Don’t Measure the Outter Courts

Multitudes in the Valley of Decision. Don’t Measure the Outer Courts where They Are

August 21, 2021

The detail with which our Father wants to communicate with us has begun to overwhelm me. I cannot write what He is revealing fast enough. 

As understanding comes, the overwhelming reality of how we only skim the surface of knowing what He desires for us to hear is heartbreaking.  

We are perishing for lack of knowledge. We are perishing for lack of knowing Him. How did we ever become satisfied with weekly rituals and bondages requiring so much business that there is little time to mature and listen in His Presence?

Today, the Lord kept speaking, “Listen”. He took me through thoughts of visits with our spiritual father that we thought were random. Yet, with every visit distortion of truth was revealed. Once a distortion was exposed, we had to go to the Lord and let Him expose the fullness of how we entered into it and repent of it. That is, when we finally got it. For a long time we just thought we gaining knowledge of coming into truth. 

There are usually liars (demonic influencers) attached to lies. Depending on how long we accept a lie(s) as truth, depends on their ability to influence and control us. Every lie we have believed has to be dug out (they hide) and has to be replaced with truth.  

 Deacon and I are being exposed to the reality that when we believe one lie, usually there are other lies and liars supporting that lie. It becomes a nest of lies that are revealed by how we live. The process of removing the lies exposed in our lives has been arduous but each time we said yes to the Lord we are able to see and hear Him more clearly. 

While we were turning away from the lies and turning to truth we came to realize that some of the liars were still hanging around that had influenced us even after we repented.  In the confusion of how the lies affected our emotions our emotions would betray us and cause us to long for what had been familiar even knowing it was lies. We cannot give into our emotions. This is called double mindedness and we eventually saw it as another lie we were controlled by. 

When deception by a lie is revealed we must repent from following the liar!! As lies were exposed we turned away from them and followed the truth. Having our minds renewed according to what is accurate and true each and every time changed our living patterns.  Deliverance from following liars brings freedom. We understand now that while we were sons we had been opposing the mind of Our Father through believing lies. Our lack of allegiance to following the truth exposes we were still following the father of lies. See: Who is our enemy?

All the while we were saying we loved Jesus and following doctrines of men that told us lies about Jesus, we didn’t know we had joined the enemy in his quest to destroy God’s people. The test Jesus gives us is “if you love Me You will obey Me (truth)”. 

We had given what little power we had to the enemy. Albeit, we were deceived, nonetheless, we were serving another master. Do you not know that when we saw this for what it was our hearts were torn and we had much regret?!!   (There was weeping and gnashing of teeth) 

Until we asked for and received the salve Christ wanted to give us we lived in delusion. A large portion of our family in Christ are deceived and living of the earth just as we did. They are accepting lies taught for truth by men that makes us “feel” like we are rich because it’s all about a Jesus giving us what we lust for. 

Until we obey the Spirit of Truth given us as a result of us crying out on the Name of the Lord to save us we will not gain relief from the blindness that influences us to believe and follow lies. The father of lies and his hordes are very good at what they do. If he was successful in the garden of Eden, are we deluded? Is he not still accomplishing his goals to get us to believe lies and paint a picture of a God who does not love us if He refuses to cater to the lusts that lead us astray?

Over a period of six years of being set free from being misled from one distortion at a time there has been marked, increased ability to hear and see what the Spirit is saying and doing. All of the lies and distortions of truth that we participate in keep us participating in shallow knowledge and understanding of our Father and of our Christ and Lord in spite of His precious Spirit of Truth living in us.

While we, as God’s children, have had our sins forgiven we have failed to live in the depths of the direction of the Holy Spirit or the Spirit of Truth. Our Lord began the reversal of the effects of the enemy’s schemes that we have become ensnared in. The redemption that our Lord is bringing us into comes by renewing our minds as we follow Christ who is truth. This leads us face to face with how deceived we have been with every exposed lie that we MUST repent of and stop being apathetic about. Sam has brought to our attention that the root Word for apathy is the same for unbelief. We must be careful that we don’t wind up receiving our portion with unbelievers. 

Our irrational behavior stemming from believing lies that we are saved by the watered down gospel that the kosmokrator has developed and perpetuates keeps us ensnared in ignorance and destruction. This ignorance must be exposed as lies. The wolves teach us to voice a confession that we believe Jesus is the Son of God and we are saved. The devils (liars) know Jesus is the son of God. They are not saved by believing. Then we’re told that we go to church and listen to doctrines of men taught as the truth of Christ, and that’s we are obeying Christ by accepting their version of truth. 

It doesn’t even come close to Jesus' instructions that if we would come after Him, then take up the instrument of death daily (cross) and deny ourselves and follow Him. If we aren’t dying to desire the things of the earth the enemy uses them to entice us to believe his lies. Religion does not deny us what the world offers. 

What the Lord has revealed is that when we’re faced with a lie we have believed, repent. Stop believing the lie. Stop agreeing with it. When you agree with a lie it has power over you. You are agreeing with liars. The lies are perpetuated by demons. Believe them? You follow devils. This language has to be understood. There’s no getting away from the simplicity of this truth. 

Every time we repent from a lie and follow the truth we are obeying Christ. We are submitting to God when we believe and obey the truth. The only way demons don’t have power over you is when we submit to God. They have no alternative when they are resisted with truth other than to flee and come up with a different scheme to mislead us. 

We live in a kosmos (world) led by the kosmokrator (devil…the father of lies). The world we live in is built on lies and schemes to cater to mankind’s view of their needs and lusts to ensnare us into depending on his kosmos. 

We are to depend only on God, Our Father. 

If we don’t repent from living in lies we will never be able to clearly hear and see what the Lord is saying and doing. We can only follow one master. We hate one and love the other. 

We cannot be led by the Spirit until we refuse to stop following liars. Every time we repent and follow the truth we are living in the fear of the Lord. We can’t even begin to develop the ability to live in spirit and in truth apart from fearing our Lord. 

We must pay attention to the fact that we can be misled and turned away from our Father and His plans and become disloyal to who He created us to be. This is our battle!!  We have been given the Spirit of Truth so we can choose the truth. There are no alternate paths to follow. There is only one path that Christ leads us on. It is straight and narrow. There are not alternate ways. There is one way that leads us in Zoe or eternal life. . Fear of the Lord is the “beginning”, the beginning..the beginning…the beginning.,.of gaining Wisdom. That has to sink in. Fearing Him which bears fruit of obeying Him is only the beginning that takes us into knowing Him in truth (knowledge), being empowered in truth (Him), counseling in truth, and as you live this way understanding comes which brings wisdom and the ability to rule over our own soul. (The seat of earthly psychological sense and reason and emotions) 

Because we have not understood the Spirit that rested on Jesus we’ve moved into some foolish ideas and misunderstandings of the Holy Spirit. We’re consumed with the idea of Him giving us gifts of His Spirit. Does it even make sense that until you refuse to obey another master that the Lord will authorize you with gifts?  To understand the Holy Spirit we must look at Isaiah 11 to see the description of how the Spirit is described. The Spirit of Lordship, wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge, and fear of the Lord, all rested on Jesus. 

The way we know we are maturing is when the Spirit of the Lord that rested on Jesus with all these characteristics come to fully rest on us. However, what we will experience as we submit to our Father that Jesus came to show us is that they don’t rest on us all at once.  His Spirit rests on us as we hold ourselves accountable to only follow and obey Him who is the truth. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. Jesus said, If you would come after the Truth,(Me) take up the instrument of death (cross) deny lies that influence you (yourself) and follow the truth. (Me)

Then and only then do we begin to move in the right direction of having the Spirit of Truth develop in us in fullness. If we take this direction we come to know Christ as He is in Spirit and in truth. Note that knowledge is the next to last characteristic listed. We grow into wisdom which brings us to fully represent our Father with maturity from the bottom of the list upwards it as the way of the earth loses its hold on us we can come up into living in the strength of our identity in Christ.  He eventually gives or allots us authority to rule in how He foreknew we would serve Him when He could trust us. 

When we’re coming to know Christ as truth and hold ourselves accountable to live in truth we can gain power to live in truth and counsel in truth. As we live this way, understanding illuminates us.  We live knowing why it’s our Father’s way and wisdom finally penetrates our stoney hearts and takes the desire away to go any other direction than His. Only then, will we endure any suffering to rule His way.  His way has to become our way to gain authority in Christ. He has to be able to trust us to give us His authority to rule. Otherwise, in deception we would bring harm. 

The immature members of the Body of Christ (church) has brought harm by not repenting of receiving salve from Christ so we can see the truth. It is bringing much harm by teaching for truth doctrines of men.  The prophecy of the little horn has gained power over our Father’s Family. We have to repent of believing every lie with which the enemy has usurped the power of God’s heirs. Then He can entrust us with authority to represent Him. (Rule or Lordship). Scripture reveals many will repent of believing the lies and the enemy doesn’t maintain his power over all of them.

Many of us are saying we have the Holy Spirit and we live in lies and act like it’s not important to obey the truth. Our apathy towards obeying Truth paints a different picture than our Christ who came to set us free from the obstruction of lies. 

Our lives haven't even begun to express the fear of the Lord until we stop lying to ourselves and start following Christ in obedience. We have to stop doing harm by supporting anyone who is perpetuating lies. We can love people and not support what they are doing.  

Until we repent we cannot be immersed into Christ. This is how we receive remission of sins. 

Repent and be immersed (baptised) in the Name (into the character and nature (Lordship, wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge, fear of the Lord based in Truth of Who Christ is) ) for the remission of sins and you shall be saved. 

Lord, we pray You would become salve for our eyes so we can see. We pray You will bring us into loving and living in You which is loving and living in truth. We wait, hope for and expect Your zeal will bring your plan to pass. You are coming for Your family in the earth who will be brought into righteousness and holiness. You are coming for a people wh is without spot or wrinkle. We will finally be equipped in the measure of the fullness of the stature of Christ and represent You. Your vision will be seen. For Zion’s sake (your Holy People) for Jerusalem’s (your Kingdom and Holy City that supports us) You will not hold Your peace (bring Your family to ruling over our enemy (liars). You will not rest until you removing our blindness and our salvation becomes a light that burns.  

The nations will see our righteousness and all who rule them our glory as Your glory can finally shine through your people. . We will be known by Your Name and all that rests on you that brings us to represent You. We will be sought out, a city not forsaken.