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John – Grace and Mercy |
“In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who
then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And he called to him a little child,
and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye
turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom
of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the
same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such
little child in my name receiveth me: But whoso shall cause one of these little
ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great
millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the
depth of the sea.”
Matthew
18:1-6 ASV
“The Lord has made everything [to accommodate itself and
contribute] to its own end and His own purpose--even the wicked [are fitted for
their role] for the day of calamity and evil. Everyone proud and arrogant in
heart is disgusting, hateful, and exceedingly offensive to the Lord; be assured
[I pledge it] they will not go unpunished. [Proverbs. 8:13; 11:20-21.] By mercy
and love, truth and fidelity [to God and man--not by sacrificial offerings],
iniquity is purged out of the heart, and by the reverent, worshipful fear of
the Lord men depart from and avoid evil. When a man's ways please the Lord, He
makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.” Proverbs
16:4-7 AMPLIFIED
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their
fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good
tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one
that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I
profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken
him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell
not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings
of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built
his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of
it. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were
astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not
as the scribes.” Matthew
7:15-29 KJV
“BUT RELATIVE to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the
Messiah) and our gathering together to [meet] Him, we beg you, brethren, Not to
allow your minds to be quickly unsettled or disturbed or kept excited or
alarmed, whether it be by some [pretended] revelation of [the] Spirit or by
word or by letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the day of the
Lord has [already] arrived and is here. Let no one deceive or beguile you in
any way, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first [unless the
predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has
come], and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of
perdition), [Dan. 7:25; 8:25; I Tim. 4:1.] Who opposes and exalts himself so
proudly and insolently against and over all that is called God or that is
worshiped, [even to his actually] taking his seat in the temple of God,
proclaiming that he himself is God. [Ezek. 28:2; Dan. 11:36, 37.] Do you not
recollect that when I was still with you, I told you these things? And now you
know what is restraining him [from being revealed at this time]; it is so that
he may be manifested (revealed) in his own [appointed] time. For the mystery of
lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority)
is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who
restrains is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one (the antichrist)
will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth
and bring him to an end by His appearing at His coming. [Isa. 11:4.] The coming
[of the lawless one, the antichrist] is through the activity and working of
Satan and will be attended by great power and with all sorts of [pretended]
miracles and signs and delusive marvels--[all of them] lying wonders-- And by
unlimited seduction to evil and with all wicked deception for those who are
perishing (going to perdition) because they did not welcome the Truth but
refused to love it that they might be saved. Therefore God sends upon them a
misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them
believe what is false, In order that all may be judged and condemned who did
not believe in [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely on] the Truth, but
[instead] took pleasure in unrighteousness.”
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Thessalonians 2:1-12 AMPLIFIED
(((***NOTE*** - I believe
that the following vision explains my doctrine more completely. For I believe
that the son of perdition that Jesus mentioned in His prayer to the Father in
John 17:12 is the carnal nature in mankind after the fall of Adam. However, I
also believe that the son of perdition is a spiritual entity, a force of motion
from the spirit world which is deceiving many in this hour. It is the force of
spirit that imitates perfectly the Christ, but is not the Christ.)))
“The seat of the Lord within
the
(End Vision)
“While I was
with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I
have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture
might be fulfilled.” John 17:12 KJV
(((***NOTE*** - The Amplified Bible declares the son of perdition
to be Judas Iscariot. This is false. For no one who is carnal is without this
perdition in them. In point of fact, it is this very perdition that the
Overcomers are overcoming. Perdition and the seat of perdition IS THE CARNALITY
OF MAN APART FROM GOD. I refuse to see this as one singular person, but rather
a realm of our fallen nature which God is removing from us by His many and varied
judgments.)))
Because of the great love God
has for us and because of His particular and unique calling, there is at this
time being raised up a core element, a group of people who are called OUT of
every tribe, nation and kingdom in the world. This core element has been called
out since
Every man or woman who is born
into this world has the world in their hearts. “I
have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised
in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the
world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from
the beginning to the end. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man
to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and
drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 3:10-13 KJV However it is the calling of God which surpasses the world set in
the heart, and His great love in drawing them that causes them to abandon
everything to follow Jesus. “That I may
know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might
attain unto the resurrection of the dead.” Philippians 3:10-11 KJV In my doctrine, I believe that
this group who forms this core element are very few and far between. One here,
one there. Not a vast number, but an extremely small number. These are not out
there taking part with the other so called 5 fold ministry in the earth, nor
are they taking part in any of the programs and elements of religious
So now we come to view this
core element of our modern world as they who ‘overcome’. When you look around you
there will be hardly another soul that you know who is truly walking in this
power of spirit. There may be one or two here and there you can fellowship
with, but for the most part you stand alone from all other elements and people
and you ‘do not fit in’ with the world or religious men in any way. This is the
hand of the Lord in separating you, and it is PERFECT.
It is these who are thus
separated who will discover the perdition that lays in this world deceiving the
religious masses. By their testimony they will expose this tame beast and will
see this perdition destroyed by the brightness of The Lord Jesus Christ coming
within them. Right under the noses of the Christian world will they point to
“the lord” they worship and reveal to them that this is NOT Jesus but this one
who IMITATES Jesus. This is a prophecy, it is an upcoming event, that the Sons
and Daughters of the Lord who have separated themselves from everything else to
be abandoned unto the Lord will be used of the Lord TO EXPOSE THE PERDITION OF
THIS VERY DAY. For we are in the time the Apostle Paul spoke of wherein we
would see this perdition sitting in the Holiest of Holies as God but is not
God. This is the I AM AS GOD which Moses did not know! This is that perdition
which Paul said would one day appear who would not be restrained by the power
of the Holy Ghost. The method the Lord will use in His Sons and Daughters to
expose this perdition will be very simple. THE TRUE LORD WILL APPEAR IN THESE
WHO HAVE OVERCOME AND BY THAT APPEARING THE PERDITION IN THE WORLD WILL BE
DESTROYED.
So now we come to the Apostle
John, the same Apostle who lay upon the breast of Jesus at the final supper
when Christ communed with them. The same Apostle who endured the many attempts
against his life in martyrdom and who was exiled to
For the Overcomer, it is not a
large volume of revelation that is needed to conquer every foe. It is not a
vast knowledge of the depth of scripture. It is not the ability to walk only in
high spirit revelation and never succumb to the urges of the lower fleshly
nature. None of those things make an Overcomer overcome. The Overcomer conquers
all things by plain, pure, childlike faith. A faith that would only see The
Lord Jesus Christ alone in their eyesight and who are glad to be able to
commune with Him, leaning upon His breast. They do not wrestle with the cup of
suffering, nor do they refuse that cup when it comes to them. They do not
confess to use swordplay to a skill that others cannot understand, nor do they
ever use the armor of the Lord to their own benefit. They jealously guard their
hearts to keep them simple, and pure, and with no restraints before the Lord so
that if the Lord should choose to use them, they would immediately be available
for that use. These do not talk about how great they will one day be, or how
great they are now. They do not amplify their ability in the Lord nor their
power when it comes to bearing witness to the works of the Lord in them. They
only point others to Jesus alone, and by that show the difference between truth
and error. Their mouths are not filled with large volumes of words and
prophesies, but simple statements of faith and of joy. They count not their
numbers, nor do they attempt to claim a standing in the Lord that is higher
than that which perfect humility would give them.
These walk in the pure love of
God, they know that God will redeem all men back unto Himself. This to them is
a pearl of great price, an investment of truth in them that is Holy and that
undoes any religious effort on their part. The Overcomer rejoices in the love
of God and is glad for His acceptance of them as children, born after their
Father just as Jesus was. That as Jesus was the only begotten Son of God, so
they have also become the same. The Spirit of witness in them leaps at the
sound of the voice of the Lord.
Those who desire this unity
with the Lord that comes by simple obedience do so by five simple, childlike
steps.
1)
They glory in their tribulations.
2)
Their tribulation works in them patience.
3)
Their patience works in them experience they are able to share
with others.
4)
Their experience works in them hope for the fullness of the Lord
5)
Their hope makes them to not be ashamed of the tribulation they
daily endure.
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not
only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh
patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not
ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans 5:1-6 KJV
When you come right down to
it, the Overcomer knows that anything other than plain pure faith is total
vanity. Nothing else matters. They only look to see that Jesus is in what they
read or hear or speak, nothing or no one else. They care not to hear those who
amplify themselves or their own ability or calling. They do not listen to any
of the ministers of the gospel who claim a place with God but who hold to
error. They do not equate the gospel with money or with lands or with the gain
of earthly possessions. Theirs is the desire of the paradise of God, nothing
less, which paradise they do not want to GO TO, but which they desire would
COME TO THE EARTH. It is this world they long to see the fullness of the Lord
come to, the paradise of the Lord, the peace of a continuing Kingdom which
cannot have any error or sin within it. It is that simplistic desire that keeps
them day by day. That is the hope of they who overcome.
To be continued……….Kenneth B Visscher
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