Let me begin by saying that I am not responsible for getting anyone to believe any of the word of God. That is the job of the Holy Spirit. My only job is to present the truth.

Do not, I repeat, do not try to act on what you read in this booklet until you have read the scriptures over and over and there is no doubt in your mind that it is God's will for you to have everything listed here.

Our only purpose in sharing what we have written herein is to help God's children to learn what is theirs and how to get it. As you will see below God's word tells us that His people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

God's children should not still be destroyed for lack of knowledge. Our prayer is that when the information contained herein is assimilated and faith is built the reader will become a powerhouse for God.

You will find that I have made some statements more than once and have given the same scripture more than once. This is for emphasis.

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

This verse of scripture gives two reasons that Pastors and teachers should be diligent in preaching and teaching the TRUTH of God's word.

Let us consider each of those things. Most people are of the belief that humans are physical beings when in reality they are spirit beings. As spirit beings they have three sources of their thoughts. Some, of course, are their own. Some are from God's Holy Spirit and some are from the devil. So, one of Satan's methods of operation is by putting thoughts in people's minds. That is why we are told to try the spirits whether they be of God. The only way to do that is to compare the thoughts to God's word. A person cannot make that comparison if they don't know God's word.

Another way that Satan destroys God's people is by attacking them with sickness, disease and accidents and making them believe it is somehow God's will and God's doings.

Luke 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

2 Cor 5:21 For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Mark 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

In verses 13 & 14 the word ask is strictly a demand for something due. That is based on meeting the terms of the written Will. Most of the time that ask is in the Gospels that is the meaning. Therefore, just asking will not get anything.

Even when people are told what they are to do and how to do it, if they don't get in the word and build their own faith they can't operate in faith.

John 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said unto him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, Feed my lambs.

John 21:16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said unto him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, Feed my sheep.

John 21:17 He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, do you love me? And he said unto him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep.

Notice Jesus didn't say win millions of souls. He didn't say build great congregations and buildings. He didn't say go through a lot of rituals. He said feed three times. Anytime an instruction is repeated it is of vital importance to understand and do it.

Many people try to resist the devil when they realize what he is doing but he doesn't flee. Why? Because they don't submit themselves to God first. Or they may submit themselves to God but never resist the devil so he stays and does his thing. Either way he continues to cause the problem.

This is a critical point for Christians to know. To get the desired results they must do everything that the instructions say to do for a particular thing. Leave off just one thing and there will be no success.

God is not the cause of hurricanes. They are the activity of Satan. If all Christians knew what their authority is and started using it we would not have the destruction caused by hurricanes and other things of nature.

Jo.14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Jesus clearly stated that the things He did would be done by those who believe on Him. What did He do about the weather?

Mk. 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Even though a person may know that those scriptures are in God's word they will not work for them unless they study them until faith builds in them. Faith comes by hearing and hearing God's word.

Ro. 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Whatever God's word says for us to do, will not be done unless we do it. Praying for God to do it will not get it done.

One is about the Sabbath. Many believe that Sunday is the Sabbath. That is incorrect. Saturday is the Sabbath. Some Christians think they are to keep the Sabbath. This is incorrect. The Sabbath has nothing to do with gentiles nor Jews if they accept Jesus as their Savior. God specifically told the nation of Israel that it was a sign between Him and them.

Ex. 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Ex. 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Another common misconception is that it is ok for women to pastor churches or be deacons. Wrong. The qualifications for those offices are clear and distinct. While a woman may believe that God has called her to one of those offices, she is wrong. God never calls anyone to do anything contrary to His word.

That is why God's word tells us to try the spirits to see if they are of God or not. The only way to know is to know the word.

1 Tim. 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

1 Tim. 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 1 Tim. 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Titus 1:5 For this cause left I you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders(deacons) in every city, as I had appointed you:

Titus 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

1 Tim 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

Deu 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth:

Deu 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God.

Some will say that was talking about the nation of Israel so it doesn't apply to us. It does unless we are told elsewhere that it doesn't. God says in this next scripture that He doesn't change.

In the following verse We are told that God's people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. That hasn't changed one iota since it was first written.

Deu 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:

Deu 28:22 The LORD shall smite you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.

Deu 28:27 The LORD will smite you with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof you can not be healed.

Deu 28:35 The LORD shall smite you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot unto the top of your head.

Deu 28:60 Moreover he will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt, which you was afraid of; and they shall cleave unto you.

Deu 28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon you, until you be destroyed.

Deu 28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, till you be destroyed; because you hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:

Deu 28:47 Because you served not the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things

Now let us look at what God has provided for us concerning sickness and disease. Notice carefully that sickness and disease were a curse of the law.

Gal 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:

Gal 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Mat 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Mat 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Mat 8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done unto you. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Mat 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

Mat 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

Mat 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Mat 10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give.

Mat 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

Mat 12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.

Mat 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Mat 15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

Mark 6:4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

Mark 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

Luke 4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

Luke 6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Luke 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Luke 9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spoke unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.

Some people have made the ridiculous statement that sometimes God gets glory from someone being sick. Nowhere in God's word is there a single statement about God being glorified when someone was sick. This next verse tells you when God gets glorified.

Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Mal 1:8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.

1 Cor 6:19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own?

1 Cor 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

John 10:10 The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Just as surely as Jesus shed His blood and took our sins at the cross for our souls, He did two things at the cross for us to have a healthy body. Isaiah said:

Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. That was the first thing. He also said this:

Isa 52:14 As many were astonished at you; his visage(appearance) was so marred(disfigured) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

That took place during the three hours of darkness as Jesus hung on the cross. During that period His body experienced the worst case of every sickness, every disease and every accident that would ever touch a human body and it became so grotesque that if they could have seen it they could not have handled it.

I must add a personal word of testimony here. A few years back, I had gone to bed one night. I was lying on my back and quicker than a split second, God showed me that body. It was so horrible that I recoiled so forcefully; I think I pushed the bed down about 5 inches or so. Prior to my learning that it is God's will for me to live in a healthy body, I had high blood pressure, arthritis, crazy heart and even spasms of my scalp. Today, I am in perfect health and take no medicine.

The question is: “Are you going to believe Satan's lies and let him destroy you and your loved ones or are you going to believe God's word and live in a healthy body, the temple of the Holy Spirit?”

Here is what Peter had to say on the subject. 1 Pet 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed. The healing has already been provided. It is up to us to meet the terms to get it.

As far as God is concerned He has provided your healing. You just have to ask for it by faith. You have to build your faith for healing just like for anything else.

The phrase “If it be thy will” should NEVER be used when praying for a sick person to be healed. That is not faith and God cannot answer that prayer. That phrase has killed more people than all the weapons of humanity throughout history.

Just because the Holy Spirit may have born witness with your spirit that what you have read is true, you cannot get results immediately. You must build your faith by reading the scriptures above regularly or read them from the bible until you build your faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

Josh 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

The word meditate here means to utter, mutter and speak aloud which coincides with hearing and hearing in Ro. 10:17.

Let me say up front that it is not my responsibility to get anyone to believe God's word. That is the job of the Holy Spirit. My only job is to present the truth.

2 Cor. 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your ADVERSARY the devil, as a roaring lion, walking about, seeking whom he may devour:

ADVERSARY, refers to a person, group, or personified force contending against another. ADVERSARY suggests an enemy who fights determinedly, continuously, and relentlessly:

Are not Christians today, God's people? If they are, are they not being destroyed today and for the same reason as in Hosea's day?

When you hear most Christians talk you would think that God is their adversary. They say things like: God let this bad thing happen to me to teach me something. Or, God is in control so if it happens it must be His will. In fact lately I have been hearing a preacher with a huge church talking on TV about going through a lot of bad things and when he asked God, he said God told him that all of it was coming from Him because He is in control.

1 Pet 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:

1. Whoa! What did Peter say? He said our adversary is the devil, did he not. If God is our adversary, why did Peter say the devil is? Could it be that the lack of that knowledge is part of the reason God's people are being destroyed? Well if the devil is our adversary, what are we to do about it? Check the next verse.

1 Pet 5:9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Peter tells us that we are to resist. What does that mean? Here is Webster's word on resist. Resist: to withstand, strive against, or oppose. Strive: to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict. Contend: to assert or maintain earnestly. Assert: to state strongly or positively; I think you will agree by the time we finish that the last is the proper meaning.

2. Many people have the erroneous idea that we are physical beings but we are not. We are spirit beings living in a physical body in order to operate in this physical world.

Jesus told us this in John. John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our IMAGE, after our LIKENESS: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

One more scripture. Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

See. It says that man became a living soul not a living body. Webster's word again. soul n. 1. the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical.

Now that we have established the reality of us being spirit, what does that have to do with our warfare? Well, for one thing, it means that there are three sources for our thoughts. Some of course, are our own. Some are from the Holy Spirit, and some are from the devil. Look at these scriptures.

2 Cor 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal(of the flesh), but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

2 Cor 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

So our adversary, the devil, uses thoughts to bring us into captivity and to destroy those who don't know the truth. That is his method of operation.

Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Jesus tells us here how we bring things to pass. What is in our heart is what we speak. Here are some instructions to follow.

Unfortunately, The KJV leaves us hanging because some words are not translated properly. The Greek word translated followers means imitators. So, how does a child imitate a parent? They walk, talk and act like them do they not? All the power is in talking.. How does God talk? Let's find out.

1 Cor 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

1 Cor 1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:

Notice that God has chosen things that are not to bring to nothing the things that are. Well how does He do that? Check this.

Rom 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were.

Paul just told us that God calls things which be not as though they were. If we are going to be obedient and imitate Him then we will call those things that be not as though they were.

We are actually using our words to bring things that we don't want, or keeping things we don't want, by the words coming out of our mouth on a regular basis.

A lot of times when people find out that the devil is their problem, they start trying to resist him but don't have any success. The reason is two fold. a. They haven't taken the time to get in God's word and build their faith. b. They don't submit themselves to God first as it tells us below.

Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

Mat 4:6 And said unto him, If you be the Son of God, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

Mat 4:8 Again, the devil took him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Mat 4:10 Then said Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

Jesus didn't try to overcome the devil on His own but quoted God's word. That is our defense today but if a person doesn't know God's word, they are defenseless. Whatever God tells us to do, will not be done unless we do it.

Today it is seldom that people come face to face with the devil as Jesus did. But the devil puts thoughts of doubt, unbelief, fear, and evil in people's minds. When those thoughts enter the mind, the person goes with the thoughts not knowing that they are from the devil.

Every evil deed that is done on the earth, no matter how big or small, no matter how it is done or who does it, is the result of the thoughts put into people's minds by the devil.

Someone might ask, “Why would the devil do all of that?”. The answer is simple. He hates God with a burning passion but he can't do anything to God Himself. His only way to get at God is by causing God's children to suffer by their not knowing the truth and how to defeat him.

Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

John 16:23 And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

If you remember, I said earlier that our weapons are God's words spoken in faith by us. One of the biggest reasons that prayers go unanswered is because the requests are not made in faith. A person cannot ask in faith unless they know they have a right to what they are asking for. If they don't ask in faith, God cannot answer. The only way a person can know they have a right to what they are asking for is to know what God's word says about it. The only way to know what God's word says is to get deadly serious with God get in the word and let the Holy Spirit do the teaching.

Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Don't you know that if these people searched the scriptures to see if what the apostles told them was true, then people sure better be searching today.

That is an interesting statement by James. He said if we don't do what the word says then we deceive our own selves. Naturally if we deceive ourselves it opens the door wide for us to be deceived by the devil.

Whatever level a Christian is on concerning the word of God if they will be obedient in that and diligently seek with all their heart to learn more and be more obedient, God will give them the knowledge that sets them free.

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;

Jesus didn't beat around the bush here. He said the truth shall make you free. Shall is an imperative. It doesn't mean, maybe, hope so, possibly, if it's God's will. It means you can depend on it.

Any child of God who meets the condition set forth in God's word, as recorded by Peter, that person will be taught by God's Holy Spirit and their lives will be revolutionized.

Sadly that doesn't even hint at what it said in the original. Here is the original. 1 Peter 2:2 As new born babes intensely crave the un-deceitful, unadulterated milk of the word that you may grow thereby.

The fact that we are told to crave the un-deceitful, unadulterated milk is proof positive that the word does get used deceitfully and it does get adulterated. When it does it is harmful rather than helpful.

The phrase intensely crave is like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. While I have never had any experience with either, I have talked with those who have. Those people have one characteristic in common. It doesn't matter what anyone else says thinks or does, they are going to get what they are craving.

How does that apply? This is how. When a child of God makes the decision that they want the truth of God's word above anything else in the world and when they get it they will go with it no matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, the Holy Spirit will teach them.

That is 100% correct. Every human is an heir of eternal life. It seems that many people don't fully realize or understand that truth. Once a person takes the necessary action to receive eternal life, the person immediately is an heir of every good thing that God has provided for the heirs.

It is our sincere desire that by the time you finish reading this, you will understand and make the commitment to receive your inheritance of eternal life if you haven't done so. If you are already a child of God our desire is that you will begin to receive every blessing that God' desires to give you.

There are so many conflicting stories out there in the world about God and the origin of man and the earth that confusion reigns supreme. This confusion has one source. It comes from the enemy of all mankind. His name is Satan and is commonly referred to as the devil. As a result of the confusion, many people have rejected God and His son Jesus Christ.

Every human is an heir of Almighty God because of Jesus' death on the cross. As mentioned in the paragraph above every human has an enemy whose name is Satan. He is the mastermind of all the confusion. The reason he does what he does is because he hates Almighty God with a burning passion. He can't do anything to God directly. He can only get at God by getting humans, which are the crown of His creation, to believe his lies, so God cannot bless them.

Gen. 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

Here we find God using the pronouns us and our. That is a clear indication that there was more than one involved in the making of man.

While there are those who deny that there was more than one involved in the making of man, it is because of a misunderstanding caused by Satan. Satan doesn't want anyone to believe there was more than one, to keep them from believing in the activity of God's Holy Spirit in peoples lives and the truth that Jesus was and is God's son, sent to earth to provide the means for humanity to return to the family of God.

Throughout God's word we find references to Him as father. The fact that He used the phrase, ”in our image and after our likeness” is a clear indication that His reason for making man was His father heart. He wanted a family that would love Him and obey Him so He could bless them and make them happy, which would make Himself happy. Also, giving man authority over all of the things on the earth is an indication that He intended for man to have control over everything that God had created.

It is very apparent that something went wrong along the way. Let us see if we can find out what it was and why it happened. We can check on one instruction that was not followed.

It is unfortunate but the following verse is misunderstood by many. They say that God didn't mean that they would die the day they ate the forbidden fruit but would start dying. That may be due to the fact that they don't understand what death is. Physical death is separation of the spirit from the body. Spiritual death is separation from God. So the day that Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, they died spiritually.

Gen. 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.

As a result of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit, the entire human race was born into the family of Satan. Therefore, because of not understanding that, many people believe that a person will go to hell for any number of sins. The truth is that those who go to hell do so because they stay in the family of Satan.

Jo. 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.

Every sin that is committed by anyone is the result of the lies that Satan tells them. This statement by Jesus should make that clear.

Jo. 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Probably, the most powerful and damaging lie ever told by Satan is that he doesn't exist. Once a person accepts that lie it is easy to accept the lies that hell doesn't exist, that Jesus wasn't and isn't the son of God and that God has no desire to bless His children.

Jo. 10:10 The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

How are people destroyed? By sickness, disease, accidents and murder. What do people need to know in order to avoid being destroyed? God's children(Christians) need to know that it is not His will for them to be in a sick and in broken down body, and what He did to provide them a healthy body.

No child of God can ask for anything in faith unless they know they have a right to it. If they don't ask in faith, God can't give it to them.

Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Ro. 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Mal. 1:8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.

That verse leaves no doubt that God will not accept anything but a healthy body. Some will say He has changed in that because we are no longer under the law. Has He really changed? Here is His word on that.

If He doesn't change, then He still requires a healthy body, a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto, God, which is your reasonable service. That being the case, we have some more verses that shed light on it.

1 Pet. 2:24 Who, his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

Jesus' bearing our sins on the cross and shedding His blood is guaranteed undisputable proof that it is God's will for us to be born back into His family. Jesus also experienced two things at the cross, which are guaranteed, undisputable proof that it is God's will for his children to live in a healthy body.

Isa. 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Isa. 52:14 As many were astonished at you; his visage(apperance) was so marred(disfigured) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

That came about because of what Jesus experienced while He hung on the cross. During the three hours of darkness, Jesus' body experienced the worst case of every sickness, every disease and accident that would ever touch a human body. It became so grotesque that had they been able to see it they couldn't have handled it. That was the reason for the darkness.

Since it is abundantly clear that it is God's will that His children live in a healthy body, they should never use the phrase, “if it be thy will”, when asking for healing. The terrible reality is that using that phrase when praying for healing has caused more deaths than all the weapons of humanity throughout history. It shows a lack of faith. That is why God can't provide healing when it is used.

Not only are God's people destroyed for lack of knowledge but they fail to receive everything that is rightfully theirs as children of God, due to lack of knowledge. So, let's look at some things that are lacking.

They don't truly know who they are as children of God. They just think of God as the all knowing, all powerful, creator in heaven. They don't fully understand why He made man, so they miss the reality of His being father even though they use the term father. God made man because of His father heart. He wanted a family that would love Him and obey Him so He could bless them and make them happy which would make Him happy.

Now that we have established the reason God made us, let us consider some other reasons Christians don't get everything that is rightfully theirs.

They don't know what is rightfully theirs. Therefore, they don't know what they have to do to get what is theirs. So it stands to reason that they don't know how to do what they must do.

Since God has already translated His children into the kingdom of His dear son, it stands to reason that everything there, is available when anyone meets the conditions given in God's word.

The word hearing has the sense of hearing over and over until your faith reaches the point that you have no doubt. In reality, true faith is a lack of doubt. Where there is no doubt there is faith.

It must be pointed out that in the above verse and most others in the New Testament, the Greek word translated ask, is not like our word ask. If we ask someone to do something, it is their prerogative whether they do it or not, but that word ask is a demand for something due.

In order to give a clear understanding of that, let us digress for a bit. Let us check some verses in Hebrews chapter 9.

Heb. 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Heb.9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

We must point out that one of the meanings of the Greek word translated testament is devisory will. This next verse indicates that will is the proper translation.

Heb. 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.

Since will is the proper translation, the word ask being a demand for something due, means that when we have met the terms we have a legal right to what we are asking for.

Ro. 10:9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

Believe in that verse does not mean mental assent. It means believing so strongly that you place the destiny of your soul on it and will not back down from the belief and confession.

When you believe that strongly and ask God to save you, He will honor your request and will make you a new person with new desires.

2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Any time a person accepts Christ as their Savior, they come into God's family as spiritual babies. As such they must be fed the milk of the word to grow.

Jo. 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said unto him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, Feed my lambs.

The very first responsibility of a pastor is to feed new Christians the milk of God's word. The second responsibility of the pastor is to feed the sheep. Those who have grown. They are to be fed the meat of God's word.

Jo. 21:16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said unto him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, Feed my sheep.

1 Cor. 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.

When a child of God fails to do what God's word tells them to do, not only do they deceive themselves but, they open the door for Satan to deceive them, steal from them and destroy them.

2 Cor. 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

That indicates that we need to read all of the verses dealing with a subject. In other words, we need to read the other verses that are given for the superscripted letters.

We are convinced that those who have an extremely strong desire to know God's word so that they can get the greatest blessings of God will learn more in a shorter time with the Jesus Is Lord Integrated New Testament. Many people who have purchased it in printed form over the last 7 or 8 years have said that they learned more.

You need to be fully aware of the fact that when you decide to build your faith to receive what Jesus died to provide for you, the devil will attack you either in your thoughts or physically to try to get you to speak words of doubt. It only takes one word of doubt to dig up the seed you plant.

Due to a lack of understanding, many people think that they can read God's word just like they read a newspaper and they will understand it.

Fortunately this is not the case because, the truth of God's word and how to use it is so powerful that if it could be obtained that way, evil men would use that power for destruction.

God's word makes it abundantly clear that only those who have been born again(back into God's family) can get the understanding and even they have to meet conditions given in His word.

We are told in Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…. Sadly that hasn't changed over the years because Christians are still being destroyed by sickness, disease, accidents by people who are controlled by Satan, by weather forces, which some people erroneously call acts of God.

1 Cor. 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Note: It says hidden wisdom.

1 Cor. 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Note: It says princes of this world.

1 Cor. 2:9 But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him. Note: It isn't received automatically.

1 Cor. 2:10 But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. Note: The knowledge and understanding are revealed by God's Spirit.

If we must have faith to please God then it is of utmost importance that we know how to get it. This next verse gives the answer.

1 Cor. 2:11 For what man knows the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knows no man, but the Spirit of God. Note: Only the Spirit of God knows the things of God.

1 Cor. 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Note: Paul was talking to Christians.

1 Cor. 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. Note: He is reiterating the fact that only by the Spirit of God do we get understanding.

1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Note: Natural means one who has not been born again.

1 Cor. 2:15 But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. Note: He means that a Christian who has met the terms to be taught the truth understands thing of the spirit but those who haven't met the terms does not understand him.

1 Cor. 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. Note: Only those who have been taught by God's Spirit have the mind of Christ.

Heb. 11: 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Note: The Greek word translated diligently seek means to crave. Of course if a person craves something they will definitely diligently seek it.

Heb. 11: 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Note: Substance means the assurance. In it's simplest term, faith is believing that what is said in God's word is true.

Ro. 19: 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Note: Hearing here has the sense of hearing God's word about a particular thing over and over until we know for sure that we can act on it. It doesn't mean just reading it silently.

Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Note: The word meditate means to speak aloud. It coincides with Ro. 19:17 above. There is a reason for reading aloud. There is a physical parallel. For example if a person goes to the Doctor and the Doctor prescribes some medicine, how it is administered is determined by the severity of the problem. If it is something minor the medicine will be given by mouth or a shot in a muscle. But if it is critical it will be given in the vain so it will go almost directly to the problem.

Reading Gods word silently is like getting medicine by mouth or in a muscle. Reading aloud is like giving a shot right into a vain. Reading aloud sends the word directly to the spirit without having to filter through the brain.

If a person doesn't know that they have a right to something they can't ask for in faith God can't answer their prayer. In fact praying without faith is a sin. Look at this verse.

Ro. 14: 23 And he that doubts is damned if he eat, because he eats not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Note: While this verse is dealing with eating certain foods the statement “whatsoever is not of faith is sin” applies to everything.

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You don't do that, do you? Well don't get mad. Take time to read this and you will find that you more than likely are in effect doing just that.

If you believe God's word means what it says doesn't it make sense to do what it says to do? So let us look at some things we are specifically told to do and some things Jesus has clearly indicated we are to do.

John 14: 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

John 14:24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

That sounds simple enough doesn't it? But how many times have you asked God for something in Jesus' name and never received it? Did you not receive them because it wasn't God's will or was it for some other reason?

Maybe it was for this reason. You didn't meet the requirements. The word ask in that verse isn't like our word ask. That word ask is a demand for something due. It means if we have met the requirements given in God's word.

1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

So if keeping God's commandments is required for us to get our prayers answered then it behooves us to find out what His commandments are, that we are to keep. Right?

Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why do you call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments.

Matthew 19:18 He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, You shall do no murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If you will be perfect, go and sell that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Matthew 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Quite often when that verse is mentioned, someone will say, there was a small hole in a wall over there that a camel had to get on it's knees to go through. So it means we must humble ourselves. That is not what it means. Look at verse 26.

Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Mark 10:23 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again, and said unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

What it all comes down to is, that if anyone wants their prayers answered and to be blessed they must keep the commandments given by Jesus.

Romans 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

That statement is the absolute truth. In fact, as a rule, we had rather blame God than to take responsibility for ourselves for the bad things that happen. What is the response when someone who has learned how to be blessed tells of something that they have experienced? It is usually, “you are lucky”.

Our only enemy, Satan, the devil has been so successful in deceiving God's children that most of them have accepted the lie that God is responsible for everything that happens whether it is good or bad.

The truth is that we and we alone are responsible for everything that happens in our lives. I know how hard that may sound and to accept but it is true never the less. God has been bringing this to my attention for a long time, at least a couple of years. He made it clear to me today that I must write this article.

The following verse, although Jesus is talking about a fig tree and a mountain, sets forth a principle that applies across the board.

Jo. 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If you have faith, and doubt not, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if you shall say unto this mountain, Be removed, and be cast into the sea; it shall be done.

The key words are “have faith and doubt not”. The simple fact is that when we have faith concerning something, there is an absence of doubt. What is faith anyway? In regard to God's word, it is simply, believing that God told the truth. When it comes to the things we believe about those things, there is no doubt in our mind that our statement is true.

As little as we might think about it, if we think about it at all, the negative things we say, we believe more strongly than the positive things we say. For example. “I believe I am coming down with a cold”. Almost always when a person makes that statement, the cold comes on with a vengeance.

On the other hand, we are prone not to confess, “I am healed” even though God's word says we are. We make the excuse that if we say we are healed when we are sick or in pain we would be lying. We are not to make the statement based on how we feel but we are to make the confession based on the fact that God's word says it is so.

Isa. 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

The question is, are we going to believe God told the truth and say what His word says or are we going to say God lied? The reality is that if we are unwilling to say what God's word says about it, we are calling God a liar.

Whose tongue? Yours. Some common statements concerning death. “When God decides to take us”. “When God gets ready”. “If it's God's will”.

Ps. 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

What is a score? It is twenty, so threescore is seventy. Nowhere in God's word does it give a shorter time for our life. But every promise of God is based upon complete obedience.

We found in Pro. 18:21 that death and life are in the power of the tongue. Now, let's look at some verses in the new testament concerning our words.

Lk. 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

2 Tim. 2:15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Mt. 6:33 But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

2 Cor. 5:21 For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Meet these conditions and God's Holy Spirit will teach you the truth of Gods word and it will revolutionize your life..

1 Pet. 2:21 As newborn babes, desire (intensely crave) the sincere (un-deceitful, unadulterated) milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

There is much controversy in the world about whether there really is a creator. We have all heard the evolution theory. It should be clear to any one with even average intelligence that the theory of evolution is only a theory with no basis in fact.

In order for evolution to be valid, things left to themselves, would still be evolving to higher forms. Of course this is not the case. All things left to themselves, remain the same until they die. In addition, there had to be the beginning for something to evolve from. End of discussion.

Since there is no validity to the theory of evolution, we are brought face to face with the fact there is a creator. So let's be honest and consider what type of being the creator is and why he/she would create the earth and the inhabitants thereof, including man.

We know that we live in an orderly universe, governed by physical laws. If a creator cared enough to create an orderly universe for man to live in, why would that creator deal with man, which is the highest of creation, in a disorderly manner?

What I mean by dealing with man in a disorderly manner is, causing all of the religions of the world to exist. Religion or what we call religion is what we think about the creator and his/her dealings with man. Let's look at what the Bible calls religion. James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this. To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. We see from this that religion is action, rather than what we think about God or His word.

So, why was man created? Unless we understand why man was created, we can never know the creator in reality. Was man created simply because the creator had the ability to do it? Was man created so the creator would have someone to beat up on? Some religions seem to think that was the reason. Others think it was to have someone to worship Him. Or was man created because of love?

Most religions that are called Christian, seem to think love prompted the creation of man. If love was the cause of man being created, then the Creator does not intend to deal with man in a disorderly and haphazard manner.

If man had been created for any other reason than love, then there would be no logical reason to look for and fellowship with Him. Because man is a result of love, then it behooves, us to seek to know and fellowship with Him.

The Christian Bible gives us an accurate account of the creator God, the purpose of man's creation and man's relationship to Him. Sadly, very few people understand what is written therein. There is a clear reason why so few understand what is written in the Christian Bible. In fact, the lack of understanding is what causes people to make statements like, “We are all headed to the same place and it doesn't matter if we disagree”.

The creator is called God in the Christian Bible in the English language and always is referred to in the masculine gender.

We are told in the Bible that God is love and He is referred to many times as Father. It is easily seen from this that man was created because God wanted a family who would love and obey Him by choice. That is why He made man in His own image and in His own likeness.

Satan, who is the opposite of God in purpose and desires, is presented to us in the first book of the Bible. He is portrayed as the originator of evil and the enemy of man. Satan is also a creation of God. Some people ask why Satan was allowed to tempt man. It is simple. Since God wanted His man to love and obey Him by choice, two things had to be available to choose from. Otherwise there could have been no choice.

Why does God want a family to love and obey Him by choice? So He can bless them so they can be happy and thereby cause God the Father to be happy. We learn this from the following scriptures.

Those who have children and love their children know that it makes them happy when they are able to make their children happy.

Why has this not been apparent all along? Simple. Satan, who hates God with a burning passion, cannot do anything to God directly. He must get at God through man. Therefore, he must deceive man about the reality of God and His desire to bless man. It breaks God's heart when He cannot bless his family.

We are told in the book of Genesis that Satan deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden. What was the result of that deception? Adam and Eve disobeyed their Creator and brought about both spiritual and physical death for themselves and their descendants after them.

It might be asked, "How did that get at God?”. John 3:16 in the new testament states clearly that God so loved the world (His man) that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever would believe in Him would be saved. That is, born back into the spiritual family of God. Restored to fellowship with the Father.

Why is there a need to be saved? Because the disobedience of Adam and Eve, the spiritual death which resulted, separated God the creator from His creation, (family). Remember that it was love for a family that caused Him to create man, and His heart was grieved by the separation.

God and man's arch, enemy (Satan) has been very successful in deceiving man about his creator and exactly what God did to restore man to Himself. Satan has succeeded in convincing man that God is man's enemy. In addition, he has also created many religions to further the deception.

Many times in the New Testament, we are told that those who have been saved (born again into the family of God) are heirs. Heirs means there is a will. Where there is a will, the testator (the person who makes the will) must die to put the will into effect. The new testament from Acts 1:1 through the last verse of Jude, is the will that makes us heirs. Chapter 9 of the book of Hebrews tells us that Jesus died to put the will into effect.

Where there is a will, someone in authority has to examine it and declare it to be valid or invalid. We call that probating and it is done by Probate Judges.

God the father was the Probate Judge that looked at the will Jesus put into effect, even before it was written and declared it to be valid. Then He sent His Holy Spirit to tell us all that we had inherited, the terms of the will and to empower us to meet the terms.

God the Father is also the administrator of the will. When Jesus used the phrase, “Whatever you ask in my name…”, the Greek word ask means a demand for something due, In other words, when we meet the terms of the will for what we have inherited and asked for in faith, we have a legal right to it. We find these words, Isa. 43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare you, that you may be justified,

That means that when we come to God for anything, we are to tell Him what the will says. If we have met the terms we can get it then. If we haven't met the terms He will tell us so we can meet the terms and get what we need.

All of the above being true, what have we inherited? The first thing everyone who has been born on the earth is a heir of is eternal life. That means a never-ending child-father relationship with God the Father.

The terns of the will for receiving eternal life are given in these verses, Ro. 10:9-10 If we confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in our heart that God has raised Him from the dead, we will be saved. For with the heart, man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

When any man, woman or child meets those terms and receives eternal life, they are instantly eligible for everything else in the will, provided they meet the terms for each of those things.

The following illustrates how even believers have dealt with the word of God. A wealthy man died, leaving a will with the following terms his heirs had to meet to receive their inheritances. The terms were that each heir had to dig a hole 8' x 10' x 6' deep with a pick and shovel. When the will was read, one of the heirs got excited, took a backhoe and dug a hole with the exact dimensions. But since he didn't do it with a pick and shovel, he didn't get his inheritance so he said, “I guess it wasn't God's will for me to have it”.

Another heir was a mathematician and instantly recognized that 8' 10' x 6' is 480 cubic feet. So he got a pick and shovel and dug up 480 c.f. of dirt but the hole was 20' x 12' x 2'. As with the other heir, since he didn't meet all the requirements, he didn't get his inheritance and like the other said, “I guess it wasn't God's will for me to have it.

The third heir said, “If it is His will for me to have it, I will get it. He did nothing and when he got nothing he used the same refrain as the other two.

The forth heir took a pick and shovel, dug the hole to the specified dimensions. He received his inheritance and the others got mad at him. That is the typical attitude of many Christians when they see some one meet the terms of the will and get their inheritance. They get even madder at the one who met the terms when he/she tries to tell the others how to get their inheritance.

What else have we inherited? What about these? Peace that passes understanding, joy unspeakable, happiness, health and prosperity.

If it was reported by the news media that Donald Trump had died and shortly thereafter you received a certified letter from the administrator of his estate stating that he had left you a million dollars, provided you meet the exact terms of the will, you would surely seek to know and meet the terms.

You have inherited far more and greater things from the creator. Why not be as zealous, study the will, meet the terms and receive what you have inherited.

If you met the terms given above to become a child of God then here is the next step. 1 Peter 2:2 As new born babes, desire (intensely crave) the sincere (un-deceitful, unadulterated) milk of the word that you may grow thereby.

When you have met that condition, God's Holy Spirit will teach you what you have to do and how to meet the terms of the will for every good thing you can ever imagine and some you might not think of on your own.

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John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;

If people are not free in any area it is because they do not know the truth or they are not acting on it. In all probability, they do not know the truth because they do not meet the conditions set forth in the following verse.

1 Pet 2:2 As newborn babes, desire(intensely crave possession ) the sincere(un-deceitful, unadulterated) milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

The phrase intensely crave possession is like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. They have one characteristic in common. It does not matter what anyone else thinks, says or does, they are going to get what they are craving.

How does that apply to a Christian? It applies like this. When a child of God makes the no back down decision that they want the truth of God's word, above anything else in the world, and when they get it they will go with it, no matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, and even if they find that some of the things they had believed, weren't true. When they want it to that extent, God's Holy Spirit will teach them and it will revolutionize their life.

1 Cor 10:13 There has no temptation (adversity [ad·ver·si·ties. 1. A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune. 2. A calamitous event.]) taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer (permit) you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Notice it says make a way to escape that you may be able to bear it. It is up to the person to take the way to escape.

James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted(tested), I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil,( injurious:--bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome,) neither tempts he any man:

Isa. 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

Isa. 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Rom 12:2 And be not 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.

God has one will which is good, acceptable and perfect. We are either in it or out of it. When we are in that will He can protest and bless us. When we are out of that will, we are out in Satan's territory and he can do whatever he wants to and there is nothing God can do about it.

2 Cor 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger (angel) of Satan to buffet (punish) me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Num 33:55 But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which you let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein you dwell.

Josh 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

Judg 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

2 Cor. 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Many people take that verse to mean that Paul had to live with the physical disability the rest of his life. The reality is that God was telling Paul the he knew God's word, what his authority was and how to use it and for him to use it.

2 Tim 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

After enumerating everything he had been through, Paul said that the Lord delivered him out of all. Why did the Lord deliver him? Because he exercised his authority to use the name of Jesus to overcome those things.

Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

If that verse is taken to mean what it seems to, then every bad thing that happens would be included. Fortunately it isn't talking about physical experiences.

The Greek word translated work means co-worker, fellow laborer. Co-worker is a person. That person is the Holy Spirit. The verses just before verse 28 are talking about what the Holy Spirit does. Therefore, verse 28 really means all things the Holy Spirit does.

Even without that information people should know that it didn't mean bad things because few good things come from bad things happening. The reality is that more people turn away from God when bad things happen than those who turn to Him. Since God already knows how everyone will respond to things that happen to them, He would be evil to cause bad things to happen, knowing the person would turn from Him.

If chastisement included bad things happening, then based on the above scripture, everyone who experienced bad things would be considered children of God even if they denied the existence of God. On the other hand, those children of God who knew how to avoid experiencing the bad things would have to be considered as fake Christians because they weren't being chastised.

2 Tim. 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

The Greek word translated instruction is the same one translated chasten. So the only things that God uses to chasten or teach and train His children are His word and His Holy Spirit. They are the only things that are exclusive given to Christians.

As shown in parenthesis the original said to imitate God as dear children. How do children imitate their parents? Do they not walk like, talk like, and act like them?

That verse is just as much a commandment as if it was on tables of stone or in red letters. That being the case, if God had anything what ever to do with bad things happening to His children, then we are commanded to do or cause bad things to happen to our children.

1 Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

1 Cor 2:10 But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us:

1 John 5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

What spirits is he talking about? First of all we have three sources of thoughts. Some are strictly ours. Some are from the Holy Spirit. Some are from Satan. False prophets are following the teaching they receive in their mind from Satan. Therefore we are to test whatever we hear someone say about biblical teachings, by the Word itself. We are to check our own thoughts by the bible.

Let me begin by saying that I am not responsible for getting anyone to believe any of the word of God. That is the job of the Holy Spirit. My only job is to present the truth.

Please read this article carefully and prayerfully because it contains the truth of God's word that can revolutionize your life.

Note: From time to time the same scriptures will be used. This is done for emphasis just as the same statement is used numerous times in God's word for that reason. It is of utmost importance that every child of God realizes where we are on God's timetable.

Every child of God must spend more time in God's word and build their faith in order to be able to overcome the attacks of Satan as we head into the last days.

There is a possibility that you will read things in this article that you have never read or heard before. If you read prayerfully with a desire to serve God and be blessed by Him, His Holy Spirit will give witness with your spirit that these things are true. When this happens, you cannot begin to operate on it immediately. You will have to read and read until faith comes before things will work for you.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a re-warder of them that diligently seek him.

The Hebrew word translated as diligently seek actually means to crave. Of course, if a person craves something they will diligently seek it.

The word hearing in that verse has the sense of hearing and hearing until faith comes. Hear is another verse that backs that up.

Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

The following verses accurately describe the way things are today and are the reason that Christians must get deadly serious with God so He can give them divine protection and provision as things continue their downward spiral.

2 Tim. 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

2 Tim. 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

2 Tim. 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood.

Hosea 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.

Hosea 4:4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest.

Hosea 4:5 Therefore shall you fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother.

As you have read verse 6 says “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge”. Since God's children are being destroyed today, isn't it logical that they are being destroyed for the same reason? Isn't it also logical that they are doing the same things they did then for the same reason?

They don't know fully who they are as children of God. They only think of God in terms of His all powerfulness. They don't understand the reality of Him as father. They don't know why He made man. They think He made man just to worship Him.

The truth is that He made man because of His father heart. He wanted a family that would love and obey Him so He could bless them and make them happy, which would make Himself happy. We see this from the following two verses.

One is that God has delivered us from the power of darkness. What does that mean? It means that Satan(who is the power of darkness) no longer has any authority over us.

The second thing is that we are already in the kingdom of God's son and everything in it is available to us when we meet the terms given in God's word.

Until a child of God knows that they have a right to something, they cannot ask for it in faith and God cannot give them what they are seeking unless they ask in faith.

For example, two of the ways that people are destroyed are by sickness and disease. Few people live in a healthy body and don't have to take any kind of medicine.

Yet, just as Jesus shed His blood and took our sins at the cross for our soul, few people know that He went through two things there for us to live in a healthy body.

Most Christians only know about one of them. They know that Isaiah 53 says that “with His stripes you are healed” and Peter said “by His stripes you were healed”. Isaiah 52 tells the rest of the story.

Isa. 52:14 As many were astonished at you; his visage(appearance) was so marred(disfigured) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

That disfigurement didn't happen from the beating. It was the result of what Jesus went through while He hung on the cross. During the three hours of darkness, His body experienced the worst case of every sickness, disease and accident that would ever touch a human body and it became so grotesque, had they been able to see it they couldn't have handled it. That was the reason for the darkness.

Not only do we have that as proof that it is God's will for His children to live in a healthy body, we have these verses.

Ro. 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

It is clear from that verse that we are to present out bodies in sacrifice. If God is willing to accept a broken body in sacrifice today He has changed.

Ro. 10:9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

Sadly, more often than not, when a person is given that information, they are not told the true and necessary meaning of believe. It is not mental assent. It means that the person believes to the point that they stake the destiny of their soul on believing Jesus was and is the son of God.

2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Cor. 5:18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

So if a person makes a confession of belief in Jesus and their want to doesn't change, they haven't become a new creature.

We are living in perilous times and they will continue to become more perilous. Therefore, it is imperative that every child of God get more serious with God than they have ever been. Every child of God must meet the condition set out in God's word to be taught by God's Holy Spirit. That is the only way they will ever get a true understanding of God's word. Where do you find the condition? Here.

1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire(intensely crave possession) the sincere(un-deceitful, unadulterated) milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

The term intensely crave is like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. They have one characteristic in common. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, they are going to get what they are craving.

When a child of God makes the no back down decision that they want the truth of God's word above anything else in the world and when they get it they are going with it no matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, and even if they find that some things they believed were wrong, God's Holy Spirit will teach them and it will revolutionize their life.

1 Cor. 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Why is it important for everyone to speak the same thing? Because there is much confusion otherwise and God is not the author.

Satan no longer has authority over children of God. What many don't know is that they have authority over Satan and many who do know, don't know how to exercise that authority.

Christians have been given the authority to use the name of Jesus when dealing with Satan. When a child of God doesn't know they have that authority or they don't use it, then Satan will continue to deal them misery.

While sickness, disease and accidents are the primary weapons of Satan, his other and very powerful weapon is thoughts. Very many people, perhaps, consider themselves as physical beings. That is a mistake. People are spirit beings living in a physical body to operate in the physical world. As such, there are three sources for their thoughts. Some are theirs, of course, some are from God and some are from Satan. The only sure way to determine what the source is, is to know God's word.

1 Jo. 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Jo. 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

When Jesus said in that verse “He that believes”, He wasn't talking about just believing to be born into God's family. He was talking about believing the truth that God's children have the authority and responsibility to use the name of Jesus to do the things Jesus did. This next verse is a confirmation of that.

1 Jo. 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Notice that it says, “and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God”. Does that make sense? It does when you understand that the second believing he is talking about is believing that God's children have the authority to do the things Jesus did, using the authority of His name.

One of the reasons that few Christians are receiving all that is rightfully theirs as children of God is that they are not doing what Jesus did.

That leaves no doubt that Christians are to do what God's word says for them to do. In fact, if they don't do what they are told to do, it will not be done. They can plead, beg and cry for God to do it but He will not heed. Also by not doing it, they deceive themselves, which opens them up to the deception of Satan, and allows him to steal what is rightfully theirs.

So if you want to be blessed by God, start being obedient in what you already know. Get serious with God and find out what else you are responsible to do and do it.

The Greek word translated followers in that verse actually means imitators. When a child imitates a parent, they walk, talk and act like the parent. Talking is the most important as evidenced by the following verses.

Ro. 4:17 (As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were.

How does calling things that be not work? This is how. Once a person asks God for something or to do something, they should not keep asking because continued asking indicates that they don't have any idea if God will answer their prayer or not. It is a lack of faith and God can't answer.

So how is this applied? Once a person have asked, from then until the answer becomes a reality, they confess that they have what they asked for or that God has done what they asked Him to do.

What happens is that the first time they make the confession, they plant the seed. As they continue to make the confession they water it, fertilize it and get the weeds of doubt and unbelief out. It builds their faith to the point that their faith reaches out and reaps a harvest.

Any time a person begins to act on that, Satan immediately begins to make things go wrong to get the person to speak doubt or unbelief. Just one word of doubt is all it takes to cut down the stalk. Unless the person starts making their confession again they will not get a harvest.

Normally, when a person doesn't get their prayer answered, they think it is because it wasn't God's will. That isn't necessarily the case. If the prayer isn't contrary to God's word, it is His will. So be sure what you ask for isn't contrary to God's word, then meet the requirements to get it and you shall have it.

any child of His to live in a sick, beat up, broken down body. Many times when I say that to someone they will respond with, “Paul's thorn in the flesh”. I will discuss that in a little bit but first, let us look at some other scriptures that clearly demonstrate God's desire for His children to live in a healthy body.

Ro. 12: 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

He said present bodies which are holy and acceptable. When did God start accepting sacrifices that are sick and broken down? If He is willing to accept them today, He has changed. Yet His word says that He doesn't change.

Mal. 1: 8 And if you offer the BLIND for sacrifice, IS IT NOT EVIL? and if you offer the LAME and SICK, IS IT NOT EVIL? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.

Num. 19: 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer WITHOUT SPOT, wherein is NO BLEMISH, and upon which never came yoke:

Since it is God's will for His children to live in a healthy body, He no doubt made provisions for that just as He made provisions for us to be born back into His spiritual family. The provisions for us to be born back into His family are found in Ro. 10.

Ro. 10:8 But what does it say? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

Ro. 10:9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

Then Jesus did two things at the cross to complete the birth. He shed His blood and took our sins. Those two things are guaranteed undisputable proof that it is God's will.

Jesus also went through two things at the cross that are also guaranteed undisputable proof that it is God's will for His children to live in a healthy body. They are found in Isaiah 52 & 53. Most every child of God knows about the stripes in 53 but the other is found in 52,

Isa. 52:14 As many were astonished at you; his visage (appearance) was so marred (disfigured) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

Those things didn't happen from the beating. They were the result of what Jesus went through while He hung on the cross. During the three hours of darkness, His body experienced the worst case of every sickness, every disease and every accident that would ever touch a human body and it became so grotesque that had they been able to see it, they couldn't have handled it. That was the reason for the darkness.

2 Cor. 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn (1) in the flesh, the messenger (2) of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Numbers 33:55 But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which you let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and THORNS in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein you dwell.

Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and THORNS in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

Since the word messenger means especially an angel and thorn is used figuratively it is easy to see that Paul's thorn was a demon spirit that went everywhere he did stirring up the people against him.

2 Cor. 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Because of the erroneous idea that Paul's thorn was a physical infirmity they think that when Jesus said my grace is sufficient, He was saying, “Paul, you will just have to live with it”. But when it is understood that the thorn was a demon spirit it is easy to see that He was saying, “Paul, you know my word, you know your authority to use my name to take authority over that demon, so act on it.

2 Tim. 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what PERSECUTIOIS I ENDURED: but OUT OF THEM ALL the Lord DELIVERED ME.

2 Cor. 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities (3), in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Ro. 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

So, what all this comes down to is that it is God's will for His children to live in healthy bodies and if you are not there please read this over and over until faith rises up in you and you can reach out and receive that Jesus has paid the price for you to have. Never, never, use the phrase “if it be thy will” when seeking healing. That is an expression of doubt and God can never honor that.

I know God's word. His word leaves no doubt that if you are in any type of bondage, it is your fault. That statement may make you angry, but if it does and you don't finish reading this article you will stay in bondage. However, if you will read this carefully and prayerfully, you will become free.

Jo. 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;

Do you believe Jesus told the truth? If He didn't, then there is no reason to believe anything He said. If He did tell the truth and you are not free in any area, you don't know the truth or aren't acting on it.

Do you have some type of disease or sickness that is draining you financially for high cost medicine? If you do, you don't know the truth or aren't acting on it.

Ro. 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Do you think God is willing to accept a sick broken body as a sacrifice? He isn't. If He is He has changed but His word says He doesn't change.

Since God isn't willing to accept a sick or disabled body as a sacrifice, He undoubtedly made provisions for us to have a healthy body. So let us look at those provisions.

Isa. 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

You know that Jesus shed His blood and took our sins at the cross for our soul. Those two things are positive, undisputable proof that it is God's will for people to be born into His family.

Jesus also experienced two things at the cross, which are positive, undisputable proof that it is His will for us to live in a healthy body. We have already seen the first. Now let us look at the other.

Isa. 52:14 As many were astonished at you; his visage(appearance) was so marred(disfigured) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

He didn't become disfigured from the beating which produced the stripes. The disfigurement came from what He went through during the three hours of darkness while He was hanging on the cross. During those three hours, His body experienced the worst case of every disease, every sickness and every accident that would ever touch a human body. His body became so grotesque that if they could have seen it, they couldn't have handled it. That was the reason for the darkness.

It is time to make something very clear here. When someone sees or hears a new truth of God's word and realizes it is true, they cannot act on it immediately and get results. They must study the new information until their faith is built. Faith in the simplest term is absence of doubt. When the mind is filled with faith, there is no doubt in it. When the mind is filled with doubt, there is no faith in it. The simple fact is that the mind is either filled with faith or doubt.

Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

The word, abide, means to live there. If you don't spend enough time in God's word for it to grow inside your spirit you will not get many, if any, benefits from God. Yet He wants to give you the best of everything. In fact, when He can't give you the best of everything, it grieves Him.

You may have believed that just meant not to grieve Him by sinning. It does mean that but it also means not to grieve Him by not letting Him bless you.

In conclusion, if you will meet the conditions given in the next verse, you will be taught the truth of God's word by His Holy Spirit and you will learn how to get everything good that you can imagine.

1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire(intensely crave) the sincere(un-deceitful, unadulterated) milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

The words intensely crave are like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. I have never dealt with either of those items but have talked to those who have and they have one characteristic in common. It does not matter what anyone else thinks, says, or does, they are going to get what they are craving. How does that apply to Christians? This way.

When a child of God makes the no back down decision that he/she wants the truth of God's word above anything else in the world and when they get it they will go with it no matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, then God's Holy Spirit will teach them and it will set them free and revolutionize their lives.

If we fail to obey the instructions given in these two verses then we will definitely grieve the Holy Spirit and when he is grieved then it breaks God's heart.

Eph. 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Eph. 4:32 And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Many of God's children have the mistaken idea that they are supposed to get everything some day in the sweet by and by when they meet Him in the sky.

Notice that it says He has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son. Has is past tense not sometime in the future.

Since God's children are already in the kingdom of His dear Son, everything He has is available to them in the here and now.

There is just one catch. As we have mentioned in other articles, every promise given by God is based upon complete obedience.

Deut. 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD your God, to OBSERVE and TO DO all his commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth:

Deut. 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God.

It is quite clear from those verses that just partially obeying will not get it. That being true wouldn't it make good sense to find out what God's requirements are for each thing we have available and do those things?

The next question that might arise is how do we find out. That would be an excellent question because unless you know what you are to do you aren't going to be able to do it

So how do you find out? It will more than likely require a major change in the way you approach God's word. You will not find out by reading the verses prescribed in your Sunday school book. It will not be by trying to interpret God's word.

1 Pet. 2:2 As new born babes desire (intensely crave) the sincere (un-deceitful, unadulterated) milk of the word that you may grow thereby.

The phrase “intensely crave” is like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. They have one characteristic in common. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, they are going to get what they are craving.

How does that apply here? It applies like this. When a child of God makes the no back down decision that they want the truth of God's word above anything else in the world and when they get it they are going with it no matter what anyone else says, thinks or does and even if they find out that some things they were believing were wrong then God's Holy Spirit will teach them what they need to do to be blessed as God wants to bless them.

You really need to understand what you find in this article because it can save you from a life of suffering or even having an untimely death.

LK. 11:2 And he said unto them, When you pray, say, Our Father which is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

Why in the name of Jesus would Jesus say to pray for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven if He didn't mean it? Do you think it is God's will for people to be sick in heaven?

Why don't we try to find out from God's word why His children are sick. Aren't sickness, disease and accidents the primary cause of death?

Take note of the fact that it didn't say that God's people are destroyed because it wasn't His will for them to be healthy.

Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Take note of two things in that verse. 1. You can't please Him without faith. 2. You have to diligently seek him to get your reward. The Greek word translated diligently seek, means to crave. Of course if you crave something, you will diligently seek it.

Unless a person knows they have a right to something they can't ask for it in faith and if they don't ask in faith God can't give it to them.

Now let us look at some verses that should build your faith to the point that you will be healed and will not accept Satan's lies again.

Ro. 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

That says that we are to present a body that is acceptable to God and it is our reasonable service. If God is willing to accept a sick body as sacrifice today, He has changed, yet His word says He doesn't change.

Mal. 1:8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? says the LORD of hosts.

So if God didn't accept sick bodies as sacrifice in the old testament and He doesn't change, He must have made provision for us to live in healthy bodies.

Therefore, we need to know what He did. We are going to find out. All of God's children know that Jesus did two things at the cross for our soul. He shed His blood and He bore our sins. That is positive undisputable proof that it is God's will for people to be born back into His family.

The two things He experienced at the cross for our bodies is positive, indisputable proof that it is His will for us to live in a healthy body.

Jesus did two things at the cross for us to live in healthy bodies. Here they are. More than likely every one is acquainted with the first.

Isa. 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

1 Pet. 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

What does Peter mean, “you were healed”? Healed is past tense. He means that since Jesus has already provided the means of healing, God considers it done. It is up to His children to believe it and receive it.

I have not heard anyone talk about the second thing Jesus did for our bodies. We go to Isa. 52 for the rest of the story.

Isa. 52:14 As many were astonished at you; his visage (appearance) was so marred (disfigured) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

That disfigurement didn't come from the beating that caused the stripes. It resulted from what He experienced during the three hours of darkness while He was hanging on the cross.

During that period of time, His body experienced the worst case of every sickness. Every disease and every accident that would ever touch a human body and it became so grotesque that if they could have seen it, they couldn't have handled it. That was the reason for the darkness,

Until I learned the truth that it was God's will for me to be in a healthy body, I went through the same old things others did. I had arthritis, high blood pressure, crazy heart and even spasms on top of my head. I took all kinds of medicine. I am ashamed of it now but I used to regale others at church with all the things I was going through.

Some years back, I went to bed one night and was laying on my back when quicker than a split second, God showed me Jesus' body on the cross while it was so grotesque. It was so horrible that I recoiled so forcefully that I think I pushed the matress down about 5 or 6 inches.

Praise be unto God, I am 75 years old and in perfect health. I take no medicines. I wore glasses for over forty years. Now I put on a pair of reading glasses occasionally when I am reading very small print.

How does one build their faith? It comes from hearing and hearing the truth. So read this until you faith is strong enough to receive your healing.

1 Pet. 2:2 As new born babes desire(intensely crave) the sincere(un-deceitful, unadulterated) milk of the word that you may grow thereby.

The term intensely crave is like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, they are going to get what they are craving.

When a child of God meets the same conditions, they will be taught by God's Holy Spirit. Their life will be revolutionized.

Matthew 7:21 Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works?

I have wondered for years who Jesus was talking about in verse 22 but never bothered to ask God. One day I was in a church where a young evangelist was starting a three day revival and he read those verses. When he read the verses God told me who He was talking about. The first catagory He mentioned was Homosexuals who get ordained. Second was Women who get ordained. Third was Pastors who use the ways of the world to get people into their church. When Pastors do that they are usurping the responsibility of the Holy Spirit. The only responsibility of the pastor is to feed the sheep the truth of God's word.

I have known most of my life that God will never under any circumstances, for any reason, tell anyone to do something contrary to His word. If He did then His word would be worthless. Here is an instruction that we couldn't follow if He ever told someone to do something contrary to His word.

1 John 1:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 Corinthians 11:15 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.

One Sunday when I visited a church God sent me to, an Evangelist that I have known for a number of years was there for a short revival. As he read Matthew 7:21-23, God told me who the people are in verse 22.

He said they are the homosexuals that get ordained, the women that get ordained and the preachers who use the ways of the world to entice people to come to their church.

Any true child of God should easily understand that. I haven't talked to any known homosexuals or pastors that use the ways of the world that I know about but recently I was at a church whose denomination ordains women. I mentioned to the pastor about women being ordained and he tried to justify the ordination by telling me about sister so and so and what great works she was doing. What he was doing, was using the same words to justify her disobeying God's word that they will use when they stand before Jesus as He sits on the throne in judgment.

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works?

As we look at the morals of our nation today and the condition of God's children it is easy to understand why they are as they are.

The pastors and teachers are not feeding the sheep as Jesus instructed. Therefore, God's children do not know what they must do to receive what God has provided for His children.

Jesus didn't make that statement because He liked to hear Himself talk. He meant exactly what He said. Any child of God, who is in physical, financial, mental or any other kind of bondage, either hasn't heard the truth that Jesus was talking about or didn't believe it.

God loves His children with a far greater love than any human parent can love their children and it breaks His heart when they live a defeated life (and the majority of them do) for lack of the truth.

So it would be a prudent move for every person who preaches or teaches God's word, to get deadly serious with God and find out the truth and share it with God's children.

Heb. 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me.

Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Psa 91:4 He shall cover you(me) with his feathers, and under his wings shall you(I) trust: his truth shall be your(my)shield and buckler.

Psa 91:7 A thousand shall fall at your(my) side, and ten thousand at your(my) right hand; but it shall not come near you(me).

Psa 91:14 Because he(I) has(have) set his(my) love upon me(Him), therefore will I(He) deliver him(me): I(He) will set him(me) on high, because he(I) has(have) known my(His) name.

Psa 91:15 He(I) shall call upon me(Him), and I(He) will answer him(me): I(He) will be with him(me) in trouble; I(He) will deliver him(me), and honor him(me).

Psa 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Psa 103:20 Bless the LORD, you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Now pray this prayer from your heart. Father in the precious name of Jesus, I thank you for these three Psalms and I claim the benefits of them, especially Divine protection for myself and every member of my family.

In order to have God's Divine protection we must obey the civil laws. When we disobey civil laws we are disobeying God's word and He cannot protect us.

Titus 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

In 2006 God put Hosea 4:6 heavily upon my heart even though I had never read it before. Then He had me to write articles containing the knowledge from His word that His children need to keep from being destroyed and also to receive everything that is rightfully theirs as His children..

He said that they are destroyed for lack of knowledge. He did not say they were destroyed because of God's permissive will.

In fact he gave a severe penalty to the priest for failure to give the people the knowledge they needed to keep from being destroyed.

Here is the rest of Hosea 4:6. because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.”.

I am talking about God's word. People say they believe it but they are selective in only believing the part they want to believe. Here are some examples.

People have a tendency to believe that all means all in regard to getting forgiveness but don't believe it means all when it says diseases.

Of course some will say that is in the Old Testament which is the law and we are not under the law in the New Testament.

Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Malachia 1:8 And if you offer the BLIND for sacrifice, IS IT NOT EVIL? and if you offer the LAME AND SICK, IS IT NOT EVIL? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts.

Didn't that say that offering the blind, lame and sick is evil? But you say, God has changed in that area. Has He? Let's see what He says about that.

If He hasn't changed then it must still be His will for His children to present a healthy body as a living sacrifice. Therefore He undoubtedly made provisions for them to do so.

We must first realize that God does things in twos. For instance He requires us to believe in our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus is His son in order for us to became His children. Next, Jesus shed His blood and took our sins for us to be born into God's family.

So what were the two things He did for us to live in a healthy body? Most of God's children know about the stripes spoken of in Isaiah 53. In fact this is what Peter had to say about them.

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED.

What did he say? He said you were healed. That is past tense. What it means is that as far as God is concerned you are already healed. It is up to you to receive it.

Isaiah 52:14 As many were astonished at you; his visage(appearance) was so marred(disfigured) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

What does that mean. The Hebrew word translated visage means appearance and the one translated marred means disfigured.

Many people who read that verse think that came from the beating and stripes. It didn't. It was the result of what His body experienced during the three hours of darkness on the cross. During that time Jesus' body experienced the worst case of every sickness and every disease that would ever touch a human body and it became so grotesque, had they been able to see it they couldn't have been able to handle it. That was the reason for the darkness.

Luke 11:2 And he said unto them, When you pray, say, Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

They quote that and say it may not be God's will to heal me. Just think about it for a moment. If God's will is done here and it is for you to be sick here then it would have to be His will for you to be sick in heaven. If the verses above aren't enough to convince you it is His will for you to be in a healthy body Luke 11:2 should convince you.

If you are a child of God and you are in a sickly broken down body and you keep it after reading this, in regard to Jesus' sacrifice for your body, then you are no different in that area than the person who refuses to accept Jesus and be born into God's family. In fact your refusal may hurt God more than the person who rejects Jesus altogether.

Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.

Matthew 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Matthew 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

In the not too distant future Christians will no longer be able to meet together to worship, therefore they need to be a student in the University.

Verse 9 says that Christians will be killed. A time is coming when Christians will be killed when they go to a doctor. That is another reason to be a student, to learn how to get healing from God.

The time is coming when everyone will have to have the mark of the beast to buy food. God's children need to know how to get divine provision and protection when that time comes.

Many have been taught a pre-tribulation rapture. Nowhere in God's word does it say that. People have interpreted certain scriptures to say that, but here are three scriptures that are clear and need no interpretation, which make it clear that it isn't going to happen.

1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent(go before) them which are asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Revelation 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Now that there will be no pre-trib rapture has been established, how does one become a student in the University of THS and what is THS? THS is The Holy Spirit.

The Greek word translated desire means to intensely crave. The Greek word translated sincere means un-deceitful, unadulterated.

The phrase intensely crave means like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. Those people have one characteristic in common.

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, says or does, they are going to get what they are craving. So how does that apply to the child of God? Like this.

Whenever a child of God makes a no back down decision that they want the truth of God's word above anything else in the world and when they get it, they are going with it no matter what anyone else thinks, says or does and even if they find that some of the things they have believed were not correct, they will be taught by the Holy Spirit and it will revolutionize their life.

The fact that it says un-deceitful, unadulterated shows that God's word does get used deceitfully and get adulterated. When it does, it is harmful rather than helpful.

Once the child of God enrolls in the University of THS, they must follow the instructions they receive to be taught and receive all of the blessings God desires for them to have.

Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Colossian 1:13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Translated is past tense, therefore we are in the kingdom and everything in it is good and available to God's children now. It is simply a matter of obedience. Of course if a person doesn't know what they are to do they cannot obey.

Any child of God who is in physical, mental or financial bondage does not know the truth and needs to enroll in the University of THS.

Many people believe that the Bible contradicts itself. It doesn't contradict itself. People only believe it does because they do not understand it. Here is an example.

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.

When they read that, they say He didn't really mean they would die that day but they would start dying. He didn't mean they would start dying. He meant they would die and they did, He was talking about spiritual death which is separation from God. That is the reason and meaning of this verse.

The reason people believe that the Bible contradicts itself is because they think they can read it like any other book and interpret it. They can't do it . They must be taught by the Holy Spirit. The only ones who can be taught by the Holy Spirit are God's children, (those are born back into His family through faith in Jesus) and even they can't get the teaching unless they meet the conditions set forth in God's word.

Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but my Father which is in heaven.

Jesus was telling Peter that he didn't learn who He, Jesus, was by what he had seen but the Holy Spirit had revealed it to him

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

1 Corinthians 2:10 But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

It would be hard to count the number of times I have heard preachers read verse 9 and go off on a rambling dissertation about how we don't know what God will do. Those verses say basically what Jesus told Peter.

Notice it said private interpretation. He means that no individual can interpret it with intellect. This next verse verifies that.

2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, you have said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

They joyfully grab on to the word one and say there is no Jesus or Holy Spirit. If there were it would be God's instead of one.

Wherever the word one is used in reference to God, it is used in the same sense that a group of people discuss an issue and get in complete agreement on it they sometimes use the phrase, “we are one”.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

God the father said let's do it. Jesus and the Holy Spirit agreed. In other words, they were one in agreement. So Jesus took the dirt and formed a body. Then the Holy Spirit breathed into it's nostrils and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Notice that it says a living soul. Not a living body. Man is not a physical being but a spirit being. The man living in the body causes the body to do what it does. When the man, spirit, leaves the body falls and goes back to the dirt it came from.

God is a spirit. Satan is a spirit. Man is a spirit. Because man is a spirit there are three sources for his thoughts. Some are his own. Some are from God and some are from Satan. Every thought that denies the reality of God, of Jesus, of hell and every evil thought comes from Satan.

The reason for that is that Satan hates God with a burning passion but he can't do anything to God Himself so he has to get at God through his love creation man. The first thing Satan does is try to convince man to deny God but if he isn't successful at that he sets out to steal from man everything that God wants to give His children.

John 10:10 The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Satan has to steal the truth of God's word before he can kill and destroy. One of the ways that he steals so he can kill and destroy is to get man to believe that it may be God's permissive will for His children to suffer sickness and disease.

When he can convince them of that, when they pray for healing, they say, “if it be thy will”. That is not faith it is doubt and God can only answer a prayer of faith.

Now let's look at the conditions for getting the true meaning of God's word. But before we do, let me mention that God made man because of His father heart.

Romans 10:9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

I must make this clear. The word believe there is not mental assent. It means a belief so strong that a person stakes the eternal destiny of their soul on it.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Satan attacks God's children with sickness and disease and keeps them there by getting them to believe that if it is God's will He will heal them but if for some reason it isn't His will He will not heal them, so they pray, “If it be thy will”.

In effect they are saying that the word all in this verse means all in the first part but doesn't mean all in the second.

People easily believe that it means all when it says God forgives all their sins, but refuse to believe it means all when it says heals all their diseases. That is being double minded and this is what God's word says about being double minded.

John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you.

Ask is G154 Of uncertain derivation; to ask Compare G4441 and thus differing from G2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154, which is strictly a demand of something due;

That should make it clear to anyone that if they don't get their healing it is because they don't have the truth of God's word concerning healing abiding in them.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTENCE.

It is strange that people believe because some are not healed it is due to God's permissive will but they don't consider it His permissive will when people don't get saved.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Many times preachers will read this verse, then preach a long sermon about how we don't know what or why God does certain things.

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

1 Corinthians 2:10 But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God.

Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but my Father which is in heaven.

Sadly one group of people has taken this next verse to mean that God would build His church upon Peter when He was saying that it would be built upon revelation knowledge.

Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto you, That you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

I have heard preachers say that the gates of hell are coming against the church. That is ridiculous because gates are fixed in place and don't go anywhere.

Many people believe it doesn't matter what we believe if we are sincere. This is especially true in regard to religion. What most people call religion is what they believe about the bible. According to the Christian bible, religion is what we do as a result of what we believe about the bible. Again, let us ask, does it really matter what we believe?

Let us consider some fundamental facts. In the book of Genesis, we are told that a being called God created the heavens and the earth. He also created everything that inhabits the earth, including mankind. It says He created man in His own image and after his own likeness. (Genesis 1:26 Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:.) Man was given authority over all that God had created.

We are told that the first two humans were Adam and Eve. Because they disobeyed their creator, they were separated from Him. As a result, man's arch enemy Satan obtained the authority that had been given to Adam. Mankind was also turned into the family of Satan. He in turn corrupted everything.

Since God did not want his man to be separated from him forever, He prophesied a savior. Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel. In Mat. 1 we find that Jesus is that Savior. Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

It is recorded that Jesus began His ministry around the age of thirty. Demon's acknowledged Him as the Son of God. Eventually Jesus admitted that He was the Son of God. Jesus also made this statement: John 14:6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me. He also said: Luke 12:9 But he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. Now, He either told the truth or He was the most colossal liar of all time.

If He lied, then it is stupid for anyone to have anything to do with the Christian bible because He lied about other things too. And yet, He said: John 8:55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

However, if He told the truth, then it is high time that we quit worrying about offending those of other religious beliefs such as Hindus etc:, and realize that they will spend eternity in torment unless they accept Jesus Christ as Savior.

How does a person accept Jesus Christ as Savior and get born into the family of God? Follow these instructions: Rom 10:8 But what says it? The word is nigh you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

Rom 10:9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

Everyone needs to know that the word believe there does not mean mental assent. It means believing so strongly that the person stakes the eternal destiny of their soul on that belief. When that is done the person get born back into the family of God and their want to changes.

That goes for the so-called atheists, agnostics, evolutionists and anyone else who denies that Jesus is the only way to miss everlasting punishment.

Either one is dangerous. Teaching it is adding to or taking from Revelation. Believing it or teaching it means you are not warning the people. It is totally contrary to what it says in Revelations. The following scriptures give positive proof that it will not happen.

1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4: 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent(preceded) them which are asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Revelation 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

The last verse clearly says that those who are beheaded during the tribulation are in the first resurrection and the Greek word translated first means there were none before it. Now check 1 Thessalonians 4:15 again.

People who teach pre-tribulation rapture say that when the church is raptured the Holy Spirit will be taken up. They use this scripture to justify that idea.

2 Thessalonians 27:7 For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now lets will let, until he be taken out of the way.

However the phrase “taken out of the way”, simply means moved aside like the signs on the highways say for vehicles involved in a wreck to be moved from the traffic lane.

We are in the period described in this verse and it is time to get prepared because no one can build their faith to get Devine protection and provision when thing get much worse.

Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.

Because of that the devil is pulling out all the stops and causing more evil to be done than ever before. He is causing weather calamities and getting people, even preachers to say that God is doing it. God is not doing anything bad.

2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

You really need to understand what you find on these pages because it can save you from a life of suffering or even having an untimely death.

LK. 11:2 And he said unto them, When you pray, say, Our Father which is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

Why in the name of Jesus would Jesus say to pray for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven if He didn't mean it? Do you think it is God's will for people to be sick in heaven?

Why don't we try to find out from God's word why His children are sick. Aren't sickness, disease and accidents the primary cause of death?

Take note of the fact that it didn't say that God's people are destroyed because it wasn't His will for them to be healthy.

Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Unless a person knows they have a right to something they can't ask for it in faith and if they don't ask in faith God can't give it to them.

Now let us look at some verses that should build your faith to the point that you will be healed and will not accept Satan's lies again.

Ro. 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Mal. 1:8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? Says the LORD of hosts.

So if God didn't accept sick bodies as sacrifice in the old testament and He doesn't change, He must have made provision for us to live in healthy bodies.

Jesus did two things at the cross for us to live in healthy bodies. They are also positive undisputable proof that it is His will for us to live in healthy bodies. Here they are. More than likely every one is acquainted with the first.

Isa. 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

1 Pet. 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

I have not heard anyone talk about the second thing Jesus did for our bodies. We go to Isa. 52 for the rest of the story.

Isa. 52:14 As many were astonished at you; his visage (appearance) was so marred (disfigured) more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

That disfigurement didn't come from the beating that caused the stripes. It resulted from what He experienced during the three hours of darkness while He was hanging on the cross

During that period of time, His body experienced the worst case of every sickness, every disease and every accident that would ever touch a human body and it became so grotesque that if they could have seen it, they couldn't have handled it. That was the reason for the darkness,

People believe it means all when it is talking about being forgiven but it doesn't really mean all when it comes to healing.

Please understand that all means the same no matter what it is referring to unless a reason is given that explains why it doesn't and in Psalms 103:3 there is nothing given to say that it means all in regard to being forgiven but not in regard to healing.

Some years back, I went to bed one night and was laying on my back when quicker than a split second, God showed me Jesus' body on the cross. It was so grotesque that I recoiled so forcefully that I think I pushed the mattress down about 5 or 6 inches.

Praise be unto God, I am 76 years old and in perfect health. I take no medicines. I wore glasses for over forty years. Now I put on a pair of reading glasses occasionally when I am reading very small print.

How does one build their faith? It comes from hearing and hearing the truth. So read this until your faith is strong enough to receive your healing.

One last thing. If you will meet this requirement, God's Holy Spirit will teach you the truth of His word and it will revolutionize your life.

1 Pet. 2:2 As new born babes desire(intensely crave) the sincere(un-deceitful, unadulterated) milk of the word that you may grow thereby.

The term intensely crave is like a dope addict craves dope or an alcoholic craves alcohol. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, thinks or does, they are going to get what they are craving.

How does this apply to Christians? In this way. When a child of God makes a no back down decision that they want the truth of God's word above anything else in this world and when they get it they are going with it no matter what anyone else says, thinks or does and even if they learn that some of the things they had believed were untrue, He will teach them.

One other thing. The so-called permissive will of God. If He has a permissive will, it is His will for it to happen. But He has only one will. It is good and acceptable and perfect.

Mt. 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Here is the meaning of the Greek word translated save in that verse. Deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):-heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.

Jo. 1:29 The next day John sees Jesus coming unto him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.

What is that sin and how did it come about? That sin, is being in the spiritual family of Satan, It came about when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve's sin of disobedience caused the entire human race to be born into Satan's family.

Jo. 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Jo. 3:4 Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? San he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

Jo. 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Jesus makes it clear that to get out of Satan's family a person has to have a spiritual rebirth into the spiritual family of God.

Ro. 10:9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.

Ro. 10:10 For with the heart man (1) believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

1. The word believe in that verse is not like our word believe. Here is the meaning of the Greek word translated believe: pisteuoo from G4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing) that is, credit, by implication to entrust (especially one's spiritual wellbeing to Christ): --believe ®, commit (to trust), put in trust with.

2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, HE IS A NRE CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW.

2 Cor. 5:18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation.

Jo. 16:13 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show(tell) you things to come.

Jo. 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees Him not, neither knows Him: but you know Him; for dwells with you, and SHALL BE IN YOU.

Ro. 8:9 But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.

It is now time to get to the nitty gritty. What is the sin of not doing that causes a person to go to hell? It is not believing God and meeting the conditions of Ro. 10:9 &10.

Satan has been telling you that God is terrible to send anyone to hell. You should understand by now that God is not a monster and doesn't just arbitrarily send people to hell. Those who go there do so because they believe the lies of Satan instead of believing the truth of God and meeting the terms of Ro. 10:9 & 10.

Matthew 7:21 Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works?

I have known most of my life that God will never under any circumstances, for any reason, tell anyone to do anything contrary to His word. If He did then His word would be worthless. Here is an instruction that couldn't be followed if He ever told someone to do something contrary to His word.

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 Corinthians 11:15 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.

He has been sending me to a different Church every to give the pastor a copy of these booklets. One Sunday when I was at one of the Churches, an Evangelist that I have known for a number of years was there to start a 3 day revival. He read Matthew 7:21-23 and when he did, God told me who the people are in verse 22.

Just three groups. 1. Homosexuals who get ordained. 2. Women who get ordained. 3. Pastors who use the ways of the world to entice people to come to their Church.

Any true child of God should easily understand that. I haven't talked to any ordained homosexuals that I know of. I do know a number of women who are ordained. I know at least one pastor who uses the ways of the world to get people into his church and his teaching has caused some to believe that it is ok to lie. He undoubtedly does not believe this scripture.

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THIER PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNS WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: which is the second death.

As we look at the morals of our nation today and the condition of God's children, it is easy to understand why they are like they are.

Many pastors and teachers are not feeding the sheep as Jesus instructed. Therefore, God's children do not know what they must do to receive what God has provided for His children.

Jesus didn't make that statement because He liked to hear Himself talk. He meant exactly what He said. Any child of God, who is in physical, mental, financial or any other kind of bondage, either hasn't heard the truth that Jesus was talking about or didn't believe it if he heard it.

God loves His children with a far greater love than any human parent can love their children and it breaks God's heart when they live a defeated life(and the majority of them do) for lack of the truth.

So it would be a prudent move for every person who preaches or teaches God's word, to get deadly serious with God and find out the truth and share it with God's children.

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