I experienced The Last Reformation last weekend and every time a new piece (peace) falls into place, I rejoice! and give all glory to God! For in relationship with Him we are led to every perfect thing for us individually on the journey of our soul to perfect union with His Spirit!
Every thing is not for every one; only God knows your particular background, present ground, and foreground! What kind of soil do you have right now? a path? rocky? thorns? good soil? (Matthew 13:1-58)
When in intimate connection, communion and relationship with our Father through Christ Jesus, the Holy Spirit can lead you into your highest and best for the highest and best for all!
I have been baptized before, but I chose to be baptized on Saturday after hearing the gospel in a new way, deepening my understanding. When we were given a selah moment to ask God if we were going to be baptized in the hotel pool, I heard a quick, definite yes in my spirit! I slept on it and another resounding “yes” the next morning!
“Die with Christ; rise with Christ”
By faith we take it literally, physically, mentally, emotionally, willfully and spiritually, within and without! The full gospel baptism is not symbolic or representational; it is actual, real, alive, supernatural and powerful!
When repentance, baptism in water and baptism in Spirit are separated, sin can continue and make self-identified Christians slaves to sin, missing the POWER of the full gospel; missing the circumcision of the heart, missing the death to the flesh nature, missing the death of the old man, missing the deliverance of unclean spirits, missing the resurrection of the new creature with a new Christ-nature. (John 3:3-8; Matthew 3:13-15; Romans 6:6; Colossians 2:11-15; 2:17, 19-20; Colossians 3:1-7; Ephesians 4:22-24; Philippians 3:8-11)
“Die with Christ; Rise with Christ”
After hearing the gospel, we position our heart to receive the new of Christ through repentance; everything and anything that is obstructing, restricting, constricting, causing a barrier, or separating us from God; any sin or falling short of the glory of God is confessed in the repentance room (there were teams of two set up all over the room with a third chair for those who decided to get baptized). One person wrote the list of what we wanted to leave in the water and the other just listened. In the repentance room partitioned off in the ballroom, you could feel the supernatural power, mercy, grace and glory of God begin to work. Repentance is powerful when from the heart and soul; surrendering all to God, submitting all to God, not holding anything back.
We took our list to the hotel pool and waited for a team in the water to become available. I sat up against a palm tree and waited until I felt the Holy Spirit nudging me. As I waited, a huge wind came out of no where (now here!) and I lifted my arms and received it (a John 3:8 moment) Feeling it against my skin, blowing my hair, and experiencing the power in its movement, like it was blowing the past completely away. Right then a team opened up and I stepped into the water.
“Die with Christ; Rise with Christ” When I went under the water, everything that came before that moment was dead and gone, crucified with Christ. When I came up out of the water, it was no longer I who lived but Christ who lived in me. I raised my arms, my head tilted heavenward, and I felt myself growing. I went up on tip toes and felt stretching upward, upward, and started praying in tongues and then rejoicing and thanking and glorifying God! (an Ephesians 4:15-16, Philippians 3:12b–14, 21, Galatians 3:27-29 and Colossians 2:19 moment)
“Die with Christ; Rise with Christ” For he was crucified in my weakness, in my flesh, but lives in me now by the power of God (2 Cor 13:4).
“Do you realize that Jesus Christ is now in you?” (2 Cor 13:5) Yes! “God chooses to make known how great are the riches of the GLORY of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colo 1:27). “We have this treasure in our earthen vessels to show that the transcendent POWER belongs to God. We were afflicted, carried the body of the DEATH of Jesus, so that the LIFE OF JESUS is manifested in our bodies, Christ manifested in our mortal flesh [through water AND Spirit baptism]…the SAME SPIRIT that resurrected Jesus’ dead body that had taken on all sin, RAISES US UP WITH JESUS and brings us into His Presence [manifest glory]” 2 Cor 4:7-15.
In full gospel baptism, we repent, receive water baptism for the forgiveness of sin (past, present and future) and baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire to resurrect us into Christ’s resurrection LIFE now and forever and ever and ever. Amen. Hallelujah!
“Do you not know that your baptized body [“die with Christ, rise with Christ”] is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? So glorify God in your body!” and “Do you not know that you are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you…for God’s temple is HOLY, and that temple YOU ARE?” (1 Cor 3:16-17; 1 Cor 6:16b–17, 19, 20) “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ (arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth, hands, feet, heart, mind, will, etc.)? The two become one flesh. Those who are UNITED to the Lord become one spirit with Him.” “Be holy as our Father is holy; be perfect as our Father is perfect.” This is possible with God; in full gospel baptism: hear, believe, do, receive, be made new spirit and soul and body!
After repentance, the baptism of forgiveness of sins in water is immediately followed by deliverance and circumcision of the heart spontaneously in the Holy Spirit and fire baptism of Jesus. The fire burns all that is man-made, any foundations not of Christ Jesus, and all self-made righteousness (wood, hay, straw, stubble, dross, chaff, tares, weeds, or man-made gold, silver or precious stones). The Day discloses it ( I watched approximately 30 baptisms and have never before witnessed the fire disclosing EVERYTHING that was in a person but hidden to the physical eye COME OUT before the gift of tongues came and the heavy load and heavy darkness was lifted off, and the Holy Spirit lifted them up to new Life). “Man’s work was burned up, the old man was lost, the new being SAVED (made complete, healed, whole, delivered, set free, lacking nothing, missing nothing, nothing broken), but only through fire” (1 Cor 3:11-15) God is SOOOOO GOOD! Amazing Grace! Perfect Glory!
I see the need for full body immersion to be buried with Christ to be resurrected with Christ a completely NEW creature; the two become one flesh: Christ and the baptized in water AND Spirit! Born OF God; a new creation! the old is dead and gone; the new has come! That is why on the way to church on Sunday morning I asked God how he sees me and I heard during the amazing worship time, “You are a spotless bride” and I heard and believed and testified before the congregation, “I am a spotless bride” with tears and great joy in the Holy Spirit!!!!!!!
The destroyer tried to put some things back on me the night after my baptism and before my public testimony, but I saw right through it. I only listen to the Voice of the Shepherd who leads me to springs of living water! I agree with God! all other voices are of the father of lies and those words are ignored as I hear the Voice of Truth and Life. I hear and heal! I hear and am delivered from evil! I hear and am set free! I hear and believe, “I am a spotless bride.” In God’s eyes we are flawless, spotless and beautiful! Having gone through the floods and fires, now go through the red sea: the King of kings and Lord of lords destroys the enemy, and we no longer wander in the desert wilderness, but let our Beloved Bridegroom pour His Love, Light and Spirit into us, making you a well-watered garden paradise of God!!!!!!!
This is our inheritance as co-heirs with Christ! Be born again, anew from Above, of God, in both water and Spirit! be MOVED into the kingdom of the beloved Son, no longer under dominion of darkness, and begin to live, move and have your being in Christ, in his glory, for the glory of our God and Father!!!!!!! Hear and believe God, the Father of Christ, not the father of lies! Hear, believe, receive and be who God says you are!!!!!!!
New Heaven on Earth! 
Thank you so much for this! Perhaps this is what has hindered me from being able to receive the baptism of The Holy Spirit. I remember watching a Derek Prince deliverance video from years ago when he mentioned that after repentance of sins, baptism should immediately follow it by noting that once The Holy Spirit was given in Acts 2 there is nowhere in scripture that indicates one should wait to be baptized. The process of repentance of sins and baptism are linked together. During the video He led a prayer for others to repent of their sins and then He led them through another prayer to receive The Holy Spirit. He simply told them to ask Yeshua to “give them a drink” and to start drinking His living water and they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I went along with the prayer but it didn’t work for me maybe because He wants me to be baptized again.
This could be the missing piece of the puzzle. I’ve had others lay hands on me to receive the Holy Spirit baptism and have had SEVERAL online deliverance sessions with people who could see the throne room of God but couldn’t clearly see what was blocking me from receiving the Holy Spirit. I’ve been to the Courts of Heaven multiple times with others and Yeshua has actually spoken to me in the Courts but I didn’t dare bring this up with Him. He has shown me so much truth and revealed many hidden revelations. He has led me to help a couple of friends who are baptized in the Holy Spirit grow in their walk with Him and receive an increased measure of freedom but my status is still registered as “walking in the flesh”. It’s as if He’s shown me the blueprints for building a structure but the authorization to build has not been granted as of yet. But in everything I give thanks to God our Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 5:20)
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Thank you so much for sharing. I appreciate you! God works in so many wonderful ways and so much mystery. If we could know everything about God I guess he would no longer be God. The book of Acts does give a wonderful view of what the early church looked like and The Last Reformation seems to follow the model! God bless you richly. Ask and be persistent; when we ask for bread, God does not give us a serpent! If a natural father tries to give good gifts to his children, how much more our Heavenly Father and God! Ask, seek, knock and keep on until your innermost heart gets what it deeply desires!
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There are needs in our heart that no other human being can satisfy; only God can satisfy the deepest needs of our heart.
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I really love you and your words of God. Here is Facebook post I just made, I believe by the Spirit of God, that you and your readers might find worth reading.
Whores in the Temple?
“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.” Revelation 12:11 ESV
“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book..” Revelation 22:18-19 ESV
Perhaps the fundamental “thing” we possess in this life is our testimony. The unique personal knowledge of our lives, lived through, with, and in the Savior, as outside of Him, there is no thing. But for that testimony, we are destined to die naked. It is that which survives our sojourn in these mortal bodies.
And as Brides of Christ, living through Him, with Him, and in Him, by the power of His Holy Spirit, we are protected by Him, loved by Him, and yes, even exalted by Him.
And in our lives of eventual exaltation, He shares Himself with us. He lies down next to us, in green pastures, by the cool waters, in the gentle breeze, and communes with us.
But what do the whores do next? Run out and sell their kiss and tell books, videos, sermons, and other media. Get famous in the world. Perhaps you, dear reader, have been a whore?
Maybe, the Living Word of God, present in you, is not something to be owned and sold? Are you hearing the Spirit here- Rick Warren, Robert Morris, Phil Yancey, my good friend Peter Hiett, and tens of thousands of others?
Perhaps you are the whores in the temple? Yeshua, for His own reasons, has given you great experiences in Him. These experiences become part of the word of your testimony, that which is necessary to conquer this world. And GIVEN to you that you may freely GIVE it to others to help them conquer this world.
But “you whores” don’t do that, you claim ownership of your testimony, claim copyright, and sell it. The most precious gift, your knowledge of life itself, is put on sale by you, for your profit.
You are the modern money changers, and hopefully, with these few words, Yeshua has called me to clear His temple of you.
For the money changers made His temple into a den of thieves, and you do likewise. For worship is, now as ever, properly done with offerings of ourselves and the one thing he has given all of us, His breath, each and every one of them.
Time spent deciphering your rantings and scribblings is theft of worship time from anyone inclined to spend it. Unless they were written of and by the Spirit. But does the Spirit write through those who will sell the Word? Some spirit does.
Perhaps a sermon, freely offered to all, again thinking of you dear friend Peter Hiett, will be blessed to travel the globe and positively affect thousands. While that same sermon material, copyrighted and printed and offered for sale, is now no longer the Living Word of God, but dead words of man?
Maybe such is the trap of the enemy today? To take brilliant talented men and women who are in righteous relationship with their Savior, and lure them into owning and selling the very gifts which they have been freely given? And thereby destroy their righteous relationship.
So, as John warned in Revelation, since this process had apparently started already in the first century, DO NOT sell your testimony, it’s all any of us have and it has all been freely given. Instead SHARE your testimony, that all may benefit from the grace and mercy bestowed upon you by our Savior.
Wouldn’t it be great if there was an actual Church of Jesus here on this planet where all the materials needed to be born again from above were freely available? Or imagine if that church had a web site or 800 number or something like that you could call upon and a few hours later someone would show up at your door with free materials and one on one loving explanations? Perhaps all the energy spent owning and selling spiritual material would instead go to building the actual church, baptizing people in the name of Jesus, discipling them in the name of Jesus, and seeing them transformed right before our eyes into actual Saints? Wouldn’t that be awesome? Will you follow me in this great adventure?
P.S. That means you too Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin, Hillsongers and thousands of others in the “Christian” music business. If it’s owned and sold, can it really be called Christian?
We are Brides of Christ, not whores.
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We are brides of Christ!
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