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The kinds of people who are in Church

Mark 2:1-6
1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was
noised that he was in the house.
2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there
was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he
preached the word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was
borne of four.
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they
uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they
let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy,
Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning
in their hearts,

In today's message we read about the great miracle of the paralytic
man. What is the highlight of this incident is not the healing of the
paralytic man but the faith of those who bought him there.

When Jesus had visited a house in Capernaum the people around got to
know of this and many gathered in that house, so much so that there
was no way to push into the door. In this gathering there were many
kinds of people, some came to hear Jesus, some came to receive and
some came to just scrutinize Him.

From the people who came to receive were the four who could not get
in, thus had to break through the roof, but among those who had got in
the house were those who did not to receive, nor to listen to Jesus
but came to see and hear what was happening and to report it and among
these were the scribes.

In our Churches also it is the same situation, there many types of
people who are gathered every Sunday. Some come to hear the Word and
receive; some come to pay their homage to the hall, some to meet their
friends every week, some to show how religious they are by taking the
first row seats, etc. Like during the time of the incident in our
message there are many people who are not 'Christians' but have
tremendous faith in them and soon we will find these people breaking
through the roof and putting us 'Christians' to shame.

So let us build our faith in Christ and understand why we are
Christians and what the purpose of our faith is.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we ask You to work among those who are namesake Christians. We
also ask You to expose those who called themselves Christians but have
another agenda, get them out from amongst our midst and build our
faith like the four who led down the paralytic...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.


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Opening a door of blessings

1 Chronicles 23:13, 14 - The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron
was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and
his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto
him, and to bless in his name for ever. Now concerning Moses the man
of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.

On our trip to Pune we had many deep discussions with our fellow
brethren and one of them included the scripture in which the Lord gets
anger with Moses to the point to put him to death.

First we need to understand God created us in this flesh and put us in
this world so that we will prove we are His Children by following His
instructions. When we follow His instructions more and more we also
reap equally great in His Kingdom. Heaven is our permanent home, and
not this earth which is a temporary passing place where we are
confirmed our permanent dwelling place.

In Pune Dr. Ron explained to us how the Assyrians tortured and killed
millions of Israelites. Hearing the way they slowly killed the people
puts all others like the Babylonians, Romans, Barbarians and even
Hitler's SSS army (World War I - genocide of the Jews) to kindergarten
stuff. This happened during the times of King Hezekiah.

One needs to understand most of the kings before Hezekiah did evil in
the eyes of the Lord and thus kindled the anger of God to great extend
and it was the righteousness of Hezekiah which stopped the anger of
God to come on the people. But when Hezekiah himself fell in the eyes
of God by going against His instructions he not only receive a
punishment but also opened the door for the wrath of God to come on
the people.

We read in today's message Aaron's sons were blessed to burn incense
before the Lord in the Holy of Holies while Moses' sons had to do with
just being a part of the tribe. This would not have been had Moses not
denied speaking to Pharaoh directly. Moses had a problem with
stammering and because of this when the Lord told him to go to Pharaoh
and speak before him the words which the Lord told him, Moses started
making excuses before God. Moses was called to be one of the greatest
Spokesman of God and he did not believe that God would heal his
stammering. This angered God so much that God felt it was not
necessary for Moses to continue his time in this world. Had Moses been
put to death he would still have been gather unto the Lord for he
believed in Him. But because of the people God continued with Moses
and instead of Moses speaking to Pharaoh Aaron his brother was chosen
to speak to Pharaoh and this caused the sons of Aaron be blessed as
High Priests, to burn incense before the Lord. Think if Moses had not
said 'no' then Moses would have been healed of his stammering, Aaron
would not have been in the picture and the sons of Moses and not of
Aaron would have been High Priests before the Lord.

When we abide by the instructions of the Lord we get blessed, our
generations get blessed and even the people connected in our lives are
protected from the wrath of God. But when we fall in the eyes of God
we lose, our generations lose and the people connected with us face
disasters.

Today the message is very clear to us, the choice to be blessed, for
our children to be blessed and the people around us to have peace or
not, is dependent on what we choose to do today.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we pray we understand our purpose here on earth. Help us to
realize this is just a temporary phase of life and we are not of this
world. We are called to be with You in your dwelling place. Help us
follow your Instructions so that we get blessed, our generations get
blessed and the people connected to us experience peace...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Exodus 4:10-24

2 Kings Chapters 18, 19

2 Kings 20:1-10


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Do research

Job 8:8,9 - For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare
thyself to the search of their fathers: (For we are but of yesterday,
and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Yesterday I heard the teachings of two people and through both the
Lord had a message to give and spoke to them both. In the case of the
first although the message was from the Lord the teaching was totally
off track and contrary to the Bible. While in the case of the second
the message was from the Lord and the teaching was perfect inline
therefore the sharing hit the bull's eye.

The problem with most preachers is even though they have a
relationship with the Lord they do not take their work very seriously,
they do not prepare for it by studying it sufficiently and researching
it by themselves. I do not know how much time the first preacher spend
to prepare for his session but it does not seem to be more than half
to one hours' effort. It seems to be limited to the text of the one
book he opened. But I and another person did approach the second
preacher and did ask him how did he manage to get so much information
on his topic and he said to us that he spent 6 hours for study and 4
hours of prayer for his every session which is normally of 1 hour. The
second preacher was Dr.Ron Charles and when one talks to him he is
just flows with knowledge. He can talk on any matter any given time
for hours and hours but yet you see this man takes the pain to sit for
6 hours to study the matter he has to preach on to its very fine
detail.

Let me give you an example. Yesterday he was preaching on Acts 28
where Paul was bitten by a snake after being saved from a shipwreck.
Dr. Ron gave us the exact month and the year this happen and gave us
the name of the storm which caused the shipwreck. This storm happens
every 300 to 500 years in the Mediterranean Sea and lasts from many
days and is accompanied with unprecedented rains. The last time this
storm happened was in 1977 when it lasted for 30days, it killed about
10,000 people and affected about 30 cities. During the time of Paul
this storm was for 45days and it rained for about 15days non-stop.
Paul had warned the captain of the ship not to take the journey yet he
did not abide to this warning. Dr.Ron shared the snake which bit Paul
and as to how it looked and what happens to a person after he is bit
by it, by this one understands much better the chain of events that
followed.

Dr. Ron shared some of the details which many would find it
unnecessary like the name of the captain and the names of the other
characters involved in this event and some other backgrounds. But when
a person hears Dr. Ron the event is pictured before one's eyes like a
movie and one will never forget this. My daughter who is just 6years
did not understand many things but yet caught the scene and was
discussing with me when we were in bed.

The Lord is talking to each one of us, you may not be a preacher or
may not be even sharing the Word of God at your House Church or Bible
study group, yet the Lord is telling us to research the things we read
in the Bible. Everything that is written in the Bible has documented
proves in the form of archaeological, or historical, or scientific, or
scriptural records. These things may not seem important but by knowing
these we will understand the Kingdom of God better for we are studying
the shadow to know what the Lord spoke off. The shape of the shadow
always gives an idea of the real and it is the Spirit of the Lord who
puts flesh (understanding) to the shape.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we prayer for those who You have set to guide your sheep that
they take their work seriously and do it with true love for your
Kingdom and its people. Lord, we rebuke the spirit of laziness that
hold on to most of us and we speak life, enthusiasm and passion for
the Truth...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.


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Lips of the wise and the heart of the fool

Proverbs 15:7 - The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart
of the foolish doeth not so.

It is just awesome that today I get this message, for today I am very
excited to attend the meeting of a great Man of God - Dr. Ron Charles
who has come to India. I am like a fan of him for the immense
knowledge the Lord has blessed him with. In fact I am in the clouds
for this great man is going to bless my house by coming over for
dinner.

Why am I so excited? It is because through his lips the Lord disperses
great knowledge and understanding of His Kingdom, and I really long to
hear him more and more.

In today's message the Lord tells us the difference between a wise man
and a fool. The wise man speak through his lips, he becomes an
instrument of dispersing the Knowledge from the Lord. He knows he by
himself is nothing and it is only by the grace of God that he knows;
therefore it is written the lips of the wise man and not the heart
(inner-man) of wise man that speaks. But in the case of the fool it is
written not the lips of the fools but the heart of the fool that
speaks. It is a fool who alone thinks he knows and he considers
himself as the source of knowledge. He gives credit to himself and
does not become an instrument for the Lord.

Dr. Ron Charles has done over 5 PhDs and has been part of some of the
greatest archaeological projects in the world, connected with the
Bible. He was working as an architect when the Lord called him and
made him take up Biblical history as a subject to study. He has been
recognised by the US government and also awarded. He can easy boast of
himself for many other things since he was part of the team that found
the Noah's Ark, restored the Dead Sea Scrolls, was in the team that
studied ancient Jericho, and many other prestigious projects. He also
wrote many famous books like the best seller titled 'The Search' which
deals on knowing Jesus not through the Bible but through historical
records. It is not that he became wise the first day, for I asked him
how he could control himself when he knows so much and he told me he
too had a problem of speaking but then learnt over time to be an
instrument and not the source.

Let us realize every time we speak, is it we who are speaking or is it
that the Lord is using us to speak? Let us be the lips and not the man
who speaks.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we thank You for opening our minds to what and how we speak.
Help us Lord to be instruments for You and not the source. Keep our
hearts humble always and let not pride lead us to disaster. Fill us
with your knowledge and understanding not for us to boast but to be
lips for You to speak...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Job 9:1-4
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I know so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4 Wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself
against him, and hath prospered?

Job 32:9 - Great men are not wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Psalms 19:7 - The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the
testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Proverbs 1:5 - A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a
man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Proverbs 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and
depart from evil.

Proverbs 9:9 - Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet
wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 14:3 - In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the
lips of the wise shall preserve them.


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A Holy Temple and a Holy City

2 Chronicles 6:34-35
34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way
[Hebrew word used here is ‘derek'] that thou shalt send them, and they
pray unto thee toward [derek] this city which thou hast chosen, and
the house which I have built for thy name;
35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.

We read in today's scripture a few lines of the prayer of Solomon when
he dedicated the monumental temple built by him to the Lord. Today's
message talks of praying facing the temple, we see other religions
like Islam praying facing their holy place and even the Jews pray
facing Jerusalem, so do we as Christians also need to do that?.

Firstly we need to understand a sanctuary became a sanctuary only when
the holy things were placed in the sanctuary. Therefore any place
which does not have the holy things ceases to be a holy place.

Secondly the Hebrew word translated as city means a guarded place,
therefore any place that lacks the holy objects and is not guarded is
not a holy city.

If we look at the New Testament Jesus did not go searching for the Ark
of Covenant nor went to the Holy of Holies to speak to the Father but
went to an isolated place like a garden or to the top of a hill or
mountain to pray. He knew the objects in the sanctuary were symbolic
and Jesus had an understanding of what they meant. For example the
candle stand of seven candles was symbolizing the Holy Spirit and His
seven Spirits.

In the New Testament it is written we are the Temple of God. It is the
congregation which becomes the Temple and not the structure where they
gather. Thus we see if we have those Holy objects in us then only we
are a Holy Temple and it is only when we guard ourselves from the
corruption of this world do we become a Holy City.

So to truly build ourselves in the Lord we should not only grow in Him
but also guard ourselves from the corrupt understandings of this world
that is why we are called a Holy Priest and Holy Soldiers of God.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord we pray that your people become a Holy City. We pray they grow
strong not in the riches of your Kingdom but also become immune to the
corruption of this world. Build their minds with the knowledge and
understand of your Kingdom. It is only the complete Truth comes in us
will help us overcome all things, build us Lord in your Truth, open
the minds of your people and give them the courage to walk in it...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

2 Corinthians 6:16 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with
idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I
will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.

Hebrew 8:1-14
1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine
service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the
candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the
sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid
round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and
Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of
which we cannot now speak particularly.
6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always
into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the
people:
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of
all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet
standing:
9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered
both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the
service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and
carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a
greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to
say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us.
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from
dead works to serve the living God?


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Ascending to Heaven

2 Kings 2:16 - And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy
servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy
master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up,
and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye
shall not send.

When the Lord started teaching me among the first things He taught me
were how to communicate with the Lord (Pray), true worship, who the
real Israel is and then the Lord explained to me the levels of Heaven
and how the creation we live (earth) in is placed between it. These
understandings really helped me to understand scriptures and kept me
from getting deceived by the false church.

It is a pity that most Christians are not clear with the basic
fundamental foundational concepts of Christianity like baptism,
resurrection, callings, the Cross, on Whom the Church is built etc. It
is because of this lack of understanding most are deceived and do not
grow beyond a point spiritually. The reason mainly is because they all
carry the understandings of the false church and do not question them
against scriptures.

After I realized that I was deceived when I was in that church, it
caused a pain in my spirit like a woman who gets physically abused by
someone she trusts feels. This has caused me to doubt each and every
understanding that comes from this church, even a blank paper if I
know came from this church I will truly scrutinize it and put it
through all kinds of tests to see if there is no hidden message in it.
Even after knowing that the Lord called this church the seat of Satan
yet we Christians are carrying on the teachings of this church even
today.

The spirit which guides this church to continue deceiving people has
restricted people from understanding Heaven so as to continue
deceiving people that a person other than Jesus has ascended to Heaven
and continues to come down and visit us regularly, to guide us and
take us to Heaven.

First thing understand the Hebrew word 'shamayim' translated as Heaven
means air or sky. There was a joke of a man who did not come out of
his house because he feared the sky will fall. We may laugh or feel
pity at this man for we know sky is abstract - a name given to a level
of atmosphere or segment of air, for some it continues even unto
space. But we do not laugh or feel pity at ourselves for we being
Christians and knowing God still do not know His dwelling place and
have crazy understandings of Heaven.

In the Bible David states even in hell he cannot run away from God for
His presence is also there, yet more than 95percent of Christians
think Satan rules hell. It is like saying Kasab (the Pakistani
terrorist) rules the Arthur road jail.

Let us not be deceived any further if we really value our lives and
our relationship with the Lord, let us question every understanding
with scriptures and if we find even one scripture that goes against
our understanding let us put away that understanding.

Let us not be like those fifty persons who insisted on searching for
Elijah for 3 days and then later realized their mistake; had they
listened to Elisha they would have not wasted time and energy.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, your people are greatly deceived for they do not take the
efforts to study or sit with You to know more and more of your
Kingdom. When it comes to You they are nailed down by the spirit of
laziness and the deaf and dumb spirit but when it comes to their own
glory they are full of energy. Lord, open the eyes of your servants
and bring them out of the deceit they are in, even today they follow
the Law of Moses - the law of traditions - the law of death and not
the Law of the Lord - the Law of Life and Freedom...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Psalms 16:10 - For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt
thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. (words said about Jesus)

Psalms 139:8 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make
my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

2 Corinthians 12:2-4
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the
body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God
knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Hebrew 12:24-29
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not
who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if
we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised,
saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those
things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things
which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us
have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and
godly fear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Revelation 21:1 - And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the
first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no
more sea.

2 Kings 2:15-18
15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho
saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they
came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants
fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest
peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him
upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not
send.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They
sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him
not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he
said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

Revelation 2:8-9
8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things
saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich)
and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not,
but are the synagogue of Satan.


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Bringing down of the Little Horn

Jeremiah 49:2 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that
I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah [multitude] of the
Ammonites [sons- referred to as of the evil one]; and it shall be a
desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall
Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

A year back around this time we were given a warning of what the Lord
was going to do in the land of the Arabs. This today is called the
Arab Spring. People are expect good to come out of it very soon but as
we were told this would go on from nearly 4 years and would cause
terrorism to come out from the shadows and into the open in a big way.

Just some days back when the world was celebrating ChristMass there
was a warning about disaster by the Lord. People may have been
thinking death and destruction but the Lord was working on another
front and by evening I knew what the warning was on. That very day we
saw things shaking in the European countries, their financial markets
were shaken.

In today's message the Lord is warning that these countries which are
a cradle to a corrupt understanding of Christianity would see great
financial and economic problems such that people would be leaving the
countries and migrating out in large numbers.

If one reads Daniel a lot is spoken of these countries and how they
surrendered themselves to the temple of Satan. These people say they
are Christians but reject the Lord's Word. They say they are God's
people but have no relationship with the Lord. What really shook me
was when the Lord showed me how He looks at these so called religious
and righteous people. When the Lord looks at His people He looks at
them as His Sons, as His Princes; but when the Lord looks at these
people He sees them as sick street dogs which have infection all over.
These people do traditions and keep saying words like parrots and call
them prayers. They themselves do not know what they are saying and
expect the Lord to hear. It is good that the Lord shuts His ears to
them or these words which are no less than abuses would cause the
wrath of God to be kindled against them even more.

People think they should thank these crocks for being Christians and
for the spread of Christianity throughout the world, they do not
realize that people do not know God mainly due to these people. Even
if the world had a handful of true Christians, the world would know
the True Lord God. The Lord's Hand is not short, He says even if 2 are
found who are truly in Him, He can manifest His glory that the whole
world will take acknowledgement of Him. These crocks have confused man
so much that although the Lord started to remove His people from among
them about 500 years back, it will still take another 50 to 100 years
till they are totally separated. To clear all the deceit which His
people are infected by these crocks with will take another 100 to 200
years. At that time people will not say know the Lord for people will
know the Lord and if any one tries to prophesize they would be dealt
with severely for the people will be knowing the Word.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, many of your saints were martyred by these people who called
themselves your representatives but are from Satan. They search for
people from your flock and make goats for them. They give them horns
and remove your abundant grace from their lives. Lord, the cries of
justice of these souls still go out to You and today we are happy that
You are soon going to bring it to past. Lord, separate your sheep from
among these goats so that the world knows You. Be glorified Lord among
your people...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Daniel 7:8-9
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them
another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns
plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the
eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days
did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head
like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his
wheels as burning fire.

Daniel 8:2-14
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was
at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw
in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
3 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before
the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but
one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so
that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that
could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and
became great.
5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on
the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat
had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen
standing before the river, and ran to him in the fury of his power.
7 And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with choler
against him, and smote the ram, and broke his two horns: and there was
no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the
ground, and stamped on him: and there was none that could deliver the
ram out of his hand.
8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the
great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the
four winds of heaven.
9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed
exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the
pleasant land.
10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down
some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped on them.
11 Yes, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by
him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary
was cast down.
12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of
transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it
practiced, and prospered.
13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that
certain saint which spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the
daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the
sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
14 And he said to me, To two thousand and three hundred days [years];
then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Hebrew 8:10-11
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, said the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind,
and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they
shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least
to the greatest.

Zechariah 13:3-5
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then
his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou
shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and
his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when
he prophesieth.
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be
ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither
shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man
taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

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Rain and supply

2 Kings 3:17 - For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither
shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye
may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

When people need water they first look to one source and that is
rains. Rains are considered a blessing throughout the world. If a
country does not receive good rains the life system can be destroyed
of that place and experience famines.

Of late we have been seeing another face to these rains and that is
floods. Many countries have been receiving heavy rains at rates
unimaginable causing landslides, flash floods and inland tsunamis, not
giving people time even to flee for their lives.

This brings a question is rain good or bad? The answer on every tongue
would be sufficient rain is good. About 2 years back when Mumbai had
bad rains and there was water shortage I prayed to the Lord for rains
and the Lord answered with 3 years of good rains and the past 2 years
we have seen good rains which did no harm and at the same time gave us
sufficient water.

Some scientist attribute rain as an important factor for life, but the
Bible differs on this. The Bible to the extent states the first
farming was done without rain!

If we look up the Bible Genesis it states a very different picture.

Genesis 2:5-10
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every
herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it
to rain on the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face
of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he
put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the
middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there
it was parted, and became into four heads.

Archaeologist traced this place according to the Bible and found its
location to eastern Turkey. This place is a high inland plateau
varying at heights of 3000 to 4000 feet above sea level, having a rim
of 12000 feet high mountains including the main peak Mount Ararat
(where Noah's ark rested after the floods). One may wonder how the
farming happened, big trees require sufficient water to grow, so do
various cereals?

This place had 2 main sources of water one was from the melting
glaciers which ran into the 4 rivers which ran into a lake and the
other source states as mist that came from the earth.

What would surprise people is the first farming done by Adam did not
require him to carry water from the lake or rivers. He just made sure
that the plants were planted and were harvested, for they grew by
themselves. His farming concept is known as dry farming and the plants
were not receiving water from rains nor did any man water them. The
archaeologists found a great water tableau below this place and the
porous rocks and the soft clay soil found in this place would make
sure this water reached the plants. This place being at a height also
made sure the crops were free of weeds.

What we see man did not need rain before sin came and the resources
made available by the Lord allowed man to do all things exceedingly
well. But when sin came, the relationship with the Lord broke and
faith got lost. Due to loss of faith man started getting distanced
from the resources made available by the Lord; in this situation rain
became the mercy supply of water to faithless man. But we also read in
the Bible at times in His anger due to the growing greed of man, the
Lord over gave the supply and caused man to be sickened by it.

In today's scripture through the hands of Elisha the Lord supplies the
needs of the 3 armies with water coming out of the ground, He did not
cause rain to fall down. Not only the men but even their animals were
fully satisfied.

The message for us today is the Lord does not need to work in the way
we assume right. He has better ways and by these ways He has already
supplied us all our needs, we need to just create a drench by humbling
to Him and be filled with our supply.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord Jesus You did remind us to not worry of our needs. You told us
what to give importance to and what not to. You showed us it is from
the unseen that all seen things came; if we surrender unto your Cause
we will have the fullness of life. Lord we pray that we surrender to
You and your Kingdom, help us overcome our senses and not think in the
ways of the foolish world...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Leviticus 26:3-5
3 If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield
her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5 And your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage
shall reach to the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the
full, and dwell in your land safely.

Genesis 7:4 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain on the
earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I
have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 11:17 - And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you,
and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land
yield not her fruit; and lest you perish quickly from off the good
land which the LORD gives you.

Luke 12:21-31
21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Take no
thought for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what
you shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither
have storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you
better than the fowls?
25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If you then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take
you thought for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not;
and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.
28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and
to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O
you of little faith?
29 And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink,
neither be you of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and
your Father knows that you have need of these things.
31 But rather seek you the kingdom of God; and all these things shall
be added to you.

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His Covenant saves us

Psalms 106:45 - And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And
relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

People mistake between Covenants and Testimonies which the Word of God
has been broken into called the Old and New Testament. The splitting
of the Bible has caused people to think God changed and the Laws of
God changed.Firstly remember God does not change. God is always
growing in glory but His basic Nature and principles have been always
the same. It may surprise many that even the Laws of God did not
change from Moses to Jesus; even those given through Moses were the
same which Jesus gave us. You may say but brother the Laws given
through Moses talks a very different tone and consequence compared to
what Jesus spoke.

If you read the Gospels Jesus told us to keep the Commandments which
were given through Moses, but we see Jesus was expanding them or at
times simplifying them but never changed them by saying do not follow
them or they were not right. The Bible also tells us Jesus kept all
the Commandments given from Moses and was without blemish but yet we
see the Jews were always angry with Jesus for breaking the Law.

The Jews thought they were keeping the Law but were actually keeping
traditions and not the Law. They never understood the Law of Moses or
the scriptures for they were not given the Holy Spirit. It is only
after the Congregation received the Holy Spirit did man start to
understand scriptures.

The Hebrew word translated as Covenant comes from the root meaning
‘cutting’, one would understand this by the actions of Abraham when a
Covenant was made between him and the Lord. The first time the Lord
asked Abraham to get his people circumcised and the second time as
instructed Abraham took the animals asked by the Lord and cut them
into two halves right in between. This cutting symbolized the
seriousness of a Covenant. A Covenant is more than a legal agreement
between two individuals, in fact meant more than life therefore an
animal was sacrificed or the foreskin of the reproductive organ of man
cut before Jesus became our eternal sacrifice.

Covenants were made by the Lord with man through 6 people in the
Bible, they were Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David and lastly
through Jesus. Covenants are called new and old for there was change
between them, but one should understand the changesare not a complete
change but was an improvement from the earlier one. Each Covenant was
made better than the previous one.

Like in today’s message the Lord says it was His Covenant that caused
His not to destroy mankind for by remembering His Covenant His mercy
would save us. The Covenant made through Jesus was a Covenant of
grace. There is only one difference between mercy and grace and that
quantity. Grace is nothing but the required mercy to see us pass
through. The Covenant of Grace through Jesus Christ allows every being
irrespective of how good or bad that person has been, to see them pass
through and get qualified to become Sons of God. It is only those who
bind into the Covenant of Grace through Jesus Christ receive the
promise of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit Who works in us and
makes us from Children to Sons of God so that we may become Israel
(Princes of God) and inherit the Promised Land which is Heaven.

Let us take refuge in the Covenant for it is the Covenant that saves
us from the wrath of God, that means we need to keep our commitment to
the Lord more than we value our own lives, for the cutting is across
lives.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You knew how weak to the flesh man is and how stiff neck he
would be. You made Covenants with man so as to prevent man getting
consumed by your wrath. People fear Satan but do not realize that You
send your Son to save us from your wrath. It is sin that put is under
your wrath and Satan tries to keep us in sin so that we get consumed
and destroyed along with him when the Judgment comes. He does not want
us to receive all that he lost and the much more You have in plan for
us. Help us Lord to be committed to our Covenant of Grace with You
through Jesus Christ...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Genesis 9:8-17 (Covenant through Noah)

Genesis 15:1-21; 17:1-8 (Covenant through Abraham)

Genesis 26:24-25 (Covenant through Isaac)

Genesis 28:10-19 (Covenant through Jacob)

Exodus 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his
covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Passover, passing through the Red Sea, Word given through Moses and
passing through the River Jordan (Covenant through Moses)

2 Samuel 17:8-16 (Covenant through David)

Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Covenant through Jesus Christ)

Hebrews 8:6 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how
much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was
established on better promises.

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Holding marriages together

Proverbs 5:18 - Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife
of thy youth.

People have a very wrong understanding about marriage and if both the
husband and wife do not understand it they will not see the glory of
God in their lives.

The first wrong understanding people have is that the most primary
aspect of marriage is love. One needs to understand when Jesus told
His disciples 'love one another as I have loved you', then can anyone
love a person more than Jesus' love for us? That means the person is
fulfilling Jesus' instruction only towards his wife / her husband and
not towards the people of God.

No doubt love is very important aspect of marriage and is the fuel
that keeps it going but the engine that drives marriage is
responsibility. Responsibility is the primary reason of marriage.
Marriage is called a Church - a Body of Christ and the Body of Christ
is the responsibility of the people to fulfil the purpose of Christ
collectively. The main purpose of marriage is to bring forth and guide
the souls of the children from their union unto the Lord and they in
turn do the same; similarly the purpose of the Church is to bring
souls unto the Lord, to encourage and help them grow in Him so that
they too will bring the others who are lost and do the same with them
until all who are of the Lord are gathered unto Him.

In today's message the Lord is talking to those who are spiritually
not mature and are married. These people who have no real
understanding of marriage nor have a clear understanding what love is.
They sometimes confuse love which the Lord talks of with the love
which the world preaches. For these people (especially the newly
married) the Lord is telling them to have a good physical relationship
with one another, which means they should surrender to each other and
get over with their physical desires. Marriage is not about this love
but is allowed by the Lord so help both overcome their weakness of the
flesh and not be tempted by Satan.

Husbands and wives who are not fully mature in spirit do not realize
the importance of spending more time with each other in the bedroom.
Unless they do not get over the desires of the flesh it will hamper
them in doing the main purpose of marriage. It also does not mean they
should encourage the desires of the flesh forever, for the Lord tells
them that every time they come together in the flesh they should also
come together in prayer so that they can overcome the desires of the
flesh faster.

Marriage is more to do with the children than with the adults who get
married. The primary purpose of marriage is to bring forth children
but that also does not means marriage should be a child producing
factory. Understand there is difference between a child of the flesh
and a godly child. No doubt all child come from the Lord but there are
differences when you receive a godly child and just a child. Receiving
a godly child is one of the greatest blessings one can get and God
desires to give to them to those desire Him and walk according to His
Plan.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, many marriages fail because couples do not spend time with each
other when they are growing in You. They are more lost with things and
people of the world and less with each other. Help them to overcome
the desires of the flesh and get on the tract of their union in You.
Help them surrender to each other and thus surrender unto your plan.
May they have a strong relationship with each other in You. Bless your
people with godly children and may they be blessed in You...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
1 Corinthians 7:1-6
1 Â Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for
a man not to touch a woman.
2 Â Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own
wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Â Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise
also the wife unto the husband.
4 Â The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and
likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the
wife.
5 Â Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time,
that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together
again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 Â But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

Ephesians 5:22-33
22 Â Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 Â For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the
head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Â Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives
be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Â Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
26 Â That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 Â That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having
spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish.
28 Â So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that
loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 Â For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 Â For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 Â For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall
be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 Â This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Â Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife
even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Deuteronomy 24:5 - When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go
out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he
shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he
hath taken.

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Man tries to teach and correct God

Job 9:2-4
2 "Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?
3 If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time
out of a thousand.
4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened
himself against Him and prospered?

Yesterday I had sent a message and there were some who understood the
message and yet hardened their heart against the message.

One sister replied her refusal to listen to the message. She used a
statement which almost all Ashtoreth's devotees use "do you not have a
mother?" or "do you not love your mother?"

God has given us an earthly mother; are we going to make any tom, dick
or harry our mother? Especially when the Lord is warning that this
spirit coming in that person's name is not the person but the deceiver
who is out to kill and destroy? Has anyone confirmed this spirit which
comes in the person's name is the same person?

Jesus said we err because we do not know what happens to man after
death. People do not know the truth as to where the real person is
after death therefore assumes the spirit which comes in her name is
really her.

Another point this sister raised was "she intercedes for us".

Why would any person from God contradict the Word of God?

1 Timothy 2:5 - For there is one God, and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus;

This spirit says she is every virgin but the Word of God says the real
person was virgin until the birth of the saviour and after she
fulfilled the prophecy she did have relationship with her husband and
have children.

Matthew 1:24-25
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord
had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and
he called his name JESUS.

They should also study Jewish marriage to understand how it is. The
engagement which an official agreement happens a year before marriage
and the marriage happens when the couple come to know each other,
which means they have physical relationship with each other. If they
do not know each other they are not considered marriage and if they
still say they are married then it makes them liars (see the
description of the Woman of God Anna).

Matthew 1:16 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was
born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Matthew 13:55 - Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother
called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

Mark 15:40 - There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses,
and Salome;

Acts 1:13-14
13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication,
with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

James [author of the letter of James], Jones, Simon and Judas [Jude -
author of the letter of Jude] were not Jesus' cousins. If they were,
then why was not John the Baptist ever included in the list?

About her being the Mother of God - in scriptures she herself calls
her son her Saviour and Lord. Understand she was mother to the man
Jesus. The Lord humbled Himself and came as man Jesus. If the Son had
not humbled Himself forget anything else even being in His presence we
would die.

James 1: 1 - James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.

Jude 1:1 - Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to
them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus
Christ, and called:

James and Jude knew after Jesus died and resurrected He was no longer
their brother in flesh. They knew who Jesus was.

The Bible calls her ‘blessed' and people have changed that word into
holy. Blessed means the one to whom a promise given is fulfilled. Do
people know the meaning of being holy? It is only after the complete
Truth comes in us with the help of the Holy Spirit will we receive a
cover of Righteousness from Jesus Christ on Judgment Day and then only
will we receive Holiness from the Father when we enter Heaven. Forget
Holiness we are far, far from the complete Truth. This creation exists
till we get the complete Truth in us, the moment we do God says it is
enough and then Jesus Christ comes to close the job. The Righteousness
and Holiness we are referred with are like crumbs of the real one.

She wavered in faith like anyone else at one time she at one time she
nearly lost faith and made Jesus upset.

Mark 3:30-35
30 because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without,
they sent unto him, calling him.
32 And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him,
Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?
34 And looking round on them that sat round about him, he saith,
Behold, my mother and my brethren!
35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother,
and sister, and mother.

In today's message Job knew he could not argue against God, for not
once would he be right and God wrong. Job was a man of wisdom. Our
people lack wisdom and like scriptures say a fool dares where Angels
does not; these people try to prove God wrong, therefore they again
and again twist and turn His Word to prove they are right and God
wrong.

The Lord is telling them His Word holds forever and what they are
doing will be exposed. Everything will change and perish but He and
His Word will never. His Word will do its job and return to Him.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, when you created man You took earth and putting the spirit of
man in it made it a living being. After sin came into man the children
of Satan are making images of earth and with the help of evil spirits
are trying to make gods. Lord, we prayer your children who have the
seed of faith in them open their eyes to the foolishness they are made
to do due to the lies they are feed with. Lord, your Word is like a
double edge sword, pierce in their hearts and remove the roots of
their deceit and deliver them...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.


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The Nabis are still coming and warning

Jeremiah 35:15-I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets
[Nabi], rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every
man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other
gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given
to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor
hearkened unto me.

We read in today’s message Jeremiah rebuking the people among other
things for following other gods. Jeremiah was not talking to the
Heathens but to the Israelites who were supposed to be God’s people.

If one read the Bible from the time of Solomon when prosperity came
into the lives of the Israelites and their interaction with other
people of different beliefs grew, they started incorporating their
traditions and also worshiping their gods alone with Yahweh. They
boldly started putting the statues of these gods in their Temple and
this over a period started to anger God.

Among their various gods were 5 which even today are still there among
Christians. In some of the Christian sects the statues of some of
these still continue to be put in their churches. One of the most
prominent among the 5 is goddess Ashtoreth who was also titled the
Queen of Heaven.

This goddess during the times of the Apostles was known as goddess
Diana (which means flowing light) or goddess of light. She was also
called by the name Artemis for the Greek and Phoenicians; the
Accadians, the Philistines and Assyrians called her Ishtar. She was
depicted as a good person who helps and saves. Her temple was utterly
destroyed but again built in great magnificence. She was initially
called the moon goddess who reflects the light of the sun. It is
interesting to note this name was at many times recorded not in
singular but in plural.

This character is across religions, nor the Muslims or Hindus or any
religion is spared from the deceit of this character. The greatest
worshippers of this goddess / spirit are Christians. They mistake her
as someone related to Jesus from the Bible and do not discern her
words with scriptures therefore fail to identify her. They think she
reflects the light of the Son, intercedes for the Son but do not know
she has nothing to do with the Lord but in fact is a spirit that goes
against the Lord and is from the Devil.

All the Nabis (Men of God) warned the people of God against her.
Jeremiah openly rebuked the people even giving them the threat of
disasters in their lives if they did not stop worshiping this goddess,
yet they chose not to listen to him and continued due to their strong
devotion to her. They worshipped this goddess as a family with the
women giving the lead leading in the rituals.

This spirit is one of the most successful tool of Satan, while making
people feel they are in the Lord it keeps them from having a
relationship with God and entering Heaven. It gives people things as
prayers which are in reality not prayers but things that anger God
more and more.

The deceit of this goddess is across Christianity so much that one of
the greatest festivals which isthe Resurrection of Jesus is named
after this goddess and people do not feel wrong to continue
celebrating Easter which is in her name. People say the name means Sun
rising in the east, they should check with the guys who kept this name
as to with what meaning they kept it.

She is still called Queen of Heaven, Intercessor to God, Light of God,
Mother to all mankind, etc... These are not new names but the same
names which existed even before the times of Jeremiah.

The Lord has since ages speaking through His messengers telling His
people to put away these gods and be led by His Word and His Spirit.
Today again the Lord is doing the same. One needs to take caution for
every time the Lord gave these warnings and the people did not listen
they had to face the anger of God.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You had warning Satan is the father of lies. He does not lie
openly but being a father of it he twists the Truth very little yet
sufficient to mislead your people, cause them to come under your wrath
and be destroyed. Lord Jesus, You too warned when You came as man but
yet people do listen. You allowed this to happen so that the hearts of
those who call themselves your people and are not, will be exposed.
Lord we pray not for all Christians but for those who are really
yours, that they hear this message and put away these gods from their
lives and be led but your Word and by your Spirit...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Jeremiah 7:17-21
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the
streets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to
pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to
anger.
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke
themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury
shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and
upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it
shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt
offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh [the word in Hebrew has
the root meaning message / tiding / Word] .

Jeremiah 44:16-19
16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the
LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our
own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out
drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our
kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of
Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw
no evil.
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and
to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and
have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out
drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and
pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

Acts 19:24-29
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made
silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and
said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost
throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much
people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought;
but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be
despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and
the world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and
cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught
Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel,
they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

1 Kings 11:5-6
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and
after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully
after the LORD, as did David his father.

Luke 2:34-35
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold,
this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and
for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.


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The 2 Guards of our Guardroom

Ezekiel 40:12 - There was a space in front of the gate chambers, one
cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were
six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.

Numbers play a very important part in understanding scriptures. Like
God made things with images so also in scriptures He uses a lot of
numbers to describe things unseen. Bible Numerics deals with the
symbolism of numbers in scriptures. God did this to help us understand
the hidden things of the spirit world with our limited minds.

I will list below a few of the important numbers: -

1 - Represents the Lord God (mainly the Father)
2 - God the Spirit (who is the witness)
3 - The Godhead (the Body of God - which consist of the Father, Spirit and Son)
4 - Creation
5 - Man
6 - People think this number is of Satan but in fact identifies his
identity in the Body of the Son before he fell. It has to do with the
morning stars (also called the Beasts / Beings / Cherubs). They are
prime constituents of the Body of the Son, for under them are the
Angels.
7 - The Holy Spirit (like the Son humbled Himself and came as man so
also the Spirit of God humbled Himself and became the seven Spirit to
build the Body / Church. He being one is seven)
8 - Born again man. The name 'Jesus' codes as 888 for He is not only
the First but also by humbling Himself and coming as man He became the
First Born again. He showed us the meaning and way for us to be Born
again)
12 - The twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit (all things are mostly
inline to the 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit for Heaven is made of it)

In today's message the Lord is talking to us about the guardroom of
our inner man. He gives us 2 measurements, which are 1 cubit and the
other 6 cubits.

Our war in this world is not with Satan but with our own selves. We
need to overcome evil that is inside us. For Satan, Jesus said He
would come again and deal with him but only after gathering the ones
who have overcome. So the most important thing for us is our hearts or
inner-man. It is the judgment of our inner-man that will decide if we
enter Heaven or go to Hell. It is our ticket to Heaven if we keep it
well (like have faith and the Word of God) we enter or else we are
doomed. Thus the guardroom of our hearts is of utmost importance to
us and the Lord is opening our minds to this area.

The 2 factors which the Lord is highlighting as very important to
guard our inner-man is the Lord and the second is the Congregation.
You may wonder how I took the number 6 to be the congregation.

The Heavenly Body of the Son are the 6 Beings / Morning Stars (7th
being the Lord as Head) similarly in this creation we as a
congregation are part of the Body of Christ the Lord and He being our
Head.

The Lord is telling us the 2 fellowships we need to guard our
inner-man are our fellowship with God and our fellowship with the
Congregation. Satan too knows the importance of these 2 factors and
thus concentrates on attacking these areas the most. He knows it is
faith that keeps our connection with God and therefore tries to break
our faith and thus our relationship with God. Secondly Satan attacks
the unity of the Congregation and thus uses worms like hurt, doubt,
hatred, anger, pride, misunderstanding etc. between people of God and
breaks their unity.

The Lord is telling us in today's message we need to guard these 2
areas so as to help guard our inner-man and thus protect our most
important assets.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, for the people of this world the most valuable things are their
bank accounts, their vaults, their property. For us children of God
who love You the most price our inner-man / hearts are the most, for
You are in it. Lord, help guard our hearts and let it not be lost on
vain things of this world but take desire only in the priceless things
of Heaven. Lord, help us realize the importance of being connected to
You and to your people. Help us realize as a united Body in You we can
stand any attack of Satan...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Revelation 22:16 - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you
these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of
David, and the bright and morning star.

Job 38:6-7
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars [Cherubs] sang together, and all the sons of
God [Angels] shouted for joy?

Ezekiel 28:14-15
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee
so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and
down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.

Revelation 4:8-11
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they
were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to
come.
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that
sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the
throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their
crowns before the throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power:
for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and
were created.

Philippians 4:6-7
6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard
your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 22-27
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members
of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
13 For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews
or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one
Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
22 Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more
feeble are necessary:
23 and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable,
upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have
more abundant comeliness;
24 whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body
together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;
25 that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members
should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it;
or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

Revelation 13:18 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his
number is Six hundred threescore and six.


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The Pharisees will go to Hell

Ezekiel 32:24, 25 - There is Elam and all her multitude round about
her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down
uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their
terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with
them that go down to the pit. They have set her a bed in the midst of
the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all
of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was
caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with
them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be
slain.

When David came in his city of Zion he had an issue with the blind and
lame, so none of them were allowed in the city. We also see among the
sacrifices the Lord clearly specifies the animals that are blind and
lame were not allowed. Even people who were blind, lame or with a flat
nose were considered with blemish.

These scriptures have nothing to do with the physically disabled,
Jesus healed them but yet we read such scriptures. It is not that God
changed, He never does; He is the same today what He was millions of
years before and will be the same billions of year ahead.

There are 2 types of people who will surely not enter Heaven the
spiritually blind and spiritually lame. The Old Testament scriptures
have their understanding in their meaning or symbolism.

The word Elam although is translated as eternity it is an Assyrian
word which mean 'high'. This place was the highlands east to Babylon.
In spiritual symbolism they represent the Pharisees of our Babylon,
which is the false church.

We see Jesus was very compassionate and merciful to almost all, these
included sinners of the worst kind, criminals and especially those
sick and suffering. But there was a kind of people which showed
another face of Him and they were the Pharisees. When it came to the
Pharisees we see Jesus in a different light of detest and anger. In
today's message the Lord has the same attitude towards the Pharisees
of the Babylon amongst us.

Amongst us are people who are deceived into calling themselves
Christians but are not. Like Paul said a true Jew is one who is
circumcised in the heart. These so called Christians are fooled with
rituals into believing they are baptized in Jesus Christ and in the
Holy Spirit. It is this reason most of them do not even know Jesus but
identify Him as a historical figure Who was a good man.

The Pharisees are the leaders of this group. These people evoke the
same feeling of me like they did with Jesus. When I came out of this
religious group after coming to know Jesus Christ and being baptized
in Him, I realized these Pharisees knew all along what they were doing
and due to the hardness of their hearts they continue their work. Once
upon a time they were victims but now they have become even worst
perpetrators than their precursors. In the seminary what they are
taught will shock any believer. Many have come out with their faith
totally lost and almost an atheist.

To give you an example, some days back I went to meet the principal of
my school after 25years and he is one of these Pharisees. He is having
multiple sicknesses like almost all in his category. To give him hope
for healing in Christ I shared with him a little of what I do and I
was surprised when he told me not to waste my time studying the Bible.
The words he told me were 'no one ever understood the Bible and no one
ever will'. These were the words from a man who wore a dress that
symbolized him to be a representative of Jesus Christ; it seems like
God was crazy to give us instructions which no man will ever
understand. That Pharisee was right in his way for anyone with a hard
heart will never understand the Bible ever. One needs to be
circumcised in one's heart to know the Word of God and to know Jesus
Christ. Jesus therefore calls these hard hearted people as white
washed tombs. I literately call their service as doing a graveyard
shift.

In today's message the Lord exposes the heart of these Pharisees and
warning the disaster that awaits these Pharisees.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we pray for those who are yours and who are under the deceit of
these Pharisees. Lord we pray their eyes be opened and they see the
wolves among them. We rebuke their blindness and command their eyes be
open in your Name. We speak into their lives and their surroundings
and we speak Light to eliminate the darkness surrounding them. Lord,
as per your message today what You are going to do to these Pharisees,
we pray Lord they be quickened. Like You hardened the heart of Pharaoh
and glorified yourself among your people, be glorified Lord and let
the world know You truly are God and your Word is True...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Matthew 23:27-33
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like
unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are
within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build
the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the
righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not
have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the
children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation of hell?

Matthew 23:13-15
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut
up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour
widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye
shall receive the greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass
sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him
twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Matthew 5:20 - For I say unto you, That except your righteousness
shall exceed the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into
the kingdom of heaven.

John 3:3 - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God.

1 Peter 1:23 - Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Leviticus 21:18 - For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he
shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat
nose, or any thing superfluous,

Deuteronomy 15:21 - And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be
lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it
unto the LORD thy God.

2 Samuel 5:8 - And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the
gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that
are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore
they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

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Woe unto Ephraim
Isaiah 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride, to the
drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which
are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with
wine! The Lord is continuing with the previous message on prosperity.
In today's message He calls the people who run after prosperity as
proud people, drunkards, people who try to glorify themselves, people
with (spiritual) obesity and overcome with lust. The word Ephraim
means 'double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful', a person who
wants more than what God has planned in his life. In yesterday's
message I pointed 3 factors to those who pursue prosperity without
godly purpose and those were: - 1) They do not trust God to supply
their needs tomorrow 2) They cannot control their lust for pleasure 3)
They desire their own glory.

To the first point the Lord is adding to the faithlessness and putting
them as drunkards. A drunkard is a person overcome with another
spirit. The Lord says these people do not just lack my spirit which
has faith but they are filled with another spirit of this carnal
world. So the first point becomes: - 1) People filled with another
spirit The Lord also adds 2 other factors to these people and they
are: - 4) They are people of pride5) They have spiritual obesity After
Satan was hit by greed the very next thing that hit him was pride.
Greed is so interconnected to pride that at times it is difficult to
separate the two. Pride is best described as a puffer fish. Things
which are not according to God's plan for His Kingdom are just vain
things and people who trust on these things are proud people. The
Bible projects this factor as a rich man who collects wealth not
realizing that he may not live tomorrow to enjoy it. The fifth factor
actually took me by surprise today. The Lord calls these people are a
fat valley. These actually are 2 factors in one and cannot be
separated. Fat or obesity is due to 3 factors one is the dysfunction
of the thyroid gland, the second is due to eating fatty or junk foods
like fast food and the third is lack of exercise. Everything
originates or connects from the spirit world and manifests into the
physical world. Christians having obesity do so due to these spiritual
factors. I will take the second and third factor here (since these are
short messages), spiritually fat people are those who love things like
prosperity Gospel or live only on spiritual milk they do not eat solid
food. The other factor is lack of spiritual exercise. In the real
world exercise meaning lifting weights, stretching, running, doing
routines etc. similarly in spiritual world we need to do the same. It
is only when we take care of our spiritual person our physical being
is in good health. Jesus is referred to a Lamb without blemish not
just because He was without sin but also physically He never had any
sickness. He was perfect in health because He was perfect inside.
People having spiritual obesity think they are growing but they do not
realize they are actually spiritually going down and not growing,
therefore the Lord uses the term valley here. If we are among these
people who crave for prosperity or even people who tend to desire
increase without purpose, let take care of the 5 factors which the
Lord points to today and overcome. Even if we thirst for good things
like knowledge of the Kingdom of God, to speak in tongues, healing
people, wisdom, prophecy, discerning of spirits etc. and if these are
desired for not for God's glory or for the expansion of the Kingdom of
God then these can be cause of our fatness or will get us drunk with
wine or cause us to work for our glory. It is not that we should not
desire more of the Kingdom of God, in this world we are told to do
with needs and in God's Kingdom we are to do exceedingly, but we
should see our overall spiritual health while desiring exceedingly. It
is like the harm eating without exercising does to the body. Jesus put
it very simple as ask everything according to the Father's will and
according to the riches of His Kingdom. Another place He says to ask
in His Name, if one understands what Jesus meant by in His Name then
there is no way one can err. [Prayer Starter]Lord, help us control
our desires not only the ones that long for things of this world but
also those which desire things of your Kingdom. Help us know our
purpose in your Kingdom and your plan in our lives so that we do
exceedingly according to your will. Help us be sober in this world but
desire of your Kingdom only according to your will and for your
glory... This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen. [Reference
Scriptures]Isaiah 28:1-81 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards
of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the
head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!2 Behold,
the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and
a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall
cast down to the earth with the hand.3 The crown of pride, the
drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:4 And the glorious
beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading
flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that
looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.5
In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a
diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,6 And for a spirit
of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them
that turn the battle to the gate.7 But they also have erred through
wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the
prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of
wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in
vision, they stumble in judgment.8 For all tables are full of vomit
and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. 1 John 5:14 - And
this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us: Ephesians 3:17-2117 That Christ
may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded
in love,18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the
breadth, and length, and depth, and height;19 And to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the
fulness of God.20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that
worketh in us,21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.


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Prosperity kills nations.

Habakkuk 1:14-1714 And makest men as the
fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over
them?15 They [Chaldeans] take up all of them with the angle, they
catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they
rejoice and are glad.16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and
burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat,
and their meat plenteous.17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and
not spare continually to slay the nations? When New Year comes we see
every one wishing the other a prosperous new year. In today's message
the Lord wants us to open our eyes to the fact about prosperity. The
word Chaldean means increase and it is shown as the killer of nations.
Prosperity is one of the biggest killers. Prosperity is not bad for it
is the reason God creates, to allow His creation to prosper but yet it
has become the greatest enemy of His work. The problem lies in
understanding prosperity, according to God and the way the world or
Satan understands it. The easiest way for me to put it, is by making a
bar of 3 words: Lacking - Prosperity - Greed God is called Father also
for the reason because He is our provider and our God is not impotent
that He cannot provide our needs. In the Bible He always assures us
that we will never lack; it is always our unbelief that causes us to
lack. Coming to the other extreme, when we desire to have more than
what is necessary, then it becomes a bigger enemy than lacking. There
are 3 reasons why people desire more: - 1) They do not trust God to
supply their needs tomorrow 2) They cannot control their lust for
pleasure 3) They desire their own glory. Wants do not need to be for
bad things but even good things desired beyond purpose causes harm.
Understand that Satan was a very anointed being in Heaven and Heaven
has only good things. The things Satan desired to decorate himself
were not real jewellery or precious stones as we know here on earth
but were spiritual things that were good yet then caused him to fall
because he wanted more than the purpose. This greed was the first
factor that made against the plan of God and anything that goes
against the plan of God means darkness. We may say we are not doing
anything against God's plan but any that is not done according to the
plan of God means going against the plan. Jesus said anyone not with
Him is against Him. We may want riches of this world, we may want
name, position, food, knowledge, even if it is gifts of the Holy
Spirit, if they have no purpose for the plan God has for us in His
Kingdom these things can become the cause of disaster for our life.
Jesus said not those who have riches will not enter the Kingdom of God
but said those who are rich will find it impossible to enter the
Kingdom of God. Everything that we have or desire should have purpose
and that purpose should be for the glory of God. [Prayer
Starter]Lord, everything about You has purpose and reason and they are
always for the good. You have never done anything just for the sake of
it or to show your power or ability. Lord, You are capable to do far
more exceeding than what You have but You for the good of man, out of
love and using your wisdom You created this world as it is. You are
called Righteous for You know Good and all your ways are for the good.
Lord, teach us your ways and keep us far from greed not only of bad
things but also things that are good but not for your glory. Help us
live our lives like the grape vine... This prayer we make in Jesus'
Name, Amen. [Reference Scriptures]Matthew 19:23-2523 Then said Jesus
unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall
hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.24 And again I say unto you,
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.25 When his disciples heard
it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
Ezekiel 28:12-1912 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of
Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the
sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.13 Thou hast been in Eden
the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius,
topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the
sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of
thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou
wast created.14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I
have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast
walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.15 Thou wast
perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity
was found in thee.16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have
filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned:
therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and
I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones
of fire.17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast
corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to
the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.18
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring
forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will
bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that
behold thee.19 All they that know thee among the people shall be
astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be
any more. 1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money [love for silver -
silver symbolizes earthly riches] is the root of all evil: which while
some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows.

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The year is going to be a Blessed Year

Psalms 112:10 - The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall
gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall
perish.

People are anxious to know what this year is in store for them. This
year has no specific message, what has started in 2010 is continuing
this year too, but since December end there has been one factor coming
to my heart and that is the factor Fear of the Lord.

Even at the New Year Eve’s service the preacher had this factor in his
message. This year we are going to see the calamities going to a notch
higher and this the Lord is confirming in today’s message.

The Lord is very clear those who are wicked are going to see the bad
end of Him. When the Lord says wicked He does not specifically mean
only those who do not know Him. If one looks at Biblical history the
worst judgments were not on those who did not know Him but on those
who did and yet rejected or blasphemed Him.

This year is surely going to be a blessed year. Blessed does not mean
that all good will come this year. The word ‘bless’ mean to give
quickly what is coming or due. To receive good or bad depends on what
that person is blessed with or on the heart of that person. That is
the reason I always instruct people to follow examples in the Bible
and speak out the blessing not just say ‘God Bless you’. By just
saying God Bless we are putting that person on a faster track, if the
heart is good he or she will reap good more and if the heart is evil
he or she will receive destruction quickly. That is the reason we can
bless an evil person but not say ‘good tiding’ or ‘God speed’ to an
evil person.

So today’s message the Lord is tell the people of this world He is
going to bless them. According to their hearts they are going to reap
quickly.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, this world does not fear You. They carry on with their worldly
way of life while at the same time they confess your Name with their
mouths. Their hearts are lost in the riches and lust of this world and
in spirit they are like lepers, even worse than beggars. Lord, we pray
You change the hearts of your people in abundant numbers this year.
Let more and more come to fear You and walk in your ways. Let them
know although You are a loving and merciful God yet your foundation is
Righteousness and Holiness. May You be glorified this year among your
people...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Revelation 3:15,16
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou
wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I
will spue thee out of my mouth.

Job 2:9 - Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine
integrity? Curse [barak – bless] God, and die.

Romans 12:14,17-19
14 Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.
17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable
in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of
God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will
recompense, saith the Lord.

2 John 1:9-11
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive
him not into your house, neither bid him God speed [greetings]:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed [greetings] is partaker of his evil deeds.


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Time for continual thanks, praise and burnt sacrifice

1 Chronicles 23:30 - And to stand every morning to thank and praise
the LORD, and likewise at even; And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto
the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons [month], and on the set
feasts, by number [abundance], according to the order commanded unto
them, continually before the LORD:

In the Old Testament the Levi represented as true people of God for
they were the separated ones, called to be priest and were commanded
to give thanks, praise and burnt sacrifice without fail on the
following occasions - Sabbaths, change of month and on the set feasts.

Today I was asking the Lord what message He had for us for this year
and this is the message I received. Like you I too thought what
special message was there for us in this scripture. I had spent some
good time meditating on it to understand this. I started thinking it
was a normal message and nothing special for this year and had to
later change the title since I realized the Lord did answer my prayer.

Today what we are celebrating is the Gregorian calendar which tracks
the earthly time. This calendar comes from the Julian calendar used by
the Romans. It was the early Church which adopted this calendar and
thus made it famous and accepted by all. This calendar starts with
January 1st as being the starting day.

If one looks in the Bible the year starts in March, this does not mean
we Christians need to stop celebrating New Year. Like Sabbath did not
mean a specific day and was truly shown by Jesus. The Lord works not
according to earthly time no doubt He does give clue of things in
earthly yet He works according to spiritual time.

Worldly time is based on 2 factors if we take solar time then it is
based on the sun and movement of the earth in respect to the sun. If
we take atomic time then it is based on an atomic particle and its
vibrations. So we see time is based on an object and on movement.

Spiritual time too is based on 2 factors one is the Word of God which
does not change and second is the change of our hearts. Thus we see in
the spirit world time is different for each of us for each one's state
of heart various. We can move from promise to promise fast or slow by
changing ones heart conditions.

For a Christian the year starts with the true Passover which is the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The message from the Lord to us is today is
a change of the month but we are celebrate the worldly new year so if
we want to make it a real New Year we need to start this year with
thanks, praise and with Jesus Christ for He is our true eternal Burnt
Sacrifice.

So I wish you all a speedy Spiritual life this year giving thanks and
praise with you and your family in Jesus Christ our eternal Burnt
Sacrifice.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we thank You for being merciful and gracious to your people the
year that was. We praise You and lift your Name high above for the
World to know You alone are truly Divine and Holy. With Jesus Christ
our eternal Sacrifice we are able to come before You and be called
your children. Father bless us your children this year and may You be
glorified in our lives and the lives of our family members. We do not
ask of You things for we believe as you Word says You have already
provided us all our needs. The only things we can ask for is the
things of your Kingdom which You said You want to give those who ask
of You. Lord we lift our hands and spread them wide open, open the
windows of Heaven and pour the precious things of Heaven on our
people...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
2 Peter 3:8 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that
one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as
one day.

Exodus 12:1-11
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be
the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according
to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the
souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the
lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye
shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in
the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side
posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat
it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with
fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on
your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste:
it is the LORD'S passover.

Deuteronomy 10:8-9
8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto
him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the
LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

Hebrew 7:11-17
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for
under it the people received the law,) what further need was there
that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and
not be called after the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a
change also of the law.
13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another
tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe
Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of
Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after
the power of an endless life.
17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.


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Stop looking up and walking, He is besides you

Book of Malachi

The one matter that very Church and almost every Christian is so taken
up with is about Jesus coming again. During the times of Malachi this
matter had also encapsulated the minds of the Jews; they too were
waiting for the Saviour to come (the first time).

Yesterday I was at a function, a brother and sister in the Lord had
dedicated a place for the work of the Lord. They have a small hall
which they are giving people who do the Lord's work, making disciples
for the Lord.

At the function one of the topics that popped up (which does in most
gatherings) is about the second coming of Jesus. There was something
very nice a brother put, people are walking with their heads facing up
instead of looking front. Even while eating their looking at the sky
to see if Jesus is coming and not taking note of what they are eating.

In the book of Malachi, the Lord attends to this matter giving people
a clue of when the Saviour would come. The Lord speaks of the coming
of John the Baptist. Had they just trusted the Lord they would have
not missed the coming of Jesus. Their anxiety to receive the Saviour
actually caused them to miss Him and they are still waiting for Him to
come even after more than 2000 years of His coming and going.

Malachi not only speaks about Jesus' first coming but also of His
second coming. In this book there is a very beautiful title given to
Jesus Christ when He comes again as 'The Sun of Righteousness' . The
Hebrew word translated as 'sun' comes from the rooting meaning
'brilliant'. The second coming of Jesus Christ as to do with one
purpose and that is to give us His Righteousness without which we
cannot enter Heaven. He is not going to give it to all but to only few
after judging them from among all.

Like the Lord gave the sign of John the Baptist for His first coming,
similarly He has given us more than one sign for His second coming.
That is the reason people like Paul were never preoccupied with the
second coming. Even if they did not know the exact time they knew the
signs that preceded the event. Paul attends to the anxiety of the
Church of Thessalonians in his second letter to them. He reminds them
about the coming of the son of perdition.

Among the many other signs that precede Jesus's second coming, is the
coming of the two witnesses. It is only when the two witnesses are
killed and raised on the 4th day that the world needs to start look
for Jesus Christ to come. Also they would not need to look up for His
coming in a cloud does not mean a real cloud. One would not need to
look anywhere for all will still see Him coming in His glory. All
includes you and me and even our fore fathers who died and slept long
back having believed in Jesus Christ.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ we are children of Light and not
of darkness. God has given us His Spirit, a Spirit of adoption not to
leave us as orphans lost. Let us no further be distracted and like the
Jews loose the most important purpose of Jesus Christ.

I prayer this New Year you would concentrate on growing in the Lord
and harvesting for His Kingdom. Wish you a spiritually prosperous New
Year.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we pray for all your people that they do the work You set for
them and not get distracted with your coming again. You are Light and
light exposes everything and hides nothing, it is only those who are
in darkness that find things hidden. You have given your people enough
clues of the end and it is only the people of the world who will be
surprised at the end. Open the eyes of your people and bring them out
of darkness...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Malachi 3:1-6
1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way
before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his
temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in:
behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when
he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall
purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they
may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the
LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift
witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against
false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger
from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Malachi 4:1-6
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all
the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the
day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it
shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as
calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under
the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD
of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him
in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before [present] the
coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the
heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the
earth with a curse.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-10
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of
Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now
letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of
his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power
and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that
perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they
might be saved.

Read Revelation 11:3-19

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Israel the Lord's Vineyard

Isaiah 5:7 - For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of
Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for
judgment [lawfulness / order], but behold oppression [bloodshed]; for
righteousness, but behold a cry [cry of distress].
In the Bible there are many prophesies about Israel which are not
fulfilled in the Jewish people and people list them as unfulfilled
prophesies. The tribes have disintegrated yet there are some have hope
or believe that there will be a new order among the Jews and they will
once again be segregated into the 12 tribes.
If people set down to understand, like in this scripture Judah was
part of Israel is lifted up but scriptures state to God all His
children are equal in His eyes, the only thing that differentiates
them is their calling. Among the tribes there was no calling, callings
came only with Jesus Christ Who was the Word made flesh, the
manifestation of the Word.
Like I put before in my old posts most parts of the Old Testament the
Israel spoken of is a spiritual level of growth and those who exercise
full authority in the Lord. It is the top level of spiritual growth
and the reason Jesus came to make us. This level is also put as Zion
and the sons of Zion are called sons of God. At this level we are
fully protected and invincible in the Lord. Like we read of Jesus,
none could harm Him unless it was allowed by the Father. This is the
level that man (Adam) started with until sin came into him. For a
child of God the level starts with Egypt and some of the in between
stages are Jerusalem and Judah. Children of God who are lost in this
world are called inhabitants of Egypt. Those who pursue peace with God
by reconciling with Him are called inhabitants of Jerusalem and those
in whom the glory of God starts to be seen are called dwellers of
Judah.
In today’s message the Lord is telling us most of His people either
dwell in Egypt or Jerusalem and among the very few that are of Judah;
among them too He finds disappointment. He looks for order and see
people becoming calamity to evil, He looks for people glowing in His
righteousness and see them crying in despair. There are more fallings
at this level than the calamities happening in the world. The people
at this level are struggling unimaginably. At one moment they
demonstrate the glory of God and at the next moment they are
desperately struggling in small things. They are neither in nor out.
The Lord is telling us He is very disappointed with those who are
supposed to show the world Who He is. The world does not know Him
because these people are failing Him.

[Prayer Starter]Lord, we pray for those who are called to lead. Lord,
strengthen them; hold them up in your grace, may your favor be upon
them. Let them be the lighthouses that shine always and guide your
people in all weathers. Help more and more to dwell in Judah of whom
Jesus is their Lion (righteousness) ...
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]Psalms 69:35 - For God will save Zion, and will
build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in
possession.
Psalms 78:68 - But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Isaiah 40:9 - O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the
high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy
voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of
Judah, Behold your God!
Zechariah 9:13 - When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with
Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece,
and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
Acts 1:6-76 When they therefore were come together, they asked of
him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to
Israel?7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times
or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts 9:15 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen
vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and
the children of Israel:
Romans 9:6 - Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For
they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:


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Are the women under bondage? (Piercing of the ears)

Deuteronomy 15:17,18 - Then thou shalt take an aul [piercing object],
and thrust it through his ear unto [near] the door [gate], and he
shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou
shalt do likewise. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest
him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant
to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless
thee in all that thou doest.

About 3 to 4 years back when my daughter was about 2 to 3 years old
some of my family members wanted to pierce the ears on my daughter,
but I did not allow it. I did hear a lot of taunts and sarcastic
remarks like I have become a fanatic etc. but I did not give unto
pressure. On the other hand I started telling my wife to stop wearing
earring but she could not overcome the pressure of others soon she
started losing her earring one after another. It was not one or two
but quite a few that too in a very short period of time. I knew our
words do not go in vain so when people would see me laughing every
time she lost an earring they would think I was crazy since they were
of gold. After a few days I stopped the pressure since the Lord told
me anything done without faith is sin. So unless my wife understands
what earrings symbolize and does not remove them by herself, it would
not spiritually help her.

In India and many countries the custom of women wearing earring has
overtaken them so much that none really try to find how and who
started this custom. Not wearing earrings is like not wearing clothes
for many. It shows how customs have blinded man and put man under
bondage.

It will intrigue you that when the Lord told Jacob to put away the
strange things from among his family before making a Temple unto Him,
among the things Jacob did was to collect the earrings of the family
members and bury them for Jacob knew what earrings symbolized.

The concept of wearing earrings started in the temples of the pagan
gods long before Abraham. The people who dedicated themselves to the
temple, a god or a person pierced their ears and wore ornaments in
these holes so as to symbolize themselves to be eternal slaves of the
temple, or the god, or that person. Later people too started wearing
earrings symbolizing their dedication to these temples, or gods, or a
person. This custom became very famous with the Egyptians and so the
Israelites who followed the Egyptian customs also started wearing
them. It was first started by the men, then the women who became
temple prostitutes and later even ordinary people started wearing
them. Earrings are not feminine ornaments but unisex. They symbolize
the person as being an eternal slave like in today's scripture. They
are not worn by God's people but only by heathen, those who became
slaves unto the gods or people.

As individuals we are called to be the Temple of God and as a
congregation all become the rocks which are used to build the Temple.
That is the reason why the Lord did not allow any sharp object or tool
to be used on the stones which were used to build a sanctuary
dedicated to Him.

There are people who go the other extreme like Jehovah's Witnesses who
do not allow an injection or anything to pierce their bodies even at
times of medical emergencies.

One needs to understand that earrings are not fashion objects but
spiritual symbols which later became a fashion object. Piercing the
body for medical reasons is not what the Lord forbids but doing it for
spiritual symbolizations is what the Lord forbids, when we do that we
are not piercing the flesh but our spirits. We are making our spirit
eternal slaves unto that which they symbolize.

I have learned one thing after coming in the Lord and that is not to
follow any custom without understanding what it symbolizes and that
information is best learned from the people who started it, not from
the people who follow it.

This message is not to make you remove your earrings because I told
you. The Lord wants you to understand what you have been following and
do with understanding knowing you are the Lord's Temple.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, the world us so much under the yoke of traditions that they
follow customs without even understanding what they mean or symbolize.
Under spiritual bondage they are become more like cattle and less
humans. Lord we pray for the release of your people from these
bondages, give them the courage to stand for the Truth and against the
worldly understandings. ..

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Genesis 35:1-5
1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there:
and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou
fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change
your garments:
3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an
altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was
with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their
hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid
them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that
were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of
Jacob.

Deuteronomy 27:5 - And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD
thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon
them.

Joshua 8:31 - As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children
of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar
of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they
offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace
offerings.

Exodus 32:1-5
1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the
mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said
unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this
Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not
what is become of him.
2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are
in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and
bring them unto me.
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in
their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

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Our riches in the Kingdom of Heaven

Acts 3:6 - Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I
have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and
walk.

People do not realize like we have worldly riches here on earth even
in the spirit world we have riches. It is not after we really enter
Heaven that we will have these spiritual riches but while we are here
on earth we are able to build these spiritual riches.

When Peter spoke to man who was born with both legs feeble, he spoke
of not having earthly riches but about his spiritual riches.

When the Lord was teaching me about prayer He taught me about our
account in Heaven and how it operates. Like we have a banking system
here in Heaven too there is a system only the system there is unlike
here on earth. The banking system in Heaven can be described in few
words as 'use fruitfully and grow'.

In the Kingdom of God whatever we have little or more if we sow
successfully we reap more and these increase is unlike earthly
increase of small percentages but is in multiplications.

Like here on earth we have different types of riches in Heaven also
there are different types of riches. The riches in the Kingdom of God
are described to us as gold, silver and precious stones, they are not
really the ones we know here on earth but these on earth are an image
of what is real in Heaven. The greatest riches in Heaven are those of
which the Heavens are made of, the 12 precious stones, which are the
12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Like here on earth a person who stocks all his riches and does not put
it to use is called a scrooge, so also in the Kingdom of God anyone
who does not use their riches for good use gets into the danger of
becoming like Lucifer. Using one's riches for others glorifies the
Body which means glorifying God.

Lucifer was very highly rich in Heaven but his purpose was not to use
them but for his own self, his glory.

Today the Lord is speaking to each one of us and asking us, how much
of real spiritual riches do we have? Our earthly riches we leave back
here when we die but after death we go to our spiritual riches which
we have accumulated in the Kingdom of Heaven. It is these riches which
decide where in the Heaven, will we dwell. It is not how much in
quantity but the value of our riches that matter, so even the small
can have great riches in the Kingdom of God even if they have not been
on stages or on TV preaching.

Today is a special day those are willing to use as much of their
spiritual riches are going to reap in great multiplication the profit
of it for it is the Lord who sees the heart and makes the investment
successful.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, this world that we live in is just a temporary phase and it is
how we handle temporary world will decide our fate in the real world
which is your world. Lord, help us not lose ourselves with the
illusions but having the real understanding overcome the illusions.
Help us see the Truth and help us grow rich in your Kingdom. Help us
understand the importance of building the Body of Christ...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Matthew 13:22-23
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the
word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,
choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth
the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth
forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Mark 10:24-25
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus
answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for
them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than
for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves,
Who then can be saved?

Luke 16:10-11
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in
much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Ezekiel 28:12-18
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say
unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of
wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was
thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the
onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared
in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee
so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and
down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of
thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee
as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O
covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast
corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to
the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring
forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will
bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that
behold thee.



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Breaking under pressure

Mark 14:66 - And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one
of the maids of the high priest:

In today's message we read that Simon Peter's denial started with him
standing beneath the palace.

If one understands the terrain of old Jerusalem most of the important
monuments are on hill tops. So if one imagines the position of Peter,
he was standing on the slopes of the hill or at the foothill with a
huge magnificent palace towering over his head with soldiers and
people connected to the palace all around him.

If one realizes the mind of Simon Peter with Jesus Christ far from
him, he broke under this pressure and went into his fall of denying
Jesus.

In today's world most people are in the same position as Simon Peter.
They get influenced by the worldly authority set above them and by
what they see then they come to a stage of denying Christ.

People are so scared to face the Truth that they find ways to cover
their excuses. Since they cannot go against this worldly authority,
they fear society that they find justifications for what they are
doing.

The most common and loved excuse by many is the concept of finding a
sheep dressed in wolf clothing among wolves. They search Christ among
pagan practices and feel happy when they see something that looks
good. The Lord said to watch out for the wolf in sheep clothing among
sheep not the other way around. The wolf devours the sheep but does
not take it home and care for it. You can search for lost sheep but
you will surely not find lost sheep among wolves.

If one sees Jesus' birth place (Church of Nativity) is at a low level,
even though most of Jerusalem has more than four layers (remakes)
since Jesus's time and some historians claiming the real Jerusalem is
till way below. Jesus was born not as a king but a low citizen, an
ordinary carpenter yet He did not let the world authorities pressurize
Him. As man of flesh and blood His heart was with the poor at their
level but in Spirit He dwelled in the Kingdom of God and that level is
way above any human level.

We may be a flesh and blood but we are called not to bow our heads to
human authority when they go against the Lord. Respecting them is
different for abiding to everything they say.

The Lord has called us to overcome our flesh so let us be a person of
spirit more than a person of flesh and blood. Our spiritual King of
Kings needs to be honoured more than our worldly ones.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we pray for your people who are weak in spirit. They fear man
and come under the pressure of this world and in many ways deny You.
Lord, we pray that they be citizen of the Kingdom of God more than men
of flesh and blood...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
John 16:33 - These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might
have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.

2 Peter 2:20-22
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through
the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them
than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The
dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to
her wallowing in the mire.



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Fear of the Men of God

Jeremiah 42:7,8 - And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of
the LORD came unto Jeremiah. Then called he Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and
all the people from the least even to the greatest,

In today's message we read of the time when the people were planning
to go back to Egypt and they felt within them that they were not doing
right so sent word through Jeremiah to confirm of the Lord. In their
communication there is one sentence which needs to be taken note of.
They feared if they did not abide by the Word the Lord, the Lord would
send His man Jeremiah to them.

In the days before Jesus and also during the times of the early Church
(times of the Apostles) Men of God were not only revered but also
feared. They knew out of the mouth of the Men of God also came the
Judgement of God. It is written if they came to know a Man of God was
visiting their town they would rush to the gate of the town to confirm
if he came with a message of peace or message of God's judgement.

Since 400AD till date we do see these things happening. Many preach,
evangelize and do the work of the Lord. But in these 2000years there
has not been even a handful who have spiritually grown to an extent
that they caused the people to fear them as Men of God.

Today again people are going back to Egypt and we need a man like
Jeremiah amongst us. Egypt does not mean a place but means double way
of life, living a Christian and pagan life together.

These holidays are the worst times of the year when you see Christians
act mostly like pagans. Pagans are blind and do not know so they can
be ignored, but it hurts when you see people with eyes walk like blind
people. Christians have mastered the art of turning off their ears to
listen to what the Lord says through scriptures. Their flesh has
greater hold on them than the fear of God.

Some years back when the Hindus in Mumbai were celebrating their
festival, taking their idols through the streets of Mumbai and I heard
of some so called Christians also being part of their celebrations, I
cried to the Lord and I know what happen within 10 days of my crying
to the Lord. Although the Lord heard me, He told me I wasted my
spiritual riches on those who are like grass. However much ever
disaster comes on them, soon they go back to their same old ways.

Today the same kind of feeling of crying unto the Lord comes in my
heart, but this time it is not for the grass but those who are called
to be trees and bear fruit.

I will not say much but only pray you do not go back to Egypt and that
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ keeps you.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, your people lack your fear for there are very few of your true
Representative amongst us. Lord, we pray that when your
Representatives speak your people get down on their knees and abide by
your Word. Lord, bring the fear of You on your people and let them not
become calamities to vanity. Let them not lose the eternal life for
which You paid a very heavy price...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Jeremiah 42:1 - 16
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least
even unto the greatest, came near,
2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD
thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of
many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and
the thing that we may do.
4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold,
I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it
shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I
will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which
the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice
of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with
us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came
unto Jeremiah.
8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even
to the greatest,
9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto
whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and
not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I
repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be
not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and
to deliver you from his hand.
12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you,
and cause you to return to your own land.
13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the
voice of the LORD your God,
14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall
see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of
bread; and there will we dwell:
15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah;
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your
faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye
were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye
shall die.


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Darkness hates children of light

Mark 14:69 - And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that
stood by, This is one of them.

Firstly I like to apologize I was given this message about 2 days back
and I got busy with some social activity and did not send it. I am
happy the Lord gave this message for I would have taken another day or
2 to get back on track.

In this message we read about Simon who was called Peter during the
time he was about to deny Jesus thrice. First we need to understand
even before we commit a sin, we first contemplate it in our hearts. It
will surprise you the numerous times the Lord has pulled me up or
warned me even before I committed a sin.

At this stage Peter had not denied Jesus but the seed of denial was
already in him and it was the fight with this seed that caused him to
follow Jesus.

People think when they are in the Lord it is okay at times to slide
back, and continue to live the life they lived before they came into
the Lord, today’s message is for these people.

When the Lord was explaining the spirit world to me He explained to me
the different levels and how things are between them. I will share the
level between our cosmic world (worldly world) and the real Kingdom of
God (top 3 levels). In between these levels was a level of transit
which we all go through before we really come to know the Lord.

What was interesting was between the transit world and the cosmic
world there were earthly beast on top of structures ready to attack
and kill those coming down.

Brothers and sisters in Christ if you were citizen of this world and
if you went into darkness (sin) you would not be a harmed much, but if
you by any change came to knowledge of Christ and became a citizen of
the Kingdom of God even for a little time there is no way that
darkness will allow you to remain in their kingdom. They will not
trust you for you can be a great danger for them anytime. They will
soon or later complete destroy you.

Read the number of testimonies that are available everywhere of people
who were in the Lord, backslided and became disasters unimaginable.

The Lord loves you and therefore many a times warns us at the seed
level, even before we go to the extent of committing sin. So let us
keep our spiritual eyes open, remain vigilant and avoid being caught
on the wrong foot. Let us always remember we are hated by the kingdom
of darkness and therefore have no place there.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, once we come into your light we become your children and
darkness hates us. Even a small pinch of light in us can really harm
the Kingdom of darkness therefore they look forward to consume us and
make us an example for others. Lord, help us remember there is no
turning back from You and You are our only refuge. Even if we fall we
need to immediately get up and rush back to You. Out of your love You
warn us even before we fall. Help us Lord to be alert to these
warnings...

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Ephesians 5:8-16
8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord:
walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable to the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of
them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:
for whatever does make manifest is light.
14 Why he said, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and
Christ shall give you light.
15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

2 Corinthians 12:1-4
1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to
visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the
body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God
knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

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He will come in cloud

Mark 9:7 - And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice
came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

When we were small, and even now many parents still talk to your
infants making funny sounds like gogo, gaga, lulu, lala... they do
this for their mind tells them that children do not understand words.
They do not realize that small infants have the ability to match sound
patterns to events and thus develop their vocabulary. This is the
reason in developed countries you will find more parents talk to their
infants like they talk to any other person. When coming to the Bible
we people have been doing the very same mistake.

Some days back I was having a discussion with my daughter (of 6 years)
and she started popping serious questions and one of them was about
Satan if he is a snake? To this I told her that he was a beautiful
spirit being more than an Angel but allowed evil in him and came as a
snake, which does not mean he was a snake nor moved like a snake, but
twisted and turned the Truth by his words like a snake does, so as to
deceive and hurt man. Then came the question 'why did God use symbols
like snake in the Bible?'

Before Jesus gave us His Spirit, man did not have the ability to
understand scriptures so God was compelled to us symbols. It is like
we describe the sun to a child as a ball of fire. We use the term ball
for they know the shape of a ball and it is easy to understand but the
right term would be a sphere of fire. We use common known objects to
describe things not known or visible, in the same way even God does
that. But then there are terms we use like describing an aeroplane to
a child who has not seen even a photograph of it, as a mechanical
vehicle that flies like a bird. What you may mean its ability to fly
but then the child may visualize it as having wings and flapping it
like a bird. So it is important that more the objects we recognize the
more easily we can understand things not yet visible to us.

Now that we have received the Spirit of God - the Spirit of Truth who
gives us the ability to understand, it is sad we are still doing gogos
and gagas. Our spiritual vocabulary is very bad and it really pains to
see even great Men and Women of God operating mainly on gifts and
anointing but not in understanding of the Kingdom of God. That is the
reason they hit a ceiling in their spiritual life and many break and
fall.

When Jesus said He would come 'in cloud' people changed 'in' to 'on'
and put a figure of a man representing Jesus standing on a cloud. If
they kept the 'in' as 'in' then it would be difficult for them to
picture it. They do this for their spiritual vocabulary does not
understand the term 'cloud'.

When the Lord used the term cloud He meant glory. Jesus Christ is our
temporary home. Temporary does not mean we will have another home but
temporary means our permanent home is in Him when He comes in glory.
Jesus Christ is Son of God and after He comes in glory we will be part
of Him as God the Son and not Son of God. We will be sons of God who
will be part of the Body of the glorious God the Son. That is the
reason His birth is celebrated as living in booths. He is our Booth
our temporary dwelling place till He comes in glory and becomes our
permanent Home.

Just about 2 weeks back I was teaching on the event concerning Jesus
Christ coming in cloud and the Lord explained things that really got
me flabbergasted. It is so different to what people think.

It is time we grow in spiritual understanding; that we strive to
experience not a cloud like Moses experienced over us but the real
glory of God like Jesus said. Jesus Himself said we would do greater
things than even things He did at that time and this is will only be
possible if we grow not only in gifts but also in Fruits. Knowledge
and understanding of the Kingdom of God is one of main ingredient
directly or indirectly of many of the Fruits.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we pray that your children stop being children and start growing
into sons. You do not give precious things to the immature but to
those who are mature. Your inheritance is not to children but to sons.
Lord, open the eyes of your people and let we not desire to remain in
a booth but to work towards You coming in glory and we dwell in our
permanent house that is You before the foundation of creation...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Luke 21:26-28
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those
things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall
be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with
power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and
lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Revelation 14:13-16
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat
like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in
his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice
to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the
time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth;
and the earth was reaped.

Revelation 10:1-6
1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with
a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were
the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right
foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he
had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about
to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up
those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth
lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven,
and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that
therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there
should be time no longer:

John 17:20-24
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall
believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in
thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that
thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they
may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;
and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved
them, as thou hast loved me.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me
where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:
for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

John 5:20 - For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things
that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him,
that ye may marvel.

John 14:12 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these
shall he do; because I go unto the Father.



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Deceit will be abundant

Luke 21:8 - And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near:
go ye not therefore after them.

To yesterday's message a brother replied that he celebrated Jesus so
he did not find anything wrong in celebrating ChristMass.

To people like him having the same thought the Lord speaks to them in
today's message. For those who are new let me tell you these messages
are not selected by me but after prayer a random message is taken from
the Bible. It is done in line with the understanding of the Urim and
Thummim that was put in the breastplate of judgement and by which
understanding also the Apostles selected the 12th in place of Judas.
Those who have been long in the mailing list can confirm the accuracy
of these messages.

The Lord is telling us many use His name but they do things not
related to Him and things which actually are against Him. For what is
not with Him is against Him. Understand if anyone says anything
against God's Word is speaking or operating against God. Even if the
things they speak may look good or may look like they are helping in
work of the Lord, they will soon or later rot and develop worms. Even
if anyone shows up and claims to be Abraham, or Moses, or David, or
Elijah, or Mary, or Peter, or Paul, or even Jesus Himself and if that
person speaks contrary to the Word then that person is not from God.

The Lord did tell us a few days back there is only 2 ways either His
way or the Devil's way. In this world we have a compass to guide us in
which direction we are going, similarly in the spiritual world also we
have a compass and that is the Word of God. Since a small mistake can
mislead us, so to help us read the Compass the Lord has given us His
Spirit Who is the Author of the Compass.

Let us be children of light rooted in the Word, having the Spirit of
discernment in us and not spiritual pigs which eat anything and
everything that looks edible.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, we pray that You give more and more of your Spirit of
discernment to your people, that they stop being spiritual pigs
consuming everything that has your name on it. They do not discern if
it is from You or if it is from Satan. Lord, the time is come that
your people come out from the deceit of Jezebel and into your light...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Exodus 28:30-31
30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the
Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before
Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel
upon his heart before Jehovah continually.
31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning
themselves into apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.
15 It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion
themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according
to their works.

Acts 19:13-17
13 But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them
to name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord
Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and
Paul I know, but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and
mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled
out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at
Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus
was magnified.



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Why do we celebrate?

Deuteronomy 6:20 - And when thy son asketh thee in time to come,
saying, What mean the testimonies [witnessing] , and the statutes
[which later became traditions], and the judgments [customs], which
the LORD our God hath commanded you?

In a few days people will be celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ
and the Lord wants us to reflect on this activity which the world is
going to get lost into.

In today's message the Lord had commanded His people to celebrate
certain events so as to witness what the Lord had done for them and
the statues which later became traditions were things which the Lord
commanded them to do so as to build their faith.

If we look at the festivals which the Lord had asked the Israelites to
celebrate among the top most important ones were the Passover which
falls on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the
Harvest (Pentecost) which falls on the day when the Holy Spirit was
given to the Church (Congregation) .

Now coming to the Nativity of Jesus, did the Lord instruct us to
celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ? When all the other celebration
coincided with Jesus Christ, did the Lord not know when He would come
as man?

The coming of Jesus Christ was indeed celebrated before Jesus was born
as a child and it was in a more grand way than what we celebrate. It
was an 8 days festival with the eight day being the grand Sabbath.

People complain about not knowing the date of Jesus' coming; that is
because they do not study the Bible. The Nativity of Jesus falls on
the Feast of the Tabernacle (Sukkoth) which is in September (supposed
to start on the 15th of September).

There are the wise people of this world who question as to what
difference does it make on which day we celebrate the Nativity of
Jesus Christ. I think they should ask the Lord the same question as to
why He specified the date and month of when the festivals need to be
celebrated. Did He lack wisdom? I think these people should contribute
a little of their wisdom to God.

When they celebrate ChristMass they think they are celebrating the
nativity of Jesus Christ. Understand when ones celebrates Labour Day
is not because one labours. It is celebrated in the United Sates in
remembrance of the start of the labour movement and as homage to the
many labours who were killed at the hands of the US army. That is
reason they come out in masses as an act of defiance to the
government.

ChristMass when started had nothing to do with the Nativity of Jesus
Christ. It was a grand Mass celebrated by the Catholic Church to
prevent the Catholics from attending the celebrations of the sun god
on that day by the Roman pagans. It was after many years that one of
the priests started bringing a crib to one of these Masses and over
the years they started linking ChristMass celebrations to the birth of
Jesus Christ.

Firstly, as Christians we are not celebrating the Nativity of Jesus
Christ as the Lord has commanded us. Secondly, what we celebrate as
birth of Jesus Christ when we celebrate ChristMass, in reality has
nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ.

If Christians do celebrate the Nativity of Jesus Christ the way the
Lord instructed, the world will indeed know that Christ came.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You people due to their hard heartedness and ignorance have been
deceived and made to disobey You and do things which bring You to
anger. Lord, we pray that the eyes of your people open and they are
been victims of wolves in sheep clothing. Lord may your grace be upon
them and give them the courage to stand for the Truth even if they
need to stand against the whole world...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Leviticus 23:34-43
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of
this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days
unto the LORD.
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD:
on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall
offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly;
and ye shall do no servile work therein.
37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be
holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a
burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings,
every thing upon his day:
38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside
all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give
unto the LORD.
39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have
gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD
seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day
shall be a sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year.
It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate
it in the seventh month.
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born
shall dwell in booths:
43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel
to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am
the LORD your God.


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Why do we celebrate?

Deuteronomy 6:20 - And when thy son asketh thee in time to come,
saying, What mean the testimonies [witnessing] , and the statutes
[which later became traditions], and the judgments [customs], which
the LORD our God hath commanded you?

In a few days people will be celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ
and the Lord wants us to reflect on this activity which the world is
going to get lost into.

In today's message the Lord had commanded His people to celebrate
certain events so as to witness what the Lord had done for them and
the statues which later became traditions were things which the Lord
commanded them to do so as to build their faith.

If we look at the festivals which the Lord had asked the Israelites to
celebrate among the top most important ones were the Passover which
falls on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the
Harvest (Pentecost) which falls on the day when the Holy Spirit was
given to the Church (Congregation) .

Now coming to the Nativity of Jesus, did the Lord instruct us to
celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ? When all the other celebration
coincided with Jesus Christ, did the Lord not know when He would come
as man?

The coming of Jesus Christ was indeed celebrated before Jesus was born
as a child and it was in a more grand way than what we celebrate. It
was an 8 days festival with the eight day being the grand Sabbath.

People complain about not knowing the date of Jesus' coming; that is
because they do not study the Bible. The Nativity of Jesus falls on
the Feast of the Tabernacle (Sukkoth) which is in September (supposed
to start on the 15th of September).

There are the wise people of this world who question as to what
difference does it make on which day we celebrate the Nativity of
Jesus Christ. I think they should ask the Lord the same question as to
why He specified the date and month of when the festivals need to be
celebrated. Did He lack wisdom? I think these people should contribute
a little of their wisdom to God.

When they celebrate ChristMass they think they are celebrating the
nativity of Jesus Christ. Understand when ones celebrates Labour Day
is not because one labours. It is celebrated in the United Sates in
remembrance of the start of the labour movement and as homage to the
many labours who were killed at the hands of the US army. That is
reason they come out in masses as an act of defiance to the
government.

ChristMass when started had nothing to do with the Nativity of Jesus
Christ. It was a grand Mass celebrated by the Catholic Church to
prevent the Catholics from attending the celebrations of the sun god
on that day by the Roman pagans. It was after many years that one of
the priests started bringing a crib to one of these Masses and over
the years they started linking ChristMass celebrations to the birth of
Jesus Christ.

Firstly, as Christians we are not celebrating the Nativity of Jesus
Christ as the Lord has commanded us. Secondly, what we celebrate as
birth of Jesus Christ when we celebrate ChristMass, in reality has
nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ.

If Christians do celebrate the Nativity of Jesus Christ the way the
Lord instructed, the world will indeed know that Christ came.

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You people due to their hard heartedness and ignorance have been
deceived and made to disobey You and do things which bring You to
anger. Lord, we pray that the eyes of your people open and they are
been victims of wolves in sheep clothing. Lord may your grace be upon
them and give them the courage to stand for the Truth even if they
need to stand against the whole world...

This prayer we make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Leviticus 23:34-43
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of
this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days
unto the LORD.
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD:
on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall
offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly;
and ye shall do no servile work therein.
37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be
holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a
burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings,
every thing upon his day:
38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside
all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give
unto the LORD.
39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have
gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD
seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day
shall be a sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year.
It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate
it in the seventh month.
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born
shall dwell in booths:
43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel
to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am
the LORD your God.



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