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Volume 6 ... #9
Ministers Called By God
The apostle Paul said of himself:
Eph. 1 ... Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
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After Jesus arose, HE gave "gifts" to the church in the form of ministers to edify the church and to enable the church to grow and develop in the faith in God.
Eph. 4 ... 8 Wherefore HE saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
... 11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into HIM in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
FROM WHOM the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
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Some did not believe Paul to be an apostle. (I Cor. 9 ... If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.)
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Paul was not like Peter and the other apostles. When Jesus walked on this earth in the form of a man, Paul was not with Jesus as was Peter. Paul was persecuting the church at that time.
After Jesus arose, God revealed HIMSELF to Paul and "called" (set Paul in the body of Christ) to be an apostle/teacher.
Paul is an example of the calling of an apostle "after Jesus arose" ...
New testament apostles have an ordination from God to deal with scripture and doctrine in the church. Men come into the church groups perverting doctrines of Christ, changing doctrines to make them more "acceptable" to man ... thus allowing sin to be approved in the congregation.
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Paul told us this would happen after he departed (after his death) ...
Paul said: Acts 20 ...For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
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Jesus said: Mt. 5:32 ... But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
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I have never seen any church group in USA teach this. Why not? Because men have crept into the churches changing the doctrine just as Paul said they would do.
This is antichrist in the church.
These groups have fallen away from the instruction of the Bible and have set up another doctrine which approves men who violate Bible doctrine. By removing, changing, or omitting parts of scripture, they removed the restraint which had been holding antichrist back and opened the door for antichrist as a spirit to move into their church groups.
Paul said this had to happen before Jesus returns. It is happening now in the church groups.
II Thess. 2 ... NASB ... Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the LORD) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed
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In 1979, God gave me the following terrifying dream:
Destruction was everywhere.
I went into a meeting room where a meeting was going on. A man was speaking to a room filled with people. I went in and began to listen.
A second man rushed in and said: "Stop ... Wait ... Can't you see ... It's too late ... It's already begun."
The first man resumed speaking.
I looked out the window to see what had "already begun."
There was a tall pole with a yellow civil defense speaker at top of the pole. A gas was coming out of the speaker. I knew it was poisonous and would kill the people. It was coming directly toward us!
The shocking thing was the speaker that was set there for the purpose of warning us was being used as the instrument which dispersed the gas that was poison and would kill us!
I looked at the man seated next to me. He had a big grin on his face and was looking directly at the man who was speaking to the group. But then I saw this man was a corpse, though he looked alive. He was already dead!
I looked about the room at the other people and realized they were all dead.
As I sat back in my chair and listened to the man speaking I began to feel sleepy and I knew as I sat there among them this was killing me too.
God was showing me the anarchy in the church groups, at the time of the dream, 1979. The destruction in the churches was everywhere, even at that time. And it is much worse today.
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Another very serious problem today ... Men (and women) who are not called by God put themselves into the ministry without the call of God on their lives.
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One very famous minister, gave this testimony about himself and how he went into the ministry. He was a pilot for another minister (Kenneth Hagen). He decided he wanted to be a preacher. He shut himself up in his garage and memorized this preacher's sermons and began preaching. This is Kenneth Copeland's testimony of how he became a minister.
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Marilyn Hickey's testimony is that she was a very boring speaker so she got an acting coach to help her to be more interesting. (I've never known the Holy Spirit to be boring so when we speak what HE says we will not be boring.)
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Here is the apostle Paul's testimony:
I Cor. 2 ... Paul says ... And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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Here is the testimony of Jesus:
John 5:30 ... I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear (from God), I judge: and MY judgment is just; because I seek not MINE own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent ME.
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In each situation, Jesus spoke what HE heard from God.
We, who have the Spirit of God, do the same thing as Jesus. We just speak that which God brings to our mind by HIS Spirit.
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Many preachers do not have the Spirit of God. They are as described in Jude.
Jude ... But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers (imitators) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
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They put themselves into the church by their own will ... by their own desire, without the Spirit of God and without the call of God.
They mock, imitate other preachers, whom they admire, copying their words and actions and style.
They deceive many ... especially in the end times ...
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Jesus warned... concerning the last days ...
Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I (Jesus) am Christ; and shall deceive many. Mt. 24
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We are seeing this today!
I have received several emails from men (and women) calling themselves "pastor" or "evangelist" or "bishop" (which is an elder) ... telling me of their works, usually a very long list of works ... asking me to pay for their works. By their request, they show themselves to be operating by their own flesh, their own wisdom.
If their faith is in God, then they will turn to God to ask HIM for support in the work to which God has assigned them.
Instead they turn to other humans to try to get humans to support them.
Their faith is in humans and in their own ability to raise money by fleshly means.
Of course, I do not give to them. Their works are of their own flesh.
Often I rebuke these men and woman. I've yet to see any of them repent for they are antichrist ... ministers of Satan ... following Satan who appears to them as "an angel of light."
II Cor. 11:13-15 ... For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
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When God assigns a work, the means to do that work are in place. The minister does not have to beg others to pay for his work when the work is of God.
I was born again in 1975. Since that time, God has told me to do 3 works.
... Go on radio (KWJS)
... Start a blog to edify the church (shown in dream)
... Write books on Amazon edifying the church
Each of the works was very easy for me to do. And it cost us no money at all to go all over the world on the blog on Internet. It didn't cost us any money to publish our books on Amazon and these books are made available to people all over this world.
I'm no burden to you nor to anyone else. This ministry serves you, the church, without being a burden.
This is what the real call of God does.
So beware ... Jesus said there would be many deceivers in the last days coming to the church saying, "Jesus is Lord", and they would deceive many. Mt. 24
This is one of the signs of the end times ... ministers who are deceivers ...