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(RHEMA: Grace Upon Infertile Circumstances and Insufficient Qualifying Factors)
Moses Hightower
The Staff of Righteousness In the Strong City of Truth
You have come to the Judge of the entire earth. Know of a truth, that I have avenged you of all your adversaries. My elect have been avenged. You need not cry to me day and night for justification. I have avenged you and granted you justification by faith. I have given to every man the measure of faith. Now where is your faith? Faith frees all men to cease trusting in themselves that they are righteous. Faith is the substance of the things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Your hope will not make you ashamed before the impossibilities in your face. Justification is a mighty hammer upon the head of impossibility. You are no better than the sinner without justification; therefore, cease your meaningless thoughts concerning yourselves, and behold the promises of the Mighty God in Christ Jesus. You have been written down in the book of life as one justified before me. You are already qualified to receive all things because of my qualifications, not your own. Cease attempting to qualify for righteousness. I impute righteousness. You do not earn it; neither do you possess it of yourselves. Simply believe me as Abraham believed me, and your faith is counted to you as righteousness. Only believe. You have received the kingdom of God within you. Did you receive it as a little child, or are you so foolish to think that you earned it? If you have inherited eternal life because of who you are, then why have you not sold all that you have and distributed it unto the poor? You follow me, but why do you carry along meaningless things that have no value in heaven? Allow me to unpack you as a camel is unpacked at the eye of the needle, and you will truly have treasure in heaven that cannot be stolen, neither must be locked for security and protection. If this is hard for you, then profess not that you are justified. The voice of the faithful witness speaks in your ears. You have listened to the voice of the world and the voice of the god of the world. Turn to channels not broadcast to the world and those consumed by lust and covetousness. I have channels of power and sufficiency that have never been experienced. I offer you these channels of newness and freshness. Eyes have not seen these things. Ears have not heard these things. These things have never entered into the minds of man. These channels that I have opened unto you today broadcast the good things that I have prepared for you. These good things that I possess are impossible with men but are possible with me. Come unto me. You know that you are laden heavily; therefore, cease your self-righteous pretense which is merely a masquerade in my presence. I have rest for you. Cast down your worthless qualifications. I offer you my yoke. Ready yourselves for the yoke of the Lord, which is only fitted upon those who are not yoked to the world. My yoke is easy, and light is my burden. You cannot be yoked to the world and me. All that is in the world is the lust of eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. These things are not of me but of the world. The world will pass away and the lust thereof, but those who do my will abide forever. Lose not the love of the Father for distasteful corruption being offered at the table of the devil. His meal is presented as a delicacy. His meal tastes good to the flesh; however, when it is finished, the foul odor of corruption springs forth as unwanted waste and putrefaction. Come unto me, and sincerely commit to my way and my will, and you shall have manifold more in this present time and in the world to come, life everlasting. I have not summoned you to my throne as a blind man begging by the way side. You are children of the King. If I have extended mercy to the beggars of bread, how much more will the children be fed? Your faith has saved you. Now receive of all that is mine, come follow me, and give glory unto me, God Most High. I do not need to be convicted to bless you. I have already blessed you with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. You relied on me for salvation. Now believe that I am faithful to all those who rely on me for all things. Be assured that the fidelity of your Lord is not as the fidelity of the world and friends that you have known. I am trustworthy and faithful to my promises and those called by my name. I am the pillar of truth. You have the ground for true faith and assurance. You have compared faith in man with faith in me. Your faith in me, the invisible God, is distinct from faith in man. Man's production will fail. His props are not stable, and he has no ability to assure you without failing at some point. Even the firmest intents, are weak before the greatest impossibility and the shrewdest devil. Be assured that you have a firm conviction concerning my faithfulness and will not be disappointed. Surrender to me, and behold the prominence of my faithfulness in your life. You have faith in my promises, but do you have faith in me? You have made my promises the object of your faith and not me. Rest your faith on me, and the authenticity of my promises will not be a mystery to you. My forbearance is not weak in the face of your failures and weaknesses. I have tolerated you even when you have not tolerated others. Now behold the mercy of God knocking on your heart. I invite you to behold the power of mercy in the face of unrelenting pressure. Behold the power of mercy on your behalf. I am holding you up, although you have allowed others to fall out of your hands when you could have borne their burdens. I have endured your folly, although you have avoided those who have been foolish in your sight. I have covered you when you have refused to cover others with your effectual prayers. My forbearance in relationship to you cannot be calculated. I have spared you, although you should not be spared. The delay in punishment cannot be measured. How much is it worth to you to receive deferred payment of sins? I have withheld punishment for you when you deserved destruction. Accept the passing over of sins offered you today, and do likewise unto others, and you will find peace in the midst of this unceasing pressure. The pressure cannot continue if longsuffering toward others is exercised as muscles of resistance. Restrain yourselves in the face of the provocation of others. You have been hasty to retaliate and desire punishment for others, but I have not been quick to punish you. Disassociate yourselves from the desire to see others punished, and the pressure of judgment will cease its search for you. Behold the mercy of God unto you. It comes to those who are merciful unto others.
Don Grigsby
RE: RHEMA - The Staff of Righteousness In the Strong City of Truth Judges rise and fall, but the Judge of righteousness took on flesh like the children to taste the bitter taste of death for all of us. He swallowed up death in victory so we would not choke on the distasteful behavior of a crowd that "know not what they do." He will speedily avenge his elect that cry to him, and he will defend their cause before all accusers. Faith is not only our justification that says, "We are not guilty," but God will vindicate us before all those who seek our downfall. He was justified in the spirit so that we would have every false charge dropped on our behalf. Our poor ability and merits do not register on the scale that he has already measured our inheritance and promises upon. He has accepted us and qualified us by his grace and not in the light of our shortcomings. We may seem like children, but we are already owners of the whole property. We must grow up into him in this dimension also. We try to establish a base of operation in our lives by our own works when he has finished the works from the foundation of the world. We cannot bring anything to the table that has already had the transaction that we try to make finished by the blood of the cross. Our voices should clearly indicate and be heard in all the chief places of the city that the riches of a King is being disbursed for anyone who is thirsty and hungry. Our avenues of address have been opened before us. They will ask and call for a report for the evil and negative reports that have made men's souls lean and starving. Our world starves for the good report that is in our mouth. We are not as the beggars of the street. We are the family of the royalty of heaven. By supernatural birth, we have been made partakers of the wealth that will never pass away or be stolen by the thieves of unbelief. We are the children of mercy. Haughty spirits will always be an open pit. Arrogance will leave us open to the den of lions that we may wish upon others. The heart and tongue of the just is of choice silver. We will redeem our brother who is fallen into decay with us. We will restore the faltering and the failing. We are instructed to have compassion upon those who have fallen into disarray. We are instructed to forgive the debts of others as we have been forgiven our debts. Grace and mercy are the two doors of access into the temple of the kingdom of this hour. My language may want to lash out at the one who has so hurt me or others, but have I ever hurt or disappointed anyone? I know that I have. Failures are not final, but failure to forgive and have mercy can be the final blow to my relationship with the God whose mercy endureth forever. Mercy sees the tremendous potential that vengeance will crush and throw away. God never came to destroy us in this world but to save us in this world that is full of every kind of deterrent to forgiveness and left us at the seeming mercy of all the weakness of our own flesh. Let us behold the potential in all we meet that mirrors the actions of mercy in our own lives that God established as a foundation for us to stand on.
IMPOSSIBILITIES AND UNCEASING PRESSURE
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Rejoice greatly. The King of the kingdom lives inside. Where the word
of a king is, there is power. My word is quick and powerful. It is sharper
than any two-edged sword. I have set my word between your thoughts and
intents this morning. My words and my commandments are faithful. Choose
according to the light of my word and not according to the mental assumptions
gathered by your mind and your feelings. I have placed my word in your
heart. A new heart has been given to you. The word of the Lord is nigh
you even in your heart and your mouth. Your tongue has my testimonies.
The testimonies in your tongue are righteous and very faithful. Be not
afraid to release them with the confidence and might of a valiant warrior.
My words are faithful and true. They will not fail. I am faithful. What
I have promised will be performed. It is impossible for me to lie; therefore,
stand on this dry ground of infertility, and wait on the harvest of
truth's hand. I will give you a crop of souls and prosperity out of
the impotence that you see. 
