DEALING WITH THE FINAL BATTLE

I am concerned for the body of Christ. As I look into God's word and ponder on the coming Tribulation and Second Coming of Christ, which is just around the corner, I become concerned at what I see.

Multitudes are not ready to meet the coming persecution that must baptize the church with fire, and make her ready for the return of Christ. You may say; "I am ready, I have been saved for years", are you? Do you truly believe the arrogance that it takes to say such a thing? Then, if you truly are, I applaud your victory in freeing yourself from the besetting sin, the thing that you had in your life that kept you in continual rebellion against God's word and his Holy Spirit.

Now, I hear some readers replying in their mind,"I didn't say that, we all sin daily", do you? If you are, then stop it! NOW! You can walk in victory over ALL sin day to day! The benefit of Christ is these promises:

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (MATTHEW 5:48)

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (SIN), but after the Spirit. (ROMANS 8:1)

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.(JOHN 8:36)

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? (ROMANS 6:1-2)

And finally the big one:

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. (ROMANS 6:12)

Why would God give us these promises that we could walk free from the chains of lust, addiction, pornography, homosexuality, fornication, adultery, Hatred if it were not true? There has been a devilish lie preached in our churches the last one hundred years by ministers of the gospel, telling us we sin every day, and we can't help it. DON'T BELIEVE THE LIE! Yes, the Bible speaks of if we sin, we have an advocate with the father- Christ- but God gave us that in the event of all our efforts to not sin, we fail. He never intended that to be used as an excuse to keep on doing that little sin no one sees you do, that thing you know is wrong but you just can't stop.

God sees what you are doing, every time you do it.

But I come today with a message of hope, not condemnation. We are about to enter the end, this time as we know it is winding down to the return of Christ to this earth. But before we hear the trumpets, we must feel the fire. Before we see him in the sky, we must, the church, go thru a time of persecution and testing such as the world has never seen, nor ever will. And, it is God's love and grace that will allow us this chance to go thru it! You see, no sin, no disobedience will enter into God's heaven. Saved or unsaved, it doesn't matter. In fact, if you have been saved, you really have no excuse when you stand before God with unrepentant, non-turned away from sins and rebellion. We must be made perfect, freed from sin and bondage, without spot or blemish, to make it in. (Read Luke 12:37-47)

I beg you today reader, their is power in the presence of God, power to be free from that thing you think you never will. Power from bondage to the "big sins" as well as things like loneliness, depression, suicide, fear, failure, hopelessness. All it takes is you, making the first step, coming to God, completely honest, and laying them at his feet. Don't leave his presence until you feel the touch from your father, and KNOW you are free. Do it now, to wait till the time of persecution may be to late. You taking action now makes the difference in making it to the promised land, or dying in the wilderness. Your eternal soul depends on it.

THE LAST OUTPOURING

I know some will not receive what I am about to say, yet many will. I do not
believe we have yet seen the glory and fullness of the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit as prophesied by Joel. What we have seen are just a few sprinkles! Yes,
we have had a worldwide charismatic renewal and love has brought many together.
It has been an experience shared worldwide, yet it is just a foretaste.

God will permit nothing to hinder what he plans to do. The enemy is in for a
surprise. Just as it appears the church will be inundated by a satanic flood,
the Spirit will raise up a standard. Understand what that standard is, and you
will understand what God is about to do. The standard is a holy people, pure,
undefiled, delivered from the corruption that is in the world. That standard is
a new breed of sanctified Christians, who will shine forth as lights in the
midst of a wicked and perverse generation. It will not be just a renewal of
love and praise, but a restoration of holiness unto the Lord!

There will still be shouting and praise, but it will be the shout of victory
over sin and compromise, fulfilling the purpose of the last outpouring: "That
all who call on his name shall be delivered..." (Joel 2:32). Delivered from
what? From sin! From the spirit of the world!

We will not have had the fullness of the Spirit's outpouring until baptized
people separate themselves completely from the world. We must emphasize
separation and purity of heart. The purpose of the Spirit's coming is to
sanctify and prepare a people for the Lord's return, a people without spot or
wrinkle.

When the fullness of the Spirit's outpouring comes upon all flesh, conviction
for sin will be everywhere. "He will convict the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8). That is the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit!

Tragically, too many speak with tongues, but then live like the devil. Sin was
never uprooted and all they received was an experience of ecstasy. God blessed
them just enough to call them into a deeper life of holiness and submission,
but they stopped and went about saying, "I’ve got the Holy Ghost."

Oh, there is so much more! I thank God for the privilege of praying in an
unknown tongue; it is my way of releasing all the pent-up praises to God in a
communication beyond my understanding. But you can speak with the tongues of
men and even angels, and without charity, you have received nothing. But I say
it goes even deeper. You are not truly baptized with the Holy Spirit until
every hidden part of your soul has been exposed—and every sin confessed and
forsaken.

By David Wilkerson