Come And Let Us Return Unto The Lord

America, especially the Church in America, consider these Words written by the Prophet Hosea to the people of Israel, Ephraim, and Juda in his day, and see if they don’t shed light on what is happening here in our country. God does not change. He is not a man that He should lie. All his ways and his judgements are true and just and He alone is God over all the Earth:

Hos 4:6-11,  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. The more they increased, The more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame. They eat up the sin of My people; They set their heart on their iniquity. And it shall be: like people, like priest. So I will punish them for their ways, And reward them for their deeds. For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry, but not increase; Because they have ceased obeying the Lord. Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart. 

Hos 10:3...We have no king because we did not fear the Lord…

Hos 10:12-14,  Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness on you. 

You have plowed wickedness; You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, Because you trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men. 

Therefore tumult shall arise among your people, And all your fortresses shall be plundered As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.

Hos 6:1-3, Come, and let us return to the Lord; for He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Oh Church in America, we have been crucified with Christ; we have been buried with Him and the Father has raised us from the dead with Him and justified us from all our iniquities, that we may follow on, follow Him, take His yoke upon us and learn of Him, counting all our ways as dung, that we may know Him and the power of His resurrection. Oh Church, what have we done?!

Hos 13:9&10, O Israel, you have destroyed yourselves; but in Me is your help. 

I will be your king: where is any other that may save you  in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes? 

Hos 14:9, Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. 

In February of 2020 the Lord spoke to me by a tongue and interpretation and said: I have sent this plague into the Earth, and I am watching my people to see if they will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways. That was a direct quote from 2 Cron 7:14. If you read 2 Cron 7:13&14, God says, If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.  

Did we? What did we do Church in America when this plague came to our land? How many of us fasted and prayed and repented and turned from our evil ways? Or did we just continue to delight ourselves in our own ways and in our mighty men? There is a reason why things are the way they are now, and they are going to get much worse. Stop blaming Joe Biden America! It’s us! It’s not him or the Democrats or the Republicans; it’s all of us! It’s our refusal to turn from our wicked ways and humble ourselves before the Great and Mighty God of all the Earth who birthed this nation through a people that loved Him and separated themselves unto Him; One Nation Under God. When we got out from under our God to go after our whoredoms, then the destruction began to come, and now it is upon us. What are we going to do?, continue to blame our president? God put him over us because of our evil ways! How many innocent babies have we slaughtered today? How much bribery and theft and fornication and murder and lies are we involved in today?

Consider Daniel’s prayer for Israel in the days of their captivity in Babylon:

Dan 9:1-19, In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the Word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep his commandments, we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from your precepts and your judgments. Neither have we heeded your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You. O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which He set before us by his servants the prophets. 

Yes, all Israel has transgressed your law, and has departed so as not to obey your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him. And He has confirmed his Words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem. As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand your truth. Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have done wickedly! O Lord, according to all your righteousness, I pray, let your anger and your fury be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are a reproach to all those around us. Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord's sake cause your face to shine on your sanctuary, which is desolate. 

O my God, incline your ear and hear; open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of your great mercies. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for your own sake, my God, for your city and your people are called by your Name. 

 Your Word Is Truth

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Today’s program is called Your Word Is Truth. Let’s turn to John 17:1-8 , Jesus spoke these Words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I have glorified You on the Earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept your Word. Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. For I have given to them the Words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me. Verses 14-17, I have given them your Word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by your truth. Your Word is truth. John 18:33-38  Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, Are You the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done? Jesus answered, My Kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my Kingdom is not from here. Pilate therefore said to Him, Are You a king then? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice. John 8:25-47, Then they said to Him, Who are You? And Jesus said to them, Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him. They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father. Then Jesus said to them, When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him. As He spoke these Words, many believed in Him. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, If you abide in my Word, you are my disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered Him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, You will be made free ? Jesus answered them, Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin, and a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because my Word has no place in you. I speak what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.  They answered and said to Him, Abraham is our father.  Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to Him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father—God. Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are not able to listen to my Word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God's Words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God. John 14:6, Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 

John 1:1-5, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. Verse 14, And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Jesus is the Word of God who became flesh and dwelt among us. He spoke the Words that the Father gave Him. He said, I only do what I see my Father doing, and I only say what I hear my Father saying. He is the truth. In 1 John 2:27 we read, in the King James Version, But the Anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same Anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him. The Holy Spirit is truth. He is called the Spirit of Truth. Let’s turn to 2 Pet 1:16-21,   For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And we heard this voice which came from Heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. And so we have the prophetic Word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Chapter 2:1-3, But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. Chapter 3:1-7, Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder, that you may be mindful of the Words which were spoken before by the holy Prophets, and of the commandment of us, the Apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation. For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the Earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the Heavens and the Earth which are now preserved by the same Word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 

Psalm 12:6&7, The Words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. You shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever. Here we clearly see that the Lord God has preserved His Word through all these wicked generations that have rejected it and tried to pervert it or destroy it. He has preserved it and will preserve it forever. Jesus said, Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but my Words shall not pass away. He said, The Words that I have spoken; the same shall judge you in the last day. God has preserved His Words as a witness to us of the truth, and when we reject His Words, or follow after those who pervert his Words, we condemn ourselves to eternal judgement. John 12:48-50, Jesus said,  He who rejects Me, and does not receive my Words, has that which judges him—the Word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak. The Word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. If the entire human race is going to be judged by Jesus’ Words that He spoke when He was on the Earth, it would be unjust for God not to preserve them from every wicked generation’s attempts to pervert them or destroy them. His Word is truth, and Jesus said, if we will continue in His Words, we will be His disciples indeed, and we will know the truth, and the truth will make us free. In 1 Samuel we read that the Lord was with the Prophet Samuel and let none of his words fall to the ground. If God did this with Samuel’s words, do you not believe that He can preserve His own Words for thousands of years until they all be fulfilled? The reason people want to believe that the Bible is unreliable; that somehow it was burned or destroyed in the past; that men changed what the Prophets and the Apostles wrote, is so that they can have an excuse for rejecting it to do their own will in the Earth, and follow after the lusts of their own hearts. 

Deut 13:1-5,  If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods—which you have not known—and let us serve them, you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.  You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep his commandments and obey his voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. So God may allow a deceiver, a liar, one who would lead you astray to worship other gods, to perform works of power, or prophecy things that will come to pass, to prove you; whether you really love Him with all your heart. This is what it really comes down to: Do we love Him? Do we love His truth? His Word is truth. If we love Him, we will keep his Words, and if we will receive the love of the truth, we will escape the strong delusion that God will send upon those who won’t receive it.  The truth is that God so loved us that He gave His only begotten Son to sacrifice Himself on the Cross and rise from the dead that we might receive forgiveness of sins and enter into eternal life and fellowship with Him if we will repent and turn to Him with all our hearts, believing and continuing in His Words. His Word is truth! The truth is that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil, and they will not come to the light because their deeds will be exposed. Come to the light! Come to the truth! Come to Jesus and take his yoke upon you and learn of Him; for his yoke is easy and his burden is light; for He is gentle and lowly of heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Psalm 119:21, You have rejected the proud that are cursed, which do err from your commandments. The reason people err from God’s Word is because of their pride, and they are cursed because of it. So humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, that you may find grace in his sight, and He will lift you up out of darkness into his marvelous light. His Word is truth. Read his Word, asking the Lord for understanding. Study his Word; the Holy Spirit will teach you and lead you to do his Word and live his Word and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free from all those lies that hold you in bondage and seek to destroy your life. Jesus came that we might have life, and that we might have it more abundantly.  God bless you.

 Give And It Shall Be Given

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This program is called 15 Minutes With Jesus. Today we’re going to talk about Give And It Shall Be Given. 

Consider the Sea of Galilee vs the Dead Sea; giving and serving others vs manipulating and controlling others to give to you and serve you; self love, love of pleasure, love of money vs loving the Lord and loving others, and giving to and serving others. People operate flatteries, witchcrafts, domination, intimidation, manipulation and control, with seducing spirits, to get people to do what they want; to get them to give to them, and to do what they want them to do; especially to give them money, and very often they do it in the name of Jesus. People that love the Lord and follow Him, walking in the Holy Spirit, will be loving others and doing good to them; laying down their lives for them; even as Jesus loved us and gave His life for us a sacrifice for our sins. The Father so loved us that He gave His only begotten, beloved Son a living sacrifice for our sins that we might inherit eternal life with Him in His Glory. Matt 10:7&8,  Jesus sent out the disciples and He said, And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. 

The Apostle Paul told Timothy about perilous times coming in the last days, because people will be lovers of their own selves, lovers of money, lovers of pleasure. As those people get involved in your life and begin to control and dominate you to get what they want from you, it can create peril in your life. They can cause you to go astray from following the Lord, and fall out of His blessing into dangerous territory.  Let’s go there: 2 Timothy, chapter 3, verses 1-5, But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! Here Paul gives a thorough description of those people and what they do to other people. If you let them dominate you and influence you, if you follow them, they will lead you into perilous times; and only the Lord, in His great mercy, can help you to escape their destructions; and He will, if you will humble yourself and call upon Him in your time of trouble. Verse 5, From such people turn away! Paul also gives the solution to this problem in verses 15-17, ...and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work; continuing in the Scriptures; the Holy Spirit revealing the Word of God to you, and leading you every day to walk in it; walking with Jesus, keeping His Words, hearing His voice, as He speaks to you by the Spirit, and following HIM, not any other man! He said, My sheep hear MY voice, and they follow ME. The voice of a stranger they will not follow, for they know not the voice of a stranger. He leads you into green pastures; to clear waters; in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake, to overcome strongholds and wickedness in your life; to purify you, and make ready for Himself a holy people, zealous for good works. Mat 20:25-28, But Jesus called them to Himself and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. 

Luke 19:1-10, Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house. So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner. 

Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold. And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.  Are you lost? Jesus has come to seek and to save you. Consider how much He loved you; that He willingly gave Himself to the torment, and torture, and death of the Cross to bear your sins in His body that you might be saved. He came to seek and to save you and He gave Himself for you. When salvation came to Zacchaeus, the first thing he did upon believing on Jesus was give!; was make right if he took anything wrongfully from anyone! The next thing he did was he prepared a feast for Jesus and many other tax collectors. Let’s turn to Luke 6:27-38, Jesus said, But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 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. Love your enemies and do good. Be merciful, as your Father is merciful. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven. This is how God’s Kingdom works, not any other way. Faith works by love. Love does no evil to his neighbor. Love gives. Love shows mercy. Love is kind. Love forgives! 1 John 3:16-18, 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. John 6:51, Jesus said, I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.   Jesus gave.   Jesus said, It is more blessed to give than it is to receive.

1 Cor 13:4-8, Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. God is love and he who abides in love abides in God. Beloved, if God so loved us, that He gave His only begotten Son Jesus for us, then we also ought to love one another. When you are seeking to control your brother or sister to get them to do what you want for your own benefit, you are not walking in the love of God; but rather in self love. You are not walking in the Holy Spirit of God, but rather, most likely, in a spirit of witchcraft. If you can get people to yield to you and follow you, they will do what you want, and you will have your money or pleasure or power or honor of man, but there is a great cost involved. You have completely missed God, and you and those who follow you may end up in destruction, and you will be held responsible for them. Jesus said that it is more blessed to give than to receive. When you are loving people and serving them, giving to them what the Lord has given you and commanded you to give into their life, there is a flow; a flow from God

into your life, and a flow out of your life to bless the people He sends you to; just like the Sea of Galilee: The Lord sends the rain onto Mount Hermon, and the waters begin to flow down to the Sea of Galilee. All kinds of blessings flow to the people of Galilee: abundance of water, and fish, and commerce. Then the blessings flow out of the Sea into the Jordan River, and water and bless the whole nation of Israel. Then they flow into the Dead Sea. The flow stops there, and so does the life and the blessing. So it is, if you are only concerned with your own life, and what you can receive from others; you are like the Dead Sea. Things flow to you, but the blessing and the life stops right there. It is more blessed to give than to receive. The real blessing is in giving to others. So humble yourself before the Lord and acknowledge the truth about yourself to Him, and open yourself up to give life and blessing to others, and you will be truly blessed. Give and it shall be given. The Father gave His Son, and He gave His life for all of us, that we might have life. He who has the Son has His life. As we walk in obedience, following Jesus, He will lead us by His Spirit to give to others that they may be edified; that they may be blessed by the things the Lord has given us. 

 And We Are Witnesses

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. Today’s program is called, And We Are Witnesses. Let’s turn to Luke 24:36-49, this is after Jesus rose from the dead and He had already appeared to Peter and another disciple as they walked on the road to Emmaus. They went back to the upper room and Jesus appeared to them: Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, Peace to you. But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. And He said to them, Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, Have you any food here? So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. And He took it and ate in their presence. Then He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me. And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. Then He said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things. Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high. I have a question for you; every one of you who is preaching, every one of you who is witnessing: Have you been endued with power from on high? You say you have the Holy Spirit, but do you have the power of the Spirit of God; the same power that raised Jesus from the dead operating through you? Consider your ways. Let’s turn to Acts 1:4-8, And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, which, He said, you have heard from Me; 

for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? And He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. 

The Apostles obeyed the Lord and they tarried in Jerusalem until, on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out upon them, and they spoke with tongues and they prophesied. Then Peter rose up and he spoke these words, verse 32 of Acts 2, This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call. Have you truly received the gift of the Holy Spirit? I am not here to condemn you; I’m here to exhort you to consider: Have you really received the Holy Spirit; have you really been baptized by Jesus in the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist said, I baptize you with water, but He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Some of you, as we used to say in the old days, have received the Holy Spirit but He has leaked out, in other words, you haven’t stirred up the gift of the Spirit in you; you haven’t continued in the Spirit; you haven’t 

continued in the power of the Spirit; you haven’t continued in His Word. Jesus said, If you continue in my Word, you will be my disciples indeed, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will speak in other tongues, you will prophecy, and you will receive power! And the reason you receive power is not to be exalted in the eyes of men. The reason you receive power is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and to glorify Him!; to glorify His name! The Holy Spirit, Jesus said, will glorify Me. He glorifies Jesus! What are you doing glorifying yourself!? No wonder the Holy Spirit is not in your church services; because you’re seeking your own glory; because you love the world and the things of the world! Repent!,  and turn back to God with all your heart and be His witnesses! Let the Holy Spirit move through you! Let the Holy Spirit move throughout the church! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise God!

In Acts chapter 3 we read about Peter and John going up into the Temple at the third hour, the hour of prayer, and the Lord moved; the power of God moved. Peter didn’t dream it up; he didn’t think this would be a good thing to do. He was just walking into the Temple and the Holy Spirit led him to that man who was begging; who was born lame; he couldn’t walk from his mother’s womb; he was 40 years old, and Peter said, Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I you. What did he have? He had received the Holy Spirit; he had received the power that Jesus told him to tarry in Jerusalem for. He received that power and he was being led by the Spirit! And he took that man by the hand and raised him up and said, In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise and walk! And the power of God came on that man, and he rose up and leaped and praised God, and went with them into the Temple, walking and leaping and praising God! And that day over 5,000 men were saved as Peter preached the Gospel! Chapter 3, verses 11-16, Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed. So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. Glory to God! Glory to God! Acts 4:33-35, And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, 

and laid them at the apostles' feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need. The Apostles gave witness to Jesus’ resurrection with great power; the exceeding greatness of His mighty power that the Father worked in Jesus when He raised Him from the dead. Let’s turn there: Eph 1:15-23, Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all! This Gospel is with power! We are witnesses unto Him; unto His resurrection, by demonstrating the power of God as the Holy Spirit leads us. Victory over death, victory over all sickness, over all the powers of darkness, over all sin and unrighteousness! In Isaiah 53, 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 were healed! This is the truth! The Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power!; righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit! Jesus said, You shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto Me; in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. Let’s turn to 1 Cor 2:1-5, And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. There is the power!; the exceeding greatness of God’s mighty power that He worked in Jesus when He raised Him from the dead. Jesus said, in the Book of Revelation, I was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore! He died for our sins; all our sicknesses; everything was laid on Him; everything that troubles the human race was laid on Jesus, and when the Father raised Him from the dead, He put it all off! He put it all off! That’s why Paul determined not to know anything except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Amen! He said, I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 

We are the Lord’s witnesses as He moves, as He moves by His Spirit through us, and as He wills, in demonstration of the power of His resurrection; the exceeding greatness of His mighty power which the Father worked in Jesus when He raised Him from the dead. 1 Cor 12:4-11, There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. For what purpose? To glorify Jesus, and to edify the body of Christ. And if you get off from that purpose; if the Holy Spirit begins to move in your midst, and you begin to look to yourselves, or you begin to look to yourself like you’re some great man or woman of God, you will miss the bus. The Holy Spirit will leave. He glorifies Jesus! Our hearts must be purified to where we desire to glorify God and honor Him, and then God will move by His Spirit as we believe; as we trust Him and believe He will manifest His power, but it’s always for that purpose: for the glory of God, and for the edification of the body of Christ. 

Thank you Father. Let’s just praise Him. Let’s just praise the Lord. Thank you Lord! Praise you Father! We thank you Father! Praise you Father! We thank you Lord! The Kingdom of God is not in word but in power! Thank you Lord! Praise you Father! Thank you Father! Thank you Lord! Thank you Father; if you wish to speak Father, Amen Thank you Lord! Praise you Father! I wait upon you Father: whatever you will, whatever you want to do:

Interpretation of a message in tongues:

I am the God of all flesh! Hear my voice, you preachers! You listen to Me right now!

I am warning you! I’m warning you because I love you! I’m not warning you to condemn you, but I’m warning you and commanding you to repent for perverting my ways; for perverting the people; for teaching lies and speaking lies in my name! You will be severely judged for these things if you will not repent, says the Lord!