Category: Repentance

New Covenant repentance is different from Old Covenant repentance. John the Baptist and Jesus preached the kingdom was near. When Jesus was crucified he dealt with sin once and for all. When Jesus was raised from the dead at His coronation the Kingdom was established, and we were translated into it. God dealt with sin… Continue reading New Testament repentance

Young people, as well as those in their middle years, are always looking forward to tomorrow, while old people live in yesterdays of the past. Can’t anyone ever live in the present? Paul said of David, “By the will of God he served his generation and slept with his fathers” (Acts 13:36). In other words,… Continue reading THE “NOW” REMNANT 1

When the spirit of discouragement and depression comes to harass the people of the Lord, they can become victims of it almost without realizing how much it is controlled by the spirit realm. If they realized the danger of it, they would rebuke it and not yield to it. He that is slow to anger… Continue reading GREATER THAN HE THAT TAKETH A CITY 1

Father, our hearts look to Thee. We know that when we started to walk with You, You brought us to set our hearts upon You and to say yes to Your will—but we never dreamed what Your will would mean! We pray that You will help us to have that discipleship without reservation. Amen. Think… Continue reading PROGRESSIVE DEMANDS OF DISCIPLESHIP 1

I do not know of anything that I have ever taught that God has not burned in my spirit first. When you hear it, you know that I have already experienced it deeply. I could not talk you into anything at all if I did not know the truth of it within the depths of… Continue reading WITHOUT RESERVATION 1

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is… Continue reading LET THY WORDS BE FEW 1

This probe message concerns two basic problems: presumption and drawing back from absolute obedience. Using the life of Saul in the Old Testament as an example, we see that certain things befell him which could easily overtake us in the same way. What was it that caused Saul to be exposed to his greatest defeats,… Continue reading THE PERILS OF PRESUMPTION
AND DISOBEDIENCE

The purpose of a probe is to dig down deep into our spirits to find the things that need to be uncovered and let the Spirit of the Lord deal with them. The difficulty with most of us is that we are too superficial in our understanding of ourselves or of the will of God.… Continue reading TRUTH OR DECEPTION? 1

There is a process by which you can get rid of resentment, rebellion and unsubmissiveness. One usually triggers off another until all three have run the complete cycle. When you have something like this that you battle continually, expect and believe for perfect deliverance. However, understand that the nature of your problem is so deep… Continue reading DYNAMITING THE STUMPS 1

Our focus is very much on the Lord, but because we are moving into days of restoration, many pressures are coming against the people of the Lord. For our survival, we have had to learn to deal with them and cope with them. We cannot judge anything on a human level. We cannot condemn anyone,… Continue reading TOTAL REPENTANCE 1

In a probe, we deal with the hidden motivations in people’s lives, the ulterior purposes that are concealed, sometimes even from their own thinking. The reasons we give for our actions are often quite plausible to others, but God who searches the heart knows how many times they are not true. Paul illustrates this when… Continue reading HIDDEN REBELLION AND PERVERSITY 1

God is bringing forth a people today who are embracing a walk with God rather than a theology or a doctrine. The study of doctrine differentiates between Calvinism and Arminianism. The Calvinist doctrine, originally based upon John Calvin’s teachings, claims that those who in the foreknowledge of God are predestined to be saved, will be… Continue reading GOING ON TO MATURITY 1

Some stories in the Bible are classic, inasmuch as they apply to so many areas of our life. As we pass through one phase after another, one of these classic stories will always give the answer we need. How many times have you felt that you were crossing over Jordan into Canaan? How many times… Continue reading THE HALF-BREEDS 1

Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Psalm 118:27b. Exodus 29 tells how the priests would dip a finger in the blood of sacrifice and put it upon the horns which extended up on each side of the altar. The horns had a specific purpose. The animal world seems to… Continue reading MORE ON DEDICATION 1

In almost every area where the Lord is dealing with people or even just setting them aside for the moment, problems suddenly erupt which look like utter disaster. Yet people go along on their merry way thinking they will keep it covered. God will not allow it to remain covered. This is a day of… Continue reading THE DAY OF TRANSPARENCY 1

It is amazing to see how many things people can be dedicated to, without being really dedicated to doing the will of the Lord. They use a walk with God with its miracle deliverances, believing they can create for themselves a selfish and rewarding personal life. Peter asked the Lord Jesus, “We’ve left all to… Continue reading DEDICATED 1

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple… Then I said, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:… Continue reading A REVELATION OF OURSELVES 1

The self-knowledge behind psychoanalysis has been admittedly a defeat in probing to the depths of human problems. Very few psychiatrists engage in psychoanalysis now, but the need that they saw was very real. They saw that in some way every person with deep problems must discover both the conscious and unconscious basis for their problems.… Continue reading The only effective way of change 1

Combat Communication Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:1–2. “And the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into… Continue reading Of what do we repent?

The greatest vice in the Kingdom of God will not be lust; it will be laziness. A man who is given to lust sins against himself and sets into action those sins which can destroy him, but a man who is lazy sins against the Kingdom of God and holds back the Kingdom of God… Continue reading The Christ in me speaks

This probe message concerns two basic problems: presumption and drawing back from absolute obedience. Using the life of Saul in the Old Testament as an example, we see that certain things befell him which could easily overtake us in the same way. What was it that caused Saul to be exposed to his greatest defeats,… Continue reading The perils of presumption and disobedience

The purpose of a probe is to dig down deep into our spirits to find the things that need to be uncovered and let the Spirit of the Lord deal with them. The difficulty with most of us is that we are too superficial in our understanding of ourselves or of the will of God.… Continue reading Truth or deception?

There is a process by which you can get rid of resentment, rebellion and unsubmissiveness. One usually triggers off another until all three have run the complete cycle. When you have something like this that you battle continually, expect and believe for perfect deliverance. However, understand that the nature of your problem is so deep… Continue reading Dynamiting the stumps

Our focus is very much on the Lord, but because we are moving into days of restoration, many pressures are coming against the people of the Lord. For our survival, we have had to learn to deal with them and cope with them. We cannot judge anything on a human level. We cannot condemn anyone,… Continue reading Total repentance 1

In a probe, we deal with the hidden motivations in people’s lives, the ulterior purposes that are concealed, sometimes even from their own thinking. The reasons we give for our actions are often quite plausible to others, but God who searches the heart knows how many times they are not true. Paul illustrates this when… Continue reading Hidden rebellion and perversity 1

This is the day which the Lord hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, we beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, we beseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. The… Continue reading Bind yourself to the will of God

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12. “The word of God is living and powerful.” We use that… Continue reading God’s open heart surgery

(A ROTOR-ROOTER MESSAGE FOR YOUR SPIRIT) This message from the tenth chapter of Hebrews is an expository message. It used to be the only way I ever preached. As I went along, I began to emphasize principles of the Kingdom more, because these are the ways that people grow. But growth is promoted very much… Continue reading A new and living way

At the beginning did the Lord not give a Word unto this house, that unconsecrated hands and hearts that were not wholly set upon the Lord were not even to labor upon this building?  And the Lord set aside even the one who would drive a nail, if he murmured in his spirit. We didn’t… Continue reading Let every heart be searched

Although our focus is very much on the Lord, because we are moving into days of restoration, many pressures are coming over which we must learn how to prevail for our survival. We cannot judge anything on a human level. We cannot condemn anyone who is going through difficulties, because we do not know all… Continue reading Total repentance 1

Our focus is very much on the Lord, but because we are moving into days of restoration, many pressures are coming against the people of the Lord. We cannot judge anything on a human level. We cannot condemn anyone, for we do not know the spirit behind his or her actions, the oppressions coming against… Continue reading Total Repentance

In these messages on repentance the purpose is not to fill your mind with teaching, but to provide a word that you can meditate on so that it will soak into your spirit. You must absorb it. Have you noticed that when it has not rained for a long time, a sudden downpour does more… Continue reading The only way of effective change

Joel 2:13 says, “Rend your heart and not your garments.” We go through many experiences in our emotions which are often expressions of our spirit. We all get to the place at times where in sorrow, in frustration, or in grief we could react by rending our garments. The Scriptures give many accounts of people… Continue reading How is your heart?

Human efforts and wisdom fail to unlock the deep areas of problems in our lives. But God searches the depths of the heart, and He has given us the Holy Spirit to help us “examine ourselves” (I Corinthians 11:28). The knowledge that we need for our deliverance comes through the deep “searching” work of the… Continue reading Hidden rebellion and perversity

Acts 17:30 Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, 31 because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead. Why… Continue reading Have you repented?

Our whole concept of repentance is changing. God is imparting to us the mind of Christ, the mind of sons and this will be a dynamic change for us.  When David sinned against the Lord by committing adultery with Bathsheba, getting her pregnant and then killing her husband to try and cover it up ,he… Continue reading Repent as Sons

Be gracious to me, O God. according to Thy lovingkindness; according to the greatness of Thy compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, and done what… Continue reading Renew a right spirit

Mathew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent (command for continuous action, active tense, 1-change of condition-transition 2-to perceive with thought coming into the consciousness.): for (the reason for, because)the kingdom (the rule of God) of heaven is at hand (the completeness of the action, to approach-is here). The word… Continue reading Repentance

Just as Moses ascended Mount Sinai, to receive the 10 commandments, Jesus ascended a mountain to give us the principles of the kingdom. Mat 5:1 and seeing the multitudes, He went up (to ascend) on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught… Continue reading Sermon on the Mountain

Matthew chapters 5 to 7 record what has become known as the Sermon on the Mount, which includes the Beatitudes. These writings are the foundation on which everything else in the New Testament is built upon. The teachings of Jesus are the foundation stones that Paul and the other writers of the New Testament used… Continue reading Sermon on the mount