PASSIONATE PURSUIT…STRAIGHT SHOOTIN’

1 THESS 3:1-3
WHEREFORE WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT BE GOOD TO BE LEFT AT ATHENS ALONE; AND SEND TIMOTHEUS, OUR BROTHER, AND MINISTER OF GOD, AND OUR FELLOW-LABORER IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, TO ESTABLISH YOU, AND TO COMFORT YOU CONCERNING YOUR FAITH:
THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS : FOR YOURSELVES KNOW THAT WE ARE APPOINTED THEREUNTO.

I don’t know about you but I’m going to get right to the word with regards to shootin straight and getting to the heart of the matter. I am tired of church! I am tired of religion! I am tired of folks  that claim to be men and women of the most High, but their fruits don’t show. We all have to walk the talk and not just be hearers but doers also. I’m tired of folks who are not willing to do what it takes or to fellowship looking down on those who are willing to do the work…who are willing to seek the face of God. Where are those that desire to walk in the purified love of Christ that covers a multitude of sins? Where are the saints of God that are willing to hold all night prayer meetings to pray you out of prison?!! Those prayer warriors that won’t laugh at your pain, mock you, and kick you while you’re down? I am tired of claiming to be seasoned in the lord looking upon us in judgment who want to be obedient to do the will and purpose of Christ. Their on their high horses but wont come down, having a form of godliness denying the power of God. These same people got your life figure out but have no clue about their own. They are Pharisees and Scribes that don’t enter into the kingdom and don’t want you to enter in either! Where are the overcomers?….the ones who need someone to praise with them and seek with them so they can make in when Jesus Christ comes for His church without spot or wrinkle. Jesus is the one who laid down His life and had the power to pick it up again. So, what’s up with folks thinking they have “arrived” and they act as if they got there on their own. If it hadn’t been for the Lord who was on our side we surely wouldn’t have made it. We have this far by faith and because of His grace and mercy that we are not consumed. Jesus paid the price with his blood. His love is the reason that I’m still here to testify of that love. That love persuaded me to persevere through the trials and the tests that have come to purify us like gold, that we may stand in these last days.
We cannot be moved by the afflictions that come to make us strong and abound in the love of Christ. We cannot be taken with sudden bewilderment or astonishment when we see men and women who claim to b e men and women of the cloth operate in the character of man in the last days. Nothing happens that the Lord Jesus Christ has not allowed to happen for His glory and for His purpose. We must overcome and endure to the end. For now we live if we stand fast in the Lord. So, the things that I’m tired of seeing I will overcome by overcoming and encouraging myself and others to walk by His spirit and be the standard of righteousness that we desire to see in others. Abide in the vine and hold fast to what we have been taught in the beginning so that righteous judgment can prevail. Do His will. Do His purpose. Do not waver. Do not compromise. Do not take down for the enemy or sin. #seek #fight #overcome

LET’S TALK ABOUT JUDGMENT…
WHO IS WORTHY?

AND I SAW IN THE RIGHT HAND OF HIM THAT SAT ON THE THRONE A BOOK WRITTEN WITHIN AND ON THE BACKSIDE, SEALED WITH SEVEN SEALS.
AND I SAW A STRONG ANGEL PROCLAIMING WITH A LOUD VOICE, WHO IS WORTHY TO OPEN THE BOOK, AND TO LOOSE THE SEVEN SEALS THEREOF?
AND NO MAN ON HEAVEN, NOT IN EARTH, NEITHER UNDER THE EARTH, WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE BOOK, NEITHER TO LOOK THEREON.
AND I WEPT MUCH BECAUSE NO MAN WAS FOUND WORHTY TO OPEN AND TO READ THE BOOK, NEITH TO LOOK THEREON.
AND ONE OF THE ELDERS SAITH UNTO ME, WEEP NOT: BEHOLD, THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDA, THE ROOT OF DAVID, HAVE PREVAILED TO OPEN THE BOOK, AND TO LOOSE THE SEVEN SEALS THEREOF.
ON THE RIGHT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF STRENGTH, POWER, MIGHT, HEALING, AND DELIVERANCE.
DAVID PENNED THAT THE LORD IS ON HIS RIGHT HAND THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE MOVED.
THEREIS A BOOK IN THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD WHO IS THE RIGHTEOUS JUST JUDGE. SEVEN IS SYMBOLIC OF THE KINGDOM OF THE LIVING GOD, HIS SEVEN CHURCHES, AND HIS SEVEN SPIRITS OF JUDGMENT (ISAIAH 11). IT ALSO REPRESENTS AUTHORSHIP AND AUTHORITY.
WHEN YOU HAVE A BOOK, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS ONE IS ASKED IS, “WHO WROTE THE BOOK?” THERE WAS A NEED FOR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT AND THEREFORE THERE WAS A NEED FOR THE AUTHOR BECAUSE EVEN BEFORE WE WERE FORMED IN THE WOMB, THE LORD KNEW US.
MEANING, HE DESIGNED US AND CONSTRUCTED US ACCORDING TO HIS WILL AND PURPOSE.
“FOR THOU HAST CREATED ALL THINGS, AND FOR THY PLEASURE THEY ARE AND WERE CREATED” (REV. 4:11)
EVEN THE STRONG ANGEL COULD ONLY PROCLAIM WE ARE ALL A LUMP OF CLAY ORDAINED BY THE MASTER POTTER ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MEASURE OF FAITH. WITHIN THAT MEASURE OF FAITH ARE THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT AND THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT. THE FIRST IS LOVE WHICH COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS. THERE WAS NO ONE FOUND (QUALIFIED) TO EVEN LOOK THEREON TO DETERMINE THE LOVE, LONG SUFFERING, PATIENCE, MERCY, GRACE, FORGIVENESS, GENTLENESS, OR ANY OTHER PORTION OF THE MEASURE BY WHICH  THE LORD IS USING TO JUDGE YOUR LIFE ON EARTH.
JOHN WAS INSRUCTED TO BEAR RECORD OF WHAT HE SAW. HE WAS A SEER PROPHET. WHEN HE SAW WHAT HE SAW HE WEPT BECAUSE WITHIN HIS SPIRIT NO ONE WAS WORTHY. THE LORD DESIGNED HIS CREATIONS TO DESIRE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE SAID SEEK THE KINGDOM. HE SAID SEEK THE KINGDOM AD ALL OF ITS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL OTHER THINGS SHALL BE ADDED. OUR SPIRIT DESIRES TO KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS. DAVID CRIED TO THE LORD, TEACH ME TO KNOW MINE END AND TO NUMBER MY DAYS. TEACH ME THY PRECEPTS. HIS SPIRIT KNEW THAT WITHIN WAS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. TO BE ABLE TO PREVAIL, OVERCOME, AND TO OBTAIN RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT, THERE WAS A FIGHT ON OUR BEHALF.

EPHESIANS 3:17-19

THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS BY FAITH; THAT YE, BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE, MAY BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND WITH ALL SAINTS WHAT IS THE BREADTH, AND LENGTH, AND DEPTH, AND HEIGHT; AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE, THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD.

The elder said weep not because the lamb of God hath prevailed. Often times we weep because of situations that require a Savior. We need our Potter to shape and mold us. Our Spirit weeps with desire to comprehend the length, breadth, depth, and the height of the Love of Christ, and what he is willing to do to maintain his righteousness and be glorified in our life. 

The Lord Jesus Christ was given to us by the Father. In the Book of Hebrews God said prepare me a body because He desired to give the Son unto us, wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities. He prevailed for us on the cross. He prevailed having seven horns (authorities, powers) which are the seven Spirits of God. 

Isaiah 11:1-5

AND THERE SHALL COME FORTH A ROD OUT OF THE STEM OF JESSE, AND A BRANCH SHALL GROW OUT OF HIS ROOTS: AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL REST UPON HIM, THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL AND MIGHT, THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD. AND SHALL MAKE HIM OF QUICK UNDERSTANDING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD: AND HE SHALL NOT JUDGE AFTER THE SIGHT OF HIS EYES, NEITHER REPROVE AFTER THE HEARING OF HIS EARS: BUT WIT RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL HE JUDGE THE POOR, AND REPROVE WITH EQULTY. FOR THE MEEK OF THE EARTH: AND HE SHLL SMITE THE EARTH WITH THE ROD OF HIS MOUTH, AND WITH THE BREADTH OF HIS LIPS SHALL HE SLAY THE WICKED. AND RIGHTEOUSNES SHALL BE THE GIRDLE OF HIS LOINS, AND FAITHFULNESS THE GIRDLE OF HIS REIGNS. 

AND HE CAME AND TOOK THE BOOK OUT OF THE RIGHT HAND OF HIM THAT SAT UPON THE THRONE. 

Jesus Christ is the risen Savior. He is the one slain and the only one worthy to open the book of our lives. He is risen to sit on the right hand of God until his enemies are made his footstool.

AND WHEN HE HAD TAKEN THE BOOK, THE FOUR BEASTS AND FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS FEEL DOWN BEFORE THE LAMB, HAVING EVERY ONE OF THEM HARPS, AND GOLDEN VIALS FULL OF ODOURS, WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS.

We must rejoice because the account of our works of righteousness and faith is in the hands of the Son of God. Our life is in his hands.

John 10:27-30

MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME:AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH, NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY HAND. MY FATHR, WHICH GAVE THEM ME, IS GREATER THAN ALL; AND NO MAN IS ABLE TO PLUCK THEM OUR OF MY FATHER’S HANDS. I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE.

Luke 10:19-20

BEHOLD, I GIVE UNTO YOU POWER TO TREAD ON SERPENT AND SCORPIONS, AND OVERALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY: NOTWITHSTANDING IN THIS REJOICE NOT, THAT THE SPIRITS ARE SUBJECT UNTO YOU; BUT RATHER, BECAUSE YOUR NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN.

​#SEEK #FIGHT #OVERCOME

​IT’S TIME TO OVERCOME    ECC 3:1-8
TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEAON, AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER THE HEAVEN:
A TIME TO BE BORN, AND A TIME TO DIE; A TIME TO PLANT, AND A TIME TO PLUCK UP THAT WHICH IS PLANTED; A TIME TO KILL, AND A TIME TO HEAL; A TIME TO BREAK DOWN, AND A TIME TO BUILD UP.
A TIME TO WEEP, AND A TIME TO LAUGH; A TIME TO MOURN, AND A TIME TO DANCE;
A TIME TO CAST AWAY STONES, AND A TIME TO GATHER STONES TOGETHER, A TIME TO EMBRACE, AND A TIME TO REFRAIN FROM EMBRACING;
A TIME TO GET, AND A TIME TO LOSE; A TIME TO KEEP, AND A TIME TO CAST AWAY;
A TIME TO REND, AND A TIME TO SEW; A TIME TO KEEP SILENCE, AND A TIME TO SPEAK;
A TIME TO LOVE, AND A TIME TO HATE; A TIME TO WAR, AND A TIME OF PEACE.
It’s a time to encourage one another in the faith. It’s also time to encourage yourself to stand tall and do the Lord’s will. We do what’s not popular. We don’t wrestle against flesh and blood. So, we must handle the spiritual things spiritually. As the natural season s began to transition, let’s recognize what time it is spiritually. It’s time to discern the righteousness of Christ and to do the Lord’s will. Continue to let your light shine even in the midst of adversity. It’s a time to “kill it on contact” the things that the enemy has attempted to use as threats against the chosen men and women of the Most High.
It’s time to pick up your weapons of righteousness and contend for the faith of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Stand, and see the salvation of the Lord. It’s time to surrender completely. Its time to love the Lord your God with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength. It’s time to seek him for His Spirit. It’s time to praise Him like it’s our last time. It’s time to repent and lay aside every weight and sin that easily besets us. It’s time to call upon the Lord while He may be found. It’s time to allow the Lord to reign by His spirit. Try the spirits by the Spirit of the most high. The fruits will show. We shall know them by their fruits. Trust in the Lord. Lean not to your own understanding. Trust not in the confidences of man. Abide in Him and He will abide in you. It’s a time to put all fear aside and get right with the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s time to lose yourself completely in Him and be saturated with the Holy Spirit completely. Judgment starts at the household of faith. Allow his Spirit to lead and guide you in the path of all truths. Compare spiritual with spiritual. See things with the spiritual eye. Know your role as a child of the most high so you’re in position to do the will and purpose of the living God. Signs will follow the believer. #seek #fight #overcome

BEWARE OF DECEPTION
I JOHN 4:1&4-6
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
They are of the world: therefore, speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
We are of God: He that knoweth God heareth us; He that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Prophets that are not holy have gone out to conquer the chosen man and women of the Most High. They ask the question, “Do you accept my love?” This question they ask is not on behalf of the living God. This is a trick from the pit of hell wanting you to trade the love of Jesus Christ for falsehood.
The Holy Spirit speaks those things that He sees and hears. He doesn’t speak of himself. We bear record of the testimony of the truth as led by His Holy Spirit.
My testimony concerning receiving the love of Christ is simply that the Lord won’t ask such a question. The Spirit searches the deep things, the very deep things of God. He knows the reigns of the heart. He asks us to walk in the Spirit, so we won’t fulfil the lusts of the flesh. He asked on occasion if I desired righteousness and this question, He asked to reassure me that I was doing the righteousness of Christ and that He was with me. Jesus is the light and there is no darkness in Him at all. Love is an action word and the lord has often said concerning those who love him that their fruits will show. You shall know them by their fruits.
So, we must know them that labor among us and as the lord Jesus instructed Jeremiah that we cannot look upon their faces, but we must discern the spirit behind the faces. We wrestle not against flesh and blood. These spirits and rulers that wrestle against the chosen ones of God are attempting to do whatever they can do destroy what the lord has established for His children in the Spirit. Everything is done in the Spirit and by His Spirit so if the enemy can destroy what God has established spiritually within you then he is effectively destroying the kingdom within you. Eternity is spiritual. There is nothing natural about the everlasting kingdom of God. We are the Kingdom; and this is why the lord Jesus stated to seek ye first the kingdom of God and all of His righteousness and everything else will be added. We are seeking each other, the chosen men and women of God. We cannot be deceived by false brethren that have crept in unawares because the spirit within them wants you to forfeit your inheritance. Stand, stand, and stand again among the found. Do not take down for the enemy.
No weapon formed against you shall prosper. It won’t work. The Lord won’t allow it. So, be aware of the tactics of the adversary and overcome by the blood of the lamb and the Word of His testimony. Those who endure to the end shall be saved. #PICKUPYOURWEAPONSANDFIGHT #SEEK #LOVE

​RELATIONSHIPS UNDER SIEGE?
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is needful that we continue to write unto you with a friendly reminder that we continue to put on the whole armor of God that we may withstand the whiles of the enemy. The enemy is coming against relationships and particularly those that have been established in Christ and on a firm foundation of faith. Do not look at things as they occur with sudden astonishment or bewilderment. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and ever more. So when the enemy begins to throw fiery darts at your friendships, and even marriages, you must stand tall and so not allow the enemy to get you out of your character and have your good evil spoken of. He’s hoping to ruin your testimony. You must step out on your most Holy faith, even when it seems like you’re the only one. You are not the only one being persecuted for righteousness’ sake. What God has joined together no man can put asunder. Your acquaintances haven’t changed. Your wife or your husband’s character hasn’t all of a sudden changed. If you’re seeking the face of God and desiring the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, then you know what time it is. You know that you must fight to contend against powers and principalities that are attempting to get you take down. The enemy is a liar and a thief and has been from the beginning. He wont attempt to come through the front or back door. He comes in fashions, forms, and dimensions that we are not always privileged to know of. However, Jesus knows. He is our Sheppard. He is known of His. Don’t stop loving. Don’t stop believing that all things are possible through Christ that strengthens us. Jesus will never leave you nor forsake you. He will not put more on you than what you can bear. He will not allow his children to be provoked to wrath. He will perform His Word. Remember, a soft answer turneth away wrath. Agree with your adversary quickly, meaning do not take down or give in to foolishness. Resist the devil and he will flee. No matter the situation or circumstance stand in the purified love of Christ. God Is love. Love hopes for all things. Love bears all things and believes for all things. So having done all to stand, we stand and see the salvation of the Lord. The word tells us that there is a time for all things. There is a time to fight and contend for righteousness. We do that with fervent prayer and praise that goes leaps and bounds spiritually more than we can fathom. #staythecourse #finishtherace

​Word of Encouragement
 
To the believers in Jesus Christ with desire to do the will and purpose of Christ, to see Him glorified through your works of righteousness. He is with you.
Put on your whole armor and stand on your most holy faith. I am reminded of the perplexities and troubles that Paul endured. I, too, a disciple of the Most High have been in life threatening situations, car accidents, miscarriages, homeless, jobless, child custody situations, wrestled with witches, warlocks, sorcerers, workers of iniquity, powers of darkness, devils desiring to put upon mind binding spirits, doctrines of devils, and false brethren who with confidence and boldness have told me I was not called or chosen to fulfill the will of God as a pastor. I have seen my enemies spread as a green olive bay tree. Mine own acquaintances have ridiculed and mocked me. Those that I have loved with all of my heart and very being have reproached me and have taken back the hope that they have had toward me. They test my speech to determine if I am one whom you have abandoned. With mine own eyes have I seen you glorified Lord Jesus. Who is like unto the Lord who knows our beginning from the end? I had fainted unless I had seen the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. My tears have been my comfort as I have hoped for the power of living God to triumph over his enemies. They cover with covering of falsehood and look at me in disgust as if I’m a fool for loving righteousness. Teach me to know my end and to number my days. My character has not changed. I have been unshakeable and unmovable ever abounding in the love of Christ. Reveal my sin unto me that I may know of the displeasure that you have toward my wretchedness. Chasten me. Lead me in a righteous path. What can I know besides what the Holy Spirit has taught me? How can I know the ways of the flesh, I cannot. You have taught me according to thy Holy Spirit. Let not these fleshly ordinances of man be a snare unto me O’ Lord. Hear my petition for righteousness. You are my heart’s desire and my exceedingly great reward.  Receive my praise with pleasure O’ Lord. Teach me thy ways of humility. Teach me to lay aside myself. Teach me O’ Lord how to be a living sacrifice, Holy and acceptable in thy sight. Teach me how to love wisely. Teach me how to endure to the end while remaining faithful to your will and not my own. It is you O’ lord Jesus who paid the ultimate price with you blood. It is in your holy name that I will put my trust. No matter the corruption. No matter the circumstance. The Lord’s faithfulness to His children is the reason why I’m still here. I’m still living to testify that His purified love has kept me even when my mother and father have forsaken me. There is power in love. There is power in true surrender. There is power is obedience. There is power in Praise. There is power in prayer. By His Holy Spirit, He will do the work that He said He would do.
He is the first, the last, the beginning, and the end. He is the Amen. He is the everlasting and His Word endures forever.

​CAN THESE BONES LIVE?
 
 
EZEKIEL 37
THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS UPON ME, AND CARRIED ME OUT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD, AND SET ME DOWN IN THE MIDST OF THE VALLEY WHICH WAS FULL OF BONES, AND CAUSED ME TO PASS BY THEM ROUND ABOUT: AND, BEHOLD, THERE WERE VERY MANY IN THE OPEN VALLEY; AND, LO, THEY WERE VERY DRY.
AND HE SAID UNTO ME, SON OF MAN, CAN THESE BONES LIVE? AND I ANSWERED, O LORD GOD, THOU KNOWEST.
Ezekiel was a young Holy Prophet sent to prophesy the will and purpose of God unto the children of Israel even during a time of captivity because of their disobedience and iniquity. The Spirit of God came upon Ezekiel with the weight of His glory. Ezekiel knew it was the hand of God upon him. He was carried in the spirit realm and placed in a valley of bones.
Sometimes we see all sorts of spiritual situations around us. The situations can seem so dead. Financial situations, job loss, an unpleasant report from the doctor. When we behold with our natural eyes, situations can seem to be hopeless. The natural seems to be an impossible situation.
The Lord wanted Ezekiel to look around him. In the valley there were many people that had died; not a few. They were slaughtered. These things he saw spiritually. They had died and their bones had been very dry. Meaning there was no spirit.
The Lord communicated with his prophet. He seeks advice and counsel from His chosen ones. He desires fellowship with his children after asking Ezekiel to consider the situation, the Lord plainly asked him if he believed the bones could live. Ezekiel answered the Lord saying, thou knowest.
The prophets are the mouth of God, and they speak what thus saith the Lord. They do not speak on their own will or authority. They must speak what thus saith the Lord. By His Holy Spirit we speak those things that be not as though they were.
The Lord desires for us to be in unity with Him by His Spirit. He is willing to know what we think about things because He calls us friends. He considers our opinion when we trust him and desire to walk after His Spirit.
The prophet put the situation in the Lord’s hands and the Lord then instructed the prophet to prophesy to the dry bones, and say unto them, O’ ye dry bones, hear the Word of the Lord.
He commanded the prophet to speak to the situation/circumstance. He commanded the bones, first to hear. Hear what thus saith the Lord. There comes a point in time when we must stop giving heed to what the enemy is telling us about situations and hear what the Lord has to say. Let His Word reign in authority over our lives. He restored the hearing first and then restored life in Him.
We must lay aside every weight and sin and place it at the feet of Jesus Christ. He has the final say with situations and circumstances. He is the author and finisher of our faith. He is the first and the last. He is the originator of all things. He who began a good work in you will perform it until the day of Christ Jesus. All things have been created for Him and by Him. Trust the Lord with our whole heart and stand tall on our most Holy faith.
 

​ REVELATION 3:14 STUDY GUIDE NOTES CHURCH OF LAODICEANS
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
The Spirit of God mentions the Lord as the amen to mean the end result “so be it”. He is speaking through the spirit of faithfulness and truth to this church because this church refuses to make a true commitment to the Most High. They have a form of godliness, yet they deny the Power of God. They say with their mouths that they love the Lord and are called by his name, but with their actions, their hearts are far from him.
I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
This church cannot make a decision to choose Jesus Christ as their Savior and to trust him no matter the situation or circumstance. They are partly worldly not willing to surrender completely to do what thus saith the Lord. The Word said that we cannot serve two masters. We cannot serve God and the world. We will love the one and hate the other. Be servants of Christ only. He said come all who labor and are heavy laden for his yoke is easy and his burden is light.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.
With actions of unbelief and doubt we begin to operate on our own authority. It is fleshly. The worldly church of Christianity operates on a system of money, power, and respect. They operate based on prestige. The walk in the wisdom of the world and store up treasures on Earth. It has become sensual and demonic. In their hearts they say their rich by what they have built up for themselves in the flesh and on outward appearance. They feel like they have “arrived”. However, spiritually they are bankrupt. They are lacking Fruits of the Spirit and true purified love of God that covers a multitude of sins. They are spiritually blinded to see that they need the Holy Spirit to complete them and refine them with fire to cleanse them from the inside-out. They need joy and peace that comes with the Prince of Peace. They buy things (covetous practices) just because of the lusts of the flesh, but the Lord by His Spirit says to come buy of him gold tried in the fire. Come get purified and transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may be spiritually rich and have treasures stored up in Heaven. Spiritual treasures where no thief nor robber can take or where rust nor moth can corrupt. His Spirit gives good gifts that are incorruptible.
Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they be red as crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.
He said he would give white raiment though our sins be as crimson. The blood of Jesus cleans and makes us white as snow. The white raiment is “proper attire” for the wedding.
Matthew 22:9
Go ye therefore unto the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. And when the King came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not own a wedding garment. And he saith unto him, friend, how camest thou hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
We must be covered by the Holy Sprit to be kept and to endure these perilous times. He is our righteousness. He will shield and clothe us so that our shame does not appear on the day of visitation.
Matthew 13:13-15
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith; by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this peoples heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
For these reasons the Lord Jesus is compelling his church to anoint their eyes so that they may really see spiritually what his will is and be complete in him before he returns for his church. He also compels us to get our heart right because the heart has us act on what we see and hear. If our heart is not in line with the Spirit of God, then we don’t perceive what the Lord is spiritually attempting to reveal to his chosen. Thus is his statement fulfilled in 1 Corinthians 2:9.
But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
These things are given by the Spirit of God and we compare spiritual with spiritual.
II Corinthians 4:1-5
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the Word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not; lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake.
This church has one foot in the world and one foot out and because of their indecisiveness the Lord uses Paul in his letter to the Corinthians to speak the Word concerning this ministry. He shares that the Lord has been merciful in given a ministry and commands that we faint not. Do not give in to the cares of the world. Do not faint at the trials and tests. Do not faint and think it a shame to suffer for the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
 We don’t want to handle the Word deceitful or with craftiness in order to gain the respect and approval of man. We don’t need to add to or take away from the true Word of God to meet the standards of the religious sector. He shared that those that do this deceive their own selves and are blind. They hide their light to those that are lost when in fact they are supposed to use the light to compel men and women to come to the Lord Jesus Christ. They preach prosperity messages and feed into the world system falsehood message theory of money, power, and respect. They run church like a business, and they refuse to allow the Holy Spirit to do the works. We should surrender completely and overcome the falsehood, deception, and covetous practices.
II Corinthians 5:2-3
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from Heaven. If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
The Lord has made us a house us a house unto him, a house not made with hands. Our spirit man has a great desire with earnestness of Spirit to be clothed upon and to be accepted of him. There is more required of us. We must present ourselves a living sacrifice unto the Lord, holy and acceptable that we may be without spot or wrinkle and blameless at the Lord’s coming.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock: If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Hear what the Spirit of the Lord has to say. Despise not the chastening of the Lord. He corrects those he loves so that they may understand and perceive what the will of the Lord is. Blessed is the man who is not offended in him. He desires that we all come to the knowledge of him and repent. The Lord is a gentleman. He will not force himself upon us. He loves us so much that he is willing to do whatever necessary to “by all means save some”. He looks past our faults to meet our needs. Though we are wretched we are greatly in need of his righteousness. Therefore, He knocks at the doors of our heart with hope that we will receive him forever. Many are called, but few are chosen. His sheep know his voice and are known of him. He says those who receive him will sup with him. If you sup with him. You will eat of the whole loaf. We will not take pieces and deny the Power of God.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
It is interesting that the Lord mentions that to him that overcometh he will allow them to sit in his throne because those within this particular church are attempting to build their own kingdom with their actions. These are the mega church go-ers and the private jet-setters that often want to be seen and heard of men. However, Jesus said we must overcome and we will share the throne with him and the Father.

​Jeremiah 15:1
Then said the Lord unto me, though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Ezekiel 14:14
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.
It is necessary to mention these scriptures in hopes that I could persuaded the men and women who are called by the name of the Lord Jesus to humble themselves and surrender while there is still a chance. The spiritual situation at the time the Lord used his prophets to speak this word was wrath provoking. The Lord warned numerous times to repent and return. He told them that they would be carried away captive because of their iniquity and abominations so there was a famine in the land and a troubling time. The Lord spoke through the mouth of Ezekiel and pleaded for repentance because of the idolatry and iniquity of the people. Though we may not have erected idols in the natural we have heaped to ourselves spiritual idols. Even self-righteousness is a form of idolatry in the sight of God. We give half-hearted praise and half-hearted trust. We trust in our own ability while doubting the ability of the Most High. In doing so, we have put the enemy up and trampled the Word of God in our hearts. With our actions of unbelief have we done these things. With pride beating upon our chests, we have gone forth making programs, changing laws, and putting reformers in place without seeking for the council of the Most High. Therefore, the Lord said he would visit us for our iniquities and transgressions. Though Samuel and Moses stood before him they would not be able to change the mind of God to repent from his anger toward his people. The Lord mentions both Samuel and Moses because they were the mouth of God toward the children of Israel, and they knew how to get to the heart of God through prayer and interceding on behalf of the children to avoid the wrath of God coming upon them. Samuel pleaded with the children while they sought to be like the heathen asking for an earthly king instead of the Spirit of God. Moses also gave the instructions to the children of God and pleaded wit them in the midst of their stiff-necked and unbelief to surrender completely to God. He stood between life and death to intercede for them. These men had a passionate pursuit after God’s own heart to move him for favor, grace, mercy, and longsuffering towards his chosen people. It is imperative to seek after the Lord for leadership and guidance to do his will and purpose his way. We cannot go on our own will and lean toward our own understanding to do what’s easy and comfortable. There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end is destruction. Think on the lives of Noah, Daniel, and Job. Noah had a ministry of obedience. He had a simple mission to build the ark of safety and do righteousness. Job, though surrounded by friends who questioned his righteousness and faithfulness to the Most High he maintained his integrity and trust in the Lord. Then the Lord told his friends to repent, and Job would pray for them. Daniel who was placed in the midst of wickedness and idolatry amongst the children of captivity chose to maintain a life of passionate pursuit and fervent prayer to the Most High. #pray #seek #fight

II Corinthians 12:14
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
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As we seek to come into the unity of the faith, it is necessary to mention that children must be covered and protected. This generation is a rather perverted and backward generation if you haven’t already seen it with your own eyes. Through covetous practices many are being deceived who have been once established firmly on the foundation of faith. It is needful that we recognize as many people are building and setting aside for things we consider to be inheritance and the such that we understand that parents store up for the children. This is not just the things concerning the flesh but those concerning that of the Spirit.
Jesus stated that He has gone to prepare a place for us and that if it were not so he would not have told us. We, too, ought to store up for the children. The spiritual treasures concerning the faith which are the gifts and fruits of the spirit. How can we have an expectation of godliness if it is not sown into the children. We must teach them that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus. We must teach them to be servants. We must teach them the ways of holiness so that they have righteous expectations and fear the Lord with their whole heart. We see all around us day after day how the world continues to spin and grow evil, but we stand on the sidelines and behold and spectate as if we do not have a responsibility to give the word and establish them with righteous values. If we don’t do the work, who will? We cannot expect a righteous harvest without faithfully do the work to plant and sow on good ground. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word. If don’t want our children to walk in the character of man, we must teach them the difference between the lusts of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit. How can they have treasures stored up in heavenly places if we don’t? We, too, must seek after the Holy Spirit and walk therein. The lord stated, “Be ye Holy, for I am Holy.” The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few. No one wants to do the work anymore, but they do want the reward. This is what the Lord means by perverted and untoward generation. If we don’t do the work, we are contributing to the falsehood that we have been attempting to avoid. We must teach that the love of God is to be treasured and that we must let our light shine because if our gospel is hid it is hid to them that are lost. Also, our children aren’t our meal ticket. We shouldn’t be sitting there hoping that they take care of us. There is a spiritual order of things, just as the world has rules and laws. There are heavenly ordinances. The ordinance starts with faith an obedience to do the will and purpose of the Lord. The blessings trickle downward from the righteous head. Unfortunately, it is needful to state these truths for many will give up a child in a minute if it meant them receiving a blessing and therein is the covetous practices that the Lord Jesus has warned us of and stated for us to flee from lest we be subject to the second death. He said in the last days there will be perilous times and that many of our foes would be of our own household because of such things including failure to surrender to the will and purpose of Christ. The Lord stated that He came, and He laid down His life. We, too, must love Him enough to lay down our flesh to walk after the Spirit of Truth. Let us eat the whole loaf of the Word and not just be hearers and denying the power of God. Watch and pray. Repent. Seek for His Holy Spirit. Let us take heed those who think they stand lest they fall. Be not weary in well doing knowing that we shall reap if we faint not.
Matthew 6:19-21
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.