavement is to mark us with us, with ourselves, with man! His goal is to lift us up and exalt us, to get us to worship US, thereby destroying us forever for this is the exact sin Satan himself committed, the sin that got him thrown out of Heaven. One might say Satan is an expert at rebelling against God, at sin, and all sin is his fruit in the earth, and all sin is rooted in self-exaltation, namely, Pride. We could say sin stand for Self Indulgence Now. So we see that Satan's fruit in our hearts is to lift up self, not Satan outright. When man exalts and worships man (or woman), he falls neatly into Satan's trap.
Just think about all the time we spend staring at our own image on TV and in movies. What we give the most time and thought to is often what or who we worship.
Psalm 73:22 - "So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee".
Psalm 49:12 - "Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish"
Apart from Christ, we are no better to God than beasts.
Look at Ezekiel 16:15-18 (sounds eerily like Rev:17:4&5) - "But thou didst trust in thine own beauty (Satan's original sin) and playedst the harlot because of thy renown and pouredst out thy fornications on everyone that passed by, his it was. Thou hast taken fair jewels of My gold and My silver, which I had given thee and madest to thyself IMAGES OF MEN and didst commit whoredoms with them. And tookest thy broidered garments and coveredst them and thou hast set MINE oil and MINE incense before them".
Remember, God is not speaking here to the pagan, lost peoples of the world, but to his very own chosen ones. Like they did in the Exodus from Egypt with the golden calf, they took the blessing of God and made an idol out of it. They worshipped the gods of the world around them, the golden calf was an Egyptian deity and in Babylon they worshipped man! They were becoming very sophisticated in their idolatry in going from a calf to "images of men". Did not Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant image and command all in his kingdom, Babylon, to worship it? This image was most likely an image of man, of Nebuchadnezzar, for like the Roman ceasars, the king was worshipped in Babylon as a deity. All in Satan's kingdom will be forced to do the same thing in the end for Satan desires to take all that rightfully belongs to God and when man worships his own image it is Satan who triumphs.
The giving of oil and incense symbolizes the giving of the anointing and prayers to this Babylonian system of the exaltation of man. Look at Rev:13:8 - "All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (Satan, the dragon) whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world". There is no neutral ground. Everyone on earth will either worship the beast or the Lamb and those in the churches who are false, who are tares, will give their gifts and anointing from God and their prayers to this false religious spirit of Babylon.
Look at verses 17 & 18 - "and that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom, let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it is THE NUMBER OF A MAN". Satan's mark, his means of enslavement is to mark us with us, with ourselves, with man! His goal is to lift us up and exalt us, to get us to worship US, thereby destroying us forever for this is the exact sin Satan himself committed, the sin that got him thrown out of Heaven. One might say Satan is an expert at rebelling against God, at sin, and all sin is his fruit in the earth, and all sin is rooted in self-exaltation, namely, Pride. We could say sin stand for Self Indulgence Now. So we see that Satan's fruit in our hearts is to lift up self, not Satan outright. When man exalts and worships man (or woman), he falls neatly into Satan's trap.
Just think about all the time we spend staring at our own image on TV and in movies. What we give the most time and thought to is often what or who we worship.
Psalm 73:22 - "So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee".
Psalm 49:12 - "Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish"
Apart from Christ, we are no better to God than beasts.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Will you be made whole? part five
See, blessed reader, everyone that is born of God is like the wind and THE WIND CANNOT BE CONTROLLED BY MAN, neither does it originate with man. Where it comes from and where it is going is completely up to God. This is why the Holy Spirit is likened to "air". He is completely free from all bondage and taint from man. In churches where man is in control, they hate and cast out anyone who comes in who is free, like the wind. God's people go where he sends them and they follow no man. When God places them in a fellowship or church he has the right to take them out anytime he pleases. In fact, he will do this often because he wants his saints to get a balanced diet. Most churches focus on one narrow area of scripture or doctrine. If I invite you to my home twice a week and feed you a delicious steak, even if it's good, if it's all you ever eat you will get sick over time. You need balance. Likewise, even if your churches doctrines are sound, if they always focus on just one area of scripture or the same similar ideas, you will get spiritually sick over time, you need balance. You either must read books or watch programs or visit other churches to get a balanced diet.
Any "member" of a church is there in submission to God, not man. Hopefully, the leadership have been chosen by God and placed there out of love for his sheep and the sheep are following Christ in the leaders and no one else. House fellowships are springing up everywhere and this is the soveriegn work of the Holy Spirit as he moves on the hearts of his people. In fact, we are starting one in our home here in Korea, this week, the Korean new year. This movement is independent of any man, though the spirit of bondage and control is trying to infiltrate the House church movement. We must still be aware of wolves in sheep's clothing coming in to devour the flock but we must also beware of "men from among ourselves arising and speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them" Acts 20:30. We often hear pastors warn us about wolves (a wolf usually defined as anyone who disagrees with them) coming in to devour (they like to use fear to motivate the flock to stay put) but what do you do if your own pastor is a wolf?
God has shown me that from hence forth, only those with clean hands and pure hearts will be allowed to touch his bride. He is jealous over her and he said only leadership with a eunuch anointing will be allowed to minister to his bride. The eunuchs were the ones that prepared Esther to be with her king and they anointed her with oils and sweet odors, etc. and God is saying today, only those with my anointing may touch my bride from now on. Eunuchs have no hidden motives or agendas; they will not desire the bride for themselves or seek to gain from her. Amen.
If God is leading you out of fellowship he will lead you in to fellowship with believers of like mind and heart. DO NOT leave with bitterness or anger but rather love and pray for those left behind. If you do not boldly make the move to freedom from the religious spirit, how can anyone else? ANd remember, he might lead you out even if there isn't anything majorly wrong with your church. You're the one reading this blog, you're the one God has chosen to set free, maybe the first in your area, who knows! You could be the "firstborn among many brethren"! More than likely there are in your area with hearts aching to be free, you're just not aware of them yet. Hallelujah! Maybe you just need apostolic anointing and covering to unite you in faith and love. Pray for this and God will send you your Moses or Paul and the rest of the story is spiritual history! Wouldn't you like to be famous in heaven for the mighty exploits you accomplish during your time on earth and for the love of God you shared?
Any "member" of a church is there in submission to God, not man. Hopefully, the leadership have been chosen by God and placed there out of love for his sheep and the sheep are following Christ in the leaders and no one else. House fellowships are springing up everywhere and this is the soveriegn work of the Holy Spirit as he moves on the hearts of his people. In fact, we are starting one in our home here in Korea, this week, the Korean new year. This movement is independent of any man, though the spirit of bondage and control is trying to infiltrate the House church movement. We must still be aware of wolves in sheep's clothing coming in to devour the flock but we must also beware of "men from among ourselves arising and speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them" Acts 20:30. We often hear pastors warn us about wolves (a wolf usually defined as anyone who disagrees with them) coming in to devour (they like to use fear to motivate the flock to stay put) but what do you do if your own pastor is a wolf?
God has shown me that from hence forth, only those with clean hands and pure hearts will be allowed to touch his bride. He is jealous over her and he said only leadership with a eunuch anointing will be allowed to minister to his bride. The eunuchs were the ones that prepared Esther to be with her king and they anointed her with oils and sweet odors, etc. and God is saying today, only those with my anointing may touch my bride from now on. Eunuchs have no hidden motives or agendas; they will not desire the bride for themselves or seek to gain from her. Amen.
If God is leading you out of fellowship he will lead you in to fellowship with believers of like mind and heart. DO NOT leave with bitterness or anger but rather love and pray for those left behind. If you do not boldly make the move to freedom from the religious spirit, how can anyone else? ANd remember, he might lead you out even if there isn't anything majorly wrong with your church. You're the one reading this blog, you're the one God has chosen to set free, maybe the first in your area, who knows! You could be the "firstborn among many brethren"! More than likely there are in your area with hearts aching to be free, you're just not aware of them yet. Hallelujah! Maybe you just need apostolic anointing and covering to unite you in faith and love. Pray for this and God will send you your Moses or Paul and the rest of the story is spiritual history! Wouldn't you like to be famous in heaven for the mighty exploits you accomplish during your time on earth and for the love of God you shared?
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Will you be made whole? part four
God is setting his house in order. Ephesians 2:19-20 says "the household of God" is "built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone". No man can be the cornerstone of the work God is doing in the earth today save "Jesus Christ himself" but God does choose men whom he anoints as apostles and prophets to birth and found his household all over the world. Jesus surrounded himself with twelve apostles, not pastors. The apostles were the ones to ordain and set in place pastors in the local churches. The concept of the pastor as the head of the local church does not come from the Bible. A careful study of scripture will reveal this. In the New Testament there are 246 mentions of apostles and prophets. The next most mentioned headship ministry is that of teacher with 13. Evangelists are mentioned three times with pastors just once in ephesians chapter 4. Shepherds are mentioned 17 times but 11 of those refer to Jesus as our "Great Shepherd" or to the shepherds present at the birth of Jesus, almost all New Testament mentions of shepherd do not refer to pastors. So we see the overwhelming emphasis in the New Testament is on apostles and prophets.
A pastor after God's heart will rejoice for true apostlic and prophetic ministry, recognizing they are sent by God as a blessing to his fellowship, a sign from God that he is willing and wanting to build their fellwoship his way. Under a true apostle's care, everyone else's ministry will flourish and blossom as never before. If there are no apostolic training centers in your part of the world, ask God to start one! He will respond to your passion, if you are hungry and thirsty enough, for he sends his apostles to the poor and needy, not the rich and greedy. The thing about the poor is that they are always hungry. It wasn't until the Israelites "cried by reason of their bondage" that God sent them a deliverer, Moses. God is releasing the Moses anointing today in his apostles and prophets wherever his people are desperate enough to cry from the depths of their hearts for freedom.
If you cry out to him, he will start an apostolic work in your area that will bring freedom to the captives, set at liberty them that are bruised, that will bind up the broken hearted - all these, the captives, the bruised and the broken hearted have all become that way from being in Babylon! Christianity as a religion steals, kills and destroys all of the blessings, the ABUNDANT LIFE Jesus died to give us. Religion leaves people broken and disillusioned about God or worse yet, deceives them into thinking they are right with God when in truth they are "wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked" Rev:3:17. Religion quenches the hearts on fire for him but God is rescuing those same hearts for even as I write this, your heart is being rescued from a religious oblivion, from a spiritual black hole that will suck out all the light, all that is godly in your life, leaving an empty shell that has a form of godliness but no power, for REAL POWER CAN ONLY COME FROM HIM, FROM HIS PRESENCE.
Be free! Where the spirit of the lord is, there is liberty. Is the spirit of the lord abiding in you? Then freedom and liberty are abiding in you, in your heart. "The wind blows where it wills and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it came from or where it goes, SO IS EVERYONE THAT IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT" Jn:3:8. Religious people are forever wanting to know WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND WHERE YOU ARE GOING because they aren't walking in the spirit, they cannot understand anyone who is. They are driven by the religious to define you (what church do you go to?) so they can accept or reject you. They only have a concept of love in their minds, not real love in their hearts.
to be continued...
A pastor after God's heart will rejoice for true apostlic and prophetic ministry, recognizing they are sent by God as a blessing to his fellowship, a sign from God that he is willing and wanting to build their fellwoship his way. Under a true apostle's care, everyone else's ministry will flourish and blossom as never before. If there are no apostolic training centers in your part of the world, ask God to start one! He will respond to your passion, if you are hungry and thirsty enough, for he sends his apostles to the poor and needy, not the rich and greedy. The thing about the poor is that they are always hungry. It wasn't until the Israelites "cried by reason of their bondage" that God sent them a deliverer, Moses. God is releasing the Moses anointing today in his apostles and prophets wherever his people are desperate enough to cry from the depths of their hearts for freedom.
If you cry out to him, he will start an apostolic work in your area that will bring freedom to the captives, set at liberty them that are bruised, that will bind up the broken hearted - all these, the captives, the bruised and the broken hearted have all become that way from being in Babylon! Christianity as a religion steals, kills and destroys all of the blessings, the ABUNDANT LIFE Jesus died to give us. Religion leaves people broken and disillusioned about God or worse yet, deceives them into thinking they are right with God when in truth they are "wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked" Rev:3:17. Religion quenches the hearts on fire for him but God is rescuing those same hearts for even as I write this, your heart is being rescued from a religious oblivion, from a spiritual black hole that will suck out all the light, all that is godly in your life, leaving an empty shell that has a form of godliness but no power, for REAL POWER CAN ONLY COME FROM HIM, FROM HIS PRESENCE.
Be free! Where the spirit of the lord is, there is liberty. Is the spirit of the lord abiding in you? Then freedom and liberty are abiding in you, in your heart. "The wind blows where it wills and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it came from or where it goes, SO IS EVERYONE THAT IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT" Jn:3:8. Religious people are forever wanting to know WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND WHERE YOU ARE GOING because they aren't walking in the spirit, they cannot understand anyone who is. They are driven by the religious to define you (what church do you go to?) so they can accept or reject you. They only have a concept of love in their minds, not real love in their hearts.
to be continued...
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