Senin, 30 April 2012

75) * THE PRAYERS & SERMONS OF OUR STANDING MINISTERS FOR PEOPLE TO READ - 37


Sister San Davis
SERMON MESSAGE FOR MONDAY APRIL 30, 2012

REMAIN STEADFAST IN YOUR FAITH EVEN AS YOU SEE THE DAY OF THAT SPECIAL EVENT APPROACHING.
 

Brothers and sisters, we are entering a time never before seen in this country and in the whole world. We are on the threshold of the greatest time in the history of the Church as well as some of the most difficult times since the world began. People of God, we need to enter into this time with their eyes open, realizing that there are things about to take place on a level that mankind has never seen or experienced. It behooves us to get as close to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as we have ever been, for the times ahead will require His grace, guidance, strength and protection. Gods love coupled with His wisdom is absolutely the only thing that will take us through these perilous times. 
Heavenly Father in the Name of Your Precious Son Jesus, I come as humble as I know how, but boldly to the throne of Grace to receive mercy, grace, wisdom and guidance for my self and these here Your children. thank You for another opportunity to minister to Your blessed flock. Lord together we come to You to say Thank You, for this is the day that You have made and we will rejoice and be glad in it. Father, we love You, we praise You, we give You the glory, honor and praise. We magnify, Your Holy and Precious Name. We come to You as humble as we know how and we stand before in a heart of repentance to ask You to forgive us of our sins that we committed by thought, word or deed. We ask that You cleanse us from all unrighteousness, that we may be in right standing with You at all times....We ask that as we begin or continue to line ourselves up with Your Truth, Your divine order, grace and mercy will manifest in our lives....Lord, teach us how to genuinely love one another. Help us to seek You throughout our lives, so that we can be a blessing to others...Father, we lift up to You, all those that are single and we ask that Your Divine Will be done in each of their lives and for those of us who are married, help us to seek You throughout our entire marriage, so that we can be a blessing to other married couples. Help us all to discern Your timing... teach us how to wait patiently so that You can perfect Your character in us, so that we'll be a blessing to whomever You send us to. Heavenly Father, comfort all my brothers and sisters in Christ and help them deal with anger and hatred directed at them as they follow your Son Christ Jesus...May we draw closer to You, even as we see Your coming drawing nigh and whenever we begin to feel lonely. weary or confused, anoint us with a knowing that You know what's best for us and You will keep us in perfect peace because our minds are stayed upon You... Strengthen us Lord, help us to always be mindful of the times we now live in, not swept away with every wind of doctrine but keeping our eyes on the author and finisher of our faith, You Jesus.....We loose the spirit of RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINES, PURITY AND SANCTIFICATION over each of us and our friends, family and loved ones in Jesus Name..Amen, Amen & Amen.


THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE FOR FEAR IS THE WORD OF GOD.

The word says in Hosea 6:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."

God's people (Israel) were prone to disobedience against God. God sent many prophets unto them to warn of coming judgment if they refused to forsake their sinful ways. We read in Hebrews 11 (often referred to as the "Hall of Faith") that some of the prophets were sawn asunder (into pieces), others were victims of cruel scourgings, some were mocked and stoned, some were tempted, and yet others were slain with the sword (Hebrews 11:36-38). These heroes of the Bible all suffered and died in faith. Sadly, it wasn't the heathen nations that killed these prophets, but God's people themselves (Matthew 23:31,37). Can you imagine? God loved Israel enough to send them preachers to warn them about their wickedness. Prophets like Jeremiah and Isaiah preached a message of repentance to the Jews, yet they wouldn't listen to the knowledge of God.

What is the "knowledge" that Israel lacked that led to their oft destruction? We find the answer in Hosea 4:1-2 "Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.”

KNOWLEDGE OF GOD OR THE LACK THEREOF

The knowledge which the nation of Israel so desperately lacked was the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. To no surprise, this is exactly the same knowledge which is woefully lacking in America today. America is headed for destruction without the knowledge of God. In so many ways, Americans are wandering into spiritual darkness. I'd like to share a few of these areas of darkness with you.

God has clearly stated in the Bible that He is NO respecter of persons. God always honors repentance, whether it be an individual or a nation. If America is to be salvaged, then she must once again regain the knowledge of God. Americans are increasingly walking in darkness...

God and His Word were banned from the American Public School System back in the 1960's. Soon after, young American women in the 1970's were eager to exercise their RIGHT to have abortions after being brainwashed by feminist magazines such as Cosmopolitan. Whereas mothers living in COMMUNIST China had enough sense not to murder their own children, the American mothers began to willingly kill their own children in the name of "FREEDOM." The true agenda behind abortion is population control. And those women who murder their babies "think" they are doing the right thing because some person at a Planned Murderhood clinic told them so. Abortion is cold-blooded murder! America is being destroyed on-purpose. Our children are deliberately being dumbed down by a nationwide failing public school system.

MANY PULPITS ARE DEAD CONCERNING THE TRUTH OF GODS ABSOLUTE WORD!

There is a direct correlation between a nation's level of concern and it's level of moral integrity. As a nation's people deteriorate spiritually, they naturally become more selfish and self-centered. As a result, they become apathetic and indifferent to everything that doesn't directly affect them AT THE MOMENT. For the most part, most countries have gone over a moral waterfall and is now plunging down into the abyss of darkness. We are trusting that with much prayer with fasting and the spreading of Gods word that it is not too late for the world. Its only by Gods grace mingled with our faith and our tenacity to reach the lost to bring about a miracle of salvation. Nevertheless, all Christian believers should be working diligently to do their part in saving America and the world as much as possible. It is sad to think many have said, well you know, Satan must run his course." No sir! Not in my country! Not in my city! Not in my neighborhood! Not in my house! Satan can set up his damnation circus in my neighborhood if he wants to; but I will preach, holler, and expose him for the deceitful liar that he is. We must not give Satan an inch, or else he'll become a ruler. If God didn't want us to do anything about evil, then why did he tell us to fight the good fight of faith? (1st Timothy 6:12).

Many of the pulpits are dead especially here in America where many preachers are idly preaching sermonettes in an attempt not to offend the big tithers. Most of America's pastors are blinded themselves and don't know the TRUTH. Sadly, they don't want to know. That's right, they don't care. Sadly, the truth about what's going on in America and many parts of the world cannot be found in MOST of it's churches. The heathen are wiser than the children of light, just as Jesus said in (Luke 16:8). We must become educated concerning the truth and Proverbs 4:7 says “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding”

Most people live in darkness without the knowledge of God. The knowledge of God is TRUTH. Israel didn't listen to the truth when it was preached to them and they were harshly dealt with. Will you listen to the truth? Or will you be destroyed? America needs a generation of David Wilkerson style preachers to cry aloud against the wickednesses of our time, uncompromisingly and without apology. Pastor David Wilkerson spoke the truth about everything pertaining to sin, to include sexual immorality, alcoholism to name a few and was persecuted verbally for it. Where are the men of God today? Where are the preachers, the pastors? America along with many nations of the world are being destroyed because it's citizens are asleep, lapsed into a spiritual coma. The reason is because many of our American pastors are asleep. Wake up oh man of God! Wake up and set the fields on fire with the truth. Preaching is truth set on fire!!! The truth is right in front of our faces, but so few recognize it...

"For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them." —Matthew 13:15

THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR

Nations that are not of the Father will not be able to survive what is about to happen. Many nations will cease to exist, while others

will be changed forever. Everyone that is not rooted in the Lord will perish in the coming cataclysms, holocausts, famines and

pestilences. As we await the return of Jesus in the RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH, America continues to be dismantled, weakened and

destroyed from within, it will eventually collapse under the weight of its own corruption, decadence and apathy. I have made many references to America as we have been the ruling nation in the world, otherwise known as the superpower in the world and the country used as example to the rest of the world. Like the Roman Empire, America will most likely be attacked, invaded and conquered by merciless foreign troops who will seize the opportunity to plunder, vandalize and rape the country of most of its natural resources and beauty. More than likely during the tribulation period that is so very near if not already upon us. Most of the people in this once great nation will say: “How could this happen” not realizing that the handwriting was clearly on the wall for all to see. If only the people would have paid more attention to the signs right in front of their eyes, and listened to the words of the few out there who were ttrying to warn them; instead of watching programs like American Idol and being consumed with celebrities and the world of sports.

WHAT HAS BEEN WILL BE AGAIN, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WILL BE DONE AGAIN; THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN ECCL 1:9

Once America is sacrificed upon the altar of the NWO, it will be brought under an oppressive totalitarian police state along with most of the world nations. The laws for this beast system have been written over the course of many administrations in the last
fifty years, both here in this nation as well as abroad. Things are about to drastically change for everyone on this nation, and for the whole world in general. Many of these things will happen so fast that none will see it coming; only a few that paid attention and prepared. There will be only a few places, if any to hide. The only real safe place will be under the Shadow of the Almighty.

BIRTH PANGS

Birth pangs, in terms of Bible Prophecy, refers to certain convulsive geopolitical, geophysical, astrophysical and world-wide socio-economic events and issues scheduled to occur in the time leading up to Jesus Return…(RAPTURE). These are likened to the contractions experienced by a woman about to give birth, with those episodes increasing with frequency and intensity.

JESUS' FORETELLING OF THESE BIRTH PANGS USE THE WORD "SORROWS," IN HIS OLIVET DISCOURSE ON END TIME THINGS TO COME.

"And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows." (Matt. 24:3-8)

JESUS' PROPHECY IS FURTHER EXPOUNDED UPON IN ANOTHER OF THE GOSPELS.

"And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven"

"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." (Luke 21: 8-11, 25-28)

All of the birth pangs were given by Jesus and the Old and New Testament prophets in context of the Tribulation Daniel's seventieth week.

Beloved brethren, these things I say unto you so that when I lie in bed at night, I can be peaceful and calm knowing that I have blown the trumpet loud, sounded the alarm and my hands are clean from the blood of those that will die. Make no mistake about it lambs of God; the times just ahead of us are going to be some of the most horrifying times we have ever experienced in our lives.

Luke 21:28 “But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh”

Luke 21:31 “So likewise you, when you see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”

Luke 21:36 “Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”

Ezekiel 33:6 says “But if the watchman sees the sword come, and blows not the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.”

As a watchman on the wall in my case a watch-woman on the wall, it causes me much pain to have knowledge of these things; it is a heavy burden to know it and have to live with it continually, unable to share it with everyone. As it is written in the book of Ecclesiastes 1:18: “For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.”

JESUS OUR BLESSED HOPE

We of all people, have an anchor and a blessed hope; our wonderful Savior and King Jesus, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. We of all people have the ability to overcome circumstances, fiery trials and come out victorious. In all these things we are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ who loved us…Amen. Yes saints of God we are kept by the power of Holy Spirit through faith. “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…” Matthew 28:19.

I will conclude with this: America as well as many countries are being destroyed for a lack of knowledge, a lack of truth. We cannot be healed as a nation until we start opening our eyes to the plain truth. Of course, the greatest truth we can ever learn is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you've never been born-again, I plead with you to do so now.

"And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." —2nd Thessalonians 2:10

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. - Psalm 33:12

"Ye that love the LORD, hate evil..." —Psalm 97:10

I leave you with one of my favorite scripture, Romans 8:38-39: “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Bountiful prayers submitted on your behalf in Jesus Name…Amen, Amen & Amen! With much love, sis San

Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty
Is the God of Israel
Elders bow in worship
As the angel voices swell
Fragrant clouds of incense
Swirl around Your throne of grace
Lord we bow in worship
At the brilliance of Your face
We cry, Holy Holy Holy is the Lord

Holy Holy Holy
Is the song that Heaven sings
All creation praise Him
Hallelujah Elohim
Come to reign forever
King of kings and Lord of lords
Lift your head O Zion
Open wide your ancient doors
And cry, Holy Holy Holy is the Lord



Sabtu, 28 April 2012

74) * GUIDELINES FOR LJUSC

Sally S. Richter



For all the Elders, brethens of LJUSC...
Please know that the Original Guidelines of the LORD JESUS CHRIST is for the LJUSC Wall Church to have the Sermon, every Monday and Tuesday Posted. 
The rest of the the days for the whole week will be dedicated only for worship, praises, thanksgiving and prayers. 
Nothing is to be added at these times, as the Lord's confirmation. 
Any information if there will be changes will be announced by next week. 
Thank you all so much in our LORD JESUS CHRIST.


As the Lord JESUS direction from the Calvary Cross!

73) * THE HIDDEN WILL OF THE LORD JESUS ABOUT HIS GUIDELINE PRAYERS IN LJUSC

Sally S. Richter

26 April 2012



THE HIDDEN WILL OF THE LORD JESUS ABOUT HIS GUIDELINE PRAYERS IN LJUSC :
I was praying to our LORD JESUS CHRIST for the sorrow of MY heart for many are coming against the LORD's will and cannot understand the will of the LORD JESUS for LJUSC Church, about its guidelines in Prayers, Worships and Thanksgiving. When the Lord reminded me of the messages I received for years now since He called me for this purposed and the Lord asked that I chosed one particular letter I received from a dear sister on November 9, 2011. Two months after the Church started.

And the message:
""My lovely precious sister Sally, you might not know how much I am thankful to God that He placed you as my inspiration/guide from your posts and awesome prayers, show me how to pray and worship in English, and let me understand the will and heart of God more!! Truely you're a blessing from God to me. Praise the Lord!! English is my 2rd/3rd language as I speak Chinese most of the time(excpet work). From you I learn much to praise the Lord and express our heart to Him in different ways. I give all honor and glory to our Heavenly Father/Lord Jesus for His love and compassion for us. Tell you a secret, I printed one of your love prayer and sticked on my bed end wall by end of last year and sometimes I will thank Him/pray of what you've written guided by Holy Spirit. Dear Sis may God bless you abundantly!!! And I'm touched for your great love for children and the lost souls around the world. May mighty power and anointing from the Most High always pour over you to win many more souls for Him. THANK YOU SISTER SALLY, I LOVE YOU MUCH!!!!!!!
Sent by sister Tehilah Fu on November 9, 2011 /2months after the LJUSC was asked by the Lord to be built.
("For all to know, I have no previous contact to sis. Tehilah when she sent me this message but the conversation was started when I sent her a message of gratefulness for joining LJUSC) and this answer of her surprised me.

"Though I have other messages that I received privately with almost the same context the LORD made me chosed it.

Then the LORD JESUS message came: REVEAL IT NOW FOR ALL MY CHILD!

THE TIME OF MY REVELATION ON THE DESIRES OF MY HEART FOR PRAYERS ON MY WALL.




Let the testimony of my daughter Tehilah be out for now. This is My will. This is MY desire. Let all know the reason of My will upon MY church. Let them know the reasons of the guidelines I gave you and why it was my heart and desires that I ask You to make this Church you put your prayers on the wall.

Let them know the hidden things of My heart when I gave the guidelines for MY church. Why I desired prayers in the Church. This was My desire for those whom I called for MY Church. I have called you that you can pray together and give inspiration through your prayers and inspire other children whom I am calling. My children who I desire to call and used at this times. My child, let them know those of you who were called for MY own purposed and are working in things you may not know and hidden at Your understanding but now is being revealed to you at these hours. This is the right time and this is the time I had set it for My church, the reason behind. I have revealed to you that Facebook is My Universal Church, the one I said to you in 2007 where you will meet many of My children. I fulfilled My words to you.

Many will never understand MY will but only those who are faithhfully doing the things I asked and assigned them to do. Let them know My child, the hidden things of the reasons of the guidelines. I set prayers, worships, thanksgiving for many have forgetten to praise me at that time and I have hidden things, hidden reasons for leading you on this. This has been My desire when I lead you to pray after every of your messages. Let them know that I have many children around the world, many children I am calling and I am gathering at these times for the perfect plans I have for them.

I let you pray that I can used you to reach out to many souls. I am using you to reach out on many souls, to teach them to pray to inspire those who are weak. To help them in prayers. I am gathering my children of different colors, countries, traditions and nationalites. Many of them does not even know me, does not even know the Bible, does not really know how to pray, but out of your obedience to My commandment to you and many other with you, you can draw more children unto Me.

Tehilah is one of them, she is mine , my daughter, she is one of my beautiful child. She knows me by her heart. And i have many other children whom I am calling to be with me at these hours and prayers will help them to come close to me.


And the Lord Jesus gave me Revelation 15 :1-5

" I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues —last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harpsgiven them by God and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations. Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy.All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple —that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law —and it was opened

Father in Heaven. In the name of Thine loving son our LORD JESUS CHRIST!
I thank Thee for the greatness of Thine will upon us in LJUSC
Thank Thee LORD JESUS for being our HIGH PRIEST here
We glorify, worship and thank Thee LORD for all
We offer the works, worship, praise, thanksgiving only to Thee
In thine Holy NAme our LORD JESUS CHRIST! Amen. Amen!

All for the glory of GOD/LORD JESUS CHRIST. Amen!

Senin, 23 April 2012

72) * THE PRAYERS & SERMONS OF OUR STANDING MINISTERS FOR PEOPLE TO READ - 36


Daniel Pasaribu



Monday Sermon for LJUSC, April 23, 2012


" MOVING IN THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO ACCOMPLISH THE GREAT COMMISSION UNTIL THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH”- Part 1 of 3 : (1Corinthians 12:7-11)


Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

God equips each of us with special abilities or "spiritual gifts" to edify (buildup, strengthen) ourselves and others for the perfecting of the saints and for the work of the ministry in the Body of Christ until all come in the unity of the faith while the use of these gifts helps the "spiritual health" of all Christians around the world.

Paul drives home this point in 1 Corinthians 12, where he explains how Christians form the body of Christ and how the gifts are used within the body. Consider these two excerpts:

"7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills."( 1 Corinthians 12: 7-11).

"25that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 28And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way. "(1 Corinthians 12: 25-31).

Each person, with their gifts, is part of the body of Christ. In order for the body to function properly, the person needs to be connected with the body and allowed to fulfill his or her role. For example, someone with the gift of discerning spirits could represent a liver in the body of Christ. If that person is prohibited from using her gift to minister to the body, the body will suffer, just as someone would suffer physically from liver failure. This helps us see why the enemy tries to stop the ministry of the gifts of the Spirit. A weakened body of Christ will be less able to fight the devil's forces in spiritual warfare. It also will not be able to effectively establish and expand God's kingdom on earth.

The Bible gives us clear guidance on how to approach spiritual gifts. Specifically, we are to:
• Learn about our gifts (1 Corinthians 12:1)
• Use our gifts (Romans 12:6-8)
• Not lack in any gift (1 Corinthians 1:5-7)
• Pursue love and "eagerly" desire spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 14:1)
• Avoid thinking our gifts make us better than other Christians (1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Romans 12:3-5)
What are the gifts? The most common list of the spiritual gifts is found in 1 Corinthians 12:8-11. I've included a short descriptions borrowed from Harold Horton's valuable book, The Gifts of the Spirit.

1. Word of wisdom: "Supernatural knowledge supernaturally and divinely applied"* (1 Corinthians 2:10). Word of wisdom addresses things that will happen in the future.

2. Word of knowledge: "Supernatural revelation by the Holy Spirit of certain facts in the mind of God"* (knowledge that only God could know) Word of knowledge addresses information about the past and present.

3. Discerning spirits: "Supernatural insight into the secret realm of spirits...It supernaturally conveys information that could not be had apart from this gift. By its operation we may know the true source and nature of any supernatural manifestation, whether divine or satanic"

4. Gifts of healings: "Supernatural healing of diseases and infirmities without natural means of any sort"

5. The working of miracles: "Operates by the energy or dynamic force of the Spirit in reversals or suspensions of natural laws. A miracle is a sovereign act of the Spirit of God irrespective of laws or systems" and "a miracle is a supernatural intervention in the ordinary course of nature."

6. Faith : "A gift of the Spirit to the saint that he might work miracles, or rather receive them...Those who possess Faith the Gift of the Spirit believe God is such a way that God honors their word as His own and miraculously brings it to pass...Faith's operation is more passive than active. Miracles' power does things by the Spirit: Faith's power receives or enjoys things by the Spirit."

7. Different kinds of tongues: "Supernatural utterance by the Holy Spirit in languages never learned by the speaker - not understood by the mind of the speaker - nearly always not understood by the hearer"

8. Interpretation of tongues: "Supernatural showing forth by the Spirit of the meaning of an utterance in other tongues. This interpretation is not an operation of the mind of the interpreter but the mind of the Spirit of God."

9. Prophecy: "Divinely inspired and anointed utterance. It is entirely supernatural...a supernatural utterance in a known tongue" * It often operates in conjunction with words of wisdom and/or knowledge.

Additional spiritual gifts are:

1. Ministry (Romans 12:6-8)
2. Teaching (Romans 12:6-8)
3. Exhortation (Romans 12:6-8)
4. Leadership (Romans 12:6-8)
5. Mercy (Romans 12:6-8)
6. Helps (1 Corinthians 12:28)
7. Administrations (1 Corinthians 12:28)

Discussion of each gift could warrant a book in itself. Unfortunately, there are only a handful of good books written with balanced and accurate teaching about the gifts of the Spirit and you can check them out on our Christian Books page.

Discover your gifts: The Bible encourages us to learn about our gifts (1 Corinthians 12:1). As you step out to discover your gifts, remember that God wants to reveal them to you and that your particular gifts will be tailored to God's purpose for your life. This time of discovery should be a wonderful and exciting blessing for you.

1. Seek God for guidance and teaching concerning the gifts he has given you. The word says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him" (James 1:5 NKJV). A simple daily prayer for this could be:
God will respond through the Holy Spirit by teaching you about your gifts (1 John 2:27). The Spirit teaches us in different ways. Generally he teaches through scripture, circumstances, dreams, visions, impressions and people. Guidance from these different avenues should always be checked with scripture. God will never lead you to do something that contradicts the Bible's instructions.

2. Keep yourself tapped into God through a daily quiet time (prayer, praise, worship, Bible study). This is vital to maintaining forward momentum in your relationship with God and protecting yourself from backsliding. It will also be helpful to review the Bible's instruction concerning the gifts in 1 Corinthians 12-14 periodically as you learn about your gifts.

3. Obey the Spirit's instructions regarding your gifts. For example, when my wife was discovering her gift of knowledge, God brought her into several situations where she was to share his word with complete strangers. She obeyed in all but one situation. When she obeyed, she was filled with joy and faith, and she was used by God in awesome ways to minister to the people. When she resisted the Spirit, she felt terrible that she had let God down and missed the opportunity to touch that person's life.

A friend of mine had a similar prompting from the Lord to stand up on a bus during his morning commute and share about Jesus. He did not and missed an incredible opportunity. What he didn't know until later was that there was a front page article in the morning newspaper about Jesus Christ, and that most people on the bus had been reading the paper. My friend grieved the lost opportunity. There was no way to go back in time to recover that particular moment.

Thankfully, God does not give up on us when we don't follow through on his instructions. Our disobedience will cause lost opportunities, but it will not cause him to abandon us. He will work with us patiently. Even so, it behooves us to obey his instructions the first time, as we don't want miss the opportunities to bear fruit for his kingdom. If we disobey him habitually, we risk quenching the "fire" of the Spirit, thus bringing us into a time of spiritual dryness.

Use Your Gifts! If we stick with the Bible's instruction concerning the gifts, we'll best avoid falling into error. Knowing the guidelines will help us recognize God-ordained opportunities to use them and avoid the devil's deception. Specifically, we should use our gifts:

1. In love (1 Corinthians 13:1-3,13): Love is the essential ingredient to the pure operation of the gifts. When we are not grounded in love, Satan can use us to bring division, doubt and destruction into the body of Christ. Consider what Paul wrote about love and the gifts:
"1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing." 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NKJV

When love is absent, pride, selfish ambition and religious control can corrupt our motives. Keeping our motives pure when ministering through the gifts is a continual challenge. We live in a world that is tuned for lust...sex, materialism, gluttony and power are some of the big attractions. These influences can easily rub off on us if we're not staying daily connected with God and keeping vigilant watch over our hearts. Since lust is the opposite of love, giving in to its influences will subvert our love, and scuttle the effectiveness of our gifts.

2. To edify the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 14:12): The primary purpose of the gifts is to edify the body of Christ, although they may also be used to share God's love with non-Christians. This underscores the need for us to be plugged into a good church or at least a small group where we are able to mutually minister to one another through our respective gifts. If we are not involved in such a group, it will be difficult to learn and grow in the operation of our gifts.

The gifts have different but valuable roles and all should work together for the good of the body as a whole (1 Corinthians 12:14-27). When any one gift is separated and exalted above the other gifts, it can be an easy target for abuse. For example, in the scriptures the gift of miracles is always combined with the preaching of the word. This combination provides a powerful inspiration for people to place faith in God. When the gift of miracles is exalted by itself without the preaching of the word, it can easily become something akin to a magic show for entertainment. Another example is the use of tongues in the group ministry gathering. Paul prescribed that when tongues are spoken, they should be balanced with the gift of interpretation of tongues so that all present can be edified (1 Corinthians 14).

3. In the fear and character of God: Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way. Paul wrote, "For God is not a God of disorder but of peace....But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way" (1 Corinthians 14:33,40). For example, lots of noise and hype in a church service can generate distractions that can get people's focus off God and onto whatever is going on. This too can cause the operation of the gifts to become more like a show than a time of ministry. I'm not saying that we can't be joyful or exuberant in the Lord's presence, but it needs to be done in a worshipful way. Finding the delicate line between worshipful exuberance and confusion is something that ministry leaders have the privilege and responsibility of determining.
If these guidelines are ignored, it a virtual guarantee that the enemy will try to use the abuse of the gift to divide and destroy the body of Christ.

What if I don't want the gifts? God will not force the gifts on you if you don't want to use them. God is gentle, kind and patient (James 3:17; Psalm 145:8-9). He will simply leave them for you like unopened presents under a Christmas tree. Even so, if you don't open your gifts you could be missing out on some wonderful opportunities to be used by God to minister to people.

Consider also that your fellow believers in your church or small group would never experience the edification that your gifts could have brought them. A final thing to consider is that you will have to give an account to the Lord ultimately for how you employed the gifts (or talents) that he gave you (2 Corinthians 5:10, Matthew 25:14-30).

Can I lose my gifts? Some people worry that they may have lost their gifts because they failed to seek and employ them earlier in their lives. The Bible says that God gives spiritual gifts irrevocably (Romans 11:29). That means he will not take a gift away from you, even if you are a) not using your gift or b) not using it properly.

THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE ROLE OF THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

It is vitally important that we Christians of the 21st century understand that Jesus intended the Great Commission to be pursued throughout the Church Age as He originally established it — that is, WITH accompanying supernatural signs. Sadly, for too much of history, the Church has been content to try to reach the world with the preached word only, thereby violating the Apostle Paul’s great declaration: “Our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction” (1 Thessalonians 1:5).

1 Corinthians 1:7-8 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. [8] He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (underlining mine)
Recall our opening list of spiritual gifts given by the Holy Spirit, taken from chapter 12 of this epistle to the Corinthians. Here the apostle Paul is opening this same epistle by assuring them that they will lack no spiritual gifts all the way “to the end”! Contrary to teaching in some modern circles, the early Church was promised that all the way to the end of the Church Age, up to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, they would “not lack any spiritual gift.” Millions of Christians around the world today continue to believe straightforward Bible promises from God like this one, and they are personally receiving gifts of the Spirit and seeing them regularly manifested by God in their midst — exactly as promised!

1 Corinthians 2:4-5 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, [5] so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

Today as then, it is vitally important that our preaching of the Gospel be accompanied with a “demonstration of the Spirit’s power.” Such demonstrations in Paul’s ministry included healings and miracles, along with other gifts of the Holy Spirit. This principle still applies today. That is, the faith of those we lead to Jesus Christ must not rest on the skill and wisdom of our words, but on the Word of God confirmed with genuine manifestations “of the Spirit’s power.” In other words, the supernatural gifts of the Spirit provide Christians in every century with powerful testimony to the reality of the Gospel we preach.

John 14:11-12 ...at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

Jesus promised that believers (not just apostles) may do the works that He did, and even greater, because He has returned to the Father and given us His Spirit. Ministering your spiritual gifts is very much a part of "full gospel" ministry. Christ’s disciples in the early Church did indeed do the works that He had done. They healed the sick, raised the dead, cleansed the lepers, cast out devils, and more. But note that Jesus’ promise was not just to the disciples of that first generation, but to “ANYONE who has FAITH IN ME.” If you have faith in Jesus, then in His Name YOU can heal the sick, cast out demons, etc.

Romans 11:29 God’s gifts and his call are IRREVOCABLE.

God’s charisma are irrevocable. The Amplified Bible says: “For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable -- He never withdraws them when once they are given.”

The Greek word here for “gifts” is charisma, from which we derive our English word “charismatic.” The Bible is assuring us that the charismatic gifts, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, are never revoked or withdrawn when once they have been given. In fact, the bible encourages you to increase in your spiritual gifts.
Hebrews 2:4 God also testified to [our great salvation] by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who DOES NOT CHANGE like shifting shadows.

God the Father does not change, including in His giving of spiritual gifts. He confirmed the preached Gospel in the first century with “signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit.” And He who “does not change” confirms the same Gospel in the 21st century with the same supernatural manifestations.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the SAME yesterday and TODAY and forever.

Jesus ministered in power, signs, wonders, and miracles in the first century. And the Bible clearly records Him empowering the early Church to minister with supernatural manifestations and spiritual gifts. Well, Jesus is the “same...today.” Jesus has not changed. As in the early Church, so today He empowers His followers to minister in the power and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 3:3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?

Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Jesus began His Church in the power of the Holy Spirit. He will bring His Church to maturity and completion in the same power of the Holy Spirit, not by “the flesh.”


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“MOVING IN THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO ACCOMPLISH THE GREAT COMMISSION UNTIL THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH”- Part 2 of 3(1Corinthians 12:7-11)


THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SUPERNATURAL GIFTS WITH SIGN, WONDERS AND WORKING OF MIRACLES

The early Church was born of the Spirit and baptized in the Spirit. They ministered in the power of the Holy Ghost and manifested the supernatural gifts of the Spirit. But as Paul notes above, even in the first century there began a drift away from living and ministering in the Spirit to living and ministering in “the flesh,” that is, by man’s human abilities.

Some segments of Christianity in our day have made this same error — that is, believing that “human effort” can successfully accomplish Christ’s Great Commission. To correct this error, Paul called them back to remembrance of their beginnings “by the Spirit”. That is my desire to call the Church back to its beginnings, when the Word of God was preached and confirmed in the power of the Holy Spirit with signs, wonders, miracles and gifts of the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:8-12 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is KNOWLEDGE, it will PASS AWAY. [9] For we know in part and we prophesy in part, [10] but when PERFECTION COMES, the imperfect disappears. [11] When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. [12] Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see FACE TO FACE. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

This portion of Scripture has been used by some allegedly to prove that the gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased at some arbitrary time long ago. In fact, these verses prove exactly the opposite! They are among the New Testament’s strongest references to the continuing validity of the spiritual gifts.

Will prophecies, tongues and knowledge “cease ... be stilled ... [and] pass away”? Certainly. These verses clearly declare that. But the relevant question is WHEN and in what sense? The answers are clear from the very text itself — that is, in the perfected state that occurs upon the Second Coming of Jesus, not before.

Vs. 10 says “...when perfection comes...” As of today, some twenty centuries later, this has not yet occurred. Jesus is the Perfect One. “Perfection ... comes” to us at His Second Coming, when we see Him “FACE TO FACE”! (vs. 12) Then, when we see the Perfect One “face to face,” tongues will be stilled, prophecies will cease, and knowledge will pass away.

But in what sense will they “cease ... be stilled ... [and] pass away”? This is a crucially important question. The answer is given in verse 12, using the specific illustration of “knowledge ...[which vs. 8 says is to] pass away.” Verse 12 shows us that knowledge as we know it now “passes away” NOT in the sense of going from some to none, but in the sense of going from “know[ing] IN PART” (vs. 9) to “know[ing] FULLY” (vs. 12).

This well-known portion of Scripture says nothing about the gifts of the Spirit ceasing in the sense of disappearing. The flow of thought, as clearly illustrated in verse 12, is that spiritual gifts that are partial now (tongues, prophecy, knowledge...) will go not from partiality to zero, but from partiality to FULLNESS. For the entire Church Age we can expect to “know in part and [to] prophesy in part” (9). Then, at Jesus’ Second Coming, “when PERFECTION COMES, the imperfect disappears” and that which has been “in part” will (verse 12) be brought to fullness!

1 Corinthians 1:7-8 Therefore you do NOT LACK any SPIRITUAL GIFT as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will keep you strong to the END, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul wrote to this Corinthian church about the gifts of the Holy Spirit (chapter 12). He showed (chapter 13) how those spiritual gifts would continue during the Church Age in their partial, incomplete state and then would be brought to fullness at the Second Coming of Christ.

And Paul (ch. 1:7-8 above) clearly encouraged his hearers to expect to “not lack any spiritual gift ... to the end,” right up to the “day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

And that is my encouragement to the Lord’s Church today. Preach the Word of God. Teach the Word of God. Share the Word of God in your personal testimony and witnessing. And expect God to confirm His word with “signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit” (Hebrews 2:4).


WHAT IS THE NINE SPIRITUAL GIFTS

The gifts are imparted at the time of need for ministry purposes, not for personal use. The specific gift is given for the type of ministry needed at the time. For example, the gift of healing would not be needed when one is prophesying.

Ask the Holy Spirit BEFORE you begin to minister, as He will give several for the work to be completed. For example, physical healing could involve discerning of spirits, word of knowledge, healing and word of wisdom.
Remember, gifts are the power of the Spirit of God working through you. God, and only God, should receive the glory!

Note that Jesus operated in all gifts at all times, as He had the fullness of the Spirit.

Dear Precious Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

THERE ARE NINE SPIRITUAL GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH MORE DETAILED IN EXPLANATION ( I Corinthians 12:8-10)

"for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kind of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues”.

1.GIFT OF PROPHECY

The gift of prophecy is intended as a sign to the believers. It is received by thought, impression, vision or the audible voice of God.

(1) A believer is able to bring a word from God to the church, for yourself, or for the person being counseled. The message should build up and encourage.
(2) The words are for edification (building up), exhortation (encouragement) and comfort.
(3) In 1 Corinthians 14:31 we are told that all should prophesy:
"For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged”.
(4) It is important to make a start, speaking out a few words from your mind or Scripture-the natural first, then the spiritual.
(5) As we act in faith God will bring words to our mind.
(6) It is important to that as many as possible receive this gift as it encourages them tremendously in their personal faith.

2. GIFT OF A PUBLIC TONGUE

(1) We should wait for the anointing or presence of God.
(2) Boldly speak out in our tongue and believe God will bless it.
(3) As we make a start, believing that the Holy Spirit is directing us, we will know the confirmation that God is speaking through us.
(4) The Scriptural basis is explained in: 1 Corinthians 14:5,27,28,29 and 39.
(5) Be aware that the Lord may anoint for a song in the Spirit. This is a very beautiful gift.
(6) A message in a public tongue and interpretation is for the unbelievers.

3. INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES

The gift of interpretation of tongues is received by a thought, impression, vision or audible voice of God.
(1) An interpretation is NOT a translation of a tongues message – it is similar to prophecy.
(2) There should be a maximum of three tongues messages in a meeting, with the interpretation.
(3) Sense the anointing and then make a start in faith and God will give us the ability to interpret.
(4) A message brought in song may be interpreted by the same person, sung in English.
(5) Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:5, 27 & 28.

4. WORD OF KNOWLEDGE

The word of knowledge is received as an impression, a thought, or the audible voice of the Holy Spirit.

(1) The word is ABOUT a situation. Example: health, relationships, finances, emotions, etc.
(2) The woman at the well John 4:16-17: "Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here”.
The woman answered and said, "I have no husband.”Jesus said to her,” You have well said,’I have no husband’, for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband, in that you spoke truly”.

5. WORDS OF WISDOM

The word of wisdom is received as an impression, a thought, or the audible voice of the Holy Spirit.

(1) The gift of the word of wisdom is HOW to deal with a situation.
(2) King Solomon - 1 Kings 3:16-28.
Two women had babies at the same time. One woman lay on her baby. It died. She changed babies with the first woman. They spoke to King Solomon. He said,” Bring me a sword, you can have half each”. The real mother said,” No, give him to the other woman, by no means kill him,” The other woman wanted him divided. The King knew the real mother and gave the baby to her and gave the baby to her.

John 8:3-7 The woman caught in adultery.
Jesus said, verse 7 "He who is without sin among you , let him throw a stone at her first,” The accusers left. Jesus said to her,” Go and sin no more”.

6. DISCERNING OF SPIRITS

The gift of discerning of spirits is received by a thought, impression, vision, or audible voice of God.
(1) It reveals the spiritual forces affecting a person or even ourselves.
(2) These forces are revealed in order that they can be dealt with , through prayer.
(3) Important when praying for the sick.
Acts 16:16-18:
Slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination – fortune teller.

Verse 18 "Paul, greatly annoyed by her, turned and said to the spirit,” I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her,’ And it came out that very hour”.

7. GIFT OF FAITH

The gift of faith is described in:

(1) Romans 10:17:
"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God”.
(2) As we believe the Word of God absolutely, read it and trust it entirely, God is able to implant the gift in our hearts.
.(3) Matthew 17:20:
"Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as mustard seed, you will say to this mountain ,’Move from here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you”.

Mark 11:22-24:
Verse 22:

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God”.
Verse 23:

"For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,’ Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says”.
As we believe God in small things, He can then extend our faith for larger things.

8.GIFTS OF HEALINGS

Mark 16:18:
"..... they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover”.
Healing may be gradual.

(1) We must act in love when we pray for healing.
(2) We must centre our thoughts totally on Jesus Christ at the right hand of God.
(3) There should be no unbelief.
(4) A person must be counseled in the area of repentance from sin, unforgiveness, occult involvement, wrong relationships.
.(5) Without repentance the Holy Spirit is quenched and healing will be blocked.
(6) Self acceptance. If God has accepted us we should accept ourselves.
Ephesians 1:6:” by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved”.
Other Scriptures
1 Peter 2:24:”….by whose stripes you were healed”.
Isaiah 53:5:”…..And By His stripes we are healed”.
James 5:14-16:
"Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much”.

9. MIRACLES

Miracles are 'instantaneous' healings.
John 4:46-54
Healing of the nobleman's son.
Verse 50 Jesus said to him, "Go your way: your son lives".
He was healed that same hour.
When we know the anointing of the Holy Spirit and sense the power of God flowing through a person, we believe that an instantaneous healing is taking place.


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“MOVING IN THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO ACCOMPLISH THE GREAT COMMISSION UNTIL THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH”- Part 3 of 3 : (1Corinthians 12:7-11)


MORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN MOVING IN THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS FOR THE GOAL OF THE MINISTRY


We need to move quickly to know the Knowing Gifts. First on the list is Prophecy [propheteia Romans 12:6, I Corinthians 12:10, I Corinthians 12:28]. Often we think of a prophet as one who tells the future, and this can be the case, but in a broader sense, the prophet is one who makes known the word of God, whether that word interprets past or present events or describes a future toward which we are headed. A brief glance through the prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures will show that a prophet is not always appreciated. Unlike the evangelist who is always bringing good news, the prophet brings all the news from God...God's pleasure and displeasure with what we are doing.

Prophecy can take different forms. There are those who are primarily verbal. They sense God' s message and either speak or write it. Jeremiah is a verbal prophet. Others are non-verbal, like the prophet Ezekiel. Ezekiel sees visions and has out of body experiences where God shows him things and interprets them.

Ezekiel does report some of this in words, but he also shows a lot of it in symbolic action. Today we would give Ezekiel a nice padded cell somewhere. We have forgotten that God gives gifts that speak to us through non-rational as well as rational means.
Prophecy is similar to the gift of Knowledge [gnosis I Corinthians 12:8], but they are distinct. The prophet tends to present God's opinion and thought and interpretation. The one with the gift of knowledge is a channel for God's information. The woman who had a vision of where the diamond was, had the gift of knowledge. It wasn't symbolic of a larger truth, it was needed information to solve someone's distress. When police call on a psychic to help with a case, they are looking for someone with the gift of knowledge. Where is the body? Who made the call?
Related to that gift is Discernment [diakrisis I Corinthians 12:10]. Discernment is a kind of knowledge, but rather than straight fact or instruction it represents the ability to discern between good and evil, right and wrong, health and illness. Often you will hear it described as the discernment of spirits. If you find that sometimes when you meet someone you have either very good or very bad feelings about them...even though you don't know anything about them, that is an indication that you might have the gift of discernment. It operates with people, with places, and also with things. This can be the troubleshooter...the technician who knows exactly where the problem is...with your phone line, with your relationship, or with your digestive system.

That is not to say that everyone engaged in those activities is doing God's work. But it is to say that there is some Biblical support for gifts from God operating in that ways and in other ways that we tend to simply label "occult" or "new age." It might mean that the psychic down the street needs not our condemnation, but our encouragement to see a higher source and greater power for those same gifts. Maybe they don't need to quit what they're doing. Maybe they just need to ground what they are doing in the God of Jesus Christ.

Wisdom [sophia I Corinthians 12:8] is the ability to unite the practical and theoretical to see the whole picture of the forest and the trees both. If you can not only envision a program but can also know what details need to be taken care of to make the thing happen, that is wisdom. Therapists of various sorts often have the gift of wisdom. They can identify the general problem of whatever type of mental, spiritual, or physical and can also come up with concrete things to do to help. Judges can be wise when they can see the big picture they are dealing with and then figure out the detailed legal steps that will result in justice. To simply figure out what is going on is discernment. To also know what to do about it is wisdom.

There could be a whole sermon on Healing [iamata I Corinthians 12:9, I Corinthians 12:28]. In its natural form, healing is the ability to help someone through a process...emotional healing through months or years of therapy, physical healing through medical treatment. Those natural processes are forms of the gift of healing. It also takes supernatural forms of instant healing...again in physical, emotional or spiritual ways. If you have ever prayed for someone and right then and there the problem is gone, that is the supernatural form.

Yes, there are shams and scams. But just because some doctors are quacks does not mean there is no truth in medicine or no doctors worth their fees. It's the same way with all of these supernatural gifts. Because some healers are in it for the money and the glory and everything is staged does not mean that all of them are or that God never heals that way. It's the same with the other gifts. Some are crocks or crooks. Some are committed to powers other than God. But there are some Tarot card readers that pray before readings and others who feel exiled from a faith they would like to explore because their particular gifts are seen as evil, even though the Bible seems to be full of their use.

To be complete, to be whole as the people of God, we need all the gifts among us. All of them need to be well grounded in the God of the Bible. But let's be sure that everyone gets that opportunity. Let's be sure that we don't label the work of God as the work of evil or as nonsense by mistake. Dare we be open to all of the gifts of the Spirit?

HOW TO RECEIVE THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRITS

1. The first requirement is that the person must be born again, filled with the Holy Spirit , and speak in tongues.

2. Gifts of the Holy Spirit are given by God for the purpose of ministry. The fruit of the Spirit is the outworking of evidence of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit, for example in Galatians 5: 22-23: “ The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control”.

3. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are for the building up of the Body of Christ.

4. They are to be exercised in love. (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

5. There should be no involvement in the occult now. Any past involvement should be repented of and sinners’ prayer prayed.

6. Test any leadings with the Bible and the Body of Christ.

We must always seek the anointing or presence of God when
ministering in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Dear Precious Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

The conclusion of this sermon today is to know how to move with the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the ministry is so important in these Last Days. However, we have seen so many people around the world have not been participated in the moving in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Spiritual gifts can be best described as gifts given of God and given to us by Him and delivered by the Holy Spirit to achieve God’s supernatural goals .These spiritual gifts are the working tools of ministry and they are the success formula for victory over the world and the forces of all evil. Just as we have five physical senses that allow us to function in the natural realm of the sin failed world that we as the Children must walk through on or journey to the promise land as who are truly His.

Performing work that God has called all of us to do as Christians and true men and women of God and if we are truly His Children living our lives for His glory and living on Him and His causes and not ours, then God will fill us with the nine spiritual gifts by His mighty working power from the Holy Spirit to fulfill our calling to do the Great Commandment and the Great Commission instructed by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 22:37-39 and Matthew 28:19-20.

Consequently, God will bless us, prosper us and help us to complete our ministrial works in Christ and will enable us to function properly in the spiritual realm and receive from God all of His promises and the world will see the spiritual light shines forth from any Christian believer who brings the gospel to every mankind on this earth with God’s power and miracles through the moving of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

As the end conclusion of this sermon, let me ask all of you to pray to God to receive the kinds of the spiritual gifts from the Holy Spirit for the unity of the Body of Christ:

"Lord Jesus, I ask for your forgiveness from my sin. I turn from my sin now and thank you for the forgiveness I have through your shed blood on the cross. I thank you that you have sent your Holy Spirit to live in me, to empower me to live a life pleasing to you. Lord, I pray that you will baptize me afresh with your Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, I welcome you now into my life and invite your fullness to fall on me. Please sharpen my ears to your voice and train my eyes and heart to the truth in the scriptures. Guide me in all my ways and convict me of the sin in my life.

Please equip and prepare me to carry out God's work through my life. Please fill me with God's love for people and reclaim all areas of my life for Jesus Christ. I give you praise, now and forever, hallowed Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Father in heaven, thank you for creating me with special gifts to minister to your people these Last Days until the Rapture will take place at your appointed time. I ask for wisdom concerning my spiritual gifts. Please guide me and instruct me today concerning the spiritual gifts I have. Please help me to be sensitive to the situations I'm in throughout the day and help me sense where your hand is working around me. Please protect me from the deception and temptation of the enemy. Father, I praise you and thank you for including me in your wonderful work on earth! In Jesus' name, Amen."

To God Be All The Glory And Honor Forever And Ever, A m e n .

Daniel Pasaribu
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Selasa, 17 April 2012

71) * THE PRAYERS & SERMONS OF OUR STANDING MINISTERS FOR PEOPLE TO READ - 35


San Davis

Sermon Message for Monday April 16, 2012.

WILL YOU NOT TARRY FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THE TIME IS SHORT AND JESUS IS SOON TO RETURN…

Precious brothers and sisters, thank you for another opportunity to minister the word of God to you. I know as the the coming of the Lord draws near, we will be inundated with much opinions, new revelations and various scripture references concerning Jesus's soon return. I along with many others are very excited about the times we now live in. I'm sure many of the apostles of old wish they were alive today to see what we have been priviledged to experience. My prayer for you comes from Luke 21:36 " Keep alert at all times, be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man" in Jesus Name, Amen....

"WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING, KNOW THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR." LUKE 21:31

No one can tell us with certainty what tomorrow’s weather will be except the one who causes it, Father God, but by listening to the weather report or looking at the sky, people use their eyes and their brains to at least make an educated guess about tomorrow’s weather. Likewise, no one can tell us with certainly when the exact timing of Jesus’ return will be except the one who will cause it to happen, but by listening to the right world news sources, people can use their eyes and their brains to at least make an educated guess about how close we are to the return of Jesus Christ. Jesus said that when you see certain things begin to happen, "look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near," and "when you see them happen the kingdom of God is near" (Luke 21:28,31). Jesus and Paul both taught that the proper way to wait for His return is to therefore be watchful, ready and sober (Matthew 24:42-44,25:13; 1 Thessalonian 5:6).

The apostle John wrote that when Jesus appears we who believe in Him shall become like him, and everyone having this hope in Him purifies himself (1 John 3:2,3). He also wrote that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10). Two benefits of studying Bible prophecy and comparing it to world events are personal purification and a better understanding of Jesus. Besides, in First Thessalonians 4:18, Christians are commanded to encourage each other with words about the return of Christ. Hebrews 10:24-25 says that as we should regularly meet to encourage one another, especially as we see the Day of Jesus’ return approaching.

I hear it every day, when is Jesus coming back? I am so tired of waiting, I am ready to go now. “Maranatha, Maranatha, Maranatha” Many of us are groaning, waiting for the return of the Lord. I have to admit, myself included is among those who cry daily, “ABBA FATHER, COME” Waiting is not always easy. We get impatient, but the Lord said through a parable in Luke 19:13 Occupy till I come, meaning to be busy, to be occupied doing something, while being watchful and alert at all times, do business, work hard, witness and share your testimony, give Gods Kingdom and His gospel full attention until He comes.

The word says in James 5:13-16 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

As the time of Jesus return draws closer, many are becoming weary in well doing. This kind of weariness is a spiritual weariness that tempts one to say, “I quit, I’ve done all that I can to wait on the Lord. I can’t do it any longer.” The image of one who has left the church, a marriage, a family, a job, a friendship is all too common. We’ve heard many who have tasted of Christ and the gospel, “I’ve tried that obeying and following Christ thing and it didn’t work” And with those words they spew the Lord from their lives, and walk away, weary of doing good and waxing cold.

How can we not be weary? How do you continue to love when it is unreturned? How do you continue to forgive when it is abused? How do you continue to give and provide when recipients take advantage of generosity? How do you continue serving in ministry when you feel as lonely as Elijah? Well Romans 8;18 says 18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. In other words whatever we may have to go through now is less than nothing compared with the magnificent future God has planned for us. Brethren, this means, we reap rewards for our patience and perseverance. The end result is Heaven if we wait.

THIS IS HOW THE LORD ADMONISHES US TO HANDLE IMPATIENCE IN JAMES 5:7-16

Be Patient and Persevering: 7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! 10 My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. 11 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. 12 But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.

The Lord says In Jeremiah 33;3 “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou not knowest”. Ask the Lord, He will reveal it to you.

2 Peter 3:1-7 starts off with people scoffing at the Christian claim that Jesus will return and this was two thousand years ago! People were saying, “Where is your Lord? Where is Jesus? If Jesus is reigning, why can’t we see him?”

Try to proclaim the Gospel today. Just tell people that “Jesus is Lord,” and people are going to say, “Well it sure doesn’t look like it.” After all, there are wars, earthquakes, hurricanes, child abuse, murders, divorce… our world is falling apart, so it seems. If Jesus were truly Lord, why wouldn’t He intervene and stop the mess sooner?

Peter compares the End Times with The Flood. He reminds us of the Old Testament account of the world being deluged with water, before a new creation could emerge. Old creation was swept away. New creation came once the waters receded. Peter says that at the end of time, a similar event will take place, but this time with fire. So why hasn’t this happened yet? Why hasn’t God purged the world with fire like he promised?

The reason Jesus hasn’t come back yet is that he is giving people more time to repent, so more souls will come into the Kingdom before judgment comes. In the meantime, many will continue to scoff and mock us for our belief in the Rapture. Yes brethren, they will continue to say where is the promise of His coming? Peter says, “God’s wrath is coming. God is going to judge this world. Jesus is King and one day, He will be revealed and the evidence of His soon return, along with the things preceding His return are noted in the scriptures below.

II Peter 3:8-18, Acts 20:29-31 and Matthew 24:7-11.

II Peter 3:8-18

8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

Acts 20:29-31

29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Matthews 24:7-11

7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

DR. BILLY GRAHAM, HAS COMMENTED THAT IF GOD DID NOT RETURN SOON, HE WOULDHAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH.

Though we are told by Jesus that we will not know the day or hour in Matthew 24:36, nowhere in Scripture does it indicate that we will not know when it is close. In fact, in Hebrews 10:25 we are admonished to be looking for the Day of the Lord when God will pour out His wrath on the world. Jesus told Israel to look for signs of His return to earth and they will know that it is near, even at the door. They will know and God wants us to know.

Matthew 24:33-36 No One Knows the Day or Hour: (NKJV) 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it[a] is near—at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. 36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,[b] but My Father only.

Hebrews 10:25 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

SIGNS TO WATCH FOR - AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE:

Luke 17:26-30: "And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man." 27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

As it says in Luke 17:27 they were eating and drinking and giving in marriage; however I do not believe the emphasis was on the eating and drinking as that has been going on for decades. I believe however the revelation given in this scripture is as in the days of Noah they were gene splicing, fallen angels, having relations with human women, giving birth to giants and deceiving the people, so it is today… I believe there is a connection or relationship to the prediction of our Lord coming in the emergence of the fallen angels, otherwise known as "Nephilims, Aliens or Demons". This is what brought about the Flood of Noah.

It was the infusion of these strange beings into the human predicament that brought on the Flood of Noah. The Flood was preceded by four generations of prophets/preachers warning of the coming judgment: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah. It seems that this was part of Satan's stratagem to corrupt the line of Adam to prevent the fulfillment of the Messianic redemption. Noah was apparently unique in that his genealogy was still uncorrupted.

WHO OR WHAT ARE THE NEPHILIM OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ALIENS,FALLEN ANGELS AND HYBRID HEROES.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. The were the heroes of old, men of renown. Genesis 6:4

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 6,7

The Nephilim are most likely the fallen angels, since Nephilim comes from the Hebrew word naphal, which means 'to fall'. Some have mated with human women to produce hybrid offspring, and they were giants who had the ability to lead millions of people away from the true God. Heroes of old comes from the Hebrew word gibbowr, which means a 'mighty man'. Before the flood they corrupted the whole earth. After the flood, they were perhaps not as large, but still powerful. The Bible mentions some of their tribal names: the Rephaim, the Emim, the Anakim, the Horim, and Zamsummim. (See Num 13:33; Deuteronomy 3:11, 12:10-12; Joshua 4:15, 13:12, 1 Samuel 17:4-7; 2 Samuel 17:16-22.) Ancient texts and pictures from Egyptian, Greek and other cultures also talk of giants or men who were offspring of supernatural beings. When these hybrid beings died, their spirits probably became demons, or the evil or unclean spirits that inhabit men. These are probably what Jesus and His followers are commanded to cast out or exercise (Matthew 10:1; Mark 16:17; Luke 10:17-24). (Note: the Bible is a bit ambiguous on whether the Nephilim were the fallen angels or their hybrid offspring and whether demons are fallen angels or the spirits of their hybrid offspring, but history and modern eyewitness accounts testify to the reality of both, so semantics should not be an excuse for unbelief.)

Genesis 6 indicates that the "sons of God" took wives of the "daughters of men," which gave birth to the "Nephilim." The bible calls these fallen angels B'nai Elohim - Hebrew, meaning “sons of the mighty”, often rendered in translation “the sons of God”. The B'nai Elohim is a term that refers to angels. It occurs four times in the Old Testament and is rendered "Angels of God" in the ancient Septuagin translation. The intrusion of certain angels into the human family resulted in unnatural offspring termed Nephilim, which derives from the Hebrew naphal (to fall), or the Fallen Ones. (The Greek Septuagint renders this term gigantes, which actually means "earth-born." This is often misunderstood to mean "giants" which they also happen to have been, incidentally. As it was in the days of Noah so they are showing up again in flying saucers and attempting to interact with the human race.

Jesus said, "as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man" (Luke 17:26). Thus, we can also expect the Nephilim as well as hybrid mighty beings to here before Jesus' return. In fact, they are already here, but they are not publicly disclosed through most official channels. However, a number of Christians have researched them, and eyewitnesses have testified of seeing them. The various types of sighted aliens are actually materialized fallen angels, and some men and women with great physical and/or persuasive powers are hybrid offspring. God has not changed His attitude toward them and time has not mitigated the seriousness of their sin.

WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS

“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.” (Matthew 24:6,7a) Since World War II, many countries have been building up massive arsenals of conventional and nuclear weapons. The potential for war grows day by day. In addition to potential nuclear war, we have war on terror, water wars, weather wars, angel wars, and transhuman wars.

FAMINES, PESTILENCE, EARTHQUAKES

“And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” (Matthew 24:7-8). Due to flooding and droughts, world food supplies are running very low. Many people are expecting a global food shortage and famines in many places.

In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning that infectious diseases are emerging more quickly and spreading faster around the globe than ever before, and they are becoming increasingly difficult to treat. The UN said in its 2007 annual world health report that an outbreak or epidemic in one part of the world can easily threaten billions of people in other parts due to large numbers of modern day air travelers.

Regarding earthquakes, scientific data does show that we have been seeing a large increase in seismic activity. Even as recent as 11 April 2012, earthquakes increased globally according to ABC News, distressing the populaces throughout the region. Powerful magnitude 8.6 earthquake triggers tsunami, magnitude 7.4 earthquake shakes Mexico City, and magnitude 5.9 quake hits Oregon’s coast, to name a few including Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Singapore. It was frightening.

LUKE 21:26 Says "Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken"

According to a number of scientists, another star or large planet is affecting the sun's magnetic field, which is also affecting the earth's magnetic field - both the core and the ionosphere. The north pole is shifting at an accelerated pace, and the earth seems to be expanding. Thus, we should see a continual increase in earthquakes and volcanic activity in coming years. Stan Deyo follows earth changes very closely. He's a scientist and has written a lot on the subject. His web site covers numerous topics related to changes in the world today.

DECEIVERS WHO CLAIM TO FOLLOW JESUS

And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name saying that I am the Christ and will deceive many.”
Matt. 24:4,5

At the end of the Church Age many people will be claiming that Jesus is the Christ, yet their teaching will deceive many. They will teach ideas that are contrary to the Bible. Perhaps the majority of professing Christian teachers in the world today fall into this camp, as most have fallen away from sound Biblical teachings and instead place traditions of men and/or the goal of increasing church attendance figures above the authority of the Bible. Some are subtle, and some are blatant. Sincere followers of Jesus should come out of these wayward institutional churches and seek to fellowship with people who follow and teach what Jesus and His apostles did.

PEOPLE OF ISRAEL RETURN TO THEIR LAND

“Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.’ ” (Ezekiel 37:21,22).
•During the last 126 years Jews from 108 nations have migrated to the land of Israel.
•In 1882 the first wave of modern immigration to Israel started as Jews fled persecution, or followed the Socialist Zionist ideas of Moses Hess. From 1882 to 1919 around 75,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine, mostly from Russia. They bought land from Ottoman and individual Arab landholders and established agricultural settlements. During this period the Hebrews language was revived, newspapers and literature were published in Hebrew and political parties and workers organizations were established.
•In 1917 during World War I, the British government in its Balfour Declaration supported plans for a ‘national home’ for the Jews in their promised land. Later, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) lost control of the Middle East. This made it possible for hundreds of thousands more immigrants to arrive from Europe. Anti-Semitism drove most there. Many more would have come had it not been for Arab protest and resulting British restrictions on immigration.
•During World War II, the Nazis killed around 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, so it became clear to the Jews that they needed a homeland. Many Holocaust survivors immigrated illegally to Palestine. When the British pulled out of Palestine in May 1948, the state of Israel formally declared its independence. It was immediately recognized by the USA, followed by Guatemala, Nicaragua & Uruguay. A few days later, the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and South Africa did the same. No Arab states have ever recognized Israel, but several have attacked them. However, Israel has successfully defended itself against numerous Arab attacks. As a result, Jews throughout the Middle East have also been forced to immigrate to Israel, and the nation has grown strong. It has turned a desert into an agricultural success, and it’s technology industry exports cutting edge innovations.
•Today, Israel's population is over 7 million, including around 267,000 who live in Judea and Samaria (sometimes called the West Bank) and 180,000 in East Jerusalem. In 2008, Israel will celebrate it’s 60 anniversary in the face of Arabs who hate it and want to ‘wipe it off the map’. It is still mostly a secular state, but it has a growing percentage of Orthodox Jews.• Today, the Aliyah immigration movement continues to embrace Jewish newcomers, help them become a part of communities and help them learn Hebrew.

INCREASED WICKEDNESS & LOSS OF LOVE

“And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” (Matthew 24:12) Today, more and more people are living primarily for themselves and their own happiness. The idea of denying themselves, taking up their crosses daily and following Jesus (Luke 9:23) is a foreign concept. What TV and movies show as 'normal' has affected the values of those who indulge in them. At the same time, couples are divorcing, and children are growing up with deep unmet needs as a result. Many couples are not even marrying but living together in fornication (any form of sex not sanctioned by God). The result has been the blood sacrifice (murder) of hundreds of millions of innocent, helpless children through abortion and the birthing of even more children who lack a healthy home where they can receive love and training from their own father and mother.

STRONG DELUSIONS

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie. (2 Thessalonian 2:11 NKJV)

The primary focus of the deception is use of the media by the Prince of the Power of the Air. TV, radio, Internet, cell phones, PDAs, etc. keep people completely preoccupied and oblivious to the fate that awaits unbelievers. The goal is also to prevent people from hearing the Gospel of Jesus, and if they do hear it to forget about it and be entertained constantly. Most people in developed countries are now in a fog due to the impact of these mediums that lull them into a false sense of security and into a false sense of right and wrong. This delusion can be seen in three areas:
•Spiritually, the Emerging Church has become so pervasive that most churches in developed countries will tolerate abortion (murder), fornication (premarital sex, adultery, homosexuality) and almost any other violation of God's law. Just think: how many churches will excommunicate a person for involvement in these sins?
•Financially, many people are unaware that government / banking cartel partnership is stealing their wealth and using the funds to control the world. The stealing is done through the printing of fiat money (money not based on gold or silver but on debt), through interest on money that does not exist (due to fractional reserve banking laws) and through the saw tooth effect of markets that draws people into bad investments over a long period of time and then makes them lose large portions of their life savings when the markets drop.
•Politically, most people are also unaware that the international banking cartel has taken over all governments and is quietly re-organizing borders and power centers throughout the world. Evidence of this can be seen in the 911 deception. Most Americans and those sympathetic to the US government think that airplanes caused three steel-frame buildings to fall down into their footprints at almost freefall speed, when this has never happened in all of known history. People who study the facts realize it was a very successful psyop, since jet fuel is not hot enough to do the job. It had to be done by controlled demolitions. This was probably part of a plan to cause a second Pearl Harbor and justify the US military getting a foothold in the Middle East and justify the US government in taking away many constitutional rights of the US people.

ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT

"And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything: and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others." Daniel 2:40 NKJV. See also Revelation 13.

ONE WORLD RULER AND AN ASSISTANT EMERGE

I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon [Satan, or the devil] gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” (Revelation 13:1-4)

It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:7,8)

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:3,4,9-12)

And after the sixty-two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week, He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate. (Daniel 9:26-27)

There are many who believe that the recent "alien" involvements are also demonic and are just another precursor to the end-time. Some also believe that the Coming World Leader may boast of an "alien connection." It would be consistent from what else we can infer from Scripture. Waiting in the wings of the forthcoming global turmoil is the Man with a Plan, the son of perdition, otherwise known as the Anti-Christ, the one whom the world will welcome to resolve its many problems. The Bible gives us many provocative clues to his identity, and from many prophetic glimpses his genealogical line may prove to be traceable.

The Restrainer as is referenced in II Thessalonians 2 may be restraining far more than we have any suspicion of! When He is removed, the world is in for some astonishing surprises! Yea the Coming World Leader, commonly known as the Antichrist, has 33 titles in the Old Testament and 13 in the New Testament. One of these, The Prince That Shall Come, comes from Daniel 9:26-27 in which the people of the Prince that shall come would destroy the city and the sanctuary.

Most religions expect a savior or a man who will bring world peace, justice and unity. Here are three examples:
•Muslims are waiting for the Mahdi or the 12th Imam. Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that his mandate is to pave the way for the coming of this Islamic messiah. A new Islamic film is out about this: The Coming Is Upon Us. An interview with Ken Timmerman about this was done in April 2011 revealing their current hope.
•Buddhists are waiting for the Buddha of compassion, Maitreya, or a world teacher and unifier, the 5th and coming Buddha of the present era.
•Hindus are waiting for their completer and savior, Kalki, the name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar. According to the Usborne Encyclopedia of World Religions, "The tenth and last avatar has not yet appeared. It is said that at the end of the present age, Vishnu will come to Earth as Kalki, riding a white horse, to destroy the wicked and re-establish order." Have you seen the cartoon about the last avatar called Avatar: The Last Airbender? In this show, a boy named Aang shows how he is good and "can save the world." See also, Maitreya Rising

A false prophet emerges to assist the world ruler and savior. “Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.” (Revelation 13:11-15)

Muslims are waiting for Isa Bin Jesus to appear with the Mahdi, praying behind him …Jews are still waiting for their Messiah, Emmanuel. Christians are waiting for the second coming of Jesus, but most no longer believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible, so many will be deceived

TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL THE WORLD - 666

“He [the second beast] causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” (Revelation 13:16-18)

Today, smart cards are popular, but they can be lost or stolen. It is likely that the eventual solution will be an implantable RFID chip or some form of high tech tatoo on the right hand or forehead. Already, 99% of commercial transactions in many countries are done without cash. Most paper money is not even backed by gold or silver anymore, so it’s value is purely psychological. When the current monetary system crashes, technology is available to redefine currency and commerce in a seamless way that people will want as a solution to their need for quick spending.

Precious saints of God, I realize this entire sermon was a lot to take in, so I will conclude with this: What are our weapons of protection against such things? We indeed, "wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Yes our armor is well defined in Ephesians 6:10-17. "And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Gal.6:9) And when you see these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. Luke 21:36.

Heavenly Father, help us Lord, to remember that it is You Who has begun a good work in us, and You shall complete it till the end! (Phillipians1:6)

Shalom, Shalom
I love you with the love of the Lord, be blessed
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