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This message was preached in Tanzania in 2008, and has been reworked in a word processor.
All throughout the ages: the great men of God, spent much time with God, and it was the time that they spent with God that made them great. The Bible says that Moses spoke with God face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Very few men in the Bible knew God as closely as Moses.
Moses walked so close with God that, when Aaron and Miriam complained that he took too much on himself that, God Himself showed up to defend him. God said, “If there be a prophet among you, I will appear to him in a vision or a dream; but my servant Moses is not so, but I will speak to him face to face, even apparently; how is it than that you speak against my servant Moses?
God is interested in coming to each of you, just as He came to the great men and women of old: He wants to come to you, early in the morning, before the distractions of the day prevent you from hearing God’s Voice, and making good contact with Him.
God is always talking to us, but it is in a still small voice; thoughts in a person’s mind, the hustle, and bustle of everyday life will often drown it out. Little things like getting breakfast, getting others up, getting ready for work, school, or whatever, all can interfere with hearing from God, so get up early.
Daniel, Joseph, David, all met with God, and Jesus who never sinned or did anything wrong, yet He needed to get alone with God, to get what He needed for the next day; and just as God wants you to give the first fruits of what you earn to Him; so He wants you to give the first part of the day to Him. You may think you are not that important, but if you do it anyway, God may use you to minister, maybe even to America.
The most important people are those who meet with God, and become like Him; it does not matter how much money you have; it does not matter if you live in a small house or a big palace; those who become great at meeting God, and humbling themselves as a child, are the greatest in the Kingdom of God.
God considered you very important: so He told me to come from America, go to Africa, and minister to you people; I tell you here in Tanzania that, if you will be faithful to meet with God, surrender to Him, and do what He says: your nation will become one of the most powerful on the earth. If you follow man’s wisdom you will be weak, but if you seek God’s wisdom early, then you will become very powerful.
Isaiah 1: 22, “Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water”: all around the world God has people who serve Him, and some have served Him a very long time; many of those people do not meet with Him early in the morning, and many do not know what it is to walk with God: their lives are lived on the earthly plane, and bear little fruit for eternity. A few of God’s people become theologians, and are famous among men, but because their theology is man’s interpretation, of what God said: their silver is become dross, and their wine is mixed with water.
Spiritual wine works the opposite of natural wine: the pure spiritual wine of God’s Word will make you sober, but if you mix it with the water of man’s wisdom, it will make you drunk; natural wine on the other hand, the purer it is, the more alcohol it contains, and the quicker it will make you drunk. Don’t go to the theologians, but go directly to God, get the pure word directly from God, and get out of that drunken state that the theologians have put you into; the purer the word from God the more you will know the way, the soberer you will get; but add a little of man’s wisdom, and you will get drunk, and will not know the way; you will not be able to walk straight; and you will not be able to see straight.
I spent many hours today getting this word from God: I wanted you to get the purest word, I could get you; if I took this word and mixed it with my own thoughts and ideas, it would make you drunk, it would not meet your need: it was absolutely necessary that I receive it directly from God, and it is absolutely necessary that God rest upon me to deliver it to you. Just as I depended on God earlier to give me this word for you; so I also am now depending on God to help me deliver it to you.
I spent a lot of time with God to get this word, yet each of you are different, and have different needs; but this is only one word, I cannot adapt it to fit your needs: you will have to take it to the Lord, and have Him adapt it to fit your needs. God’s people have for too long used a one size fits all approach to the Word of God: they preached the word and thought that, that word fits everybody and not recognizing the individual needs of each person: people who’s individual needs are met by God will walk together in perfect unison, but people who try to walk together in unison apart from God meeting their individual needs, cannot do it, and will always have divisions among them.
Isaiah 54: 13, “thy people will all be taught of God, and great shall be the peace of thy children”: Isaiah was talking of our day, that we all need to be taught by God individually, and only then, will we have the great peace he is speaking of here.
In Hebrews it says that the law was taught by angels; but now He speaks through His Son: if you hear a man speak, or even an angel, always look for the voice of Jesus Christ, and if you do not hear Jesus speaking then reject it, it is not from God. John 6: 45, Jesus said, “It is written in the prophets, “And they shall all be taught of God”: every man therefore that has heard, and learned of the Father, comes unto me: that word therefore means that, if you come to Jesus now, then you are already being taught of God.
We hear a word, and tend to put it off to another time, and it loses its value for our lives today: Jesus says that it is in force today, so let us take full advantage of this promise, and meet with God early, and in full surrender that, He might meet our individual needs: all who do this, will walk in unison with each other, and those who do not, cannot walk in unison with each other.
1 Thessalonians 4: 9, Paul says, “You need not that I write unto you, for you are taught of God to love each other”: there again we see that God is our teacher. 1 John 2: 27, “The anointing which you have received in Him, abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you; but the same anointing teaches you all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in Him”: there again we see that we need to be taught by God, (through the anointing), and He does not teach a lie: if you are being taught by the anointing from God; then that word will be perfect and suited to you, which is something that man’s word can never do. Do you need any more evidence that God wants to teach you that, His teaching is the only teaching that is suited for you, and is always without error?
God has a perfect plan for you today. God has a perfect word for you today. God’s voice can easily be drowned out by everyday activities, so meet with Him before your everyday activities begin.
We read in the four gospels that, Jesus arose early in the morning to meet with His Father, and on occasions He even spent the whole night with His Father: He the Eternal Holy Son of God needed to meet with His Father; how much more do we need to meet with Him? I want to make it as clear as I can to you, that unless you meet with God, you will not know how to live today.
I have only about 5 or 10 minutes left, and I will try to use it to explain how to meet with God: there are many things you can do when you meet with God: if you have a Bible, or can borrow, one I recommend that you read it twice a day if possible; even if you do not have a Bible, remember for the first 1,500 years, after the church was formed, very few had the money to afford a Bible, as a Bible cost about a year’s wages at that time; yet God met their needs, and He can meet yours.
Prayer needs to be a very important part of your daily regimen: first early, but also on a continual basis, and throughout the day: never depend on yourself for anything; take everything to God in prayer. Count you’re many blessings: Did you eat, sleep, have you a shelter from the weather, clothes, shoes, and I’m sure you can think of many things you can be thankful for. You may sing and worship, which tends to keep your mind on the Lord, rather than on yourself
When you are meeting with God, you become a threat to Satan and his kingdom, so he will do everything he can to disrupt it: he will try to get your mind on something else; you will have to keep bringing your mind back to where it belongs.
God may or may not give you a feeling, (as you cannot really feel spiritual things), and you may think nothing is happening, and Satan will say, “Nothing is happening you may as well quit”; but know this, no one comes into contact with Jesus, without being changed: if you check in 6 months, you will certainly see a change. God works in silence, and without feeling, though at times He may give you a feeling. Jesus said, “He that endures unto the end, the same shall be saved”: or should we say, “He will receive what he endured for”; continue to meet with God, and you will be changed.
When you meet with God, a most important thing is, to commit yourself to Him, and surrender to all that He is doing: just as a doctor cannot do anything for a patient, who does not surrender to him, neither can God, if you do not surrender to Him. Commit yourself to meeting with God without fail every morning, and let nothing distract you.
Do not let boredom, activities, distractions, or any other thing, keep you from meeting with God, as that is more important than, any other thing that can happen all day, and remember that when you surrender to God: you put the final thing in place that, allows God to direct your day.
I want to thank you for your time, and I hope to see you again. When I return I hope to see a great light shining, and going into the rest of the world. I want you to know you are very important to God, and that He wants to use you to bring light, health, and peace to the entire world, and there is no limit to what He can do through you. God Bless You.
Frank Overholt
http://www.thetrueword.us

This is an article I wrote 5 years ago and is part of my book "Intensive Soul Transformation"
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, or see an angel, check to see if you hear the voice of the Son; reject anything that is not from the Son: anything from the Son, will harmonize with the Word, the Bible.
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 today, are not the same as 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 of Intensive Soul Transformation). 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 cannot teach you.
Psalm 71: 17 says, “O God, thou hast taught me from my youth. Ecclesiastes 12: 11, “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 cannot 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 cannot teach error. Jesus is the Truth, and has no error. If you are taught by God you cannot 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 cannot 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 to your heart.
Most fundamental Christian churches have a set of teachings that they teach, and they guard it very closely to make sure that no one teaches anything else in their church, because most of their people are taught by man instead of Jesus Christ: people, who are taught by God, cannot be led into error.
When people are taught by man, (they are taught facts mixed with error), they must be closely guarded, lest they receive real truth, or other errors; but when people are taught by God, they cannot be deceived. When you were in the first grade: you were probably taught that two and two equals four; now if someone would tell you that two and two equals five, you could not be deceived; the truth always defends itself; suppose you had been taught that two and two equals five, than your teacher would have to keep you from hearing another person teach, and from testing the teaching, lest you learn the truth.
Once you learn the principles of math, no one would ever be able to deceive you again; so if I teach you the principles of being taught by God, I will never have to protect you from false teaching. Knowing two and two equals four gives you peace and stability; so being taught by God gives you peace and stability. The disciples told Jesus we saw someone casting out devils in your name and we forbad him because he walked not with us. If that happened in one of our churches, they would tell him to come under the covering of the elders, and then they may let him cast out devils; but Jesus just told His disciples to forbid him not, as whosoever is not against us is for us.
Most of God’s people are taught by man, therefore they have no stability; teaching by men when left to mature to its fullness, always leads to disaster (as in Jim Jones). Some churches teach that all things must be checked out with the pastor; this only leads to cultism, and will end in disaster; any Pastor that loves his people, should make the number one thing on his agenda, to teach his people: how to be taught of God, then their protection will be built right in them, and no one will ever be able to deceive them again.
The joy of being taught by God cannot be expressed. When one is taught an error, the loss of peace it brings with it, will tell them immediately, that something is wrong. Those who are taught by God have a peace (a name), that no one knows but them themselves. When people see a person that is taught by God, they see God’s peace and power in them, and they try to imitate what they do; but it does not work for them, because they are following man instead: God’s peace comes from inside out, and cannot be imitated; but man’s teaching comes from outside in.
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; if you are in love with another man’s teaching, you will not love 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 cannot 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 doctrines. 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 Truths He teaches you; are 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 whatever 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; but 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 “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 cannot 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 Hebrews 3: 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 today. Get your life on a solid foundation that cannot 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 cannot 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 cannot 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.

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