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End Time Saints (1)

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David Eells, 10/11/26

New Leadership to Raise Up Saints

Franklin Walden, Sr.

"For the Lord would say unto His children ... Know now that which lies ahead. As I send My judgment upon the earth and into all the world, all they who seek My face and seek after My righteousness and seek to do My will and to be led by My Spirit shall not be overtaken. But they shall rise above and thou shalt be upon thee.

"When the storms, the earthquakes, the pestilence, the diseases; when all these things come in the beginning of the days of sorrow; none shall come to thy house.

I will preserve My children and My Spirit shall rest upon them. But they must seek My face. They must not be entertained by anything of this world nor give themselves to that which is unholy, for I am the Lord their God. Thou canst watch and thou shalt see. When thou seest this come to pass, thou shalt understand that what I have said in the Spirit bears out in the natural. For soon there shall come a shaking in all the kingdoms of the earth; for they are not of Me. Just before I am to set up My kingdom, there shall be a shaking of all the earthly kingdoms.

Another great leader, as mankind looks at the greatness of man, shall be assassinated. (We know that a President Trump will be assassinated but JFK Jr. will take his place, who is a Christian and is the Vice-President of the Republic now. He is prepared to take over.) Thou shalt know that thou hast heard and it has not been spoken by man, but God has spoken through man and thou have no fear, for your trust is placed in Me. Thou must not be fretful, but thou must be content and at rest, for I am your rest.

Other things shall happen in these last days; volcanoes shall continue to erupt. Earthquakes shall continue to come. Diseases that have not been known to man shall break out and many shall break out, and many shall be afflicted. For the plague of death is in the world today because My people have turned to follow the ways of man and not My ways.

I would say to thee that thou must become sensitive to My Spirit. My angels that are encamped around about thee will guard over thee. They shall protect thee and thou will have no fear for thou knowest My voice.

The plague that shall come, medical science will not have an answer for many shall die but unto you who are under My umbrella; it shall not come nigh thy door. Be not afraid but trust in Me, saith the Lord.

I am going to place a heavy anointing upon all of My servants. (Jesus will come as the latter rain anointing on the Man-child reformers.) This anointing that comes upon My servants shall flow to those sheep that I have set them over. (Just as Jesus breathed on the Apostles.) They shall know that it is a work that I am doing. The gifts shall be manifested in the lives of the believers. No longer shall thou be as thou was for that which was inside thee that thou longed to have an outlet for; I am going to open up the doors. Thou art going to be filled with My joy. My joy is going to give thee strength in every battle that thou fightest in.

Prepare thyself to read My Word. Study it. Meditate on it. Hide it in thine heart. Pray and seek My face. Seek after My righteousness, for I am going to fill all My servants, that I have set over My flock, with My wisdom and My knowledge and they will not walk in darkness but will understand every move of Satan.

I will reveal all the strategies of Satan and give them the strategy of God so My people can pull down the strongholds and cause the kingdom of Satan to crumble. Behold! I am coming soon, saith the Lord.

There is a spirit of error in the land today that is saying, 'Go there in the desert and you will find Jesus', or "Go there to the mountains for that is where He is.” Do not be misled.

This same spirit of error is saying that Jesus does not exist today and that there is no second coming. it is even trying to convince my people that I do not exist. The spirit of error is pulling and teaching to go back under the law and denying the grace of God. Beware of the spirit of error because it is a great spirit of deception. Do not let this spirit of deception cause you to turn from My ways. For if thou turn away from that which I have given thee, thou shalt surely stand before me in want and when thou art weighted in the balances thou wilt come up wanting.

There is a spirit of error in the land that comes as in My name, saith the Lord, that causes you to have respect of persons. It causes you not to love all of My creation. This spirit will bring a barrier between the races. Know that this spirit is not of me, saith the Lord. It is a wrong spirit, for I am the Creator of all things and all things that I have created, I have loved.

Any spirit that comes into thy midst and causes you to hate any of My creation is not of Me. Any spirit that causes you not to be able to fellowship with all My people; that spirit is not of Me. For there are many spirits in the land today, but there is only one true Spirit - the Spirit of the Holy Ghost. Your eyes shall be opened to understanding and not be blinded in error when thou totally trust in Me, thus saith the Lord.

I would speak and say now... though the spirit is a religious spirit, it does not testify of Me. It exalts the flesh and the man and not Me. It draws attention to those who have made themselves apostles who are not apostles, those who have made themselves prophets who are not prophets, who have gone and said I sent them when I did not. But I have not sent them to cause My people to be in confusion. Confusion is Not of me but is from Satan.

Know that even this year thou shalt see great changes. One change shall be in My people who have cause to humble themselves and seek My face. I am the Lord thy God.

My eyes are upon the righteous but the wicked shall come to a bitter end. All the false prophets and those who have denied My name shall perish. A spirit of confusion shall come upon them and they shall go from one error to another until they will be destroyed through their own ungodly ways.

Now, My children, let he that hath an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit saith. For what the Spirit saith. For what lies ahead of us is victory. It is not a time to draw back, but it is a time to press forward. It is not a time to say 'What's the use?' but it is a time to say 'We must do it'. It is a time we must put our minds together, all having the mind of Christ, that we might make up the hedge and stand in the gap in this evil generation.

Soon thou shalt see a manifestation of My Spirit such as thou hast not seen in this generation. It shall be a full impact of My power and everything that can be shaken will be shaken. But My children shall stand sure on that Rock and the revelation which I have given them. They shall not be shaken.

Know that I am in the midst of thee - and all that happened... has been of Me, saith the Lord. Thou shalt see greater things in the Body of Christ. Walls shall crumble, differences shall be dissolved, peace shall reign from the bosom of my children. My love shall flow among them, and they shall have compassion for one another. They shall stand together and never be defeated because their faith standeth not in man but in Me, saith the Word of the Lord".

(At this point, the Lord showed me the following vision which I feel compelled to share.)

In the Spirit, the Lord showed me a great crack coming into the earth. It opened up and many people were destroyed through this tragedy. The crack was so big that automobiles were sinking into the earth.

The voice of the Lord said, "Know that when thou hearest about this that it will bring your mind back to what I have said. But fear not, My children, for I am with you always".

 

Saints Enter Wilderness; U.N. Swallows World

Jonathan (David’s notes in red)

In this dream, I saw an image of the world as it appeared to suck into itself. A voice said, "It is using itself to support itself". The voice also said, "The U.N. will suck everything into itself, including the U.S., taking every source and resource to support itself in the order to come". (A revival of the old UN?)

A feeling of dread and painful sacrifice came over me. I thought that I had already sacrificed a lot for the Lord, but not as much as they were looking for. I was taken to a scene in a desert (The Wilderness Tribulation), and the voice was telling me about a strategy that this desert served. I heard the voice say, "This is a training ground for a select group of people and those whose hearts and minds are ready will go through it and have life. However, one will lose his life in this desert area". (We must lose our life in this world to have His life. Mat.16:24-26 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?)

I experienced the feeling of suffocation and excruciating pain in this desert area. Again, one will die going through it. I started heading toward it, and death started to overwhelm me. A force came, trying to pull me back, but at the same time letting me go, which added to the suffering. It also seemed to be tickling my arm at the same time. I could hear the voice say, "One cannot go through this preparation and death without their mind and heart solely on the Lord. You will die if you don't have your mind on Christ as the One who will see you through". (Many of the Israelites fell in the wilderness through unbelief.)

Php.2:1-5 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, 2 make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3 doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; 4 not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5 Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

1Pe.4:1-2 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

After I woke up, this came to me: You have to go through it wholeheartedly, not of selfish ambition, like Peter did in Joh.13:36-38 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow afterwards. 37 Peter saith unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee even now? I will lay down my life for thee. 38 Jesus answereth, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

But for the love of the Good Shepherd more than yourself, as in (Joh.21:15-18) So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again a second time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

These passages later came to mind:

Joh.14:1-6 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go, ye know the way. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Rev.12:5 And she was delivered of a son, a man-child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And verse 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

A song also came to me. It went something like this:

Holy, Holy

Are You, Lord God Almighty

Worthy is the Lamb

Worthy is the Lamb

 

Saints Advance In Training

Anonymous 9/20/22 (David’s notes in red)

The other night I asked the Lord, “Why do I always get attacked in the spiritual?” For example: battles with witchcraft, fear, etc. Then I heard (paraphrasing): “We need to conquer in the Spiritual, so when it happens in the physical, it will be done. For example, if people physically try to hurt us, we don’t give into fear or doubt but instead believe that they can’t touch us, no weapon formed against us will prosper and they can’t touch us.” (We speak and act in faith, bringing into existence the things we need or want to happen, and overlook those things in natural that tend to cast down our faith. This is walking by faith in the Spirit.)

I then dreamt that David Eells, Michael (Michael means, “who is like God”), a very dear sister, and I, along with many other brethren, were staying at this home. It had many buildings, kind of like a school, and we all lived there. It was located on a big hill right next to a beach, and there was a forest area surrounding the building on the other side. The beach water was only around 30 meters from the building’s location. Since it was sitting up on a hill, when we looked out from there, we had a very nice view of everything around the area. The closest neighbor was very far away. (A training school for UBM and a blessing.)

Michael was leading our study classes. He was speaking to us all as he showed us around. I followed very closely behind Michael; I was at his back the whole time, asking questions and speaking with him. Other brethren (that I didn’t know) were following a distance behind me. I felt a little guilty that maybe I should stop following Michael so closely and walk behind the others, but I had so many questions for Michael, and I wanted to hear every little thing he said. (Jesus said inMat.7:7 Ask and you shall receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you. Mary chose to sit at the Lord’s feet, listening to Him.)

There was much talk about the Man-child and many end-time events. We were all extremely hungry for God. (These people are drawn to Him. Psa.65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, That he may dwell in thy courts... Mat.5:6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.)

At one point, all the brethren were in a large room with a giant screen taking up almost a whole wall. We were seated on couches and watched an Outreach Zoom meeting on the screen; there were many people we didn’t know…

I remember hearing some of the elders discussing that we all should be fellowshipping with each other more every day, not in a religious way, but letting the Holy Spirit determine how long we fellowship for each day. But it was emphasized to be communing with brethren more every day, not on self or worldly things, but to be in deep prayer together, in the Word and discussing Father and Jesus in Spirit and Truth. (Because of the many curses from the factious satanists in order to divide, it is important for the Body to stay accountable to one another. One of the devil’s tactics is to get people isolated from the rest of the Body and take them out with division. The enemy has used their slander, deception, witchcraft and many curses to divide the flock. They are only able to get those who disobey the Word, which keeps us safe.

Heb.3:12-13 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: 13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest anyone of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin: Heb.10:24-25 and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

We pray for unity and for all to be together in one accord, waiting for the anointing to come like they did at Pentecost, when they received the promise of the Father. Act.1:14 These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. Act.2:46-47 And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accordin the temple...)

 

Our Training

From one part of the building, you could see further down the beach. Between the water and the side of a cliff there was a pathway. At the front of this path sat a cannon. David Eells said that when the cannon goes off, the enemy will start coming to us from over there. (The cannon represents the approach of the enemy and could represent “the first trump”, and the beginning of the tribulation - Rev 8:7) We were told that we had to exercise our faith and believe the Word. No weapon formed against us will prosper; we are dead to sin and alive unto God in Christ Jesus; it’s not us that lives but Christ that lives in us; we tread on snakes and scorpions, and nothing will harm us, etc.

The cannon soon went off, and I ran over to the spot where I could see the enemy coming out of the forest and water near the cannon and they were moving towards us. I saw weird, creepy-looking creatures that I had never seen before, some white, red, black, in different shapes and sizes. (Eph 6:12  For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.) They were creepy. In the natural, what I saw was scary and caused fear, panic, doubt, and unbelief, which I had to cast off. (Luk.10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.)

They quickly advanced to the building, and some people tried to hide in the building, but the creatures walked straight through the building, directly to them. (Fear is faith in the enemy and the curse. There is no hiding from them. They are conquered by the Word and Faith.)

Some people ran, but they couldn’t run fast enough to get away; there was no escape. I was constantly battling fear and doubt. I was trying to only think on scripture and speak it, believe it, and not give in to what I was physically seeing. Some creatures tried to grab me, but I thought, “No weapon formed against me can prosper, they can’t touch me.” and they went on to someone else. I walked around the buildings, witnessing the brethren fighting these creatures using the Word and God being faithful to His Word. But those that didn’t have faith and use the armor of God were taken out by these creatures.

I was outside, and more of these creatures approached me and tried to get me, but I knew that they couldn’t touch me, and they knew it too as soon as I thought that. Then suddenly, I jumped so high onto the top of a really tall tree, and I could see the enemy below and everything from afar. I was able to fly from tree to tree quickly. I had a view of everything that was going on. I was protected and kept safe throughout the whole training, even until all the creepy things went away. (This represents abiding in the heavens in Christ, where we have every spiritual blessing.)

This whole dream felt like training and preparing for the end times and Man-child to lead us.

 

Tribulation War on the Saints

Diana McIlroy - 11/10/2009 (David's notes in red)

I dreamed that I was walking down the street in a city (Babylon) and outside of a large building I saw a sign that read: Christian prayer meeting inside. (The Harlot.) I thought that it would be great to fellowship with some other Christians and proceeded to walk inside.

It was very dark when I walked in. It was taking quite a while for my eyes to adjust from the light outside to the interior darkness. (The harlot Church living in darkness.) As I was walking down the hallway that I entered, I was walking slowly because I couldn't see and I didn't want to bump into anything.

At the end of the hallway, I suddenly realized that I had walked into a pool hall (a competition for position), rather than the auditorium I had been expecting. I stopped walking and looked around. Everyone in the pool hall turned and looked at me, right when I stopped. As I looked at them, I knew that they were all demon-possessed, and I also knew that they wanted to kill me. It was evident that they had been luring Christians into the building with the express purpose of killing them. (They are demon-possessed and bring death to many through seductive teachings and anointings. Rev.18:2 And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird. Pro.2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words; 17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God: 18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead. Pro.5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol.)

As I started to back up, I realized that a few men had stepped in behind me to stop me from leaving. (They will do anything to keep you there.) There was a pool table off to my right, so I stepped behind it, feeling a little more protected with the wall at my back and the pool table between myself and my would-be attackers. They started walking toward me, full of venom and menace, and I picked a pool cue off the table and was holding it in a defensive manner. (Fleshly defense will not help.) Suddenly, my attention was drawn to the man at their center -- their leader -- Satan himself. (Satan is depicted in Isa.14:4,12,13 as the king of Babylon who exalts his throne above the stars of heaven, which are the seed of Abraham, the saints.)

There he was as big as life, looking very pleased and wearing a green golf shirt (confirming for me, my long-held suspicion, that only Satan could be responsible for that game and its hold over people). (Green is the color of Satan's "save the planet, kill the people" politics that are taking over. Golf is, again, competition for position.) I knew that if I could stop him that all of his minions would also be stopped. So I boldly looked at him and said, "I cast you out in the name of Jesus". He chuckled and said, "It's not as easy as that, girlie". I thought to myself that if I resisted him I thought that he was supposed to flee. He just laughed and motioned for some of his people to get me. (Our words have no authority if we resist in the flesh.)

As they approached, I suddenly looked down at the pool cue in my hands and put it back on the table. Instead, I lifted my hands to the Lord and started praising and worshiping Him. As I was praising and worshiping --thanking God and thanking Jesus -- it became lighter where I was standing. (Praise dispelling the darkness.) I felt no fear -- only peace and happiness. The demon-possessed tried to attack me but couldn't reach me. As I wondered about that, I noticed that there was an angel on either side of me, preventing anyone from touching me. I knew that I was safe as long as I praised God and didn't defend myself. (Fleshly physical defenses hinder God's defense because He said, "My power is made perfect in weakness".) Then I woke up.

Another dream

A new hotel had been built in town. It was quite big, particularly for the small town we live in. It was built in a U shape, three stories tall. The bottom part of the U was the part facing the street, and it was the entire length of the longest block in town. I knew that there were some structural problems with the building and that a big fire was coming. Because of the building problems, the building was going to go up like a giant tinderbox. (Possibly the U stands for the United States coming into Unity to persecute the saints.)

It was the grand opening and the hotel was almost full. (A hotel is a community of people joined house to house. Isa.5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! 9 In mine ears [saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. No one will be left out of this United house but God's people. They will be united against His people. Notice, a big fire is coming to the U.S.) There was a meeting in the conference room on the top floor where all the investors and "authorities" were meeting. I went and walked into their meeting and tried to tell them about the problems and the coming fire. They were all old men and didn't want to listen to a younger woman. (I had the impression of looking at the painting of the founding fathers of the U.S. when I first walked in there.) They had me shown to the door, as it were. (The new founding fathers of the United States are the old men who are the elite owners and authorities and who will want no more advice from Christianity.)

I thought that I couldn't let all these people die just because the leadership wouldn't listen. I started going through the halls, knocking on doors and telling people that the place was going to catch fire and they needed to get out. (Rev.18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: 5 for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities... 8 Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.)

Some people listened and grabbed their stuff and left. Some scoffed at me and went back to their TVs and their beds. On the bottom (maybe even basement) floor, there were some people in the rooms who wouldn't come to their doors. They didn't speak the same language that I did, and so they didn't understand what the knocking and shouting was about. (Zep.3:9 For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language. Many apostates on the bottom level of Christianity do not understand the prophetic language of warning through dreams, visions, and prophecies.)

Just as I ran out of the hotel, it burst into flames. (Great tribulation is about to overtake the U.S. Christians on all levels.) I turned to look and all floors were engulfed at one time -- there was no escaping this inferno. I was so sad at the thought of the people who wouldn't heed the warning and died. Just as I thought I couldn't bear the grief of it, God told me to turn around. When I turned, I saw people standing in the street, many in their pajamas. (These came out from among them.) He said, "Rejoice for those who were saved".

 

Saints Accused of Being Traitors

Deborah Rennier - 10/07/2008

In a dream, I found myself standing in the midst of a great mass of people. They consisted of all the ethnic groups and races on earth. In the middle of this great mass, I saw a group of Spirit-filled believers. They were praying in tongues, and it seemed that they couldn't stop praying.

At first, the saints were unnoticed by the multitude surrounding them. These saints had Bibles which they were holding up and were shouting, "Stand on the Word of Jesus!"

Suddenly this changed. The multitude began to call the saints traitors and heretics. They were saying that these saints and anyone who listened to them were not loyal to the government.

The mob then began to pick up rocks and hurl them at the saints. The saints started screaming, "Come quickly, Jesus", as they held their Bibles aloft. The saints were being knocked down. They were bruised and bleeding. I watched as they all joined hands and began marching while singing psalms.

Those opposing the saints continued to throw rocks and bottles at them. The saints kept on marching and singing loudly. I watched as those in the crowd began grabbing Bibles from the saints, saying they couldn't own them.

I watched as they threw the Bibles into a fire, saying, "This is what our government thinks of your God."

The saints began talking amongst themselves. They were saying, "It is time for us to go underground for a while. We need to be watchful at all times". Then the populace said to the saints, "We will be watching for you and more of your kind. Traitors!" (Mat 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.)

I then woke up and the Lord spoke, "This is upon you now".

He then led me to these scriptures:

Luk.21:34 But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

Psa.31:23 Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person.

 

Government Oppression of the Church

Amos Scaggs - 04/08/2009

I heard, "There is a time coming when the Gospel will be taught with permission only". (That Gospel will not have the power to save.)

I saw the true Gospel taught in fields, under trees and along fence lines. (This is not the mainstream church.)

 

Hiding in Plain Sight from the Beast

Jeff Brown - 10/08/2007 (David’s notes in red)

Not long ago, I dreamt about the wilderness and grizzly bears. I was with a guide, and we were out in this large field. As we walked in the field, we came upon this cabin. We were not far, but had to hurry to it because the grizzlies were everywhere! Inside, we could see the bears on the outside and they were able to see us. They were running around, trying to no avail to enter the cabin. We ran to get out of the sight of the bears and had to keep running so the bears would not see us through the windows. Then we hid in a closet and came out when the coast was clear. The bears were all still there, but we walked among them in peace, despite the fact that there were bears still everywhere! I stood still and watched the guide (possibly Jesus in the Man-child) walk up to the bears and put his hand in the paw of the main bear, which I thought was a male.

At the end of the dream, we walked out of the field toward the trees.

(The large field is the world as Jesus said, and the cabin represents living in the wilderness to come. The guide may be Jesus in the Man-child. The bears who were everywhere seeking to devour the Christians are the Beasts of the nations making war on the Saints. Hiding in the closet represents hiding in Christ through the prayer closet so that from then on, you could hide in plain view and depart the field of the world in peace.)

G. C.

I read Jeff Brown's dream. I had almost the same exact dream a few weeks before it. I would say it was in September of 2007.

I was in a wilderness setting, surrounded by trees, like I was in a forest or something. I remember this being like a nightmare because I was being hunted and surrounded by terrible grizzly bears that had demonic faces and features. During a large portion of the dream, I was being chased by them. I remember going into a large cabin and hiding in the rafters while they laid siege to the cabin. I thought I would never escape them, until I finally ran outside and climbed a very tall chain-link fence and made it to the other side.

(The chain-link fence represents abiding in Christ, the secret place of the Most High in Psalm 91.)

 

Jan Albayalde - 10/09/2007

After all the bear dreams the saints are suddenly having, I just have to tell you this quick encouraging story of God's provision and protection of all that is ours. This happened just minutes ago where I live in Alaska.

I had just let the dogs out the back door and was in the middle of putting a roast in the marinator when I suddenly had the overwhelming sense that I should get the dogs back in the house, so I stopped right there in the middle of what I was doing. I went out to the back of the house, and there were no dogs. So I went and looked out the front window, and there was my littlest dog,Nelson, an 8-pound male, sniffing down the middle of the road. I ran out, and just as I grabbed him, this man on a bicycle came by and said, "You better get that dog in the house because there's a bear on the road".

I went back inside, and immediately looked out the window as I got inside the house, and sure enough there the bear was, walking right where Nelson had been ten seconds before. Nelson would be perfect bear bait.

If God is that mindful of us, what have we to fear?

 

In this Time Prophecy

Glynda Lomax – 5/14/26

My children, a time I forewarned you of approaches. The world is preparing to remove Me from all that is. They will not succeed at this, but they will try.

In this time, it will become a crime to witness of Me. You will not be able to hide the fact that you are Mine, for I have ordained this to be so, but do not fear for whatever you endure for My Name’s sake; I am with you throughout and you are greatly, greatly rewarded for all eternity.

In this time, many of My people will strive to hide the fact that they are Mine. This displeases Me greatly, and I desire that you would not attempt to hide My light under a bushel. Trust Me as this begins and do not cling to your lives, fearing death, for there is nothing to fear about death for those who love Me and endure persecution.

Know too that those who persecute you shall answer to Me personally, and they will not enter heaven unless they repent.

Be My bold witnesses in the earth. This is the time of the end when all scripture must be fulfilled.

2 Tim 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.

1 Peter 3:14-16 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

Matt 5:10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matt 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matt 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

Acts 7:59-60 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. (Fell asleep is a peaceful way to say this but some will experience this peace when changing addresses.)

Rev 13:6-8 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

 

Saints Dying During the Tribulation

Anonymous Sister in Africa - 11/16/2012 (David's notes in red)

As I was reading the dream, Earthquake Creates Ship of Light Revival (which I share below), I remembered a dream I had, but had never thought of sending it to you until yesterday. I was having lunch when the Holy Spirit commanded me to type it out. He even guided me as I wrote it.

I had a dream on 11/16/12. I wrote it down shortly after I had it at 9:37. (I have been listening to UBM teachings since 2007 and all this time I have not listened to end time teachings because I wanted to grow in the Lord first, and since there is a lot of interpretation on when and what will happen, I decided to wait on the Lord to teach me on the subject.)

I dreamt we were a group of UBM members in Israel (representing the Church) but outside the city. (Outside Jerusalem which is called the Bride by John, but she was saved. This does not mean this sister will not ultimately be in the Bride; this is for our teaching.) We were in something that I believe was an ark or boat floating on air. (The spiritual ark of abiding in Christ in heavenly places.) It was clear and oval-shaped, divided into a top and bottom section. (This ark represents those who are in heavenly places in Christ but not in the heavenly city that the angel called the Bride in Revelation 21:9,10.) Part of us were on the upper level while some were on the lower level. I was with a group of those who were on the upper level. Then the group on the lower level detached from us and went to Heaven, still inside their part of the ark. (Those on the lower level of the spiritual ark will die first and then go to Heaven.) The remaining part on the upper level kept floating on air. (In the safety of heavenly places in Christ.)

I then kept seeing a vision of us taken to Heaven repeatedly. (Some will die and go to Heaven and not be alive and remain until the Lord comes, but will come with Him. 1Th.4:13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; 17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.)

So I became worried because the UBM members I was with thought we were being transported to some city or hiding place, so I told them that we were also going to Heaven in a few days. (Please understand that because one is in UBM does not mean they will escape death any more than being in the Church makes one in the Bride. This is what we have taught: those in UBM who do not enter the Bride, the spiritual city of Jerusalem, will die in the Lord and go to Heaven at different times during the tribulation. They will die either in judgments or as martyrs, which is an honorable and rewardable death. This is spoken in Rev.6:9 And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And there was given them to each one a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, who should be killed even as they were, should have fulfilled [their course]. We see here the two groups of saved martyrs. Also, we see that for a soul to be absent from the body is to be at home with the Lord. 2Co.5:8 we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.)

In my vision, there was a Christian lady I call "Millicent" in real life, but her actual name is Andrea (meaning "manly or like man"), who was not part of UBM but was on the ground underneath the ark and every time we were transported to Heaven, she remained. (Those who are like man are not in the ark and cannot go to Heaven.) Seeing that we were not ready to go to Heaven, I told them that in the visions, every time we are transported, Andrea remains, so we should find a way to secure ourselves to her so that we may not be transported to Heaven, since whatever transports us is very much more powerful than us and it seems to be a powerful wind. I then advised them to cast concrete on her with bolts and anchor our ark to her so that we didn't get transported when the time came. We did so, but when the time came, the ark detached from her and we got transported to Heaven, and she remained. (No matter what we do for those outside the ark, they will remain earthly, unless they learn to abide in Jesus, Who is our Ark. It doesn't matter if they call themselves Christian; only if they are repented, faith-filled disciples.)

(I heard the word "cancer". I also heard the number 60. I thought of a certain man who is 53 years old now and I thought it could happen when he is 60. This man was also part of the UBM group that was in the top section; he is a pastor in real life. [Seven years from now could be close to the end of the deaths and martyrdoms and the time of the coming of the Lord.])

My second dream was in the early hours of 11/17/12. This time I was observing from a distance, and it was not yet time to be transported to Heaven (but it was to happen in the near future) and the UBM group was staying in one place and this time they knew that they were about to go to Heaven and were excited to be leaving. (Yes! Amen!) Andrea was still not going to be transported to Heaven.

I think this dream is related to another one I had on 7/15/11, a week before my sister went to Heaven. My sister was sick. I had a dream that I was in the town where I currently live, facing northwest, when I saw Jesus Christ in the clouds behind me, and He told me that my sister had to come home and that she is one of the clouds of witnesses. I saw a round, golden light ascending to Heaven, representing my sister's soul and as I looked further, I saw the rest of Africa from where I was standing. There were other golden lights ascending to Heaven. I saw a few from Zambia and a lot of them in regions around Nigeria/Ghana, representing saints going to Heaven.

When I woke up, I kept wondering if the rapture will happen during my lifetime, since Jesus Christ mentioned that my sister was one of the cloud of witnesses. (This dream is related because we see the saints going home through deaths of various kinds and in different places. The rapture will follow when this is finished because the dead in Christ rise first.)

I don't know if I remembered this song in the dream or when I woke up. It's a song in my language, and it goes like this: When Jesus Christ comes back the Saints on Earth will meet Him in the clouds, accompanied with people dressed in white and those coming from Earth will ask, "Who are they?" And Jesus will reply, "Those I have washed in the blood".

 

Earthquake Creates Ship of Light Revival 

D. C.- 12/01/2012 (David's notes in red)

I had this dream the Saturday before Thanksgiving. This is the first dream I had in a long time, so it really stood out. It wasn't very long, but it was very vivid.

I was standing outside, somewhat above the ground, looking out over the TN Valley. I could see the mountains to one side. Cities and towns spread out past the horizon. I could see people going about their daily lives. Now what was odd about this scene was that there wasn't any color to anything, just shades of gray and black. Everything was like that: the sky, ground, trees, grass, and most of all, the people. The people were black!

Then I saw the whole valley start to move like waves of water. People started to panic. There was fear and confusion in the screams I heard. Then the earth opened up. Not just a crack, but a huge expanse of space separated one side from the other. It looked to be miles wide. Huge pieces of earth were falling into the chasm. Whole city blocks would just break away and fall into the darkness below. I could also see many people falling away as well. At one point, I could feel their hopelessness as they tumbled into the abyss. (What we know from many dreams and the fault lines is, there are two fault lines that will open up and fill with water from the TN River, one on both sides of the valley making a ship/ark shaped valley, which became a refuge from terrible things happening in the world past the fault waters. This is the sad part. Without death and destruction, people won't repent; there would be no revival. Pray for the elect to be moved out of the way or be spared.)

Then something wonderful happened. I saw a ship. It's hard to describe what kind of ship it was. Definitely one that was made to sail on water. However, this one looked like it was sailing on air! (meaning it was heavenly) There wasn't any water in the chasm yet, but the ship looked like it was on water. It looked to be riding on gentle waves while all hell was breaking loose around it.

I could still see people falling, though the ship gave the impression that it was on water. Now, as fantastic as that sounds, what the ship looked like was even more amazing! It looked to be made out of light! The purest, brightest light I have ever seen. And not just white light. At times throughout the ship, waves of color would flow from it. For those of you who have seen the Northern Lights or a very intense rainbow after a summer storm, those colors would come closest to the ship's appearance. (The rainbow was a symbol that God would never destroy all mankind again.)

The ship came to a stop. At this point, I realized how big the ship was. It took up almost the same space as the hole that the earthquake had created. What I saw next broke my heart. I could still see people falling into the earth, as if they couldn't see this huge, bright, shining ship waiting to take them aboard. But what I saw next brought tears of joy to my eyes. Among all the people who were rejecting the safety of the ship, a few were receiving the outstretched hands of those who were on board. At this point, I should mention that those on the ship were also shining with a bright light, the same as the ship. As the "black" people were brought safely onboard, one of the people of "light" would place their hand over the heart of the dark person. And starting from where their hand was, light would begin to spread across the "black" person's body until they too were of the same light. I could see this same scene repeating throughout the ship. (I would love to paint this scene.) (In other dreams, revival came when earthquakes judged the country and economy.)

A few days later, D.C.’s wife awoke to the music of "Anchors Away" playing over and over in her head. She didn't know what the tune was and, when asking the Lord, got the word "Anchor" and realized it was "Anchors Away". Of course, this means the ship is about to set sail. She asked what this was related to and got Ezekiel 20:1-17. This text speaks of the people whom Father brought out of Egypt as a type of salvation but many died in the wilderness because of their disobedience to His commands and never made it to the "Promised Land", which to us is abiding in Jesus and, in a more natural way, this ship.

 

Saints Dawning Light in Fall

Bill Steenland - 07/26/2015 (David's notes in red)

I had a short vision this morning; I was awake with my eyes closed.

I was floating forward on a bed or something. (Resting by faith in the promises.) I was going down a road in the wilderness. As I looked to my right, I saw a large number of trees with a house under them. The trees were at least 100 feet tall. (A time of maturity for some.) It was the fall season. (Fall is a timing when this fruit will be manifest to some in the body as others Fall Away?) The leaves were changing and were a golden yellow. (Death to self, crucifixion accomplished.) They were lit up by the morning sun so bright. Just the tops of the trees with the golden leaves were in the sun. I looked forward and was still moving forward. I thought, "Wow, that was more beautiful than anything I would see on earth." (Because it is a Heavenly work.)

I looked forward and there was a little hill about 10 feet high that led to a large valley. The sun (Son) was shining down the road perfectly. I knew when I went over this little hill that I would see the sun (Son) straight on face-to-face and that I would have to squint. 1Co.13:12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. 13 But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. I knew that the valley was large on the other side and that it was totally covered in the morning light. (The large valley means much freedom will be given to those who are overcoming testings now.)

I believe that the 10-foot hill in the dream is a hump (of trials or testing) many are about to get over before we see Jesus in the mirror and manifest Sonship. (And maybe before they see Jesus in the Man-child ministry, too.) I believe the trees before the hill were 100-fold saints who have the morning light in their hearts. The scripture is obvious that when the love comes, then the faith and fruit come through the revelation of Jesus in the mirror. 2Co 3:18  But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. 

The Lord put these scriptures on my heart, as well. The dream is pointing to faith, but love is the exhortation given when the scriptures interpret the dream.

Gal.5:5 For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

1Co.13:1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; 6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. These are overcomers!

8 Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; 10 but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. (In other words our immature understanding is done away by our mature understanding.) 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face☹When we see Jesus face to face we come to maturity.) now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. 13 But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

1Jn.2:8 Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. AMEN!

 

Those Who Have Not Awoken Yet Will Have Their Time To Do So,
But If They Do Not, They Will Be Taken Out Of The Way

Alison Pound, 9/13/24

It should be noted that the following words from the Lord were given to me on Monday, 12th November 2012. We are now well into that time of awakening of which He speaks. It is written as it was given to me.

Today there are things happening in the spiritual realm of which you know not yet. For these things must take place in this heavenly realm before they can come to pass in the earthly realm. On earth, as in heaven. Sometimes you will not know for what you have interceded. But I will tell you today that something powerful is arising.

In the saints, I have caused an awakening. I have done this by the power of My Holy Spirit. Those who have been sleeping will be awakened. Some to the knowledge that they will not be alive on earth when I return. Some to the knowledge that I am going to use them mightily in these last days.

It is for Me to number the days of a man. For I choose who I will use to My glory. There are those who have wasted the anointing I have given. There are those who know Me but have continued to walk in the flesh. They will not have the help of My Holy Spirit and lean only on their own understanding.

But I am of the Spirit. And man is to walk in the Spirit.

The time has come for a line to be drawn. Those who have not walked and will not walk in the power of My Holy Spirit, I will begin to take now to be with Me for they will not play a part in the time of the end. I have been raising My end time saints, preparing them for service; they are a remnant.

Those who have not awoken yet will have their time to do so, but if they do not, they will be taken out of the way. Some will meet an end which is very distressing for the saints to see. But they must learn and know that I number the days of all peoples. And for some, they will be absent from the flesh and present with Me. It will be in an instant. The manner of their death will nevertheless be sudden, untimely and not what would have been of the utmost to My glory.

Then I am also raising up Stephens. Those whose faces will shine with the glory of My presence, for they will see on their departure, straight into heaven. I will show them in the sight of all where they are going to.

How glorious will be these last days when you shall be a part of the final solution for sin. I will do mighty works. My exploits will be so great as to make men tremble, their knees weak and their insides turn to water; yes, even the saints will tremble at the power in which I will demonstrate that I am the Lord God of heaven and earth.

But you, my beloved and all who call Me Father, Abba, you will also know and feel My great love and mercy toward you, that while you were yet sinners, Christ died for you. That you live in privileged days.

Be now prepared for what is ahead. Hold fast to Me, look not to the right or the left. When you see loved ones fall, trust in Me that I know what is best for each. When you see loved ones rise and awaken to My truth, rejoice. For it must be in these days, as though you were not married, as though you were not in business, as though you did not have children. For you must embrace a wider family and, to a certain extent, let go of the one you were born or married into. For I am preparing you for the next stage of eternity.

The Deceived Fall Away

David Eells, 10/7/26

(audio)

Cleansing By Delusion

Let me begin by saying that the Lord has been cleansing the Body of Christ of leaven and many have fallen away because they were not obedient to the Scriptures in their testing. They proved that they do not love the Word, Who is Jesus. Joh.6:66 Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

2Th.2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him; 2 to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand; 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be,] except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition(previously known as Judas). 4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, Temple here is the Greek word Naos used 9 times by Paul as the temple of God’s people, but never as the physical temple, which was called Hieron. …

…setting himself forth as God  This will be like Judas revealing “himself” as his own god by falling away.

Verse 6 And now ye know that which restraineth (the falling away), to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one (falling away) that restraineth now, until he (Judas) be taken out of the way (Numeric: “Be come out of the midst”). 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one (They refuse to obey scripture), whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; 9 even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Here we see that we are not to be deceived and that the coming of the Lord in and for His church will not be except the “falling away come first and the man of sin be revealed”. This falling away is the tares being gathered together to be burned. Like Judas, this corporate son of perdition sits in the temple of God's people, in verse 4, “setting himself forth as god” and deceives those who do not love the truth (verse 10) with his lying signs and wonders (verse 9), who will be destroyed at the coming of the Lord.

Many will be beguiled by this corporate false Christian (verse 3). Before the coming of the Lord, God is sending a delusion (verse 11) to cleanse His church of those apostates who do not love truth. He is gathering the tares “in bundles to burn them” even now, but also in the day of the Lord.

In the tribulation, the mark of the beast will gather the tares in bundles to burn them. They will be “gathered out of His Kingdom” but not yet out of the earth: that happens when they die, but in a major way in the day/year of the Lord that follows.

In 70 A.D., the true disciples had fled to the mountains (The high places of God) as Jesus commanded, but the apostates were “gathered” into the city to be destroyed by the Roman Beast. The church will be prepared to meet the Lord, but the falling away of the man of sin must happen first to purge the leavened.

Mat.13:41-43 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, (This is happening) 42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine (no spots and blemishes) forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

First, God will “gather out of his kingdom all that cause stumbling and they that do iniquity and shall cast them into the furnace of fire” (the Day of the Lord). “Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.”

Mat.13:49-50 So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

First, “he will sever the wicked from among the righteous” (verse 49); then He will come for His saints and destroy the wicked (2 Thessalonians 2:8).

Now let me share some revelations of these deceptions and delusions that have already caused, and will further cause, the unrighteous to fall away from the Truth.

 

The Dragon Show - A Great Deception

Amber Arney - 4/14/21 (David’s notes in red)

I dreamed that I was headed into the enemy's camp to gather information or to stop some plan or something similar. (The Lord warns us through dreams and visions about what is to come and what we need to pray for and do spiritual warfare against. Amo.3:6-7 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it? 7 Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.)

Their camp was in a bowl at the bottom of a dark mountain. (The dark mountain represents the current ruling Beast kingdom of our day. Jer.13:16, Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. i.e. repent while you still can.)

There was a great show going on and a huge group of people were gathered to watch the performance. It was a live show like a Broadway musical. It was colorful and bright and gay, with dragons flying in the air, like a Disney production. It seemed so magical, like a cartoon, only it was really happening. (There are multitudes of people who are still under great deception by apostate leaders, the MSM, and all their witchcraft, lies, and propaganda. Only God’s elect will awaken to the deceptions of the Dragon and then the Beast in these last days.)

2Pe:2:17-20 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. 18 For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; 19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.)

Something seemed very special about the air around the outside stage. It seemed as if the light was reflecting off “fairy dust” suspended in the air, so that everything sparkled magically. (Representing the attractions of the lusts of the flesh.) Everything else surrounding the stage was dark, and the sun was almost gone. (We are living in very dark times, and many people are being affected by this “fairy dust” that dumbs down the population and fogs up their minds, taking away any desire to fervently seek after God, by the many distractions of the internet, social media, and the FunVax or Fundamental Vaccine.

Eph.4:17-19 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; 19 who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness (meaning, a license to excess), to work all uncleanness with greediness.)

I didn’t get a good look at the show because I was intent on making my way down one of the aisles toward the dark mountain that filled my view. (God’s elect who have sanctified themselves from the world will be keeping their eyes on the straight and narrow road represented by the aisle. Our mission is to destroy the works of the enemy and of darkness through faith, spiritual warfare and intercession for the elect.)

I went into the mountain and into a shop to get something fixed, like maybe a watch. (Indicating a timing). (This could mean that we need to get our timing fixed, representing that we are hearing and seeing much disinformation about the timing for certain events to occur? Or maybe it is that God is going to supernaturally fix the times we are living in through the Man-child anointing and the “Great Awakening revival”. Or both.)

There were two workers in this dark, cave-like workshop. There was a dim, dusty light filtering through a small, high window. The small ray of light also seemed to have this same “Fairy dust” in it, but it didn’t seem so magical in the dark room. The shadows were a dark blue color. (Mat.6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness.)

I waited while one of the workers tried to fix the watch or item I had brought in. The workers seemed intelligent, but something wasn’t quite right about them. (There are many false leaders preaching the rapture now instead of the falling away first. People in the alternative media realm are doing much slander and even putting out false timings for things, people, and events. 2Co.11:13-15 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.)

I knew the owner was away, so I decided to investigate the house. The rest of the house was light, clean, and modern. (This could represent the houses or lives of the GCR false prophets who seem to have really clean lives, but they have a deep, dark, hidden false New Age spirituality that they have fashioned into Christianity.)

This house or shop must have been in a mall because I happened to spy the owner through the glass storefront window. The owner was surrounded by oblivious shoppers as he made his way to the glass door. (So the mountain represents the beast system of buying and selling that is a large part of his kingdom. It is the means by which the Beast will eventually bring the lost into subjection to it. Rev.13:11-17 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he maketh the earth and them dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed. 13 And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who hath the stroke of the sword and lived.

15 And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead; 17 and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.)

At first, I was worried that he would be angry with me for wandering around his house, but the owner seemed like a nice, professional guy. He spoke in a friendly manner, saying that the show was great now, but it would be amazing after he finished adding his touches. I knew that the show was happening now, but he would add something, like CGI effects on top of the live images, and then it would be released so that the general public could “enjoy” the show. Then I woke up. (This represents the increasing deceptions to the point that most people will be unable to discern falsehood from reality any longer. i.e., “deep fake videos” where AI and CGI are added, along with an AI-dubbed voice or face, to falsely implicate someone.

Mat.24:15-25 When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand) (These sons of perdition will take the mark and still go to church, an abomination in the holy place.), 16 then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains: 17 let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house: 18 and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak. 19 But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

20 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath: 21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand. This will be very effective to separate the wheat from the tares, but beware the tares still go to church.)

 

Wilderness Path and the Falling Away

Gloria Greenwood - 06/21/2008 (David's notes in red)

In a dream, I was in a park-type wooded setting. It seemed like a campground, a park, or a small community where people lived. I seem to remember seeing campers as well as small homes, like little log cabins. (Many are headed toward the wilderness) It appeared I knew some of the people living in this place, but once I woke up, I could not bring any faces or names to mind. The one thing I do remember from this dream is that I was walking in this “park”. I was walking on a path which seemed to keep making me turn to the right; I had no other direction to go in. (Jesus placed the sheep on the right and goats on the left, so this is positive.)

On one of my turns to the right, facing me was a huge pile of broken tree branches on the left side of the path that I was walking on. (The goats on the left were broken off.) Some branches were very large. I noticed there were no leaves on these branches, just a pile of twisted bare tree limbs. (God's people are likened unto trees. When there are no leaves or fruit, it is because they are not taking in the Son and putting out oxygen (the Spirit) and water (the Word). This dismemberment means a great judgment and falling away of those living on the “left”. The very large branches can mean leadership. Observing this can keep us on the “right” path. In the wilderness, those leaders who brought the bad report and those who listened to them fell away as broken-off branches.

It says in Rom.11:20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee. Joh.15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit... 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

On the right side of the path was a huge rock, probably 15-20 feet high and 6-8 feet long. (Psa.18:2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.) As I stood there, I knew the only way I could go was to keep walking straight; I did not want to turn around. But the path I was walking on was now obstructed by these tree branches. (Those falling away try to hinder the righteous from walking straight.) I thought to myself, “I need to keep walking”. I then took a few more steps, and now, on this path between the branches to my left and the rock to my right, the walk became more difficult. (Mat.7:13-14 Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. 14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it. The path becomes narrower to conform us to Christ's image.) I got halfway through this part of the path between the branches and the rock. I now had to balance myself on this path so I would not fall. (People will have to be balanced at this time, or they may fall away like the dead branches.)

On my left, the side of the huge pile of dead tree branches, it was like I was on the edge of a cliff now. (The branches that are broken off) The path ended, and there was a deep drop-off, like a ravine or a huge sinkhole. (the pit) As I clung to the rock on my right (Jesus) so I would not fall, I looked down to see if I could spot anything in this sinkhole. (Isa.51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence ye were digged.) To my surprise, I did look down. Lying at the bottom of the ravine was a very, very large dead sheep. (The great falling away. Eze.34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep (those full of flesh) and the lean sheep. Psa.57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves.)

I remember feeling surprised at what I saw, saddened as well, but I also knew I needed to keep walking, to keep my footing on this narrow path. (Pro.2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. Psa.25:10 All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.) I did not want to slip and fall. So I kept clinging to the rock on my right and inched my way out until I was on normal, solid ground. (Holding to Jesus, the Word, until stability comes.)

There were two men standing there, and I told them about the dead sheep in the ravine. (After the falling away, the Word of the two witnesses will judge the apostates, and they will be spewed out of the Body of Christ.) They did not comment on the sheep; the only thing they said was that they were getting ready to clear away the tree branches. I sensed peace and calm from them. Then the dream ended.

 

Falling Away and Deception

P.S. - 11/27/2013 (David’s notes in red)

I dreamed we were moving. Brothers and sisters from the fellowship were helping us move. It was joyous and happy. We were all happy that we would be closer to each other. (This move literally just happened from December 13th to the 16th, shortly after he had this dream.) We were done moving (on the 16th) and then it jumped to two days later (the 18th - Wow, I heard parts of this dream from him a while back, but not this part. I was impressed to ask him to send this to me, and now I see that revelation is for today. How Sovereign is God? I believe Father is saying, “Pay attention today; there is a falling away happening.”)

In the dream, I was walking on the property with my family. The sky became inundated with these sparkling balls of lights like fireworks, but I had never seen anything like them before. They left tails as they fell to Earth. These sparkling balls were all coming in at a 45-degree angle. The first thing that caught my attention was that I didn't hear any explosions or see any destruction. It was quiet. I felt surprised by that because they kept coming more and more. I remember anticipating that I would hear some explosions but was surprised there weren't any. (It appears the sign of the falling away of the star glory Christians is happening in the spirit realm. God told Abraham that his seed were as the stars. Rev.12:4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth…

I had a Godly fear come over me. (This will save the elect from deception and falling away.) Not terror. My wife and children were peaceful. As the sparkler balls came closer, their attributes changed. The ones that were closest to the earth started spreading out and began searching. (As they fall away from heavenly places, they seek out others to follow them.) They were intelligent; they knew what they were doing and had a purposeful intent about them. (They know what they are doing, but they are given over to follow Satan, the Dragon.) Several of them came over to us and hovered around us (seeking to deceive as many as possible). One hovered over my head, came right in front of my face, and veered side-to-side. (They cannot stay on the narrow path without turning to the right or left.) They were very interested in us, and then suddenly were not and left. They were everywhere, continuing to search. (Satan is as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.) I didn't see anyone else. Then I woke up.

When I woke up and prayed and meditated on this, I was reminded of the verse in the Word that talks about one-third of the stars being cast from heaven: Rev.12:4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child. I feel very strongly that this dream reveals there is a spiritual separation happening. (He was warned but didn’t listen to this warning and was reprobated. Satan in the Dragon has been given 1/3 of the star glory people of God through the falling away from heavenly places in Christ. The dragon's tail is the deceivers. Isa.9:15 ... the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. The fallen search out others to drag them down, but the righteous will remain firmly in Christ. The next step that follows after the falling away is Rev.12:5 And she was delivered of a son, a man-child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.)

 

Jezebel and the Falling Away

Chris Bland - 06/24/2009 (David’s notes in red)

I was given a very prophetic dream. I was watching a black-and-white movie starring David Eells and Clint Eastwood. (It is black and white because it deals with light and darkness; truth and error.)

In this dream, David played a character who had a place in his house set aside for people to come over and listen to Bible-based teachings straight from the word of God. (UBM radio/Internet Bible Study is the house people enter to listen.) Clint played a character who was becoming more and more offended by what he heard, but he was continually driven to come back for more, until one day, when he came with a woman with whom he had just begun to live in sin. (Clint represents those rough, tough characters who live by the sword but are drawn to the truth by God. But the flesh is drawn away and enticed by former lusts. Jas.1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. The woman is the harlot, with whom he is in sin.)

David went by his own name (having nothing to hide) and the character played by Clint, I will call “Jack”, and the woman, I will call “Jamie”, just for the sake of sharing this dream.

Jamie had an outward beauty and a gentleness about her that led Jack into deeper rebellion than he had already been living in. (She appeals to the flesh of those she is able to camouflage her rebellion to, but not those who love the Word. She is the Harlot whose Jezebel, factious spirit leads to unbelief.) Just when it seemed David's teachings were making a difference in Jack's life, Jamie came into his life. (The Harlot tempts Jack to reject what David teaches, even though the evidence of truth and good fruit is demonstrated. Many like the harlot for she loves the broad road.)

It broke David's heart to see Jack in this condition, but what more could he do? (It is a grief to see this happen to people like Jack.) David began to teach, and the things he said in such great humility sounded like the same straightforward teachings that Jack had come to admire from David, but as Jamie kept looking at Jack in disbelief, Jack was becoming increasingly offended. (Jezebel spirits always demand attention and submission. As Jack gives in, he becomes INCREASINGLY offended and unbelieving.)

Finally, David said something that led Jack to stand up in rage and express his disagreement with David. He was offended that David would speak such words while Jamie, his new acquaintance, was present. (Jack stumbles at the Word because of his relationship with the Harlot's Jezebel, factious spirit.) He spoke out a rebuke to David in the midst of the small assembly, and David tried to calm him down by having him look at the verses he was reading out of the Bible. (Those under the darkness of the spirit of Jezebel find it hard to believe the Scriptures, but the righteous try, for their soul's sake, to get through to them.)

Jack could think of no answer (He could no longer understand the Word or concentrate on it), and he could see that David's assembly was startled that he would oppose him like that (he does not understand the Spirit by which David speaks and sees the assembly react to his contrary spirit) and so he left with Jamie. (He became separated unto the Harlot.)

At first, David was not shaken. He seemed relieved that God would use such a teaching to remove such people from the assembly. After David had finished teaching the assembly, he asked one of his co-laborers to call up Jack to ask why he had left in such a great rage. Surprisingly, Jack answered the phone. He asked roughly, “What do you want?” (This spirit is always impatient, unforgiving, and not willing to listen to Scripture or any correction.) David's co-laborer shared a few words, and then David turned on the speakerphone and asked, “Why did you leave in such a rage?”

Jack replied, “To please my woman and to get away from you”. (Jack now serves the Harlot's Jezebel spirit and cannot stand the Word or David. This always happens when this spirit is recognized or corrected.) David asked, “What harm did I do to you? You didn't disagree with me, but the Word of God”. And after David shared a few words, Jack hung up. (He will not accept correction by the Word any longer. This is all very familiar. Those who have received factious, Jezebel spirits never take correction to save them.)

Jack poured two glasses of beer -- one for himself and one for Jamie. (Jack and the Harlot now both drink of the same spirits.) He warned her that this particular beer (spiritual drink) could cause sudden death if she drank it too fast. (Beer is made from grain, hops and YEAST, which is LEAVEN, i.e., that which is added to make it acceptable and intoxicating to the flesh. Jesus said, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees”. Exo.12:15 Seven days [the last seven days in Egypt represent going to the wilderness tribulation] shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. Notice how those partaking of the flesh-pleasing leaven are “cut off”.)

However, something strange began to happen. Just a few small sips of this beer (leaven) were all it took to drive them both into a state of madness. (The thoughts received from the leaven of these spirits make one unreasonable. The mind of Christ is in agreement with the Word, without which one becomes spiritually insane. 2Pe.2:16 But (Baalam) was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet. Spiritual insanity starts with just a little bit of leaven. “A little leaven leavens the whole lump.”)

Jack was not used to this effect; it was different this time. (He had been in this state before, but now he had heard the truth and turned away, only to be reprobated. Joh.15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. After hearing the truth, you are held responsible to obey it. Now it is a time of judgment and separation of the wheat from the tares.) He called out to Jamie, but she did not answer. She was lying on the floor with her cup half empty, still in her hand. (We can have no leaven in our house to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is the last seven days before leaving the world. Otherwise, spiritual death will follow.) It didn't take as much as Jack knew it should take to bring about that kind of effect. He tried to awaken her, but she was dead. (The Harlot is spiritually dead because she partakes of leaven/yeast and leads men like Jack, too. We must partake of the unleavened Word. 1Co.11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. He cried out and said, “I told you not to drink so fast or you could die”. As he began to cry, he too seemed to be drawing near to the point of death, even though it appeared he took in a lot less than he was used to drinking. (He was used to much error before coming to the truth, but now only a little ruins the fruit of “Christ in you, the hope of glory”. The Lord is trying His people now by the Jezebel spirit to show who will be reprobated, as the Pharisees and their followers were in Jesus' day. As God separates those who serve Jezebel and listen to faction and unbelief, they will be quickly exposed.)

Back to Chris: This is where the dream ended, before I could see the outcome.

I don't know about you, but I see the unleavened Word of God proclaimed by the Man-child or the Davids in the assemblies of the Bride of Christ. Those who give in to the Jezebel spirit of the fatally attractive Harlot are suddenly reprobated as sons of perdition who, along with her, get drunk with just a little of the false prophet's beer, which has the opposite effect of Christ's living water. God will protect and separate the Man-child and Bride from all the sons of perdition and Harlot who have heard their Words and turn back.

Heb.6:4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6 and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: 8 but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

Back to Chris: As Christ's words are living water offered freely without cost, a “false” christ's words, preached by false prophets, are fatal water drunk by all who reject the living water. The sons of perdition, who are used to drinking the false prophet's teachings, will, along with the harlot, depart from the Man-child's teachings as in Jesus’ day, because their hearts will be hardened. They partake of one final drink of the false prophet's fatal water to their death. God will use this death so that they cannot rise up to become threats to the peace of those who remain in Zion.

It should also be noted that the Harlot in this dream had her hand in removing Jack from David's assembly just by her outward beauty and by the way she expressed her contempt for the things David was teaching. These two helped to kill one another. It will come about that all who yoke themselves with her will be reprobated from Zion, the house of the Man-child. This is not because the Man-child forces them out, but because the word of God (Christ), as a two-edged sword coming forth from the Man-child's mouth, drives them to separate from him and the Bride. The only thing that will make sense to these reprobates will be to drink the false prophet's fatal water, which will kill them. God will separate the Man-child and Bride from their leaven. So be it!

This may shock you, but this was a true story. We all knew this couple who fell away and were reprobated.

 

Falling Away from UBM

Joseph Lai - 04/25/2009 (David's notes in red)

I had a dream about David Eells teaching me the Word of God in an office building. (The offices put together in a building represent the UBM broadcast church. Eph.2:21 in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.) He was quite oblivious to the people going out for lunch and leaving the office. (Because we are a broadcast fellowship, we are oblivious to people feeding outside our local body.) I was listening to him, but was wondering why he was so loud and did not bat an eyelid about talking about God and the Word. (Loud represents the ability to reach more people.) At the same time, I could see a shopping center outside the office through the transparent glass. (People were going out of the church to feed in the buying and selling of Babylon, both secular and religious.)

Crowds of people were walking around. Suddenly, a young adult fell from the floor I was on, probably a few stories high. There was a loud sound: a thud as he landed on the lowest floor. (The young adult falling away from the higher story represents those who know and have experienced too much to turn back and still be granted repentance by the Lord. Heb.6:4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6 and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: 8 but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.)

I felt fear and did not dare to look at his body, but when I saw the people at the shopping center looking down at his body, I gathered enough courage to look. He was dead. (These demonstrations of what not to do are everywhere. Even the Babylonians will “look down” on those who fall away from this height. This is happening now and will continue with the falling away of the sons of perdition in the midst of the temple of God's people. Judas, who heard the Master, fell away to raise up the Babylonish Pharisees and Beast against the body of Christ. People in our sphere of influence, “going out to lunch” in Babylon, represent this group who will feed on the spirits of error, New Age, fear, paranoia, deception, etc., to fall away and spiritually die. The only thing we have to help avoid this same fate for others, besides praying for them, is to teach truth and sanctification from sin, the world, and its church. Please help us to pray and watch out for these brethren we cannot see. Ask the Lord to fill you with love for Him; then you will obey.)

God Empowers the Weak (8)

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David Eells, 10/4/26

God works all things together for our good if we love and obey Him. God hasn’t failed. God hasn’t missed. He hasn’t fallen off the throne. Everything He’s doing is to bring to pass the purpose that He had before the foundation of the world, when He chose you in Christ before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). If Adam had never fallen, would God ever have had to choose you to be in Christ? No. You mean, God knew that the fall was going to happen and He went ahead anyway? Yes. The Scripture teaches that very clearly. So we’re not here by accident. This is not Plan B. We were each put here like a seed sown in the earth. But then, among those seeds, the evil one came and sowed another seed, the tares (Matthew 13:25). We’ve been sown in the earth to bring forth fruit. When you take a seed and you shove it down in the earth, there’s dirt all around it.

Don’t be surprised when you see dirt all around your soul. The dirt is your carnal or fleshly man. That’s God’s plan. It’s quite natural for a seed to grow in dirt, but it doesn’t grow very well if you leave it sticking out on top of the ground, or put it in the rocky places, or put it in the highways and byways (Matthew 13:4-8). A seed only grows well in the dirt. We don’t like the dirt, but take heart and rejoice because we’ve been put here to bear fruit to the seed of the Word. Where God has you is the most natural place for you to bear fruit. You just have to learn to agree with God in the process and not fight against Him. He has a process and a method. His method is going to be manifested by your obedience to Scriptures your flesh or dirt  doesn’t like. Our flesh fights against it, but it’s the most important commandment of Jesus to crucify the flesh. It will put to death the old man, to bring to life the new man.

(Mat.10:16) Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. A dove is a pretty harmless critter. So is a sheep. Sheep are really pretty stupid, too. I’ve been around them a little bit, but I understand that when a wolf goes after them, they just hunker down and die. There’s no biting, there’s no kicking, there’s none of that. No fight at all in them. They just hunker down and die like it’s what they were created to do. Well, that’s the way we’re supposed to be. (Mat.10:16) Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. (17) But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you; (18) yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake…. “For my sake.” This is what He’s talking about. For Christ to live in us, we have to obey His command here. You have to be like sheep in the midst of wolves. It’s for His sake that we’re delivered up. (Rev.13:10) If any man [is] for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. The real saints will patiently resist not the evil in others. . 

The violent people who lift themselves up are going to die a quick death because God has an enemy coming against them that’s not going to lose. Even if they fall on their own sword, they’re not going to be wounded because God’s sending them. They’re coming to accomplish their purpose, and that is to destroy Babylon in us; to crucify the flesh in us. The people of God are going to be set free through the destruction of Babylon. But there’s also a little Babylon in each of us that has to be destroyed, too, and that’s why we’re going to go through this experience. Not only Babylon corporately, but Babylon individually. And God’s sending an enemy that’s fully qualified to take care of that. But He says it’s going to take patience, and it’s going to take faith for you not to take the sword because when you take the sword, your spirit man loses ground.

My wife had a dream about this: a younger brother who was out of his mind with getting vengeance on the world. God was showing us that there is a young brother out here in the world, a young Christian brother, corporately speaking, that’s going to rise up against this country and think to take things into their own hands. People don’t understand this because their teachers didn’t teach them this, and their lives will be cut short because the enemy who’s coming against them is not going to lose. God has a purpose in everything. God is Sovereign and everything He does is right; even if He does it through a wicked vessel, it’s right. When He crucified the Lord, He used wicked vessels to do it (Acts 2:23) and it was right.

Today, there are these militant anti-abortionists who are trying to get abortion outlawed by force. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m against abortion. It’s murder and there’s no way you can call it right. But God is so Sovereign that He will use abortion to take babies out of this world because if those same babies were to grow up in this world, raised by this wicked generation, they’d be hell-bound. He’s taking them out of this world through this wicked device so they can go to be with Him. 

God is no fool; everything He does is right. When you look at circumstances, just remember God’s in them. He’s doing everything after the counsel of His Own Will (Ephesians 1:11). He doesn’t ask the devil anything, and He doesn’t back away from him. The devil just happens to be a vessel of dishonor who is, believe it or not, doing God’s Will. He’s wicked, he’s evil, he’s wrong, and the people who follow him are wicked, evil, and wrong, but he will fulfill the Will of God. The devil is here for people to make a choice. He’s here to bring judgment upon the sons of God who do wrong. As a matter of fact, the devil is here to give them an opportunity to do wrong. They have a choice in whom they obey and serve. This is part of our creation. We need an opportunity to do wrong. We’re going to find out through this process who the sons of God are. There are many who claim to be the sons of God, but before it’s over, we’re going to find out who they really are because the creation is awaiting the manifestation of the sons of God (Romans 8:19) and we will see that. They’re going to look just like the first Son of God, Jesus. 

God says there’s no power but of Him (Romans 13:1). If a power is raised up, God put it there, and He wants you to submit to it as Jesus did, even when it’s evil. Remember, Paul wrote Romans 13 in a day when all the rulers over God’s people were evil. (Rom.13:2) Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment. (3) For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same: (4) for he is a minister of God to thee for good…. Actually, the word “minister” there is the Greek word diakonos, meaning “deacon,” so these wicked worldly rulers are deacons. … But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister (“deacon”) of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil. (5) Wherefore [ye] must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. 

(6) For this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers (“deacons”) of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing. (7) Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due;] custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. The Bible says, be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake. And, yes, there will come a time when they will say to you, “Deny Christ.” They will want you to trust in the arm of the flesh and submit to the authority of the Beast. But in this case we have a higher authority, Jesus. God says we should submit and obey as Jesus did when He was being crucified. The reason is that He put them in there to do this. Remember whom He put in authority when this was written. It was wicked rulers. Daniel was in the same situation, but he said that God raises up over the kingdom the basest of men (Daniel 4:17). He puts them there on purpose, and He puts them there to crucify us, if we will permit it. But God gives us His Word so that we learn to cooperate with Him in the process. 

We must cooperate with God in the process of crucifixion, and the way to crucifixion, as we just read, is weakness. A person who will not resist evil is a weak person, but the power of God to give them life will be there for people who are weak in the flesh. (Jer.17:5) Thus saith the Lord: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm…. If your strength is physical and not spiritual, then you’re cursed. Any part of God’s salvation works that way. Any place where you trust in the arm of the flesh, or run to the help of man, there’s a curse in it somewhere. It will be there. You can’t escape it because God’s Word is never wrong. God didn’t design for Christians to trust in the arm of the flesh for healing. That wasn’t His plan. God always heals. Did you ever see anybody come to Jesus whom He didn’t heal? He always heals. Apostate Christians say He doesn’t, but they’re wrong. It’s because they don’t believe. We must believe the Scriptures.

There’s always a curse when you trust in the arm of the flesh. My momma and daddy had a good revelation of that. I shared how my momma had been taking some kind of medicine for years and one day she looked in Reader’s Digest side effects of medicine. It said the side effects of her medicine were breast cancer and glaucoma, and she had them both. It was a bad trade. And my daddy ultimately died of what the doctors did to him. It was another bad trade. God is the only One Who can deliver from the curse. Man tries, but all man does is shove it around a little bit. He can’t deliver you from the curse. God is the only One Who can do that because God is the One Who sent it. There were no bad side effects in Jesus’ method. If man could deliver you from a curse that God sent, then man would be stronger than God. No, man can’t do it. Look what they found out about penicillin. All they did was breed stronger germs that they can’t kill. They didn’t do away with it. What I’m saying is, look for the curse whenever man trusts in the arm of the flesh. It doesn’t matter what science it is, even psychiatry, which a lot of preachers are preaching now. If you have a problem, even some “full Gospel” churches will send you to a psychiatrist, and they’ll do it quickly. Never mind the Gospel. They don’t know about the power of the Gospel. They trust in the arm of the flesh for their power, forgetting about casting out demons.

I’ll tell you, if you resist not the evil, you’ll see God stand up in front of you. You’ll see Him do miracles. I’d much rather be left in the hands of God (2 Samuel 24:14) than in the hands of man because that’s where you are when you resist the evil – you’re left in the hands of man. But God will do miracles. Do you know He can change men’s minds? He can give you favor. (Pro.16:7) When a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. God can change the heart of an enemy in a moment. It’s no problem for the Lord to change their mind. It’s no problem for Him to totally confuse them in their purpose, too, in a moment. I’ve seen Him do it, totally confuse them. They wonder what in the world they are doing there. 

(Jas.5:6) Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one]; he doth not resist you. Notice: The righteous do not resist their evil. The wicked do that. I know they put the word “[one]” there, but it’s in italics and not in the original. It’s not talking about Jesus because it says “he doth not,” present tense and future tense – “he doth not resist.” God’s command is very plain here. I know that people have taught that this doctrine is only true for the millennium, but that is totally stupid. Why would you need this doctrine in the millennium? (Heb.9:27) … It is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment. Now is when we need to do this. (Pro.20:22) Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for the Lord, and he will save thee. Wait for the Lord. He will save you. 

You say, “Well, He didn’t save Jesus.” That’s right because He wasn’t supposed to save Jesus who had to die for us. When Jesus died in the physical, He delivered us in the physical, but He died so that we could die in the spiritual, to the self life. He died so that we would have the ability to go against our flesh and win, so that this flesh would die. He made that possible. You’d never go against your flesh if it weren’t for His sacrifice. In fact, if you don’t exercise faith in His sacrifice, you won’t go against your flesh because it’s like picking yourself up by your own bootstraps, and that’s just not possible. You do what you are. The only way you can be something other than what you are is for God to reach in from the outside and put something there that wasn’t there naturally. Otherwise, you really are trying to pick yourself up by your own bootstraps.

Christians always try to save themselves first. God wants that and that’s part of His plan. He steps back and says, “Go ahead,” and He watches you wrestle with yourself. When you finally discover, “Oh, it’s by grace,” then He steps in and does something. But first He wants you to get the revelation that you cannot save yourself. And if you keep saving yourself, or thinking you’re saving yourself, God will get you into the place where you can’t, because He wants you to understand that salvation is by grace and not man’s works. Your deliverance comes from Him by grace. He says to wait for Him. He’ll do it. He’ll save you.

Don’t say within yourself, “I will do it.” Don’t even think it. This is where it has to stop. The battleground is in the mind, and it’s won or lost right there. You have to cast down every principle that exalts itself against the knowledge of God (2 Corinthians 10:5). Everything. And one thing is this “my rights” business. We don’t have any rights. We were crucified with Christ. (Gal.2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

You are not your own. (1Co.6:19) … Ye are not your own; (20) for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body. You don’t belong to you. Your life doesn’t belong to you. Your money doesn’t belong to you. Your house doesn’t belong to you. (Luk.14:33) So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. That means your right, your will, your money; if you don’t renounce it, you are not a disciple; you are in rebellion against God. Think about it. We have to learn what this means to be a disciple. Renounce your rights. Dead men don’t have rights. Renounce your rights. Renounce your will. Renounce your material possessions; they are not yours. If they’re yours, you’re a thief because you stole them from God. He bought them; they’re His. If you’re doing with them what you want, you’re a thief. Do you realize that? That’s why we were given the Holy Spirit. God is our Lord.

Let me show you another command of Jesus; another place where He wants us to be weak. The worldly church looks upon these as, “Well, that’s for Jesus.” But these “resist not him that is evil” are commands. If you’re a “disciple,” a mathetes, then you’re “a learner and a follower. 

That’s what a disciple is – a learner and a follower in the steps of Jesus. If you don’t obey these commands, you are not a disciple. You may be a tare in the midst of the wheat. You know, Jesus said, “if ye love me, ye will keep my commandments” (Joh.14:15).

This is how we’re going to prove if we really love God. They’re the ones who desire to keep His commandments. They are mathetes; they are disciples. (Mat.6:19) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. Jesus commanded, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth.” That’s not a request, but we plan for a rainy day, when He tells us, “be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” (Mat.6:34).

Even the preachers have their retirement savings accounts, as if they’re supposed to retire. I never saw anybody in the Bible ever retire; they just died or were killed doing His work. They didn’t need IRAs. They had the power of God. (Mat.10:9) Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; (10) no wallet for [your] journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. Jesus sent the apostles out in weakness. When they came back, He asked them, “when I sent you forth without purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing” (Luk.22:35). So they didn’t have to store up to have their needs met. They didn’t have to be their own supplier to have their needs met. They walked by faith. God has shown me this. He’s made me go through this, too.

Now a lot of people use the next verse to justify trusting in the arm of the flesh. They say, “Well, Jesus told us to take a sword.” By the way, did you know that people who store up are numbered among the transgressors, just as people who take the sword are numbered among the transgressors? Yes, they are. And since this verse covers both principles, it’s good that we look at it right here. (Luk.22:36) And he said unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet; and he that hath none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword. Why did He say, “sell his cloak and buy a sword”? Why would you have to sell a cloak to buy? Why couldn’t you just buy without selling something first? And why, in particular, a cloak? 

We know that the Bible tells us to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. We’re putting on His righteousness. (Rom.13:14) But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, [to fulfil] the lusts [thereof]. He said, put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man (Eph.4:22). Put off “the old man,” which he called “your former manner of life.” Put off the old man and put on Christ. Jesus is saying you have to sell your cloak in order to buy a sword. Stop and think about it. You’re selling something. You’re selling something that God gave you in order to buy a sword. And not only that: (Luk.22:37) For I say unto you, that this which is written must be fulfilled in me, And he was reckoned with transgressors… Underline “transgressors” because that’s the whole point He’s making here. The person who takes his own supplies, who is his own supplier, and the person who takes the sword are both transgressors. So they may say, “Jesus told us to bring a sword,” but it’s contrary to what He said after they used it. (Luk.22:38) And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. One translation says “that is enough.” It’s enough to prove you’re a transgressor because this is not what Jesus taught the whole way.

The people who supplied their own needs, and they do it today; those who supply their own needs may put you under the Law in order to give to them and to give to their ministry. They do that because they’re afraid to stand by faith in God and, if they did, He would allow their little kingdom to crumble. That’s what He’d do because, if people gave according to the Holy Spirit, a lot of kingdoms around us would crumble. If you gave when God told you to give, where God told you to give, the kingdoms of men would crumble and they know it. So they put you under the Law. “You have to give to us. We are the storehouse. Bring your tithes into the storehouse.” No. the storehouse was in the temple, which we are. We don’t need to supply our own needs. The power of God will be manifest in our weakness. If you put yourself in a place of weakness, God will be there. He will see that you never do without. The apostles went out, and God was always with them. He’s no different with you. 

If you have to go in your strength, you’re in trouble. And everything that you use in your own strength, you’re going to lose because the world is going to plunder you. But if you go in God’s strength, then He is your supplier, He is your Jehovah-Jireh, and He’s never going to fail you. That’s where miracles are. You’ll see miracles if you do that.

He said, lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal (Mat.6:19). Why did He say that? I’ll tell you one very good reason is that He likens this to people who serve mammon and not God. (Mat.6:24) No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. You’re going to hold to the one and hate the other, and that means hold to the mammon and hate God. You can’t serve them both.

He said, “for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Luk.12:34). The word “mammon” means “confidence,” and it means “that which is trusted in.” It doesn’t just mean “money”; it means “treasure.” In fact, the Hebrew word for “treasure” is matmon, and it means “that which is trusted in.” You know what? You cannot hoard it and not trust in it. I’ve heard them preach it for years and they’re lying. Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” You can’t have it in the bank, or however you have it stored up, and not trust in it. It’s just not possible. When a person gets in trouble, they’re going to run to their god, and then you know who their god really is. That’s why Jesus said that. He said it’s not possible to serve both God and mammon.

(Mat.6:22) The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. (23) But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness…. In other words, get your eye only on the Lord because, if your eye is double, your whole body is going to be full of darkness. But He said, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth.” What is wrong with doing this? For one thing, God has designed this earth to support the life that’s on it and “when goods increase, they are increased that eat them” (Ecc.5:11). So, if somebody is storing up, somebody else is doing without. And if somebody’s storing up, then, of course, they are trusting in that.

Did you know that God called storing up “covetousness”? Do you know that the covetous will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven (Ephesians 5:5)? The covetous were separated in the early church. They’re not separated today, because it doesn’t make any difference; everybody is covetous. But in the early church they were separated from among God’s people. Paul said that if any man who is called a brother is covetous (1 Corinthians 5:11), then the church was to judge them (1 Corinthians 5:12). He put the covetous right in there with the fornicators. There was no difference.

Jesus said, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth (Luk.12:15). The Bible says a covetous man is an idolater (Ephesians 5:5). Why is the covetous man an idolater? Do you know what the word “covetous” means? It does not mean “desiring what belongs to somebody else.” The Greek word means “desiring more.” Not being content but desiring more. And the Bible says, “but having food and covering we shall be therewith content” (1Ti.6:8), not desiring more. A person who is covetous is an idolater. “Idolater” comes from the Greek eidololatres, and it means “a servant to that which is seen.”

Stop and think about this. Have all the luxuries of life given you any more time to spend with the Lord? You’d think so, but it seems they just rob you of your time more than they make free time for you. You become a servant to that which is seen, an idolater, an eidololatres. In the old days, before they had all this stuff, people had more time for the Lord. A materialistic society robs Christians. Christians are strong when they get out of materialism, when they’re content to lead a simple life, and they don’t need all the luxuries to make them happy. If you need all that to make you happy, you’re sick. Those things you accumulate shouldn’t be what make you happy. It’s the Lord Who should make you happy; it’s righteousness that should make you happy. The Lord knew this.

(Luk.12:15) And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. (16) And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: (17) and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? (18) And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and I will build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. In other words, he didn’t have any place to bestow his grain and his goods on anybody but himself. That’s the problem. He didn’t want to bestow them on anybody but himself. “I’ll get prettier. I’ll get bigger. I’ll get better.”

(Luk.12:19) And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. (20) But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night they require thy soul of thee. That’s what it says in the original Greek: “They require thy soul.” What requires your soul? The riches require your soul. The Bible teaches that in other places. (Luk.12:20) But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night they require thy soul of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? (21) So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Here’s the point: “They require thy soul of thee.” (Psa.49:16) Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased: (17) For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. (18) Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself), (19) He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light. (20) Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. He said they’ll never see the light. What is He talking about? Remember what was told to the rich man? (Luk.16:25) But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish. See, obviously things are going to be turned around in the next life.

The Kingdom of Heaven is so totally opposite to this world. Things are in the works now to be turned around then. “Up” is “down” and “down” is “up” in the next life. Did you know that? He who humbles himself shall be exalted. Everything is going to be the opposite. It’s not going to be those whom the world has considered the great Christian leaders. It’s going to be the obedient and the fruitful. If you’re famous with the world, even the worldly church, you’re sick, and you’re in trouble. That was not the way the wicked treated the prophets and Jesus. If you are walking with God, then the world will treat you the way they treated the prophets and Jesus, which means you’ll be hated.

(Pro.13:7) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing (This is talking about having nothing toward the Kingdom.): There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth. (8) The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening. What is a ransom? Isn’t it a price that must be paid for someone’s freedom from bondage? Look at what the price to be paid for freedom from bondage is: it’s the riches. It’s the treasures that are stored up. It’s the things that you don’t need and things you’re trusting in. That’s not the only place in the Scriptures it says that. Isn’t that amazing? 

(Luk.18:25) For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (They talk about this “eye of the needle” over there in the Middle East. And they called it the “eye of a needle” after Jesus preached this (Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25), but you can’t shove a camel through there.) Jesus meant what He said. That which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God (Luk.16:15). Jesus said this to the Pharisees because they were lovers of money and they were scoffing at what He was saying. You know, God’s going to try us. God tries every one of us with money and with material goods. We’re going to be tried to see what we’re going to do with them. God made a command in the Old Testament concerning the manna (Exodus 16:18) and Paul used it in the New Testament to show us something.

Look what Paul said in the New Testament. Why is it wrong to store up? Because if you’re storing up, you’re a thief, and I’m going to prove it to you from the Scriptures. (2Co.8:13) For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed; (14) but by equality: your abundance [being a supply] at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become [a supply] for your want; that there may be equality. See, that’s what your store should be used for. Am I coming against your flesh? I hope so. 

In the New Testament, the rich are exhorted to be ready and willing to distribute. That’s their job when they come into the Kingdom and the reason is so “that their abundance also may become [a supply] for your want; that there may be equality: (2Co.8:15) as it is written, He that [gathered] much had nothing over (Underline that: “had nothing over.”); and he that [gathered] little had no lack.” See, God has a plan for the poor of the Kingdom, the people who are in need in the Kingdom, and His plan is “equality.” No, everybody’s not going to drive nice cars, I know that. But if you have your needs met, that’s the point. God wanted equality, and when the Church started in the Book of Acts, that’s immediately what they set out to do. People who had material possessions sold them and gave the money to the apostles for distribution to those in need.

I tell you, the spirit of this is going to come back into the Church and there’s going to be equality, but what’s going to happen first is God’s going to take everything away from the super rich. He’s going to take everything away because Christians and all are in idolatry in this country, and they’re serving the things that they can see. All those things are going to pass away. In the judgment that God’s sending against this country, He’s going to take it all away from those that store up and redistribute it. A sister named Verna had a dream about all the valuables being held over a deep pit. God showed her it’s all going to be taken away because God’s going to deliver His people from idolatry. This is not going to bother people who don’t have a lust for things. They couldn't care less, as long as they can see the power of God and the work of God. 

God wants equality and He wants your excess to meet somebody’s needs, so that their excess will meet your need. Think about it, folks. Most of you believe that hard times are coming. If your excess now will meet somebody’s need, then their excess later will meet your need. That’s what it says there. The people who are going to have the hardest time are the people who are idolaters, the people who are serving things. If something is not yours, then God has to tell you what to do with it and, if you’re a disciple, it’s not yours.

Every time God’s ever told me to do something great, He was there with grace in me to do it and He’s always done something greater for me. He has never failed. Never. And He never will fail you. If He tells you to do something, don’t worry about it and don’t fear. It’s His and He can do with it what He likes. If He tells you to do something with it, do it because He’s going to bless you. Jesus said, “give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give unto your bosom” (Luk.6:38). When you need, the way to get your needs met is not by storing up and it’s not by borrowing; it’s by giving.

God made me prove that. There have been times when God didn’t supply my need until the last minute, and when I looked at what I had and looked at my bills on the other side, there was no way. Do you know what God told me to do? He said, “Give it. Get rid of it. Get it out of your hand.” As soon as I did that, He met the whole need, and He did this to me time after time. You see, the way to receive is to give. This is God’s method. And I’m not preaching that so that you give to me because I don’t care if you give to me. I don’t have to worry about that. I found that God is never going to fail me. Never.

Now I know that it’s almost impossible to live today without having a bank account, without putting money in the bank to pay the bills. But Scripture tells us not to store up our treasure. Well, where is the line? I’m not trying to draw one. That’s between you and God. I’m not going to say anything that He didn’t say. But get alone with God and your conscience and find out what He means to you when He’s talking about that. I’m not going to put anybody under a law. Some of you may be thinking, “How could I pay my bills if I just gave everything away?” Oh, believe me, that’s happened to me many times. Many times, I had to give everything away before my bills got paid. God never failed me. I was never too late paying my bills, but I first had to get rid of whatever I had for Him to do it. And what I had wasn’t enough to cover the bills anyway, so I might as well get rid of it.

It’s a place of being weak. See, when you are weak, He’s going to be strong. It’s an act of faith to give when you need, like the woman with the two mites, because God doesn’t measure your giving by how much you put in; it’s what you have left after you put in. The woman with the two mites gave more than all those rich Pharisees (Mark 12:42-44). They put in out of their abundance. Jesus didn’t mention them. They were putting in under the Law anyway. She wasn’t putting in under the Law. That was all she had. She was totally under grace and totally in faith in God and she figured, “This won’t meet my need, it might as well meet somebody’s,” and she just gave it. And I’ll tell you what, that woman didn’t go away without being blessed. I’ve experienced it. I know it’s true. 

Some people try to say that the way the early church met the needs of the saints is just communism, but there’s a big difference. There’s a difference between socialism or communism and Scriptural equality from the heart, and worked by God, and the other is by law. And there have been groups that have this legalistic way of communism. They had equality in the early church, but it was not the kind of communism we see in the world. That way is forced upon men who have wicked hearts because of law. And, as you know, the Law cannot make perfect (Hebrews 7:19). The Law does not have the power to bring things to pass, but grace does. 

When they gave in the early church to meet one another’s needs, God made sure that it was going to come back to them later. Anything that goes out comes back. There will be a time when your needs will need to be met and they will be met because you met others’ needs and you trust God. That’s what 2 Corinthians 8:14 says. And I’m not trying to draw a line there about how much. You figure that out. Only you know if it’s something that you’re trusting in. The only reason many people I know have a bank account is so they can write checks to pay their bills. I have one, too, but I don’t store up. In fact, I have to run and put money in the bank so that they can pay my bills.

Okay, maybe you’re not storing up money, but you’re storing up groceries. Are you doing that for convenience so you’re not running to the store all the time? Or are you trusting in what you’ve stored up for yourself? God left some things between you and your conscience and Him, and that’s the way this is. Let God deal with you when you read that in 2 Corinthians because I don’t think we should make any laws or regulations. God wants to talk to you; He wants to lead you and if you humble yourself to those Scriptures, He will show you what it means for you. And that’s the way we ought to leave it and not go beyond the things which are written (1 Corinthians 4:6).

Listen, this world is set up for the rich to plunder the poor, and this has always been true. There will come some relief when the plunderers meet with justice. God did not ordain this system except to teach the people a lesson. You know the people who are behind the wars in the world, who are behind the governments, who are raising up and destroying governments, have been the rich? It’s always been the rich. They are ruling this world, and the devil is using them to do it. He’s the god of this world. They worship him and they serve him. They’re in the physical realm ruling this world, although they don’t know God is over everything.

(Jas.5:1) Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. And they are coming for this country. This is a pertinent word for this day. (Jas.5:2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. He’s talking about your spiritual riches being corrupted and your spiritual garments being moth-eaten. (Jas.5:3) Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. (4) Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days. (5) Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered in the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth (or “hosts”). (5) Ye have lived delicately on the earth (Does this remind you of the rich man and the beggar, Lazarus?), and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. (Jas.5:6) Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one]; he doth not resist you. [one] once again is not biblical here because the righteous are the ones being plundered. That was true in Jesus’ day and it’s true in this day.

We should seek God for contentment. (1Ti.6:6) But godliness with contentment is great gain: (7) for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; (8) but having food and covering we shall be therewith content. The Bible says we should be content with the simple things of life, a simple life. You may have read the stories of some of the great men of God and how they were just so content, so happy with so little. Like the early disciples they were consumed with serving God not toys. They didn’t need material things to be happy. They led a simple life. How much more time do you have for God if you are obedient and lead a simple life, if you don’t lust after the world and run after the things of the world? (Act.20:35) … It is more blessed to give than to receive. And be obedient, as far as seeking equality among the brethren. God wants equality. God wants to bless His people, and He’s going to bless them with equality and low overhead so they can do the work of the Kingdom. God even promises “His righteousness abideth for ever” (2Co.9:9) for the person who seeks this. That’s a tremendous promise.

Another thing to look at is tithing. You may not agree with me, but God didn’t ordain for His Church to stop at tithing. Tithing was when 90% belonged to you and 10% belonged to God. But there’s no such thing in the New Testament. We are totally stewards in the New Testament. God had something much greater than tithing. You will not find tithing taught in the New Testament. I’m telling you to look. You say, “Oh, yeah it is, in Matthew 23.” No, it doesn’t say that. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees in (Mat.23:23) … Ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law…. Jesus said tithing is of the Law. He never preached tithing. You can’t find one verse where He did. The New Testament talks about tithing they did dishonestly in the Old Testament; that’s true, but equality in stewardship superseded tithing. This is what makes you a steward, when it all belongs to God, not just 10%. You don’t, and you can’t find 10% in the New Testament. Read it carefully. And if you’re under the Law, you’re doing business with God according to the Old Covenant. Don’t try it because, if you do, He’ll do business with you according to the Old Covenant.

I learned that when I first came into the Kingdom and started tithing. God blessed me when I tithed because I hadn’t been giving anything. But it wasn’t long until He showed me that He had something better. Everything in the New Testament is better. The great blessings are much better than the Law. (2Co.9:6) But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Now, he just says, the more you give, the more you’ll receive to give. And he does say to give, as you’ll see, if you read on. (2Co.9:7) [Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart…. That’s not the Law, is it? No, and I tell you, most preachers will rebuke you if you say that nowadays. It’s as if they didn’t know it was in the Bible. (2Co.9:7) [Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. It’s not of necessity? That’s exactly right. So that delivers you from the Law right there. Not of necessity. “For God loveth a cheerful giver.” In other words, He wants it from the heart. He doesn’t want you under the Law. He’s not interested in that kind of sacrifice.

The sacrifice He wants is a cheerful giver. And look at His promise for doing this. Now this promise is not for tithers. I’ve had tithers say, “Well, I give my tithes. Why doesn’t this promise come true to me?” It’s because this promise is not for tithing, because if you’re under the Law, you can only reap a harvest that’s under the Law. God never made the Law with the Church. He never made tithing with you. He made the Law with the Jews; not with you. You don’t have to figure out what part of the Old Covenant you’re under. You’re not under any of it. It’s all types and shadows to be fulfilled in your life, but you’re not under any of it. He didn’t make that Covenant with you, He made it with them. There’s a moral law in the Old Testament that’s always true but He puts it in our heart not over our head. But the ceremonial laws, like animal sacrifice, tithing or circumcision. All these things have been superseded by something greater. For example, Paul told us that baptism represents circumcision (Colossians 2:11,12). We’re still being circumcised, except it’s not the cutting away of the flesh of the foreskin; it’s the cutting off of the whole old man. That’s what baptism means. 

So, when you bring things from the Old Testament into the New Testament, it’s magnified. The tithe has been magnified. It’s not 10% anymore; it’s 100%. And the Sabbath is not a day anymore; it’s every day. See, everything has been changed. The Sabbath is being fulfilled in the New Testament by those who cease from their works and enter into the rest through faith (Hebrews 4:3). Jesus didn’t say you had to obey the Law. He said you’ll fulfill it. There is a difference. Now, a person who does equality will fulfill the tithe. If you sow bountifully, you will fulfill the tithe. But you’re not doing it because you are under the Law. It’s a totally different relationship with God. 

Now, look at this fantastic promise! (2Co.9:8) And God is able to make all grace abound unto you…. You mean just for giving bountifully? That’s what He said. … All grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything…. (2Co.9:8) That’s a promise. I tell you, there are few promises like that in the Bible that are so inclusive, and He’s giving it to people who are bountiful givers. (2Co.9:8) And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work. Now that’s a promise! (9) As it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever. God imputes righteousness to a person who doesn’t give under the Law but gives under grace – and gives bountifully. 

Sowing bountifully doesn’t mean we should throw it to the wind just to be giving it. He wants us to be good stewards, and He doesn’t want us to pour sand down a rat hole because that’s what you’re doing in a lot of ministries. You’ve heard the saying that you can’t out-give God, and that’s true. But I know preachers many times use it to make themselves rich. You’re not supposed to keep what He gives back to you. He still wants equality. The materialistic preachers, the prosperity preachers, they think this is a means to get rich, but you’re not being content with food and raiment if you’re doing that. (2Co.9:10) And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing…. So it’s not supposed to stick in your hand. That’s the problem. You see the preachers riding around in their luxury vehicles and living in their million-dollar homes. What happened? Is there equality in their church? No. It’s stuck in their hand. He said He multiplies your seed for sowing. In other words, God multiplies what you give back to you so that you can give it again. 

Most people only give 10% when it comes back. You can get fat and filthy rich on this 10% business. I mean, in a worldly way, you can do that. But if you have it stuck in your hands, you’re robbing God because that’s not His plan. It’s supposed to keep on flowing through you and meeting needs. When you do that, then you’re storing up treasures in Heaven. If you store them up on the earth, they’ll get stolen and become corrupt. But if you store them up in Heaven, you can reach up there and get them anytime you need them. It’s just like when God supplied the manna and He told them to only gather enough for one day. If they took more, it bred worms (Exodus 16:20). They were storing up, and it corrupted. Those omers were leveled off and anything that fell out went into somebody else’s omer (Exodus 16:18). Everybody had their needs met and nobody had excess. If anybody had a heaping omer, then he had what belonged to somebody else.

The tithe was given for the Levitical ministry. I’m not denying that. The problem is there are a lot of people who went and weren’t sent. There are a lot of people out there who are receiving this and they have no business doing it, and they’re not doing with it what God told them to do in the Bible. When Jesus gathered together the sheep and the goats in front of Him (Matthew 25:32,33) and He separated them, He separated them by what they did with what they had. (Mat.25:35) For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; (36) naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. (37) Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? (38) And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? (39) And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? (40) And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me. 

In the Old Testament, the storehouse was in the midst of the temple and the people of God are the temple. Jesus didn’t ask one time, “Did you pay your tithes?” He did ask, “Did you meet My brethren’s needs?” That’s how He judged them to be either a sheep or a goat. “Did you meet my brethren’s needs?” See, there must be a fulfillment of what happened in the Old Testament in the New Testament. In the New Testament, the treasury is still in the temple, but it’s not a building. But preachers will tell you to bring your tithe into the storehouse, which, conveniently is them, while people in the church are in need and can’t pay their bills. Instead, they keep building bigger and bigger churches, and some of them are just half-empty mausoleums.

(2Co.9:10) And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: (11) ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God. Wow! There are some tremendous promises here for giving according to the New Testament. If you have a need, if you’re in trouble and you need your needs met, let me tell you what to do: Don’t ever stop giving. Give more than you’ve ever given. Remember what Jesus showed us: the storehouse in the midst of the temple is the people of God. The very first thing God wants you to do is meet the needs of God’s people. The second thing He wants you to do is “make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles” (Luk.16:9). He’s talking about using your money to bring souls to the Lord because they’ll have an eternal tabernacle if you use your money to bring them into the Kingdom, won’t they? I’m saying that God wants you to use what you have as a steward, so that in the hereafter those people whom you used your money for will be able to receive you into eternal tabernacles. That’s what the Scripture says.

God’s purpose for us here on earth is to be a blessing and to bring people into the Kingdom, and to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. (Mat.6:33) But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. He said all these other things will be added to you. Don’t worry about them. That’s what the Gentiles seek after. Look at the birds. (Mat.6:26) Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they? Look at the flowers. (28) And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: (29) yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. You don’t have to seek after these things. He literally means that. 

Look, there will come a time when you may not be able to work and make your own living, but God is your Jehovah-Jireh. It doesn’t matter that you can’t work. Don’t worry about it. Just seek first the Kingdom and His righteousness and God is going to make sure that your needs are met. He’s going to prove it to you. The birds don’t sow. Look at the point He’s making; look at it and meditate on it.

Okay, suppose you can’t work. Suppose you’re put into such a position of need. Suppose this country falls apart and money isn’t worth anything and you don’t have a job. Does that mean God can’t supply your needs? No, just the opposite. If you continue giving right there, you’ll find out God will bless you right there. He has bound Himself by His Word to be your Jehovah-Jireh; He will meet your needs. Look at the birds. They don’t store up in barns. Your Father feeds them. Look at the flowers; they’re clothed. They don’t labor to be clothed. Father clothes them. So, He says to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. This is an important principle. If you have a need, don’t ever stop seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness because He said it’s going to be met. 

See, the problem is that when people get a need, they start seeking the need instead of seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. They get turned around. That’s the worldly way. If you have a need, seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and what you need will be added unto you. When I agreed the Lord was going to give me a house in Florida, one of the first questions that came to us was, “Well, how’s God going to do this?” And my wife asked me, “Well, what do you think we ought to do, start saving our money? Should we sell our house?” You know, God told me the opposite for everything there. He told me, “Don’t save anything; just keep giving, and giving.” And that’s what we did. We never saved a nickel. We just kept giving and giving. At that time I was making plenty of money and we just kept giving. And we didn’t sell our house either. He made us give it away. 

God’s Word is true. He doesn’t tell you to gain any other way. He doesn’t tell you to store up to meet your need. He tells you, don’t store up. He wants to show you He can do a miracle. He wants to prove to you that, in your weakness, He’s made strong. You want to see a miracle? You have to be weak to see a miracle. You have to be in a position of weakness. The commandments of Jesus are designed to make you weak. He said, “Don’t store up.” And the thoughts will come to you, “What if I have a problem?” “What if I get sick?” “What if ...” Don’t worry about tomorrow. (Mat.6:34) Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Obey His command and do not worry about tomorrow. The devil will give you trouble by worrying about tomorrow because it will be a self-fulfilled prophecy. Listen, if you don’t have it, God will see that you get it. If you already have your own need supplied, why does He have to do a miracle? You don’t get to see miracles that way. Besides, you’re rebelling against God. (Luk.16:12) And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? Do you see that? What we have is another’s.

If you see a brother in need, you should try to meet that need because we already have some principles in the Bible and God wants us to obey them. He said, “give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away” (Mat.5:42), and “release, and ye shall be released” (Luk.6:37); and He means it. And He’s talking about wicked people there, too, by the way. Nowadays Christians will pass up their brother in need or people who ask them and say, “No, I can’t do that. I have to bring my tithe into the storehouse.” What they’re doing is rebelling against the principles of Jesus to give, or lend, or release, in order to obey the Law that they were never under. Preachers are putting them under the Law so that they rebel against every principle Jesus ever spoke. You don’t need a word from God if you see a brother in need. He’s already given you a word.

Now if a person is doing okay financially and you know they’re making it, they’re getting by, you wouldn’t do that. And you’re not supposed to meet a person’s greed. Why give it to a preacher who has an expensive home and car? Does he need it? Obviously not. Something’s wrong there. The Bible says, “he that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord” (Pro.19:17) but “he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want” (Pro.22:16). Number one in God’s priority is His children, not the world. I’ve seen people skip over His children and go straight to the world because they wanted to, or maybe because it was kinfolk or something like that. No, you can’t do that. That’s not Scriptural. 

Remember what we read; it’s “inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me” (Mat.25:40). Now, if you do give it to family, does God count that if they’re in need? Well, that could fall under the category of what He said about being a wise steward and gaining those people and bringing them into the Kingdom, so that they have an eternal tabernacle (Luke 16:9). Sometimes the Lord wants you to do that, to meet the need of some poor, lost person because God’s going to use it as a testimony to them. He’s going to use it to bring them to the Lord.

God can guide you to do all kinds of things. In the Old Testament, they needed a law because they didn’t have the Holy Spirit. We’ve been given the Holy Spirit because He is to lead and guide us. We follow the law of the Spirit, and the Holy Spirit has been given to us to guide us. God didn’t tell us how much here, how much there, but He gave us the Holy Spirit. The church has actually put us into bondage. At the same time, people in the church with real needs go without. I’ve heard so many testimonies, you have, too, of people who go to a church to get help with their needs and couldn’t do it; and yet the hierarchy in the church was living pretty well. And the churches still will receive the 10% when a person could be saying, “Enough is enough. I’ve been giving to this building fund and these people who are human – flesh and blood – are freezing and starving in the church.”

Now some people prey on churches and just want handouts. They’re being leeches instead of trying to find work. They think it’s easier to have the church give them something. So where do you know where to draw the line? I know I’ve shared this experience with you before, about when I was an elder in Louisiana. We had this couple who came in there, and that’s the way they were. They were strictly Gimme, gimme, gimme; they were leeches. We’d give to them and they’d be eating steak. We hardly ever ate steak. Well, the Lord showed me something, and He gave me wisdom there because we had just taught, “give to every one that asketh thee” (Luk.6:30), and the text there is talking about the wicked. When they ask you, give to them. I understand there are cases whereby you don’t want to be a partaker in other men’s sins. If a man’s an alcoholic, you don’t give him a buck to go buy another one, but you can use wisdom. You can meet his need with wisdom. You don’t have to meet it with money. But after we had taught these people this, this couple came.

And God showed me that He sent them there to try everybody in that church to see if they would obey the Word they’d heard. Were they going to submit, and were they going to give, and were they going to lend and were they going to do what the Bible said to do? I think that a lot of people did overcome there. They actually entered into more of God there because they did obey that. But there came a time when the Lord told the elders what to do with that couple, after they had tried the church. I mean, God spoke to me just as plainly as could be when I asked Him what to do about them because they were tormenting the church. He spoke to me and said, “Kick the baby bird out of the nest.” That’s what He told me. In other words, they were just leeches. They were just soaking everybody dry. It was, “I need this, I need that, I need this.” They had no responsibility. The guy would lose his job because he wouldn’t get up in the morning and go to work, and things like that.

And the Lord does try people to know, “Are you going to obey?” See, if you obey God’s Word, He will take care of things. It may not look reasonable to you, but you come against your flesh when you do things just because the Bible says it. Your flesh says, “No, no, no,” and you’re saying, “Yes, I’m going to do it just because the Bible says it.” It may look unreasonable to you, but when you obey it, you’re crucifying your flesh. Finally, there was a time when God wouldn’t permit the church to be tried anymore. The Bible says, “God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able” (1Co.10:13). And this is what happened. This is something I hardly ever do. I wouldn’t even think of doing this unless God told me to, but He told me to call that woman up in front of the church and cast out a spirit of graft because she was using her position to gain from the people of God. When I did that, I’ll tell you, it was an eye-opener because when I commanded that spirit to come out of that woman, she hit the ground and she was wiggling around down there just like a snake.

As fat a woman as she was, there’s no physical way she could have done that. And the spirit came out of her. Well, she lasted only about a week until she went back to doing her same old tricks again. God sometimes will cast a spirit out because the people need it, but if that person does not repent, it will come back. That’s when the Lord said, “Kick the baby bird out of the nest.” When the momma kicks the baby bird out of the nest, they either fly or hit the ground, and that was this case. It didn’t last long.

A preacher from another church in New Orleans called me and asked, “Do you know these people?” I said, “Yeah.” He said, “Well, we’re having a little problem.” I said, “Yeah, I can guess what it is.” So he asked for my advice and I told him what I did. “Well, it sounds like good advice. We’re going to do that, too.” I said, “Fine,” but I know God sent them there to test them in obeying His Word. Sometimes you don’t want to do that. You don’t want to obey the Scriptures. You think there’s somebody more deserving of this. But it says, “give to every one that asketh thee” (Luk.6:30) and He’s talking about sharing with the wicked. 

(Mat.6:19) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: (20) but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. The emphasis here is that it cannot be corrupted when you lay it up in Heaven; you can use it, and it’ll be there for you. (Gal.6:7) Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. In other words, you have to sow it to reap it. Some people don’t understand why they’re not reaping. Did you sow it? The Bible says, “give, and it shall be given unto you” (Luk.6:38). There are principles in the Word of God. Again, I say the amount doesn’t matter. I’ve never given as much as God’s going to give to me. It doesn’t matter the amount; it matters what you have left, like the widow (Mark 12:42). She was a giver and God met her needs.

And God will meet your needs if you store it up in Heaven where it cannot corrupt and where the interest is greater. When we gave a house, God gave us a much better house. When we gave a car, God gave us a much better car. The interest is great. It’s “good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom” (Luk.6:38). That’s not to make you rich. It’s supplying seed to the sower (2 Corinthians 9:10), so God just wants it to keep on going. God will do miraculously. If you give abundantly, according to what you have, He’ll give abundantly, according to what He has. How do you store up your treasures in Heaven? (Luk.12:30) For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. (31) Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you. (32) Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. It’s not as if you have to talk God into it. He wants to do miraculously. But many people will not put themselves in a position of weakness where God can do this. 

It is, “my power is made perfect in weakness” (2Co.12:9). It’s faith and if you have faith, you don’t need to store up. (2Co.12:33) Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old (In other words, it’s not something you store up and you’re keeping it for a long time), a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth. (2Co.12:34) For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Many Christians are storing up on earth when they should be storing up in Heaven. They point to Joseph and how he stored up grain in Egypt (Genesis 41). I really believe that Joseph was storing up there in type; the grain that he was storing up is the grain of the Word of God. Because if Jesus said it, He’s never going to change His mind (Matthew 5:18). It’s His commands to us. If He said it, it’s always going to be that way. What God is going to do in the future will be miraculous. I mean, I found out when God moved me to Pensacola that when I didn’t have something, it didn’t have anything to do with God’s supply. Nothing. I saw God multiply food. I saw Him put food in our stomachs when we didn’t have any food. And I know that God will never let you do without when you have a need. It has nothing to do with your supply; it has to do with what you’ve been doing. There’s going to come a time when you need some treasure stored up, right? Have you been storing it up in Heaven?

God Empowers the Weak (7) 

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David Eells, 9/30/26

We all want to manifest the fruit of the Spirit, but first there must be the crucifixion of the lusts. Jesus taught us and He’s our example. Many people think He was an example so that we wouldn’t have to die. No, Jesus didn’t die so that we wouldn’t have to die. Jesus died so that we could die. I’m talking about dying spiritually; dying to self. He died to make it possible for us to die to self. 

Those who refuse to take up their cross and follow Him, and refuse to obey His commands, are refusing to be disciples. Even if they call themselves Christians. I want to show you that Jesus turned the other cheek, but He did it as an example to us. When Jesus was before Pilate and the Sanhedrin (Matthew 27:12-14), He resisted not the evil. He did turn the other cheek. He had the power to say “No.” He had more power than the disciples understood He had because they thought they were going to save Him with the sword. (Mat.26:52) Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. He said, “Don’t you know I could call more than 12 legions of angels?” (Matthew 26:53) Look, Jesus had power they didn’t know of to keep from going to the cross. He didn’t have to resort to man’s arm of the flesh.

One angel in the Old Testament killed 185,000 men (2 Kings 19:35) and Jesus is talking about calling 72,000 angels here. That’s power! Christians need to realize that their power is not in the arm of the flesh; it’s in the Kingdom of Heaven. That power should be used to fulfill God’s Will. In the very next verse after Jesus said, “Don’t you know I could call more than 12 legions of angels?” He said, “how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?” (Mat.26:54) We want the Scriptures to be fulfilled in us, which is the manifestation of Christ; however, they won’t be fulfilled if you refuse to go to your cross.

Just as Jesus had a free will and He could have called the 12 legions of angels, we have a free will, and we could, in many cases, walk away from our cross. But that doesn’t mean we won’t be faced with it again. We will be faced with it again and again because God is merciful. And we’ll be faced with it until we get it right or just run out of time because we are running out of time. We’ve been put here to bear fruit, and we’ve been given a certain amount of time to do that. There’s a door closing on the other end of this life. I’ve shared before the vision my wife had about being on a treadmill. The door ahead was closing. We had to run faster and faster to get through the door before it closed. The treadmill was imperceptibly picking up speed going in the opposite direction, and we had to run faster and faster. That’s the way the world is; it's picking up speed in the opposite direction, and the door is closing.

We’re running a race but it’s not a race against one another; this is a race against time. There’s a door closing. You have to bear fruit or else you’ll be called what Scripture and Jesus called an “unprofitable servant,” cast forth into outer darkness (Matthew 25:30). There’s no such thing as bearing fruit without the cross. I’m going to point out just a few of Jesus’ commands and show you that when you obey them, they put you in a position of weakness. You cannot defend yourself. You cannot hit back. You won’t be able to do the things that your flesh wants because, if you do, your flesh will live and it will get stronger. (Rom.8:13) For if ye live after the flesh (in other words, if you walk in obedience to the flesh), ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. We want the new man to live and there’s only one way that can happen – the old man has to die. They live in the same house. The spiritual man was supposed to go into the Promised Land and kill the old man and live in his house, and we are, in one parallel, that promised land. That spiritual man is Christ in us and He’s the spiritual man in every one of us, Who seeks to take over our vessel.

(1Pe.2:18) Servants, [be] in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. (19) For this is acceptable (the literal translation is actually “grace”), For this is grace, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully. Grace? That’s right. God sends us through grace down here on this earth. Sometimes we don’t look on it as grace, but it’s fleshly suffering. He calls it grace. That’s the original word there. We have to go through suffering. (Act.14:22) … Through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God. We must go through suffering because the flesh doesn’t die without suffering. If you’re not suffering, then you’re not ceasing from sin. Peter said, He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin (1Pe.4:1). That’s because when you’re suffering, when the flesh is suffering – and I’m talking about that entity of the old man in you, the mind of the flesh in you – when that old man is suffering, it means that he’s not getting his way and he’s dying.

This is not about the physical flesh suffering, you understand. I’m talking about that entity that lives in you that wants to gratify “self.” If the old man is not suffering, you’re not bearing the cross; you’re not obeying the commands of Jesus to lose your life. So Peter called it “grace” here. (1Pe.2:20) For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted [for it,] ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it,] ye shall take it patiently, this is grace with God. The last thing we want is to do right and to have wrong done to us in return. We want justice and our rights. The flesh demands its rights, but the flesh is a dead man. We reckon the old man to be dead unto sin (Romans 6:11) and dead men don’t demand rights. You can slap the dead man on one cheek and they’ll turn the other one, too. That’s the way Jesus commanded us.

If you want that old man to die, then don’t feed him. Just don’t obey him and he’ll die. This is grace with God. (1Pe.2:21) For hereunto were ye called…. We were called to suffer in what the world would call “wrongfully.” In other words, we’re called to suffer when we do right. (1Pe.2:21) For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps: (22) who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: (23) who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously. In other words, Jesus left judgment, wrath and payback in the hands of God. Peter said Jesus left this example to us so that we should follow in His steps. Every day we’re going to have an opportunity to do this. There’s just no way you could live this life without having an opportunity to deny our self life. Don’t waste your time. Redeem the time (Ephesians 5:16), the Scripture says. This is what we’re here for. Suffering is one of God’s greatest methods to put to death your flesh so that Christ can live in you. 

(1Pe.3:13) And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good? (14) But even if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed [are ye:] and fear not their fear, neither be troubled; (15) but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear: (16) having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ. (17) For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing. (18) Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. We can see a spiritual type there in the life of Christ. When He resisted not the evil, He was put to death in the flesh, but He was made alive in the spirit. This is a spiritual type for us because, if we want to be made alive in the spirit, we must accept our death in the fleshly self-life daily. 

(1Pe.4:14) If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye;] because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you. (15) For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters: but if [a man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name. (17) For the time [is come] for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if [it begin] first at us, what [shall be] the end of them that obey not the gospel of God? (18) And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear? (19) Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God (That doesn’t fit the prosperity doctrine very well, does it?) commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator. Commit your soul unto a faithful Creator. Jesus obeyed His own command in Matthew 5:39 and He was crucified for it. I can imagine several places where He could have interjected just a little bit of truth and totally turned the situation around, such as when He talked about, “destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (Joh.2:19). Of course, he spake of the temple of his body (21), but that’s not what was brought out at the trial by the Sanhedrin and I never saw Him even objecting to it, though He knew what He meant. He didn’t bother to stick up for Himself.

There’s one person from the Old Testament who really impressed me with his understanding of not resisting him that is evil, and that’s David. He obeyed this. I’ve seen probably a half-dozen to a dozen good examples of where David obeyed this doctrine. He seemed to be way ahead of his time in understanding what it was that pleased God. He seemed to be almost walking in New Testament revelation in some areas of this resisting not evil and it definitely bore fruit in his soul. (Psa.38:12) They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me,] And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long. (13) But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. (14) Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. (15) For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. David put his trust in God to bring about justice, just as the Lord did (1 Peter 2:23), and not with his own tongue, nor in his own strength. In fact, as we read on here, you’ll see that David knew and understood God’s purpose.

You know, it’s a fiery trial when you resist not the evil, no matter what form it is. There’s a righteous indignation that rises up on the inside of you wanting justice, but listen, we can’t afford justice. Nobody reading this can afford justice. We want mercy. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful (Psa.18:25). If you get justice, you’re in trouble. Did you know that? God gives justice to some and He gives mercy to others (Romans 9:21-23). Christians get mercy. The world doesn’t always get mercy. But I’ll tell you what, the only thing we better show to the world is mercy because God’s going to be merciful and forgiving to those who are merciful and forgiving. And to those who are not merciful, He’s going to give justice (Matthew 18:35). None of us here can afford the justice of God. Not everybody even gets a revelation of God in this world, but they get justice because every man is going to reap what he sows (Galatians 6:7). People ask, “What do you do with the wicked who never hear the name of Christ?” No problem. They’re going to get justice. Everybody in this world is going to at least get justice, but Christians, at least true Christians, are going to get mercy and grace from Him. 

God’s not doing wrong by doing that because He’s at the very least giving justice to people. But we had better pray that we don’t get justice because that means we’ll pay for what we’ve done and what we are doing that is wrong. David understood this, and Jesus understood this. So David says, “for I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.” (Psa.38:16) (17) For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. (18) For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. (19) But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. (20) They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

(21) Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me. (22) Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. (39:1) I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me. (2) I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred. (3) My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; [Then] spake I with my tongue: (4) Lord, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me to know how frail I am. You know, when David resisted not the evil, when he kept his mouth shut when he was really being pressured to speak up, he said the fire burned in him. Have you ever felt that fire? I have. It’s just like a real fire burning in you. It’s a fiery trial that’s come to prove you and to burn up the wood, hay and stubble of the self-life.

You know, we’ve been told by some church ministers that the fiery trial is in the next life, but that’s as big a lie as has ever been told. (1Co.3:12) But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; (13) each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is. It’s here that you go through the fiery trial to burn up the wood, hay and stubble, not in the next life. The Bible says, “the day shall declare it.” There are no days in eternity. This is where the fiery trial comes. But you can avoid the fiery trial very easily. All you have to do is not obey the commands of Jesus. If you don’t obey Him, it’s easy to avoid those kinds of trials, and quite often we’ll go around them, but what we’re doing is putting off the day of crucifixion and the day of bearing fruit. God wants to motivate us with many, many Scriptures that today is the day of salvation. Today is God’s day of deliverance (2 Corinthians 6:2).

I found many places where David understood this. One of them is when Nabal’s herds had been protected by David and his men out in the wilderness (1 Samuel 25:16). By the way, Nabal means “fool.” And David’s men were sent to Nabal to get some supplies for his men, who were living in the wilderness, and Nabal answered them very roughly and sent them back without any help (1 Samuel 25:10,11,14). So David had decided, “I’ll just go over there and take his head off” (1 Samuel 25:22). Meanwhile, Nabal’s wife, who was a very understanding and wise woman, decided she was going to go meet David and ask his forgiveness, and she did (1 Samuel 25:24).

And one thing she said is, “Thank God that the Lord has withheld you from avenging yourself at your own hand” (1 Samuel 25:26,31). She said that twice. Then David thanked her for her part in bringing that to pass (1 Samuel 25:32,33). You know, there’s something wrong about us avenging ourselves with our own hand. (Rom.12:19) 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. He said, if you do this, “thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head” (20). In other words, it’s God’s job to repay. If we repay, then God has to whip us because we’ve been commanded over and over not to repay. If we do it, He’s going to whip us, but He doesn’t have to whip them. 

I’ll give you an example. If you have two kids and you tell them, “Now, look, don’t you hit back. If so-and-so does something to you, you come and tell me; I’ll take care of it. If one of them hits back, then the other one has al­ready gotten his punishment. In that case, why should I hit him again? I’m going to have to hit you since you’re the one who needs the whipping because you disobeyed me.” Here’s the point. This is the way God does things. If He tells us. “Don’t do it,” there’s a purpose in it. (Eph.6:12) For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places]. What we war against must be done in the spirit; it must be done with authority of Christ and through the power of faith. It can’t be done in the flesh. 

Let me show you a really good example of this from David. (2Sa.16:5) And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came. (6) And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. (7) And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: (8) the Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned … Well, I don’t know if Shimei knew it or not, but David had opportunity about three times to kill Saul. It was in his hand to do it, and he wouldn’t do it. He would resist the evil. He wouldn’t repay. He left that to the Lord, and the Lord took care of that.

The Lord used the Philistines to take Saul and his whole family out (1 Samuel 31:6), but He didn’t have to blame David for it. David even had to dodge some of Saul’s spears and his evil spirits (1 Samuel 18:11, 19:10). Shimei went on with his slander… And the Lord hath delivered the kingdom unto the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood. (2Sa.16:9) Then said Abishai the son of Zeruah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse the lord my king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. (10) And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David … Do you see that? “The Lord hath said unto him, ‘Curse David.’” David wasn’t wrong here.

The Lord works all things after the counsel of His Own Will (Ephesians 1:11). He sends wicked people to us to crucify our flesh. It’s His purpose to do that, just as He sent and used the hand of wicked men to crucify the Lord. (Act.2:23) Him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay. God used these vessels of dishonor. He used the people of Israel and He used the wicked Roman Empire to crucify the Lord, as the Scripture says.

It’s the same with us. He put us here in the midst of a bunch of wolves. Jesus said, “I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves” (Luk.10:3). We have been put here for crucifixion, and the world is designed to crucify us. If you don’t understand that, you don’t understand the sovereignty of God. God designed this world to crucify us. Jesus was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8). Stop and think. “The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Before Adam fell, God designed a Savior. Do you think we’re in Plan B? Nope. We’re in Plan A. There never has been a Plan B because God is Sovereign. He designed this world to manifest sons, and to manifest sons, you have to have a fallen nature to begin with. There have to be people who don’t deserve God’s goodness. That’s where you have to start out because God wasn’t creating angels. If He was creating angels, He wouldn’t have had to make man at all. God didn’t want angels. He wanted somebody who was fallen and so they could gratefully realize they picked up by the grace of God.

You remember what Jesus said to one of the Pharisees? (Luk.7:40) And Jesus, answering, said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on. (41) A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty. (42) When they had not [wherewith] to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most? (43) Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. (47) Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little. In other words, “Who is forgiven much, loveth much.”

See, we’re going to know how to love God because we don’t deserve anything. We have fallen and have been picked up by grace, not by our works, but by grace or unmerited favor. We don’t deserve anything. We deserve justice, but pray you don’t get that because God’s grace is far above justice. His mercy is far above justice. That’s why we have to give grace to other people. Don’t give them what they deserve; you may get what you deserve. (Mat.7:2) For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.

If you give somebody justice, you’ll receive it back. Give them mercy. Give them grace. God will judge them. God may even judge them out of your mouth, but understand that it won’t be with your flesh. The prophets spoke judgments. In the Book of Revelation, prophets speak judgment in (Revelation 11:6). I’m convinced that everything that happens in the Book of Revelation comes out of the mouth of God’s children. Many of the curses today that are coming upon this world are coming out of the mouth of God’s children. In fact, I’m convinced that all of them do. God is bringing judgment, and He’s doing it through His people but it won’t be personal retaliation or unforgiveness. They’re speaking judgment, but they’re not doing it with the mouth of the flesh. You know, we can’t rise up against this government that God ordained according to Romans 13. If you do, God promises, “all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword” (Mat.26:52). But ultimately God's Kingdom is coming. The saints are going to possess the Kingdom, and they’re going to take it from the Beast. They will do this by using the Sword of the Spirit and it will be happening in the spirit realm. They won’t be doing it in the flesh. The flesh must be crucified. Works of the flesh must cease. You must desist. You must resist not him who is evil.

In the spirit realm, we can do many mighty things. God has planned it that way so that your spirit man will be strong, but your flesh will be weak. That’s the way God’s salvation, God’s deliverance, and every need is going to come. David understood that the Lord had commanded this, and we need to understand this, too.

All we have to do is read Job to see that circumstances are the same today as they were back then. (Job2:10) … What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?…. And you know what? Job repented after God answered him in chapters 38-40. He repented of his self-righteousness. He repented (Job 42:1-6) and God gave him back what he’d lost (Job 42:10). But God used crucifixion in Job’s life. Job wasn’t physically doing wrong things; he wasn’t in outward immoral disobedience. His problem was self-righteousness. God brought all this against him to bring him to repentance.

David was also put in a position of crucifixion by God. God sent this enemy against him and David understood that. I think very few people in the Old Testament had wisdom like David concerning this. And he said, (2Sa.16:10) And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so? (11) And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him. “The Lord hath bidden him.” Think about that the next time people come against you and want to put you on the cross, and you keep wanting to climb down. We do want to climb down off that cross, but you can’t drive the nails. God has designed the wicked to put the cross in the ground and drive the nails. That’s their calling in this world. 

God has vessels of honor and vessels of dishonor. He has vessels of grace and vessels of wrath. They’re all doing His Will, one way or the other. All things serve the Lord, and He works all things after the counsel of His Own Will (Ephesians 1:11). If you understand this, you can walk in grace and peace in this world, no matter what comes against you, because God put you there for a purpose. He put you there to be crucified and so that you would learn to use the weapons of your warfare (2 Corinthians 10:4). You know, sometimes the Lord sends the devil against you just so you can defeat him. He’ll send the enemy against you, but He doesn’t want you to go against him by wrestling with flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12). Remember that the Bible says, “resist not him that is evil” (Mat.5:39). On the other hand, it says, “resist the devil” (Jas.4:7). “Resist not him that is evil” is talking about man. We don’t wrestle with flesh and blood.

When they wrestled with flesh and blood in the Old Testament, that was a type and shadow of them wrestling with principalities and powers. Go back over there and read the names of those kings and the names of those tribes that were conquered, and study in the Hebrew what those names mean. You’re going to find out they’re all the lusts of the flesh and demon spirits. That’s who the Israelites were spiritually wrestling with and everything that happened to them was a type and a shadow for us. (1Co.10:11) Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. So go back to the Old Testament and look at it carefully. You’ll see what they wrestled with. 

Today we think we’re supposed to carry on an Old Testament-type warfare in the way we war with people, but you can’t grow if you do that. God will chasten you if you do that because you’re rebelling against His Word. And David said of his accuser, “the Lord hath bidden him” (2Sa.16:11). (12) It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day. David is saying that the Lord will pay him back good for his resisting not evil. If the Lord’s going to bless you for it, go ahead and let them curse. Didn’t Jesus say you’d be blessed when men would curse you? Absolutely (Matthew 5:11). Didn’t He say the spirit of grace and the Spirit of God would rest upon you? Have you ever experienced that? I have. When I first learned of this doctrine, the Lord put me in situations where I did, by His grace, turn the other cheek, and I felt the power of God on me for going through that. It’s just a great anointing that comes upon you when you obey God in the place where you want to defend yourself, and you refuse to do it. Instead, you leave it in the hands of God, and you won’t defend yourself. 

If you do defend ‘self’, then the old man will live; he’ll climb down off that cross. Even though he’s crucified, he’s not totally dead yet, so he can still climb down. It’s true that we have to reckon him dead (Romans 6:11), but until he is dead, don’t let him live; don’t feed him. Do you know what fasting is a type of? Well, when you fast, you’re not feeding the flesh. What happens when you don’t feed it? It gets weak. What does that do? It makes the spiritual man strong. There’s a reason for fasting and there’s a spiritual type. The whole chapter of Isaiah 58 is talking about spiritual fasting, about denying yourself, so we see that they had a revelation of that in the Old Testament, too.

(2Sa.16:13) So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. (14) And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there. Well, that wasn’t the end of the story. David never did do anything to Shimei, but his son Solomon had him killed because he rebelled against his commands and left the city. It’s hard to comprehend why Shimei was so against David. My guess is he was a low-life who just didn’t want to understand the situation here. Anybody who was on Absalom’s side and saw righteousness in Absalom and not in David, and saw righteousness in Saul and not in David, was in trouble. He was a sick son of the devil.

Leaving our recompense in God’s hands will do a work in you that nothing else will do because our old man would like to get the last word. And the last place you’ll usually overcome in doing this is in your family. You can do it pretty well with the world and with the Christians around you, but one of the last places you’re going to do it is with your family. The Scriptures teach this really well. The Lord says, “bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not” (Rom.12:14).(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. We’re to be at peace with all men. I once had a rather strange thing happen to me when I was in that state between dreaming and waking up. I was faced with an enemy that had come against this country. I saw an invasion force, and I was in the midst of it, and I was saying things to them in this dream like, “You’re not my enemy.” The world may have enemies, but the world is not our enemy. Did you know the world is not our enemy? He said, “I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men” (2Sa.7:14). See, the rod is not your enemy; the rod is God’s method of creation.

When what we call our “enemy” is finished doing their work, God’s going to destroy them. They have a work to do that we have to cooperate with God in. They are the rod of God who comes against us, but they’re not really our enemy. We are to resist not that evil because that evil is what crucifies this flesh, which is our true enemy; it’s the enemy of our eternal life. So they’re doing a work in us that nothing else could do, and we need them. And God says, “as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men” (Rom.12:18). (19) Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God]. “Give place unto the wrath.” That “of God” wasn’t in the original. Just cross that out because it’s not in there. It says, “give place unto the wrath: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord” (19). (20) But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. (21) Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Our method to bring the Gospel to people around us is to overcome evil with good. And Paul said, always leave the vengeance up to the Lord.

Now I’ve heard for years that this ‘heaping coals of fire upon their head’ was coals of conviction. Maybe so. But if you don’t take vengeance, the Lord will, because He said to Israel, I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse (Gen.12:3). The Bible says we’re the Israel of God. That verse is about you. It’s not about a bunch of pagan Israelites who don’t know God. No, it doesn’t have anything to do with them. It has to do with the Israel of God. For as many as are of the faith of Abraham, these are the sons of Abraham (Romans 4:16). (Rom.2:28) For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: (29) but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart…. God’s going to bless those who bless you, but He’s going to curse those who curse you. 

(Psa.140:9) As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. (10) Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise. So, this ‘burning coals upon the head;’ could mean a lot more than just the convicting power. There are some people who will be totally convicted when you resist not their evil, and God can overcome evil in people who can be convicted because the power of God is drawing them. But there are some people who have no desire toward God. They’re not being drawn of God, as a matter of fact. The Scripture doesn’t say God draws everybody. (Joh.6:44) No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him…. It’s just not in there. And this won’t do anything for them, but the Bible does say God’s judgment will fall upon them. If you resist not the evil, God’s judgment will fall upon them, so those burning coals can mean the judgment of God.

(Rom.13:1) Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God…. Did you know that there is no power but of God? If somebody has power over you, guess Who gave them that power? Jesus told Pilate, “thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above” (Joh.19:11). It’s the same situation with us. God puts us in positions where physically we don’t have the power; the enemy, the wicked, have the power. How many times have you ever seen a Christian government over a country? Daniel said that God gives the kingdom to whom He will and He sets up over it the basest of men (Daniel 4:17). Did you ever wonder why God does that? Did you ever wonder why, in the days of Jesus, there were the Neros and the Caesars, and since then the Hitlers and the Mussolinis? God does that because we need crucifixion. God is in the process of creating sons, and there has to be a crucifixion for sons. The people in power most often are the wicked. The Bible says in Romans 13 that when they’re put in power, God puts them there. So it says, “let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the [powers] that be are ordained of God” (Rom.13:1). And that was written in the days of the Herods and the Caesars and the Neros!

God put them in there and they crucified the Christians. They brought the Christians through trouble and all that was God’s purpose. (Act.14:22) … Through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

Wealth Transfer and Stewardship (1)

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David Eells – 9/27/26

Because of the transfer of wealth that’s coming soon, I want to share what the Lord says about our stewardship.

The Bible speaks of building the house of the Lord, which is the people in whom the Lord lives, not a building. This includes meeting their physical and spiritual needs. As stewards of the Lord's money and things, we are all responsible for doing this. {Luke 14:33} So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for tithing mint and anise and cummin, and left undone the weightier matters of the law. He said tithing was of the law. Notice we are stewards of 100% of what belongs to the Lord, not owners who tithe 10% and own 90% as under the law. In the New Testament, this would make us thieves. 100% belongs to the Lord, and He gets to tell us individually what He wants done with it. And He has done a very good job in the Scriptures {1 John 3:17} But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?Love is who the Bride is. The bride is about to be chosen, and it will be people who love God's people, who are generous and loving, and want to meet the needs of God's people.

Some demonstrate this love, and some don't. I’m not talking about giving to me; the Lord supplies my needs, and I am content, which enables me to give to the needs of others. I have never taken a collection for myself. I do not receive money from UBM and so do not gain from fee-will offerings sent in, except that I get to see the Gospel go forth. The early disciples never took collections for themselves nor preached gimme sermons because they had faith with contentment.

{2 Chronicles 24:4} And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Jehovah. We really need to restore the original house of the Lord. You can't do that unless you return to the original word of the Lord. {5} And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter.Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. (The priests were not doing their job to rebuild the Kingdom. There's a lot of stuff out there that's not the kingdom of God. It's just men's ego, men's kingdoms. They build it the way they want because they use their own words, not the words of the Bible. And so that needs to be departed from, and especially those that have a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof. From such, turn away, we’re told.)

{6} And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony (or house of God)? And it is to benefit the house of God, not a building, not a particular ministry that doesn't really see to the needs of God's people, but to their own needs.

{2 Cor.8:1} Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; {2} how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. In other words, they were very gracious and giving people, even though they lived in poverty. Forced poverty is a curse, but a free-will offering of one's life to deny oneself is not a curse. So that's a blessing. I mean, Jesus lived in what most people would call poverty, and so did His disciples, and they did it as a sacrifice unto God.

{3} For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord, So, they had to have the power of God.) {4} beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints: {5} and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God. (If we don't give ourselves to the Lord, we won't be able to do what the Lord wants. It's the Lord in us that does it, and as was said, “to us through the will of God.”)

{6} Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also. {7} But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. (Amen. The command still goes out.) {8} I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. In other words, prove your love. Love has actions. Love is sacrificial. Love is patient, and on and on.)

{9} For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich. {10} And herein I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, (In other words, follow in his steps. Sacrifice your life. Meet the needs of the brethren) who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will. (Some people say it's okay as long as you're willing. No, no. Faith, if it has not works, is dead, right?)

{11} But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability. {12} For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not. (In other words, you can't give more than you got. And, it's out of your ability, right? But it's even beyond your power, as he said.) {13} For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed; {14} but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply for your want; that there may be equality: {15} as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack. (God wants equality in the body, meaning everyone has their needs met.)

The poor need to give as much as the rich need to give because it is multiplied back, as Jesus said. Jesus said the widow who gave 2 mites gave more than all the rich Pharisees because she gave out of her need. {Mar.12:41} And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury (Which was in the temple of God's people, not a building and ministry that does not meet the spiritual and physical needs of God's people): and many that were rich cast in much. (And that’s not bad, it’s good.) {42} And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. {43} And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury: {44} for they all did cast in of their superfluity; (meaning their overabundance) but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. I can tell you that she went away getting her needs met. I can guarantee you that, because that's the word of God. She cast in all that she had, even all of her living. Notice that it is not how much you give but how much you have left that counts.

There’s an awesome group of promises here that we should pay attention to. It's not like you're going to go into poverty if you give and give and give. You'll just receive and continue to receive. It's clear. This is what God says. In fact, some people stay poor all their lives because they don't give. They don't consider that they have enough to give. Well, you can't possibly do that and get away with it. So stay in poverty. You'll always be in need to other people; you'll always stay in poverty. 

{2 Cor.9:6} But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. {7} Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: (This is also different for each person because every person has a different amount of income, right? In other words, you're not under law here. This is proof of your love, right? You're not under law, but it's to your benefit that you do this.) not grudgingly, or of necessity: (So you're not under the law anymore. You're especially not under the law to tithe, because now you have to renounce it all.) for God loveth a cheerful giver. (Be happy about what you're able to give to people and their needs.)

{8} And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; (Oh would you look at that! Is that a powerful promise or what?) that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: (there's another powerful promise. And I tell you, we all need that.) {9} as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever. (Notice God gives righteousness to the person who meets the needs of God's people.) {10} And he that supplieth seed to the sower (Notice it's not seed to the keeper, like the prosperity movement, where they need three, four, five airplanes and big fancy buildings.) and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, (So He gives you more to sow, so that you can reap more, so that you can be just a channel through whom God blesses people.) and increase the fruits of your righteousness: (He again promises righteousness for this.)

{11} ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, (This is not the kind of liberality we get in government; this is a liberality we have in giving, in meeting needs), which worketh through us, thanksgiving to God. (Yes, everybody thanks God for their needs being met, the miracles they receive through this. It's a blessing. And they keep on bragging on what God did for them. That's awesome.) {12} For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God; {13} seeing that through the proving of you by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution unto them and unto all; (Notice it's unto them. It's unto people. It's not fancy buildings and all these things that people want to do to pump up their ego. The Lord wants us to be practical not exorbitant.)

{Luke 16:1} And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. (Well, now that's rampant out there. Its like the guy with the talent who hid it in the earth.) {2} And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward. {3} And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed. {4} I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. (Here, he's using an evil man's parable for us, but we also will be giving up our stewardship one day.) {5} And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? {6} And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty. {7} Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore. 

{8} And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light. (Meaning, of course, the righteous are not learning a lesson here. Listen to what the lesson actually is. It's not that you’re to be bad and cheat the owner; no, here's the lesson. {9} And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; (Well, who's our friend? That's right, your brothers and sisters in the Lord, they're your friends. You can't really trust the world. But he says, use your money to make these kinds of friends.) that, when it shall fail, (and it will.) they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. (In other words, use your money to bring in the lost, so that one day you can visit them in their eternal tabernacle.)

{10} He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. (The Lord tested me with a major test one time, but it enabled me to be ready for a much bigger blessing. I had to give to a person who was totally unworthy, but understanding what the Scriptures had to say that if they take away from you, just give it to them. I finally just decided, ‘Well, this is what I have to do, so I did.’ And then the Lord gave me a promise that was way bigger than the one I had. A tremendous thing. One day, I'll probably tell you about this. 

{11} If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? (Yes, these are not true riches we're dealing with down here. This is not worth much of anything) {12} And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's (It’s not yours. Stewards are not owners but handle their Lord's money and things), who will give you that which is your own? (in heaven we are joint heirs of all things. We inherit it all! Praise God! And we're owners there, joint heirs with Christ.) 

{13} No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. (What he's saying is you despise the other, that's the Lord. If you hold to the one, you're despising the Lord. He has children He wants you to take care of. And if you do that, He'll give you more children because He multiplies your seed for sowing.) Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (If you're serving that mammon, you're going to be stingy with the Lord and stingy with His people, and He's going to be stingy with you. Because with whatever measure you mete it out, it'll be measured back to you.)

{14} And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him. (And they do it today, too.) {15} And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. (And it's in Christianity too saints. I think I recounted before how there were two churches built in my area many years ago. One was built for two and a half million dollars, and the other was built for something like, I believe, twelve million dollars. The two-million-dollar one was actually more functional, very comfortable. Everything that was needed. It was a metal building on the outside. It didn't have all the glory and stuff like the other one, but it met the needs. Think what you could do with that much left over money to help God's people. That's why I say it's a sin to be extravagant just for ego.) 

{Ecc.5:10} He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; (Notice that. ‘When their goods increased,’ guess what? Some people can't sit on it, while others do without. There's also an increase of the people who have the need.) and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes? (Oh, look what I got. Come, let me show you my treasures, my church building.) {12} The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. {13} There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt: {14} and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. {15} As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand. (So there's no fruit born in greed and extravegence.)

{Hag.1:8}, (2-11) Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built. {3} Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying, {4} Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste? {5} Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. {6} Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. (That's the curse on a person that hasn't learned how to share, how to meet the needs of others, how to give out of their own need so that their needs are met. Because when you give out of your own need to others, your needs are met.)

{7} Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. {8} Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it,and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah. {9} Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house. (And who is the house of the Lord, according to Paul? We are.) {10} Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. {11} And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands. (What a curse! All because they're not meeting the needs of God's house. Amen? I tell you, folks, learn this lesson. This is a way to abundance. Give, and it will be given unto you good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over shall men give into your bosom. On the way to abundance. Get used to giving. Do it till you like it.

Give. Because the Lord said in {Luke 6:35} But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: (In other words, this is a way to sonship. Nobody who is stingy is a son of God. There's nobody who doesn't meet the needs of the people around them that's a son of God. You shall be sons. Remember, we've talked about the difference between children and sons. The world's waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God. That's what the world needs: sons.) for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. (So don't be a judge or you will be judged. I mean, people need time to grow up. They need to live long enough to grow up. So make sure that you take care of them.) 

{36} Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful. (Having mercy is giving people what they don't deserve.) {37} And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released: {38} give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again. (So if you give abundantly, you will receive back abundantly. You will receive it multiplied here, according to this text, multiplied back abundantly. Isn't that awesome? Oh, Praise You Father! Father, please teach Your children to give like You do. And we praise You for it.)

{Matthew 6:19} Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: (Do you know about the money system in this world, how the thieves have broken through, and they're stealing? Yeah, so don't count on their system to see to your future. See to God's economy for your future. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, because you can do this. There is a bank that these guys can't get into. And you can make a withdrawal on it anytime you want to. But if you don't put it in there, you can't withdraw on it.) {20} but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: (They can't get into your heavenly bank. Only you can get into that one. But you have to deposit it there.) {21} for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. (So if you're hoarding up and you have all your faith in what you have down here on earth, your heart is on this and not on the Lord. Your trust is not in the Lord. In fact, I'll prove that to you here in this text.) 

{22} The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. (So put your eye on the Word of God, on what you have according to the Word, and how God will meet your needs, and how He wants you to live towards others, and love towards others.) {23} But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

{24} No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one (that’s the money, the mammon), and despise the other (that’s God.) That's what the Lord is saying. If you hold to it, you hoard it; you are despising God. You are not being a disciple, because you haven't renounced your ownership yet. Do I say that because you have to give it all away? No, you have to give it all into the hands of God and let Him tell you what to do with it. It's that simple.) Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (This is the Common Aramaic word for riches and is derived from the Hebrew word for treasure. From mammonas, meaning ‘confidence, that which is trusted in.’ So, it's not necessarily just money either, but it's what you have your confidence in. It could be gold, it could be silver, it could be properties. Whatever you're storing up your treasure in, and you have your confidence in, that's your mammon. So, we must repent. We must please God.)

{Luke 12:28} But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith? (People want to make sure that they're going to be provided for, and their trust is in their mammon, to take care of themselves. But they don't have faith. And didn't God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith? Yeah, because they know they don't have to pack it with them everywhere they go. They know God will be there to supply their every need according to His riches and glory.)

{29} And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. {30} For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. {31} Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you. {32} Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. {33} Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, (In other words, don't store up your money for long periods of time.) a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth. {34} For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (So it's a dangerous thing to count on the treasures of the world and men of the world and their schemes. And of course, the hierarchy out there in the economic world, they're just there to cheat you. And they've got an ultimate plan to do that. So if you're playing their game, you know, they're going to beat you at it. God wants us to get into His economy.)

{Luke 12:16} And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: {17} and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? (meaning, on himself) {18} And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. {19} And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. (I remember back when things were leading up to Y2K, how people stored up whole rooms full of food and stuff like that. And when they heard me preaching and teaching on these things, and how God's not going to favor that, and that it'll be stolen, and how people will look for people that do that to steal it from them, and maybe kill them in the process. You know, a lot of them went to look at their stores, and they found that, yeah, the thieves had broken through and were stealing. There were all kinds of little critters feeding on their food, and they had to throw it away.)

{20} But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; (it actually says, “this night they require thy soul of thee.” Why is that? These things that he had stored up were his god.) and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? (Yeah, who's going to get that while you're gone? Who's going to eat all that which cost you your life, and you're gone, and you're not in the kingdom?) {21} So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (So he's saying, if you're laying up treasure for yourself, you're not rich towards God. Wouldn't you rather be rich towards God? Wouldn't you have to have your needs met wherever you go?) 

{Luke 18:22} And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. (Grain was stored up under Joseph for the coming 7 years of famine/tribulation. Joseph was the greatest type of Jesus, Who was sold by his brethren into bondage and preached to the spirits in prison, and came out to rule the world. So, we can store up under Jesus in heaven by meeting the needs of others. And when we have a need, our need will be met. That's what He says, and it can't be stolen.) 

{23} But when he heard these things, he became exceeding sorrowful; for he was very rich. {24} And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! {25} For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (We know about the needle's eye. The Pharisees made it a doorway, but no, that wasn't what He was saying at all. He said it's very hard, impossible, actually, for a camel to go through a needle's eye.) {26} And they that heard it said, Then who can be saved? {27} But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. (How does God save men? He changes them. Anybody who's not willing to change cannot be saved. You have to be willing to change.) 

{Luke 16:19} Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: {20} and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, {21} and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores. {22} And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: (which was the good side of Sheol, which was the place of the dead. When Jesus was resurrected, He took Abraham’s bosom to heaven.) and the rich man also died, and was buried. {23} And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, (Hades is the bad side of Sheol.) and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. {24} And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.

{25} But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, (In other words, you can either hold to wealth here or you can have there forever. You know, sometimes we're called to give up something that we can't keep in order to get something that we can't lose.) and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish. (I know people just pass right over this, and they don't really fear God. They just pass right over this like it's nothing. Look at what He's saying. Look at the life Jesus and His disciples gave us as an example of. Look at that life. And they were happy. There's no happiness in riches and things. Look at the people who have won lotteries. Look how long it takes for them to be destroyed and how they're never happy. And now they're even worse off. It's just an opportunity to live after the lusts of the flesh and lose your life. Look how happy the disciples were. They gave as they went, everywhere. And because they gave, it was given unto them. They became a channel for God's goodness to people. That's what God wants for us. He wants us to be blessed in this way.) 

{26} And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us. {27} And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house; {28} for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. {29} But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. (In other words, they have the word of God, let them hear the word of God. Notice, he is speaking to us. Look how important this text is. He is speaking to us. They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. Gods not sending them somebody from the dead that they're going to listen to, because He did send somebody from the dead, and they wouldn't listen.)

{30} And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent. {31} And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead. (And he did. What we have to do is hear the word of God. We have to hear what it says, not because somebody else is doing it or not doing it. We have to hear what He says in the Word of God. We're going to be held responsible for what we hear in the Word of God. And those that do will bear much fruit, and He will give them that which is their own. But if you're not faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? What you have is not yours. Nothing that you have, that you consider yours, is yours. It's God's. We are now stewards.

It never calls us owners in the New Testament. These people are liars. When they put you under the tithe to bring money to them, they have to put you under the law to bring money to them, because God would not work it in your heart to give to them. And they know that. So they put you under the law, which is under a curse, because it's a totally different relationship with God. Come out from under the law, which is come out from under the curse. He wants a cheerful giver, not of necessity. They preach necessity all the time. You must tithe, or else they say, If you don't do this, you're going to be cursed. But actually, if you do that, you are cursed. Unless you've just done it in your ignorance, and then, as soon as you found out what the Bible really said, you began to follow the Bible, like a lot of people do. They're not staying in one spot. They're not stagnant. They're running after God, like I was. 

When I first went to a church that taught tithing, I said to myself, Well, if God likes ten percent, I'm going to give Him twenty. So, I did. By the way, along with that, I sold almost everything I had. All my toys and things. I just sold them all. I didn't have time to do anything but read the Bible anyway. So, I just sold them all and gave that to God. So, it was far above twenty percent. But then the Lord taught me that, No, you're still a Pharisee, because you're under a law that you made for yourself. So, as soon as I gained understanding about that, I went right into listening to the Holy Spirit, because you've been given the Holy Spirit to show you what God wants you to do with what belongs to Him. You see? So I began to listen to the Holy Spirit, and come out from under any laws I made for myself, as well as any laws that man would put upon me, bringing me under a covenant that does not exist anymore, in order to break my covenant that does exist. Amen?

 

The Transfer of Wealth

Prophetic Vision: Wealth Transfer
– Time is Short! End times

Lindsay and Richard Roberts (son of Oral Roberts, healing evangelist, founder of ORU) from Living Truth 9/21/26 Link

Partial Transcript:

Lindsay said, I had been asleep off and on at night. Sometime in the middle of the night, I became fully awake and I saw a vision. God shows me things in billboard signs. Billboards, to me, are information and God was showing me things in billboards, and they're always very illuminated, very bright, very electric, and very what I would call succinct, distinct messages.

I saw myself getting into a car and driving along a road, and I saw the first billboard. And all of a sudden the first billboard illuminated brightly; just as bright as it could be. It had a black outline with a gold frame and when it illuminated, it was like someone switched the light on. Like it was dark and then, BAM! The light came on; it said, END TIME. Now, that's not a big revelation. The first billboard said END TIME. Not like time's going to end, but “End Time,” but there was more to it. I kept on driving.

The second one said TRANSFER. So I saw where this is going: End Time Transfer….

And then the next one, the third one said, OF WEALTH.

Now the END TIME sign was just the most illuminated gold; like a gold color, but it was like an illuminated light that was shining gold.

The next one said, TRANSFER; and it was also illuminated gold. And the next one said, OF WEALTH, and it was also illuminated gold.

I kept driving and the next one said, WICKED, and it did NOT illuminate.

So, it was like, WEALTH OF THE (was illuminated) and then “WICKED” – I could see it on the billboard, but it was not illuminated, not super bright, and it went dark.

(God has been gathering up the wealth of the wicked and putting it in His account to transfer it in the days to come to the needs of His people. This is a parallel in history to when His people were coming out of Egypt to go into their wilderness, which Rev. chapters 12 and 17 reveal to be the Tribulation. The Egyptians' gold and silver was TRANSFERED to His people.)

All the first billboards were illuminated brightly, almost like enticing, and I wanted to see the next one, but on the one that said, WICKED, the light went out, as if the “lights went out on the wicked.”

And I thought, okay, that's just kind of weird. And it didn't make sense to me. And I kept on driving. And there it went again; another billboard said, END TIMEand was totally illuminated.

TRANSFERENCE was so electric and illuminated. And then it said, OF WEALTH. And when I saw the word WEALTH and drove past it, it began to illuminate. And out of the W of the word WEALTH transfers came…., Okay, so I’m immediately thinking “money.” But no, it wasn't. Although money was part of it, I could see like, money was being ready to transfer out of the W. I saw it come down from the W. There were ideas; the word technology came out of it, the wordtelevision came out of it, the word radio came out of it, the word paintings came out of it, the word affluence came out of it, the word influence came out of it.

So when the word WEALTH lit up out of the W, it was as though God was releasing not just what the world would call “wealth”, but what He was calling wealth.

We think of wealth in terms of money, but I think God was saying to me in this vision; He was showing me that there are lots of things that are “wealth” that create financial wealth. And some of those are “ideas”. Some of those are “art”. Some of them are the “industry”. Some of them are “sales”; they're businesses, ways of doing things, new ways.

And here's the weird thing. It was creative things that I knew, but then all of a sudden it had, like a twist, like it was technology. Well, when I saw the word technology come out of the W, it was like new technology.

And then I saw the word radio. Well, I've seen the radio; we have a radio. But it was like new control over the airwaves, television; new control over what's on television or creating new television stations. And I kept seeing all of this come pouring out of the word WEALTH but it wasn't going anywhere yet. I thought, okay, that's interesting.

What came to me was the scripture, “wealth of the wicked laid up for the righteous” -END TIME TRANSFERENCE OF WEALTH. I got in the car and kept right on driving. So, here it is, Wealth. And all of this was just pouring out of the W. Then I saw the words OF THE totally illuminated; and WICKED and it was not illuminated. You could see it; the outline, but WICKED was not illuminated. They, the Wicked, weren't the bright light they used to be.

And then as I’m still driving, instead of anything else, the next sign was dark and dark and dark. (Does this mean darkness will cover the earth?) And I'm like, "Wow, I have been passing along, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting for the next sign." Think about that. We’re waiting for the next sign from the Lord. Every billboard I passed was dark.

And then all of a sudden, the last billboard popped up out of nowhere and the word on it was illuminated gold. Only it wasn't TRANSFER or TRANSFERENCE. It was TRANSFERRED. It was done. (The Lord showed me this too. It will be done.) WEALTH OF THE WICKED. I waited and waited; we’re waiting for it, and all of a sudden the next billboard was brightly illuminated, and it didn't say TRANSFER like the other ones. It said TRANSFERRED.

I began to look at it and I saw two groups of people underneath [the billboard]. They were all Christians.

Now, here's the second part where it was WEALTH OF THE WICKED TRANSFERRED…. and I'm about to rejoice! And then the Lord said, "Look down. There's two groups of people." So, where the W was, it was all pouring out, but it wasn't going anywhere. Out of the TRANSFERRED, there are two groups of people; they were all Christians underneath that sign. One group was like, "I'm waiting. Yay! Hey, I'm a Christian, so slap it on me." Nothing was hitting them. Not that they deserved it because, "Hey, I'm a Christian." Because they were all Christians. It was just really weird.

But the second group: they were on their knees, not necessarily looking for anything; they were just worshiping God. They had waited, and they had waited and waited. But they stayed in worship. They stayed in this atmosphere of worship. They weren't looking... They were worshiping.

And when the one group who were just worshiping God, not looking up to what was happening on the billboards, they were in this atmosphere of worship. And all of a sudden, when the word TRANSFERRED illuminated it was not just financial, it was ideas. And all of a sudden the words television, radio, authority and all of this- especially like ownership, businesses- were just pouring out and it was TRANSFERRED. The ones who were in the state of worship continued. And then the other ones saw [them], and thought, ‘wait a minute, we need to be worshiping.’

(Then Richard said, “It's never too late to worship.”) And all of a sudden, it became almost like an outpouring of worship. And where there was an outpouring of worship, then there was an outpouring of God's provision.

Now, what may be provision to me and come pouring out may be different for somebody else. But I want you to focus on whatever it is that represents what God wants to provide for you and how you are believing God for provision. And instead of focusing on everything else, I personally just want to focus on worship.

And I just want to encourage you to begin to worship God because He honors that; He said He inhabits, lives, and dwells in the praises of His people. And you know, in this past year, sometimes, “Praise the Lord!” should have come out of my mouth faster than other things. I'm a human being. But I do think it's not too late. And that was the whole thing. It's not too late. God knows what happened when the wicked seemed to prosper. And I believe that we have not only the privilege of worshiping God, but it's also one of our wonderful opportunities to combat the attacks of the devil.

So my word to you today is what I saw: “The wealth of the wicked being transferred to the righteous,” and then I saw the word TRANSFERRED as if God is already on it. It's done!

 

Praying Over The 1% and the Wealth Transfer

Link

Brandon Biggs 8/7/25

Partial transcript:

God said, "Brandon, I just want you to know there'll be 1% that flows in this end time wealth transfer of the great wealth. (of the Church) And I'll not share My glory.” Just like I won't share My glory whenever you pray for somebody and they try to say, "Thank you, sir." And you say, “No, it ain't me. I'm just a vessel.”

We got to always keep the main thing in mind and give God praise for everything in these last days. We have to always be looking at His face and knowing that He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. It’s not Brandon; it’s not you. I may write the check. I may be the distributor of what wealth that He gives me, but it's always to give God the praise. And it [the transfer?] will be for the unlikely people….. (Who can handle the wealth for God and His people.)

The end time wealth transfer of what's about to happen with the finances; it's something you can't earn and it's something you don't deserve. But God said, "I'm going to bless you." And I've seen what's about to happen again with a glimpse. As I was lying in bed, I could see, and I was looking into these months ahead of what God is trying to do just for His remnant….

So what Brandon was emphasizing in the video about the wealth transfer distributions coming is that God wants us to be faithful in the little things in obedience before He will give you more responsibility with the greater things.

 

The Great End Times Transfer of Wealth

Glynda Lomax, 12/13/25

wingsofprophecy.blogspot.com

My children, you have heard there is a great transfer of wealth coming in these end times and it is true. Many have tried to understand how this wealth will come, as they put great hope in it.

They believe the wealth is so they may own it, but that is not My way. My way is always giving and sharing with those in need. My way is always that it glorifies My Son Jesus, not mankind.

Those who have little fear of the greater lack that is coming, yet I am already providing for them ahead of time and I need only speak to those who are truly Mine and they will give immediately.

It is to those children that I will give the end times wealth. It is those who will give whatever amount, as much as I say. WHEN I say that I will endow, that My purposes may be fulfilled, that MY Son’s great name may be glorified and not their own.

These are those who have purified themselves for My pleasure. They live holy lives to please Me and that I may use them in greater ways. These of My children, who are very few, shall be greatly endowed yet will not flaunt it. They will not consume it upon their lusts. They will not use the power of it against others. These are those with hearts to give. They are simply channels of My glory.

There will be no announcement or fanfare when they become wealthy. They will simply continue doing what they are already doing – being about their Father’s business in the Earth, helping the poor and watching for My Son’s return.

Inquire of Me if you desire to qualify for this great transfer, for it happens soon.

(Glynda gave these verses)

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Proverbs 13:22 A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just. (This is not just for personal use but for whatever the Lord wills and to get the gospel out.)

Job 27:16-17 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

James 2:15-16 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?

Matthew 25:35-40 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.

Luke 3:10-14 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. 12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse [any] falsely; and be content with your wages.

Luke 16:10 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.

Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

 

Vision About The Wealth Transfer

Victoria Ang, 7/28/23 link

The enemy does not want this Word to go out!!! I typed up the whole post; I went to send and everything got deleted!!! So I had to start all over again!!!!

I wanted to share some encouragement the Lord gave me this morning. I was woken in the early morning hours as usual to pray, around 5 AM. I spent about an hour in prayer, praise and worship. Afterwards, I wanted to go back to sleep for a little bit before getting up for the day to tackle tending the animals.

Immediately after prayers, I received a vision….

In the VISION, I saw I had a check in my hand. I was made to know I could cash it. There was a woman standing in front of a register. I handed her the check. As I gave it to her, she dropped it on the floor. She bent over to pick the check up to cash it for me. She looked at the check and opened her drawer and pulled out large stacks of bills in piles. Before giving it to me, she glanced once again to verify the amount. As she was verifying, she put the large piles of money back into the drawer.

She walked over to a HUGE bank vault. She put the combination in and opened the vault. She walked into the vault as I waited to receive my money. Next she came back out pushing an enormously big cart. Full from top to bottom with stacks upon stacks upon stacks of money! She went to give me the money and the vision ended!

Interpretation:

his vision is about the wealth transfer that will soon occur. Money from the evildoers that has been hidden. And those who stashed money away for themselves are about to fall from their hands to the ground. Losing EVERYTHING! (God takes it for His use.)

And transferred to God's righteous! Blessing them in abundance!!! The Lord God has made it known to those who will receive the funds!

 

1978 Prophecy Wealth Transfer Charles Capps

Posted 2/5/26 link

Transcript:

Here’s a prophecy Charles Capps gave February 1, 1978, in a meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Financial inversion shall increase in these days. Now, let's define financial inversion or inversion. A turning upside down or inside-out reversal of position. Have you got it? Turning upside down or inside out. Reversal of position. One party has it, oppressing others with it. But after the inversion, positions change. That's what an inversion is.

Now listen to this. Financial inversion shall increase in these days. For you see, it is My desire to move in the realm of your financial prosperity. But release Me, saith the Lord, release Me that I may come in your behalf and move on your behalf. For yes, yes, yes, there shall be in this hour financial distress here and there. The economy shall go up and it will go down. (Now, this was prophesied in 1978.)

The economy shall go up and it will go down. But those that learn to walk in the Word, they shall see the prosperity of the Word come forth in this hour in a way that has not been seen by men in days past. Yes, there's coming a financial inversion in the world's system. It's been held in reservoirs of wicked men for days on end, but the end is nigh. Those reservoirs shall be tapped and shall be drained into the gospel of Jesus Christ. It shall be done, saith the Lord. It shall be done in the time allotted. And so shall it be that the Word of the Lord shall come to pass that the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Predominantly in two ways it will be done in this hour. Those that have hoarded up and stored because of the inspiration of the evil one and held the money from the gospel shall be converted and drawn into the Kingdom. Then shall it release that reservoir into the Kingdom.

Now the Spirit of God said that wealth will come in two ways. Number one, many of those people will be born again and bring their wealth into the Kingdom. Can you shout amen? Amen.

And then the other way He said, but many, many will not. They'll not heed the voice of the Word of God. They'll turn aside to this and they'll turn aside to that and they'll walk in their own ways, but their ways will not work in this hour. It'll dwindle and it'll slip away as though it were in bags with holes in them. It'll go here and it'll go there and they'll wonder why it's not working now. It worked in days past, they'll say. I mean, the world's at that point right now. They cannot figure out why what they've done all these years is not working anymore.

But it shall be, saith the Lord, that the Word of the Lord shall rise within men; men of God, of low esteem in the financial world. They shall claim the Word of God to be their very own and walk in the light of it as it has been set forth in the Word and give. They'll begin to give small at first because that's all they have. But then it will increase. And through the hundredfold return, so shall it be that the reservoirs that have held the riches in days past, so shall it return to the hands of the giver. Because of the hundredfold return shall the reservoirs be lost from the wicked and turn to the gospel.

For it shall be in this hour that you will see things that you never dreamed would come to pass. Oh, it'll be strong at first in ways, then it will grow greater and greater until men will be astounded, and the world will stand in awe, because the ways of men have failed, and the ways of God shall come forth. As men walk in My Word, so shall they walk in the ways of the Lord.

Oh yes, there will be some who say, "Yes, but God's ways are higher, surely higher than our ways, and we can't walk in those." It's true that the ways of God are higher. They are higher than your ways as the heavens are above the earth. But I'll teach you to walk in My ways. I never did say you couldn't walk in My ways. Now learn to walk in it. Learn to give. So shall the inversion of the financial system revert. And so shall it be that the gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached to all the world. And there shall be no lack in the Kingdom. Those that give shall walk in the ways of the supernatural. They shall be known abroad. My Word shall spread and the knowledge of the Lord shall fill all the earth in the day and the hour in which you stand. Ye shall see it and know it, for it is of Me and it shall come to pass, saith the Lord.

Can you shout, "Amen?" Now, that was prophesied in 1978. God said there would be an allotted time. And we're walking in it right now. The inversion has begun. Now the door is not fully open….

Before Cyrus/Trump came to deliver the people of God from Babylon DS, there was a plan by previous Socialist Communists to redistribute the wealth to themselves and those who are bent on destroying the people of God, like Haman and his people in Esther. But Mordecai, representing the pre-anointed Man-child, and Esther, representing the Bride, interceded to the King, which overthrew their evil plan, which is what we are now seeing. Ecc.1:9-10 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

Cyrus gave great wealth, taken from Babylon’s treasury, into the hands of God’s people to leave Babylon and rebuild the Kingdom, represented by the Temple, in the Promised Land. So Trump is doing now, by the hand of God, through the RV and GCR. Ezr.6:4 with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house. This was a great redistribution of wealth to God’s people. 2Ch.36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up. (These represent a first fruits of those to leave Babylonish religion to go to the true place and teaching of God. Building the Temple represents the building of the saints who are the temple of God. Jesus is the Temple of God and they are coming into His image.)

The people also contributed great wealth towards this rebuilding. Ezr.1:4-11 And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem. 5 Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods; 8 even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. (These vessels of the house of God represent His people who were taken captive by Babylon but were released by Cyrus to be returned to the Promised Land to live on the promises.)

Ezr.6:5 And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple, which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place; and thou shalt put them in the house of God.

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(Here is some news and predictions from the Alliance. Sometimes their dates are disinformation to throw off the enemy's plans. They wisely may not give a date when they finally do some things. The D.S.is warring to stop them.)

Restored Republic via a GCR Update as of Sat. 26 Sept. 2026

On Thurs. 1 Oct. 2026
The Bankrupt US Inc. Corp. Government Closes Shutting Down Their Privately Owned Federal Reserve & IRS.
Government Shrinks 90-95%
As The Global Military Alliance Takes Control Until New Elections.

United States of America Republic Begins Under Gold/asset-backed QFS & GCR Activation.
Emergency Broadcast System Broadcasts Take Over Phones, TV, Radio To Explain What’s Going On

Judy Note: Think Congress went on recess Friday until after the November election? Think again. With US Inc. Bankrupt, there would be no November election for that private corporation. Most of it’s Congressional officers were said to be under arrest, charged with Treason and Crimes Against Humanity.

Within 60 days there would be an election for the new United States of America Republic that starts its new fiscal year on Thurs. 1 Oct. 2026 under a gold-backed US Note as part of a Global Currency Reset.

To accomplish a new US Republic that runs under concepts of the original Constitution, President Trump and the Global Military Alliance have been executing the largest Sting Operation in history. Over 80 nation’s Military forces across the globe were mobilized – US, Canada, UK, EU, and beyond. They’ve already arrested and tried over half a million Global Elites for Crimes Against Humanity.

On Thurs. 1 Oct. 2026 the Global Elite Cabal’s US Inc. Corp. Government would be dissolved, finally ending their fiat monetary system and closing their US Inc. government.

On that same Thurs. 1 Oct. 2026 the privately owned (by Cabal bankers) Federal Reserve and IRS would shut down because US Inc. Corp.’s fiscal year ended. It was bound to happen. US Inc. has been bankrupt since 2008, with no Congressional budget approvals, or accountability – just running on fumes with a fiat dollar.

The Cabal’s Blackrock was also Bankrupt. This was the Deep State’s financial arm that controlled more wealth than entire nations. With 209 nations’ switching to the gold/asset-backed currency system on Thurs. 1 Oct, the Deep State no longer had access to Taxpayer monies. So sad.

All banks worldwide not Basel III compliant (have gold backing to their monies) will be closed. The Basel III regulations could alter the real estate market in unprecedented ways.

In the first week of October the Emergency Broadcast System was set to activate and broadcast documentaries 24/7 on the state of the World.

With the QFS activation, governments as we know them were expected to shrink by 90-95%. The Global Military Alliance will take control worldwide until after elections, which have to be held within 60 days. Forget the November elections. They’re not happening, not on this timeline.

NESARA GESARA was well in force as countries worldwide were activating the gold/asset-backed Quantum Financial System and Global Currency Reset. The BRICS nations heads the greatest wealth transfer in history. 134 nations were ditching the fiat US dollar and moving to gold-backed currencies. Each of these currencies will trade at a 1:1 ratio.

Also on Thurs. 1 Oct the new United States of America Republic will start its new fiscal year under a gold-backed US Note as part of the Global Currency Reset.

“Peace Without Concession. Order Without Apologies. Truth Without Permission. You Are Watching The Return of A Republic. Not Announced, But Executed.” …Nesara Gesara Secrets on Telegram Fri. 25 Sept. 2026

“The Greatest Financial & Political Shift in Modern History is Underway. The Global Currency Reset Has Been Released. Mass Arrests Have Been Happening For Some Time. Be Ready. Blackout (of communication). The World is Connected & Watching. TRUST THE PLAN,” …Tier4b ISO20022 on Telegram Fri. 25 Sept. 2026

At the conclusion of the GCR the general population Worldwide would be invited into a Redemption Center to set up their personal wallets (formerly known as bank accounts) on the new Starlink Satellite System. Individuals would set up their wallet by way of their own body rhythms and DNA. The system was digital and completely secure. No one but that person could access their own account. The digital account would be accessed through their cell phone. ATMs would be available to obtain cash.

A integral part of the revolution to make the World a Better Place through release of the GCR, was better health for all people of the World through release of Med Bed treatments. It is my understanding that Med Bed Treatment Centers have been built around the World and some were actively treating clients right now.

Some large hospital chains have been bought out and Med Beds have been placed in them with doctors, nurses and medical staff fully trained in the process. People will be issued Med Bed cards to cover cost of their treatments in their own countries.

The United Arab Emirates has hereby suspended Iranian flights, complying with Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent’s devastating and ultimate sanctions. BESSENT LAST NIGHT: “External flights from Iran, probably more than 80%-90% got shut down. I’m not sure how the Iranian representatives at the UN are gonna get home!” Bessent’s order made clear that any country aiding Iranian flights will FAFO be out of the American system. Countries must basically shun any Iranian airline aircraft if they even try landing there. …Trump Office on Telegram Fri. 25 Sept. 2026.

CUBA’S ENTIRE POWER GRID JUST COLLAPSED. Total blackout. Officials have no idea when it comes back. Rubio’s been saying it: the economic model is the problem. Communism. They leeched off Venezuelan oil. That tap is gone. Venezuela is aligned with the U.S. now. The lights went out. The regime is next. …Fox News Fri. 25 Sept. 2026

Possible Timeline of Global Currency Reset: …JFK on Telegram Thurs. 24 Sept. 2026: 
https://t.me/johndurhamchannel

By Thurs. 17 Sept. 2026 the US Inc. was broke,  sixty-three Cabal banks sat insolvent, seventy-five Cabal banks had been seized, the Chinese Elders wiped out the US National Debt, Visa and Mastercard rails were dead and Petrodollar contracts expired the next day on Fri. 18 Sept. 2026. 

On Wed. 23 Sept. 2026 at ten am EST the Federal Reserve System was shut down and bank wires were no longer going through on the old SWIFT System.

On Wed. 23 Sept. 2026 at 6 pm EST the Quantum Financial System (QFS) was absorbed by the new US Treasury.

On Thurs. 24 Sept. 2026 at 2am EST 23 global currencies on the QFS Trading Platform were activated and began trading.

On Thurs. 24 Sept 2026 at 4 pm EST total activation of the QFS System occurred.

his weekend Fri 25 to Sun 27 2026 will be an amazing revelatory weekend. Groups out West will be notified that they have access to funds.

On Fri. 25 Sept. 2026 Trump gave the go-ahead for a Global Currency Reset of 209 nations to gold-backed currencies. Schedules were ready at Redemption Centers. Six new QFS nodes in Atlanta, Warsaw, Bangkok, Mexico City, Melbourne and Toronto pulsed live after the Kahlooni Family Gathering locked in the Restored Republic window.

On Sun. 27 Sept. 2026 at 5pm EST Trump will give his keynote address.

On Mon. 28 Sept. 2026 Blackout: NESARA will kick off. The main arrests begin of judges, prosecutors and lawyers who were paid by George Soros to betray and sabotage the United States.

On Mon. 28 or Tues. 29 Sept. 2026 Tier4b (us, the Internet Group) should be notified to set exchange/ redemption appointments, although it may be sooner.

On Tues. 29 Sept. 2025 the system collapses at midnight and the Golden Age begins.

On Thurs. 1 Oct. 2026

US Inc. Corp. dissolves, ending the fiat monetary system and closing US Inc. government. The privately owned Federal Reserve and IRS will shut down. Its fiscal year ends, and it’s been bankrupt since 2008. No Congressional budget approvals, just running on fumes with a fiat dollar.

The Cabal’s Blackrock is Bankrupt – the Deep State’s financial arm, controlling more wealth than entire nations has already declared bankruptcy.

https://operationdisclosureofficial.com/2026/09/26/restored-republic-via-a-gcr-as-of-september-26-2026/  For a full read.
updated: https://operationdisclosureofficial.com/2026/09/27/restored-republic-via-a-gcr-as-of-september-27-2026/

Note from David: Here is what these people don’t know or believe, for I have told them. Earthquakes are coming that will destroy much infrastructure, which will demand much money to repair. I suggest you ask Father to put your funds safely in your QFS wallet now. Also pray about moving away from faults or fault zones and large cities. Visit a friend. NESARA may be brought down shortly after it starts. But the faithful will receive in time.

God Empowers the Weak (6)

(audio)

David Eells, 9/23/26 

Saints, we are weak as we walk by faith in God’s promises. Then His power is ours. 

We know that spiritual Jews in this New Covenant are the ones who walk in the faith of Abraham. You can’t recognize the Jew according to the flesh anymore; it’s whether they are a believer or not. It’s according to your faith or your unbelief as to whether you’re grafted in or broken off according to Romans 11. If you have faith, you’re a child and have a right to the children’s bread. The world has no right to the children’s bread because they are not in Covenant with God. Our part of the Covenant is faith. God’s part is supply. We enter into it by faith and God enters into it with supply.

I’ll show you a few more verses so we can see if this is the Covenant people or the world who’s getting healed or delivered here. Now remember what Jesus believed. He showed you His doctrine: that He didn’t come to the lost people; He came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matthew 15:24). Why did He call them the “lost sheep of the house of Israel”? He called them that because, like sheep, Israel had gone astray. He wasn’t talking about the world there. And just like sheep, Israel in this day has gone astray, too. The Lord told me one time, “I sent you to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” He wasn’t talking about physical Israel; He was talking about spiritual Israel, the lost sheep, because they are lambs who have lost their way.

The Way is the Word. In fact, in the Book of Acts, they called it the Way (Acts 9:2; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:14,22). It is a Way. We’re supposed to be walking on the Way of Jesus’ steps. 1Jn 2:6  he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.  (Mat.8:16) And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word (Matthew is talking about the children here), and healed all that were sick: (Mat.8:17) that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases. He didn’t say, “the world’s infirmities”; he said, “our infirmities, and bare our diseases.” Who has the right to deliverance from demons and who has a right to healing? The believers do. They do not. In fact, you don’t have a right to give it to them, except by the permission of God. Jesus granted the desire of the Syrophoenician woman because of her profession of faith. Once, I asked God and received permission in a vision to cast a demon out of a lost person. 

God does give permission, but He doesn’t have to. Here’s the difference: God has to give deliverance to somebody who’s in Covenant because the Bible says it, and He’d be a liar if He didn’t. He has to give all the promises of God. The Bible says all the promises of God are “Yes.” (2Co.1:20) For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us. Some say, “sometimes God says, No,” but if it’s concerning a promise to a believer, He says “Yes.” There is no promise in the Bible for deliverance for the world from a demon, even though we can ask God and He might give permission. But we who are in Covenant with God have a guaranteed right to deliverance. The Bible says by His stripes you were healed (1 Peter 2:24). It’s not even a matter of convincing God; it’s an accomplished fact on the cross. It’s not as though God is going to change His mind. It’s already an accomplished fact on the cross that we were delivered. So, who’s He casting these demons out of here, that He says is a fulfillment through the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 53:4)? If it’s a fulfillment of Him taking away our infirmities, then He’s talking about deliverance of Covenant people. 

Let me give you another verse. When Jesus sent out His disciples, He limited them specifically as to where they were to go. Evangelization is to the world, but we’re not talking about evangelization here; we’re talking about dealing with “the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Mat.10:5) These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into [any] way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans. That’s those who are not Jews by blood. Or a Samaritan also can be a pagan who’s acting like a Christian because of how Samaria was populated. It was populated when God took away the Samaritans by captivity as the northern 10 tribes. He took them away and repopulated their area with pagans (2 Kings 17:24). And when the pagans in Samaria started dying because of the curses of the land (2 Kings 17:25), the prophet said, “Well, it’s because they don’t know the God of the land.”

So then they brought Israelites in there to train these pagans about the God of the land (2 Kings 17:27). That means, amongst the people of God, there are some pagans. They’ve been trained in Christianity; they know all the lingo, but they’re still pagans, not Covenant people. I’m not saying God can’t heal them; I’m just saying they’re not in Covenant. What would give them covenant rights? FAITH! We need to have discernment and pay attention to what Jesus said. I’ve had the Lord tell me, “Don’t lay hands on that person for healing.” I’ve had Him tell me, and I thought they were Christians, but God just said, “Don’t do it.” I don’t know whether it was because they were in willful disobedience and they couldn’t be healed because they were in rebellion against God, or whether they weren’t in Covenant with God. I don’t know; I don’t have all the answers. I just know that God has told me not to do that before.

But God has healed nonbelievers, and He does it for evangelistic reasons. What I’m saying is there’s a difference; the difference is you have no promise, and there’s no guarantee. For that, you have to be led of the Spirit. But as a Christian walking by faith in God, repented of your sins and so on and so forth, you’re guaranteed to be healed if you will stay in Covenant by faith. Every one of us has to stay in Covenant by our faith. That’s what keeps us in Covenant with God. If you don’t have faith, you can’t have that part of the Covenant. It doesn’t matter that you’re saved in another part. If you have sozo over here, it doesn’t mean you have sozo over there. The Covenant is very big, and the sozo is very big, but you might be able to enter into only parts of it because of your faith. We enter into as much as we can receive through our faith. 

(Mat.10:5) These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into [any] way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: (6) but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7) And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. (8) Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give. He was saying, cast the demons out, but only cast the demons out of Israel. We don’t have to think too much about casting demons out.

We have another good example from the apostle Paul. (1Co.5:1) It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father’s wife. (3) For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing, (4) in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, (5) to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Paul turned this man over to the devil for the destruction of his flesh. He used the devil to chasten this guy to bring him to repentance. You would probably waste a lot of breath trying to deliver that guy. 

However, let me say that I’ve also seen that you can cast that demon out and he’ll go right back in there. God might honor your faith; the demon may come right out, but he goes around the corner and he’s right back in there. (Heb.10:26) For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, (27) but a certain fearful expectation of judgment…. A person who’s under a judgment, you can’t deliver them. Or, if you do, it won’t last. Sometimes God wants to teach you something, so He will permit it to happen, but it won’t last. The judgment will be right back. For example, you can pray for somebody and God may heal them. But what they have sown, they are reaping (Galatians 6:7). They have walked in sin and brought a curse upon themselves and you may pray for them, and they may be healed, but it doesn’t last. Why? Well, two possible reasons are willful rebellion against God (Hebrews 10:26) or unbelief (Hebrews 3:12). They’ve never learned to walk by faith for themselves. There are a lot of reasons why people don’t keep what God gives them.

Let me share an experience I had. In a Pentecostal church, I was filled with the Holy Spirit. My doctrine was wrong, but I was filled with the Holy Spirit; I spoke in tongues, and the gifts were being manifested, but I was caught up in a doctrine of demons, and I converted some people to my doctrine. And one day I ran into a man, Brother Bolivar. We were arguing doctrine back and forth and I was sitting across from him and trying to attack what he was saying. I was involved in “Jesus only,” and that was the Oneness doctrine. We were throwing these verses back and forth, and the Lord just really tricked me. Up to that point, I had been converting people to my doctrine very easily, but this guy was better than I was, and he knew more verses than I did. Every time I threw one argument out there, he had an answer for it. Not only that, but he had an answer for my verse because he had already been in that error. This was the secret. He had an answer for my verse. People are used to fighting like, “I take this group of verses and you take this group,” but brother Bolivar not only had his verses; he was explaining mine. 

So the Lord tricked me. The thought came to me, “Well, I’m going to have to set down my doctrine just for a minute. I’m going to have to get around there and look through his eyes and try to see what he sees. If I can do that, I can attack this thing.” This is the thought that came into my mind so clearly. And when I decided, that I was going to do that, a demon went right out of the top of my head. I felt the presence go right out through the top of my head, and I had an instantaneous revelation. And the instantaneous revelation was that Jesus is the Son of God. Not only that, I lost something else when that demon left. I don’t know its name; all I know was it was a demon. I  felt its presence go up out of me. Then I also lost a sectarian spirit because we were the most sectarian bunch you’d ever want to run across. It was like, “We’re saved, and none of the rest of you are saved. You are all lost. Anyway, that was my experience. My experience since then has been casting some demons out of the flesh of Spirit-filled people. 

Let me tell you about Tubby. He was a Spirit-filled brother, and I cast four or five demons out of him. They had even spoken to him before they were cast out. They spoke to him, physically spoke, and physically threw him on the bed; they told him they were going to kill him, and then they turned the stereo on and opened his windows and his doors; physical manifestations were happening in his house from those demons that were in him. Well, Brother Tubby had just gotten saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. He came to my house and told me the story of what was happening. It was awful. And so anyway, to make a long story short, I cast the demons out of him and he was set free.

I’ll give you another example about this guy named Jim. He’d come to a mission near us. He had gotten saved; in fact, he was so saved that he came in there stoned drunk and became sober immediately when he got saved and was filled with the Holy Spirit. Now one of the deacons of that church was telling me about Jim getting filled with demons, but the deacon himself wasn’t filled with the Holy Spirit. So I told him, “If I were you, I’d mind my business until I got filled with the Holy Spirit because you don’t want to mess with demons until you get filled with the Holy Spirit.” He didn’t pay any attention to me. He went on over there, and he ended up in the hospital because the demons manifested in the guy. They ran that deacon right through one of those thick plate-glass doors. He went through it. He was lying out in the street all cut up, screaming for somebody to get the demons off of him. And a baby Christian walked by and said, “Loose him in the name of Jesus!” And that’s how he got free. He cried out to that Christian, “Get these demons off of me!” I personally knew Jim. He was miraculously saved and filled with the Holy Spirit, and this is what happened to the deacon after I told him not to go over there, but he did. 

Then the preacher went over there, and with what I found out was his girlfriend- but she was supposed to be his secretary. She went over there with him, and these demons were manifesting in Jim. Did you know demons can actually change your physical appearance? Some of those demons have the ability to make you like a werewolf. Werewolves are not fantasy. And not only that, there are many other manifestations. Some levels of demons have the ability to physically change their appearance. 

First, let me tell you what happened to this preacher. This preacher and his girlfriend went in there planning to command the demons to come out, but the demons in Jim ran them out of the building. People shouldn’t be in sin if they cast out demons. If the door had still been there, he probably would have run them through the door, but the door was in pieces. He ran them out into the street. So they called me and asked me to come there. I think I was probably the only one there who had any experience in casting out demons. So when I went over there and I walked into the room. The preacher and his secretary were standing at the door, peeking around the corner; they wouldn’t even come into the room. When I walked into the room, this guy jumped up, and it was just like he was a big old bear. His eyes were wild, and his features were all contorted. And he came at me. But I just felt the calmness of Jesus was in my heart, and I said, “Sit, in the name of Jesus!” He obeyed me immediately; he sat down just like a whipped little puppy; he just sat there. He was growling at me, making all kinds of noises. As the Lord was giving me word of knowledge concerning the demons, I started calling them out, and then they started giving me their names. They spoke out of him. They asked permission to enter into the secretary, and I told them, “No, you can’t,” but then I became suspicious. 

When they wanted to enter the secretary and wanted my permission, I figured there was something wrong with her. They were also glorifying the preacher, and I knew something was wrong with him because demons don’t like to do that. They just thought he was so great and so wonderful. I later came to find out those two were in fornication. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was suspicious that something was wrong. Anyway, I commanded the demons to come out. I think 10 of them came out. One of them asked if he could go into a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog in the room. I didn’t find out until I left the room that there was a dog on the other side of the wall in the next room. Some lady was visiting her husband in the mission, and she had a little dog there. They all asked to enter into the dog. I said, “No, you enter into the nearest cockroach you can find.” That’s what I told them. I don’t know whether that’s Scriptural or not; I just felt like saying it. There may be a crazy cockroach somewhere. But anyway, they came out giving their names.

So because God spoke and told me, “They came in through the TV set,” I asked, “Jim, what were you watching on this TV set?” And he showed me. It was a skin flick he was watching on the TV, and those demons came into this Spirit-filled baby Christian. They came into him because he opened himself up by watching pornographic movies, and I’ll tell you, it’s a dangerous thing to do. Anyway, I can’t explain everything that happened there, but the Lord told me there were two demons left and to leave them. So I left them. The next day we had a church service in that mission, and Jim was there, and he came down for prayer. And the Lord taught me something there because the preacher was one of those who thought if he couldn’t knock you out on the floor, there was something wrong with you. So he laid hands on Jim to “slay him in the spirit. I don’t know what good that would have done him because he really needed deliverance. I didn’t know why God told me to leave the last two demons in there until the next day at this meeting when the Lord showed me something.

When the preacher laid hands on Jim and Jim’s eyes rolled back in his head, and he started to fall out on the floor, well, the Holy Spirit just took control over me. I reached out my hand, stuck it behind his back, stood him back up and started commanding the demons to come out. I didn’t even think about what I was doing, and there was no reasoning in me whatsoever; I just did it. After it was all over, I thought about it, and I said to God, “You don’t want everybody so-called ‘slain in the spirit,’ do You?” Sometimes it’s a hindrance, isn’t it? You know, sometimes the devil would rather have you slain in the spirit than the demons be cast out. Don’t believe “slain in the spirit” is always God, because it’s not. I don’t care what they say; it’s not always God. He showed me right there because it was not my thinking or my ingenuity that did that. God stood him back up and I commanded the demons to come out of him and they did. We have examples in the Scriptures of unbelievers being slain in the spirit, don’t we? Preachers want to call it “slain in the spirit”; I don’t know about the terminology. But they came up to Jesus, and they all fell backwards in the garden (John 18:6). This showed that Jesus didn’t have to go with them. We have quite a few examples of that happening to pagans, but it’s not always God.

What’s Scriptural about knocking christians on the floor? Find it in the Bible. If you can’t find it in the Bible, suspect it. Something’s wrong because, while it might be a good tingly experience, what is the good in it? We need to see if we can find it one time in the Bible.  If so, that’s fine; that means God will do it, but first look at the emphasis in Scripture. If a preacher is having whole services where they’re knocking people on the floor, suspect something’s wrong. That was not the emphasis of the early church. Our emphasis ought to be like theirs; when they came together, the most important thing was for people to receive the Word of God, not all the manifestations to show how powerful the preacher is. And if the manifestations don’t look like the manifestations in the Scripture, then suspect something’s wrong. The devil is a deceiver, and he’s out to delude people into just tingly experiences. These are just flesh-tingling experiences.

Most of the time in the Scriptures, it wasn’t somebody who went out and said, “Come out in the name of Jesus,” that caused a person to get deliverance. You know what causes you to get deliverance most often? Repentance. In every situation you get into, you’re faced with the truth and your flesh. If you follow your flesh, you permit the devil to live in you. If you follow the Spirit, you put him to death. Some demons are doctrinal demons, like the one I had. You know how that doctrinal demon came out? The truth drove it out. Some demons are physical; their manifestation is in sickness or something like that, and they come out through the laying on of hands or through commanding them to come out.

However, some of them are spirits of the lusts of the flesh, and when we look at the Scriptures, we see that most often these were not the kind that came out by a “Come out in the name of Jesus.” You know how they are overcome? It’s when you get into a situation, and you’re offered the chance, for example, to become angry or bitter, but you say, “No, I don’t choose that; I don’t accept that.” You refuse to feed your flesh. The Lord says there’s a spiritual fast, and that’s when your flesh is stopped from doing what it wants. The Bible talks about that in Isaiah 58. If you don’t feed the flesh, God has promised you deliverance (Isaiah 58:8-12,14). He puts obstacles in our way to give us opportunities to overcome our flesh. If we don’t feed that flesh, it’s going to die. You know what the power of the devil is in Christians? It’s their flesh. He has a right to stay there as long as they want to live and to serve that flesh. I’m not talking about the body. I’m talking about the nature of the flesh. So, Christians give demons a right. But with true repentance, the devil loses the right to be there.

Now you may really want to save someone and deliver them, but God wants you to rest and cease from your works. You see, once we pray and we believe that God hears our prayers concerning our family or others, we have to cease from our works. If we believe He’s heard our prayer, we have to stop. That’s where the weakness is. It’s just as much a part of a miracle as the power; the weakness is. But our weakness is that we need to stop. If we believe God heard, we have to stop trying; we continue to confess the promises; we have to accept that it’s accomplished. 

(Luk.13:11) And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up. (16) And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath? Oh, by the way, it’s on the day of the Sabbath, the day of ceasing from our works. So here was a daughter of Abraham who had demons and, according to the Covenant, deliverance was her birthright. It’s still a birthright, by the way, but it’s not according to nationality. You have to be born again. You have to be born into this right. I want to give you one more verse. (2Co.7:1) Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit … “Of all defilement of flesh and spirit.” We can be defiled by flesh and spirit. Yes, and we have the promises to use to take care of that. If we believe the promises, we can have that. We have a right to God’s deliverance that the world does not have. You can do a very dangerous thing by giving God’s deliverance to the world. 

While my mother was in my house, she stayed delivered in my house. When she decided to leave, though, the demons came back. Why did they come back? Because she, according to the Covenant, had no right to have the deliverance. The curse has a purpose. The purpose of the curse is to make you so stinking miserable that you’ll turn to God. There’s a good purpose in having a bad curse. You can say, “Well, hitting somebody with a stick is wrong,” unless you consider it a chastening. And the curse is the stick. It’s wrong if you look at it from a carnal viewpoint and say, “Oh, it’s so wrong! God can’t be doing that!” They should read Deuteronomy 28. God sent the curse. (Exo.4:11) And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, the Lord? You say, “Well, the devil does it.” Yes, I agree. He’s a bad devil and he hates you very much, but the curse has a purpose, and the purpose is to drive you to God. How many of you came to God because of a curse? Stop and think about it. You got so miserable that you decided you needed a Savior and He was waiting.

Let me share about this sister who was asking for deliverance. First, we prayed and asked God to give us a discerning spirit. Sometimes it’s very useful. It was revealed that she had a lot of anger and self-will outbursts. Then the Lord gave me a dream about going into her backyard. I don’t remember all the details, but there were some beasts in her backyard. One of those beasts came up to me with a three-fingered pitchfork in his hand. He was striped, kind of like a zebra, black and white, but he was a lion. I looked up, and he had a head that looked like one of the Roman gods, so I researched it. And the one with the three-fingered pitchfork was Neptune, the god of the sea. So I thought about it and asked, “Lord, what are You trying to tell me with this god of the sea?”

Well, this was the leader, the ruler hidden behind her house or body. And there was something else. Spiritually, in the Scriptures, not only does the sea represent the wicked people, like in Revelation, but the sea represents the curse. (Deu.30:1) And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind…. The Word was called the water in (Ephesians 5:26). The Word saved Noah, but it cursed all of the wicked. So this was the god over the sea, over those who are under the curse. Well, that’s what I thought about when I was thinking about this dream; Neptune represents the god of the flesh. He’s the god of that which is under the curse. He’s the god over the curse. Well, let me tell you what happened in the dream; I snatched this pitchfork out of his hand and stuck him in his leg and he died. The leg represents the walk.

You know, we have to make decisions every day. If you decide the easy way, which is the flesh way, then you say, “Okay, devil, you can rule over this flesh.” That’s what you’re really saying. We can see this across the country, too – people who are so-called Christians rising up against the government and actually being used by the enemy who is going to invade this country. But God said, My power is made perfect in weakness in (2Co.12:9) And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (10) Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

The power of God comes to those who will enter into weakness. The promises, or let’s say the commands, and many of the principles, but also the commands of Christ, are to put us into a position of weakness. If you obey the commands of Christ, you will be weak, and you’ll cease from your works. You will not be able to handle the situation yourself. You will have to trust in God to do it, if you obey His commands. (2Co.13:4) For he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you. Weakness brings the power of God. Weakness brings crucifixion in the flesh, but it also brings the power of God to bring resurrection. Resurrection life is what we’ve all wanted from God, but many times we won’t pay the price for it. We ask God for the fruit of Jesus to live in us, but before you can have the fruit, you have to give up the lust. The two wage war against one another; they seek to occupy the same territory in your life, but they can’t exist together. The lust must be crucified for the new man to live in you and for the fruit to be borne. Anger and forgiveness can’t be in the same place. You can do one, or the other, but you won’t be able to do both.

Christ was crucified through weakness. He obeyed God’s word to Him. And it appears to be a command to Him, and He passed on that command to us. To me, it’s the most important command in all of the Scriptures for those who want to bring forth fruit. (Isa.50:5) The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward. (6) I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (7) For the Lord God will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. You’ll recognize this as a prophecy about Jesus. But His ears were open to the Lord’s command, and His command to Jesus was for Him to give His back to the smiters and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair.

That command has been passed on to us. It wasn’t a request; it was a command. (Mat.5:38) Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: (39) but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. (40) And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. (41) And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two. (42) Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. This is an important command of Jesus because it crucifies our human nature.

The overwhelming majority of the lusts of the flesh rise up against a person who wants to obey these Scriptures. You can imagine in your mind turning the other cheek, either in word or in deed or in some kind of action. You know what kind of lusts rise up inside of you when you try to obey the Word. There’s a war that goes on inside you when you do this. Jesus fought that war. (Gal.5:19) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these:] fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, (20) idolatry, sorcery (from here on you can identify these as having to do with this command), enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, (21) envyings (maybe some of these don’t apply so much), drunkenness, revelings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. These things must be put to death. 

The Lord has given us a method to put these works of the flesh to death. He spoke to me one time, and He said, “You don’t get resurrection life before you get death.” That was at a time I was trying to bring some people into resurrection life, and they weren’t entering into the death part. If you want fruit, these lusts have to die. They have to die on this side of Heaven. That’s the purpose of God. God’s grace delivers from sin; it doesn’t just cover sin. Yes, it’s wonderful that it covers sin, but that’s just for the meantime so that you can have fellowship with God until it manifests its full deliverance. And that is deliverance. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil and that’s what we’re talking about here. Most of these lusts are affected by just one command of Jesus and they’re put to death by obedience to just one command of Jesus, and that is, “Resist not him that is evil.” It’s one of the most important and most neglected doctrines in all of the Scriptures.

Let’s read on. (Gal.5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. (24) And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. The Lord said that we had to take up our cross and follow Him (Matthew 16:24). We just read that “he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God” (2Co.13:4). If we’re going to enter into the resurrection life of Jesus in the earth, we have to enter into this death. We have to take up our cross. I don’t think many people realize that Jesus always bore a cross; it wasn’t just at the end of His life. He bore a cross His whole life by denial of self. He “hath been in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin” (Heb.4:15). And “each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed” (Jas.1:14). Jesus was “of the seed of David according to the flesh” (Rom.1:3). I know a lot of people don’t believe that, but I’m just quoting what the Bible says. According to the Spirit, He was the Son of God (Romans 1:4), but according to the flesh, He was of the seed of David, “the Son of man”. You know what? He was tempted. That flesh Jesus had was real flesh. He was a great God because He came down in the likeness of sinful flesh and overcame sin in the flesh (Romans 8:3).

But He bore a cross all of His life and that cross was to deny self, to deny the old man to live through Him. He wouldn’t permit the lusts of the flesh to speak or to live through Him. And we have to take up our cross and follow Him or we cannot be His disciple. Taking up our cross is to walk as He walked. We probably won’t be called upon to bear the physical cross of Jesus, but we’re definitely called upon to bear this spiritual cross that He always bore as to the denying of self. The commands of Jesus put you in a position of weakness. If you obey them, your flesh is going to squirm and it’s going to writhe and try to rise up on the inside of you. It’s going to tell you, “No, don’t believe that doctrine,” but it’s just too prevalent, too com­mon in the Scriptures to deny it. Jesus said, “resist not him that is evil” (Mat.5:39). I tell you, your flesh rises up on the inside of you, and it says, “No, no, no! Hit back, talk back, do something, get even!” That flesh just doesn’t want to die. It’s a crucifixion.

You can always tell when the flesh is in trouble because it squeals like a stuck pig. If you don’t ever go against it, you don’t ever hear it squeal, but I can tell you that the commands of Jesus are going to put you at variance with the flesh. They’ll cause the flesh to be seen by you very plainly. Before you read the Scriptures, it’s easy to think you’re doing pretty well, that everything’s alright. When you read the Scriptures and you see commands like this, and if you start to obey them, you’ll find out what’s way down inside of you when it shows its ugly head. When you go against it, that’s where the power of God takes over. Do you still love me?

God Empowers the Weak (5) 

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David Eells, 9/20/26

I’m going to continue about letting God teach us how to use faith.

Some of you know my testimony of when my oldest daughter, Deborah, was a little girl, and I was going to pick her up from pre-school. We had put her in a Christian pre-school one year. We homeschooled her all the rest of the years. I was going to pick her up, but God decided He was going to teach me a lesson. I got about two or three blocks from that school and my car just shut down; it just died. I tried to start it several times, and I ran the battery down doing that. Just revved right on down to nothing. So I got out and started walking. And I tell you what, the sky had just turned totally black. I mean, I could tell that it was about to dump on me. So, as I was walking along, the Lord spoke to me at the very moment it began to rain, and I knew I was going to be soaking wet before I made another 20 feet. The Lord spoke to me. He asked, “Why don’t you command that to stop?” And I said, “Okay.” I was sure enough God had spoken to me that I did it immediately. I mean, He asked, “Why don’t you command that to stop?” like, “Why don’t you do it?”

Normally, in our religious thinking, we might ask God to do it, but really that’s not God’s plan. Jesus asked, “Where is your faith?” He is here as the Master. We are here as His disciples to learn to walk like Him. Ask Him to take you by the hand and show you what He wants done, to put faith in your life in circumstances, and show you how to change circumstances. So I said, “Okay, I will.” And I rebuked that rain. I commanded, “Rain, stop in the name of Jesus!” I even waved my hand. “Stop in the name of Jesus!” And boy, I’ll tell you, it just stopped like I cut it off with a knife. Not another drop fell on me, and I walked for a block or more, and I picked up my daughter. As we were walking back, I was telling her what happened, and she was just all giddy and laughing. And I said, “Well, if God can do that, He can take care of that car, can’t He?” And she said, “Yeah.” Well, when we were getting close to the car, I said, “You know what? When we get to that car, we’re going to lay hands on that car and God’s going to start that car.” 

God taught me another lesson about weakness when I got to that car. We got to the car, we got in, and we laid our hands on that dashboard. Then we commanded that car to run in the name of Jesus and I turned the key. Now, you can run a battery all the way down, but if you stop for a few minutes, that battery will partially build back up. And it had built back up a little bit. And I turned the key and it started turning over kind of wiggly, but it started turning over. But I still just held the key on, and it went all the way down to nothing until I was totally weak and the machine was totally weak. If a miracle came, it had to come from God. I wouldn’t let off the key. I ran it all the way down. You know, as soon as that thing went all the way down to whump, whump, whump, then it started up like a shot. I knew it was God. You run the battery down on a vehicle, and it won’t ever start like that. God showed me that it wasn’t the power of that vehicle, but it was the power of faith that would change things, and the power of weakness. 

There’s a power in weakness because God doesn’t want to share His glory with this world. We have the funny idea that God needs us or He needs men to handle these situations, that He needs their ingenuity and their figuring everything out. No, God’s already figured it out and His method is faith. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world (1 John 5:4). But when you get a few of these little experiences of the Lord taking you by the hand and showing you these things, you begin to quit doubting you can handle anything.

That’s not to say that you can’t have a miracle one moment and doubt the next. You sure can. Remember that even after the loaves and the fishes (Matthew 16:5-12), the disciples still wondered the next time, “Well, what are You going to do, Lord? Here we’re all hungry again.” Somehow it’s like they didn’t remember what He had done the last time. Sometimes we have really short memories, too, don’t we? Sometimes we forget the great miracles God’s done for us in the past. He doesn’t ever want to stop that. He never wants to stop that. He wants to be our provider and He wants us to know that He’s our provider. He wants to be our deliverer and He wants us to know He’s the deliverer. He does not want us to share that glory with anybody else. He wants to be our healer and He wants us to know He’s the healer, to know that He doesn’t need man to heal. Find that in the Bible.

God uses the hand and the faith of His believers to heal, but He uses the word of faith out of their mouth to do that. He has not changed. Men have changed Him, but He hasn’t changed. His methods are the same because they take the glory from man and give it rightfully to God, where it belongs. He doesn’t want to share His glory with another (Isaiah 42:8). This is our thinking that God needs the help of the flesh. He doesn’t need the help of the flesh.

You know what we are? Do you know who the hand of God is? The believers. The Bible says, “to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?” (Isa.53:1), and that’s obviously Jesus. He’s the arm. But the Bible also says that we are the hand (Isaiah 53:10). Don’t expect God to do something that He’s told you to do. This is the problem. Everybody’s praying to God to handle this or handle that, but where in the Scriptures do you find the disciples, when they were ministering to someone else, asking God to heal or deliver them? You can’t find that. The disciples realized that was what they were there for, not to ask God to do it. God was manifesting this situation in front of them so that they would do something about it. Did you ever notice this?

(Isa.53:10) Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin…. What happened when God made Jesus’ soul an offering for sin? He died, right? Jesus entered into eternity. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days…. Do you see that? “He shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days.” This is the 42nd generation written in Matthew, but there’s one missing. It says, “unto the Christ” (Mat.1:17) is the last one, but there’s one generation missing. That’s His seed. The body of Christ is the 42nd generation because there’s one missing in the list. Count it as many times as you like. One is missing and God revealed to me that the 42nd generation is His seed; it is the body of Christ. “He shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days.” Jesus went into eternity. There are no days in eternity. But you know where He’s “prolonging His days”? In you and in me. Jesus lives in you and in me. (Isa.53:10) … He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. It’s God’s people; it’s you and me who are the hand of the Lord. 

When the angel came to Cornelius (Acts 10:3), why didn’t that angel preach the Gospel? He knew the Gospel better than Peter did. But the angel wouldn’t do it, would he? He told Cornelius to send for Peter to preach the Gospel because that’s God’s method. God wants to use His people as His hand to do His work in the earth, and yet they’re steadily begging God, “Will You do this? Will You do that?” Now, wait a minute. When Jesus left, He delegated authority and He said, “as the father hath sent me, even so send I you” (Joh.20:21). “As the Father sent Me, so send I you.” We’ve been delegated authority to do this, but unless we understand the Lord’s methods, we’re not going to agree with Him in the process. 

We have to know God’s method. God’s method always gives all the glory to God. It’s not of our works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:9), for in Christ Jesus we were created for good works (Ephesians 2:10). Sounds like schizophrenia, doesn’t it? But it’s not because one work is talking about your works and the other work is talking about God’s work through you. And there’s only one way we can get an understanding of how God works through us. The truth is in the Bible. The Gospels and the Book of Acts reveal how God works through us and He does it that way. I don’t care what men say; that’s His method. And He chose that method because it takes the glory away from man and gives it to the rightful Owner, and that’s God. He’s the One Who’s doing this. It’s His power. (Rom.8:13) … But if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body…. He said, “If you by the Spirit.” “IF you.” There’s an “if” in front of “you.” “If you by the Spirit.” See, it’s God’s power, it’s His Spirit and it’s His power, but it’s still an “if” on you.

The Bible commands us to take the promises of the Word of God and cleanse ourselves (2 Corinthians 7:1). Everybody’s praying to God to cleanse us. No. Look at what the Bible says. (2Co.7:1) Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit…. That’s heresy in most churches, but it’s what the Bible says. God gave you a weapon. It’s a two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12) to go into your promised land and to put to death the old man, to cut him up and live in his house (Deuteronomy 19:1). If you stand outside the promised land and don’t win this battle, it’s nobody’s fault but yours. God gave a weapon that the enemy could not stand up to. 

He told Joshua, “there shall not any man be able to stand before thee” (Jos.1:5). No man will be able to stand before you, but guess who has to fight that battle? If you don’t fight that battle, you lose. If you don’t fight, you lose. This is not one where you can stand on the sidelines. If you don’t fight, you lose, and you can’t afford to lose this one. The stakes are too high. We can’t afford to lose. The most important thing that we’re on this earth for every day is to put to death that old man and do the work of God.

So, as we’ve seen from Isaiah 53, we are the hand of the Lord. And since it was by the hand of man that this earth was turned over to the curse and the devil, God determined that it’s going to be by the hand of man that this earth is going to be turned back. The Bible says it plainly in Daniel. Did you know that? I want to show you this because a lot of people don’t believe this, but God is going to do what He said He’s going to do. And He’s going to use man to do it. Notice that everything that came to pass in the Old Testament was manifested through the mouth of the prophets. God first spoke it through the mouth of man. Man confessed what God was going to do and then God used man to do it. God did it; it was His power all along.

(Dan.7:25) And he (this is the beast) shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time. (26) But the judgment shall be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. (27) And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. (28) Here is the end of the matter. In the Book of Revelation, there’s a great similarity between those curses poured out on the earth and the ones poured out in the past, such as those spoken through Elijah and Moses. Did you ever notice that? Well, the ones poured out in the past came out of the mouth of men and, I’ll tell you, the ones in the Book of Revelation will come that way, too. They’ve been spoken by faith.

The Scriptures teach us to turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:39). We are like lambs in the midst of wolves (Luke 10:3), Jesus said. But there’s a time coming when things won’t be the same because grace is going to be taken away from the Gentiles. Do you know why these curses are spoken in the Book of Revelation? They’re spoken because grace is being taken away from the Gentiles. Yes, there will be people speaking curses, just like in the Old Testament. I don’t know what you understand about the two witnesses in Revelation 11. (For a detailed study of this subject, read chapter nine of my book “Hidden Manna For The End Times.”) If you only understand them to be two men, that’s fine, but notice that they spoke curses. The two witnesses brought some of the exact same Old Testament curses in the New Testament. God spoke it through the two witnesses, and then those curses came to pass because they brought judgment out of their own mouths.

A brother had a dream or a vision of me; he saw me walking across this country speaking judgments. He said everywhere I spoke one, they fell. And I prayed, “Lord, if You want me to speak the judgments, okay, but I’d love to speak the grace first. I’d love to see people delivered. I’d love to see Your blessings poured out.” But, you know, there’s coming a time when, as much as you would like to do that, the Bible says, “the night cometh, when no man can work” (Joh.9:4). That was spoken in Jesus’ day because shortly after Jesus there came a time when no man could work. What was He talking about? He was primarily talking about how He came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matthew 15:24), but God was turning out the light to Israel. God was taking away their grace. There came a night when nobody could work on Israel anymore. It was a waste of time for you to witness to the Israelites. That was what they call the “early rain” (James 5:7). Now we’re coming to the “latter rain” (Hosea 6:2,3) and just the opposite is about to happen. God is going to pour out His power in a great way, but we’re coming to a night when no man can work. Work while you have the light because we’re coming to a night when no man can work. 

I recently had a vision in which I was preaching to the Jews and explaining to them a judgment that was falling on the United States. I’ve never had a dream before that I was preaching to Jews. God is planning to turn to the Jews, and you’ll be wasting your breath on the Gentiles. God is doing a special work in these last days, the last hours of this light. You know what that work is? I’ll tell you right now; He’s expending much energy. He is sending His angels, and He is putting a special emphasis on bringing in the children and relatives of the believers. He showed me that. But “the night cometh, when no man can work.” Work while you have the light. Who else is going to do it? Who’s going to preach the Gospel? Angels can’t do it. The Bible won’t let them (Hebrews 1 and 2). 

When the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, God is going to turn back to the Jews (Romans 11:25). When I was studying the Book of Acts, I received my own revelation of when that will happen. The Book of Acts was called the “early rain” (Hosea 6:3), but in the Book of Acts, during the early rain, God was already in the process of turning away from the Jews to the Gentiles. Now we’re coming to the latter rain (Hosea 6:3). And, guess what? It’s the same in reverse. God will be in the process of turning away from the Gentiles to the Jews. And great power is going to be poured forth; great miracles are going to happen, the same as in the early rain, except far greater! There will be many more people involved and much greater miracles. We’ve heard that the latter rain is the Pentecostal revival in this country, but that’s not the latter rain. The true latter rain is about to begin with the Biblical gifts being restored to the Church. Many Pentecostals call their revival the latter rain, but I’m convinced it’s not, because we have too many signs from the early rain showing us what the latter rain’s going to look like.

And besides, Solomon said, “that which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done” (Ecc.1:9). Everything that’s happening in these days has happened before. Everything. You can go back in the Bible and find out what’s going to happen because it’s happened in the past. If you want to know what’s going to happen in the latter rain, just go back and look at the early rain. The only thing is the cast of characters was much smaller in the early rain. Look at what happened to Jesus in His days when He walked the earth. That’s going to happen again. This was a revelation of the end time. He said that Jesus and the children whom God gave Him were for a sign (Isaiah 8:18). A sign of what? A sign of the future. What happened there is going to happen again, even up to the destruction of Jerusalem. All that is going to happen again. That was a sign, a parable, if you will, of what’s going to happen.

Also, if sometimes a prophetic word doesn’t fit into that sign, you can throw that prophecy out because it’s wrong. The end time fits in the Gospels. We have every character there in the Gospels. We have Christ and we have the Christ on the earth today, which is His body. The cast of characters is much bigger, but the sign is there. We have Judas among the disciples and still today we have the Judases. “A man who is a city” is what “Judas Iscariot” means. He represents a group of people. We have the harlot, which was the Judaistic religious system in Jesus’ day, and we have the apostate religions of today. We have the Beast that was the Roman government back then. Everything that happened there is happening right now. It’s beginning right now. Get ready for it and watch. When you read the Gospels, let God show you these signs because they’re in there so clearly. Then the Book of Revelation is just a fulfillment of it.

But to return to our original topic, Jesus took me by the hand when I asked Him to when I was a baby Christian, and He’s still doing that with me, and He’s showing me things. Ask Him to do that for you, too. Have a relationship with Him. If you are a disciple of Jesus Christ, that means you are a learner and a follower of Him. He is taking you by the hand; He’s leading you through the earth and He’s teaching you. Why do we get into circumstances and situations? Why did the disciples end up out in a boat in the middle of a storm on a very dangerous lake? Why? They got into that situation because God wanted to teach them something.

When you get in a situation, don’t fear; just remember God is your guide. You’re there for a reason. He wants to take you by the hand and teach you something. And, believe it or not, you have authority over the situation and the circumstances because Jesus paid for that on the cross. But people don’t understand. “Saved.” “Sozo.” It’s the same thing. (Eph.2:8) For by grace have ye been saved…. “By grace have you been.” That’s what it says in the original. “Have you been” means it’s already accomplished. How do you enter into it? You enter into it through faith. (Eph.2:8) For by grace have ye been saved through faith…. Hebrews 4 says the same thing. Listen, “the works were finished from the foundation of the world” (Heb.4:3). The thing that remains is for us to enter into those works through faith. What works? Well, for one thing, Jesus became accursed for you (Galatians 3:13)). And when you go back and read the curse in Deuteronomy 28, you’ll discover that it means just about anything detrimental that ever happened to man. If Jesus became accursed for you, does that mean that God wants you to escape that? Yes, it does. Will everybody escape it? No, they won’t. 

We can look at our lives right here, and we can see that, to a measure, each one of us has learned with the faith that we have to enter into parts of God’s deliverance, God’s salvation, God’s sozo. Some of us have more faith in some areas than others, but when we get together, when we share things, we begin to receive understanding from other people’s gifts, and it encourages us. And sometimes we can even use someone else’s faith to add to our faith to help us to overcome a circumstance or a situation. 

Now Peter had guts. He stepped out of the boat, didn’t he? He knew God wanted to teach him. What was the purpose? We may think that there has to be a reason, but there doesn’t have to be any reason but one. God wants to show you what He has invested in you. The Bible says “that the fellowship of thy faithmay become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you” (Phm.6). The word “fellowship” means “sharing”; it means “communicating”; it means “using it,” or “sharing it with one another.” (Phm.6) That the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ. Do you know what God has invested in you? The seed of Christ. He put it in there so that Christ could live in us and do what He did in us. That’s why He put it in there. We should expect God to use us to destroy the works of the devil.

Jesus came here to destroy the works of the devil. Am I saying we’re going to get out of going to our cross? Absolutely not. We have to go to our cross. You won’t be any use to God unless you, daily, will bear your cross. No, no, deliverance from the curse does not include deliverance from your cross, so don’t get mixed up with that. That’s the teaching of the “prosperity” folk. They want to use the faith to get rid of their cross, but you can’t do that. (1Jn.2:15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. If you love this world, the things of this world, the love of the Father is not in you. We’re not here for that purpose. We came here to die. We came here to lose our life. And it’s conditional. Jesus said, “If you lose your life, you will gain your life” (Luke 17:33). Now, this isn’t talking about you dying at the end of your sojourn down here. He’s talking about the death of the old man.

Every day God brings us into circumstances where we can say no to the old man and yes to the new man, and that’s crucifixion. This is what we’re here for. Don’t waste your time. It’s a race to get through that door before it closes. Every one of our lives is that way. I’ve shared Mary’s vision with you: how God showed her it’s a race to be won, and the treadmill is picking up speed, going in the opposite direction. You’re going to have to run to go through the door. This is what we’re here for. And don’t let the devil use fear. Fear is the thing you have to fight against. It is faith that’s going to get you there. 

God brought you this far to bring you there. Just count on it. And He also made the world so strong that they would look like giants to you, but guess what? They’re supposed to look like giants because it’s supposed to be impossible for you. God put you in an impossible situation. He gave you “this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves” (2Co.4:7). But instead, what do we do? We try to do it with these earthen vessels; we try to do it ourselves. The methods God wants us to use make everybody know that when the answer comes, it didn’t come from us; it came from Him because His methods are “weak” to the world. His methods are foolish to the world. He just spoke it. He just commanded it. And when you get in situations, remember, God put you in that situation for you to do something about it, not for it to do something to you. God put you there for you to do something about the situation. And there doesn’t have to be a reason for the situation. I’ve been tempted like this and said, “There has to be a reason; I mean, I have to accomplish something.” You may not be accomplishing much in what you do, other than learning something from God.

It’s very important that we overcome this flesh. If the only thing we do in overcoming a circumstance is to cause our spirit man to grow, that’s an accomplishment. I’ve shared with you about when the Lord brought us to the beach. We didn’t get to go to the beach very often, and so we prayed a prayer to the Lord. “Lord, we’re asking You to give us a nice day at the beach. Nice, sunshiny day. And we ask You to find us a place on the beach where there’s not a lot of naked people and we ask You to …” I prayed three things. I don’t remember what the three things were. Now I only remember two of them, but I asked God for three things. So when we went out there, we just kept driving and driving along the beach, and there were cars, and more cars, everywhere. I said, “Well, I don’t know how the Lord’s going to fulfill this,” but I prayed the prayer, right? 

Don’t forget that Jesus said, “all things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye received them, and ye shall have them” (Mar.11:24). Don’t forget. It may look impossible, but you believe you have received because God is all-powerful. And so, we finally picked a spot. There were still cars there, but we went over the dunes, and we went on out to Pensacola Beach. We looked up and down the beach and, boy, I’ll tell you, it was just packed with people from end to end. We hadn’t been there very long before another one of those big, black storms just came rolling in from Pensacola toward the beach. 

It was just a big old black storm rolling toward the beach. And I didn’t see God’s hand in it at the time, but He had taken me by the hand, and He wanted to show me something. We’re so ignorant, but God wants to use us to change circumstances. We’ve been delivered from the curse in circumstances in Christ, and God wants us to change things in this world. Listen, God is always going to use a very small force to overcome a very big force. He’s always done that. You go back and look at Gideon’s army (Judges 7). Look at just about every battle Israel ever won. If they weren’t outnumbered, they couldn’t win the battle. If they said, “We’re not outnumbered,” (Joshua 7:3) God wouldn’t let them win. He told Gideon, “Look, you have too many people for me to give this bunch into your hand” (Judges 7:2,4). Wait a minute now! I mean, the Amalekites, Midianites and the children of the East were coming as the sands of the sea against Gideon (Judges 7:12). This was a lot of people. They had them vastly outnumbered, but God said, “Gideon, you have too many people. You’ll be bragging about what you did. I’m going to have to whittle you down.” So God whittled him down to 300 men. God makes it impossible on purpose. He wants you to know that the battle is not yours; it’s His, and He has already won the battle. 

Well, anyway, out on the beach was this big black cloud racing toward us, and I think maybe even a few raindrops fell. Lightning was popping and crackling, and lighting up the sky, and everybody cleared out. I stood there and watched, and Mary was saying, “We better get outta here! We better get outta here!” And I was looking up and down the beach and pretty soon I saw there wasn’t a dog on the beach. What I prayed for came perfectly to pass. Not a dog on the beach; there was nobody on that beach as far as the eye could see from end to end.

And then God spoke to me. He didn’t command me, but He said, “Why don’t you go blow that storm back?” I looked over at Mary, and I walked away from her a little bit because I didn’t want her to see me blowing. That’s exactly what I did. I’m telling you the truth. I’m as bashful as I can be. And I walked away from her because I didn’t want to look like too big a fool and I started blowing. I turned toward the storm, and I started blowing. 

That storm came up, and moving real fast; the clouds moved really, really fast, and then the storm just stopped dead when I was blowing at it. I mean, it backed up and backed up. It stopped right in its path and backed up and it stood right there over Pensacola. The sun broke through and shone on us the whole time we were there. It was a beautiful day. It was everything I prayed for. All the naked people were gone, and I was out there in the sunshine, and we had a beautiful day. And when we got in our car to go back to Pensacola, we got halfway to the bridge, and it was storming. We could barely see out of the car windows because it was storming. After we got back home, we learned that a tornado had passed through right at our corner. It hit the Western Auto, knocked a bunch of trees down on the golf course, and knocked out the neighbor’s back fence. I told my kids, “I blew too hard.”

But, you know, you can’t count on your power; it’s nothing. We have to count on His power in us. What we’re going through right now is mostly education, and there’s going to come a time when we’re going to need this education. Did you know the Bible says we can walk as He walked? (1Jn.1:6) If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: (7) but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. He said, Ask, and it shall be given you (Mat.7:7). He also said that “ye have not, because ye ask not” (Jas.4:3). Don’t put anything beyond God. If it’s a part of the curse (Deuteronomy 28), it doesn’t matter what the circumstance is when things come against you. Our property belongs to God. You don’t own anything. Nothing’s yours. If you’re doing what you want, then you’re still the owner of it; you haven’t learned anything yet because it doesn’t belong to you. We are stewards, not owners, and that includes this tithing business. You’d better look more closely at the New Testament because Jesus said you have to renounce it all (Luke 14:33). All. “If you don’t renounce everything, you cannot be My disciple.”

A disciple is a learner and a follower of the Lord. He did not possess and own the things He had. It was only a stewardship entrusted to Him. So what we have belongs to God, and if it belongs to God, then the devil can’t destroy it. Jesus has already bound the strong man, and He gave you the command to go and spoil his goods (Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27). What good is a great outpouring of God’s power if you don’t believe that you can do anything with it? See, right now God is preparing us for a great outpouring.

Remember the vision I had about the rabbit and the turtle, and the anointing oil that fell on the rabbit who was on the edge of a wilderness? Well, we’re on the edge of that right now. Right now. The anointing oil of God is going to fall on a rabbit to run through that wilderness. Power is going to come on God’s people. And right now, we’re going through a little education stage. God is just showing us how to walk. If the lesson doesn’t appear really important, it’s enough for God if it educates you and it causes you to overcome the old man, the old, unbelieving old man. That’s enough reason for it. Don’t think there has to be a big reason for it because it could be something really simple. It doesn’t matter what your need is, for “my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory” (Php.4:19). It doesn’t say “greed”; it says “need.” God said if you had a need, it would come in, and if you didn’t have a need, it wouldn’t. That’s good. Praise the Lord! Why would you want to store up treasures on earth? All you need is your need met. But having food and covering we shall be therewith content (1Ti.6:8). Why would you need more than that? We don’t. Isn’t it so wonderful that it doesn’t matter what the need is? God brings it in according as you have need.

Don’t ever fear making a bold statement of faith. You may think, “Well, is this God?” Don’t worry about it. If it’s to meet your need, if it’s to overcome the curse, don’t worry about it. I remember once when I called Sid, and we were talking about what happened the time my washing machine seal had gone out. Sand had gone in it and ruined the seal. Sid had volunteered and said, “Oh, I have a friend who works on those things. I’ll get him to come by there and get it.” So I agreed, and he came by and picked it up. Sid called me back a few days later. He said, “Look, he fixed this and he fixed that, and it’ll just cost you $70.” I said, “Fine. Bring it on over.” Well, I knew Sid was coming over the next day to drop off the washing machine, and I only had $20. And so I prayed a prayer. I said, “Father, You said You supply my every need according to Your riches in glory and I thank You for it.” Then I stuck my finger out there and I pointed at the mailbox. I said, “And in the name of Jesus, that $50 is in that mailbox.”

Do you know, I went out to that mailbox, and there was a $50 check inside that mailbox with a note. It read, “God wouldn’t let me go to sleep. It’s now after midnight and God wouldn’t let me go to sleep until I sent you this check for $50.” And the funny thing was, I don’t ever look at postdates, but I looked at the postdate on the check, and it had been sent two weeks before this day, a full two weeks before this day when I stuck my finger out and pointed at the mailbox. That envelope had been hung up in the mail somewhere for two weeks, wandering around, and it didn’t make it into that mailbox until the right time. But God wouldn’t let this poor guy sleep until he went out there and wrote the check and stuck it in the mail, even though it wandered around in the mail. I don’t know what the reason was for it, but it didn’t arrive until it was time for it to be there. God answers before we call (Isaiah 65:24). Do you realize that? God does not dwell in time, but we do.

Don’t think it’s too late because it’s never too late for God. God has the answer coming when you speak it, and I’ve seen the biggest miracles happen when a bold statement of faith is made. The devil is telling you all the time, “Nah, nah, nah,” in your ear, saying, “Boy, you’re going to look like a fool!” But God won’t let you be put to shame. The Bible says that He won’t let you be put to shame (Romans 9:33). Anybody who puts their trust in Him shall not be put to shame, the Lord says. (Rom.10:10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. You need to actually say it. 

That was an education for me because there have been other times when I just prayed over a leaking washing machine seal, and God sealed it up. And there have been times when I’ve prayed over a carburetor, and God fixed it. Then there have been times when I decided I would take that carburetor off and fix it, like one time with my daughter’s car. I took the carburetor off there, and I tore it down. And I’m not bad at working on carburetors. So I tore it down, checked it out, cleaned it up, and put it back in there, but it did the same thing. I took it back out. It wasn’t easy to get out either, but I took it out and went through it again. I said, “Nothing’s wrong with this car. I don’t see a thing wrong with this carburetor,” and I put it back in, but it still did the same thing.

Finally, the revelation came to me: “The devil is messing with you; he’s robbing your time.” And so I rebuked the devil off that carburetor. I commanded the devil to lose it. Do you know that there doesn’t have to be something wrong with a piece of equipment? The Lord showed me that many times. The devil is real, and he can manifest himself in the physical realm and he can take advantage of you. Until you take the Word of God and fight him, he can take advantage of you. He was doing that to me. He robbed my time twice to fix that carburetor. And you know what? Just because you don’t see something manifest immediately doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened. The Bible says, “all things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye received them, and ye shall have them” (Mar.11:24). So I commanded that carburetor to be healed in the name of Jesus. Then Mary went and got in the car, but when she cranked it up, it was doing the same thing. I said, “Just go; it’s healed.” She said before she got to the end of the street, it straightened right out, and I never had another problem with it. You see, sometimes you have to walk it. If you believe it, you confess it, walk it. It’s like the 10 lepers who were doing according to the Law (Luke 17:12). They had to go show themselves to the priest healed (Leviticus 14). But when they were walking, they weren’t healed. It didn’t come until they walked it out that they got healed (Luke 17:14).

So you have to walk it out. Faith without works is dead (James 2:17). Just remember that. Some of Jesus’ miracles didn’t happen immediately. And He didn’t even pray twice. We are disciples of Jesus now. We can’t see Him, but we’re walking with Him, and He wants to take us by the hand and show us the way through every problem and situation we come to because it’s already been provided for. It says in Scripture, my God shall supply every need of yours…. (Php.4:19). It doesn’t matter what the need is. Why does it say that? Why did Paul say that? He said that because he knew it was taken care of at the cross. The curse was put upon Jesus. You can’t imagine what this world would be like if there was no curse. Can you imagine what it was like in the Garden of Eden with tomato plants growing 20 feet tall, everything working, nothing breaking, including you, without the curse?

Now I realize nobody is totally entered into whatever this means about being delivered from the curse, but individually God’s people are entering into different parts of it. The body needs one another because sometimes other people have the faith we don’t have in a situation that we’re in, and we need to pray for people and exercise our faith over one another. But don’t think it’s not possible. We’re going to see God do things in the next few years that we would have considered impossible, that we would have just wondered, “Is that real?” Yes, God’s going to do things we haven’t seen. This outpouring of the Holy Spirit, this outpouring of power, has never been on this earth that God’s getting ready to do. People are going to walk on water again. People have done it before in these years. I don’t know if any of you ever read Like a Mighty Wind or Gentle Breeze of Jesus. They are about the Indonesian revival where, many times, many people saw people walk on water. Those little islands out there where they were trying to get the Gospel to; in some cases, it was the only method. It was necessary and they didn’t let the circumstances stop them from doing the Will of God. The Will of God was to go, and so they went. They did not let the circumstances get in the way. They walked on the water and many people witnessed it.

Yes, the day is coming when you may need to drive a car that doesn’t have any gas in it. I’ve done it quite a few times and it works. When you’re going by faith, it works. Or you may have to command some gas into that car and God puts some in it. He’s done that for me, too. Listen, circumstances can’t stop you. Circumstances didn’t stop Jesus from doing the Will of God. Did you notice that? It’s the same Jesus Whom we have that your “faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you” (Phm.6). Wait a minute! He was talking to the saints, people on this earth. That’s right. But that’s Jesus Christ in the heart of the believer. He has all the power that He ever had. But if you limit Him, you won’t let Him speak that word out of your mouth; you won’t walk that walk with your feet; you won’t do those things. I’m not saying this is the most important thing to do. The most important thing, of course, is to overcome sin, and we’ve studied that in other teachings. Right now we’re talking about not limiting God in this sozo and seeing just how big it is. It doesn’t matter what your need is. God has promised to meet your need.

Do I say you won’t be tried? Absolutely not. You’re going to be tried. How do you get tried? You get tried by lack. God suffered the Israelites to lack so that He might know what they would do (Deuteronomy 8:2,3). What are you going to do when you lack? Do you never get sick? No, you get sick sometimes, but the Bible says by His stripes you were healed (1 Peter 2:24). It’s a trial of your faith. God wants to see, “What are you going to do with this?” We are being tried. We are going through the wilderness just like the Israelites did. When they went through the wilderness, they suffered lack in this kind of a way and then in that kind of a way and then in this kind of way, and God answered miraculously. Right now, the righteous, just like always, shall live from faith (Galatians 3:11).

The life of faith is an exciting walk with the Lord. You’ll see many miracles if you walk the walk of faith. That’s our purpose for being here. God considers a person who walks by faith and speaks faith, and uses faith in the circumstances they get into, to be righteous. He calls them “righteous,” like Abraham when he believed God about his seed. That didn’t have anything to do with salvation. God called Abraham righteous because he believed God in that point and, you know what? God calls you righteous every time you believe the Word of God. Every time you believe in the prayers that you’ve prayed, whenever you pray believing you have received (Mark 11:24), when you keep on holding onto that in faith until you see it manifested, then God calls you righteous.

Look at it as if Jesus is taking you by the hand. He’s going to show you something tomorrow. He is going to do a miracle through you tomorrow. Big or small, He’s going to show you how to walk by faith. Jesus walked by faith. His disciples walked by faith. People who are in the world are under bondage, but people who walk by faith are not under bondage. When Jesus sent out His disciples, He told them, “Don’t take anything with you, don’t take any money” (Matthew 10:9,10; Luke 10:4). He sent them out in total weakness and later He asked them, “Well, when I sent you out without all these things did you lack anything?” and their answer was, “No, Lord” (Luke 22:35). They found out what it was to walk by faith. They didn’t need to bring their own supply because God was there. He did it on purpose. Now, in this day, the church is supposed to be doing the same thing. If you obey what Jesus said, you’ll be weak, because Jesus made some statements in there that put you in a position of weakness; but every time, you’re going to see miracles.

When you obey the principles of Jesus, you’re going to see miracles because you’re always in a position where you can’t do it, you can’t handle it. He does that on purpose. (Mat.14:25) And in the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea. (26) And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear. (27) But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. (28) And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee upon the waters. (29) And he said, Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus. (30) But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me. That’s the word sozo right there. By grace are you saved through faith (Ephesians 2:8). 

(31) And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and saith unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? (32) And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased. (33) And they that were in the boat worshiped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. You know, the Lord saved Peter here even in his failure, didn’t He? Every trial is from God. Every trial. God is sovereign. (Joh.3:27) … A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven. The circumstances you get into are not by accident. There’s no such thing as an accident or luck. The worldly pagans believe that. When Peter took his eyes off Jesus and saw the wind, then he judged by the circumstance instead of judging by the Word. If he had judged by the Word, when the Almighty God said, “Come,” Peter must have been able to do it, since He said it. That’s the way we have to look at these promises. We must be able to do it because He said it. It’s really simple. Peter believed if Jesus said it, he’d be able to do it, and he stepped out of the boat, but then he got his eyes on the circumstances. 

You always get fearful when you get your eyes on the circumstances because you don’t have any hope. Get your eyes on the Savior. You can walk on water when you get your eyes on the Savior. Listen, the laws of faith are totally above the laws of nature; they’re always above the laws of nature. You just can’t fathom how God could do some of these things. You can’t fathom how the lot can come up like it does. Can you think about flipping a quarter up in the air and it coming down exactly the way God wants it to come down? The lot worked. Go back and study it. The lot worked. Why? That wasn’t gambling because they believed in a sovereign God. Some people might think it was gambling, but it wasn’t to the Israelites. They believed in the sovereignty of God, and they believed God would answer that way and He did. He did consistently, even to the extent of finding one man out of all Israel, and that happened quite a few times. Saul was picked out that way (1 Samuel 10:21). Saul’s son was picked out that way when he made a mistake with eating the honey (1 Samuel 14:32). Jonathan was picked out of all Israel. You know they took the lot by the tribe, then they went to the lot by the family, then they went to the lot by the house. They cast lots several times. But you know what? If you believe in luck, what are the chances of the thing coming out to pick one guy out of all Israel? That’s phenomenal. That’s a lot of numbers. But God is sovereign.

Well, it can be done in our day, like I said, with a quarter. I don’t recommend people lead their lives that way, but I have seen mighty miracles come to pass that way, where the answer had to be from God. But I’m just pointing out that there’s no such thing as luck. The world believes in luck and chance, but everything that comes to you is by the hand of God, even if it comes through the hand of the devil. If you remember from reading in the Book of Job, there was no luck involved with that. God was sovereign, even over the devil, and He’s still sovereign. God sends the devil against you so you can ‘whoop him real good.’ Did you know that? God will send him against you so you can whip him, so that you learn how to walk by faith and not by sight. In most cases, it’s the devil who administers the curse.

Who sent the curse? The Bible says that God sent the curse (Deuteronomy 28). I don’t care what men say; the Bible says God sent the curse. Who administers it? The devil does. He loves to do it. It’s his nature to do it. But I’ll tell you, God sent the curse, and God sent Jesus to deliver from the curse. He’s working from both sides. God sent the curse to cause people to repent and turn to Him. He sent Jesus to those who will repent. And in the circumstances that we get ourselves into, God wants to show us how to give the devil a bloody nose. He wants to show us how to overcome in the circumstances, just like Jesus did. Jesus wants to move through His hand. (Isa.53:10) … The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. That means God is going to be successful in doing what He did through Jesus, through you. That’s what it means. God is going to do that. We should consider it done.

He did this for Peter, but what was the whole point? You may think there has to be some real reason for this, that you had to be saving souls or something. No. It didn’t do anything for Peter to get out of the boat, except that he learned a lesson. We should ask God to bring us these lessons. It’s really valuable to have these lessons we can look back on and tell others to encourage them in the faith and so on. God wants to do miracles through us. Right now we have a short time left to learn some lessons from God; and then great trouble is going to come, greater trouble than this land has ever seen. The people who walk in Psalm 91-type faith and who understand about the curse are the people who are going to be saved through the midst of this great trouble. A lot of the people are not going to be saved. A lot of Christians, the majority, are going to die through this trouble because the people coming against this land don’t like Christians.

Let’s look at the story of the Gerasene demoniac. (Luk.8:36) And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made whole. And the word there is sozo. For Christians, for God’s people, this has been accomplished. It’s part of sozo. It’s by grace. It’s not by grace you will be. It says by grace you have been saved through faith (Ephesians 2:8). So it’s not a matter of trying to convince God to deliver this person. It’s not that. Jesus never tried to convince God to heal or to deliver anybody. By grace have you been. It’s all past tense. Now there are some places where the people whom we want to deliver are not in covenant with God. And it’s strange but most of the church does not even believe that Christians can have demons. I’m going to show you that’s not true from the Scriptures. I’m going to show you that it’s a lie and anybody who has the gift of discerning of spirits knows that it’s a lie. I can truthfully tell you almost all the people that I’ve ever cast demons out of were Christians. 

When I’m talking discernment of spirits, I’m talking about the Biblical gift and that is when you see the demons. You see them manifested in their face, you see them manifested in their eyes, and in their body. The gift is manifested in different ways, but the discerning of spirits is to be able to see those demons. Anybody who has that gift knows that Christians can have demons. And I’ll tell you what the Lord showed me about it. Those who don’t believe that Christians can have demons quote, “My spirit will not dwell in an unclean temple,” but there’s no verse like that in the Bible. It’s not there. What the Bible actually says is that the flesh is an unclean temple (Galatians 5:19). Did you know that? It’s an enemy. It’s at enmity with your spirit. It is the enemy of your spirit (Galatians 5:17). 

The covering over the tent of the tabernacle in the wilderness was animal skins, and guess what kind of animal skins they were? Goats. Who were the goats? The goats were those placed on the left, while the lambs, the sheep, were on the right. Well, that was goats’ hair covering it. Why? Because the flesh is the enemy of God. The flesh cannot go to Heaven; ever.  (1Co.15:50) … Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God…. You either get a new body or you don’t go. You either go in spirit and in soul, or you don’t go because this body doesn’t go there. You get a new one. The flesh is the enemy of God. 

God showed me this years ago. I had to have a theological reason because I was casting demons out of Christians and everybody said you can’t do that. So I went to God and said, “God, show me in the Scriptures.” And God brought me back to the tabernacle in the wilderness and He showed me, as I read about the tabernacle in the wilderness, how it represents us because we are the tabernacle in the wilderness. The holy of holies, of course, is your spirit because that’s where God dwells. And then there’s the holy place representing your soul. And there’s the outer court, which represents your flesh. What God showed me I’ve never forgotten because I learned what the Christians told me was the difference between oppression and possession. They say that oppression is when the devil’s on the outside and possession is when he’s on the inside, but the Lord showed me that’s not true.

When we look at the outer court in the wilderness, we see that many wicked men went into the outer court. In fact, wicked men even came near unto the holy place and some were even killed in the holy place because they went in. But no wickedness ever entered into the holy of holies because the high priest had to be in good shape with God, or he’d better not go into the holy of holies. They even tied a rope onto the foot of the high priest, so if he went in there and he wasn’t walking in right covenant with God, they could drag out his body. They weren’t going in after the high priest because you’d be smitten dead if you didn’t walk in right covenant with God.

The tabernacle in the wilderness represented a Christian because God Almighty dwells in the holy of holies. We have examples in the Scriptures of wickedness coming into both the outer court and the holy place, but not into the holy of holies. God was showing me that in your holy of holies dwells the Spirit of God, and only Jesus, Who is the High Priest, can go in there. By the way, ministers don’t have a right to get into your holy of holies. They have to stay without. The One Who is the head of your being is the Lord, always the Lord. If a minister becomes your head, you become a disciple of him and you, in a way, put him in your holy of holies. That’s dangerous for him and you because then he’s between you and God. Remember from our example that wickedness entered into both the outer court and the holy place. 

Now here’s what the Lord showed me about oppression and possession. Did you know that God seeks to possess you? He just comes from a different direction; that’s all. He comes from your spirit, seeking to possess. What He really wants to possess is your soul. He wants to possess your soul, which is your actions and your nature. That’s your whole walk. But the demons come in through the flesh, and they also seek to possess your soul. They want to come into the holy place. They want to rule in the holy place because that’s the control over your actions; that’s the control over your thinking, and the control over your life. They want to control your life. 

But the fallacy of the worldly church view gives us is that oppression is without; possession is within. However, the demons can dwell in your flesh, and as long as they’re just in the flesh but not in the holy place, not in the soul, they’re still in; they’re just not in possession. Possession is when they reach into your soul. If you watch demon-possessed people, you’ll see this happen. One moment they’ll be totally normal, but don’t think the demon left. He hasn’t left; he’s still there. I’ve had this experience with Christians. Everybody who is led by the flesh is not led by the Holy Spirit, and a Spirit-filled Christian can be led by the flesh. The flesh is made in the image of the devil and you’re a son of the devil if you walk after the flesh. You’re manifesting being a son of the devil. But here’s the point. If you walk after the flesh, you’re opening yourself up to let the devil in.

You are the one who either permits or forbids. (Mat.16:19) I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Those demons can come into your flesh. If you give in to some sin, they can come into your flesh, but what they want to do is reach into your soul. Your soul is your nature; it is the controlling factor of your life. When the demons reach into a person’s soul, that’s when everybody says that a person is possessed. But, you know what? They’ll back out of the soul into the flesh, and the person will be relatively normal. Then they’ll come in again; they’ll manifest, and they’ll back out. We’ve seen people who look and behave totally normal. Then, all of a sudden, when you’re right in the middle of preaching the Gospel, demons manifest in these people and they start crying out. The demons cry out. Why? Were they there all the time? Yes, they were there all the time. Did they leave the person? They never ever left the person; they were there all the time. So you can be oppressed as long as the demon is in the flesh, but when he reaches into your soul, then that is possession. 

Who has the right to have demons cast out? Well, let me give you a few examples. First of all, what we have in the New Testament is Jesus dealing with His Covenant people, which was Israel. That was the type and shadow of what God does today. Jesus was dealing with Covenant people, and He even said, “I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Mat.15:24). Who was He dealing with when He cast out demons? It was the lost sheep of the house of Israel. When the pagans came, such as in the instance of the Syrophoenician woman, then Jesus said, “it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs” (Mat.15:26). Well, what was He talking about? He was saying that the lost have no right to God’s provision. 

The biggest proof to me is my experience. The only time God ever let me cast demons out of a lost person, I had to get His permission to do it. You have to have permission to do it because you can destroy someone by casting demons out of them. The Bible even says they’ll come back with seven worse. (Luk.11:26) Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. So casting demons out of a lost person is not good business unless you have God’s permission, since they have no right to God’s provision. God’s provision of deliverance and healing and other blessings is for Covenant people. We are Covenant people; they are not. They have no right to it. Don’t try to give God’s pearls to the swine (Matthew 7:6); they have no right to it. 

I’m going to prove it to you now from Scripture. (Mar.7:25) But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. (26) Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter. (27) And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs. He’s calling casting out demons “the children’s bread.” It’s not for the world. No, it’s only for the children.

Now not only did this woman’s daughter have a demon, but she also had a spirit of infirmity. We know this from the same story in Matthew. (Mat.15:28) … And her daughter was healed from that hour. So her daughter was healed at the same time that Jesus cast out the demon. The children’s bread is deliverance from demons and healing in the body and all these things. Why? Jesus said that His Body is our bread. Were there any demons or any sickness in Jesus’ body? The reconciliation was that He gave His body for your body. See, only we have a right to have a holy, delivered body. The world does not have this right. (Mar.7:26) … And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter. (27) And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs. (28) But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. (29) And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter. (30) And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out. And in Matthew, it says she was healed. 

So we can see, as a revelation from this example by Jesus, that someone who is a Jew according to the flesh is not necessarily a Jew according to this New Covenant. Only Jews in this New Covenant are the ones who walk in the faith of Abraham. You can’t recognize the Jew according to the flesh anymore; it’s whether they are a believer or not. It’s according to your faith or your unbelief as to whether you’re grafted in or broken off (Romans 11) – totally according to your faith. If you have faith, you’re a child. You have a right to the children’s bread. The world has no right to the children’s bread because they are not in covenant with God. Our part of the Covenant is faith. God’s part is supply. We enter into it by faith and God enters into it with supply. It’s kind of a lopsided covenant, but that’s the way He designed it. We got a good deal and that’s why it’s called the Good News.