YOUR HEART CONDITION

[SW624] 5/16/24 blog post by

Pastor Susan J. Wynn

Your Heart Condition

Texts: Matthew 13:1-23, etc.

Jesus Christ teaches a parable in this chapter that is designed to reveal to you the condition of your heart. I will show you that the condition of your heart is revealed by your response to the Word of God. Jesus Christ will show it to you with His own words, and I will add what He has directed me to say.

The Lord has asked me to be your cardiologist today. I will show you how He shows me what is in your heart. I will diagnose your heart condition by your response to the Word of God. Then I will show you His prescription by which your heart will be healed. All who are filled with God are His physicians — that is our position to which He has assigned us.

The condition of your heart, for which you are held accountable, determines whether you will understand and see and believe and obey — that is, whether you will take what I prescribe and be healed, or remain sin-sick. 

I sow the seed of His Word. I show you the cure for your heart condition. My responsibility ends there, and your responsibility begins there, though I will continue to show you and everyone the Lord puts in front of me.

Note that He is the Sower, but that He appoints His Spirit filled bond-servants to sow the word of the kingdom of God that He gives us to speak. We sow, but it is your heart condition that determines whether you will receive it and act upon it.

I will also say that I have not met many churchgoers who have taken His prescription. So their hearts remain sin-sick. Why have they not taken it? In most so-called churches, the seed of the word of the kingdom is not sown because no one has the Sower within them. So there is no physician, no prescription, and no healing of their sin-sick hearts or your sin-sick heart, even though some of you are very prosperous in the natural.

The Lord has directed me to show you the word of the kingdom of God by speaking one verse of the parable of the sower, and then speaking the corresponding verse in which He explains the parable, and then the next parable and His explanation, and so on. Why? You may argue with my interpretation, but you cannot argue with His! 

Listen —

Matthew 13:1   That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. ² And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

Jesus moved from the shore to a boat just off shore, and sat down. That is the position of a teacher. Then He taught the word of the kingdom of God.

Matthew 13:3   And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; ⁴ and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.” 

Roads are packed down and hard. Any seed that falls there cannot put down roots. The surface is too hard. So it just lays there, and birds come along and eat the seed. 

Matthew 13:18   “Hear then the parable of the sower. ¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, (is not wise), the evil(wicked) one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.”

This is the word of the kingdom of God which is sown in you — His kingdom, fully and permanently established within you when you obey His commandments regarding the Spirit. Then His kingdom is established within your heart, and you will go to His kingdom in heaven when your body falls away. 

But if your heart condition is hard, the seed of the word of the kingdom of God cannot be established in you. Jesus says it is because you are not wise. You cannot discern a lie from the truth. 

So Satan comes and snatches away the word of the Kingdom. He is a liar and the father of lies, and his children will placate you and soothe your conscience by telling you God understands you can’t help but sin. And you surely will be judged and sentenced to hell by Jesus Christ, for no sinner will enter heaven (John 7:23).

Matthew 13:5   “Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. ⁶ But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.” 

Seeds must be planted in soft, fertilized, cultivated soil. If they are sown in shallow soil, like what you find in rocky areas, tiny plants will quickly springs up. But they have no root because the soil is too thin. So the tiny plants wither in the heat of the sun.

Matthew 13:20   “The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; ²¹ yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.”

Some who hear the word of the kingdom of God hear it and receive it with joy at first. But their belief is shallow and therefore weak, so their joy is only temporary. Their roots are only temporary. What does He mean?

When troubles come upon them and when persecution comes because of the word of the kingdom, as Jesus Christ promises in John 15:18 and forward, they fall away. They lose their salvation.

Why did they fall away? Their faith was only temporary. So they were not members of the kingdom of God, for the kingdom of God is not in them. If it was, they would never fall away!

Matthew 13:7   “Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.”

Thorns are sharp and invasive — they can take over a whole garden, if it is not tended. And they choke out the seed, so what springs up withers and dies.

Matthew 13:22   “And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” 

Some who hear the word of the kingdom of God, but thorns choke it out. They What are the thorns? 

 — Worrying about what you shall eat and drink, and how you will clothe yourself. 

Do you not know? Jesus Christ has provided all things that are needful for you to become a sower. That is what He commands all believers to become — His Spirit-filled bond-servants who sow the seed of the word of the kingdom of God. But you cannot be what He commands you to be unless you hear and act upon the word of the kingdom of God.

—  Chasing after natural riches and trusting in them instead of Him, and even brazenly demanding them from Him, even grabbing a scripture out of context and naming and claiming it over your life. Do you not know? That is nowhere in the Word of God!

So the word of the kingdom is choked out. You heard it, but you do not bear the fruit of it. Why? 

Your worry and your desire for riches reveal that you did not act upon the word of the kingdom of God, so the kingdom of God is not in you. If it was, such things would not even be in your heart.

Matthew 13:8   “And others fell on the good (beautiful) soil, and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He who has ears, let him hear.”

If the soil is good and beautifully prepared, the seed planted in it yields a crop. The crop is used to feed people, and its seeds can be planted to produce another crop. 

Matthew 13:23   “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”

But if the condition of your heart’s soil is good, then you have heard the word of the kingdom of God, understood it, and acted upon it. So the kingdom of God is fully established in your heart. Therefore, you will go forth, sowing the word of the kingdom of God. You can’t stop speaking of what you have seen and heard (Acts 4:10)! You are steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord (1Corinthians 15:58)!

You will indeed bear fruit, but the amount of fruit you produce is not dependent on you, but on the condition of the hearts who receive the word of the kingdom that you have faithfully sown. As I said, we who have the kingdom of God within us are sowers, just as Jesus Christ is the Sower, for He and the Father and the Spirit have come in to fully and permanently indwell us (John 14:17, 23)!

As I said in the beginning of this message, the condition of your heart, for which you are held accountable, determines whether you will understand and see and believe and obey. And you must choose, in order to have the condition of your sin-sick heart healed.

You must choose whether you will receive the word of the kingdom of God and act upon it by obeying His commandments regarding the Spirit, or reject it. You must choose whether you will take what Jesus Christ and I prescribe and be healed, or remain as you are, with a sin-sick heart. 

The harvest from it is not dependent upon me, but upon the condition of your heart. I sow the seed of His Word. I show you the cure for your heart condition. But the heart condition of those among whom I sow will determine the amount of fruit that will come forth.

His exhortation and warning

So today, Jesus Christ says you must choose. Will you receive the word of the kingdom of God which I have sown today, or will you reject it?

If you will hear and receive and act upon the word of the kingdom of God by obeying Jesus Christ’s commandments regarding the Spirit, your heart condition will be healed and you will have heaven in your soul here and now, and are heaven-bound. 

But if you reject the word of the kingdom of God because you have received and acted upon the lies of Satan, Jesus Christ will judge you in the day of judgment, and you will perish in hell. Therefore, hear and heed the word of the kingdom.

You have read the message. Now, believe it, act upon it, and then run with it!

Amen, Lord Jesus.

SIN IN THE CAMP

[SW623] 5/9/24 blog post by

Pastor Susan J. Wynn

Sin in the Camp

Texts: Joshua 7, 1Corinthians 5, Revelation 3: etc.

What happens when there is sin in your heart? The Lord has directed me to show you, through the account of sin in the camp, in Joshua 7.

Who sinned, among Israel? Achan sinned by taking valuables from Jericho that the Lord commanded Israel not to take. What was the result? Israel was defeated at Ai. 

In the same way, you cannot help but be defeated by sin and Satan if you disobey Jesus Christ’s commandments to stay and wait until you are filled with all of God. And your sin affects everyone in the church. I will show you why.

I will also show you that when the sin in your heart is crucified, your heart is purified, and you are filled with all of God, you will be victorious against sin and Satan.

Israel had obeyed all the Lord commanded, when He told them to conquer Jericho (Joshua 6:18-19). Therefore, the Lord was with them! So the walls of Jericho came down at the trumpet blast, and Jericho was overrun. 

Today, if you will obey Him, sin will no longer be within your heart. He will be within you, and you will no longer be defeated by sin and Satan. 

After their great victory at Jericho, Achan took valuables from Jericho that the Lord had commanded Israel not to take. What was the Lord’s response?

Joshua 7:1   But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel.

The sons of Israel acted unfaithfully! What? Wasn’t it just Achan who took the valuables? I pray you see this, for it is the same in today’s sinning church — one man sinned, but the Lord held all of them accountable and was angry with all of them.

One man took some of the things that were under the ban, but all of them were called unfaithful by the Lord. The Lord’s anger burned against all of them. Why? Surely, nothing is done in secret. His family knew, and did not report it. Some of his fellow soldiers must have seen him carrying those things away. But no one exposed Achan’s sin. 

His anger burns today against you who sin and say you cannot help but sin, but God understands. His anger burns today against all who teach that lie, and do not warn and exhort you when you sin. So He calls all of you unfaithful!

What happened to Israel, because Achan and all Israel was unfaithful? What happened when the Lord’s anger burned against them? Listen —

Joshua 7:4   So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai. ⁵ The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of their men, and pursued them from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them down on the descent, so the hearts of the people melted and became as water.

Imagine Israel’s surprise, after their great victory in Jericho, when they went in to possess Ai and were defeated! All of them were defeated by Ai. 

Do you see it? When you sin, you are defeated by Satan, and the Lord is angry with you! But He is also angry with those who teach you that you can’t help but sin, but the Lord understands!

Did the Lord “understand” in this passage? Not at all, nor did He ever “understand,” in all of the Word of God!

How did Joshua respond to Israel’s defeat? He mourned and cried out! He tore his clothes and fell on his face! He cried out to the Lord, along with all the leaders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads as a sign of mourning (Joshua 7:6)! 

That is what the so-called church should do, but they think nothing of sin, because God understands! Therefore, they reveal they do not know the Lord in any way! 

If the so-called church knew the Lord, they would do as Joshua and Israel’s leaders did! They would ask Him why they are defeated. He would tell them it is because there is sin in the church! But they do not know Him.

Listen —

Joshua 7:10   So the LORD said to Joshua, “Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? ¹¹ Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed (i.e. stepped across the line of) My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things.”

Joshua did not know why Israel was defeated (Joshua 7:6 & 19). He did not know about Achan. But he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord said Israel had sinned — all Israel! And in Verse 19, the Lord showed him which one had taken what he was commanded not to take from Jericho. 

Again, Achan sinned, but in the Lord’s eyes, all Israel was held accountable, for no one called him out, though some saw him do it. That is why He judged all of them by allowing Ai to defeat them. 

Today, the Lord shows His Spirit-filled bond-servants who is sinning, and shows us entire ministries that are sinning. We expose what you do and cry out for you to turn away from your sin and the lies you believe. We warn you that if you do not, the Lord will judge you, in the day of judgment (Matthew 7:23). 

Do you see it? You cannot stand against Satan when you are sinning against the Lord! You are cursed by the Lord! He is not with you! 

But He promised Israel that He would be with them,  if they removed sin from the camp. Listen —

Joshua 7:12  “Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, forthey have becomeaccursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst.¹³ You cannot stand before your enemies until you have removed the things under the ban from your midst.”

If the Lord was not with them, they would lose every battle. So Joshua would not be able to lead Israel into the land the Lord had promised Israel! 

I tell you the truth, O sinning so-called Christian, you cannot possess the promised land — heaven in your soul here and now, and heaven with God when your body falls away — if you continue to sin. Why? He is not within you. But if you ask Him to remove sin from your heart, He will surely do it! 

Do you see it, O sinning Christian and O sinning church? The Lord sees what you are doing! Your sin causes you and your church to be defeated by Satan, regardless of how prosperous your church appears to be!

So He directs His Spirit-filled bond-servants call you out on  it! Why? So you would turn away from the lies you have believed and cry out for Him to do what only He can do in your heart — crucify your sin nature, purify your heart, and fill you with all of God. 

Only then will you be victorious! Only then will you possess heaven!

You will say, “This is just ‘Old Testament!’” We are not to judge! But listen to Paul speak of a man who sinned in the church at Corinth —

1Corinthians 5:3   For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present. ⁴ In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, ⁵to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh (sin nature), so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Paul judged the sinner at Corinth, delivering him to Satan! Why? So he would fall to his knees, and ask the Lord to crucify his flesh (his sin nature)! 

Was that “just Paul?” Not at all! Jesus Christ allowed Satan to sift prideful Peter in Luke 22:31. Peter’s pride separated him from the Lord. But Jesus prayed for him to turn back to Him, and then strengthen his fellow disciples! 

When Achan was exposed as the one who had sinned, Joshua commanded him to confess what he had done, and Achan did so. So just as the Lord commanded Joshua, all that was Achan’s was destroyed —  even he and his family were killed.

I tell you the truth, the wages of sin (that is, the “reward”) is spiritual death (Romans 6:23) here and now, and judgment and hell when you stand before Jesus Christ in the day of judgment! 

But if you turn away from the liars who say you’re “fine” and turn to Jesus Christ, and ask Him to crucify your sin nature and purify your heart, He will remove sin from your heart, and then fill you with all of God! 

Hear this truth! When sin had been removed from the camp, the Lord gave Israel victory over Ai (Joshua 8). And when sin has been removed from your heart, you have forever defeated sin and Satan!

I tell you the truth, Satan rubs his hands together with glee when you say this is “not for today,” because he wants the so-called church to continue to believe that they are fine with God and victorious, even though they rebel against Him by sinning!

Satan rejoices that those who believe that lie will be surprised in the day of judgment! Why? He knows that Jesus Christ will tell them that He never knew them, and will judge them and sentence them to hell (Matthew 7:23)! 

You will argue with the truth I have spoken, saying, “But our church is large and prosperous! We must be right about sin, and you must be wrong, because God has blessed us! He has made us rich and wealthy and in need of nothing.”

That was also what the church at Laodicea believed about themselves — rich, wealthy, in need of nothing. But He told them and tells you that despite your outward prosperity, you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked (Revelation 3:17)! 

Jesus Christ said this to the church at Laodicea, and He says this to all of you who think are fine with God though you rebel against Him by sinning — 

Revelation 3:20  “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ²¹ He who overcomes (is victorious over sin), I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. ²² He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Do you hear His voice through this message? Will you open the door of your heart? Will you pray to Him and ask Him to give you what He commands you to have — a sin-free, pure, God-filled heart? He will do it, if you hear His voice and obey Him, O sinning Christian!

Then you will surely overcome — you will be victorious over sin and Satan, for you have ceased from sin so as the live the rest of the life in the body not for the lusts of mankind but for the will of God (1Peter 4:1-2)! 

Satan will tempt you, but you will recognize him and defeat Him with the Word of God, just as Jesus Christ did in Matthew 4, for He will give you a mouth and words which none of your opponents — even Satan himself — can resist or refute (Luke 21:15)!

Do you insist that we must not judge, and that I am wrong to judge you? Then hear Paul, regarding the man who was sinning at the church of Corinth —

1Corinthians 5:12   For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? ¹³ But those who are outside, God judges. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves (Deuteronomy 13:5).

God judges those who are in the world — those outside the church. Paul and all of His Spirit-filled bond-servants speak for Him, to judge those in the church who sin. Why? So you see your sin, turn away from those who teach lies, turn to Jesus Christ, and obey His commandments regarding the Spirit!

Only then will you enter heaven and have heaven in your soul, here and now. Only then will you always be victorious over sin and Satan because your heart will be sin-free and filled with all of God! 

But if you refuse, He will surely judge you and sentence you to hell, in the day of judgment. He has sent me to you, to warn and exhort you. 

You have read the message He has given me to write. Now obey Him, and then, run with the message.

Amen, Lord Jesus!

FOOLISH PROPHETS

[SW622] 5/2/24 blog post by

Pastor Susan J. Wynn

Foolish Prophets

Texts: Jeremiah 7, 2Peter 2, Ezekiel 13, etc.

In the Old Testament, foolish prophets were busy! What were they busy with? Leading astray those who claimed to be God’s people but sinned against Him. 

It is the same today! Do you not know? Foolish prophets abound in today’s “churches!”

You will say to me, “Prophets were for the Old Testament! We do not have prophets any more!” But a prophet is one who hears from God. 

Many in today’s pulpits and ministries claim to hear from Him, but by their words, they reveal that they do not know Him in any way! So they are foolish prophets!

The Hebrew word for “foolish” is nabal, and it means “foolish, wicked, stupid!”Yet they occupy teaching, preaching, leadership and evangelistic positions in the “church.” 

So why do they abound in today’s “churches?” Ah! Many in today’s “churches” do not know the Lord in any way! If they did, they would not listen to foolish prophets. 

But they are like the ones whose words they love — foolish, wicked, stupid. So they believe whatever their foolish prophets say. And they all mindlessly go down the broad path that leads to destruction! Many are on it! (Matthew 7:13)

Who are His true prophets? Ones who know God intimately. He has done it in us. We hear His voice because Jesus Christ and the Father and the Holy Spirit permanently and fully indwell us. So we constantly communicate with Him. And His Spirit teaches us all things (John 14:26, 16:13-15)!

His divine nature and character are within us. Therefore, we are not foolish — we do not speak out of our own imagination. We are not wicked — we are pure in heart! We are not stupid — we possess His wisdom. 

Jesus Christ has called us to exhort and warn those who listen to foolish prophets! We exhort them to turn away from the foolish prophets and turn to the real Jesus Christ. And we warn them of the consequences if they do not turn!

Therefore, I will show you these things. First, I will show you what comes out of the mouths of false prophets. Then I will show you God’s words to the foolish prophets in the days of Isaiah and Ezekiel and His words to the foolish prophets who abound in today’s so-called churches. Then I will show you the result of their lies, and His judgment of them. Lastly, I will show you the consequences if you refuse the truth He has asked me to speak.

What the foolish prophets speak —

Jeremiah 7:4   “. . . deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ 

The foolish prophets who do not hear from or know God speak deceptive words from their own imagination. They deceive you, saying, “God will not judge you! Even though you sin, He lives in you! Your body is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord! You are the church, the church, the church!” 

That said, why on earth are so many in the so-called church deceived by such lies form foolish prophets? Their deceptive words please their ears! 

You will say, “Oh, all that you have said was just for the Old Testament. We live in the New Testament times. So the ones we listen to and whose words we love are not foolish prophets.” But listen to Peter’s warning and Paul’s warning to you —

2Peter 2:1   But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Acts 20:29 “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; ³⁰ and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse (morally corrupt) things, to draw away the disciples after them.”

Destructive teachings that are contrary to the Word of God! Secretly introduced! Drawing disciples away from His true prophets! Denying the real Jesus Christ and teaching a Jesus from their own imagination! But they and those who love their words will suddenly and quickly be destroyed by the Lord!

You will say, “Oh, Pastor Sue, you are wrong! These are nice people! They would never lie!” But by their words and actions, I know they are foolish prophets who are lying to you! 

Listen to the Lord’s description of foolish prophets, and the result of the lies they speak —

Ezekiel 13:3  Thus says the Lord GOD, “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing. ⁴ O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.” 

Foolish prophets are not filled with the Holy Spirit, though they claim to be. They say they see God and hear from God, but they have seen and heard nothing. 

They are like foxes among ruins. What does that mean? Foxes dig up and devourr whatever remains, after a city has been overrun and destroyed. 

Foolish prophets are like foxes, for they do the same thing to you! Your heart is sin-sick. It is in ruins until you obey Jesus Christ’s commandments regarding the Spirit.

But they will say, “Oh, no! You are alright! God loves you! Don’t worry about your sin! He understands! But keep giving your money to us, so we can keep assuring you that you are just fine with God.”

Do you not see it? You are in ruins! You have been overrun and destroyed by the lies of foolish prophets! They are greedily devouring you, for they do what their father, Satan, does (John 8:44). Do you not know? Satan is a prowling, roaring lion who seeks whoever he can devour (1Peter 5:8)!

The Lord continues to describe foolish prophets —

Ezekiel 13:6  “They see falsehood andlying divination (witchcraft) who are saying, ‘The LORD declares,’ when the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word. ⁷ Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The LORD declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”

Witchcraft is the original Hebrew-to-English. They use witchcraft to cast a spell of stupidity and blindness on those who love their words! They say “The Lord declares!” Sounds impressive, but the Lord has not sent them, or they would not say what they say and do what they do! Do you not see their fruit? Of course not! Their lies have blinded you! 

I tell you the truth, just as in the Old Testament, today’s foolish prophets will lie, hoping their word is fulfilled, but it never is. It cannot ever be fulfilled! Why? Their word does not come from the Lord! False visions gush forth from their mouths — “The Lord declares, thus says the Lord, I’ve had a vision” — but He has not spoken to them and they see nothing! 

With their lies, they attempt to destroy His truth. How foolish! In 2008, Jesus Christ gave me this word which became a song —

My Word will never pass away, it will forever stand. It cannot ever be destroyed by vain attempts of man. My Word cuts through all man’s pretense, so each His heart can see. I do it as an act of love, so no one is deceived. The truth and power My Word contains, many won’t receive, nor let it pierce their stony hearts. For this, My heart is grieved. But become a doer of My Word, and surely, you’ll be blessed. You’ll enter into My own Life, and in Me, you will rest!

What are the results of the lies of foolish prophets? Listen  —

Isaiah 59:14  Justice (righteous judgment) is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. ¹⁵ Yes, truth is lacking; and he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey. Now the LORD saw, and it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.

Do not expect righteous judgment from foolish prophets, for they are not right with God and have no idea what righteousness is. So no one is judged rightly, no one speaks the truth about your spiritual condition, for righteousness is far from them and far from you who love their words.

There is no truth — they do not how to speak anything but the lies they invent. They are not upright in any way. 

And woe to you if you turn away from evil! They will reject you and speak lies about you and expel you from their midst! Hallelujah! Yes, Lord! Amen! You spoke the truth that He commanded you to speak. 

But there is no truth in foolish prophets and those who love their words, and the Lord sees it! Do you think He rejoices over your unrighteousness and that of your foolish prophets? In no way! He is against you!

Hear His judgment of the foolish prophets and those who love their words —

Ezekiel 13:8   Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord GOD. 

The foolish prophets see lies and lie, claiming what they have seen is the truth. So the Lord is against them, and against all who love their lies. To be against Him is to declare war against Him! Your foolish prophets have declared war against Him by lying, so He will war against them, and against you who refuse to turn away from their lies. 

Be warned! Jesus Christ never loses a battle, so unless you turn away from them and to Him, you surely will eternally perish when He judges you in the day of judgment!

Ezekiel 13:9    “So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord GOD.”

His hand is against you, O foolish prophets and those who love your words! None of you and none of those who love your words will enter heaven, for your names are not written down in the Book of Life (Revelation 3:5). 

When you stand before Him in the day of judgment, you will see the truth that you have rejected, but it will be too late. He will judge you! Listen —

Isaiah 59:18    According to their deeds, so He will repay, wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies . . .

He judges righteously. If you have obeyed Him, your heart is pure and you are filled with all of God. Therefore, you are not under His wrath.

But if you are a foolish prophet or a follower of foolish prophets, you are under His wrath! Therefore, in the day of judgment, He will pour His wrath upon you! 

Why? You war against Him. You are His adversary! You are His enemy! So He will judge you and sentence you to hell!

But for you who turn away from the lies of foolish prophets and turn to Jesus Christ and obey His commandments regarding the Spirit, He will make you His prophet. 

And everywhere you go, you will proclaim the good news that in a moment of time, Jesus Christ will do in them exactly what He did in you! He will heal their sin-sick hearts, free them from slavery to sin, and release sin’s chains that are wrapped around them! Listen —

Isaiah 61:1   The Spirit of the Lord GOD is within me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the heart, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners . . .

He anoints you inwardly as His prophet when the Holy Spirit and the Father and Jesus Christ fully and permanently indwell you. Then you are His prophet, for He speaks His truth to you, and you go forth and speak it!  

You cannot stop speaking of what you have seen and heard from Him (Acts 4:20) You stand and speak the whole message of this Life (Acts 5:20)! That’s an uppercase “L,” for you will speak of His Life that is in you, permanently and fully!

You will tell everyone you meet that in a moment of time, He freed you from captivity to sin (John 8:31-36)! In a moment of time, He healed your sin-sick heart! In a moment of time, He crucified your sin nature and purified your heart! In a moment of time, all of God came in to permanently and fully indwell you!

Oh, what good news for all who see that they are captives of sin, who see that their hearts are sin-sick! What good news to those who see that they are prisoners of sin and bound in its chains! 

If you hear and heed the words He has given me to  speak, you will surely say this with John Wesley and all of us who are filled with God — 

 “Long my imprisoned spirit lay fast-bound in sin and nature’s night! Thine eye diffused a quickening ray (shot forth a life-giving ray)! I rose, my dungeon flamed with light! My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee!”

But if you refuse, He will judge you, for your refusal reveals that you are as foolish as the prophets whose lies you have believed and loved. Neither they nor you know Him! You will stand before Him with no excuse for your sin, and He will say, “I never ever knew you; away from Me, you who sin” (Matthew 7:23)!

You have read this message. Now, run with it!

Amen, Lord Jesus!

FIST-SHAKERS

[SW621] 4/26/24 blog post by

Pastor Susan J. Wynn

Fist-Shakers

Texts: Psalm 2, Isaiah 30, 2Timothy 3:5, etc.

Fist-shakers are defiant! But who do they defy? Jesus Christ and God the Father! They shake their fists at God! 

Do you not know? You shake your fist at God when you tell Jesus Christ what to do. You shake your fist at God when you tell Him He is wrong to command you to ask Him to crucify your sin nature and purify your heart in a moment of time, and in that same moment of time, fill you with all of God! You shake your fist at God when you sin against Him!

But don’t take my word for it. Take His Word for it! Today, through the Word of God, I will show you the world’s fist-shakers, Judah’s fist-shakers, and today’s fist-shakers. The world does not know God and hates Him, Judah claimed to know God but refused to obey Him, and today, you claim to know God but refuse to obey Him.

The author of Psalm 2 was David, according to Acts 4:24-26. So I will show you the fist-shakers through the song of the Spirit-inspired David — 

Psalm 2:1    Why are the nations raging and the peoples devising a worthless thing? ² The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD and against His Messiah, saying, ³ “Let us tear their rebuke apart and cast away their chains from us!”

What worthless thing do the nations devise? Why are they raging? Why are they shaking their fists at God? Because they think they are gods, so they think they can ignore His rebuke and not be conquered by Him!

So they gather together to plot and plan against the Father and the Son, saying, “We don’t have to obey You! We are our own gods! We can tear off Your rebuke! We can cast away Your chains!” 

As for those who are of the world and plot and plan today, they think they can remove all evidence of the true God of heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ. They think they can twist what God has said. They think they can mock, silence and destroy everyone who believes in the real Jesus Christ and the Father. 

But God the Father and God the Son are God. Fist-shakers are not gods! And it is impossible for any human being to overcome God! 

Some of you in today’s so-called church may read my words and say, “Those Old Testament fist-shakers were wicked!” Yes, they were! But I will continue to show you that you are, too, if you shake your fist at God by disobeying Him, telling Him what He can do and cannot do, and telling those who He sends to shut up and go away! Keep reading!

Now I will show you the fist-shakers of Isaiah’s day —

Isaiah 30:9  For this is a rebellious people, false sons, sons who refuse to listen to the instruction of the LORD; ¹⁰ who say to the seers, “You must not see,” and to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us pleasant words, prophesy illusions. Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

The Jews in the days of Isaiah shook their fists against God! How? They rebelled against Him, sinned, and tried to silence His prophets. Their actions revealed that they were false sons — they were not children of God who followed false prophets. They would receive nothing from God.

How did the Jews reject God so they could do what they wanted, in Isaiah’s day? The same way as today’s so-called church. They believed in false gods and loved the words of lying prophets and priests. 

You who shake your fists at God today believe in a false Jesus who your lying prophets and preachers teach. But just as with Judah, you deceive yourselves! 

And just as Babylon overran and destroyed them, the lies you believe will go up in smoke when you stand before Him!

Today’s fist-shakers refuse to listen to instruction from those He has sent to them again and again. Thus they have been invaded by the god of this world, Satan, and all of his lying offspring who populate pulpits across the globe!

Today’s fist-shakers are rebels, false sons who refuse to listen to the instruction of the Lord, spoken through His Spirit-filled bond-servants.

Do you not know? If you who are in today’s so-called church shake your fist at God by refusing to listen to those He sends, you are no different than Judah. They followed false gods, and you follow a false Jesus. You say you know Him, but your actions belie your words. You sin, you rebel, you refuse to listen. Therefore, He says He has never, ever known you (Matthew 7:23)!

Those in Judah who rebelled against the Lord sinned against Him, following false gods. They did everything in their power to silence His prophets. They even sawed His prophet, Isaiah, into pieces! 

But Jesus Christ’s Spirit-filled bond-servants see what He shows us, and then we speak what He gives us to speak. And we prophesy what is right — the truth — for He and the Father and the Spirit permanently and fully indwell us! 

We are rejected by today’s fist-shakers, but our words that He has given us serve as a testimony against them. And He will judge them!

Today’s fist-shakers do just as Judah did in the days of Isaiah! You say, “You must not see! We do not want you to see, because then you will speak things that do not please our ears!”

You say, “Our false preachers, teachers, and prophets speak pleasant words and prophesy illusions! We want to hear lies! We love the liars because they tell us God loves us even though we constantly rebel against Him! Once saved, always saved!”

Today’s fist-shakers say to those Jesus Christ sends, “Get out of the way — get off the path we are on!” But what path are you on? The broad one that leads to destruction! Many are on it (Matthew 7:13)!

You say, “We don’t want to hear you! We are right! You are wrong! We will not be destroyed! We are the church, the church, the church!” They echo Judah, in Jeremiah 7:4!

You say, “Get out of the way! We don’t want to hear any more about the Holy One of Israel. We don’t want to hear that we must be holy as He is holy (1Peter 14-16)! We do not want to hear that Jesus Christ commands us to have purified, holy hearts that are filled with all of God! We don’t want to be holy! We don’t need to be holy! We are fine!”

O fist-shakers, do you not know? The Lord will judge you, for He has given us His words, and you have rejected them! 

Isaiah 30:15   “For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.” but you were not willing . . . 

But the Holy One, the Lord, answers you with the truth! You think you are saved but you worship a false Jesus! So you are not saved at all. You are still a slave to sin instead of freed from its shackles! So you have no peace, for you will not repent. And you have no peace and no strength, for you have not placed your trust in God!

You refuse, because you love your false Jesus! But foolish ones, if you would turn away from your false Jesus and turn to Him, He would do this —

— In a moment of time, He would crucify your sin nature and purify your heart, freeing you forever from the chains of sin!

— And in that same moment of time, He and the Father and the Spirit would come in to permanently and fully indwell you!

But we are in the last days, and in demonic times, the very ones that Paul prophesied about, and fist-shakers abound in the world and in the church, as they call themselves  —

2Timothy 3:1   But realize this, that in the last days demonic times will come. 

² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers against God! disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, ⁴ treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.

You will say that your Bible says “difficult times.” And I will tell you that the Greek word used in this passage is the same word used in Matthew 8:8, regarding demoniacs! These are demonic times! 

Who was the first fist-shaker? Satan! What do His children do? Shake their fists at God. I ask you, whose child are you?

In Verses 2-4, Paul describes those who shake their fists at God. In Verse 5, he closes by saying they have only a form of godliness — they go to church! But though today’s false preachers and prophets use the name Jesus Christ and Father and even speak of the Holy Spirit, they deny the power of God to purify human hearts and fill them with all of God. All who follow them do the same! 

It is an “inconvenient truth” that you and your so-called leaders have swept aside so you all are free to continue to sin! But do you not know? Your deeds and the deeds of your leaders are the evidence that you do not know and therefore have not obeyed Jesus Christ! And like them, you shake your fist at God!

Paul says, “Avoid such ones!” Yet you who shake your fists at God have not avoided such ones. They are your friends, after all! You all love the same false Jesus. God is love, that’s all God is! So you don’t have to listen the Word of God! You cast to the side the words that the Lord speaks through me and others who are filled with God!

Oh, foolish fist-shakers! Brace yourself! The Lion of Judah is roaring —

Amos 3:8  A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

Listen to His response to your fist-shaking, and tremble —

Psalm 2:4      He who sits in the heavens laughs, the Lord scoffs at them. ⁵ Then He will speak to them in His anger and terrify them in His fury, saying, ⁶  “But as for Me, I have installed My King upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

You think you are gods who can tell God what to do? You think you can say “No” to what Jesus Christ commands you to do? 

Oh, be terrified! He will speak to you in His anger! He will terrify you with His fury! Jesus Christ sits in heaven. You are not god  — He is! So He laughs at you. How foolish you are! He scorns you. He mocks you!

The Father has installed His King, Jesus Christ, on His holy mountain in heaven! You are not king — He is the King of kings and Lord of lords! 

Psalm 2:7  “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten you (declared that You are My Son). ⁸ Ask of Me, and I will surely give the peoples as Your inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as Your possession. ⁹ You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

O fist-shaker, I declare to you that what He said to David is the truth that I live out! He appointed His Son who was with Him in the beginning, before anything was! Jesus Christ made all things, at the command of God the Father (John 1:1-3)! The Father declares that Jesus Christ is God the Son! 

And Jesus Christ will return to judge the earth which He completely owns. Those who have obeyed Him are His inheritance — His offspring. 

But He holds in His hand a rod of iron by which He will shatter those who have shaken their fists at Him! He will shatter them like fragile pottery!  

Psalm 2:10    Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be instructed, O judges of the earth. ¹¹  Serve the LORD with reverence and rejoice with trembling. ¹²  Kiss the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, for His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

He gives this warning to fist-shakers who think they are kings. You think you are in charge, but He is! So He warns you become wise. Learn from what He has given me to write! 

What must you do? Turn to Him! Worship Him with reverential awe! Rejoice and tremble! Bow low and kiss the feet of Jesus, for He is God and you are not!

If you do not, He warns you that His wrath will burn against you! You will perish! Do you not see that you are on the broad path that leads to destruction? 

His wrath will soon be kindled! He will come and judge the earth and all who are so-called believers but disobey Him! But how blessed you are, if you have trusted in Him and obeyed Him, for surely, He has become your Refuge, your Shelter, your Protector!

You have read the words He has given me to write. Now, run with them! 

Amen, Lord Jesus!

REMOVE THE SHACKLES

I wrote this song, which is a prayer, in 2013. It is for the church and for the Jews. But they must ask Him to do it —

1. Remove . . .  the shackles of Your people;

Open their eyes  . . .  that they may see.

Remove . . .  the shackles of Your people;

Open their ears  . . .  that they may hear. (CHORUS)

CHORUS: Give them eyes . . . eyes that are wide open 

And ears, Jesus . . . that fully hear Your truth 

Give them hearts . . . hearts that understand, Lord

So they would turn . . . and be healed!

2. Remove . . .  the shackles of Your people;

Open their hearts . . . so they may understand

Their need . . . for You to give to them new hearts

 That beat in time with Yours . . . and are set free! (CHORUS)