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Contents
1. Changed lives.
2. Natural verses spiritual perception.
3. Perfect obedience.
4. God’s cure for world trouble.
5. Law verses Spirit.
6. Be taught of God.
7. True prayer.
8. Prepare for trouble.
9. Break the shell.
10. Victory through praise.
11. Crucify the flesh.
12. Walk the high road.
13. Gifts to Fruit.
14. The mark of Christ.
15. Be like Christ.
16. Be prepared.
17. God’s guidance.
18. God’s security.
19. Honor from God only.
20. Spiritual motivation.
21. Admit your weakness.
22. Soil preparation.
23. Take the gift.
24. Spiritual faith.
25. Rich or poor.
26. Making all things new.
27. Power to reign.
28. Confession and repentance.
29. forgiveness
30. The high way to holiness.
31. Hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.
32. Kingdom Economy.
33. Carnality versus the high road.
34. Satisfaction.
35. The Unseen World.
36. The Demon World.
37. An Uneasy Peace.
38. Wasted Years.
39. Perfection.
40. Hell.
41. Conclusion.
42. Bibliography.
Intensive Soul Transformation
Introduction
The church is divided into major camps of thought and doctrine: Eternal security versus Armenianism, Pre-millennial versus A-millennial, “The sovereignty of God” versus Man’s choice, Conservative versus Liberal, and many other divisions exist. All these divisions exist because we do not operate under the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation Ephesians 1:17.
God has taught me over the years that I must not develop my own doctrine. I must spend time with Him and He will teach me the truth. He will teach me by the Spirit of Truth. All truth proceeds from the God Head; all other teaching contains only pieces mixed with error. Because God’s people insist on coming up with own teaching; God Himself looked down and put divisions between them. If God allowed them to become one that way it would be a monstrous Tower of Babel.
God’s method of oneness is: Every member of the body hearing from the Head. We must in this last hour be taught by God Himself.
The church has allowed Satan to convince them to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil instead of the tree of life. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is going by what your mind says; going by what is right in your own eyes. The tree of life is, walking in the Spirit even to the death on the cross.
Preface
I wrote a book called, “God’s Purpose for Mankind on Earth”; I am writing this book for those who read the first book and want to know more about how to renew their minds and the salvation of their souls. The salvation of the soul is a vast subject; a large portion of the Bible was written on this subject. I could not cover this subject on soul salvation in my life time; but I briefly present many portions of this subject in this book; I pray God raise up many who will take up the cause and enlarge each portion.
To understand this book: Make sure you are born again and fully consecrated to God. To be born again: Repent and ask Jesus to come into your life; then commit everything to Him.
Frank Overholt

1. Changed Lives
When we were lost in Egypt we were in deep bondage to the things of this world. God called us out of Egypt.
We crossed the red sea and entered the wilderness, “We were born again.” In the wilderness we were covered with the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. We had no righteousness of our own; so His righteousness was imputed to us.
Christians find that no matter how long they are in the wilderness their clothes do not wear out. They eat manna they gather every morning, and water from a rock. While they do experience hard times; God always brings them through.
Many of the leaders in the church have spied out the promise land. They have found it is truly a land flowing with milk and honey. They also saw the giants in the land of: fear, lusts, pride, unbelief, and other sins and said, “They are too big we can not overcome them.” They saw how all the people tried to overcome them down through the ages and failed.
Through their unbelief they tried to change the Word of God to mean something else. Perfect as the Father they say is treating everyone alike. Perfection means maturity, full growth, or complete. These things may be true; but in their minds they have diluted it. If you treat everyone alike, like the Father does; you are perfect. Maturity is the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; any lower standard just simply isn’t the Word of God. Perfection in this life can only come to the spirit and the soul; the body must wait for the resurrection.
When we were born again our spirits became intimately acquainted with God. Our spirits put on God’s nature and had eternal life. Our spirits could not sin nor even be tempted to sin. Old things have passed away all things have become new.
Our souls however were not born again. Our souls can and are being tempted every day. We often find ourselves in sin and needing to be forgiven. We find ourselves in a great battle against sin. The forces of the enemy are determined to defeat us. We must be determined to find God’s way to defeat them.
The big job ahead of us is the salvation of the soul; for our souls to be saved will require much work. We must become intimately acquainted with God. Most of the rest of this book will be directed to learn God’s will and to walk in perfect obedience. These are the things that are absolutely necessary for the salvation of the soul. This is the conquering of the land of promise. This is the land God promised to Abraham.
Do not dilute the Word of God. Do not put it far from yourself. Apply it directly inside yourself. Always do what God says as soon as you can confirm that it is the Word of God. None of the Israelites that did not believe entered the promise land. The church because it believes a diluted gospel has died in the wilderness for two thousand years.
When will God’s people believe all that God says? It certainly is wonderful to have clothes that do not wear out, to be fed with bread from heaven, and to drink water out of a rock; but God wants us to eat the corn of the land, our own figs, and rest in our own inheritance.
We must conquer the land: drive out the enemies in it; if we do not drive them all out they will be thorns in our sides and pricks in our eyes. If we dilute the gospel, fail to believe it, or fail to apply it within us; we will die in the wilderness just like they did. God is a God of love to be sure; but He is also a God of terror 11 Corinthians 5:10, 11; we must not fail to believe and do all His will.
It is no longer acceptable to become a Christian, go to church, pay your tithes, and just live a good life the rest of your life. We are coming to a time of trouble such as was never on the earth before. It is of utmost importance that we prepare for that day; those who do not prepare are very foolish indeed.
Develop a relationship with God, listen to Him for instruction, and do what He says. Do not be sidetracked by the enemy. Fear nothing but God Himself.
When the Israelites did not believe, God slew them Himself. Be much more fearful of unbelief than of the enemies of the land. Do not be afraid of what you will eat, drink, wear, drive, live in, or any other thing. Be afraid God will slay you in the wilderness for unbelief.
If you can see what God did to Israel every time they fell away; you are a fool if you think He will not do the same thing to you. Every time Israel fell into idolatry God punished them severely.
Paul says, “Covetousness is idolatry”. The great drive for wealth in the church today is surely idolatry. Will God punish you or catch you away and punish the rest of the world? Do you think because you are born again that God has special plan for you different than for the rest of the world?
Is God going to let you live like the world; but punish you different than the world? Don’t be deceived God never changes.
In Jeremiah’s day the people thought the temple would save them. In Jesus’ day the people thought being a child of Abraham would save them. In our day they think if they are born again that would save them.
Being born again will save you from ultimate destruction; but not from the judgment for your works. Second Corinthians 5 says that even we must stand before the judgment seat of Christ and it would be a time of terror.
Judge yourself and you will not need to be judged. Build your house with gold, silver, and precious stones. Build with materials that can with stand fire. Do not let your works be burned up.
Get into the land and destroy those enemies. Destroy anything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
God is perfectly able to perfect that which concerns us. We must quit looking at ourselves or the enemy, but at God. Even if no one was successful before; God said it and He will do it. We must believe all that He says; but God can not do it till He has a people who will believe.
Jesus is certainly coming back; but He must have a people with out spot or wrinkle first. The Righteousness of Jesus Christ will not cover you in the judgment; you must be clothed with the righteousness of saints. Those with out a wedding garment must be put out for judgment first.
No matter how weak you look to yourself; your weakness will not stop God from doing what He said; only your unbelief will stop God doing what He said.
Joshua did not conquer all the enemies. David did not conquer all the enemies either. We must do much better than they did. Put on the whole armor of God and learn how to stand. All soldiers must do a lot of practicing; so use that armor a lot. Practice! Practice! Practice! We must be able to stand in the evil day.
We must continuously walk in the Spirit. The Spirit alone knows how to deliver us from our enemies. Our enemies are too strong for us, but not for the Spirit.
All the work of the Spirit is forever. All the work we do on our own will burn up and pass away. No enemy can harm you if you are walking in the Spirit. The protection of the Father is perfect. No enemy can break through His protection while you are walking with Him.
If you are walking with God, He can not fail to meet all your needs. Never go by what your mind says. Always go by what God says. Your mind goes by natural perception. God goes by His eternal power do what He says. God can do anything He decides to do.
God is always there for you. His love for you is infinite. He is perfectly capable and willing to meet all your needs. Your fear, doubt, and unbelief are sins against that love. Constantly keep repeating this till you believe it in your heart: God loves me. God cares for me. God will always take care of me.
God longs for a people who will reach out and take what He is offering them. Most of His people are in such unbelief they receive very little from God. God longs to care for your every need. He is however hindered by fear, doubts, and unbelief. It takes faith and trust to move the hand of God.
Keep meeting with God; keep listening to what He says till your faith is strong.
2. Natural vs. Spiritual Perception
Sometimes Jesus will appear to a person for a special reason. He is accomplishing a certain purpose. These are not times of real growth. Real growth takes place when the senses are bypassed and He is detected by spiritual senses. Spending time with Him is what develops spiritual perception.
Many people make the claims that they saw Jesus with their eyes and I believe many accounts are true; but any real change made in them will only occur through spiritual perception.
Spending time in the sense realm will not produce spiritual perception. Spending time with God in meditation and praying in the Spirit will produce spiritual perception. Sensing Jesus in the spiritual realm; is far superior to sensing Him with any of the senses. The closer you get to Him the more the things that did not make sense, will now begin to make sense.
You might think if only I had been there when Jesus walked the streets of Galilee. When Jesus taught the Sermon on the Mount, taught the parables, or spoke to the two on their way to Emmaus you may have thought it great to have been there; but today you may hear His voice in a more life changing way than then.
Today if you will hear His voice; harden not your heart. Today if you hear Him knocking on the door of your heart; open the door and eat with Him. Jesus has much to say to those who will listen. He wants to sit down and eat with you and speak with you.
Do not let your heart be hard; respond to Him. When you respond to Him; He makes difficult things understandable. True understanding comes from His presence.
Time spent with Him will begin to change everything in your life. You will begin to come into God’s perfect order, perfect harmony, perfect supply, perfect love, perfect honesty, perfect obedience, into God’s power, conquering all enemies, and perfect success.
In the sense realm you have to do it yourself, this is impossible. Going by your senses, you will not even believe it is possible. Do not be like the ten spies whom God slew; but like the two who were approved of by God.
In the eternal realm it is God who is doing it; this gives us great rest. Developing that close relationship to Jesus Christ is an absolute pre- requisite to the realm of perfection.
God does not say, I suggest to you to be perfect. He says, “Be perfect as the Father is perfect. Do not live in unbelief. If you do not do it someone will. There must be a people who do it before the tribulation can begin. God can not allow the tribulation to begin till He has a people who are ready for it; but it will never happen out of human effort.
In the tribulation you must be able to hear God perfectly or you will not be able to stand; it will happen when it can flow out of the nature God put in each Christian when they were born again. This will happen to the ones who nurture it. Just as the fruit of a plant comes out of its nature; so the fruit of the Spirit will come right out of the nature God put in you.
Spend more and more time with God. Start in the morning with all distractions excluded. Keep God included in all your activities all through the day. Learn to distrust your own thinking. Learn to only trust what God says. More and more you will find your self on the high road with God.
Don’t be discouraged when God takes you into the wilderness to test you. Every word, every doctrine must be tested. He that endures to the end shall be saved: (Shall see that word come to pass). I refuse to teach you a cheap gospel. The cost of getting saved is not that much; but the rest of your salvation will cost you a lot.
Most of God’s people have a cheap gospel; they will be found wanting; later God will stoke the fire an extract the rest of the price. The thief on the cross was saved before the foundation of the world; but because he lived for himself he lost almost all his inheritance; wouldn’t it have been much better to have lived for God and have gone home with a full inheritance?
A cheap gospel will not prepare you for the dark days ahead and you also will lose your inheritance if live for yourself. Hold on to God’s hand in the darkness, darkness and light are the same to Him. If you choose to go in your own way; you will find out what the terror of the Lord really is.
All of God’s people were saved before the foundation of the World; but how many are willing to pay the price to rule with Jesus that Jesus told James and John would have to be paid? How many will have to be saved so as by fire? You can not have that place just for asking; but only if you are willing to pay the price.
Every good confession a person makes is wonderful; but we have a Kingdom to establish on this earth and we need to work with all we have to bring it forth. Take back the land from the demon spirits that control it.
Most Christians look at their weakness and say, “Nobody can be perfect.” Do not look at your weakness; look at God’s strength. Even Ephesians 4: 13 will not convince them. God must be asking the same question today as He asked about Israel; Hosea 8:5, “How long tell Israel attains unto innocency?” “How long will it be, till He has a people who will go on to perfection?”
3. Perfect Obedience
You must be obedient; but to believe or do the will of God will take a lot of effort. Man’s effort is not wrong in itself; but it becomes wrong when directed by man’s mind; when it is in response to God’s command it becomes necessary. God told King Saul to destroy the Amalekites. God told him to leave nothing that breathed; this took a lot of effort. Had he obeyed God all would have been well, but; he kept the king and some of the sacrificial sheep; and lost the blessing of God on the kingdom.
God has many things for all His children to do. If you are obedient, all will be well. If you are disobedient it becomes sin. Your effort is good when done in obedience to God’s command.
To learn obedience, proceed very slowly. Listen carefully for His voice. Keep turning to Him for direction. Keep turning to Him for Strength. When you miss it, try again. Keep putting your own thoughts out of your mind. Do not trust your own ability. When it is only your own ability it will not give you peace and joy; nor will it be the will of God.
Learn to rest in Him. Learn to walk with Him. Do everything according to His purposes. God’s work and purposes are eternal. God’s work and purposes produce miracles. You can do all things when you rest in Him. Be afraid to walk or move on your own. To walk on your own is pride. To walk with Jesus is humility. Trusting only in Jesus is humility.
Jesus is our creator; we need to learn to enjoy His presence. He is in the process of recreating our souls. For those who are surrendered to Him, He is constantly arranging their circumstances to renew their souls.
Share with Jesus all your pain, sorrows, troubles, joys, and everything that comes your way. Keep Him in all you do. The more you share with Him the more He will do in your life. The time spent with Him is health both to your soul and your body.
My Christian friend fall in love with the truth. Fall in love with Jesus Christ. Spend much time with Him. Be prepared for the time of the “Great Temptation” coming on the earth. Many Christians will be groping in darkness in that day. They will not know who or what they are in that day. Their lusts and passions will burn out of control. Their flesh will burn like fire James 5:3.
Jesus said, “What you do in secret will be shouted on the house tops. What you do when no one is looking can not be hid in that day. If you develop the flesh life do not expect to walk in the Spirit in that day. Your flesh will become a monster that will completely take charge of you in that day unless you crucify it.
Many Christians engage in sin thinking they will just ask God to forgive them; but they do not realize that they are developing their flesh nature. Sure God will forgive you; but you will have developed the wrong nature. That is an improper use of the grace of God. Crucify the old man and develop the new man; use the time of grace given to you to prepare for the time to come.
The preparation of the soul for the dark days ahead is of utmost importance. Getting rid of our thoughts and making room for His thoughts are of utmost importance. We must trust nothing that comes from ourselves. We must constantly keep turning to Him for help. All our trust must be in Him. We must constantly admit to our weakness. Humility is better than great strength or achievement.
Bring everything in your life under God’s authority now; this will not only prepare you for that day, but will build God’s kingdom in you.
If you are just beginning to develop a deep relationship with Him; set aside a little time to spend with Him in the morning; as you grow set aside more time. Take time to listen to Him speak to you. Do not be discouraged if you hear nothing, you just need to spend more time with Him.
Arise early in the morning. Confess your sins and weakness to Him. Read the Bible. Always commit yourself to all that He shows you. Keep praying for everything that comes to your mind. Take time to commune with Him. Take time to listen to His voice. Through out the day, keep turning to Him. Keep getting rid of your own thoughts.
We must quit trying to find our own way through these things; The Spirit alone knows the way. One who fearlessly follows the Lord; who is not afraid of rejection; who will change his mind when he sees he is wrong; he who only does God’s will as much as lies within him; will be ready when the great trouble comes.
You can vary the thing you do with God in the morning. You can read your Bible, read books written by faithful men, meditate, pray for the concerns on your heart, confess your sins and weaknesses, have communion, and etc. When you hear from God; do what He says immediately. Keep praying for what ever comes to your mind. Take time to commune with Him. Take time to listen to His voice. Through out the day keep turning to Him. Keep getting rid of your own thoughts.
Just as any Olympic athlete will tell you; he must work out many hours a day. If we want perfect obedience we must practice many hours a day. If they will do it to receive a prize that is passing away; let us do it for a prize that is eternal. Certainly we can do as well as they can.
If you are going to succeed you must persevere. You must keep confessing your sins and weak-nesses to the Lord. Keep practicing these things and watch your faith grow.
The more time you spend with Him, the more you will trust Him. The more you trust Him, the more of His power you will be able to use. The more you will be able to help someone else. Many of God’s people spend little time with Him; so they are not able to believe. When they do not believe it will limit His power. They therefore can not do much to help others.
Do not worry about what you will wear or where you will sleep; seek God’s kingdom; God will take care of you. Let the things of the kingdom fill all your desire. Let Jesus be all your desire; your rela-tionship with Him must be deep and intimate; head knowledge will not produce much change in you.
As you set your affection on Jesus, you will find that even the simplest things in life will satisfy you. The things that the world seeks after will have no hold on you. Everyone who is seeking the things of this world will reject you, even Christians. Do not expect harmony between yourself and the world; they will reject you, and then maybe even put you out of their church; some however will change, and surrender their lives to God and join you.
In learning the will of God you will have many failures; but this is the day of grace, God is giving you time to learn. Through God’s Grace you will learn through both successes and failures; do not waste away you’re day of grace. There will come a time when God’s grace will be taken away; at some point in time it will be too late.
Do all the things that God tells you to do now. Always walk in perfect obedience to what He tells you.
I have spent only a little time in proving these things to you. I could prove these things to you; but those who forsake sin and only follow Christ will know instinctively the truth; they are sheep and only know the master’s voice.
If you want to argue with these things; there must be something in you life keeping you from seeing. Confess you’re sins and fully commit yourself to God and you will have no trouble believing.
Anything that comes between you and God will blind your eyes. You can not believe the truth with sin in your life. You can not believe the truth if your eyes are on earthly things. Only those free from sin and fully consecrated to God will understand and believe what He says. Without full consecration to God you will not even be able to understand what I am saying.
4. God’s Cure for World Trouble
The words of Jesus are the only cure for the ills of this world. To understand the words of Jesus will go against everything your mind thinks. Your mind thinks seeking its needs will provide for you. God says seeking the kingdom will provide for you.
To meet all your needs spirit, soul, body seek God’s kingdom. Do you need to know God’s will? Seek the kingdom. Do you have emotional needs? Seek the kingdom. Do you need Food? Seek the kingdom. Do you need Healing? Seek the kingdom.
All your needs are met in Jesus Christ. Certainly you must continue to work, and all your other daily duties, but; your trust and all your attention must be on Jesus Christ; every effort must be made on building His Kingdom.
God’s kingdom is built only through slow, calm, and deliberate trust. Nothing of God can be done in a hurry. God’s power is made perfect in weakness. God’s power is found by resting in Jesus. When we recognize and admit our weaknesses, God turns it into humility. The humble have more power with God than all the greatest of men.
Even though we are very weak; God requires of us great effort. For a boater flowing with the tide takes little effort. Whether in the world or the church, the tide is always flowing away from God. To do the will of God therefore means, you must row against the tide.
Every church gets organized and falls away from God. They always use the wrong methods to keep the church in the right way. They organize it into laws, rules, and standards. When restrained the people always push against what restrains them.
The right way to build and protect the church is for everyone to be taught to develop a deep relationship with Jesus Christ. A people who have an ever deepening relationship with Jesus Christ, will not even want the forbidden things.
A revival will come when a few come together and sincerely confess their sins, and then delib-erately forsake them. Then they begin to confess their weaknesses. Then they begin to apply God’s strength. They look to God for direction. They commit themselves to completely obey God. They put all their effort to building the kingdom of God. These things must be done in complete sincerity and surrender. Then they go out to spread God’s word.
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When you go out to witness remember everyone is different. Everyone’s needs are different. Everyone personality is different. People’s personalities are like a foreign language. Only Jesus can understand a person’s personality language; so when witnessing to anyone ask Him to interpret for you. Speak out of personal experience. Make Jesus exciting. Speak what God gives you to say.
5. Law vs. Spirit
A people are falling away when they are more concerned about if something is alright, than what God says about it. When a person asks if a thing is alright; they are trying to see how far they can go in the wrong direction. A person who wants to know what God says will want to do it. People under law always fall away. People seeking God’s will are the ones who grow. Seeking God’s will always goes against the crowd, probably even in your own church. The crowd is always seeking the things of this life; you seek the Lord.
It is no longer look at the written commandments and do them; but it is walking in the Spirit. When you are led by a spirit, look at the Word of God to see what kind of spirit is leading you. Try the spirits. Follow only the leading of the Spirit of God.
What is a wrong with the law? The law only puts your flesh in prison. Your flesh will break free one little bit at a time. When it is free it will come back stronger than before.
The flesh must be crucified and destroyed, Romans 6:6. To destroy the flesh set your affection on things above. The more you treasure the heavenly things the more you will crucify the flesh. As your flesh dies you will become more aware how empty the things of the world are. As the Lord becomes your de-light, the things of this world will lose their appeal. Rules and laws can not change your life; but Jesus can and will; set your affection on Him.
When you walk by law your desire for earthly things actually increase. It may appear the right way to your mind; but it has no power to change you.
Those who walk by law always crucify those who walk in the Spirit. People usually do not realize what spirit they are of. The same people who cried Hosanna on Palm Sunday cried crucify Him a few days later.
If we are to please God we must do what He says. Those who please crowds will not please God.
Do not be afraid to tell the truth; those who love the truth will hear. Those who do not love the truth will either persecute you or leave your presence. When you are operating in the Spirit; wrong spirits in others will not tolerate that.
Those who want you to walk by law only want to glory in your flesh. If your church operates by laws and rules; you will have to put the unruly out by your own laws; those churches that are walking in the Spirit are governed by God.
6. Be Taught By God
In the book of Hebrews it says that the law was given by angels; but in the New Testament He speaks to us by His Son. God does not speak to us by angels or man in this day. When you hear men teach in this day check to see if you hear the voice of the Son. Reject anything that is not from the Son.
There are many doctrines of devils in the church today. I will give you a few examples: Some teach that angels were only for the Jews; because we have the Spirit and do not need them. Jesus had the Spirit without measure; yet He needed ministry from angels on several occasions. Cornelius a gentile needed an angel to tell him to get in touch with Peter to teach him what to do.
Another doctrine of demons is that if the early church did not do a thing it is not biblical. Paul said, “As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God.” Many things are not the same in the early church; but whatever way He leads us will harmonize with the way He led them. Peter says that, “There is a salvation to be revealed in the last days.” (Further details of this subject are found in chapter 36). More salvation revelation is yet to be revealed.
Do not go by anything taught by men (not by me either); God is your only teacher. Whatever you hear anyone say look for God’s voice. If God did not teach me first; I can not teach you.
Psalm 71: 17 says, “O God, thou hast taught me from my youth. Ecclesiastes 12: 11 says, “The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the master of assemblies, which are given from ONE Shepherd. Isaiah 54: 13; Jeremiah 31: 34; John 6: 45; Galatians 1: 12; Ephesians 4: 21; 5: 17; 1 Thessalonians 4: 9; 1 John 2: 27; all say we shall be taught by God.
1 John 2: 27 says, God’s teaching us is without error. God can not teach error. All the error we have picked up came from another source. It is our responsibility to check out our sources. You have the Holy Spirit who can not teach error. Jesus is the Truth and has no error. If you are taught by God you can not be in error in what He taught. You will have no excuse if you are in error.
Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the life. If you know Jesus you can not say you do not know the way. Spend as much time with Him as you can and He will lead you out of error.
God says to us in the New Testament, “He speaks to us by His Son. John says, ‘We have an anointing to teach us all things. Isaiah, Jesus, Paul and John all four said, “We would be taught of God. If you do not know God’s will, you will have no excuse in the judgment? God would have taught you if you would have listened.
When God teaches you it will agree with all Scripture. When God teaches you there is peace, joy, harmony, understanding, and a love for the Truth in your heart. You can always tell if God is teaching you by the love, joy, and peace it brings too your heart.
The joy of being taught by God can not be expressed. Those who are taught by God have a name that no one knows but them themselves.
All Christians have a perfect right to be taught by God. If you would like to be taught by God; you must choose to fall in love with the Truth. You must be willing to change your mind when you find out you are wrong. You must believe He has a perfect word for you. You must have confidence that He is willing to teach you.
He wants with all His heart for you to know the truth. He loves to teach and even to meet all the needs of His children. He wants you to be able to walk in perfect truth. He has much to share with you if you will only let Him.
Jesus Himself received only what God taught Him. He only did that which He saw His Father do. He set His sights on the Father and whatever the Father told Him He did it with joy. The Word became flesh by the works that He did.
If we do only those things that please Him the Word will become flesh in our lives as well. No matter how hard the difficulty do all that He says. Jesus is in charge of all circumstances nothing can go wrong.
Many Christians will hold to what they believe even if it is proven to be false; they are more interested in being accepted by men than the truth; they do not like to be proven wrong. If you receive honor from men you can not receive the truth.
When the demons that operate in their lives speak to them they listen to them instead. We wrestle against principalities and powers. We either agree with God or demons. The word taught by men is often the truth distorted by demons. The truth can be taught to you by God only; and to be taught by Him you must be fully surrendered to Him.
Do not be swayed by the teaching of any other man. When you listen to someone teach or preach; always listen for the voice of the master, if it is lacking reject it.
If you are taught by man, you are taking the most precious thing you have, and putting it in the hands of a man. He may be more interested in his ministry than your soul. That is a very foolish thing to do. If you do not walk in God’s way, and receive His truth, you may be also sadly lacking in His life.
If your beliefs are given you by men I will tell you it is full of errors. Everyone is a different part of the body and God alone knows what instruction you need. Trust yourself completely into His hand and let Him teach you.
Walk the narrow road. On the broad road you may have many so called none essential doctrine. On the narrow road there is room only for God’s teaching. All that God says is essential. On the narrow road it is only you and God; but you accept everyone. On the broad road there many people; but you accept only those who agree with you.
Fall completely in love with the Truth. If you fall completely in love with the Truth; you will be rejected and persecuted by man; but fully approved by God.
If you were going to school to learn to be a doctor or a nurse; would you expect to make it if you gave it the same time and sincerity as you give God? How can you believe if you give greater priority to earthly things than to the Kingdom of God? How can you speak as the oracles of God if you do not believe you can know perfect Truth? If you do not know perfect Truth why are you teaching others? You will receive the greater judgment. God has certainly made perfect Truth available to you.
The Truth He teaches you is perfect for where you are at; but tomorrow additional Truth will be needed. God only gives us what we need for now. Tomorrow God will give us what we need for that day.
Do everything by Him. Let Him be your strength, your hope, and your life. He is with you all the time. He is longing to meet your every need. You need not be afraid. Keep listening for His voice. Keep turning everything over to Him. Do what ever He says. He is in control of every situation. He is working everything for your good.
Jesus is with you all the time. He is perfectly capable and willing to teach you whatever you need today. Jesus’ presence is not ethereal but as real anybody else’s. The reason we do not see Him is there are scales on our eyes. Spend much time with Him; let Him become real to you. If you want Him to be real to you; you must spend much time with Him.
Remember that wherever you spend your time is what nature you will develop. If you want to use God’s power you must spend much time with God. God has His power for you to use; but you must learn how to use it. If you would say the Name of Jesus and mean it many times every day you would soon manifest much greater power of God in your life.
Walk with God to the level He has brought you to. Work together with God to continually raise your walk to a higher level. Allow God’s Word to bring you to perfect obedience. As you keep doing these things the scales will start coming off and you begin to recognize His presence. Living in God’s presence is so wonderful I am amazed that God’s people think you can not see or feel Him.
David showed he heard the voice of God when he refused to destroy the Lords anointed. Saul rejected the voice of God when he refused to destroy all of Amalek; but tried to destroy David the Lord’s anointed instead. God’s people do the same today when they do not destroy all the flesh; but come against their brethren instead. If God’s people walked in the Spirit they would never come against one of their brethren.
In the past God may have allowed contrasting doctrines; but now He requires everyone to be taught of God. God will soon require everyone’s doctrines to harmonize with each other; they will if taught by God. God’s Word to you is, “Today if you will hear His voice; harden not your hearts as the Israelites did. God wants to speak to you.
If you will not allow God to teach you today you will fall in that day. Every foundation which is not the very Word of God will fail in that day. An adulterated word will not protect you in that day.
Get your life in order. Get your life on a solid foundation that can not be destroyed. If you fail to hear your rebellion will be judged in that day, none will escape.
When you were a little child at a strange place, you hung on to your parents. Well you are a little child in the spirit, in a strange land; so hang on to your Father’s hand. You can not by your own wisdom or strength, take care of yourself; anymore than a little child can. If you insist on doing it yourself, your pride will take you to destruction.
Cast out the old self life and the pride that goes with it Romans 6:6; Galatians 5:24. Put your trust and confidence in Jesus. Be happy and content with what you have. When Jesus is in charge all will be well.
Doubt, unbelief, unrest, always leads to the destruction of faith. Faith is always calm. No matter how bad the problem, always approach it calmly; trust in the Lord. The Lord can not fail. Do not attack your problems too quickly; if you attack it too quickly or with your own thinking, you will fail.
Sometimes God waits till the last minute to see if you will endure to the end. Stay true and you will be saved in the situation.
Whether for healing from sickness or any other trouble, do not doubt. Be happy. Be at rest. Let peace and joy flood your heart. Be full of love and laughter. Refuse entry to any negative thoughts. God has all in control. Even when the storm is in the height of its raging, look at God’s deliverance. Each time He delivers you, you will learn to trust Him more. You will get closer and closer to Him. You will even begin to feel His tender hands as they bind up your wounds. You will begin to more and more understand His ways.
When others do not understand you do not be surprised. Your ways and words are like a foreign language to them. When you have physical needs, and you seek the kingdom of God instead of earthly things; do you really think worldly minded people will understand? They will say you are crazy. One however who is close to God will understand this principle clearly.
7. True Prayer
When you have a need: pray for the kingdom of God; pray that people may be added to the kingdom; ask God how you might help to build His kingdom. Be content with what you have. If you genuinely need something, God will supply it.
Prayer says, I need help, I don’t know the answer. Prayer means I humble myself; except when I do it to be seen of men. Prayer is very powerful. Prayer will do great things. Prayer is irresistible. Pray without ceasing.
Nice sounding public prayers will probably do more harm than good. Praying to receive merit from God, will probably do more harm than good. Praying humbly to meet your needs or someone else’s needs; God will hear those prayers. Prayers that are felt, God hears. You must reach heaven.
Do not waste your time on vain repetition. Speak those things you feel from your heart, knowing they will be answered. Take everything to Him. When you pray according to the Will of God, you can end with thanksgiving, joy, and praise knowing they will be answered. Just like God, call those things that are not yet as though they already were.
Become one who even the greatest sorrow of the night can not quench the joy of expectation for the morning. You will know you will have your request, because; you do those things that are pleasing in His sight. Refuse to look at the circumstances; look at God.
God has the power to deliver you. God has the desire to deliver you. Only believe. Only trust. Have faith in Him. Rejoice in the answer; salvation is yours. As you look to God, doubts will flee. In joy and hope you will conquer every obstacle. Nothing will stand before you.
As you behold the glory of the Lord, you will be changed. Continue to look to the Lord. Much work will be done without you realizing it.
Much activity usually means you are not resting in Jesus. Inactivity may mean you are lazy or in despair, doing the very will of God will avoid that problem. Doing the very will of God is very productive and profitable in the kingdom of God.
Jesus has given us a conquering spirit. Face every trial with the Spirit of conquest. When you trust in Jesus you can conquer anything. Do not be discouraged if it takes time. If you fall keep getting up. Do not try to save yourself; Jesus saves. Keep saying and mean it, “Jesus saves.” He is always working things out for our good. When you are in trouble, let the first thing you think of be, “Jesus saves.”
Do not beg Jesus to do it; He has already put the power in you to do it. Let your prayer to Him be one of trust. Just know He will do it. If your faith is small, just keep going to Him, Spend time with Him, till your faith grows strong. Strong faith comes from spending much time with Him, in meditation, and prayer.
Earthly things will rob you of your faith television sports, games, and etc. will rob you of your faith. If you are caught up in earthly things, you will hardly have the faith to do anything. Keep getting rid of anything that robs you of your faith.
When the disciples had trouble casting out a demon Jesus said, “This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” With our natural minds we tend to think He only meant fasting food. Jesus meant however such things as television, movies, fancy clothes cars, and any other thing that may distract from the very will of God.
Replace it with the things of the kingdom. If you get rid of it and not replace it with the heavenly things, other earthly things will replace it. Your life can not have a vacuum; something will be in it. Some of the things we mentioned are certainly legitimate; but they often have a real grip on us.
He also mentioned prayer as well as fasting. This kind of prayer is not just a few words out your own mind; but it must be real communion with God. You must feel the thing you are saying strongly enough to reach heaven. You must experience trouble; trouble causes you to reach for heaven. You must spend time with God.
8. Prepare For Trouble
Jesus will come suddenly, only the faithful will stand; if you Christian are caught up in the things of this world, you will be completely unprepared; faith takes time to build; so at that time it will be too late; you need to take advantage of every opportunity now.
Jesus is your safety and security; build your trust in Him now. Money, insurance, or any other earthly things, can not provide you with security for the day of the Lord.
Jesus is also the way; do not try to find your own way, you need His guidance; any other way will lead to abject failure. With Jesus being safety, security, and guidance, you will conquer all; you will be prepared for the dark days ahead.
Remember Jesus is in control of every circumstance; He is working everything out for your good. Jesus will never let more trouble come to you than you need; every trouble is filled with His tender loving care; He has the Midas touch; each trouble turns to gold. Peter says, “Troubles are more precious than fine gold.” Nothing you can desire can be compared to the good God brings out of trouble.
We are children of trouble; let us lay aside every sin, every weight, and every trouble at His feet; and let Him bear it for us.
Jesus delights to be our burden bearer, draw ever closer to Him. When you are burdened down you can not feel Him; so lay everything at His feet and enjoy His presence. Do not pick your burdens up again after giving them to Jesus; He alone is able to carry our burdens we can not.
Jesus knows all your needs. Each person has a different set of needs; Jesus alone knows what they are; He alone knows how to fill them.
As you draw closer to him, you will depend less and less on the law, and walk more and more in the Spirit. No law was ever written that could meet man’s need. The Spirit alone knows the way. The Spirit alone knows the need.
Think of people’s need as members of the same body. The eye needs different instructions than the ear. Each member has different needs, but; they are in perfect harmony with each other. Jesus alone knows the perfect combination of troubles and instruction each person needs; He only knows the exact place we fill in the body.
When Jesus told us to ask and we would receive, we try to do it in our flesh and do not receive; we should not get discouraged; we just asked amiss. We must keep meeting with Jesus early in the morning; let our faith in the Spirit arise, and we will receive. You can not believe by just trying with your mind; your faith will come forth naturally as you spend time with Him.
There is no substitute for spending time with Him. If we want to realize the spiritual blessings, we must cease to operate in the flesh. The spiritual blessings are available only to the new nature; if God gave His things to us in our old nature we would consume them on our own lusts; but if you would have the things of God a change must take place in you first.
If God would answer us in our old nature it would cause us to fall further away from Him; but God wants to draw us closer to Him. It is God’s love and mercy that we have to rise in the new nature in order to receive from Him. Do not get discouraged. Keep on asking. Keep on meeting with Him. Honest productive meeting with Him has got to build your faith.
Use your new found faith to build God’s kingdom. God wants and needs people who will not let Him go till they receive what is theirs. The great men and women of the past, who wielded so much power, received that power through much time spent with God; they practiced and practiced the power of God; as they followed these principles it became easier to perform great feats.
A seed planted on a rock with little soil will wither in the sun; so you will wither also if try to do much work for God with little time spent with Him. You must be deeply rooted to support a great work. A deep relationship will cause a great work to come right out of your nature, just as a plant grows great right out of its nature. Practicing God’s presence will fit you for the work of the kingdom.
9. Brake the Shell
When you were born again God put His nature in you; however it is encased in a hard shell; this hard shell keeps God’s nature from manifesting fully in our lives. We see the things God tells us to do in the Bible; but try as we might we can not do them. We need to break that shell and the fruit of the Spirit will flow forth naturally.
The hard shell is called the flesh. The flesh is contrary to God and can never do the will of God. The flesh is of this world and God’s nature is from heaven. The flesh makes us to be very self conscious. God’s nature will make us to be very Spirit conscious. To become Spirit conscious we must spend time with the Spirit. Spending much time with the flesh, keeps us flesh conscious.
When we agree with God’s Word in our minds and try to do it, it is like trying to go through space in a horse and buggy. When we agree with God’s Word with our minds and give pre-eminence to the Spirit to fulfill it then we are space traveling with a rocket.
No eternal good can be produced by the flesh. Eternal good can only be produced by walking in the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is already in your eternal nature; but it must be freed from the flesh. It will automatically produce love right out of its own nature. All the fruit of the Spirit comes forth by nature when freed from the flesh.
In John 15 Jesus says, “I am the vine you are the branches.” We must abide in the vine and bear fruit lest we be cut off and be burned. It is imperative that we maintain a deep relationship with Christ and bear the fruit of the Spirit.
For the Spirit to come forth in our lives we must be pruned or broken. If we do not allow Jesus to break us, He will fall on us and crush us. Do not be afraid to be broken; Jesus will put His whole nature of love in the breaking process.
If we do not allow ourselves to be broken, we will never know much of His power in our lives. He has given us the cross to take up on which to crucify the self life. Destruction of the self life will release the new life. The natural force that is in your new nature can not be deceived or overcome; but it can be hindered from working by the flesh. Break off the flesh and walk in the new nature there is no enemy that it can not conquer.
This force is the very power of God Himself. This force flows into you like sap from the vine to the branches. As you allow yourself to be pruned by God this life force will come forth more and more. If you refuse pruning you will not bear fruit; instead you will be cut off and be burned. These are new creation forces and will only operate in the new creation.
This is your new self. Jesus put it in another way, “Whosoever has to him shall be given and he shall have abundance; but he who has not even that which he has will be taken from him. Operate in the new man.
The old self is in Adam’s image. The new self is in Christ’s image. The old self is of this world. The new self is of the new world. The old world is headed by Adam. The new world is headed by Jesus. The old man is fallen and headed for destruction. The new man is created in righteousness and true holiness
If we do not allow ourselves to be broken, we will never see the power of that new nature at work. The hard shell (the old self) that covers it will keep it from operating. It is the very nature of God in you. It contains the very power of God. Much work is required though to release it.
Jesus gave us a cross to bear. We need to deny the old self, and put it on the cross. We must do our part. We must put self on the cross. We must take up our crosses and follow Him.
Jesus provided the cross. He will search out every vestige of the self life. He has provided the power to destroy the self life. Jesus has already destroyed the self life on the cross. We must however go through the process to see the reality of it in our lives.
The old self is made in Adam’s image. The new self is made in the image of Christ. The old self is of this world. The new self is of the new creation. Put off the old man and his deeds. Put on the new man, which is created in righteousness and true holiness. The new man is Christ in you the hope of glory. We must constantly keep doing these things till Christ be formed in us.
The old man constantly tries to take the pre-eminence. The new man has the humility of Christ. The new man will only come forward, if God brings it forward. The old man always defends it self. The new depends on God to defend it. The old man always fights for its rights. The new man tries to make peace through love.
To habitually put off the old; and put on the new man; takes a lot of practice. You will have a lot of failures. Learn from them then forget them. Keep putting off the old man. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ. Take everything to Him no matter how small.
10. Victory through Praise
No matter what kind of problem you have you can praise the Lord. Praise and joy will defeat the Devil every time. If your car or truck breaks down praise the Lord. If you lose your job praise the Lord. If there is no food in the house praise the Lord. If you do not have a house, praise the Lord.
If you do these things; you will defeat the Devil. God will meet your need. You have no need God can not meet. Just obey God with joy, thankfulness, and praise. To defeat the Devil the most powerful force is praise. Keep practicing praise in the little troubles. When the big problems come you will be ready for them.
As you practice, your praise will begin to come out of your inner being. This can not be developed in a moment. You must practice it over a period of time. Spend much time in prayer. What ever you experience through out the day, turn to prayer. Each little problem that comes up, turn to prayer.
God gave the church power to defeat the Devil already two thousand years ago. When a people comes forth that believes what God says, we will defeat him. I intend to work to that end till he is defeated; or till I die which ever comes first. A generation must arise and defeat the Devil.
Seek God’s way through your problems. God’s way is always best. You will begin to do things through God’s nature in you. You will be drawing closer to God.
As you develop the practice of going to praise and prayer, you will be prepared for the future problems. The solution will come right out of your new nature. Keep plenty of oil in your lamp. Fill a separate container besides.
Future problems will become gigantic. Those of God’s people, who fill their minds with the things of this world, will not know what hit them. In that day television, computer games, movies, and etc. will contain the very nature blasphemy. They will not be able to buy or sell without taking the mark of the beast. God’s people who indulge in the things of this world will have no clear vision of what is to come.
Wake up church. Spend time with God. Walk with God. Learn obedience. Learn through suffering. Value the eternal things. Set your heart on things above. You have just enough time to prepare if you start now. This is a very serious situation. It takes time to be changed and your lives are slipping away. For some it may be already too late.
God’s people have been told, “God will take them out before the great tribulation.” They are depending on a doctrine developed by man. If they would listen to God instead they could not be so deceived. Listen only to the master’s voice. He will only lead you into the truth. God has only your wellbeing in mind. These have their doctrine and ministry in mind. Do not put your future in the hands of anyone, not even me. Only God loves you enough to lead you into all truth.
God will make you like Himself. Men will make you like themselves. God will make you perfect. Men will tell you nobody can be perfect. If you put your future in the hands of man you are a fool. Do the right thing. Accept Christ. Then let Him perfect you. To become a Christian you only need to accept Christ. To become like Christ takes a life time of practice. Give it all you have.
Do not live for yourself. Do not fill your mind with the things of this world. Surrender to Christ every step of the way. Do not think you can enjoy the things of the world and be ready at the same time. Do not be deceived; evil communications corrupt good manners. Do everything you do by the Spirit. What you do out of your own mind will only burn in the judgment.
Israel was God’s son; but every time they fell away God judged them severely; do not think that a just God will treat you differently.
God has held back the fires of judgment that will consume this world, till He can prepare a people to face it. When the restrainer is gone people’s passions will burn like an oven. Everywhere through out the earth people’s passions and lusts will burn out of control. Everything they do will be to fulfill their lusts and passions.
No laws or policemen will be able to restrain them. The whole land will burn as an oven. The very elements of their nature will melt with extreme heat. All their works will burn in the fire.
Only the manifest sons of God will be able to stand in that day. Only gold, silver, and precious stones will not burn. The day of the Lord is darkness and night with fire of ungodly proportions. Do not be unprepared in that day. Paul says in 11 Corintians 5, “Knowing the terror of the Lord we persuade men.” Yes, that fire will try our works as well.
When I hear preachers preaching on the rapture of the church; I do not hear them expounding on Luke 21:34-36. Verse 34, “Take heed to yourselves, lest at anytime your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, so that day come upon you unawares.”
Verse 35, “For as a snare shall upon all them that dwell upon the face of the earth.”
Verse 36, “Watch you therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and stand before the Son of man.” I hear nothing about God being a consuming fire and that He will judge His people, Hebrews 10:30; 12:29.
I hear nothing about, “Knowing the terror of the Lord we persuade men, 2 Corinthians 5:11.
I do not hear them talk about the fire that is to try everyman’s work, 1 Corinthians 3:13. I hear nothing about some men’s sins and works going before into judgment, 1 Timothy 4: 24, 25. These things are all spoken to God’s people.
I never hear about Joseph and his brethren and the famine in Egypt. I hear nothing about how God judged Israel every time they did what the church does freely everyday.
They put together a few scriptures that seem to support their view and ignore the rest or try to make them fit. The fact is that the Bible never says that judgment is according to your new birth. It is always according to your works.
If they were on top off a mountain walking along a five thousand foot cliff; they would watch every step. Whether you fall or not goes by your works not by your birth. A Queen will not be any different in the fall than a pauper. The fact is their actual position is much more serious; it has eternal consequences.
I hope many wake up before long before they fall and take many with them.
11. Crucify the Flesh
These things I am writing to you so you may walk into the deep things of God. Why would anyone want anything less? To walk in the deep things of God, you need to walk hand in hand with God. Work out your salvation every minute of the day. Love Him. Praise Him. The more you interact with Him the more you will become like Him.
If you spend your time with the world, you will become like the world. That will cause the old man to become stronger. Look upon the face of Jesus Christ. The old man will die and pass away. Galatians 5:24, “They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” The old man must be crucified.
You will begin to see the shallowness of the things of this world. The things of this world will lose their appeal. In the Book of Romans Chapter 8 It says, “Mortify or put to death the deeds of the body.” God has not only given you the power to crucify the flesh; but He has commanded you to do it.
Though you will certainly have sorrow and disappointment; yet you will have peace, joy, and contentment. You will notice more and more that the old man will be passing away.
Love the Lord. Let your love for the Lord be revealed by your love for others. Love other Christians. Love the harlots and sinners. Love is the most powerful force of all. Love drives out sin. Love drives out Satan. Love conquers temptation. Love destroys the works of the Devil. Love wins the sinner to Christ. Love conquers all. Keep on loving.
Praise conquers depression, despair, and failure. Praise is the acknowledging of God’s power and work. Persistent praise and thankfulness will cause you to grow. You may not feel like praising. You may not feel very thankful. If you keep praising and thanking anyway it will grow. It will become a spring of praise and thankfulness coming right out of your new nature.
12. Walk the High Road
As you clime the mount of God, Keep reaching for new truths. Yesterday’s truth will not meet today needs. Do not camp on a plateau. Do not camp around one set of teachings. Keep on ascending up the mountain. Learn all He will teach you today. Be obedient to all He tells you today.
As you go; you will grow. As you grow; you will find your nature is being changed. You will find that you no longer fit into the old life. Most Christians tend to please the body. They live for ease, comfort, fun, and etc. They will find their Christian life is anemic at best. They hinder the work of God in their lives. Their prayers go unanswered. They bring upon themselves unnecessary trouble.
You and God must shape the soul together. We must be yoked together to accomplish the work. God will not do it without us. We can not do it without Him. We must live for the saving of the soul. You must work on it all day long to accomplish this task.
Those who walk the high road face many obstacles, Troubles, and trials. They are necessary to shape us, and they will re-form us into the image of Christ. They are not the finale goal. Our joy in the Lord; and His pleasure in us is our finale goal. We may however get a taste of the eternal things now.
We are Disciples of Christ. In our training we will face failure, shortcomings, Jolts, jars, and other obstacles. After troubles have done their job, forget them. Always run to win Christ. Set your sights on the eternal riches. Those high desires will all be granted.
Thank Him for everything. Everything is working for your own good. Consistent proper response to God’s testing is like putting money in the bank. Put a little in the bank day by day. One day the big trouble will come and you will have sufficient to meet your needs.
Praise God consistently. Thank God consistently. Do all He says consistently. Doing all the little things He tells you will store up spiritual wealth. This will make you ready when the big trouble comes. Unlike the natural world, the big trouble does not deplete your resources. The big trouble only prepares you for even bigger trouble.
Dear Reader;

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