“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” (ll Timothy 3:12). There you have it, you can’t get much clearer than that, this verse is a definite promise from the Lord. Also this verse means if you’re not living Godly in Christ Jesus you can expect to not get much opposition from the devil and his demons. As soon as you start living for the Lord, and telling others about Jesus, you can expect all Hell to break loose! As long as you are hiding down in the bottom of the trenches you don’t have to worry to much about catching much flack from the enemy, but boy howdy, let me tell you, when you climb out of that trench and start attacking the enemy, he brings out his big guns on you and tries everything he can to stop you, or slow you down.“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:” (1 Peter 4:12). We shouldn’t be so surprised when persecution comes, because the Bible promises that it will come, when we are serving the Lord. The devil himself, will probably not attack you, but he will send one of his underlings. He has a chain of command,  kind of like the way Jesus does with his Angels, like Micheal the Arch Angel and Gabriel, two of his top General Angels, and so on down the chain of command. The devil tries to counterfeit and copy the things of God.The devil and his top demons are reserved for attacking the big dangers, and people who are the most threat to his dark kingdom, like people who are big soul winners.“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:  But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.”(Luke 22:31,32). So if you are suffering persecution, Your in very good company. Jesus said, “Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.”(John 15:20). Jesus also said, “Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”(Matthew 5:10-12). Most of the persecution that I have received so far has been from so called Christian Church people. We do have some controversial teachings, and as soon as I find out that someone is already a Christian I try to nicely let them be on their way and try to find somebody who doesn’t know the Lord and is lost, and looking for the truth.“But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;” (Titus 3:9,10). There is someone now that I had great hopes for, but when I found out that he was stuck in his own, old bottle false doctrine teachings, and could not admit that he was wrong because of pride, and a lack of knowledge of the Word, so now I have to treat him as a sick weak sheep, and love him from afar, and comfort the feeble minded and pray and hope that he will come around to the truth, and accomplish what I believe the Lord had in-store for him. Jesus didn’t take everyone into his inner circle of most trusted and dedicated disciples, or even part of the twelve, or even part of the seventy. He knew that special honor wasn’t for everybody, because they just weren’t that willing and dedicated, and hungry for the truth. “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”(Matthew 10:16), and “ Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.  Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.” (Matthew 5:25,26). Remember Jesus gave us this warning, “Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.” (Luke 6:26). And Paul said; “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” (Galatians 4:16). The Lord also tells us, “But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” ( Matthew 12:48-50).  I can hardly get my own children and grand children to even read answersintheword.com. The devil keeps them so occupied with Worldy pursues. I think if my Dad would have taken the time everyday to send me a teaching that would greatly help me I would surely at least read it. When we send these messages out to America we only get a handful of people that will read and comment, but when we send them out to the World we get thousands of people who read and comment, especially India and other Asian countries. Please pray for this ministry we are under heavy attack from the enemy. Pray for wisdom and how to handle this type of people. It is your duty to stay alive as long as possible to preach the Gospel and win souls.

“For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man preceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction. That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.”( Job 33:14-18).“AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS, SAITH GOD, I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH: AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS:”(Acts 2:17). The Lord speaks to us in many ways. Sometimes He speaks to us through dreams. We need to judge everything that comes to us by the Bible. It’s our standard. “If they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them.”( Isaiah 8:20b ).True revelations from the Lord will not go against the Bible. That is where so many religions and movements have gone astray. They might have started out good with God’s anointing and in the white hot heat of the power of The Holy Spirit, but when they deviated from the Word, that’s when they lost God’s anointing and the power of The Holy Spirit and went on in their own spirit and power, or the devils, but not in God’s.“But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”(Galatians 1:8). Jesus said,“If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness?” (Matthew 6:23).The devil also quotes scripture.You can have a lot of truth, but if you throw in some false teaching you are leading others astray. So always go by the Bible and you can’t go wrong. Jesus said; in the end times that many false prophets and false Christs shall arise, and shall deceive many. (Matthew 24:11,23,24).Beware don’t be deceived. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” ( Psalms 119:105).

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.

There was a great experiment in the book of Acts, it says, “And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.” (Acts 2:44,45). Well this didn’t last very long because of murmuring and persecution and no doubt other inward problems. It says further on that “Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him.” (Acts 28:30 ).Nazism means; “National Socialist Party”, which Hitler started in Germany. Socialism leads to total government control where the rights of the individual become non existent, and businesses and Corporations become nationalized and controlled by the government and a supreme dictator. Sounds like what the Bible predicts in the end times. See our class on Daniel Chapter 11.This anti-christ force is at work today in many countries including America. I can prove to you that in Heaven it is not a classless society. Jesus said,” For unto everyone that hath it shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.”(Matthew 25:29). This is referring to a persons works in this life and rewards in the next life. Sounds like God is more for Capitalism than Socialism, and Communism.  There are different levels and rewards in Heaven. Paul talked about being caught up to the third level of Heaven and hearing unspeakable words of paradise.(ll Corinthians 12:1-4). The Bible also talks about the Heaven of Heavens in I Kings 8:27 which says; “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold,the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?” Apparently there are different floors or levels inside the Heavenly pyramid city, where God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit have their throne up on top at the apex of the great heavenly city. See our class on Revelations Chapter 22. Jesus said, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,and where thieves do not break through nor steal:” (Matthew 6: 19,20).So if people just sit around and go to church once a week and think they are going to get some big reward for that, they have a real shocking surprise coming. Or if your sitting around in some commune just eking out a living in some la,la,land of not too much, you’re wasting your time. God’s law of averages is if you don’t keep getting more, you’ll loose what you’ve got. “Give and it shall be given unto you”. The more you have got the more you can give. Isn’t being retired just being tired twice?  The Bible says, “if any man doesn’t work neither should he eat”.( II Thessalonians 3:10b). We are not supposed to sit around and live off the government, and trust the government for our every need and control. God is not against having money, but he is against hoarding and greed and the love and worship of money.“The love of money is the root of all evil.”(I Timothy 6:10). Not money by it’s self . It’s what you do with it. Remember the parable of the ten talents. ^“For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.  And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.  Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.  And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.  But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.  After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.  And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.  His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.  He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.  His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.  Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.  His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:  thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.  Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath (Salvation and good works)  shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.” (Matthew 25:14-29). Winston Churchill the Prime Minister of England in World War II said, “Socialism was  just spreading the misery around”. The early colonists tried socialism and almost starved to death until they allowed Capitalism where people could make a profit and the people became inspired with an incentive to produce.“From each according to his ability and to each according to his need” This is what Karl Marx the father of Godless Communism said.

Say this prayer if you want to be saved: Jesus, I want to know you, and to live forever in Heaven, I know I have made mistakes and done bad things- and I am sorry. Please forgive me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I accept your love and I accept you as my Saviour. Please come into my heart and life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me peace. Amen.