FAITH WORKS OR DEAD WORKS

THUS SAITH THE LORD:

HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN LIVE?

“THEREFORE THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.” RO. 1/17.

HOW DOES ONE PLEASE GOD?

“WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM.” HEB. 11/6.

SO THEN WE MUST HAVE FAITH, AND LIVE BY FAITH IF WE ARE TO PLEASE HIM:

HOW DOES ONE GET FAITH????

“FAITH COMETH BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD (RHEMA) OF GOD.” RO. 10/17.

“MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD (RHEMA) THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.” MATH. 4/4.

HOW DOES ONE ATTAIN TO RIGHTEOUSNESS?

“OBEDIENCE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS.” RO. 6/16.

“AND BE FOUND IN HIM, NOT HAVING MINE OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF THE LAW, BUT THAT WHICH IS THROUGH THE FAITH OF CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF GOD BY FAITH.” PHIL. 3/9.

“RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS BY FAITH.” HEB. 11/7

“EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH.” RO. 9/30.

…….. “FOR WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH”……..IS SIN…….. RO. 14/23.

SUMMING UP: SO THEN IF WE WANT TO LIVE BY FAITH AND PLEASE GOD, THEN WE FIRST HAVE TO HEAR HIM SPEAK TO US WHICH CAUSES FAITH TO COME INTO OUT HEARTS. (NOT OUR MINDS) ONCE WE THEN HAVE HEARD HIM SPEAK, IT NOW BECOMES OUR CHOICE TO EITHER BELIEVE AND OBEY HIM, OR DOUBT AND DISOBEY HIM. IF WE CHOSE TO BELIEVE HIM AND OBEY HIM, THEN WE BECOME RIGHTEOUS, BLESSED OF GOD, LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, WALKING IN THE ARMOUR OF GOD, MANIFESTING THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT… “FAITH COMES BY HEARING LOVING FATHER SPEAK TO US.” WHEN WE HEAR HIM SPEAK TO US, WE SEE……THE KINGDOM……WHEN WE CHOOSE TO OBEY HIM……WE ENTER THE KINGDOM: SO THEN IT MUST BE CONCLUDED, THAT IF GOD HAS NOT TOLD US TO DO SOMETHING BY THE WORDS OF HIS OWN MOUTH…….AND WE ARE DOING THINGS HE HAS NOT SANCTIONED TO US BY THE WORD OF HIS MOUTH…….THEN WE ARE IN SIN……DEAD WORKS, DOING THINGS OUR WAY, NOT HIS WAY, PLEASING OURSELVES AND NOT PLEASING HIM: US PLAYING GOD OVER OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS, TRUE REBELLION AGAINST HIM, THUS FULFILLING WHAT HE SPOKE OF LUCIFER WHEN LUCIFER SAID…. “I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.” IS. 14/14.

EXAMPLE: MATH. 10, JESUS COMMANDS HIS DISCIPLES TO GO PREACHING “THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND,” “HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, RAISE THE DEAD,……….CAST OUT DEVILS”………. LUKE 10/17, “AND THE SEVENTY RETURNED AGAIN WITH JOY, SAYING, LORD, EVEN THE DEVILS ARE SUBJECT UNTO US THROUGH THY NAME.”………..MATH. 17/14-21, MK. 9/14-29, HERE WE HAVE THESE SAME DISCIPLES THAT REJOICED ABOUT “THE DEVILS BEING SUBJECT US TO US TROUGH THY NAME,”……….BUT NOW …….. ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY COULD NOT CAST OUT A DEMON IN HIS NAME…….. WAIT A MINUTE DIDN`T HE GIVE THEM THIS AUTHORITY?……………THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO….. HE DIDN`T COMMAND, TELL THEM TO CAST OUT THE DEVIL OUT OF THE BOY, SO THEY DIDN`T HAVE FAITH TO DO IT………..IN MATH 10, HE COMMANDED THEM TO DO SO, HE SPOKE TO THEM………. “FAITH COMETH BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD.” THEY OBEYED HIM…..AND WHAMMO…..RESULTS: WITH THE BOY THAT WAS LUNATIC, THEY PRESUMED, SINNED, THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD DO IT, (“WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.” JOHN 15/5) AND FELL ON THEIR FACES……BECAUSE JESUS HAD NOT TOLD THEM TO DO IT…..SO THEY HAD NO FAITH…….THEY WERE IN DEAD WORKS, SIN, “WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS SIN.” ROM 14/23.

LET ME ASK YOU ALL SOME QUESTIONS:

IS THAT MOSH PIT COME NITE CLUB YOU CALL CHURCH WITH THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND SCREENS……DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? 2 PET. 2/18

THOSE CHOIRS DRESSED IN FROCKS AND ROBES…….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT????????? 2 TIM. 3/5, MATH. 23/5

THOSE BOOKS, TAPES, CDS, VIDEOS THAT YOU SELL FOR MONEY…….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT?????????? JOHN 2/16, MATH. 10/8

THOSE COFFEE SHOPS THAT YOU HAVE OPENED MAKING MONEY, CONDUCTING BUSINESS, FLEECING THE SHEEP OF THEIR HARD EARNED GRAFF…….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT??????? 2 TIM. 2/4

THOSE OP SHOPS AND FOOD PARCELS, STREET VANS ETC………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? REV. 2/19 (AND THE LAST TO BE MORE THAN THE FIRST)

YOU INCORPORATING YOUR CHURCH INTO A COMPANY………..DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT??????? 2 TIM 2/4, MATH. 6/26, LUKE 16/13

YOU ALLOWING WOMEN TO PREACH AND TEACH, “USURPING AUTHORITY OVER MEN,”………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT????????? 1 TIM. 2/12, 1 COR. 13/34

CHARGING MONEY FOR YOUR BIBLE COLLEGES……….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? MATH. 10/8

THOSE NICE TIDY LITTLE BLACK OUTFITS THAT YOU ARE ALL STARTING TO WEAR……….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? 2 TIM. 3/5, MATH. 23/5

INTRODUCING, AND BEING PART OF A “CORPORATE IMAGE”……….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? 2 PET. 2/3

TEACHING ALL THE PROSELYTES HOW TO ADMINISTER AND MARKET THEIR CHURCH………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? 2 PET. 2/3

YOU SANCTIONING SINGERS, MUSICIANS, BANDS, ALL SELLING THEIR WARES FOR MONEY, ADVERTISING IN THE SECULAR WORLD……….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? 2 TIM. 2/4

YOU WHO CONDUCT SCHOOLS OF THE PROPHETS………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? 2 COR. 10/18

YOU WHO PREACH “THE GOOD LIFE,” A SELF PLACATING DOCTRINE THAT`S SUPPOSED TO PUT THE SHEEP ON EASY STREET………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT????????? 2 TIM. 3/12, JOHN 16/33

YOU WHO PROPHESY THAT A GREAT REVIVAL IS GOING TO HIT THIS COUNTRY, THAT IT IS GOING TO FALL FOR JESUS………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? MATH. 7/14, RO. 11/5

YOU WHO PREACH IT`S OK TO CHASE MONEY, TO BE RICH………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? 1 TIM. 6/7-10

WHEN YOU POST BANNERS ADVERTISING “MIRACLE SERVICE TO-NIGHT,” “HEALING SERVICE TONIGHT,” “REVIVAL MEETING TO-NIGHT,”………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? MATH. 24/24-26

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PURCHASED PLANES, (AND YOU CAN`T AFFORD TO FLY AND MAINTAIN THEM)………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? RO. 14/23

YOU WHO PROMOTE, BACK SLAP, SPEAK HIGHLY OF, RECOMMEND, ACKNOWLEDGE, PUMP UP SUPPOSED “MEN OF GOD,” (WHO ARE JUST HUXTERS) SPEAKING WELL OF THEM, GIVING REFERENCES TO THEM IN ADVERTISING MATERIAL TO PEOPLE AS YOU PREPARE FOR MEETINGS WHERE THE PEOPLE CAN COME AND BE LIED TOO, HAVE THEIR “EARS TICKLED,” BE FLEECED………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT????????? JOHN 5/44, LUKE 6/26

YOU WHO MARKET THE SON OF GOD LIKE A CHEAP SIDE OF BEEF……….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? MATH. 24/24-26

YOU WHO HAVE TAKEN UP DIRECTORSHIP IN COMPANIES, CALL YOURSELF “SUPERINTENDANT,” TITLE YOURSELF “REVEREND,” “DOCTOR,”………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT????????? 2 TIM. 2/14, MATH. 23/8

YOU WHO GO TO THE COURTS OF THE UNBELIEVERS TO GET JUDGMENTS AGAINST BELIEVERS WHO CAN`T PAY THEIR BILLS………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT????????? 1 COR. 6/1-8

YOU WHO HAND YOURSELVES HUGE STIPENDS, DRIVE BMWS, MERCEDES, FOUR WHEEL DRIVES……….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT????????? MATH. 23/5-6

YOU WHO DISPATCH PROSELYTES TO COUNTRY TOWNS TO START ANOTHER SHOP IN THE CHAIN, ANOTHER FRANCHISE……….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT??????? MATH. 23/15

YOU WHO KICK PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR FELLOWSHIPS, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE THAT WHAT YOU ARE PREACHING IS NOT “GOSPEL,” AND THEY QUESTION THE HERESY, SAYING, “THAT`S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS,”………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT??????? MATH. 18/6,10, MK. 9/42, LUKE 17/2

YOU WHO HOLD AND ENCOURAGE DRAMA GROUPS, ACTORS, PRETENDERS………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT??????? (HYPOCRITES!)

YOU WHO LOOK FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, RECOGNITION, PERMISSION TO PREACH IN THE PULPIT, FROM MEN……….LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM, A PODIUM, SO YOU CAN “BE SEEN OF MEN,”……….DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT????????? JOHN 5/44

YOU WHO CONDUCT CHURCH SERVICES THAT LOOK LIKE A COUNTRY SIDE SHOW………DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? 2 TIM. 3/5

YOU WHO ABANDON THE SHEEP, RESIGNING FROM YOUR FELLOWSHIP, GIVING YOURSELVES A PROMOTION, CALLING YOURSELVES “A PASTORS` PASTOR,” SAYING THAT GOD TOLD YOU TO DO IT………DID GOD REALLY TELL YOU TO DO THAT???????? JOHN 10/13

YOU WHO WRITE YOUR OWN RECOMMENDATION, REFERENCE, CV, SPEAKING YOUR OWN CREDENTIALS SO AS TO IMPRESS OTHERS, SO YOU CAN GAIN ENTRY TO FELLOWSHIPS TO PREACH………..DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT?????????

JOHN 7/18, 5/31

YOU WHO ARE IN MINISTRY, DID GOD TELL YOU TO DO THAT??????? OR WERE YOU APPOINTED BY MAN: I KNOW THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY CALLED OF GOD TO MINISTRY; BUT HAS GOD UNCTIONED YOU INTO MINSTRY??????? (THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “CALLED,” AND “UNCTIONED:”) (READ “SO YOU WANT TO BE A MINISTER EH?” ON THE WEB SITE) MATH. 22/14

IS YOUR MINISTRY ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE???????????

I KNOW IT ISN`T………AND I KNOW HE DIDN`T TELL YOU TO DO THESE THINGS: WHAT SAY YOU PASTOR SORC-(ERY)? WHAT`S YOUR CONCLUSION FROM ALL THIS?

ARE YOU IN FAITH WORKS……….OR DEAD WORKS………. REMEMBERING “WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH………IS SIN……….RO. 14/23………UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU DIDN`T KNOW, ROM. 7/7,…….BUT, THEN……..IF YOU DIDN`T KNOW THE SCRIPTURES,………….WHY ARE YOU IN LEADERSHIP??????????????

THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS ISN`T IT?.................YOU ARE IN SIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IF YOU THINK ALL OF THIS IS SHAKING YOU UP…..YOU`RE RIGHT…..IT`S MEANT TOO…… “SEE THAT YE REFUSE NOT HIM THAT SPEAKETH. FOR IF THEY ESCAPED NOT WHO REFUSED HIM THAT SPAKE ON EARTH, MUCH MORE SHALL NOT WE ESCAPE, IF WE TURN AWAY FROM HIM THAT SPEAKETH FROM HEAVEN: WHOSE VOICE THEN SHOOK THE EARTH:…………..BUT NOW HE HATH PROMISED, SAYING, YET ONCE MORE I SHAKE NOT THE EARTH ONLY, BUT ALSO HEAVEN.” HEB. 12/25-26

THE REASON FOR THIS SHAKING IS OBVIOUS, IT IS FOR YOUR GOOD………….THE NEXT 2 VERSES TELL YOU WHY:……….. “AND THIS WORD, YET ONCE MORE, SIGNIFIETH THE ………..REMOVING OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SHAKEN, AS OF THINGS THAT ARE MADE,……….THAT THOSE THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE SHAKEN MAY REMAIN…………WHEREFORE WE RECEIVING A KINGDOM WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED, LET US HAVE GRACE, WHEREBY WE MAY SERVE GOD ACCEPTABLY WITH REVERENCE AND GODLY FEAR: FOR OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.” HEB. 12/27-29.

“FOR IF WE SIN WILFULLY AFTER THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, THERE REMAINETH NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS, BUT A CERTAIN FEARFUL LOOKING FOR OF JUDGMENT AND FIERY INDIGNATION, WHICH SHALL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES.” HEB. 10/26-27.

“BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT; IN THE WHICH THE HEAVENS SHALL PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE, AND THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT, THE EARTH ALSO………….

AND THE WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP.”……….2 PET. 3/10.

“WHOSE FAN IS IN HIS HAND, AND HE WILL THROUGHLY PURGE HIS FLOOR, AND GATHER HIS WHEAT INTO THE GARNER;……….BUT HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF WITH UNQUENCHABLE FIRE.”………MATH. 3/12.

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS…. “NOT LAYING AGAIN THE FOUNDATION OF REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS,” HEB. 6/1……….BEFORE YOU CAN GO ON TO PERFECTION……

FAITH WORKS???????...............OR…………DEAD WORKS????????

I THINK YOU KNOW WHICH ONE,………….AND THEREFORE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MUST DO…………… “REPENT”…………..IF NOT………YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO “JUDGMENT, FIERY INDIGNATION, AND SEEING ALL YOUR DEAD WORKS BURNED UP:”

“AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SIN NOT.” 1 COR. 15/34.

AGAIN…. “SEE THAT YE REFUSE NOT HIM THAT SPEAKETH;”

Bevan Kluver,

Straight Talk Ministries,

Ph/Fax 07 55452874,

Website www.straighttalkmin.org

bevan.kluver@bigpond.com

Speaking the truth in love, in the spirit of meekness, earnestly contending for the faith;

“EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOUR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT: EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN.” PS. 127/1.