Hi beloved,
Just want to bless you with this new song called Adoration, fresh from the oven. A song that I wrote on the hospital bed 8 years ago when I removed my kidneys. This song was like piped in music over and over again in my head until the song was written. Be Blessed and meditate on it. It will take you from the outer court into the Holy of Holies.
ADORATION is sharing that intimate moment with God. It is the quiet moment that He reaches into the very depths of your innerself and lights that sparks that only true lovers ever feel. To be totally consumed by His love and knowing that there is no one nor nothing else matters anymore.
ABOUT THE SONG
People have come to ask me to teach them how to come into the loving presence of God in adoration. So I juggled some scriptures together and wrote this song so that people can come step by step into the loving tangible presence of God. The chorus came from the 24 hours pipe-in music in my mind at the hospital when I had my kidneys removed.This song will bring you into the chamber of God in Divine Communion & Consumation with HIM. May you be blessed by this song, spend some time meditating on this song. Habakkuk 3:4 Isaiah 6:1 Gal. 5:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHOkAD2AvOI&feature=related
Saturday, April 23, 2011
INTERLUDE - SOMEONE I KNOW
Hi Beloveds,
I just want to bless you with my second song on video called 'SomeoneI Know' release in an album called, 'Reveval is in This Land' in 1989.
About the Song:
I was inspire by the AWESOMNESS of the Almighty when I wrote this song.I humble myself under His feet in brokenness and contrite heart indoing His will.It is very popular song in the American soundclick charts.Hope you like it and be blessed!!!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ENmi3k07CE&feature=player_embedded
I just want to bless you with my second song on video called 'SomeoneI Know' release in an album called, 'Reveval is in This Land' in 1989.
About the Song:
I was inspire by the AWESOMNESS of the Almighty when I wrote this song.I humble myself under His feet in brokenness and contrite heart indoing His will.It is very popular song in the American soundclick charts.Hope you like it and be blessed!!!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ENmi3k07CE&feature=player_embedded
Monday, April 11, 2011
INTERLUDE - THE ELEVENTH HOUR
Hi Beloveds,
This is my small contribution to the end-time awakenning of the people of God. The Lord has recently impressed upon my heart to upgrade my songs to videos. This is the first one. The Eleventh Hour. The Message is in the song. Are you ready?????Be Blessed!!! KB.
About the song
Although this song was written in 1991 during the first Gulf War in the Middle East, this song is even more applicable to the situations of the world today. I was a young Christian then, one morning I read in the newspaper that the oil terminals in the battle fields had been burnt and the billow of thick dark smoke from the wells rose from the sky darkening the sun in the day and the moon at night. I had read Matthew 24:29 that says that it is the sign of the coming of the Lord. I began to have holy fear and had a burden to tell people that Jesus is coming soon. Out of my burden this song was birth forth. Many people have been touched by the song these 15 years as I ministered across the country. Amen. Are you Ready? The best part of this song is to hear the devil's taunting as I begin to declare the word of the Lord. (Oh Yeah)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwUsh1087Ao&feature=player_embedded
Be BlessedKBChan.
This is my small contribution to the end-time awakenning of the people of God. The Lord has recently impressed upon my heart to upgrade my songs to videos. This is the first one. The Eleventh Hour. The Message is in the song. Are you ready?????Be Blessed!!! KB.
About the song
Although this song was written in 1991 during the first Gulf War in the Middle East, this song is even more applicable to the situations of the world today. I was a young Christian then, one morning I read in the newspaper that the oil terminals in the battle fields had been burnt and the billow of thick dark smoke from the wells rose from the sky darkening the sun in the day and the moon at night. I had read Matthew 24:29 that says that it is the sign of the coming of the Lord. I began to have holy fear and had a burden to tell people that Jesus is coming soon. Out of my burden this song was birth forth. Many people have been touched by the song these 15 years as I ministered across the country. Amen. Are you Ready? The best part of this song is to hear the devil's taunting as I begin to declare the word of the Lord. (Oh Yeah)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwUsh1087Ao&feature=player_embedded
Be BlessedKBChan.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
INTERLUDE
Hi Beloved,
Blessed Resurrection Sunday again!!!
Happy Anniversary!!! http://www.kb-chan.blogspot.com/ It has been a year now since I started this blog. Time really flies and I have completed 20 messages so far at my blog to tell you God’s truth and encourage you in the process. Be blessed!!!
Sorry for being away for 5 months and thanks for the support in still continuing to come into my site. Even while I am away with no new messages at my site, I received more than 100 visits; that is great expectation.
By the mercy and grace of God I have gone through 5 months of fiery trials and survive to tell you. It was no ordinary trial but it was meant to bless me; although the situation during those moments of life and death were so real.
I had no choice but to wait for the deliverance of the Lord. Praise the Lord!!!
Psalm 102:11-13, ‘My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.’
Like the Psalmist says; my life is like a flash in the pan, here today and gone tomorrow. But God is still sitting on His throne; now and for generations to come. I plea for God’s compassion on Zion and His favor upon my life, and the appointed time is now.
I have given all unto the Lord, but my best is yet to come. I believe I still have much to pour out after what I have learned from the Holy Spirit these 23 years walking with the Lord. I would love to set a blaze of glory for the Lord before I finish the race on earth.
I beg the Lord, ‘God please don’t take me home yet, I still have not completed my book and the article on ‘The Regeneration of Souls’ which is so important for the young Christians today.
By the gracious glory of my risen Lord, He carried me through and here I am finishing the article on ‘The Regeneration of Souls’. Be blessed.
You see, I went through two major operations within a period of two months to remove my Para-thyriod gland in my neck and my gall bladder, I am already a dialysis patient for 15 years and I have no kidneys. The doctor who did the operation for me, shook his head and said, ‘you are truly a walking miracle.’ I said, ‘Praise the Lord.’ Both are risky operations.
Although I went through physical pains, after effects and uncertainties whether this will be my last moments on earth these 5 months, I know Jesus will see me through.
With one stroke of His mighty hand He delivered me, through the operations, the joint pains and fever and stomach pains that had hindered my travelling ministry for so long; looking forward to be back on the road again. Glory to God!!!
God has also touch the hearts of my sponsors to pay for the hospital expenses. Thank you El-Shaddai, ‘The Lord will Provide.’
The whole trial itself is meant to give me abundant life, an extension of my visa on earth and set me free from all the hindrances that have been going on for years. That’s the real meaning of Resurrection Sunday. Praise the Lord!!!
From now, you will be hearing more from me…. HE lives!!!
Love, KB.
Blessed Resurrection Sunday again!!!
Happy Anniversary!!! http://www.kb-chan.blogspot.com/ It has been a year now since I started this blog. Time really flies and I have completed 20 messages so far at my blog to tell you God’s truth and encourage you in the process. Be blessed!!!
Sorry for being away for 5 months and thanks for the support in still continuing to come into my site. Even while I am away with no new messages at my site, I received more than 100 visits; that is great expectation.
By the mercy and grace of God I have gone through 5 months of fiery trials and survive to tell you. It was no ordinary trial but it was meant to bless me; although the situation during those moments of life and death were so real.
I had no choice but to wait for the deliverance of the Lord. Praise the Lord!!!
Psalm 102:11-13, ‘My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.’
Like the Psalmist says; my life is like a flash in the pan, here today and gone tomorrow. But God is still sitting on His throne; now and for generations to come. I plea for God’s compassion on Zion and His favor upon my life, and the appointed time is now.
I have given all unto the Lord, but my best is yet to come. I believe I still have much to pour out after what I have learned from the Holy Spirit these 23 years walking with the Lord. I would love to set a blaze of glory for the Lord before I finish the race on earth.
I beg the Lord, ‘God please don’t take me home yet, I still have not completed my book and the article on ‘The Regeneration of Souls’ which is so important for the young Christians today.
By the gracious glory of my risen Lord, He carried me through and here I am finishing the article on ‘The Regeneration of Souls’. Be blessed.
You see, I went through two major operations within a period of two months to remove my Para-thyriod gland in my neck and my gall bladder, I am already a dialysis patient for 15 years and I have no kidneys. The doctor who did the operation for me, shook his head and said, ‘you are truly a walking miracle.’ I said, ‘Praise the Lord.’ Both are risky operations.
Although I went through physical pains, after effects and uncertainties whether this will be my last moments on earth these 5 months, I know Jesus will see me through.
With one stroke of His mighty hand He delivered me, through the operations, the joint pains and fever and stomach pains that had hindered my travelling ministry for so long; looking forward to be back on the road again. Glory to God!!!
God has also touch the hearts of my sponsors to pay for the hospital expenses. Thank you El-Shaddai, ‘The Lord will Provide.’
The whole trial itself is meant to give me abundant life, an extension of my visa on earth and set me free from all the hindrances that have been going on for years. That’s the real meaning of Resurrection Sunday. Praise the Lord!!!
From now, you will be hearing more from me…. HE lives!!!
Love, KB.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
DADDY'S HEARTBEAT (2)- HIS WILL- HIS PERFECT WILL - THE REGENERATION OF SOULS (Pt.1)
Regeneration of Souls
Heb.4:12, ‘For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.’
My Testimony – My Doctrinal Perspective
Some of you may say, ‘Hey KB, you have arrived at this doctrinal perspective of God because of what you have gone through (experience). Because of your physical sufferings you have come to believe that everyone has to suffer for God like you before we can get anywhere in the Kingdom of God. KB you must not be too extreme but be balance in your doctrine.’
I am called to be a Psalmist and like King David and other Psalmists, they look to the throne of God, draw near to His Heart to listen to His heartbeat and finally to see through His eyes, the perspective of God not human beings. It may be extreme because the ideals of God may be hard to follow but that is God’s standard and will. And again I say, your maturity depends on how much you work towards His ideals because everyone falls short of His Glory.
Let’s be like the Psalmist; to look to the throne of God. Psalm 27:4, ‘One thing I ask of You Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.’
I agree that it is through my physical suffering that I have learnt about the ideals of God. As I sat at the dialysis machine for four hours every time, I tried to make excuses for God for what is going through in my life. And the excuses later, turned out to be God’s prompting in my heart; His Holy Spirits began to teach me about His ideals and plans for humanity.
It is only in this kind of situation that I can ‘be still’ and listen to His voice. All my physical defenses were down; my pride and stubbornness had all melted through the years of humbling at the dialysis machine. I was broken and despair and I can only turn to God for comfort.
God had personally brought me into the back part of the desert (Adventist Hospital) to teach me His ways; as in the days of Moses and Apostle Paul in Arabia.
Balance VS Extreme Doctrine
In answer to the third part of the question above; if trying to be holy and blameless and obedient to the Ideals of God is extreme and if suffering for the good of our soul is extreme; then believing in balance is compromise. Balance in some other ways but not in the progression of your spiritual walk.
Balance is to take a middle stand; in our continuous walk in the Spirit, we cannot stop halfway and take a middle stand and refuse to move on. The closer to the extreme is where God’s ideals are. Extreme is the perspective of the world while God considers it His Ideals. We have to finish the race as God has planned it for us.
Can a baby just stop growing when he reaches his youth or a caterpillar stops in its cocoon stage and refuse to grow further? Our walk in the Spirit is a continuous progression until we reach the Ideals of God closely. Unfortunately some Christians are stuck at salvation and do not know that there is another higher calling for them, that is to finish the race. (2Timothy 4:7)
To work out our own salvation (Phil.2:12) and bear fruits which is in the Spirit Realm.
The Regeneration of Souls
Rom. 12:2, ‘And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.’
Regeneration means bring or come into renewed existence; improve moral condition of; impart new, more vigorous, or spiritually higher life or spiritually born again.
The moment that you sincerely confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus Christ is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Rom.10:9) For all thing have passed and all things have become new, you are a new creation.(2Cor.5:17) You will be ‘born again’ and when you continue to believe and confess Christ in your life, when you die you will go to heaven as the Bible says. You have become citizens of Heaven. Pillip.3:20, ‘For our citizenship is in Heaven…’
At that point of salvation your dormant spirit is ignited by the Holy Spirit. Instantly you are transformed from the physical realm and given the keys into the Spiritual Realm. You are a Spirit. That means you (soul) should no longer be controlled by the flesh but ‘by My Spirit‘, says the Lord. Your paradigm has shifted from the worldly perspective and laws to that of the ideals of God, His words.
Once you were the god of your own life governed by the laws of the jungle. You were like the children of Israel when there was no law in the Old Testament; the people did what they think fit and what satisfied their flesh.
But now you are translated into the Spirit Realm and you live for a God and obey His Spirit, it’s no longer you that live but Christ that lives in you. You must decrease and He must increase. Although you are just babies in the spirit, your spiritual journey have just begun.
You are pilgrims on a journey the Bible says. 1Chron. 29:15, ‘For we are aliens and pilgrims before You, as were our forefathers; our days on earth are as a shadow without hope.’ And Heb.11:13, ‘…they were strangers and pilgrims.’
You are like pilgrims on a mission and that is to seek holiness (Eph.1:4); and to do and complete God’s Will on earth for the time span of 70-80 years or more if you are healthy.
This spiritual journey will begin on earth and ends in Heaven. A journey God has planned for your soul, lead by the Spirit, before the foundation of the earth (Rom 8:29), to sanctify your soul, through various physical obstacles, trials and tribulations He puts in your path on earth for you to overcome. That explains why there is so much suffering on earth even for Christians.
And each overcoming will bring forth crowns of reward in the spirit as you mature in your soul. James 1:12, ‘Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crowns of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.’
Rev.2:7, ‘…to him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.’ It may not mean anything to you right now, but God has promised a reward for you even as you become more and more like Christ.
If you feel the peace, joy and love overpowering you at the moment in church, please open yourselves to imagine the extreme moments of bliss in different realms and levels of His countenance and presence as rewards which you may enjoy in paradise for eternity. Hallelujah!!!
It is a journey of faith. Without suffering your faith will not be tested, to hang on to God’s promises when you go through adverse situations in your life on earth, without faith it is impossible to please God. (Heb.11:6)
Apostle Paul said in 2Timothy 4:7, ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.’ Life on earth, spiritually, is a fight of faith to please God (Job); it is painful to your flesh but you have to pay the price. Will you keep on trusting God when every situation in your life seems impossible, yet, you believe to the end. There is renewal of your souls in the process as the Spirit leads.
As Apostle Paul also mentioned that he had finished the race. What race you may ask? It is the spiritual journey God has plan for you before the foundation of the world. It is an individual race where you do not compete with others who are better or worst but only yourself in fulfilling God’s calling within the time allotted to you. If you make the wrong choice or miss it, you will have to suffer the consequence of losing some crowns and rewards in heaven.
It is the Lord Jesus’ job to wipe away your tears to comfort you before the Great White Throne on Judgment Day for the missed opportunities. (Rev.20)
While most Christians will just be contented to be mere citizens of heaven……………
Put on the ' Armor of God'
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3550367&q=lo http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3550367&q=hi
....................next .......... Pt 2. Carnal Christians-Choices-Walking in the Spirit
Heb.4:12, ‘For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.’
My Testimony – My Doctrinal Perspective
Some of you may say, ‘Hey KB, you have arrived at this doctrinal perspective of God because of what you have gone through (experience). Because of your physical sufferings you have come to believe that everyone has to suffer for God like you before we can get anywhere in the Kingdom of God. KB you must not be too extreme but be balance in your doctrine.’
I am called to be a Psalmist and like King David and other Psalmists, they look to the throne of God, draw near to His Heart to listen to His heartbeat and finally to see through His eyes, the perspective of God not human beings. It may be extreme because the ideals of God may be hard to follow but that is God’s standard and will. And again I say, your maturity depends on how much you work towards His ideals because everyone falls short of His Glory.
Let’s be like the Psalmist; to look to the throne of God. Psalm 27:4, ‘One thing I ask of You Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.’
I agree that it is through my physical suffering that I have learnt about the ideals of God. As I sat at the dialysis machine for four hours every time, I tried to make excuses for God for what is going through in my life. And the excuses later, turned out to be God’s prompting in my heart; His Holy Spirits began to teach me about His ideals and plans for humanity.
It is only in this kind of situation that I can ‘be still’ and listen to His voice. All my physical defenses were down; my pride and stubbornness had all melted through the years of humbling at the dialysis machine. I was broken and despair and I can only turn to God for comfort.
God had personally brought me into the back part of the desert (Adventist Hospital) to teach me His ways; as in the days of Moses and Apostle Paul in Arabia.
Balance VS Extreme Doctrine
In answer to the third part of the question above; if trying to be holy and blameless and obedient to the Ideals of God is extreme and if suffering for the good of our soul is extreme; then believing in balance is compromise. Balance in some other ways but not in the progression of your spiritual walk.
Balance is to take a middle stand; in our continuous walk in the Spirit, we cannot stop halfway and take a middle stand and refuse to move on. The closer to the extreme is where God’s ideals are. Extreme is the perspective of the world while God considers it His Ideals. We have to finish the race as God has planned it for us.
Can a baby just stop growing when he reaches his youth or a caterpillar stops in its cocoon stage and refuse to grow further? Our walk in the Spirit is a continuous progression until we reach the Ideals of God closely. Unfortunately some Christians are stuck at salvation and do not know that there is another higher calling for them, that is to finish the race. (2Timothy 4:7)
To work out our own salvation (Phil.2:12) and bear fruits which is in the Spirit Realm.
The Regeneration of Souls
Rom. 12:2, ‘And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.’
Regeneration means bring or come into renewed existence; improve moral condition of; impart new, more vigorous, or spiritually higher life or spiritually born again.
The moment that you sincerely confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus Christ is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Rom.10:9) For all thing have passed and all things have become new, you are a new creation.(2Cor.5:17) You will be ‘born again’ and when you continue to believe and confess Christ in your life, when you die you will go to heaven as the Bible says. You have become citizens of Heaven. Pillip.3:20, ‘For our citizenship is in Heaven…’
At that point of salvation your dormant spirit is ignited by the Holy Spirit. Instantly you are transformed from the physical realm and given the keys into the Spiritual Realm. You are a Spirit. That means you (soul) should no longer be controlled by the flesh but ‘by My Spirit‘, says the Lord. Your paradigm has shifted from the worldly perspective and laws to that of the ideals of God, His words.
Once you were the god of your own life governed by the laws of the jungle. You were like the children of Israel when there was no law in the Old Testament; the people did what they think fit and what satisfied their flesh.
But now you are translated into the Spirit Realm and you live for a God and obey His Spirit, it’s no longer you that live but Christ that lives in you. You must decrease and He must increase. Although you are just babies in the spirit, your spiritual journey have just begun.
You are pilgrims on a journey the Bible says. 1Chron. 29:15, ‘For we are aliens and pilgrims before You, as were our forefathers; our days on earth are as a shadow without hope.’ And Heb.11:13, ‘…they were strangers and pilgrims.’
You are like pilgrims on a mission and that is to seek holiness (Eph.1:4); and to do and complete God’s Will on earth for the time span of 70-80 years or more if you are healthy.
This spiritual journey will begin on earth and ends in Heaven. A journey God has planned for your soul, lead by the Spirit, before the foundation of the earth (Rom 8:29), to sanctify your soul, through various physical obstacles, trials and tribulations He puts in your path on earth for you to overcome. That explains why there is so much suffering on earth even for Christians.
And each overcoming will bring forth crowns of reward in the spirit as you mature in your soul. James 1:12, ‘Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crowns of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.’
Rev.2:7, ‘…to him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.’ It may not mean anything to you right now, but God has promised a reward for you even as you become more and more like Christ.
If you feel the peace, joy and love overpowering you at the moment in church, please open yourselves to imagine the extreme moments of bliss in different realms and levels of His countenance and presence as rewards which you may enjoy in paradise for eternity. Hallelujah!!!
It is a journey of faith. Without suffering your faith will not be tested, to hang on to God’s promises when you go through adverse situations in your life on earth, without faith it is impossible to please God. (Heb.11:6)
Apostle Paul said in 2Timothy 4:7, ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.’ Life on earth, spiritually, is a fight of faith to please God (Job); it is painful to your flesh but you have to pay the price. Will you keep on trusting God when every situation in your life seems impossible, yet, you believe to the end. There is renewal of your souls in the process as the Spirit leads.
As Apostle Paul also mentioned that he had finished the race. What race you may ask? It is the spiritual journey God has plan for you before the foundation of the world. It is an individual race where you do not compete with others who are better or worst but only yourself in fulfilling God’s calling within the time allotted to you. If you make the wrong choice or miss it, you will have to suffer the consequence of losing some crowns and rewards in heaven.
It is the Lord Jesus’ job to wipe away your tears to comfort you before the Great White Throne on Judgment Day for the missed opportunities. (Rev.20)
While most Christians will just be contented to be mere citizens of heaven……………
Put on the ' Armor of God'
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3550367&q=lo http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3550367&q=hi
....................next .......... Pt 2. Carnal Christians-Choices-Walking in the Spirit
Friday, November 20, 2009
DADDY'S HEARTBEAT (1) - HIS WILL - HIS PERFECT WILL
This song will help you to listen to the voice of God called 'A Gentle Whisper'
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3596980&q=lo http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3596980&q=hi
HIS WILL
Psalm119:1-4, ‘Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walks in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart! They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. You have commanded us to keep Your precepts diligently.’
Welcome to the Realm of the Spirit!!! We are now in the inner court of the Spiritual Temple of God.
When we obey and walk in the Spiritual Laws of God (the word), we are walking in the Spiritual Realm and fulfill His Perfect Will for us. The Word is Spirit (Eph.6:17); this chapter will mainly focus on the soul and Spirit of man (born-again).
The Perfect Will of God is His ideals and standard instructions for humanity to follow, so that He can complete the plans He has predestined for us before the creation of the earth. Just like the Plimsoll line, which is a marking on the ship’s side showing legal submersion under various conditions, it is an indicator of danger when we go out of line of the standards of God. We can work towards God’s ideals while we are in our present situation as we all fall short of His Glory. Our spiritual maturity comes as we obey and work towards the ideals of God.
May all Glory and Honor and Thanksgiving and Praise be to God who has sent His Holy Spirit to live in us and help us overcome our weaknesses after we have received our salvation.. Amen!!!
Gen.1:2, ‘The earth was without form, and void and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water.’
Before the creation of the earth the Bible says, the Holy Spirit of God was hovering over the water, brooding like a mother hen over its eggs before life and creation came forth.
And in these last days, since the day of Pentecost( Acts 2), the Holy Spirit has been hovering over the waters of humanity (fishes) leading , guiding, teaching, comforting, and helping the people of God to complete the plans God has for us and lead the non-believers to come to know Jesus.
Jesus says in John14:16. ‘And I pray the Father, and He will give another helper (comforter) that He may abide with you forever.’
We have been so blessed to be born in such a time as to be in the ‘Era of the Holy Spirit’, a Helper, Comforter and a Guide and God comes to dwell among us. Joel 2:28, ‘…And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh…’
In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit only fell on certain elects God wanted to use, like the Prophets, Kings and Priests. It’s a different ball game now, and it is exclusively given to the born-again Christians.
Those people of other religions may bleed themselves dry or bring physical pain to their bodies or sacrifice their children to their idols in vain, to seek purification; but by the Spirit of God, His grace will be sufficient for us to overcome every problem and testing and trials we have and guide us in the sanctification of our souls for eternity (1Cor.10:13)
Isaiah 40:31, ‘…But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagle, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.’
There are many spirits in the world today but there is only one Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator God; and we are glad to have the genuine Holy Spirit of God to dwell within us because we have the Blood of Jesus to cover us. Amen!!!
For others, who are also seeking to find God, could not come near to the Creator God because they do not have the redeeming grace of the Blood of the Lamb (salvation) and they are deceived and are energized by other spirits who may even come as angels of light.
In this end-time move of God, He will raise up a generation of finishers (2Tim.4:7) whose will, will come and fall in line with the Will and Standards of God, who through their own choice, would want to come and spend eternity with Him and the Holy Spirit is at work to help them choose the right way and refine them in the process. The Holy Spirit is preparing a Bride for Jesus. Amen!!!
HIS PERFECT WILL
Eph.1:4, ‘For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight.’
God foreknew us before the foundation of the earth and we are ‘predestined to conform to the likeness of His Son……’ (Rom 8:29B).
Even before the creation of the world, God has elected us and chosen us to be pure and holy like Christ. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit have agreed in unison before the world existed, that Jesus, the Son, will be sent to die for the sins of humanity and rise again, and teach us the way in the purification of the souls of man. This is the Perfect Will of God.
Rev.13:8, ‘all inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of this world.’
1Peter 1:20, ‘He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.’
In Genesis chapter 15, God told Abram that his children will be as numerous as the stars in heaven. I do not want to look at the numbers, but the word ‘stars’. Why did He use the stars instead of other things? The stars do not generate light by itself but are reflections of the sun, the only natural source of light. In heaven God is the original great bright light, the spiritual children of Abraham will be like shinning stars in heaven, reflecting the glory of God.
How much the reflection of the brightness (Glory) of God will be how much Christ-likeness we have after God had purified us and dealt with us in the dispensation of our duties and purpose for God; this will be our identity and ranking in heaven. This is the Perfect Will of God to be a reflection of His glory or Christ-likeness in heaven
THE VISION
Daniel 12:2-3, ‘And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine, like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.’ (The Rapture)
When I had my operation in July, 2003 in the General Hospital, Penang, to remove my kidneys, I saw this vision in the middle of the night. It was on the third day in the hospital. I could not sleep after I had realized that I had come through a miraculous operation. I was so excited and inspired; perhaps also with the help the ‘antibiotics’ I was taking.
Every time I closed my eyes, I could see stars, beautiful stars in different shades of brightness in the firmament of the universe. And as I began to look closer and concentrate on the shinning stars, they began to come closer and closer to me, until they became trees, charcoal black oily trees; that vision came on and on the whole night and I could not bring myself to understand what the vision was all about.
As I began to seek the Lord later when I was discharged from the hospital, the Lord started to explain this vision clearly to me. The explanation of the stars could be found in Dan: 12: 2-3.
God impressed upon my heart that from now on He wants me to focus on and tell His people about His Perfect Will in His plans for eternity. He also wants me to explain scriptures through His eyes (perspective) looking down from heaven, not from the world looking up, because much confusion has arisen when people wants to understand God’s plan by using their worldly intellect, putting God in a box.
Psalm 1:3, explains about the Godly man, ‘He shall be like trees planted by the river of water.'
Mark 8:24, ‘And he looked up and said, 'I see men like trees, walking.’ This is what the blind man of Bethsaida said when he was healed by Jesus and the first thing he said was he saw men like trees.
The trees in my vision spoke about humanity; and the oily charcoal dark trees talks about the condition of their un-regenerated souls on the earth.
This is a futuristic vision and a calling for me. Again, God wants me to preach to His children about His plans to transform humanity into pure souls, shinning like the bright lights and shinning stars in heaven, a reflection of His Glory.(Dan.12:2-3) through all eternity. God has promoted me to be a Prophetic Exalter, telling God’s people the Will of God for the future and exalting and encouraging them in the process. I am not a Prophet.
In the firmament of God, there are the greater lights and the lesser lights. (Gen.:1:16). The sun is the brightest original light and all the other lights are the reflection of the glory of the sun. Even the stars have their own shades of brightness.
You have the brighter star, lesser glow stars and some pale shinning stars at the corner of the universe. When our souls are perfected, like a mirror we will reflect the glory of God in His eternal kingdom.
The Lord revealed to me that the different degrees of reflected brightness depends on the condition (maturity) of the soul before we die and also the credits we have received serving Him on earth.
God revealed even more to me when He brought me back to the days when I was a science teacher, concerning nature’s way of making diamonds.
In the eyes of science, I had taught that diamonds were formed millions of years ago when large acres of forestations were buried under the earth through earth movements, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and glacier movements.
And through years of pressure and heat from the centre of the earth, the body liquid masses of the forest became fossil oil and were stored in channels under the surface of the earth now called crude oil for petroleum.
And the hard wood body parts of the plants became hard carbon and through a longer period of pressure and heat, will turn to rough diamonds, waiting to be mined, polished and shine like the stars in heaven.
Spiritually, the Lord revealed to me again that it was like the regenerating process of God in purifying souls for His eternal kingdom. The pressure and heat represented the refiner’s fire and the baptism of fire God sent on the souls that needed to be purified just like in the refining of gold.
The squeezed out oil from the forest talked about the fragrance of brokenness to be diffused in every place and through further dealings of the Lord, they will graduate to be shinning stars in heaven.
The different grades of brightness, like the polished diamonds, will depend on the availability of their yieldedness in allowing themselves to be dealt with or burned by God’s Holy Fire.
In conclusion Jesus had not come to die for our salvations only but had given us the keys into the Spirit Realm to continue our spiritual pilgrimage on earth, with the help of the Holy Spirit, in the cleansing of our souls to be holy and blameless (Eph.1:4), so that He can present His flawless Bride to the Father in due course.
Ministered at Grace Sanctury in Penang 1st Nov. 2009
Will be ministering in Hokkien at Amazing Grace in Penang , 22nd Nov.2009
Will be ministering in English at Air Itam Baptist Centre, Penang, 29th Nov. 2009
Will be ministering in English at Faith Luteran Chuch, Sg. Dua, 6th Dec. 2009
next........................The Regeneration of Souls
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HIS WILL
Psalm119:1-4, ‘Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walks in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart! They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. You have commanded us to keep Your precepts diligently.’
Welcome to the Realm of the Spirit!!! We are now in the inner court of the Spiritual Temple of God.
When we obey and walk in the Spiritual Laws of God (the word), we are walking in the Spiritual Realm and fulfill His Perfect Will for us. The Word is Spirit (Eph.6:17); this chapter will mainly focus on the soul and Spirit of man (born-again).
The Perfect Will of God is His ideals and standard instructions for humanity to follow, so that He can complete the plans He has predestined for us before the creation of the earth. Just like the Plimsoll line, which is a marking on the ship’s side showing legal submersion under various conditions, it is an indicator of danger when we go out of line of the standards of God. We can work towards God’s ideals while we are in our present situation as we all fall short of His Glory. Our spiritual maturity comes as we obey and work towards the ideals of God.
May all Glory and Honor and Thanksgiving and Praise be to God who has sent His Holy Spirit to live in us and help us overcome our weaknesses after we have received our salvation.. Amen!!!
Gen.1:2, ‘The earth was without form, and void and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water.’
Before the creation of the earth the Bible says, the Holy Spirit of God was hovering over the water, brooding like a mother hen over its eggs before life and creation came forth.
And in these last days, since the day of Pentecost( Acts 2), the Holy Spirit has been hovering over the waters of humanity (fishes) leading , guiding, teaching, comforting, and helping the people of God to complete the plans God has for us and lead the non-believers to come to know Jesus.
Jesus says in John14:16. ‘And I pray the Father, and He will give another helper (comforter) that He may abide with you forever.’
We have been so blessed to be born in such a time as to be in the ‘Era of the Holy Spirit’, a Helper, Comforter and a Guide and God comes to dwell among us. Joel 2:28, ‘…And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh…’
In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit only fell on certain elects God wanted to use, like the Prophets, Kings and Priests. It’s a different ball game now, and it is exclusively given to the born-again Christians.
Those people of other religions may bleed themselves dry or bring physical pain to their bodies or sacrifice their children to their idols in vain, to seek purification; but by the Spirit of God, His grace will be sufficient for us to overcome every problem and testing and trials we have and guide us in the sanctification of our souls for eternity (1Cor.10:13)
Isaiah 40:31, ‘…But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagle, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.’
There are many spirits in the world today but there is only one Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator God; and we are glad to have the genuine Holy Spirit of God to dwell within us because we have the Blood of Jesus to cover us. Amen!!!
For others, who are also seeking to find God, could not come near to the Creator God because they do not have the redeeming grace of the Blood of the Lamb (salvation) and they are deceived and are energized by other spirits who may even come as angels of light.
In this end-time move of God, He will raise up a generation of finishers (2Tim.4:7) whose will, will come and fall in line with the Will and Standards of God, who through their own choice, would want to come and spend eternity with Him and the Holy Spirit is at work to help them choose the right way and refine them in the process. The Holy Spirit is preparing a Bride for Jesus. Amen!!!
HIS PERFECT WILL
Eph.1:4, ‘For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight.’
God foreknew us before the foundation of the earth and we are ‘predestined to conform to the likeness of His Son……’ (Rom 8:29B).
Even before the creation of the world, God has elected us and chosen us to be pure and holy like Christ. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit have agreed in unison before the world existed, that Jesus, the Son, will be sent to die for the sins of humanity and rise again, and teach us the way in the purification of the souls of man. This is the Perfect Will of God.
Rev.13:8, ‘all inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of this world.’
1Peter 1:20, ‘He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.’
In Genesis chapter 15, God told Abram that his children will be as numerous as the stars in heaven. I do not want to look at the numbers, but the word ‘stars’. Why did He use the stars instead of other things? The stars do not generate light by itself but are reflections of the sun, the only natural source of light. In heaven God is the original great bright light, the spiritual children of Abraham will be like shinning stars in heaven, reflecting the glory of God.
How much the reflection of the brightness (Glory) of God will be how much Christ-likeness we have after God had purified us and dealt with us in the dispensation of our duties and purpose for God; this will be our identity and ranking in heaven. This is the Perfect Will of God to be a reflection of His glory or Christ-likeness in heaven
THE VISION
Daniel 12:2-3, ‘And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine, like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.’ (The Rapture)
When I had my operation in July, 2003 in the General Hospital, Penang, to remove my kidneys, I saw this vision in the middle of the night. It was on the third day in the hospital. I could not sleep after I had realized that I had come through a miraculous operation. I was so excited and inspired; perhaps also with the help the ‘antibiotics’ I was taking.
Every time I closed my eyes, I could see stars, beautiful stars in different shades of brightness in the firmament of the universe. And as I began to look closer and concentrate on the shinning stars, they began to come closer and closer to me, until they became trees, charcoal black oily trees; that vision came on and on the whole night and I could not bring myself to understand what the vision was all about.
As I began to seek the Lord later when I was discharged from the hospital, the Lord started to explain this vision clearly to me. The explanation of the stars could be found in Dan: 12: 2-3.
God impressed upon my heart that from now on He wants me to focus on and tell His people about His Perfect Will in His plans for eternity. He also wants me to explain scriptures through His eyes (perspective) looking down from heaven, not from the world looking up, because much confusion has arisen when people wants to understand God’s plan by using their worldly intellect, putting God in a box.
Psalm 1:3, explains about the Godly man, ‘He shall be like trees planted by the river of water.'
Mark 8:24, ‘And he looked up and said, 'I see men like trees, walking.’ This is what the blind man of Bethsaida said when he was healed by Jesus and the first thing he said was he saw men like trees.
The trees in my vision spoke about humanity; and the oily charcoal dark trees talks about the condition of their un-regenerated souls on the earth.
This is a futuristic vision and a calling for me. Again, God wants me to preach to His children about His plans to transform humanity into pure souls, shinning like the bright lights and shinning stars in heaven, a reflection of His Glory.(Dan.12:2-3) through all eternity. God has promoted me to be a Prophetic Exalter, telling God’s people the Will of God for the future and exalting and encouraging them in the process. I am not a Prophet.
In the firmament of God, there are the greater lights and the lesser lights. (Gen.:1:16). The sun is the brightest original light and all the other lights are the reflection of the glory of the sun. Even the stars have their own shades of brightness.
You have the brighter star, lesser glow stars and some pale shinning stars at the corner of the universe. When our souls are perfected, like a mirror we will reflect the glory of God in His eternal kingdom.
The Lord revealed to me that the different degrees of reflected brightness depends on the condition (maturity) of the soul before we die and also the credits we have received serving Him on earth.
God revealed even more to me when He brought me back to the days when I was a science teacher, concerning nature’s way of making diamonds.
In the eyes of science, I had taught that diamonds were formed millions of years ago when large acres of forestations were buried under the earth through earth movements, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and glacier movements.
And through years of pressure and heat from the centre of the earth, the body liquid masses of the forest became fossil oil and were stored in channels under the surface of the earth now called crude oil for petroleum.
And the hard wood body parts of the plants became hard carbon and through a longer period of pressure and heat, will turn to rough diamonds, waiting to be mined, polished and shine like the stars in heaven.
Spiritually, the Lord revealed to me again that it was like the regenerating process of God in purifying souls for His eternal kingdom. The pressure and heat represented the refiner’s fire and the baptism of fire God sent on the souls that needed to be purified just like in the refining of gold.
The squeezed out oil from the forest talked about the fragrance of brokenness to be diffused in every place and through further dealings of the Lord, they will graduate to be shinning stars in heaven.
The different grades of brightness, like the polished diamonds, will depend on the availability of their yieldedness in allowing themselves to be dealt with or burned by God’s Holy Fire.
In conclusion Jesus had not come to die for our salvations only but had given us the keys into the Spirit Realm to continue our spiritual pilgrimage on earth, with the help of the Holy Spirit, in the cleansing of our souls to be holy and blameless (Eph.1:4), so that He can present His flawless Bride to the Father in due course.
Ministered at Grace Sanctury in Penang 1st Nov. 2009
Will be ministering in Hokkien at Amazing Grace in Penang , 22nd Nov.2009
Will be ministering in English at Air Itam Baptist Centre, Penang, 29th Nov. 2009
Will be ministering in English at Faith Luteran Chuch, Sg. Dua, 6th Dec. 2009
next........................The Regeneration of Souls
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
DADDY'S HEARTBEAT (7) - HIS PLEASURES - THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL
This song is not a new release from the 'Bee Gees', it is one of the first few songs I wrote when I was a young Christian called 'The Dew of the Morning' Be Blessed.
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EL- SHADDAI - THE ALMIGHTY GOD - THE BREASTED ONE
Gen. 17:1-2 (KJV), ‘And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God (El-Shaddai); walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.’
God appeared to Abram and introduced Himself as ‘El-Shaddai’, the Almighty God. And then He continued to tell Abram and his wife how He would manifest that name in their lives and current situations; He provided for all their needs, and also gave them a promised Son at a very old age; God never fails, El signifies the Almighty ‘Strong One’ and Shaddai in Hebrew literally means, ‘The Breasted One’. This pictures God as the Strong Nourisher, Strength Giver, Satisfier, and All Bountiful, the supplier of the needs of His people.
Don’t you think it’s strange to call God, ‘The Breasted One’ when we have all along known Him as a Male and the Father to His children? It is actually symbolic to His nature as also the Mother, who nourishes His children, who nurses us and watches over us with that tender loving care of a mother to the spiritual babies who need mother’s milk.
1Peter2:2, ‘Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.’
At this early stage of knowing Him, He is the Father and Mother to all His Spiritual babies. As in Gen. 17:1-2, Abram at this early stage of finding Him, God already revealed Himself as El-Shaddai, the Provider ‘and will multiply thee exceedingly’. Abram was a Spiritual baby then.
Compared to this modern day New Testament Church, the sheep that are ‘Born Again’ and come into the church at the outer court as also Spiritual babies, need to be nourished with spiritual milk in the word of God; what El-Shaddai is to Abram, is also like Jesus to the believers and of course introducing Jesus to the non-believers. The New Testament Five Folds Ministry (Eph.4:11-13) with their Spiritual gifting by the Holy Spirit, will take over the work in the Body of Christ in feeding the babies.
I have to explain here that in the Spiritual realm there is only one gender and we are all created in God’s image. Man and woman are created for the ordained purpose of procreation only on earth, so that humanity will continue and fulfill God’s plans. There is no procreation in heaven. I remember Jesus says in Matthew 22:30, ‘At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage, they will be like the angels in heaven.’ There will be no need of sex in heaven; Apostle Paul also says that heaven’s pleasure will be infinitely better than the best this life offers (2Cor 12:1-4).
El - Shaddai is only one name out of the arrays of names He revealed Himself to His children. Just like a big diamond that has various facets, His names that have been revealed in the Bible are synonymous to His characters. What is your need my beloved, He will be to you what you want Him to be; He is the great ‘I AM.’
Jeremiah 33:2-3 (KJV), ‘ Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it; to establish it, the Lord is His name, call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.’
His character is truly like the facets of the diamond, from the Awesome Almighty, Holy God of judgment, Holy anger, Holy jealous God (Ex 5:20), as described in the Old Testament, where His Glory thunders (Psalm 29:3), to the New Testament passionate, graceful, loving, joyful, peaceful., patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle and self control (Gal 5:22) characters; of which people on earth called feminine.
In the New Testament, Jesus is the Bridegroom and the Church is the Bride (Rev. 19:7). So therefore, ‘The Breasted One’ is the introductory manifestation of the Almighty as the Strong Provider to the Spiritual babes.
But Praise be to God, Philippians 4:19, ‘And my God will meet all my needs according to the His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.’ In the New Testament church all the promises of the Bible and Names are fulfilled and come under the Name of Jesus. Because of the work of the cross, God sees us through the blood of Jesus and reverse the curse on Adam (Gen. 3:17-19) concerning prosperity and bearing fruits for those who receive Jesus in their lives.
Jesus is our all in all, complete fullness. We call this initial period of provision in the New Testament, as the Abundance, Prosperity and Healing Season; a period of Mercy and Grace for the new converts who have just come to know Jesus and ask Him to be the Savior of their lives.
This is in the First Season of God in the Outer Court which we now called the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ Season a period of feasting in God’s abundance and restoration ( Deut.28:11). At this stage, God enjoys giving and gives gifts to His children (Eph.4:8)
The human spirit is dormant before the Holy Spirit of God comes and energizes it when we are ‘Born-Again’ after asking Jesus to come into our hearts as Lord and Savior. The heathens have been subjected to the abuse of this fallen world where their spirits, souls and bodies have been extensively damaged by sins and the systems of the world. They are crying out for attention and their souls hunger and thirst for God’s provision of restoration and healing. God will meet them at their needs at this point and He will reveal Himself as El-Shaddai – the more than enough God, when they come in.
I have watch young people coming into the youth church; they are barely 15-20 years old yet their spirits, souls and bodies have been damages so extensively. I cry every time I think of them. What have they gone through especially in their homes that have brought them into such a situation? Imperfect parents raising up imperfect children but ‘The Breasted One’ will nurse and nourish them back to normalcy if they are willing.
When presented with the Gospel of Provision by God in meeting all their needs, new souls will come into the Kingdom extensively. This has been the tool for Evangelism and millions have come into the sheep’s pen in this first Season of God. This is God’s purpose to woo the people of the world to join His Kingdom as the first step in the Spiritual Realm on the road to Spiritual maturity in the Spirit. Because of this reason some people call these Christians in this season of God, worldly and carnal; of the flesh. Even Apostle Paul calls them ‘infant in Christ’ (1Cor.3:1).That is what the world wants, is searching for and cannot get it.
At this point and for this reason this ‘Prosperity Gospel’ of God is Scriptural and is not from the devil. God creates but the devil only perverts. I have heard so much negative reports and discussions and bias opinions of this ‘Prosperity Gospel’ and I have asked the Lord to show me some truth. Even when I started this blog, I was still in agreement with the ‘Holier than Thou’ attitudes of the Pharisees over the ‘Prosperity Gospel’
As God begins to reveal to me about the truth and where it has all started, I begin to be convicted so much as to kneel before Him in repentance. It is the first season of our God of Prosperity!!! For now and for all eternity!!!
The fruit of this Prosperity Gospel has brought into the Kingdom of God millions by the millions of new souls. Whether they are genuine or not will depend on how they will respond with their faiths and also bear fruits in their lives when God draws them into the next step in their journey to fulfill God’s plans for them that has been predestined to be joint heirs with Jesus in heaven (Rom. 8:17). The choice belongs to them.
This is the season to be jolly and Christians would want to stay put for the rest of their lives even though the clouds that cover to protect them from the sun and the pillars of light at night have moved on. Then they will become overgrown Spiritual babies.
So it is with the Body of Christ today, many have overstayed but some have responded to the love of God that draws them into the Inner Court where the all consuming fires of purification will be waiting for them. Amen.
(As to the characteristics of these ‘Spiritual Babies’ or ‘Outer Court’ people please refer to my earlier messages on ‘The First Season of God’ and ‘The Outer Court Christians’)
ABUSES OF ‘THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL’
1Tim.6:10, ‘For the love of money is a root of all evil,’ but without money nothing can be accomplished. The people in the world need money to satisfy the cravings of their flesh.
Christians need money too and God will open doors for them to create wealth and He will provide all their needs and open the windows of heaven and pour down so much blessings in their lives that their storehouses would not be able to contain if they are obedient in giving back to God (Malachi 3:10).
The local body of Christ needs money too and God will provide through the blessed sheep to bring provisions into storehouse of God; where the wool from the lambs will provide the servants of God with clothing and the milk to feed and nourish their families (Prov.27:27) and the left over, to do good work. This is the Spiritual Order of God concerning the flow of Divine Finance.
Unfortunately, this is not so, as young Christians who are worldly and whose souls are un-regenerated, full of selfishness, inwardness and of the flesh, will try to get as much for themselves within the body. They will give to God only for the many folds return. They will have the same attitude as the heathens who go for the gifts and not the Giver. They will think that they can manipulate God and other Christians too, using God’s name.
But there will be many who obey and they will go on to be blessed and the Body of Christ prospers.
The numbers of people in the congregation of the Church will draw and attract those who would want to make a fast buck on the sheep which at this stage are vulnerable and have tasted God and know that He is good. Salesmen from all walks of life will take the opportunity to close a sale using the name of God.
John 2:14-16, ‘In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!’’ This is the heartbeat of Jesus concerning these people, the first time I’ve read about His Holy Anger.
Although they are selling articles of worship and sacrifices for the convenience of the worshipers to worship God (opportunist), their hearts are to make money (their god) using God’s premise.
The hunger and thirst of the sheep for God will draw many un-regenerated so-called ministers of God into the rat’s race in fooling the new Christians . They come as wolves among the sheep and begin to challenge their faiths in giving and they will carry away chunks from the reserves of the sheep. The sheep will be thinking they have done great exploits for God in investing in His Kingdom. All these will go into the ministers’ personal accounts to satisfy their flesh in high living, instead of doing good.
Usually these ministers start well and when the Lord blesses their ministries, their lives and attitudes change and become greedy. They are responsible as stewards of the finances of God. This has given ‘The Prosperity Gospel’ a bad name
If these groups of people do not realize their wrongs and continue with their sins, they will be expose by God; I believe you have read of ministers and big ministries falling like ten pins, one by one in the US.
Perhaps this is the group of people mentioned in the Bible that Jesus says in Matt. 7:21-23, ‘Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from Me, you evildoers!'
Money should not be the criteria in serving God; this is part and parcel for those who want to serve in God’s ministry that we will have to live by faith. God will not muzzle an ox while treading out grains (Deut. 25:4) and a worker is worthy of his wages (Luke 10:7).
At this stage, the sheep should now be thought to discern between good and evil, they need Spiritual meat now, no more milk, so that they can continue with their journey to maturity and fulfill their pilgrimage here on earth.
Hebrews 5: 13-14, ‘Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil’. This will be the skill develop by the Holy Spirit in all Christians through their faithful walk with God.
Christians whom being human, can do a lot of good (great exploits) for God but on the other side they still have their weaknesses and short comings (old man) in their characters; look at the life of King David in the Bible. To be able to do good and keep the bad in check, is a skill that has to be developed with the help of the Holy Spirit. Your maturity depends on your skill to discern between good and evil and to make the right choice for Jesus. Many Christians still lack in this area of character building.
This will be the next step God will lead His people into, in their pilgrimage to fulfill God’s plans for them on this earth and be victorious and be overcomers for God.
Will the journey in our next step be better, more glorious?
We are now so blessed by God, will we be given more?
We will be moving from the physical into the spiritual realm, will we be reaching A GREATER HIGH IN GOD in our spiritual worship to God?
Let me take you to the next series I will be sharing, called ‘Daddy’s Heartbeat – His Will - The Perfect Will of God’. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED. AMEN!!!
Ministered in an AOG church, on the 27th Sept. 2009 during the Chinese Mooncake Festival in Tabernacle of Grace with Pastor Joseph Teh. It is a Hokkien service and I ministered my testimoney and sang some of my Hokkien Songs. Many souls have been touch and only the Lord knows the impact it has laid in the hearts of the non-believers. Amen. Praise the Lord!!!
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