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The Kingdom Suffers Violence! By Pastor Bill Taylor A publication of My Father's House, inc. Volume 10/ Issue 14 Prophecy: As the true church rises up, as she puts on her strength and her beautiful garments, as she takes her place seated in the heavenlies beside Me, as she takes hold of the authority I’ve given her in faith and as she stands up for the Truth of My Word, by her strength she brings down the enemy in shame. It’s the rising up of My true church that causes the fall of the false. It’s not the fall of the false that causes the rising up of the true. For the false only falls as the true rises up. Satan is cast down as the saints rise up and take their place and push him out of the place he doesn’t belong. I admonish you to rise up, stir up your faith and take hold of all I’m calling you to. It’s as you take hold that the enemy has to let go. I’m with you to take hold but I’ll not push the enemy down when you aren’t willing to fight for what I’m offering you. Stand up, be bold, behave like men and you’ll see your enemies flee quickly like women, saith the Lord. (Prophecy delivered at “My Father’s House”) From the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. (Mt11:12) Are you taking the Kingdom by force? You don’t get into the Kingdom by doing nothing! You get into the Kingdom by overcoming. The wicked spirits of satan and his hosts are trying to keep you from getting into the Kingdom. You must overcome them by faith. (1Jn5:4) You must make up your mind to win this race. Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown but we for an imperishable. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I’ve preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. (1Cor9:24-27) You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him.(2Tim2:3,4) No one gets into God’s Kingdom by accident, no one gets in without diligence. You have to stir up zeal. (See our Glory of His Grace book Be Zealous.) Default is hell. To do nothing means you lose. You must make a choice to win and follow that choice up with strong actions. We’ve had an extraordinary battle here to get the people into Spiritual Christianity because too many of you have been lazy and weren’t taking the Kingdom by force. Maybe you’re expecting the Kingdom to be dropped into your lap because you think Christianity is just knowing the right things, when in reality it’s doing the right things. Instead of fighting the battle to enter into the doing, you’ve been waiting for God to do it all for you. You can always tell who the Spiritual are because they’ll fight to get into the Kingdom. They’ll fight to hold onto the Spirit, fight to be a blessing in the services. They’re involved in Spiritual warfare on a daily basis which is why they’re productive and fruitful. Then we can see those who are continually rebuked because they’re wimps not warriors. They don’t press into the Kingdom; they don’t take it by force. You can tell who’s growing in “My Father’s House” because concerning the things we speak in the services the real Christians come back with testimonies of how they’ve put those things to work in their lives. Look how many times Kimmy has shared about when the Spirit said this or the pastor said that and she took it to heart and did something! You can see it in Sarah in the things she shares. Yet you can look at what Steve just did and know he didn’t even pay attention to the rebuke he received two days ago. He doesn’t take God’s things to heart. He doesn’t do anything about them so he doesn’t grow. And he wonders why nothing goes well for him while God is blessing so many others? It all comes down to, does Steve pay attention to what God’s saying in the church and take it home and do something with it. Look at all the rebukes Ruben gets – it’s the same thing. Too often he walks out the church door and forgets everything that went on in the service. Then you wonder why he doesn’t grow, or why he’s never blessed or never has a testimony. God doesn’t approve Steve or Ruben because they’re not doing His Word. That you may approve those things which are excellent. (Phil 1:10) “Believers” like Steve and Ruben aren’t excellent. They’re false brethren and deceivers because they don’t do what they hear. But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (Jms1:22) Recently I rebuked them for not following the examples of the Spiritual brethren in finding some worthwhile things to pray about in the service. It’s right in front of them what they need to do but they won’t do it. After church they go home and forget everything God’s said and live like heathens without a God. So when they come back to church they’ve nothing but sins to confess. They repent again and again, only their repentance is falsehood. If they had a real repentance they’d change their ways. If they had a real repentance they’d make up their minds to take the Kingdom by force. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: what diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter. (2Cor7:10,11) Real Christians have a mind that “I’m going to get into the Kingdom of God and nothing’s going to stop me. If God is for me who can be against me. (Rom8:31) Jesus will help me take the steps I need to change my ways so I can take hold of the Kingdom.” The church is here to teach you how to behave like Christ at home not to be your excuse for ignoring Jesus at home because you “worship” Him in church. You don’t worship Him in church if you don’t follow the Spirit in church and if you don’t follow the Spirit at home you won’t follow Him in church. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth. (Jn4:24) If you don’t walk in the Spirit at home you don’t walk in the Spirit at church and you blemish the service with your foolishness and your flesh! Walk in the Spirit, and you’ll not fulfill the lust of the flesh. If we live in the Spirit, let’s also walk in the Spirit. (Gal 5:16,25) Someone prayed yesterday that we’d have a service today without spots or wrinkles (Eph5:27) but the prayer wasn’t answered. Why wasn’t the prayer answered? Because some of you didn’t take it to heart to glorify God tonight! If our service is to be spotless every person in the church has to take it to heart not to be a spot or a wrinkle. If one person comes to church in the flesh then the service will be spotted by that one. You have to make up your mind to glorify God, be a blessing to the church, and come to church in faith and in the Spirit, ready to do your part as the Spirit leads to edify the brethren in love. (Eph4:14-16) If you come in unfit to share you’re a spot and whatever you do or don’t do, because you’re not in the Spirit, will be a blemish on the service. If you do this too often you’ll be rebuked. And when you’re rebuked you’d better repent and do something to correct it, particularly if you’ve been rebuked about this before. If you’re continuing to repeat your sins it shows you didn’t pay attention to the previous corrections. So what happens? We have to put up with you’re repetitious blemishing of our services, when we’re doing right in rebuking you but you’re not doing anything to take heed to the rebuke. He who’s often rebuked and hardens his neck, will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. (Pr29:1) Do you think God can bless such behavior? Robin, you better pay attention to the correction you received today and don’t sluff it off or make excuses. When I admonished you, you made an excuse, but your excuse wasn’t from God, it wasn’t His wisdom. You’re depending on your own wisdom, not the Spirit’s. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what’s good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (Eph4:29,30) The Spirit was grieved by what you did. I could feel the grieving. To make blind accusations without evidence is a sin. When you make an accusation you must back it up with good solid evidences and usually more than one. “In the mouth of two or more witnesses let every word be established,” (2Cor13:1) Don’t receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses. (1Tim5:19) If you have sound evidences then we can know you’re telling the truth. But when all you do is accuse and accuse with nothing to prove what you’re saying is true you grieve the Spirit. That’s a corrupt communication. Instead of grieving the Spirit, learn how to make the Spirit rejoice. Our services should be a glory to God at all times because we’re obedient to the Spirit. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You’ve hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.” (Lk10:21) How often does the command to “rebuke” occur in the New Testament? Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. (Lk17:3) Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear. (1Tim5:20) Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. (2Tim4:2) This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith. (Tit1:13) Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. (Tit2:15) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten therefore be zealous and repent. (Rev3:19) God requires us to use the ministry of rebuking whenever necessary as a means of perfecting His church. It isn’t out of the Spirit or out of order when we have needful rebukes in the services. When I’m rebuking carnal misbehavior in the church, I’m doing my job. What’s vexing is to keep making the same rebukes to the same people, over and over. But if you’re rebuked and you repent with a godly sorrow not to be repented of (2Cor7:9,10) then the angels rejoice, God rejoices, and the church rejoices and none of us will suffer the effects of that particular sin again. If you’ve truly repented you won’t repeat your sin; you’re being changed for the better, more and more into the image of the sinless Christ. God commands us to rebuke so He can use our rebukes to make you more like Jesus. But the rebukes need to bear fruit in you. And why is it with many of you our rebukes don’t bear fruit? Because you don’t take them to heart; you don’t take steps to get cleansed of the things causing your problems. You’re not being zealous to clear yourselves. (2Cor7:11) Like the Corinthians you need to be zealous to repent, to pray through, to get a good understanding of what went wrong so you don’t do it again. Are you pressing into the Kingdom, taking it by force? You couldn’t possibly be taking the Kingdom by force if you don’t have a testimony of the things you’re doing to get closer to God, to increase in faith and love! So prove to us you’re one who’s taking the Kingdom by force. What are you doing to attain to the Kingdom? What should you be doing? What kind of things would make a good testimony concerning your taking the Kingdom? But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (Jude20,21) Praying in the Spirit, building up your faith, keeping yourselves in the love of God. These are things that pertain to taking the Kingdom by force. Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. (Jude3) Contending for the faith has much to do with taking the Kingdom by force! For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body -- whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free -- and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. (1Cor12:13) If we’re all drinking from the same Spirit we’ll be brethren and have the same understanding and feel the same way about things. Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one Spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. (Phil 1:27) But you beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God. (Jude20,21) If you’re taking the Kingdom by force, you must be building yourself up on your most holy faith. Jude says praying in the Spirit has much to do with that. In our last service I brought in some very strong instruction, revelation, and conviction. I also prophesied three times. But before that service I spent a good part of the day praying in the Holy Spirit. I pray much in the Spirit every day but that day I prayed more than usual. If you’re not participating effectually in our services it’s because you don’t have faith. And one reason you don’t have faith, is you’re not praying in the Holy Spirit. If you’re not praying in the Spirit you’re not taking the Kingdom by force because that’s one of the things you must do. To take God’s Kingdom by force you must pray much in the Holy Spirit. If you’re taking the Kingdom by force you’ll also be watching and praying for the saints. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. (Eph6:18) It’s a labor of love to watch over your brethren Spiritually. (1Th1:3) And it’s the kind of thing that very much pleases God. So much that when you’re taking care of your brother God takes care of you. If you want to take the Kingdom help your brother take it! Be watchful for the brethren! And be diligent to keep yourself in the Word of God and prayer; to abide in Christ and let His Word abide in you. (Jn15:7) Be diligent to stay in the Spirit. There’s therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (Rom8:1) Walk in the Spirit, and you’ll not fulfill the lust of the flesh. If we live in the Spirit, let’s also walk in the Spirit. (Gal 5:16,25) And what about “fasting?” Someone who really wants to get into the Kingdom is going to fast. That’s using your big guns to take the Kingdom by force! Now the important point Jesus is making concerning taking the Kingdom is if you really want to get into God’s Kingdom you must make your mind up to really do something about getting in. You don’t just slide in to God’s Kingdom! It’s not a downhill run it’s an uphill climb! My son, don’t despise the chastening of the LORD, nor be discouraged when you’re rebuked by Him; for whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives. (Heb12:5b,6) Rebukes are a form of chastening. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith. (Tit1:13) When you get rebuked or corrected concerning your Christian behavior if you ignore that righteous rebuke you’re proving to God, us, and even yourself that you’re not interested in taking the Kingdom by force. For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life. (Pr6:23) You reject God’s grace to help you be found worthy of the Kingdom when you reject godly rebukes and don’t take steps to do something about your errors. Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: what diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter. (2Cor7:9-11) When the Corinthians were rebuked they zealously did what was necessary to correct and clear themselves. Likewise if “My Father’s House” is to be Spiritual it’s because everyone here will do everything necessary to correct what they lack. Each of you must recognize your error and not waste time pouting about it. Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so what’s lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. (Heb12:12,13) Stop feeling sorry for yourself. There’s no fruit in it. If you remain in a place of fruitlessness you’ll be cut off. Every branch in Me that doesn’t bear fruit He takes away; If anyone doesn’t abide in Me, he’s cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they’re burned. (Jn15:2a,6) So get out of that self pity spirit and take the Kingdom by force. Get up and do what God’s telling you to do! Strengthen the hands and the feeble knees, make straight paths, and start doing right so God can heal you. Faith makes you whole! But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you whole.” And the woman was made well from that hour. (Mt9:22) If you’re being rebuked often it’s because you don’t have a real living faith and you aren’t living up to the standards of true Christianity. You’re not walking in the Spirit. (Rom8:1) Christ isn’t in you. (Col 1:27) You’ll turn things around when you get into faith. Faith takes the Kingdom by force! And this is the victory that overcomes the world -- our faith. (1Jn5:4b) To overcome you must use force! You can’t overcome something unless you’re more powerful than what you’re overcoming. The victory that overcomes the world by force, is our faith! You glorify God when you overcome the enemy by the superior force of God’s Spirit working through your faith. But if instead of overcoming you’re being overcome, then you’re demonstrating you don’t have faith for Christ to live in you. You’re of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who’s in you is greater than he who’s in the world. (1Jn4:4) I have victory over the world by the power of the Greater One who’s in me because of my faith. But you who are overcome continually are proving you don’t have faith and Christ doesn’t live in you so because the Greater One isn’t in you, the world is more powerful than you are, which is why you’re always defeated! Therefore you have no testimony to the glory of God! Don’t you know you’re the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1Cor3:16) Only if the Spirit of God dwells in you are you a real Christian. You’re not a temple apart from the Spirit. To know you’re “saved” you must examine yourself to see if Christ is in you because if He isn’t you’re not! Examine yourselves as to whether you’re in the faith. Test yourselves. Don’t you know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? -- unless indeed you’re disqualified. (2Cor13:5) If you don’t have the Spirit of Christ you’re not His. (Rom8:9) But if you have the Spirit of Christ what does His Spirit do for you? He always makes you victorious. If Christ is in you, everything which tries to overcome you and could overcome you if you were without Christ falls before the mighty Christ in you. Because you’re in the Spirit greater is He who’s in you than he who’s in the world. (1Jn4:4) You’re overcoming the wicked one. (1Jn2:13) If you’re an overcomer then you’re a temple of God because by overcoming you prove the Holy Spirit does dwell in you. The fact you’re overcoming satan, sin, and the world is a proof you have the true faith and Jesus lives in you. (1Jn5:4) For without Him you could do nothing. (Jn15:5) If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. (1Cor3:17) If you want God to dwell in you, your temple must be kept Holy because God is Holy. Be holy, for I’m holy. (1Pt1:16) Don’t pollute your temple with profane and unholy things. In bible language profane means “common,” and common means unholy because common things are under the sway of the wicked one. (1Jn5:19) For example, it’s amazing how much some people can talk about nothing. I’ve heard carnal “christians” talk about something as common as a hammer for three days. And you think, “What’s the big deal, it’s just a hammer?” How can you get so wrapped up in some unimportant temporal thing, and talk, and talk about it! I’ve had to close my door when I’m working on Glory of His Grace manuscripts so I don’t get distracted by the useless conversations that sometimes go on outside my office. Talking about worthless things, meaningless things, or overemphasizing the trivial, is a sure sign the Holy Spirit isn’t in you. Your conversation demonstrates what’s in your heart. (Mt12:34) Jesus wouldn’t spend three days talking about hammers. If you’re Christ’s, the world is crucified to you and you’ve been crucified to it, including its tools. Things of the world, aren’t interesting to a crucified Saint! We may use them but we don’t abuse them. Those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away. (1Cor7:31) To be seated in the heavenlies in Christ (Eph2:6) means what you’re thinking and talking about aren’t the things “common” to this world. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (Rom8:5) If you’re raised with Christ you’re thinking about things that are eternal and pertinent to the Kingdom, you’re making sure Jesus can say to you “Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I’ll make you ruler over many. Enter into the joy of your Lord.” (Mt25:21) Jesus can’t say, “Well done” to someone who hasn’t done well. If you want to hear Jesus say, “Well done” you’d better focus on doing well. Have your heart and mind set on doing things Jesus cares about, not the trivialities of this vain and worthless world. But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. (1Pt4:7) Do you know the end of all things is at hand? What does this mean, “the end of all things is at hand?” How many things have you seen end in your lifetime? How many people have you known who are gone? It’s the end for them as far as their participation in this world. How many fishing holes are no good anymore? How many governments have come down? Reagan, Clinton, Bush each had his time in the White House but now it’s over. The end of all things is at hand. How long will your automobile last? The end of all things is at hand. How often do you need to buy new shoes? What’s God telling us when He says, “The end of all things is at hand?” I had a good business for a while but I don’t have it anymore. After I met the Lord, the end of my business was at hand and it came. They say the average person today has four different careers in his life time? My first was as a Russian linguist in the U.S. Air Force. Today the services are more interested in the Muslim languages. When I left the Air Force I became a printed circuit designer but they don’t need many printed circuit designers anymore. Computers do the work now and most of the design is in L.S.I. chips. So that career ended when the technology outran it. Then I learned a new career as a gemologist. But God soon put an end to that and called me to be a preacher! How many things have been and are being made obsolete because the end of all things is at hand? How many things do you learn but just about the time you get good at them they’re over? Because the end of all things is at hand. What sense then is there in being attached to things whose end is at hand? Peter’s telling us to recognize the transitory nature of this world, to be watchful and prayerful and to keep our focus on those things which aren’t going to end. There are some things the end of which is not at hand. The Kingdom of God will never end, the Word of God will never pass away, and the Spirit of God is eternal. The true church is an eternal family. If the end of all these earthly things is at hand, why should I be concerning myself with them when I can be taking hold of things that won’t end? So here’s a verse that defines real Christians. Real Christians realize the end of all things is at hand and behave accordingly. They know the end of this world is near therefore they’re serious and watchful in their prayers. Suppose you’re on a sinking ship. What will you be doing? Dancing and partying like some people did while the foolish band kept playing on the sinking Titanic? Or will you be watchful looking for your rescue? If the end of all things is at hand I better be watching for my Savior. I’m looking for the glorious appearing of our Lord because He’s the one who’ll save me from the end of all things. Jesus is the only way out, so I better keep myself in good Spiritual shape and not be like Lot’s wife. That’s the warning! Don’t be looking back but looking up. (Lk17:32) Otherwise, you’ll be destroyed with the world instead of being saved from it! So again who are the real Christians? They’re the ones who are taking “violent” steps to overcome in order to make it in the first Resurrection. They’re making sure they’ll have an abundant entrance into God’s Kingdom. (2Pt1:11) They’re adding to their faith virtue to virtue, knowledge to knowledge, brotherly kindness to brotherly kindness love. (v5-7) They’re making sure there’s an increase in all things pertaining to Christ in them; praying in the Holy Spirit, fasting, keeping themselves in the love of God, building themselves up on their most holy faith, (Jude20) and consciously making efforts to be found acceptable to God; fully pleasing to Him; (Col 1:10) recognizing if we fail at this, we’ll burn forever in hell. But if we succeed we’ll enjoy an everlasting glory with God and Christ! Thus this is a quest worth giving our all to attain to. And in giving ourselves fully to Christ we’re not despising this blessed opportunity to become a child of God. What’s happening with those who are continually stumbling and floundering is they’re despising their opportunity. They’re more concerned with the things of this world whose end is at hand, than they are with God’s eternal Kingdom. They’re living for today and they’re not seated in the heavenlies, which is why they’ll miss the Kingdom if they don’t repent. There’s only room for heroes in Christ’s Kingdom! Jesus won’t have wimps and wusses, but overcomers! Those who are found worthy to enter Christ’s Kingdom are a people who violently, even heroically, overcome the enemy; they take every necessary step and do what has to be done; they bite the bullet and make their flesh suffer by crucifying it, and they even fast. They set their hearts upon Christ and exercise a living faith accompanied by works (Jms2:22) so they can win the battle. Remember how Joshua took the Jews into the promised land and conquered the “ites?” When the Gibeonites were attacked by the five kings, Joshua went to their aid. That day God made the sun and the moon stand still for Joshua so the enemy couldn’t escape him under cover of darkness. God answered Joshua’s prayer and the Jews won a great victory! (Jsh10:12,13) This was a mighty work Joshua and his soldiers set their hearts and hands to do, and by trusting God they succeeded. Now what’s expected of you? Are you going to get into God’s Kingdom by sleeping your way in, dreaming your way in, wishing your way in? The biggest battle I fight in this church is against your flesh! I’m continually fighting against Ruben’s flesh, Jonathan’s flesh, Robin’s flesh, Israel’s flesh. I’m fighting against Josh’s flesh, Brenda’s flesh, and Steve’s flesh. Whoever’s in the flesh in this church you are the “ites” I must overcome to “take the promised land” and get this church into the Spirit and Kingdom of Christ! The most vexing thing is when you go home after a great service and do nothing. After God has told you just what to do to save yourselves, you walk away and carelessly forget everything. You won’t take a step or lift a finger to change, but you go right back to what you did yesterday, right back to your old fleshly habits. If you don’t stop doing that, God will break you off and throw you in the fire! (Soon after this Ruben, Robin, and Steve were removed from “My Father’s House” for their carnal behavior) You aren’t getting into God’s Kingdom unless you take it by force; until you make your mind up to crucify your flesh and behave like a saint. If you value your souls stir yourselves up, change your ways, have faith for God to help you, and make yourselves fit to be a temple God can live in. Do what the real saints do and press into the Kingdom! (Phil 3:14) And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. (Mt11:12) Prophecy: Look at My servant David. How often he cried to Me for victories and deliverances, as when he said, “What profit is there in my blood, will the dust praise you, will I still be able to proclaim your Truth?” And I tell you concerning David, I could see no profit in his death but it truly would have been a loss to My Kingdom. For David did praise Me, he did glorify Me, and he did do valiantly in overcoming My enemies and obeying Me in everything I told him to do. But could you ask this of Me, “What profit is there if you were to let me die Lord?” And I say for some of you, there’d be no profit in Me keeping you. For you’ve not shown in any of My dealings with you that you’ve born any fruit unto Me. Where’s the thanksgiving, the praise, and the glory to My name? Where’s the forwarding of My Kingdom, the overcoming of My enemies, the trampling down of snakes and the scorpions? Where are your testimonies? I’m a merciful God, and I always deliver My people. But to the disobedient there comes a day when your time is at hand. When you’ll cry to Me and I won’t hear. But I hear those, who when they cry to Me for deliverance, or for grace and power to overcome, and I speak to them the things to do, and give them grace to do it they step out and do what I say to do. These are My sons who do great exploits, and bring glory to My Name. And My Kingdom is expanded and My saints are edified by these. And for these I say there’s no profit in cutting them off or losing them. Thus I’ll uphold them and keep them and make them even more fruitful. But to you who haven’t been fruitful unto Me, be zealous and repent for the axe is laid to the root of your tree and your time is close at hand, thus saith the Lord. Prophecy: In the Psalms speaking of the wicked it says, “Let his prayer become sin.” I often hear prayers that are sin and I don’t honor them. When you pray for grace to obey because you recognize you’ve not obeyed, that prayer is sin because the fact you’ve seen you’ve not obeyed means you should be repenting not praying for grace to obey. Your lack of obedience is a sin to be repented of. “To the man who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, it’s sin.” When I show you what’s right to do then My grace is there to do it, and it’s sin if you don’t do it. In the Proverbs I say, “Turn at My rebuke and I’ll pour out My Spirit upon you.” To turn means to repent but instead of repenting you cry out for Me to pour out My Spirit upon you. What have I said? “Repent and turn and I’ll pour out My Spirit upon you.” Why don’t you see your guilt, and why won’t you confess your sin, and why won’t you feel godly sorrow for your sin? Why do you harden your heart and then cry out to Me for grace to do what you’ve already received grace to do and refused to do the first time I gave you the grace to do it? Why do you think you’ll do it this time? If My grace was there the first time and you didn’t do it, what kind of grace am I to give you this time? Can I come up with a better grace? My grace wasn’t sufficient for you the first time? I tell you no! It’s not my grace that’s insufficient, it’s your faith that’s insufficient, it’s your love that’s insufficient, it’s your obedience that’s insufficient. You need to repent and receive the sufficiency which I’ve already given, saith the Lord. Prophecy: From the first day I started this church, and I heard the first prayer crying out to Me, “Father, add to this church such as should be saved.” From the first day I heard that prayer I went to work to answer that prayer. But I’m not looking to fill you with just anyone for in this church I desire only godly children. So I removed many who wouldn’t submit to the work I was doing here, who wouldn’t surrender themselves that I may make here a godly mother church full of My wisdom and that I could have godly offspring. Thus I removed the chaff but I brought in those who’d let Me work My will in them and raised them up to be bold and godly so I could answer that prayer. This is the work I’ve been doing here from day one. As you are My house and I'm your Father, I’m raising you up to be the mother of many. For you can see all around you today, a harlot church who’s not a mother to My children. Her children are a perverse and a wicked generation who claim My name but don’t know Me. They act just like their harlot mother and they’re an abomination to Me. But I’m doing a mighty work in you here My people. For as I’ve called My servant Bill to build Me a Spiritual church, so I’ve called each of you and have gathered you together to make you the wisdom of God in the earth, filled with the Spirit of My Son Jesus Christ. I’m pleased with the work I’m doing here, and I’ll continue to increase you as I show you how to add to your number what My Word says you should have as godly, holy children. For I’ll only have godly offspring, and I’m bringing them forth even now. But those who were impatient and looking for their own gain, I did away with those, for they didn’t know My purposes and they didn’t know My plans. But for those of you who stayed and let Me work in you the good pleasure of My will and My purposes, you’ll see godly offspring, My increase that comes from My Spirit. You’ll see many are coming, for truly I’m their Father, and My church is their mother. Continue to exhort one another and admonish one another in all wisdom. And as you receive of My wisdom, put on the doing of the things I show you in My Word, and your children shall follow suit and I’ll be glorified. I’m raising you up as an example to many in the earth today who’ll take a good look at themselves and see their fruit has been ungodly and unacceptable. Thus I’ll cause many to repent and acknowledge their wickedness and turn from their harlotries. And I’ll cause them to bow down and they’ll come to you and to The Glory of His Grace and they’ll use your instructions to raise up godly churches. Then they’ll build upon the true foundation of Christ in you, just as you have here. Many will learn from what you’re doing here how to build a true church in the earth as I’m doing in this place. It’s an awesome work I’m doing through you and it’s to My glory and it’s for the perfecting of My bride that I may come back for her soon, saith the Lord. Prophecy: I tell you my children, to the one who overcomes salvation is sure. For what is it you’re overcoming? You’re overcoming anything that would take you out of My hand; that you hold onto My voice, My will, My Spirit, you hold onto My Word, you hold onto Me with all that’s in you and you overcome everything that would cause you to stray. If you do that, nothing can take you away from Me, for as you keep yourself, I keep you and as you hold tight to Me, I hold tight to you. My children, this is your security, your hope and your joy. For as you cling to Me, I’ll cling to you and as you obey Me, I’ll lead you and guide you and show you the way to conquer all things that are in the way. This is the security I offer My children and this is the assurance that is of Me, saith the Lord. (Prophecies delivered at “My Father’s House”)
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