The Golden Candlestick

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.

Thank you Father, Amen! Thank you for this day; thank you for this program that you have given me, Father. We praise you. Father, I pray in Jesus’ name that you would bless this program. I commit it to you. Bless people to hear and to understand in our hearts what you are saying, Father. It’s so important. Help people to take it seriously. Thank you Lord. 

Today’s program is called, The Golden Candlestick.  Let’s turn to Rev 1:17, And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hell and of Death. Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches. Chapter 2, verse 1, To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 

and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name's sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your candlestick from its place, unless you repent. But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God. 

Let’s turn to Mat 24:3, Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age? And Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Christ, and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.  1 John 4:7, Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us. If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. 

In John chapter 3, Jesus said to Nicodemus, For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Jesus said, Greater love has no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends. When the Gospel was first preached to us; when we first realized the love that God has for us: when He gave His Son to suffer so greatly and die upon the Cross for our sins; when we realized the love that Jesus has for us: that He went to the Cross; suffered so much and died for us when we were dead in our sins; when we first came to Him and gave ourselves to Him, and received Him into our hearts,  we loved Him.  We loved His Words, and we sought to follow Him and keep His ways, and to love one another. We worshiped Him in Spirit and in truth.  Where are we now?  Do we still have that same love for Him? For the most part, in the Church today, because iniquity and evil is abounding so much, every day, in every part of the world, our love has grown cold. We see and hear so much evil every day, and we talk about all the evil things, and think about them, and we don’t spend enough time in the precious Word of God; in the Words of Jesus, doing them; thinking on them; speaking of them, one to another, when we sit down; when we rise up, and when we go in the way. When we, as a church, leave our first love, if we do not repent and turn back to Jesus, He removes our candlestick. The light is taken out of our fellowship, and we begin to walk in more and more darkness; more and more worldliness and sin, until we are not a true church anymore. The seven golden candlesticks are the seven churches. When Jesus removes the candlestick, it is no longer a church; just a religious gathering. How many dead religious gatherings do we have in the Earth? We are no longer a habitation of God; a holy temple in the Lord. This is happening today to many churches. It is called the great falling away.

Let’s turn to 2 Th 2:1, Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 

who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Things are so bad now in many, many churches, that if we do not repent, with all our hearts, and begin to cry out to God for deliverance and cleansing, and return to Him; to our first love, there is a great danger that many will be swept away when the man of sin is revealed and begins to operate in this world. He is going to be operating in all the power of Satan; in great deception and power. As we just read, if we don’t receive the love of the truth; if we don’t return to our first love for Jesus and for His Word, God Himself is going to send us strong delusion, that we might believe the lie: that they all might be damned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. We must repent now!, and return to our first love. The time is now! Don’t believe the lie that Jesus is coming for His Church before this happens. Read the Words of Jesus in Mat 24  and believe them: Mat 24:15, Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened. 

Can you see: the elect are in the great tribulation? Read Daniel, chapters 9-12, and believe it. Repent for believing wicked lies, and believe the truth; love the truth. Turn back to your first love! Fall on your face and repent of the hardness of your heart, and cry out to God to pour out His love in your heart by His Spirit, Amen! Believe what is written in the Word of God over what any preacher has ever spoken! His Word, God’s Word, is the truth! And the truth will set you free!, if you will continue with Jesus and with the Holy Spirit teaching you and leading you in doing it.  Will you repent? Or will you continue to harden your heart?  Remember, Jesus said, Unless we humble ourselves and become as little children, we will in no way enter the Kingdom of Heaven. He that shall endure in love unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

Hos 10:12, Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, until 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. This is the church today. We trust in our own way; we trust in our mighty men: our strong preachers. We must overcome to return to our first love; to do the first works. We have trusted in our own way and in strong men, and we have forsaken our first love: our love for Jesus, and for the Father. 

Father, I pray, in Jesus’ name, that you would break hearts; that you would open hearts; that you would remind us; that you would help us to remember our first love, that we would humble ourselves and repent and return unto you Lord with all our hearts. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. 

Interpretation of a message in tongues:

I am God Almighty. My children, hearken to My servant Rob this day, for I have sent him to you with My Words in his mouth: I love you! I love you! I proved My love for you when I gave My Son Jesus to suffer so greatly and die a brutal death upon the Cross. I gave Him for you; for your sins, so that you could fellowship with Me forever in My Kingdom; so that you could be made clean, holy, and righteous before Me, through faith in His sacrifice; in His shed Blood. Return to Me! Return to your first love! Return to Me with all your heart, and I will receive 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.

 He Shall Bear The Glory

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.

Thank you Father, in Jesus’ name, we thank you; we bless your holy name, Father; we thank you for this program this morning. I pray that you would help all of us to understand what you are saying by your Holy Spirit through me, Amen. 

Today’s program is called, He Shall Bear The Glory. You cannot bear it! Let’s turn to Zec 6:12, Then speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Behold, the Man whose name is the Branch! From His place He shall branch out, and He shall build the Temple of the Lord; Yes, He shall build the Temple of the Lord. He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne; so He shall be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. He shall bear the glory. Let’s turn to Acts 3:1, Now Peter and John went up together to the Temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the Temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the Temple; who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, asked for alms. And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, Look at us. So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the Temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. 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. 

Let’s turn to 1 Cor 3:1, And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 

Let’s turn to Isa 14:12, How you are fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into Heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, on the farthest sides of the north; 

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the Most High. Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. It is pride!, the same pride that the devil had when he said, I will be like the Most High. It is pride for any one of us to try to receive the glory that only belongs to Jesus; to take on the glory that is only His. Satan has been doing this for centuries with men whom God uses: they begin to get lifted up in their heart, and they start to take on the glory that belongs only to Jesus, and they fall. No man can bear that glory. It belongs only to Jesus because He is the only one who went to the Cross and died for our sins. Because He humbled Himself to the death of the Cross, The Father has given Him the name above every name: Php 2:3, Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. How many of us are doing that?  Seriously, how many of us consider that our brother or our sister is better than ourself? Verse 4, Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the Cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on Earth, and of those under the Earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. You didn’t go to the Cross and bear the sins of the whole world. The glory belongs to Jesus. 

The Holy Spirit always glorifies Him. John 16: in verse 13 Jesus said, However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 

All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.  If any man is ministering by the Holy Spirit, he will always glorify Jesus, not himself, just as Peter glorified Jesus and His holy name, when the people were looking to Him and John as though they of themselves had anything to do with the healing of that lame man.  1 Pet 4:11, Peter said, If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. Notice: the glory belongs to Jesus forever! Hallelujah! You know, the Apostle Paul said that he was nothing. If the Apostle Paul was nothing, then who are we?

1 Pet 5:1, The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 

casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.  You have to resist Satan when he tempts you, through flatteries or the honor of men, to exalt yourself and take on some of the glory that belongs only to Jesus. If you will truly humble yourself and honor God in your life, and in your ministry, He will honor you in due season. Jesus said, How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only.

Col 1:15, He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him (Jesus) all things were created that are in Heaven and that are on Earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.  No man may have the preeminence! It belongs to Jesus! Verse 19, For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on Earth or things in Heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. Col 2:9, For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. You have to humble yourself; then God will exalt you, according to your ability and according to your service which He has ordained for you. Always give Jesus the glory due unto His name. Never let men glorify you, or exalt you! If you will truly humble yourself, and if you will truly honor God in your life, He will honor you.  Remember: it was because Jesus humbled Himself, though He was the Son of God, to the death of the Cross, that His Father exalted Him. 1 Ti 1:17, Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. 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.

 Zeal For Your House

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.

Thank you Father! We thank you for this day; we praise your holy name Father; we thank you for this program, Amen! Thank you Lord. I just ask you to open our hearts and our minds; to speak to our hearts by your Holy Spirit the truth of your Word. Amen Father, in Jesus’ name. 

Today’s program is called, Zeal For Your House. Let’s turn to John 2:13, Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. 

And He said to those who sold doves, Take these things away! Do not make My Father's House a house of merchandise! Then His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for Your House has eaten Me up.  That was written in Psalm 69. Verse 8, I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's children; because zeal for Your House has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on Me. Verse 19, You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You. Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. They also gave Me gall for My food, and for My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink. Clearly King David was writing by the Holy Spirit about Jesus. This is Jesus! Is Jesus in you? 

2 Cor 13:5,...Do you not know that Jesus Christ is in you?... Do you not share His zeal for His Father’s House? John 2:16, Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s House a house of merchandise! Mark 11:17,...Is it not written, My House shall be called of all nations a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves! King David had that zeal. He wrote Psalm 69; he also wrote Psalm 132. He desired with all his heart to build a glorious Temple; a holy Habitation for the Lord. Psalm 132:1, Lord, remember David and all his afflictions; how he swore to the Lord, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: 

Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house, or go up to the comfort of my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place for the Lord, a Habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob.

Josiah had great zeal for the Lord God of Israel, and for His House. 2 Kings 22:1, Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Now it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the Lord, saying: Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. And let them deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the Lord; let them give it to those who are in the house of the Lord doing the work, to repair the damages of the house—to carpenters and builders and masons—and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. However there need be no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully. Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. So Shaphan the scribe went to the king, bringing the king word, saying, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of those who do the work, who oversee the house of the Lord. Then Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying, Go, inquire of the Lord for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is aroused against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us. So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her. Then she said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man who sent you to Me, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will bring calamity on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read—because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this place and shall not be quenched. But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, in this manner you shall speak to him, Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Concerning the words which you have heard—because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, says the Lord. Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place. So they brought back word to the king. 

2 Ki 23:1, Now the king sent them to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him. The king went up to the house of the Lord with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord. Then the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant. And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. And he brought out the wooden image from the house of the Lord, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and ground it to ashes, and threw its ashes on the graves of the common people. Then he tore down the ritual booths of the sodomites that were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the wooden image. Verse 12, The altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, the king broke down and pulverized there, and threw their dust into the Brook Kidron. Verse 24, Moreover Josiah put away those who consulted mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the House of the Lord. Now before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him.  As I said, Josiah had a great zeal for the Lord God of Israel, and for His House. And he cleansed the Temple; he purged Judah, of all idols; of all iniquity. 

1 Pet 2:1,  Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as lively stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Eph 2:19, Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a Habitation of God in the Spirit. 

Saints! Jesus is building a holy Temple: a holy Habitation of God His Father. He is purifying those of us who are willing; those of us who love the truth of His Word; who love Him and the Father with all our hearts, and He is building us together a glorious Church, without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing.  He is zealous for His Father’s House. Are you? Do you have enough zeal to put away and destroy every idol and every defiling thing out of your life? Do you seek to purify and cleanse His Temple, which Temple you are, that He would be pleased to inhabit it and manifest His glory in you and through you, and that you may become a part of His royal priesthood; His holy nation; His own special people, that you might show forth the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light? The churches today, in many cases, have become dens of thieves; houses of merchandise. Does this concern you at all? Do you have that desire for God the Father to have a place with His people where we are walking in holiness and offering Him acceptable spiritual sacrifices, that He might inhabit our praises, and we might fellowship together with Him and with His Son and with one another in the truth; in the light, and in the Holy Spirit? Glory! Have you ever been to such a place? Can there be such a place on the Earth? I believe it is possible. All things are possible if we can believe. Have you ever truly been in His presence? In His presence is fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore. 

Isa 57:15, For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Draw near to Him with all humility and singleness of heart, and He will draw near to 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.

 Is Christ Divided?

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.

Thank you Lord, Amen! Thank you Lord! I want to thank you for this program that you’ve given me today Father. I want to thank you Father for opening hearts; I pray that you would open our hearts to see and understand what the Spirit of the Lord is saying. Thank you Father, in Jesus’ name. 

Today’s program is called, Is Christ Divided? Let’s turn to 1 Cor 1:1, Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you. Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?  I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  Chapter 2, verse 1, 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. 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.  God is faithful, by whom you were called  into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. In 1 John 1 we read, …truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. …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. 

Psalm 133, Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forevermore. Where? Where brethren dwell together in unity. In order for us to dwell together in unity we must come out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1 Pet 2:9, But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. In order to have the fellowship of God’s Son Jesus Christ, we must walk in the light, as He is in the light; we must cleanse ourselves of all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. The Temple of God is Holy!, which Temple we are. In order for our fellowship to be a habitation of God, through the Spirit, we must perfect holiness; we must have the fear of God; we must love Him and keep His commandments; keep His Words. If we keep His commandments we will abide in His love, even as He keeps His Father’s commandments and abides in His love. We must know what they are.  What did Jesus say? What did the Apostles say? 

Don’t be afraid to come out into Jesus’ light; He loves you and He will wash you in the water of His Word, leading you in repentance, and He will cleanse you in His precious Blood, white as snow. Then, as we come out of the darkness into His marvelous light, we can have true fellowship with Him, and with one another. As we embrace His Words, His truth, we can dwell together in unity with Him and with one another. There the Lord commands the blessing: life forevermore. We are being built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit: a holy Temple, in which He is pleased to dwell, where there is no darkness at all. Only those who love Him, and will come out into His light, and be cleansed and be changed, will be there. 

Eph 4:1, I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Verse 11, And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. This all comes about through the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, in His body, the Church, the pillar and ground of the truth, through His true ministers and saints, which He has called and established in His Word; walking in His Word; walking in the light; in the Holy Spirit, and in His love. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us: love unfeigned. We must separate ourselves from the false teachers who don’t bring the true doctrine of Jesus. We must make a real commitment to God, from our hearts, to believe what is written in His Word, over what any man says; over every doctrine of man; over every tradition of men, which make the Word of God of no effect. If we are sincere, and we seek after righteousness with all our heart, we can do this. The Holy Spirit is with us, and He will guide us into all truth: His Word is truth. 

Acts 2:42,  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. This is what they did in the beginning of the Church of Jesus Christ, and this is what we need to do now in the last days. This is the Church, continuing steadfastly in the Apostles’ doctrine: the entire New Testament, as it is written, and revealed by the Holy Spirit. If we are continuing in the true Word of God, then we can have true fellowship, with the Father, and with His Son, and with one another. This is walking in the light. The doctrines of men and the traditions of men make the Word of God of no effect in our lives; they bring darkness; they obscure the Cross of Jesus Christ, and the work of the Cross in our lives. Our fellowship is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ; His sacrifice upon the Cross for our sins; His death; His burial, and His resurrection. Our fellowship is in the power of God that raised Him from the dead, not in the wisdom of men! This is where the blessing is! This is the only place where we can have true unity in Jesus and in the Father, with one another. Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! There the Lord commands the blessing: life forevermore!

What are we divided over?, the doctrines of men; the lies that have been in the hearts of Christians for hundreds of years. What can we do about it? What can you and I do? We can come back to the Apostles’ doctrine, and begin to steadfastly continue in it, asking the Lord to send His Holy Spirit to teach us and deliver us from every false doctrine of men and of the devil. We must humble ourselves before Him and repent of every lie which we have knowingly or unknowingly embraced. We must confess our sins and we must forgive one another from the heart and love one another and come out into Jesus’ marvelous light and be cleansed and be washed and be sanctified unto Him, that He might build us together again into a holy Temple in the Lord: a holy habitation for our great God, loving Him, and offering Him true worship in the Word of God through the Spirit. Our fellowship is in the truth; in the Word of God; in the Spirit of God. 

Eph 5:25, Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 

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.

 Psalm 133

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 Heavenly Father for this program. We thank you Lord. We give you thanks; we praise you; we thank you; we bless your Holy Name. Amen. Thank you Lord, Amen. Today’s program is Psalm 133. Verse 1, Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. 

It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forevermore. There are some things here that are very important to see and understand in this psalm. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron… That is the Anointing; that is the Holy Spirit upon Aaron; upon us as brothers and sisters dwelling together in unity: our unity is in the Spirit; our fellowship is in the Spirit; our fellowship is in the truth; in the Holy Spirit. So that is talking about the Anointing. The dew of Mount Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion: that’s the blessing. For there the Lord commanded the blessing: life forevermore, Amen. 

Let’s turn to 1 John 1:1, 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. Going back to verse 7,  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. Jesus said, Wherever two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them. The Scripture says, In your presence is fullness of joy, at your right hand are pleasures forever more. This is why it is so pleasant for brothers and sisters to dwell together in unity; in the truth; in Jesus’ Name; in the light, with the Blood of Jesus cleansing us, through faith, from all unrighteousness. We have communion: fellowship together, with the Father and Jesus. He is in our midst. We are righteous through faith in Him, in His sacrifice for us, and by keeping His Words. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. There is no fellowship: light with darkness. God is not there. He dwells in the light. Our fellowship with Him and one another is in the light. When we come together with Him in the light, then He will manifest in our midst, according to the will of the Father. 

Let’s turn to Acts 2:1, When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Notice: They were all with one accord in one place. Acts 4:32, Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. 

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. Acts 2:42, And they continued steadfastly in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. The same is true today. The only way we can have this unity is to continue in the Apostles’ doctrine, which is the New Testament, steadfastly, with the Holy Spirit leading us into all truth: in the light; in the truth. 

Let’s turn to John 17:1,   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, (notice: the Apostles had Jesus’ Words; they had His doctrine; they were continuing in His doctrine, as He was teaching them and leading them. That’s how they had one accord)  and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me. Verse 16, They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. 

As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth. Through the Gospel of Jesus Christ; through His suffering: His death, His burial, and His resurrection, Amen, through the Gospel we are established in the truth: the truth of God’s Word. It is the truth with the Holy Spirit that brings us into one accord, as we love the truth; as we walk in the truth; as we walk in the light we have fellowship one with another. Jesus said, I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. 

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 

It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forevermore. Where did the Lord command the blessing? It is when we come together in the Name of Jesus; in the truth of His Word; in His doctrine: the doctrine of Christ; the Words of Jesus; the Words of the Apostles; we come together, believing the Word of God walking in the Word of God; walking in His love, filled with the Holy Spirit, we come together in the Spirit, and that’s where the Lord commanded the blessing: life forevermore. Jesus has come that we might have life, and that we might have it more abundantly. God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever lives and believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. In Him is life! Hallelujah! When we come together in Him, we have life. 

He is with us; He is there. We have joy; we have pleasures forever more. It is so pleasant

to come together with brothers and sisters that are walking with Jesus; walking in the Holy Spirit; walking in the truth! This is where the blessing is. The reason that the blessing is not in a church or a fellowship is because Jesus is not there. The reason He’s not there is because you’re not walking in the truth. You’re compromising His doctrine; He cannot fellowship; you’re allowing darkness; your allowing sin in the church; He cannot fellowship with that. If you will repent and turn from that and walk in His Words; walk in the truth; walk in the light, God will forgive you. Confess your sins one to another; God will forgive you. Forgive one another; walk in love; walk in the light; He will be there! And that’s where the blessing will be. 

Php 2:1, Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on Earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

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.