Posted on 04/30/2005 8:41:28 PM PDT by Quix
America Hear My Words
Marsha Allred
April 6, 2005
"I have much to say to this nation. Hear My Words.
America, you began well - the men who formed your foundation called on Me to make their way clear - those who believed in Me - interceded with great power in My strength to bring forth this land of promise.
You have done well in much - and well you know those things for you recite them daily to remind Me - it is good.
Body of Christ - you are to be the soul of this nation of promise - but instead you have sold much of yourself to gain the comforts of the flesh forgetting how My Son lived on the earth - owning nothing He wouldn't give. I test you daily - Body of Christ, and you do not even notice. You are too busy striving for a tomorrow that may never come. Your life and who you are is not found in what you will accomplish tomorrow - your life is who you are right now in this moment.
Who are you in the face of the hungry? Where is the fount of your love in the face of divisiveness? When others express My Truth in another way - why do you insist it be your way alone? KNOW THE TRUTH FOR YOURSELF - LOOK INTO MY WORD AND KNOW THE TRUTH FOR YOURSELVES AND THERE WILL BE NO DIVISIVENESS OR RANCOR IN MY BODY ON THE EARTH. Do not argue man's rules and divide the Body of Christ. Have I not said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand?"
Do you dare to call yourself a Christ follower and still hold bitterness in your heart against your brother? Do you dare to call yourself a Christ follower and out of your mouth damn the lost to eternal damnation? How dare you damn what I weep over? Have you known the sinner for generations before he was born? Do you know and have you seen the strategies and tactics of the enemy that has distorted his vision and twisted his soul into painful contortions? So you dare sit in your earthly throne of judgment, little king, and display your pompous benevolence on those you wish and damn the soul I love? I will take you from your throne and crush it into dust. I will show you the torment of those you condemn until you cry out for mercy for your soul - cry out for mercy for your own soul - as you should NOW be crying out for mercy on the souls tortured in bondage.
If America be your throne - My determination will not falter. I will throw out the whole basket of fruit for the rotted has destroyed the good.
Hear Me now and hear Me well Body of Christ.
You have one season to tend your tree. Begin now asking Me what remedy you might use to bring life to what remains. I will look for My Love to spread abroad to the right and to the left. I will look to see if forgiveness is flowing in your midst - I will look into YOUR heart of hearts - INDIVIDUALLY - even as every branch and leaf is inspected for insects and decay.
If I do not see the Body of Christ reflect the Glory of My Son in this nation in one season - I will begin to destruct your false throne and raise My throne in a land you never expected.
Do not say - "What of him - what is he doing?" - for you will raise My anger. Look to your own heart and be fearfully careful to follow the instruction I give you in the days of your life. I look for a humble and willing heart that continues even when it stumbles - that one who is ever walking towards My Son until that life disappears into His Own. I will not handle the hard heart - the stiff neck, for it will destroy itself.
If your heart is good you have much to rejoice in and many blessings of surprise and fulfillment await you. If your heart is bad - rejoice in your darkness quickly for your time is short.
Come - Come - Come - My Heart yearns to give you all things that we might rejoice together - Come into the flow of My Love and be swept up in it's Powerful current - You will be filled with life and deposit life every place you touch with your hands and every step you take with your foot.
This can be a glorious day - it is for you to choose - hold that future before you and walk your life into Mine. Know My Word - Know My Word. Your very life and the lives of your children depend upon My Word. Know My Word FOR YOURSELVES-and do not only listen to man." -------------- Note: This is not a word of ruin and devastation but one of hopeful promise. God is Love - all He is asking is that His Body on earth reflect that Love by loving each other and loving the unloved. He is not asking for perfection - only that when we stumble we do not give up but GET UP and KEEP GOING FORWARD INTO HIM. He asks that our hearts be humble and that we give an accurate accounting of ourselves to be what He asks of us to be - His Hands and Feet on the earth. In Joel 2:12-14 directly after the description of the destroying army sent to envelope God's people due to their sins he says, "Yet even now," declares the Lord, "Return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, weeping, and mourning; and rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the Lord Your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger abounding in lovingkindness, and relenting of evil. Who knows whether He will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him, even a grain offering and a libation for the Lord your God?"
Luke 20:9-16,NAS "And He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard (a vine and vineyard is a scriptural picture of Christ and believers) and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. And at the harvest time he sent a slave (a slave is someone who does not have freedom over his own destiny - he is forced labor to another - much as a sinner who does not know the freedom in Christ is a slave to sin) to the vine-growers that they might give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed." (Much the way false Christians beat the sinners among them with words of judgment and condemnation. Christ on the earth - never condemned a sinner who came - only the hypocritical believers in religion. Have we sent any sinners away empty-handed?) "And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out. And the owner of the vineyard said, "What shall I do: I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him. But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, "This is the heir; let us kill him that the inheritance may be ours." And they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him." ("And the King will answer and say to them, "Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these, even the least of them, you did it to me." Matt. 25:40) "What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others." And when they heard it, they said, "May it never be!" Isn't this what the Lord just said concerning America - that He would tear down our self-righteous throne and set His Throne in another nation we would never expect?
Luke 13:6-9 NAS "And He began telling this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it, and did not find any. And he said to the vineyard-keeper, "Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground? And he answered and said to him, "Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down."
Matthew 7: 1-5 NAS "Do not judge lest you be judged yourselves. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it shall be measured to you. And why do you look at the speck in your own brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to take the speck out of your brother's eye." What would you think if you saw a man walking down the street - poking himself in the eye - beating himself with his fist-slapping himself in the face or cutting his fingers to the bone? I'm sure it wouldn't be "Well that's the life for me!" Yet the body of Christ walks through the earth doing just that - just how attractive is that for unbelievers? Some of us express our praise with instruments - some of us do not - some of us are more comforted by one truth than another - the only and most important line of demarcation is the Blood of Christ. It is the one undeniable, uncompromised truth - when He appears in the clouds we will remember nothing but that.
John 21:15-17 NAS "So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, Son of John, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My lambs." He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me:" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Shepherd My sheep." He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Tend My sheep."
According to The Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible - the word "lambs" in verse 15 has its root in the phrase "to ramble freely". The word "feed" in verse 16 has its root in the phrase "revolve around".
Wasn't the Lord instructing Peter to allow his life to "revolve around" those who tend to ramble and might very well stray and be lost - much as in the parable of the lost sheep? Living in this way puts the life of the Christian at His Master's direction and not his own.
The Lord provided me with a living example of what He wants from us as His people just a few hours before He spoke this word. A couple days before, my husband suffered several strokes and was in the hospital. At the age of 56 after being a homeschool mom with not many "saleable" talents I am faced with the need to go to work. After leaving the hospital on this day I stopped for gas on my way home. Not having the slightest idea of how I will meet the financial needs growing by the minute - my mind was spinning with questions of the Lord, my soul felt numb and my body VERY tired. As I pumped the gas into the car I noticed a man who appeared to be homeless speak to a woman at a nearby pump. I sighed to the Lord, "Please don't let him come to me - I can't deal with this right now." Just as quickly - the man turned and came straight to me. "Ma'am, do you have any spare change? I'd like to buy a hotdog inside." My first thought was to dismiss him gently but the Lord seriously checked my heart. Instead I found myself saying I would buy him supper when I finished pumping my gas. Together we went inside as the Lord instructed me to buy for him exactly what I would want to buy for myself. I told him to choose a sandwich and I handed him a bag of chips. I knew I'd want a cold drink- he chose a Coke. As I went to pay, the Lord reminded me that each night after supper I like a small piece of chocolate. "What would you like for dessert?" I asked, "Cake, or candy?" "Oh ma'am," he exclaimed, "This is a lot." By then we were standing at the candy and he said, "Oh I love candy. This is my all time favorite." Before I could pay, the Lord reminded me of what a cold and blustery day it was and the sun was going down. "Would you like a hot cup of coffee after that?" I found myself asking. "Oh, that's okay ma'am, I've had coffee today." I paid for his meal including a large cup of coffee when he was finished - as the clerk asked if I also wanted a lotto ticket. "Jesus takes good care of me-no thanks." I heard myself say. and He does. The experience was real - but it was one of those times that seemed so automatic and yet not - it was purely a gift from the Holy Spirit who led me through in spite of my own reticence. I am not sharing it now to proclaim my purity - Lord knows that would be a lie - but to encourage myself and you to live your life "revolving around" the lambs that "ramble freely" and could be killed.
I truly believe the Lord has given the Body of Christ in America - one season - one season to "get it right" or we WILL LOSE THIS NATION. I do not know what is meant by "season" - if it be our natural season of a few months or a spiritual season. I DO know this: the picture of a teen being asked to do a chore came to mind. If he goes as soon as he is told and does the work with a willing heart-even if there are mistakes made in ignorance-grace is given with further instruction. However, if he or she sits at the TV. ten minutes longer - and finally, reluctantly goes to his work - judgment will reflect that. Excuses and buck passing are not acceptable. WE ARE TO BE THE LOVE OF CHRIST MADE MANIFEST IN A DARKENED WORLD - we MUST keep encouraging each other to listen to the Holy Spirit and do His Will - not our own will, but His. We NEED to ask the Holy Spirit to overshadow each one of us with the instructions for each day that we might make His Praise Glorious!!! Please - let's love each other and look at those enslaved around us through His Eyes - as we would want Him to look at us.
tolerance. 10 years ago the UN laid out its declaration of "tolerance".
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The end of days has been coming for a long..long time. The Mystery of Iniquity isn't something that just drops on peoples head all of a sudden.
I am not preaching much differently than protestants of old did, and they were burned at the stake, crucified with their entire families by the RCC...this is nothing NEW.
Now God's people just shrug their shoulders and act like the very blood shed by these saints to give them their freedom to worship is worthless!! Absolutely worthless.
I greatly appreciate your good hearted kindnesses toward me. May our Lord be honored in such.
Yeah, the pre-Civil War United States was a wondrous, God-fearing place. Anti-Catholic bigotry, anti-Indian bigotry, slavery, "No Irish Need Apply" signs ... is that really what you're holding up as your model of holiness and beauty?
I greatly appreciate your good hearted kindnesses toward me. May our Lord be honored in such.
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I think you mean well....I don't handle everyone the same, or react the same. Depends on what I am seeing...rebellion, deception or just not knowing. Some just don't know, others just don't want to know, and others will kill to keep what they do think they know.
We never crucified anyone, sorry. We would have considered it blasphemous.
We did have some Jesuit missionaries crucified in Japan. Perhaps you were thinking of Catholics crucified, rather than Protestants allegedly crucified by Catholics?
Anyway, the Protestants gave as good as they got. My namesake, for instance, was hung, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn under Queen Elizabeth for the "crime" of saying Mass and hearing confessions. If you only read Foxe's Book of Martyrs, you've only read one side of the story.
Precious Brother,
Many institutions of man have fallen off the narrow way. Some wholesale and some not as wholesale as others.
The rot is in the heart of man and thereby in the heart of all his institutions.
No denomination is exempt.
The older and more traditional tend to have more doctrines of man and doctrines of demons baggage. But it's there in all of them. And, probably too often there in each individual to some degree.
I doubt we'll be 100,000% perfect this side of eternity. Certainly the refiner's fires some of us are put through have some wonderful effect when and if we cooperate. But none of us is pure and perfect. And Jesus Himself said only the Father was good.
Humility is still a priority to God.
God WILL HAVE SAINTS from every tribe and likely from at least near every group that remotely seeks to call Scripture true and Almighty God Almighty.
I still prefer to go into the highways and hedges and compell them to come in rather than try to assume Holy Spirit's job of convicting.
There have certainly been times when I've had to sternly exhort even some nationally known spiritual leaders. Rarely did they listen. Sometimes God saw fit to take them out of this life--evidently because they'd reached their zenith and were too prone to giving into pride etc. and going down hill from there. It is very sobering to resist The Lord's exhortations even if through a donkey or a young child or even from an enemy as King David sometimes conjectured about.
But I have learned the last 20 years to throw less flaming arrows. And to be sure that I threw what few seemed necessary out of humility and brokenness vs out of arrogance, spiritual or intellectual or doctrinal haughtiness etc.
I love your zeal for The Lord and His Truth. I'm just not convinced He would be saying everything to the letter that you are saying and in the tone you are saying it in.
May our Lord be honored in such.
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Quix....our Lord is not coming as The Lamb of God this time.
He is coming as The Lion of Judah...those who preceed Him and hail His approach will not bleat like little lambs...they will roar!! The Kingdoms of this earth are about to become the Kingdoms of our Lord. The supper of the Lord is the flesh of the wicked being torn from the carcasses by the birds of the air.
The wicked are about to be removed, and it is not going to be a pretty sight. Man-kind can fluff it up all they want, doesn't matter. Judgement is at the door.
Yeah, the pre-Civil War United States was a wondrous, God-fearing place. Anti-Catholic bigotry, anti-Indian bigotry, slavery, "No Irish Need Apply" signs ... is that really what you're holding up as your model of holiness and beauty?
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LOL....love the way the Jesuits set themselves up on opposite sides of the fence...one blackens one side, while the other whitens the other to drive men in the direction they would have them go.
I'm Irish and Indian....and I sure am not Roman Catholic.
Are you implying that I'm supposed to worship the antiChrist with two posts?
I'm not a Jesuit. My namesake was, but the number of modern Jesuits whom I trust I can count on my fingers. Care to address the point I was making?
I'm Irish and Indian....and I sure am not Roman Catholic.
We've gathered that, I think.
Perhaps you were thinking of Catholics crucified
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You'll crucify your own if you think it will gain you souls, after all you already have the souls of the ones within.
Wicked...completely totally black and wicked..all in the name of God.
Your hatred is really ugly, you know. You don't know me from Adam. You've never even met me. Are you really in the habit of condemning people you don't know as "wicked ... completely totally black and wicked"? Don't you know that you will be judged by the same standard you mete out to others? IT'S IN THE BIBLE.
This is clearly a personal attack. You'll note that that is prohibited by posting guidelines.
Anyway, the Protestants gave as good as they got.
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I never said the Harlot didn't have daughters. Scripture says she does. Religion kills, always has. People of Faith just try to get out of the way.
Just for the record, the "daughter" you refer to produced both your King James Bible and Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
so Campion, are you in favor of a one world religion with the pope at the head?
You owe me a flat out apology for post 151, by the way. I'm a God-fearing family man who confesses the Lord Jesus Christ as my God and Savior, trusts in His grace and mercy, and reads my Bible daily. If you think that's "completely black and wicked," so be it. God judges me, you only try.
I would hope that all Catholics are "in favor of a one world religion with the Pope at the head," if by "one world religion" you mean one faith, one baptism, one God and Savior for the entire world. That's what "Catholic" means.
If you mean some syncretistic combination of all religions, that would be infinitely wicked. No Pope who tried to head something like that would even be the Pope, because he would not be a Catholic.
Someone else earlier on this same thread says that the Catholic Church purposely syncretized its religion with Rome's, to further the cause. If it wasn't evil in that case, why is it now? Last night on the history channel, there was a program on voodoo, for pete's sake, and how the Catholic religion had been incorporated into it.
If Benedict wants all of us under one thumb, you can be sure many of us, all over the world will die first. Would you want that?
Yes, quite true enough.
However, Our Lord has NOT flushed His Loving Nature especially toward His Bride, His sheep.
And, I think, just as He brought the prostitute into Himself, He will do so many times over in these end times with others whom many religious folks and even some spiritual folk would disdain.
He looks on the heart.
He would teach us to do the same.
Many things are secondary to a heart attitude toward God of devotion, seeking Him and Loving Him in almost whatever flawed a manner.
All of us are devoted to Him in flawed ways.
All of us are Loving Him imperfectly.
All of us seek Him less than ideally.
Punishment is HIS.
Yes, He has many of us as watchmen crying alarm and warning.
But we best not forsake His Loving Nature either. He is BOTH FIERCE CONQUERING LION OF JUDAH AND FIERCELY LOVING.
LOL.
Nice to know you didn't just fall off the turnip truck either! LOL.
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