A Sense of Urgency

 

An Incredibly Harmful Misunderstanding

The Dance of Passover

Did You Vote for Biden?

From Mario Murillo: 

Sometimes it is necessary to call out evil, even when it is the evil of an entire Christian generation.

In Matthew 12:34-39, Jesus said, “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words, you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” Then, some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”

What part of voting for Joe Biden had anything to do with your Christian faith? What justified the utter betrayal of your faith? Why did you vote for evil? There is no excuse. You are naked in your choice and it is time to cleanse your soul.

Behold the face of evil. Joe Biden is not just a doddering old man, he is in the throes of depraved indifference. Sin and shame cling to his spirit like a film of acid rain. He oozes immorality.

You who voted to make him the leader of the free world, let me ask you this: Which of his qualities compelled you? Had he forged a heroic past? Was there ever anything about Joe that was not illegitimate, smarmy, or a layer of sludge of smoky backrooms? It is easy to see how those qualities extend your Christian conviction.

He did not really go into politics. He slithered onto the scene—spineless and reptilian. He can crawl through a barrel of pretzels and not touch a single one. He has certainly never touched decency or honesty. No wonder he warmed the cockles of your Christian vote.

Sometimes it is necessary to call out evil, even when it is the evil of an entire Christian generation.

In Matthew 12:34-39, Jesus said, “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words, you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” Then, some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”

What part of voting for Joe Biden had anything to do with your Christian faith? What justified the utter betrayal of your faith? Why did you vote for evil? There is no excuse. You are naked in your choice and it is time to cleanse your soul.

Behold the face of evil. Joe Biden is not just a doddering old man, he is in the throes of depraved indifference. Sin and shame cling to his spirit like a film of acid rain. He oozes immorality. He stares at his watch while caskets of heroes are being draped in flags in front of loved ones.

You who voted to make him the leader of the free world, let me ask you this: Which of his qualities compelled you? Had he forged a heroic past? Was there ever anything about Joe that was not illegitimate, smarmy, or a layer of sludge of smoky backrooms? It is easy to see how those qualities extend your Christian conviction.

He has certainly never touched decency or honesty. No wonder he warmed the cockles of your Christian vote.

He did not really go into politics. He slithered onto the scene—spineless and reptilian. He can crawl through a barrel of pretzels and not touch a single one. He has certainly never touched decency or honesty. No wonder he warmed the cockles of your Christian vote.

Trump may have hurt your feelings, but Biden is killing your fellow Americans and your brothers in Christ. He brings in Covid from the southern border and leaves Americans in the hands of the Taliban in the east. He seems bored and must check his watch several times while waiting for the plane returning from Afghanistan, carrying the bodies of the soldiers killed by his indifference. He is gleefully unmoved by the slightest pang of conscience when confronted by the grieving mother of one of those soldiers.

Biden carries his own low temperature with him. No fire of generosity ever sparked in him. He is what Tolstoy said of Napoleon: “He lost the power to think a decent thought.” Biden can’t say anything kind, compassionate or wise. He can only spill the bile of his soul. I see the attraction to your Christian values.

Satan said to Biden, “Close the airport before you get the Americans out. Better to keep your promise to the Taliban than to the people you serve.” He makes parents childless. He makes widows and orphans. He has shamed the U.S. military in the sight of the entire world.

He made our men and women in uniform leave behind those who did not deserve to die. The most deeply held value of the America military is, “No man left behind.” He broke their hearts. But somehow, he convinced you he was the right man to vote for.

You urban pastors who were receiving money from the Democrat Party to get out the vote, must live with your infamy. You prostituted yourselves and, worse yet, you prostituted your pulpit. You aided evil. You helped put unprecedented vileness in the People’s House. Take a long look in the mirror and see if you are beholding a Christian man—let alone a preacher.

Take a long look in the mirror and see if you are beholding a Christian man—let alone a preacher.

Yeah, I am going on record that everyone who falls under this heading has done evil and God will not hold you guiltless. When you voted for Biden, you made a statement. You said something—something you must face. Jesus said, “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of Judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:36-37).

The iniquity of your vote still echoes in your soul. You wear a label. You bear a stain. You carry the stigma of a perverted generation who are shaking their fists at God.

A blog should end in hope. I should try to comfort you. Maybe your traitorous vote didn’t actually put him in. But it is still a traitorous vote. But such comfort belongs to other kinds of people, making other kinds of choices. To proffer you hope in your sin, would bring me into agreement with it. 

But there is hope in repentance! You can renounce the horror of your error. You can be cleansed, but this is no light cleansing. There is far more involved in getting rid of this wicked choice than you realize. Do not wait and do not deny your crime. To the honestly repentant, there remains this promise:

1 John 1:9 “If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action].”

It is time to cleanse your soul.

A Little-Understood Truth

 Today, April 30, is America’s National Day of Repentance. Our National Day of Prayer is May 6. Most Christians have not heard of our National Day of Repentance. In order to participate at an effective level we need to better understand this important subject. 

Biblical repentance is really a threefold process, defined by three New Testament Greek words. All are important and must be included in the process; and Holy Spirit must be involved in all of these phases. They are:

• Metamellomai – sorrow, regret, remorse
• Metanoia – a change of mind and heart; thinking differently; a new understanding; afterthought
• Epistrepho – turn; convert; go a different direction

Sorrow, regret or remorse are part of the repentance process, but do not complete it. One can be sorry for his or her sins and not fully repent, in which case, there is no forgiveness and salvation. Judas was “sorry” he betrayed Jesus (Matthew 27:3); he did not, however, find true repentance. Being sorry for/convicted of one’s actions can, however, lead to repentance (2 Corinthians 7: 9-10), in which case it is an important part of the process. The sorrow is a result of Holy Spirit, through our conscience, revealing our sin to us. This is important but, alone, is not enough. 

The second word, metanoia, is the word actually translated as repentance. It does not mean “turn and go in another direction,” as most Christians have been taught. It is, however, part of the process that creates the turning. The problem with this erroneous definition is that in oversimplifying it, part of what is necessary to the process is left out. Biblical repentance is not just of the mind; it is not simply changing the way one thinks in the brain. Biblical repentance is also a change of heart. To limit it to the mind or emotions removes the spiritual application, connection, and power.

The fact that it involves the heart means Holy Spirit has to be involved. He must bring conviction and recognition of sin, at the heart level (not just emotions), caused by what the Scriptures refer to as “lifting the veil” (2 Corinthians 4: 3-4). The biblical word for this lifting of the veil is “revelation”. (Greek: apokalupsis. Apo: “lift, remove, uncover;” kalupsis: “veil, covering, hidden”). 

I don’t want to bore or overwhelm you with technical definitions and Greek words, but this understanding is crucial. Without this unveiling, repentance is only of the mind and emotions. And until this revelation from Holy Spirit is received at a heart level there is no spiritual power released to bring forgiveness and create transformation; only mental power. 

The revelation Holy Spirit brings in the process also includes Christ’s solution: the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. This, too, is seen by revelation. Second Corinthians 4:4 says the god of this world blinds the unbelieving to “the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” The lifting of the veil is needed, not only so we can see our own condition, but see God’s provision.

Charles Finney, the great evangelist of the second great awakening, would sometimes preach in a location for 1-2 weeks before he would give his first altar call. In his meetings, he was known to have had grown men run to the altar weeping, and him tell them, “Please sir, go back to your seat, you are not ready yet.” 

Astounding! Yet, Finney knew that until the remorse or sorrow for sin was deep enough, until revelation of their need had reached the heart level, and until revelation of God’s provision had produced true faith, there would not be sufficient power to transform. In his meetings, which saw hundreds of thousands of people saved, Finney had a 97% rate of true conversion – in other words, of those who became active, long term, followers of Christ. In our evangelism today, with its weak and watered down message, our rate of true conversion is around 5%. For every 100 people who pray the sinner’s prayer, only 5 of them become true believers! 

The third part of the repentance process is the turning (epistrepho). When the first two aspects are fully accomplished, we can “turn” – from our hearts. There is now power, resulting from Holy Spirit’s revelation, to walk out the decision. And this change of mind and heart will now result in different actions. The faith and commitment professed will no longer be “without works” (James 2:26). 

I am giving this teaching so we can pray for unbelievers and for our nation with true understanding. We must ask God to convict of sin; to reveal the depth of our depravity, our need, our deception. We must ask for the blindness to be removed from the heart – for the veil to lift – bringing true revelation.

Why can’t many unbelievers, and even some Christians, understand the heinous nature of abortion…of killing babies in the womb and even selling their body parts? Why do fathers abandon their children? Why do people rape, murder, steal? Why is there such violence in our nation? Because a veil covers their hearts, causing them to not see clearly. We must ask for this veil to be lifted, praying for the breaking of their hearts over sin and it’s devastation.

Then, we must ask for the spirit of revelation to be released over America. A rending of the heavens, a lifting of the veil at a national level, the very atmosphere charged with Holy Spirit power and influence. This produces revival! America must see her need . . .and God’s provision. Then the turning will come.

And it WILL come!

Pray with me:

Father, thank You for raising up this nation to be a light, a city on a hill, trumpeting the gospel of the kingdom to the ends of the earth. Though we have strayed from our purpose and destiny, You have not. You intend to resurrect it, and allow us to participate in the great billion soul harvest.

As we pray for America today, we focus on repentance. We ask You to reveal to us our great need for You. We ask that You break our hearts over our sin and rebellion, for the babies, sex trafficking, for those confused about their identities. Break our hearts over our self-sufficiency, even the pride, arrogance, and rebellion toward You. Break our hearts in the church over our lukewarm condition and compromise.

And Father, we ask You to send an explosive revelation into our nation regarding Jesus. Reveal Your love and grace that was demonstrated at the Cross, and the power released in the resurrection of Christ. Bring revelation of Your great redemption, Your healing power, and Your unconditional love for humanity.

And Father, we ask You for the great turning – turning to You; turning from our way to Your way; turning from sin to righteousness; turning from death to life; turning from selfishness to selflessness and love. We know this is coming quickly and we thank You for it. You are good, kind, and faithful. We declare and ask for these things in Christ’s holy name, amen.

Our decree:

We declare that the spirit of revelation, bringing repentance, is coming to America.

The Texas Tenors

 

The Return

This was blocked on my personal profile by FB, though Jonathan Cahn requests it to be shared on Social Media. True evidence of the unjust control of tech media. So watch this while you can, please. Gen 12:3; 2 Chr 7:14

Posted by Sonrise International on Saturday, June 20, 2020

We Are One Nation Under God

From Dutch Sheets: 

[My brother, Tim Sheets, released this message to his congregation yesterday. Every Believer in America needs to take this stand today!]

“The Lord asked me a question this morning. He said, ‘What are you going to do about the golden calf moment that just happened in America?’ Well, I didn’t know what He meant. I knew what the golden calf was in the Book of Exodus. I began to think about what led to the golden calf moment in the Bible. Moses had gone up the mountain to get the Ten Commandments. When he came down, they had made this idol. They had decided they would no longer be under God’s rulership. They had decided not to be under Jehovah, but under Baal. They chose to be under a demon power and they cursed the nation of Israel. 

“You may or may not know that the Democratic Convention was held last week. During two caucus meetings, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited, but the sentence, ‘One nation under God,’ was omitted. In doing that, those representatives purposefully stated that they were choosing not to be under God. I ask you, ‘Do you want to be under God or not?’

“The Holy Spirit said to me, ‘Are you going to let that word curse stand?’ I felt that question in every fiber of my being. Are we going to allow deceived people to curse this nation? It will bring a curse. I am personally not going to let that stand. When we hear blasphemy, which is what that is, we must engage. We must rebuke it and ask God to forgive the sin and heal our land.

“Jesus had people coming against Him all the time. He had demons after Him. The Bible details how Beelezebub came after Him. At one point, He asked His disciples, ‘What are people saying about Me?’ They answered, ‘Some say you are John the Baptist that has come back from the dead. Others think You are Elijah that has come back.’ Then He said, ‘Who do you say that I am?’ 

“I am asking the Church that question today, ‘Who do you say He is?’ Peter had answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!’ Jesus replied, ‘Flesh and blood didn’t reveal that to you. My Father in heaven did.’ Then He said, ‘On this rock, I’ll build My Ekklesia. And the gates of hell will not prevail against it.’ To be the true Ekklesia, you must say who He is!

“Is this nation one nation under God or not? We must raise our voice and declare that it is!

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek… The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” (Romans 1:16, 18 and 21; NIV)

Give Him 15 minutes in prayer:

• We, the Ekklesia, must corporately rebuke this curse. Every voice must be heard!
• We must state who He really is.
• We must state who we really are as the Church and as a nation.
• We must break the curse and say, ‘No way is Baal going to rule over us!’ If the Ekklesia forbids it, it will be forbidden. If we allow it, it will curse the nation.
• Say, ‘We are one nation under God and we desire Him in America. We acknowledge His love and care, concern and watchfulness over us. We do not reject Him, but we embrace Him and ask His forgiveness for those who have publicly rejected Him.’ We say, ‘They do not speak for us. Forgive them, Lord. They don’t understand what they are doing.’
• Declare the Lordship of Jesus over your state and over the whole of the United States!

A prayer you can pray:

We come before You Holy God and righteous Judge. We stand before You King Jesus. You are King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We come as the Ekklesia and repent for the sin of our nation. We are so sorry that You were blasphemed last week at a gathering representing millions of Americans. Forgive us. Forgive this land for this hideous sin. We repent in Jesus’ Name. 

With the authority You have given the Ekklesia, we break this curse! No throne of iniquity will rise and curse this land. We bind and forbid this curse to take root in this nation. Lord, we ask You to remove evil leaders that would dare to do this. Remove the evil culture and warped philosophies that reject You and hold people in the bondage of sin. We break demonic doctrine off our government. Break them free from the darkness and let them see Jesus. Bring them into the Kingdom of light.

We say, “We are one nation under God.” We desire You in America. We acknowledge Your love and care, concern and watchfulness over us. We do not reject You, but we embrace You and ask Your forgiveness for those who have publicly rejected You. We say, “They do not speak for us. Forgive them, Lord. They don’t understand what they are doing.” Forgive our sin and heal our land, dear Lord Jesus. Amen.

Today’s decree:

We are one nation under God and God is welcome in America!

Copyright © 2020 Dutch Sheets Ministries, All rights reserved.

God's Word for Saturday, 5/4/19

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health.

2 Chronicles 7:14 MSG

Quote of the Day

"Both repentance and faith must be ongoing.  True repentance is not a single act but a continual attitude."

~ Richard Owens Roberts, author


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