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The Work Must Be Authored By God
Jesus said:
Mt. 7:21-23
Not every one that saith unto ME, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of MY Father which is in
heaven. Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in THY name? and in THY name have cast out devils? and in THY
name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Many
people do all manner of religious works which seem good … but unless
God told them to do those works, those works are not good, they are
works of their own fleshly minds, often authored by what they hear at
church or from other people.
Only works authored by the Spirit of God are “good” works.
You can even try to do a scripture and have the work counted by God as evil.
The Spirit of God searches the heart of God to show us the will of God in the various matters of this present life.
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I Cor. 13
… Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And
though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and
all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove
mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all
my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and
have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
I
am acquainted with a woman who is an heiress, having very large trust
fund and much money … She gives to all manner of organizations. But she
is one of the most scornful persons I have ever seen … speaking of how
ridiculous others are and always saying,
“Can you believe they would do this?” exalting herself.
God said to me this woman is
“self-righteous.” (Her righteousness is of her own self, her own works.)
She attends a church but she is not born again.
She would be shocked to know that her many financial gifts will end up profiting her nothing… for she is un-charitable …
Charity
is not exactly “love” as some translations of Bible would say. Often
young women especially like to think of these scriptures in terms of
romantic attachments.
But godly charity has to do with the withholding of various judgments, not exacting all that the evil doer should receive.
God had “charity”, mercy, to me for I was certainly in no way deserving of salvation. I was terrible before I was born again.
Paul says … Romans 9
… Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are
not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed
of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be
called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are
not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for
the seed.
For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
And
not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our
father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done
any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might
stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her,
The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I
loved, but Esau have I hated.
What
shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For
HE saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I
will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not
of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth
mercy.
For the scripture
saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up,
that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared
throughout all the earth.
Therefore hath HE mercy on whom HE will have mercy, and whom HE will he hardeneth.
When
we set about on a good work, we must have evidence inside us that God
authored the work. This evidence of the Holy Spirit speaking telling us
to do that work is an anchor for our soul in difficult times which are
likely to come for the works sake, persecution for the word.
Concerning good works
… one person could visit the sick and it be the right spirit leading
him … another person could be led by his own mind because he thinks he
must do this and it would avail nothing and might even be harmful to the
sick person.
The work must be authored
by God and you must be led by the Spirit of God in everything you do.
It is also very important for us to have assurance in us that God told us to do that work.
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In January, 1980, I was asleep in the night and a trumpet like voice sounded in my ear saying 3 words to me …
“Hartford, Seattle, KWJS”
This put me on radio on station
KWJS. Do I have strong assurance that God wanted me to go on radio?
Absolutely.
In March, 2012, I received a dream showing me to start a blog on Internet.
In December, 2015, I had concept of writing book for Kindle. I prayed asking God if that is what HE wanted. By the Holy Spirit, I heard …
“I am with you whithersoever you go …”
That was good enough for me. I started writing immediately.
Throughout
each of the past 30+ years since being born again, I have had assurance
of God leading me before I started any work that I felt I was to do.
I have also found when God authors the work there are certain characteristics present:
The work is simple.
The money is there for the work … no begging for money.
It is not difficult to do the work.
There is great joy in going forward.
It is not a burden in any way.
Everything needed is provided immediately.
There is no hardship.
Workers are available to me for each step.
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I
receive so many ministers begging me to give them money for their
works. There is no example in the Bible of a minister asking for money
to do a work that is supposed to be of God. Often these ministers list
all kinds of works they have undertaken “in the name of God” and they
try to get people to give them money to pay for their “good” works.
What does Jesus say?
Mt. 7
…Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
THY name? and in THY name have cast out devils? and in THY name done
many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
you: depart from ME, ye that work iniquity.
God did not author that work they speak of as “good”.
Jesus calls that work a work of iniquity though they say it is “good”.
Jesus tells them to “depart from HIM.”
I do not give to ministers who ask for money.
David said:
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Psalm 37:25
The apostle James says the wisdom that is from God is
first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. James 3:17
Some
ministers are extortioners … using all sorts of pressure techniques,
telling you to expect a 100-fold return on your “gift”, stirring up
greed and lust in the congregation, appealing to flesh of man as if he
is some type of investment broker. This is exceedingly evil.
100-fold return in Bible has nothing at all to do with giving money at church …
Mk. 10 ... Then Peter began to say unto HIM, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
And
Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that
hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But he shall
receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and
sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in
the world to come eternal life.
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I am shocked at how brazen ministers can be in their pursuit of money from the church.
They are often masters at making church people feel guilty.
Do not allow such to happen to you.
The ministers who do such buy themselves terrible futures either on this present earth or eternally.
I Tim. 5:24 … Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
Some
sins get exposed on this earth and precede them to judgment. Other
men’s sins are hidden and in secret from us. But all these sins will
show up at the day of judgment and there will be great shame then,
weeping and gnashing of teeth, and they will really weep when they see
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in heaven and themselves cast out for all
eternity.
Whether you are a public figure minister or
whether you are a private “little” person … you must be very careful
about those “good” works you do … those works will be judged by Jesus
and be rewarded with great penalty to you or great reward in heaven
dependent on whether or not the work was authored by God.
Did God really tell you to do that?
I always examine this over what I do and so should you.
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