Into The Depth Youth Ministry: Recent Episodes
William H Fix Jr
A few days been quietly pondering and having an anguish over different leaders telling me I’m not qualified to serve but not using legitimate biblical passages. Recalling the passages in James about not respecting persons, and 1 Samuel 16, 2 Corinthians 10, about we look at someone per the flesh but God looks at the heart, plus others.
For decades, much of the western Christianity, has been using very secular and fleshly bible interpretation techniques, instead the biblical way, by and through The Holy Spirit.
In prayer, heard through The Word of God these words.
A continuation of the last lesson, only going through most of the same verses with a few examples of sins plaguing the American churches in our day.
Starting base is Revelation 2:5.
It is the unction of The Holy Spirit who has given many this warning and especially for our day and it both grieves God and in knowing there are many “churches/ministries/people” running running around our nation acting under Matthew 12:43-45 and 1 Samuel 16:14 did.
Many times in The Word of God, the word, women/woman, is figurative and not just physical (literal).
Figuratively women is representative of the bride of Christ Jesus.
Note this passage is saying they want to be called by The Lord’s name, but continue living and doing what they always been doing.
Most all folks who attend churches each week, even on multiple days perhaps, across America are actually sinning against God because we’ve become too much like Martha and not enough like Mary, in our church service preparations, even our lame prayer times. Jesus calls us to spend more time being like Mary, which will lead to being obedient in the works during the Martha times.
Recalling the worldly line “blowing smoke” or blowing sunshine up another’s _____” has been done by preachers to give soft words to church members to keep them seeking money, to tithe more and keep them happy and contented with this world and to keep them from growing in Jesus Christ
Back in mid-2021, while studying Isaiah, arrived at chapter 45, verse 3, and prompted by The Holy Spirit to do this study and know him more. There are a number of passages was shown; however, the highlights are as follows:
John 3:19-20, Daniel 2:22, Songs 2:14, 1 Kings 9-18, Matthew 14:23, Galatians 1:15-2:2, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 10:27 & Luke 12:3, Proverbs 2:4, Psalm 143:8.
However the greatest blessing: Growing in the knowledge and intimacy of God In Christ Jesus by The Power of The Holy Spirit.
While in prayer one morning back on 9/10/21, heard this awesome lesson and reminder by The Holy Spirit.
While studying Jeremiah 17, was reminded by The Holy Spirit of this. Also see Psalm 145, Judges, and all 7 world kingdoms (Egypt - Antichrist’s soon coming kingdom.) and Romans 8:5.
Studying the Deuteronomy passages and prior men of God sermons we understand how The Lord used them to deliver his warning and judgement to bring us to repentance so we’re made right with him after we stray.
Hearing recent media take on cdc announcement for covid vaccine recipients and led by The Spirit of Jesus to 1 John.
Enter most every church building in America and speak with the members and most will speak like they look forward to the 1,000 reign on this earth with Jesus, while few (if any desire the new Heaven and new earth. Because most have left their first love.
The Lord through his servant Jude, commands us all to be contending for the faith and realistically the only way this is done is, like Our Lord Jesus Christ did, is to go outside the traditional church buildings (the marketplace, work place, etc. with the preaching His message: repent and believe and sharing his testimony for each of us. There’s nothing in scripture which says invite someone to church, or we are protected by any human made building. Church members been asleep at the wheel, foolishly thinking The Lord does not have anything for each of us to do, after the being saved by faith by his grace.
As every prophet, obedient to The Lord Jesus, first learns to know and hear His voice by and through His Word and is revealed, a portion what The Lord is watching all humanity is doing, both good and evil and will, in His time, will speak to His chosen people what exactly to speak to the people under their watch. Chapter 8 is one such example. And as fellow believers in Christ Jesus, we should be sitting quietly before The Lord asking for internal cleansing and revealing what The Lord is seeing in our life which is displeasing to him. These words are what The Lord has allowed me to see and hear.
As I was meditating this morning on Isaiah 33, he spoke the following to and is speaking to others through this.
It was very encouraging but also highly convicting.
God is love however he will Never love sin and rebellion, especially in any part of his body. He will remove it always.
Allow The Holy Spirit to use a Broken down, old, tired vessel such as me to expound his response to rebellion, which is sin.
God will always refine those who are his in his furnace to transform us in his son Jesus.
Where is the pasture the Lord Jesus has placed you and are going in and going out in Jesus or just go in and become comfortable?
This post is more a discipleship teaching, possibly prophetic (though I make NO claim to this area as I make NO claim to have a gift of prophecy!!!)
But rather, if we’re listening in prayer and not just running our mouth before The Lord God, we’ll learn who He is, and how he always warns us when we go astray, how he utilized different people and items to get our attention.
There are several passages, all used in context, to speak what I confidently believe is wanting to communicate to us.
These areas are not limited to what God wrote in his word, but limited by this human vessel of my body. There may be more detail coming; however, I suggest all to set their hearts and ears to have ears to hear?
Beginning in Matthew 9, and moving through Spirit of God led passages revealing genuine compassion, we’ll learn which is from The Lord and what is from the god of this world to distract us from preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ
There’s been much Mis- teaching regarding this passage and prayer and by The Holy Spirit and diligent study heard The Lord provide clarity.
First, please forgive for the soft tones and blank at the beginning, this was recorded while driving to my “tent making” work.
I hope and pray no one is so lost and becoming apostate as to desire for just messages and sermons which tickle the flesh, but rather only those messages from Godly men who are growing in the wisdom and knowledge of Christ Jesus. Be encouraged and strengthened in your walk with Jesus through this testimony of Christ Jesus.
Based on Ezekiel 18, however to practice justice, we must understand what righteousness is first.
There are a couple items in the beginning which would be a reproving or rebuking for those in error, unrelated to the original lesson. Allow The Spirit of God to give you discernment and ears to hear what He is saying.
This lesson is something which is no longer taught in main stream churches today; however, as The Lord expounded his word regarding this topic, it became clear.
As Jesus laid down His will to The Father, we are supposed to do the very same thing with each new day.
Other passages beyond the focus one mentioned was in 1 Peter 2, Psalm 37:4
Do not know when too many in America went astray and ceased worshipping the creator-God and turned to worshipping the creation, but every time we only desire to make memories of military personnel, and those who served just America before honoring, thanking God who created all of us, we are like those who actually worship those personnel. This is a form of idolatry, which is sin, rebellion, blasphemy before Almighty God. Let us worship and remember all that God through Jesus Christ did for us, which are giving us our true freedom.
So many today call different things perfect: a day, a date, a house, a car, a job, etc. however a legitimate study of the Bible, which is the way to know God and The Lord Jesus Christ will uncover Jesus is the only thing and only person who is perfect.
Based on 1 chronicles 17:5-6 But many other passages.
Following Jesus has never been about building a building but rather making disciples.
Ecclesiastes And the temptation of Satan to Eve In Genesis 3, and 1 John 2 and Matthew/Luke 4 all point to the fallacy of fleshly living vs living by The Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2 regarding the warning to the church Of Ephesus regarding their leaving their first love. It’s totally applicable to Ian today and very much occurring in record numbers.
As Peter was being a hypocrite regarding the gentiles and Jewish people in the key Galatians passage, many today who profess to be Christians do the same thing by thinking we can live like the world and actually win the lost to Christ Jesus.
John 4 and 5 teach us who testimony verifies who Jesus Christ is and who does the speaking. It confirms he is God and was sent from God The Father.
When we are born again, Saved, we are given a testimony of who Jesus is and how he has changed us and continue to change is every day. Jesus’ testimony of who we are in him verifies we are his.
God send Paul to Ephesians in Acts 19, called their elders to him in Acts 20, was told to send a entire letter to them, yet God later had to have John send a letter of warning to repent in Revelation 2.
Have you left your first love yet still trying to do works for God
True followers of Jesus Christ actually will lose friends and not gain them, and primarily those who attend church services every week will be those who hate us. We see this with all the prophets of old, with all 11 disciples, with Paul and I, also, experienced this. We have many friends when we just attend church and be good little boys and girls, doing our religious works, but let us genuinely come to Jesus Christ and begin learning and listening for and to his voice and we will be ignored, pushed aside.
The more we grow in the grace and wisdom and knowledge of God through The Lord Jesus Christ, we learn to see what the true deceptions are on this Earth and why we’re told this Earth and all its stuff are passing away, and more awesome is we should be better learning to recognize Jesus’ voice and learn to fully obey him.
Approximately a week ago, The Lord began teaching me and showing me who Pharaoh in Exodus was, like a form of Satan and his angels and the lost who serving Satan.
It’s confirmation that Pastor Carter Conlon of Times Square Church November newsletter was on this very topic.
All praise and glory to The Lord Jesus Christ.
The letter of 1 Corinthians is a correcting letter to that body of Jesus Christ in Corinth and is still for us today.
Chapter 12 is how God sets up his body and where he places us in every city, town, nation, etc.
He is the only 1 who assigns gifts to us and it is up to his appointed leaders over each portion of his body in any specific location to welcome his newest member he places there and immediately seek God’s face (and voice) as to what gift or gifts they have and how he wants them to serve there.
However, there are too many leaders today who’ve become like the priest Eli did in 1 Samual 2 and 3 and stop listening to God.
This message is a warning to some of y’all not from myself but from The Lord to Just repent and confess.
Many People today have fallen prey to false bible teaching regarding to what 1 Corinthians 13 love actually means. They think it means to make claim any one can enter Heaven even though they still Practice sin in their life. They believe people do not have to believe and receive the work of Jesus Christ fulfilled on the cross, the grace and the resurrection.
A message The Lord laid on my heart about a year ago, regarding the difference between religion vs true followers (believers in Jesus Christ.J
There were religious leaders in place during Jesus 33 years, 3 of which was his direct ministry- on this Earth who God knew were only teaching people God is approved only with external features. This is totally false. They did the same thing regarding the temple building, even the tombs of the dead.
Well, the same things are being taught and practiced in our day, today.
Starting in Genesis and Exodus, we notice how Pharaoh eventually changed the Israelites' talents from shepherds to brick makers in order to suit his needs.
How many employers and unfortunately, church leaders, are doing this today?
There will be several scriptural references and definitions from Strong's; therefore, I ask you to listen closely in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
The use and teaching of debt, today, has become so twisted in many church organizations and this lesson, I hope and pray, will correct this demonic teaching so we all can live for the fulness of Jesus Christ.
This lesson, topic, has become extremely controversial today, in more so because sound preachers do not really desire to give complete bible teaching which only comes from sitting before The Lord God daily; rather desire to fill seats instead of making disciples of The Lord Jesus Christ.
However, another reason for the differences of beliefs is because of the increase for demonic examples of it.
In actually studying the word Tongue, came up with 50 times of Strong's G1100.
G1100 means the tone, by implication, a language, specifically one naturally unacquired.
A warning to many in this world today. We need to be careful how we live before The Lord God. In the old testament, there were many lessons against harlotry, which is how we go pursuing idols is the same as going to a street corner in some cities to do nothing but pick up a prostitute and by going after such idols, God says we both act like those whores and rather choose them instead of God, himself.
Follow along as what I hope and prayer I was so led to both receive this warning, but also to share with each of you.
Prayer is the two way communication between God and the believer in Christ Jesus. However, the prayer of salvation prayer of the unbeliever will be heard AND listened to.
The word prayer is mentioned 114 times in King James Version. Four different words in Strong's: H8605, G435, G1162, and G2171. The definition ranges from Intercession, supplications, to Worship, , A Petition to God.
I received this lesson, both for myself, and for each of you to encourage, to teach, to remind and perhaps correct some, while studying Experiencing God bible study.
The following scripture references are mentioned: Psalm 34:15-16; Hebrews 4:16; Isaiah 6:1-5; Mark 2:3-5, 9-12
We have read and heard a plethora of bible studies and sermons on the fruits of The Spirit of God; however, we've not heard many on the accurate teaching on it. It is my hope and prayer this short lesson
Paul in the shipwreck enroute to Rome helped the sailers; while Jonah in the wreck enroute to Tarsus nearly cause the sailers to perish?
There is only 1 primary voice we S children of God now% so why do so many still seek after worldly council.
When God chose Moses to deliver the Israelites from Egypt and as Jesus delivers us from our sin nature- we come out from the world and her ways and totally follow Jesus Christ and his way.
When we obey him- we’re looking forward we have no desire or time to look back at where we were brought out of%
We’re told in Hebrews the marriage bed can be defiled and the Corinthians 7 is known as the married chapter.
This lesson is coming from actual eye witness occurrences since having my spiritual eyes and ears.
When we are more than devoted to anything more than God, we will not receive the blessings he has for us.
When The Lord saves us, he begins our transformation process, making us more like Jesus. Since we are like God’s first born, he will either Bring us to a place like Egypt which is meant to bring about a deeper walk with him; however, we are never meant to remain there. Rather, when THE lord Jesus comes to lead us out, into a wilderness, is where we will see whether our salvation is genuine.... whether we fully trust him for his provision. Like the Israelites of the OT, when we see how difficult God’s wilderness is, we’ll be tempted to look at our Egypt’s and want to return. However, this is where we are reminded to keep our eyes and hearts are fixed on Jesus alone.
Among unbelievers, one may understand age discrimination because they are still children of the devil; however, when it happens in church ministry, that’s another can of worms which becomes willful sin against God which needs repentance and confession.
There’s many false teachers in this world that get people to think they are saved just by saying a prayer, when the Bible clearly says we must be born again.
Even more than when written, but 2 Timothy was told by God to write and warn About false preachers in the last days.
For as long as I’m able to remember, and I’m truly old (ha ha), I’ve witnessed many ministers mis-interpret genesis 2:24-26 by implying only husbands must leave (forget) their parents but wife don’t have to. The Lord brought me what this verses truly means and how both husband and wife must both honor their parents, in fact they both honor both sets.
We all grew up under a form of religious practice, one which makes the false claim that God only approves it if the human government approves it. However when God By and through and for The Lord Jesus Christ saves us and births himself into us by grace and mercy, we bone engaged to Jesus and long for our wedding day which is spoken of inRevelation19:7. However there are many ministers who have too comfortable in their position, in their growing ministries, that they ceased from seeing Jesus add more people to His body and, become engaged to him that they now seek for more to become and act like their engaged to their church ministries.
Ever since the garden of Eden, Satan been working to change the order of God’s creation from God....Adam (man).......Eve (woman.)
It’s unfortunate in our day, the last days, he has been successful in that families and households getting changed, work places, governments and finally has gotten himself planted into churches.
However he will never be able to get into The Lord’s true church...considering worldly folks use their eyes to discern churches and it’s becoming difficult to see any of the true church as we’re like sheep, get scared when wolves enter in and become settled too easily.
Since we’re in the true last days, more and more folks foolishly lash out at leaders, in general, however even more so against political leaders.
This none are given permission to do, ever.
When the apostile Paul was coming near to the end of his, physical, life on this earth, The Lord God placed on his heart (in his spirit) to write one of his children in the faith, a mentee as many call them today, Timothy, Who God told to place him over the church in Ephesus to pastor and lead according to what God taught and revealed through Paul. The Lord's charge to Timothy is what is documented in 2 Timothy 4, which is to keep preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ...everywhere and to everyone, all the time, whether in season or out of season. He, and us, are never to "wait for the right time" as so many lukewarm, if even born again, believers so foolishly teach today. The greek word for preach is to herald, a public crier. for those in the northeast, think Paul Revere regarding the british attack...he just rode all around the city warning people, didn't wait to get permission, never knocked on doors, didn't care what "law enforcement officials, or military officials" may have said (uh, i'm old but not quite that old..lol). My question to all of us (very much including myself): Jesus is coming so, so why are we wasting time making money to live on this earth and NOT shouting repent and believe in The Lord Jesus Christ?
the greek words, in season mean opportunity and out of season, inopportune.
in a day when most of those living on this earth just want to live for self, instead of surrending to God through Jesus Christ, it is become hard pressed to find true, biblically, absolute sound doctrine. There is so much compromise in so called churches and ministries. However there is one thing a geniune christian should know: in the true church of Jesus Christ...there is NO compromise.
We have all sinned against God by going into debt to buy, or get, something we wanted so bad, that refuse to wait on The Lord's timing. When former brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus (say former because their temporary ministry work is done, and they are home with The Lord awaiting the rest of us.) Any debt is just a tool which the prince of this world, always uses to bind us to both a single location, a single material possession, etc. Jesus sets free while Satan binds to steal, kill and destroy us for all eternity and he uses all earthly things and works to do so, as these things are just this: temporary.
What has The Lord God told you to do, but you are rebelling because you fear a human being instead of fearing God? (aka you trust other humans but do not trust God)
When God says through Peter in 1 Peter that judgement begins in the house of God, he means he first looks at us. For we are his body.
Once he first saves us, he beings his pruning and transformation process to pull out of us all that is not pleasing to him. Any parent should want this in their fleshly children, and God being totally holy, wants and expects with us even more so.
2 Timothy speaks of what we’re seeing all around us. However God’s is still to be adhere to and obeyed. What is The Lord wanting to remove you from right now?
Once we come to Jesus we have two choices we continue to walk by the flesh or by the Spirit of God. galatians 6:6-7 speaks on this.
The death of a loved one, and even the looming death of ourself, is imminent and whether we have chosen to believe in Jesus Christ and know him or not, we’ll face it one day.
Such passages as: Ecclesiastes 3:2, or James 4:14, or 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 and many others are there to encourage us and be ready to meet The Lord at any moment. The absolute truth that we all will face the moment of death is not to discourage us, rather encourage us to surrender to God through Jesus Christ and his finished work st Calvary, the grace and his resurrection today and grow in intimacy with God through Christ. Have you obeyed Romans 10:9-10 yet? Please do so right now?!
As believers in Christ Jesus we’re all commanded to go to others proclaiming the gospel and to serve others. There’s many passages regarding this but recently was meditating on him and believe he gave me this.
According to 1 Peter 5, we're to be on alert always as our enemy, who is Satan, because he is always seeking to devour and kill us so we can't proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
However, what about the lukewarm believers who refuse to speak the gospel? Does the enemy still strike? I'll attempt to take a look at a few examples letting God teach us regarding this
We, as professing Christians, have been mis-taught what it mean to be a Christian, which actually means we are commanded to follow Jesus Christ and that He is Lord and God, not us and The Lord God's plan is the only plan we need to be embracing.
I pray God though Jesus Christ by The Holy Spirit so move both upon you and within, softening your heart and soul to the point of surrending to Jesus' work of salvation as the ONLY way to life eternal. In Jesus' name. Amen
Too many prior bible teachers have missed the mark regarding the proper instruction of Proverbs 18:22 causing many to believe the man is to spend all his time and resources into finding the wife when, just reading the words of this verse in the context of all the Bible, it's not what isThe Lord has. Wen saying.
Matthew 23:13 Luke 11:52 John 7:46-52 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Who locked the door of the church? Jesus is knocking on the door, but no one's letting him in. Are you dwelling in The Lord Jesus Christ as the bible speaks of or are you dwelling in a building? Are you a mocker?
As believers in Christ Jesus, were supposed to ALWAYS be the vessel which brings blessings to both other believers and unbelievers. However, sometimes we make a major mistake and allow an oppression of the world to come through our actions. But praise God, we are able to quickly repent when checked.
The scripture basis: Deauteronomy 24:12-22,m with an emphasis on verse 14.
Why would we want to rebel against the only true and living God. We don't fully understand the way God transforms us into The Lord's image, however we're told to trust him, always and when we struggle with this, then we will move away from him a bit, to go our own way. Unfortunately this is rebellion. He does know how to bring us back, by His Spirit, chastening us. However, the hardening comes when we keep ignoring God's Spirit. If we keep ignoring his chastening and correction, he will harden our hearts, until we either repent before him or will be completely like stone with no turning back.
2 kings 6:15-17, exodus 23:8, 1 john 2:11, matthew 15:14, john 9:25, isaiah 42:7, Isaiah 56:10, ephesians 2:2, john 8:44, 2 corinthians 4:4.
the beginning of our work for The Lord Jesus Christ is the pray that by His Spirit, he soften the hearts and souls of the lost, or those in rebellion, and their eyes to become opened to see their sole need for himself. Then as we pray, which actually means, we do more listening than speaking, we will hear how he will use us to speak the gospel at the correct time, as either seed waterers or seed planters.
John 2. Matthew 21. Psalm 69:9. Philippians 3:6. Romans 10:2.
zeal=g2205 and g2204. properly heated. jealousy as a husband for his wife, as God is with us. Malice is the worse kind of jealousy. A boiling fire stirring within us.
When God removes his Spirit from a building, temple, it is dead. Churches closing across the nation.
the first temple we need to care for is our earthly bodies. Flee from sin, watch over our eyes.
the rich young ruler had a zeal for many things, much money, but not towards God.
What is your zeal?
Proverbs 21:22. 2 Corinthians 10:4-7.
Wise man scales down.......
what are you placing before God?
Galatians, chapters 1 and 2
Starting passage: 1:14
What is your testimony in Christ Jesus?
In Matthew 7:3-5, Jesus corrected many for improper judging. In other areas of the new testament, we are required to go to a brother and/or sister who is straying from the narrow way. We're actually going in love, not judgement, and we are to go one on one first.
What these verses are speaking about, would be those who are caught up in the same, or similar, sin as those intending to judge. We're not able to do this, before Jesus has not pruned us of those areas from our own lives. This is for a testimony to Jesus Christ, and his love, delivering power, healing power, and provider. And until he does this, we're not seeing clearly ourselves.
I've not only foolishly done this, but witness in many places across our nation, too many, and at every level of leadership doing it.
Consider this: If we're still mis-judging others improperly, all those under us will see this and think God approves it, which he does NOT.
The rest of this short message for all of us, has to do with those who claim to no longer be sinners because of the blood of Jesus. Check out 1 John 1:8-10 for what God has to say?
When Jesus commands us not to put any bushel (the same as a covering, or lampshade, ) over his light which is now in us, as we are also to be in him, he means it. In Matthew 5:14-16, is where we are told this. We were not saved by ANY church organization, rather by The Light, who is Christ Jesus. Somewhere in the past, we lost our way in this nation and made it about the 501-c-3, or the "organization of church" as a business entity, and too many are no longer being the lampstands we're supposed to be.
Check out Revelation 2:5 for a warning against covering up the light of Jesus?
So, be encouraged by these words The Lord Jesus prompted me to share with you, repent if he prompts you to, and let his light shine through you once again.
I love and by The Spirit of God, know I'm praying for ya'll often.
bill
In the old testament, unjust gain was primarily the charging of usury, which is the same thing as charging interest rates on money loaned.
Today, it is anything which adds a profit making cost to a fixed selling price, which includes a fair profit and all cost of doing business. Similar to interest and it is being done under the power of the great harlot, best described in Revelation 17.
This is example regards a construction zone and the demonic way they are set up, way outside the actual work zone and only created to attempt to, falsely, bring more money to the state through way of the fines being doubled within the zone.
Humans correct, very close to the way Satan does, which is by public humiliation. Check out when any pastor, elder, etc., messes up. The media is all of them.
However, as in Matthew 7, Job 36:10, Proverbs 19:18, Revelation 3:19, and many others, God never does this.
He starts with any leader, going into a closed-like door, one on one with the sinning party, and reveals to them where they went wrong, prayers with them, & works out repentance and correction. Then, if the offending refuses to listen to the leader, another 1 or 2 people are brought in, to discuss correction. then, if still doesn't listen, then they are brought before the group, and if no recourse, then they are shown the door.
However, too many church institutions today, bring an offending before the whole group (yes, gang style of backing that person into a corner, and do this to a homicidal killer or pit bull and their nature is to come out fighting. There is zero love in this scenario.
all of our lives here on this earth will depend on whether we fully trust in God through Jesus Christ and in the value of his Word or not. A part of this, is seeking and gaining counsel at different tiimes. It is a part of disciplemaking. Now, we should all be learning by now that Godly counsel will ONLY come through his word and should have NO personal opinions within it.
Other verses which were provided by God to me in teaching on this subject include:
Proverbs 24:6,. 27:9, 27:17, The total context for the Galatians verses is 1:11-2:2.
Titus 2:11-13
1 kings 3:9
Revelations 1:4, 3:1
1 kings 12:6-9
1 Timothy 1:3-7
2 timothy 4:2-4
All through the bible, we should be seeing that the body of Jesus Christ, is not governmentally approved institutions, rather it is a living being. It is to be Jesus Christ. Church was never intended to be a building, but living. check out 1 Peter 1 where we are told we are as living stones, being built by Jesus Christ. Even Daniel saw it, God building the body of Jesus Christ, not with flesh and blood, but by his flesh and by his shed blood for our sin nature. So why are we still trying to foolishly think we can build his body, with our hands? Why are we still following man/woman instead of God? Why are we still doing things to please man/woman, before God?
Why are we still living by the week or month? From paycheck to paycheck. Why do we not fully give our all to Jesus Christ each day, beginning by spending quiet time with him each morning and ending the day with quiet praise and worship of him for who he is.
the only way the religious leaders and the governmental leaders were able to try and convict Jesus Christ was by the testimony of false witnesses. And as Jesus told us, and still applies today, is that we are not above him, what they did to him, they will do to us.
Now we ALL mess up and will have to suffer some form of punishment for it, but it is never unto spiritual death, as when we are rebuked by The Spirit of God by any means he deems necessary and tearfully ask forgiveness, we are forgiven. Yet, there should be many things we are accused of which is not right in God's eyes, that we did it per God's instructions, yet those still of the world will try and condemn us for....unless we are compromising His word.
As we should be noticing in these passages, the 4 friends as the bible calls them, had already heard about Jesus Christ and to believe in him for salvation, knowing by The Spirit of God, that he is the son of God, knew they had to bring the lost to him also. Their compassion for their lost and physically sick friend was so strong, that nothing was going to stand in the way.
An application question here for us all, would be:
Are you so compassionate for your family, friends, and the lost in general, that you are doing anything necessary to bring them to Jesus Christ...first in prayer, then introducing them to him, through his living within and through you?
Do we all notice that a physical structure is NOT required for salvation? However, the coming together as believers to worship God, corporately is required.
Through out all of our life, we have boundaries. They can be both good or bad.
They are bad, when they are restrictive and only evil persons, not yet saved or not practicing Christians, will enforce them. These would be fall under the category of slavery or bondage. The enemy, when he was our eternal father before we came to believe in Jesus Christ and received his free gift of Grace.
The good ones are for our safety and well being. Examples would be speed limits, they are meant to keep us from going so fast that when we crash, this short life will be over.
God has boundaries also and his are for our safety. His narrow path is his way of keeping us away from Hell and to get on this path is to genuinely believing in The Lord Jesus Christ and not just a fake prayer, but salvation from the heart.
If we go back to when God first got out attention, how our heart was touched so deeply, we knew that we knew it was God calling us into relationship and salvation with himself.
Well, this same Spirit of God is supposed to be within us, I use the word supposed in that there are still many sitting in churches in America who are not yet really saved and gives all of us who are saved his holy spirit. Not just for ourselves alone, but to reach through our submission to him alone, to draw others into himself.
We can squash this heart pricking when we are only going about to please men/women instead of fearing God alone.
So what are you speaking and living before others?
We are want to be good examples to those younger members under our charge and those who we run into on the street, in work, in school, in the n'hood.
But what kind of example do we project?
Are we truly desiring to reveal on The Lord Jesus Christ to them or just our good character which many are teaching today?
I'm not advocating that a good character is not important, but we depart from God's teachings when we only focus on putting on a front of good character before others instead of the transforming gospel of Jesus Christ at work within us. If our character is only being changed by man/woman, then we are just fakers. We are to let God reveal what he is burning out of us, before others, not for the sake of embarassment, rather to show how his power truly transforms us. It also shows his great love and mercy, in that he saves us and takes us just as we are, but he will NOT leave us like he found us, but transforms us into his image and not our own image.
All praise and honor and glory to him alone.
What does God really mean when he says he wrote a bill of divorce to Israel? he means he doesn't like their rebellion and sin against him, and he is letting the do anything in their own strength. Which, he proves through out the bible, this is impossible to be successful in this endeavor. They always came to the end of themselves, repenting before him. But, apart from the gospel: which clearly states that God loves enough to send Jesus to the cross, to suffer and die for our sins. Once and for all. That he died, was buried, and on the 3rd day, he rose again and 40 days later, ascended back to his throne in heaven. He is coming in the clouds for all believers in him. He will come to this earth one final time, but not for salvation, rather to judge and destroy all evil forever.
As for divorce: If the wedding was done in his sight (aka in a church, by a Christian minister), then God is their witness and it can not be broken. It was a covenant before God and he is all about covenants. Their not broken, except by death.
The American church, who have claimed by our profession to Jesus Christ, that we are as married to him; therefore, for all our divisions, compromising, etc., it's as if we've written divorce to God.
it is so easy today to do our own work, both in the ways of this world and even in the ministry of the church. but there is nothing in the bible which tells us to do our own thing, or where God sets us places of work here and there, but rather that we are all to be as one body in Jesus Christ. Now, he does send each of us to different places and man, when they willing choose to fully submit and obey God, is not able to dictate how and where we are to work, as long as we are fully doing the work of God through Jesus Christ.
But, look at the culture of this world: they have things (junk usually) because of who their parents are, or by how hard they work, or by how big their paycheck is and how much they saved (hoarded.) But God does not command us to act as such.
Jesus fully gave up himself for us and so where do we come across telling him we "can" only give this much or will only give that possession under our control if God's recipient does what I tell them to do? this is sin and disobedient to God.
So again, are you living in the work of Jesus Christ or man's work?
We are living in the time when the spirit of antichrist is strong upon those who are still earth dwellers and may know his time of his 3.5 years of leadership on this earth is near, and his workers of iniquity are busying trying to keep American believers in strongholds which are of the devil instead of fully enjoying God's stronghold of freedom and true life. Though this is never to be our home, we are commanded to be his lampstands on this earth.
As this government grows, so does the demand for total allegience to his ways and all force will be used to get us away from obeying God.
As you hear and listen to this short message from God as he gave it last year, I pray God give you listening ears and eyes and by his strength, to obey him and not man. In Jesus' name. Amen
The main lesson, but for myself and for y'all, would be the peace of God. As we will notice in God's word, he gives us 2 option, one where he is our peace and strength and the other where we become our own peace and strength. His leads to life and our own leads to death.
All through out his word and we are shown this everyday, through the life of our friends and family, who striving all day trying to do things per their own strength and live daily with a false sense of peace.
There are many scripture passages which are being mentioned here. But to the best of my limited ability, but instead, my full trust and obedience in hearing God regarding the main lesson, believe this message, not only for myself (ouch) but for most all of us, in this blessed nation of America we are temporarily living it.
Warning: God is doing some pruning here through his refining fire. Don't run as it is the only way, by the work of Jesus Christ on the cross to get into the kingdom of heaven. For we are not entering heaven looking like us, rather we will be like Jesus.
First Lesson: Recall Jonah didn't obey God to preach the gospel to the Ninevites because he was raised under the belief, since they were the enemies of Israel, then no Israelite were to associate and speak with them. Is this not the way we are still practice our priesthood as God's saints in America. We all need to hear and listen to God, today, and repent, and many need to go preach where God originally called us to go.
Lesson 2: Look around America and see the many church institutions we have? This is not necessarily good, but rather most were started because some had their feelings hurt by another member and instead of both parties humbling themselves before God, they split and went off and started churches. Have we not yet learned that, though we may still be serving God and he will bless our efforts, we are not able to receive all God has for us because of continuing dissensions among us. The question now before us is: Will we be man (or woman) enough to repent before God and seek forgiveness with our brother and/or sister?
It was interesting as God first gave me this lesson/message for, not just for myself, but I fully believe it is for yourself (if you are listening to this message and know The Lord Jesus Christ is your Lord AND Savior.)
The word stronghold, actually spelled out in the King James as strong hold, only came up 1 time in the new testament. In the OT, the summary of the definition is a dwelling place. This sort of became more clear to me, as God made it clear with the preparation study for this lesson, that truly what ever the stronghold which the devil, got us into, somewhere in our past, we have began to dwell there. It actually took root in our life, and only the work of Jesus Christ on the cross, showing God's awesome love, for you and I, is able to uproot us from it. However, these dwelling places can become so comfortable to us that we don't want to move away from it. But through passages such as Hebrews 12:24-26, God is also in the uprooting business and is the ONLY expert in it.
So, again, Let me ask you what dwelling is God trying to uproot from you?
luv ya, bill
When God gave me the last message for us, his bride and church in America, I had no hint that he would add to it in this message. When God speaks something to us by his Word (the bible), just one time, it is still important for us to listen and receive it. However, when he speaks something multiple times and by different people, we best be stopping in our tracks and listen clearly.
When we first become believers, genuine ones, he accepts us with all our baggage. But we are not to stay like this, over time, he will reveal things in us and of us, which are not of him and that which he will get rid of. This is called growing in the grace of God, moving from glory to glory.
Well, we have acquired too many materials things which we care more about than we do, learning about God himself. Stuff which will destroy us if we are not letting him prune and place in perspective.
So, look around at what greed has done to our country: we see empty factories, slum houses within our cities, political persons who try to hide those caught in the greed and now homeless, and those sitting in church pews, being deceived into thinking there are enough jobs for every man, and single woman, when there is not, because of greedy business owners who sold out their soul, if they were saved, and sold those employees, to get more money, which they will not spend in their life time and which they should be giving away to those in physical need.
So, Ask yourself, what is God showing you through all the desolations around you? What is he trying to get out of you?
1 lesson: Earthly storms will come into our lives for different reasons. The devil wants them to kill us before we get saved or before we complete God's ministry. God allows them to strengthen our faith in him and so all those around us, see his great love for us and for them, showing where our hope, trust and faith is in The Lord Jesus Christ alone. The devil will provide ways around the storm, but when God wants us to go somewhere, he may raise up a storm to get us there.
Other verses to study: psalm 107:29, mark 6:48.
- Our journey on this temporary earth, after receiving the grace and love of God, is meant to keep us on his straight and narrow path. Our choice: to obey him or to go about loud and crazy living, doing what we want with our money and possessions instead of to whom God wants them to go to. Are you like the Samaritan who didn't go thru life too fast as to miss the person who was attacked and got hurt or rather like the lost son who did what he wanted and looked at life instead of the giver of it and went everywhere for his purposes?
other verses to study: luke 15:13.
Other verses mentioned in this short lesson: 1 Samuel 3:2-3, Luke 24:32, Galatians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 10:33, Romans 8:28, John 12:43.
We have just one way to walk/live and this is the narrow way, God's way, thru the work of Jesus Christ on the cross and through his death, burial, resurrection and ascension back to his throne in heaven.
Everyday we are faced with the devil's temptation to either wake up and live per Man's/Woman's standards and requirements or God's.
God's transforming grace and mercy takes us from where we are, which is spiritually dead as sinners, and by his unconditional love, and brings us, on a daily basis, into his transformation, taking us from our former and dead image of self, into his glorious image. He never forces us, but rather by his love and our growing love for him and him alone, he moves us to make the correct decisions which bring him much glory and allows him to reveal himself through us, so others will be softened in their hearts and souls to call upon him for salvation and to begin this awesome journey towards salvation.
So, again, are you still trying to do the things your way or have you fully giving everything over to God's way?
luv yall bill
Other passages mentioned in this short message and lesson are: Romans 12:1-2, John 15:1-2, and Jeremiah 18:3-6.
The amazing thing of being a true believer in Jesus Christ is the way he shows himself to me, each day, in ways to grow us in our personal relationship. A personal relationship which is meant to lead us out wards to desiring more and more to tell others about him. Sort of the way a wife and husband are to brag about each other to the world.
But, to just say we are in a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ alone (meaning: no man or woman can lead this relationship for us. ), and to do good works in his name are not enough. God's purpose and plan is the grow us up into his image. Today, with much anguish of heart, we have slowly created a god who gives us stuff, or who make us into our image instead, or the worse one, perhaps: who will allow us to keep and move forward in our plans and goals instead of us.
Is this you? Then this message is for you, specifically and I pray in Jesus' name, that he correct you and lead you to repentance and may you continue to grow in your relationship with him as never before and may you serve him with only and all the fulness of his power. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Please Note, I did realize there was an error in my words, which I have confessed and repented of, and it was where I stated that some of the church of God will be left on this earth when he comes in the clouds for us. This is not correct. The true church of God, those who are born again, will all be taken away just prior to the 7 period of time for God's wrath to be poured out on this dying earth. Forgive me for this, but as I listened to this message again, this is all that God showed me was in error. Please forgive me and pray that I continue to desire to speak his truth and teach it accurately for his glory and your edification.
Sometimes God has to take us back to the beginning when we first met him, face to face, and called upon his name for salvation, to shake us loose from worldly things, people, teachings, etc., which are and will destroy us.
I believe this was an awesome time in my life in Christ Jesus, when he was doing just that.
We need to be reminded who we are in Christ, and where we are now seated. The purpose of reading and praying is not to get stuff from God, not to intercede on each other's behalf, nor to ask God to chasten one another, or even to bring down fire on someone because they failed to see or do things our way, but rather we are to keep each other lifted up and asking that God's will continue to be done and that he will speak to that person in their time of need. There are other things we pray for others, but the most important reason we should be praying is to know God and The Lord Jesus Christ. To grow in this knowledge and wisdom, is to walk obediently with him and in him and to do only what pleases him and to do exactly what he wants us to do, to say, and to whom he wants to speak to others.
This is called transformation.
If we want a god who gives us all we want, who we want, and does things our way, then the devil will be very helpful in this realm.
other verses which are mentioned in this message are: romans 12:1-2 2 timothy 2:15 john 3:3,5 john 15:2 ecclasiaetes 12:12
There are several different messages and applications for different people.
The main application point, I believe God would have us learn is to love him with all our being, is the love all of his words. they are not a burden to us, but the exact way we are to live out life on a daily basis.
Today in America and for, perhaps, the past 40 years or so, money has become our god, particularly in the church. For those still in the world, this is not surprising, but for those who claim they are believers (perhaps? they only know of Jesus and have not yet come to truly KNOW Jesus Christ?, only God knows this,) this is surprising. Listen and please, as God may lead to be obedient to correct me in an area. You are free to give your opinions and I will always take the time to read and/or listen, but if you correcting, only God will does this through the scriptures and not by opinion. luv yall. bill
This was placed on my heart and in my spirit by God 2 years ago and is still relevant. Not so much as a commandment of God, though there are commandments of his included here as lessons for all of us...more so, beginning with myself regarding the past 6 years, in the 7th year, but especially the past 3 years.
I thank you for your direct prayers, coming in agreement with those of The Lord Jesus Christ and may his grace even more abound to you and may he add to your eternal account in heaven much more beyond what any of ask, in Jesus' name. Amen
love yall bill
So many believers in America are still walking in their family's religion instead of stepping into a personal relationship with Jesus, for themselves. And because of this, we are seeing that same religion, but denying the power of God being done, still, in America.
So many times, preachers and bible scholars (according to man, but not always to God,) will get us to believe that we must do something, or perform some work in order to grow in our faith, when all which is necessary is to abide in Jesus Christ, as spoken in John 15:1-5, which truly means to abide in his work (the suffering & death on the cross, the burial, his resurrection and ascension back to his seat at the right hand of The Father.
the work of God in Christ Jesus is completed. It is the four phases of his work: the cross (cruxificion), his buriel, his resurrection 3 days later and his ascension and re-sitting upon his throne at the right hand of The Father. This is the rest we need to be in. This is the building of the real and true and living body we need to be serving, and for those who are married on this Earth, have another work placed on yourselves, which is to honor that spouse, but the famly which is first is the eternal one and through this service, and through his love given unto each of us, we will be able to love and serve the earthly (temporary) family.
Lastly, the final set of scriptures: Colossians 1:9-12.
God tells us to first love him with all our being, then to love others as ourselves. This is loyalty, yet by religion, which is more a manifestation of self as per man's commands, instead of by God's commands and love, we deceptively believe we can hold loyalties to people and things more than God and still be obedient to the faith. I pray that God gives each of you a little understanding and correction to return to fully trusting him in every area of your lives. In Christ Jesus.
We, as Americans, especially and unfortunately, us in the church in america, have learned from our ancestors and/or those whom we associate with on a regular basis, have -- against God's Will and allowance -- how to show respect to only certain people, instead of loving everyone equally. This, also is a major worldly teaching in America for becoming successful according to the world's standards (which are 100% against God. Well, it is time WE ALL wake up to God again and return to focusing only on Jesus and begin obeying him in his 2 greatest commandments: to love the Lord Thy God with all our hearts and to love others as ourselves.
Having been on one of the most awesome journey's with God the past several years to both inner cities and small towns and very rural areas, been shown this most interesting thing: That somewhere along the way, our nation's religious leaders, ignorantly thought they were hearing from God when they probably were not, in the way they built physical church buildings in the middle of no where.
When we actually study the whole council of God, especially the new testament, we should be noticing the growing lack of physical buildings and how little concern they are to God, as in Revelation, there will not be a building left standing when his wrath is poured out on all unbelievers.
So, please listen, prayerfully, to what God has placed on my heart and let us have a bible study so we both grow in His Grace in this area and both become better in the stewardship which he calls us to be?
When God speaks, both to us and through us, the foundations will begin to shake, because of his power and omnipotence and when His voice begins to speak to us, those things which are worldly will begin to become so loose within our hands that we let them go and begin to hold on tighter to Jesus' hands alone. As our eyes should always be fixed on Jesus, our hands should only be in The Lord's. We can not worship and serve God, fully as he commands and desires us to, when we are holding on to something of the world. These somethings or someones, will actually destroy us, spiritually, if we don't let them go. God, as our loving Father, as any earthly father should, will not let nothing or no one replace him as our central focus to true love and devotion and will remove those things which are harmful to us. This message is just as much for myself as for all of you to grow deeper and closer to God than we ever thought possible in the flesh.
Jesus reminds us in these verses that when we believe in Him, we shall have the river of living waters flowing through us. Unfortunately, Satan in his always lying ways, has infiltrated much of the church today with material things (junk actually), religious attitudes which do NOT reflect the mind of Christ, division, a me-attitude instead of the God-attitude & fellow believer-attitude we are commanded to have. These things, but not limited to just these, are what may be like dams, which are created by us, and which clearly inhibit the free flowingness of God's Holy Spirit through us, which is meant for others to be receiving also.
In America, many ministers believe they will be at locations all their calling and can become extremely protective over their territory and instead of remaining as God's shepherds, they can fall prey into thinking they own the sheep and take to following the devil instead. Forgetting, God may actually be wanting to use them some place else, or bring others in to finish his work he began through them. This is where this passage, in John, is speaking about. But also in 1 Corinthians 3, we all are either planters or waters of God's seed, which is his word.
An additional passage is: Philippians 1:6.
Once we truly are saved, born-again, by the confessing with our mouths and professing (believing) with our hearts in The Lord Jesus Christ, he then makes us clean by his word and him, The Father and The Holy Spirit take up residence within us and we now become the temporary temple of God and in order for us to grow in him, he begins to thorough clean us out of all the worldly junk which accumulated in us from the time we are born into this world until we accept his free gift of grace. This is called pruning us. Now most all of us fight him, which only hinders this pruning as it sometimes hurts. On this note, ask that God open your ears to hear his voice to hear what He wants you hear. in Jesus' name. Amen.
God has designed each and every one of us, first to desire to be in a relationship with him and to carry forth his gifts and talents, unique to each of us, out into the world so that they may see and hear about him and see his power working through our lives, which is actually his life now being lived out through us. But most of the time, particularly in America, we use God's talents and giftings just to make money and get fame and power for ourselves with next to no glory for God.
When Jesus comes into our life, he comes inside and begins to prune us (casting out ALL that is NOT of God) and begins to transform us into HIS image. When he calls each of us to join him in his continual work on Earth, we are to come out of something of comfort to us: whether it is a religious doctrine, a job which is just a job and not the one God had in mind for us, relationships which are harmful to us (Note: God is against divorce, so he would never break up a marriage.) Or perhaps the earthly family which provides us with every imaginable thing in this world. It is here that God has spoken to me and is speaking to someone today?
The religious leaders, who were also the teachers of the law, were some of Jesus' biggest group of objectors to him and in some ways, we are much like them today.