Trusting In A Man

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

Amen! Thank you Father, in Jesus’ name, for this program. Thank you Lord that you are with me to speak your Words by your Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord. I pray that you would give us all grace to understand what you are saying this day. 

Today’s program is called, Trusting In A Man. Let’s turn to Jer 17:5,  Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Trusting in a man-putting the words of a man above the Words of God. His Word is truth.

Let’s turn to 1 John 2:26, These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. It is the Holy Spirit who is the teacher; it is Him in you, and in any true minister of God who is sent by Him. In John 16:13, 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. He will glorify Jesus, the Holy Spirit, never a man. If a man is teaching without the anointing of the Holy Spirit, you have no need of him. Jesus taught by the Holy Spirit, and so did His disciples. He said, I only say what I hear My Father saying. He also said, The Words that I speak, they are Spirit and they are life. It is the Spirit that quickens, or gives life; the flesh profits nothing. They that are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. In Acts chapter 13, we read about Paul and Barnabas being sent by the Holy Spirit. Verse 2, As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 

1 John 2:26, These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.

The people of Germany, in the 1940’s, were seduced by Adolph Hitler. He walked in the spirit and power of the Devil. He was an antichrist. 1 John 2:18, Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. Even now, little children, there are many antichrists. If you are looking to a man; trusting in a man, you are open prey for that spirit to take you over. Rev 13:1, Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him? And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in Heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If anyone has an ear, let him hear. The whole world will worship the Antichrist; he will declare himself to be God, everyone whose name is not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

2 Thess 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. Don’t be deceived: just because you are a Christian, of whatever degree, don’t think that you cannot be deceived. Your name can be blotted out of the Book of Life, if you turn away from Jesus and stop following Him only; if you go after another man and trust in him. Rev 3:5, He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Trust only in Jesus Christ. 

1 John 3:7,  Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 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. 

Mat 7:15, Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. An antichrist is of the Devil; the Antichrist is of the Devil. The sheep’s clothing is the Word of God. They will come speaking truth; speaking the Word of God, and then they will speak lies, when they have won the hearts of the people. 

2 John 1:6, This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son. Trust in the Lord your God; Him only shall you serve. 

“In God We Trust”:

The reason that our country, America, has been so blessed, is because our forefathers truly trusted in God. They gave Him glory and honor, and He was with them in the founding of our nation. It was not “One nation under George Washington”; it was not “One nation under Thomas Jefferson”; it was “One nation under God” with liberty and justice for all. Now, who are we trusting in? When you follow a man; when you trust in a man, you make flesh your strength, and your heart departs from the Lord, and you are cursed. Church!, who are you trusting in?

Several years ago I was involved in a church which was led by a false prophet, a minister of Satan. Through trusting in my preacher I was brought into bondage, and I ate the fruit of his lies that he taught. Through his false doctrine I fell into sin, and it was only the great mercy of my God, and the intercession of my Lord and Savior before my Father, that I was led to repentance, and by the truth of His Word, He brought me out of that darkness and into His light. The Lord continued to lead me in righteous paths to break me of my rebellion, and bring me into obedience and His righteousness. In the process of my deliverance and sanctification, I made a real commitment to God to believe what is written in his Word, over and above what my preacher or any other man might say. It was the light of His Word that delivered me from that darkness. After leaving that church, I started following another man: a preacher that taught a lot of truth. The Lord then went to great lengths to deliver me from following him, and that was the end of my trusting in a man. I remember saying to Jesus at that time, “Only you, Lord, only you.”  

We have a King; He is righteous, and He is coming in His glory, and the glory of His Father, to establish His Kingdom on the Earth, and all His enemies will be put under His feet. Jesus is our great King! Those of us who truly trust in Him shall be saved.

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