John The Baptist - Mighty Man Of God (Part 1)

 

Matthew 11:7-14

"As they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it is written:

‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

“Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

John the baptist was a mighty man of God! He was given the unique role of being a forerunner to the King of Glory, Jesus the Messiah, the Lamb of God.

John's ministry was not that long, him and Jesus had that in common, a very short ministry. But in that short time he was used by God to start the transition from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant.

He was the only man mentioned in the bible that had God's Holy Spirit from birth!

Luke 1:13-17

"So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot fell to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. And the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

John had a very important call and mission on his life and God even sent His angel to proclaim the message. John was used mightily by God to speak to the religious leaders of the day and to prophesy about the coming Messiah.

Matthew 3:1-12

"In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.’ ”

Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

How were all the people coming from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan to be baptized by John in the Jordan River and confessing their sins as well? And how did the animals line up two by two to enter Noah's ark? A supernatural work of God that's how!

What a powerful word and prophecy! John had a gift of discerning of spirits from the Holy Spirit who was in him since birth! He knew who the Pharisees and Sadducees were from just looking at them! They may have looked good on the outside but he knew what was going on in their hearts and minds!

He prophesied that Jesus would come and usher in a New Covenant that would far surpass the Old and allow human beings to be forgiven of their sins through His atoning blood sacrifice, and Jesus Himself would baptize those who believe in Him with the Holy Spirit and Fire!

A truly spiritual prophecy that was spoken over two thousand years ago and millions of professing Christians don't understand it to this day!!

John was also used by God as His prophet to baptize and anoint Jesus in the Jordan River!

Mathew 3:13-17

"Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.

When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

And many say today that you don't need to be baptized in water in order to be converted to Christ! What did Jesus Himself do? And what did He say about water and Spirit baptism? And what did He tell His apostle's to do? Ask yourself these questions and when you find the answer, obey the truth!

John the baptist was truly a mighty man of God who fulfilled the work that God gave him to do in his very short ministry. But it took years of preparation in the wilderness to be ready for this great work. It was the same for Jesus, and it's the same for us today! 

Blessed is the man or woman who waits on the Lord! Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord and He WILL lift you up!!

In Jesus,

Tyrone

Sons And Daughters Of Light

 

1st Thessalonians 5:4-8

"But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation."

The world we live in is corrupted and full of darkness! The only way out of the this darkness is to enter God's Kingdom by being baptized in water and filled with His Spirit, His Light and His Grace!

We need the Light of Jesus in our souls to overcome the evil and darkeness of the principalities and powers that rule over this world. 

Jesus said that those who believe in Him would NEVER walk in darkness, but would have the light of life!

John 8:12

"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

People can become so used to living and sitting in darkness, that when the light comes the run away from it, reject it, and fight against it, because they are full of evil and darkness themselves!!

Matthew 4:16

6 "The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death, Light has dawned.”

John 1:4

"In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it."

No matter how hard the devil and those who serve him, fight against true blood bought, Spirit filled followers of Jesus, they CANNOT overcome the Light of Jesus and His power in us!!

The day will come when the man of sin will be given power over the saints to wear them out, but it will lead to our reception into Heaven and the eternal Paradise of God!

John 3:18-21

“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

Those who practice evil hate those who walk in the light, love, truth and peace of Jesus. This is why they fight so hard to stay out of the light, because they don't want to be exposed and they don't want their evil deeds to be known!! They love darkness rather than light!!

You can understand what sin, evil and darkness does when it enters the soul of human beings through the interaction between God and Adam and Eve when they first sinned.

In Genesis chapter 3, after eating from the tree God told them not to eat from, “their eyes were opened.” They suddenly felt shame, fear, and guilt. Before sin, they had innocence and open fellowship with God. After sin entered, their relationship changed.

Genesis  3:8-10

"And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

What did Adam and Eve feel after the fall?

Shame — they realized their nakedness and vulnerability.
Fear of judgment — they knew they had disobeyed God.
Guilt — sin made them want to avoid God instead of run toward Him.
Separation — sin created spiritual distance between humanity and God.

It’s one of the Bible’s earliest pictures of what sin does to people: instead of feeling safe in God’s presence, humans begin hiding emotionally, spiritually, and physically.

Let us learn from the inspired scriptures why we should not sin, why we shouldn't practice evil deeds, why we should stay out of the darkness, why we need to enter God's Kingdom, why we need the light of Jesus and His Spirit shinning in our hearts. Why? So that we can become sons and daughters of Light!

Walking In The Light,

Tyrone

Let Them Grow Together! (Part 2)

 

Matthew 24:36-44

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

Jesus said two will be working in a field and grinding at the mill, one will be taken, and one will be left. This means that the righteous and the wicked will be working side by side together, even up until the day Jesus returns!

This is a supernatural ordination of God! I still find it amazing how a true Spirit filled believer and disciple of Jesus can co-exist with a wicked and ungodly sinner every single day! At work, at the beach, at the mall, at the grocery store, at sporting events, on a college campus, with the neighbor next door, and even in their own house!

But that is exactly what God has ordained and commanded! The same thing that happened in the 1st century is happening today!

Wasn't Jesus walking in and out of the Temple? Wasn't He living and eating with Judas Iscariot? Who Jesus Himself chose and called a devil, and the one who ultimately betrayed Him! YES HE WAS!

This is exactly why Jesus said, "He who endures until the end, will be saved."

It's so sad to see millions of professing Christians being deceived with false teachings, like the pre-trib rapture, once saved always saved, accepting or inviting Jesus into your heart, praying a sinners prayer, or repeating Romans 10:9. 

"Just repeat after me", the Televangelist says, and then goes on to say, "if you said this prayer you're now a Christian!" Go find yourself a bible believing church and then sit there in the pew, and be deceived even more until you die! Doctrines of devil's!!!

This is also why it's of the utmost importance to know, if indeed you are truly in God's Kingdom! Don't deceive yourself, or be deceived by pastor's, preachers and teachers who don't give you the full counsel of God and tell you the truth of the sciptures!

We are most certainly living in the prophetic end times, and I have been watching many biblical prophecies unfold right before my eyes. Many will say, it's just like a movie or something, a fantasy film, but this is reality and it's happening right now!

The day is coming when there will be a complete separation between the righteous and the wicked, true disciples of Jesus and those who choose the world, the man of sin and his mark. 

 The glorious light of Jesus will be seen in His people, and all the fruits of His Spirit will be birthed in their hearts, and because of this, the children of God will be hated by all nations for the name of Jesus.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake."

Which one are you, a wheat or a tare? Time will reveal!

To read part one just click the link below!!

Gospel Of The Kingdom Of God: Let Them Grow Together! (Part 1)

In Christ,

Tyrone

Many False Prophets!

 

Matthew 24:11

"Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many."

What is a false prophet?

"Someone who claims to speak for God but is not actually sent by Him and speaks their own words or deception."

According to this biblical definition of a false prophet, there are hundreds of false prophets speaking around the world everyday!

What is the biblical definition of a true prophet?

"A person chosen and sent by God to speak His words to people"

God explains it clearly in Deuteronomy 18:18

“I will raise up for them a prophet… and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.”

That’s the foundation:

God chooses, God speaks, the prophet delivers.

This is why it so important to discern the spirits of who you are listening too! If what they say doesn't agree with, or confirm scripture, which is the written word of God, you should reject the message! 

And if they prophesy out of their mouths while proclaiming, "This is what the Sovereign Lord says", and it does not happen, then the Lord God DID NOT say it! You should reject and renounce the false prophesy and confront the one who spoke it!

But, not everyone who is wrong once is automatically a “false prophet.”

The Bible shows a pattern:

A false prophet is someone who is consistently deceptive and not sent by God, not just someone who made a mistake and repented.

Today you can clearly see how the scripture that tells us in the last days people would heap to themselves teachers to say whatever their itching ears want to hear, is being fulfilled! We see it happening every Sunday around the world!

Where is the unity of the faith? Where is the true word about God's Kingdom and how to enter being preached? Where is the love? Where is God's Power and Spirit being manifested among the people?

Be careful what you watch and hear! You can be taking into your heart the deceptive words of a false prophet that will lead your soul into oppression and ultimately, Hell!

In God's Kingdom,

Tyrone

Unity In The Body Of Christ!

 

There are many organizations and religions that display unity, community, togetherness and deep friendships, even love for another! 

But when we look at all the denominations, ministries, non-denominational churches, house churches, and individuals all professing Christ and calling themselves Christian, but have no unity of the faith they claim to be a part of!

What's wrong with that picture? Why are those, even in the same household, that say they are Christian, in disagreement with each other? Believing different things, but yet reading the same bible!

In my understanding of this separation of people even in the same denomination and living in the same house, starts with leadership! If your leader, pastor, or overseer, is teaching and preaching doctrinal error without spiritual understanding or anointing from God, how can that person impart the truth of God's word to the congregation?

The 1st century Christians didn't have that problem! Why not you ask?

Acts 2:40-44

"And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need."

The answer key is in the above scriptures! The people were listening to men who had been taught by Jesus Himself and they in turn taught the people all they had learned from Jesus!

But Jesus is not on this earth today to teach and train up true apostles and prophets to deliver the truth to us you say!

But I put you in remembrance of what Jesus said before He ascended into Heaven.

John 14:15-18, 19-21

“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you."

The Spirit of the Living God living within the soul of men and women today IS Christ IN US, the hope of glory!

"A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest (reveal) Myself to him.”

So you see how we can have Jesus with us and IN us helping us every single day to live on this earth and be unified with other true Spirit-filled believers? 

You can also see from these scriptures that many profess Christ but are not His because they don't have the Spirit of God within them! Even though many THINK they do!

Romans 8:9

"But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His."

You say there are no true apostles or prophets anymore because they had to see Jesus and walk with Him!

Paul didn't walk physically with Jesus, but yet He did see Him and learned from Jesus through the Holy Spirit! No man or woman taught him the gospel he preached because he received it by revelation from Jesus through the Spirit of God in him!

Galatians 1:10-12, 15-17

"Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ."

"But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus."

Jesus even appeared to Paul in a vision and spoke to Him in the spirit!

Acts 18:9-11

"One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent. For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.” So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians."

So you see how Jesus is able to call, teach, and speak to those who He appoints as His apostle even though He is not physically present on this earth with us. He IS present with us in Heaven through the Holy Spirit here on earth!! Oh Glory!!!

We cannot have unity in the body of Christ without first being baptized into the body of Christ by God's Spirit! 

We also cannot have unity of the faith without first being taught the truth correctly by God's anointed and appointed apostles and prophets who are sent forth by the Lord to preach His gospel and help those who believe to enter His Kingdom!

Pray for God to pour out His Spirit once more! Pray for the unity of the faith that we need in these last days! If the 1st century Christians had unity, we can have it too!

In Jesus,

Tyrone

Why Judgement MUST Come!

 

1st Corinthians 11:31-32

"For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world."

People need to understand why God brings judgment on people and nations! God's judgments are necessary to bring people to repentance and cause them to realise their ungodliness and sinful lifestyles.

History, biblical and human, shows a pattern: comfort numbs conscience. When things are easy, people reinterpret God instead of repenting before Him. Warnings get ignored. Mercy gets presumed. Truth gets suppressed. Judgment is often the only thing loud enough to break the spell.

But here’s the truth worth holding without flinching: God prefers repentance through mercy, yet He ordains and decrees, judgment when mercy is despised. Judgment isn’t cruelty—it’s intervention. A severe kindness. A last alarm before total collapse.

2nd Corithians 7:10

"For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death."

People rarely ask “What is right?” until they’re forced to ask “What went wrong?”

Many will not repent until something shakes their foundations. And when that shaking comes, it exposes what was wrong all along.

Receiving God's mercy without reverence and thankfulness, leads to entitlement, not transformation.

I am not wishing that God brings His judgment on this world, and I don't have to, because it's already here, and it's been here for centuries, but now we are in the final hour and the judgments to come will definitely bring a shaking, a wake up call, and choices that will determine where souls will spend their eternity!

Judgment comes not because God is cruel, but because truth ignored must eventually be enforced!

Nahum 1:2-3

"God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies; The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked."

God Himself will send a strong delusion on the people who don't love the truth!

2nd Thessalonians 2:9-12

"The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

I personaly thank God for His judgements, because if He didn't send judgements nobody would repent! We would all just keep living thinking everything was all good! God is a Holy, Righteous, Loving, And Just God, but He requires, repentance, sacrifice, obedience, self-denial, faith, and belief!!

In Christ,

Tyrone

In Order To live, You Must Die! (Updated)

 

Mark 8:34-37

"When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"

This is the way of God. Death to self. If you try to hold on to any part of your life in this world you can ultimately lose your soul in the end. 

And isn't it the American dream to have the big house, the attractive spouse, a fancy car, respect and admiration from your peers?

But the words of Jesus that lead to eternal life are the exact opposite of everything the world holds dear. 

John 12:24-25

"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."

In order to truly live, you must die! And I mean complete death of all that you are in this world, and what does Jesus promise if you give up your life for Him and the gospel? Eternal Life!!!

The blessed assurance and hope of living forever with God in complete love, peace, and joy for all eternity!! What could be better than that? 

So the question is, have you died yet? Or are you still holding on to that bank account? To the American dream? 

And if you are a Christian, is there something still in you that you haven't completely surrendered to God?

You must be willing to sacrifice your life in this world for Jesus first, and even for your own salvation! 

A sacrifice is required from every soul just to be used by God to help yourself, your family and other people in this world! 

Peter said he was ready to die for Jesus, but we know how that turned out! 

It's not easy to lay down your life for Jesus and others, especially when you are hated and persecuted for being a disciple of Jesus. But that's what God requires in order for us to enter His Kingdom and to have our souls saved! 

Paul understood the ways of God and applied the teachings of Jesus to his life, will you do the same?

Galatians 6:14

"But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."

The Choice Is Yours!

In Jesus,

Tyrone