God is Pro-Choice

January 22, 2013

 

The Lord God has simply stated that we as individuals have two courses of action to take in life as dictated in the Bible.  These two choices can be encapsulated into a few different terms such as life and death, blessings and curses, truth and lies, but ultimately they lead to the same place when an individual life ends – which is dictated by God – life and death.  Many will bristle at the word ‘dictated’ but this is just the way it is – God is the eternal Creator of ALL things, and therefore, what he dictates goes.  Of course, the brainwashing instilled by the world systems has programmed people to be against ‘dictators’.  We are reminded of the likes of King George, Hitler, Stalin, Mao etc., and so people automatically reject the notion of a king or a dictator and you can’t really blame them to a point because frankly – most if not all for the last 2,000+ years have been evil.  Even now you have one of the newly anointed conservative young gun ‘hopefuls’, Rand Paul, talking about how this ‘king complex’ must be stopped.  But if you just stop for minute and think – where is all the ‘good’ in so-called democracies or republics around the globe?  Recently, they deposed the alleged democratic president of Egypt with yet another regime that is definitely no better and probably worse.  How does that make sense?  Surly, if we are ‘evolving’ as a race of people things would be getting better, yet they are not.  No matter who is in charge, whether it be conservative or liberal (the only real so-called ‘choices’ people are given), things are progressively getting worse. If you can’t see it then you are being blinded by your own mind or those that are manipulating it.  Governments on earth have gone through regime change after regime change and the only things that have gotten ‘better’ are the devices and methods for keeping people bound and chained – namely entertainment/pleasure and technology.  And in this case ‘better’ is actually worse – but who can see it?  We’ve been so duped that these advances are effectively overshadowing the grim underbelly. 

The grim underbelly:

• Massive increase in sickness and disease
• Massive increase in mental illness and insanity
• Massive increase of use of prescription pharmaceuticals and other legal and illegal drugs.
• Massive increase of obesity and gluttony
• Massive increase of violence in video games/music/movies/TV which spills into society
• Massive increase of crime, especially murders (abortions at the top of that list) and murder/suicides
• Massive increase in prison population
• Massive increase in poverty, inflation, debt and economic struggles
• Massive increase and acceptance of homosexuality and other sexual perversions.

Don’t like to hear about the grim underbelly?  Well, it’s here and it’s real.  Don’t try to sugarcoat it with some fantasy about how most people are basically ‘good’ and there is ‘hope’ in men and women coming together in some universal conscious awareness that will culminate in Nirvana.  If you are believing in that then let me tell you (in case nobody else does) – you are being deceived!

Ultimately, there are only two choices in LIFE – and – DEATH.  These choices are predicated on one absolute and that is God’s Word.  In his inaugural speech yesterday (January 21st, 2013), Barack Obama stated: “We cannot mistake absolutism for principle…”  That statement of belief will be a fatal mistake.  The word ‘principle’ means code, belief, attitude, opinion, value, standard or norm. It wouldn’t have mattered if it was Mitt Romney standing there or anyone else – they would have been saying essentially the exact same thing.  This Obama speak revoIves around ‘situational ethics’ rather than absolute truth.  They talk about a Creator that endows people this so-called ‘right to life’ yet a baby’s life can be snuffed out before he or she is even born to pursue the liberty and happiness – and this is right out of your Declaration of Independence that so many like to quote – including Barack Obama.  Here it is so you can read it for yourself:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by theirCreator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

It’s amazing that people will go on about a Creator and a God and hold to some personal belief about some Supreme Being without ever considering how this Being would communicate to his people in a practical and tangible way.  Instead, people fashion their own impressions based on their own inputs which come from any and all kinds of inspirations.  Then the kicker is that in these people’s minds anyone who speaks in terms of the standard of the Bible is a cultist.  Most people at some time in their lives will gravitate toward religion of some kind and for the most part it will leave them discouraged, frustrated and empty.  This is because there are two missing ingredients: 1.) Absolute TRUTH, and 2.) A humility that enables a person to see themselves as a puny microbe in this vast universe which will then enable them to submit to the absolute truth.  So without those two factors, you end up with all these doctrines and dogmas being talked about and debated but they are all over the map without an absolute.  Some are more well-meaning than others but are thwarted by a double mindedness that comes from…get ready – here comes the dreaded ‘S’ word that everyone cringes at – SIN.  You see, situational ethics or non-absolutism allows for sin, which is exemplified by putting SELF first.  It will allow for a woman to make the choice to have an abortion because her self-life is being infringed upon.  It’s not acceptable to have the woman make a CHOICE to NOT engage in the activity that gets her pregnant in the first place, so they promote a promiscuous lifestyle and then just say – go have an abortion if you get pregnant.  This way you can go on with your life without the responsibility of caring for this new life.  It’s sad when young women goo-goo over other’s babies but have or will have terminated a life that was growing in them and have no remorse.  Thankfully for those that have committed this sin there is a plan of redemption actively in place and you can be forgiven and freed from the guilt and shame (of any sins confessed).  BUT - this can only be accomplished in one ABSOLUTE way – repenting and turning to the Truth.  It is a spiritual undertaking but for those that are sincere about their convictions the Lord is faithful to bring you to place where you can learn and grow and mature in a personal relationship with Him – and that can only be done by him revealing himself to you through his Holy Spirit and through the words in the Bible.  Initially, it is somewhat easy but there is a hard part.  The hard part is Satan.  Satan is the one that most are referring to (knowingly or ignorantly) when they talk about this Creator or God that I mentioned before.  Satan is the one that has this world saturated with confusion and chaos, hatred and bloodshed. Satan is the one that has it in for you and will attempt to make your life miserable if you choose to turn your life around and walk away from your former lifestyles.  This can be intimidating and churches don't really prepare people for the warfare.  They just talk about how glorious life will be but it is in fact a war. God says do it anyway, don't be afraid - just trust in Me.  You're better off knowing this going in else you'll be more apt to give up when things get tough.

It would seem elementary for anyone that claims to believe in an all-good God to also believe that there is an all-evil entity as well - even just given a glance at the news headlines.  It would be foolish not to because then you have no way to explain the condition of a depraved and dying world unless your all-good God was a sadist or a masochist – or Satan.  The gospel tells us that Satan is the god of this world.  He has a kingdom and he is vying to wrestle away from God Almighty the dominions of the heavens and the earth which God possess and has bequeathed to us.  We must choose which path to go and there are only two paths.  The path to righteousness and holiness is narrow and straight and it only goes in one direction (to the Father).  The path to unrighteousness and unholiness is broad and will have many branches and ways that seemingly lead to the greater good.  The narrow and absolute choice is the choice that involves accepting the Bible as God’s truth and making a conscious effort to abide by what he has written in it, which is ultimately for our own good and which is all that He really wants for us - goodness.  It does not matter in the least if a person does not believe it.  It does not matter if you say that the Bible is mythology or man made – it will not make God unreal, it will not make him go away, and it will not keep him from doing the things that he has promised to do.

Today, Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013, is the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to ban most states laws restricting abortions, known as Roe v. Wade.  For forty years in America, abortion clinics have been sucking the life out of women’s wombs to the tune of over 50 million lives lost.  Worldwide since 1980 the number is over 1.2 billion.  God is pro-choice.  He says to choose life.  This statement is not just about killing babies.  By the way, the slam-dunk statement against those that say ‘well we believe, because science says, that life does not begin at conception but at physical birth’.  The FACT of the matter is – if anything is growing – that alone proves that there is life.  A human begins to grow the instant that life is conceived in the womb.  The point of God’s desire for us to choose life is so that we can enter into eternity with Him.  We only have this one lifetime to get this right.  God the Father says choose life.  If we do not then by default we choose death.  He says if we adhere to His word then we will be blessed in many, many ways both physically and spiritually.  He also says that if we do not – and we will then by default follow after other gods to the point where we can become gods in our own mind, which is exactly the lie that Satan told the woman in the Garden of Eden.  In these times, God is speaking to and through His chosen men and women.  He is begging us to turn fully toward him because the nation/world that turns against Him will be turned into HELL.  If you do not believe that you will be in for a very rude and a very terrifying awakening. 

If you are reading this sentence and are not yet walking according to the path dictated by Jesus Christ we are praying for you to join God’s family.  You see, Jesus is a king.  We were not designed for a democracy or a republic; we were designed for a kingdom and Jesus is the only Good King!  The world has nothing to offer but temporary pleasures.  Please don’t drink down the words that will have you thinking you know God without ever consulting his Word and getting to know him.  How can you get to know a person unless you spend time with that person?  God will talk to you, but He has only given us one avenue to communicate with Him.  The world will have you thinking that there are many ways to God, but He is very particular and jealous and He wants us to be the same – and He is right!  Choose Eternal Life!

Waiting for God

December 25th, 2012

“And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.” – Genesis 16:2

When Abraham listened to the voice of his wife rather than the voice of the Lord he ended up with Ishmael via a slave girl (essentially a bastard).  Now before anyone flies off the handle, please understand that a born again Christian man should be able to listen to the voice of his born again Christian wife.  Her job is to compliment and help her husband so obviously we should see our wives a blessing and one also hearing from the Lord.  In fact in the bible wisdom is depicted as a ‘she’.  Anyway, back to Abraham… At the beginning of Genesis 15 the Lord spoke His promise to Abraham of his coming lineage:

“And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?  And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.  And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.  And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.  And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.“  – Genesis 15: 2-16

Then Abraham asked the Lord how he would know that he (Abraham) would inherit the promise and the Lord responded by commanding him to present a sacrifice (Genesis 15: 8-11).  But then the Lord brought some bad news/good news, in the form of another promise made in Genesis 15: 12-14:

“And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.”

So God is saying to faithful Abraham that his promised divine seed would become a stranger in a land that was not their own and that they would be enslaved for 400 years – a prophecy of the captivity in Egypt under the rule of the Pharaoh(s).  This can also be seen as a type of what has happened to the human soul.  We have all been captivated by the world and our souls have been vexed by the powers of darkness and we have thus become enslaved to Pharaoh (Satan), the world and our fleshly desires.  But God is faithful to deliver us – yet deliverance from the world does not happen all at once nor is it easy – it takes time and it is hard (see Exodus 23: 20-33).  This is totally contrary to the ‘word of faith’ proclaimers that confidently state that ‘Satan is under our feet’ yet that ‘church’ is blind, deaf and in prison – thinking they are free and serving the Lord!

God said in Genesis 15:14 that he would judge the Egyptians that His people had been subject to and then His people would come out with great substance (a type of the church at the day of Pentecost)…But then He says in verses 16 and 17:

“But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.   And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces”.

Since the days of Pentecost have passed, the church has been being filled with the iniquity of the Amorites.  Jesus said in Matthew 23:32: “Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.” but read the whole chapter to get the full context and impact of what the Lord is saying to his people.  But then the last generation of this captivity shall repent as we enter into the days He describes next in Matthew 24 – the end of the age.  The world is now a very dark place and will become even darker very quickly and there will soon be a fiery furnace awaiting those that are that burning lamp who have agreed with God by walking going through [with] that sacrifice that He has required (Genesis 15:17).  The servant is not above the master – Jesus was our forerunner and we must meet him in the middle and do as He says and as He does.  

 In the here and now, the real church of Jesus Christ is reflective of tiny Israel that we see on a current world map. And of course the world scoffs at God’s Word and still to this day tries to reduce and ultimately eliminate Israel.  They are contrary to the Most High God who has said that He has given the land that far exceeds those current borders (Genesis 15: 18).  And in further contrast, the world sees this large, mega-giant Christianity with billions of ‘members’ being led by an abomination known as Roman Catholicism which now effectively states that the Israelis are no longer God's chosen people but it is now the [Catholic] Church) (see also a form of godliness in 2^nd Timothy 3).  That which the world decrees is all but lies.  However and thankfully, that is not the real church.  This is why we pray that people still ensnared in this entire system (all denominations) can see!  The real church is still scattered about being formed into a presentable offering that God will then ignite to go into the entire world to proclaim the gospel as a witness to Jesus Christ by the Holy Ghost and then the end shall come.

The church has for all intents and purposes for the last 17 or 18 hundred or so years been presenting Ishmael to the world instead of Isaac.  Jesus’ said in His last statement to His disciples before He ascended to heaven in Luke 24:49:

“And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued (clothed) with power from on high”

The church just prior to Pentecost was obedient to that command and the results of the promise were realized.  But over time, Satan, the world and the flesh have compromised the mission.  We find that between the end of Genesis 16 and the beginning of Genesis 17 that it appears that 33 years passed before the Lord spoke to Abraham again.  And then, prior to Him speaking specifically to the birth of Isaac by a barren Sarah he initiated another convent with Abraham.  This was the covenant of the circumcision of the flesh of the foreskin (Genesis 17: 9-14).  He states that without this circumcision, that soul will be cut off from God’s true people – because he would have broken God’s covenant (i.e., been disobedient).  It’s no wonder that God chose this type of covenant to show us exactly what it takes to inherit the promised land – especially to men – which God requires to lead His church.  The cutting of the penis?!?  Lord – isn’t there another way?  It’s no wonder that Abraham fell on his face and laughed when God told him all of this (Genesis 17:17).  This is also another way to show us that being delivered from Satan, the world and the flesh is not an easy and painless endeavor but we must proceed in faith daily believing it just the way His voice has spoken it to us else we hear in error: “Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.” – Luke 8:18.  The circumcision on the eighth day is also reflective of a daily sacrifice required as depicted by the eight pieces offered by Abraham per God’s command.

To summarize, the church has since gone out to the reach the world (Gentiles) without being filled with the Holy Ghost.  All the missionaries have done is feed people some, in most cases, very unappetizing food, while most just fly back to their mansions and continue on with their daily talk shows, leaving the starving and fly infested children there with their buckets of goop and some tracts or bibles that they have no understanding of.  The contingent left behind by the missionaries in these places is then set about with the task of making clones of those that have volunteered to join the cause – so you end up with more Baptists, Methodists, Buddhists, and Pentecostals etc – still no power.  You have street preachers going out to the city street corners with signs and tee-shirts quoting bible scriptures and yelling at people with mega-phones while they engage in conversations debates with people that are demonized and ending up being made to look like complete fools to the people walking by and watching on the YouTube…still no power.  All because they have not really hearkened to the voice of the Lord to ‘tarry within the confines of the church until they are cleaned and filled with the Holy Ghost’.  Another way to put it is as Jesus said to Peter: “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” – Luke 22:32.  He requires for us to be made clean before we go out.  He is saying to stay put in the church and let iron sharpen iron before we go out there (WITHOUT ANY POWER) and be made a fool out of – which bears repeating – is exactly what the church heretofore for the most part has been doing.  In other words – it has been a work of the flesh and it will only sow to the flesh – it will only produce Ishmael – a bastard – unless we are truly hearing from God and then being obedient to what He has said.  This is why he gives us apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers (Ephesians 4: 11-12) to work on and perfect the body of Christ so that they would then be equipped to go out and handle the devil effectively – to do the same purpose for which the Lord came – to destroy the works of Satan.  Now at this point I would clarify something.  I’m not saying that everything that the church has been doing for the last 18 centuries has been total vanity.  Many people have been turned to Jesus Christ and been given the opportunity for salvation.  What I am saying is that the time is now for the church to see the landscape for what it really is and when that appropriate number huddles up in that upper room again and stays there until the Holy Ghost comes again like the sound of a mighty, mighty rushing wind - game changer!!!  Satan you have a problem!

That is this reporter’s view and to quote Walter Cronkite “and that’s the way it is, Tuesday, December 25, 2012”.  Another reporter colleague of mine and sister in Christ has also posted an article on this ‘Christmas’ day 2012.  I can’t think of a better time to speak out and come against the devil than when he’s right in your face like he now with his phony ‘Christmas spirit’.  This is the way it is and we pray for all of God’s people to turn and come out of this evil world and not look back.

What Do You Mean There’s No Santa?

One thing that stood out for me what this caption under a picture of Satan Santa:

“Children will remember what we have told them about Jesus upon realizing that Santa is not real...and it will cause them to wonder if belief in Jesus is just as much a myth as Santa.”.  This is a master stroke of genius on the part of Satan.  He purposely makes a correlation between that which he knows will inevitably be exposed as a lie to the children (Santa Claus) and Christmas which he has masterfully tied lied to the birth of Jesus.  This will most certainly tie together the lie of Santa Claus and Christmas with Jesus Christ and therefore Jesus will then also be in doubt.  To that end Christmas itself is entirely a lie from Satan.  There is such thing as Merry CHRISTmas.  There is no Christian ‘reason for the season’.  Jesus wasn’t even born in December.  It’s all just a big fat devil lie and multitudes have fallen for it hook, line and sinker.  Jesus Christ does not mix in with that which is from man or Satan.  We must conform to Him and that can only happen if we are circumcised from this world.

Here is a good audio message also titled 'Waiting for God'

“Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.”

Psalm 132:9-16

True Grace

All,

At dinner recently with family the topic of the teachings of Joseph Prince came up.  First of all, I know the initial knee-jerk response from some will be – ‘here goes Tom again, criticizing some preacher because he doesn’t measure up to Tom’s standard’.  I truly hope Christians move past these knee-jerk responses and learn to measure/weigh everything according to God’s Word alone – not any man’s standard.  If I or any preacher is pointing to Jesus (the Bible) alone, then what’s the problem? – unless somebody doesn’t like Jesus and His standards – which are actually quite high.  Scripture more than backs up the fact that many Christians today are teaching what is sometimes called ‘cheap grace’.  One guy defined it as:

“The preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline. Communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ.”

The teachings of multitudes of ministries are now stating that ‘no perfect people are allowed’ in our church (Google that and see how many show up).  Many say ‘just come as you are’ but how very few correctly append to that ‘…but you can’t stay that way – you have to change’.  This is the message of the gospel – we have to change.  We just can’t cop out to some easy as pie, life is good, Jesus did it all for me on the cross type of existence – WE HAVE TO FIGHT A WARFARE TO BE MADE FREE!!!  Is it any wonder why He says in Isaiah 30 “That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:” and in 2^nd Timothy 4 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”? 

In contrast, the Bible clearly teaches us in Titus 2:11-12, that God’s grace has appeared (in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ and through the five-fold ministry gifts that He gave us as defined in Ephesians 4:11-12) to bring us salvation and INSTRUCTING us to DENY ungodliness, to DENY carnal desires, to LIVE discreetly, to LIVE righteously, to LIVE godly – even in this wicked and perverted world.  This is how we can actually ‘do’ the Word of God and not just be ‘hearers’.  Hearers of the Word just HEAR that Jesus forgives us of our sins by His blood but DOERS actually APPLY the blood to their lives by OBEYING what He says in scripture – and changing nature.  Many say that there is no ‘work’ involved – that is a lie.  So the ‘excuses’ become such like – well David fornicated and he was a man after God’s own heart.  But David is not the standard.  Is David the author and finisher of your faith?  Elijah, wallowed in self-pity under a juniper tree – so does that mean it’s okay for us to do it?  Elijah is not the standard.  Is Elijah the author and finisher of your faith?  The church of Corinth was in the grasp of perversion – the church of Corinth is not the standard.  Peter denied Christ – Peter is not the standard.  Jesus is the standard and his friend John told us that we can walk even as He (Jesus) walked – and God is no liar!  They say that a sinner is a saint that falls down but scripture says that “Jesus is able to keep us from falling and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).

We have been so brainwashed/indoctrinated by the world’s Greco/Roman philosophies which teach us to elevate and exalt people based on numbers of followers, eloquence or charisma, or most of all – how much they ‘know’.  This is especially dangerous in Christianity because many, many preachers and teachers (both true and false), know a lot of scriptures and they know a lot about the Hebrew and the Greek translations so therefore we tend to gravitate toward what they are saying because of a blinded persuasiveness rather than the individuals searching the matter out for ourselves – and to use our own noggins and to actually THINK for ourselves – and most importantly – to consult the Word of God and the Holy Spirit and compare what is being said to HIM for verification!

Below is a link to a message titled ‘The True Grace of God’, and I do hope you will take the time to listen.  But why is it that so many times our first reactions to a gospel messenger that we have not heard before tend to be along the lines of things like this:

•          Who is this guy?
•          What church or denomination does he belong too?
•          How big is his church or congregation/how many followers are there/how many YouTube views does he have?
•          What is he: a Pastor, an Apostle, a Bishop, a Minister, an Elder, or just a Brother or a Sister – what’s his Title?  Aside: (Even though Jesus clearly teaches us to call no man father, master, teacher, Rabbi etc., we keep on keepin’ on, wanting to give a person preeminence, which falls right into the trap of that Greek mindset – to elevate a man – I don’t care what anyone says, it is a subtle part of the Nicolaitane doctrine.  The worse-case scenario is calling someone Reverend – Psalm 111:9 says: “He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant forever: holy and reverend is his name”.  That ought to end the entitlements right there eh?  Call me legalistic if you want to but don’t take my word for it – if you find out otherwise in the new covenant – please let me know – but it seems to me that our fore-fathers the apostles were on a first name basis with one another.  Please hear me - my aim is freedom from every demonic yoke – I want to be free – I want you to be free.  The spirit of the Lord is a liberator – and man, if religion hasn’t put on us the biggest yokes of all I don’t know what does)
•          Where did he go to school – i.e. how many Masonic ‘degrees’ does he have?
•          And probably the worst of all - who did he come up under? (TODO: insert puke face emoticon here).

I suppose the answer is in part because there are now so many voices in Christianity today and people are in a sense becoming weary (or leery) of just hearing another sermon without seeing demonstrated power!  That will be changing soon because if you can see how the moral decay and corruption of society, culture and world systems is on the rapid increase then know without a shadow of a doubt – that Almighty God will respond.  In the meantime, we are left with the quite simple fact that the Lord knows those that are His and His sheep know His voice.  All we can to is continue to tell it and pray for the ever present famine of hearing the Word of God to end so that souls can be snatched from the clutches of Satan.

I for one, want to be free from any preconceived notions, or prejudices (pre-judgments)  about anyone.  It is true that you cannot judge a book by its cover – you have to open the book and start to read it.  The Holy Spirit has quickened the Word with safeguards that are build right into the scriptures which, when properly discerned (rightly divided), will reveal God’s nature (or character) and that nature will continue to transform us (as we continue to allow him to).  Therefore, when you see someone that has effeminate character traits (like Joseph Prince or T.D. Jakes or Paul Crouch or Marcus Lamb to name but a few), you will know that scripture says that the effeminate (and he must obviously be talking about men) cannot inherit the kingdom of God – so logically, if the effeminate cannot inherit the kingdom – how is it possible for the effeminate to represent the kingdom of God?  And if you can’t see the effeminacy in most Christian presentations then you probably stopped reading this already.  In Matthew 11:7-12, Jesus  pointed to the ones that were living large in king’s palaces wearing soft clothes or skinny jeans or Beatle haircuts or tattoos or body piercings – OK he didn’t specifically say skinny jeans, Beatle haircuts, tattoos or piercings, but these things are revealed by the SPIRIT and they do not have to be contained in the actual LETTER – they are simply NOT reflections of the NATURE of God!  So the thing is – warn the righteous, warn the wicked and pray for people to turn to the truth before it is too late.  When we are truly contrite and broken, then when or if we do sin, even in thought let alone deed, we will be quickly convicted by the Holy Ghost and as our hearts are not hardened we will then quickly repent.  One thing that I noticed in this True Grace message that I refer was that the speaker had others reading from scripture which made it hard to hear because the readers were not in close range of the microphone.  Of course, my initial knee-jerk (emphasis on the word ‘jerk’) response was – ‘why is this guy not reading it himself – doesn’t he know that it’s harder for us to hear?’  I discovered the Holy Spirit saying – pick up your Bible and read it for yourself!!!

I pray that we all can begin to walk according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh as in the past – let God be true and every man a liar.  It does not matter WHO brings the message – the question has to be asked: is it TRUE?  The only way for Christians to come to this place of unity – one faith, one mind, one accord – is for us to forsake everything in this life and be truly be repentant and contrite in order to truly be born again in Christ.  Proverbs 28:5 says that Evil men do not understand judgment – but those who seek the Lord understand all things.  We can marry that old testament verse to the new testament in 1^st Corinthians 2:14-16 which says that the natural man (the Evil man) does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him – and he cannot know them, because they spiritually discerned.  But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man (let God be true and every man a liar).  For who has known the mind of the Lord the he may instruct him? – but we have the mind of Christ.  At its core, cheap, false, vain and licentious grace teaches ‘you can’t judge’.  Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world?

Again I say what scripture says in plain language – how can two walk together unless they are agreed?  The only way for people to be ‘convinced’ of the absolute gospel truth is for them to be ‘convicted’ – that is the Holy Spirits objective – but only as the vessels are willing to yield to him.

The True Grace of God - Alan Martin

1^st Peter 5:12

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother (for so I regard him), I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!

Titus 2: 11-12

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in this present evil age.

2^nd Corinthians 6:1

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

Jude 4:

For certain men have crept in unnoticed (unaware, in a stealth manner), those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness (a license to sin) and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

The Way of Salvation – Psalm 62

February 4th, 2012

“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:” – 1st Timothy 1:5

Let me first state emphatically, if you say you are a Christian, and you read this article and do not agree with it whole-heartedly, then you have been victimized by the very things described below and you will not be an overcomer at the end of your life or this age - whichever comes first.  Please read on and take serious heed knowing that what we are desperately in need of overcoming as described in our Bibles vividly in Genesis 3 and Genesis 6.

The goal of the gospel of Jesus Christ is for us to be transformed from a carnal, time and space focused and unclean soul into a spiritual, eternity focused and clean soul.

Jesus says “in your patience, take possession of your soul”.  Obviously, SOMETHING besides me must have possession of my soul.  Now if Jesus said that, then it is true and I personally do not think that a single living human other than him has been excluded from that state of being.  So every believer (small and great) must come to terms with what exactly has had possession of my soul.  This is better stated “who has had possession of my soul?”  The “who” that has had possession of my soul are demonic, unclean spirits that have been doing nothing but using us as vessels to express their lusts. Also, the higher the level of the demon spirit(s), the higher the level of worship that will be directed to the vessel carrying the demon(s). This is how Satan’s kingdom operates. At the end of this chain of bondage is the highest level fallen cherub, the ‘prince of the power of the air’, who has obscured from the worshipers the True and Living God – to whom alone the worship is due and should be directed to but instead Satan has funneled all of that worship to him via lies and deception, because we been enthralled with this temporal life. So it becomes false worship to a false god. What Christians must do then is to humble themselves down and submit to the true Lord Jesus Christ – the Word of God – in order to be made clean from these intruders.

Here in the last days, those that claim to follow Jesus Christ need to truly come to terms with the fact that we have been so duped in church life, that we really have to STOP and think about what we are doing, and what we have been feeding on. It’s time to deal with forces that have Christians bound and blocking the flow of the Holy Spirit. Let’s not find ourselves saying “you need to (fill in the blank)…No – first of all – “I” need to... “I” need to come out of the world and be converted. Let’s not find ourselves pointing out what’s wrong with others without having first gotten the mess out of our own souls.  This is not a presto-chango occurrence that happened when you confessed Christ or came down to an altar call in a church service.  This is a process that happens ONLY through a diligent and disciplined life style of identifying and denying the lust(s) of my flesh, the lust(s) of my eyes and the pride(s) of my life – this is how we get the power to cast out demons.  This is how we can become overcomers – sons of God – and then “…the prince of this world comes, and has NOTHING in me!”

Waiting on God – Possessing My Soul

“In your patience possess ye your souls” – Luke 21:9

Jesus says this in the midst of an end time discourse where he is telling us that as Christians we will be rejected and slain by religious hypocrites just as He was. Those of us that enter into this confrontation with the power of darkness will have to have possession of our souls else we will compromise and deny Him. So why does he mention patience in the same statement as possessing your soul? The process of possessing our soul primarily comprises of waiting on God as we go through the process of mortifying our members and dying to the things of this world. The end result will be a resurrected life that will become a living sacrifice. Probably the hardest thing about a Christian life these days is waiting on God.  Remember this: what is the primary characteristic of ‘waiting’?  Have you ever waited for a bus while running down the street?  Waiting means: to remain stationary in readiness or expectation.  I would add this as well – that for us as Christians by and large it also means “SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP – and soak Him in through his appointed messengers and the Holy Spirit in you – until we are endowed with POWER!!!”. 


“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that wait for him.” – Isaiah 64:4


“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” – 1^st Corinthians 2:9

If we really wait on/love Him then we will be obedient and do this.

Let’s look at a beautiful illustration of “in your patience possess ye your souls” found in Psalm 62. Here are 2 sets of 2 verses that show us a progression:

Verse 1.) Truly my soul waiteth (waits silently) upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

Verse 2.) He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved (shaken).

Verse 5.) My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation (hope) is from him.

Verse 6.) He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved (shaken).

In verse 1 and 2 we hear the psalmist talking ABOUT his soul in the first person. We recognize that from God alone comes our salvation and we recognize that we must wait on Him for our deliverance. As we go through deliverance there will be moments of doubt and stumbling thus “I will not be greatly shaken”. He is saying we will waver some but not greatly…there will be times of tribulation.  I’m not talking about “persecution” type tribulation here but just trials and the testing of our faith – going through everyday life in this dark foreboding world. Now look at verses 5 and 6. Here the conversation changes from talking “about” my soul to actually talking TO my soul. This is where I am taking possession of my soul! I say – rather, I command – “My soul…continue to wait on God. Although I have taken possession of my soul I am still mindful that I must wait on Him. But now (verse 6) I will NOT BE MOVED.” We must command our souls to deaden the old man and excess lusts. This is why it is hard to fast and pray – because the old carnal man does not like doing the things that will kill him and birth a new spiritual man. When I possess my soul, I will not care about the persecution that will come from Satan’s kingdom and I will not be the least bit shaken. So while I am in the process of possessing my soul, I can be shaken but with the impartation of the divine nature of Jesus Christ comes the boldness and confidence (in HIM – not in myself) that will carry me through the persecution. It’s very interesting how verses 1 and 2 and verses 5 and 6 bookend verses 3 and 4.

Now look at what (actually “who”) is in between the waiting on God (verses 1 and 2) and the possessing of our souls (verses 5 and 6):

Verse 3.) How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Verse 4.) They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.

He is talking TO someone else in verse 3 and he’s talking ABOUT someone else in verse 4. It is the demons that have strongholds in our souls! While we are waiting on God and taking possession of our souls we are going to have to deal with these nephilim. These intruders and invaders of our souls have had us scattered our minds and actually mutated our very make up (DNA if you will). We must bind and curse these invaders and cast them out of our souls. This is what the power of the sacrificial blood of Jesus Christ does for us and for that we thank Him and praise Him and adore Him! By the blood of Jesus they shall be slain – ALL OF THEM! In reality, they are as a leaning unsupported wall and a wavering tottering fence. Their purpose is to counsel (devise) to dethrone the Most High God from His place of preeminence which should be our very souls as we are to be temples (carriers or vessels) of His Holy Spirit. These wicked ones delight in lies – they bless with their mouths but inwardly they are cursing us. Here is another aspect of waiting on God…we are bearing out the fruit of patience as we deal with other people that are carriers of these nephilim. We deal with them not only in our souls but face to face all the time…in our families, on our jobs and in our church groups. This is why discerning of spirits is important. Realize that we are all in need of deliverance and not everyone is at the same place but if we really do have a broken spirit and a contrite heart God will be faithful to complete His work. But remember that there are some that put on a good show or a good act (hence the word “hypocrite”). They talk really nice and the words that come out of their mouths sound real sweet but deep down they are cursing and despising the real sons and daughters of God. In the Old Testament the whole story about the Israelites taking possession of Canaan is a type of how we are to possess our souls. We have to fight these “giants” (nephilim) and there’s no going around them. Numbers 13:33 tells us that the ones that did not believe they could overcome (Joshua and Caleb where the only two that did believe) saw themselves as grasshoppers – and that’s how the giants saw them too. That’s not the reality though. Through their divination and mind control and keeping us embedded in fantasy and make believe (TV, news, sports, carnal religious activities  etc.), the nephilim are able to have us appear to ourselves as inadequate, unbelieving and as most Christians today commonly say (cursing themselves): “I’m just a sinner” (Psalm 62:4) – Please – we come in as filthy rags, sinners against our very Creator and Mighty God – but we can and should be more than conquerors...that will be the time of the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit.  The first thing Jesus did coming out of the wilderness being tested by Satan was a.) Come out in the POWER of the Spirit; and b.) COME AGAINST AND CAST OUT DEMONS.  The first thing He prophecies over us for when we are to go forth to the world and preach the gospel is: “these signs shall follow them that believe – In my name they shall CAST OUT DEMONS…” – Mark 16.  The first thing!!!  But this kind comes out only through much prayer and fasting (which results in Ephesians 6).

Read the remainder of Psalm 62 and you’ll see that verses 8-12 equate to this overcoming person now preaching the gospel – starting with “Trust in HIM you people…” and ending with “Also unto thee, O Lord, belongs mercy: for you render to every man according to his work.” (mercy and judgment!).

“He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he (Jesus) walked.” – 1st John 2:6 (may want to read that one agin, did he say walk as Jesus walked?)


“Now unto him (Jesus) that is able to keep you and me from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.” – Jude 24-25 (did he say he was able to keep me from falling?)

Don't Let Soon Become a Thing of the Past

January 3rd, 2012

Recently I sent out a few emails to people that I know personally or that have been in contact with our ministry at some point in the past.  Also on my email list are some ministers that are located all around the globe that have been a blessing to us in the past.  The purpose was to let people know about a fellowship meeting we are having this coming weekend (January 6-8, 2012 - titled A New Church Order).  Someone recently replied to me personally asking if I knew about how I had CC’d (carbon copied) everyone on one of those emails and that people then started to email one another with ‘reply all’.  As it turns out everyone’s email address was exposed (my terminology).  Let me tell you something – I had actually planned on doing a BCC (blind carbon copy), but I (without thinking) clicked the CC button when I added my contact list  – didn’t notice – clicked Send…and the result of my mistake was that a communication between people was stirred up and a few Christians stepped up to the plate to offer their financial assistance to some out of state folks that want to, but can’t afford the cost of coming to ATL.


We cannot afford to think that this (or any future gatherings) are just going to be ‘another church gathering’.  Every one of us knows that there is nothing good down here in the world which could possibly be worth holding on to and to that end, every one of us believing knows that at some point – God is going to move mightily.  We really have to let go of every preconceived notion about ‘church’ as we know it – even when we are still in the midst of even doing what seems to be ‘church’ as we know it.  What’s important is that we are being prepared for something NEW.  Nobody can possibly know what something NEW is going to be like because _________(fill in the blank).  However, I can tell you with 100% certainty that this weekend is going to be nothing less than at a minimal – an outpouring of God’s spiritual blessings on His people.  We are going to be so blessed with God’s favor this weekend because we are standing up to honor Him!  Who would want to miss that?  On the other hand, what I CANNOT tell you with 100% certainty is that God WILL pour out of His Spirit – the manifest presence of the Holy Spirit upon his people – which is indeed our expectation at some point in time.  I wish I could tell you that but I really don’t know…BUT what if he does do it now and you are not partaking?  What if this happens the week after and you are not a partaker – next month, next year?  This past weekend we had a preview of this as we gathered together in prayer and sharing and afterward there has been numerous testimonies of refreshing and being energized (how many times have you been energized after only 3 or 4 hours of sleep – that’s not possible is it?:)

Again, especially to those that are local to Atlanta, but this does apply to people outside of Atlanta as well:  It is time to be more inconvenienced.  I'm not speaking with pride here but many of us locally have been inconvenienced ourselves at least one day a week (albeit for only a few hours anyway) for years now.  And that in itself is just scratching the surface of being inconvenienced – so therefore it can’t be something to be proud of.  The gospel is not convenient or comfortable to the flesh.  The flesh does not like to be inconvenienced.  It's time to step further out of our comfort zones.  I’ll end this plea with this scripture (red letter’s included), that should instill the fear of the Lord that we absolutely and desperately need to walk this out to the end:

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad – Matthew 12:30.

The context of that verse has the Lord telling us about binding the strong man and spoiling his goods – destroying the works of Satan in our lives and then being able to deliver the captives!  This is what it is all about – and we CANNOT be afraid of it and that is exactly what our main problem is – we’ve been afraid but we think we are not afraid.  It’s time for us to face and conquer that fear!  In that verse the Greek word for ‘gathers’ is sunago (4863) – it is a compound of 2 words – 1.) sun (union, association, companionship, possession, completeness), 2.) ago – to lead, to bring, to drive, to induce).  The Spirit of the Lord is absolutely leading us into this union – and it will be and must be coordinated and led in the natural realm by males.  I came up with my own little analogy :) – soon ago: he is coming soon, but if I don’t step up to the plate now I will be passed by (past – ago get it?) – i.e. ‘get thee behind me Satan’.

Dinner for 2 and a movie or a basketball game: $100 (probably more right?)…how many times have we dropped 100 bucks without even thinking about it.  There is not much time left to count the cost for real.

At least come and join us for a few hours on Sunday but this entire weekend is going to be an important time of fellowship – not just listening to preachers!

For those that do have a regular church fellowship (which is the absolute necessary iron sharpening iron), I encourage you to gird up for war and not to be complacent with sitting within the friendly confines of your meeting place week after week.  There are gates of hell that must be attacked by an offensive Body of Christ and it going to be brutal – we cannot emphasize enough the need to come together now so that we can be prepared to individually accost the powers of darkness in these last days.  This cannot be done with intellect and mental ascension – we must have the mind of Christ formed in us.  The appointed time is coming very soon and there is no Plan B for this.

Blessings to all of God’s children!

Tom Gaughan

Judgment Begins at God’s House

December 19th, 2011

It's important for us to realize that the 'judgment' spoken of here is not a judgement that has us looking at 'the body of Christ' (or others) but it is each individual first looking at themselves. Am I serving God or am I serving Baal. I must get the beam out of my own eyes so that I can see clearly to help others get their mind's clear as well - and to that end - judge a righteous judgement (that's what Jesus says). Even when Paul was chastising the 'foolish Galatians' for being under the influence of witchcraft he still calls them 'brethren'...

The following is a letter written by Derek Prince (date unknown)
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Dear Friend:

As American Christians, we are confronted by a grim, undeniable fact: our nation has come
under the judgment of God. For this there are many reasons, but they can be summed up in one
simple statement:
We have committed the sin for which Esau was rejected—we have despised our birthright (Heb. 12:15–17).

God judges us according to the measure of light we have received. Jesus told the Jews of His
day that their judgment would be much more severe than that of Sodom and Gomorrah, because
they had received a much greater revelation of the truth (Matthew 11:20–24).
The same applies to America in this century. No other nation has had the same access to the
Word of God that has been granted to the American people. Through culture and tradition,
through churches and evangelists, through radio and television, and through the printed word,
America has been blessed above all other nations with the knowledge of God’s truth. Our
judgment for rejecting it will be correspondingly severe.
Many Christians do not realize that God’s judgment does not begin with the people of the
world, but with the people of God. Peter told the Christians of his day, “For the time has come
for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of
those who do not obey the gospel of God?” (1 Peter 4:17). These words apply equally to the
church in America today.

Of all the sins that could be charged against the contemporary church, it is sufficient to
focus on two: materialism and compromise.
In Luke 17:26–30 Jesus predicted that the period before His return would be like the days of
Noah and Lot. He mentioned specifically eight activities characteristic of those days: eating,
drinking, marrying, giving in marriage, buying, selling, building, planting. Yet there is nothing
specifically sinful in any of these activities. What, then, was the problem?
The problem was materialism. The people of those days had become so engrossed in these
materialistic activities that they were unaware of the impending judgment of God on their
carnal lifestyle. When judgment came, they were totally unprepared.
The same is true today of most professing Christians in America. If the final judgments of
God should suddenly usher in the return of Christ, they would be totally unprepared.

Like materialism, the sin of compromise often goes unrecognized. About two years ago,
while praying, I had a mental picture of the interior of a typical church building with rows of
pews, a platform, a pulpit, a piano and so on. But the whole building was permeated with some
kind of fog. The outlines of objects could be discerned, but nothing was sharply defined. While
I was wondering what the fog represented, God gave me one clear word: compromise.
In the contemporary church, most of the main moral and doctrinal truths, so clearly
enunciated in the New Testament, have become blurred and ineffective. In 1 Corinthians 6:9–
10 Paul wrote: “Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate men, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.” Yet the church today is full of people who commit
these sins, but remain totally unconcerned. In fact, they often boast of such sins.
A church member lay in a hospital, dying of AIDS, which he had contracted through
homosexuality. Then he received Christ and was given a New Testament. After reading some
way in the New Testament, he sent an urgent message to the person who had led him to Christ:
“Come and pray for me. I need deliverance. I never knew there was anything wrong with my lifestyle.”

About seven years ago, at the Christmas season, our staff had committed Ruth and me to
appear on two television presentations of PTL. Since we do not watch television, we had no
idea what to expect. I was supposed to be the “main speaker.” Out of the first hour, I was given
ten minutes, and out of the second hour, twenty minutes. Most of the time was given to appealing
for money and selling Tammy dolls. As far as I can recall, Ruth and I were the only people who even mentioned Jesus.
Shortly afterwards there was a public exposure of the scandals that have now become
notorious. But for me personally the most shocking thing was not any sexual or financial misdoing,
grievous as that was. What shocked me then, and still shocks me today, is the realization that
millions of Americans were being continually confronted with a totally false picture of
Christianity—one that had no room for the cross, with its demands for humility, for holiness
and for sacrificial living. How terrible to realize that people who have been seduced by such a
presentation may never hear the real truth of the gospel!

The PTL scandal is now history, but it has left us with a question we need to answer: was it
simply an isolated phenomenon, or was it a symptom of a disease that affects the Body of Christ
throughout America?
Yet within the church there is still a remnant of sincere, devoted followers of Jesus. If we are
among that number, how does God require us to respond to the present crises?
One clear answer is given in 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If My people who are called by My name
will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I
will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” The phrase, “My people
who are called by My name,” applies to all Christians who take the name of Christ upon
themselves.


For at least 30 years I have been teaching on this Scripture, but recently I was confronted by
a shocking realization! God’s people in our day have never fulfilled the first condition. We have
never truly humbled ourselves. Our pride—both religious and racial—remains as a barrier that
holds back the answer to our prayers for ourselves and for our nation.
Through the severe dealings of God in my own life, I have learned the most effective way for
us to humble ourselves. Very simply, it is by confessing our sins. If we regularly and sincerely
confess our sins to God, it is impossible to approach Him with an attitude of pride.
Furthermore, I have seen that God has only committed Himself to forgive the sins we confess.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Unconfessed sins are unforgiven sins. Thus the barrier of pride
builds up a second barrier of unforgiven sin.

The Bible exhorts us to confess our sins not merely to God, but also to one another. “Confess
your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed” (James 5:16).
Confessing our sins to God deals with vertical pride; confessing to one another deals with
horizontal pride. We can hardly maintain an attitude of pride towards someone to whom we
have just confessed our personal sins.
This applies especially to the relationship between husbands and wives. Those who regularly
confess their sins to one another are not kept apart by a barrier of pride.
Furthermore, confession of sin is an essential prerequisite to effective intercession. Daniel
was one of the most righteous characters in the Bible, but when he set out to intercede for his
people Israel, he began by acknowledging his own share in their sin (Daniel 9:3–13).
I believe that God is waiting for us as American Christians to humble ourselves before Him
and one another by confessing our sins. Only after we have done that, can we move on to claim
the healing of our land.

But I must add a word of warning. Do not begin to indulge in morbid introspection! The
Holy Spirit is “the finger of God” (Matthew 12:28; Luke 11:20). Ask God to place His finger on the
sins you need to confess. He will do it with unerring accuracy, probably bringing to light sins
which you never recognized!
I have confined this analysis to the situation in the United States. Much of what I have said,
however, applies to other nations who are heirs to the Judeo-Christian inheritance and to the
church worldwide. May God help each of us to accept our personal responsibility!

Yours in the Master’s service,

Derek Prince