“A Portrait Of My Calling”

Praise The LORD my friends and enemies alike.

I bring you greetings in the name of the Holy Messiah.

Please allow me to share a little about myself and make myself perfectly clear and repeat what I have been saying for over 30 years.

I did not “go into the ministry” as some men and women do. I did not seek the office I now serve in nor did I receive it from any man or institution. Any knowledge or insight that anyone may perceive as coming from me is not from me but from Him who sent me.

Being a Preacher-Teacher is not a job (vocation/career or big business) for which I am seeking employment, prestige, honor or glory.  I am not called into the Kingdom of God ministry to compete like a business for finances, membership, property acquisitions, worldly accolades and material investments and prosperity.  I am called out from the world’s religious systems and sent by GOD to teach and preach His divine Truth of salvation and challenge every creature to repent.  It is a “LIFE” to which I was especially and personally called and sent by the FATHER through Christ.

Initially, man’s system of “Church and Religion” tried to indoctrinate me and pervert the message and assignment that the LORD sent and is still sending me on. But thanks to God’s intervention, I was removed from their influence and freed to operate in the office to which I was appointed and gifted by God through Christ. I do not knowingly subscribe to any institutional faith or religion. My calling and election is strongly anchored in Christ and in God as all ministers of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God should be.

It still disturbs me though that I almost missed salvation while running after Church affiliation. So many people do not realize that the system of “churches” as we have come to know them today doesn’t exist in the kingdom of God or in the message of Christ. Perhaps we shall address that subject in a future post.

I have taught other preachers in the past, through the revelation of Christ, that if we are truly sent by God, we should be able to find our “True Spiritual Selves” in the pages of the Holy Scripture, i.e., a portrait of the person we have become through Christ. And although I have found several passages of Holy Scripture that may reflect who I am and what I stand for in Christ, none seems to be more personal and applicable regarding my calling than that of Paul’s (Saul’s) proclamation in Galatians 1:1-12.

Now as you read the following scripture passage, please don’t get it twisted. I am not professing to be an Apostle of Christ by any stretch of the imagination. That Christ appointed distinction belongs only to the original Apostles of the Lamb. I am only stressing the point of the divine origin and purity of my calling and of the message of my ministry.

 

Galatians 1:1-12 (CJB)

1 From: Sha’ul, an emissary — I received my commission not from human beings or through human mediation but through Yeshua the Messiah and God the Father, who raised him from the dead — also from all the brothers with me

² To: The Messianic communities in Galatia:

³ Grace and shalom to you from God our Father and from the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, ⁴ who gave himself for our sins, so that he might deliver us from the present evil world-system, in obedience to the will of God, our Father. ⁵ To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

⁶ I am astounded that you are so quick to remove yourselves from me, the one who called you by the Messiah’s grace, and turn to some other supposedly “Good News,” ⁷ which is not good news at all! What is really happening is that certain people are pestering you and trying to pervert the genuine Good News of the Messiah. ⁸ But even if we — or, for that matter, an angel from heaven! — were to announce to you some so-called “Good News” contrary to the Good News we did announce to you, let him be under a curse forever! ⁹ We said it before, and I say it again: if anyone announces “Good News” contrary to what you received, let him be under a curse forever!

¹⁰ Now does that sound as if I were trying to win human approval? No! I want God’s approval! Or that I’m trying to cater to people? If I were still doing that, I would not be a servant of the Messiah.

¹¹ Furthermore, let me make clear to you, brothers, that the Good News as I proclaim it is not a human product; ¹² because neither did I receive it from someone else nor was I taught it — it came through a direct revelation from Yeshua the Messiah.

I am not politically correct nor do I profess to be of eloquent and persuasive speech. I am simply and most humbly a servant of Father God.

May God The Father Be Glorified And Praised In EVERYTHING That I Do And Say Through Christ Our LORD!

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WHERE DO I BEGIN?

There is just so much wrong with what we call Christianity and Church that I don’t know where to begin.

There is the superficial façade of ministry with its robes, clerical collars and man-made symbols of Christianity along with the always happy preacher, the performing choirs and the practiced prayers.

There is the false sense of salvation that comes from church membership, denominational fellowship and/or pastoral relationship.

There are the false and misleading messages of entertaining, clowning, academically engaging, motivational speakers masquerading as God’s preachers.

There are the corrupt, greedy, self-serving, manipulative and sexually immoral pastors who destroy lives and ruin souls.

There is the unsaved and blind trying to lead the unsaved and blind.

And there is the abomination in the pulpit preaching and teaching a gospel of perversion.

With so much wrong in Christendom today, sometimes all that I can say is …

REPENT!

“I am In Good Company!” / My Personal Journal Entry

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:10-12)

I have a confession to make. I am not as tough as I thought I was. My feelings do get hurt by rejection, ridicule and being ignored. I’d like to think that I have a pretty tough hide. However, when folks purposely go out of their way to inflict injury, persecution and all manner of evil against me; when they intentionally denigrate my character with malice of forethought and severely impede my ability to support myself and my family, I cannot help but to feel their hatred.

As I pondered the experience and reflected back on when it all began, I was amazed to discover that it all started with the preaching and teaching of God’s Holy Truth!

When the Spirit of Holy Boldness came upon me and I no longer equivocated over what God’s Word commanded or required, when I no longer feared the opinions of others nor sought their positive feedback or approval, when I grew a backbone and spoke like a man of God who was not just familiar with the Word but was acquainted with The Author, all hell seemed to breakout against me.

The veil was removed and the Truth uncovered the lie. Many of those who professed to be my friends were actually my enemies and the enemies of God. Many family members’ as well as church members’ alleged salvation became doubtful in the face of God’s unchanging Word and eternal plan of salvation. The demons who had found a comfortable seat in the House of Prayer became uncomfortable in the presence of the Holy Spirit of God and the proclamation of His ordained plan of Salvation.

Because I choose to stand with Christ, unapologetically, boldly and in the integrity of holiness, many have chosen to persecute me.

I have not personally attacked them, inhibited their career progress, slandered their name nor sullied their reputation. I have only addressed the broad issues of sin in the light of God commandments.

So why kill the messenger?

I have not stood in judgment of anyone to condemn them to hell.  To the contrary, It is their sins which find them out and it is the Word of God that convicts and condemns the sinner for their sin.

But what I have discovered is that I am not alone. This is the path of many who have gone on before me. It is the heritage of the true prophets of God. It is a confirming sign of a godly calling and divine purpose. But more than that, it is a divine reason to rejoice.

As a matter of fact, Jesus instructs me to rejoice. I am to rejoice because I am persecuted for righteousness’ sake.

When I am persecuted because I preach and teach God’s Word that says a woman shall not exercise authority over the man in the body of Christ for Christ is the head of man and man the head of woman…

When I am persecuted and ostracized because I preach and teach God’s Word that says homosexuality is an abomination and no homosexual shall inherit the kingdom of God…

When I am I targeted for attrition because I preach and teach God’s Word that says we must be born again; born of the water and of the Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ in order to see the kingdom of God…

When I am persecuted because I preach and teach God’s Word that says “No sexually immoral, impure or greedy person, no idolater, no lesbian nor sodomite, no drunkard, liar or thief, has any inheritance in the kingdom of God…

Jesus tells me to “rejoice!”

I am told to Rejoice and be Glad because the Kingdom of Heaven is mine and my reward is in Heaven. And I am blessed to be in the company of God-called, anointed, sent and appointed prophets who have gone on before me.

I rejoice because Jesus instructs me to rejoice and I love to obey my Lord!

I rejoice because God has honored me to suffer persecution for the sake of His Holy Word!

I rejoice because I have an eternal reward in heaven and where my treasure is there my heart is also.

I rejoice because I have been initiated into an exclusive fraternity of divinely chosen men who were entrusted with divine Truth and the priceless treasure of salvation

I rejoice because I am in Good Company!

Hallelujah and Praise God!