AFTER WASHING OUT THE SPOTS WITH THE LOVE/BLOOD OF JESUS WE NEED TO USE THE UNDERSTANDING & GRACE OF JESUS TO IRON OUT WRINKLES THAT DIVIDE THE CHURCH.

In I Corenthiens 13:11 Paul said, “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things.” 

Spiritually speaking Paul was a child when he was capturing Christians and delivering them to the lions, crucifixions, and gladiators. Paul was Saul and a Pharisee of high standing. On his trip to Damascus he was knocked off his donkey and blinded. He became an adult and a new creature in Christ when JESUS opened the spiritual eyes of Saul and he became Paul the apostle. His physical eyes were opened when he humbled himself and allowed Barnabus, a "beggar/bum" by society's standards, to ‘lay hands’ on him, that he might be healed.  

In the next verse he refers both to this incident and his face-to-face meeting yet to come. (1 Corinthians 13:12) "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: ( This refers to Paul's first meeting with Christ when he was still Saul and when we meet Jesus after the flesh is gone.) now I know in part; (This refers to Paul's standing with Christ at the time he wrote these Scriptures.) but then shall I know even as also a I am known." (The last part refers to when Paul would go home to heaven to meet Christ.) In verse 13 Paul tells us what he learned. He says, "And now abideth FAITH, (Which is to say, putting total trust in that which you cannot see nor understand by reasoning and allowing it to become a "knowing".) hope, (Which is the gift we receive when we take step one, faith, into our heart and make it a part of our life.) charity, (This is godly Agape’ love.) these three; but the greatest of these is charity." Charity is Agape’ love and it is what keeps revival flowing and the Spirit moving. Without Agape’ love God will move from time to time according to His divine will and desire to show us that He is there and His plan for our life is best. If we let Agape’ love die in our heart or in the church then the Spirit is quenched. In 1 Thessalonians 5:19 the bible tells us, “Quench not the Spirit.” (KJV) As I have tried to tell you in the previous portion of this book, Paul tells us here and in the next chapter of Corinthians, ‘THE GREATEST GIFT IS AGAPE’ LOVE; THE GREATEST PRIZE IS AGAPE’ LOVE; NOTHING WORKS WITHOUT AGAPE’ LOVE; NOTHING HAS ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT AGAPE’ LOVE!’ 

Doubt, also known as fear and unbelief, is the opposite of faith. The Scriptures and our walk with God must leave room for doubt or there would be no room for FAITH! LOVE requires choice! This is why we have good and evil, God and the devil, faith and fear, and many other choices! God's word and a right Spirit give us everything needed to make the right choices while the devil and wrong spirits try to deceive us into making wrong choice. Fear is a persons WORST ENEMY! 2 Tim 1:7 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” KJV 

Fear wears many disguises. As a powerful man of God once said it, "The highway to hell is paved with good intentions." Spiritual brothers and sisters are constantly attacking one another due to the best of these intentions – “fear” that someone they care about is falling into the devil’s trap. When Peter rebuked Christ and told him he was not going to die; JESUS rebuked Satan, the author of the intention and statement. Peter's love for Jesus and his desire to keep JESUS from suffering was against God's word and plan. It was the best of intentions that would have sent all of us to hell if JESUS had listened and obeyed the words and desires/intensions of a man he called His brother, family! This is why the Bible says that a person who bridles their tongue, puts love restraints on what they say by making sure what they say fits God's PICTURE/PLAN, does a good work because they have placed their whole body under God's control. The Scriptures also warned us that the ‘unbridled’ tongue is a rebellious and unruly instrument of destruction when it is not guided by ‘Agape’ love.  

The Bible tells us God does not give us the spirit of fear in 2 Timothy 1:7. Proverbs 29:25 tells us that the fear of man sets a trap for us. Proverbs 19:23 and Proverbs 14:27 tell us that the fear of the Lord brings us life. LIFE mentioned in this verse is a Zoë life, God filled abundant life. Psa. 1 gives the key if you study the words and root words then get the picture. So does Jer. 17:7-18 as the two scriptures confirm one another. In Heb. 1:9 you see the results of Psa. 1 and Jer. 17:7-18 success. 

The Bible tells us ‘greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world’. This is to give us hope, blessed assurance that will bring us through trying times and battles. In 1John 4:18 the Bible tells us AGAPE’ LOVE casts out all fear. “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” KJV 

If we focus on the love of God it makes the fears that would normally tear us apart, subside or go away altogether. This helps us make right decisions. We will give when it is time to give; hold back when it is time to hold back; stand or stand against when it is time for such action; and punish when it is time to punish. Most statements and actions that ‘lash out’ to ‘control’ others come from fear. ‘Perfect Love, which is Agape’ Love, casts out fear.’  
The Bible tells us that love is patient and long-suffering. This means we must put in the time and pay the price that is required to achieve the proper PICTURE and proper understanding! This is why, when God called me to be His Apostle and Prophet, He told me I had to study and show myself approved. God will never go against His Word but YOU MUST study and know the PICTURE of God’s Word in order to understand His Word! Then you MUST COVER it with AGAPE’ LOVE! 

He had me submit to the teachings and the refinement of good counsel, even though He poured out the Bible and the "understanding", into my head and spirit, in the batting of an eyelash so to speak. He said He would send a messenger and clearly tell me when I graduated and it was time to go in the ‘power and authority of His Apostle and Prophet’. People who take off prior to that time end up falling down and few get up again. 
He also told me to study and teach everything the Bible says about a subject so people can get the "light of Scriptures" PICTURE. He said there are too many instant miraculous experts forming too many doctrines that lead lazy Believers into divisions and false doctrine. It’s time for the body, the church, to COMMIT TO the STUDY of the whole PICTURE and find the common grounds that will bring all the parts of THE BRIDE together with a spotless wrinkle free gown of AGAPE’ LOVE!  

In Romans 13:7 The Bible tells us to render/give fear to whom fear is due. That means we fear God and God only; but we fear Him the same way we would fear a FATHER who knows our every thought and action; and He punishes ALL who do evil. Acts 9:31, Jeremiah 32:40, and several verses and proverbs show us these truths very clearly. Proverbs 8:13 tells us that the fear of the Lord is to hate evil; in any culture, language, or PICTURE!  
Many brilliant minds of this millennium have been trying to find answers and solve problems. The answer has been right before them, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," PSALMS 111:10. With wisdom, they'd solve all the problems and answer all the questions. The power of God would be on their side! 

If you do things your way, instead of God's way, you are prey for the devil and motivated by lust instead of LOVE. Lust is the devil’s umbrella while LOVE is God’s umbrella. Everything and everyone that belongs to God is covered and under His umbrella. God’s umbrella is not only a shelter from the storm; it’s a filter through which God sees us as irreprovable, blameless, holy – perfect. This is what is meant when the bible says, “Be ye perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect.” Stay under God’s umbrella. 

It is man’s point of view that has been dividing the true church, the Bride of Christ, the Believers. God weeps when ministers and followers attack others because of the way they believe, act, preach, look, or do anything that is not lead by the Spirit. “Misery loves company” is a phrase that is a worldly and sad truth. It is not about legalism and it is not about permissiveness – “let your moderation be known”. 

Man and a world following Satan tries to ‘bring others down’. God and His true followers lift others up. This is one of the things God loves about many Native American gatherings and sweats that are concentrated prayer for others first and then the individual that is praying. “Prefer your brother before you.” Our prayers are supposed to be selfless, not selfish. 

When you are in God’s “perfect will” you are in a ‘controlled and protected zone’ where nothing can get to you to harm you! This is where we can walk in Devine health and/or if a health situation seems to appear we follow the course looking for what God wants said and done – when all is said and done the symptoms disappear as quickly as they came. 

In God’s “permissive will” zone, to the right or left of God’s perfect will, we can feel the darts of the enemy, the heat, and the pressure. This is to let us know we need to move back into God’s perfect will. 

If we step out of God’s will altogether, we have NO PROTECTIVE COVER and are subject to hell on earth and in the hereafter if we don’t change our mind and our way. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Faith comes by hearing and hearing God comes by knowing His Word and understanding the Picture of His Word! Rom 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” KJV 

There is NO SUCH THING as A VICTIMLESS CRIME! What you say and do breeds life or death! ‘What you do speaks so loudly I can not hear what you say’, said the son to his father. However, we must remember that repent means to take a new direction and when someone repents they are to receive forgiveness! The same kind our Heavenly Father gives us – throw it in the sea of forgetfulness and remember it no more. If they turn again to their sin, wicked ways, sin is again the issue and their righteousness, the good done, is remembered no more. If they do this repeatedly the bible says put them away for a season and then restore them with controlled circumstances and guidelines. I have done a diagram the Lord gave me in the hope it might help you understand this teaching better. This is the key to understanding the PICTURE and understanding the picture is the key to VICTORY when you paint the PICTURE with AGAPE’ LOVE and GRACE!!!!!!!! 

People say drugs and drunkenness is a victimless crime. The bible say we need to be sober – no drunkenness – and vigilant – no drugs when Jesus comes. “1 Thess 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.” KJV You are not and can NOT be watchful when you are high on drugs. The bible tells us to be vigilant or watchful at all times or the devil will jump on us. “1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” KJV Then the drunk or drug addict blames God for allowing the disaster that strikes their lives and families when their choices and the devil are to blame! Pharmacia (drug), the Greek and Hebrew we get Pharmacy from, actually means “to alter the natural and healthy state of the body – to open for demon possession” while Apothecia (medicine), the Hebrew and Greek Germans and others get Apoteca from, means to bring the week and unhealthy body to a healthy and natural state or heal the body. The word for medicine is used in Apothecary at Exodus 30:25 and 35, etc. God allows doctors to use drugs as part of His “permissive will”.

If you are centered cutting the ties to sin by confessing them and renouncing them with your mouth cuts the lines trying to pull you to the right and out of God’s Perfect Will. Cutting ancestral ties cuts the lines pulling to the left. When you apply Agape’ Love and Psalms 1:1-3 with the PICTURE, THE LIGHT OF SCRIPTURE, TO YOUR LIFE; you will see clearly to help others with ‘the splinter in their eye – having removed the log from YOUR EYES’!!! You will find this in the Bible if you read it and study it for yourself. This is required to “work out your own salvation”. At this point in your growth you might understand Mathew 13:28-30 where the Lord said to let the tares, the weeds, and the wheat grow up together; and you will not weed, or you will stop weeding, the garden. The LORD of the Harvest will do it, and He has the power to turn the weeds into wheat!

When people try to pull weeds out of the garden, they hurt the wheat and many times pull up the wheat they thought was a weed. In other words we have a lot of Christians and ministers accusing and causing harm to people who are actually brothers, sisters, fellow servants, and the anointed chosen of our Lord! These words and actions have been dividing the true church and causing oppression to bind the bride of Christ! 

What would almost every modern day Christian say if someone called themselves a Prophet of God and the person laid down by the main entrance of the church totally naked and telling everybody they were going to be taken away by some other nation and that they would be naked with chains on their feet and a hook in their nose? That is exactly what Isaiah, a great Prophet, did at the main gate of the Temple! People commit grievous errors when they try to make God fit their picture instead of trying to get their life to fit God’s picture and letting God take care of the rest of the ‘whole picture’. This does not mean we ignore obvious sins like murder, adultery, idolatry, oppression, possession, and other OBVIOUS areas of sin. That is why this book is addressing some obvious sins with oppression and possession. 

Matthew 12:29 tells us 'A strong man's house cannot be taken except that the strong man first be bound.' One finger of accusation pointing toward another leaves three fingers pointing toward you. This starts to bind the power of God in you immediately and creates chains the devil will try to use to bind your brother or sister. False accusations also open the door for a brother or sister to have un-forgiveness, anger, and/or a root of bitterness resulting from your false claim. This is one reason the bible says to pray for discernment and wisdom. 

If you accurately discern something ask God to help you help the other person in a way that is congruent with His Agape’ love. The diagrams on the following pages will be used to give you more clarity on how this works and how to be set free and set others free. Deliverance from oppression or possession often involves finding a root of bitterness and/or breaking generational curses passed down by the activities of ancestors. ‘The sins of the father are passed down to the seventh generation’ according to God’s word. I will have to find where it is written. 

The first diagram on the next page shows how one person has three natures as God, PERFECT LOVE, one nature, is three persons. One person has flesh, Soul, and Spirit made in the image of one GOD, one nature, having the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The carnal mind and carnal heart bind the soul and spirit. This prevents the light of the Spirit from shining through and the world sees a creature of darkness. Refer to the diagrams on the following pages. Because there is no flesh in God Almighty the picture is 1X1X1=1 while our flesh creates 1X1-1=0 and we stay a big nothing until we have God overpower our flesh and join the math that IS God. 

The body of Christ and the individual are set free by living the WORD of God, which will result in Unity and Maturity. While binding words and actions make GOD weep; words and actions of Unity and Maturity put joy in God's heart and a smile on his face! GIVE GOD EVERYTHING and then you have to get everything from God and ‘He is faithful to guard over His word and to perform it’: you can expect victorious results and the results of the last diagram showing God’s light, Spirit, and Agape’ Love pouring out of you! 

Psalm 133:1-3, "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; as the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there of the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore." Then there is: Ephesians 4:13, " Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:" 

If God did not want all believers to come together in the Unity and Maturity of the LIGHT OF SCRIPTURE He wouldn't have given us these Scriptures and He wouldn't have given them to us in a PICTURE language! They were written to try and keep the church in God’s Agape’ Love as the church started to fall away. When the word of God feeds the Spirit man within; the Spirit comes to life and brings life to the Soul, which can then overcome the flesh. The Bible says, "The Spirit quickeneth", which means 'the Spirit brings to life'! When the Spirit man and the Soul man are alive to God; God knowledge comes through the Soul and into the Spirit. It is QUICKENED, MADE ALIVE, by the Spirit and empowered to overcome the flesh. As you PRAISE GOD for what you receive and have received, He “inhabits the praises of His people” and the enemy cannot stand before Him. You WIN! 

When the flesh is subdued, the world sees a creature of light. 'Let your light so shine that the world might see.' Refer to the ‘light shinning’ diagram. This is how an individual gets DELIVERANCE from oppression, for himself, herself and the church, body of believers! The more you can get Agape’ Love to flow through you and others the more everybody’s life straightens up! When God flows through you He does wonderful things to you! 

As shown in the oppression diagram; oppression occurs in the exterior walls of the Temple, and in the attic. You are the Temple or House of God. The possession diagram shows possession, being demon possessed, occurs in the interior of the House; the living room, bedroom, kitchen, and the rest of the House's living interior. When dealing with oppression, we bind the flash and all of the influences of the flesh: we cut the cords, break the band's, and dissolved the hooks put in place by the devil and his evil spirits! After this is done, we feed the Spirit and Soul the law of Liberty from the word of God. We then bind the evil spirits involved and COMMAND the evil influences and spirits to return to the pits of hell and be tormented a thousand fold more than they tormented the child of God! 

After Deliverance, it is extremely important for the individual to feed the Spirit lots of praise music, WORD, and fellowship with the brethren! The individual was one of the Living Dead but now is alive! Anytime JESUS raised the dead, He told the people that the individual raised up would be hungry and to feed them! This was typology of what we do with deliverance.  Ro. 8:6 & 7, "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity (a hateful enemy of God) against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." 

For greater understanding review the series of diagrams I have put in this writing for your benefit. As you view the diagrams it is important to know that an evil spirit will at times get between you and the vessel you are looking at so you see the evil spirit and the vessel. The evil spirit will try and make you think that the vessel has the spirit or that the spirit has hold of the vessel. Bind any and all evil spirits between you and the vessel and command them to go to hell and be tormented. Ask God to give you His view of the vessel. After that be sure to read what Agape’ LOVE is because the gifts only continue to work and revival only continues as long as we have Agape’ LOVE flowing through us, and GOD is glorified. The Agape’ LOVE flowing through the vessel drives out all evil and the Holy Spirit filling the vessel to overflowing protects the work done.

These three are one person serving either the flesh or the Spirit of God. We choose!
Many things are ‘permissive will’ but they are not beneficial to our Spirit walk!

 

Oppression occurs when too many fleshly choices are made and the flesh man is fed too many times. The flesh man is fed by entertaining thoughts filled with lust, greed, self- exaltation, self-righteousness, condemnation, fear, depression, loneliness, anger, hatred, and other such thoughts that are anti-Christ pests eating away at the house and foundation. A wise man once compared his life to a dogfight between a big black dog and a big white dog. He was asked which one wins and he said, “The one you feed the most”. Feed the white dog if you want good to win over evil. Think about God and meditate on and in His Word. Let LOVE, giving “Agape” love, be what saturates you. Psa. 1:1 – 5 The WORD of God, Agape’ Love, The Holy Spirit, and prayer is pest control when rolled into one person!

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