How Big is Your Spirit?

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We live in a nation of “icon-ism”. It seems every individual is an icon to their own self, a legend in their own mind. They’re making the rules and everybody has to obey. If others don’t obey they will be called out! This is not God’s way. If you conduct yourself in such fashion you will not find others supporting your arrogance.
 
We’re walking into a time now when we are going to find ourselves up against the wall like we’ve never been before. I’m not talking about just the issues that we deal with in our finances, our health, or not having provision. We see many people doing without a lot these days, but right now I’m talking about the manifestation of something much greater, something eviler than you have ever imagined. The power of a human being possessed by the devil is a very dangerous thing. “He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world!” (1 John 4:4). But how big is He in you? It’s about your body, soul, and spirit; we need more knowledge and wisdom about our spirit.
 
We work here on Earth in the body. We show ourselves before God while in the body. But what are we thinking about? What is our mind focused on? What are we letting come into our mind through the eye? We let a lot of things come through that should not be let through. Those things will affect you! People say, “It doesn’t matter what we watch on T.V. Our government says it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t affect anybody.” Well, I want to know why a company would pay over 7 million dollars for 30 seconds of time on TV advertisement during the Super Bowl. Why would they do that? Because it persuades! It convinces people, sometimes even to do stupid things. How many times have you watched the television and all of a sudden a commercial for ice cream or cookies comes on? You begin to salivate and you start taking an inventory in your mind, like “What do we have in the cabinet? What’s in my freezer?”
 
What are we going to let persuade us in life? We don’t think it’s any big deal. We think, “Oh, I’m doing a good thing, doing the right thing; I’m going to church.” But there’s more to it than just making our presence known in the Body. That’s a good start, but we’ve got to move forward with renewing the soul. We’ve got to let our minds not only be renewed to the things and the ways and will of God, but we must begin to focus on those things to know when it IS God and when it IS NOT God.
 
Finally, we arrive at the last element of ourselves, the spirit. The one thing we talk the least about. Oh, we talk about the Holy Spirit! We talk about the presence of the Holy Spirit, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the move and flow of the Holy Spirit, the river of the Holy Spirit. But what about YOUR spirit? What do you know about your spirit? It is the third part of your being. It is that which you need to find the power to possess you with His good, with His love, with His power to overcome the evil that is coming at us. It is what tells you the difference between your thoughts and His.
 
How many times have you been moving in a direction and didn’t really know why? But then when you got there you realized “Ah-ha! I would have lost a lot of time; I’d have lost a lot of money if I hadn’t been here at the right time or place.” How beneficial is it for those who are investing, or buying or selling, to be at the right place at the right time? It’s treacherous in the world of economics today. It vacillates. It is difficult to be able to know what to invest in these days. We thought that if we had poured all of our money into our homes that we would be safe! But that has proved to be wrong.
 
It is not enough to know who God is to be saved. No, you need His Spirit living within you. You need His guiding light before you. You need His word before you that will shed the light upon the path on which you are going. To know if it’s God or if it’s not you need to find that place of prayer so you can begin to feed the spirit inside of you. Then you will begin to empower yourself to know that He that is in you is greater than he that is in the world. Only then can you face that demonic being manifesting in this world.
 
We are already seeing it! We see the manifestation in a lot of places, in a lot of things. But now it is coming after us. Those who call themselves atheists aren’t just sitting around saying they just don’t believe. No, they are organizing. They are uniting and building forces. That’s just the beginning. And here the church is still squabbling over pews, hymnals and music – things that shouldn’t make that much of a difference, really.
 
My point is you’ve got to find out what God has for you. You need to know what He wants to do with you. Because once you find that out, you’re locked in on a course where the evil one can’t touch you. It says so in 1 John 5:18-20, “We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.”
 

Written by, Kent Simpson, Apostolic Prophet

Identity of the Human Form

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God is about to empower you with something that will give you the ability to not fear anything in this life. You can now know all things to come, because Jesus Christ is about to reveal Himself on a level that we have never seen before.
 
We are going to begin in an area that could bring about a drastic change in your theology. It will also stretch your faith and direct you to the identity of your roots. We’re going to be talking about the Body, the Soul, and the Spirit, those things that our Lord desires us to know more about in this time especially.
 
We will begin to lay down a foundation that will give you some footing to know how to make it over that mountain. Whenever your faith seems weak, whenever the trials and tribulations seem great, the Lord will give you the ability to find the source and the answers to those things you have need of in order to conquer all that the world throws at you.

1 Thessalonians 5:17-23 says,
“Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast to what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.“

 
How many of us want to be blameless before the Lord Jesus Christ? He’s talking about three parts of you as a human being. He’s talking about your body, an obvious part of all of us. He’s talking about your soul. Most people get confused when speak about the soul because they think it’s the same thing as your spirit, but it’s not. Your soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions. That’s where the battleground is in spiritual warfare, and that’s where most people start making their mistakes. They begin to meditate on things and they think it is okay to think on them as long as they don’t act upon them. Wrong!
 
Jesus taught that if you so much as think upon it you will do it (ref. Matthew 5:28). Premeditated murder doesn’t start with an accident. It starts with a thought. And you nurture that thought until it creates the manifestation of that which is evil. So don’t think that you are fooling God, and that you’re protected as long as you keep it in your soul – your mind, will, and emotions. If you think on it long enough, it will possess you. It will take over and you will lose total control, and when you finally snap out of it you’ll realize that you don’t even know how you got to where you are.
 
I don’t know if you’ve ever listened to these programs about people who have found themselves in a sinful situation. They did something they wished that they’d never done. They allowed it to start by those things that are forbidden for Christians, such as anger, hate, and vengeance. These things that we may sometimes want to do which we were supposed to have died to in the flesh. Do not think just because you are not acting out your sinful thoughts does not mean you are sin free. For if you continue to think upon doing something sinful you will eventually commit the sin; for it will take hold and posses you.
 
The body profits you nothing! Many people focus all upon the body, especially those who are looking for a mate. Just because they find somebody who looks good and is appealing to them does not mean their marriage will work. We’re supposed to be led by the Spirit in all things. And what the Spirit brings together no man can take apart. Too many people today are married in the flesh, the lust of the flesh, and just because they were married in a church does not sanctify their marriage. Just because they have a piece of paper that says “Marriage License” does not make it official in the eyes of God. What He is looking for is a person who is willing to be led to that person that he has so selected that they may find harmony and peace in life.
 
I could spend a long time talking about marriage counseling and about those who have found the wrong mate and also about those who are looking for a mate. We have a lot of people write in for a prophetic word from God. The very first question is usually regarding a mate; the second one is about finances, and the third one is concerning God’s will. A lot of times, those people get what God says and then they say, “Well I’m going to order another one because I didn’t like that one!” It doesn’t work that way. God does not line up with you. He does not allow you to restore His mind to be equal with yours. It’s the other way around!
 

By Kent Simpson, Apostolic Prophet

All Things Hidden Will be Revealed

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It was almost 11:00 PM on a clear spring night in 1988. I was on my way to work at the all-night Texaco Gas & Food Mart located in Southlake, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, when I saw a large dark form in the sky. I stopped my pick-up and got out to look at what I initially thought was just a figment of my imagination. There was a huge craft moving very slowly a couple hundred feet over the tree line. It was flat black in color (ref. 2 Samuel 22:10) and had faint colored lights in its underbelly that dimmed off and on in a pulsating rhythm. (ref. Psalms 18:11-12). The lights were not bright. They did not even look like lights. I cannot describe their likeness because I have never seen anything like them before or since. The vessel (ref. 2 Samuel 22:11) had three tiers. The first tier was about five hundred feet long and approximately three hundred feet wide. Its shape was like a half circle that had the outer ends stretched back, taking the form of an ocean dwelling sting-ray (ref. 2 Samuel 22:12). Connected by a shaft just above it was a smaller platform that had the same shape. It was connected in such a way that it was at an angle behind and above the open area of the lower tier. The third tier was much smaller, extending far behind and above the second and first tier in a stair step formation. I heard music that was incomparable to anything I had ever heard before. The music and foreign sounds were coming from the lower tier. I could not see anyone, but I knew that on the top level sat a being that was looking out over the city. The enormous craft gently floated along blocking out the light from the moon and the stars as it flew over the city. I had stopped and stood outside my vehicle for a minute and then the craft begin to start gathering momentum after making a complete stop. Then in a flash the craft was gone. A small vapor trail followed it, as it left the atmosphere. The glowing trail it left behind vanished into the night as quickly as it had appeared.
 
I honestly thought I was losing my mind. The most sensible thing for me to do was not tell anyone about what I had seen. As I worked through the night thought about what I had seen. I always took my Bible to work so I began to search for an explanation of what it could have been. One scripture I found was in Ephesians 6:12.
 

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12).

 
The vessel I saw was black like darkness and it was located in the heavens above, so I thought it had to be satan riding around looking for someone to devour. Whatever it was, I knew I could not tell anyone until I had uncovered the mystery of this sighting? Before this event I did not believe in these types of things. Today this vessel is no longer a mystery in my mind, because it has been identified biblically.
 
At 7:00 AM the morning shift worker came to relieve me. This fellow was not a Christian. I made every attempt to converse only on a business level with him. His language was foul and vulgar; he cursed every other word. I did not care to listen to him talk. However, on this particular morning he caught my attention. He said, “Man, did you see that space ship last night?” I froze in my tracks and asked him to repeat himself. I could not believe what I was hearing. He said, “Yeah man, it was even broadcast over the radio about a weird sighting over by the airport.” Hearing that he had seen it also and that it had been reported on the radio helped me know that I was not crazy. I now thought it had to be satan riding on this unknown craft because of the sources of confirmation.
 
As I drove home, I began to ask the Lord what we had seen. How was I able to hear the music and who was sitting on the top platform? Over the course of the next few months, I continued to ask the Lord for understanding about what I had seen that night. I knew that in the Bible it was recorded that Jesus said, “There is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.” (ref. Mark 4:22) Well, I desperately needed the light of revelation straight from the Lord on this matter. I knew not to ask any minister about what I had seen. They would surely think I had fallen out of my tree.
 
About eight months later, as I was praying one morning, the Holy Spirit told me that He was going to give me a gift on my birthday. Well, you can image all of the material things I envisioned the Holy Spirit was going to give me. It was just a few days until my birthday, so I was able to contain my thoughts and excitement to some degree. However, by the time my birthday came around, I had forgotten all about the gift the Holy Spirit had promised me. After prayer each morning, I would spend an hour or more reading my Bible. The morning of my birthday I was led by the Spirit to read Psalm 18. As I began to read the Holy Spirit said, “This is your birthday present.” I thought to myself, “WHAT! How can this be my birthday present? I cannot see anything here for me.” Then the Holy Spirit began to teach me, bringing back to my remembrance the night I saw the huge black craft. Below are the scriptures that God used to identify the unidentified flying object.
 

“The earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth; COALS were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down With DARKNESS under His feet. And He rode upon a CHERUB, and FLEW; He flew upon the WINGS of the wind. He made DARKNESS His secret place; His canopy around Him was DARK waters and thick CLOUDS of the skies. From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with HAILSTONES and COALS of FIRE” (Psalm 18:7-12).

 
This may not seem like much to you, but just to know that what I had seen was not satan’s space craft, knowing this gave me great peace. To realize that I had a glimpsed of the same CHERUB that David had seen made me feel very honored. It was not by accident that the Lord mentioned so many times in these verses the darkness of His vessel. This reassured me that it was the Lord sitting upon the third platform of the craft (Ref. 2 Samuel 22:11) and that on the lower tier, the angels were praising Him in their heavenly language. I will never forget the sound of the praise and worship I heard coming from His cherub. The Holy Spirit continued to show me in the remainder of this chapter that David was surrounded by his enemies and was in need of a miracle. This is when the Lord came down from His throne like a screaming eagle riding upon His cherub sending fire like a laser from the glowing coals located under the belly of the craft. (ref. 2 Samuel 22:13-15) Destroying David’s enemy in this manner, the Lord revealed Himself in a way that few have ever seen. Plucking David from the battle ground and drawing him up to ride on the cherub delivering him to a safe place. (2 Samuel 22: 17-18)
 
Even though the Holy Spirit had so clearly taught me these things from Psalm 18, I still had the audacity to ask Him to confirm what He had just shown me. He said, “Go to 2 Samuel chapter 22.” There was the confirmation I needed to be sure that I was hearing from the Spirit of the Lord.
 

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).

 
II Samuel 22:1-18:
“He bowed the heavens also, and came down with darkness under His feet. 11. He rode upon a cherub, and flew; and He was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12. He made darkness canopies around Him, dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.”
 
13. “From the brightness before Him coals of fire were kindled. 14. The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered His voice. 15. He sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning bolts, and He vanquished them. 16. Then the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.”
 
17. “He sent from above, He took me, he drew me out of many waters. 18. He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me”
 
Comments:
All things hidden will be revealed. God’s timing is not our timing. You must wait upon the Lord for the revelation. But He will reveal all things if you have the ear to hear the Spirit.
 
Do you have faith in our Lord to wait for the answers to your questions? Do you know that our Lord is in control and has all the answers? The Lord is waiting upon us to seek Him for all things we face in this life.
 
The question is not if He will answer you but will you seek Him for the answers. The question is not if He is ready but are you ready? All things hidden will be revealed. Are you ready for your revelation?
 

Written by, Kent Simpson, Apostolic Prophet

The Law and the Prophets

 
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As children we were taught the Golden Rule, that we should treat others the way we would want to be treated. This is an effective tool to help youngsters understand basic reciprocity in relationships at a time when they still haven’t developed the ability to fully empathize with others. But the Golden Rule is actually a soft form of the spiritual law that we should do unto others what we would have done unto us.
 

“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets“(Matthew 7:12).

 
Playing nice with classmates on the playground and gaining a group of friends might be the intended goal of many parents and teachers who teach the Golden Rule but it would be difficult for children to understand the point of being kind if they are not receiving immediate positive results. Adults also struggle with being loving to others when their expected return on investment isn’t fully realized in a timeline they find appropriate. Many Christians get frustrated with God for not “keeping up His end of the bargain” and feel as doing God’s Will isn’t worth their time or effort.
 
They are confusing this spiritual law with giving to receive which is expressed in the Latin phrase “do ut des” (I give that you might give). This formula was a key aspect of the Roman religious’ system that you must offer sacrifices to receive favor from the gods. Still maturing Christians mistakenly believe that by reciting specific prayers, giving offerings, and practicing Biblical disciplines that God will give them “the desires of their heart”.
 

“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass” (Psalms 37:4-5).

 
We must recognize that we are not in a position to try to coerce God by some kind of implied contract we have created in our minds. If we doing something we think will win God’s favor, He is not obliged to fulfill what we want Him to do. We can cry out that He isn’t being fair, but this ignores the undeserved Grace of forgiveness of our sins. He extends this Love to us as “children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked…as our Father is merciful (ref. Luke 6: 30, 31)”.
 
Another aspect of this spiritual law that is difficult for us comprehend is waiting for deserved justice or rewards to come our way. Even when God has promised us blessings or positions, they will not be following our timeline or the path we want. As a young man, David was anointed by the Prophet Samuel to be the future king of Israel. There were many instances in David’s life where he had serious reasons to doubt that he would ever survive long enough to be crowned king. Reigning King Saul, not only stood in David’s way of being crowned king but was also a threat to his life, having attempted to murder him on multiple occasions.
 
David could hardly be blamed for wanting to help his destiny to move along, carry out God’s Justice, or to try to literally “war over his prophecy” to help it come to pass by repaying Saul with the same evil violence he had shown David. But, when given two separate opportunities to assassinate Saul, David chose to instead cut off a part of Saul’s cloak at the Cave of Adullam and then to take Saul’s spear and water jug in the wilderness of Ziph as evidence that he’d had the opportunity to kill Saul but had spared him instead. Saul was his tormentor yet David still “loved his enemy, did good to those who hated him, blessed those who cursed him and prayed for those who mistreated him” when it was hardest.
 
That was the core of Christ’s ministry on Earth. When asked what the greatest commandment was, He replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,” but also explained that the second is to “Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” (ref. Matt 22: 36-40). Because God loved us beyond our comprehension, we must strive to love Him in return with every aspect of our being. But this love must be expressed towards others as well. Just as He has forgiven us our sins we must extend this Love and Forgiveness towards our neighbors and especially our brothers and sisters in Christ.
 
Today’s society has twisted this rule to say: “Do unto other’s before they do it to you.” Believers, do not be discouraged for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to STAND! (ref. Ephesians 6:12-13)
 

Message by Kent Simpson, Apostolic Prophet & Eric Sepulveda, PMT Administrator