JUDGES!!

Praise the Lord everybody!! Let everything that has breath praise His holy name!! God has been so good to me and my wife, especially since He moved us into our "promised" land three months ago. I just had my first checkup with my new Doctor and had all my blood test done. Praise God! all is well! I can't thank God enough for what He has done.

Recently I read the following scripture from Paul in 1st Corinthians 2:9-16 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ. 

I have read this scripture many times but this time I began to pay particular notice to verses 15 and 16. Most Christians are quick to tell others "don't judge lest you be judged" as a way of telling others to mind their own business. But the Lord says in His word that the spiritual judge all things! the word "spiritual" is the key here. The spiritual not only see things in the natural like the non-spiritual, but they are also able to discern what is going on in the spiritual realm, which is the driving force behind the natural world. The most important thing that God wants us to be able to judge, is sin.

The spiritual Christian should be able to recognize sin, not only in others but more importantly in themselves. The time has come for spiritual Christians to start judging sin, wherever it may be found, sparing feelings, especially your own, can no longer be a concern. We must first be willing to discern sin first in ourselves. We have to stop condoning and making excuses for sin in our own lives and then the Church. God has given those who are spiritual the authority to judge all things that involve their lives. The spiritual Christian does not let certain behaviors destroy his or her anointing and their relationship with God. They judge it as sin and remove it from their lives.

This generation of believers has to stop winking and blinking at certain behaviors and recognize them as sin, if we see it anywhere in our lives we need to call it what it is and avoid being associated with it. If that means the loss of friends and family so be it. Jesus is coming soon and if we want to go back with Him we have to live holy and rid ourselves of all sin.

God Bless You All, Brother Darrell, Speaking Off The Wall.

IS GOD LIVING IN YOUR GUEST HOUSE?

Praise the Lord! everybody!! Let everything that has breath praise His holy name. It has been a while since I last had the pleasure to share with you guys what is going on with me and what doth sayeth the Lord. Since my last post, God has instructed to not only leave my comfort zone but leave my home for a new home in a new state that I had never been or thought about. Two months before if you had asked me if we were leaving New York we would have said no, but God made a way out of what appeared to be no way. Just like that God blessed us with an apartment we could never afford or even be eligible for in New York. Praise His holy name! Please keep us in prayer because to whom much is given, much is required.

I'd like to share with you something God has been dealing with me about. I was reading out of Haggai when I came across this in
HAGGAI 1:7-9  7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. 9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that [is] waste and ye run every man unto his own house. 

God showed me how many Christians, including myself, go about daily looking to upgrade our position in life while at the same time allowing our relationships with God to fall into disrepair. I began thinking about how rich landowners often live on properties where they have their main residence, a large well kept home that is the centerpiece of the property. Then they have a guest house out back, a small, not so well kept, humble abode for staff and "certain visitors" deemed unworthy of the big house.

How often do we do God the same way? We are always looking to increase our quality of life, better jobs, better homes, and better toys, but not so much concern about a better relationship with God. We want God with us, but not necessarily in the main house where He can be involved in everything we do, no, we regulate God to the guest house where we can call on him when we need him. We keep Him in our servants quarters where we want Him to serve us and not the other way around.
These are the last of the last days, Jesus is coming soon and the time is not now for us to be expanding our own territories while neglecting our real assignment, to serve the Lord our God with all our hearts, minds, and our strength. We need to bring Jesus out of the guest house and restore him as the centerpiece of our lives. God will serve you when you start serving Him.

God bless you all, Brother Darrell, Speaking Off the Wall