Five-Fold Today - You will be as a Flame for Me - A Holy Mandate - Israel Effort - Fire On the Mountain - A New Level of Revelatory Grace - Remnant - Do not shrink back now! - Changing of the Guard - Perfected in Unity - New Expression of the Ecclesia
You will be as a Flame for Me
Don Franklin
And oh, man of God, you have not seen yet what I've called you to
do; you haven't even seen it. And it hasn't even entered your mind, nor
your spirit, nor your intellect that which I've called you to do!
Fear not, saith the Lord. Your ancestry goes deep. Your lineage is way
back in the Gospel, son. And those that walked in the ancient pathways of
your lineage are calling out now for the fulfillment of that which I
promised them when they were alive and walking the earth. And you will be
the embodiment of the fulfillment of those generations of men and women
that served God.
And it will come upon you in the coming days, a flame and a fire of God
is going to come upon you and you will be as a flame for Me. I'm going to
give you the mouth of a flaming prophet, saith the Lord, and I will put
upon you the boldness to speak the Word of the Lord in an unusual and in a
fiery manner, but always, always in the balance of God, always in the
anointing of God, always a correct word in a correct season.
But great and glorious things are in your future. And though you walk now
in a humble robe, then the robe will come off and what God has done, what
the anointing has done, when the shimmering mantle of the almighty is put
upon you then will be seen for the purposes of God.
But for now, continue your walk, for you've known in your heart there is
more to you than this. You've known in your heart, "This is not the end of
what I was created to do." But you have not yet seen that which I've
called you to. Today I give you a glimmer, a look of what is coming for
you. Hold on, Son; hold on.
Pray deep; pray mightily. Breathe in that which gives you life and reject
that which brings death upon you. Breathe in that which brings you life
and strength and courage and hope and a future, and reject all of that
which brings death and depression and slowness to your spirit. Breathe in
life and be encouraged in the anointing of God. Be encouraged by the
realms of Heaven.
You will be allowed to go where others cannot go, but it is for a purpose
to bring back that which I show you to feed to those who cannot go
themselves. You will be allowed to enter, saith the Lord, as I allowed
Ezekiel, as I allowed Daniel, as I allowed Isaiah to enter realms of
Heaven and retrieve things to come back to the earth to give to the Body
of Christ.
No, not that you are more special, but that there are those that
are given certain keys and passageways in the heavenlies to bring back
things for others. And I've chosen you because you will share; you will
not hoard it to yourself, and you will not seek to make a great profit off
it either. But you will give gladly and freely to your brother and for
this will your name be honored in the coming days, and for this will I
give you great privilege and great position.
So fear not, the Hand of God is upon you. The cord that I have
formed - a triple-fold cord is not easily broken. And it's a golden cord;
it is not a cord of rope; it is a golden cord of God with the purposes of
God in mind.
Prophecy by Don Franklin October 17, 2000 @ CHC
A HOLY MANDATE
YOLANDA BALLARD
My children, I have called you out from among the
heathen to do a deep work in your hearts so that in turn
you can go back in amongst them and be a blessing unto
them. Yes, I have called you out to draw you back in that
you may be lights among the darkness, that you may be the
purifier, the salt that they need that their lives may be
refined. For without you, the called out ones, they have
no one to lead them to the path of holiness that they may
know My Son.
My Son died for all who will call upon His name in
humble repentance of their wicked ways. Yes, they need
the grace of their Savior to draw them in. They cannot do
it on their own. they cannot repent or even see the Light
without the grace and mercy which I pour out lavishly.
So, be ready at all times for you never know when there is
one around you who is searching and seeking with all their
heart to know the Truth, the One True God.
Be ready at all times to pour out My love and
grace upon those around you. For I am calling you to
humble yourselves, and to repent of your own wicked ways
of having your own agendas, of not seeking My ace
wholeheartedly as to how you should spend your time. For
it is not your own time. It was purchased with the price
of the blood of My own Son. And I did not lead you out
that you might live a life of vanity of empty nothingness.
I have given you a purpose and a plan and you need to
seek Me to fulfill your destiny. You are not out on your
own. I have a purpose to fulfill in you. So line up and
stand in rank and march to fulfill your destiny.
And march right into the enemy's territory and
tear down the strongholds by your praises and your shouts
and keep all the pieces of your armor securely fastened.
Keep your eyes on Me and worship Me and move across the
land with My anointing, My power and My glory. And be as
one Body as Me and My Father are one. And stand in the
gap sensitive to the wooing of My Spirit to draw unto Me
in wholehearted intercession.
For I have not called the feeble but the mighty
warriors to do My bidding in the land. And we win! The
battle has already been won at Calvary. So march out and
possess what is already yours, says your God.
bethsheeba@juno.com
Israel Effort
BFP Israel
Since 1995 Israel has made a sincere and noble effort to establish
peace with her Arab neighbors. Most Israeli citizens, weary of sending
their sons & daughters to war, were eager for peace and hopeful that it was
just around the corner.
But with recent events, those hopes have been dashed, and Israel
is again under attack, both in the streets and in the press. Israelis are
feeling increasingly isolated and alone. World opinion, organized and
directed by a hostile United Nations, accuses them of unnecessary force and
barbarism, while they attempt to defend themselves against those with whom
they once sought peace.
BFP represents vast numbers of Christians worldwide who believe
that those who bless Israel are blessed. We give thanks for the Jewish
heritage of our own faith, and we have committed ourselves to stand with
Israel and the Jewish community in good times and bad. More than any time
in her short history, Israel needs us now!
Please join with us as we stand up to be counted, as lovers and
supporters of the Land and People of the Bible. Help us say to Israel, "you
are not alone!"
BFPIsrael@compuserve.com
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Diane Bahler
The only
fear this word should inspire is the FEAR OF THE LORD
which is the beginning of wisdom. I believe the "fire"
in this word may represent a great release of revelation
of the fear of the Lord and when that comes there is not
likely to be any of us that will not fall on our faces to
repent of dead works. So yes, we are ALL going to feel
the fire, but this should be read as a word of GRACE.
This word is for those who have come to the mountain of
the Lord. His Spirit of burning has been working in the
hearts of many for a long time now and to those who have
invited it in, the word is to "Look up for your
redemption draws nigh." You are about to become PART of
the fire. But this is also a cry from the Lord's heart
for those who have resisted this Spirit of burning up
until now to RUN TO HIM. I believe there may be a short
window of opportunity for repentance of unbelief before
the fire roars out of control.
The word is that the gates are OPEN - His arms are OPEN.
He is saying to run UP the mountain - run INTO the fire!
He is speaking to those who have already been sent the
testimony of His Word, His prophets and His Spirit and
yet who have refused to believe that this fire was from
HIM. Judgment is NOT to be feared by those who invite it
into their hearts. For those who embrace it, judgment
brings righteousness, peace and prosperity. This is only
a fearful word of judgment for those who time after time
refuse to hear what the Spirit is saying and who after
many opportunities for repentance have continued to
harden their hearts. It is a word of fearful judgment
only for those who have WILLFULLY chosen to follow the
path laid out by man instead of God - and even to those
the Lord is going to send martyrs so that some will be
saved. However, the day WILL come - and is coming soon -
when the gates of grace will close for those who over
time have committed the sin of blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit through unbelief and this word is a word of grace
warning of that day. The Lord desires that ALL would be
saved. That is why He has sent so many warnings. That is
why He is sending THIS one! Come into the only place that
will be safe in the fire - the shelter of HIS tabernacle
- union with Jesus.
"But each one should be careful how he builds. For no
one can lay any foundation other than the one already
laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this
foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay
or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because
the DAY will bring it to light. It will be revealed with
FIRE, and the FIRE WILL TEST THEQUALITY OF EACH MAN'S
WORK. If what he has built survives, he will receive his
reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he
himself will be saved, BUT ONLY AS ONE ESCAPING THROUGH
THE FLAMES." 1Cor. 3: 11-15
For the last few months the Lord has been speaking to me
through the media about storms - past, present and coming
soon. Last summer when the movie The Perfect Storm came
out the Lord spoke to me about the tidal waves coming
fueled by the "No Name" storm. A couple of nights ago I
found my attention drawn to a program on the History
Channel entitled The Wrath of God about historic fires.
The part of that show that caught my attention was the
fire that occurred in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Oct. 8, 1871.
According to the program it was the most devastating fire
in terms of loss of life in U.S. history. What really
caught my attention was that earlier that evening I had
received an email from a friend asking what was 50 days
from the day the Lord gave me a very clear call to His
gatekeepers to open up the gates. Oct. 8 will be 50
days. It is also the eve of Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is
the conclusion of ten days of repentance beginning on
Rosh Hashanah. On Rosh Hashanah the gates are opened.
On Yom Kippur the sacrifice is consumed by fire - the
glory of the Lord. At the final blast of the shofar, the
gates of heaven are closed. I believe the Lord is saying
that we are entering into a spiritual season of
repentance leading to a spiritual Yom Kippur - the Day of
Atonement - the Day of the Lord. The gates have been
opened. The sacrifice has been made. But at the blowing
of the last shofar the gates will be closed. The time to
repent of dead works and trusting in man is NOW. The
time to work is NOW while it is day. When "evening"
comes and the gates are closed, it will be too late.
Dbahler5@aol.com
A NEW LEVEL OF REVELATORY GRACE
Peggy West
Mark 1:13b " ... and the angels ministered to Him."
I am releasing angelic ministry into the body of Christ. You, both
individually and corporately, will begin to see manifestations of My
glory, accompanied by angelic visitations. Get ready, for I am
loosing a new level of revelatory grace in 2001. Revelatory grace is
an understanding of how your sins have been covered both in and by My
blood. It is a deeper understanding of My work of atonement on
Calvary, and it will be used to win the lost to Me, for My heart is
souls - always has been; always will be.
IT'S THE GOODNESS OF GOD
It is the goodness of God that brings repentance, and revelatory grace
is a new and deeper understanding of My goodness toward an individual.
Not a general sense of grace, but deeply personal - how My mercy has
covered an individual's walk through life, and each person will see
specifically and personally how I have loved and cared for that person
throughout their life.
FOR THOSE WHO WILL PREACH MERCY
Those that preach My mercy and grace will begin to
operate in this gift, and they will begin to see their flock literally
run to the altars in repentance, because this revelation of grace will
melt even the hardest of hears. This is part of my "October Surprise"
for the body of Christ. As the older and mature do not rip and tear
their way through Christmas gifts under the tree, so I am releasing My
gifts to be tenderly opened, and individually savored by My body.
Revel in My gifts for you - oh, taste and see that the Lord is good,
and that I am adorning My bride, dressed in the finest of linen, with
heavenly jewels.
Savor and enjoy each one, for I am the Bridegroom wooing His bride by
showering love and kisses upon her, revealing layer upon layer of My
love, mercy and grace.
I am wooing you to fall in love with Me all over again, and to rekindle
your first love, only this time with more passion and grace and a depth
you thought was not possible.
It is this depth of love that the world will see and then
they will know that I AM.
west_margaret/mgccc@mgccc.cc.ms.us
Remnant
Pam Clark
If this generation blows it, there will still be a remnant for
God has promised in His Word that He would be there from generation to
generation, even if there are just a few.
On more than one occassion of Biblical historical significance, there were
only a few. What kind of people ought we to be? Those who make it
difficult or those who try to help others believe?
Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night
unto Him, though he bear long with them?
Luke 18:8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when
the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?
Are you sure of your strongholds in God? Can we cry for justice if there
is no law in the land? Have you ever tried to reason with one who regards
not the Word and Command of God? You can't do it!
TrumpetWind@prophetic.net
Do not shrink back now!
William Hardaway
Once you were lost without hope. Then I revealed myself to you and you
chose to become mine. Now that the years have passed, why do you still
doubt the my love for you?
It is true that you have been through many battles and attacks of the
enemy. Trials and storms have come and gone. But we are coming to a place
of the completion of my purposes for your life.
Do not shrink back now! The enemy has come against you mightily. But the
storms have passed and once again I will renew and restore you.
I will erase every pain and heal the wounds you have suffered. Nothing
will stop what I have prepared for you to do. I will restore all that the
enemy has taken in your life.
Come and drink of Me and I will overflow you with my love and power.
Soon.......very soon my purposes for your life will unfold.
Please be patient for a little while longer and allow me to reveal my love
and my heart to you. Doubt and worry will soon be cares of the past.
I am about to a new thing in your life and set you on a high place. I will
deliver you from the cares of this world. I desire to set you free!
Please endure a little longer, your deliverance from this world is at hand!
Bill
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Ching Co
I saw a massive change taking place in the army of God.
Those that God has used mightily and visibly in the past
are being recalled and replaced with another group of
army which has been pretty much hidden before.
This recall does not in any way reflect God's demotion
nor displeasure. Instead the reverse is true. God is
bringing to a higher place His generals in the order of
Moses and fielding out many Joshua's. This will not in
any way diminished what they have sown faithfully into
the kingdom of God.
Many of our great leaders today and in the past have
been walking in the anointing of Moses which has drawn
attention and place a heavier burden upon those standing
in the frontline. But this will soon change for in the
same manner that God take of the Spirit resting on Moses
and put the Spirit on the seventy elders that Moses
brought before the Lord and they helped Moses carry the
burden of the people (Numbers 11:16-17) So God will begin
to do the same in the body of Christ.
THE CROSS
I saw a big cross up on the mountaintop and I saw men
and women of God carrying precious packages and laying
them down at the feet of the cross. The packages
represent the lifelong works of these men and women of
God.
And as each packages was laid down at the foot of the
cross, I sense a bright light coming down and taking
them to the heavens unto the arms of the Lord. I saw
the Lord blow on these packages and throw them back into
the earth like arrows, and when it reaches the earth, it
has the appearance of lightning flashing from one end to
the other lighting up the sky with such magnificent
display of power and light.
WAGING TONGUE
Surrounding that place I perceive an evil darkness
overshadowing it, and all I can see were waging tongues
trying to speak into the ears of the people on the way to
the cross. What I received was that the enemy will not
be silent and will continue to bombard these people
inwardly and outwardly with many distractions and
obstacles making the climb to the cross more difficult.
SURRENDER AND FAILURE
The way to the cross will be littered with thorns and
often times when perceived from the earthly eyes, the
effect will look like acts of surrender and failures. God
has designed the road to be that way because no one whom
God has chosen for great service will be exempted from
the path of the cross.
THE RESURRECTION
But after the cross, there will be something greater
awaiting these faithful saints. The power of the
resurrection will be revealed to them and made
manifest in such a great and mighty way that only
God can do. Men cannot imitate this and the world will
see and will understand the value that the Almighty
placed upon these precious ones and what they have
offered to God. God will sovereignly vindicate them
before all men.
CAUTION
As members of the body of Christ. We must be careful not
to pass judgment when we hear or see of any negative
reports about any of God's general, for many times what
we see before us will be an incomplete report and only
God knows the whole reason for what He has allowed to
take place.
Instead like the sons of Noah Shem and Japheth, when
they heard of their father's nakedness took a garment
and laid it across their shoulders and walking backward
covered their father's nakedness (Genesis 9:20-27) We
too watching from the outside also have the
responsibility to cover them in love for a great
blessings awaits those who are willing to walk this path.
PRAYER
"Father, we know that You are at work among the nations,
bringing to pass Your great plans and purposes. And as
we see changes taking place in our midst. Guard our
hearts and our tongues and like Jesus' disciples, we
also offer this same petition ' Lead us not into
temptations; but deliver us from the evil one.'(Matthew
6:13). Cover every generals within Your body in a very
special way this season and speak clearly to their hearts
about Your great plans and purposes for them. Let them
understand Your ways and Your thoughts and prepare us
for the great change that is coming our way. In Christ
name I release all these by faith trusting that the Holy
Spirit will sift through every words that I have spoken
herein.. Amen!"
May God's people be faithful to test these words
accordingly.
Sis. Ching Co
PERFECTED IN UNITY
by Rick Joyner
"But we have the mind of Christ" (I Corinthians 2:16b). Note here that the apostle said
"we" have the mind of Christ, not "I." No one person can have the whole mind of Christ, but
each of us have been given a part. Therefore, we must come together in unity to have His
complete mind. To the degree that we are connected in fellowship with the rest of His church is
to the degree that we will have His whole council. Unity is not an ideal, it is essential if we
are to have the whole truth or walk in the whole council of God. This is why, on the last night
that the Lord was to be on the earth in His human form, He prayed that we would be "perfected
in unity" (John 17:23).
Several years ago it became popular to recognize and try to get free of what has been
called "co-dependence." This is an unhealthy attachment to another person, or group, in which
our own personality is swallowed up in the identity of another. This can be done with a spouse,
friend, boss, parent, child, or groups such as clubs, associations, etc. We can also have an
unhealthy, co-dependent relationship with the church. Cults are usually composed of
co-dependent people who are seeking their own identity through the group. Domineering leaders
who are decisive and seem to know where they are going do attract weak, co-dependent people.
The point has been rightly made that to get free of our tendency toward co-dependence we
must go through a period of independence when we really find out who we are. This is true, but
we must not stop there. The highest attainment is not independence, but interdependence. In
fact, we cannot fully know our own identity until we are properly related to other people.
Co-dependence is not true unity. It is dominance of the weak by the strong. We do each need to
have a period in our life when we seek our own gifts and callings and become secure in who we
are and what we have been called to do. Only then is true unity possible. Unity is not the
melding together of people so that personal identity is lost, but it is the recognition and
working together of the different and unique parts of the body so that it functions as a unit.
For my body to function right, my heart has to be a heart and I do not want it to ever
try to become a lung. To function right, my heart needs the lungs, kidneys, liver, and blood
vessels, but it must not ever try to be anything but a heart. I can have five of the most
healthy hearts in the world, but if they are not attached to at least one good lung, those
hearts are going to die. The Lord has composed His body, the church, in the same way. It is
supposed to be many different, unique parts that know their own identities, but also know their
places in the whole. I have asked a number of large groups of Christians in churches and
conferences how many knew their calling or ministry in the body. Most of the time the response
was less than 5 percent. The highest it has ever been is about 20 percent. How well could you
make it if only 5 percent of your body was functioning, or even 20 percent? This is the state
of the body of Christ. We are in need of unity, but we must first go through the stage where each member of the body comes to know their place and purpose in
the body.
I have contended for years that at the present time there is a need for different
denominations and movements within the church. Because the members of the body have not
graduated from the "independence" stage of maturity in which identity is fundamentally
established, we need to stay there until it is. However, we have been there for centuries now.
It is time to get the job completed and press on toward the ultimate fulfillment that can only
be found in interdependence with the rest of the church.
A heart "knows" that it is a heart and not a lung because it recognizes the place of the
lung, and works together with it. Even though we need to go through the independent stage, we
will not fully know who we are and our place until we are firmly established in
interdependence. All true New Testament ministry is a team of different parts that function
together as a unit. Barnabus had to go and find Saul (who later became Paul), and then both of
them had to get in the right place, Antioch, before they could be released into their own
ultimate callings as apostles. In the same way, we too must seek out those who we are called to
be joined with in the Lord before we can be released into our ultimate purpose.
I have heard an alarming number of Christians say that they love the Lord but they just
do not like the church. As John wrote, this is not possible. We do not really love the Lord if
we do not love our brothers. The Lord Himself said that as we treat the least of His people it
is counted as the way that we treat Him. We do not have to love the state that the church is
in, but we must love His church. If we do not love the church, we will never be useful in
helping her attain her purpose, which can only be accomplished as we come into unity. The
Scriptures are clear that the church will attain to it before the end comes. The Lord's prayer
will be answered, and we will be perfected in unity. Let us all consider that we will be a part
of helping this come to pass, and not a stumbling block to it.
Morningstar Ministries
NEW EXPRESSION OF THE ECCLESIA PART 2
The Quickening of the Spirit and the Desires of the Flesh...
by Marcus Vann
1577 ekklesia (ek-klay-see'-ah); ecclesia from a
compound of 1537 and a derivative of 2564; a calling out,
i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a
religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian
community of members on earth or saints in heaven or
both): KJV-- assembly, church.
If we, the ecclesia, are to be a part of what God is
doing now, we will need a new mind, and, therefore, a new
desire. In order to pursue God, we will need our desires
to be changed. Man is in the constant pursuit of desire,
whether good or evil.
This is one of the primary reasons for receiving the
quickening of God's Spirit. It subdues or mortifies the
desires of the flesh. Once the desires for the flesh are
subdued a new desire for the things of the Spirit will
emerge. Before God quickened us by His Spirit, we were
walking according to the course of this world; we were
walking in the direction of those that don't know God.
When God quickened us by His Spirit, He changed our
course. Whenever our desires change, so does our course
or destiny. Every man is in pursuit of the desires of
his heart:he is in constant pursuit of his own desires.
Our desires or expectations are subject to change and
changing our way of thinking is one way our desires are
changed.
In order to be fully committed unto the Lord we
understand that the desire of the flesh is something that
is to be brought under subjection everyday. For the
desires of the flesh are constantly waging war against
the desires of the Spirit. Through the flesh, Satan is
attempting to destroy our desire for the things of God.
When we learn to be ruled by the desires of the spirit we
will have the discipline necessary to seek and attain
unto the mysteries of the Kingdom of God. Among other
things, Satan uses the desires of our flesh as a means of
occupying our time! His intention is to keep us from
having the time and the discipline to seek and attain the
mysteries of God's Kingdom. Any desire that we allow to
take precedence over the things of God becomes an object of
worship. These desires may not necessarily be evil in
themselves; but nevertheless they have priority over the
things of God and, therefore,constitute idolatry.
The Quickening ( made alive - given life )
Rom 8:11 11. But if the Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up
Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (KJV)
Rom 8:11 11. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus
from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from
the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit who dwells in you. (NKJ)
2227 zoopoieo (dzo-op-oy-eh'-o);
from the same as 2226 and 4160; to (re-) vitalize
(literally or figuratively):
KJV-- make alive, give life, quicken.
This passage refers to being raised from the dead in sin,
not just the dead who are raised at the coming of the
Lord. It speaks of the death in Adam of our flesh,
revealing that only the Spirit of God can deal with our
flesh
Eph 2:1-2
1 And you hath he quickened, (made alive - given life) who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince
of the power of the air, the spirit
that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
(KJV)
Eph 2:1-2
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of
the power of the air, the spirit who
now works in the sons of disobedience,
(NKJ)
Eph 2:5-9 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are
saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
If we are to live free from the power of demonic
consultation, we will live by the illumination of the
Word of God in our heart by faith as the Spirit of God
works within us. As priests, as the Spirit directs us, we
will discipline ourselves to enter into the realm of
light, (spirit,) that place of illumination. Without
illumination we are domed to fulfill the lusts of our
flesh. Without illumination, we unknowingly confer with
the enemy concerning the affairs of our lives. As we mind
or focus or meditate upon the Spirit's illumination of
our heart, the Spirit of God will begin to quicken our
mortal bodies. and we will be changed into His image.
God's power is further magnified through the confession
of our faith ( reality, revaluation, understanding ) in
God that we received in the place of illumination (spirit ).
In our prayer time we have the opportunity to
take that which has been illuminated unto us and meditate
upon it, speak it, and rehearse it before God. As the Spirit
of God quickens our bodies, it ( Spirit of God )
mortifies or subdues the lust of the flesh. Only the
Spirit of God can deal with our flesh. To walk in the
spirit, is to walk in the light of that has been
illuminated ( understanding, revaluation ) in the heart.
This brings a manifestation of God's power upon the flesh
and will conquer it's evil and worldly desires.
Gal 5:16-17 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you
shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh
lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you
do not do the things that you wish. (NKJ)
In Colossian 3:2 we are told to set our affections on the
things above and not on things of the earth. This is an
area where that we are called to constantly guard
against. Make no mistake about it: the flesh desires the
things of this world. ( To be knowing, to not suffer
anything, to have nice things,) If the flesh is not
brought under subjection, our affection will be brought
into captivity . Though we may be children of God, we
will be reduced to being servant of our flesh. In order
to set our affection on things above, the power of our
flesh and its desires will have to have been dealt with
by the Spirit of God.
Without the quickening of God's Spirit there is no
restraint. We go from fulfilling one lust of the flesh to
the next. This doesn't necessarily mean sex: it is
desiring the things of the world.
Col 3:1-3
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things
which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
(NKJ)
Religion is another tool that Satan uses to keep us from
seeking God in the spirit.
Idolatry or the need to worship and adore something or
somebody is a desire that is resident within our flesh.
Satan seeks to satisfy this need or desire in us by
inviting us into a religious order that does not require
us to serve God in the spirit.
To become content with a religion that does not promote
obedience to God in the spirit is to yield to our lusts.
Only through the Spirit can the desires of our flesh be
brought under subjection.
Even preaching or ministering to others does not crucify
the flesh. It is not the hearer or the preacher of the
Word that is blessed; it is the doer of the Word!
The mentality that says that we must work for God has
been the downfall of many Christian ministers. That way
of thinking has kept many of us from coming into a full
revelation of Jesus Christ and knowing what it means to
serve God in the spirit. Every child of God has the
freedom to receive the quickening of God's Spirit. Those
that do will find that the quickening of the Spirit
mortifies the desires of their flesh. If we live or are
controlled by the desires of the flesh we will die. But
if by the Spirit, we put to death the deeds of the body,
we will live!
Rom 8:13-14 13 For if you live according to the flesh you
will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds
of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by
the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. (NKJ)
Marcus Vann
apostolicvoice@juno.com
October 28, 2000
WHard1954@aol.com
Cebu City
Philippines
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