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Well I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians, 1st & 2nd Peter, 1st & 2nd Timothy, the books of 1st, 2nd, & 3rd John, &  Titus, Philemon, And Jude. Like 1st, 2nd, & 3rd John they are in a single message, the book of Galatians, Philippians, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, and Hebrews.

I have not added any commentary or narrative nor any chapter or verse references. Because they have been liked by quite a few listeners I thought I would try to do more of them with the remaining New Testament books of the bible. This way you have access to the entire New Testament on my Podcast. 

I do think it is a good idea because you can get the entire book in just a few minutes. Front to back without interruption. Now I say that but just reading the bible is not sufficient for learning, so God gave us teachers as well. This is however one way of getting through the books of the bible. Your spirit, new man, inner man, the Holy Spirit, and your heart depend on your getting the word down inside of you. If your Christianity is a dead work, it is because of a lack of bible reading time as well as a lack of bible doing time.    

So this message is not about teaching by breaking down the Book Of Matthews, but about allowing you to seek the nuggets for yourself. This message my friends is about listening. Listen to the words, to the sentences, hear in your very spirit what marvelous things are being said. 

Now this message will be longer than you might be used to. The goal and purpose of recording each book in its entirety is to give you the uninterrupted, not even by chapter and verses, story. And in longer I mean like a really good 2-hr TV show long, only better. 

Now a little chit-chat about the book of Matthews. This is the first of four gospels, although some believe that the book of Acts could also be considered a gospel. Neither weether, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that reading and knowing the gospels alone will not lead you to being a solid Christian. Read or listen to, and do, and can, is the only method which works. I say this as kindly as possible, do not leave it up to your church to equip you to be the Christian you need to be. We are or were when we were unsaved, prone to live life blaming others for our station in life. We liked to hold others accountable for making sure we had everything we desired. Ha, and even as saved beings we can still fall into that error. 

In a new marriage no one should have to encourage you to spend time with your new husband or wife, if so then you shouldn’t marry or won’t be married long. Same, same with Jesus. No one should have to tell you to spend time with your new Spiritual Groom (Ephesians 5:25-27, Revelation 19:7-9). If anyone has to tell you to do so, then you are probably not ready to commit to Him and should but beg to be ready soon.

Hosea 6:3 – “…Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord…”

2nd Tim 2:15 - Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

1st Tim 5:17 - 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

Well, get your notepad ready and get ready to be astounded at what you are about to hear.

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Well we began on June 28 2022, or I was commissioned by God very near that time to do a Podcast, and I say very near because I didn’t know what a Podcast was when I had received the word from three different people so I had to allow some time to learn everything about Podcasting including but not limited to what’s a good Mic, no wait first I had to look up on YouTube what a Podcast was, then pick videos that would show me, then watch videos about Podcasting sites and which was a good one, free to be more specific, and but not really even that because I had moved so fast that within a month I had to pay for lots more Podcast messaging space. I needed to find a good music website that would keep my out of copywrite issues, editing software that would allow me to record and edit the messages, also free until I needed the professional level stuff. I had a laptop but needed another external drive to store everything that had to do with the ministry.

 I needed to rent a cloud as a backup storage place. Because I go out full throttle on everything I wont go into the details about all that I bought including setting up an in home studio that I didn’t need. I also needed an application that would allow me to make the cover, that is what you see when you pull up the message, also for free until I needed the better artwork, and now this too is a monthly fee. No I am not complaining but I include these details because I want you to know how fast I was, God was, moving to get me ripping. I eventually got a three monitor system with a new laptop as the old one was no longer supported and the devil decided to daily send viruses and other crazy stuff which got right by the no-guard in here system. Other things is the website which took a significant amount of money and time, but is well worth it. Creating a YouTube channel, and getting on as many as 30 other platforms. 

Currently my message reserve is over 500. What I am really saying is that I am behind that many messages and will probably never get to most of them as I sneeze and get four messages. 

The Podcast is three years old and humming along. The data I will be sharing is so that you would know how we are doing. Huh well ok so you have a duel role in this ministry. One is to listen to the messages, develop an action item list and do those things you feel will make you a power Christian. By the way, not to deflate your balloon but all Christians should be power Christians. The other role you have is to share the messages either by printing them, having bible studies using them, sending them to others, or sharing the links which are many but getting to the website will lead a person to where they need to go. It’s like if you had heard of an Evangelist coming to town and he had a ministry of healing. What would you do? Go by yourself? No don’t say that. Ha, you would take people, this is always how Jesus was introduced to people. Same, same for this ministry. If you feel you want to tweak a massage then do so but be careful not to remove the revelation from it. I am a called and anointed teacher so I am doing the work and operating as a Teacher in the church. But I do get if you want to make the message fit more to your style of delivery. 

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Well so I thought I was going to give you the book Of Matthew, the first gospel story in my podcasting the New Testament series, but I thought that I would do this one next as to get the book off of my desk as they are starting to stack up, and but also because I learned something about baptisms that I had not previously known. Ha, we already know why which is because we the church seem to avoid placing called and anointed teachers in the churches of today. Why? You know it is because we are in the Laodicean church age and it has not been doing church Daddy’s way, or should I say our Lord and Saviors way since it was Him who told us how to do it. Maybe I see the fallacies so easily because I worked for Government for almost 30-years and did learn something about how to organize, structure, operate efficiently, and things like this. The proof, since we always seem to want credibility, even from Jesus, it the fact that the office was at or near the very top in production, quality, and speed of completion of work. Additionally, we had a complete turn around in how the office operated insofar as employees liking and appreciating the culture that they themselves were taught to establish. 

But enough about that season of my life as no doubt in the beginning it almost killed me and I was left with no one but Jesus, the CEO of CEO’s to sustain me. He gets all the credit after all in my doing whatever he wanted and equipped me to do using all of everything in terms of talents, skills, and spiritual gifts and calling, oh well and the anointing that He also placed on my life, how can I take credit for anything. Nope nor do I want it least He hold me account for whatever I did in my own strength. Ha

So yes it’s the long way of saying Jesus has taught those who are teachable, not many are, don’t shout me down, how to do church. We can turn the church madness around by:

2 Chron 7:14 - if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

And...

Rev 3:18-22 - 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ ”

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So, this little message is from a book written by Gordon Lindsay. I am just using his example of prophesy even though it is mostly right out of the bible. I will be adding my own fill-in if you will regarding the rest of the message. The book is titled “The 18-Silent Years and is written in series form about the life of Jesus.

In the book Gordon titled the section, His Ministry, with the His representing Jesus. When I saw how he went from the Old Testament scriptures and showed how they came to pass or will come to pass in the New Testament scriptures, I thought that it would be a great little ditty message that further shores up the bible as being oh so very trustworthy as it remains infallible after more that 2000-yrs. No book ever has remained so enduring in and through time nor as interesting and relevant to our todays and our tomorrows. Of 2500 prophecies all have come to pass but nearly about 500 or less, and even with that many remaining, once they get fulfilled, as it is happening right in front of our faces today, the fulfillment will occur very rapidly. Not like oh we have a couple hundred more years before things wrap up but like we have such an extremely high probability that they will, that is the Bride-Church rapture being one of the key events, will happen in our lifetimes. 

The only concern we have impacts all of our eternity which is if the Pharisees didn’t recognize Jesus as God, as the virgin birthed miracle that they so often studied, how easy will it be for the likes of the modern Christian catch the 1st rapture, and the beginning of the tribulation? 

Is 9:6-7 - For unto us a Child is born,
 Unto us a Son is given;
 And the government will be upon His shoulder.
 And His name will be called
 Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
 Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
 7 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

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Ok so some of my listeners, especially the committed ones, may be wondering why I am Podcasting so many messages in these days that are either from the bible, as in reading the bible text without chapter and verse and of course leaving out any commentary that I am tempted to include. I am not sure other than to say that this is my 12-months of studying. Yup I have put behind me over 210 books since February of this year and I blame God for every line I read. I don’t but listen many of you know in listening to my testimony that I am not a reader. Ha, I don’t like to be still. And yes but no I cannot drive and read very well so I don’t do that either. 

Because of this reading, I get a lot of relevant messages. They are relevant because I am not reading just whatever I want but what I am led to read. It just so happens that they are teaching stuff that we need to hear today in this very last hour.

My goal is to read 365 books in 365 days, and why should you care? Because I believe anything worth doing is worth setting goals so that you do not get derailed. I track what I read so that I do not lose track. Ha, it also motivates me to continue in this very sedentary activity.  

Ha you say I don’t need no stinkin’ goals, and but, I say that it has been my experience that a goaless person is like a ship without a rudder, and more often than not, no like way more often than not, when I ask these people what they want to be when they grow up, None, Nadda, Nill have any idea. Keep in mind we are talking about those who profess to be born again and connected to the god who says nothing is impossible for those who believe. Now this is true unless you really don’t believe. If you are not doing as it pertains to the precise calling of God for your very specific life, then you don’t believe. You see it doesn’t matter what you say but what you do, and but of course if you are doing, then you can say what you are doing, and your life in God lines up perfectly and your saying will also line up with what God wants you to say. Now doesn’t this behavior sound like a ship without a rudder? Of course, because these people think that things will work themselves out just the way they are supposed to. But I say that I have a scripture that tells us the heavy consequences of ignoring the obvious:

Hosea 4:6 - My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

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What! Yes, there has been so many theories about the 144,000 that I eventually settled it that there was one group that met the criteria and that it was going to be the group of Jews who would come out of the tribulation. End of story. Well, nope. I came across this little ditty of a book and had simply learned again that we never stop growing in the Lord when we diligently seek Him:

Heb 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

So you see my mind was expanded on the topic which by the way is still a prophesy yet to be fulfilled. Now but saying this, I have been studying the book of Revelation as well as other books in the bible to kind of gauge where we are at. The war in Israel will be a huge sign of the times in that they will be led by God to enter into a 7-year peace treaty with the anti-christ. But see knowing this isn’t my concern, but the fact that even though as typical of God, He warned us in advance that these things would happen so that we could be ready, most will ignore or not even see this event for what it is. 

Don’t fly by these end times least you be convinced by the lost majority that all will be ok because this new guy is going to rescue us from all of our woes. 

I was a little wrecked, not a bad thing in Christ by the way, when I read this and thought I would share that wreckness with you in hopes that we will get to and through the end of this thing just as Jesus intended us to get to and through it.

It’s long but not in comparison to being wrong because we think or thought that we had something better to do with our time. 

I have enjoyed all of the Gordon Lindsay books that I have ready and recommend that you get any of them to help you to grow.

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I have done messages on the day or hour as it relates to the feasts meaning. It is titled, “Is Jesus coming back Soon And Will We Know Whenish” dated 04/24/2024.

It is pretty comprehensive and but this one has quite a bit to add to it. Thus is the process of always continuing to learn and grow into the very image of Christ.

My sources are as follows along with watching a Christian documentary titled, “Before The Wrath” This video along with the video titled “The Coming Convergence” have really reminded me that we are indeed in the very last seconds of the very last days and that we as Christians should be paying attention. I am pretty sure we will not have any Ostrich Christians in heaven. That is those who simple stuck their heads in the ground and they heard things that they did not want to hear. 

This message will hopefully instill in you the whole reason why we should be at least equally excited for Jesus’ return as a bride who hasn’t seen her future husband for at least a year. You see we have marriage traditions that make it difficult for us to understand the value that God places on marriage. We do things like date, have premarital sex, sleep with multiple partners, and yuke other things, all the while diminishing the success rate of any marriage we intend to enter into. And what is ever so much more gross is that we enter into such a sacred event defiled having not committed to save that which is most sacred in ourselves which is saving our bodies for the one and only, and instead have freely prostituted ourselves out for what? ha, no one of course can answer that question intelligibly except the repentant sinner.

Let’s see how it should have been done from the first and how it is being done traditionally in places less gross than in the US, and but most importantly how Jesus explains how it will turn out spiritually for us; for those of us who dare call ourselves the bride of Christ. 

Before we begin and please don’t think that this will be a rebuking or correcting type of message, I just had to get that out of me to position our hearts to see the eternal value in marriage and why God hates divorce. Ha, but no I probably won’t hit that in this message. We will stay on this side of the stream.

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Well I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians, 1st & 2nd Peter, 1st & 2nd Timothy, the books of 1st, 2nd, & 3rd John, &  Titus, Philemon, And Jude. Like 1st, 2nd, & 3rd John they are in a single message, the book of Galatians, Philippians and 1st and 2nd Corinthians.

I have not added any commentary or narrative nor any chapter or verse references. Since there seems to be an interest in listening to these, I have decided to do the rest of the New Testament. In just a short bit you will have access to the entire New Testament in audio form on the Deep Waters Podcast. Now how great is that! 

I do think it is a good idea because you can get the entire book in just a few minutes. Front to back without interruption. Now I say that but just reading the bible is not sufficient for learning, so God gave us teachers, and the Holy Spirit as well. This is however is one way of getting through the books of the bible. Your spirit, new man, inner man, the Holy Spirit, and your heart depend on your getting the word down inside of you. If your Christianity is a dead work, it is because of a lack of bible reading time as well as a lack of bible doing time.    

So this message is not about teaching. We will not be breaking down the Book Of Hebrews, but about allowing you to seek the nuggets for yourself, with the Holy Spirits help of course. This message my friends is about listening. Listen to the words, to the sentences, hear in your very spirit what marvelous things are being said. 

The goal and purpose of recording each book in its entirety is to give you the uninterrupted story. It doesn’t even have chapter and verse callouts. Nice right?

Now a little chit-chat about the book of Hebrews because we have a lot of views about who actually wrote the book. It’s considered the mystery book by many, but I like Kenneth Hagins opinion which is that it was written by Paul. Ultimately, the Holy Spirit inspired it and that is sufficient:

Hosea 6:3 – “…Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord…”

1st Tim 5:17 - 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

2nd Tim 2:15 - Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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Yup, its another message from a great little book that I read titled, “Order of Future Events” written by Robert L. Moyer 1954. Now don’t let date throw you as the bible is a book written covering beyond all time that exists and yes we still also find it relevant to our current situation. This book in chapter 5 specifically speaks of a future event of which the bible identifies as the Millennium.

I will read the chapter and make only necessary changes as to help the listenability. Now I know that right there sounds like a new word, but perhaps not. Now but for example the author lists the scriptures in many cases, but no doubt does so with the expectation that his reader will stop reading to look up the verse to gather and comprehend what it is that the author is saying. Now but in the electronic age having such things as computers and electronic bibles, as well as being able to podcast and broadcast right from our very own homes a message, I have stitched in the scriptures. Now I want you to see how I didn’t say it was because of our attention spans being today oh so much more cut up by worldly distractions that I decided long ago to expect that anyone would take the time to look up all of the referenced scriptures. Ha, I didn’t say it because this is how I am many times, although not distracted by worldly stuff I really don’t like to study using the stop-seek-find-get revelation- and return to whatever it is that I was reading, reader. I would that the scripture was included in its entirety even if it makes the book more voluminous. I’m not afraid of fat books.

Ok let’s kick it:

We have seen how this present evil world increases in sin until the sin of man is headed up in the Man of Sin. It is under him that there comes such dreadful persecution that the period is called the great tribulation, this climaxes in the battle of Armageddon. We have seen that this battle is brought to an end by the descent of Christ from heaven. This is the second coming of Christ to the earth, frequently spoken of as His coming with His saints...

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In the previous message I told you that I read the book titled, “Hidden Treasure” by Charles C King and that I was going to do several messages on various topics that Charles wrote about in this book. These are very relevant topics for today, and because I did in fact learn something new in reading about them, I thought I would share them with you. Should you get the book? Of course you should as well as other books that he has written. 

I will make some modifications to guide the message in a more clearer manner.

When students of Bible prophecy consider the end of the age, the Antichrist is often the center-of-the-stage discussion.  This is a dreaded dictator who will be the personification of all that is wicked and evil. Just as there are three titles of God, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, there are three titles attributed to the dragon: Satan, the Antichrist, and the false prophet. 

When Christ was revealed during his life on earth His ministry was rejected by most of the Jews. He said in John 5:43 – 

43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

The Jews are yet waiting for their Messiah, and people of many nations are waiting for someone who can make order out of today's chaotic conditions. 

Now this book was written in 1993 so imagine if the author thought it was chaotic back then, I wonder what he would think about the situations that we are in today? 

The author goes on to say, when the coming world leader shows his ability to create peace and prosperity, he will be hailed as the long-awaited Messiah. This is where even though it is obvious to a small group of authentically born-again believers, most won’t see the conflict between the Christian belief that Jesus Christ the Messiah, has already been here already, and this new Whoville who says he is the actual messiah. According to the bible the largest part of the global population will take the bait hook, line, and sinker. 

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