Saturday, May 25, 2013

Putting Words in Your Mouth

When is it good to have someone put words in your mouth?

Do you hate it when someone puts words in your mouth?  I know that I do.  I especially hate it, when they then assign a meaning, that I never meant, to the words that I never said.  This leads to a conflict that is about impossible to resolve.   Especially when someone is so angry at you, that they can not see straight, about something that you did not actually say.

When is it ever good when someone puts words in your mouth?

Actually, there is one time, when it is good, when someone puts words in your mouth.  That is when the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) is the one putting words in your mouth (2 Samuel 23:2).  The Spirit of Truth puts words in the mouth of the Children of Truth when they let the Spirit of Truth speak thru them (Matthew 10:19-20).  The Spirit of Truth will speak about the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) when words are put in your mouth (John 16:13-15).

There are two ways that the Spirit of Truth can put words in your mouth.

The first way that the Spirit of Truth can put words in your mouth is to give you words to speak to others so they can come into the House of Truth (1 Corinthians 2:12-14).  When you speak words that the Spirit of Truth puts in your mouth to help others come into and remain in the House of Truth then you are prophesying (1 Corinthians 14:3).  Prophesying is when the Spirit of Truth puts words in your mouth in a language that both you and the hearer understand (1 Corinthians 14:7-11).  When the Spirit of Truth puts words in the mouth of the Children of Truth in a language that can be understood by the speaker and the hearer then the hearer knows that they are the Children of Truth (1 Corinthians 14:24-25).  When the Spirit of Truth puts words in the mouth of people in a language that everyone understands then only two or three people should speak while everyone else judges if what they are saying agrees with the Book of Truth (The Bible) (1 Corinthians 14:29-31).  The Spirit of Truth will only put words in the mouth of people but they are the ones that speak those words (1 Corinthians 14:32).

There is second way that the Spirit of Truth can put words in your mouth.  That is for the Spirit of Truth to put words in your mouth in a language that you do not know when you are baptized in the Spirit of Truth (Acts 2:4).  The Spirit of Truth can put words in your mouth in a language that you do not know because the Spirit of Truth speaks every language (Acts 2:6-8).  The words that the Spirit of Truth puts in your mouth that are in a language that you do not know will be understood by those that hear it if the message is meant for them (Acts 2:9-11).

It was the Gentiles speaking in a language that they did not know but that the Jewish believers understood that proved that the Gentiles could come into the House of Truth without first becoming Jews through circumcision (Acts 10:45-47).  The Spirit of Truth put words in the mouth of believing Gentiles that they could not speak on their own but the hearers understood in the same way that the Spirit of Truth had put words in the mouth of believing Jews that they could not speak on their own but the hearers understood (Acts 11:16-18).

You might have been told that this was for way back then and not for now.  The sign of the Spirit of Truth putting words in the mouth of the Children of Truth in a language that they could not speak on their own was part of the great commission to bring the good news of the Man of Truth into all the world (Mark 16:15-17).  If the great commission is still for today then so is the sign of  the Spirit of Truth putting words in the mouth of the Children of Truth in a language that they could not speak on their own.

The Prophets of Truth foretold that the Spirit of Truth would put words in the mouth of Gentile believers in a language that they do not know so that Jews that will not be convinced any other way could come into the House of Truth (Isaiah 28:11-12).  The Jews wanted a sign that the Man of Truth was who he said that he was (John 2:18).  The Jews still require a sign to believe because the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) has always given them a sign to verify that everything that has came from Him whereas many Gentiles can be convinced by wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:22)  The Spirit of Truth still puts words in the mouth of the Children of Truth in a language that they do not know because people still need a sign to point them the House of Truth (1 Corinthians 14:21-22).

This has happened to me.  I used to pray out loud in languages that I did not know for hours when I was stationed in Greece by the Air Force.  When I was praying in the barracks one of the men that had been on duty in Israel said that I was speaking in Hebrew.  The only Hebrew I knew at the time was by accident - words like "Amen" and "Hallelujah".  I certainly could not have said anything like "Lo Sar Shalom lo shalom" or "Baruch haba v'shem Adonai!"!  My landlord in Greece used to tell me through his wife what I was praying about on his roof even though I could not speak any Greek at the time and he barely could speak any English. I had no idea either time because I was praying in a language that I did not know.

The Spirit of Truth is not limited to speaking in human languages when words are put in your mouth.  You might be speaking in the language of angels (1 Corinthians 13:1)  You might even be speaking in sounds that are not even sound like any known language when the Spirit of Truth puts words in your mouth (Romans 8:26).

When are speaking in this unknown language then no one understands what you are saying then it is a mystery to everyone except the Father of Truth (1 Corinthians 14:2).  The Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil) has no idea what you are saying unlike when you speak a human language or the language of angels.  When you speak in this unknown language you are making yourself stronger but you are not helping anyone else unlike when the Spirit of Truth puts words in your mouth that other people understand (1 Corinthians 14:4).  Therefore when the Spirit of Truth puts words in your mouth in this unknown language you have to ask for an interpretation from the Spirit of Truth to help others (1 Corinthians 14:13).  It is better for you to speak five words in a language that the hearer understands than to give a long message in an unknown language (1 Corinthians 14:19).  The Children of Truth are commanded to not all speak in a language that they cannot speak on their own at the same time when they meet together or people will think that they are crazy (1 Corinthians 14:23).  Therefore the commandment of the Father of Truth when the Children of Truth gather together is that only two or three are to give a message in an unknown language provided that the Spirit of Truth is putting words in the mouth of someone in a known language so that the message can be understood by everyone (1 Corinthians 14:27-28).

So when the Children of Truth gather together then the Spirit of Truth may put words in their mouths.  This may be done in either a language that everyone understands or in a language that only some hearers understand or in the language of angels or in a language that only the Father of Truth understands. 

It is better that the Spirit of Truth put words in your mouth in a language that everyone understands than in a language that you cannot speak on your own unless the message is interpreted so everyone can benefit from the message (1 Corinthians 14:5-6).  It is not the purpose of the Spirit of Truth  is to draw attention to you by putting words in your mouth when the Children of Truth meet together but to benefit everyone else (1 Corinthians 14:26).

The Spirit of Truth will never put words in the mouth of anyone that contradict the Book of Truth (1 Corinthians 12:3).  We are test what is spoken by the Book of Truth and only keep that which is in agreement (1 Thessalonians 5:21).  The Children of Truth are to test every message by the Book of Truth to see if it is from the Spirit of Truth (1 John 4:1-3).

There will be no confusion if the Children of Truth will obey the Father of Truth when the Spirit of Truth puts words in their mouth.  The Father of Truth does not cause confusion when the Children of Truth meet together (1 Corinthians 14:33).  The Father of Truth wants everything to be done decently and in order when the Children of Truth meet together (1 Corinthians 14:40).  Confusion is an evil work that comes from the Father of Lies (James 3:16).

Perhaps you have never seen the Spirit of Truth put words in the mouths of people when you have went to a church or synagogue.  Has this been the case because the Father of Truth has commanded that it stop or that the Spirit of Truth no longer puts words in the mouths of people or is it because of the traditions of men?

This is not something that people can do on their own but it is a gift that the Spirit of Truth gives to some of the Children of Truth and works as the Spirit of Truth desires (1 Corinthians 12:8-11).   The Father of Truth has appointed that the Spirit of Truth put words in the mouths of some of the Children of Truth (1 Corinthians 12:28-30).

The Father of Truth has commanded that the Children of Truth allow the Spirit of Truth to put words in their mouth of when they meet together (1 Corinthians 14:36-37).  The Children of Truth are to desire to have the Spirit of Truth to put words in their mouth and are not to forbid speaking messages in a language that they cannot speak on their own (1 Corinthians 14:39).  The Children of Truth are not quench the Spirit of Truth  when they meet together by forbidding people to speak when the Spirit of Truth puts words in their mouth (1 Thessalonians 5:19-20).

We are to avoid those that appear religious but deny the power of the Spirit of Truth operating when the Children of Truth meet together (2 Timothy 3:5).

The Spirit of Truth will not just put words in your mouth to build up others when the Children of Truth meet together.  The Spirit of Truth wants to put words in your mouth to build you up in your faith (Jude 1:20).

You need help when you pray.  You may not how to pray because you are human or you may not know the will of the Father of Truth when you pray. When the Spirit of Truth puts words in your mouth during prayer then you will always pray according to the will of the Father of Truth (Romans 8:26-27).  You will not even know what you are praying when the Spirit of Truth puts words in your mouth during prayer because it will be in a language that you do not know (1 Corinthians 14:14).

You can pray or sing with your understanding as well or you can let the Spirit of Truth also put words in your mouth when you sing (1 Corinthians 14:15).  When the Spirit of Truth  puts words in your mouth while you sing then you are singing spiritual songs that are inspired by the Spirit of Truth like when the Psalms were first sung (Ephesians 5:18-20).  The Word of Truth will dwell in you strongly when the Spirit of Truth puts words in your mouth while you are singing (Colossians 3:16).

If you want the Spirit of Truth to put words in your mouth then you need to repent of your sins so you can be baptized in the Spirit of Truth (Acts 2:38).  You must first come into the House of Truth because you believe that the Man of Truth is able to cleanse you of your sins (Acts 19:4-5).  When you come into the House of Truth then the Spirit of Truth can put words in your mouth both in languages that you cannot speak on your own and in your own native language (Acts 19:6).

Come into the House of Truth.





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Saturday, May 18, 2013

The Sound of Power

Why is Pentecost like a chainsaw?

Years ago I heard a story about an old hillbilly that lived deep in the Ozarks who needed a new saw.  This old hillbilly lived way back in the woods about ten miles down a steep twisting washed out goat trail of a dirt road from the nearest town.  Now, by town I mean a place like Boxley, Arkansas, when I was growing up.  This "town" consisted of a single house that held a very small general store and post office in the first floor while the family lived upstairs.  There were a few other houses, but none of them were closer than half a mile from the post office house.  The nearest town with a hardware store, a place like Huntsville, Arkansas, was about a three hour drive from the cabin that the old hillbilly lived in.  In fact, it was about a three hour drive in any direction to reach a paved road, from a place like this back in those days.  So the old hillbilly usually only went to the hardware store once or twice a year.

However, one day while the old hillbilly and his sons were felling trees, the blade of their cross saw plumb broke in two.  The old hillbilly was irritated at himself, because this was the last cross saw blade that he had.  He had meant to get one from the hardware store when he had been there last year, but he ended up buying something else he needed, thinking that he would just get one the next time he made it to the hardware store.  He had thought that he would make to the hardware store before the fall, but he kept putting it off because he hated making the trip.

The truth is the old hillbilly like the seclusion of his home, and hated what he referred to as "the hustle and bustle of the big city".  So he sent his youngest two sons to go to the hardware store, and fetch him some new blades for his cross saw.  The older of the two knew how to drive, and the younger would keep him company on the long drive.

His two sons came back with the strangest looking contraption that the old hillbilly had ever seen.  The old hillbilly asked his sons, why did they bring this strange looking contraption, instead of some new cross saw blades.  His sons told the old hillbilly, that the salesman had said, that he had no cross saw blades on hand, and they would have to be special ordered.  They explained that the contraption was called a chainsaw.  The salesman had told them, that one man using a chainsaw, could cut at least twice as much wood, in half the time, of two men using a cross saw.  They did not really have enough money to buy the chainsaw, but the salesman knew that the old hillbilly was honest, so he had sent it with the younger sons, on the condition that he be paid the next time the old hillbilly made it to the hardware store.  The younger sons figured, that they could cut and sell enough firewood to pay for the chainsaw, if it worked as well as the salesman had said.  After that, they would have more time freed up for hunting.  The old hillbilly liked the sound of that.

After trying out the chainsaw for a week, the old hillbilly had had enough.  The chainsaw was bulky and awkward to use.  He and his sons were worn out from using it.  Even worse, they had cut less than a quarter of the wood, that they had managed using his old cross saw.  Perhaps the problem had been, that his younger two sons had misunderstood the salesman, somehow.  So the old hillbilly sent his oldest two sons to take the chainsaw back, and to see about getting him some cross saw blades. 

When his older two sons came back, they were toting an even larger chainsaw.  They explained that the salesman had looked perplexed, when they told him about their experience using the chainsaw.  The salesman had said, that he would go ahead and order some cross saw blades, but it would be a week before they would arrive in the store.  The salesman had said, that perhaps the first chainsaw had been too small for the large hardwoods that were deep in the backwoods of the Ozarks, so he insisted that they give this bigger chainsaw a try.  They could bring it back in a week, and pick up the cross saw blades, if this chainsaw was not satisfactory.

A week went by, and the old hillbilly was glad to get rid of this bigger chainsaw.  It had been harder to use than the smaller chainsaw.  This chainsaw left the old hillbilly and his sons, exhausted and frustrated.   Worse of all, they only sawed about one half of the wood, that they normally would have sawed.

In fact, the old hillbilly had his ire raised so much, so that he decided to drive to the hardware store himself.  So he grabbed his shotgun, told his sons to do the same, and they all piled into the truck, to go to the hardware store.  The old hillbilly was not at all happy, that the salesman had shucked his sons into bringing him a chainsaw, instead cross saw blades.

On the way there, the old hillbilly thought about the whole strange incident, and began to cool down. He did not understand why the salesman had treated him this way, for they had always treated each other right before.  Perhaps the salesman had been shucked himself into selling these chainsaws.  The salesman did not cut wood for a living like the old hillbilly and his sons, so he was not as skilled as they were. The salesman was probably embarrassed about the whole thing.  The old hillbilly hoped that it was all just some sort of big misunderstanding, because he liked the salesman.  He would try to go easy on the salesman, but one thing was for sure -  he was taking this bigger chainsaw back, and picking up his cross saw blades.

When the old hillbilly arrived, the salesman told him that his cross saw blades were in, but wanted to know, if the bigger chainsaw had been better than the smaller chainsaw.  The old hillbilly told him that it had been worse than the smaller chainsaw, and that neither one of the chainsaws could hold a candle to his old cross saw.

The salesman look truly puzzled, and just stood there scratching his head.  After a few moments, he asked the old hillbilly, if he could help him figure out, why the chainsaws were so hard to use.  The old hillbilly felt sorry for the salesman, so he obliged.

The old hillbilly and his sons went out behind the store with the salesman, to a huge tree that needed cutting down, because it was too close to the store.  The salesman picked up the chainsaw, primed it, pulled the cord, and there was a tremendous roar.

The old hillbilly and his sons jumped back, like they had stepped on a snake.  Then the old hillbilly asked the salesman, "What's that noise?".

The salesman looked at them strangely and said, "That's the sound of power".  After watching how quickly the salesman cut down and cut up that huge tree into splitting logs, the old hillbilly and his sons all wanted their own chainsaw.   The salesman made sure this time, that they each knew how to use a chainsaw.  The old hillbilly knew he could never do in his own strength, what he could with the power of a chainsaw.

So they drove back to their cabin deep in the woods with five new chainsaws, and they never used a cross saw again.

You see I was once like that old hillbilly.  The traditions of the churches that I had attended since youth were like that old cross saw - they required a lot of work on my behalf, and eventually proved to be unable to produce results, like a cross saw with a broken blade.  Then my cousin Carl had demonstrated what could happen, when someone came into the House of Truth, so I surrendered everything to the Man of  Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ), like the younger sons getting the smaller chainsaw.   Carl made the three hour drive from Tulsa, Oklahoma several times to teach me how to follow the Man of Truth, and I poured myself into reading the Book of Truth (The Bible), like the older sons getting the bigger chainsaw. I was doing all that I knew how to do to follow the Man of Truth with all my heart, mind, soul, and strength, but something was missing.  I was left exhausted and frustrated.  I needed to hear the sound of power.

During this time, I had gotten married to my beautiful wife Julie.  After we were married for a short time, my wife began to have strange episodes at night.  I began praying to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD), and asking him to deliver my wife.  It seemed like the more I prayed and tried to help my wife, the worse things got.

Then one night it became clear, that I was in way over my head.  My ninety five pound wife, began speaking in a strange voice, and then threw her two hundred plus pound husband off of the bed.  I went sailing thru the air, until I hit the opposite wall of the bed room, about three foot above the floor. I knew that it was not possible, for my wife to throw me eight feet like a rag doll, in her own strength.  I knew that I was dealing with a Spirit of Lies (devil aka demon aka unclean spirit aka god), from my experiences I had, before I came into the House of Truth.  I told the Spirit of Lies, that it had to leave my wife.  It responded that it was never leaving, and would eventually kill her.  I did everything that I knew to do, but it was not enough, so I cried out to the Father of Truth to help me.  I was left exhausted and frustrated.  I needed to hear the sound of power.

Then the next Friday, the strangest thing happened.  My boss Larry called me out of the blue, and said that he did not need me to come to work on Friday.  In fact, he was giving me the whole weekend off.  At the restaurant where I worked, the weekend was the busiest time of the week.  I had not had a whole weekend off, except for when I took vacation, in three years.  As soon as I hung up the phone, I knew that I should go to Tulsa to see Carl.  I called Carl to make sure it was alright with him.  Five minutes later, my wife and I were on our way to Tulsa.

Almost as soon as we arrived, Carl invited us to go to a Bible study with him.  I reluctantly asked where it was.  I had not stepped foot in a church for several years, because the churches I had attended, had left me exhausted and frustrated.  I was not about to change that policy.  Carl told me that it was in the home of one of his friends.  So I obliged Carl, and we went.

When we arrived at his friends house, Carl asked me in the driveway what I thought about speaking in tongues.  I told him, that I had heard that  speaking in tongues was from the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil).  That is what I had heard in the Baptist and Methodist churches, that I had grown up in.

When I arrived, people were sitting around the room, and singing praises to the Father of Truth.  While we were singing, I heard the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) say that I should get up, place my hands on the head of my wife, and say these words: "Satan I command you to leave her in the name of Jesus.".  I objected, because in the churches that I had grown up in, you got up when the leader said, and you sat down when the leader said.  You certainly did not get up in the middle of the singing, walk over to someone else, lay hands on their head, and rebuke the Father of Lies. After being told the same thing for the third time, I finally decided to comply.  I thought, what can it hurt, since no body knows me here anyways, except my family, and most of them already think I'm crazy.

So while everyone else was singing, and the guitar was still playing, I got up, walked over to my wife, laid my hands on her head, and said in a normal tone of voice, "Satan I command you to leave her in the name of Jesus.".   When I did the singing and music suddenly stopped.  Then I heard a tremendous roar, of people speaking in all kinds of languages that I did not know.  Like that old hillbilly, I was asking myself,  "What's that noise?".

Someone laid their hands on my head.  When they did, suddenly if felt like fire shot from the top of my head, ran though my entire body, and shot out of my hands and feet.  My hands were burning with power, and tingling like a man operating a chainsaw.  I began speaking in a strange language that I had never heard.  I put my hands again on the head of my wife, but this time I spoke with a strong, authoritative voice, the same words as before: "Satan I command you to leave her in the name of Jesus.".  This time wife passed out for brief moment, and then came to.  It was as if she had waken up from a bad dream. The Spirit of Lies had left, and she has never had another incident.  That is what happens, when the power of the Spirit of Truth is operating.

I had asked the Father of Truth, for the power to deliver my wife, and He gave it to me.  Even though I had the Spirit of Truth living in me from the moment that I had came into the House of Truth, I did not have the Spirit of Truth operating in power, as the Father of Truth had intended.  Having the Spirit of Truth on the inside, without operating in the power of the Spirit of Truth, had left me exhausted and frustrated.  It was like sawing wood with a chainsaw, without turning on the power first.  When the Spirit of Truth began operating in power, as the Father of Truth had intended, there was a tremendous roar, of a language that I did not know coming out of my mouth.  That was the sound of power.

Like that old hillbilly, I could see that I could never do in my own strength, what I could do with the power of the Spirit of Truth. After that, I found churches where the sound of power was heard, and went every single time that I could.  Like that old hillbilly, I went home with power of the Spirit of Truth, and never went back to the powerless traditions, that I had grown up with.  There is nothing like, the sound of power.

What does the Book of Truth say about the sound of power?  Is the sound of power from the Father of Truth, or is it really from the Father of Lies, as I had heard for years?

The Man of Truth said, that the Father of Lies does not cast the Spirits of Lies (Matthew 12:25-27).  The Man of Truth said, that all of the Children of Truth were to go into all the world with the Gospel (Mark 16:15-16).  The Man of Truth said, that they were to do so, with the power of the Spirit of Truth operating to cast out the Spirits of Lies, accompanied by speaking in a language that they could not speak on their own  (Mark 16:17).  When the power of the Spirit of Truth is operating, it is accompanied by the sound of power, just like a chainsaw.

The Book of Truth says, that the Man of Truth would baptize the Children of Truth, in the Spirit of Truth and fire (Matthew 3:11).  The gift of the Spirit of Truth could not operate from the inside of people, until the Man of Truth was raised from the dead (John 7:38-39).  The Man of Truth said, that his Father would cause the Spirit of Truth, to dwell inside of people (John 14:16-17).  The Man of Truth breathed on the Apostles of Truth, the first time he saw them, after he was raised dead, and the Spirit of Truth began to dwell on the inside of them (John 20:19-22).  Forty days later, he told those same men, to wait for the promise of his Father, and that he would baptize them with the Spirit of Truth, right before he went back to heaven (Acts 1:3-5).  The Man of Truth told them to wait, because they needed the power of the Spirit of Truth operating, when they went into all the world with the Gospel (Acts 1:8).

Then ten days later, on the day of Pentecost (Shavuot), the arrival of the Spirit of Truth in power was announced, with the tremendous roar, of a mighty rushing wind, that was followed by tongues of fire, that were laid upon their head (Acts 2:1-3).  When the power of the Spirit of Truth began to operate, they all began to speak in languages, that they could not speak on their own (Acts 2:4-6).   Those that heard them were asking, "What's that noise?" (Acts 2:9-12).

Peter the Jew (Sh'mon aka Simeon aka Cephas aka the Apostle Peter) told them, that was the sound of power (Acts 2:33).

The Apostles of Truth could see, that they could never do in their own strength, what they could do with the power of the Spirit of Truth (Acts 3:9-12).  The Apostles of Truth were never going back to the powerless traditions, that they had been raised in (Acts 4:18-20).

About eleven years later, shortly before Pentecost, the Spirit of Truth sent Peter the Jew, to preach to the Gentiles (Acts 10:19-21).  The Father of Truth showed, that the Gentiles really could come into the House of Truth, without first becoming Jews thru circumcision, by placing the Spirit of Truth inside the Gentiles, and causing the power of the Spirit of Truth to start operating in them, when they came into the House of Truth (Acts 10:44).   Those Jewish believers that were with Peter the Jew were wondering, "What's that noise?" (Acts 10:45-46).  Peter the Jew told them, that was the sound of power (Acts 10:47).

These Gentile believers could see, that they could never do in their own strength, what they could do with the power of the Spirit of Truth (Acts 10:48)   The Gentile believers were never going back to the powerless traditions, that they had been raised in (Acts 11:18).

You might be like the disciples, that Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) encountered in the highlands, near Ephesus (Acts 19:1).  They had never even heard of the Spirit of Truth (Acts 19:2). They have been baptized in water, as commanded by the Father of Truth through Yochanan the Mikvah man (John the Baptist) (Acts 19:3). Paul the Jew told them, that being baptized in water was not enough to save them, but that they had to come into the House of Truth (Acts 19:4).  They were baptized in water again, after coming into the House of Truth (Acts 19:5).

Yet it was not enough that they had came into the House of Truth.  It was not enough that the Spirit of Truth was dwelling inside of them. They still needed the power of the Spirit of Truth.  So Paul the Jew laid hands on their heads, and they began to speak in languages, that they could not speak on their own (Acts 19:6).  They may have been wondering, "What's that noise?", but Paul the Jew knew, that it was the sound of power.

Paul the Jew operated in the Spirit of Truth, when he did his part to bring the Gospel into all the world  (1 Thessalonians 1:5). That is why Paul the Jew, released the sound of power, more than other believers (1 Corinthians 14:18).

The power of a chainsaw does not operate without releasing the sound of power.  In the same way the power of the Spirit of Truth does not operate without releasing the sound of power.

Whether you are a Jew or a Gentile, you need the power of the Spirit of Truth.

If you have been baptized in the Spirit of Truth, but have not experienced the power of the Spirit of Truth recently, then it is probably because you have not been releasing the sound of power.  That is like sawing wood with a chainsaw, without turning on the power first.  You are the one that pulls the start cord, by praying in a language that you cannot pray on your own (1 Corinthians 14:15).   The Spirit of Truth will not release the sound of power without you doing your part, any more than a chainsaw will start itself (1 Corinthians 14:32).  The Father of Truth has given you a chainsaw, so start using it to do the work that He has given you.  You need to pull the start cord, and start releasing the sound of power.

If you have came into the House of Truth, but have never released the sound of power, then the power of the Spirit of Truth has not been operating, as the Father of Truth intended.  Make no mistake, the Spirit of Truth has been living in you (1 Corinthians 3:16).  You should be able to see, that you can never do in your own strength, what you can do with the power of the Spirit of Truth (1 Corinthians 12:8-10).  You need throw away that old broken cross saw of tradition, that you have been handed down by religion, and accept the chainsaw that the Father of Truth wants to give you.  If you ask the Father of Truth for the power of the Spirit of Truth, then He will give it to you, so you carry out the work that He has given you (Luke 11:11-13).  Then you will release the sound of power.

If you have been baptized in water, but have never released the sound of power, then perhaps you have never came into the House of Truth. You can know religion taught by men, without knowing the Man of Truth, and that will leave you exhausted and frustrated (Matthew 23:2-4). The Man of Truth will refresh your soul, when you come into the House of Truth (Matthew 11:28-30).  You cannot be refreshed, without turning from disobedience, by coming into the House of Truth (Acts 3:19).  You must be baptized with water, AFTER you come into the House of Truth (Mark 16:16).  If you will come into the House of Truth, then the the Spirit of Truth can operate, so you can release the sound of power.

If you have never came into the House of Truth, then you cannot release the sound of power, until you do so (Acts 2:38).  You must surrender everything to the Man of Truth, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead, to come into the House of Truth (Romans 10:9).  When you are in the House of Truth, then the the Spirit of Truth can operate, so you can release the sound of power.

Come into the House of Truth!






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Saturday, May 11, 2013

The Greatest Play Ever

What is the greatest play ever?

There has been much debate about this question, but the answer really depends upon, what you measure to determine the answer.  If you measure in terms of total number of performances on the same stage, many might argue for the play "The Mouse Trap", which has ran on the same stage at the Ambassador's theater in London's West End since November 25, 1962, for about 25,000 runs.  Others might argue, that the greatness of a play might be measured by how many countries, the play is being performed during the same season, so they might suggest a play like  "Les Miserables" or "The Lion King".  Some might suggest, that the greatness of a play might be measured by how long, it has been continuing and they might suggest a play like "Oklahoma", that has been continuously shown on some stage, since its debut on Broadway on March 31, 1943.  Others might suggest, that the greatness of a play can be measured by how many times, it has been revived after its initial performance, and might suggest a Shakespeare play like "Romeo and Juliet".  Still others might say, that the greatness of a play should be measured by the sheer size of its cast, and might argue for one of the Passion plays of medieval Europe, that literally had a cast of thousands.  Yet others might suggest, that the greatness of a play is measured by the time, that it takes to perform it, and suggest a play like "The Warp", which is performed over a twenty-two hour period.  Others might argue, that the greatness of a play is measured by the size of its stage, and suggest a play like "The Shepherd of the Hills", that has a set the size of a small town.  Still others might argue, that the size of the audience viewing a play, is the measure of its greatness, and suggest one of the plays of Seneca, that were viewed by as many as 60,0000 people at a time in a Roman amphitheater.  Yet others might say, that the real measure of the greatness of a play is the importance of its subject, and suggest a play like "Helen", by Euripides, that launched the ten year long Trojan War in the 5th Century BC.

However, by all of these measurements, there is one play, that is far greater than any play, that has ever played on Broadway in New York City, or the West End in London.  The Book of Truth (The Bible) tells about the greatest play ever.

What is the name of this play?

This play is named "The Feasts of Truth" (The Feasts of YHVH aka the Feasts of The Lord).  This play consist of several holy "convocations" (Leviticus 23:2).  [The word translated as "convocation" is literally "an assembling for a performance" in Hebrew or "a rehearsal" in modern English.]

Who wrote this play?

The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) wrote this play and gave it to Moses the great Prophet of Truth (Leviticus 23:44).

How is this play structured?

This play structured into seven acts.  Each act is called a Feast of Truth.  The first three acts are close together with no intermission.  The play starts in the first month.  The first act is called Pesach (Passover) and it lasts one day (Leviticus 23:5).  The main action of this act is the killing of the lamb (Exodus 12:21).  The second act is called Matzot (Unleavened Bread),  it lasts seven days and its main action is the eating of unleavened bread (Leviticus 23:6).  The third act is called Ra'sheet (First Fruits), it occurs during the second act on the day after the Sabbath (Sunday) after the first act, it lasts one day and the main action is the raising up of the first fruits (Leviticus 23:10-11).  Then there is an intermission of fifty days (inclusive) before the fourth act (Leviticus 23:15-16).  The fourth act is called "Shabuot" (Shavuot aka Pentecost (Greek for "fifty" because of the fifty day intermission)) (Deuteronomy 16:10).  The main action of this act is bringing leavened bread into the House of  the Father of Truth (Leviticus 23:17).  Then there is a long intermission before the play resumes.  The play resumes on the first day of the seventh month with the fifth act called Yom Teruah (Shofarim aka Trumpets), it lasts one day and the main action is the blowing of shofars (trumpets made from animal horns, particularly those from rams) in the way used to call the congregation to the place where they are to meet the king (Teruah) (Leviticus 23:24).  This is followed by a short intermission of eight days when people prepare to meet the king for judgment and have a final opportunity to repent before meeting the king on the evening that ends the ninth day of the seventh month (Leviticus 23:32).  The sixth act is called Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement aka Judgment Day aka The Fast), it lasts one day and the main action is fasting before the king as a sign of mourning (Leviticus 23:27).  This is followed by a shorter intermission of four days before the close of the play (Leviticus 23:34).  The seventh act that ends the play is called Sukkot (Booths aka Tabernacles aka Ingathering), lasts for eight days, and the main action is building the dwelling place on the first day and living in it for the next seven days (Leviticus 23:39-40).

When did this play start?

This play has been being performed continuously for more than 3,800 years - long before the first play appeared in at a theater in Athens. The first act of this play began when The Father of Truth delivered the Hebrews from the Egyptians (Exodus 12:42-44) more than 3800 years ago.

When will this play stop?

This play is to never stop being performed since its opening night in Egypt (Exodus 12:14).  The last act of this play will never stop being performed (Leviticus 23:41).  This play will literally have more performances than can be counted.

This play has been revived in every generation since it was first performed.  This play was performed in the time of the judges (Judges 21:19). This play was performed in the days of King David (1 Chronicles 23:31).  This play was revived by King Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:3).  This play was revived in Jerusalem by Ezra before the Second Temple was built (Ezra 3:4-6).  This play was performed by the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) with his family every year (Luke 2:41).  This play was performed by Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul) when he was under arrest (Acts 27:9).

Who performs in this play?

This play has been performed by the entire nation of Israel for every season (Leviticus 23:4).  There were over 600,000 men between 20 and 60 years old in the army of Israel under Moses so there was conservatively more than two million people putting on this performance in its early runs (Numbers 1:46).  The mostly Gentile church in Philippi joined Shaul (Paul aka Saul) in performing this play indicating that the Children of Truth (those who obey the Father of Truth because they love Him) had joined in performing this play (Acts 20:6).  This play continues to be played out by the nation of Israel in the land of Israel, most of the Jews that live outside of Israel along with some of the Children of Truth to this day.  In the future, every man among the Gentiles will join in performing the final act of the latter runs of this play (Zechariah 14:16) .  This play literally has a cast of millions in each performance.  

Where is this play performed?

The original set of this play during its initial run was the land of Egypt along with the wilderness (northern Saudi Arabia and eastern Jordan) (Leviticus 23:43).  This play was to continue at the place where the Father of Truth would choose (Deuteronomy 16:15).  This play was then performed at Shiloh when the Tabernacle housed the Ark of the Covenant (Jeremiah 7:12).  The play was then performed throughout Jerusalem every year that the Temple stood in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 30:21).  This play indeed has had the largest set of any play in history.

How long is each performance of this play?

This play takes nineteen days of actual performance plus some long intermissions.  Each performance of this play starts its opening act on the fourteenth day of the first month (Numbers 28:16).  Each performance ends its closing act on the twenty second day of the seventh month (Numbers 29:12).  This play by far takes longer to perform than any other play.

What is the size of the audience of this play?

Every nation on Earth has seen the performance of this play when Israel was obedient (Deuteronomy 4:5-7).  The Angels of Truth have seen the original performance of this play (Acts 7:53).  This play has by far had a larger audience than any other play.

What is this play about?

This play has one main plot that is shadowed by two subplots.  We will look at the main plot first and then the two subplots.

The main plot of this story is to tell the story of the Man of Truth. This play tells the greatest story ever told about the most important man that ever lived.  In fact, all of history is His Story.

In the first act, the Man of Truth was killed like the lamb (John 19:14-16).  In the second act, his death took away the sin that is pictured by leaven (Hebrews 9:26).  In the third act, the Man of Truth was raised up as the first fruits from among the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20).  After an intermission of fifty days from first fruits, in the fourth act the Man of Truth sends the baptism of the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) so that the Gentiles can come into the House of Truth that belongs to the Father of Truth as pictured by the inclusion of leavened bread (Acts 1:3-5).  Then there has a long intermission of about two thousand years when the Man of Truth he has been preparing a place for his people (John 14:2-4).  In the fifth act the Man of Truth began sounding the trumpet and shouting to call his people to the place where they will meet their king (Psalm 47:4-6).  There will be a short intermission when his people will be prepared for the kingdom of the Man of Truth (Psalm 10:16-18).  In the sixth act, the Father of Truth will give people the place that they have earned in the kingdom of the Man of Truth (Matthew 20:23).  Then there will be a intermission that seems shorter due to the joy of his reign where the kingdom of the Man of Truth grows until it covers the whole Earth (Daniel 2:34-35).  In the seventh and final act, the Man of Truth will then rule over his people forever (Luke 1:31-33).

The first subplot of this story is the story of the physical people of the Man of Truth that are his people according to their birth in the flesh (Romans 9:3-5).  Every act in this subplot occurs in history before or during the same act in the second subplot.

In the first act, the nation of Israel killed the lamb in Egypt (Exodus 12:5-7). In the second act, the children of Israel were delivered from Egypt which is pictured by leaven (Exodus 12:17).  In the third act, the children of Israel, were raised up as the first fruits of people that belong to the Father of Truth (Exodus 4:21-23).  After an intermission of fifty days from first fruits, the Father of Truth gave the Law to the children of Israel so that the descendants of Jacob and the Gentiles that lived among them became one nation as pictured by the inclusion of leavened bread (Exodus 19:5-7).  Then there was a long intermission where the children of Israel strayed thrice from the Father of Truth and were put out of the Land of Israel to live among the Gentiles for their disobedience (Deuteronomy 4:25-27).  In the fifth act, the trumpet began sounding and the children of Israel began to be regathered to the land of Israel where they will meet their king (Isaiah 27:12-13).  Next in the near future there will be a short intermission that will include the time of Jacob's trouble when the children of Israel will suffer greatly until they completely repent (Jeremiah 30:7).  In the sixth act the children of Israel will finally accept the Man of Truth as their king and mourn for their treatment of him (Zechariah 12:9-11).  Then the children of Israel will be given their place as head of the nations (Deuteronomy 14:2).  Then there will be an intermission that will seem shorter due to their joy where the children of Israel will help the Man of Truth to bring the nations of the world into his kingdom (Zechariah 8:22-23).  In the seventh, and final act, the children of Israel will be ruled over by the Father of Truth forever (Ezekiel 36:28).

The second subplot of this story is the story of the spiritual people of the Man of Truth that are his people according to their birth by the Spirit of Truth (Hebrews 2:10-12).  Every act in this subplot occurs in history after or during the same act in the first subplot.

In the first act, the Man of Truth is killed as the passover lamb for the Children of Truth (1 Corinthians 5:7).   In the second act, the Children of Truth are delivered from sin as pictured by the removal of the leaven (1 John 1:7).  In the third act, the Children of Truth are raised up from being dead in trespasses and sin (Ephesians 2:1).  After an intermission of fifty days from first fruits, the Father of Truth gave the baptism of the Spirit of Truth to the Children of Truth (Acts 2:1-4).  This same baptism was given to the Gentiles as well so that the Jews and the Gentiles can become one in Messiah as pictured by the inclusion of leavened bread (Acts 11:16-18).  Now there has been a long intermission where the Children of Truth are preaching to both Jews and Gentiles to turn them from their disobedience (Mark 16:15).  In the fifth act, the the Children of Truth will hear the trumpet and begin to be gathered to meet their king (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17).  Next in the near future there will be a short intermission when the Children of Truth that have already been gathered will be examined by the Man of Truth (2 Corinthians 5:9-11).  At this same time the suffering that occurs in the tribulation will produce the repentance that leads to the final harvest of the Children of Truth (Revelation 6:9-11).  In the sixth act the Children of Truth will join the Man of Truth in judging the nations of this world for their treatment of his people (Jude 1:14-15).  Then there will be an intermission that will seem shorter for their joy where the Children of Truth will help the Man of Truth to bring the nations of the world into his kingdom (Revelation 20:6).  In the seventh, and final act, the Children of Truth will rule with the Father of Truth forever (Revelation 21:2-4).

Without a doubt this play is about the most important subject that has ever been or ever will be.

What about you?  Are you ready to be part of the greatest play ever?  Do you want to be part of that second subplot that is greater than the first subplot?

You can if you will come into the House of Truth and learn how to perform your part.  You come into the House of Truth by making the Man of Truth the director of your life because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).  You read the Book of Truth in the House of Truth to learn your part (2 Timothy 2:15).  You perform your part in the House of Truth by putting what you learn into practice (James 1:22).

Come into the House of Truth.





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Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Man of Lies

Could another man like Hitler soon rise to power?

Adolf Hitler once said “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”.  The entire rise to power of Adolf Hitler was based on his ability to lie effectively.  Lying was so vital to the power of Hitler that an entire branch of his government, the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, was formed for the sole purpose of creating and maintaining lies about everything.  Hitler could only operate effectively as long as the German people believed his lies. 

Hitler lied about wanting peace while he was planning war.  Hitler lied to get people to worship him to the point that he planned to build the Volkshalle for that purpose.  Hitler lied about how the Jews had caused all of the problems that Germany faced in order to steal their wealth.  Hitler told lies to get the people of Germany to kill the Jews in the Holocaust.  Hitler lied on the radio about every defeat that Germany suffered in War World II.  Hitler was clearly a man of lies.

The Book of Truth (The Bible) tells about a similar man that will make Adolf Hitler look like a cub scout by comparison.  This man will also base his power on his ability to lie effectively.  This man is the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast).

The Man of Lies has yet to rise to power.  Only the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) knows when the Man of Lies will be able to rise to power (Matthew 24:36).  The Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil) does not know when the Man of Lies will be able to rise to power (Mark 13:32).  The Father of Lies has tried to bring about the Man of Lies in every generation (Luke 21:8).  The Man of Lies cannot come to power until many have left the House of Truth (2 Thessalonians 2:3).  The Man of Lies cannot carry out his will until the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) are removed from the Earth (2 Thessalonians 2:7-8).  When the conditions are right the Man of Lies will come to power and is probably already alive in these last days (1 John 2:18).  

The Man of Lies will lie about THE JEW - the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ).  The Man of Lies will claim that the Man of Truth is the not son of the Father of Truth and that the Father of Truth does not even exist  (1 John 2:22).  The Man of Lies will deny that the Man of Truth was ever born (2 John 1:7).

The Man of Lies will be a counterfeit of the Man of Truth.

The Man of Truth was guided by the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) into speaking the truth (John 3:34).

The Man of Lies will be used by a Spirit of Lies to speak against the Man of Truth (1 John 4:3).   The Man of Lies will be guided into speaking lies by a Spirit of Lies (Revelation 16:13).

The Man of Truth performed miracles by the power of the Father of Truth (John 14:10).

The Man of Lies will not be able to do anything by his own power (Daniel 8:24).  The Man of Lies will perform miracles to deceive people into following him as the Anointed One (literal meaning of Messiah and Christ) (Matthew 24:23-24).  The Man of Lies will perform miracles to seduce people into following him instead of the Man of Truth (Mark 13:21-22).  The Man of Lies will perform miracles by the power of the Father of Lies (2 Thessalonians 2:8-9).

The Man of Truth was born to a woman by the power of the Spirit of Truth (Matthew 1:20). The Man of Truth was begotten by the Father of Truth (John 3:16).  The Father of Lies could not get the Man of Truth to rule the kingdoms of this world (Luke 4:5-8). 

The Father of Lies cannot bring the Man of Lies into the world by begetting him through a woman so he has to find another way (John 10:1).  The Father of Lies must steal his way into humanity in order to carry out his plans for the human race (John 10:8-10).  The Father of Lies will give his authority to the Man of Lies (Revelation 13:2).

The Man of Truth taught people how to worship the Father of Truth (John 4:21-24).  The Man of Truth sought to do the will of the Father (John 6:38).

The Man of Lies will seek to do his own will so that he can be exalted (Daniel 11:36-37).  The Man of Lies will set up his own places of worship on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem (Daniel 11:45).  The Man of Lies will set up his throne in the Temple and declare himself to be the Father of Truth (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).  The Father of Lies and the Man of Lies will be worshiped by those that do not know the Father of Truth (Revelation 13:4).

The Man of Truth turned people from worshiping images (1Thessalonians 1:9-10).

The Man of Lies will have an image made of himself for people to worship like Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 3:7).  The Man of Lies will make decrees that no one may pray to anyone except him like Darius (Daniel 6:12)  The Man of Lies will set up an image of himself in the Temple like Antiochus Epiphanes (Daniel 11:31).  An image of the Man of Lies will be created that every person must worship or be killed (Revelation 13:14-15).

The Man of Truth had to be a descendant of David so he could sit on the throne of David as the King of the Jews (Psalm 132:10-12).   The Man of Truth was that descendant of David (Matthew 21:9).

The Man of Lies will be the King of Babylon (Isaiah 14:4).  The Man of Lies will be an Assyrian that oppresses the Jews (Isaiah 31:8).  The Man of Lies will come from the people of the enemies of Israel that made up Fretensis, the Roman Tenth Legion which destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple (Daniel 9:26). 

The Man of Truth will not take the throne until he is finally accepted as the king that sits on the throne of David by the leaders of Israel (Matthew 23:39).  The Man of Truth was rejected as King by the leaders of Israel when he was on the Earth (John 19:15).

The Man of Lies will be accepted as king by the rulers of Israel (John 5:43).

The Man of Truth will bring peace to the Earth when he is accepted as king by Israel (Isaiah 9:6).  When Israel accepts the Man of Truth as king it will bring the entire Earth back to life (Romans 11:15).

The Man of Lies will be a king of fierce countenance will destroy many people (Daniel 8:23-24).  When the Man of Lies rules it will bring the entire Earth to the brink of death (Mark 13:19-20).  The Man of Lies will take peace from the Earth when he comes into power (Revelation 6:2-4).

The Man of Truth is full of truth (John 1:14).

The Man of Lies is full of lies (Psalm 5:6).  The Man of Lies will come to power by skilfully lying (Daniel 8:25).  The Man of Lies will lie when he makes a peace treaty so he can bring war (Daniel 9:27).  The Man of Lies will accomplish everything he does through lying.  That is why I call him the Man of Lies.

The Man of Truth shall rule over all the Earth (Revelation 11:15).

Some countries, like those that make up Jordan, will not be ruled by the Man of Lies (Daniel 11:41).   Other countries will attack his kingdom (Daniel 11:44).

The Man of Truth makes war in righteousness and truth (Revelation 19:11).

The Man of Lies will have to deceive other nations into joining him to fight the Man of Truth (Revelation 16:12-14).

The Man of Truth will come to fight the Man of Lies (Isaiah 31:4).  The Man of Truth will lead the armies of the Angels of Truth and the Children of Truth to end the rule of the Man of Lies (Revelation 19:14-16).

The Man of Lies will shown to be powerless to the whole world (Isaiah 14:15-17). The Man of Lies will not die and be placed in a grave like most men (Isaiah 14:19).  The Man of Lies will flee in terror from the Man of Truth (Isaiah 31:8-9).  The Man of Lies will be destroyed by the brightness of the coming of the Man of Truth (2 Thessalonians 2:8).  The Man of Lies will be cast alive into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:20).  The Man of Lies will still be alive and tormented in the Lake of Fire over a thousand years later when the Father of Lies joins him to be tormented forever (Revelation 20:10).

The truth is that everyone that comes into the House of Truth and stays there will join the Man of Truth in his kingdom forever (Revelation 21:3-7).  The truth is that everyone that does not come into the House of Truth and stay there will join the Man of Lies in the Lake of Fire forever (Revelation 21:8).

You can come into the House of Truth by making the Man of Truth your king because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead so that you will be saved from being with the Man of Lies forever (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth.

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