A Word From The Lord: Suffering is The Bridge To Perfection

On May 20, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia, I said the Lord was about to execute some judgments in the earth that would catapult the world into the midst of bible prophecy. The collapse of the American economic system, which has affected every nation on the planet is one of such happenings. The escalation of war and rumors of wars, along with the increasing amount of earthquakes in divers places are also signs of the times we live in. There are famines and pestilences that are the onset of death in every nation. But during the days preceding the writing of this material, I asked the Lord, “What is it you want to say to us at this School of Prophets?” After sitting before Him for three days, He finally spoke. Tell my people they have come to the “Beginning of Sorrows.” The world as they have known it will never be the same. The window to reach the lost is open, but only for a short season. The days ahead are given to those who are called by my name to accomplish my purpose in the earth. Those who believe my word and keep my commandments will glorify me in the earth. They will walk in the power of my Spirit and cause all men to see the works I have done in them. Their righteousness shall be a memorial in heaven. They will not covet the things of this world and will turn from all unrighteousness. They will shun evil and promote the good. They will love one another and will have one mind and one heart to do the will of God.

The things you have seen and marveled after shall cease and come to naught. I will purge and prune this church that it might bring forth more fruit. I will cause my word to be exalted and stop the mouths of those who have taught perverse and gainsaying doctrines. I will seek out my own and allow them to hear my truth and choose their course. The word of righteousness will not change, but those who have trespassed against me must repent and follow after the way of holiness.

These are the days of proving and the final fulfilling of my eternal purpose. For I have purposed to reveal to principalities and powers in the heavenlies that which I have created in the earth. The days have come for my people to proclaim their heritage. They must and will be tried in the fires of adversity and wantonness, whose flames can only be cooled by their commitment to my word and my way. The world is about to experience a time of great perplexity and despair. It will tremble in fear and terror as I continue to weaken their gods. This is the beginning of their sorrows. Even as I visited Egypt in the days of Moses, so will I visit this generation. However, not all who are called sons shall escape the woes that are to come. My people must set their eyes on my kingdom. This is the final revival for the church. Choose your place and occupy it well. Your mind and heart must be fixed on the things I have said; all else is lost. I have given you a time of refreshing in the midst of the turmoil. I have given you a time of gathering the lost into the sheepfold. You must be faithful in these days for the night is quickly coming and you will not be able to work. This is your last revival. I have come to strengthen that which remains after the shaking. I will only delight in those who are leaders after my own heart. You must not compromise my sacred word. The lost will not come to that which is not pure and holy. They will not seek out that which is corrupt, for I have put it in man to know that which is good and that which is evil. You will not survive my indignation, if you do not take my yoke upon you. The lost are crying and know not where to turn for relief from their oppressor. I have given you the keys of the kingdom; I have put all the resources needed to reach the lost within the church. The cost of the field is a great price. It is your time to make sacrifices for the souls of those who do not know me. You must give your whole being to reach them. If your life is able to reach one soul and cause it to escape the flames of hell, then you have proven worthy of that life.

This is the time of the church that will sanctify my name. This is the time of great evangelism. The world will see and hear and many will believe and come to drink from the dayspring of life. However, this time is short and only those who have strengthened themselves in the truth will be partakers of these great things. For after the time of revival will come great judgments. However, those whom I have spoken to, have I also given the knowledge and resources to reach the lost. I have opened doors and hearts to send forth my word. Gather my people from among the heathen. They will hear my voice and follow after my shepherds. Do not hesitate to use all that I give you for their sake. Pluck them out of the fires of hell and lay up for yourself a great treasure in heaven.

“But Lord,” I said, “Why is it so hard to get some of the people who have heard this word to walk in it? Why is it so hard to get them to really believe it and trust it? I do not know what else to say to them. You have made it clear that only those who walk in the Spirit will be partakers of your mercy in the end of days. But Lord, there are still too many who are not walking in the Spirit and are frustrated and perplexed concerning it. Will you simply allow them to be lost? It is not my will that any should be lost. However, I have allowed my people to choose their own destiny. Most of those you have taught who have embraced this truth are those who first embraced the truth regarding suffering for Christ’s sake. You must go back and begin again to teach the reality of suffering in the flesh, for only then will they cease from sin and walk in perfection.

Suffering is the Bridge to Perfection

Suffering is the bridge that carries the Body of Christ from birth into the kingdom, to walking in the spirit as a manifested son of God. This is the missing link in the teachings that are supposed to produce a perfected sons of God. This link will continue to be missing in the church if the ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ are not willing to embrace this truth. Suffering is the glorious bridge that will bring each of us as individuals and as a church to the power of the Spirit of God operating freely in the earth. This is a truth that must be taught and discipled into the Body of Christ.

The Bible is not fiction; it is a reality. The Lord is soon to return. When He does, there will be people who will experience His wrath. We will enter into His wrath or into His Kingdom. That choice is upon each of us as individuals and this is the time of choosing. The decisions we make now are the ones that will stand in the end. We can hear and obey or reject and continue to walk outside the boundaries of the faith.

The Lord has manifested Himself to us; we have tasted Him and know He is good. There is nothing better or more fulfilling for the saints of God than walking in the Spirit. There is nothing, or no pleasure on earth that can surpass it. We have actually experienced God and tasted what it is like to be holy and righteous. We finally got back to how we were when we first received Christ. God has taken us back and placed us right where we were before we walked in any condemnation. (Walking in the Spirit eliminates all condemnation). God gave the revelation of the word to His leaders, so that we could become the first partakers and manifestations of the truth. He is about to take the true ministry of reconciliation to the Body of Christ. However, God will not present that which is unholy to the Body of Christ. The Church has seen many different things: miracle workers, faith healers, great preachers, revelators, teachers and those who prophesy. However, the Church has not seen a body of sinless, baptized believers, manifesting Jesus Christ and obeying God in all things at all times. This puts us in a precarious position. In God there is no darkness at all, therefore only those who are clean through the word of grace will be partakers of this end-time movement of God.

Beloved, do not be deceived. If you are not worthy to be a part of this latter day holy church of God, then you are lost. There will be only one Church and it will be the one that manifests the righteousness of God in the earth. The members of it will know their God and another they will not follow.