Return to Pure Worship
Christianity and the Traditions of Men
What it's all about
This message is current for the Laodicean church, where our Lord Jesus Christ is calling all His people to deep repentance and to “buy of Him gold tried in the fire, that thou may be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed and that the shame of thy nakedness does not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see”.
This book uncovers the “why” so many of His people do not obey Him; and the practical application of how to get free from the hidden idols of the heart and the lies from the enemy of our souls, that have been believed about the Heavenly Father’s true character.
These truths will call everyone to a place of decision in their own walk with the Savior Jesus Christ: To go on with His gentle leading, into all truth, or to turn and draw back into unbelief - “religion”.
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What is Pure Worship?
September 15, 2018
I had a "flash dream/vision" this morning.
I saw the darkened sky, with storm clouds moving in from left to right I knew that was my book - "Return to Pure Worship". In my dream, I said to God: "You are so amazing - I want to know You. And I want You to know me."
As I pondered the dream, my mind was taken back to the beginning of this "Great Faith Walk" that He called me on in the Spring of 1988. This was and is the summation of my walk - and is the standard for everyone's walk with Him, as He gave me this scripture at the very beginning:
Philippians 3:8-10.....
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death.....
And then the Promise, IF we continue on to Know Him.......AND allow Him to "know" us.
In order for anyone to know us, we must open our heart up to allow a person in. It's always a risk to let anyone into our secret place - the deep places of our being - with humans, we must be extremely cautious and discerning. But with the Living God, Who died for us - He proves Himself, over and over again, that He is worthy of our trust. He LOVES US perfectly, and only has our best interests at heart.
Romans 8:28-31...
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. for whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Revelation 3:19-22 ...
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
John 4: 23, 24.....
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
The Heart of this book
The heart of this book.
The revelation that the Lord gives a person, is the revelation they must walk out in their own life. Without actually walking it out-applying the truth to your own life- - you just become a hearer of the Word, and not a doer of the Word which develops a very dangerous- "self-deception" and a very serious warning: For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. Persecution ALWAYS comes when the Lord unveils Truths that have been hidden or lost due to one thing - RELIGION VERSES RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM!
About the Author
Bobbi Mercer
Author
Bobbi was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 9, 1952, at a “wee 5 lbs. 11 ozs." and with the cord wrapped around her neck five times. At an early age, she became tenacious at surviving. This trait worked in her the pioneer spirit to “know and explore” and to push the envelop in her own life. Her family moved several times, and finally, built a house on Eagle Lake, just outside Edwardsburg, MI. Bobbi’s summers and winters were filled with all that comes with living on a lake. Her home life changed dramatically when she was 16 years old. On May 31, 1969, she had come in from outside and found her Dad - dead from a massive heart attack - he was 55. She still excelled in school: Cheerleader, National Honor Society, Treasurer of Student Council, Treasure of her class throughout school, Jazz Dancing and performing, theater - almost any club she could get into in High School. Then the major life change happened that set the course for her destiny. In 1970, her choir teacher and husband had a summer stock theater in New Buffalo, Michigan. Bobbi auditioned and made the cut. A life changing role was granted to her: Aldonza, in Man of La Mancha. Her family and friends all thought that the dye was cast and that Bobbi would step into stardom somewhere down the road. No, there was an unseen “plan” from Heaven. The role introduced Bobbi to Marlene, who became her best friend. Marlene introduced Bobbi to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, that Fall in 1970 - which began the journey of a lifetime with the Savior……and His command: “Follow Me”! She is still following the Lamb, whither soever He goes, and with His Unfailing Grace, Mercy, and Faithfulness - will follow The Lamb - “and they loved not their lives unto the death”.
The Journey
Obedience is the outward evidence that you believe. You do what He says, because you believe He is truly God and you have the “fear of the Lord” working in you.
Therefore, in the world there are only two classes of individuals - Believers and unbelievers. The Lord of Hosts will still guide in unbelief (Psalm 78) because everyone has areas of unbelief that need to be dealt with via the Word through the Holy Spirit.
When you are convicted by the Holy Spirit regarding unbelief, REPENT (change your mind and agree with what the Lord is showing you), turn around and confess your sin of unbelief, apply the Blood of Jesus via repentance and accepting the price that He paid for you on the Cross for access to the Throne of God, the Father. For Jesus’s Blood is the True God’s blood sacrifice to wash you clean of all filthiness. Then obey His Word to start the journey out of the unbelief. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, of evidence of things not seen. Abraham’s faith and obedience.
The journey is “taking the land” (putting your hand to the plow), the promise land = Your spirit, your soul (mind, will and emotions) and body. The true temple of God (Holy of Holies) = your spirit;
The Holy Place = your soul; The Outer Court = your body.
Entering into His Rest, the Rest that is spoken of in Hebrews 4, is taking Jesus’ full and complete Blood Sacrifice, totally. (His spirit, soul and body sacrifice.) You would be surprised of how many of His children, deep in their beings, do not take His complete sacrifice as payment and access to the Heavenly Father. That is why in Hebrews 4 it states: “Let us therefore fear: lest a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it...verse 10: For he that is entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His. Verse 11: Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” Jesus was our example for this walk-- only doing what he saw the Father doing; and only speaking what he heard the Father saying. Complete OBEDIENCE TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER. No working of the flesh in anything!
AND when an individual gets to this point, that individual will be walking in the POWER of the Holy Spirit! Believing with signs and wonders following them!
The journey is His Command: “Follow Me!” BUT the journey will cost you everything: death to self and flesh. But His Promise is life abundant to all who will lose their lives for His sake. Coming out of Egypt is the journey of facing your unbelief and the lies, which you have believed. You will choose to either obey or disobey His Word, whether it is His Still Small Voice or the written Word that the Holy Spirit brings to your remembrance. The wilderness that you will enter into is the place where testings, refining, and sanctification takes place - being set apart for Him and His service. Vessels of Honor being formed into His Likeness.
He promises that He will do it through you: His strength, His comfort, His protection, His provision, His leading, His cleansing: BUT you have to continue to decide to follow Him and His direction at ALL COST!
We are all at different stages of the journey. Some are seasoned, though not yet arrived. Some are on their way, and there are those who have yet begun, but will in DUE season. This is why it is VITAL to obey the command in 2 Corinthians 10: “but measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.” If we get our eyes OFF Jesus Christ and start looking at another, we will start to compare with each other, and it will produce self-righteousness AND self- loathing. Let the Word read you; let the gentle Holy Spirit guide you out of your fears, unbelief and self-righteousness - by receiving ALL of Jesus’ work on the cross. Don’t continue to make mental and verbal excuses for your sin and iniquity. Face it with Jesus - He’s lovingly awaiting for you.
I heard someone make this profound statement: “God is too big to be on anyone’s side. WE need to choose to be on HIS SIDE!”
Like Paul wrote: Philippians 3......”I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus....Let us therefore, as many be perfect (mature), be thus minded; and in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.....Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our Faith.
Dedication
First, I want to dedicate this Book to my children, my treasures on this earth: my beautiful, multi -gifted daughter, with an anointed singing voice of an angel, Katharine; my strong, faithful, and “Samuel like in spirit”, son, Michael; and my Warrior- Prophet- King Son, Mighty in Strength and Valor, David; John, Katharine’s beloved husband, and very talented composer/singer and anointed man; Sheri, Michael’s beloved bride, with healing hands and a deep, wise, heart of understanding.
My children, at different ages, and stages in their lives, accompanied me on this journey, to “take the promise land”. They supported me, even though, at times, they had no idea what I was going to do next. And it did affect them.
My prayer for each of them, is that the seeds and revelations that were and are embraced through this journey, would “spring up suddenly” as a reward for them. And that they would know, in the depths of their being, that I love them with all my heart. And in the end, that they too, will be unashamed at the Glorious Appearing of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
“That my sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that my daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace.” And that they will hear, when the day is done: “Well done, thy good and faithful servant. Enter now into the Joy of the Lord.”
Also, I dedicate this book to the many beloved people, both in His Body, and ones that have yet to call on His Name, but will in due season; that by His Spirit, were woven, like a beautiful tapestry into my life and into my children’s lives.
I could not have walked this walk without all my people.
And last, I dedicate this Book to My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that posed the question to me at the very beginning, 50 years ago: “Wilt thou be made whole?”…..My heart was pricked, and by His Unfailing Grace and Mercy, He never let go of me, even though at times, my heart couldn’t go on.
Truly, the Vesture that is dipped in His Blood, and Words that He has chosen to write on that Vesture, when He breaks through the Clouds of Glory in TOTAL VICTORY: Even so, come Lord Jesus.
FAITHFUL AND TRUE
SERIOUS WARNING TO HIS BODY
Because His judgments are slow in coming, His people have fallen asleep. They have forgotten that He sees into the depths of their being - He sees the motives of every living person's heart on this planet. There is coming a day, very, very soon, that Jesus' judgment will begin at His House. He is merciful and gives people TIME to REPENT---BUT if a person continually disobeys Him, and chooses: pride, lust, envy, evil speaking, covetousness, the love of money-which is the root of all evil; He legally has to turn that person over to Satan, the Kingdom of Darkness.....Matthew 15:8...This people draw nigh unto me with their mouth, and honor me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.
Act 5: But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him .And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
They wanted the "glory" and to appear righteous in front of people--loving the praise of men more than the praise of God. Soon that will become "deadly". Your heart's motives will be exposed.
Please seek His Face with all your heart. If you repent with all your heart, and turn from your wicked ways, He will hear and forgive and heal your land. BUT time is very short. Don't waste another moment, because if you continue to harden your heart, it will be too late. Just like in the days of Israel - our example.
Not Without Cost
There is a principle in the Spirit realm regarding cost. If something doesn’t cost you much, it is not valued as much or valued at all, verses something that costs you a great deal. You treasure something when it has a “high price” on it.
On November 1, 1996 He commanded: Matthew 19:21: “IF thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow ME.”
It took my two sons and me a week to get rid of everything. Every day when He would wake me up at 3:22 a.m., He would instruct me of what we needed to get rid of and how to do it.
We had to believe Him for EVERYTHING: rent, food, clothing, protection, money for the utilities, gasoline, our health, our daily existence! AND I am still living this way to this day! He truly IS OUR ONLY SOURCE. Trust AND OBEY what He says, when He says and how He says.... is the only way! Only by His Grace and Mercy...and The Spirit of the Fear of The Lord. He alone is the Most High God. We, as His children MUST REVERENCE HIM....We are His Witness in this earth to non-believers!!!!!!! If we don't fear Him, why should they!!!!!!!!!! The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord is going to be the FIRST thing that the Lord of Hosts is going to restore to His Body of Believers. For it is written: Proverbs 14:27...The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Proverbs 16:6...By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
I had a son who was 11, and a son who was two., three cats and two goldfish! Living in an apartment with no furniture or extra comfort stuff (including clothing-bear minimum) and sometimes no food. Remember the children of Israel, after physically leaving Egypt, they too, had testings of no food and sometimes no water for a short while. NOTE: The Lord of Hosts Knows how long a test can last. Living this way is quite humbling and a true experience of FIRE!
We lived that way for a great, great while. September 2001 was the beginning of a restoration of “stuff”.
One afternoon, in 1997, I was laying on the floor, BEGGING the Lord to be made free and to deliver me and my sons. His Word came swiftly and firmly: “NOT WITHOUT COST!” Immediately after that strong rebuke, I turned to the window, and there was a shadow of a cross on the wall. I began to weep as I knew what the Holy Spirit was saying by showing me that cross.
This small book cost Heaven everything. Jesus laid down His Glory and took on humanity and then “became sin” for my salvation. These precious truths that have been revealed to me, AND embraced, by His Grace and Mercy, have cost me everything too. But like Paul wrote in Philippians 3:8, 10 -“Yea doubtless, I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ…………
That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His Death.”
Romans 8:18…..”For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the GLORY which shall be revealed in us……Amen and Amen.
So as you read this book, “Remember”, the Lord warned: Count the Cost before you start…..
Luke 9:62- “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.:” Luke 14:28, 33, 34, 35…”For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it?…So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsake not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor fit for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
WARNING: Not everyone is called to sell all that they have. That command came to me. What Jesus Christ, the Savior is asking is this: “Will you allow Me to become your all in all?” That will transpire to each individual as HE sees and calls each one to OBEDIENCE TO HIS WILL and not ours.
Tree of Knowledge
Last night, I listened to a preacher from Singapore. He said that the first sin was the sin of self-righteousness. I perceived immediately that what the Father had shown him was a simple, yet the profound Truth that is foundational. I went to bed pondering this Truth.
The Lord woke me up early, and literally, by the Holy Spirit, began speaking this into my spirit.
What the Lord was revealing was the “king- pin”, the original sin, the iniquity of our first father and mother; AND the iniquity that they passed on to each one of us. This revelation ties into what is written in this book, and the practical application for each of His Children, the “capstone”. Here it is:
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil = self-righteousness = religion = being “god like”, without God! Pure evil masked as light. (Babylon is that kingdom of light, which is really gross darkness.) That prince is a very bright light, but the light is a blinding light, a light that does not illuminate the darkness at all, it is self-contained.....those “mind blinding spirits”.
Self-righteousness = filthy rags, rags filled with human blood, (works of our own hands, relying on our own good works and strength to gain access to the Most Holy God) which is a stench to man and to the true God. Jezebel, which is that “spirit of whoredoms” spoken of in Hosea 4:12...”My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for “the spirit of whoredoms” hath caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God.” That “spirit of error/the spirit of Egypt” - dead flies, sets up Baal worship. Baal means “lord”, lord of the house i.e. IDOLS. There are individual idols; family idols, which have been passed down i.e. “familiar spirits”, which follow families; idols in church fellowships/organized religion; and then national idols, ones in which the whole nation follows.
Whatever “god” you are following, and we ALL follow something or someone, even those who state there is no god, have actually set themselves up to be god; will determine the sacrifice because, there is a “Law of Sacrifice” set up in the spirit realm and the “god” you serve WILL dictate the sacrifice.
The Lord also spoke of what fruits self- righteousness produces: pride, and pride produces destruction -
(pride is not bowing to the Lord Jesus Christ) and that is more than just accepting Him as Savior. He needs to become your Lord-King! What HE says, you DO.
Proverbs 16:18.....Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Set Thrones of Judgment
”For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed; for I know Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” 2 Timothy 1:12.
“Against that day...” I had always thought “that day” to be the judgment day on the other side of eternity. No, it is the day for here and now. That day refers to the day (days) of judgment from the curse of the law that operates in a person’s life. The judgments, which we enter into while on this earth.
Through repentance, which means turning and forsaking sin and iniquity (root of sin) by “being a doer of the Word, not hearer only, the thief which comes to steal, kill, and destroy, will be bound. Remember it is written in Isaiah 1:16-20: “Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: BUT if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”
It’s all about being willing and obedient! When we obey His Word - the written logos by His Still Small Voice, or His Rhema Word, it places us in a place of protection in His Spirit. By obeying, we are keeping OUR PART of the covenant.
What you have turned over to the Lord of Hosts, through prayer and allowing Him into that part of your life, He can cleanse, protect and keep while the “thief” is being bound and “his goods spoiled”.
Matthew 12:28-29....”’But if I (Jesus) cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God (His ruler-ship) is come unto you.” This means that you are obeying and doing it HIS WAY, not yours. He becomes the Boss, not you. And this is the place that He so desires each of His Children to come into...full and complete trust in Him. And obedience is that outward sign that you DO TRUST HIM COMPLETELY. The scripture goes on to say that: “Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house (the evil spirits), and spoil his goods, except he first BIND the strong man? And then he will spoil his house.”
The thieves (demons) which have operated in you, your family, and family line for generations - due to the curse of disobedience in your ancestors and in you, are bound by applying the Blood of Jesus, through repentance to each particular disobedience, (as the Holy Spirit uncovers). Deuteronomy 28 -Promised Blessings for Obedience; Promised Curses for Disobedience…..
(NOTE: Jesus became a curse for us as it is written: “cursed is he who hangs on a tree.” Jesus also died so that all men “might” be saved……This is where the traditions of men have made the Word of God of no effect- with tremendous error in His Body. It has brought must destruction. For My People perish for lack of knowledge. What Jesus did is NOT automatic. Each individual must Believe and receive and begin the journey of walking out his salvation with the Savior with fear and trembling. He fulfilled all the Law, which by believing thus obeying His instructions, the Curse of the Law is satisfied. Unbroken curses are very, very, very powerful in our lives.
Psalm 122:5...”There are Set Thrones of Judgment, the thrones of the house of David.” This means there are set judgments, which are set in place from the Word of God because of the curse of the law (through disobedience). If a person is walking in covenant relationship with the Lord, the Lord is able to have and give grace and mercy in those judgments, which must take place in everyone’s life. Because the Word declares: “With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early; for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.” Isaiah 26:9.
Jeremiah 29:22...”But if they had stood in My Counsel, and had caused my people to hear My Words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.”
Jeremiah 10:24... “O Lord, correct me, but with judgment,; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.” Jeremiah 8:7, 11... “Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and swallow observe the time of their coming; but MY PEOPLE know not the judgment of the Lord.” And in verse 11...”For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace, when there is no peace.”
Even after a person is saved, there are still judgments that must take place to fulfill the law. NOW, this is where a lie has crept into the Body of Christ. It has been taught that once you accept Jesus, there is no more judgment because He took our place. Jesus DID come to fulfill the Law; He became a curse for us. BUT He - Jesus - MUST BE the LORD OF OUR LIVES in order for the work of the Cross and what He paid for to operate in our lives. When we take up OUR CROSS and FOLLOW HIM, then the higher law in the Spirit realm takes over: Romans 8:2-4...”For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk NOT after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” When we, as believers, walk in disobedience, the accuser of the brethren, Satan, has authority in our lives and in our family. Thus, the curse of the law is still in operation. “The letter of the law kills, but the Spirit gives life.”
This Truth of Judgment in His Body is one that “many in the Body of Christ,” continually rise up against. Their understanding is darkened by deceptive teachings in the current Church today.
As I was thinking about this book, and this vital and essential truth, the Holy Spirit dropped a picture of how I could explain what He desperately wants to get across to His people regarding His Judgments.
THE PICTURE: What the Lord dropped in my spirit was the Civil War. The Civil War was WON. Washington D. C. declared through the Emancipation Proclamation: (Purpose of the War).
“And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, FREE; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. “ 9/22/1862
Then the Lord said to ask this question: “After the war was won, were the slaves free?” Well, yes, positionally. It had become LAW. You couldn’t own another person. The war had been won, declaring freedom. BUT, we know for a fact, they were not free. And especially, in the South, where such atrocities took place, into the 20th century. They were not “considered property”, but they were still treated as property by their former owners, and less than human beings.
Not until, a little, tired woman, decided: “Enough is enough!” No more moving to the back of the bus! It cost her, and it cost some people their very lives; more blood was shed to gain the freedom that was won in 1865.
TIMES AND JUDGMENTS:
A few years ago, I was in an office. And on one of the walls was a clock, a backwards clock. The numbers were backwards, i.e., where 1:00 was supposed to be, the clock read 11:00; where 12:00 should have been, it read 6:00, and so on. The Holy Spirit stirred me; I knew that the clock represented evil, but I didn’t understand why. So I asked the Lord to show me why that clock was evil. And of course, in His faithfulness He answered.
Here is what He showed me regarding that backwards clock: Ecclesiastics 8:5...”Whoso keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerns both time and judgment.”
In the kingdom of darkness, that perverse spirit will try and pervert the times. Remember in the scriptures it is written: Ecclesiastics 3:1...”To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...
That evil “religious” spirit twists and is able to pervert the appropriate time, when a person is walking in deception or does not understand, “what time it is in the Spirit” for themselves, their family, their nation, the Church, etc.
We need understanding and wise, obedient hearts to walk in this discernment of the Holy Spirit, especially in these perilous times in which we live. In Daniel, the Word speaks of the antichrist spirit, which attempts to pervert times and seasons of the Spirit of God, through deception and unwise hearts.
And remember, Jesus in Matthew 24, a number of times, warned us: “Take heed that no man deceive you.”
The other great lie in the Body of Christ is that as Christians, we can’t have devils in us. The premise of that lie is that the Holy Spirit cannot dwell in an unclean temple. But the real Truth is that we, as believers, CANNOT be cleansed until the Holy Spirit awakens us to the sin and iniquity that dwells in us. HE is the Power that cleanses us and delivers us from evil spirits.
“Dead flies cause the ointment (anointing) of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor.” Ecclesiastes 10:1. Read again Jesus’ teaching about the strongman’s house in Matthew 12.
We are witnessing today, devils in His Body. The many physical and psychological problems that people are having are direct results of manifesting spirits in their lives and homes.
God pleads for Israel’s obedience in Psalm 81:8-12...”Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. BUT MY PEOPLE would not hearken to My voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own heart’s lust; and they walked in their own counsels.”
In counseling a dear sister in the Lord, who was having all sorts of destruction in her life and her son’s life, I shared the above truths. She asked me: “How did I get the demons in me?” I answered her this: “First, you were born with them. You inherited them through the iniquity of your fathers and mothers.
In Psalm 51:5, 6,7,9,10 - David’s Psalm of confession after his adultery and then murder states this: “Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desires truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
The second thing I told her was: “When your father sexually abused you, demons entered in and then when you added your sin to sin and iniquity to iniquity, it gave open doors to the realm of the evil spirits, and they took ground in your spirit, your soul, and your body.”
This truth is being played out even in young children today. All over the news, we are witnessing ancient evil spirits, manifesting in children. Children are raping, killing, stealing, and doing all manner of evil. Remember the Word states in Proverbs 20:11..”Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.”
The Body of Christ must come to a DEEP, DEEP, DEEP repentance: in our spirit, our soul (mind, will and emotions) and our body. Thus the temple in which the Holy Spirit dwells will be clean and fit for the Master’s Use....Vessels of Honor.
This is what the Word is talking about when it states: “Cleansing the Body of all spots and blemishes.” When, as a whole, the Body of Christ, turns in full repentance, the accuser of the brethren will be “cast out of heaven” completely: Thus, the curse of the law will be broken.
There was a prophecy that was spoken by a precious sister named Carol, in Boulder, CO., during the weekly women’s prayer meeting. By the Spirit, she pronounced: “This is the generation that the curse will be broken.” (Mid: 1980’s when given.) Read Hosea 6: Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. After 2 days (1,000 years as a day-Peter, Psalm 90) will He revive us; in the “third day” He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight. Then shall we know, IF (conditional promise) we follow on to KNOW the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth…….
I didn’t understand the word at that time, but it rang as TRUTH in my spirit; so I tucked it away until the Lord of Hosts brought the Light of that Word.
(Read Isaiah 59 in reference to what I just stated.)
I think one of the most sobering statements Jesus made regarding people who call Him Lord is this: Matthew 7:21-23..”Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of God. but he that does the will of my Father which is heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy Name? and in Thy Name have cast out devils? and in Thy Name done many wonderful works? And then I will profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU; depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.” Matthew 25 regarding the 10 Virgins is also very sobering. (These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Jesus)
The lost world is groaning for the manifestations of the Sons of God, believers who have “paid” the price and allowed the Spirit and the Word to dig deeply into their hearts, to root out all that is offensive and unclean; so that they are ready and fit for the Master’s use in these last days; doing great exploits for the Only True and Living God; walking in His image, in His Love, in His Authority and His Power. Jesus lovingly awaits your heart’s decision.
Are you willing to pay the price to get free? It begins with a heart decision and simple, yet costly, step by step obedience. Obedience, even unto death.
Day of Reckoning
Behold, I (Jesus) give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19
Isaiah 2....For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:....
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake terribly the earth. In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
