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Ye Are My Witnesses

Sermon by Neal Frisby CD#1744 01/28/81 PM

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Ye Are My Witnesses Neal Frisby’s Sermon CD #1744 01/28/81 PM

When you are praying for your need, pray for somebody else and worship Him. When you keep asking, you have not believed Him for the answer in your heart. It is good to pray but go praising the Lord. We should give God thanks for what has been accomplished. The Lord is not getting enough of the praise. He is not getting enough of the glory. Someday, the nations will suffer if they don’t give Him the glory. We should always thank the Lord for what He is doing because He is going to do more and He is really going to bless the people.
1. Turn with me to Psalm 95: 10. “Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, it is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” For forty years, He was grieved with them. It is getting to the time that He is grieved with the people all over the earth. Religious systems have arisen because people have erred from the scriptures in their hearts. Also, the people, they just kind of let somebody else do it. They don’t pray. They just kind of sit down on the Lord. The bible says they do err. So many times, people write me and ask, “What do we do?” Some say they are too young and some say they too old. Some of them say, “I am not called.” Everybody has an excuse but excuses don’t work. Ye are my witnesses, the bible said.
2.               You are all called to do something for the Lord. There is something for all. Sometimes, when they get old, the people will say, “I don’t have any gifts. I am getting old, I will just sit down.” I have heard people that are young say. “I am too young. The gifts are not for me. The anointing is not for me.” See; they do greatly err. This generation is erring and only a small minority has really gotten the backbone in praying and doing what God wants them to do. Ye are my witnesses and the word witness—you can witness by talking or praying. There are a number of ways you can witness for the Lord. All of you can do something for the Lord. You young people here; don’t let the devil trick you to say, “When I grow up, I will do something for the Lord.” You get started now and you will be blessed.
3.               In the bible, Abraham was 100 years old and he could still move kingdoms. Daniel at 90 years old was still strong in power. Moses was 120 years old, his eyes were not dim and his natural force did not abate. Daniel was a great intercessor of all time and so was Moses. Abraham was a great warrior in prayer of all time. He was the first to show how to pray in the bible. Then we have Samuel, a young boy. At 12 years old, the Lord called that prophet. He did not just call him, He talked to him. By doing this, the Lord showed that the men in the bible, no matter how old they were, still reached out to the Lord. Jesus was 12 years old and at that age, He said, “I must be about my Father’s business.” Isn’t that an example to the young people today? He didn’t just appear in the temple for nothing. He wasn’t disobedient to His parents either. No, the scriptures bore that out. It was His duty; He was moving up to the importance of His ministry. His work was very vital to Him. At 12 years old, a great example was set that young people can pray and they can get a hold of the Lord. The Lord in His greatness can use anyone of you one way or the other. Some of the people say, “I am not gifted.” But the bible says there is anointing for everyone. People think they are too old or too young and they let the people in the middle do it. But sometimes, the people in the middle say, “Let the younger ones or the older ones do it.
4.               Here is a ministry in the bible; it is a royal ministry. It is one of the greatest given in the bible—we are kings and priests with God—and that is the ministry of an intercessor. The intercessor goes about God’s business during the day. He prays for things that concern the kingdom of God. He will pray for whatever God has for him to pray; he will pray for his enemies, he will pray for the missions overseas and around the world and he prays for God’s people everywhere. He will pray for the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ to be united. I believe that through praying, an outpouring will come and He will unction more people for the uniting of the body of Christ together in unity. Once you get the people of God together—He has not been able to do it for He is waiting—there will be a spiritual move on the earth that no one has ever seen. When that happens, that is one more explosion that is going to deafen the devil’s ears spiritually. It is going to give him the hiccups because God is going to move in then. You see, He only moves in where He is welcome. He comes in where the people are wholeheartedly waiting for Him. Once we get our hearts open that He is welcome to come in with His power, I mean to tell you, He will sweep you right off your feet and take you away. Amen. He is a great lover spiritually. Daniel was the greatest intercessor; for 21 days he interceded with the Lord barely touching anything (food) at all, holding on until Gabriel (Angel) said that Michael was coming. He prayed for the people to get out of captivity. He held on to God and interceded until the people went home.
5.               I like to see the Lord get the glory for His great works upon the earth. The bride will be intercessors. Besides the gifts of the Holy Spirit, they will be intercessors for God. When the bride gets through praying, this people that are in the highway and hedges will get out of captivity, “to fill my house that my house will be full.” As the bride begins to intercede with the Lord together with all their power, the people (sinners) are coming home. They are coming in to the kingdom of God. Some people say, “I don’t know if I have the gift.” In the gifts, there is a divine law—it takes faith. In divine law, it is the operation of the Holy Spirit. He gives the gifts as He wills not as you will. You can seek earnestly but it is resident, what is to be given to the individual at the time when the Holy Spirit is in there. I have had people tell me, “If I assume I have the gift of miracles, do I have it?” No. The gifts are so precise and so powerful that when one has a gift, it speaks for itself. That’s why we have so many false systems today. But when a gift is operating in its operational power, it is there. You can’t imagine it and you can’t assume it. The only thing you can do is to seek God and whatever you have in your life will be revealed.
6.              Paul said that “I may impart unto you some spiritual gift…” (Romans 1: 11). What he meant was that the anointing of the Holy Spirit will give you the gift. The anointing that he imparts will stir up whatever gift is in you if you have been seeking the Lord days in advance. The same thing today, laying hands on people by the anointing will bring out the gift of God in them; but if they don’t follow through, it doesn’t stay very long. The gifts are given by the Holy Spirit. Some people may speak in tongues—there are vocal gifts, there are revelation gifts and there are power gifts. Today, there is so much fanaticism. People cannot tell who has the proper gift and who doesn’t. Don’t follow gifts or signs, you just follow Jesus and follow His words and then the gifts are added. Don’t assume; whatever you have will speak for itself. As you seek God, your gift will come out. Many people speak tongues, but they don’t have the gift of tongues. The gifts work according to the power of the anointing that is in you. There is so much fanaticism. People go about paying money to give/get gifts. That is wrong! It is not God and it will never be God.
7.               I never had to do anything. God appeared to me. Some were born prophets; they were born like that, they can’t get out of it. It is just there. Others are called in different ways. Each of you that are called into this Holy Spirit ministry, whatever is in you, by seeking the Lord—the power of the anointing that is in here—will bring it out. You don’t have to assume or imagine anything. The Lord spoke to me about it. He said, “Your anointing will pull it out.” Some people say men can give you gifts. No. The Holy Spirit that is in them can stir up what the Holy Spirit has given there. Man cannot give you anything. I respect the men of God that have passed on and I appreciate their gifts. At the same time, there is a magician bunch that is going all over the country. If you don’t hold on to what I am preaching this morning, the deceivableness will get to you. The character, sometimes, speaks of the kind of gift that a person will carry. I can look at certain characters, if the Lord should bring it out, and tell what kind of gift they will carry. Those power gifts, vocal and revelation gifts will work with different characters. Sometimes, people come with five or six gifts. If one person comes with all nine gifts, his character will become complex and no one can understand him pretty much. The three power gifts faith, healing and miracles can work together to raise the dead and work miracles. So do the revelation gifts. With the vocal gifts, prophecy can be written, spoken and interpreted. These are callings that come from the Most High God.
8.               Now, the intercessor—if you are short on the gifts and you don’t see them working in your life—the intercessor. It is one of the greatest callings in the bible. If you are short on the gifts, there is a possibility that he wants you to be an intercessor. A young child can be an intercessor and an old person can be an intercessor. Don’t let your age get in the way. If you want to be an intercessor, reach on out to the kingdom of God and begin to pray. You can pray for anything you want to in the kingdom of God. You should intercede for the uniting of the bride. There is no greater service to God, with thanksgiving and praise, than to intercede to the Lord to unite His bride in the power of the Holy Spirit. Remember this scripture (Psalm 95: 10); I am going to read it to you again. He has a rest that is beyond anything that you have ever seen before and you want to thank Him because it is a rest that He will give to us before we are translated. In that great revival of the Lord, there will be such a rest and power on His people. He is going to give us this rest because of the conditions that are surfacing in the world. These conditions are coming. They are predicted to come.
9.              Brother Frisby read Psalm 92: 4-12. “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree” (v. 12). Have you seen the palm tree when it flourishes? Wind can just blow on it; the palm tree may bend over to the ground, but it won’t break. I believe that people are planted around me. If they stay, they are planted; they get up and leave if they are not. “Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing” (Psalm 92: 13 & 14). They shall be fat and flourishing spiritually. Daniel, Moses and all the prophets interceded to the Lord. Jesus, Himself, interceded and is still interceding for us today. He was an example to us. The Lord planted them in the house of God. When something is planted, it means it has roots, with this extreme power that knocks back satan and satanic forces. We are coming to an age when God will have His elect stuck to the Rock. He is the only one that can do that. He is the only one that can give that staying power. Man can get them to have a superficial staying power if they mix entertainment with the word and joke with them. Humor is okay, but I am talking about sermons directed at entertaining the people without the word of God. But the real child of God is planted by God and only His power can give them that staying power. The real wheat of the Lord that He has gotten in His hands, only He can keep them. They are in His hands; no one can take them from there. We are coming in to that.
10.            Had Moses appeared to the Israelites to take them out of Egypt ten years before he did, they would not have listened to him. But they had suffered so much. The Lord at one time (in the wilderness) wanted to give up. He said to Moses that He would destroy the people. But Moses stood in the gap. He said, “You can’t call all these people here, give them your word and then destroy them.” The Lord said, “Moses, I will just raise another group through you.” But Moses knew that that was not the Lord’s plan and he stood in the gap. Moses did not give up on the people. He held on to Israel until the young generation crossed with Joshua. Moses’s prayer carried the young generation clear on to the Promised Land with Joshua. Paul prayed with all his heart that the crown of righteousness would be given not only to him but all those to whom it should be given—all those that serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Great intercessors have come and gone. We have men like Finney, a great intercessor, who prayed in the early 1900s. The apostles were great intercessors who prayed for the great salvation we have today. God’s prayers on the prayers of those intercessors and our own prayers will carry on through to the throne in those golden vials. The Lord is going to see this thing through.
11.              You young people pray for the old people. Old people pray for the young people and people that are in the middle, pray for everybody too. Our prayer, united together, is going to be powerful upon this earth. All the elect of God in their hearts, the Lord is beginning to move upon them to pray. Never quench the Spirit in that prayer. If you are sitting in your home and you can’t sleep at night, He wants you to pray, many times. The Holy Spirit is moving on you. Pray and praise the Lord. Just read your bible a bit and praise the Lord or lie in bed and praise the Lord. If you can’t sleep many nights, that is a different story. The fact is this—if you wake up many nights and you can’t sleep—I know He rouses and moves on me. I used to write and I would write all kinds of night. My wife would help me get a pen. I could hardly see the paper and I would write revelations, many of which you have read. I would get up and write the scrolls and different things that I was writing. I don’t know how many prophecies came one or two nights in a row when He would wake me early in the morning and I would begin to write.
12.            Then later in my life, I would be going to a city to pray. Before I go, the Lord would move on me. I would begin to pray and intercede for the whole city. He brought to my attention that, “You are not just going to pray for the people that are coming to your meeting, but you pray for everybody in there.” So I would pray over those cities; what would be destroyed would be destroyed. I would pray, “Lord, even if they don’t come to my ministry, I pray as an intercessor that you move with great power on the earth. Those foolish virgins there get them out if they are fleeing into the wilderness. Let thy will be done.” Pray for all of God’s people. Pray for the foolish virgins during the great tribulation. Some nights, He will move on you. There may be some other nights that it won’t be the Holy Spirit. You may have eaten the wrong thing or some sickness may be coming on you, but it is a good time to pray if you can’t sleep. All of this is God talking tonight.
13.             So, I believe in the gifts with all my heart but if you don’t see some of these gifts working in your life as you should, take count of the ministry of intercession. It is a royal priesthood, it is kings and priests and it is a real ministry. The greatest men in the bible made intercessory prayer. I believe, young and old—whatever your age is—it makes no difference, you will flourish in the house of God and triumph in the work of the Lord in your old age. You can pray; you can intercede, “Your kingdom come.” That is the way He told them to pray when the disciples asked Him how to pray. This is an example for all of us. If you are praying for the kingdom of God, he will supply your daily bread. Stay in your closet, get in there and “I will reward you openly.” All through the bible you can name the intercessors. John on the island of Patmos interceded for the church of the day and the visions that he saw broke into the book of Revelation. David was a great intercessor. He interceded for Israel to be delivered from their enemies. Joab was one of the greatest generals that ever lived, but without the prayers of David behind him, I’d hate to be with him. In spite of his problems, David had power; he moved kingdoms. All the enemies were around him ready to trample Israel, yet he would intercede and stay in prayer with the Lord. Jacob interceded one time all night long. He wrestled and got a blessing.
14.             There is a great blessing in the intercessory prayer of God’s saints. While they are busy trying to find out what gifts they have and what else they can do, they forget that the most important work in the history of the world is that of an intercessor. Without me being an intercessor for you people and the people on my mailing list, there wouldn’t be anybody. The things of God that cost much, of which I barely say anything to anybody, it is through intercession that those things are done by the power of God. Otherwise, I would be nothing; it is the power of an intercessor. I must pray for the people and with that I must have faith to work for them so they can do something for me. I have watched the Lord– when the day comes that that no longer works–I know my work is finished upon the earth. I believe I will run my course just as He wants me to. Oh, I am listening for those wheels! Amen. I want to go on with the Lord and be in His divine will in that translation.
15.             But a royal priesthood, a peculiar people—yeah, standing there, disappears and goes into the closet–a peculiar person. Daniel was a peculiar person, praying three times a day. That was business with God. Can you say Amen? The Redeemer is the greatest intercessor of all. He is still interceding for His people, the bible says and He is an example to all of us. All of us are called to be intercessors and I will lift and exalt that type of ministry. You have to have endurance and you have to be quite a person to be an intercessor because you are timely. When the Spirit moves on you, you will answer back. Therefore, the most important thing right now at the end of the age besides the fruit of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of power is the gift of the intercessor. So, don’t say you are too young. Say a prayer, praise the Lord and no matter your age, reach on out. “O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation” (Psalm 95: 1). Why did he call Him a Rock? He saw the Chief Headstone. Daniel also saw that mountain that was cut out as a stone. All through the psalms, David speaks of the Rock. One thing–His promises–if He told David something, He carried it through. David knew that the Lord was strong and dependable. There was no way you could push Him aside. There was no way he would let you down. He was strong, so David called Him a Rock.
16.            Brother Frisby read Psalm 93: 1-5. Jesus at 12 years old and Samuel the prophet called at twelve—how many of you know that the Lord has strapped us all together that we are intercessors or workers in one way or the other for the Lord Jesus? No one can go out of here and say, “If the Lord would have called me.” See, you are called now and that intercessory deal is a great one with the Lord. He will give you strength and He will hold you up. If you are good at intercessory prayer, satan may take a lick or two at you. You put on the whole armor of God and He will really bless you. He will do it. I really believe that. You have to be fortified. Your character has to be as David said–the rock. There is a great blessing in that. I don’t think there is any blessing like that of an intercessor because it is a blessing to the soul. Remember when you pray as the Spirit moves on you—that prayer—the word of God will not return void. Somewhere in the world that prayer of faith is answered. The Lord has the prayer of faith and He will bless your heart altogether. How many of you know you are an intercessor? Can you raise your hands to the Lord and praise him for it? Remember, when the Spirit moves and even when He doesn’t move begin to intercede. God will bless your heart. He will set you free. He is a Great One. So don’t tell Him because you don’t have this or that, you can’t do anything. You can. Get a hold of Him and become a great intercessor of the Lord.
17.             As the age closes out and the falling away comes, these are the people (intercessors) that He is looking for. Sometimes, the gifts will fail; men will forsake God or they will backslide. People that come with vocal gifts, many times, they won’t live right; they will backslide and go out of the way—but many have stayed and many people have worked the fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit. But there is one thing: your prayer as an intercessor will stay with God. You may be gone but that prayer is gone up and your works do follow you. So, men can come and go but the prayers of an intercessor, I believe are in those vials. That’s His people and some of those are under the altar still praying for their fellow servants to be sealed down there. What a ministry! It is wonderful, peculiar, a royal people of the Lord. They are called spiritual stones of the Lord. How many of you believe that God told me to preach that tonight?

Lord, I pray in my heart, touch the people tonight. It’s because of the prayers and the efforts of the people of the Old Testament, that’s what makes it easy on the United States. That’s prophecy. Glory, Alleluia! That seed reached in clear over here, according to the bible—the prayers of the prophets, the prayer of the Lord Jesus—that’s why such a great nation has come; that’s why such a great people that love God came upon the earth. But they are beginning to turn; the nations are turning their back on God. It is now that the real people of God need to get a firm grip and stay in because it is the hour of the coming of the Lord and He shall come soon. Bless them here tonight, Lord. Whatever their needs are, I believe you are going to meet their needs. Can’t you feel the power of God? Just relax, can you relax? The Holy Spirit is a great relaxer. He will take away the oppression, even possession, if you have it. He will heal and He will cure. Let your anxiety and tension go and the Lord will bless you.

1. Tonight, Step by Step into Heaven: How far do you want to go up the spiritual ladder tonight or in the days ahead? It’s a kind of sermon that reveals things to you. It shows our journey in this life. The dream/vision that came to Jacob reveals many things. In the great pyramid that is in Egypt—this is symbolism—in the pyramid, there are seven overlapping steps that lead to the veil. They represent the church ages and so forth. The sermon tonight is about Jacob’s ladder.

2. Turn to Genesis 28: 10-17:

a. “And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place and tarried there all night…and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and he lay down to sleep” (vs. 10-11). The scripture says “stones”, but when it gets through, it says “stone” (vs. 18 & 22). He took the stones for his pillows. Yes, he was tough, wasn’t he? He was a prince with God and became a very wealthy man, too. He was great prince with the Lord. The Lord got some of that conniving out of him. But he was tough. He just got stones together and he was going to lay his head on them as a pillow. He was going to lie down there in the open. We have it too easy today, don’t we? Maybe it’s showing us that sometimes when you rough it out a bit, the Lord will appear to you. Well, He revealed to Jacob the steps of his life. Finally, the steps of his seed, the elect that will come. The Lord is showing us something here.

b. “And he dreamed, and behold a ladder was set up on earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it” (v.12). Note that the ladder was not from heaven to earth. It was set up from earth to heaven. That is the word of God. There are messengers coming back and forth. Through the word of God, we either reject his ladder or we are going to go up this ladder. Can you say, Amen? Praise the Lord. I might also say that the stone (s) he collected was the very Headstone. Oh, Christ was with him. He laid right down on Him. This is one time Jacob got as close as John—remember he (John) lay on the Lord’s bosom (John 13: 23). The ladder with angels ascending and descending was glorious as you look upon the spiritual scene.

c. “And, behold, the Lord stood above it and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac, the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed” (v. 13). It wasn’t just angels going up and down the ladder, the scripture says, “Behold, the Lord stood above it. “ Also, He told Jacob, “Where you are lying down, I am going to give it to you.”

d. “And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth…and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed” (v. 14). That covers everything, doesn’t it? The spiritual seed as well; not only the Jewish lineage, but also the gentiles—the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ, the elect of God, and many of the compartments of the wheel within the wheel of the church. “And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed”—that is A-L-L. How wonderful it is? Such a great power. See; it shows you the faith blessings to all the families of the earth. By faith, we have got the God of Jacob when we got the Messiah. Isn’t that wonderful? He never changes. Glory, Alleluia!

e. “And, behold, I am with thee and will keep thee in all the places thou goest, and will bring thee again to this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of” (v. 15). Jacob went over there, met Laban and he came back just as the Lord has said. He laid down his head on that stone with the angels going back and forth and with the Lord standing above the ladder. He came right back and wrestled with the Person that put the ladder there until He blessed him. Can you say, Amen? Going out, he saw a ladder and coming back he wrestled with the Person that put the ladder there. “I will not leave thee.” God will never leave you. You can walk out on Him, but He will never leave you. He is right there, “until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.”

f. “And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not” (v. 16). It’s like in this city (Phoenix, AZ), Capstone Cathedral, the Lord is in this place and they know it not. How many of you caught that? When He does something great, He will put it right in front of the people for a sign and they will miss it every time. He is a great God.

g. “And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate to heaven” (v. 17). He respected the Lord so much; it was frightening. He said this is none other but the house of God. He didn’t understand all about what he had seen, but he knew it was supernatural. For all of his life, he thought about the things that God had shown him. He couldn’t figure it out; it was a struggle, step by step that seed would come—the Israelites. Look at them over there (in their homeland) today, step by step until Armageddon—until it’s all over. The Lord said so, “Until it is all over with, I will be with that seed. Isn’t that wonderful?

3. The ladder going from earth to heaven—it shows you each step is providential going into heaven (Proverbs 4: 12). It shows the messengers going back and forth, the angels bringing messages to the people; the ladder is the word of God going back and forth from God—“It shows your way shall be opened up to you step by step in my ladder.” How wonderful it is! And in your life, sometimes, you get in a hurry; sometimes, you wonder how this thing that you have been asking for, you have not received it yet. Sometimes, it is faith. However, some things are providential and predestined; none can move them, they are destiny. If you hold on to the word like Jacob, believe me, the Lord will meet your need and He will direct you step by step. But you’ve got to let Him guide the first, second and third step before you can jump into the seventh or eighth step. .

4. Step by step, if you understand that in your life—no matter what step you are in your life right now. There are many steps; a few of them you must have missed and God guided you back. You got off step. You got off the trail. He guided you right back in step into unity. What you want to do is this: In your heart and mind, like Jacob, picture yourself being with that Headstone. You see, he laid his head on the Headstone, the very Christ—the Pillar of Fire. Moses looked over and saw a burning bush. Can you praise the Lord?

5. Step by step, you get in tune with the Lord and say, “I want you to order my life, step by step, no matter how long. I will not be impatient, but I will be patient with you. I will wait until you guide my life step by step through the trials, through the tests, through the joy, mountains and valleys. I will take it step by step with you with all my heart.” You will win; you can’t lose. But if you get your mind on other people, the failures of other people and some of your own failures; if you start looking at things from that standpoint, you are going to get out of step again. He said He will never leave you or forsake you until He has done “whatever in this life He has purposed and predestinated by providence for you. Until it is all over with, He will be with you.” Then, of course, you go into a spiritual plane, into another place—we know that.

6. And so, step by step, the way will be opened up before you. And Jacob said God is in this place. You know, Jacob was probably thinking about what he would do when he got to where he was going. You know Jacob was very materialistic in his mind. He was thinking about all these things he was going to do. He was thinking about everything but God. Finally, he was so tired; he had his mind on so many things. He left one place, he was going to another. He was probably thinking, “Why did this happen to me?” God’s hand was upon him. He had so many things on his mind—running from his brother and going to Laban. Suddenly, when that happened to him—the heavens opened up—the angels going back and forth; he saw all these things moving. The Lord was trying to make him to understand, “Jacob, there is action; we don’t just sit around the place, we move up and down.” Glory! “I am working with you right now. I am planning your whole life. You think nothing is happening. I have got a lot ahead for you. Your boy is going to rule Egypt.” Oh, Lord, thank you! The boy has not even come yet. “All your life, I am planning it—clear to the end when you stand before Pharaoh and to the last day when you lean upon your staff and bless the twelve tribes.” Glory! Isn’t that wonderful? Glory to God!

7. And so, Jacob got up and said, “Oh me, I didn’t know that God was a million miles from this place and I fell down on this rock. This must be where he lives.” We found out that God followed him everywhere he went. He didn’t have to come back to that place (to find God). But He scared him. He was afraid because the last thing on his mind was to come into where God lived. Can you say, Amen? The Lord is full of surprises. It says in the bible, be careful less you entertain angels unawares. That’s what happened to him. Angels appeared to Abraham—the Lord and two angels. Jacob was lying down here and angels came unexpectedly. Be careful, you entertain angels unawares. Jacob’s whole life was planned. God was active. Those angels were going up and down through there and they help the children of God in the same way.

8. Our lives are step by step on the ladder of life and that ladder is taking us on to heaven. “And I will provide a way; providentially, step by step will I lead thee and guide thee.” Jacob said he was afraid. He said this is the house of God and this is the gate of heaven. “And Jacob rose up…and took the stone that he has put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it” (v. 18). One time, the three disciples were with the Lord and His face was changed; His face was altered like lightning—the very Headstone, the Capstone, the Lord Jesus Christ. His face was altered like lightning and He stood before them in a cloud with a voice and great power. And the disciples said, this is the place of God here. Let’s build a temple here. You see what happens to them; they get so caught away in that dimension. It’s so wonderful and so powerful that they always get beside themselves. “He took the stone…” It says here the stone that he took and put for his pillows—he set up a pillar and poured oil upon it, like he was anointing something. As far as we know, the Lord comforted him and made it look like a stone but it might have been symbolic and typifying the Pillar of heaven because it is called the Pillar of Fire. The Pillar of Fire drew him into dreams and visions. He poured oil upon it like an anointing. He called the name of the place Bethel (v. 19). Jacob vowed that he would do what the Lord said and he asked the Lord to help him in everything that he would do. Then, Jacob went on about his life (v. 20).

9. Tonight, how far up the ladder do you want to go? How many really want to get to heaven? Does it mean much to you as it meant to Jacob? If you really believe Him in your heart tonight, you can take a new step with God. Believe me, those messengers going back and forth are your messengers. These are the messengers of God, particularly used in the visionary dream. They were used as messengers and they came from the Mount of God—back and forth—to help the seed that He said will be all the families of the earth, like the dust of the earth. These same messengers are coming to us up and down from heaven and they are delivering His people. I believe tonight that you have messengers with you and that God will encamp around those that have faith. There is great power in this place, this very Capstone and they know it not. You shall have whatsoever you say, if you have power to believe it. Amen. There is deliverance in the power of the Lord.

10. Jacob felt like praising the Lord and the bible said it this way in Psalm 40: 3, “And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God…” Jacob had a new song in his heart, didn’t he? How wonderful it is! And then, Psalm 13:6, “I will sing unto the Lord because he has dealt bountifully with me.” He will be with you tonight. How would He do it? By praising the Lord, He will give you a miracle. “Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion; declare among the people his doings” (Psalm 9: 11). Here, it tells you to shout the victory, tell the people of His wonderful things and He will deal with you in a wonderful way. You have to cause/create an atmosphere of power. Believe me, for a moment when he (Jacob) poured oil on that stone, there was an atmosphere in that place. Amen.

11. “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord….come before his presence with singing” (Psalm 100: 1 & 2). When you come, you come into His presence with joy and you come into His presence with singing. All over the bible, it tells you how you can receive in the church the things that God has. Sometimes, people come and they are angry with someone or they come here and something is wrong. How do you ever expect to get something from the Lord? If you come with the right attitude to God, you can’t fail to get a blessing each time you come to church. “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving” (Psalm 69: 30). Come singing, come praising the Lord. These are the secrets of God, the power of the Lord and the secrets of the prophets, too. “Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name” (Psalm 18: 49). Do you believe that, tonight? Every one of you, each of you should have a song in your heart. You can have a new song in your heart. The blessings of the Lord are for you. Tonight, we have got our heads laid down on the Headstone—the place of the power of God. He is all around you. Isn’t that wonderful? I feel it; I feel the power of the Lord too.

12. The Lord led me to go this way, Acts 16: 25 & 26; we are headed for an earthquake with all that is going on. Praising the Lord shakes things, Amen. It will quake the devil and drive him off. “And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bands were loosed” (v. 26). You begin to praise the Lord, you begin to thank the Lord always in your heart, no matter what, there will be doors opening. Praise God. He will open the doors and will let you go free. I believe that the last revival that the Lord is going to send is going to come through praising the Lord, through faith and the power of the Lord, but you’ve got to have faith. It is impossible to please the Lord unless you have faith (Hebrews 11: 6). Each one of you is given a measure of faith. You may not be using it; it may be lying there negative, but it is there. It is up to you to allow that faith to grow by expecting in your heart and by giving thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

13. Believe me that ladder going to heaven; those messengers going back and forth are on a bidding/mission and their job is whatever you ask, you shall receive. Seek and you shall receive. This is a wonderful lesson in the power of God and the doors will open immediately. So, we see that the steps in the ladder revealed in Jacob’s life, in the families of the earth and in all the elect seed on the earth, that the Headstone will indeed be with them—that it is close as laying your head on it—the power of God. Moreover, it revealed that providentially those people chosen by God of the seed to come upon the earth—the Gentiles—and all the families of the earth will be blessed, but they have to receive the salvation through the Messiah—the Root, the creator and the Offspring of David. So, we see the ladder was meant for the seed on the earth. Step by step, He will lead His children and step by step—with His messengers going back and forth—at the end of the age, we will go up and meet God at the top of it. Isn’t that wonderful? How many of you can say, Praise the Lord? We are going to come up this spiritual ladder.

14. Make a spiritual move into the kingdom of God. Promise the Lord in your heart, “Lord, guide me step by step, no matter what the devil tries to do to blow me one way or the other, I am going to set my course right in there and I am going to believe with all my heart.” I believe those messengers are coming back and forth to those that believe the Lord Jesus, the great Headstone. Jacob did not reject Him. He used Him as a pillow and poured oil on Him. That was all representative of the Chief Headstone. The bible said in the New Testament that Jesus Christ was the Main Headstone that was rejected. The Greek called it the Capstone. So, tonight I am receiving the headstone, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Very One that will bless your heart. We are going into a spiritual move and a restoration with the Lord in the next few years or month or whatever time He has, we will go in and have a revival with the Lord. Dreams and visions are very important, aren’t they? And the bible is true; that boy (Joseph) that came through him (Jacob) ruled Egypt and saved the whole world from famine.

15. Somebody that was just out in the wilderness out there and didn’t know it, but the God of Israel was there. He is here tonight, closer to you than you have ever realized. When you lay down on your pillow tonight–I feel this from the Lord– that is how He is close to you and whatever you need. Think of your pillow as Jacob’s pillow. Believe that your pillow is the very Headstone of God with you and over you and He will bless you. Do you believe that? Let’s just praise the Lord. Glory to God! And you new ones, if it is a little too strong for you; I cannot lighten it, it’s going to get stronger. Why play around, just get in. That’s what the Lord Jesus likes about it too. When He Himself came and was working miracles in Israel, He got the job done and that’s what we have to do. If you want to get with God, just get right in. Don’t let pride keep you back. It is yours, it belongs to you, but you can’t get it if you don’t open the door. Just get it there and travel on your way step by step to heaven.

Please Note:

Read Translation Alert 25 in conjunction with Special Writing # 36: The Will of God in One’s Life.

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