Monday, June 16, 2014,
5:50 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put this song in mind:
Give God the Glory / An Original Work
Based
off Psalm 19 / March 10, 2014
All
of creation now proclaims:
“Give
God the glory; honor His name!”
Each
day the stars in heav’n above
Show
forth His wisdom; tell of His love.
They
do not speak. They have no voice.
Yet,
they declare we have a choice:
“Worship
the God of heav’n above;
Believe
in Jesus; trust in His love.”
…Praying
You keep me, Lord, from sins.
May
they not rule my life again.
Then
will I walk in all Your ways,
Following
Jesus all of my days.
You Are Dead
“To the angel of the church in
Sardis write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
What does it mean to be dead? It means to be deprived (robbed)
of life (soul; vivacity; readiness; willingness); inanimate (inactive;
apathetic; lethargic); resembling (having the appearance of) death; bereft (deprived)
of sensation (feeling; awareness; discernment); numb (asleep; unconcerned) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dead).
Since the next sentence calls for them to wake up and to strengthen what remains
and is about to die, I would suggest that “dead” does not mean completely dead,
but just mostly dead; a little bit alive. In other words, the church had a
reputation of being spiritually alive and active in the Spirit, walking with
the Lord, living holy lives pleasing to God, and obeying his teachings, yet
they were actually inactive in their spiritual walks with the Lord, apathetic
about their relationships with Jesus Christ, and lethargic about following
Christ and his teachings.
So, how did the church get this way? – Little by little
they allowed the teachings of humans to usurp the teachings of Christ and those
of the apostles. Gradually, and over time, they accepted more and more of the
world’s thinking, reasoning, philosophies and practices to creep into the
church and into its way of doing things. They replaced the teaching of God’s
word with books written by men. They substituted true worship of God with
showcases and entertainment disguised as worship in order to draw the world
into the “worship” services. They diluted the gospel of Jesus Christ to make it
more pleasing, acceptable and palatable to the people of the world. They bought
into lies that told them that they were to blend in with the world (culture)
around them so as to “reach” the people, and so they would not be such an
offense to the world. They also bought into the lie that tells them that God’s
grace makes allowances for their sins and that it requires nothing of them
whatsoever. Yet, Jesus died that we would no longer live for ourselves but for
him who gave his life up for us.
Wake Up!
Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have
found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you
have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.
The church I am talking about here is not the church of Sardis,
though, but the church of today in America. It is mostly dead, i.e. it is a
little bit alive, but it is about to die. It has a reputation of being alive,
though not necessarily spiritually alive, but rather of being enthusiastic,
fun, entertaining, accepting, tolerant, non-judgmental, casual, non-threatening,
and authentic. And, some people confuse that with being spiritually alive. Yet,
because the church, for the most part, has blended in with the world, society,
and the culture around them, in order to fit in and to not stand out, so that
they can “reach” the people of this world - but for what? - they have become
insensitive to the voice of the Spirit, not discerning about sinful thoughts,
attitudes and behaviors, and unconcerned for the people of this world who are
lost and dying in their sins without hope of salvation.
So, Jesus is calling out to his church, and not just in
America, but everywhere the church has gone to sleep (has become spiritually
inactive and apathetic), and he is saying “Wake Up!” “Pay attention!” “Listen
to Me!” He is calling out to his church to get back to the basics, i.e. to the
foundation of the apostles and the prophets, and to the Word of God, and to the
spreading of the gospel of salvation as taught by Jesus and the apostles. He is
saying to us to stop putting our trust in humans and in humanistic philosophy,
man-made religion, teachings of humans, and business marketing schemes and
techniques for how to grow our churches, etc. He is asking for us to be
discerning about what we believe and follow, and to do so by testing what we
see and hear against the Word of Truth, and in prayer via the witness of the
Spirit in our hearts. He is saying for us to throw off everything that hinders (our
spiritual walks), and the sin that so easily entangles us, so that we can run
with perseverance the race marked out for us by God himself. He wants to revive
his church!
Like a Thief (Taken
in part from Things Are Heating Up, November
20, 2013)
But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
None of us knows the day or the hour of the coming of the
Lord, but what we do know is that Jesus Christ will not return for us until the
“rebellion occurs” and “the man of lawlessness” is revealed. This is what
scripture teaches. Exactly how he will be revealed it doesn’t say, but I
believe we will know it when we see it, because “He will oppose and will exalt
himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets
himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” So, what exactly
does this mean? Remember that God’s temple is now the body of Christ, the true
church. And, proclaiming himself to be God may not be literal, but figurative,
i.e. this could have to do with him taking the rightful position of God/Christ
in the church as the head of the church, which is, by the way, what the church
has allowed via the 501c3 status underneath the authority of the U.S.
government, but that is just in the US, not in the world as a whole.
A “rebellion” is “an organized attempt to overthrow a
government, or other authority, by the use of violence” (Encarta). Now, I know
that rebellions have been going on for generations. Yet, let me share with you
what the Lord Jesus is showing me here. The US and their allies and the global
elites of this world have been plotting the takeover of the world for some time
now. And, they have systematically been taking down the governments of nations
one at a time for several years now via false flag operations, man-made
disasters/storms, orchestrated uprisings and internal conflicts within nations;
and via the killing of innocents and Christ’s true servants and witnesses, and
blaming others for their dirty work. We can’t trust anything they say or
anything we read or hear in the mainstream media these days. This recent chain
of events in Iraq, for instance, is the working of this New World Order.
The US is meeting again this week with Iran in Vienna,
supposedly to negotiate Iran’s nuclear program, i.e. to try to get Iran to
cease with moving forward with their nuclear activities and ambitions, yet I
believe the US/N.W.O. is moving ahead in this area. Nearly every time
the Lord has shown me anything related to our negotiations with Iran he has
shown me that what we blame Iran of doing is really what we are doing. Last
November the Lord gave me a picture that these meetings are really about
stopping the progression of the gospel of Jesus Christ from spreading, i.e. the
goal is to stop the proselytization of the gospel, and it is about the
murdering of those who are spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, because we
(and the gospel) are the biggest threat to Satan’s kingdom. And, the goal of the
UN is to make the nations of this world bow to the rise of the New World Order
Beast to global power, and to do so through threats of and violence against
people and nations, and also targeting Christ’s true servants and witnesses – “those
who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus” (See Rev.
6:9; 12:11, 17; 17:6; 19:10; 20:4).
Imagine with me the world of politics as a gigantic chess
board. This New World Order Beast is coming into power, so for the N.W.O. to
truly rule the entire earth, the opponent’s chess pieces must either be
removed, taken out, or blocked from moving any further, if I understand the
game correctly (I am not a chess player). The pieces are moved around on the
board until all are in position and then “checkmate,” i.e. the total defeat of
the kings of the world so that we are all brought underneath this one world
government. And, that is what is going on presently. They will remove anyone
who stands in the way of their rise to power or who presents a threat to them
in any way. Many stories we read in the news, blamed on other people, are
really stories of the “0pponents’s chess pieces” being removed or blocked from
any further moves. And, this includes the murdering of Christians in an attempt
to halt the advancement of the gospel of Jesus Christ, but that is futile. As
well, they create stories to cover for their dirty work, even by blaming the
dead for acts they did not commit. This calls for much wisdom and spiritual
discernment.
Walk in White
Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled
their clothes. They will walk with
me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book
of life, but will
acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
The church in the US still has some life left in it, though. We still
have people here who have not compromised with the world and with a diluted gospel
and with man-made religion overriding the Word of Truth and riding over top Jesus
Christ as the true head of the church. They are faithful followers of Jesus
Christ, committed to their Lord, who listen to his voice, and who follow him
wherever he leads them. They have come out from the world and have separated
themselves from the sinful practices of this world, and are set apart to Christ
and to his service. They live by faith in Jesus Christ and walk in the Spirit
by his grace. The Word of Truth is what they follow, and not the teachings of
humans. They follow the true gospel of salvation as taught by the apostles, and
not the diluted version created by man. They have the hope of eternal life with
God in heaven, and they walk in Christ’s purity, righteousness and holiness –
all in the power and working of the Spirit within them.
The church in America needs to strengthen this life that remains,
turn from her sins of spiritual apathy and lethargy, and hold fast to the Word
of Truth, for the time is short.
ONLY IN HIM / An Original Work / February 19, 2014
Based off Isaiah 30
Woe
to those who look to man’s help;
Who
turn away from Jesus Christ;
Forming
an alliance not in step with God;
Making
their own plans, and praying not.
Willing
not to listen to truth,
They
close their ears to what is right.
Pleasing
words are all that they’ll hear;
Feel
good messages that bring cheer.
Trust
in your Lord; turn from your sin.
Put
your faith now ONLY IN HIM.
Do
not turn to idols. They’ll not satisfy.
Jesus
will save you. That’s why He died.
Your
Lord will be gracious to you.
He
cares all about you, ‘tis true.
He
forgives you all of your sin
When
you give your life up to Him.
Oh,
how truly gracious He’ll be
When
you bow to Him on your knees;
Turning
now from your sin; walking in his ways.
He’ll
lead and guide you all of your days.
Now
you will sing praises to Him.
He
delivered you from your sin.
You’ll
tell others now of His grace,
So
they may see Christ face-to-face.
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