FAITH WORDS: January 2015

Saturday, January 31, 2015

A FRIEND

You Have A Friend In Jesus

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:29-31

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

The poor and needy always have a friend in Jesus, whose understanding is unsearchable. Having lived as a man and was in all points tempted as they are, yet without sin they have some one who sympathize with their weaknesses, and understands all that they are going through. And being God the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, He has more than enough power to move and act on their behalf. He who walked the shores of the sea of Galilee is still the same healing and miracle working Jesus. God’s word is unchanging:

And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons. Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You can make me clean." Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed." As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed. And He strictly warned him and sent him away at once, and said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." testimony to them." However, he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the matter, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter the city, but was outside in deserted places; and they came to Him from every direction.Mark 1:39-45

Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will answer you. Isaiah 30:18-19

For those who come to Jesus Christ and touch Him by faith He is able to do for them exceedingly abundantly above all that they ask think or pray just like Jesus promised, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes" (Mark 9:23). "Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them (Mark 11:24). But for some people the whole process is a complete waste of time because they don't mix the word of God with faith and it doesn't profit them. God’s word is unchanging:

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: "So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest,' " although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Hebrews 4:1-3

"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. "Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. "But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. "Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. "But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience. Luke 8:11-15

Yes there are those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved or healed or delivered. Then there are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. Then there are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. But then there are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience. Faith is our friend and unbelief is our enemy.

Unbelief if unchecked robs us of all the things that God has for us just like it robbed the children of Israel who were miraculously delivered from their Egyptian captors and spoils with the wealth and riches of Egypt from going into the promised land. Only Joshua and Caleb who had a different spirit in them and has followed the LORD fully, did He bring into the land where they went, and their descendants inherited it. God’s word is uchanging:

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:13

Just because the Holy Spirit has been poured out on all flesh doesn't mean that everybody is saved or healed or delivered. And the number of deceived fools that we have in the world is proof of this!

There are two sides to this issue: the legal and the experiential. Legally, by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body. Experientially, most people have not entered into the experience. In faith, we must appropriate in experience all that is already ours by legal right through our faith in Christ. The same is true with salvation. Derek Prince in his book “BLESSING OR CURSE YOU CAN CHOOSE!” brings out the following truths:

In John 1:12—13 the apostle says, concerning those who have been born again through receiving Jesus, that God has given them “the right to become children of God.” The Greek word translated “right” is exousia, usually translated “authority.” That is what a person actually receives at the new birth: authority to become a child of God.

Authority is effective, however, only insofar as it is exercised. The potential of the new birth is unlimited, but the actual results depend on the exercise of the authority that goes with it. What a person will become through the new birth is determined by the extent to which he exercises his God-given authority.

There is a close parallel between the experience of believers entering into the blessings of God in the New Covenant and that of the Israelites entering into Canaan under the Old Covenant. In the first covenant, under a leader named Joshua, God brought His people into a promised land. In the second covenant, under a leader named Jesus (which is another form of Joshua), God brings His people into a land of promises. Just as the land of Canaan was the physical inheritance appointed for Israel, so the promises of God, offered through Jesus, are the spiritual inheritance appointed for Christians in this dispensation. The same principles that applied to Israelites then apply to Christians now.

In Joshua 1:2—3 God gave Joshua instructions on how the Israelites were to take possession of their inheritance:

“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and this entire people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.”

There is precisely the same contrast of tenses here as in Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.. In verse 2, the Lord uses the continuing present: “I am giving” summed up in Revelation 21:7: “He who overcomes shall inherit all things.”

To further strengthen and encourage us, God has also set before us the example of Abraham, who is called “the father of us all.” Through Abraham, God did not merely establish the measure of the blessing He has prepared for each of us, which is “in all things.” He also marked out ahead the path that leads to that blessing. The life of Abraham is both an example and a challenge in three main areas: his prompt obedience, his complete confidence in God’s word and his stead- fast endurance.

In Hebrews 11:8 the writer emphasizes Abraham’s prompt, unquestioning obedience: “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.”

Abraham did not ask for any explanation of why he should go, or any description of the place he was going to. He simply did what God told him to do, promptly, without questioning. The same kind of obedience characterized his entire life: for instance, when God required him and all his household to be circumcised (Genesis 17:9—14, 23—27); and even when God asked him to offer up his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice (Genesis 22:1—14). At no time did Abraham ever hesitate in his obedience or question God concerning what he was asked to do.

In Romans 4:16—21 Paul points out that when God called Abraham “a father of many nations,” he had only one son by Hagar, a slave woman, while Sarah, his wife, had been barren for many years. Yet he reckoned God’s description of him as true from the moment it was spoken. Because he thus accepted God’s word without questioning, even against the evidence of his own senses, ultimately there came a physical fulfillment that was confirmed by his senses.

Actually, about 25 years passed from the time God first promised Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars, until the birth of the son who was the promised heir. Through all those years he had nothing to hold onto but God’s promise. He must have faced endless temptations to discouragement. Yet he never gave up or abandoned his faith. Finally, the reward of his steadfastness is summed up in Hebrews 6:15: “And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.”

In Romans 4:11—12 Paul tells us that we are children of Abraham “if we walk in the steps of Abraham’s faith.” This is the scriptural requirement for entering into “the blessing of Abraham,” promised in Galatians 3:14. Like Abraham, we must accept God’s Word as the one sure, unchanging element in our experience. All the variable opinions of men, and all the fluctuating impressions of our senses, are just “grass that withers.” “But the word of our God stands forever” (Isaiah 40:8).

Our acceptance of God’s Word, however, must not be purely intellectual or theoretical. We must demonstrate it in our actions just as Abraham did: by prompt, unquestioning obedience and by steadfast endurance in the face of all discouragement. In this way, we shall find that God’s Word will ultimately be proved true in our experience. We shall come to know God’s blessing—just as Abraham did—”in all things.”

Satan will continually oppose us with mental and emotional pressures: doubts, fear, guilt, confusion and so on. He may also assail our bodies with various forms of physical infirmity. Against all this God has provided us with one supremely effective weapon: His Word. In Ephesians 6:17 Paul directs us: “Take . . . the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

This requires the interplay of the human and the divine. The sword is the sword of the Holy Spirit, but it is our responsibility to “take” it. If we take it, the Holy Spirit will wield it. But if we do not take it, the Holy Spirit has nothing to wield.

…Faith …reckons God’s promises as effective from the moment they are apprehended. We do not wait for confirmation from the senses. By prompt, unquestioning obedience and patient endurance, we move from our legal rights in Christ into the full, experiential enjoyment of them. We meet all satanic opposition with “the sword of the Spirit”: the spoken Word of God.

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TV EVANGELISTS LIE

But Sid Roth isn't taking any chances with the fiscal health of his ministry, so he's added a dash of the prosperity doctrine into his cauldron of Judaeo-Christian apostasy. He writes "…no matter what happens to America, people who sow into the salvation of Jewish people will be extravagantly blessed. In the midst of judgment, watch God supernaturally protect you, your family, your income and health"
http://www.christianmediaresearch.com/sidroth.html

Fraudulent preachers and TV evangelists including Sid Roth, Richard Roberts, and Benny Hinn love to use any method to raise money and make all kinds of stupid outlandish promises which never come to pass including "sowing a financial seed for a miracle" or "sowing a financial need to get God's wealth transfer!

But where in the bible does it say to sow a financial seed for a miracle? It doesn't! God doesn't do things for money but out of love and mercy, the seed is the word Mark 4:14

Oral Roberts who founded the International Charismatic Bible Ministries propagated to other ministries the idea of sowing seeds to a ministry for financial and other blessings. The board members of ICBM were:

· Oral Roberts; Chairman of ICBM; Prophet

· Kenneth Copeland; Secretary of ICBM; Prophet, Teacher, televangelist

· Charles Green; Exec. Dir of ICBM;

· Billy Daugerty; Vice Chairman of ICBM;

· Carlton Pearson; Member-at-Large of ICBM; Bishop, megachurch pastor, vacillates bet. WOF &Prophetic Movements

· John Hagee; Member of ICBM; megachurch pastor, televangelist, TBN regular

· Thomas F Reid; Member of ICBM; Latter Rain Proponent, WOF

https://discernmentdirectory.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/international-charismatic-bible-ministries-who-is-on-board/

Hence Richard Roberts who took over his dad’s ministry would write about sowing seeds against your need:
PS. The miracle-working power of our unlimited God is available for you…Today…in whatever circumstances you and your loved ones may be facing. Reach out in faith to Him, sowing seeds against your need and expecting His miracles in your life. I’ll pray with you for your needs to be met as soon as I receive your Prayer Request, so send it in as quickly as you can. ( July 2012 Partner Letter | Richard Roberts :: Oral Roberts Ministries)

Sheep are so dumb and have no discernment because anybody with brains would know that Oral Roberts who was a very good friend of the scoundrel Benny Hinn was a deceiver and thief who deceived and stole money through the concept of seed faith which was propounded by Eugene Ewing, often known for making his mark by setting up "scam" mailing campaigns.

Most of Oral Roberts most successful campaigns (including telling audiences "God will kill me if I don't get 6 millions dollars") are credited to Eugene Ewing. These mailers -- similar to scam Nigerian emails you may receive today -- made false claims and sly promises that (according to Trinity Foundation Investigators) were the, "cleverest financial deception of the time." Ewing had apparently gotten his mailing lists from US census records. He is said to have specifically targeted those who marked themselves as Christian, low-education, but also had medium income. The Ghostwriter of the Prosperity Gospel? http://iamthetruthcenter.blogspot.ca/2012/03/ghostwriter-of-prosperity-gospel.html

Richard Roberts, the drunk and embezzler, who was forced to resign as President of ORU is a man devoid of integrity and cannot be trusted. He is deceived and is a deceiver. In His book "When It Seems All Hope Is Gone: Discover How to Regain Your Faith And Restore Your Life,” Richard Roberts writes on page 114 about his encounter with the Holy Ghost Bartender, Rodney Howard Browne, another deceiver, and states that the LORD told him something that never happened " "you're going to laugh while I pay off your $56 million debt."

It’s interesting that it was Richard Roberts $56 million dollar debt largely due to his thievery and it was only paid off in part after Richard resigned as President of Oral Roberts University

REFERENCES

Oral Roberts Tragedy http://www.moriel.org/articles/discernment/church_issues/oral_roberts_tragedy.htm

BENNY HINN THE SCOUNDREL http://www.scribd.com/doc/17673980/

ORAL AND RICHARD ROBERTS https://www.scribd.com/doc/17098294

Walter hosting blog radio on Jan 31 exposing Benny Hinn and the Roberts http://cdn5.blogtalkradio.com/show/1/461/show_1461365.mp3

For the record, On October 17, 2007 Roberts asked for and was granted an indefinite leave of absence from the school by the university's board of regents, citing the "toll" the lawsuit and attendant allegations have taken on him and his family.[21] In a statement Roberts said, "I don't know how long this leave of absence will last... I pray and believe that in God's timing, and when the Board feels that it is appropriate, I will be back at my post as President."[21] Billy Joe Daugherty of Victory Christian Center was named executive regent of the board of regents and interim president.[22] Chairman of the board of regents George Pearsons noted the temporary resignation was not an admission of guilt.[22]
Note: Billy Joe Daugherty of Victory Christian Center died November 22, 2009

Roberts, has dedicated his life to ministering the saving, healing, delivering power of Jesus Christ around the world. He said that God put a dream in Roberts's heart of reaching the nations of the earth for Jesus. Since 1980, he has ministered God’s healing power in 34 nations spanning six continents. In his miracle healing rallies, Roberts has ministered to crowds of up to 100,000 people in a single service. Often as much as 50 percent of the audience stand for prayer to receive Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. Hundreds of thousands more said they received healings and miracles as Richard ministers God’s Word and moves in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, especially the word of knowledge.

In a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against the university on November 21, former ORU senior accountant Trent Huddleston claimed he had been ordered to help Roberts and his wife "cook the books" by misclassifying nearly $123,000 in funds allegedly spent by the university on remodeling the Roberts home.[20]

The board of Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma passed a vote of no confidence in him after it was alleged he used college money to buy a fleet of expensive cars, keep horses, convert a study into a wardrobe for his wife's designer clothes, employed academics to do his children's homework and used the university jet to fly his daughter to the Caribbean.

Roberts tendered his resignation to the university's board of regents on November 23, 2007, effective immediately. In an emailed statement he said, "I love ORU with all my heart. I love the students, faculty, staff and administration and I want to see God's best for all of them."[21]

United Church of Christ Bishop Carlton Pearson, a former protege of Oral Roberts, said Richard Roberts was "born into privilege... What others may call extravagance he may not see it as extravagant." According to CNN, Pearson said he was disappointed but not surprised by the allegations, explaining, "These kinds of things are common among family-owned and operated businesses and ministries. They don't cross every T and dot every I."[13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Roberts_(evangelist)

Roberts: Lord said don't fight it
By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer - 5/30/2010

Richard Roberts broke a 2 1/2-year silence this week to defend his wife's honor.

A lawsuit filed against Roberts in the tumultuous period before he resigned as president of Oral Roberts University in late 2007 implied that Lindsay Roberts had an affair with a teenager later identified as her daughter's ex-boyfriend. Media nationwide published the allegation.

"This is the first time I've ever spoken out on it. Maybe it's time," the 61-year-old televangelist said Tuesday in a wide-ranging 90-minute interview in which he discussed his departure from ORU, the loss of his father and his flourishing Tulsa-based healing ministry.

"My wife was accused on the front page of the paper of a horrible thing. Not a word of it was true," he said. "People rushed from everywhere to defend her, but that never made the media."

"I can't think of anything more despicable to accuse a woman of. It hurt my wife, it hurt me, and it hurt my children very badly to have someone say that about an honorable woman to whom I've been married for 30 years and who has been faithful all of her life.

"The Lord said, 'I want you to resign, and not defend yourself. If you'll resign, I'll send someone in to pay off the (ORU) debt,' " he said.

"Well, I resigned, and (a few) days later they came in and paid off the debt."

The Mart Green family of Oklahoma City, founders of Hobby Lobby and Mardel, donated $70 million to the university at that time and have made additional donations.

Roberts said the crisis hurt him and his family deeply, but "I held on to my faith, and I held on to my family." His wife and their three daughters now all work with him in the ministry.

With the weight of ORU off his shoulders and a prospering healing ministry, Roberts appeared relaxed as he talked in his spacious, well-appointed office in the former Tulsa Scottish Rite Center at 6355 E. Skelly Drive.

Only one piece of furniture in the office appeared out of place, a small, plain wooden desk used by his father, Oral Roberts, early in his ministry.

Roberts said he did not regret his nearly 15 years as president of ORU but had accepted the job reluctantly.

"I didn't ask to be president of the university," he said. "I said yes because my father asked me to." Four other men had turned down the post, he said.

ORU was $60 million in debt when he took over, a burden he says no one can fully appreciate.

"Very few people know what we went through to keep the doors open. We stayed on our faces in prayer but we never missed a payroll, and we never missed paying a bill."

He described universities as black holes of financial demand.

In retrospect, he would have done some things differently, including stepping down two years earlier, he said.

"I'm glad I'm no longer president. I wanted to resign earlier, but I was afraid it would hurt my father."

He said he is happy that the Green family bailed out the university and that Mark Rutland is the new president.

"He and I talk frequently," Roberts said.

Does he miss anything about his ORU days?

"I miss seeing those young freshman on campus, eyes wide, about to step into a new world."

Roberts said the demands of the university took time from his true calling, preaching the gospel and praying for the sick.

"It's very difficult to ride two horses at the same time."

After his resignation, ORU was separated from the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association ministry.

The ministry, headed by Roberts, relocated to the large, three-story building on Skelly Drive. The building houses the offices, television studio, prayer center, mail processing center and a 650-seat auditorium. The Roberts family moved off campus into a home in Tulsa.

Roberts said the ministry is prospering.

He and Lindsay tape a show every morning that airs at night. She does a live women's show every afternoon, "Make Your Day Count." The ministry receives 3,000 phone calls a day.

The couple's oldest daughter, Jordan, heads the ministry's "Hunger Needs a Voice" program that has sent $3.2 million in food to Africa, Haiti and Central America since 2008. They also are building a school in Nigeria.

Roberts travels widely conducting healing crusades. More than 200,000 people attended the last night of his January crusade in Kenya. Four African presidents have invited him to do crusades in their nations. He has more invitations to speak than he can accommodate.

He has just completed a new book, "He's a Healing Jesus."

At 7 p.m. Friday, he will hold the first of what will be a monthly healing service in the ministry's auditorium, where he will lay hands on the sick. He announced the meeting on television, and it already is packed, he said. Overflow rooms are being prepared.

On June 8, Roberts will begin a new Trinity Broadcasting Network program that will appear two or three times a week on its Church Channel featuring his healing ministry and vintage footage of Oral Roberts' healing ministry.

Richard Roberts said life for him is better after leaving ORU. He has more time for his family; his health is perfect.

"I'm happy," he said. "I'm happy I'm alive. I'm happy I'm serving God. I'm happy about his calling on my life."

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