Confession of Faith - July 20, 2004

SCRIPTURAL VERIFICATION

The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

(Romans 10:8-10)

CONFESSION

Series 2.7.20 - #201

July 20, 2004

The Lord has made me an able minister of the new covenant, not of the old. He has established a new covenant and revealed who he is unto me. I need to remember my own shame before I am quick to judge others. God is no longer angry at his people. Much of what they are doing is because of ignorance. Their shepherds are leading them astray. The shepherds feed themselves and then turn to feed the flock the dry grass of tradition and dead water. Money is at the root of their love and not the welfare of the flock. I open my mouth and prophesy against the shepherds of the day, for they eat the fat of the pastures, but they do not strengthen the diseased sheep. They do not heal those who are sick, neither do they bind up those who are broken. They do not search for those who have been driven away, neither do they seek that which was lost. They rule with cruelty, for it is a cruel thing to place doubt in the hearts of innocent sheep concerning the prophetic word and those who prophesy.

Many are becoming meat to all the beasts of the field because they have lost confidence in the prophetic ministry. This lost confidence shall be required at the hands of the shepherds who have opened their mouths against those that God has sent with the fresh word of the Lord. The shepherds eat well while his sheep eat the dead things of their traditional ministry. God will require his flock at their hands and cause them to cease from feeding the flock. He will deliver his flock from their mouths so that they may not be meat for them. The Lord has said, "The letter kills, but the spirit gives life." Without a prophetic word, there is no life. He has sent me with his testimony. It is the testimony of Jesus, the life of the world. God has sought out those who are his. He will bring them unto me so that I may nourish them back to real life.

This is a very cloudy and dark day, but he will bring his sheep out from the people and gather them from the darkness of the hand of cruel shepherds who say they love them with forked tongues. They lie to them and deceive them. God's sheep will not be deceived, but his sheep shall follow his voice, and they shall run from the voice of strangers who do not know the voice of prophecy. God will feed them in the land where he does draw them. He will feed them in a good pasture. He is establishing a good fold for them to lie down in. He is bringing them into a fat pasture, and there shall he feed them the living word. They shall regurgitate the dead food from the mouths of the deceived shepherds. They shall suddenly leap up and run from the folds of the false shepherds. They shall remember God's voice and come from the corners where they have been driven away. He will bind up that which was broken and strengthen that which was sick.

The Lord will save his flock, and they shall no longer be a prey unto the false shepherds and the fat cattle. The fat cattle have bruised his flock. They have pushed the diseased with their horns. The Lord will judge those of the flock who have caused pain to those who seek after his voice and seek to follow him. Those who seek him shall find solace, support, and relief in the covenant of peace. The evil beasts that have tormented them shall cease to growl in their ears, for he shall cause them to dwell safely in a new pasture. They shall sleep in pastures where shepherds after his own heart dwell with them. God will give them new shepherds. I behold the shepherds that he has brought unto my midst. These shepherds are called by God and not by man.

The places round about them shall be hills of blessings. Showers shall come down in their season. The showers shall be showers of blessings. I behold the pastures that God brings his flock unto. The trees of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. All these things shall happen for his sheep that he loves so dearly with an everlasting love. They shall be safe in this new land that he brings them into. They shall know that Jesus is the Lord who leads them, for he shall break the bands of their yoke and deliver them out of the hands of those that served themselves.

They shall not be a prey any longer, and the evil beasts shall not devour them. They shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. I open my mouth and declare these words into the atmosphere. They shall go far and wide. Those who hear these words shall be raised up to be a plant of renown. Hunger shall not consume them any longer. God has heard the flock cry out for the living word. They do hunger for it, and they do thirst for the fresh waters of my mouth and his spirit. Jesus is their God, and they are his people. I pray and intercede for those who are held by the spirit of error and confusion. God will make those who are his free by the truth that he will send among them. The false teachers cannot screen out the truth, for there are some among the flock who are bearers of the truth. They shall open their mouths and prophesy, and the people shall be delivered by the truth that they shall speak. The Lord shall bring out all who are his. I believe.

Hebrews 10:22 - 23

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.