Real Christians

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.

Amen, Father, in Jesus name, we worship you this day! We give you thanks! Thank you Lord, thank you Lord, thank you Lord! Father, I want to thank you for giving me this message about Real Christians. Thank you Lord, thank you Lord, Amen.

Let’s turn to Acts 2:36-47, Peter was preaching on the day of Pentecost, right after the Holy Spirit was poured out, verse 36, 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 afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call. And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation. Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the Apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.  This is how the Church started: with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Today we’re talking about real Christians. I also want to talk about true fellowship. It says in verse 42, And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. 

Let’s go to 1John 1:1-9, That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life—the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. Let’s go to Acts 11:19-26. In Acts chapter 11 we read about the Church in Antioch. Let’s start in verse 19, Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the Word to no one but the Jews only. But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. Then news of these things came to the ears of the Church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch. When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord. For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the Church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. The word Christian means a follower of Jesus Christ. The people in the Church in Antioch were following Jesus. As I was receiving this program from the Lord, I received a tongue and interpretation, and the Father spoke and He said, My Church is holy; My people are holy; My doctrine is holy, and I was reminded of the scripture that says, holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. The word holy simply means separate from sin, or set apart to God. God is holy; His Church is holy; His people are holy. He’s making a holy people.

Let’s turn to 1 Peter 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. You see here that the way that we purify our souls is by obeying the truth; the Word of God is the truth, through the Spirit. Jesus said, If you love Me, keep My commandments. Let’s go to 1 John 3:23&24, And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. Let’s turn over to chapter 2, verses 3-6, Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, I know Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His Word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. How did Jesus walk? He said, I only do what I see My Father doing. 1 Cor 2:1-5, The Apostle Paul said, 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: Jesus Christ crucified, the wisdom of God and the power of God. Thank you Lord.

Ok, let’s go to Mat 15:8, These people draw near to Me with their mouth, Jesus said, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. The Church is satiated with the doctrines of men, producing vain worship all over the world. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth. He teaches truth. Jesus is the truth, and He 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. A true disciple of Jesus is a follower of Jesus. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They continued steadfastly in the Apostles’ doctrine, the New Testament, the Words of Jesus, in breaking of bread; in prayers, and in true fellowship. True fellowship is in the light, as we read in 1 John. Beloved, if we allow sin in our fellowship, we do not have fellowship; we are in darkness, we are lying. True fellowship is in the light, keeping His Words, and we have true fellowship with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. When we come together, one has a song; one has a doctrine; one has a revelation; all things being done unto edification, glorifying Jesus in the Holy Spirit and in truth. The word Christian means a follower of Jesus. 

Following are several interpretations of messages in tongues which I received from the Lord during this broadcast:

I am God Almighty. Those of you who are listening to My servant Rob, pay attention carefully to these words that I gave him this morning. Look unto Me. I am the author and the finisher of your faith. If you will humble yourself and return to My Word; return to the truth; return to My Apostles’ doctrine, you will flourish; My Church will be cleansed; My people will be holy and I will bless them, says the Lord.  I am God Almighty. Return to Me with all your heart.  Look unto Me, the author and the finisher of your faith, says the Lord. My Word is the truth! Believe My Words, people! Return to Me with all your heart! Put away these false doctrines; put away your sins; put away evil from amongst you says the Lord, and My light will begin to shine in a greater way than you have seen in days past, says the Lord. I am God Almighty. Turn to Me with all your heart. Love Me with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and love one another. That is My will for you My people. Turn to Me; turn to My Word. Turn away from evil; turn away from the Devil; turn away from his preachers; turn away from falsehood and follow Me in the truth, says the Lord, and I will bless you.

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.