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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode is: WARNING: Follow the right Jesus

I feel the heaviness of God’s presence this morning as I get ready to do this video. I had a plan for a completely different word this morning. However, I was in prayer last night for a long time with a group of intercessors. God really impressed on us many things that I am still praying and working through myself. But I feel like I need to share the following warnings with you.

There are many religions around the world. Because deep within mankind is a desire to connect with a higher power. We long for a relationship with the God who created the heavens and earth. In absence of true understanding and knowledge of the One True God, people have created their own gods. These people that worship idols of gold need an encounter with Jesus.

There are many denominations of Christians around the world. Each denomination holds onto their version of Jesus. Some think that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are three entities that share heaven. NOT SO, the devil believes in One God and trembles.

How many denominations have created false Jesus’. This church on this corner believes that he is so loving that he would not send anyone to hell. This one on the other corner believes that Jesus is a God of wrath and is waiting for us to make one mistake and he is going to pour out his wrath and turn us into a cinder. Some say one thing and some say another. How many of us have asked God?

There are many examples in the Old Testament where God poured out his rath. But he always sent warnings and gave chances for people to do the right thing. The word says his sheep knows his voice and a stranger they will not follow. Do we know his voice? Or are we following man’s ideas of Jesus? Do we believe what we have been taught, or have we questioned God for the direction that our feet need to go?

We are at a pivotal time, where the rubber meets the road. Lines are being drawn and decisions are being made about the future. I am not necessarily talking about our political climate, although God is going to take care of the evil in all the governments around the world. That is a subject for another day. I will say that if you study the kings of the Old Testament when the king did right in the sight of God the people were blessed and prospered. When the king did wrong in the sight of God the people suffered also. This is why we need to make sure that we have godly leadership in our government.

The coming of Christ is near, he will only come for those who are ready. He will only take those who belong to him. If we are not following the one true God, we risk being left behind. I wish I could make you see what I have come to understand by some recent events.

Let me try to explain this way. Satan goes to church too. He is out to deceive and will speak to people too. If he cannot keep us from attending church, he will send false teachers among us to deceive us. This is part of the spirit of the anti-christ that is in the world. Many people believe they are doing the right thing. They have sold out completely to an ideology about God. But are not sold out to God. They completely miss the boat with their man made rules and doctrines of man.

I felt this strongly when praying, God is warning and trying to wake people up.

Woe be unto those that are snakes lying in wait for God’s people. They will be thrown into the lake of fire.

I feel so strongly in my spirit that it is time to get on our face before God and ask him to search our hearts. David often asked God to search him. David was far from perfect, but God loved him. His love for God and his worship created a relationship.

God is not looking of perfect people that look on the outside to be a certain way. We have all been guilty of judging people by appearance. It is a human flaw. God knows the heart of each person. If we cannot understand our own heart and our own faults. How can we judge another? We have no right to sit in the judgment seat.

Samuel was guilty of judging the sons of Jesse when God told him to go anoint the next king. Samuel picked the one that was tall and looked strong. He looked like a warrior.

 I Sam 16:7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

God knew that all the sons of Jesse would be trembling before Goliath. But he knew that deep inside the smallest of Jesse’s sons beat the heart of a warrior. God knew David’s deep passion to do God’s will. David had righteous anger that Goliath would stand in defiance of God. That gave him the boldness to go out and take down Goliath. But he didn’t do it alone, God went with him.

I said all that about David to make my point, you can’t judge a book by its cover. I have been dismissed like I didn’t know what I was talking about when I was 100 percent sure. I have been overlooked for promotions and have walked through some things that were hard. Simply because people judged me incorrectly. I am sure that everyone of you has a story or two about how you were misunderstood by man.

It is comforting to know that God sees all and knows our heart. This is how he can have grace for those that make mistakes. He can be that God of wrath for the disobedient. Many times I have heard people say, If your God is so loving how can he throw people into hell? God gives everyone a choice and ample opportunities to do the right thing. It grieves God when people will not obey, and he has no choice but to turn them over to their delusions and eventually to hell.

This is why I could not get away from warning each of you to ask God to search your heart. I beg you to let him lead you. He is coming for a unified bride that doesn’t have denominational boundaries. She will be a beautiful picture of God’s love and compassion. She will have a perfect heart, one that has searched for God’s heart. She will not be spotted by the world. Her sins will be under the blood and she will have ironed out all the wrinkles of man’s ideas of how she should be and will walk boldly in the love of Christ.

I want to leave you with a passage that we should all be praying:

Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

I know this was a little heavier than most of my posts. But recent prayer time has led me to this place of feeling like God is wanting to move among his people. He is wanting us to yield a little more of ourselves and our will.  He is wanting us to surrender the things we have held back. He is wanting to lead us into the fullness of what he has for us. We have been on the milk bottle long enough. It is time we grew up and got a hold of the meat of his word.

Take some time to seriously think about your life. Are you following the Jesus that died for you or man’s watered-down version of Jesus?

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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