The Narrow Gate

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. This is Rob Haymes. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Praise you Father. We just praise you right now in Jesus’ name. We thank you Father for this program, The Narrow Gate. We just thank you for it. Let’s turn to Mat 7:13&14, Jesus was speaking, and He said, Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Let’s turn to Mat 7:21-27, Jesus said, Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness! 

Then He said, Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall. 

Ok, let’s turn to Mat 25:31-46, When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you? And the King will answer and say to them, Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me. Then He will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you? Then He will answer them, saying, Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. I just want to quote that verse again, …these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Ok, now let’s turn to 1 Pet 1:13-23, Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 

because it is written, Be holy, for I Am holy.  And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 

He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the Word of God which lives and abides forever. Let’s turn to 2 Pet 1:2-11, Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, or endurance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Have you forgotten that you were cleansed from your old sins? Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Jesus said, If you love Me, keep My Words. He said, Enter by the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many who go in by it, because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.  The way to and through the narrow gate is love, true love. The only way you can find the narrow gate is by love, and the only way you can go all the way through it is by love. Love is patient, love is kind, love endures all things, hopes all things; love never fails. Jesus said, Greater love has no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends; loving God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and loving your neighbor as yourself; love does no ill to his neighbor; doing to your neighbor as you would have him do unto you. When you see him hungry, feed him, or thirsty, give him a drink. If he’s naked, clothe him. 

In 1 John it is written, If you have this world’s good, you know, if you have money, if you have clothes, if you have food, and you see your brother or your sister in need, and you do not minister to them, how dwells the love of God in you? If you are only mindful of yourself and your own needs and desires, seeking your own pleasures, seeking money or power; the things of this world: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, you cannot see the way. You won’t be able to find that narrow way unless Jesus has mercy on you and deals with you to bring you to repentance and the love of God. He said, I Am the way, I Am the truth, and I Am the life. No one comes to the Father but by Me. He will lead you through that narrow gate, and in His way. But it is difficult; it is hard, because, before you can come before the Father, you must be changed; you must be broken; you must be purged and conformed to His image. You must seek Him with all your heart. You must seek after righteousness and you shall be filled. You will find God when you seek Him with all your heart. If you love the world, the love of the Father is not in you. If the love of God is in you, when you are confronted with the truth, you will repent, and turn to Him with all your heart. You will stay faithful to Him as He brings you through the narrow gate to purge you and wash you and create in you a clean heart and righteousness from the God of your salvation: the righteousness which is from God by faith in Jesus’ sacrifice for you on the Cross. You will love Him because He so loved you that He gave Himself for you and washed you from your sins in His own Blood.

The last thing, the last thing you would ever want to do is continue in any sin after He has revealed and proven His love for you by His sacrifice for you on the Cross. He died for our sins and rose again for our justification. The narrow gate is the cross. We must deny ourselves and take up our own cross every day and follow Jesus, being led by; yielding to the Holy Spirit every day as He leads us in following Jesus to do the Father’s will. Remember, Jesus said, the only ones, the only ones who are going into the Kingdom of Heaven are they who do the will of His Father. Not my will, Father, but yours be done. Is that your heart? Or are you still after your own pleasures? Do you love Him? In Mat 25:41, Jesus made it clear when He said, Depart from Me you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels… Consider the word, everlasting: it never ends, day after day; night after night, eternal torment and pain, with no rest forever, but, continual joy, glory and peace with Jesus and with His Father in His Kingdom, to those who continue and remain faithful unto death through that narrow gate. Only the love of God can sustain you through it. Everlasting life, or everlasting death: it’s one or the other. 

Interpretation of a message in tongues:

 I Am God Almighty. Behold, I have spoken through My servant Rob to warn you this day. The way is narrow that leads to eternal life. You must seek it with all your heart. Turn to Me with all your heart and seek Me with all your heart and you will find Me, says the Lord. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com 

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)

 Walking Disorderly

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Amen! Thank you Father for this day. We thank you Lord; we praise your holy name.

Thank you Father for your love for us: you gave your Son for us; you are for us; you are with us. Thank you Father. Your ways are true and just. Thank you Lord.

Today’s program is called, Walking Disorderly. Let’s turn to 2 Thess 3:6, But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us. For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Notice: this is a commandment from the Apostle Paul to the Church. 

Let’s turn to Acts 20:32, Paul said, "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me. I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " Eph 4:28, Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Psalm 128:1, Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. These are His ways: to eat the labor of our own hands, and we will be happy, and it shall be well with us. Prov 21:25 & 26, The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not spare. 

Let’s turn to Mat 5:43, Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. God is always giving. Acts 17:24 & 25, God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and Earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. He gave His Son, His only beloved Son, for us, that we might live. God is always working: He is caring for and sustaining His entire vast creation, every moment, continuously. If you are His son or daughter, through Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for you upon the Cross, He has provided for you all things in Him. Php 4:19, And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. But, like Him, you must work. As we have seen in the scriptures we have read, we must labor with our hands in that which is good, that we too may have something to give to someone in need. We must fear Him and walk in His ways, as we read in Psalm 128, and we will be blessed, when we eat the labor of our hands; we will be happy, and our wives and children will be blessed, and we will have something to give to others in need, and we will be blessed in giving to them. If we refuse to labor, we should not eat. That is a commandment from the Apostle Paul to the Church. If we eat, we are eating someone else’s labor of their hands. Paul said we should support the weak. There are those who are weak, disabled or elderly, and they cannot work very much, and we who are able are supposed to labor and take care of our own needs, and help others in need as God leads us. If you are a Christian: someone who claims to be a follower of Jesus, and you are able to work, and you are lazy, and you don’t want to work; if you’re not working, but you’re eating other men’s labors, you are walking disorderly and you need to repent. You need to go to work now! Ask God for a job. He can give you good work. Be willing to do whatever He gives you, and work hard and do a good job, serving Him and those you are working for, and He will bless you. You will be happy when you fear Him and do this and eat the labor of your own hands and give to others as He leads you to help them. 

You will also have something to give to God. Give Him a tithe and an offering as He prospers you, and you will be blessed.

There are some people in the Church who know how to manipulate other people to give to them, and they live off of their labors. They are wicked, and unless they repent and do their own work, they will have to give an answer to Jesus for what they have done. He knows your works. Are you one of those people, REPENT! FEAR GOD! You may be able to deceive some people, but you’re not fooling God. He knows you and He is going to give unto everyone of us according to our works. 

Prophecy:

I am God Almighty! Those of you listening to My servant Rob this day, Consider these words that I have given Him to speak to you. All of you who are able must work. I will be with you in your work; I will bless you, as you work and serve those for whom you are working, and you will have to give to others; you will be happy; you will be blessed, says the Lord. But if you refuse to work, and you try to manipulate others to support you, you will be cursed; you will not be blessed; that is not a blessing. So, if that’s you, turn and repent and walk in My ways, says the Lord, and you will be blessed.

God is serious about this: this is really serious stuff. This is not some game. Rom 2:4, Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. 

We know people who have disabilities, but they are working hard and providing for their own needs and the needs of others. They are not relying on other people to take care of them. If you are not disabled and you are able to work, you need to work, doing that which is good, and God will bless you; you will be happy. If you live off of other people’s labors, you will not be happy. Repent and turn to God, and learn His good ways, to walk in them. He loves you and He will help you. God is working and giving, and as His children, we need to be doing the same: working and giving as He provides. 

I am speaking these things by experience. Both my wife and I have been blessed through our work. God gave us work; we worked hard; we worked unto Him; we sought to do excellent work and do a good job and God blessed us, for many years. So I know this by experience in my own work. The first thing that happened to me, when I became a Christian, was I got a job. Before that, I was living off of other men’s labors as a sinner. 

But when I got saved, the first thing God led me to do was get a job, and He gave me a good job. And He will do the same for you. I learned to really enjoy my work, even though it was hard sometimes.  The work is not always easy, but it is always a blessing to labor, working with your own hands, providing for yourself and for others. God was with me in my work, protecting me, and blessing me with many good jobs, and He will do the same for you, if you will look to Him and trust Him and walk in His ways.

Thank you Father, in Jesus’ name, for every person reading this message. Anyone who is not working, and they know that they should be working, Lord, help them. Move in their hearts; grant them repentance and grant them a good job; lead them to a good job, I pray Father, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com .   

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)

 The Good Samaritan

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Father for this day. We praise your holy name! Thank you for this message. 

Father I pray that you would open our hearts and give us understanding of what you are saying by your Holy Spirit. 

Today’s program is called, The Good Samaritan. So let’s turn to Luke 10:25 and read about the Good Samaritan. And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?" So he answered and said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live." But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Then Jesus answered and said: "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.' So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?" And he said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." 

Let’s turn to James 2:13, in the King James Version it says, For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment. Luke 6:36, Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. Verse 38, Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you. 1 John 3:16, By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 

Jesus had compassion on people. Let’s turn to Luke 7:11, Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us"; and, "God has visited His people." And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region. When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her. Jesus said, I only do what I see My Father doing, and I only say what I hear My Father saying; He said, It’s the Father in Me doing the works. So, truly, it was the Father in Jesus having compassion on many people, and leading Jesus to heal them, or provide for them food, as in Matthew 15, where Jesus fed the multitude: He said, “I will have compassion on the multitude, unless they have to go home fasting and faint in the way.”

It was the love and compassion of the Father that caused Him to have great mercy on us, and to give us His only beloved Son to suffer and die for our sins; to save us from our sins, and from the wrath of God to come. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another, in deed and in truth, as the Father, in His great love and compassion, leads us by His Holy Spirit in showing mercy on people and having compassion on them, and ministering to their needs. We must be led by the Holy Spirit in the Lord’s compassion with people. They that are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. It must be according to the will of the Father. Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice and they follow Me.” The Holy Spirit will bring us to people in need that He wants us to have compassion on, and He will show us what to do. We better not harden our hearts: for when He is leading us to show mercy, and we refuse, the day will come when we need mercy and we will not receive it. 

There was a man that was lame from his mother’s womb, whom they used to set at the Temple Gate called Beautiful, every day, that he might beg and receive alms. We know that Jesus went into the Temple many, many times. The Bible does not say, but it is very likely that He saw or heard this man begging. He did not heal him. We know that. The Father did not lead Him to heal that man. But in Acts chapter 3, the Lord led Peter and John to have compassion on that man, and God healed him, in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and over 5,ooo people were saved, when they saw the man healed and heard Peter’s preaching. So God had a plan for that man: it was not for Jesus to heal him while He was on the Earth, but for His disciples to heal him, by the power of the Holy Spirit and by faith in His name, and for many people to be saved. Also there were many sick people at the pool of Bethesda, but the Father had compassion only on one man there that day, and Jesus healed him.  John 5:2, Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.   When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me." Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed and walk." And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. God has said, I will show mercy on whom I will, and whom I will, I will harden.  So it’s God who has mercy, and He gets all the glory.

So you see how important it is that we follow Jesus, being led by the Holy Spirit in showing mercy and having compassion on people. When we feel sorry for people and we do things to try to help them, without seeking God’s counsel, it may not work out too well, for them or for us. It is a work of our flesh, and it profits nothing. Like with all giving and showing mercy, we must understand what the will of the Lord is and obey Him. We must have a heart of love and compassion along with the fear of God, to be ready to show mercy every time He is leading us, and not harden our hearts.

Mat 25:31, Jesus said, “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.' "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' "Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?' Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." 

What do we do when we see someone in need? We simply pray and ask the Father, What do you want me to do Lord? Seek to do His will in the situation and obey Him with what you have. Sometimes it may not be easy to obey Him, but He will be with you. It takes love and courage and compassion and wisdom and understanding. As you step out in love and faith, in obedience to Him, Jesus will be with you. The Good Samaritan took the injured man to an inn and took care of him there. God may lead you to do the same. Seek to do good and show mercy and God will lead you. Ask Him for wisdom and understanding to recognize when someone is just trying to use you and take advantage of you. There are many crafty people who know how to take advantage of people who want to give and show mercy. So seek God and be sure what kind of person you are dealing with, and what His will is for you in the situation. God bless you.

Interpretation of a message in tongues:

I am God Almighty. Those of you listening to My servant Rob this day, hearken to these My Words that I have given him to speak to you. I want you to have love, My people; I want you to show compassion: for there are many needy people in this hour, but I want you to obey Me; I want you to learn to be led by My Holy Spirit in showing mercy; in giving money; in doing what I lead you to do by My Spirit. Then you will have a true reward in the Day to come.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)

 The Blessing of Abraham 

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Today’s program is called, The Blessing of Abraham. Let’s turn to Genesis 12:1, Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the Earth shall be blessed." 

Now let’s turn to Galatians 3:10, For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them. But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for The just shall live by faith. Yet the law is not of faith, but The man who does them shall live by them. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree, that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 

Abraham believed God; he obeyed God. He was righteous by faith. He loved God. He worshiped God. Everywhere that Abraham went he built altars, and worshiped God. He was righteous by faith working by love. So are we righteous by faith in Jesus; faith in His sacrifice for our sins. Jesus bore all our sins, all the sins of the human race, in His sinless body on the cross. Our faith is through the Gospel. We are righteous by believing in His shed blood atoning perfectly for all of our sins. Through repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ we are righteous. And then we are to be led by the Holy Spirit. We receive the Holy Spirit, fulfilling the righteousness of the law, obeying the Lord, being led by the Spirit. 

Love does no ill to his neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. So, as we walk in love we are going to be keeping the sayings of Jesus. He said, this is love, that you keep my sayings. So as we continue with the Lord, we’re going to be keeping His sayings; that’s love; we’re going to be walking in love, being led by the Spirit to do the will of the Father. We need the Holy Spirit. The gift of the Holy Spirit is not an option. It’s absolutely essential to fulfill the righteousness of the law; to walk in obedience; to understand the scriptures; so many things are given to us through the Spirit. You cannot possibly be led by the Spirit without receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. If we look in Acts 1:8, Jesus said, But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the Earth. John the Baptist said, in John 1:33, I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, “Upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.”

So you need the Holy Spirit. You need the power of the Holy Spirit to lead you, to give you the words to speak, to be witnesses to Jesus. The Bible says the Gospel is not in word only, but it is also in power. Jesus Christ was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit, and we preach the Gospel by the power of the Spirit as He leads us. He leads us to the people He wants us to talk to. He gives us the words by the Spirit, what to say, and the power of the Lord will be manifested. The Holy Spirit also convinces of sin, righteousness and judgment. The Father, through the Holy Spirit, draws people to Jesus. And the Holy Spirit is the one who sends us, as in Acts chapter 13 where the Holy Spirit sent Saul and Barnabas to start their ministry in Asia. We need the Holy Spirit. It’s not an option to receive the Holy Spirit.

If you look at the beginnings of the Church: the Gospel was preached; people heard the Gospel; they were convicted of their sins; they repented; they believed; they were baptized in water, and they were baptized in the Holy Spirit; three separate experiences. Let’s look in Acts 8. If you look at this scripture, and you consider it clearly, you can see what I’m talking about. Phillip went down to Samaria and preached the Gospel, verse 6, And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. And there was great joy in that city. Verse 12, But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. Verse 14, Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. So you can clearly see here, they heard the Gospel; they saw the power of God; they saw the Gospel demonstrated; they repented; they believed the Gospel; they were baptized in water for the remission of sins, and then, later, the Apostles came, laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. As you see in verse 16, He was not yet fallen upon them. The Holy Spirit comes upon a believer when they receive Him.

Luk 11:9, So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! So you seek after the baptism in the Holy Spirit, you ask, but it is the blessing of Abraham to receive the Holy Spirit, to be led by the Holy Spirit, to do the will of the Father. So it is with us: if there is wickedness in our lives, if there is witchcraft in our lives, we need to be delivered, we need to repent, we need to seek after God and be cleansed, and then we can receive the Holy Spirit. Some people ask, but they don’t receive because of these problems. But if a person will humble themselves and seek the Lord, and seek to be purified, and then ask for the Holy Spirit, they shall receive. Whatever you have to do; fast, pray, and seek the Lord to lead you in repentance, and to deliver you from witchcraft. Many preachers operate in witchcraft to control the people, and if we have been in a situation like that for any number of days, we can be bound up with that witchcraft. It says in Acts 8 about Simon, that he had for a long time bewitched the people, and he wanted to give Peter money so that he could lay hands on people to receive the Holy Spirit, and Peter said, "Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity." So we see that Simon was not in a position to receive the Holy Ghost, even though he had believed, and was baptized in water, because of the witchcraft, because of the bitterness; unforgiveness in his heart. He needed to repent. He needed to forgive. He needed to be cleansed. Unforgiveness will cut you off, because you are not forgiven until you forgive, according to the Words of the Lord Jesus.

We need the Holy Spirit to be led by the Spirit and to do the will of the Father; to walk in the Spirit and not fulfill the lust of the flesh, otherwise you are walking in the flesh, and the righteousness of the law is not being fulfilled in you. In Romans 8 it says, the righteousness of the law will be fulfilled in those who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. If you don’t have the Holy Spirit, you cannot walk in the Spirit. So you will be walking in the flesh, and you will be justifying yourself by keeping some form of law, religious rules, or traditions. And people do that. They go to church; they sit in a certain place in the church; they do certain things in the church, and they feel like, because they are keeping those traditions and rules, that they are righteous before God. Righteousness is by faith, and by obedience. And to obey God you need to be led by the Spirit. To be led by the Spirit you need to receive the Holy Spirit. The gift of the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential, not an option, to walk in righteousness and do the will of God, and be led by the Spirit, and not be under the law, doing the will of the Father. 

If we look in Matthew 7, at the end of the Sermon on the Mount, we see how serious this is: Mat 7:21   "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' This brings another dimension into this: These people had the Holy Spirit. There is no way you can cast out devils, according to the Words of Jesus, except by the Holy Spirit. There is no way you can prophecy except by the Holy Spirit. So, even if you have the Holy Spirit, you must have faith; you must have love; you must love God: you want to obey God; you want to do the will of God. But you must have the Spirit in order to be led by the Spirit to do the will of the Father.

Also, you cannot pray in tongues and build yourself up on your most holy faith, as it says in Jude, unless you have the Holy Spirit, unless you’re filled with the Holy Spirit. So what do people do? They are taught that they have the Holy Spirit; they are taught that they got the Holy Spirit when they were baptized in water. They go to church, they keep their religious traditions, and they feel like they are righteous before God. They have no need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. They have no need to speak in tongues. They are even taught that tongues are of the devil, tongues are not of God, tongues have passed away. Speaking in tongues is just one gift of the Holy Spirit. We need the gifts of the Spirit in order to edify one another, in order to edify the Church, to build one another up. In 1 Corinthians, chapter 12, it talks about the various gifts of the Spirit, and various ministries and governments that the Lord has given to the Church. At the end of chapter 12 it says, But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way. 1 Co 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. So, we walk in the Spirit; we walk in love; we edify the body of Christ. 1Co 14:26  How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 

So what is it? The Lord is making a holy people, by the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. Also, the Holy Spirit is the comforter and He will be with you forever. Jesus said, I’m not going to leave you alone. When I go to the Father I’m going to send the Holy Spirit, I’m going to send the Comforter, and He will be with you forever. We need the Holy Spirit. He is not an option; He is God. If you want to walk with God, you need the Holy Spirit. If you want to be religious, that’s another story altogether.

The Word with the Spirit is life. As Jesus said in John chapter six, Unless you eat of my flesh and drink of my blood you have no life in you; people were offended at Him, and He said, Does this offend you? He said, It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The Words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are life. So it’s the Word of God with the Spirit, not just the Word of God. And, the Word of God is the sword of the Spirit. So as you pray, the Holy Spirit will lead you in warfare against powers of darkness, against the devil, who wants to destroy you. You have no power against the devil without the Holy Spirit, and he wants to destroy you, and he has power. So you need, as it says in Ephesians 6, the whole armor of God, otherwise you are not equipped to war a good warfare: Eph 6:10, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints…This is how you’re going to war a good warfare, by which you’re going to overcome, by which you’re going to inherit all the promises of God. You overcome by the power of God through faith in the Gospel: God so loved us, that He gave His only Son a living sacrifice for our sins, that whosoever lives and believes in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. So, all things are for edification. Love God, and be led by His Spirit to do His will, keep His Words, and love your brother and your sister.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)

 Noah Found Grace

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Lord for this day! Thank you Lord for this program. Today’s program is called, Noah Found Grace. Let’s turn to Gen 5:28. In verse 1 of chapter 5 it says, This is the book of the genealogy of Adam, and we’re going to skip on down to verse 28,  Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son. And he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed." After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died. And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Gen 6:1, Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the Earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. And the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." There were giants on the Earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the Earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the Earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the Lord said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the Earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 

This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The Earth also was corrupt before God, and the Earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the Earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the Earth. And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the Earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the Earth. Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the Earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the Earth shall die. But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the Earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them." Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. 

Gen 7:1, Then the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the Earth. For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the Earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the Earth all living things that I have made." And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the Earth. So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the Earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 

And the rain was on the Earth forty days and forty nights. On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark—they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in. Now the flood was on the Earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the Earth. 

The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the Earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved on the Earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the Earth, and every man. 

All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 

So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the Earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. And the waters prevailed on the Earth one hundred and fifty days. 

Gen 8:1, Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the Earth, and the waters subsided.  Noah’s family was saved, his immediate family; his children, because of his righteousness, through the grace that he found in the eyes of the Lord. He was a just man, and a preacher of righteousness. In 1 John 3:7&8 we read, Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 

He who sins, or he who practices sin,  is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Noah was a man who practiced righteousness. Noah walked with God. In the original Hebrew, Gen 6:9, it is written, Noah, a man righteous, was blameless in his generation. In verse 8, Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah walked in righteousness. When he sinned, and everyone has sinned, except our Lord Jesus Christ, he confessed his sin; he made an offering; he did not continue in it. He repented and walked on with God in faith. He did not practice sin. He found grace because his heart was toward God: he feared Him, and he obeyed Him. Verse 22, Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. 

Let’s turn to Heb 11:7, By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. Notice: faith and the fear of God work together. As we said earlier, Noah’s immediate family: his wife, his sons, and his son’s wives were saved because of his righteousness, his faith, and his obedience in the fear of God. As Peter said in Acts 2:39, For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call. Jesus said, No one can come to Me except My Father draw him. So there is a promise, but there must also be a calling. We must walk with God in faith and righteousness, as we read in 1 John 3:7, He that does righteousness is righteous. We must intercede for our children and teach them God’s good way. Psalm 89:30, If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, if they break My statutes and do not keep My commandments, then I will punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail. My covenant I will not break, nor alter the Word that has gone out of My lips. As we continue to walk with God, in fear and love and obedience, doing the work He has called us to, our children will be saved, according to His will; according to His promise, and according to His calling. The promise is there; the calling is there, but they must come to Him. If they reject Jesus, they condemn themselves. 

In Hos 4:6, God has also promised that He will forget our children if we forget His Word; if we reject His knowledge: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. How important it is that we continue in His Word and keep His commandments, reading and meditating in His Word, and doing His Word, as the Holy Spirit continues to teach us and lead us in obedience in every situation! When we reject the true knowledge of God in His Word; when we follow after false doctrines and lies to appease our flesh, not only will we suffer greatly in the end, unless we repent, but also our children will suffer. God is just: He will have mercy on whom He will, and whom He will, He will harden. The promise is for us and for our children, as many as the Lord our God shall call, if we will continue on to know the Lord and walk with Him in the Earth, denying ourselves; taking up our cross every day, and yielding to the Holy Spirit to follow Jesus, to do the will of our Father in Heaven. May your Kingdom come, Father; may your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and you will find grace if you will believe in the sacrifice of God’s dear Son, Jesus Christ for your sins; you will find His grace.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)

 Under Authority

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Today’s program is called Under Authority. Let’s turn to Mat 8:5-13, Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented. And Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven. But the sons of the Kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you. And his servant was healed that same hour. What did the centurion say to Jesus? He said, I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this man, Go, and he goes, to another, Come, and he comes, and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. If a man is not completely submitted to Jesus, who is submitted completely to His Father; if he is not walking with Him in obedience, going where He sends him; saying what He is saying; doing what He is doing; if he is doing his own will, and not the will of the Father, he is in rebellion, and he has no authority to be where he is, in the seat which he has taken, and his words have no authority with them; no power. 

Luke 4, Jesus went into the synagogue in Capernaum, and it says in verses 33-37, Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God! But Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be quiet, and come out of him! And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out. And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region. In 1 John it is written, If any man says he abides in Him, let him walk as He walked. How did Jesus walk? He walked as a man under authority. He only did what He saw His Father doing, and He only said what He heard His Father saying. That’s why, when Jesus spoke the Word, it came to pass. He commanded and it was. It was the Father’s will. It was the Father in Him doing the works. The centurion believed that Jesus was a man under authority, and that if He spoke the Word only, it would come to pass. Jesus only went where His Father sent Him, and He went in power and authority to accomplish what His Father sent Him there to do.

How many men who claim to be ministers of God are actually sent by Him? How many are walking in Jesus’ authority? When Jesus sent out the twelve disciples, two by two, He gave them authority and power to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out demons, and He told them, Freely you have received, freely give, and preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. He told them what to say, and what to do.  So, if a man is not sent by Jesus, and he is speaking his own words, not the words which the Holy Spirit would give him, and he is doing his own will, and not the will of the Lord, not being led by the Holy Spirit, and on top of all that, he is taking up offerings and charging a price: how evil and vain is that?! The Apostle Peter spoke of false prophets among the people in the last days who will bring in damnable heresies; who, through covetousness, with feigned words, words they make up themselves, will make merchandise of the people. They have no authority or power from God. Many of them walk in witchcraft, seducing the people with lying divination. In this hour, how many are truly sent by the Lord? How many are under His authority, and you can say to them, Speak the word only and it shall come to pass? Jesus only did what He saw His Father doing. So it is with His true disciples; His true ministers. So, if Jesus sends you, and you are doing His will; speaking His Words, what He sent you to do will be accomplished as you continue under His authority, including whatever works of power the Father wills to do through you by the Holy Spirit. You will be speaking His Word by the Holy Spirit, and it will be life to those who have ears to hear and hearts to receive what the Spirit of the Lord is saying, and God will be glorified.

Let’s go to Acts 19:11-20, Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, notice: they took it upon themselves, saying, We exorcize you by Jesus whom Paul preaches. Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. Notice: the evil spirit said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you? Jesus was under the Father’s authority, and Paul was under Jesus’ authority, but these men had no authority. They took it upon themselves. Paul was sent by the Holy Spirit in Acts 13: Certain prophets and teachers were fasting and praying and ministering to the Lord, and the Holy Spirit spoke, and He said, Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul for the work that I have called them to do. And then the disciples prayed and fasted again, and laid hands on them, and they were sent out by the Holy Spirit. As you read that account, they continued in obedience to the Spirit, and they only went where He led them to go. Paul continued in obedience and submission to his Lord, and the Lord worked mightily through him. 

The Father is the head of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the head of the man. The man is the head of the wife, and the woman is blessed as she walks in submission to the authority of the man, as unto the Lord, and as she receives from the man what his head has commanded him to give her. As he is in submission to his head, Jesus, he will be keeping His Words: he will be loving his wife as Christ loves the church. Love is patient; love is kind. The man is blessed as he walks in obedience to Christ, his head, serving Him in the newness of the Spirit; following Him to do the will of the Father. Jesus always does the will of the Father, His head; He always does what pleases Him. 

Are you a man under authority? Are you a woman under authority? Are you submitted to the authority which God has put in your life? If you are in Jesus, He is in you, and He is your Lord; He is your head. He said, If anyone will be My disciple, he or she must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Me every day. We are not our own. We have been bought with a price. The Apostle Peter said, If you call on the Father, who, without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. Again, when Jesus sent out His twelve disciples, He gave them authority to speak and to minister. And in Mat 10:14&15, Jesus said, And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city! So, when someone is truly sent by the Lord, people would do well to listen to what they have to say and receive their ministry, because they speak and minister as servants of God in His authority: not so, if He did not send them. If someone is truly sent by God they will be walking in His authority and in His Spirit, and what they say will come to pass. The Bible says, Prove all things and hold fast to that which is good. That which is good is always in accord with His good Word. In verse 19&20 we read, And when they deliver you up do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. 

In John 13:20 Jesus said, Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. There you see a perfect picture of the authority of God. All authority begins with the Father. All authority comes from God. Amen! This is so important that we understand this! 1 Cor 6:19&20, Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. You are bought with a price! Jesus bought you with His Blood! He is your Lord! You follow Him and He leads you. You are His servant. He sends you with His authority as the Father sends Him with His authority. As you walk this way, doing the will of the Father, He will work through you, but you must have a heart after God, not yourself, truly seeking to glorify Him; loving Him; serving Him, and fearing Him. And you must have the Holy Spirit, and yield to Him, and He will lead you to follow Jesus. 

In Mat 15:8&9, Jesus spoke these words, quoting Isaiah 29:13, These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. I want to encourage you this day to ask the Father to give you a heart like His Son: a heart that is completely submitted to Him, loving Him, and fearing Him, doing what He leads you to do, truly seeking to honor Him. If you will honor God, He will honor you. If you will humble yourself, He will exalt you. Remember, Jesus loved the Father, and He humbled Himself to the death of the Cross, so that we might be saved. Therefore the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name above every name, that, at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow, in Heaven, on the Earth, and under the Earth, and Every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Amen! See what God will do in your life, if you will do this with all your heart! God bless you.

Interpretation of a message in tongues:

I am God Almighty! You who are listening to my servant Rob this day: Humble yourselves before Me, the living God, and I truly will exalt you, if you will do this!

Humble yourself! Seek my face! Seek Me, says the Lord! Seek to please Me; seek to follow Me, and I will bless you, says the Lord.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen! (2 Cor 13:14)