PARAKLĒTOS
Tuesday – May 12, 2020, Iyar 18, 5780
Greetings dear saints of God and others and welcome back to this powerful Anointed light from the Book of John, really from the mouth of the Father. The featured picture is of me having put corn in a feeder for deer during a snow storm, just in case you were missing winter and snow. Smile. If you are reading this on Facebook please take a moment to hit the “love” and “share” buttons to expand the reach of these Truths to your friend list greatly expanding the reach of this Ministry. Thank you for taking the moment to do that, God sees.
As I was preparing to write this week of teachings, I was again, thinking about the often-uttered phrase “God is in control”. This phrase is commonly proclaimed by Pastor and parishioner alike. Is it true? At the present time it is commonly used in connection with this pestilence of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Did God bring this pestilence upon mankind independent of the behavior of mankind or the accusations of the devil? The devil got a judgment against us! The way out is repentance! Who has control over the curse? We do in our individual lives and the Church in a geographical area. Who has been delivered from the curse? We have been by Calvary and the Resurrection. Who enforces that deliverance and how? We do with our God given authority backed by the Holy Spirit. We do it by faith in love led of the Holy Spirit. Is God working out some mysterious plan in our individual lives, the Church, or the world? The answer to each question is an emphatic no! There is no place in Scripture that tells us God is in control of our individual lives. In fact, the whole Bible demonstrates over and over again the central controlling role played by individuals and peoples starting with the first sin (Genesis 3:6).
There are things that God does control. Do we know from Scripture what those things are?
Hebrews 1:3 (KJV)
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
God is upholding all things, not controlling all things. That is to say that He is upholding all spiritual and natural law, and upholding the words of our mouth. Our own mouths design our world. Where did the idea arise that God was in control of the details of our lives? Does God choose who perishes day in and day out or does someone else have primary responsibility? Dear ones it has never been the will of God that anyone perish so who chooses who perishes and who doesn’t?
2 Peter 3:9 (KJV)
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
A lack of repentance is the source of perishing, a lack of judging ourselves and changing our thoughts, words, and way (beliefs). The Lord through Peter here is not just talking to the world, He (the Lord) is talking to us. We have seen pastors call for and practice uncalled for and unnecessary civil disobedience and some of them have died. What a shame upon the church! The Word of the Lord (Prophecy) spoken through me (March 15 & 22) declared, exposed that there was a false faith in the Church which would bring humiliation. That humiliation is now playing out for all to see because the Church refuses to repent. We want God to heal the land but we don’t want to change. When we proclaim that God is in control abdicating (relinquishing) our authority, passing full control to the devil. When we do that, we are vulnerable to the pestilence and are as the world at the mercy of the devil (and he has no mercy). The only thing that keeps the Church from being decimated is the mercy of God in the face of great rebellion and an astounding level of ignorance (walking in darkness).
This “God in control” doctrine (along with many other traditions of men and doctrines of devils) leaves the Church without power and a laughing stock as a whole. This is not a time for molly coddling but very explicit straight talk. Know this dear ones, there is a Church, a remnant arising, that will do all the Truth, and usher in the coming of the Lord. What will we, each one of us, decide? Will we choose to stay in darkness or move into the light? Now, let’s take a look at our primary Bible text from the Book of John before we end for today and read it aloud, yes, aloud.
John 15:26-27 (KJV)
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Lord willing, tomorrow I will make every effort to spend more time with our John Bible Study.
Until our next publication, as a Bible Teacher and Prophetic Voice I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus name! Quit asking God to bless you, you are already blessed, you have the Blessing, give Him something to do by the words of your mouth. Once you know the will of God, decree the thing (Job 22:28, Isaiah 45:11, Mark 11:23). (The Blessing is the Holy Spirit) We have left God way to long with nothing to do in our lives.
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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