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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 567
You want to be open to hearing the Prophets of God. Our Lord God will do nothing
without first revealing it to His prophets. (Amos 3:7) But you also must know the tests of
a true prophet so that you are not deceived by false prophets, liars and deceivers.
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Get connected with some good teaching and training ministries (see resource list in
appendix). God gives gifts of service to all believers but He has chosen certain believers
to receive ministry gifts. These ministry gifts are for leading, teaching, training healing
and ministering to his saints. While the body of Christ would seem to esteem miracles
and healing as the highest of the gifts, the word of God clearly states differently. Paul
lays out some of the leadership gifts in order of authority, they include: “first apostles,
secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps,
governments, diversities of tongues.
” (1 Corinthians 12:28) Other ministry gifts include
pastors and evangelists (Ephesians 4:11). God has designed and apportioned these gifts
for the following purpose:
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature
of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and
fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in
love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part,
maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. (Ephesians 4:12-
16)
You want to find out how God has gifted you, what your calling is and you want to
follow God where ever He leads you. This process takes time and is accomplished by
getting to know God through the study of His word, and through prayer, worship and
praise and by being equipped and trained by God's anointed ministry leaders.
A Word Of Warning
God's call is to come out of Babylon, your only protection is to put your entire faith, trust
and obedience in God and his son Jesus Christ. You can not fight against what God has ordained.
You can not fight against God's judgment.
When the chief priests and elders came to take Jesus so that they could put him on trial
and crucify him, Peter drew his sword and cut off a man's ear. “Then said Jesus unto him, Put up
again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.”
(Matthew 26:52) Jesus is revealing that not only can you not fight against what God has ordained
but if you do, you shall die.
In the book of Amos we see a further warning to those who refuse to believe the
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See Volume 1, pp. 352-353 and Luke 1:66-80; Ezekiel 12:25-28; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 23:1, 9-27 and 32.
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