Category: The shape of things to come

All creation has been subjected to futility because of the fall; but in the redemption of Christ, now after 1900 years, it is time that the Lord bring forth the active manifestation of the victory of Jesus Christ, reversing the downward pull upon people and causing the upward pull to become stronger and stronger. People… Continue reading FROM PLOWS TO SWORDS

God does not move sovereignly in a situation, but He does make Himself available to us. The availability of God in every situation is a wonderful truth. Life creates an illusion completely opposite: we pray and nothing seems to happen right away. It seems as though everything works against us, that we have no control… Continue reading From swords to plows

Some of our visions and dreams may seem fantastic and even crazy by the world’s standards; yet many dreams have come to pass, and the people of the Lord are encouraged and are looking for the promises of the Lord to be fulfilled. One of our dreams is to see Kingdom cities come forth and… Continue reading Expanding vision

For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. Hebrews 2:1. King James reads, lest at any time we should let them slip; however, the truth does not slip. We drift away from it. No spiritual state is maintained automatically. A business will not… Continue reading All things in subjection

There is an old saying that ignorance is bliss. Have you ever heard the little jingle, “If ignorance is bliss, not knowledge, then why do we bother going to college”? The Scripture says that when you increase knowledge, you increase sorrow (Ecclesiastes 1:18); but that is actually a half truth. There is a state of… Continue reading Perfect wisdom and perfect revelation equal perfect joy

The Lord is setting something wonderful before us. Not only does He promise us His help and His grace, but He helps us with our weaknesses by the assurance of His constant presence. He becomes our sustaining strength for whatever He sets before us. Then He does something more: He inspires us. He inspires us… Continue reading Dedicated to the rules of the road

There are among the young men those who will be called “family men” and also those called to be only “ministry men,” who will not have families. No one should accept this walk with God just as an occasion to find someone who halfheartedly wants to walk with the Lord thinking this will be an… Continue reading The family with a purpose

The New Testament Church is not a denomination, inasmuch as the churches are not bound together in organization. They are only bound together by the mutual spiritual tie of the ministries that God has raised up. In the New Testament times Jesus Christ was Lord; and under His Lordship, foundational ministries were sent forth upon… Continue reading Immunity of the remnant in the end time

As we discern the shape of things to come, we must change. We will not hesitate to stop anything we are doing if it becomes a soulish practice. I would rather we come and stand before the Lord without opening our mouths than get on a merry-go-round as has happened to other movements. So far,… Continue reading The shape of things to come

The persecution of the early Church was such that the Christians could not meet in one large group or invite people to the services at random as we do today. They ministered to people and talked to them, but they had to be very careful whom they brought to the services because there were many… Continue reading The early church

There are always many decisions that must be made for the brethren, the churches, and the different projects that are before us. As I feel my own inadequacy for this, I realize that there is a growing tide that almost despises the humility which confesses, “I do not know, but I will seek an answer… Continue reading Betrayal

In the third chapter of II Timothy, we are impressed with the description of situations that will exist in the end of the age. It must be understood that the expression “the last days” refers to the last days of one order or one dispensation; it does not speak of the end of time or… Continue reading What believers should know about these times

We need a release from deep-rooted limitations in our thinking that may have escaped our attention. Because we have been conditioned not to take hold of the full provision of the Lord, we are often not aware of our unbelief. It is difficult to understand this unless we review briefly what takes place in our… Continue reading Jubilee-release and restore

Samuel said, “God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in failing to pray for Israel” (I Samuel 12:23). That is a good word. Why would we be sinning against the Lord in failing to pray for our country and for God’s will to come forth? The Lord has revealed His will for this… Continue reading Agony

The great end-time period of spiritual revelation, as well as of trouble and tribulation, is the climate in which the greatest saints, apostles, and prophets who ever lived will come forth. The climate is being created. Out of almost utter chaos, they will arise. There is going to be a time of trouble—called “a time… Continue reading Purged, purified, and refined

We need to face things that are coming to pass upon the earth without being fearful. We find some of the greatest parables of Christ in the thirteenth chapter of Matthew. One of the principal parables is that of the sower and seed, or better termed, “the various kinds of soil.” The seed is the… Continue reading We don’t have much time

God has a timetable of judgment that is involved with His timetable of blessings. The blessings into which the remnant is to enter have to be in harmony with God’s schedule of judgments. This is a divine principle in the Word. Abraham was led out of Ur of Chaldees and finally made it to Canaan.… Continue reading Glorified in His saints

We are preparing ourselves for the day when God shall speak to His people and lead them by a pillar of fire. I thank the Lord for the leadership He has laid upon my shoulders for the people. Now I thank Him for the day that is coming, when this will be required less and… Continue reading Being led by the Lord