Matthew 8:4 (KJV) And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Matthew 10:18 (KJV) And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Mark 1:44 (KJV) And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Mark 6:11 (KJV) And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Mark 13:9 (KJV) But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

Luke 5:14 (KJV) And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Luke 9:5 (KJV) And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

Luke 21:13 (KJV) And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

John 3:32-33 (KJV) And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

[33] He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

John 5:34 (KJV) But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

John 8:17 (KJV) It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

John 21:24 (KJV) This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

Acts 13:22 (KJV) And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

Acts 14:3 (KJV) Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Acts 22:18 (KJV) And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

1 Cor. 1:6 (KJV) Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

1 Cor. 2:1 (KJV) And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 Cor. 1:12 (KJV) For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2 Thes. 1:10 (KJV) When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

2 Tim. 1:8 (KJV) Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

Hebrews 3:5 (KJV) And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

Hebrews 11:5 (KJV) By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Rev. 1:2 (KJV) Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

Rev. 1:9 (KJV) I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Rev. 6:9 (KJV) And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Rev. 11:7 (KJV) And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Rev. 12:11 (KJV) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Rev. 12:17 (KJV) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Rev. 15:5 (KJV) And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

Rev. 19:10 (KJV) And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

I looked up the word Testimony and in 73 verses' in the Old and New Testament that refers to the testimony.

I can only say that to reveal God The Father to anyone, and, change his or her lives, there must be a Testimony. That testimony is the Holy Ghost.

The Fullness of the Godhead is the Testimony that is revealed in our lives through the Holy Ghost.

Let me emphasize repeatedly that the Voice of The Lord that was there in the Garden with Adam, and, Eve was the Testimony of God.

That testimony was the Holy Ghost.

He; the Holy Ghost, brought into our view the Son of God.

He reveal to us, and to the World; the express image of The Father when ;He revealed to Us, The True Light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Jesus was that True Light.

John 1:9 (KJV) That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

1 John 2:8 (KJV) Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

Darkness is Past it is gone.

When we have the True Light in us, Walk in the Light:

Isaiah 2:5 (KJV) O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

　

1 John 1:7 (KJV) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Rev. 21:24 (KJV) And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

To those who desire to reject the True Light;

Isaiah 50:11 (KJV) Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

You can Kindle a Fire of your own. And. make a lot of Sparks. And. like the display of the fire works on the Holidays; men will say ah! Oh! how beautiful they appear.

Like the fireworks display they need to kindle them over, and, over to arouse a sensation in the lives of the World.

But when God kindles a Fire, The Holy Ghost Fire, the fireworks does not fissile out. It Last for eternity.

Jeremiah 32:14 (KJV) Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.

　

John 6:27 (KJV) Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

　

2 Cor. 1:22 (KJV) Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

　

Ephes. 1:13 (KJV) In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

　

Ephes. 4:30 (KJV) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

This is what Saul met up with on the Road to Damascus.

This is the Evidence of the Love of God that changed him, and, turned him into a vessel fit for the master's use.

We can see why The Lord met Saul and demonstrated to those around him that; what God’s Love can do; can be seen with the Human Eye.

The results of the Power of God’s Love.

We cannot draw a picture of Love.

We can clearly see the results of it in his fullness.

Today still, there are those who resist the Holy Ghost. They fight it.

They go about grieving God’s heart.

These that do, they are causing many to turn aside from the straight path.

They themselves will not enter in

And

They cause many to go To Hell with their pernicious ways.

God help the Church world today to get down in prayer, With fasting, until the Holy Ghost falls upon, and, into the lives of everyone who believes in God.

Then will we see great revivals.

I am not talking about revival of manmade displays of fireworks.

We will see the genuine demonstration of the Holy Ghost, and, a Filling of the Hearts of The Love of The Father.

Cain displayed the testimony of someone who wanted to display his own sparks, and, not that of Gods.

His decision to offer his own selfness offering; took him from the presence of god, and, placed him in a Void environment.

Many today have taken the same road that Cain took.

They have found themselves in total rejection. This is a sad situation.

Many do not feel the presence of God’s spirit, and, god's love.

Genesis 4:16 (KJV) And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

»Strong's Help Nowd, Hebrew 5113, Strong's Nowd, node; the same as Hebrew 5112 (nowd); vagrancy; Nod, the land of Cain :- Nod.

»Strong's Help nowd, Hebrew 5112, Strong's nowd, node; [only defective nod, node]; from Hebrew 5110 (nuwd); exile :- wandering. »Strong's Help nuwd, Hebrew 5110, Strong's nuwd, nood; a primitive root; to nod, i.e. waver; figurative to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt :- bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.

　

　

I feel led to enter the lord’s prayer into this before we go into the study of the Revelation of God.

Matthew 6:9-15 (KJV) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

[10] Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

[11] Give us this day our daily bread.

[12] And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

[13] And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

[14] For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

[15] But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

　

I suppose today we could say that there are those who have been saved, have been baptized in Water that have not so much heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

July 3 2002

Today we will deal with the thought of Darkness and Light:

Sitting on the deck the word or thought came unto me and the thought was about the Darkness that came over the World when Jesus was on the cross.

Matthew 27:45 (KJV) Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Mark 15:33 (KJV) And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Luke 23:44 (KJV) And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

Genesis 1:1-5 (KJV) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

We need to realize that the Beginning refers to Christ Jesus;

　

John 1:1-5 (KJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

[2] The same was in the beginning with God.

[3] All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.

[4] In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

[5] And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Rev. 1:8 (KJV) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Man was created in his Likeness:

This likeness of God was not man himself.

The likeness is Christ which is the express image of the Father:

When this is said that we were created in the likeness, it is saying that we were created in Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ, he was the beginning, which was the express image of god the father.

Hebrews 1:3 (KJV) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

We want to think and believe that we are the likeness of the Father.

That when we were created that God took the Dust and made us to Look just like him.

This would have been the same as a father having ten children, and, wanting them all to look just like him.

I do not think this is what God wanted at all.

I believe he wanted us to have our own personality.

God wanted us to differ from him in many ways; yet contain his characteristic.

The saying is said, “I’m glad that everybody is not like me, if so; everybody would have married my wife”.

So to fairly say, we should not limit God to the saying, “we all look, and, act just like God the Father”.

This is, and was, Satan’s mistake.

Satan wanted to be like God.

Isaiah 14:14 (KJV) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Are we like Satan; not satisfied; as what has made us?

Can we be content to have received the vessel that God has made us?

Even the Stars differ in their Glory. Each one differ from the other.

Is God limited to that of what we think?

When  others need to measure up to our standards; We sometimes think that God took us as individuals; made us so special;.

We think sometimes that; after all, God the Father made me what I am, and, I am just like him.

Is this our attitude?

The following verse sets us straight as to what we really are.

Cor. 4:7 (KJV) For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

There was Satan being transformed into the flesh.

At the time that Jesus came, and, found in the Temple;  Pharisee is  standing in the Gate of Heaven.

Not letting anyone else in unless one gain his permission.

Matthew 23:4 (KJV) For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

Matthew 23:13 (KJV) But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Matthew 23:15 (KJV) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

We wonder sometime why God tolerates us.

A few instances he did not tolerate.

Like the time of Noah, and, the flood.

Also the time of Moses; when he was on the mountain receiving the Law.

Man is shaped in iniquity:

Psalm 51:5 (KJV) Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

At the time of Noah; the darkness was upon the deep.

All humanity thoughts were evil.

Today we have to listen to the evil minds of those whom we work with.

Like lot; we are vexed, and, our souls are surrounded with evil.

Isaiah 59:19 (KJV) So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

At the time of Christ, man was again hanging in the balances.

 

Malachi prophesied :

　

Malachi 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

The curse of God was standing at the door ready to come upon mankind once again;

Evil was set up.

Malachi 3:15 (KJV) And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Has the Grace of God become the tool for the Devil to set himself up?

To corrupt the minds of humankind?

Do we really think that we can sin, and, do the most horrific acts against God, and, still go on?

It seems that is the case.

For four hundred years from..." prophesy of Malachi" to; the time of Christ; humankind with the help of Satan; had set himself up in the Temple of God.

We are the temple of God.

1 Cor. 3:16 (KJV) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Daniel 8:23 (KJV) And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Why do we look to Jerusalem in the mid east?

Those that wait for the beast to set himself up in the Temple; they believe this Temple will be erected; of Stone, and, earthly materials.

Mark 14:58 (KJV) We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

Acts 7:48 (KJV) Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Acts 17:24 (KJV) God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Are you looking for a sign.

Matthew 16:4 (KJV) A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

Look no farther than your Heart.

Have you received the Mark Of The Beast?

Have you gone in the way of Cain?

Jude 1:11 (KJV) Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

The mark of the Beast has been ever since Cain.

God set a mark on Cain.

Cain Departed from the Face of God.

Genesis 4:15 (KJV) And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Rev. 13:18 (KJV) Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Cain was the first murderer.

Cain was a liar and the father of all those seeds of Satan, and, he was there when Jesus was walking among men.

John 8:44 (KJV) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

1 John 3:8 (KJV) He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:12 (KJV) Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

The seed of Satan shall never be renown.

Isaiah 1:4 (KJV) Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

　

Isaiah 14:20 (KJV) Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

Yes the Pharisee's were, and, are today; the seed of Abraham.

Remember that Abraham had a son by Hagar; the bondwoman.

This was not the seed of the promise.

Sarah could not wait on the lord.

She looked on the outward appearance.

She was childless; She was past age to; even have a child.

After that she had been told that she would have a seed, and, that seed would be the deliver, and, the blessing upon all people.

She went against the oracles of God, and, got her handmaid; took her to her husband, and, said go into her that I may have a child.

Genesis 16:1 (KJV) Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

After the child was born and Hagar began to prick at Sarah.

I can hear her now.

You old woman where is your kid?

This is my baby.

Sarah despised her, and, told Abraham to kick her out of the house.

Genesis 21:10 (KJV) Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

Yes they were the children of Abraham; but not the seed of promise.

In Isaac was to come the seed; which was Jesus Christ.

God brought into this world a seed, and, delivered all those who by faith sought a country.

Those whose builder and maker is God.

It was of the promise; not of the flesh as we think; that God delivered his son to this sin torn world; to redeem humanity back to him.

Ishmael could have followed God. Ishmael could have turned to serve god; just like all mankind can repent, and, turn from their unrighteousness, and, can have eternal life through Jesus Christ.

Why then do not they call upon him?

The answer is this:

John 3:19 (KJV) And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

When John the Baptist came preaching there came multitudes out to hear what he had to say.

They; no doubt had heard that the prophet; has come that everyone has been talking about.

They thought this was the prophet Elijah. They was; no doubt; scared to death.

That this is what Malachi prophesied, and, this is the end of the world.

After all; if we don’t change; God is going to smite us with a curse.

John told them to bring forth fruits meet for repentance.

Matthew 3:8 (KJV) Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

We don’t run to God because; that we have done our thing, and, neglect so great a salvation.

We get scared to death, and, decide to Go to God, and, after the scare is over with go back to our old ways.

We are sheep.

We hear the Voice of The lord.

Jesus said:

John 10:27 (KJV) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Have they not Heard?:

Romans 10:18 (KJV) But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.