When we have lost The Fear of The LORD, what do we think is going to happen?

We were told plainly in the Word, that we needed to be alert for false prophets, false teachers and false brethren.

It meant among us, not out in the world. Did we ever see any? Would we have recognized them if there were?

How would we know, or how were we supposed to see them, when they were acting out among us?

There are some in the middle of us even right here now. Their voices have become so loud and they are truly convinced that nobody is aware of who they really are!

May I say that I did not ask for this assignment — and it’s certainly not what I expected to write.

We’re living at a time when we best have our discerning senses fully alert to what is going on.

It’s hard when you sit back for years, and you knew inside that some things were not right — even in The House of The LORD — but you didn’t dare say anything.

I still wonder how such a thing could be. I am old enough to remember when it wasn’t like that. Most anyone who asked to speak, could do so. The Church Body itself could discern whether the person and the message was really of The Spirit.

We also had the right to ask the Minister for chapter and verse for what they said — right in the middle of the service.

It was not offensive, and whomever was preaching or teaching, was glad to give an answer. Those groups that were seeking to be mature in The LORD’s Work and in their daily walk, had been trained to discern and know The Truth.

I’m not sure when this attitude of “do what I say do — and don’t ask any questions,” actually started.

Even anointed leaders said, “Follow me, as I follow Christ. When I stop following Christ, don’t follow me!”

In the beginning, we were taught to know the Scriptures for ourselves, and to allow The Holy Ghost to direct us in everything we did.

One of my greatest times was when the minister in charge felt like The Spirit wanted to say or do something; everything came to a full halt. We were told to stop everything and “wait on The LORD.”

In those times, we could feel The Holy Ghost hovering over us, and something truly did happen. A message, a prophesy, tongues and interpretation; a true manifestation of The Spirit.

I remember times when we were actually told to kneel down at our pew and wait until God gave some kind of direction. We reverenced the Power and Move of God. We didn’t dare budge to operate on our very own.

Most of us know that verse that says, “Try The Spirits and know if they be of God.” (1 John 4:1)

We’ve reached the time, more than ever before, that we need to discern those things.

I am asked to say again, that many people are going to be deceived in this hour.

It might appear that The Holy Ghost has actually moved off and left some places. It’s because they did not make following the leading of The Spirit number one above all else; like we used to do.

It’s almost strange to me that we once knew that The Holy Ghost was not going to play second best to our programs.

We would never have attempted such a thing. There are answers for why all of this happened; most even know what those reasons are. Have we become lukewarm?

If The Fear of The LORD is the beginning of Wisdom, then why would we risk losing that?

So, can we conclude that too much of our way of doing things has caused us to be unwise?

God help me, I do not want to be too sharp and not be humble here. I and many others know what the real move of The Holy Ghost is like; we could never settle for anything less than that. No watered down version of what we were originally born into.

Many of us are going to be restored; and the full apostolic ministries and all the gifts of The Spirit will be allowed to function as they were intended.

God, I beg you that I don’t get in the way of that. Our kingdoms are about to crumble and many of us do not even know that. We will all be tried; soon.

If you are doing your best to be in The Spirit, you can tell if people are operating in the flesh or not.

Lately for me and others, the sound has almost become unbearable. They think no one else can tell the difference.

We have entered into a time of absolute intense Spiritual Warfare. The enemy has loosed all of hell against us.

We don’t have too long now to do the work we have been called to do.

In its fullness, completeness and genuine biblical operation. Many of us have suffered more than people know.

We have been on our face in the floor, with nowhere else to go. It’s being proclaimed on here often, that God is going to finish the work He began in us. This incredible training has not been for nothing.

The LORD did not bring us through everything this far, to discard us now. What spirit is it?

 

~ Robert Blackburn

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Robert Blackburn

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