Praise you, Jesus. That's the only reason we're here is because of Jesus. Praise God. Song: Mighty Warriors. Praise the Lord for these young people serving the Lord. Praise God. I want to talk to you about somethings that have been goin' down that I see in the church. Things that are goin' down in my life, and I'm sure things that are goin' down in yours. I have conversations with some of the leadership. And I can tell you that there are men and women who are serving the Lord with all their hearts. But in the Scripture, the only ones that Jesus came against were the religious leaders of His day. Today they would be referred to as Twentieth Century Pharisees. Jesus never called a prostitute a name. Jesus never spoke to a tax collector, or a publican, or a sinner that was bound up in sin, or the woman that was caught in the act of adultery itself, He never said, 'You this, you that.' And yet, when He faced the religious leaders of His day, and they questioned Him. And said, 'By what authority do you do this? You're the devil casting out the devil.' Jesus showed them how a house divided against itself can not stand. And then Jesus turned to the Pharisees, when they tried to entrap Him, and He said, You vipers. You snakes. You white washed tombs. You deadmens' bones. And He said, [I'm paraphasing] As regards to sin, you who come against Me or My Father. You don't know Me, because you don't know my Father who sent Me. Your father is the father of lies. If you had seen My Father, you would know Me. But you are not of My Father, you are of the devil. [in essence] He said, The sins and what you have come against me with, these sins can be forgiven you. But, when you come and blaspheme the Holy Ghost, this sin will not be forgiven you in this lifetime, or the lifetime to come. And He spoke these words to the religious leaders.

I've had people come up to me and say, 'I can't be saved.' I had a man, I keep goin' back into the prisons but I've had a lot of real heavy things that go down in the prisons. And it's understandable, quite frankly, obviously. These people are very bound up. I had a man in Houston in the prison. He said, 'I murdered four people on the highway. My satanic cult murdered them. My name is 'such and such', you must know who I am?' I said, 'No, I don't know who you are.' And this was after the outreach was completely over. He came up to the stage, and the guards....we had to stand there and pray together. And the guards were literally grabbing me by the arm and grabbing him by the arm. And saying, 'Come on, come on, come on.' I prayed for him. But before I tell you all that that went down, I'll tell you what he said to me. He said, 'I gave my life to the devil. I tatooed 666 on me, look. I wear an upside down cross, look. I've got snakes on me, look. I got this, I got that. Look. I've murdered people, man. Killed them in the name of satan. The Word of God says that you can blaspheme, and you can never be forgiven.' And he stood there. He wasn't crying, but he was desparate, quiet desparation. He wasn't speaking loudly, quiet desparation. He said, 'Have I blasphemed? Is there no hope for me, man? Tell me. I'm in prison. I'll never, ever get out of prison. Satan gave me some power. And I went for it, man. I went for it.' And I looked at him. And I said, 'I'm not trying to be hard on you, man, but it doesn't look to me that satan's done anything for you that has to do with power. Look at you, man. Look where you are, in this cess pool. This is power? If this is power, man, then I want to be weak.' He said, 'I catch your drift.' I said, 'I don't believe you've blaspheme the Holy Ghost. I want you to pray this prayer.'

I believe the people that have blasphemed the Holy Ghost don't know it. You know why I'm speakin' about this? Because I've been attacked on this. And I believe when you get hit in the world, and you're not saved, you hit back. Just like this - bam! Somebody comes up and hits you, and if you're not big and you can't do it, then hopefully you've got friends around you that can help you. That's the world. Somebody comes up - bam. This is the world.

Now that I'm saved, I believe when the devil tries to shut you up, and he hits you; you hit back by the power of the Holy Ghost. And you say, 'I'm not standing for this.' I've had people calling me on the phone, religious leaders, saying, [Warning: the following statements are accusations against Jeff - rough and hateful] ((**'Go back to hell where you've came from.' The day after I was in with Charles Manson, I got on the telephone with a man who is on television, many, many times; a religious leader in the United States. And when I got on the phone with this man, he came against me for the moving of the gifts. He said, 'You are of the devil. You are no use to the kingdom of God. Your testimony is old, get rid of it. You want to plug into a Bible college, learn the Word of God. Sit under somebody. Do this. You're an affront, a phoney, a fake. You're doing all these things of the devil. You're casting out spirits, and say it's the devil. And all it is, it's you. You're saying people are healed; and all it is, is you. You stand up and share your little stories; and it's all you. You're a long haired lying dog. You and your wife, you're phonies. Get out. Get out. Get out.'**))

I was in such shock. And I sat on the phone and I thought, I went in to see Charles Manson, yesterday. And I knew that I was goin' to come under attack. And I told my office to pray. I said to my wife, 'Pray.' We're gonna plead the blood of Jesus over our kids. There'll be religious leaders, there'll be people out there. There'll be this, there'll be that, and the other thing. But to be honest with you, I never knew that the attack the next day was gonna come through one of the big leaders. 'You're worthless. Get out.'

And I told that man, 'Let me tell you somethin'. I was in prison yesterday, for two hours, with Charlie Manson. And I had a better, and more edifying conversation with him, then I'm havin' with you today.' Yea!!!!!

I could go on-and-on sharing about things that happen. And things that religious leaders say and do. And the times that we've been talked about. And the times that we've been lied about. The times that this has happened, the times that that has happened. But I'm gonna tell you this...So many of you religious leaders, you stand up in America, and you say, 'Why isn't revival comin' on the land? Why are the prostitutes still committing prostitution? Why are the head-bangers still gonna rock!? Why are the bikers still drinkin' themselves, still druggin' themselves, into a grave? Why are the housewives poppin' pills? Why is the United States of America still in bondage with abortion? Murdering our children. Why is prayer out of the schools? Why is so much goin' on throughout the United States of America? When you leaders, religous leaders, stand up and say, 'Look God, look at us.' I'll tell you why it's happenin' in the United States, because those people that are still livin' in sin have not seen Jesus. All they've seen is you! And they don't like it!

The Holy Spirit is about to move on the earth in a way such as never before, and will never be again. Those who refused to move with the cloud, will be exposed to the sun and whither in a dry place. I began prayin' earnestly, and Reeni and I have been up all night the last two nights. And all these things have been goin' on. And I told Reeni, 'There have been so many times this last year that we've sat down and looked at each other. And we've said is this worth it?' We've been lied about. We've been slandered in the Press. We've been talked about through out the world now. To where we're even havin' to send stories off to Africa, and different parts of the world, to countermand things that were bein' said. A lot of attacks in the world, a lot of things goin' on in the world, but we expect those. And yet, these people have my attention and my prayers. To be perfectly honest with you, more earnestly then when I see it happenin' in the body of Christ or some of these misguided people.

I went to my wife. And I been talkin' to her. I said, 'Reeni, what do you think of this; what do you think of that? This is heavy, this is heavy.' We don't solicit funds. We don't send out....And I'm not commin' against anybody askin' for funds, because it takes money to do things throughout the world. But, we don't do that. We've never sent out a letter, anything, asking for funds. Never. Never asked for money on T.V. I've never done any of this. And, again, there are people who do this, and it's alright. God has put somethin' on their heart, and they raise funds. And I'm not comin' against that. I believe the body of Christ is called to give to God, according to His word. But we have moved in a certain way, and I felt God was calling me to that.

We are constantly surrounded by the worst of the worst in the world. I am constantly around people every night that curse, curse me in their conversation. And they don't mean me any harm. They say, 'Hey, man, let me tell you about these f--------, -------. Hey, dude, hey.' And then the women comin' in. And all the wildness. Night after night, I have women comin' on to me, because they're bound up in the world. Night after night, I have people comin' in and sayin', 'I'm hooked on drugs, can you help me?' Night after night, I have men come to me, and women, and say, 'Will you forgive me?' 'Me, forgive you? For what?' 'I hated you, man. I judged you. And God has dealt with my heart.' It's a rugged step when you start serving the Lord Jesus Christ. But I'm gonna tell you this, It's worth it every step of the way. If not only for that one person, that get's saved and filled with the Holy Ghost. That's the world. In the world there's gonna be trouble. But Jesus said, Fear not, for I have overcome the world. I have overcome the world, Jesus said. We have been let down. We have been washed out. We've been this, we've been that, we've been garbaged up to here with everything, every trick, every fancy that people can come up with. And a lot of this has been done in the name of Christianity.

I've had women, I'm thinkin' of some women that were out in the dessert in California when I did an outreach. I had these two women, after it was over. And they were being very friendly. And I was standin' there and I was witnessin' to them. After it was all over, and there was a crowd of people around the table. And I said, 'Did you give your heart to Jesus?' 'Cause they were sayin' things that I knew, nothin' had happened in their lives that night. And they said, 'No.' I said, 'You need to give your heart to Jesus.' They said, 'We're not hypocrites.' This girl said, 'I'm not a hypocrite. I like to party. I'm on my way to Phoenix, tomorrow, with my girlfriend, here. And we're gonna party. And the guys we're goin' there with, they like to party. And, I'm not a hypocrite. So, I'm not gonna givin' my heart to Jesus.' I said, 'You just give your heart to Jesus, right now. And let Him deal with it. Let Him deal with it.' And these girls just kinda giggled. And said, 'No, we're just gonna party. We're not hypocrites. We've seen the hypocrites.' Yeah, we've all seen hypocrites.

The Word of God says, All come short of the glory of God. All come short of the glory of God. That means the most anointed preacher comes short of the glory of God. That means the grandma comes short of the glory of God. That means the grandpa, the father, the mother, the little child, the three year old child. You say, 'How can a three year old come short of the glory of God?' We have to change my little three year old's pants about twice a day, still. :) But seriously, there are so many things goin' on out there. This is the key: Who Is Jesus? Who Is Jesus? Who am I gonna keep my eyes on? Who is Jesus? The Word of God in Hebrews 1:1 tells us, In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets, at many times and in various ways. But in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things. And I'm reading in the International Version. God has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things. And through whom He made the universe. Who is Jesus? Heir to all things, and through whom God made the universe. That's my Jesus. The heaven and the earth were created through Jesus, our Savior. And the Word of God says, The Son is the radiance of God's glory. And the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful Word. That's my Jesus. Show them Jesus. Praise God. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ.

My Deepest Love,
Jeff
New Beginnings Church, winter, 1992