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Another Diversion From God's Way
Like most Christians, I am thrilled to hear some outstanding leaders sincerely call for a solemn assembly and repentance. Such is the case with American Family Radio and Gov. Rick Perry, of Texas. Who would not want to see the godly conscience of mainstream America restored; and who could condemn such an effort as is being put on for the Houston event call for prayer on August 6th? Notwithstanding, at the expense of losing a substantial number of friends of The Father's Field Ministries, I am compelled to say that while it sounds good, it is a diversion from what God really would have His people doing at this time. The focus of repentance in this hour, must be upon the church itself. The church will never come to true repentance while it chases after its rescue through any secular nation - not even America. It is disappointing to me due to the fact that while the church is caught up in a call for national restoration, it will not listen to what the Spirit is actually saying. Last year, the hope was in mid-term elections. This year, it is a call to solemn assembly. Next year, it will be the hope for a change in the White House and Congress. As long as there is a thread of hope in what the people of God are comfortable with, they will not listen and respond positively to the Spirit of God. His message calls us apart from the world and mainstream Christianity unto Himself. This is a much more difficult task than loading on a bus and heading for a mass gathering in Houston. I do not condemn those who are sincere in heart and mind; but I am saddened that when they are caught up in the activity, their attention from God's perfect will and way for this hour, is diverted. Is anyone listening?
| The Problem With Christians Coming Together for National Repentance
The only way for healing of any nation is for the body of Christ to come to the maturity of Jesus Christ - His fullness. Until then, everything else is a substitute. |
The Only Way to Healing and Wholeness
God has made a way for healing for all who desire to be whole. This healing is for the spirit of man, for his soul, and for his body. That way of healing is simply to look to His Son, Jesus Christ; but with more than a casual glance. Looking to Jesus Christ for healing was first illustrated through an experience in which Israel encountered God while the Old Covenant was still intact. You may read the Biblical account in the book of Numbers, chapter twenty-one. To be healed on that particular occasion, God's people were required to look up at a serpent that God told Moses to "make and set up on a pole" for all to see. Upon taking a look at the serpent, the people were healed. Each one, one by one, looked upon the serpent on the pole and was healed. There is much that may be taught and learned from this experience - a type of what Jesus Christ would be for all the world through His having been lifted up on a cross; but we will simply point out one truth here (John 3:14). Under the New Covenant, a look at Jesus brings healing and wholeness to the whole man - spirit, soul, and body. But absolute (complete and continuing) wholeness involves more than just a casual glance at Him. A glance at the serpent on a pole in the wilderness was just a type of the look at Christ that we would need to take if we would be made completely whole by Him and continue in that wholeness. A whole-life experience with Him is the kind of look that we need for whole-life healing and wholeness. This comes only through the whole-life experience in a truly spiritually maturing church relationship - NOT church as we know it. A truly spiritually maturing church will hardly resemble what we have assumed to be "church" through all centuries past. Wholeness for God's people is the primary reason for the collective gathering and maturing of the members of His body on earth to begin with, and for the healing and wholeness that it produces for all. It simply does not exist on a scale large enough to measure. I have tasted it, but I have never really seen it; but it DOES await us!
All say they want to be healed, and most say they grieve over a lost and dying humanity, sickened in spirit, soul, and body. Most would agree that they want others healed, too. If genuine concern is allowed to motivate us to genuine action, we can see healing and wholeness for all who will look to Him; but it is through our action that the challenge comes. The challenge is for us to become just as He is, so that we may truly administer His healing. This challenge is met only as the collective members of His body on earth become His fullness. The primary reason Christians suffer from sickness and sadness - spirit, soul, and body - as they do is that the body of Christ, designed by God for our healing and wholeness, has never matured to become even as He is. This is the primary gift and call through our ministry to you - to help you understand how far we have missed it, and how we may go there from here. We pray that you will have eyes to see and ears to hear what a glorious healing and wholeness is awaiting you and all others like you... through becoming the fullness of Christ as His body on earth!
All say they want to be healed, and most say they grieve over a lost and dying humanity, sickened in spirit, soul, and body. Most would agree that they want others healed, too. If genuine concern is allowed to motivate us to genuine action, we can see healing and wholeness for all who will look to Him; but it is through our action that the challenge comes. The challenge is for us to become just as He is, so that we may truly administer His healing. This challenge is met only as the collective members of His body on earth become His fullness. The primary reason Christians suffer from sickness and sadness - spirit, soul, and body - as they do is that the body of Christ, designed by God for our healing and wholeness, has never matured to become even as He is. This is the primary gift and call through our ministry to you - to help you understand how far we have missed it, and how we may go there from here. We pray that you will have eyes to see and ears to hear what a glorious healing and wholeness is awaiting you and all others like you... through becoming the fullness of Christ as His body on earth!
For Those Who Understand the Problem...
Let us genuinely seek the solution in whole, and not just in part. It is true. In order to solve a problem, we must realize that there is a problem, first; and with problems as complex as those within Christianity - problems nearly two thousand years in the making - we need to dissect and evaluate how we arrived to where we are today. Then, we can see more clearly to "lay the axe to the root of the tree."
Seeing clearly and cutting off only begins the journey to solving the problem, however. More than critics, we must continue forward in the way that we should go, too! Constructive criticism plays a vital role, but reconstructive action is the most important! Let us be honest about asking ourselves if we are also seeking to reconstruct according to His design. | From Roman Catholicism, to Orthodoxy, to State Church, to Protestantism, to Modern Evangelicalism - the American Model, until finally.... the "Fullness of Christ"!
For well over a thousand years, what were considered “good churches” were ruled by Roman popes; and anyone who didn’t cooperate was persecuted, or even martyred. Hundreds of millions of souls marched to the pope’s religious drumbeat, and most were fully convinced that they were doing God service. Now, approximately five hundred years after the big break-up in Rome, hundreds of millions of us realize that they were deceived all along.
Granted, a few truths mined from the word of God by the protestors of Rome, are priceless. But maturity in those discoveries is what we still lack. For this reason, our situation is very much the same today as it was before reform, just re-packaged. Nearly five hundred years down the road of Protestantism, the tinseled glitter that we bear has left us all but completely blind and naked spiritually, just as it did churches of centuries past. We have a thousand versions of evangelical religion. Hundreds of millions follow blindly, convinced that they are doing God service. Indeed, Protestantism has become a myriad of religious orders. There are lords, lords, and more lords in every organized religious circle; and there are Old Covenant laws and practices that permeate today’s evangelical denominations – some carried over from the church in Rome. All these aid in destroying the work of God’s Spirit among His New Covenant people, and all are racing toward a major correction by God Himself. Stay tuned, the fullness of Christ is coming! |
Guest Writers
There are many men and women of God who are gifted by Him to communicate His message; some are speakers, some are actors, some are musicians, and some are writers. We will occasionally, feature articles written by writers we know, who also identify with the truth of the gospel; and those who seek to live it. We invite you to read and enjoy some featured articles or poems written by Jonathan and Katie Hughes, Lydia Hamby, David Pettigrew, Amy Pinkerton, Maisie Birkelbach, Diane Dittrich and others. This is an area of our ministry that is presently being developed along with the new website to be publish beginning July 5th. Please click here to read David Pettigrew's latest article about how to know what God wants of you.
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Understand Substitution, and Receive Pardon Romans 5:6-12
GREAT NEWS! If only we would understand it and receive it!
Oh, saints! How good it is to get a grip on what Christ Jesus has done for us by having become our substitute; and oh, how sweet it is to know what it is to be pardoned! Let us think about it for just a moment, then let us meditate on it for a lifetime! The English word "substitution" is not used commonly among Bible translations, but it is clearly a Biblical term. Substitution is as appropriate a term to use when explaining the way of salvation as are terms like righteousness, justification, sanctification, atonement, propitiation, and glorification. It is the most fitting and common English word that we have for sharing what Jesus Christ has done for humanity. It is closely associated with the strong Biblical terms "atonement" and "propitiation," which are very important but are not commonly used in our modern language, however. On the other hand, the word substitute in English is commonly known to simply mean…….. well, substitute! read more | Absolute Necessity of the Spirit's Anointing to Carry Out His Work
Oh, brothers and sisters! Let us never underestimate the need for the ever-present Person and work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It is absolutely necessary that He be the author of all our doing, if we are to expect to be truly fruitful and fruit-filled. It is impossible for man to do God's work except, of course, when God uses us in spite of us; and what child of God wants to be used only through our resistant will? None, I hope! read more
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In 1998, the Spirit of the Lord began to show Bro. Case that He was going to begin to do a cleansing work among His own people; and that work would prepare them for His soon return. In the summer of 2003, after preaching in churches of several nations, this message of God's cleansing was put into print! It spells out indictments against most churches of this present day, and the hope that will follow our cleansing by fire! You may order your free copy today by clicking here. HEADLINES:
| For More Audio and Video Messages - www.proclaimit.tvSpiritual Thoughts that Complement Articles in this Site: by Mark S. CaseTall Tales of Torah Teachers - "Many have erroneously placed the Holy Spirit in the shadows of Torah. Amazing!"
Where's the Beef? - "At this very moment, the whole world is a ticking time bomb; and when men should be able to look to Christ as their strength and shield, it is found that among most of those who claim to be His very own people, He appears to be without authority or power." Embellishing is Foolish - "The way of faith will not cease until we see Him. We should be cautious about our predictions of the future, even though we agree that He is revealing the events of the days ahead with greater understanding. Too much confidence in what we believe to be just around the corner may lead to big surprises for which our faith was not properly prepared." Think You're in a "Good Church" - "The Glorious Church is that one that will walk in 'the fullness of Christ,' even as Christ walked in the express image of His Father" (Ephesians 4:13, Hebrews 1:1-3). After 2,000 Years of Failure - "The correct way for the construction and development of Christ's body (the local church) is simple to understand and to bring about, but it involves personal disciplines of discipleship that only a few God-called leaders are willing to walk in. It is clearly spelled out in the scriptures, and there is no need for conjecture about it." Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound! - "His corralling of us was not so simple as we may sometimes imagine. The fact that we suddenly found ourselves captive by His grace is not a little thing, nor is it to be thought of lightly. For most of us, He used countless people, things, situations and circumstances all around us for years (perhaps for generations) in order to guide each one of us into the safety of His sheepfold. Hallelujah! Oh, hallelujah!" Worried about Rattling Swords? - "So it is with Russia, Iran, China and many throughout our own nation, especially in Washington. The blatant pride that has filled the hearts of leadership among all nations, that they should raise a hand against God's chosen ones - be it natural Israel, or the Israel of faith (true followers of Christ) - will surely bring utter destruction upon their heads." Yes! It DOES Matter How We Live It! - "One of the greatest problems in the church today is that it has preached another gospel (Galatians 1:6-9). So much of this other gospel comes by the lack of understanding of our positional state as it relates to our conditional state. We have been taught that, due to our position, our condition is of little importance. How absurd! Did the fact that Jesus Christ was God's Son excuse Him from being conditioned by His Father? I think not! (Hebrews 5:8, 12:11) I appeal to you, fellow believer. If we have been so overpowered by His grace that now we are positioned in Christ, we should not fail to make it all the more easy for Him to condition us through His continuing work of grace!" Oh, Really? - "Are you resolved to remain strong in Him, or will you sway with the temptation to deny Him? Perhaps you should not be so quick to answer that question. The apostle Peter quickly swore that he would NEVER forsake the Lord, even if it meant his death; but he just as quickly failed when his time of testing came. His outspoken failure to perform was due to a lot of zeal yet to be tested. Is your zeal tested?" 98% Say "God is Good!" - "The Bible. Through this single, stand-alone record of God's revelation to man, we learn as much about our utter depravity as we do about God's absolute goodness. There are many who confess God's absolute goodness, assuming that such a confession will give them His approval. To the contrary, His real favor is realized when we begin to confess our utter depravity." Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - "As a child of God, my right to life is granted when I die to myself; my right to liberty is granted within the confines of living the life of Jesus Christ; and my right to pursue happiness is granted by pursuing what makes God happy. Thank God that He led America's founders to establish a secular government protecting the God-given rights of all people, but let us not confuse human freedoms with our freedoms in Christ as those born again... into the family of God." |
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Plain and Simple"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, according to our likeness...'" Genesis 1:26
God created humankind by His own design, in His likeness and image. If we had continued in perfect obedience to Him, His likeness would have remained complete. But God gave us a will to choose whether we would remain as He is, or whether we would remake ourselves, by ourselves. By choosing our own will, we were choosing to take on a new inward nature also - designed after Satan, the great tempter and deceiver of men. In an instant, we changed to be distinctively different from God - separating ourselves from Him. We became the slaves of the one we chose to obey. We allowed Satan to lead us astray with His offer to make us "equal" with God. We were not satisfied in simply being "like" Him. continue reading |
Habakkuk 3:2 NKJV "O LORD, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years!
In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy."
In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy."
What about introducing and entertaining ideas for fixing the local church? Ephesians 1-6 There are no adequate substitutes for the establishment and development of the local church body as God planned it from the beginning. There are substitutes, but not adequate substitutes. If the Lord has planted you in a local church, be thankful. If there are problems, pray in earnest and do your part in being the change that you know God desires to see. If you are not in a local church, pray that He will raise up a church as He designed it, and then look for it, waiting patiently on Him. Also, be certain that He hasn't called you to be a part of planting a local body in your house. It could be that you are the hold-up to the progress that He wants to make through you. It could be that your resentfulness toward "church" has kept you isolated and alone. On the other hand, it could also be that He has called you out for a season. He has called out many of His people throughout the centuries. The most persecuted Christians were those whom He had called out of mainstream Christianity. Wait patiently for Him. He is going to restructure the whole establishment soon. We will become a living organism of the Spirit of Christ, rather than just an organization with only a touch of His influence. Sincere believers have introduced and entertained a thousand ideas to heal, fix, sort, establish, group, and grow the local church body. Most of them are regurgitated from ideas of decades and even centuries past. All of them miss the mark and add to the confusion. Men and women of every generation have claimed visions, dreams, and revelations that they strongly believe in and promote to fix the body of Christ. Their discoveries are passed around for all to discuss, conjecture, meditate on, etc., and none has accomplished the goal – the spiritual fullness of Christ for which the body exists. The correct way for the construction and development of Christ's body to be accomplished is simple to understand and to bring about, but it involves challenges and personal discipline of discipleship that few God-called leaders are willing to accept and to walk in. It is clearly spelled out in the scriptures, and there is no need for conjecture about it. Simply put – One, God gifts and calls His leaders; Two, they simply surrender to their various leadership roles, and God brings those together who should be with them; Three, the Holy Spirit demonstrates Himself accordingly, and the various members are built up into His image together. There it is, plain and simple. In the same way that the opportunity for salvation is plain and simple, so is the opportunity for maturing in Christ after the initial salvation gift has been given. One realizes that he is lost, that he truly desires to be saved, and that from the heart he must "repent and believe the gospel." It is that simple; but it is not necessarily easy. "Simple" does not necessarily mean "easy." The plan is simple to understand and to be brought about by God; but it is not easy for the members in that it requires personal surrender. With personal surrender, however, salvation is simply received; and maturity follows by continued surrender – though neither one is necessarily easy. Again, the scriptures clearly show that the establishment and maturity of the local church body is as follows: first, those who are gifted and called to lead surrender and begin leading; second, those gifted and called to join in surrender also, and meet together. There it is, plain and simple, though not easy. The Holy Spirit establishes the local church body through His gifts and callings given to men and women; then He calls those together whom the Father has chosen, and through time and experience in Him they mature together into the likeness of Christ. No fanfare. No large crowds. No heroic fixing of the body citywide/nationwide. No boasting in a man, a program, an idea – just a handful of believers coming together by God's design, growing into His image. However, it is too simple and it requires too much surrender to ever be realized by the average believer. Since this process does not in any way incorporate man’s ideas, and it is not easy, it is rarely seen; but it IS the only way according to the scriptures. Every other way will only provide a partial illustration of Christ. Ten thousand "ideas" have been introduced and entertained, but none has sufficed, and none ever will. Do we not recall that it was from the input of “Christian” men that denominations and other unwanted divisions came? Now, when one who is gifted and called to lead steps up to the plate and surrenders to God and His people within the context of God's command for him, THEN others will follow. God WILL plant them together, and together they have the opportunity to become the fullness of Christ. That is the only way; and it is as near a reality as there is leadership that is willing to surrender. As it was in Israel under the Old Covenant, so it is today. Men who are called to lead are too busy living their own lives to become a sacrifice for leading God's sheep. Many whom God has appointed and gifted for leadership are playing in their own little worlds. Thus His sheep are scattered without shepherds. Others of those God-called leaders are following their own beliefs about how things should be done and busy themselves with forms of assembly that can never possibly measure up. In the meantime, millions of God’s sheep wander around confused and deceived, wounded and hurting, broken and hungry. If you are a God-called leader for His body, would you please consider offering yourself as a sacrifice to feed His sheep? If you are already leading but in a form introduced by men, would you please consider what the scriptures clearly show and allow Him to be "formed in you" and in those God has given you? |
Don't Say You Were Not Warned
Here we are – the very last generation of believers of the two thousand-year church age – literally watching earth-shattering prophecies being fulfilled that were given two, three, and four thousand years ago! Amazing! Unbelievable for most – but true! Like the prophets of old, I am sickened as I scan TV or the Internet for the most popular preachers. Some continue to worship in the stale forms of their dead traditions; some claim to teach on the “cutting edge” by adapting to the world’s culture; others literally worship the old America, hanging on to her for dear life; some have turned back to worship Israel and Judaism; and some of the most popular preachers continue to do as they have always done – give baby’s milk to adults who should have long ago grown to a maturity that demands meat. There are those who “prophesy” by the numbers, mesmerizing thousands; there are those who teach a restored world before Jesus comes; there are those classic “prosperity” preachers who have been around since New Testament Church times; and then there are those personal kingdom-building types who use the scriptures to devise their own doctrines in order to capture and capitalize on whomever they may draw by their enticing words - such are the "fathering," shepherding" movements. As it has been since Paul's day and down through these last two thousand years, there are only a precious few who actually seek to live the Christ-life and who proclaim His truth. There are only a few who truly feed the sheep, and who know and declare the Word of the Lord for this present hour – the last hours of this age. There are only a handful who are willing to come together as God plants them, pressing in to becoming His fullness. What and who are you listening too, and how are you responding to your "First Love"? To Co-laborers in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Average-thinking American Christians had better be willing to adjust voluntarily their understanding of Christianity, or they will be forced to by “shock and awe.” The reality is that current spokesmen who lead the way for the multitudes on the hillside of our modern Christian world have failed to excite a more authentic faith. By stretching and bending Truth in order to stay in tune with the world’s godless masses, they have deflated the potency of the gospel message that not only saves, but that also leads to spiritual maturity; and since that uncompromising gospel Truth is the only hope for mankind, those of us with eyes to see and ears to hear had better seriously reconsider whether or not we should adopt culture-driven agendas that may be knocking on our door. Those kinds of programs are short-lived at best, and they usually do not reflect the Truth of the gospel. They may fly the banner of Jesus and proclaim a measure of His kingdom message, quickly filling the hillside just as He did, but because of the lack of substantive change in the lives of the listeners, the message has to be soon replaced by yet another cliché-driven program to re-excite the multitude. If a leader doesn’t change quickly or correctly enough to suit the culturally moving crowd, the people will move from one hillside to the other (church to church) seeking what they want. Statistics clearly show that countless pastors are frustrated and dismayed, and all too often they just give up. The only answer is to forsake our cultural trends in Christian understanding and action and to return to Truth. At this very moment, the whole world is a ticking time bomb; and when men should be able to look to Christ as their strength and shield, they find that, within His own people, He appears powerless and unstable, just like the waves of the sea. There is much to be done, and most of it involves rethinking, repenting, and real revival through renewal in the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. There is NO other way. The Spirit of the Lord is ready and waiting. I strongly encourage you to “listen to what THE SPIRIT IS SAYING to the churches,” and not to men. Matthew 16:18 NKJV "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it."
Ephesians 4:13 NKJV "...till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ..." II Corinthians 11:2 NKJV "For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." |
The Middle East Unleashed!
The stage is rapidly being set for all nations surrounding Israel to come against her! Prophecies more than twenty-five hundred years old are about to be fulfilled right before our eyes! Oh, how we need to pray as the prophet Habakkuk did. "Oh Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! ...in wrath remember mercy" (Hab.3:2 NKJV). Approximately ten years ago, I perceived the Holy Spirit showing me it would be in the autumn of 2011 that the antichrist would be revealed. I have shared this openly but cautiously for many years. With the rapid escalation of unrest, and the subsequent community of radical Islam unleashed, one can see how the sudden need for a peacemaker between Israel and those nations surrounding her may soon be filled. Could this be the year that the antichrist is revealed? It is very possible, indeed! Many strategic prophecies that I perceived the Spirit giving through me concerning the United States and the Middle East have been fulfilled already. For example: 1. That some of North Korea's nuclear facilities would be taken out in a secret mission in one night. This was fulfilled by Israel against North Korea's secret installation in Syria in 2008. 2. That Iran's nuclear facilities would be surgically attacked by either Israel and the United States, setting it back for about three years. This was fulfilled by Israel working with the United States through a secret cyber attack on Iran's nuclear facilities just about two months ago. 3. That the US dollar would lose single world-currency standard (hegemony) status in either 2010 or 2011. This is obviously in the midst of becoming a reality right now. 4. That the 2008 US presidential election would be completely illegal, but that there would be nothing anyone could do about it. This was fulfilled with the election of our current president. Many other prophecies the Lord fulfilled. Am I certain that the antichrist will be revealed this year as I perceived the Spirit showing me many years ago? I do not know for sure. But I am sure that the average American Christian is not ready for whatever is about to take place. I Peter 1:13 NKJV "Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ..." | What is the "glorious church?""Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish." Ephesians 5:25-27 NKJV
The glorious church is the bride that Christ has prepared for Himself to wed, after He comes to take her out of the earth to His heavenly abode. Today, many members of what shall become the glorious church are in waiting, but we are not yet glorious! Many of us are hurting, troubled, confused, scattered, bruised, undernourished, sick and broken. The reason for this is that for centuries we have been married to another - a Hagar, if you will - the Hagar of a religious ideology absent of the leadership of the life of God through Jesus Christ and His Spirit. The word "glory," as it refers to God and godliness, means "to show" God. Thus, the glorious church will show God, all the time, everywhere. The glorious church will be that one that walks in the "fullness of Christ," even as He walked in the fullness of His Father. Jesus Christ on earth was "the brightness of His [Father's] glory and the express image of His person..." (Heb. 1:1-3). He was God with us, Emmanuel. He was the Word of God (that is, the fullness of God's will, or the righteousness of God) made flesh. He was one with the Father and His Spirit and possessed the Spirit of His Father without measure. He always did what His Father told Him to do, and only that. He said what His Father told Him to say, and only that. In brief, Jesus was a perfect reflection of His Father, doing His perfect will, and only His will. This is a fair description of the church that God is making glorious, as distinct from the one that we have made after our own understanding. We will be the "fullness of Christ," the "brightness of His (Father's) glory, and the express image of His person." We will be as Emmanuel to the world (God in the world). We will be as the Word made flesh and one with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We will do what the Father tells us to do and say what He tells us to say, and only that. This is a picture of the glorious church! It is simply the manifestation of what God has already made us to be by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. As born-again believers, citizens of the Kingdom of God and members of His family, we are the righteousness of God in Christ; and with that old man having been crucified with Christ and buried with Him in baptism, we CAN walk in newness of life. As the glorious church, we will do just that! |
"An astonishing and horrible thing has been committed in the land: the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; and My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?" Jeremiah 5:30-31 NKJV
God Has Promised!
"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it." Numbers 23:19-20
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it." I Thessalonians 5:23-24 "Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." Isaiah 49:13-16
Playing Right Into God's PlanI Chronicles 14:8 NKJV - "Now when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went out against them."
When King David was seated on the throne over Israel, Israel's enemies could not wait to test his strength. It is obvious from the record in first Chronicles that Jehovah God had orchestrated this battle. The Philistines did not have so much as a prayer. God "put a hook in their jaw," as it were, and drove them to their doom by sending them to face His wrath through the hand of His chosen ones. And if that was not enough, He did it twice in a row! Boy! Were those Philistines dumb, or what? God gave them not only a spirit to hate His chosen ones, but also a spirit of stupidity! So he does for all those who boast in their own strength. Pride always precedes destruction. So it is with Russia, Iran, China and many throughout our own nation, especially in Washington. The blatant pride that has filled the hearts of leadership among all nations, that they should raise a hand against God's chosen ones, will surely bring utter destruction upon their heads. The Father's Field Ministries never suggests or condones physical violence against those who have made themselves enemies with God and His people. We have been called to save men, not to destroy them. Notwithstanding, God will even the score in His own way and time. Let us not forget that it was He who said, "'Vengeance is mine!' says the Lord." An Open Letter to Lovers of Israel - God's Very Special People
Friends of The Father's Field Ministries,
I want to encourage all believers to ask the Father for a complete spiritual understanding of "the sufficiency of Christ." Then I would implore you to accept it and to be content in Him. There are many true believers today who are persuaded to practice pure idolatry. Some have no idea that this is what they are doing; but this is the truth. I am not speaking of the kind of idolatry that is among evangelical cultural Christians who worship self by adorning themselves with selfish indulgences. I am speaking now of a small but growing multitude of very dear believers who really want to be all that God has called them to be - but who also can be persuaded if they are not careful. continue reading
"At that time Jesus answered and said, 'I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Matthew 11:25-30 NKJV Explanation of the Present Dilemma
The word "dilemma" means "a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives." That is exactly the situation in which many believers find themselves as we are dismayed over the myriad of gospels being preached from the churches of this modern-church age. But be of good cheer! Our Lord told us that it would be this way. In Matthew 13:47-52, we find where He said that in these last days the kingdom of God would be contaminated with a catch of both good and bad, and that at the end of the age they (we) would be sorted out. Praise the Lord! Do not be discouraged or dismayed! The Lord is in the process of sorting us all out! The final sorting will be done by the angels, but He is presently doing a sorting work by His Spirit (Acts 5:1-11; I John 2:18-20, Malachi 3:3-4). So what is the Word for this hour and until Jesus comes? "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Matthew 26:41NKJV).
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"Where is the Voice of Truth from the Churches?"
The voices of prevailing church movements have turned from truth and now only clamor among many other voices in the darkness. Just like Esau who sold his birthright for a bowl of soup to satisfy his greater god, so the church has sold its birthright for the dollar and all that it will buy - its greater god. The anointing has long left the pulpits of America, and many "believers" realize it but haven't the foggiest idea of what to do about it. Most others do not even recognize it. This situation is just like that of the most religious ones among the Jews of Ezekiel's day, when the Spirit of God had long left the temple, but they kept right on practicing religion without Him.
There is a great effort by some to restore God-fearing politicians to our various government entities. This is good and commendable. However, some assume that true Christianity may be restored through that government; but true Christianity was not designed to be built through any secular system - not even America's system. Those of us who desire to restore godliness to government should, with that desire, prioritize restoring godliness to the Christian church! It is the responsibility of the local church, working in cooperation with the Holy Spirit and God's Word, to restore truth in Christ to the world. However, the hour is late, and God is doing a cleansing work in the church that we have built. It will be restored, but in a completely different shape. I fear that, like Esau who sought to regain his birthright, even the tears of the current church will not restore her as we are familiar with her in our generation; but JESUS CHRIST is going to build HIS church indeed! He is about to wring it from the hands of unfaithful men and women! Out of the rubble of what is about to become the equivalent of the collapse and burn of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem of old, He is going to build a glorious church by His Spirit! According to God's predetermined timetable, which said that at the end of the age He would shake every kingdom until His will be the only one standing, there is no rebuilding of the America we once knew. God has not forgotten America, however; and He will still work within her midst regardless of calamities that await us. More importantly, though, a brand new, truly Spirit-filled church will rise with another America; but it will not be the America that most Christians clamor for. It will not be an America free from pain and full of plenty, but rather one of stress and discomfort. It will be an America, however, that will help the new church become just like Jesus. Through ridicule and persecution as never before, He will construct us by His Spirit. This is all good for those who long to become like Him. As we do so, we will be freer than ever before - free indeed! It will be a Christian freedom that America has never known - with joy unspeakable and full of glory for the first time! Let us build ourselves up today in "the most holy faith" and be certain that we are prepared for all that He is about to do! | Hymns and Spiritual Songs
"Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light." See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God." (Eph 5:14-21)
"Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him." (Col 3:12-17) The Holy Spirit continues to inspire and anoint men, women, boys and girls all over the world to sing! He truly puts His song into our hearts! Throughout the centuries He has inspired many songs that we call hymns, and many others that are referred to as spiritual songs. HYMNS Usually, hymns have several stanzas and a chorus. Most of the hymns sung throughout the last century can be traced back to the spirit from which the reformation was shaped. During that time, there was a desperate cry for sound doctrine to be restored to God's people. The reformers bravely and boldly began to preach truths about God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, the Holy Spirit, and/or the believer's relationship with them and with one another. As multitudes of Christians began to experience freedom from Roman Catholicism through the knowledge of the truth in the sixteenth and seventeen centuries, the Holy Spirit inspired many writers to compose music and pen the lyrics to many Biblical based hymns that would also reinforce sound preaching of the Word. God's people had been shut away from truth for nearly 1500 years and He was revived them first, by truth. SPIRITUAL SONGS It was after the truth of His Word was re-established beginning in the 1500s, that the Spirit began to move among God's people more dramatically in the early 1700s. This is when spiritual songs began to come forth amid the many theological hymns. Spiritual songs are those songs birthed from the belly that seem to usually direct personal praise to God, whereas the hymns usually declare truths about God - which is also worship. The combination of the two made for great edification and strength to the body of Christ. That combination may still bring great edification to the local body of singing worshipers today, depending on whether a worship leader is truly sensitive to the Spirit's leadership in worship to the Father and the Son. This is the central element: How would the Spirit lead? read more |
"The blood of Christ stands not simply for the sting of sin on God but the scourge of God on sin, not simply for God's sorrow over sin, but for God's wrath on sin." P. T. Forsyth, Scottish Preacher 1848-1921 | "What about the Rapture?"
There are a couple of important things to know in order to understand the rapture, and more than I have time to explain right now; but let me just give you a few scriptures that refer to the rapture doctrine. continue reading here
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The Church through the Ages
To understand America’s 21st century Christianity, we should take a close look at what the Bible says alongside an honest assessment of our Christian heritage. That is what I have done here. Through this unique study, I have attempted to show how the Bible makes clear that the God of the Bible desires that we represent Him as He really is. I have also tried to show how the Bible makes clear that we are a far cry from what He desires; and I have given Biblical evidence that He is fulfilling that desire by changing us into His image at the dawn of His soon return. The Church through the Ages is my own brief synopsis of a few of the most outstanding religious/spiritual movements down through the centuries of those people who either knew the God of the Bible or who claimed to know Him. I have divided the church from beginning to end, into ten distinct divisions: The Wilderness Age; The Early Conquering Age; The Kingdom Age; The Early New Testament Age; The Dark Age; The Reformation Age; The Revival Age; The Modern Age; The Current Age; and finally The Coming “Glorious Church” Age.
We will see that man’s wavering reaction to God’s many initiatives has everything to do with our current spiritual climate. Hopefully, this simple review will be an eye-opener for many, revealing some of the strong but unwarranted underpinnings of our religious traditions not readily seen. By seriously considering the progressions and/or digressions of God’s people of the past under the illuminating light of His own Words, we can see where we have gotten off track; and hopefully, we will seek to get back on track again. While many of us already realize that we are off the mark that He set for us, we must acknowledge that God is still working in our generation, having permitted us to know and experience more of His goodness than many of our forefathers. For example, in earlier times God was not ready to reveal Himself as He does now; and also, through centuries-long religious oppression, God permitted ruthless religious men to dominate His people to a much greater degree than many of us experience today. Yet in spite of the vast knowledge we have received and our boundless liberty to proclaim it, we are living in a famine of truth! Ironically, the very reason we lack truth, and are thus weak in representing Him as He really is, may be directly tied to the fruit of our own Christian heritage – an expansion of knowledge and liberty! In such a long-term climate of faith in freedom, we have lost sight of the fact that a necessary part of pure Christianity is, that along the Christian walk of freedom we must also have serious challenges to our faith.This is the element that develops pure Christianity, and that has not been a part of the average American Christian life. I believe the Spirit of the Lord put the following statement in my mind that sums up how we arrived where we are spiritually today: “Where Christianity has room to roam under man’s domain, it will eventually become man’s Christianity.” In light of that statement, let us consider re-considering our present path of faith. In the case of America, the Bible has been greatly revered. It was made a part of the fabric of our society from the beginning. Thus, Christianity has had “room to roam under man’s domain.” But with the carnal man in charge, we have gradually reshaped the Bible’s message to fit a carnal mold – not a completely depraved carnal mold, mind you, but one that we believe will still contain the Bible. One good example of this is that we have stretched the meaning of “God’s grace” far beyond its limits. Today, grace is no longer interpreted to mean God’s “unmerited favor” and God’s “enablement of us to do His will,” as so clearly stated throughout the Bible; but rather, God’s grace in our present culture means “God tolerant.” In other words: “I’m ok! You’re ok! Everybody’s ok!” Just plain… “OK!” You see, my friend, we have too much honor for God and the Bible to do away with them altogether, but we have grown to believe that the truth they represent is relative – therefore we relate the message of truth in light of the comfort zone of our own carnal understanding. We have taken our liberties in truth for granted, and are blinded thereby. We are so blind that we cannot see how we have reinterpreted it to fit neatly into the mold of a lie. We must remember that all people have the natural tendency to interpret the Bible in light of his or her unique circumstances; that is, the poor have the tendency to think that God wants us all to be poor; or the rich have the tendency to think that God wants us all to be rich. America’s believers had better reevaluate what they believe in the light of those believers whose record we have in the Bible as our example of good and/or evil. God made clear to Old Covenant Israel that with the abundance of blessing lies the subtle and dangerous temptation to become spoiled. This happens as a result of interpreting God and His eternal truths in light of those temporal blessings only, rather than in light of the truth whereby we receive them. The same errors Israel made in reinterpreting God through the lens of their carnal desires have also been made by us. May God have mercy on us and change us from Americanized Christians to those who possess a pure Christ-likeness.
| I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 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. (Rom 12:1-2) And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. (Rom 13:11-14)
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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God's Mystery Revealed!
"...Christ in you, the hope of glory!"
Colossians 1:27 My! Christ in us seems too much to imagine... really! But knowing that He IS there gives us the challenge to LET HIM SHINE through! But in what way do we do that? This truth is the mystery of God hidden throughout all ages until the New Covenant. At the time of this proclamation, Paul was making a comparison to what had been revealed up until that time through the Old Covenant. He was showing that, even with all that the Jews could have enjoyed through the glory of types and shadows of Christ, none of it compared with what God has done to reveal His glory in us! Our hope of His glory is CHRIST IN US! There would be no more types and shadows in order to "see" God, or to imagine Him at His best. Remember, the simple definition of the word glory is to show. Therefore, God's glory in us through Jesus Christ is "to show" Him! Showing God through us is what He has desired down through the ages, but He has reserved it for those on THIS SIDE of the Cross of Jesus Christ! Even though all that sounds good and most would agree with it, most DO NOT realize to what extent He would reveal His glory in and through us for His name's sake. This is where we miss it sometimes, and it really costs us dearly - and costs Him dearly, too! We need to allow Him to broaden our understanding for living out this mystery. While doing good to others and demonstrating His love and compassion through our good works is very important, it can only be done best when we are truly doing so under His inspiration, His way. We are a thousand times MORE effective for His name's sake when we know, understand, and walk in HIS way - ten thousand times more! We should not only try to do what we think "Jesus would do"; but much more than that, we must surrender completely for HIM to do it through us as if HE were doing it! Do you get the difference? This difference is what those who truly love the Lord lack in their walk. (Hello? It is what WE all lack in our walk to some degree or another.) But He wants to take us there; and He IS working all things together in and around our lives to do just that - Christ IN YOU to be lived out exactly as His Spirit would reveal God to the world!
Which Simon are You?
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 A Prophet?
"As they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: 'What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it is written: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You."'" Matthew 11:7-10 NKJV " If you have ears to hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches."
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"As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me.
Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice."
(Psalm 55:16-17)
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"Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 'Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.' He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure:" Psalm 2:1-5 NKJV Our Ministry Mission...
The mission of The Father's Field Ministries is to exalt the Person of Jesus Christ throughout the earth as He really is - God's Son, and the only Savior for mankind. Judases Abound
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