THE PURPOSE OF VISION

THE PURPOSE OF VISION

 PROVERBS 29:18   Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

WHERE THERE IS NO VISION THE PEOPLE PERISH

LACK OF VISION PRODUCES SPIRITUAL POVERTY DUE TO SPIRITUAL DARKNESS

BECAUSE OF SPIRITUAL DARKENSS THERE IS NO REVELATION OF GOD’S WORD..

VISION IS NOT JUST AN IMAGE, IT IS ALSO REVELATION KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE…

HOSEA 4:6 … MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

REASON FOR BEING DESTROYED … NO VISION AND NO KNOWLEDGE

WHEN YOU REJECT GOD’S KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD, YOU ALSO REJECT HIS WORD.

ROM 10:17 …. SO THEN FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD

HEB 11:6... READ… SO YOU CAN SEE, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH…

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GOD…

AND THAT HE REWARDS THOSE WHO SENCERELY SEEK HIM…

1^ST CORR 1:18-19... SAYS… I KNOW HOW FOOLISH THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS MUST SOUND TO THE ONES WHO DON’T KNOW THE TRUTH…

GOD SAYS I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE… THAT IS SPEAKING OF THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITH A WORLDLY MIND SET…

TO KEEP YOUR VISION YOU MUST BE FILLED WITH LOVE THAT COMES FROM A PURE HEART,

A CLEAR CONSCIENCE AND SINCERE FAITH…

SOME HAVE MISSED THE WHOLE POINT BY TURNING AWAY FROM THE WORD AND TALKING FOOLISHNESS…

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, ONE SON, AND ONE HOLY SPIRIT

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE WORLD TEACHES, WE ARE CREATED BY GOD IN HIS IMAGE.

WE SERVE A GOD THAT IS THE CREATOR OF ALL MANKIND

SATAN TRIED TO PLACE HIS POSITION ABOVE GOD, AND YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM

IF YOU DON’T MAKE A DECISION TO ACCEPT AND SERVE JESUS AS SAVIOR, YOU PLACE YOURSELF IN A POSITION RIGHT ALONG WITH SATAN…

GOD CHOSE US FIRST TO EXPERIENCE SALVATION THAT CAME THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO MAKES YOU HOLY BY YOUR BELIEF IN THE TRUTH…WHICH IS GODS WORD THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.

IT IS KNOWING THE TRUTH THAT SETS YOU FREE

FREE FROM WHAT??? FREE FROM THE ONE THAT COMES TO KILL, STEAL AND DESTROY…

EVEN IF SOMEONE CLAIMS TO HAVE HAD A VISION OR A REVELATION, DON’T BE FOOLED BY WHAT THEY SAY

MANY WILL COME SAYING THEY ARE THE CHRIST

MANY PEOPLE WILL MISS HEAVEN BY BELIEVEING A LIE…

THE DEVIL WILL USE WICKED DECEPTION TO FOOL THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH

THE TRUTH THAT WOULD HAVE SAVED THEM…

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE WITH YOUR NATURAL EYES

BUT DO YOU HAVE THE VISION???

BE CAREFULL OF WHAT YOU HEAR AND WHAT YOU SEE WITH YOUR NATURAL MIND…

WHAT YOU THINK YOU HEAR, MIGHT NOT BE WHAT WAS SAID

DON’T BE DECIEVED, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD YOU IT WAS TRUE…

GO TO THE WORD AND STUDY FOR YOURSELF WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY.

The word you say will produce something

THE WORD YOU SAY

Proverbs 18:21King James Version (KJV)

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE…

WHETHER YOU ARE A BELIEVER OR A NON-BELIEVER…

DEATH AND LIFE ARE STILL IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE

AND THEY THAT LOVE IT, BELIEVER OR NOT, SHALL EAT THE FRUIT THERE OF

IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE WHO LOVE TO TALK WILL HAVE TO EAT THE FRUIT OF THEIR OWN WORDS

ANOTHER WAY OF PUTTING IT, THOSE WHO LOVE TO TALK WILL EXPERIENCE THE CONSEQUENCES

FOR THE TONGUE CAN KILL OR NOURISH LIFE…

WORDS ARE THE MOST POWERFULL THING IN A PERSONS LIFE

YOU RECEIVE YOUR SALVATION THRU SPOKEN WORDS…

YOU TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THE ENEMY BY

SPEAKING WORDS…

YOU BIND THE ENEMY AND LOOSE BLESSINGS BY WORDS..,.

YOU BUILD FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIPS BY WORDS

Matthew 8:5-8King James Version (KJV)

⁵ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

⁶ And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

⁷ And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

⁸ The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

 THE CENTRUION SAYS TO JESUS… “SPEAK THE WORD ONLY AND MY SERVANT SHALL BE HEALED…”

Matthew 12:36-37King James Version (KJV)

³⁶ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

JESUS IS SAYING, THAT EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT

VS 37    BY YOUR CARELESS WORDS, YOU WILL BE DECLARED INNOCENT OR JUSTIFIED BY THEM, OR YOU WILL BE DECLARED GUILTY, CONDEMED

STOP SPEAKING NEGATIVE WORDS

STOP SPEAKING WORDS OF DEATH, THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK…

IN CLOSING READ MAT 12: 34-37

AGAIN JESUS IS SAYING, FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKETH.

OR FOR WHATEVER IS IN YOUR HEART, DETERMINES WHAT YOU WILL SAY

Matthew 12:34-37King James Version (KJV)

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

³⁶ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

 A GOOD PERSON PRODUCES GOOD WORDS FROM A GOOD HEART

AN EVIL PERSON PRODUCES EVIL WORDS FROM AND EVIL HEART

WORDS COME THRU YOUR EYES OR YOUR EARS

WHEN THE WORD SAYS, LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING IT MEANS… DON’T LET THE WORDS OF EVIL GO DOWN INTO YOUR HEART

BECAUSE ONCE THEY ARE IN YOUR HEART, YOU ARE APT TO SAY THEM

WHEN YOU SAY THEM, YOU ADD ACTION TO THEM, AND IF THE WORDS ARE EVIL YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEM…

REVELATION IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

REVELATION IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

Most of the struggles of attempting to interpret the book of revelation stems from a failure to understand that the Book of Revelation is a book of Prophecy.

And that prophecy has a chronological order. This is the key to unlocking the Book of Revelation.

First to what was, that is, the experience of John seeing Jesus in his glory.

What is now, the messages to the seven churches which refer to the present age, as the seven churches represent churches in this present age.

And then what will take place later, referring to that which is future.

Confusion in the interpretation of Revelation stems almost entirely from the failure to observe this divine outline.

The opening of chapter four, with the phrase “after this” is referring to the churches, makes it clear that from chapter four on the book of Revelation is dealing with future events.

After chapter four, it describes the unfolding of the future with the Revelation of Christ Jesus at the second coming, as its main theme.

One of the important conclusions in Prophecy is the concept that the church that’s saves of the present age will be in heaven.

While the great events of the seven year tribulation and the end time takes place.

Revelation 4:1-2 King James Version (KJV)

4 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

² And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Actually John was on the Isle of Patmos when the revelation was given to him.

John stated at once, or immediately, I was in the Spirit.

I really don’t know whether John was physically caught up to heaven or whether simply in His vision that he was caught up to heaven.

In either case he saw the scene as he would if he had been present in heaven.

What John is seeing is a setting for events in heaven, which will take place in heaven and earth and in the period of time after the rapture.

The word church in chapters two and three does not re-occur until revelation 22: 16.

Revelation 22:16 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

Revelation 19:7King James Version (KJV)

⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Here it is talking about the church being the bride.

After chapter four it is highly doubtful that the church could actually be here. It would put the church in the center of the activities of the seven years of tribulation.

The events of the end times follow the rapture of the church.

After the rapture of the church, there will be a time period which may be called a period of preparation.

Then will emerge a ten nation group forming a political unit in the Middle East.

A leader will emerge who will gain control first of three nations, then all ten.

Daniel 9:27King James Version (KJV)

²⁷ And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

This event starts the seven year countdown towards the second coming of Christ Jesus.

The first half of the seven years will be a time of peace for Israel. At midpoint of the seven years the covenant will be broken and this political leader will assume the position of ruler over the entire world.

REST IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME

REST IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME

Isaiah 42:9   ⁹ Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

God is saying, everything I prophesied has come true and now I will prophesy again.

I will tell you the future before it happens.

The way God did this throughout the Old Testament is through the prophets.

God does nothing in the earth unless he reveals it first. Isaiah spoke of the coming messiah, John the Baptist spoke of the coming of the Lord.

In the Old Testament the reason people of God were told to say it was so the people would know God did say it. God spoke through his prophets.

In the wilderness the people kept saying he brought us out here to die, Moses kept telling them, God brought them out so they could go into the Promised Land.

People haven’t changed very much, Malachi 3:8-10 says will a man rob God in tithes and offerings?

Malachi 3:9   ⁹ Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

Paying tithes is a personal duty toward praising God for the unmerited favor he has blessed us with.

Why would we as a child of God not want to please God?

 

He continues to say, not only you personally but the whole nation has robbed Him.

This is Gods system and His word is what makes all this work for us.

You have to put His word into the system; it won’t work unless you speak the word into action.

When God corrects you be corrected, don’t get your feelings hurt.

When you get corrected, you get protected.

When you get protected, you get perfected.

When you get perfected you get directed.

And it just keeps progressing…

Isaiah 42:9   ⁹ Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

God’s people are being robbed because no one is hearing what God wants to do.

God wants to bring restoration to us, but he says I can’t because my servants are spiritually blind and spiritually deaf.

They are not hearing what I say, and they’re not seeing what I want them to see. As a result the people will live less than their privilege, and not have what is available to them.

Even Jesus couldn’t come into this earth until God spoke it.

Isaiah saw it happen seven hundred years before it came to pass. David saw the coming of the Lord one thousand years before it happened.

John the Baptist spoke of the redeemer coming before he came. There was a fullness of time and God sent his Son just in time.

There’s a fullness of time in every promise of God, but somebody has to speak it.

2 Corinthians 4:13 says we are speaking spirits. God will bring to pass what we say, just like he brought to pass what Jesus said.

But first somebody has to speak it. Angels are ready and able to do what we speak at Gods bidding, but someone has to speak it.

Hebrews 1:13-14   ¹³ But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

When we begin to do what God says, it gives the angels assigned to us a chance to got to work.

Isaiah 55:11 says they will do the work I sent them to do and they will complete the assignment I gave them.

When we decree and declare what Gods word declares, God says I am going to do something new and before it comes to pass I will tell you about it. Once you hear it declare it.

God says my word has an assignment on it, if I can just get somebody to speak it. Then the angels will complete that assignment I gave them.

All God is waiting for is someone to give voice to his word.

Why is it that we have a God big enough to create Heaven and Earth, and his children still live in poverty?

They haven’t declared the glory of the word in their lives.

Even if you don’t believe lets just act like the bible is true and declare his glory.

A person that lives consistently in Gods word never has to change their lifestyle.

Words of faith create reality; it is the evidence of things we can not see. You can not see the air you breathe you can’t see your brain but it is there.

We are not just a man or a woman, we are another speaking spirit. If you are not speaking it into existence you are not getting

As you pray and you believe, the spirit brings these things up and brings them out.

I really believe this is the year of visitations, demonstrations and manifestations.

It is the year of the greater glory, the year of the over comer.

 

First we must receive it by faith, even if our mind can’t comprehend it. Our natural mind doesn’t understand it, but our spirit by the Holy Spirit understands.

We must declare the glory of the Lord for our lives.

Why, because we are spirit and everything happens in the fullness of time.

Declaring Gods Glory

Declaring Gods Glory

1 Chronicles 16: 24-25    ²⁴ Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.

²⁵ For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

Declare His glory, when you hear the word. Declare it.

Press forth, decree, and declare I am in the great glory.

Stop saying I wish the glory of God was like in the day of Pentecost, or like it was Forty years ago.

Starts speaking with your mouth and your God given power and authority, your words have power.  Start saying, I declare the glory of God over my home, over my family, over my church.

As you pray and believe, the Holy Spirit brings these things up and brings them into being. This is the year of the greater glory, the year of the over comer.

This is the year of visitations, demonstrations and manifestations. We must receive it first by faith, even if our mind won’t comprehend it.

Our natural mind will never be able to understand the spiritual things of God.

Genesis 1:1-2   1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

² And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

When God spoke the Holy Spirit moved, when the Holy Spirit hears the word of God He goes into action.

Isaiah 42:9   ⁹ Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

The way God did this was through the prophets.

Amos 3:7    Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

The reason the prophets had to say it was because with out the prophets the people wouldn’t know what God said (or predicted).

People in the wilderness kept saying he brought us out here to die, Moses kept telling them; God brought you out so you could go to the promise land.

We must learn to trust God at his word; you can do that by putting His word in 

you.

When God corrects you, be corrected. Don’t get your feelings hurt and get mad at God. When you get corrected, you get protected, when you get protected, you get perfected.

When you get perfected, you get directed, and the progression starts. God is saying I want to do something new in the earth, but I need to have somebody listening to me so I can reveal it to them.

I show it to them and it becomes their responsibility to declare it.

God’s people are being robbed because no one is hearing what God wants them to do. It seems like no one is saying what God wants them to say today.

God wants to bring restoration to us, but he says I can’t because my servants are spiritually blind and deaf.

A person who lives consistently in Gods word never has to change their lifestyle

They are not hearing what I am saying, and they are not seeing what I want them to. As a result the people will live less than their privileges.

Jesus didn’t come into the earth until God spoke it. Isaiah saw it happen seven hundred years before it happened.

There is a fullness of time and God sent his son at just the right time. There is a fullness of time in every promise of God, but someone has to declare it.

God will bring to pass what we say, just like he brought to pass what Jesus said.

Psalms 103:20   Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Angels are ready and able at his bidding quick to hear Him and do as He says.

We have the Holy Spirit and His angels that are waiting for us to decree and declare the word of God. When we begin to do what God says, that gives them the O.K. to go to work. For this purpose we have angels assigned to us.

Isaiah 55: 11   ¹¹ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

They will do the work I sent them to do and they will complete the assignment I gave them.

When we decree what God declares. Then God says I am going to do something new, before it comes to pass I will tell you about it.

God is waiting for someone to give voice to His word. Why is it that we have a God in heaven and earth and his children are still living in poverty? It is about time we decree and declare the glory of God in our lives.

I declare the glory over our church and Gods manifested presence and His power and His goodness over everyone here.

Let’s act like the bible is true and declare the glory, not only will the Holy Spirit go into action but all the angels will too. Then we will bring the things we decree and declare to pass.

Living a Humble Life BEFORE GOD

Living a Humble Life BEFORE GOD

2^nd Chronicles 7:14   ¹⁴ 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.

First it says, if my people, who is the writer speaking of, what people?

Then it says who are called by my name. How do we know who are the ones called?

These particular people were the Jewish people. They were the ones God calls his own, the chosen ones.

According to Jewish tradition, the writer was Ezra, and he was writing to all of Israel.

This was written approximately four thirty BC. 2^nd chronicles relates to the time of history of Judah’s corrupt and idolatrous kings.

Solomon was a wise king, who served God and built cities. Solomon prayed and asks God to make provisions for the people when they sinned.

God answered with four conditions for forgiveness. God said, 1. Humble yourselves by admitting your sins, 2. Pray to God asking him for forgiveness. 3. Seek God continually, 4. Turn away from sinful behavior.

True repentance is more than talk, it is changed behavior.

Whether we sin as individuals or as a group or as a nation, following these steps will lead to forgiveness

God will always answer our earnest prayers.

Today we have a new covenant called the covenant of grace through Christ Jesus.

We are called the redeemed children of God and heirs of God through the finished work at the cross.

We are to humble ourself to the one that became humble, Jesus Christ.

Being humble is to be submissive to the divine will of God.

God plainly set forth certain conditions for Solomon to meet if he wanted the kingdom to continue. If Solomon followed God, he and his descendants would prosper.

3 John 1:2   ² Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

If we will humble ourselves and be submissive to God and his divine word, we and our descendants will prosper and be in health.

God’s rules have never changed, it didn’t change for Solomon and the rules are not going to change for us.

James 4:10   ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

If we want God to lift us up we must humble ourselves and draw near to the things of God, and he will draw near to you.

God told Solomon if he didn’t follow these conditions that He had set before him, he and the nation of Israel would be destroyed.

In Duet. 27-28 these conditions were outlined before all the people of Israel.

Solomon eventually turned from God and as result his son and heir lost most of the kingdom.

Following God and humbling ourselves to Him brings benefits and rewards.

Turning away from God can bring suffering, punishment and ultimately destruction.

Today, Gods conditions are just as clear as they were in Solomon’s day.

But some how a lot of us including Believers seem to think they can live the way they want and God will overlook it.

It is really difficult for us to imagine that such a great and wise king that God had richly blessed could become corrupted by idols, symbols of power, prosperity and sexual perversion.

It is the same today; people are lured into some of the same evil traps.

When we allow any desire to rival Gods proper place in our heart we have taken the first step toward moral and spiritual decay.

 

Be humble in Gods grace, keep praying and reading his word. Trust in God.

Being good does not make you humble, being humble makes you good.