Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations 
Passed from death unto Life
10-28-17
Galatians 5:24-25 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections (emotions) and lusts (desires). 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Psalm 112:1 Praise ye the Lord. Blessed (happy) is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Romans 6:12-13 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Romans 8:13-14 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
If you live after the flesh, you shall die, but if you will crucify the flesh with the affections and the lusts you will live unto righteousness , you will be able to walk in the Spirit, but you will have to die daily, you will suffer at times, and then have some more joy and happiness. But you will have to continue to live the crucified life to able to walk in faith and do the will of God, but as you overcome the lust of the flesh, you will become more and more established in the righteousness of faith and the kingdom of God will be established in you and will have happiness, peace and joy and you will pass from death unto eternal life!!!
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Do you know why God’s word hath no place in you and why you don’t believe on the Father is because you haven’t repented of your dead works, you walk after the flesh.
1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
You must be led by the Spirit of God to love the children of God and keep God’s commandments and those that live after the flesh can’t be led by the Spirit of God, so repent of living after the flesh and live unto righteousness you will pass from death unto life!!!
When you go from walking in the flesh to walking in the Spirit you go from death unto life!!!
He that hath ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying!!!
You must first be proven
I want to instruct the body of Christ, don't pay any attention to those ministers out there begging in Jesus name. God will not put a man in the ministry who hasn't been proven in finances, If you can't walk by faith in the business world and provide for your own, God will not commit to you the true riches and put you in the ministry. Abraham was an example of a man who walked by faith and he was rich in gold, silver and cattle,and he wouldn't even take money from one person and said lest you say, you made Abraham rich. Abraham knew God had made him rich, and all of God's people have been made rich on the cross of Christ and God was so pleased with Abraham that he identified himself as the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob.
The Prince of the power of the air
Satan, Lucifer, the devil has many principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness under his command, he is the prince (ruler) of the power of the air. Ephesians 2:2 and he leads around the children of disobedience, he causes them to walk according to the coarse of this world, this is what you need to be saved from along with your wicked heart and there is no other name under heaven hereby men must be saved but the name of Jesus, that is just the start to being saved, then you must get a revelation of the gospel (Jesus death,burial and resurrection) and believe it, for it is the power of God to bring us out from under the control of the prince of the power of the air, we must overcome him or he will rule us.
Give glory to God
If you are believing the gospel you will have testimonies, exhortations, doctrines, tongues & interpretations, prophesies or a song by the Spirit to share on Facebook, and if you don’t post them , then you must not want to give glory to God by sharing them with your brothers and sisters.
We can all monitor on Facebook how much people are believing the gospel and we can also all monitor if people are being partial and a respecter of persons. Thank God for Facebook and other avenues of social media, they can be used for good, not just evil.
Luke 17:12-18 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Psalm 105:1-2 O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Social media is a perfect place to make known God’s deeds among the people, not just in a church building.
Luke 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Psalm 96:10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Matthew 5:13-16 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Are you getting the picture?
Stand up saints, be strong and very courageous and lets preach this gospel to the four corners of the earth!!!
1 Timothy 4:11-16 These things command and teach. 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
Doyle has had us practice 1Co.14:26 in the services, but turned right around and shut it down and I believe the reason is because he has to maintain the Spirit of God in our midst and there are people who get up to minister in song or word and don’t have the faith to minister what they are doing and it is in the flesh or God is dealing with some pride in that person and Doyle has to take the services back over and only let those who can stay in faith and minister the Spirit. We cannot wear our feelings on our shoulders and be offended if we are sat down because we are not able to minister the Spirit yet or God is getting more pride out of us. If we humble ourselves and wait on our ministry, which means be pressing into the kingdom so we can have our hearts prepared to be used by God, then the day will come we will be exalted as we are able to minister by the Spirit of God. It is Christ in us the hope of glory, but if you don’t want to even try to be used by God you don’t want to give God glory!!!
I have observed churches where the pastor would let anyone get up and minister because he wanted to get everybody involved and they had no spiritual understanding and people would get up in the flesh and the devil ruled those meetings.
Now if you are flooding the news feed day and night on Facebook you need to examine whether you are in faith and are being led by the Spirit of God or if you are afraid to post anything then ask God for grace to step out and share something on your level of faith.
When God gets the church in one accord, then the power of God is going to manifest mightily in our midst, like it did in the book of Acts, but even greater.
In conclusion many of us here in America were taught don’t talk about religion or politics because it offends people and you will have to overcome that and learn to obey God, because if you want to please man you cannot be a servant of Christ.
Perverse sex
All you people out there who profess christianity, yet you are involved in vile affections as described in Romans 1:26,27 which is leaving the natural use of the woman, and you are practicing sexual perverse acts (oral sex, masterbation, anal sex) you are yielding to wicked spirits just like the homosexuals & lesbians are. Plain & simple the only way God ordanied a husband and his wife to make love is the way the man can impregnate his wife, now that is not the only purpose for husbands and wives having sexual intercoarse, God made a way for a man to love his wife, and for them to have pleasure together in the bond of love, just like Jacob loved Rachel when he went in unto her. He that is of God will hear God's word. Repent & believe the gospel and save yourself from this perverse generation of people.
Jesus on the cross
After God the Father laid all the sin and all the sickness of the world on the body of Jesus on the cross, Jesus cried out: My God my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Then all his bones begin to come out of joint and he had no form nor comeliness and he was poured out like water, he died, went to hell and God the Father raised Jesus from the dead on the third day. Our sins have been paid for and we are forgiven!!!
God continues to open my eyes to see what happened to the body of Jesus on the cross: in Isaiah 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of man. Many were standing around the cross looking up at Jesus as he was crucified and were astonishedas they begin to see Jesus lose his form and comeliness, right before their eyes as Jesus bones were coming out of joint, because of all our sins being laid upon him, others looked up at Jesus and said an evil disease cleaveth fast unto him: as they were watching him become deformed right in front of them, this was all our sicknesses being laid upon the body of Jesus. Psalm 41:8 Isaiah 53:4 And even in this condition Jesus prayed to the Father and said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. Oh my God what a great love where with he loved us!!!
A challenge to the body of Christ
I want to challenge every person to read in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John about the faith that Jesus walked in and demonstrated and ask yourself if the church walks this way and if your honest you'll have to say no, most people in the church don't live by the faith of the son of God and the reason they don't is because they have never been crucified with Christ:
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Romans 1:16,17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith(To walk uprightly before God you must live by faith)
Galatians 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. (To walk uprightly before God you must live by faith)
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, (Jesus) the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him (Jesus) ought himself also so to walk, even as he (Jesus) walked.
I spoke about being crucified with Christ in this audio, I did from a teaching on the foundation: Resurrection of the dead 2
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Stir up the gift of God that is in thee
2 Tim. 1-5,6 When I call to rememberance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. Wherefore I put you in rememberance that thou stir up (re-kindle) the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. The subject matter here is the faith that is in thee, your grandmother, and your mother and it tells you that it is the gift of God and you should stir it up.
Ephesians 2-8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourself: it is the gift of God: What is the gift of God that is written about here? Most certaintly it is the faith of God that is put in our heart. People say, that is my problem I don't have any faith, well then you need to turn your life over to the Lord and he will put a measure of faith in your heart, that is what is written here in Romans 12:1-3, but you say I have turned my life over to the Lord, then you have the faith of God within you, you just need to stir it up. You need to settle it in your heart once and for all that you have the faith of God within you. If you haven't turned your life over to the Lord, then you will never walk by faith, you see, you don't use God, he uses you. God isn't our servant we are his servants and walking by faith and doing his will go hand in hand. Faith worketh by love, if your faith isn't working you are not obeying God, you are not believing the gospel and doing God's will, you may be trying to, but only God can lead a person to repent and believe the gospel, just don't turn away from the Lord because he is faithful and he will surely lead you to repentance if you humble yourself and continue to hold fast to the gospel. Let me tell you this, you can believe some, you may be a weak believer, but use the faith you have and you will get stronger in faith.
The next question a person would have is, how do you stir up the gift of God (faith) in you? it's simple, you pray believing the gospel. You see faith is a substance, it also is a spirit and it is confident, but believing is an act of your will. You will have to use your will to the believe the gospel when you don't have any faith working in you, until your faith is stirred up. Faith will be ministered to you as you hear the gospel by the Spirit and it will persuade you to believe, but you will have to use your will to believe while you are overcoming unbelief. Believing is choosing to trust in God's power, sticking with it, you continue to trust until you recieve what you were trusting God for and if it is his will you will have faith for it, but you will have to believe the gospel to overcome the unbelief in your heart so that the faith of God in you will rule.
In John 6 it is written that this is the work of God that you believe, it is work to believe, it takes much effort in prayer, but I believe that once we overcome the unbelief in our hearts it won't be that hard, I have experienced many times when it was easy to believe, and then a little while later I would be fighting more unbelief and it got hard again. The reason it is hard is because the power of the devil resisting you, but through faith you overcome him, little by little. No man having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God. Plowing is work and the work of God is to believe. Lazy people cannot walk in the power of God, because they won't put forth the effort to believe.
Religious people will believe doctrines that set well with their own heart, that take little, to no effort. What they are doing is trying to conform God to them, instead of them being conformed to Jesus. Don't be so foolish, God isn't going to change his ways, we are going to have to be changed, so we can walk with him, in the psalms it say my heart oh God is fixed I will trust in you.
So keep stirring up your faith, keep using your faith, and keep looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of your faith, because the strong in faith will overcome the world. It is written to young men, that you are strong and have overcome the wicked one. This is talking about being strong in faith. It is written again: for neither cicumcision availeth (prevails, overcomes) anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith that worketh by love. This is how the new creatures in Christ walk. A person who walks in faith and love will overcome the world.
Darkness spreading across the land
Homosexuality & lesbianism is becoming more socially acceptable because society is becoming more perverse & wicked and those in this lifestyle and those in agreement with them are going deeper & deeper into sin, these people’s conscience is full of darkness and they cannot discern the evil they are involved in and this spiritual darkness is spreading across America.
It states in Proverbs 19:18 Chasten thy son while thereis hope. They all need to repent and believe the gospel that Jesus died for their sins was buried and rose again to justify them before it is too late, and no I am not self righteous I have committed lots of sins but I didn't go around and parade them before everybody and say what I am doing is good, but you homosexuals & lesbians are the ones that are self righteous and you are going to perish in your sin if you reject the love of God. Also I am not a bigot, I know the bible is the word of God and it is true and I know it by revelation and I am not prideful like you people who exalt yourself above the knowledge of God and think you will decide what is right, you better repent and believe the gospel before it is too late.God is merciful and gracious, longsuffering and has an abundance of goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but he will in no wise clear the guilty, so repent and believe the gospel before it is too late.
The reason this is happening here in America is because the people that are called by the name of the Lord are not walking in the gospel, but are under the law therefore they cannot be salt and light to hold back the corruption from spreading across the land, so the fault is laid at the feet of the preachers of this land.
The Light of the glorious gospel of Christ
I was talking to Terry Bybee this last Sunday morning and he said he first heard Doyle back in 92 and Doyle was preaching the gospel and Terry said this is it. Curt Hurley has a simular testimony, when he first heard Doyle preach the gospel, he said this is what we are missing. As I was thinking on what these two men said, I thought that was the light of the glorious gospel of Christ that Doyle ministered that shined on these two men and caused them to see the truth and changed the direction of their life.
When Jesus got out of the wilderness he was walking in the power of God and the people who sat in darkness saw great light. The light of the glorious gospel of Christ was shining on those people. This is how you are to witness to people, walk in the power of God and speak the things of the Spirit to the people, minister that power to them, but what do religious people do, they pass out tracks and walk up to people and say do you know Jesus? I did some of these same things many years back. I felt stupid doing it, but I thought it was my duty. I was trying to obey God but I was ignorant concerning the word of God. Now some people would say I never followed any of those religious ways, well some of you just didn't give a damn about people or God, so don't act so wise. If you love God or even have a fear of God you will seek to obey his words and you will make some mistakes along the way, but you don't let that bother you, you just keep on trucking. Some people when they hear that doing this or that is just being religious they act like oh I already knew that, when they really didn't, that is pride, it is also being dishonest. I was talking to a person about the things of the kingdom of God and this person acted like they knew everything I was saying, but in my heart I thought I don't think they know anything about what I am saying, so I asked them a question about what I was just talking about but changed the words around a little and they didn't know the answer. Inside of me I thought Ya I was right, you don't know what I am talking about.
So anyway in Acts 1:8 it tells us we will be winesses after the Holy Ghost comes on us and we have been endued with power. This is where the church misses it, they think the Holy Spirit is the power, so they recieve the Holy Spirit and speak in other tongues and off they go preaching and they don't even have a revelation of the gospel and they are blind and they minister dead words to people. The reason these disciples began to move in power as soon as they were baptized in the Holy Spirit is because they were clean from the words Jesus had spoken unto them and they had a revelation of the gospel, but when we received the Holy Spirit we were still full of sin (nature) and we didn't have the gospel established in our hearts, we were not yet a vessel prepared for the Master's use.
In Acts 10:38 It says how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power. the Holy Spirit ministers the power and that power is the gospel, the power that raised Jesus from the dead! You say Doyle taught you all these things, I know that. It does say we are to speak the same things, besides I understand what he taught me and I have revelation of it, I am not just being a parrot or a scribe in this case, these words are alive in my heart.
Now let me say, not only are the people of the world in darkness but also many of the people who have recieved the Lord Jesus, because they don't have the light of the glorious gospel of Christ shining on them, therefore they can't see truth and they are not getting the iniquities of the hearts cleansed and they don't know what God wants them to do, because they don't believe the gospel, that Jesus died for their sins, was buried and was raised from the dead for their justification.
Now let me tell you that the plan of God for your life is not all revealed in one day, so you can believe the gospel and you may ask the Father about a situation in your life, but he won't let you see everything he is doing, until it's time, you must trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding. For we walk by faith not by sight. God knows what he is doing and you can be assured of this, he is leading you down a pathway of correction and your soul is being restored and you will overcome and inherit what God has for you!!!
Religious people love to sing the song: amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost but now I am found, was blind but now I see, don't tell me you are going to put that song down Scott, oh no I wouldn't do that, but let me tell you if you don't believe the gospel that song doesn't apply to you. Ok, lets read 2 Corinthians 4:4 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. if you don't believe the gospel than Satan has you blinded and in verse 3 it says if this gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost, but you say I have recieved Jesus as my saviour, well that is good but don't stop there, go on and get a revelation of the gospel and put your trust in it. It does tell us in Matthew 6:33 to seek after the kingdom of God and his righteousness and 1 Corinthians 4:20 it says the kingdom of God is not word but power, we are to seek or desire after having the power of God to work in our heart and life, if you don't, than you are blind and lost.
Isaiah 60:1-5 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and the kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughter shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. the last part of the last verse in that chapter says: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Psalm 102:16 When the Lord shall build (built upon the foundation of the apostles & prophets) up Zion (the body of christ) he shall appear in his glory.
Keep sowing this gospel of the kingdom in your own heart, for your tongue is as a pen of ready writer and you can write the word of the kingdom (gospel) on the fleshly tables of your heart, just simplely by speaking the words: Jesus died for your sins, he was buried and God raised him from the dead, that is the incorrurptible word of God (the sower soweth the seed: Matt. 13 Mark 4 Luke 8) and the power of God will come forth in your life!!!
Mark 4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom (power) of God, as if a man should cast seed (the gospel) into the ground (heart) ; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed (the gospel) should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth (heart) bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Matthew 13:47-50 Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnance of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
So get ready when God gets us cleansed from our sins and we overcome the world, then a group of us (the net) will walk in the power of God , then we are going to go fishing!!!
Butterflies
For a while now butterfies have been flying around me while I am out working, they would fly in circles in front of me, land on my truck, come and sit on my shoulder and look at me and flap their wings. I would just smile because I know I am being transformed, I am going through a metamorphosis.
In Romans 12:2 it is written: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. The Greek word transformed is metamorphoo, which means to change.
The word renewing means: renovation, to make new. The word mind in the Greek is: nous which means the will, the word prove means to: test, try, discern.
So we shouldn't be conformed to this world, but be transformed (changed) by the renewing (rebuilding) of our mind (will) so we can prove (discern) what will of God is for our life.
Did you know you can't prove or discern what the will of God is for you life until your will has been rebuilt, why? because you have to have a will to believe the gospel to have God's will or righteousness revealed to you!
I shared in a previous note how my will was corrupted by sorcery and how I had such a struggle with rebellion, well my will has been changed a lot and I have been taking possession of my soul and recently there has been some real significant changes.
Jesus said repent ye and believe the gospel, this has been the biggest struggle of my life is to believe this gospel. The word repent means to change your mind (will) so you can believe the gospel and God has to lead you to repentance, only God can change your will to believe the gospel, but you must labor to believe & use the faith he has given you if you want God to change your will.
There are many people who say oh I believe the gospel, well if you do than you will be walking in the power of God and the signs written in Mark chapter 16 will be following you. So based upon the word of God I have believed some, but God is still rebuilding my will. Jesus was filled with the Spirit when God the Father led him into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil, but after he got out of the wilderness he was walking in the power of God, there was a change that took place in Jesus soul while he was in the wilderness!!!
Now I am just describing a small part of God's plan to transform us, if you read Doyle's book The plan of reconcilaition he describes much more of what God has to do in your heart to bring about a thorough change, that is a complete change!
Shortly after I came to WOL Doyle prophesied over me & said God is going to totally transform your life, that means I am going unto perfection, that is what I am after, to become a partaker of God's divine nature, to be conformed to the image of Jesus. That prophesy is coming to pass in my life!!!
We are to press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Jesus is that mark and we are to press to be conformed to his image!!! Do you want this? I do, this is the high life, you can follow the desires of your flesh if you want to, but not me, I have seen the end of that, I am going to follow on to know the Lord!!!
So if your willing to pay the price you can go unto perfection, if God permit, and what is that price? It is your life, you have to give it up. Oh and just a little FYI, I didn't just start obeying God yesterday. Now lets read verse 1 in Romans 12 I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Then in verse 3 it says God has dealt to every man the measure of faith. 2Thessalonians 3:2 it says: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. A person who didn't have understanding would think the Bible contradicts itself, but it doesn't. God gives the measure of faith to people who present their body to him as a living sacrifice, but not all men will do that. If you can read these scriptures and keep them in context than that is what that is saying. You see you have to give your life to God and acknowledge him in all your ways and let him direct your paths if you want the faith of God to work in you. If you will pray without ceasing and mind the things of the Spirit and be obedient to what God is saying and leading you to do and hold fast to the gospel your heart will be straightened out and you will end up walking in the power of God!!!
1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. so let God renew your will and lead you unto perfection, so you can walk in the Spirit and the power of God and do his will and have eternal life!!!
God's correction
Job 5:18 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Deuteronomy 32:36,39 For the Lord shall judge (correct) his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Lamentations 3:31-36 For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief (afflict), yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies For he doth not afflict (abase, chasten) willingly (doesn’t enjoy it) nor grieve (afflict) the children of men. To crush (beat to pieces, break) under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, To turn aside the right of man before the face of the most high, To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. God is not trying to us away from him, but you will think that when he breaks you.
Hebrews 12: 11-13 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterwards it yielded the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto to them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble ( relaxed, paralyzed) knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame (crippled, limping) be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Don’t allow yourself to get offended at God when he breaks you, just continue to believe the gospel and be healed. For the fruits of righteousness to grow out of a hard heart (soil) it must be broken up(tilled). That is the parable of the sower.
Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? Saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rocks in pieces? When God’s servants speak correction, many times it is real hard because God is dealing with the heart, sometimes it is all you can do to sit there and take it, but ministers who walk in the flesh usually speak softly and they only deal with the outward behavior, not the heart, therefore there are no changes in the hearts of the people they minister to. They just clean up the outside of the cup and inwardly the wickedness of the people’s heart is not dealt with.
Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow (uncultivated) ground(heart): for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Your heart has to be prepared (tilled soil) to receive the word of the kingdom (gospel), so it can bring for the fruits of righteousness in you!!!
Jeremiah 18:3-6 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? Saith the Lord. Behold as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, o house of Israel. When God remakes a vessel of clay there is some breaking and reshaping and we as living sacrifices that have presented our bodies to God feel the pains as we are being transformed, but our sorrow will be changed into joy and that joy no man can take away from us!!!
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, (we are clay in the potter’s hand) created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
God has broken me many times, now I am not totally blind, I know some, if not a lot of afflictions I brought upon myself. I have spent the last three years working a hundred hours a week or longer at times doing hard labor (some of that was in 100 degree weather) and God led me into this situation to bring down my heart with labor, because of rebellion,(psalm 107:10-15) but even when I was doing everything I knew to do, God would break me, why? because he was dealing with the iniquity of my heart. Nevertheless, who are you that judge another man? God causes his servants to stand. Another thing I will say since I have been at WOL I have never went backwards, only forward, God knoweth.
If we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remained no more sacrifice for sins. Do you know that after you receive the knowledge of the truth you are set free?(John 8:31,32) then if you sin willfully after you have been set free, which means you go back to your sin then you can’t be forgiven once you have gone so far in the Lord. People who have had a foundation laid in their heart, they have been enlightened, and after they have tasted the heavenly gift, made partakers of the Holy Ghost, tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come, if they fall away, after that it is impossible to be brought to repentance, but some people will have trouble with willful rebellion until their will is renewed and can be forgiven, just don’t ever stop going forward, just keep grabbing a hold of your will and use it to obey. It has taken me a long time to take possession of my soul (will, intellect & emotions) I was like Jannes & Jambres (sorcerers) men of corrupt minds (will). My will was so corrupted by sorcerer. It took a long time for God to renew me in the spirit of my mind (renovate, rebuild my will) - Ephesians 4:23 Notice your spirit is your will. Anyway God had great mercy on me and I thank him.
I had such a rebellious will, I had to grab a hold of my will over and over and if I relaxed then I would rebel again, but slowly I was overcoming it. I don’t care what you think about me, I care about helping people who are bound like I was and I am still coming out this spirit of sorcery. That is why I am acknowledging this, to encourage people you can get out. I know I will walk in great power and by the will of God I am going to go get as many people set free and lead them out of bondage as I can. It is horrible to be bound like this, a nightmare that never seems to end, you think will righteousness ever come, yes it will. After I am strengthened I will go and strengthen my brethren. Our Father and the Lord Jesus are very merciful and they will never leave us nor forsake us. I know the Lord Jesus and he does not want people to perish, he died for our sins, was buried, went to hell and was raised from the dead to justify us!!!
The body of Christ does not know what happened to them when they were first born again, some think they got a whole new heart(spirit & soul), others think that just their spirit is reborn, that’s what I used to believe, but now I believe the only thing that happened in us, was our spirit was joined to the Lord, then the rest of being transformed into the image of Jesus is a process, many scriptures prove this. You can’t overcome the world when your spirit is first joined to the Lord, but after the new birth is complete you will be able to overcome the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith. 1 John 5:4 Consider what I say and the Lord will give you understanding.
This is my prayer: Psalm 90:14-17 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto thy children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hand upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Amen
The Antichrist spirit
The purpose of this note is to shine the light on this spirit in the church and expose it, so that men can be brought to repentance, that is the acknowledging of the truth and that they might recover themselves out of the snare of the devil. 2Tim. 2:25
1John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. This scripture says Jesus came in the flesh, that means he became a man, (I will prove this with more scriptures), if you don't believe Jesus was just a man, like you and me, than how can you believe he died a physical death for our sins and how can you believe he was raised again.
This antichrist spirit is trying to seduce us from the faith. I am getting my eyes opened to this antichrist spirit to see it is trying to keep us from believing the gospel, that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the dead to justify us. It had to be a human body that had never sinned to die in our place, Heb. 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith Sacrifice and offering thou wouldn't not, but a body hast thou prepared me, and in v10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all. Heb. 2:16-17 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behooved (due, must needs be) him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation (to atone, be merciful) for the sins of the people. Jesus didn't come to earth like the angels who are ministering spirits who sometimes appear as men, (Jesus wasn't a supernatual being or a God-man which doesn't exsist, when he came to the earth, he emptied himself Phil 2:7) but he took on him the seed of Abraham, born of a woman; Jesus had to be made a man just like us in all ways to be able to pay for our sins. Prior to coming to the earth Jesus is called the word of God that was with God and was God and was made flesh (made a man) John 1:1-14 He is still called the word of God, but he remains a man.
Kenneth Hagin used to teach that man is a spirit and has a soul and lives in a body, that is a lie, after Jesus resurrection he appeared unto his disciples in Luke 24:36-39 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Notice after Jesus resurrection he still had a man's body. Does God have flesh and bones or blood? the answer is no. God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth, that is written in John 4:24
Heb. 9:12-14 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. If there is anything the antichrist spirit doesn't want us to get revelation of, is that Jesus was a man just like us, had a body just like us, had bones just like us, had blood just like us, walked uprightly before God and never sinned, than was crucified for our sins and then was raised from the dead to justify us.
1 Cor. 11:23-26 For I have recieved of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 1Cor. 2:7-8 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Jesus of Nazareth is the Lord of glory Amen hallelujah!!!
We are not come to mount Sinai
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. I did an audio clip a few years back teaching the word of God and uploaded it to the internet and I went to my website and clicked on the link to hear it and when I did, I was very encouraged because my words were with power. I had ministered the power God to people when praying for them, but when I previously spoke my voice was weak and I could sense little if any faith. So as I said I was encouraged when I heard my audio, then the Lord began to remind me of a minister who’s church I use to attend in Farmers Branch TX. who I knew went astray from God and one time I heard him on the radio after he went astray and there was power when he spoke and a strong anointing and I though how can this be God, I know this man is in error. Years later Doyle’s taught us about the false anointing. So as I thought on this I knew in my heart God was saying to me, that is a false anointing in you Scott.
Right after that, I went to church and God begin to convince me I was a sorcerer and my heart sunk just like it had been doing for years anytime God had convinced me of sin or showed me my wicked heart. Remember as many as God loves he rebukes & chastens.
Now one of the reasons we have trouble receiving correction is because of the law of Moses that is in our hearts that condemn us and we think we are going to be cut off from God. So lets look at these scriptures in Hebrews and I am going to paraphrase: in Hebrews 12:5 it written despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. V6 whom the Lord loves he chastens v8 all are partakers of correction, if not you remain a bastard v11 the chastening is grievous, but afterwards yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness v12 so lift up your hands that hang low and the feeble knees v13 make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way.
The human soul is absolutely scared to death to face that it is wicked, because the law of Moses in us causes our own hearts to condemn us and we are convinced we would go to hell if we accepted that we were wicked and therefore many will not hear what God is saying concerning correction, especially when it zeros in on the root of the problem and that is man’s heart is evil and I talking about people who are born again and think they are a new creature in Christ, because salvation is all a process to transform us spirit, soul, and body into the image of Jesus. The end of our faith is the salvation of our souls. 1Peter 1:9
Now lets look at Hebrews 12:18 we are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest. This is Mount Sinai where Moses received the law. You know under the law of Moses it is written I would not suffer a witch to live or a man or woman that hath a familiar spirit or is a wizard or adulterer, they are all put to death. In Hebrews 10:28 it says he that despised Moses law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: The law of Moses is not made for a righteous man but for the disobedient, (1Tim.1:9) so if you don’t obey (believe) the gospel and walk after the Spirit of God then you place yourself under the law of Moses and God’s judgment will come upon you, because you will offend in at least one point and be guilty of all, (James 2:10) but if you walk after the Spirit of God and mix faith with the gospel you will be under grace and God will be in the process of saving you from all yours sins.
So you see why people have trouble to receive correction, in v19 it says they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them anymore; v 20 For they could not endure that which was commanded v21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake: You see people are afraid to hear God and let him correct them, because of the law of Moses in their heart. Romans 2:15 The condemnation isn’t that we are wicked, the condemnation is men loved darkness rather than light and therefore they won’t come to the light. The light of the gospel will expose our wicked deeds. John 3:16-21, but if we come to the light (gospel) the power of the resurrection will set us free little by little.
So I would say to you: are you a sorcerer, a witch, a jezebel, a adulterer, a rebel, do you have lots of sins? Heb.12:18 well you are not come unto Mount Sinai (you are not come to Moses) but v22 you are come unto Mount Zion, (you have to come to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant) and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem and in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance. Joel 2:32
Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation; which first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him. In verse 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. So don’t be afraid to hear God and let him correct you, because he is not doing it to condemn you, but to set you free. The wages of sin is death, but Jesus tasted death for every person and he was raised from the dead to justify us, so believe the gospel and let God correct you!!!
The voice of the Good Shepherd
1 Corinthians 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be manifest among you. This is the wisdom of God to draw a contrast between the servants of God and those who give their own opinion, so that the sheep can clearly see who is of God and who isn't. They that are approved (proven, tried) shall enter into the sheepfold John10:1 through the door (Jesus) John10 :7 and the good shepherd will be speaking out of their mouth and the sheep will hear them, but those who try to climb up some other way to get into the sheepfold (whom the Lord didn't put them into the ministry) are thiefs and robbers, but the sheep will not hear them, but flee from them, for they know not the voice of strangers. John 10:5
1Timothy 3:10 And let these first be proved; (tested) then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Deuteronomy 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if you shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: V2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Who is talking (God) Who's mouth is it coming out of (Moses)
Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth; let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. V20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and deliver thee, saith the Lord. Those who take the precious from the vile will be as God's mouth, God will be talking out of his cleansed & prepared servant's mouth!
The New Creature in Christ will overcome the world
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. The word availeth in the Greek means to be strong, to prevail. Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath ordained that we should walk in them.
The work that God does in us as we hold fast to the gospel is to make a new creature out of us. The new creature does not live unto themselves, but unto him that was raised from the dead (Jesus), (2 Corinthians 5:15) So deny yourself and take up the cross (gospel) daily and follow Jesus (Luke 9:23) and he will always cause you to triumph (2Corinthians 2:14) and you will most surely overcome the world and inherit all things and he will be our God and we will be his sons and daughters. (Revelation 21:7)
Seduced from the faith
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. This is a familiar scripture, that I have heard taught over the years, it is a common scripture on religious tracts and it has been misapplied. This is how it was taught, we have all sinned and come short of God’s holy nature, therefore we must receive Jesus Christ and then start living a moral life by going to church and practicing Christian principles.
What that scripture is saying is we have all sinned in that we didn’t believe God and therefore we didn’t give glory to God. In Romans 4:20 it says Abraham was strong in faith giving glory to God. God had to bring Abraham’s heart to the place he could believe God. In John 16:7-9 it says the Comforter (Holy Spirit) will reprove the world of sin, righteousness, and of judgment: of sin because they believe not on me (Jesus)
Our sin is unbelief and that is why we don’t give glory to God. If you read the preceding scripture in Romans 3:22 it says: Even the righteousness of God is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all that believe: for there is no difference.
Now read Romans 3:22 & 23 together and you will see that is how we came short of the glory of God, we didn’t believe.
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23 has been pulled out of context and misapplied and we have been seduced from the faith by witchcraft spirits in the mouths of preachers that say now that you have received Jesus Christ you are a believer, now you need to perfect your morality, be a good person, yet you are walking around in unbelief which is sin.
Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
First of all for a person to continuously walk in the righteousness of God, they will have to continuously believe in the resurrection of Jesus, that is obeying the gospel Romans 10:16 that is believing God’s report Isaiah 53:1 spoken by Isaiah the prophet. When preachers instruct their congregation or their listening audience to practice scriptures without telling them they must believe God and be led by the Spirit then they seduce them from the faith. We are to obey the truth through the Spirit. 1 Peter 1:22 that takes faith, which comes by believing the gospel.
There is no emphasis on continuously believing the gospel nor do you hear most preachers rebuking their congregation for unbelief, like Jesus did, yet the only way into righteousness is to believe. Preachers take a stand against many sins except unbelief, which is the one sin that keeps you from being saved from all your other sins. If you want to deal with sin in your life then you must trust in God’s power that he worked in Jesus when he raised him from the dead. Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness. Believeth what? Well go read Romans 10: 9&10 it is talking about believing that God raised Jesus from the dead, when you believe that report you get into righteousness. God will work in you by his Spirit both to will and to do of God’s good pleasure. That is written in Philippians 2:13 and it is in the context of believing the gospel.
In Galatians 3:3 Paul ask the Galatians this question: Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh? These people went back under the law of Moses and even if you acknowledge that you are not under the law, yet if you are not being led by the Spirit of God which is by faith through believing the gospel then you are under the law. (read Galatians 5:18)
So there are thousands and thousands of people out there who are trying to perfect themselves by the flesh and without Jesus you can do nothing, we must take up the cross daily(the gospel-1Corinthians 1:17&18) and follow Jesus. God made it simple: just believe the gospel and God’s power will work in you and you will understand and you will walk in faith and righteousness will be imputed to you and you will experience the salvation of God! We must get it in our hearts that faith is not something we use now and then to receive something from God, but the faith of God is something we live by every day, as it is written the just shall live by faith!
The man Christ Jesus
I have known for years that Jesus was God and that he emptied himself Philippians 2:6-8 and became a man, was born of a woman, but I thought that after his resurrection that he went back to heaven and took his place as God at the right hand of God the Father, but the Bible doesn’t teach that. It Says in 1Timothy 2:5 he is presently a man. It was God the Father that did all the miracles and healings through Jesus when he was on the earth. John 14:10
Updated 1-12-2008 In Hebrews 2:17 it says Wherefore in all things it behooved-(due, must need be) him (Jesus) to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a faithful high priest in things pertaining to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Simply put Jesus had to be made just like us, in all things. There was no difference in his (Jesus) spirit, soul, and body than any other man, and this was necessary in order for him to be a faithful high priest to God and make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Romans 8:3 it says God sent his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh. In Heb. 2:18 Jesus suffered being tempted to sin, because he had sinful flesh like us, he never committed a sin because he lived his life by the faith of God, therefore he could die for our sins as a just man dying for the unjust. 1Peter 3:18 and the justification comes to each person’s life when they believe in his resurrection.
Jesus lived his life the way we should have (sinless) as a man, walking by faith, if he had accomplished this, as some sort of Godman his sacrifice would have been no good, because we couldn’t have walked that way, but 1 John 2:6 says He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. We have no excuse, there is only one thing to do and that is, let God lead us to repentance and believe the gospel. Repentance can be a long and painful process, but I refuse to turn away from the truth unto lying vanities , as I have watched religious people do for years and forsake their own mercy Jonah 2:8, don’t do it, hold fast to the gospel and see the salvation of God. Habakkuk 2:3,4 For the Vision is yet for an appointed time ,but at the end it shall speak, and not lie; though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold his (Jesus) soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
How readest thou
I got up Saturday morning and as I began to pray, the Spirit of the Lord begin work in my heart and give me more understanding of how your heart can deceive you and I know what the Lord is doing in me, he is causing me to overcome my evil heart of unbelief, that thinks evil about God and yes that is right a heart that doesn’t believe God is evil.
As we read these scriptures in Jeremiah 17 look at how a heart that trust in man sees things and how a heart that trust in God sees things.
Jeremiah 17:5-8 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Notice the person who trust in man can’t even see when good cometh and a person who trust God can’t see when the heat cometh, so the condition of your heart determines what you see and a heart that believes God is blessed and a heart that trust in man or the flesh is cursed.
Now read verse 9 of Jeremiah 17 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? And if you don’t believe God your heart will deceive you. An evil heart of unbelief will depart from God.
What kind of heart determines how you read the bible and what you see when you read it. I will tell you this also the book is sealed and only those who God wants, can see what is written. So your first approach to wanting to learn about God is humble yourself and acknowledge you can’t get this on your own, only God can lead you to repentance, only God can open your eyes, only God can open your understanding and guide you into all truth. It is written they shall all be taught of God. It written the Lord has to give you understanding, Paul said consider what I say and the Lord will give you understanding. That is written 2 Tim. 2:7 After Jesus was raised from the dead he appeared to his disciples and then he opened their understanding that they might understand the scriptures, that’s written in Luke 24:45
I was telling the Lord one time this person can’t see what your doing in my life and the Lord immediately spoke back to me and said “they are not permitted to see it”
In Luke 10:26 Jesus talking to a lawyer said what is written in the law how readest thou. Jesus knew that people’s heart’s deceived them and that not all or very many could see things in the word of God correctly. From time to time you can hear Jesus speaking to the people saying have you never read. This is the Scott Parker translation of those words “Can’t you read”
Jesus is the way the truth and the life and no man can come to the Father but by Jesus. And Jesus is a stone of stumbling and rock of offence and you can’t get around him, the only thing you can do is fall on him and be broken and let him set you free from your evil heart of unbelief.
We have been given a complete salvation through the death, burial & resurrection of Jesus and that salvation covers anything a human being could ever need or want: it’s forgiveness, cleansing & justification from all sin, being made righteous, being healed, being made rich financially, being delivered from the control of the devil and brought into the kingdom of God’s dear son, being kept in safety from harm, whatever you need or want.
So why would any person have any reason to be sad, unhappy, suffer from lacking any of God’s salvation, well simply because of an evil heart of unbelief and Jesus said in Mark 1:15 Repent and believe the gospel.
And in Romans 2:4 it says it’s the goodness of God that leads you to repentance, see I told you can’t do this on your own, but you’ve got to want to be led to repentance, if you don’t seek God and pay attention to what he is saying, how is he going to led you to repentance, you won’t even know when he is trying to correct you, unless your minding the things of the Spirit
Now you will suffer going through temptations, being afflicted for the word sake and walking through hard places so the Lord can deal with your evil heart of unbelief and bring you to repentance, so you can believe God and believe his gospel and that is God’s goodness on your life to lead you to repentance, but many get offended walking through the wilderness because it can really be hard at times and that is when they begin to err in their heart and think evil about God, that is written in Hebrews 3 :10-12 and the Spirit of the living God is talking to them, if they will hear his voice and he is saying to them harden not your hearts when your being irritated and it is very irritating when the powers of the devil are after you tempting & afflicting you, that what provocation means irritating, that is when you need to go get some grace from God, Did you know that Jesus tasted death for every man by the grace of God he couldn’t do that in his own ability, he laid down his divine authority & power and became a man like you & me and he tasted death by the grace of God, so go get some grace from God when your irritated being tempted of the devil and God will give it to you, don’t get in unbelief and err in your heart thinking God is against you, I am telling you if you don’t believe God your heart will deceive you I have learned this by experience, I am a man that has been taught of God, I know what I am talking about, also there are those who suffer interceding for others, bearing their weaknesses.
Now look at the following scripture and you will see that everything that you do is a result of the kind of heart you have:
Proverbs 4:23 King James Version (KJV) 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23 New International Version (NIV) 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
In Romans 10:10 says with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and if you go back to verse 9 it says if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart he was raised from the dead thou shalt be saved, so you believe the gospel in your heart and you will be doing righteousness and as your heart is established to believe the gospel always in your heart you will be doing righteousness all the time and when your not believing in your heart you will be back to sinning.
A person who believes in God is blessed or happy.
Psalm 84:12 King James Version (KJV) O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
In Exodus 34:6 it describes the nature of God: merciful, gracious, longsuffering, and abundance in goodness and truth. If you murmur against God, then you think God is doing you wrong and that is an evil heart of unbelief that make you see things this way, we read that in Jeremiah 17, so if you think anything contrary to what the word of God says about God you are deceived and it is your evil heart of unbelief that causes you to think that way.
I used to watch this cartoon called Gulliver’s Travels and there was a character in this cartoon that had a problem with unbelief and he was always saying “were never going to make it” that’s an evil heart of unbelief Lol
So remember if your making an effort to follow God he will be leading you down a pathway of correction and it is grievous, it’s hard, but it is his love so you can have your evil heart of unbelief changed, so whatever you are going through God is for you and he loves you and he doesn’t change, he’s not good one day and the next day mean, he always good, it is your heart that has some or many iniquities in it and you think differently about God one day to the next day, it those inquities in your heart that deceive you and cause you to see things incorrectly.
God is no respecter of persons, he rewards every person according to their deeds and their deeds are a direct result of what kind of heart they have, everything you do flows from your heart so let God lead you to repentance to believe the gospel and you will see life in a whole new way, you will be blessed and you will see the Father and the Son as they really are: wonderful counselor, Prince of peace, everlasting Father, merciful, gracious, longsuffering, with an abundance of goodness & truth, as your heart is straightened out you will see that God is love, not just read about his love, but know in your heart that he is love. If you will believe, Jesus will be precious to you, but if you are disobedient or you won’t believe he will be a stone of stumbling and rock of offence to you, unbelief will cause you to be offended and so if your offended then you’ll just have to fall on Jesus and be broken so he can lead you to repentance and so you can believe the gospel, so the Lord can bring you into the kingdom of God where there is righteousness, peace, and joy unspeakable, happiness and pleasures forevermore!!!
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22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: