Back To The First Century Church (Part 3, One Accord)

Acts 1:12-14, 2:1-4

"Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey. And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying: Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers."

Acts 2:1-4

"When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

One very important thing to take note of in every instance where the Lord God moved mightily in supernatural manifestations and works, was when the believer's gathered together with ONE ACCORD! One mind, one agenda, one goal, which is to experience the power and presence of God in their midst.

In the tower of babel the people set out with one mind and one language, to build a tower whose top touched the heavens, and they likely would have done it if God would not have stopped them. Pay close attention to what God said about the matter.

Genesis 11:5-6

"But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them."

The power of unity is unmatched, the power of one accord and one mind amongst any group of people can bring about great change, but when the people of God come together with one accord, one heart, and one mind, God comes down!

Even with the Azusa street revival, William Seymour joined together with other believers praying for the same thing, for God to pour out His Spirit on them like the day of Pentecost.

"Moving into the home of Edward Lee, a janitor at a local bank, William Seymour began ministry with a prayer group that had been meeting regularly at the home of Richard and Ruth Asbery, at 214 North Bonnie Brae. Asbery was also employed as a janitor. Most of the worshippers were African-American, with occasional visits from European-Americans. As the group sought God for revival, their hunger intensified.

Finally, on April 9, Lee was baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. When the news of his baptism was shared with the true believers at Bonnie Brae, a powerful outpouring followed. Many received the Holy Spirit baptism as Pentecostal revival arrived on the West Coast. That evening would be hard to describe. People fell to the floor as if unconscious, others shouted and ran through the house. One neighbor, Jennie Evans Moore played the piano, something she did not have the ability to do before." (https://azusastreet.org/)

Acts 2:44-46

"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. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,"

Acts 4:23-31

And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, who by the mouth of Your servant David have said ‘Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things? The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’ “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Every single time a group of believers get together with one accord something supernatural happens! God manifests Himself through signs and wonders, pouring out His Spirit, shaking the foundations and sending forth His angels. Truly when two or more are gathered together in the name of Jesus with one accord the Lord is right in the midst!

Acts 12:5-7

"Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands."

Once again while Peter was held in prison, the disciples came together and prayed constantly for him and God answered their prayers by sending down His angel to get Peter out of the prison!

Acts 16:25-27

"But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed."

The unity of the faith and the oneness of heart and mind that the early disciples and the believers of the Azusa Street revival experienced, should be a desire of every 21st century Christian, because that is the best way to see a mighty move of God. When the believers have one accord then nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them!

In His Service,

Tyrone

Become A Fool To Be Wise?

1st Corinthians 3:18 

"Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise."

This is definitely a paradox! (a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.) Oxford Dictionary

Paul went through the same process when he was first converted!

Philippians 3:5-8

"circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.  Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ"

Paul indeed became a fool (a person lacking in judgment or prudence) Merriam Webster. And he became one of the wisest and spiritually strong men in the first century! God used him mightily after he was humbled by his spiritual encounters with Jesus, the thorn in his flesh, and being taught by the Spirit God in the desert. 

Galatians 6:3

"For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself." 

So many paradoxes and humbling scriptures in the bible to help those who truly want to be followers of Christ understand what they must do in order to walk blameless in the sight of God. It doesn't matter your age or how many degree's or certificate's you may have. It doesn't matter what men may call you, or even if you pastor a big congregation of people, you can still be spiritually immature, disobedient, and deceived in your understanding of the scriptures!

It takes true humility and a emptying of self to really grow and become wise in the sight of God and His people. You have to count all that you learned in the world and the religious system, garbage, in order to learn the true wisdom of God that can change your eternity and anyone else's God uses you to serve.

You gotta let it all go NEO! Don't think you know everything there is to know about God, Jesus, the scriptures, life, or anything else, and don't consider yourself more highly than you ought!

Let all those who call upon the name of Jesus become fools for Him that we may become wise men and women of God!

In Jesus Name,

Tyrone

Spirit AND Truth!

 

John 4:24

"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

This is an often quoted scripture but rarely practiced in today's organized religious services. Jesus was speaking to the woman at the well about what God desires in worshippers, and how we MUST worship Him. The words to pay attention too are 'must', and, AND, because these words are used by Jesus for a reason, He is giving believers instruction on how to worship God and what the Father is seeking.

When Jesus says we MUST worship God in spirit AND truth, is there any other way we can do it? The answer is No! We have to do it God's way, not our way, not your denominations way, or your pastor's way, or your family's way etc..... 

Must means: be commanded or requested to, be urged to : ought by all means to, be required by law, custom, or moral conscience, we must obey the rules. (Merriam Webster)

So if you're thinking oh it's ok to do it this way or that way, my father does it like this, my mother does it this way, but Proverbs 16:25 tells us that "There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death." So we have a choice to make, do we do thing's God's way, which is the right way or do we do thing's man's way? Where our immortal souls spends eternity hangs on our decisions today!

Jesus is also telling us that we can't have the spirit without the truth, we must have both together, can a plane fly with one wing? No! You need both wings to fly an airplane or else the plane will crash! It's the same way with spirit and truth. 

We also need the Holy Spirit of God to sanctify our flesh, convict us of sin when we do wrong, show us when we are being unrighteous and also convict us of coming judgement. The Spirit of God also intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be spoken, and bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

The Holy Spirit also manifests with signs and wonders, casting out evil spirit's from our bodies, which is the temple of God. The Holy Spirit gives us gift's like word's of knowledge, workings of miracles, healings, other languages, interpretations of languages, etc... 1st Corinthians 12:4-11 the body of Christ needs all these workings of the Spirit to be able to fight a spiritual battle against the forces of evil in this world. Like the word tells us our battle is NOT against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against spiritual wickedness in HIGH places! So we must have the Spirit of God operating in our lives.

Also the Spirit of God quickens our spirit so that we are able to really worship God on a spiritual level and not just an emotional one. Anyone can cry out hallelujah, while raising up their hands or jump up and down while in a service, but that doesn't mean you are worshipping God in spirit! It's much deeper! It's literally going into the throne room of God and experiencing God with your whole being, heart and mind, and becoming one with the Lord in your spirit, far more than mere emotionalism and singing your favorite Christian song.

Likewise you must have truth, otherwise you end up with people who are full of deep emotions for God but are tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine! Remember it's the truth that makes you free! Without the truth of God's word you can be bound by false teachings and seducing spirits that oppress your soul and keep you from the freedom that Christ died on the cross to give us!

What is truth? God's word is truth, so if you hear anything being said that is contrary to God's word, you know you are hearing a lie, and if you are taught something that everyone believes but the word of God says something different or you see a text of scripture that contradicts a teaching, study it out for yourself and ask God to reveal His truth to you and He will! Be like the Bereans who searched the scriptures daily to see if what Paul said was true! When we know and walk in truth, we can't be deceived by the devil or false teachers!

So experience God in a new way today by worshipping Him in spirit AND truth!

In The Lord's Army,

Tyrone

Back To The First Century Church Part 2!

 

Genesis 6:11-14

"The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch."

The Lord God is a patient and loving God! I wonder how long it took for the earth to be filled with violence? But eventually God does see the sins of His creation, the corruption of mankind  and the violence that they do come before Him up in Heaven and God makes a decision to judge the people on the earth.

Because of the fallen nature of man, he keeps going back to the same old routine of violence and thinking evil continually. Even when we think we're okay we need to be judging our thoughts by the word of God. Because we know the scripture say's "there is a way that SEEMS right to a man, but it's end is the way of  death!"

This is why mankind need's the intervention of a loving and just God because without His laws and His word and His Son Jesus we would be left without any hope of  salvation for our souls!

This is also why God raises up people like Noah, the prophets, John the Baptist, Jesus, and His apostles to warn people, to preach the truth and bring people back to the right ways of God. If we break man's laws there is a consequence, we have to go to jail, if we break God's laws there is a consequence, if we don't repent (change our minds and think differently) and believe on His Son Jesus Christ, when we die, when our immortal soul leaves our body we will go to Hell, until the day of Judgment and then we will stand before the Creator of all things and we will be judged according to what we have done on this earth, while in our bodies.

We must get back to the right ways of God, to the simplicity of the Gospel, to true fellowship and openness, to accountability, to admonishing one another and building one another up in the Lord. We need revival, a true revival! Not some emotion filled screaming and hollering or dropping on the floor and rolling around or barking like a dog as we have seen in those false revivals, but a genuine move of God, an outpouring of His Spirit with supernatural signs and wonders that cannot be faked or copied.

What we have today is man corrupting himself again, violence worldwide, no regard for human life and many who claim to be Pastor's are making merchandise of the gospel, more concerned with making a living than helping a soul be delivered from the oppression of the devil. Many who gather in church buildings every Sunday have become accustomed to just hearing ABOUT God and Jesus, but never EXPERIENCING His great healing and delivering power or His Divine love!

We are living in the exact times that Paul said would come to pass, men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, gathering so-called ministers to themselves to tickle their ears! On just about every corner of America there is a church building and a liquor store! What is that saying? You can go wherever you want to go and hear something that you want to hear and if a truth is spoken that offends you, then you can just go somewhere else!

The first century disciples didn't have it so easy! When Jesus said something they didn't like, many just turned away and followed Him no more! But those who stayed had their eternity changed! Those who stayed received the abundant life that Jesus came to give to those who believed in Him and stayed faithful until the end. Ear tickling compromising words will not bring true repentance and Godly sorrow! Ear tickling words will not bring the conviction of the Holy Spirit that will cause you to change your bad habits, and come out of the world and be separate! Ear tickling words and the sinners prayer will not bring you the salvation of your soul!

It's time to experience the genuine power of an Almighty God who will once again judge the earth and it's people, but this time it will not be with water but with fire! In fact God is already judging the earth with famines, pestilence, flood's, tsunami's, earthquakes, and the like. Look at what Covid is doing, causing people to stay in their homes, no more big gatherings, no more mega church services, this is a time to search our hearts and get back to what really matters in life, family, love, and the genuine fellowship of the saints of God.

The first disciples were together in their homes every single day! Praying together, seeking God, fasting, eating together, singing psalms and hymns together, loving one another, helping one another, serving one another and growing every day in the Lord. Let us get back to the first century church, in the 21st century!

In Jesus Name,

Tyrone

Is God With You?

Acts 10:38

"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. "

John 3:1-2

"There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

Exodus 3:12

"So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

If you call yourself a minister, pastor, apostle, evangelist etc.... and every Sunday you oversee the Lord's sheep and God is not with you, how effective can you be?

If all your sermons are just great orations, power point presentations, intellectual inspirational speeches and you yell at your congregation, but you have no confirmation of the word by God with signs and wonders following, then God is NOT with you!

It's not possible to be an effective minister of the gospel without the power of God working in you and through you on a daily basis. So many have settled for ear tickling messages, with wise and persuasive words but no power, no demonstration of the Spirit using you to cast out devils, heal the sick, or raise the dead. Why are many professing Christians today satisfied with being entertained instead of being convicted of their sin, unrighteousness and ungodliness? 

It should be obvious to all who read the bible that what we are seeing across the board in every denomination, congregation, and gathering of people is a lack of the true presence and power of God! A lack of genuine repentance, conviction, and conversion. Seeker friendly messages and the sinners prayer is the norm today, which is very sad considering we have the word's of God and His Son Jesus Christ contained in the bible for us to study and live by.

Is God with you? If not, then anyone who steps up to preach the gospel without the anointing, power and grace of God flowing from within them should step back until God is with them! Until the Lord Jesus is confirming the words they speak on His behalf with signs and wonders following!

Mark 16:19-20

"So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen."

In His Service,

Tyrone

Back To The First Century Church

 

Acts 4:32-35

"Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need."

Question: How do we become like the first century Christians? 

Many have tried over the centuries to replicate the love, unity, peace, joy, and power that the first century Christians had. We saw it for a few short years during the Azusa street revival from 1906-1909, where God poured out His Spirit and manifested His presence in the Shekinah glory, a supernatural fog like cloud that never left and could be felt for a mile radius around the Azusa street mission building.

What's the common denominator in every revival and great move of God? The outpouring of God's Spirit! A supernatural intervention from God in Heaven that changes the atmosphere, the environment, and the hearts and minds of mankind. People have to be turned from the power of satan to the power of God, there is no other way to bring about a lasting change unless God comes down!

Whenever a group of people really get together with the same heart and mind to not just talk about God but to EXPERIENCE God it's not long before He answers. God heard the cry's of the Israelites during the time of Moses and He answered. He heard the cry's and saw the fasting of Esther and the Jewish people and He answered. God poured out His Spirit on the day of Pentecost when one hundred and twenty disciples waited in the upper room for the promise of the Holy Spirit. And once again as a group of believers got together in Los Angeles California in 1906 at the Bonnie Brae house to pray and seek the face of God for another outpouring of His Spirit, He answered yet again and a great revival took place that went across the world.

The time has come again for another outpouring of God's Spirit, with war, pestilence, famine, racial tensions, and every evil known to man ravaging this world, nothing else will bring about the change that so many are desperately crying out for unless God comes down again!

Pray for God to pour out His Spirit again!

In His Service,

Tyrone

Dream: Obama Shot In The White House!

 

I had a dream in early 2019 about Obama being shot in the white house, and I am not alone! God has shown so many people over the years the exact same thing! Including my wife! Could all these dreams be a prophetic warning of what's to come? I believe so! The only reason I am posting it now is because I see that Obama has come out again to speak on the riots and now on the campaign trail for Joe Biden. The Lord has given me multiple dreams, visions and words, over the years that I have posted on this blog about an assassination of a president, and only time will tell.

In the dream I had, Obama was in the white house and I don't know for what reason but suddenly he was shot, and all the people ran out and someone shouted, "They Shot The President!"

Whatever is coming after this election, we need to make sure we are covered and protected by the Lord Jesus!

In His Service,

Tyrone

Into The Cloud (Celebrating Rosh Hashanah!)

 

In His Service,
Tyrone & Cynthia Palmer

Have You Been With Jesus?

Acts 4:8-14 

"Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,  let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.  This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it."

The only way that anyone is going to be able to stand in these last days is to be full of the Spirit, wisdom, grace, and truth of God! And the only way to receive any of these supernatural gifts is to go through the Door, The Way, The Truth, and The Life, JESUS!

Peter and John spent three and half years with Jesus before He was crucified, and then another forty days with Him after His resurrection, they were also considered pillars of the first century church. They had the honor of being chosen as apostles of Christ and were with Him just about everywhere He went, they saw the miracles, and heard the words He spoke which came directly from the Father in Heaven. They had been with Jesus!

It seems all of Jerusalem had gathered the next day after Peter and John were imprisoned for preaching and healing in Jesus name. The elders, rulers, scribes, Annas the High Priest and all his family came to hear by what power and through what name did Peter and John evoke to do this great work. 

Then Peter empowered and lifted up by the Spirit of God, started to speak to the rulers and elders of Israel that is was by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that the man was made whole.

When all in attendance saw and heard the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unschooled and untrained men they marveled, they were amazed and they remembered these men had been with Jesus! 

They would have had no power, no boldness, no truth, no wisdom, no preparation, no understanding, and no Holy Spirit indwelling them, if they had not been with Jesus! Many disciples turned away from Him and followed Him no more! Have you been with Jesus? Have you spent time with Him? Studying His teachings and applying them to your life?

So many believers try to get around Jesus, go through back doors, and other ways, they don't want to let go of their lives in this world, they don't want to completely submit and surrender their lives to the Lord, for correction and teaching, and training. Because Jesus will expose the evil in you, He's not going to let you walk in darkness and then it will be your choice what you do with that revelation.

Luke 10:38-41

"Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”

And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Martha was like so many today, worried about the cares of this world, finances, education, politics, the opposite sex, etc..... but Mary chose what was better, she was sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to His word. Whose word are you listening to today? The words of Jesus are spirit and life!

The apostles of Jesus understood that they could do nothing of themselves, they knew that they needed Jesus for everything, He was their life, their reason for living, their hope and their salvation, He should be the same for us today!

2nd Corinthians 3:4-6

"And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."

Jesus Himself said that apart from Him we can do nothing! We can't do anything of Heavenly value and worth without Jesus working in us and through us by His Spirit!

John 15:5

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."

Jesus said FOLLOW ME and I WILL make you fishers of men!

Jesus didn't say go to seminary school and they will make you my ministers, He didn't say the professors of bible college will empower you, anoint you and train you to take the gospel to ends of the earth. So why do men try and replace the Master Teacher, The Chief Apostle, The High Priest Of Heaven, and Our Wonderful Counselor? Have you been with Jesus? Do you follow Him, being led by His Spirit? Or do you follow men? 

Too many believers are considering men more highly than they ought and placing men and some women on pedestals they don't belong. 

Jesus said He was our Teacher and those in Him are all brothers and sisters!

Matthew 23:8-12

"But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Matthew 11:28-30

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Have you been with Jesus?

In The Lord's Army,

Tyrone

I Can Show You The Door! (But You Have To Walk Through It!)

There is only ONE way to God, only ONE way to the Father, and that is through Jesus Christ, there is no other way for a soul to receive salvation but through the name of Jesus, the only name given to men under Heaven by which we MUST be saved!

John 10:7-10

"Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

So many have tried to enter through other doors, windows, the back door, and then wonder why they have no power, no strength to stand against evil. No true authority to cast out demons and heal the sick, but many gloss over the scriptures that clearly detail the gifts and powers that Jesus Himself gives to His apostles, prophets, ministers etc...... to be His witnesses and to take His gospel to the ends of the earth.

Has Jesus changed? Has He stopped anointing men and women with gifts and powers to be His hands, His eyes, His mouth upon the face of this earth? The scriptures clearly tell us that the Lord changes not! That Jesus Christ is the SAME, Yesterday, TODAY! And FOREVER!!!!!

So what changed then? I'll tell you what changed, men stopped entering through the door that is Jesus, they started entering through the door of seminary schools, bible colleges, and taking online classes to receive diplomas, certificates, ordinations, doctorates, and pastorates from family members and church boards, and the list goes on and on! Show me any of this in the bible! It's nowhere to be found!

Jesus chose Himself twelve ordinary UNSCHOOLED MEN, to be His apostles, and they turned the world upside down! Why do men continue to try and do what only God can do? Why do they want it their way and not God's way? There is no power in pride, only in humility. Humble yourselves therefore in the sight of the Lord AND HE will lift you up! So much knowledge today and so little obedience.

Acts 4:13-14

"Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it."

Yes, Jesus is most certainly the only WAY, THE Truth and THE Life, but so many refuse to go to Him for the abundant life that He promised, they refuse to go to Jesus for the rest of their souls that only He can provide, they refuse to go to Him to learn from Him and receive His anointing, His approval, His ordination and His Spirit, so that they can be true witnesses, true ambassadors of Christ, sent forth to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God.

I have shown you the door, but will you walk through!

In His Service,
Tyrone

Dana Coverstone's Prophetic Dreams! Keep Watch!

This video of Dana Coverstone, who is a pastor of a small church in Burkesville, Kentucky, is a must watch for the body of Christ and for those in the world who will listen! Time to prepare your physical house and your spiritual house!

The video has ignited a fire storm on Facebook and YouTube, with so many people coming out of the woodworks calling him a false prophet etc........ I watched the video a few times and prayed for confirmation about it. The Lord gave me two things, the first was "Rosh Hashanah", the Jewish New Year, which is September 18th - 20th of this year. Then while talking to my wife about it the Spirit spoke and said, "Troops In The Street", then I heard the same thing again in my mind. So the Lord gave me more confirmation of what He has already shown me and my wife over the years, which I have posted on this blog.

All we can do is watch, pray, and prepare, it's not IF these end time events will happen but WHEN! They are already foretold in scripture and we are given DETAILS of the prophecies that were written thousands of years ago!

And just like the prophecies given by Jesus, Paul, John and the prophets etc..... you should take Dana's dreams as a warning of what is coming to this nation. Countless people have received detailed prophetic dreams, visions and words from God about these last days for thousands of years, so it should not come as a surprise that Dana received these dreams. I do believe it has gone viral for a reason, especially if God wanted to warn us of the imminent fulfillment of the dreams.

Now I don't agree with what Dana said about getting guns and storing up ammo and buying gold etc.... Christians need to store up the word of God in their hearts and be filled with the Holy Spirit and grace of God! I do believe we should store up water and some necessary essentials but beyond that the Lord will provide and when we run out of that we need to get on our knees and pray! Because when the mark comes and we can't buy or sell without it, taking the mark in order to drink or eat will NOT be an option for me or my family. 

Dana said to wait until December 1st to judge whether or not his dreams were prophetic, IF they come to pass then we will know he has heard from the Lord, and IF they do not we will know they did not come from God and if that's the case he said himself he will come back and apologize for his error, so the only thing to do now is pray and watch!

In His Service,
Tyrone

Who's Side Are You Fighting On?

Ok so let me nail this post to the virtual church door!

In light of all the George Floyd protests, looting and violence in the streets, I feel led to admonish those who call themselves Christians, by reminding us all of  the scriptures that we are called to obey and apply to our everyday lives.

Question: Do you find yourself getting emotional and angry at all the goings-on? Are you engrossed in all the political upheavals in Washington? Are you choosing sides of the racial injustices of this world? Well here's the first reminder from the writings of Paul.

2nd Timothy 2:1-4

"You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier."

No one engaged in warfare who is a soldier of Jesus Christ entangles himself in the affairs of this life! That means that we should not be concerned whatsoever with anything going on in this world! Didn't God Himself call His people to come out from among them and be SEPARATE?

2nd Corinthians 6:14-18 

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” “I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.”

What does it mean to be separate you ask? "to mark off from others by boundaries, to limit, to separate" pretty clear right? So God is saying to us in these scriptures to separate ourselves from the world, from darkness, from unbelievers, from idolatry etc...

We are to be IN the world but NOT OF the world!

John 17:14-16

"I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world."

If you call yourself a Christian and you are caught up in the George Floyd issue and separating yourself from other people because of their skin color you definitely need repentance and deliverance! Are you calling yourself "Black" or "White"? I'm sure you know those are colors and words that should not be used to identify different people groups. I don't see one scripture in the bible where God, Jesus, or His apostles address people from other countries by a color. The scriptures CLEARLY tell us there is no Jew or Gentile in Christ!

Galatians 3:26-29

"For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise."

Paul said that Christians should not regard anyone according to the flesh!

2nd Corinthians 5:16-17

"Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."

  

Here's a very enlightening excerpt from a recent blog post:

"In combating this increase in racism, there are two primary aspects to consider. The first is that the very idea of “race” is a lie: as the American Society of Human Genetics, the largest professional organization of scientists in the field, explained in an essay:

“The science of genetics demonstrates that humans cannot be divided into biologically distinct subcategories”; and it “challenges the traditional concept of different races of humans as biologically separate and distinct. This is validated by many decades of research.” In other words, “race itself is a social construct,” with no biological basis.

In 2014, more than 130 leading population geneticists condemned the idea that genetic differences account for the economic, political, social and behavioral diversity around the world. In fact, said a 2018 article in Scientific American, there is a “broad scientific consensus that when it comes to genes there is just as much diversity within racial and ethnic groups as there is across them.” And the Human Genome Project has confirmed that the genomes found around the globe are 99.9 percent identical in every person. Hence, the very idea of different “races” is nonsense.

A second problem, as cognitive scientist George Lakoff has shown, is that simply using the word “race,” even when criticizing racism, actually reinforces the false belief that human beings belong to fundamentally different groups. That’s because the more a word is used, the more that certain brain circuits are activated and the stronger that metaphor becomes.

The use of colors to describe ethnic groups also supports racism. That’s why it is not acceptable anymore to refer to Asians as “yellow,” to Latin Americans as “brown,” or to Native Americans as “red.” However, many people, including academics and journalists, still use “black” to describe people of primarily recent African origin.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-concept-of-race-is-a-lie/

We are to be aliens and foreigners in this world, sojourners just passing through. Our citizenship is in Heaven and we should be looking up and waiting for our Lord and Savior to come back and redeem His people.

Philippians 3:20-21

"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself."

So I ask you, who's side are you fighting on?

In The Lord's Army,

Tyrone

No Shame!

While I was meditating and praying one morning I heard the Holy Spirit say, "He Was Crucified Naked." A word of knowledge, and I had been wondering if Jesus was actually crucified with or without a covering over His private area. The Lord answered my question! And I believe what I heard!

Many others have also researched this topic and found that the Roman way of crucifixion was to strip the one being crucified of ALL clothing, leaving them completely naked and exposed. Even if you don't believe that the Shroud of Turin is the burial cloth of Jesus, the image on the shroud shows a man that was crucified and only his hands are covering his pelvic area.

A quote from a blog I read say's this:

"[Bishop St.] Melito, the second century AD bishop of Sardis, wrote in his sermon on the passion of Christ: ‘The Sovereign has been made unrecognizable by his naked body, and is not even allowed a garment to keep him from view.’ Because people of his day had witnessed crucifixions, Melito knew that the victims were executed without clothing” (Lexham Bible Dictionary)."

The scriptures also tell us that roman soldiers divided up His clothing and cast lots for them, however, the scripture does not explicitly say that Jesus was completely naked. But one would ask if the Roman way of crucifixion was to strip the person of all clothing leaving them naked, why would they treat Jesus any different? The scriptures tell us plainly He was treated worse than a common criminal! Even Barabbas, a notorious prisoner was treated better!

King David who was also a prophet, prophesied in the book of Psalms.

Psalm 22:16-18

"For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet; I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots."

Matthew 27:32-35

"Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross. And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink. Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”

For a more in-depth look at the topic at hand you can read this short blog post found here:

https://catholicconvert.com/blog/2017/04/12/was-jesus-naked-when-crucified/

Another topic I want to insert in this post is that of shame, was Jesus ashamed of being exposed on the cross? His mother was right there, John the disciple whom Jesus loved was right there, Mary Magdalene and Salome were near the cross, along with some other women disciples who stood at a distance watching, possibly Joanna, and Susanna, etc...., and it's very likely they could see everything that was going on.

I have been dealing with a lot of shame over the years, ashamed of different aspects of my life when I should be bold and confident. Ashamed to speak up when something is wrong, ashamed to proclaim the name of Jesus and speak His word boldly, ashamed of my anointing and talents as if I should dumb down so that I won't be perceived as trying to be better than someone else.

I was even ashamed to say I'm a Christian! Likely some oppression I received from my childhood and the devil will use whatever evil we have in us to hinder us from the abundant life that Jesus promised us.

But thank God saints that we have a friend in Jesus! A deliverer who set's us free from all the bondage that sin causes and the strongholds of the devil that oppress our minds and souls!

I personally believe that Jesus had NO shame! And why do I believe that? Because the scriptures tell us He was tempted in every way but was without sin, and Jesus Himself said that satan had nothing (evil) in Him! And shame is definitely a consequence of sin, or could even be generational, cultural, and totally evil!

Hebrews 4:15

"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." (Jesus was a perfect man!)

John 14:30

"I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me." 

Jesus was like Adam and Eve before the fall! Can we become like the man Jesus who was God manifested in the flesh? YES WE CAN! 

If you believe it, you can receive it! The scriptures admonish us to walk as Christ walked and Jesus Himself said we could become like our Teacher!

Luke 6:40

"A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher."

Genesis 2:25

"And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were NOT ASHAMED."

In His Service

Tyrone

When God Comes Down

History repeats itself!

Ecclesiastes 1:9

That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun

From Moses and Jesus to William J. Seymour and John G. Lake, when God comes down there is always a great change, a great move and working of God's power and sovereignty. Whether it's judgments on Pharaoh and the Egyptians, Ananias and Saphira or Hurricane Katrina, God continues to make it known to His creation that He is the one in control!

Just as there is a great pandemic in the streets of the world, there will also be great revival in those same streets throughout the world!

Matthew 24:14

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

What happened when Peter stood up and preached the gospel on the day of Pentecost? Three thousand souls got added to the body of Christ in one day!

When Peter and John preached to the people on Solomon's porch in the temple, five thousand men believed!

Acts 4:1-4

"Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand."

Revelation 7:9-10,13-14

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

So we see that when God wants to save a great multitude of people, it's not hard for Him to do it! All He needs is a few godly men who are anointed, prepared, and thoroughly equipped for every good work!

Acts 8:4-8

"Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. And there was great joy in that city."

Just as there is great sadness, fear and isolation during the quarantine of 2020 from covid-19, there will be great joy, faith, love, peace and unity in many cities, when God comes down!

In His Service,

Tyrone

The Small And The Great

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*** Repost of what the Lord gave to my wife ten years ago! ***

     

More Signs Of The Times: Pestilence = Coronavirus!

Ok, so God has been judging the world for a long time now, and as the sins of mankind continue to escalate, so will God's judgments. The Lord told me years ago that we were living in the beginning of sorrows or the beginning of birth pains, the time before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 24:3-14

"Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."

I believe what I heard. And we have already seen many of the above scriptures fulfilled over the last 100yrs. And as things in this world get worse, more and more people will look for answers to explain why this or that is happening, but it's already been foretold in the Bible what would happen in the last days. The Coronavirus pandemic is indeed a sign of the times we are living in. And many more signs will happen as God continues to fulfill his word and prophecies written in the Bible.

For believers, take heart, God loves His people and He will protect and provide for us the same way He protected and provided for the Israelites in Goshen during His great plagues on Pharaoh and the Egyptians. He will be with us until the end of the age. So rejoice, praise His name and sing a new song unto the Lord!

For those who do not believe, I pray that you will repent (change your mind and think differently) while there is still time. The word says that whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved!

In His Service,
Tyrone

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2020, The Year Of Great Revival?

How long will the Lord delay the Latter Rain? The time is ripe for a great outpouring of God's Spirit one last time before Jesus returns. With another shooting of innocent parishioners inside a building of worship in Fort Worth, Texas. There is no safe place any more except under the shelter of the Most High God.

So I'm joining my voice with the cries of the prayer warriors in the prayer closets and with the last days prophets and apostles of God. Praying for the Lord to pour out His Spirit again on all flesh and send out His apostles and prophets to preach the Everlasting Gospel across the world! The Lord said to me "I Will Save A Great Multitude"

When God spoke to Moses at the burning bush on Mount Sinai it was in response to 400 years of slavery and the prayers of His people had come up to Him and He came down to deliver His people!

Exodus 3:7-10

And the Lord said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

When God came down in the tent of meeting during the time of Moses, the glory cloud of God's presence was so thick that Moses could not enter in because of the cloud!

Exodus 40:34-38

"Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys. But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys."

There are many eyewitness testimonies of the glory cloud of God's presence or the Shekinah Glory during the Azusa street revival in 1906-1915.

Quotes from Brother Tommy Welchel: "They Told Me Their Stories"

I would meekly change the subject and ask her to describe what the Shekinah Glory was like. She would get such joy in her eyes as she told me how much she loved to be in the centre of the mist-like cloud. She was so little, she would sit down in it—when it was thick, the mist was about up to her neck. Like a kid, she would have fun and play in the mist. She would often lie down, breathing in the mist. She would tell how she could feel the energy of it and described that it was like being put into an oxygen tent. When Brother Seymour was there, and they would sing in the Spirit, Sister Lucille told me that the Shekinah Glory would just rise and fill the whole room, and you could breathe so much better—as if the room were filled with pure oxygen.

"There were times the Shekinah Glory was only a foot high, and he would lie down in it to breathe God‘s Glory. He often stressed that the greater the Shekinah Glory, the greater the power. He would note that the flames were there when God, through Seymour, performed the miracles where a leg re-grew and another where an arm re-grew. Garcia was there when the arm grew out. He said, ―Brother Tommy, he didn‘t have a ball joint in his shoulder, it had been ripped out of there. I was close enough to be looking right at the shoulder and all of a sudden I saw the bones start to come out and then flesh started coming around them. His arm just shot out in just what seemed mere seconds as I watched.‖ For Garcia, it seemed like he was watching in slow motion as he was awed at what God was doing. Brother Garcia was the first to tell me of Seymour‘s prophesy that in about 100 years there would be a return of the Shekinah Glory and a revival that would surpass the Works of God at Azusa.* When we talked in the Sixties, Garcia realized that the prophesy was still forty years away from being fulfilled, but still longed for God to accelerate His plans and allow the Shekinah Glory to fall again in his lifetime. I loved to hear about the cloud or mist that filled Azusa signifying the Presence of God."

Azusa Street Revival: They Told Me Their Stories

Bring the rain Lord! Pour out your Spirit once more and fill the temples with the glory cloud of your presence!

In Jesus Name!

Tyrone