Faith & Patience!/Manifesting Christ!/Defining Christianity!

A publication of My Father's House, inc. Volume 12/Issue 8

Prophecy: If you despise My Word you’ll never think rightly and you’ll never have the victory. In this place I’m opening up My Word to you who don’t despise it, so you can think rightly and you can have the victory through Christ. When you think right, it’s because you’re thinking according to My Word and according to faith. One who has the victory has faith. One who has the Word richly dwelling in him thinks like Jesus because he takes seriously what God says and behaves like My Son. If you despise My Word you’ll never be like My Son and you’ll never be pleasing in My sight. Take hold of My Word. Love My Word. Follow My Spirit and you’ll think rightly. And when you come to Me for every promise I’ve given you, you’ll have the victory, you’ll have faith that receives. Because your weapons are mighty to cast down every argument, they’ll bring down all those things that exalt against Me. Many will know that I’m the Lord when you hold on to My Word. That’s how you bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Jesus Christ, and that’s what gives you the victory in this life, saith the Lord. (Prophecy delivered at “My Father’s House”)

 Nothing can overcome Jesus therefore, this is the victory that overcomes the world -- our faith, (1Jn5:4) means the faith which produces Christ in us for greater is He who’s in us than he who’s in the world. (4:4) The only way you can be overcome is to let go of the faith for Christ to live in you since Jesus can’t be overcome. So if you hold on to Him you won’t be overcome. The only way to fail is to let go of Him, so hold fast to the Head. (Col 2:19) As long as you’re holding fast to Christ you can’t fail! When the scriptures speak of “establishing you in the faith” they mean getting you so established in faith for Christ to live in you that you’ll hold on to Him no matter what happens, and that has much to do with patience. My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. (Jms1:2-4) Our goal is perfection in Christ. And why we know so much of the so called “church” around us isn’t Christ’s church is because they aren’t pursuing the right goal. The denominations have developed their own way of practicing “christianity” that has nothing to do with being perfected in Jesus. It’s shameful what they’ve done and what they call “church” today. But the scriptures show us the Truth! Him (Jesus) we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end (goal) I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. (Col 1:28,29) Jesus wants us to be perfect and complete lacking nothing, and He worked powerfully in Paul to accomplish that. So also every preacher who truly has Christ in him will be working towards that goal. And the true brethren who have Christ in them will also be working towards that, as the scriptures say: till we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; because we speak the Truth in love, and we’re joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causing growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Eph4:13,15,16) So Christ is working in Paul to perfect His church. But Christ is also working in every saint that each will do his part to perfect the church, which includes perfecting you if you’re in Christ. Then James says patience is also working to perfect you. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. (Jms1:4) Patience has a work! James talks about patience like patience is a person. Guess what? Patience is Jesus! I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ… (Rev1:9) Where the Spirit of the Lord is there’s patience. (Gal 5:22) Because you’ve kept the word of My (Jesus’) patience… (Rev3:10) Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. (2Th3:5) In all these verses patience is an expression of Jesus.

But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the Word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience. (Lk8:15) Here Jesus is talking about the sower sowing the Word. There’s no nobler heart than Jesus’, so it’s a certainty that Jesus is going to bring His fruit forth with patience. By your patience possess your souls. (Lk21:19) Here Jesus warns us of the severe tribulations that will precede His second coming, that we don’t let them cause us to become impatient and lose faith in God. When He says “By your patience possess your souls” He means, “Don’t let go of your faith.” Even the world knows “Haste makes waste,” while patience gets the job done. 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. (Jms5:7) Don’t become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For you’ve need of endurance (patience), so that after you’ve done the will of God, you may receive the promise. (Heb6:12;10:36) Remember Job? My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of longsuffering and patience. Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You’ve heard of the perseverance (patience) of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord -- that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. (Jms5:10,11) When God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely blessing I’ll bless you, and multiplying I’ll multiply you.” So, after he’d patiently endured, he obtained the promise. (Heb6:13-15) You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (Jms5:8) Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. (Ps37:7;40:1)

But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the Word and immediately receives it with joy, yet has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the Word, immediately he stumbles. (Mt13:20,21) To “stony ground” people the promises of the Word are very attractive, but because the promises don’t come quickly when these people are troubled with tribulations or sufferings, they let go of their faith. So for lack of patience they bear no fruit; they’re lost. The mercy of the Lord that Job found, they won’t find. Their faith fails because their patience fails. Every faith failure is actually a patience failure. If there was faith in the beginning, what caused it to fail? Impatience! So, how important is patience? It’s just as important as faith. Because if faith always fails without patience, then they have equal importance. Faith is widely extolled in almost all the “churches” and yet “believers” in those very “churches” are continually failing because they lack patience. But if your patience is perfected then you’ll receive everything God has for you. You’ll be perfect and complete. (Jms1:4) Because if patience never fails you, then your faith will never fail, therefore everything that’s available to you by faith, you’ll get. So patience is very important and worth pursuing. But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. (1Tim6:11) Yet, what does it take to pursue patience? It takes time! Because patience is something you never get quickly! The very nature of it requires you can’t be in a hurry about acquiring it. So if you’re going to pursue patience, you have to make up your mind, “This is a long race. Patience is something I’m going to be pursuing for a long time.” And from another aspect the greatest things faith can offer you are likely to require the greatest patience to attain. The more important the promise, the more patient you’ll have to be to take hold of it. If little things come quickly, big things usually take longer. It’s simply wisdom! For more precious things, you must pay a higher price. And “precious” is how the Lord describes true faith. That the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it’s tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (1Pt1:7) True faith is more precious than gold that perishes, but it’s patience in trials (v6) that shows your faith is true. You have to pay a higher price for a better gift. The gold God’s looking for is your faith. And the faith that pays the higher price is the faith that has more patience, endures greater tribulations and gives more glory to God. If you’re asking God to do some big thing, you must expect to enter into a trial of your faith. And in the trying of your faith you’ll need patience if you want to win the battle. If you understand these things, happy are you if you do them! (Jn13:17) How many “believers” are looking at God’s promises but not relating patience to any of them; trying to get them instantly without understanding there’s a trial, there’s an overcoming, there’s a fighting the good fight of faith before you can lay hold on eternal life! Eternal life as in immortality, is the biggest thing you’re after, so it must require the greatest patience. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord! (Jms5:7) And if we’re praying for the power of God to manifest in our services in miracles and such, do you think God won’t require us to have patience? Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance (patience), in signs and wonders and mighty deeds. (2Cor12:12) I heard the testimony of a preacher who saw the bible said there’d be miracles and healings for the true believers, so he decided to pray for the sick in his services. At first he was ashamed to do it while people were watching, so he put a screen up and had the sick people come behind the screen. Then he’d go under the screen to pray. This went on for weeks while the sick people were dying like flies. If you go behind that screen, it’s almost certain death. What was going on? The trying of his faith! But he kept doing it. It’s in the bible. It has to be real. He wouldn’t stop! Somewhere after a year had passed, he was in his pulpit preaching when suddenly he saw a vision of a woman’s breast and the breast folds open and he sees a tumor. So he asks the congregation, “Does someone have breast cancer?” And a woman raises her hand. And he says, “I believe the Lord is healing you.” And God did! Now, it took a lot of patience for this healing gift to come through. It took a church that kept on praying while people were dying. It took a preacher that kept on pursuing God’s healing power when he looked like a fool every time he tried. But patience won the battle and the healing gifts began to operate. Are we asking for gifts? Then we’re going to have to keep praying and patiently overcome when it doesn’t seem to work. Remember when your faith looks like “gold” to God, He’ll give you the gift. The currency in God’s Kingdom is faith that overcomes; that’s been tested and found real. Faith not based on circumstances, but God’s Word! Faith that produces Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Col 1:27)

Consider, he who’s joined to the Lord is one Spirit with Him. (1Cor6:17) What did we say patience is? Jesus! He that’s joined to Jesus has the patience of Jesus. If I’m joined to the Lord, I have His patience because I have Him and my patience is of Him. And if I let go of His patience, I’ve let go of Him. Jesus is the Word. (Jn1:1) If you let go of the Word, you’ve let go of Him. The condition for answered prayer is, “If you abide in Me (Jesus) and My Words abide in you.” (Jn15:7) But you pass that test when the devil’s done everything he can to cause you to let go of Jesus’ Word, as in the Word of My patience, (Rev3:10) but you’ve held on; holding fast to the Head. (Col 2:19) Then you get what you’ve prayed for. On the other hand, when you let go of the Word, you let go of Christ and you can’t get the fulfillment of the promise because you must abide in Him to get it! This is similar to what happened with Job. Job held on to God until God could say, “Devil, get out of here! You’ve been defeated! Job has proven he loves Me for who I am and not just what I do for him.” When it’s proven that your faith will hold on to Jesus no matter what, that’s when the answer to your prayers will manifest. That’s when the devil can’t say anymore, “He doesn’t have a real faith. If I do such and such to him, he’ll let go.” That’s how he accused Job. “He just serves You for the good things You’re doing for him.” (Job1:9-11) When the devil has his opportunity and he tries all the things he can to get you to let go and you won’t, then there’s nothing left for him to do but pack up and leave, and you get the promise because the scriptural condition has been met. You’ve proven you actually do abide in Jesus and Jesus’ Word abides in you and satan couldn’t shake the Word out of you! When satan can’t cause you to let go then the promise has to be given to you. The courts in heaven say so. (Dan7:26,22) That’s what the battle of faith is about. You must hold on until you’ve proven that you won’t let go, that your faith is real. So how important is patience to faith? Real faith won’t let go because it has patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. (Jms1:4) Faith works by love (Gal 5:6) that doesn’t fail. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they’ll fail; whether there are tongues, they’ll cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. (1Cor13:8) So when faith works by love (Gal 5:6) faith has patience. Don’t become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. (Heb6:12) That’s the kind of faith that won’t fail God, won’t doubt God, won’t shame God. That’s the kind of faith that makes you an overcomer. For whatever’s born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that’s overcome the world -- our faith. (1Jn5:4) That’s “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Col 1:27) And that’s the faith that fulfills the scripture, 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) Now, let patience have its perfect work. (Jms1:4)

 Prophecy: Have I not said it’s through faith and patience that you inherit the promises? Then do you think you’ll get the promises quickly, in a hurry or you’re going to get them without faith? I’m telling you, every word I’ve promised will come to pass to those who have faith and patience. So let patience have its perfect work. Good things are coming, wondrous things are coming! Great things are coming, but you must have faith to receive them and you must have patience. They’ll come forth in due time if you have patience, saith the Lord. 

Prophecy: Consider now and don’t deceive yourself, there’s coming a day certain and true for all men that they’ll stand in judgment even as all will bow before Me. What My Word says is all should repent because the judgment that’s coming is going to be according to Him, Christ, whom I’ve appointed as the standard. By Him all men shall be judged. And what does this mean? This means when you come before Me, I’m not going to see you, I’m not going to look at, “Oh, that’s My precious Jeremy, My precious Jonathan, My precious Josh, My precious Jeffrey. I’m going to look at you just as I look at all men, as men. But what I’m going to look for is whether you have Jesus Christ in you or not. Whether it’s been Jesus doing His works through you, Jesus loving the brethren through you, Jesus keeping the commandments through you, Jesus perfecting the brethren through you. Because the deception of all those around you who think they’re going to come before Me acceptably and don’t fear My judgment is to think all men are precious in My sight. Well you’re wrong; the righteousness of men is filthy rags before Me. What’s precious is to let Jesus live in you. And what you’d better fear is not having Jesus in you. Because Christ in you is the hope of your glory. Christ in you is the hope of your resurrection. So you’d better make sure and examine yourself to see whether Christ is in you. Because if you can’t see Jesus in you, I won’t see Jesus in you. And this is the Truth of My impartial judgment and this is the Truth about which you’d better make sure you fear and tremble before Me, that Christ is being formed in you, lest you be found empty when you stand before Me, thus saith the Lord. (Prophecies delivered at “My Father’s House”)

Manifesting Christ!

I don’t pray for these alone, but also for those who’ll believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I’ve given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, that the world may know You’ve sent Me, and have loved them as You’ve loved Me. For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He’d grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height -- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who’s able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Jn17:20-23;Eph3:14-21) How immeasurably God’s love would be in you if Christ were in you, that you’d even be filled with the fullness of God. And Paul says God is able to do this exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think. But first Christ has to dwell in your hearts thru faith. This can only happen however in someone who’s no longer a sinner. Concerning people who are in sin of any kind, Jesus can’t be in them. A sinner can’t manifest Jesus because Jesus can’t associate with sin. Anyone who’s born of God doesn’t sin. (1Jn3:9) But those who’ve breached the gap, crossed over into Jesus are no longer walking in sin. The manifestation of Christ in your life now depends on how much faith you have for Him to live in you. The battle here is to see more Christ, to be increasingly manifesting Him. Our faith must grow so the church can become more and more Spiritual. Because concerning the increase of His government, there can be no end, it has to work that way. (Is9:7) But for that your faith must grow exceedingly. (2Th1:3) You need to understand what it means to live by faith. As it’s written, “The just shall live by faith.” (Rom1:17) You must pursue a greater faith (1Tim6:11) and really be thinking about how you can put on Jesus thru faith. What kind of faith does God require before Christ can dwell in me? Jesus said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he’ll keep My Word; and My Father will love him, and We’ll come to him and make Our home with him.” (Jn14:23) What kind of faith do I need for Jesus to dwell in my heart? (Eph3:17) What kind of faith do I need for Jesus to manifest thru me? He who has My commandments and keeps them, it’s he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I’ll love him and manifest Myself to him. (Jn14:21) When you find the answers to these questions then you’ve got some things to do because faith must have works, or it’s dead. (Jms2:26) There are things you must put in action before you can see the manifestations of Christ in you. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Gal 3:27) But if He doesn’t manifest He’s not there. You aren’t in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he’s not His. (Rom8:9)

Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. (Col 1:28) Are you in a church where your pastor is warning and teaching you that you may become perfect in Christ? Can you actually see that you’re growing more Christ-like? To this end I labor, striving according to His working that works in me mightily. (v29) This is true of Paul and it’s true of me as it should be true of every real pastor. Are you in such a church where you’re experiencing this powerful work of a Spirit led man of God perfecting you in Christ? Where also, It’s God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. (Phil 2:13) Can you see that God’s working in you to bring you into perfection in Christ? And if you’re a member of the true church you must also be doing your part in helping your brethren grow up in Christ. He Himself gave some to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but speaking the Truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who’s the Head -- Christ -- from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Eph4:11-16) So if you’re a true Christian what’s working in Paul must be working in you to bring the manifestation of Christ in every believer to perfection.

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him. (Col 2:6) Are you walking in Him? Rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you’ve been taught. (Col 2:7) If this isn’t how you’ve been taught, you’re not in a real church! Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you’re complete in Him, who’s the Head of all principality and power. (Col 2:8-10) Christ has everything you need. Apart from Him you can do nothing (Jn15:5) so anything that’s not of Him is worth nothing. True Christians who believe this will be, holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that’s from God. (Col 2:19) A true church’s growth can only come by holding fast to the Head. That means listening to and obeying Jesus. But it’s the joints and ligaments that nourish the body (the church). And joints and ligaments are the members of the church. The church members also must be doing their share to nourish one another or there’ll be no growth. From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Eph4:16) So each member must hold fast to the Head, Jesus, in order to have something effectual to share with the brethren that would nourish them and help them grow. It’s only when a church is connected to Jesus corporately as well as having every member holding fast to Jesus that real church growth, which includes growing up into perfection in Christ can occur. The members by what they receive from the Head nourish the body, which grows with the increase that comes from God. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. (1Cor3:6) When does the increase come? When God is pleased with the way you’re building. But if you’re to build right you have to hold to the Head which has everything to do with where your thoughts are.

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. (Col 3:1-3;2Cor10:5) If you’re raised with Jesus you’ll seek to be involved in the things He’s concerned with. The more you learn of Christ the more you can be like Him. Christ is all and in all. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering. Put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts. (Col 3:11,12,14,15) All these virtues are manifestations of Christ in you.

He who has My commandments and keeps them, it’s he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I’ll love him and manifest Myself to him. (Jn14:21) And My Father will love him, and We’ll come to him and make Our home with him. (v23) For Jesus to manifest and make His home with you, He must fellowship with you in such a way you know He’s there as He says concerning The Spirit of Truth, whom the world can’t receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. (Jn14:17) The world can’t see Him, but you’ll know He’s with you, meaning He’s doing things that help. To know He’s there you have to be aware of what He’s doing. How can Jesus be living in your house and you not know He’s there? If He’s there He’s affecting you by His presence. But Paul says, That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. (Eph3:17a) So for Jesus to dwell with you, you must exercise faith. But the Word which they heard didn’t profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. (Heb4:2) James says, For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (Jms2:26) And Jesus says, Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe you receive them, and you’ll have them. (Mk11:24) You have to believe you receive when you ask God for something or you won’t get it. “Believing you receive” means your behavior must be consistent with the “faith” God has answered “Yes” to what you’ve asked for. So if you want to manifest Christ have you really asked for Jesus to live in you and believe you’ve received Him? That’s what we believe for in water baptism. In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Col 2:11,12;Gal 3:27 – See our Glory of His Grace book “Baptism and Salvation”) Before Jesus will come to live in you, however, you must be keeping His commandments in love. (Jn14:21,23) Therefore to receive Jesus in a real baptism, you first must be obeying Him insofar as the things you know He’s commanded you in His written Word. And, of course, after you’ve received Christ you must continue to obey Him as His Spirit leads, because when you stop obeying He must stop abiding. Again all of this requires faith – a continual faith for Jesus to dwell in you accompanied by the works of faith which means you’re behaving in a way agreeable to your belief that Jesus is in you and leading you.

He’s also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. (Heb7:25) Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. (1Jn4:17b) If Jesus is really in you how could you not be fervently participating in prayers and intercessions. If you have faith Jesus is living in you you’ll pray the way Jesus prays. It’s actually Jesus living in you when you’re effectually interceding. He’s manifesting in you (Jn14:21) by interceding thru you. So for you to manifest Christ first you must ask Him to live in you and then believe you receive. And you must continue to believe you receive Him every day by putting on the behavior that’s consistent with Christ living in you. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts. (Rom13:14) If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Col 3:1-3) He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. (1Jn2:6) Jesus will be of no profit to you unless you allow Him to do the things He wants to do in you. And of course everything He does will be consistent with the fruit of the Spirit. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there’s no law. Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (Gal 5:22-25) When I ask Jesus to live in me, I’m saying, “Jesus, I want Your mind to be in control of me and be expressed thru me in everything I do.” So when I look at problems, for example, our church may be having with the disobedient I can think, “Jesus, I’ll make no decisions here until I see what You want to do. I’m going to stay in the place where Jesus is concerning this problem.” And one of the things I’m certain of in Christ is God’s working all things together for our good (Rom8:28) so no matter how much the disobedient mess up it’s not going to destroy the good God’s doing for us who obey Him. Praise the Lord! Therefore I can have joy and peace in spite of the problems. Jesus’ way of thinking about someone else’s disobedience is, “Their sins hurt themselves but they can’t hurt the obedient because God works all things together for our good. Knowing that lifts me into a whole different attitude about the disobedient and the problems they create because I’ve not gone to my own way of thinking but I’ve asked Jesus to live in me and show me how He thinks about things. First I ask for His help, then I believe I’ve received. (Mk11:23,24) In believing I’ve received Christ I’m enabled to manifest Him as He trusts the Father unwaveringly. Even in the midst of many troubles Christ in me is still going to praise God, He’ll still have a peace from God that no one can take away, He’ll have a joy that comes from knowing the Father’s working all things together for good and He’ll abide in God’s love. And because Jesus is in me, I too can praise God and abide in peace, joy and love. I can face every situation in my life by faith to walk in Jesus and Christ in me will deal with every situation, because I’ve asked Him to lead me and I’ve put Him on. (Rom13:14) This is the most important subject in the bible – that we really manifest Christ! So when the time comes for you to prepare for church you may think, “I don’t have enough time to find something to share!” Or you can say, “Jesus I know You’re with me and I’m asking You to help me and I know You will.” Then you believe you receive, and take the actions He shows you to take. If you believe you’ve received He’ll show you what to do. So Christ in you will open a scripture up in a special way or lead you into some fervent prayer.

How often do you face a situation where you need godly wisdom? James 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. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. (Jms1:5,6) Faith says, “Jesus I know You’re in me and You know how to deal with this situation. So I pray Jesus You’ll show me what to do and I trust You will.” Then you wait until you see the light of how to deal with your problem. And when the light comes recognize it’s of Jesus, give Him glory and thank Him for it. Then obey what He’s showing you to do.

In every place where there’s a discrepancy, and you can see a certain kind of behavior isn’t like Jesus, you must stop doing that. That’s putting off the old man. (Eph4:22) Recently I had a discussion with Mr. C. where if I’d agree with anything he was telling me, I’d have had to disagree that Jesus was leading me to do the very things Mr. C. was complaining about! It was a classic, “Get behind Me satan.” (Mt16:23) If I’d have agreed with him in the least I’d have lost my confession of Christ leading me. And if I’d done that Christ would have stopped leading. It’s that easy to lose the Spirit. Just talk against what God is doing. (Eph4:29,30) Agree with some devil that it’s not God when it is. You won’t have Jesus’ leading anymore. But when Mr. C. erred the Spirit rose up in me and kept me. We know whoever’s born of God doesn’t sin; but he who’s been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one doesn’t touch him. (1Jn5:18) So the evil one couldn’t touch me or interfere with my relationship with God. When I told Mr. C. to “get behind me satan,” and stood up for Christ in His blessing me and leading me, instead of losing the anointing, the anointing actually increased. To the victor goes the spoils! So God says, “I can teach you even more, and help you to know even better how to walk in My Spirit because you haven’t renounced Me but you’ve upheld Me in what I’ve been doing in you.” And that’s one of the rewards of faith. How important it is to always side with God and never side with man against God. The spirit in Mr. C. is antichrist. (1Jn4:3) And it’s a very common spirit. Little children, it’s the last hour; and as you’ve heard the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it’s the last hour. (1Jn2:18) We’ve encountered many antichrists in “My Father’s House.” Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they’re of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every Spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God. (1Jn4:1,2) When someone reading a Glory of His Grace book says, “Boy, that was God!” That’s a Spirit who’s confessing Jesus Christ has come in my flesh; that Christ in me is writing the Glory of His Grace. When someone hears a sermon we preach and confesses, “That’s God!” they’re saying Jesus Christ has come in my flesh and He’s ministering through my preaching to the brethren. And every spirit that doesn’t confess Jesus Christ has come in the flesh isn’t of God. And this is the spirit of antichrist, which you’ve heard was coming, and is now already in the world. (1Jn4:3) When we know what we’re doing is Christ in us any spirit that refuses to confess Jesus Christ has come in our flesh can’t be of God. We’re of God. He who knows God hears us; he who isn’t of God doesn’t hear us. By this we know the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error. (1Jn4:6) So when Mr. C. tells me something in the Glory of His Grace isn’t pleasing him and he thinks it needs to be changed, he’s saying it’s not of God! He thought there was too much conviction! Tell me conviction isn’t of God! And when He’s come, He’ll convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. (Jn16:8) He (the Holy Spirit) has come. Mr. C. didn’t like the conviction because he was in the flesh, and flesh wants its ears “scratched.” For the time will come when they’ll not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they’ll heap up for themselves teachers; and they’ll turn their ears away from the Truth, and be turned aside to fables. (2Tim4:3,4) When someone’s in the flesh they don’t want to be “convicted.” They want to be entertained and “flattered.” When someone strikes out at what convicts them, that’s antichrist. So Mr. C. was antichrist. I told him, “Get behind me satan!” Whenever anyone tells me to stop doing something I know is of God I say, “Get behind me satan!” But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, satan! You’re an offense to Me, for you aren’t mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” (Mt16:23) Remember that worship service where Mrs. Wolf told me it wasn’t of God when I rebuked the church for not worshipping rightly. She’s antichrist. God was speaking to me audibly, telling me to do exactly what I was doing. And she said “It’s not of God.” She irrefutably proved herself to be antichrist and her whole family followed her out of the church; all antichrists! Little children, it’s the last hour; and as you’ve heard the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know it’s the last hour. They went out from us, but they weren’t of us; for if they’d been of us, they’d have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. (1Jn2:18,19) Being antichrist doesn’t mean you’re not “religious.” You can be as religious as the devil and that’s literally what they are. The Pharisees are as religious as the devil. The devil is very religious! Catholics can be very religious. Baptists can be very religious. But their religion stands in the way of God’s religion. They use religious lies to oppose God’s Truth. They work for the devil! When anyone stands up against something God’s doing, they’re saying what God’s doing isn’t God. (Jer5:12) The simplistic Pentecostals think the way you tell someone’s of God is you just ask them, “Did Jesus Christ come in the flesh?” And if they answer, “Yes” they must be a real Christian. But they’re trying to follow the letter of the Word. Not that we’re sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (2Cor3:5,6) If you know the Spirit, He’ll show you the proper application of God’s Word.

In John’s day the gnostic heresy was becoming prominent. The Gnostics taught that Jesus was only an apparition. They said He wasn’t physical or material but like a “vision.” Literally that’s what John was speaking against. “Jesus isn’t an apparition. I touched Him, I know He’s real!” (1Jn1:1) You can’t touch an apparition. If Jesus was an apparition then He wasn’t really crucified. How do you crucify an apparition? The Gnostics were saying, “Jesus only looked like He was being crucified but you couldn’t really crucify Him because He was an apparition.”  So in the Spirit, John makes this statement: “Every spirit who says Jesus hasn’t come in the flesh is antichrist!” Every spirit that doesn’t confess Jesus Christ has come in the flesh isn’t of God. And this is the spirit of antichrist, which you’ve heard was coming, and is now already in the world. (1Jn4:3) But if you meditate on this scripture, you’ll see there are many ways of saying Jesus hasn’t come in the flesh. For example, when you’re doing something you know is of the Spirit and someone speaks against it, they’re saying what you’re doing isn’t Christ in you. They may as well be saying the devil’s doing it. It’s like calling Jesus Beelzebub. (Mt12:24) So if people don’t like what you’re doing because it bothers their flesh, they may call it evil when in fact it’s Christ in you doing it. They’re rejecting the Truth that it’s Christ in you, and if they’re denying it’s Christ when it is, they’re antichrist. We’ve encountered a similar thing when we’ve tried to tell some people, “These hurricanes we’ve been experiencing lately like Katrina, etc., means God’s judging the peoples.” And many so called “believers” reply, “God wouldn’t do that!” But God said in the prophets, “When I chastened the people they lied about Me and said it wasn’t Me doing it.” They’ve lied about the LORD, and said, “It’s not He. Neither will evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine!” (Jer5:12) What kind of god do you have? A god who can’t stop a hurricane. A god who wrings his hands and says, “Oh! I wish the devil wouldn’t do that. I wish satan wouldn’t send hurricanes against the people. I love these people so much.” Do we have a wussy god who just sits up in heaven unable to affect or control things? Where do good and woe come from? Now see that I, even I, am He, and there’s no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. (Dt32:39) Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that woe and well-being proceed? (Lam3:38) God has the power to stop a hurricane and if He doesn’t it’s because you don’t deserve to be delivered from it. And you better find out why God’s letting such things happen. Instead of saying it isn’t God you better start thinking it is God and God isn’t happy! Because that’s the Truth! God isn’t happy. Stop lying about God by saying it isn’t Him. This antichrist spirit goes beyond just saying Jesus isn’t in the flesh. The antichrists are now saying God isn’t even in nature. The Truth is God ultimately controls everything. He works all things together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purposes, (Rom8:28) means He controls all things. Now if that hurricane isn’t working out for your good, what does that tell us about you? Did the last few years of hurricanes work out for our good? Yes, indeed. Some of our members were greatly prospered in the work following these storms and none of us at “My Father’s House” were damaged. God will do whatever needs to be done to bless his people as long as we love Him and are called according to His purpose. But the people who didn’t get good out of the storms obviously don’t love God and aren’t called to His purpose. And who’s working against them and for us? The same God they say wouldn’t send a storm.

Let’s provoke one another to love and good works. (Heb10:24) One good work Christ in me is provoking you to do right now is to put Jesus on in your behavior. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (Gal 5:25) That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. (Eph4:22-24) If you’re a good student of the scriptures you should know what kind of behavior Jesus would have in Him under every circumstance, and by the help of the Spirit through faith you should behave accordingly. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. (1Jn4:17) But he who’s joined to the Lord is one Spirit with Him. (1Cor6:17) The bible commands us to, Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice! (Phil 4:4) You know Jesus does that. looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him… (Heb12:2) Then even if you don’t feel like rejoicing if you believe Jesus is in you His joy must be in you so put on the Lord Jesus and rejoice! Are you facing problems that might upset or trouble you? Paul says, Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Phil 4:6,7) If Jesus is in you His peace is in you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (Jn14:27) Jesus trusts in the Father completely to work all things out for good so He’s never “worried.” Then because Jesus is in me I can trust God completely too. So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.” (Mk11:22) Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. (1Pt5:7)

As the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. (Col 3:12,13) If Christ is in you, you can do this. There’s nothing the scriptures require of you that you can’t do if you have faith for Christ to live and manifest Himself in you. (Jn14:21) You can keep yourself and the evil one can’t touch you if you have faith to put on Jesus. (1Jn5:18) Because I’ve been crucified with Christ; it’s no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Gal 2:20) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Phil 4:13) If you have faith for Christ to live in you, then let’s see Jesus manifesting in you bigger than we’ve ever seen before. The next time we have church, you come in here as victorious Christians. This is the victory that overcomes (whatever your problem) the world, even our faith (that Jesus lives in us – 1Jn5:4) And what is there to having faith except “The Word is nigh you; in your heart, in your mouth.” (Rom10:8) Prove you’re a real Christian by having a faith that works. (Jms2:26) Faith that has you behaving like Jesus is really in you. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. (1Jn2:6)

 Prophecy: I hear the praises and the worship coming forth from you My church. Your praises and your worship are glorious to Me, well pleasing, particularly the prayers of those who are asking, “Lord, make me like You.” And as I work in My church in a people who with sincerity of heart are crying out to be like Me, I do deliver them from sin. But that’s not the end of what I do. I also cleanse you and wash you so you can be fruitful and work the works of Christ today that yet need to be done. But many in the so called “churches” when they praise Me, when they worship Me it’s not acceptable in My sight. For what they ask is, “Lord how can you bless Me today?” And it’s always for a selfish reason they seek Me. Not so they can live and be like Me and do My works but that they may please themselves. I tell you, their praise and worship is an abomination. But here in My true church you’ll see the difference, for My people behave as I do, and I make them fruitful in all their works. I say to you My people, now is the time to do the things I’ve called you to, for I’m with you. My Spirit will cause you to be fruitful and you’ll see the difference between a people who come to church to worship and praise Me because they’re in My Spirit and Truth versus the so called “churches” whose works are an abomination. For I’m making it known to all the true brethren whether near or far, who really are My people. Today I’m blessed to hear your praises and your worship for you worship Me in a way that many don’t. And I’m well pleased, says the Lord.

 Prophecy: Too often in the deceitfulness of your flesh some of you act as though the work of making you a new creation still needs to be done; that I still need to work on bringing you into this and making you a saint. But I tell you, the work has been done! The problem is have you received it? Because whenever you choose to set your affections on things below or to regard the things of this world or the things of the flesh, you’ve chosen the “old man.” And if you keep choosing the old man you never demonstrate the new creation. Then you keep telling Me I have to remake you. I have remade you, saith the Lord! But you need to put on what I’ve made by choosing to set your affections on what the new man loves and doing the things the new man does, living according to holiness and righteousness in Christ. When you set your affections on the things of Christ, you enter the new man, you demonstrate the new man and you live the new life of the new creation. And when you don’t, you live the corrupted lustful life of the old dead man. It isn’t Me who’s failing to make you saints, it’s you – you who fail to take hold of what I’ve already given. But now I admonish you, repent and take hold of My grace and make your choice to live in the new creation that you may be a glory to Me and I may bless you, saith the Lord!

 Prophecy:  I say to you My people of “My Father’s House,” why would I so strongly put it in the heart of My messenger to bring forth a pleasing people unto Me if it wasn’t in My heart to make you such a people? I’m for you My people, I’m not against you. I’ve called you and given you the privilege of getting to know Me, understanding My will, and My purposes like no other people in the earth today, because I love you. I intend to use you. I intend to set you free in ways you’ve not even dreamed that you may enter into My glory and be used by Me. Even now My Spirit is working through many of you freely to accomplish My purposes. So open up your hearts to Me and let Me live My life through you that My church may be built, and Zion may be a praise in the earth, and you may be glorified as you glorify Me. It’s in My heart to bless you exceedingly. So take hold of the words I’ve been giving to you, mix them with faith and start doing the works of faith and love. Let My Spirit freely manifest through you. Put away your selfish and carnal ambitions, stop fretting over yourselves, but rather look unto Me and let Me lead and guide you to glory, saith the Lord. 

Prophecy:  This nation of “christians” around you are Christ-less “christians.” They have no Jesus, no leading of the Spirit, no consciousness of their need for Him to live in them, yet they claim to be His. They walk around in their vain boast, believing they’re in a “Goshen,” thinking they have the security of My sovereign protection when they don’t listen to Me at all. And their salvation is vain – an imagination without foundation, a falsehood, a dream. I tell you “Goshen” does represent My awesome keeping power but “Goshen” is the place where My people obey My prophet, who in that time was Moses but today is Christ. My prophet tells them when to put the blood on their doorpost, tells them when the plagues are coming. You didn’t find any Jews out in the fields when the hail fell, because they were listening to My prophet. Now I tell you My people, be alert, be aware, listen to, watch and obey the Spirit of Christ who I’ve given you to keep you and protect you and show you what I’m doing. By so doing you’ll be the true citizens of Goshen in this land. Because I’m bringing great destruction, great calamity, great misery on those who’ve falsely claimed to be Mine and have disobeyed Jesus and not listened to My Spirit in any of their ways. They’ll fall and they’ll not rise. But I’ll keep you in the midst of these calamities because you’ll know when to put the blood on your doorposts. Jesus will tell you what to do if you’ll listen and watch and be conscious of Him in all that you do, saith the Lord. 

Defining Christianity!

 Prophecy: At the end of every battle there must be a victory because I only lead My people to victory. When I live in you I lead you to overcome the wickedness in your flesh and those things in you that are contrary to My Word, but I don’t stop there because I lead you to victory over such things as attack you from the outside also. And the victories you win no one can take away from you unless you let them be taken away. So look to the gifts I’ll give you, the mighty weapons of your warfare that aren’t carnal, attaining to the joy and the love until you overcome whatever’s hindering, and when you get the victory keep the things I’ve given you by My Spirit. No man can take them away unless you lose your faith and let them be stolen. So look for Me to lead you in triumph because that’s always what I do in My Spirit is lead My people in triumph. And when you’ve triumphed you’ve gained Christ. For every victory is a taking hold of Me and My eternal victory. Now don’t lose what you’ve gained, says the Lord. (Prophecy delivered at “My Father’s House”)

 For the death He died, He died to sin but the life He lives, He lives to God. (Rom6:10) If you’re a real Christian this also must be true for you. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (v11) The life Jesus lives, He lives to God meaning to accomplish God’s purposes. Concerning the resurrection, It’s (the body) sown in dishonor, it’s raised in glory. It’s sown in weakness, it’s raised in power. (1Cor15:43) What kind of power? The same power that enables us to live for God together with Jesus. Though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you. (2Cor13:4) When Paul says “toward you” he means toward the (Corinthian) church! And Paul commands all believers to examine ourselves to see if Christ is really in us. (v5) If Christ is in you you’ll also be living by the power of God towards the church, and your purpose in life will be to accomplish God’s will concerning Christ’s church. He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him (Jesus). (2Cor5:15) Which also agrees with, For the death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. (Rom6:10) If you’re a real Christian you also must be dead to sin and living for God; no longer living for yourself. That he (the true believer) no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. (1Pt4:2) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he’s a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new! (2Cor5:17) Christ is living by the power of God to serve God. He’s dead to sin but alive to God and if you’re really in Him you’ll be dead to sin and alive to God too. If you’re really in Christ you’re a new creation, living a new life and that new life isn’t lived for self but to serve God. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. (Gal 6:15) If you’re not a “new creation” living for God, your religion avails nothing. You aren’t saved! The love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died. (2Cor5:14) This means we were all dead. And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins. (Eph2:1) We were dead because we were sinners. In order to be set free from death someone had to die in our place to atone for our sins, so God could righteously raise us out of death. But in being raised out of a death that was caused by trespasses and sins we had to enter into a new life that was no longer involved with trespasses and sins, a life of holiness. Notice: She who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. (1Tim5:6) She who lives in pleasure lives to “please” herself, while the new life is lived to please God. It’s a tragic error that most so called “christianity” today doesn’t raise the believer out of an old selfish life into a new life lived for God, but merely introduces him to a new religious way of living where the believer continues to please himself, seek his own pleasures, while thinking his sins are forgiven. But whatever isn’t from faith is sin. (Rom14:23b) And “faith comes by hearing God.” (Rom10:17) It’s also called the “hearing of faith” (Gal 3:2) as it’s written “the just shall live by faith.” (Rom1:17) So those who’ve entered into a self serving “christianity” in which they don’t hear God or serve God, but think they’re saved while they continue to live for themselves aren’t new creations. They haven’t been born again. They’re not living by faith or by hearing and obeying God. So because “whatever’s not of faith is sin” (Rom14:23) they’re still dead in their trespasses and sins. She (or he) who lives in pleasure is dead while she (or he) lives. (1Tim5:6) So such a “believer” has traded a non-religious “dead in trespasses and sins” way of living for a religious way of living that is still dead in trespasses and sins. Since they haven’t become new creations who live no longer for themselves but for God, such “christians” aren’t saved! Everything that has to do with a real salvation requires you to get into a new creation life that’s lived to serve God not self. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them. (Gal 6:15,16) You may have a lot of religious knowledge but it doesn’t matter. Your knowledge won’t save you if you’re not a new creation! Most contemporary “churches” think they’re born again and “new creations” but the Word says a new creation is one who doesn’t live any longer for himself but for Jesus. He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he’s a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2Cor5:15,17) If you’re “saved” you’re a new creation and if you’re a “new creation” you’re living for God not self. Many other scriptures confirm this Truth. I’ve been crucified with Christ; it’s no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Gal 2:20) As a true Christian the whole purpose of my new life is to serve Christ to do God’s will and to accomplish His purposes.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in Truth. (3Jn4) As a true servant of Christ, this is what I’m living for. Christ in me is laboring to get you to be Spiritual; that you’d walk in the Spirit and be a Spiritual church. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. (Col 1:28,29) Christ in me works mightily to perfect you in Him. Seeing you perfected in Christ is what brings me joy. This is why I get up in the morning. This is what my life’s purpose is, what I work for as a new creation in Christ and my greatest satisfaction is when real progress is being made toward that goal. Everything in my life is connected in some way to reaching that goal. In the Glory of His Grace I put into writing the things you need to be perfected in Christ. And many are taking hold of it. They’re the ones I can take pleasure in, when I see them walking in God’s Truth. God’s not wasting my work! I get up every morning and go to work, knowing my work is bearing fruit because God has called me to this, blessed me with this work, and anointed me to do it. So Christ has given me a new reason to live and my life is lived unto Him. And there’s much progress being made in what I’ve been ordained and anointed to accomplish. As the Spirit leads me in praying, in answering the mail, and publishing the Glory of His Grace books, it all pertains to the same purpose – to raise up true Spiritual brethren in Christ! Now what are you living for? Look at all the scriptures that talk about being of one mind. I’ve just shown you my mind. How similar is my mind to Paul’s? Brethren, I don’t count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Nevertheless, to the degree that we’ve already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind. Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern. (Phil 3:13-17) Are you like Paul – are you like-minded with me? What do you live for? What do you get up for in the morning? What do you desire to accomplish? If you’re not living for Christ and rejoicing in this new Christ life then you’re not a new creation! Because that’s what’s in a new creation! To live for God, for His purposes, for His people, and to accomplish His will. You must find your God given part in serving the church and do it with all your heart. From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Eph4:16) As a new creation you no longer live for yourself because your old self is dead. Jesus said He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. (Mt10:39) You don’t live for your pleasures, you live to do the will of God. You’ve lost your old life for Jesus’ sake. When you were dead in your trespasses and sins that’s when you lived for self.

 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who’s suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. (1Pt4:1,2) Where’s the reality of this in your life? I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Rom12:1,2) To prove it means to show or demonstrate the will of God works in your life. That’s the whole purpose of your life, to live unto God. It’s not a partial purpose or an add on to your life. In dealing with Johnny right now even though he’s done some good things, he’s not a “new creation.” He only has an incipient Spirituality. What does incipient mean? It’s like when you see a woman whose belly is starting to grow you might think she’s an incipient mother. She doesn’t have a child in her arms yet but there may be one on the way. Well Johnny has an incipient Spirituality. There’s some areas where he’s heading in the right direction but too many other areas that just aren’t right. And when we look at the things that aren’t right we may think why do I have to tell him to clean his bathroom when it’s so dirty I don’t see how you could take a shower in there and come out clean. He obeys when I tell him to clean it, and he obeys when momma tells him to clean his bedroom for example, but why can’t he see the need to clean things himself? If Jesus were in you, you’d see what needs to be done yourself. No one would have to tell you to do them. And that’s a prophetic key to New Covenant Christianity. For this is the covenant I’ll make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I’ll put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I’ll be their God, and they’ll be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, “Know the LORD,” for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. (Heb8:10,11) True new creation sons of God know God. (Rom8:14) No one has to tell God’s true disciples to know Him – or to clean their rooms! My sheep know My voice. (Jn10:4) They’re not following pressures and lusts and worldly things, they know Christ. They do His will and they won’t follow worldly things because they know it’s not Christ! (v5;1Jn2:15,16) If you’re Jesus’ children, you follow Jesus. (Gal 5:24) It means nothing that you’ve put on some religious affections but only that you’re a new creation! To be “saved” you’ve got to be a new creation! And the new creation lives for the new things! Old things have passed away; the old life, the old pleasures, the old goals. I’m crucified to the world and the world is crucified to me. (Gal 6:14) This describes the new creation Christian which is the only kind of Christian who’s really saved. Now my purpose in life is to live for Jesus. Now everything in my life is to be focused on fulfilling the will of God. And this has to be you if Jesus is in you. You can’t fake it or play around with this and be a little religious, and be saved. You must have Christ in you. He’s been crucified in weakness and lives by the power of God to serve God, so examine yourself and see if this Jesus is in you. For me to live is Christ. (Phil 1:21) Is Jesus your reason for living? Or are other things equally or even more important to you? Do you entertain things that are separate from Jesus even though in some ways you acknowledge God and Christ and do some things for Him? Do you still have selfish purposes? Draw near to God and He’ll draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (Jms4:8) You can’t be double minded and be saved. You can’t be living for God and something other than God. No one can serve two masters; for either he’ll hate the one and love the other, or else he’ll be loyal to the one and despise the other. You can’t serve God and mammon. (Mt6:24) The new resurrection life is given to Jesus because He lives only for God so how can Christ give you this new life unless you live only for God? That’s the purpose of resurrection life. Resurrection life comes from God and can’t be lived for anything other than God and it won’t be lived for anything other than God. So if you’re to abide in resurrection life, if eternal life’s to be in you (see our Glory of His Grace book “Eternal Living”) then you must live only for God because that’s what eternal life does – it makes you alive to serve God! If that isn’t the life you’re living then you’re still in the old man which is death. (Eph4:17-22) The old “life” is mortal, death doomed, temporary, not eternal and it doesn’t lead to immortality. The old “temporal” life doesn’t have the power of God in it so you can’t accomplish anything supernatural while you’re living the old kind of life. This explains why so much of the contemporary “church” lacks any evidence of God’s power, miracles, healings, etc. (2Tim3:5) Do you desire to experience the power of God? Then you must get into the resurrection life. That I may know Him in the power of His resurrection (Phil 3:10) means to know Him in the power by which He lives for God. Resurrection life will get you up in the morning and cause you to pray late into the night. It gives you a purpose for living. It gives you a motive, a reason, something to take pleasure in, rejoicing to do the things that please God, rejoicing to see them be accomplished because it’s so very much on your heart to be pleasing to God.

For if by one man’s offense death reigned through one, (Adam) much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. (Rom5:17) The death that reigned through Adam is what you’ve been raised out of if you’ve truly received Christ. But God, who’s rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you’ve been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Eph2:4-6)

When Joab is plotting to bring Absalom home he gets an old woman to go before David with a story of how one of her sons killed the other and now the people want to kill the one who lived because he’s a murderer. But if they do that she’ll have no sons; she’ll be a childless widow. So for mercy’s sake David spares the killer child that the woman won’t become a childless widow. But then she makes this statement, “Why then have you schemed such a thing against the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who’s guilty, in that the king doesn’t bring his banished one home again. For we’ll surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again. Yet God doesn’t take away a life; but He devises means, so His banished ones aren’t expelled from Him.” (2Sam14:13,14) God has devised a means so we won’t be separated from Him. This woman understands something about God. God is finding a way to save us. Before Jesus came true believers already had a faith that God would find a way to save us. This woman saw that and admonished David that he also should be doing that. As true believers today what should we be doing? Trying to gather the lost sheep of Israel and not leaving them banished, scattered amongst the heretics, the Baptists and the other wicked false “christians,” who reject the new creation life in Christ and the power of God to perfect us, but believe we’re doomed to continue to be “sinners” in this life even after we come to Christ!

For if by one man’s offense death reigned through one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. (Rom5:17) Death was reigning through Adam and that’s where we were dead in trespasses (Eph2:5) but because of His great love (Eph2:4) God devised a way to bring us back to Himself and not banish us. (Hell is banishment) And that was by His power through which He raised us up and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (v6) Since He raised us together with Christ He had to use the same life and the same power that raised Jesus the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places. (Eph1:18-20) Who by the power of God lives unto God. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. (Rom6:10) He’s been raised to live unto God. For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you. (2Cor13:4) So what kind of life must I be living if I’ve been raised with Christ? I must be living unto God also. I can demonstrate that in my life. (Rom12:2) I’ve been raised into a life that’s lived to God and crucified to the old life that was lived unto me. Now there’s no satisfaction in my doing anything for me. I’m satisfied only when I’m doing what God wants to do. That’s the character of one who’s been raised with Christ and who’s become a new creation. Dave demonstrates it, Elie demonstrates it, Kimmy demonstrates it, Sarah and Rebekah are demonstrating it and I’m very hopeful that the rest of you are getting into it but you have to see what this really is and make sure it’s the life you’re living because there isn’t any other way to be “saved.” There’s all kinds of religions but only one Salvation. You can be very religious and still be living for something other than God. You’ve got to get the real thing if you’re to be saved. For if by one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. (Rom5:17) And what does the bible say this grace does? By grace we’ve been raised into a new life of serving God together with Christ.

But God, who’s rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you’ve been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. For we’re His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Eph2:4-6,10) And saving grace is defined by Paul as For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age. (Tit2:11,12) Those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness… The gift of righteousness is the gift of the Holy Spirit. That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal 3:14) The Holy Spirit is righteousness. The gift of righteousness is the gift of Christ in you, Christ is your righteousness. (1Cor1:30) Everything you do has to be righteous when you’re led by the Spirit (Rom8:1) and obedient to Christ in you. Whoever abides in Him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Whoever has been born of God doesn’t sin, for His seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he’s been born of God. (1Jn3:6,9) If Jesus has come to live in you, His righteousness is in you. If anyone loves Me, he’ll keep My Word; and My Father will love him, and We’ll come to him and make Our home with him. (Jn14:23) When Jesus lives in you, His righteousness is in you and it will come out in your actions. You prove Jesus is in you by doing righteousness. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He (Jesus) is righteous. (1Jn3:7) The false “church” who think Jesus makes them righteous even though they don’t do righteousness has the devil as their father. Satan uses the bible to kill by interpreting scriptures wrongly just like he tried to do with Jesus. (Lk4:9-12) Because Jesus knows the scriptures He defeated the devil. But most so called “believers” today are so ignorant of God’s Word and His Spirit that they easily succumb to satan’s deadly deceptions falling into heresies from which they rarely recover. It’s plain to see they aren’t “reigning” in life. But are you reigning in life? Some of you are concerned about reigning over distracting thoughts but to what purpose if you’re not committed to serving Jesus? We reign because we’re living to do His will so God gives us the power and authority “grace” to reign over everything that would hinder us from doing His will. (Lk10:19) Why do I want to get rid of distracting thoughts? So I can focus on doing God’s will. I want to be without distraction (1Cor7:35) so I can pray effectually, and be led by the Spirit to do everything I can to edify the brethren. (Eph4:16) That we all may be sons of God. (Rom8:14) By God’s grace I won’t allow the devil to interfere with the things that pertain to my doing God’s will. He’s not going to stop me from preaching, or participating effectually in the services, admonishing and exhorting my brethren, or prophesying. He’s not going to stop me from getting into the greater gifts that we’ve yet to experience because in Christ I’m going to reign over these distractions and beggarly elements. (Gal 4:3;Col 2:8) They’re not going to reign over me because I have a purpose in life and the life I live I live unto God to accomplish His purpose. (2Cor5:15) Now we’ve defined Christianity here because some of you haven’t yet taken hold of it. It’s a life lived to God by God’s grace which includes His power! The gospel is the power of God to live unto God. (Rom1:16) It’s the power to reign over the things that would try to stop you from successfully serving God. The liberty we have is to serve one another in love (Gal 5:13) and the devil can’t take that liberty away. We’ve been given the freedom to do good, the freedom to edify one another, the freedom to do God’s will whereas everyone else out there is in bondage to sin and even if they have a desire to do good their flesh doesn’t let them do it (Rom7:15) because they don’t have the Spirit. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law couldn’t do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who don’t walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Rom8:1-4) As new creations we’ve entered into the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit led life, the life purposed unto and empowered by God to do His will. I’ve lost my life. It’s no longer there! It’s gone! You might as well dig a hole and put a tombstone over it and put my name on that tombstone, because what I was is dead. The life I live now is Jesus. (Gal 2:20) I live to do the will of Jesus. It’s His will I seek, it’s His will I desire and it’s His will I delight in and my life is lived to do His will. (Heb10:9) Now if you’re saved that’s where you are. That’s what you must be doing if you’re really a new creation and you better get a hold of the reality of this. That’s why you were baptized, to be buried with Him and raised into His life. (Col 2:12) Jeremy shouldn’t live any more, Kevin can’t live anymore. We live in the new life Jesus lives because we’re raised with Him. You should have been living this way since you were baptized. (Gal 3:27) If you’re not living this way you’ve been deceived and allowed something to get in you that isn’t the new creation. If you aren’t living like a new creation then the old things haven’t passed away in you. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2Cor5:17) If the old things that pertain to your self are still there you’ve got to put them to death. For if you live according to the flesh you’ll die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you’ll live. (Rom8:13)

Now here’s the gospel good news; once you take a step of faith to obey God, His power always backs you up. You can sit here for years and never take a step and it will look like God’s power doesn’t even exist, but once you actually start stepping out to serve the Lord with everything in you His power will manifest and you’ll find by experience that those of us who receive an abundance of grace REIGN. We’re victorious. God only leads us in victory. (2Cor2:14) He doesn’t lead us to failure but only victory. He gives us the grace that we can live a life that’s victorious over all the ungodly things in this world and that’s the good news and it’s a solemn promise of God!  If you’re having a problem getting that promise to work it’s not because God’s grace is lacking but because you’re still holding on to parts of the old life and they’re interfering with the power of God. The new life is grace and it’s lived by the power of God. That you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places. (Eph1:18-20) That power is the grace that we can live unto God in if we’re real Christians and new creations in Jesus’ name.

 Prophecy: The Kingdom of heaven is not in word but power. If Christ is in you, the King of the Kingdom is in you, how can His power not be in you? The King is the Head of the power of the Kingdom. And if the power of Christ is in you, you’ll be overcoming those things which generally overcome men, but don’t overcome the saints because they’ve been given the power to overcome and not be overcome. And if Christ is in you His love is in you, and His wisdom, and His sound mind. And these things are apparent. How could you have the power of God in you and be overcoming things that are trying to overcome you and not know you’re doing it? How can the love of Christ be in you causing you to labor, to lay your life down on behalf of the brethren, on behalf of the saints and the church and you not know you’re doing it? I tell you those who have Christ in them know Christ is in them. And those who have to examine themselves to see whether Christ is there, He’s not there which is why they have to examine themselves. And they have to repent and get into the faith for Christ to dwell in them. Because if Christ isn’t in you, you aren’t saved, saith the Lord.

 Prophecy: To you who’ve been erring in the things I’ve been bringing forth: has it been because you’ve not known the Kingdom of God isn’t in word but in power? But you have known this, it’s been repeated to you many times. And yet why doesn’t it have a proper effect on you? It’s this reason, too often instead of hearing the Kingdom “is” which means it’s here right now, you put the Kingdom off, you make it far away. You say, “The Kingdom will be in power tomorrow. I “sinned” today so I can’t do much today.” You put everything about My power into 2 days ago, 3 weeks ago, or 2 days from now. The Kingdom, the zeal, the power, the Spirit that’s future for you, will always be future if you don’t take hold of the Truth now. The Kingdom, the power and zeal that was past is gone and is no more. My zeal is present, it isn’t for tomorrow it’s for now and it will be there tomorrow when tomorrow is now. My Kingdom’s power is for now. So you need to have faith that the power is here right now. The Spirit of the Kingdom is here right now. The King of the Kingdom is here right now. Haven’t there been many things you need the power for, grace for, zeal for? Well then, believe that the Kingdom is here right now. Stop putting Me off till tomorrow, put Me on right now and I’ll show you My power right now, saith the Lord. (Prophecies delivered at “My Father’s House”)

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