It’s Time for CHANGE

Posted on November 10, 2008 by SoSpression

It’s time for CHANGE.

If your tired of the same old tired, stale hip hop music of the past 8 years. The wicked rhymes and failed policies of 50 cent, Jay Z, TI, Kanye, Lil Wayne, and other twisted rhymesayers… then together, America, we can be the CHANGE in hip hop music.

Rappers like, Ambassador, Lecrae… fine gentlemen that have represented their Kingdom well on the mic, overseas, and in cities and small towns across America. They’ve served God, provided messages of free salvation through Jesus Christ, lower sin-rates, free health-care under the Blood-plan, and repentance from wickedness and the mistakes that have plagued all of us citizens of America.

Join us on December 20th, because its TIME FOR CHANGE!

Let’s Inaugurate the KING of the Universe!

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Log on to [ http://www.fpdj.com ] and join the email list. We’ll let you know more details on when change is coming to Detroit!

-Don’t forget to invite friends from Canada, Ohio, Chicago, and all over Michigan to this concert! It will be historical.

Check this site for more info on the FREE conference and the concert: http://ambassadorlecraedetroit.eventbrite.com

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BELOVED, Believe NOT Every spirit, TEST the spirits to SEE if they are from GOD

Posted on November 10, 2008 by SoSpression

BELOVED, Believe NOT Every spirit, TEST the spirits to SEE if they are from GOD

What is a spirit? How can we see it or test it? This is very important to know with all of the deception going on in the world today. From Business, to Politics, to Economics, to Movies, to Music, to Religion: IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS LYING! I’ll show you some examples later.

In this message we WILL connect spiritual things to natural things, via the Authority of the Messiah Jesus, who was sent from God to earth to TAKE Over natural flesh.

We are going to go through a few scriptures in 1st John 4, and a few others.

1 John 4

4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

This is my point. The reason God woke me up at 3am to write this is not just because of a superfood that has me super energized and thinking clearly. That’s a natural reason. But there is also spiritual reason. Look at that first Word: BELOVED. If you are reading this that means God LOVES You. You are HIS, and he wants to protect you from the spirit of deception that is all over the world ruining things. You can be HIS. God can own you in His Love.

What do you think of when you see the word spirit? Is it an invisible goblin? Ooooooooooeew! Is it a clear white friendly Ghost? Ahhhhhhh, so friendly:-) Yes a spirit can be angels or demons, but they are NOT goblins or friendly ghosts. Let’s look at the word spirit:

pneuma (Greek):

A spirit can be:

God.

Angel

Demon

A human spirit that makes the body alive.

Thought structures, philosophies that fill up the soul.

Dispositions, influences that govern the soul.

A movement of air; Wind.

Breath of the Nostrils or Mouth.

Jesus said: My Words are Spirit, and they are life (John 6). The spirit is also represented as Wind or Breath all over the Bible. There are winds of the spirit, winds of doctrine, literal breath coming out of your mouth through words and speeches. If you have no breath (spirit), you are not alive. Even in today’s culture we see winds of CHANGE. They are blowing in America and all over the world right now! These are spirits. They can be represented as words and philosophies that govern and have major INFLUENCE over the souls of people.

This does Not intellectualize the Spiritual realm. It explains it and BRINGS CLARITY to it: Every demon has a specific set of thoughts, ideas, messages, influences that it has been assigned to spread, propagate, and give to you. GOD’S SPIRIT HAS A MESSAGE TOO.

What is that message?

1 John

4:2

Hereby * * know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

“Jesus Christ is come in flesh.” Wohoo! There it is. If you can say that once, you’ll be ok forever:-) Right…? Please…? WRONG.

Let’s look at that word confesseth:

 

Homologeo (active, present tense):

  1. to say the same thing as another, i.e. to agree with, assent
  2. to concede
    1. not to refuse, to promise
    2. not to deny
  3. to profess
  4. to praise, celebrate

The word “confesses” is not “confessed.” It is not past tense, it is present tense active. It means to continually say, AGREE, openly Admit, Declare CONSISTENTLY and obviously, PROFESS (declare), and Praise in Celebration of.

Professional lawyers can profess a lot about the law because they study the words and spirit of the law. Professional engineers openly declare engineering concepts. Marxist professors profess the spirit (ideas, words, philosophies) of Karl Marx in their classrooms. Professional salespeople can openly declare and tell you a lot about selling something. Botany professors talk about their experiments with physical plants and scientific tests… unless they are professors of Darwin, in which case they suddenly switch to professing philosophies of the origin of the universe… which are un-testable, because they weren’t there to test it, and they can’t recreate the scenario! So instead they invoke the spirits (ideas, philosophies, words, demons, influences) propagated by Charles Darwin.

So you can profess natural things, and you can profess spiritual things. You also can CONFESS natural things, and CONFESS spiritual things.

1 John

4:3

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

So to test the spirits, we have to know what that ideology, influence, wind, breath of the mouth in speech, continually confesses.

If it is of GOD, it confesses:

 

Jesus Christ (Yeshuah Maschiach [Hebrew], the sent Messiah from God) IS Come, in FLESH, As a Human. Jesus was a regular name… there were many people named Jesus. But there is only one that fulfilled the prophecies of God’s Word. There were many imitating messengers, but only ONE was Resurrected from the Dead with evidence from witnesses that has not died down yet. Only one is FROM God, the Anointed Messiah sent from God, a SPIRIT to SOLVE ALL OF THE WORLDS NATURAL PROBLEMS, directly and literally, as a human, in NATURAL flesh.

He’s not a God that we don’t know.

He’s not a man that’s not really God.

This ONE is fully GOD and FULLY Man. He is natural, and spiritual… like us, except He is God directly. That He is Messiah means that He came from God to Solve all the Worlds Problems. The SPIRITUAL and the NATURAL has come together. The Spiritual is in CONTROL of the Natural, even now. Emmanuel means GOD is Here, not separated from us.

Some people want to put God “over there.” He’s God, but He doesn’t do anything here. We can’t find out anything from him. He’s not in charge. He’s spiritual, not natural. Don’t bring that “spiritual stuff” into the natural. It’s too super-spiritual. We’re over here solving the problems of the world by ourselves. God isn’t going to do that directly. He’s not going to help us. We have our own ideas, that originated from….? But anyway, God’s not in charge of us. We’re having fun. We do our own thing, and make our own decisions. I separate my religion and my spiritual life from everything else. Jesus is Spirit, not flesh. OR, Jesus was a really good person and great example, but He’s not in Charge. He’s flesh, not Spirit from God. Those are spirits, words, ideas, winds, and speeches of antichrist. That means they will always end up opposed to, and against Christ.

Even some churches and religions have separated from the power of God to change things: Jesus was a really great example! Let’s do what He would do (IF he were here, but Darwin’s spirit told us He really isn’t), by ourselves… because we’re smart! They preach politics, philosophy, culture, but without the authority of Christ. If you are of God, you consistently declare that Jesus was SENT from God to solve the world’s natural and spiritual problems DIRECTLY. These can be Sin problems, spiritual problems, social justice problems, economic problems, natural problems, engineering problems and other problems. God is ALWAYS involved.

Let me give you some simple examples so you don’t think I’m crazy:

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-<!–[endif]–>God GIVES the spirit of wisdom and talents in art, design, engineering, education, business, creativity, music, expression, science, etc. (Humans use God’s wisdom but ignore God spiritually, polluting all of their expressions and creations with sin and lust and pride).

A person in these fields that was of the spirit of God would honor God in their creations, not necessarily by stamping Jesus on every automobile, song, book, or experiment… but by honoring God as the creator and giver of talent, and refusing to pollute their creations with sin, lust, or pride. They would acknowledge that God is in control through the person of Jesus, connecting spiritual with natural.

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-<!–[endif]–>God CREATES the earth and places all the food and health we need in every green herb and natural food. (Humans pollute the earth through sin and corruption, destroy and poison plants, and create drugs with which to control people spiritually and economically by sorcery and witchcraft “pharmakeia”).

A person in this area that was of the spirit of God would honor God’s creation by not destroying it purposefully with pollution, or poisoning people… but honoring God’s creation and giving people Godly solutions. This connects spiritual with natural, ultimately honoring Jesus the Messiah.

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-<!–[endif]–>God TEACHES righteous business and governmental principles which limit the authority of individual man and submit Him to the authority of the Word of God and principles of Godly character. (Humans corrupt and twist God’s teachings, take control, conquer, BUY the souls of all men & women, use war, genocide, slavery, and debt to take undue power and authority over people, countries, and continents).

A person in this area who was of the spirit of God would honor God’s principles and refuse to overstep their authority over other humans, knowing that ultimately God is in control through the person of Jesus the Messiah.

Every spirit (ideology, philosophy, set of influences, angel, wind of change, speeches and doctrines) that consistently and presently declares, says, and agrees that Yeshua of Nazareth the Biblical King of Jerusalem, the Sent ONE from God the Creator to Solve the World’s problems IS COME in a physical body, combining spiritual with natural, NOW and always, is from GOD the Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Every spirit (ideology, philosophy, set of influences, demon, wind of change, speeches and doctrines) that does not do THAT is NOT from God. Eventually, over the course of time they will prove themselves to be spirits that are against Jesus the Messiah.

Spirits are invisible to the natural eye, but they don’t hide. If you have a special gift, you can see them. But remember, they always manifest themselves through words, breath, and speeches. They always confess.

 

There is a spirit of delusion out here that is smarter than anyone. If they cannot admit that Gods thoughts trump theirs, and exalt Gods spiritual authority thru Jesus connected to their natural actions… They will eventually deceive a lot of people. 2nd Thessalonians 2 also talks about the falling away from truth, the antichrist, and the spirit (ideas, philosophies, speeches, winds) that are against christ.

 

9: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2 Thessalonians 2

 

Notice the one who is sending and allowing the spirit of delusion to deceive many people: God. Why? To manifest who is in love with truth and who isn’t. This is why you have to love the truth more than you love your life. This is not about intelligence; because a high IQ doesn’t prevent deception. This is about character, integrity, and love for the truth.

 

This is a time when American “pragmatism” will fail. It doesn’t matter if “it works.” If it’s not based on truth it will fail. Period. How do you see in the dark? You shine a light, and see what can reflect the light back to you. Truth reflects truth and confesses Jesus as KING over all!


You are of God, children of God. You have overcome spirits that are against Christ, because God overcame them. God’s Spirit is GREATER and FAR MORE Powerful. The Spirit of TRUTH trumps the Spirit of Error. People can only speak what they know. If they study the world’s music, ideas, philosophies, books, media, and movies, then that’s all they know! They talk to each other and about what they know. What do you expect? (1 John 4:6).

WE are of God. If they know God, they hear, understand, and listen to the words, ideas, doctrines, that WE talk about. If they don’t hear or know GOD’s Spirit, they don’t hear us… they contradict us, belittle us, and fight with us. THAT’S how we can tell the spirit of TRUTH from the spirit of ERROR.

TEST THE SPIRITS.

TEST THE WINDS OF CHANGE.

TEST THE SPEECHES.

TEST THE LYRICS.

TEST THE MOVIE SCRIPT.

TEST THE IDEAS AND THE PHILOSOPHIES.

1 John

4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

4:8

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

4:9

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

4:10

Herein * * is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

GOD’S Love brings us TOGETHER around JESUS’s sacrifice for our sins. NOT around the ideas of and spirits of men.

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2nd Message from Jesus – How to Get the Crown of Life Forever!

Posted on November 5, 2008 by SoSpression

Art used by Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992. To order prints visit her “Revelation Illustrated” site, http://revelationillustrated.com.

2nd Message:How to Get the Crown of Life Forever!

A Message from Jesus to the Christians that Are Going Through Suffering

Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11)

Jesus describes Himself:

1. The first and the last – Jesus lets them know He has original power and final power. The authorities that persecute them do NOT have final say.

2. Which was dead, and is alive – Jesus calms their fear of death by reminding them that “I was dead, and I’m alive.” If they follow him death won’t hurt them either.

 

Why does Jesus describe Himself in this particular way to this group of Christians? We will see later in the message why- they are being persecuted.

 

Jesus knows, sees, and is intimately acquainted with:

1. Their works. They did good works.

2. Tribulation. They are suffering troubling circumstances.

3. Poverty. They are poor in natural things (but Jesus points out that they are rich spiritually). If Jesus says you are rich, YOU ARE RICH!

4. He knows they are bothered by other people say that they are followers of God, but are actually a group of satan-followers that speak evil of God.

 

PROBLEM:

NO PROBLEM. Jesus has NO PROBLEM with the Christians that are suffering. In fact, they are poor, but Jesus calls them rich. He has NOTHING AGAINST the Suffering Christian.

 

Instruction:

  1. Don’t be afraid of those things that you suffer.
  2. The devil will throw some of you into prison, you will be tried 10 and have tribulation days.
  3. Be faithful unto death.

 

PROMISE

  1. If you are faithful unto death, then I will give you the crown of life.
  2. If you overcome (stay faithful through your suffering). You will not be hurt at all by the 2nd death.

 

HEAR! Pay attention to the deeper meanings of what the Spirit of GOD is saying to many groups of Christians.

 

If you suffer and stay faithful until your first death, you will not only be a member of the Kingdom of heaven, but you will ALSO not be hurt AT ALL by the second death (Judgement Day).

 

I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 20:4-6

 

You will receive a Crown of Life, and reign with Christ 1000 years. You will not be hurt at all by the final judgment. Suffering for God gives you extra mercy on Judgment Day! Not only are you in the Book of Life, but the 2nd death will not affect you, at all. This is awesome! Your life will be judged as perfect. (Otherwise, God’s judgment would affect you.) This is powerful.

 

This message from Jesus is unique because it is available to everybody:

 

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us. 2 Timothy 2:12

 

When we see through Jesus’ eyes, we see:

riches in spite of poverty,

power after suffering,

life after death,

and faith in God in the middle of those that blaspheme.

 

You may not be in a time and place where you get punished by the government for worshipping Jesus in Spirit and Truth (while false blasphemous religion gets excused)…

BUT we all will get a chance go through suffering for the name of Jesus.

 

It could be people looking down on you, or talking about you for living holy. It could be making a lot less money than you could if you sold an evil product, or cheated at work. You know it’s a lot easier to make money if you work with evil products – they have the largest profit margins (drugs, debt, prostitution, drunkenness, porn, sinful entertainment).

 

Even though God gives deliverance and prosperity, all true Christians that follow Jesus will suffer in some way (2 Timothy 3:12). This is a blessing in disguise, to test your spiritual eyesight. If you embrace this suffering, it will be your CROWN of LIFE! Embrace suffering for Jesus. Don’t suffer for doing wrong, then blame the devil. Suffer for doing right.

 

Next:

 

3rd Message: How to Have a Secret Identity and Intimacy with God!

A Message from Jesus to Faithful Christians in a Satanic city.

Pergamos (Revelation 2:12-18)

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1st Message from Jesus – How to Eat the Tastiest Fruit in the Universe!

Posted on November 5, 2008 by SoSpression

Art used by Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992. To order prints visit her “Revelation Illustrated” site, http://revelationillustrated.com.

1st Message:How to Eat the Tastiest Fruit in the Universe!

A Message from Jesus to “The Old Faithful Christian”

Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-11)

 

Jesus describes Himself:

1. I hold the 7 Stars in My right hand. “I control your leaders.” (Rev 1:20).

2. I walk in between the 7 Candlesticks. “I’m in the Churches” (Rev 1:20).

Why does Jesus describe Himself this way? I believe that He wants the Old Faithful Christians to know that He is still there with them in their midst. He’s saying “I still have your leaders in my hands, I’m still walking around with you, I’m there, I see you, I’m with you.” It’s easy to forget that Jesus is with you, and that He is in control of leaders in the Church, and guiding them with His Word. We must never forget to fellowship with and be followers of other more mature Christians who are in the Word. That’s where Jesus is! If you are not with a group of believers in Jesus, you are not with Jesus!

How do we know that these are “Old Faithful” Christians? Look at how Jesus knows them:

Jesus knows, sees, and is intimately acquainted with their:

1. Works. They worked for God.

2. Labor. They worked in hard circumstances.

3. Patience. They were mature and longsuffering.

4. Can’t bear those that are evil. They had high standards for fellowship.

5. Tested lying apostles. They had good discernment and diligence.

6. They suffered and labored a lot for Jesus name and did not ever quit.

So these weren’t baby Christians… they were very mature and solid. However, Jesus has one thing against them.

PROBLEM:

They left their first love. Jesus is still there with them, and He sees that they have left Him as their first love.

Instruction /Solution:

1. Remember the place you were before at first.

2. Repent, turn around.

3. Do the first works. “Do the first things you did when you fell in love with me.”

What did you do when you first met God? Maybe you tried to introduce other people to Him and tell them about Him! You may not have been the best at it (God knows I was horrible at it), but at least you tried. Just start trying again! Who knows, you may be better at it now?

Maybe you were curious about the Word of God… you were hungry for it. Well get hungry again! Maybe you enjoyed being with God’s people, whether it was at a church service, at a bible study, prayer meeting… you didn’t care, you just loved being with God’s people.

Whatever it was you did at first, start doing it again. What did you do when you first believed that you don’t do anymore?

OR ELSE [This is not a vain instruction with no consequences for disobedience]:

1. If you don’t obey those instructions, I will come to you quickly and remove your candlestick out its place.

2. Candlestick = church (Rev 1:20). Your group of Christians will no longer have its position, power, and influence that it’s supposed to have.

BUT, You have One more good thing in you.

1. You hate the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also HATE (see 3 Main doctrines Jesus HATES).

He that has an Ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the Churches. (Notice Churches is plural, this message is for several churches). “PAY ATTENTION, this is very important, if you have a spiritual heart to listen, then make sure you listen and research and discover the deeper meanings the Holy Spirit is trying to give to many groups of Christians.”

PROMISE – If you overcome this specific problem, and return to your first love:

“I will give you fruit from the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”

God is not a man – He wouldn’t lie. He doesn’t make vain promises that don’t mean anything. If God promises you a reward- believe me, it’s something you would want! It’s not a consolation prize.

These are specific directions from Jesus to His Church, and this is a HUGE reward God gives to those who obey. If you are a believer in Christ, your name is already in the book of life, (you have already overcome sin, satan, and the world), but this “extra” overcomer reward is only for those who overcome this specific problem (leaving your first love) that Jesus told them to.

Rekindle your zeal, commitment, and hunger for God that you had at first. “Do the things you did when you first believed in Me.” A lot of older Christians think they are more mature or experienced because they have left their first love, and they don’t do the things they started out doing. But as you see in this message to the Old Faithful Christian, Jesus sees things totally different. He commands us to do the first works.

If you don’t, you will lose your place as a witness (shining light, candlestick) to God’s work in the earth. The church is meant to declare the wisdom of God (Ephesians 3:10). Without the fire of your first love, your candle is not lit. You will lose your “impact” as a group of believers.

If you restore your original fire for God by doing the first works you did when you first believed in Him (love is obedience, Matt 14)… Then not only will you be a member of the Kingdom of Heaven, but you will also have access to eat special fruit from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Use your imagination here! Imagine how good that fruit will be. If God only promises this to people who overcome that problem, then people who don’t overcome this will NOT get to enjoy that. Imagine not being able to eat that fruit. Remember that these are not useless words. This is something you would really want. These are Jesus’ last direct verbal instructions recorded in the Bible. Do them please. Don’t be an “Old Faithful” Christian that has left your first love.

Next:

2nd Message:How to Get the Crown of Life Forever!

A Message from Jesus to the Christians that Are Going Through Suffering

Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11)

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7 Ways to Overcome – 7 Messages from Jesus – Intro

Posted on October 30, 2008 by SoSpression

Art used by Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992. To order prints visit her “Revelation Illustrated” site, http://revelationillustrated.com.

This is the final set of specific written instructions JESUS ever gave to His followers. It is crucially important! In it are special and specific clues on how to overcome the greatest temptations, deceptions, and trials of life. It was originally given to the Apostle of Love, John. It was recorded in The Revelation of Jesus Christ – A book that reveals God. Revelations reveals God’s Heart, God’s Glory, and God’s indubitable ownership of heaven and earth very clearly.

In this time of earth-wide pandemonium… most of the set-up for the final acts of Revelations is being put together. There are wars, rumors of wars, false prophets everywhere, increased deception, panic, and fear in the world. Apostasy is happening as even former Christians are falling away from the holy faith. The cultures of the world are increasing in rage against the standards of righteousness and holiness that God has set through His Son Jesus Christ. But Jesus is still the King of the Universe! (See Psalms 2).

This is the overview of the last days scenario: First Jesus will open the 7 Seals, one at a time. Then, angels will blow 7 Trumpets, one at a time. Jesus will come back at the 7th Trumpet, and finally begin to pour out 7 bowls of Wrath as He cleans up the earth and prepares to make it new. Please notice: Christ comes back to earth at the last Trumpet. There are 7 seals to be opened before any of the Trumpets, and 6 Trumpets before the Last Trumpet when the Church is raptured (1 Corinthians 15:52). So whatever your view is of the rapture – a basic reading of Revelations shows that you are going to be here through some Seals and Trumpets.

I say this because you need to strengthen your heart with knowledge and understanding of the plan and desires of God. Before all this happens, NOW is your time to understand and the 7 Messages of Jesus. These messages are for many different Churches, and it is written to strengthen the Believers in the context of the activities of Revelations. In these messages are 7 Ways for you to Overcome, no matter what type of Christian you are.

Next:

1st Message: How To Eat the Tastiest Fruit in the Universe!

Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-11)

 

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3 Main Doctrines that Jesus Hates

Posted on October 30, 2008 by SoSpression

3 Main Doctrines Jesus HATES in the 7 Final Messages to His Church.

(They are similar):

1. Doctrine of Balaam: Set Stumbling Blocks before God’s people so they can:

A. Eat food (harmless substance) that has been sacrificed to false gods.

B. Commit Fornication (spiritual and physical)

2. Doctrine of Nicolaitanes: Conquering & Corrupting God’s people so they can:

A. Commit Fornication (spiritual, physical)

B. Eat food (harmless substance) that has been sacrificed to false gods.

C. Nicolaitanes is linked closely with doctrine of Balaam. Nicolaitanes means “ to conquer laity.”

3. Doctrine of Jezebel: False Prophetess, False Teaching, Seduces Gods people to:

A. Commit Fornication (spiritual, physical)

B. Eat food (harmless substance) that has been sacrificed to false gods.

Notice that all of these doctrines that Jesus HATES have the same goal, but accomplish it different ways.

Balaam is trickery. “Just try it this way, it’s okay.”

Nicolaitanes is forceful. “Do it! Your ___ if you don’t. It’s okay.”

Jezebel is seduction. “It’ll be alright, it feels good… it’s okay.”

Fornication: Sexual pleasure & contact outside of marriage. Sexual pleasure is derived from chemicals that flow through your brain and bloodstream. It can be stimulated by sight, touch, and other senses. It is derived from your mind, and therefore… your mind is in control of it. Stop it. (Colossians 3:5).

Spiritually, it is allegiance to any Gods other than the true God (Isaiah 23:17, Ezekiel 16:26). It can also mean financial business agreements with sin involved.

Eating food sacrificed to idols. The Bible is clear that there are harmless things that would be otherwise okay, if they weren’t offered up to demons (1 Cor 8, 1 Cor. 10:28). In our culture it’s hard to understand this because we don’t live the same way they did. In their culture, the priests of the idol “god” of the city would promote feasts, games, festivals, etc. It would be like a party or concert or festival “sponsored by Diana”, or “Zeus.” It was kind of like corporate sponsorship today. “The Olympics, brought to you by ACME Inc.” They didn’t have TV, Movies, CDs, or Radio, or Internet. Festivals like this were the main entertainment and pastime of cultures surrounding the New Testament.

Any Christian knows that a piece of chicken is just a piece of chicken. God made it, God owns it. Eat it if you’re hungry! But all over the New Testament (Acts 15:20,29, 1 John 5:21), God instructs His people to display their love for Him by refusing to eat food that had been openly and knowingly offered to false gods. It’s not about the food, it’s about your love for your true God and love for your neighbor in not to causing them to stumble by seeing and following your example.

Although health is an entirely different subject, there are really no “demonic chicken dinners” or “idolatry pizza parlors” around anymore. Nowadays, the idols of entertainment take harmless music, and lace it with demonic deception – lyrically. They take harmless movies, and sacrifice them – via the script to the false gods of greed, fornication, false religions, relativism, atheism, violence, theft, homosexuality, etc…

Beware of those doctrines that Jesus HATES! They will try anyway they can to get you to accept fornication, idolatry, and compromise:

Balaamites will trick you into compromise.

Nicolaitanes will force and corrupt you into compromise.

Jezebellians will teach and seduce you into enjoying compromise.

Stick with Jesus, your first love!

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GUM: Growth. Unity. Music.

Posted on October 21, 2008 by SoSpression

G- Growth in the Kingdom

Growth in the Kingdom is:

1. Seeking God’s Kingdom within You!

2. Adding souls to the Christian Lifestyle!

YOUR Growth in the Kingdom

The Kingdom of God is WITHIN YOU!

….The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you! -Jesus, Luke 17

The Kingdom of God is IN YOU through your Knowledge of Jesus and of his Word, and you are always growing in that by studying, saying, obeying, and doing his Teachings, (the Bible).

But what are some other shortcuts & accelerators? How else can you grow in the kingdom?

Seek the Kingdom! Jesus instructions on seeking the Kingdom are in Matthew 6:

3: But when thou doest alms..
7: But when ye pray..

16: Moreover when ye fast..

19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth..

31: Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat.. Drink.. be clothed?

33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness..

Matt 6

Read the rest for more details; but this is the basic outline on the “Seeking the Kingdom“ chapter..

1. Giving– giving to the poor and to the ministry and to brothers/sisters shows you how to seek heaven`s treasure more than earth`s, And THEN YOU`LL GET HEAVEN`S TREASURES.

2. Praying– Giving time in prayer will DEFINITELY make God`s Power & Favor overflow in your life. You will also Hear Him more! This is Exciting!-)

3. Fasting- Giving your energy to God by giving up food for a day or few will make your soul humble and give you more Kingdom Power and Supernatural Energy. You will also Hear Him a LOT more! This is Very Exciting!-)

4. Don`t Lay Up Treasure on Earth– just use what you need to support yourself and your family.

5. Don`t Worry about food and clothing!- God will provide!

OUR Growth in the Kingdom

We see a model for OUR Growth in the Kingdom of God in Acts 2:42. There was a great number of people getting saved AND PARTICIPATING in the LifeStyle. God didn’t say 3000 people just answered an altar call, He said 3000 souls were ADDED to them. This means they had 3000 additional People participating in their Doctrine Studies, Fellowships w/food, and Prayer Meetings.

41: Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
42: And they continued steadfastly in the apostles` doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

46: And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47: Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

Acts 2

This means they joined the Kingdom`s continual lifestyle of Loving God and loving Each Other. Before that day, there were only a few (like 120, Acts 2:1) people who were really following Jesus, meeting and praying together. After the Holy Ghost came and the Word was preached, 3000 people were added to that group of people that were studying the Teachings of Jesus, having fellowships with Food, and having Prayer Meetings. In Acts 2:42 I see 3 elements to that lifestyle:

  • apostles` doctrine – teachings from Jesus and about Jesus and His Kingdom
  • fellowship & breaking of bread – togetherness, and eating
  • prayers – meeting together and praying

42: And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

Acts 5

In the Temple AND House to House

In Acts 5:42 we also see a similar principle. Its important not only to go to a temple or church building, but also to open up your house to Jesus and to people!

9: Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 1 Peter 4

1: Let brotherly love continue.
2: Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews 13

2: A bishop then must be.. given to hospitality..1 Timothy 3

Do Bible Studies, fellowships with food, and prayer meetings at your house! You will be helping the Kingdom of God to grow!

The Lord of hosts also commands YOU to do this! Especially now in the last days!

7: But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
8: And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
9: Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

1 Peter 4

definition of watch – Strongs # 3535 – nepho

1. to be sober, to be calm and collected in spirit

2. to be temperate, dispassionate, circumspect

definition of charity – Strongs # 26 – agape’

1. brotherly love, affection, good will, love, benevolence

2. love feasts

definition of hospitality – Strong’s # 5382 – philoxenos

1. hospitable, generous to guests

This scripture shows the atmospheres that Christians are to be setting in the last days. It’s a sober atmosphere of prayer, brotherly love, love feasts, and generous hospitality. If you read the next two verses (1 Peter 4:10,11), you’ll see that it’s an atmosphere where everyone should use their gifts with God’s confidence and power!

UNITY

Unity is important for the Body of Christ. It was one of Jesus’ last prayer requests’ that His people would be set apart by the truth and that they would be ONE!

19: And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

John 17

Notice in that verse 21 that Jesus said if we are One, the world might believe that the Father has sent Jesus! To me, that’s a Great Promise, and it shows that Unity is a HUGE Evangelism tool!

Unity is in the Mind

Unity does not necessarily mean that everybody has to be in the same place, or go to the same church.. There’s not a building big enough to hold everybody that loves Jesus! BUT true Unity is in the mind, when everyone knows and believes and speaks the same truth about the Kingdom of God.

5: Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
6: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15

Out of all the attributes of God, why did He describe the God of Patience and Consolation to be the one that grants us to be likeminded towards one another? I’m so glad you asked!-)

WHAT DO WE DO?- to increase Unity in the Body of Christ?

Exhortation & Consolation

Exhortation- consolation, `calling near` or to encourage, urge, give advice

When you talk to someone in a consoling or encouraging way, call someone to come to a fellowship, or send them a letter, an email or text message, you are `calling them near.` It is much easier to have Oneness of Mind when there is open communication, edifying communication, and `calling near.` God told us to consider each other, and to provoke each other to walk in love and good works as we exhort or `call near` one another.

24: And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10

Consider Others- Provoke Love and Good Works- Exhorting (Calling Near) Others– Don’t Forsake Others!

Patience, Humility, Forgiveness, & Hard Work

Whenever you have relationships, you’re going to get hurt. Friendship is Bloody. Jesus gave his Blood and His Life so we could be his friends. So it`s important to work in forgiveness and forbearance if you want to have Unity…

..walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2: With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3: Endeavouring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4

Look at all the words that surround the scripture on Unity:

Vocation: Calling, Invitation

Lowliness: Humbleness of Mind, Lowliness

Meekness: Gentleness, Mildness, Meekness

Longsuffering: Patience, Endurance, Steadfastness, Slowness to Avenge

Forbearance: to Endure, Hold Up, Suffer, Bear With

Endeavoring: Work Hard, Labor, Diligence, Haste, Exertion

Wow! Wherever you find Unity of the Mind & Spirit, you’ll find humility, forgiveness and people working hard!

You really need a God of Patience and Consolation for all that! Let’s Call Him Jehovah El Patience & Consolation!-)

M.usic to Fill your Heart with the Word&Spirit of God

Music Helps you to live out God’s Commandments.

Make up songs and sing them to the Lord, and it will be a lot easier to live right.

Good Scripture-Based Songs also can renew your mind and teach you how to think.

Good Music fills your soul with the Spirit of God, as we can see in Ephesians 5:

18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19: Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Ephesians 5

That means you can use music to fill your heart with the Spirit!

Good Music fills your soul with the Word of God, as we can see in Colossians 3:

16: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Colossians 3

That means you can use music to fill your heart with the Word!

When you have The WORD of God AND the SPIRIT of God, you have a POWERFUL COMBINATION!-)

That should give you an idea of the Power that can flow through music!

Make sure you use your music well!

If the Word of God, and the Spirit of God fill your soul through your use of music, are there other ”words” and other ”spirits” that can fill your soul also? YES! Watch out for music inspired by false understandings and wrong attitudes.

The music you listen to is very important. Never submit your soul to music that is not Biblical or spiritually right.

I used to use some of these excuses:

”But I don’t believe it; I just listen to it”

”I don’t listen to the lyrics; I just like the beats because they sound good”

The Bible Says: Faith comes by hearing (Rom 10:17)..

So if you continually and willfully HEAR music with lyrics that are unbiblical, you will BUILD UP YOUR FAITH IN A LIE. Then you will wonder why you have become spiritually stupid, desensitized, and unmotivated to live fully in the Kingdom. I’ve seen this happen to brothers & sisters in Christ over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over.. and over again.

Keep Your Soul Clean!

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K-Drama’s Behind The Glory – Better Late Than Never!

Posted on October 14, 2008 by SoSpression

K- Drama “Behind the Glory” Album Review

Better Late than Never!

Ok, so I slept on this album for a while… I’ve been an irresponsible dj:-( I got it back in 06’, and I knew it was good. I enjoyed a couple of songs like “Waste of Time” and “Let Freedom Bang.” However, Lecrae’s “Jesus Music” came out about the same time, and is one of the greatest albums ever, and that – plus the busyness of life, deejaying, and promoting concerts – kind of distracted me from taking time to listen completely to K-Drama.

But upon further review (listening more to the album last summer)… I have to conclude that K-Drama “Behind The Glory,” released by EMI Gospel/Holy Hip Hop in September 2006 is actually one of the Top 10 Albums in Holy Hip Hop history. It’s right up there with Lecrae & Trip Lee music, Flame, Ambassador, etc… I’m not trying to exaggerate. I listen to a lot of good music. This album is one that I can actually enjoy 95% of the album. There are actually no songs I have to skip consistently. (That is VERY rare for me, even among my favorite rappers and singers). The production is superb, the lyricism is excellent, and the ministry is on point. If you have been sleeping, stop!

The music on this album is one of its greatest strengths. It is studded with gems produced by Tony Stone, Todd Collins, Theory Hazit, Platinum Tips, and Redd Lettaz. Tony Stone really put his foot into this album! K-Drama is a producer himself; he has produced for Lecrae, Flame, R-Swift, Dillon Chase, Json, and others… So I can imagine that he would have an album full of top quality music. But he did a more than excellent job as an executive producer. I can honestly say I have never heard another album where so many different styles of hip hop music come together so perfectly. He has crunk tracks, club tracks, melancholy tracks, west coast tracks, fun tracks, take-you-to-church tracks, midwest styles… etc. They ALL sound good, and not one track sounds out of place. This album is a classic.

K-Drama’s style is very unique, which always puts you a little behind when it comes to popularity. He could have easily copied someone else’s voice, accent, and rhyme scheme and gained inroads to a lot of listeners. However, I tend to appreciate a unique, but still skilled rhyme style. He’s from Cincinnati, Ohio – not the East Coast or Dirty South, so it makes sense that he sounds like himself. However, he still sounds good. He doesn’t try to pass wackness for uniqueness; he knows how to rhyme with skill.

Another thing I appreciate about K-Drama’s music is its down-to-earthiness. He uses the Word of God, but also uses his own life experiences and testimony in his ministry. People tend to be more open to that. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against nerdy scripture expositions. I do it all the time because that’s my gift, but I do know that people remember things best by examples. K-Drama’s “Behind the Glory” is an Open Book (a la DA’ TRUTH, but beforehand) into his life! He talks about his struggles in ministry, his middle school and high school days, moving out of his Mom’s house, driving to work in the morning… just about everything! But it’s not without a purpose or an anointing, he always has a point.

His ministry is powerful, his music is excellent, and his style is different. So, better late than never; I had to promote him a little bit! Here is a description of some my favorites from the album:

Behind the Glory

This is the title track… the beat is CRAZY! It’s a soul/shout/banger that seemlessly switches cadences in the middle of the song. It’s truly a gem from Tony Stone. In it K-Drama shares the story of his struggles to make it in the music ministry. His struggles “Behind the Glory” were definitely not glorious! This is my favorite joint.

Let’s Love Em’

This song hits home. In it K-Drama and MC Till tell stories about youth in the church and out that are struggling with drugs, homosexuality, pregnancy, abortion. This song really paints a picture of how horrible things are with our youth in this time… but how we really need to show them LOVE! Love never fails! The track is awesome, laid back, groove produced by Todd Collins.

Honored

(featuring the Grammy nominated Canton Jones) This song is meant to show how Canton Jones and K-Drama humbled and honored by the grace of God; and to give thanks for His grace and mercy.1 You know Canton Jones voice’ will add that extra blessing to any track he’s on!

Just a Man

This song is meant to “Expose his neglected childhood; which was the root of sins that are daily challenges until this day.”1 This song’s track makes you meditate as K-Drama stays down to earth and tells you his life struggles. I played this song once at a juvenile detention center and one young man came up and asked me to play it again because he felt it that much. To me that was an example of just how much his music can minister to struggling youth. It does, and K-Drama also does a lot of community work in his hometown of Cincinnati.

Trouble with the Law

This song is a genius presentation of the gospel. It’s a parable that describes how the sins that we commit get us in trouble with the law until God gets us out. This song reminds me of “Off the Hook” by Ambassador, one of the greatest hip hop songs ever made. The beat is a hypnotizing head banger by Theory Hazit.

Waste of Time

In this song that originally caught my attention, K-Drama talks about how he used to be a church pimp. I love this song because it exposes the boyfriend/girlfriend deception that has deceived the last few generations of western relationships and youth culture thought. Musically, it “has a funky, west coast, neo soul feel provided by the mastermind, Tony Stone.” “K-Drama unveils his testimony about his dealings with numerous girlfriends to fulfill the unquenchable void that only Christ can fill. He gets straight to the point of this song by chanting, ‘If yall ain’t getting married, then yall shouldn’t be together. It’s a

waste of time!’” 1 Amen! Western dating/boyfriend/girlfriend relationship culture is an unbiblical lie and a deception that has led many into adultery, divorce, and fatherlessness. It’s very sad… so choose God’s way instead!

Ohkay

This song’s video can be seen here on youtube: ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDJ3Z9Xz_E ).

This song encourages and comforts anyone that’s struggling. He reminds you of Jesus Kingdom doctrine in Matthew 6… Seek the Kingdom and God first and everything will be “OhKay.”

Teeter Totter

This song is one of the hottest on the album, the one that got a lot of folks talking. In it he talks from James 1, about double-minded saints are unstable in all of their ways – kind of like “Teeter Totters.” It’s a rebuke of saints that backslide all the time, ministers that are unfaithful, and Christians that don’t keep their trust in God. Plus its fun! Platinum Tips produced this fire.

Moving On

This is light-hearted maturity song; K-Drama describes to his mother that he’s not “moving out” he’s “moving on.” This is a song that describes the spiritual AND natural growth that a man of God goes through in those transition years from youth to manhood as he prepares for a wife and family. You don’t hear a lot of lifestyle songs like this in hip hop.

That’s a few of the songs. You can get the album to find out more about the rest of the songs. Better late than never! This is a classic album; you definitely want to add it to your hip hop collection. K-Drama is unique, talented, representing the Kindgom, and here to stay! His next album is coming out this Fall 2008. I’ve heard a few tracks from it, and it sounds good. But before it comes out, go pickup “Behind the Glory!”

– djsos at fpdj.com

References

  1. K-Drama Biography. http://www.k-dramamusic.com

Check out K-Drama’s Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/kdramamusic

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We’re Living in a DANGEROUS Time

Posted on October 23, 2007 by SoSpression
We’re Living in a DANGEROUS Time – (Mixture)
(from 2007)

We’re Living in a DANGEROUS Time

We’re living in a DANGEROUS Time, where “mixture” is being celebrated. Mixture is mixing good with evil.

Let me give you a secret about entertainment. It’s all based on the writer. Comedy scenes are first written. Movies start with a script. Songs start with written lyrics. Books are first written. So if you want to know the source of any form of entertainment, look at the writer! Writers are human, and they write from their heart!

What did Jesus say about what comes from the human heart?

Mark 7
21: For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22: Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Some of these are the things that are in “Madea” movies. Yet Christians flock to him like he’s the best thing since Kirk Franklin. Kirk Franklin pays for samples, but at least his writing is pure and anointed. A movie with no anointing, or biblical purpose – that is just a regular movie with half the cussing, half the adultery, and a positive church scene – is NOT a Kingdom movie. It’s just lukewarm, mixing hot with cold. But when a real anointed movie comes out… Less people want to go.

It’s a dangerous time when Christians don’t want to be all-the way clean, that’s considered “too spiritual.” They’d rather be lukewarm.

It even seems like lukewarmness is the FORMULA FOR SUCCESS in this dangerous time. Even non-Christians are trying to appear more positive, and masking their curses with harmlessness. We even have “positive” rappers like Kanye and Common making the hits now, and thug rappers making funny catchy songs. We got “soldja boy” and “read a book” catching the souls of millions, implanting curses into harmless-looking songs and dances. They want to MIX the blessings with curses.

But Jesus actually said “I wish you were either hot OR cold.” (Revelations 3:15,16) He would RATHER you be all the way Godly or all the way wicked. Christians don’t want to be too hot, sinners don’t even want to be too cold anymore. They just want to be positive with their sins. Everyone wants to meet in the middle. Everyone wants to be lukewarm, the EXACT OPPOSITE of what Jesus wants.

Do you think the King of Kings is going to allow the whole earth to mock and Oppose Him for too long? I don’t think so. You need to get right for yourself, and choose your side! DON’T SUPPORT MIXTURE!

What do you think?
SoS

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