TWO WORKS

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On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 19:42:22 -0800, you wrote:

>Evangelist Jesse Duplantis preached a message right now entitled "God is not
>enough...He's too much!" We serve a God who is more than enough! Abundant
>means "over and beyond." True prosperity is Peace with God. But it also
>entails other areas and aspects of our necessities as well. Notice:

"God is 'too much'." Yes indeed! :-0

Get Jesse Duplantis to preach a message instructing people how to find
the gates of salvation, and then I might entertain hearing some name
dropping, while getting excited about what we and most other Bible
preachers already do preach.

I have financial blessings, and I dont feel one bit guilty about it.
I surely overspend some of the "excess" that I have financially, and
suppose that that guy who teaches financial for Christians integrity
on the radio would have a fit about how I live on the (secularly
derived) income (We eat at restaurants a little more than we ought,
and can afford good schooling and can send my daiughter to Bible
school without asking her to work. And when the guy with the freezer
truck shows up a few times a year, sometimes I buy some of those
stuffed shrmp and filet mignone .. Oh yeah, we have about 4 suits that
fit, and my wife shops well at Marshalls). 

And if I had NONE of this, such as MUCH MORE faitful people of many
areas including REVIVAL FLOODED West Africa ? God is STILL ON THE
THONE, and GOD is WORTHY to be praised.. 

God is TOO MUCH? God is GOD. Know Him, believe Him. LOVE Him. SERVE
Him. Serving Him does NOT mean having money, and it does NOT mean
being free from conflicts. 

It DOES mean having the most terrible conflicts solved. One who has a
conflict with his conscience is a despeate and miserable person
indeed. To serve God is faith and reaps the appropriate rewards. Read
about it in Luke 17, and tell Jesse Duplantis for me. It is amazing
how many people are taking inventory of blessings in the basement
which even the heathen are given, while the enemy has broken into the
main house and is making off with the real treasures.

Its strange to think of someone guarding their cans of nuts and bolts
while the precious treasures of their innermost chambers are
unprotected and laid out for any thief to walk away with.

Speaking of Jesse's, I remember Jesse Williams talk about the thief
coming, and breaking in...(several years ago at general conference,
some will remember)  What is it you would protect? MAny say "Hey, I
dont wanna let him get my JOY! - Lord keep my joy intact!" Others, are
concerned with their Fellowship. "Hey, get your hands off my
fellowship!"... I dont know if Jesse Williams concluded this way but I
wonder about how many are standing guard over their CROSS? I need that
thing.. I need to take it up every day. I need it, because I need what
it will do for me, and I need it because it shows me the way to follow
Jesus.

Sound too religious for you? Im talking about faith now.

"GOD I ACCEPT the blessings, but God, let someone ELSE receive of the
spiritual blessings which you have given me!"

ASK those poeple who are experiencing real REVIVAL what they are
preaching. The Apostolic people of the nations will tell you this:
they are preaching the Name of Jesus Christ, and the truth of His
identity, and the importance of being baptized in the name of Jesus. 

They arent preaching prosperity... thats for dumb surfeit-addicted
Americans. They arent preaching "the Holy Ghost", such as the way many
American apostolics do to try and create revival. 

They are preaching JESUS, and him crucified. These SIGNS *FOLLOW* them
that believe. Lay the right foundation, get the right results. God
builds on the the square foundation. Im saying this for the second
time. Veriily Verilly, mark this down. God builds on the square
foundation. No other foundation will He build on.

Lay a wrong foundation - get STRANGE STUFF. People who are going to
preach something other than Apostolic truth, in the Apostolic manner
in the USA would be better off doing "new age" seminars for relaxation
therapy, and achieving a more properous balance of life. 

"Revivalism" today is going to get some very strange results, unlike
ever before. The revelation of JESUS CHRIST is the foundation. 

-mwb