A Darkness That Can Be felt

Luk 4:18 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,   This is a word to the church,  this is the only way to come out of the world and be saved .   1Co 5:7 ASV - Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:    This is for today it is a word so wonderful , who is captive who is blind and lastly who are the bruised .      Greek: thrauo
Bruise:
"to smite through, shatter," is used in Luk 4:18, "them that are bruised," i.e., broken by calamity.

People that suffer rejection people that are captivated by alcohol , drugs all addictions demons sent to
 destroy  peoples life's  their is a remedy it is Christ Jesus !  the door is open for you now ! ask him to heal you and deliver you . Things that are impossible with man are possible with God.
Isa 53:5 ASV - But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  Jesus is no stranger to heart ache,  he to was bruised and rejected of men . 
Isa 42:3 ASV - A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.  There are many that need his healing are you that bruised reed his mercy is toward you . As long as there is a spark of light in your soul Jesus will heal and deliver .  He gave his life for you upon the cross   Luk 4:18 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,  Fall upon the rock of Christ and ask him he will deliver you.       Mat 12:20 ASV - A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.

When the supreme court ruled in favor of same sex marriage it was just the beginning of a darker evil coming . This is the door way of a darkness much more evil than we can realize, a darkness that can not be comprehended by the natural carnal mind . They are using this Law, as a gateway sent to destroy everything righteous and pure.  Now is the time to seek the Lord for our families and loved ones this is what the word in Rev 12 speaks about .   The man child is Jesus being preached today with the true gospel ,  Jesus being born in repentant believers hearts .Preaching the Holy Ghost baptism with power over sin and power over the demons , healing the sick. That is Christ in you the hope of Glory .   And that glory is to stand before God blameless through the blood of the Lamb redeemed and whole and entire .  There is no reprieve from this coming judgement , if we believe the word of God is true and it will be fulfilled . Jesus told the parable in   Luk 16:13 ASV - No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.   The end of all things is at hand and your faith is what will save you your great faith in Gods deliverance .  And this judgement is towards the house of God ,  There is only one gospel it is the light of Gods truth Jesus preached the gospel of his father.
 John came preaching repentance making you paths straight for the Lord to come unto you.   Peter standing up full of the Holy Ghost Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  This is the way unto salvation
Rev 3:19 ASV - As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Tit 1:15 ASV - To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.



Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Jhn 1:14 ASV - And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.    The word of God is becoming flesh in you as you believe and obey .    The mystery is in the words To Become Children being born again by his spirit .   We lose our identity with the world and our carnal self , and take on the very nature of Christ in you the HOPE of glory.   Take up your cross and follow Christ

1Jo 4:2 ASV - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jo 4:3 ASV - and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
1Jo 4:4 ASV - Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
1Jo 4:5 ASV - They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.
1Jo 4:6 ASV - We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
1Jo 4:9 ASV - Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.
 Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:  I am seeing something here of a truth in this verse ,  Jesus said I must go away if I do not go away you will not
receive the promise of the spirit.   1Co 12:3 ASV - Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.    Jesus has come in the flesh again the word was made flesh and dwells in you  .
The spirit of truth has come and he will guide you into all truth .   Jesus has come in his church  a body of believers The body of Christ .

Rev 12:9 ASV - And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
Rev 12:10 ASV - And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.
Rev 12:11 ASV - And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
Rev 12:13 ASV - And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child.
Rev 12:14 ASV - And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Rev 12:15 ASV - And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
Rev 12:16 ASV - And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 ASV - And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:

The flood has started the flood of lies and deceit false teaching , degenerate people claiming to be leaders of the sheep .  The flood is not of water it is the wave of evil coming upon the whole earth darkness is here and it will become more darker as time goes on.    And satan does not want people being set free by the blood of Christ the power over evil .  He is attacking the church and all that proclaim truth .    There is a religious church today apostate in nature and they are included in this great flood .

Luk 6:47 ASV - Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
Luk 6:48 ASV - he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.
Luk 6:49 ASV - But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

Exo 10:21 ASV - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.    We must understand God is sovereign over the earth and everything in the earth ,  this is where the fear of God should
bring a shaking to the church .  It says God formed a darkness over Egypt that could be felt . 
Egypt here is the earth and all the curses upon the earth.   As long as man obeys the lust of his flesh and desires of his heart he is in a spiritual Egypt , Babylon.     Babylon = "confusion"    allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity .

1Pe 5:6 ASV - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
1Pe 5:7 ASV - casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
1Pe 5:8 ASV - Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
1Pe 5:9 ASV - whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
1Pe 5:10 ASV - And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
1Pe 5:11 ASV - To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1Pe 5:12 ASV - By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand ye fast therein.
1Pe 5:13 ASV - She that is in Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son.

Babylon = "confusion"    allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity

Mat 24:13 ASV - But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
Mat 24:14 ASV - And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.
Mat 24:15 ASV - When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),
Mat 24:21 ASV - for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Mat 24:22 ASV - And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Mat 24:23 ASV - Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not.
Mat 24:24 ASV - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
Mat 24:25 ASV - Behold, I have told you beforehand.

I ask you does this make you fearful are you disturbed at this word , I did not write this prophecy I simply speak it to you as I have read it . The verse above from Jesus says Behold, I have told you beforehand.  We have all been warned of the coming Flood . The church as some say escapes this judgement they are raptured out . I do not see this in Matt 24 no !  It says we were baptized by Christ with the Holy Ghost and with FIRE .   Let this word purge you now , burning up every unrighteous work and sin that drives us away from the father.      1Jo 2:15 ASV - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jo 2:17 ASV - And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1Jo 2:18 ASV - Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

God is not going to save your flesh .    1Co 15:50 ASV - Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
The only way to escape this flood of evil is to fall upon the rock and be broken .  Repent and be saved , God is a God of Love Jesus is the proof of Gods Love . But his death was not in vain and God is also a God of wrath . There is no fear of God today the darkness that took Egypt was Gods doing and that same darkness is coming again a darkness of evil that also will be felt !     Psa 19:9 RSV - the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.

Mat 21:42 KJV - Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Mat 21:43 KJV - Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.  This nation is the believers of the cross of Christ and the fruit is the righteousness of Christ in you the hope of glory . Standing before the throne of grace full of light and redeemed by his blood . 


Mat 21:44 KJV - And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Eph 5:8 ASV - For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
Eph 5:14 ASV - Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
Eph 5:15 ASV - Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
Eph 5:16 ASV - redeeming the time, because the days are evil.



1Pe 3:18 KJV - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Matt 10:38 Being Worthy Of Christ

Mat 11:11 KJV - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Mat 11:12 KJV - And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Mat 11:13 KJV - For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
Mat 11:14 KJV - And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Mat 11:15 KJV - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

 Luk 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Luk 16:16 ASV - The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.
    Violence   Greek: biazo

Violence, Violent, Violently:
in the Passive Voice, is rendered "suffereth violence" in Mat 11:12; see FORCE, B, Nos. 1 and 2. Some, e.g., Cremer (Lexicon) and Dalman (Words of Jesus, pp. 139, ff.), hold that the reference is to the antagonism of the enemies of the kingdom, but Luk 16:16 (Middle Voice: RV, "entereth violently") indicates the meaning as referring to those who make an effort to enter the kingdom in spite of violent opposition: see PRESS

Mat 18:9 ASV - And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.    This verse is an over lay to the violent enter in they press in , into what are they seeking .
Who are these people seeking to enter the kingdom , enter violently into it.  Jesus is speaking in a parable here he is not speaking of a man maiming his body to destroy sin in his life . He is speaking of the desire and the will of the saint of a man that loves God more than this world .
Heb 12:1 ASV - Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Heb 12:2 ASV - looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 12:3 ASV - For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
Heb 12:4 ASV - Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:
Luk 17:20 ASV - And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21 ASV - neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
 This word violent Jesus compares John the baptist to a violent man , how can that be except he was forcing himself as the word press indicates and preaching to others to enter in at all cost.
Jhn 14:30 ASV - I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;   What was Jesus saying here there is no sin in me therefore he has no cause to take me . But wait there is this sacrifice for that sin that has to be completed , and he was saying I am going with out any charge against me I go willingly.     Jhn 10:17 ASV - Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Jhn 10:18 ASV - No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I from my Father.

The problem with the church today is that the cross of Christ is not  preached it is not even understood ,  Jesus said , Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.   He said no greater than John and than he says you and I are greater than John.  He was speaking of John fulfilling his mission of a new dispensation of Gods grace .  Preaching of repentance , his mission of water baptism signifying the death of our flesh . And the promise of a resurrected life in Christ .   Mat 3:8 ASV - Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
Repentance Greek: metanoia  Repent, Repentance:
 the mercy of God in giving "repentance" or leading men to it is set forth .  A  change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done
2Co 7:10 ASV - For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
2Co 7:11 ASV - For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.  The verses above is that man with spiritual  violence against sin clings to the cross and suffers as Christ suffered.     Luk 16:16 KJV - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Violence  Greek: biazo
Press (Verb):
in the Middle Voice, "to press violently" or "force one's way into," is translated "presseth" in Luk 16:16, AV, RV, "entereth violently," Mat 11:12 ASV - And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.
Jer 17:9 KJV - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
The flesh of man is an enemy to the spirit of God , the word says that man is drawn away by his lust
Jas 1:13 ASV - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
Jas 1:14 ASV - but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
Jas 1:15 ASV - Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
Jesus said he has given us power over all the power of the enemy Nothing in any way shall harm us.
Our warfare is not only against the wiles of satan but our flesh also . Putting on the Armour of God
comes from experience in battle .  Eph 6:12 -19    For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.   Gal 5:16 ASV - But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  Satan can only tempt you through your flesh .
The word of God has a two edge sword , it cuts two ways it will defeat Satan and it will kill your flesh
 cutting all the way to the morrow of the bone. And the morrow in the bone builds red blood cells , I see here that thw word of God has the power to change our spiritual DNA .  Born of Adams blood under sin but Jesus has come to give us the power to become sons of God .Luk 17:20 ASV - And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21 ASV - neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
According to 1 Cor 15 we are being transformed by this word of God from a corruptible nature being born of Adams seed his fleshly nature to the very nature of God the incorruptible seed .     1Co 15:42 ASV - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Co 15:44 ASV - it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
1Co 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
I have said all of this to say that the violent men in And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force  .   The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.  This word violence is metaphorically speaking of men who are laying down their life's daily 
surrendering all for the sake of Gods kingdom they are the men that choose to pick up their cross
 and die to their flesh .  The cross is an instrument of suffering these men are waging the good of faith.
1Ti 6:10 ASV - For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1Ti 6:11 ASV - But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
1Ti 6:12 ASV - Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.  These men and women are determined to enter into Gods glory into his kingdom.  Heb 13:12 ASV - Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Heb 13:13 ASV - Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Heb 13:14 ASV - For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.
Heb 13:15 ASV - Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.      Jesus said if you find your life on this earth you will lose it in the end.     Mat 10:39 ASV - He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.  
1Co 15:50 ASV - Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.  God is saving our souls not our bodies he is looking for the fruit of righteousness in us.
1Co 15:51 ASV - Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 ASV - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  Glorified bodies no more flesh .
1Co 15:53 ASV - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.  This is where the violent press into the kingdom , when the master came in to see his guest at the wedding feast he saw a man there that had not on the wedding garments . Rev 19:7 ASV - Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.  The true church the bride of Christ
Rev 19:8 ASV - And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the Righteous Acts Of The Saints.
Rev 19:9 ASV - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they that are bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are true words of God.



1Co 15:54 ASV - But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Rom 8:35 ASV - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36 ASV - Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 ASV - Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom 8:38 ASV - For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
Rom 8:39 ASV - nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



 Phl 1:29 ASV - because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:
2Ti 3:12 ASV - Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
2Ti 4:5 ASV - But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.
So Jesus told  Peter and the disciples because they realized he was the son of God and he had the words of life ,  Jesus said the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church ,
Prevail  Greek: nikao    Prevail:
"to conquer, prevail," is used as a law term in Rom 3:4, "(that) Thou... mightest prevail [AV, 'overcome'] (when Thou comest into judgment);" that the righteousness of the judge's verdict compels an acknowledgement on the part of the accused, is inevitable where God is the judge. God's promises to Israel provided no guarantee that an unrepentant Jew would escape doom. In Rev 5:5, AV, "hath prevailed" (RV, "hath overcome").

This was also a word used by the Church in days passed they would press in for an answer to prayer through fasting and prayer denial of their flesh .  The violence in the verse of  Matt 11:12  is speaking of men determined to inter into Gods kingdom to bear fruit  unto repentance , fruit unto righteousness.  Sanctification is a word for us also , it is a righteous walk unto God separating our self's unto his calling.    
1Jo 2:15 ASV - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Jhn 15:19 ASV - If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
1Jo 4:17 ASV - Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

Mat 10:38 ASV - And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

Cross  Greek: stauros  Cross, Crucify:     the crucifixion suffered," e.g., 1Cr 1:17, 18, where "the word of the cross," RV, stands for the Gospel; Gal 5:11, where crucifixion is metaphorically used of the renunciation of the world, that characterizes the true Christian life; Gal 6:12, 14; Eph 2:16; Phl 3:18.
The cross of Christ is where we put to death the deeds of the flesh where Jesus said if your eye offends you pluck it out , get on your cross and put to death the deeds of the flesh, sin separates us and sanctification brings us in to God. This parable is not dealing with the physical but the spiritual , Jesus died physically and we die spiritually .   Heb 12:14 ASV - Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:    Sanctification  Greek: hagiasmos   Holiness, Holy, Holily:       the resultant state, the conduct befitting those so separated, 1Th 4:3, 4, 7, and the four other places mentioned above. "Sanctification" is thus the state predetermined by God for believers, into which in grace He calls them, and in which they begin their Christian course and so pursue it. Hence they are called "saints" (hagioi).
 
Rom 6:17 ASV - But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
Rom 6:18 ASV - and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
Rom 6:19 ASV - I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.
Mat 7:14 ASV - For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
Straitened  Greek: stenos    Narrow:
from a root sten--, seen in stenazo, "to groan," stenagmos, "groaning" (Eng., "stenography," lit., "narrow writing"), is used figuratively in Mat 7:13, 14, of the gate which provides the entrance to eternal life, "narrow" because it runs counter to natural inclinations, and "the way" is similarly characterized; so in Luk 13:24 (where the more intensive word agonizomai, "strive," is used); RV, "narrow" (AV, "strait") in each place. Cp. stenochoreo, "to be straitened," and stenochoria, "narrowness, anguish, distress."
The word violence in Luke 16:16 runs parallel to the verse above the word Straight ! gate
The flesh the carnal nature of man does not want to die , it works at living in this world to the point of creating another Gospel , not the gospel Paul preached ,  This carnal nature is an enemy to the cross of Christ , Read Rom 6 it tells us very plainly what must happen to this evil nature if we are to enter the kingdom of God .   Jesus said if we do not pick up this cross and follow him we are not worthy of him.

2Co 4:7 KJV - But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2Co 4:8 KJV - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
2Co 4:9 KJV - Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2Co 4:10 KJV - Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
2Co 4:11 KJV - For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
2Co 4:12 KJV - So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

Jhn 16:13 ASV - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
Mat 16:18 ASV - And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
You must be filled with the Holy Ghost as in the book of Acts on the day of Pentecost the beginning of the true church of Christ Jesus his body of believers.

Putting On The Armor Of God

Rom 12:1 ASV - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
By living a sacrificial life unto this word we become a testimony as to the power of  Gods word living in us.   
 Heb 4:12 ASV - For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.  The word of God is alive and active,  as God spoke his word it became life to those that hear it and obey it.   Jhn 1:14 ASV - And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.   The word is quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart if we do not read this word daily and obey it there can be no change in us.   The word of God goes even to the morrow of the bone our red blood cells are produced in our bone morrow . I see this as the word of God has the ability to change our DNA spiritually . And piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit , the condition of a mans soul with out the blood sacrifice of Christ is with out redemption and tha soul has no place in Gods kingdom . What does the word say about this
 Jhn 12:46 ASV - I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
Jhn 12:47 ASV - And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Jhn 12:48 ASV - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.

What is being said here ! Jesus is saying the word has already Judged mankind its settled once and for all . The word Jesus has spoken will redeem us or condemn us , the power of Gods word will renew us unto his resurrection .  That is what eating his flesh and drinking his blood means his flesh was the word of God in redemption and his blood is his very nature .    Luk 6:46 ASV - And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

To them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:   His name is his life his power to command and receive ,     Mat 16:19 ASV - I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. It is already settled He says what ever YOU bind on earth what ever YOU loose on earth .  Righteousness is loosed on earth as it is in heaven to those that believe, and evil has been bound in heaven against those that bind it on earth . You are the body of Christ and he has given you the power to do greater works than he has done.   The gospel teaches this and Jesus commanded it to you that believe ,  Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mar 16:20 ASV - And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.    The evil that is loosed in mans life is because of doubt and unbelief ,  the only power satan has over man is the power we give him through this doubt and unbelief . 

 Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:   Believing on his name is manifesting that same power , the power to cast out devils and heal the sick . Taking authority over the power of satan ,   Eph 6:11 ASV - Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 ASV - For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  The whole armor of God is his word read it ! And faith in that word to move mountains or pluck up fig trees .  Wrestling   Greek: pale
Wrestle, Wrestling:
"a wrestling" (akin to pallo, "to sway, vibrate"), is used figuratively in Eph 6:12, of the spiritual conflict engaged in by believers, RV, "(our) wrestling," AV, "(we) wrestle."
Warfare against evil of every kind ,  Jesus said in that day you will ask me nothing  Jhn 16:23 ASV - And in that day ye shall ask me no question. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name.  I remember long ago a women came for prayer to be healed in her body,  myself and others anointed her with oil . We laid hands upon her as the word said , but than I said Lord you know what she needs we ask you to heal this woman now. And instantly the spirit came back to me and said I have already gave you the power to heal by faith ,   you command it so it is a gift to my church.  I did and she left healed , listen everything was accomplished at the cross and he gave gifts unto men .  Greek: onoma  Name:
for all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the "name" covers:  representing the authority of Christ, e.g., Mat 18:5 (with epi, "on the ground of My authority"); 

Luk 10:19 ASV - Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.  This is where the church is powerless and deficient in its ability to overcome evil .   They do not believe they have authority over the power of the devil ,  and they are powerless to war against him . 

Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  Being born of mans blood, mans will of the flesh and mans will , that is what Adam gave every man born upon the earth his flesh and his will .    1Co 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.  I want to say that the soul of man will never die,  his flesh will die it is appointed by God. But his soul will stand before Jesus in that day and answer for everything he has done in his body whether it be good or bad
2Co 5:10 ASV - For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.  

 Judgment  Greek: bema   Judgment-Seat:
In two passages the word is used of the Divine tribunal before which all believers are hereafter to stand. In Rom 14:10 it is called "The judgment seat of God," RV (AV, "of Christ"), according to the most authentic mss. The same tribunal is called "the judgment seat of Christ," 2Cr 5:10, to whom the Father has given all judgment, Jhn 5:22, 27. At this bema believers are to be made manifest, that each may "receive the things done in (or through) the body," according to what he has done, "whether it be good or bad." There they will receive rewards for their faithfulness to the Lord. For all that has been contrary in their lives to His will they will suffer loss, 1Cr 3:15. This judgment seat is to be distinguished from the premillennial, earthly throne of Christ, Mat 25:31, and the postmillennial "Great White Throne," Rev 20:11, at which only "the dead" will appear. The judgment-seat of Christ will be a tribunal held "in His Parousia," i.e., His presence with His saints after His return to receive them to Himself.


Heb 4:13 ASV - And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.   The word Transformed  Greek: metamorphoo  We get the word metamorphosis

Transfigure:
of believers, Rom 12:2, "be ye transformed," the obligation being to undergo a complete change which, under the power of God, will find expression in character and conduct; morphe lays stress on the inward change, schema (see the preceding verb in that verse, suschematizo) lays stress on the outward (see FASHION, No. 3, FORM, No. 2); the present continuous tenses indicate a process; 2Cr 3:18 describes believers as being "transformed (RV) into the same image" (i.e., of Christ in all His moral excellencies), the change being effected by the Holy Spirit.    We are born of Adam and born under his curse from disobedience to God so man needs a savior a deliverer . Jesus  So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.  Man without hope now has a savior and through the process of transformation we are changed from a worm as Job said.   Through the word of God we are renewing our minds daily.  And we are being transformed into a beautiful creation and some day into a new body .  
1Co 15:52 ASV - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 ASV - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 ASV - But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
1Co 15:55 ASV - O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
1Co 15:56 ASV - The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
1Co 15:57 ASV - but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Flood Against The Church

The flood against the Church , which is the woman in Rev 12 the church of these last days .  satan is bringing a great flood against the true church of Jesus Christ .  This flood is not water as man knows a flood.  This flood is coming as you read this , the assault against Christianity  has been going on for some time. Other countries have experience oppression and assault against the church,  persecution like this country has never known.  Now the whole world of Christianity is under assault the church and her righteous works . Works of the true gospel of God the gospel of Christ Jesus.  Words of Lies and deceit and slander , just as he is doing today , the flood is not a flood of water it is the Lies spoken to condemn the Church to destroy the truth , the truth of the Gospel of God . Jesus said it was the gospel of his father that he must preach , he said the works and the words I speak they from the father that is in me he doth the works.  It was God in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.  To day Christianity is being demeaned and slandered and the people involved in this evil are preparing for a massive flood of accusation lies and false witness against the truth .   Today mass media is one of the sources of slander and lies , attacking the true Christian faith .   Every government organization  of some order is participating in some way to bring this persecution.  Even down to small municipality's of government.  Laws supporting perverted living are being formed and implemented and enforced.  Rom 1:28 ASV - And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Rom 1:29 ASV - being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Rom 1:30 ASV - backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Rom 1:31 ASV - without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:
Rom 1:32 ASV - who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
I am not saying all these people are of a reprobate mind yet , but the bible speaks of the  mark of the beast on the hand and on the forehead the hand being the works of evil and the forehead is having the mind of satan .   And some already have that mark and they have been turned over to do the works of satan.    Listen this is not something new Jesus spoke of it in Matt 24 he has made his children aware of the darkness coming upon the earth .  This is where building your house upon the sure foundation is crucial  , and Jesus is that foundation .  Luk 6:46 ASV - And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Luk 6:47 ASV - Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
Luk 6:48 ASV - he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.
Luk 6:49 ASV - But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.   Look at what Jesus is saying here every one that lives a Godly life will be persecuted .      2Ti 3:12 ASV - Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.     And when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well built   .  The flood has come and we as people of God are compelled to put this word  deep in our hearts , the seed Jesus was sowing and the seed that fell into the good ground your heart and brought forth some thirty, sixty and hundred fold of fruit unto perfection .

Jhn 16:33 ASV - These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
1Jo 5:4 ASV - For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.
1Jo 4:4 ASV - Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.


 1Co 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1Co 15:22 ASV - For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive

 Rev 12:1 KJV - And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 
 The twelve Apostles , the doctrine the true gospel the light of Gods word
Rev 12:2 KJV - And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Read the gospels and see this great truth, the child being born here is the very life of Jesus Gods son sent to the earth to show us the father.  This is the mission of the true church to preach Jesus and him crucified , resurrected to a glorified body to newness of life . He said behold I have over come the world I live . Touch me , feel me see my hands and my feet .      Luk 24:37 ASV - But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit.
Luk 24:38 ASV - And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?
Luk 24:39 ASV - See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having.
Luk 24:40 ASV - And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
Luk 24:46 ASV - and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;
Luk 24:47 ASV - and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Luk 24:49 ASV - And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.    Is this the gospel you preach,   is this the gospel you hear went you meet together . This is the gospel of the church  Jesus was speaking of.
The son that the Woman the church is bringing to bear ,  Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Rom 5:2 ASV - through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Eph 1:18 ASV - having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Jesus was one man upon the earth walking the earth and showing the father to the people .
When he went to his cross he became that passover Lamb and fulfilled his mission , he rose from the dead and now has given life to all that believe in this glorious gospel.   Jesus went from one man upon the earth to a great corporate body of believers the body of Christ .   Jesus said all the works I do they are the father that abides in me he does the works , the words I speak they are the father in me he tells me what to speak .  So it is God in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.   The mystery here is the beginning of this great gospel the book of Acts the beginning of the church the Woman in Rev 12 to bring forth the man child .  Jesus said if his words abide in you   Jhn 15:7 ASV - If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.   He is in you by the word ! obeying this word ,  it is life to them that find it.
The church had a great commission to obey but man has perverted this great gospel , holding a form of godliness but Denying the power of the blood.    2Ti 3:1 ASV - But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.
2Ti 3:2 ASV - For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2Ti 3:3 ASV - without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
2Ti 3:4 ASV - traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
2Ti 3:5 ASV - holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away.

Act 2:4 ASV - And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Luk 24:44 ASV - And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
Luk 24:49 ASV - And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.
 Act 1:2 ASV - until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
Act 1:5 ASV - For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
Act 1:8 ASV - But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Act 19:2 ASV - and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was given.
Act 19:3 ASV - And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
Act 19:4 ASV - And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.
Act 19:6 ASV - And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Act 19:7 ASV - And they were in all about twelve men.

Have you received the Holy Spirit when you believed as above ,  there is religion and its man made doctrines ,    and than there is the word of God and its truth what do you believe !
To understand the word of God the whole complete scriptures you must be filled with this same Holy Spirit .    For the promise is unto you and to all those that are far off , even to as many as the Lord God shall call.   And he is calling you today,  to you that are not sure if you have his spirit living in you .   Ask the Lord to fill you with his spirit as in the scriptures of the book of Acts to empower you to walk in this truth and deliver you into his light.
  Act 2:4 ASV - And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
This is Gods truth and it never died ! it is  still being poured out upon hungry hearts today.


 Luk 13:23 ASV - And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them,
Luk 13:24 ASV - Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luk 13:25 ASV - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;


Mat 7:24 ASV - Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
Mat 7:25 ASV - and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
Mat 7:26 ASV - And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27 ASV - and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.

2Co 11:2 ASV - For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.