*** Jesus says: Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

 

We are born again when God reveals HIMSELF and THE WORD to us.

When I was approximately 15, I went forward at church and was baptized in water.  There was no change at all in my life.

When I was 37, God spoke to me by HIS Spirit and said to me:  "Joan ... You know those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."

I was so shocked.  I thought they were "mistakes".

With that Word, God caused me to be "born again" instantly, a "new creature".

Now I wanted to read the Bible.  I wanted to know things of God.  I wanted to be with the people of God.  I was completely changed by God.

God gave me a new heart and a new spirit and this caused me to go in the way of God.

Ezekiel 36  God says:

23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.

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When God reveals HIMSELF to us we are born again and created as a "new creature".

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

God gives us a new heart and a new Spirit to live in us and lead us and guide us.

Before we were born again, we followed our own wisdom and the wisdom of this world.  Now we follow the wisdom sent to us by God by HIS Holy Spirit.

I Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

A person can try to do the right thing before he is born again but he will always be a little off like a radio station that is not fully tuned into the radio station.

John 3  

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

We are not born again by our own will as some think.  We are born again by the will of God.

Romans 9

7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of HIM that calleth;)

12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

15 For HE saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew MY power in thee, and that MY name might be declared throughout all the earth.

18 Therefore hath HE mercy on whom HE will have mercy, and whom HE will he hardeneth.

(If you are born again, you will understand this scripture.  But if you are not born again, you will try to explain this scripture away.)

There is an elect of God and a chosen people of God and they are born again and have the heart of God and the Spirit of God inside of them.

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*** To love The Word is to love Jesus, for Jesus is The Word.

 

 

 

John 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.

4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld HIS glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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Psalm 119:105  Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalm 119:130  The entrance of THY words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

The Word of God is everything to us:  wisdom, understanding, righteousness

The Word of God is more precious than rubies and "The Word" is greater than all that be compared to it.

The Word of God endures forever.

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Matthew 13:44-46  Jesus says:

44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

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2 Timothy 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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*** Angels: Do angels work in the New Testament church today?

By the Bible we see whether or not God still uses such things as angels in the New Testament Church.

Do we have examples in the New Testament of angels being used for the work of God?

After I was born again, I went to the Bible and read each example concerning angels in the New Testament.

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Some examples of angels working in NT.

Matthew 1:18-25  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

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.

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Luke 1

26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. 

And the angel departed from her.

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In a dream, God told Joseph to take the young child, Jesus, and Mary and flee into Egypt because Herod would try to kill Jesus.  So Joseph by night took them into Egypt.

Matthew 2

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

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Examples in Bible of angels being sent to help men who already have the Holy Spirit in them.

Acts 12

5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

When we read from Bible such examples, we can be assured that God could do the same thing for us today in the church if needed.  And we know that God uses HIS angels today in the NT Church to help the church and also to deliver messages to the church as in the following case of the apostle Paul.

Acts 27  (Paul speaking when their ship was in danger of being shipwrecked)

20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.

23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

An angel instructs Philip:

Acts 8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

An angel speaks to Cornelius a Gentile to get Peter to preach to him that he and his household could be saved:

Acts 10:32-33  Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

An angel removes the great stone from the tomb of Jesus:

Matthew 28:2  And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

Seven angels brought the wrath of the great tribulation of God upon the earth:

Revelation 8:2  And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

One by one, these angels sounded their trumpets and then came the plagues of God upon the earth to judge the earth at the end of the world.

Jesus sends HIS angels to gather the elect of God and remove them from the earth before the earth is destroyed by God.

Matthew 24:31  And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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As I read such scriptures in the New Testament Bible, I see how God uses angels to help HIS people today and to do HIS will, and I am assured angels are still used by God for our benefit to show us the will of God.

In January, 1980, I was asleep in the night when a very loud "trumpet like" voice spoke 3 words into my ear:  "Hertford, Seattle, KWJS"

(I believe this message, which caused me to go on radio to exhort the church, was spoken by an angel, because it was so loud and "trumpet like" and often I read about angels speaking with such power.)

Also in 1982, in a dream, an angel spoke to me to warn me not to go out for I would be in great danger, and he said:  "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."  So I cancelled all my meetings which I had planned for that year.

And the Holy Spirit reminded me of this scripture:  

John 16:1-3  Jesus said:  These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor ME.

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*** The Holy Spirit of God

 

The Holy Spirit is given to each person who is born again and that Holy Spirit dwells in us to help us in the things of God while we live on this earth.

I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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Ways we are helped by the Holy Spirit:

John 14:26  Jesus says: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

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The Holy Spirit searches the heart of God to know the will of God and HE brings to our mind what God has shown HIM so we can know the way to go in issues of this present life.

I Corinthians 2

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10  But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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If we walk in the way shown us by the Spirit of God, we will not fulfill the works of the flesh.

Romans 8

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Galatians 5

16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;  Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

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*** When we try to be "friends" with unbelievers.

 

James 4:4   Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

friend: to give aid or assistance or support to

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Immediately, when I was born again in l975, I was changed.  I wanted to be with church people.  I no longer wanted to be with worldly people.

I mentioned this to two Baptist women and they were shocked and said to me, "Oh ... don't do this.  Keep your friends from the world."

But I couldn't.

2 Corinthians 6

14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

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.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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2 John

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

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:

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

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Light and darkness cannot co-exist.

If you turn on the light, the darkness flees.

If you withhold light, darkness reigns.

I Corinthians 5:11;13   But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat ... Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

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*** Exhort one another.

 

 

 

In the Bible we read:

Hebrews 3

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

(exhort: urge earnestly by advice or warning)

14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear HIS voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

17 But with whom was HE grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18 And to whom sware HE that they should not enter into HIS rest, but to them that believed not?

19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

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Hebrews 10

22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for HE is faithful that promised;)

24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

(exhort:  urge earnestly with advice and warning)

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto ME, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge HIS people.

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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*** At the end: The great tribulation and the return of Jesus.

 

 

Matthew 24  Jesus says:

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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2 Peter 3

1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

4 And saying, Where is the promise of HIS coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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.

9 The Lord is not slack concerning HIS promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

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The new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness:

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.

2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

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*** For THOU hast lifted me up, and cast me down. (Psalm 102:10)

 

 

In 1982, God gave me a dream that was terrible to see.

In this dream... There was an established piece of land.  All of a sudden, one piece broke off and slide away.  Then another went.  Then another.  Then another.  And I heard these words, "It will be alright through January but in February it will break loose."

I reported it on my radio broadcasts in USA which were from coast to coast at that time.

February came and went and it seemed that nothing happened.  

Hundreds of thousands of church people broke off from me.

It was terrible.

I knew God gave me that dream and I knew it was my job to report those things which I heard from God.

Also I began seeing terrible things in various churches where pastors were speaking things which were not in the Bible.

In 1984, I terminated my radio broadcasts and moved from Dallas to Clovis, New Mexico (USA) where my mother lived.  My dad had died in 1982 and I could see my mother would need some help.  I continued writing to the remaining radio audience during those years.  It was very difficult for me.  (Wilderness years.)

In approximately 2000, God opened my eyes concerning that February dream.  The established land and the breaking away ... people were going to break away from me!  (I think God was getting me free from church goers who were not really Christians.)

After that God revealed antichrist in the church groups and the following scripture.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  KJV (the anarchy which would come to the churches before Jesus returns)  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;

(God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches ... The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures ... and when they omit scripture antichrist moves in and the apostasy begins in the churches.")

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.

NASB   6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only HE who now restrains will do so until HE is taken out of the way.

(I asked God, "Who restrains antichrist now?"   And instantly I realized Jesus, The Scriptures, kept antichrist out of the church groups and as soon as they opened the door by removing scriptures, antichrist moved in.)

I had been sad and depressed by the twisting of scripture that I had seen pastors doing.  And when I went to these pastors and showed them what they were teaching was not in the Bible, they did not repent though they knew what they were teaching was not in the Bible.  

I was bewildered that this could be happening until God showed me II Thessalonians 2 and I saw it was part of the end time and had to happen before Jesus could return.

When Jesus returns, HE will destroy those antichrist church groups.

2 Thessalonians 2  KJV

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.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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Before the destruction of the end times, the real church will be separated from the apostate churches.

After so many of the radio audience left me in the 1982 period, God showed false doctrines in many of the church groups. And as I tried through the next decade to find a church to attend, I witnessed false doctrine being taught by pastors over and over.

I knew then that the coming of Jesus was near.

But this is also true:  God does not view time as we view time.

2 Peter 3:8-10 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.

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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*** God said to me: "You cannot make this world to be righteous no matter what you do."

It is "the new heaven and new earth" wherein dwelleth righteousness. 

2 Peter 3

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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2 Timothy 3

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection (homosexuals), trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness (such as attending church), but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

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*** A friend of this world is the enemy of God. (James 4:4)

 

 

Before I was born again, I was a friend of this world.  I agreed with and supported the actions of the people of this world.

But after I was born again by God, I no longer wanted to be with worldly people.  As a Christian, I wanted to be with people of God.

Light and darkness do not co-exist.  If you turn on light, the darkness disappears.  If you turn off the light, darkness fills the area.

1 Corinthians 2:14   But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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When we are born again we become light and we no longer walk in the darkness with this world.  And the darkness will not walk in light because they love darkness for they are of darkness.

A friend is one who supports you and assists you in the way you are going.

James 4:4  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

A woman who is likely a lesbian asked me:  "Do you support lesbians?"

It shocked me!  I replied, "No ... I don't think so."  

(And I sent her the following scriptures from the Bible.)

Romans 1

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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To become a friend of this world, you would have to deny scriptures.

God says:

2 Corinthians 6

14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

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.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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*** The way of God upon the earth.

The Holy Spirit of God produces the way of God as we live on this earth:  The fruits produced by the Holy Spirit who lives in us are:  love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:  (Gal. 5:22-23)

The Holy Spirit who is in us searches the heart of God to show us the will of God in the matter at hand.

When we go in the way shown us by the Holy Spirit we produce the fruits of God.

By our fruits we know one another for we have the same Spirit when we are going in the way of God.

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The way of the flesh produces evil upon this earth.

Galatians 5:19-21  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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I Corinthians 6:18  Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Fornication is a sin unlike all other sins.  For at the time of sexual intercourse, the two become one flesh.

I Corinthians 6:15-16  Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.

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Living in superstitions is a form of "witchcraft", conjuring by something you do, rather than trusting in the living God.

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Hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings ... Trying to exalt yourself above others and to get your own will upon the earth.

(seditions:  conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or government)

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Drunkenness, revellings:  

(Revel:  enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing;  get great pleasure from a situation or experience; carouse; usually a wild party or celebration)

Ephesians 5:18   And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

James 4:4  ... Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

II Corinthians 6:14-18  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

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.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Philippians 2  (concerning Jesus)

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon HIM the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, HE humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted HIM, and given HIM a name which is above every name:

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Jesus always obeyed God.

Jesus said:  "My kingdom is not of this world."  John 18:36 ... "if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence."

The saints of God viewed themselves as being strangers and pilgrims on this earth.

Hebrews 11:13-17 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for HE hath prepared for them a city.

The way of men of this world is opposite from the way of the Spirit of God.

Galatians 5:16  Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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*** The arrogance of man.

Man has forgotten that God has power over the heaven and earth.

Now many men think man is causing the drought upon the earth.  They even think by their own acts they can do something to control the weather.

They forget, or never even knew, that God is in control.

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Recently I was greatly refreshed and restored when I read the following scripture.

Psalm 65

9 THOU visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when THOU hast so provided for it.

10 THOU waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: THOU settlest the furrows thereof: THOU makest it soft with showers: THOU blessest the springing thereof.

11 THOU crownest the year with THY goodness; and THY paths drop fatness.

12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

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Genesis 8:22  While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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Psalm 66

5 Come and see the works of God: HE is terrible in HIS doing toward the children of men.

6 HE turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in HIM.

7 HE ruleth by HIS power for ever; HIS eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves.

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*** Declaring the work of God.

We who are of God delight in that which God does and we declare the work of God to others.

Psalm 64

9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of HIS doing.

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in HIM; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

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I John 4

4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is HE that is in you, than he that is in the world.

5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

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*** Changed by God

 

When God changes us, giving us a new heart and a new Spirit, we are as the mountains which cannot be moved by man.

Psalm 65:6  Which by HIS strength setteth fast the mountains.

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Ezekiel 36  (God says)

23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

(Before we were born again we spoke of God but often "profaned" God, made things of God to be secular.  After we are born again the people who knew us before we were born again recognize that we are now very different.  We've changed.  And God is now sanctified in us before their eyes.)

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.

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2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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*** Jesus says: They who worship God must worship HIM in Spirit and in truth.

How do you do that?

💥 Think about things God has done for you in past and words God has spoken to you.

Born again:  I think about how I was born again.  God spoke to me on August 5, 1975, and said:  "Joan ... you know all those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."  I was so shocked!  And I was changed immediately by God into a new creature.

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Then I wanted to read the Bible.  I thought about God throughout the day.  Before this, I don't recall thinking often about God.  But now I wanted to be with Christians.  I wanted to go to church.

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💥   God began instructing me by HIS Spirit.

One of the early instructions was:  "Get out of debt and stay out of debt."

I set my goal to do this and within about 6 months I was out of debt.  For the remainder of my life I stayed out of debt.  (Not purchasing cars or house until I had the cash accumulated to do so.)

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A few days after I was born again, in the night while sleeping, I was transported into heaven. I was with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit.  (I saw no physical images.  It was a spiritual experience.) At that time I was "merged" into the body of Jesus, made one with the Word of God, God and the Holy Spirit witnessing.

This exact same thing happened a couple of nights later.

Often when I am discouraged, I think about this and am restored by God to go forward in the ministry.

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God began teaching me Bible:

Often when I read Bible, God would teach me the meaning of verses.

💥  Matthew 24:3-5  Jesus said:

3 And as HE sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto HIM privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of THY coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

They would come saying "Jesus is Lord" and because they said this, they would be able to deceive many in church groups.

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3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) 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.

As I was reading this scripture in 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The 'falling away' are the churches leaving the scriptures."

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💥  Matthew 16

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, HE asked HIS disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 HE saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, THOU art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but MY Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The power of God is The Word that God gives us from heaven.  The church is built on that Word that God reveals to us.

Confessing Jesus is not the power of God.  It is when a person tells us what God has done in his life or what God has told him that we have the confirmation of God in HIM.  

Many come saying Jesus is Lord and deceive many.  (Remember Jesus' warning in Mt. 24:3-5?)

💥  God took me to every section of scripture in both the Old and New testaments to teach me about the work of prophets in the church.

First God showed me there are prophets working in the NT church today.

Ephesians 4:8;11-12  

8 Wherefore HE saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

And from the Bible, God taught me the work of a prophet of God.

Acts 11:27-29  And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.  And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

Acts 15:32  And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

Ezekiel 3  (God speaks to the prophet Ezekiel)

4 And HE said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with MY words unto them.

(Prophets are sent to the church.)

5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto ME: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all MY words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

And if you, as a prophet, fail to speak to them and they are destroyed, their blood will be on your hands.

Ezekiel 3:17-19  God said:  Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at MY mouth, and give them warning from ME.

18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

I asked God if there was any place in the New Testament where a minister was made responsible for the blood of another person.  God reminded me of the following.

Acts 20:26-27  (The apostle Paul speaking to the elders at Ephesus)  Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

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Jeremiah 1:8-10 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Then the LORD put forth HIS hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put MY words in thy mouth. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

16 And I will utter MY judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken ME, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

Jeremiah 7:8-11 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.  Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before ME in this house, which is called by MY name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

11 Is this house, which is called by MY name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

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In 1982, God gave me a dream showing me I was in great danger after speaking some messages.  And God said to me, "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."  I cancelled all ministry travel plans and remained home at my apartment. 

I was on radio at that time from coast to coast in USA.  I had been going into radio cities and having meetings at hotels and convention centers and city meeting theaters.

I continued recording radio broadcasts at my apartment in Dallas but I didn't go out again.

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So we worship God in Spirit and in truth as we think on that which God has said and has done and then our faith is in God and not in man.

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