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To The Faithful!/To Know Him! By Pastor Bill Taylor A publication of My Father's House, inc. Volume 12/ Issue 4 Prophecy: I’ve said in My Word My people go from faith to faith. How can you go from faith to faith, except you go from battle to battle? Because faith is that which overcomes the world. Faith manifests when there’s something to overcome and when a saint looks to Me to overcome that which he needs to overcome. So faith is always the weapon a believer uses against the enemy when the enemy attacks, or when the enemy has done something contrary to My Word which thing is still standing and needs to be brought down. A true saint will do as the Proverb says, “A wise man brings down the stronghold of the enemy.” So My people are a people of faith and wisdom because they overcome and aren’t overcome. They go from glory to glory and from battle to battle. When they win one battle they go right on to the next. And the next battle will be bigger than the previous ones. Why shouldn’t that be? Why would a mighty warrior go back to fight little battles when he has bigger ones to fight? So I make warriors of My people. I show them how to use the weapons of their warfare and the first and greatest weapon is faith. Faith in Me. Faith in the blood. Faith in My Name. In every way faith defeats My enemy and yours and brings forth glory to My Name, victory to you and brings the spoils that come with that victory. When My Word says, “Don’t be surprised by the fiery trial which is to try you,” what warrior is surprised by war? You’re warriors if you live by faith! You have to be warriors because living by faith is living to fight and overcome the enemy thru the weapons I’ve given you which aren’t carnal but mighty in God to pulling down strongholds, saith the Lord. Prophecy: Is it better to overcome or be overcome? Those who are overcome have nothing to rejoice about. Those who are overcome, are they happy? No! You can see the person who’s been overcome is miserable. He’s not enjoying the fact that he’s been overcome. Now this is the victory I’ve given you; I’ve given you power to overcome. By faith you can overcome instead of be overcome. How valuable a gift is that? How precious a gift is that? I’ve made My people overcomers and they rejoice because they reign with Me when they overcome and I tell you not only does it fill you with joy to be an overcomer, it fills Me with joy to see My children defeating their enemies. It fills Me with joy and glorifies Me! I delight in the fact that you use the gifts I give you to overcome. It rejoices My heart to see you overcome, and it glorifies Me. In Christ you’re born to be overcomers, saith the Lord. (Prophecies delivered at “My Father’s House”) To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ. (Col 1:2) He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I’ll be his God and he’ll be My son. (Rev21:7) For God to have children who’ll never succumb to sin again, they must be a people who’ve overcome, conquered and risen above sin and shown themselves stronger than any temptation. (See our Glory of His Grace book “Resurrection Perfection”) Unlike Adam and Eve who started in innocence but were overcome by sin we’re a people who started in sin, but are achieving blamelessness by overcoming. In Christ we’re conquering sin and that will make us the final winners, and sin the ultimate loser. This is an awesome and wonderful work God is doing, bringing us into eternal perfection by teaching and empowering us to totally overcome the very enemy that caused mankind’s terrible fall. But in a tragic similarity to the fall of man, the early church started in perfection and the glory of the Holy Spirit, but was eventually overcome by lies, heresies, and every trick of that carnal heart in man which is deceitful and desperately wicked. (Jer17:9) Now we need to overcome that fall if we’re to attain to Christ’s perfection and bring forth the glorious church (Eph5:27), which means we in a Spiritual sense have to rise from the dead. Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” (Eph5:14) To become glorious the end time church has to overcome all the things that have previously overcome her. That’s the battle we’re now fighting. And you can see how much we’ve had to overcome. For years, from the beginning of “My Father’s House” I’d preach 3-4 hour sermons. What was going on in those days? Jesus was getting the Word of God into the true brethren, actually baptizing you in His Word. But as the Spiritual members have testified some of you would immediately go out and begin talking carnal nonsense after such an awesome preaching service, like you got nothing out of the preaching. When anyone hears the Word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. (Mt13:19) What was God doing? On one side He was teaching His Word to those who’d receive it but on the other concerning the unfruitful He was proving ignorance wasn’t your problem. In “My Father’s House” we have church daily, so I’ve preached over five thousand sermons since our inception. If five thousand Spiritual sermons haven’t caused you to become a real Christian, ignorance isn’t your problem. Teaching you more of what you already know won’t cure you. Recently God has changed the way we’re preaching. The Spirit’s been getting very personal. Instead of long sermons filled with Scripture, He’s getting very specific about correcting your personal shortcomings. One thing we saw was God rebuking prayers that were essentially blaming your lack on Him. “I’m not a good Christian yet because God hasn’t given me enough grace – Give me more grace to obey God!” It’s a deceitful heart that’s pretending, “I really want to be a good Christian, I just haven’t had enough grace.” And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” (2Cor12:9) The Truth is you’re not a good Christian because there’s too much of you in you, and you love to have it so. You’re not crucifying your flesh. (Gal 5:24;Rom8:15) It isn’t a lack of God’s grace, but a lack of your own faith and desire. We had to overcome the liars and hypocrites that would come to our services pretending they wanted to be real Christians but then they’d walk out the door and live like the world, forgetting everything they heard. Ruben was one of those. He’d make all kinds of pretty prayers before the congregation asking God to make him a fruitful Christian but it was plain to see he didn’t care two cents for God’s interests once he was outside the church. There are so many deceitful things carnal people do, which we had to discern, expose, overcome and outgrow. 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 their cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting. (Eph4:14) It’s trickery to pretend you’re Spiritual in your prayers when you never exercise any faith to obey God during the rest of your day. It’s cunning craftiness to say you love God when your affections are completely set on the things of the world. 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) How many deceits have we had to rebuke and overcome in our own members? One the Spirit’s been pointing out recently is how many of you keep testifying how you’re being personally blessed by God but you never share about God doing anything through you to help someone else? It’s deceitful to think you’re Spiritual because God has done something to bless you when He doesn’t bless anyone through you. Even unbelievers can talk about good things God has done for them but that doesn’t mean He approves of them or they’re “saved!” (Mt5:45) Only believers who have Jesus in them are actually blessing others. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. (Jn7:38) Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works I do he’ll do also; and greater works than these he’ll do, because I go to My Father. (Jn14:12) Every time we expose and overcome one of these satanic deceptions we’re contributing to the end time church being “raised!” Do you know for Jesus to rise from the dead He had to overcome every demon in hell? If there was even one He didn’t overcome that would have kept Him down. Every lie, every deceit, every fear, every doubt, every evil presence of every kind was straining to hold Him in the grave but Jesus overcame every one of them or He couldn’t have been raised. And the glorious church is going to overcome every lie, every doubt, every trick, every deceit that satan or men’s wicked hearts can come up with to try to prevent us from becoming the glorious church without spot or wrinkle. They all have to be overcome before Jesus can present us to Himself. (Eph5:27) Unless you understand this you may get discouraged when you look at the glory of the early church and how difficult it may seem for us to attain to such glory today. But they were fighting to keep from going into the grave, while we’re fighting to come out. They were battling to stay right while we’re battling to get right. Our fights are different fights in that way. And though they eventually failed in their battle we will be victorious in our battle. To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse. (Col 1:2) The so called “churches” today think almost everything in the bible is written to them. This verse however, shows the book of Colossians isn’t written to everyone who calls himself a “christian” but only to the faithful brethren. Galatians may be written to backsliding christians, Corinthians to carnal christians because those who aren’t among the faithful brethren need correcting, so correction books are written to many churches. (See Rev 2&3) Colossians however isn’t a corrective book, it’s an edifying book and it was written to encourage a people who were doing right. But if a people who aren’t doing right read it as though it was written to them they’ll misapply it, receiving the commendation meant for Colossians to themselves when in fact they ought to be receiving rebukes. For example, when Paul says, “For this reason we also, since the day we heard (of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints –v4) don’t cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and Spiritual understanding. (Col 1:9) Why ask for someone who’s unfaithful to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will? What good would it do them? Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom, since he has no heart for it? (Pr17:16) Why would God bother to give the knowledge of His will to someone who doesn’t want to do it? The only people we can successfully pray for to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will are the people who want to do His will. In the past there’ve been a number of people who attended services at “My Father’s House” who weren’t obedient to the preaching. What sense is there in praying for such people to know His will, when they won’t do it? In every service at “My Father’s House” God tells you what His will is, and yet over and over these people would walk out and refuse to do it. In “My Father’s House” we’re all being filled with the knowledge of His will if we’re listening, but if you don’t have the desire to do God’s will, you’ll leave the service and forget everything you’ve heard. Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. (Lk8:12) How often do we hear people lamenting, “Oh, I just wish I knew God’s will.” Even around here so many have acted like they don’t know what God’s will is. Are you reading your bible? If you are you should be able to write an arm long list of things you know are God’s will. For example, This is the will of God your sanctification. (1Th4:3) What does sanctification mean? It means you’re being set apart for God, set apart from anything that would interfere with your service to Him. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. (2Tim2:4) This is His will. Don’t be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord. “Don’t touch what’s unclean, and I’ll receive you.” (2Cor6:14,17) You know His will, but are you doing it? There’s no reason to reveal the will of God to people who won’t do it. The reason why Paul can “pray that you (the Colossians) can be filled with the knowledge of His will.” is because he knows they’re faithful and have a heart to do God’s will. This is agreeable to, Pray for us; for we’re confident we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. (Heb13:18) God won’t force someone who doesn’t want to do His will to do it, even if you pray for him to do it, so in such a case your prayers may be wasted. But the author of Hebrews says you’re not wasting your prayers on me when you pray for me to walk worthy of the Lord, because that’s the very thing I want to do. This man can honestly ask for your prayers That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him. (Col 1:10) knowing they won’t be wasted because he desires with all his heart to do right before God. When we pray for people who have a heart to please God, God’s grace and the supply of the Spirit (Phil 1:19) will surely help them walk rightly. Wherever we have a people who are faithful and want to do God’s will we can pray they’d know His will and have a walk worthy of the Lord and God will answer. But He won’t violate the free will of those who resist Him. For the true Christians church is a joy when you can see your brethren have Christ in them and they’re really helping each other grow up in Christ. But church is a grief when you’re continually struggling with false brethren who claim to love Jesus but behave deceitfully always serving themselves, running after the flesh and doing things that are of no value to anyone’s Spirituality. It vexes the real brethren to have to put up with that kind of behavior in people who claim to be fellow believers. They aren’t true brethren because their spirit is different; they’re carnal and selfish, still in the old nature. Many walk, of whom I’ve told you often, and now tell you even weeping, they’re enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame -- who set their mind on earthly things. (Phil 3:18,19) These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They’re clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots. (Jude12) But when we see you bringing Jesus into the services, sharing the love of God, reaching out to help one another then you’re a joy to us and we have a wonderful church filled with life, light and the Spirit. That’s what we’re rising out of the grave to become; rising out of the death of a carnal, self-serving life to lift each other up into the love of God and bring forth the Spiritual church. That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work. (Col 1:10) The Spiritual church is a fruitful church, which means we must be truly abiding in Christ because that’s the only way we can bear fruit. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I’m the vine, you’re the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. (Jn15:4,5) Being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. (Col 1:10b) If you aren’t increasing in the knowledge of God, you aren’t laying hold on eternal life. (1Tim6:12) For this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You’ve sent. (Jn17:3) As Paul says, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. (Phil 3:10,11) I’ve preached five thousand sermons in “My Father’s House” yet many of you didn’t increase in the knowledge of God and weren’t fruitful at all and didn’t walk worthy of Him. You didn’t grow because you weren’t mixing the Word with faith. For the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the Word which they heard didn’t profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. (Heb4:2) Without faith, it’s impossible to please God. (Heb11:6;Col 1:10) Until you set your heart to obey God’s Word it will have no effect upon you. For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the Word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in Truth, the Word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. (1Th2:13) And to whom did He swear they wouldn’t enter His rest, but to those who didn’t obey? So we see they couldn’t enter in because of unbelief. (Heb3:18,19) Finally Paul prays we’d be strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy. (Col 1:11) Which connects to let patience have its perfect work that you’d be perfect and complete lacking nothing. (Jms1:4) So patience is the key to perfection. If you truly desire to be perfect, you’ll rejoice God is giving you opportunities to exercise patience. My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing the testing of your faith produces patience. (Jms1:2,3) When I’ve experienced physical trials that have tested my patience I’ve seen much improvement in Spirituality, Christ-likeness in attitude, being kind while under pressure etc. Afflictions make many people irritable but not Jesus. During my many afflictions I’ve chosen to obey God’s Word and rejoice. (Jms1:2;1Th5:16) The fruit is in every trial I’ve learned to know Christ in a deeper way. Everyday Jesus is becoming more real in me. Some things I’ve endured in the last few days have been very painful, but I haven’t been vexed. In my patience I know “God’s with me and we’ll get through this.” So I’m not frightened by the pain. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb12:2) That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. (Phil 3:10) So I’m being conformed to Christ through patience in experiences which all work towards my perfection in Him. Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. (Heb5:8,9) 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. (1Pt4:1) Impatience always loses and patience always wins. The fruit of the Spirit includes patience (Gal 5:22 – longsuffering) and if we exercise patience, patience will make us perfect and complete. (Jms1:4) How many “golden” opportunities has God given you to demonstrate or practice patience? Can you rejoice at such trials? When such an opportunity arises it’s always something that isn’t happening the way you’d like or as quickly as you’d like. The fact that I’m not healed instantly, for example doesn’t mean I’m not being healed. Jesus promised whatever I ask Him I’ll receive. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you’ll ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. (Jn15:7) If I’m asking for a healing, I’ll be healed. The healing is going to manifest eventually but first Jesus may be testing my patience to teach me to hold on to my faith and keep abiding while I’m waiting for His promises to become complete. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. (Heb10:36) So I never think, “Oh, He didn’t heal me.” If you do that you’ve lost your faith. Jesus promised He’d heal me. Right now I don’t see the healing but He won’t break His promise so I’ll keep believing until the healing manifests because He said whatever I ask for He’ll give me and He can’t lie. Not being weak in faith, Abraham didn’t consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He didn’t waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced what He’d promised He was also able to perform. (Rom4:19-21) How many things that concern the promises of God are exactly like that? God said He’d do it but He didn’t tell you when. (Act1:7) Are you able to hold on until the “when” comes and keep believing because He said He’d do it? What if it’s painful while you’re waiting? How painful was the cross? Jesus endured the cross. He knew the pain wasn’t going to last forever. He knew the resurrection was coming. He was able to exercise the utmost patience in His sufferings knowing He’d certainly overcome in the end. And when we’re exercising that kind of patience what can overcome us? 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) For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world -- our faith. (1Jn5:4) If you don’t let go of your faith God doesn’t let go of you. If God doesn’t let go of you the devil must let go sooner or later. The devil may hold on for awhile but he isn’t able to hold on longer than God. But for God to hold on longer than the devil you have to hold on in faith; that’s the key! So let patience have its perfect work! (Jms1:4) Whatever God must take you through to teach you patience, rejoice that you’re being made perfect and complete. When is patience complete? When you stop asking, “Are we there yet?” When it doesn’t matter anymore whether we’re there yet; when all that matters is God is with you however long it takes. When nothing can cause you to stop believing, that’s when your patience is complete. If you’re faithful to Christ, there’ll come a point where God will know, you’ll know and the devil will know nothing can overcome you. It’ll reach a point where the devil hits you with everything he’s got and there’s nothing more he can do. The demons will see this one isn’t going to let go of his faith. “We’ve tested him and tested him and we can test him some more but it’s just a waste of time because this saint won’t let go of God’s Word. There’s nothing more we can hit him with.” At that point God knows you’ve won, and the devil knows he’s lost. 1stJohn is another book that’s not written to everyone who claims to be a believer. John tells you who he’s writing to. I’ve not written to you because you don’t know the Truth. (1Jn2:21) Some of the epistles were written to people who didn’t know the Truth. Paul writes his epistle to the Galatians because they were letting go of the Truth. They had to be rebuked. The book of Hebrews was written to Jewish believers who were turning back to Judaism and needed to be corrected concerning many things. Much of what Paul writes to the Corinthians shows the believers in that church weren’t always walking in the Truth and often had to be corrected about numerous things. All the Old Testament books of the prophets were written to the Jews when they weren’t following God’s Word and needed to be rebuked. The distinctive thing about the books of 1-3 John is they’re not written to people who don’t know the Truth but to a people who both know the Truth and are walking in it. I’ve not written to you because you don’t know the Truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the Truth. (1Jn2:21) I rejoiced greatly that I’ve found your children walking in Truth, as we received commandment from the Father. (2Jn4) For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the Truth that’s in you, just as you walk in the Truth. (3Jn3) So it’s easy to understand why many so called “christians” and “churches” are such a mess and why they can’t read or properly understand John’s epistles, because they don’t know the Truth. Often when we try to tell them what’s in 1st John they become very angry. For example tell one of these false christians He who’s born of God doesn’t sin (1Jn3:9) and his face will turn red as he angrily responds “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Rom3:23) Of course we’ve all sinned before we were saved but now knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. (Rom6:6) It seems such people have never read 1stJohn or if they have they haven’t any sense of what it means because they don’t know the Truth. They can’t understand 1stJohn because it’s not written to people who don’t know the Truth. John was writing to people who are saved, (1Jn5:13) walking in the Spirit, and anointed to know the Truth. (1Jn2:27) So when he starts telling them these things they understand them. He’s re-emphasizing, explaining and helping the believers see things clearer but he’s not sharing something that’s brand new to them. Tell a Presbyterian he who’s born of God doesn’t sin and it’s brand new to them. His church never reads 1stJohn because this book isn’t written to sinners. They don’t pay attention to it because it contradicts everything they teach. They have to ignore John’s book because it undermines their traditional preaching. What does that tell you about them? They don’t know the Truth. If they knew the Truth, what they’d preach would be in agreement with 1stJohn. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. (v20) True believers, because we have the Spirit know everything we need to know to do the will of God; to be saved and stay saved. John doesn’t mean you can go on final “Jeopardy” and answer every question. That’s not what this is about. This is about salvation. You know everything you need to know to be saved, to stay saved and to fulfill the will of God for you and be a blessing to your brethren. It’s all there for you in Christ because you have God’s anointing. (v27) What does anointing mean? In the Old Testament how did they anoint people? They poured oil on them. What kind of oil? Holy Oil. And it must be poured on by a prophet, by the direction of God. Now what does the word “Christ” mean? It’s the word from which we get “christened.” Christ is the anointed one. Then what should “Christian” mean? Christians are also anointed ones. But how can you be an anointed one unless God’s oil has been poured on you? John is saying because the oil of God’s Spirit is being poured on you, you know all things. But if the so called “churches” around us don’t know these things, it’s because they’re not anointed. God’s Spirit (oil) hasn’t been poured on them. How does God pour His oil on you? It’s like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. (Ps133:2) The oil runs from the head of the high priest down his garments. Jesus is the High Priest, we’re His body. We have to be in His body to receive His anointing. Because He’s the anointed One, we’re only anointed as we receive the anointing from Him by being in Him. The church is the pillar and ground of the Truth. (1Tim3:15) If the church is the pillar and ground of the Truth can any true member of the church not be of the Truth? If we’re the true church, the pillar and ground of the Truth, and someone comes to us preaching something that’s not true, we’d have to say they’re not really part of the church. You can’t be part of the true church if there’s a lie in you. What does John say? No lie is of the Truth. (1Jn2:21) Therefore if God’s church is the pillar and ground of the Truth no one who’s in a lie is part of God’s church. Don’t tell me a baptist is in God’s church; they’re in lies, preaching once saved/always saved in contradiction to Because of unbelief they (the Jews) were broken off, and you stand by faith. Don’t be haughty, but fear. For if God didn’t spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. (Rom11:20-22) and many other such scriptures. Baptists can’t be in God’s church. Don’t tell me catholics are in God’s church; they’re in lies, teaching people to pray to Mary when There’s one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. (1Tim2:5) and many such other things they do. No lie is of the Truth. Isn’t that simple? When it comes to 1st John only people who are anointed are able to receive it. Only real Christians can understand John. But No lie is of the Truth therefore no “christian” so called who’s following a lie is in God’s church, like United Pentecostals, who preach Jesus is the Father (Jesus only) in contradiction to Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him (the Father) who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. (1Cor15:28) Or the Faith movement who believe that godliness is a means of (financial) gain. (1Tim6:5) Anyone who’s following a lie isn’t in God’s church because No lie is of the Truth and God’s church is the pillar and ground of the Truth. Neither is anyone in God’s church if you’re behaving in such a way as we can see Jesus isn’t in you. If Jesus isn’t in you you’re following a lie. You’re not in God’s church. The constant corrections many of you keep going through, what do they mean? They mean you’re in the flesh and really not in Christ’s church; we’re trying to get you in but you’re not in. If you’re following something other than Jesus you’re following a lie and if you’re following a lie you’re in the flesh. Whoever’s been born of God doesn’t sin. (1Jn3:9) Following a lie is a sin. You have to be in the flesh if you’re following a lie and you can’t be in the Spirit if you’re in the flesh. You’re not in God’s church if you’re in the flesh. You can only be in Christ’s church if you’re in Christ’s Spirit. You can only be in the body of Christ if you’re in Christ’s Spirit. Now if anyone doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he’s not His. (Rom8:9) One of the lies the false “church” believes is they think you can still be in Christ even if you’re a carnal “christian” but it’s not true. Jesus is Spiritual, He’s not carnal. (2Cor5:16) To say you’re a carnal “christian” is a contradiction in terms. It’s to say you’re pretending to be a “christian” while you’re in the flesh and yet to be a true Christian you must be in the Spirit. Jesus’ Spirit must be in you. (Rom8:9) To receive the anointing that flows from Christ to His body you must be in His Spirit and if you’re in His Spirit you must be obeying Him! Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He’s given us. (1Jn3:24) By this we know we abide in Him, and He in us, because He’s (anointed us) given us of His Spirit. (1Jn4:13) To be anointed is to be in the Spirit; the Spirit is the anointing. God’s Spirit is Truth and if you have His Spirit of Truth you know everything you need to know to keep yourself. (1Jn2:20,5:18) But the anointing which you’ve received from Him abides in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and isn’t a lie, and just as it has taught you, you’ll abide in Him. (1Jn2:27) If Christ is truly in you, you have His witness in yourself to tell you when something is right or wrong so you can avoid anything that would get you out of the Spirit: lies, tricks of the devil, passions of the flesh, or heresies. You can avoid those things because you have Christ’s anointing. The anointing is the Spirit of Truth who’ll guide you into all Truth. (Jn16:13) For 1stJohn to be a book that’s written to you, you must have that anointing. The pertinent question is do you have Him? Examine yourselves as to whether you’re in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? -- unless indeed you’re disqualified. (2Cor13:5) Now if anyone doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he’s not His. (Rom8:9) To those who have the Spirit John says, 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) How many false christians repeatedly quote that verse when it’s not true for them? It’s only true for those who have the anointing and we prove it to be true by overcoming sin and the world. And this is the victory that’s overcome the world -- our faith. (1Jn5:4) Only those who actually have Christ in them can have the anointing which means they have the ability to see through the tricks of the devil as Jesus did. Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You’re the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it’s written: ‘He’ll give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they’ll bear you up lest you dash your foot against a stone.’” Jesus said to him, “It’s written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’” (Mt4:5-7) Those who actually have the faith for Christ to live in them have overcome the world. For all that’s in the world -- the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – isn’t of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. (1Jn2:16,17) John’s book isn’t written to false christians it’s written to true Christians. Those are the only ones who can say truthfully “greater is He who’s in me than he who’s in the world.” (1Jn4:4) False and carnal “christians” love to quote “Greater is He who’s in me.” but in reality they’re overcome by sin and the lusts of the world all the time. 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) That’s a verse false “christians” don’t even try to quote. They know they’re not keeping themselves. But how many of you here haven’t kept yourselves? How often have we had to rebuke you because you didn’t keep yourself? Do you know what the last verse of 1 John is? Little children, keep yourselves from idols. (1Jn5:21) What do you think leads you astray all the time? Idols! Covetousness which is idolatry. (Col 3:5) Things that are more important to you than God. You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, (demonic spirits – 1Cor10:19,20) however you were led. (1Cor12:2) The reason why 1st John isn’t true even for some of you here is because you must keep yourself abiding in Christ to even have the anointing. It isn’t just knowing about Him, talking about Him, coming to church and listening to sermons. It’s being part of His body, being connected to Jesus as your Head; “Holding fast to the head.” (Col 2:19) If you’re in Him then the anointing oil is going to run down on you. How often have you seen me identify someone who’s sharing isn’t of the Spirit or commending someone who’s sharing is of the Spirit? Why do I have the anointing to know what’s Spiritual from what isn’t? I’m demonstrating “I know all things” (1Jn2:20) when I do that. Some of you can’t tell the difference. You’re demonstrating you don’t have the anointing. When you share something before the church that isn’t of God and you don’t even know it isn’t of God, you’re proving you don’t know all things. You’re showing everyone you don’t have the anointing. What’s worse than that is you’re actually trying to fool those of us who do. It’s like Sapphira and Ananias. (Act5:3,4) You’re bringing in something and pretending it’s of God when it isn’t as though you think you can fool the Holy Spirit. Whereas the reality is those of us who are of God and have the Spirit aren’t fooled. But you can take such things to any of the “worldly churches” around us and they’ll never know the difference because they don’t have the anointing. Neither their preachers nor their people are abiding in Christ so they don’t have the anointing! They don’t know all things. But those of us who are actually in Jesus partake of His Spirit who shows us what’s of Jesus and what isn’t; what’s of Truth and what isn’t because Jesus is the Truth; what’s real and what isn’t because Jesus is reality! So we have the anointing to know these things because we’re in Him. We have the anointing to walk without sin if we’re in Him. (Jude24,25) All the blessings John says are true of the believers are ours if we’re in Christ’s Spirit, but if you’re not in Him you can’t just reach in and grab one of these scriptures and say it belongs to you. Before 1st John or anything in it can be yours, you have to qualify according to I haven’t written to you because you don’t know the Truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the Truth. (1Jn2:21) You have to qualify by actually being of the Truth because you’re actually a member of the body of Christ the true church which is the pillar and ground of the Truth (1Tim3:15) and in you God’s Truth abides and you follow no lies because you’re keeping yourself. (1Jn5:18) You can’t bring a lie into God’s church. You disqualify yourself from being a member of God’s church when you hold on to a lie. God’s church can’t have any lies in it. So whose church are you in? Prophecy: The real and true saints love My presence and My company. They love to be with Me where I am. True saints are looking forward to the day when they can be with Me entirely in Spirit and body. They’re looking forward to the day when I’ll be revealed. Are you a true saint? Is your hope resting fully on the grace that’s to be revealed to you in that day as My scriptures require? Are you doing what Paul did; forsaking all and counting all loss that you may attain to the resurrection? Are you purifying yourself as I’m pure? Are you being conformed to My image and allowing Me to change you? Many of you have been presumptuously plodding on in the feebleness of your minds and you’ve had a false hope. For a real hope takes steps of faith to attain to that hope. Are the “steps of faith” you’re taking actually bringing you closer to Me? With the real saints you see that happening. You see them being changed into My image so they’ll see Me when I’m revealed. I’ll be pleased to meet them and be with them in bodily presence in that day and they with Me, but to you who have a false hope it’ll be a day of terror, of weeping and gnashing of teeth. Now, examine yourself very closely and make sure your hope is real. Take the steps of faith and do all that needs to be done to be conformed to My image that you may find Me rejoicing to see you, and you Me in the day when I’m revealed, thus saith the Lord. (Prophecy delivered at “My Father’s House”) To Know Him! Prophecy: I’ve been speaking to you much concerning pursuing. You can see the Spiritual members in My church pursue everything that pertains to My life, My faith, My love and My righteousness. When I bring forth a message to correct you the Spiritual people come to Me and pursue the faith that I’d live in them and cause them now to do rightly the very thing they were corrected on. They pursue the love which is My love that doesn’t fail. They pursue My righteousness; for in doing so I clothe them with everything they need. But some of you are presumptuous; some of you think you already know or have what I’ve shown you yet need to receive and do. And this is what happens when you don’t pursue life as Jesus is your life, then death pursues you. I admonish you tonight, I exhort you – it’s a command in My Word that you’d pursue love, faith and righteousness. And I tell you, you need to do it for if you don’t, death will pursue you and overtake you. Thus saith the Lord. (Prophecy delivered at “My Father’s House”) Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2Tim2:22) That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. (Phil 3:10) It’s not that we’re pursuing the gifts or the virtues per se, but what we’re pursuing is Jesus!! We’re pursuing a complete unity with Christ. 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. (Jn17:22,23a) I’m not pursuing the healing gifts, I’m pursuing the Healer, that Christ the Healer may live powerfully and fully in me. Many will say to Me in that day, “Lord, Lord, haven’t we prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?” And then I’ll declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who work iniquity!” (Mt7:22,23) These people received the gifts but they didn’t receive Christ and His holiness so He says depart from Me. Whereas I want to be so one with the Holy One that Jesus does His healing through me; He does His miracles through me. We want to know the miracle working Christ by being in Him. It’s not enough that I just receive a gift from Him, I want to receive what He gives by being united to Him. Consider the verse, You’re complete in Him. (Col 2:10) Do you have any understanding what the implications of being complete in Him can be? Have we even come near plumbing the depths of being complete in Him; of recognizing how much is available in Him? Everything we need is ours in Jesus! Everything! Nothing outside of Him is necessary. Meditate on that, because I don’t see any of you living like that verse is true. You have many needs you keep outside of Christ as if to think, “If God blesses me maybe I’ll get this or that.” So you pray for God to meet the need. Whereas the reality is you should first be pursuing Christ, not just pursuing the need. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (Mt6:33) Jesus is His righteousness as far as we’re concerned. You’re not putting the Kingdom of God and His righteousness first if you’re asking to get needs met, without pursuing Christ Himself. For Jesus is our King and Jesus is our righteousness (1Cor1:30) and it’s in Him every need is met. But too often you haven’t looked at Him that way. For the most part you’ve been pursuing your needs as though they’re separate from Christ! That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection. (Phil 3:10) Many of you think you’re pursuing what Paul’s pursuing when you’re pursuing Christ’s “power” but Paul isn’t pursuing the power alone. The first thing he’s pursuing is a true communion with Christ who has the power. “That I may know Him.” So if you’re pursuing the power apart from Christ you’re not really thinking what I need here is to know Jesus better because everything I need is in Him including His power. Under the Old Covenant God gave the promised land to the Jews, but under the New Covenant Jesus is the land I’m taking. The land that’s been promised to me is Christ. Jesus has already prayed that I’d be one with Him and see His glory. The glory which You gave Me I’ve given them, that they may be one just as We are one. Father, I desire they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You’ve given Me. (Jn17:22,24) You know the Father will only say “Yes and Amen” to Jesus. (2Cor1:20) Then I’m going to say, “Father, I believe I’ve received that.” (Mk11:24) I’m expecting to see and experience Jesus’ glory because it’s already been given. Jesus prayed for me to see it so it has to be available by faith, which is confirmed by But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2Cor3:18) Because Jesus prayed I could behold His glory, I can and in so doing I can be changed to become everything I see Jesus to be. How many of you have actually entered into this awesome life changing experience of beholding Jesus’ Glory? Have you ever realized it’s yours to receive? And what about Jesus’ prayer “That the love You have for Me would be in them.” (Jn17:26) Nothing distinguishes Jesus above all other men more than His continual consciousness of His Father’s great love for Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I’m well pleased.” (Mt3:17) Now Jesus wants me to know that same love the Father has for Him the Father also has for me. And Jesus wants me to be conscious of the Father’s love the same way He is. Jesus is absolutely sure of the Father’s love. No matter what trials or tribulations He may pass through, Jesus knows the Father is always with Him and will always lead Him and help Him. Who’ll separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it’s written: “For Your sake we’re killed all day long; we’re accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we’re more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I’m persuaded neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom8:35-39) Although there may be a fight of faith to enter into the continual consciousness of the Father’s love, Jesus has already prayed God would give it. This means to experience it, all I have to do is believe I receive and hold onto my faith. (Mk11:22-24) How could the love Jesus has asked the Father to put in me not be there? God has to have answered Jesus’ prayer. Now it’s up to me to walk in that love, to receive and respond to the Father’s love the way Jesus does. To know Jesus is eternal life. (Jn17:3) Knowing Jesus is knowing He walks continually in the Father’s love. He’s completely immersed in the Father’s love. He’s immutably assured of the Father’s love. He knows the Father loves Him. It’s because you haven’t taken hold of this love that you wrestle so often with doubts and fears, anxieties and vexations whereas “Perfect love casts out fear!” (1Jn4:18) What Jesus has in Him is the perfect love of the Father. And why should I behave like an unloved orphan when through Jesus God has made me “accepted in the beloved?” (Eph1:6) God has given me a place in the Kingdom of the Son of His love (Col 1:13) that I may also be a son who knows the Father’s love. For the Father Himself loves you, because you’ve loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God. (Jn16:27) And because you’re sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” (Gal 4:6) Why do so many “christians” behave as though they don’t have this love except they don’t obey? As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you’ll abide in My love, just as I’ve kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. (Jn15:9,10) To know Jesus intimately I must know the kind of love He walks in. To truly be one with Him that same love must be in me. 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 that You sent Me. (Jn17:21) To be one with Him I also need to know His glory. To really know Jesus and His Father the way He wants me to, the glory He has must also be mine. And the glory which You gave Me I’ve given them, that they may be one just as We are one. Father, I desire they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You’ve given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. (v22,24) Jesus wants us to know Him and the union He has with His Father by experience. In his letter to the Ephesians Paul teaches us how as a church we must help each other grow up into the fullness of 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’d 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. (Eph4:11-15) In his letter to the Philippians Paul shows us how we must strive as individuals to attain to the resurrection of the just and a true unity with Christ. I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I’ve suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I’ve already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 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. (Phil 3:8-14) The first thing Paul teaches is anything that’s in the way of our getting to know Jesus must be discarded. But what things were gain to me, these I’ve counted loss for Christ. (v7) My education, my reputation, selfish ambitions, anything and everything that’s contrary to Christ must go, that I may be found in Him. (v9) Like all true Christians Paul is striving to be one with Jesus and to experience God’s answer to Jesus’ prayer. I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You’ve sent Me, and have loved them as You’ve loved Me. (Jn17:23) As every true Christian, I’m also on a quest to be one with Jesus. I’m pursuing righteousness, and Jesus has been made unto me righteousness! (1Cor1:30) I’m pursuing faith, so the life I live I live by the faith of the Son of God. (Gal 2:20) I’m pursuing redemption. Jesus is made unto me redemption. (1Cor1:30) Sanctification; Jesus is my sanctification. (1Cor1:30) There’s nothing useful to me that’s separate from Jesus. 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 2:9,10) Again Paul says “I want to know this Jesus!” That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. (Phil 3:10) I don’t want to just see His power work through me, but I want to experience every thought and affection that’s in Him as He manifests His power in me. I don’t want to just know what He did historically. Jesus is alive. He’s the risen Christ. He promises to come and live with me and make His home with me. (Jn14:23) I want to know Him by being one with Him and everything that’s in Him, and by participation with Him in all that He does. I want to know Him in being so one with Him that there’s nothing in me that’s not like Him, so anything that isn’t like Him has to be removed from my life. Anything in me that thinks differently than He thinks has to be crucified. If I have such a craving for ice-cream that it causes me to run out and buy ice-cream and not follow the Spirit because I’m hungry for ice-cream, then I’m going to have to destroy that lust for ice-cream; crucify that appetite because it’s not like Jesus. Now I hope no one here has a problem with ice-cream but there might be other things you have problems with. Whatever it is if it hinders you from being led by the Spirit that’s the very thing Paul says “I’m getting rid of!” 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 crown. 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. (1Cor9:25-27) I don’t want anything in me, not even a thought that’s different from the way Jesus thinks. Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. (2Cor10:5b) That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. (Phil 3:10) Often we hear “believers” praying to know the power of Jesus’ resurrection. It seems everyone is after the power but as we’ve shown you most don’t think right about this. They think Paul wants the power, but that’s not really what Paul said. First he said, “I want to know Him!” The meaning is I want to know what’s going on in Jesus that lets God’s power work. I want to know what He’s feeling and thinking that causes God to work through Him. I don’t just want to experience the power, I want to experience Jesus in me exercising the power. I want to be like Him. But Paul also knows you can’t experience a oneness with Jesus in His power, unless you also take hold of a unity with Christ in His sufferings. So he says, “I want to know Him in the fellowship of His sufferings.” (Phil 3:10) How can I really know the sinless Jesus unless I know what He suffers? (Phil 1:29;1Pt4:11) How could I ever know the brethren in a way that I can help them if I can’t be sensitive to their sufferings? It was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He’s able to aid those who are tempted. (Heb2:10,18) Jesus learned obedience by what He suffered, (Heb5:8) now if I want to be one with Him what do you think is going to teach me obedience? The same things that taught Him obedience. I’ve got to learn what He’s learned by going through what He’s gone through. And I have to look on those sufferings as blessings because they help me to be one with Him. If we endure, we’ll also reign with Him. (2Tim2:12) Therefore count it all joy when you all fall into various afflictions or sufferings because it’s going to make you perfect and complete. (Jms1:2-4) Perfect and complete in what? In Christ! Finally Paul says he wants to be made conformable to Jesus’ death. (Phil 3:10) That includes killing the lust for ice-cream as well as every other desire for the vain and frivolous things of this world. That’s entering into a place in Christ where nothing can influence me to behave in a way that’s contrary to the Spirit because I’m dead to all worldly motivations. Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (Gal 5:24) I want to be dead to everything Jesus is dead to. I want to be alive to everything He’s alive to. I want to feel what He feels about everything; the things that cause Him pain, the things that cause Him joy. I want to be so one with Him, and know Him so perfectly that there’s no separation of any kind between Him and me. Now that’s what Paul’s looking for, not just power but a unity with the Christ who’s powerful. A unity with the Jesus who suffers when His people suffer! “Paul, Paul why are you persecuting Me? If you do it to the least of these My brethren you’ve done it to Me.” (Act9:4;Mt25:40) If I can know and feel what causes Jesus to suffer, I can bear the sufferings with Him. Entering into and empathizing with the sufferings of others is what brings about fervent intercessions on their behalf. Jesus suffered intercessorily. (Is53:4) The travail (suffering) of His soul satisfied God the Father, (v11) and His prayers for our salvation were answered. Jesus suffered my pain because His love for me was so great He wanted to take it for me. How can I want to be one with His power and not want to be one with His intercessions? It’s because of the intercessions that God gives Him the power and grace to help the people He’s interceding for. Therefore 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) It’s because He’s dead to everything that’s contrary to God’s will that He can concentrate fully upon fulfilling God’s will. Most so called “believers” have terribly misunderstood the Gospel because they haven’t recognized salvation is the pursuit of Jesus Himself, to become completely one with Him. It’s the exploration of and increasing in all that was gained when a true believer is baptized. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Gal 3:27) Because I’ve taken hold of Christ in a true baptism I can now give myself completely to exploring the unsearchable riches of knowing Jesus in the fullness of His union with God and me! I don’t have time nor any affection for this world anymore. There’s too much of Jesus to explore for me to be distracted by the frivolous foolish things that go on down here! I’ve got the Lord to look at! The unsearchable riches of Christ (Eph3:8) means I’ll never get to the end of Jesus. Why should I be wasting time on things that aren’t even riches when I have Jesus’ unsearchable treasures to explore! And the exploration of that is a pursuit of knowing Christ and how we “increase in the knowledge of God.” (Col 1:10) 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 have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Eph2:4-7) That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. (Phil 3:10,11) Prophecy: “Lo, I’m with you always,” is a promise to the true saints. It doesn’t mean, “Lo, you’re always walking in the Spirit.” But it means if you’d do your part you could always walk in the Spirit. I’m there, and the potential for you to walk in My Spirit is there if you’d draw from Me what you need. “Lo, I’m with you always” means I’m always there for you to draw from Me what you need. The sad thing is how often you haven’t looked to Me and you haven’t drawn from Me. You haven’t believed you received by faith. You haven’t come to Me in a sincere prayer to crucify and overcome your flesh. And so, “Lo, I’m with you always,” doesn’t always manifest as though I’m with you. But I tell you this, I’m there and if you’d seek Me and believe you receive what I’m offering by staying in the place of receiving in faith, you’d demonstrate to yourselves and those around you that “Lo, I am with you” and you’ll prove that I’m with you by the manifestations of the fruit of the Spirit in you, saith the Lord. Prophecy: True Christianity hasn’t been understood by many in this generation even though it’s described well in the scriptures because it can’t be properly taught except by someone who lives it, and there’ve been very few who’ve taken hold of the life of Christ to live it. As you’re learning here the life of a son is a life that’s lived for others. That’s a concept completely foreign to the carnal nature. Carnal men can hardly conceive of living for others. And yet that’s the nature of Christ and that’s the nature of all who are truly sons of God, who’ve really been born again and entered into the Christ life. But here I’m demonstrating that life, and here you’re being given the privilege of entering in and I tell you the results of this work won’t be small. For when My people can see and be taught what it means to be a son of God by those who are actually doing it they’ll take hold and they’ll become sons of God and there’ll be much joy and much fruit and much glory in My house, saith the Lord. (Prophecies delivered at “My Father’s House”)
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