TEST THE SPIRIT



The Word of God says we're to love the Lord God with all our hearts, our minds, and our souls. You know that? That is a commandment. I praise God I got a brother, a friend of mine, Willy. I'd like you to come up here a second, brother. We're going to share a little testimony together about something. And I want you people to hear what I got to say. This man loves the Lord and I love the Lord. And Reeni and Willy and his wife, we've been friends for quite a while. I'd like to share a little bit about what the devil tried to do.

Last time I saw Willy, a spirit of violence came upon us, or I should say, on you. :) But, he wanted - Willy got saved out of violence. I got saved out of violence. The devil comes to rob, kill, and destroy. He'll try to bring people against you. If you're not going to sin or fall into sin; and you're trying to live for the Lord; then the devil is gonna bring people in that are in sin, to try to mess up the waters and bring trouble about. I could not understand, at that time, what had happened. But we had a situation come up where, like I said, Willy had - I think you were arrested for attempted murder once. Weren't you, before you were saved? And there had been things happening. The devil will come back and hit you where you lived in the past. I don't know how to share this delicately, but I'm opening myself up to a lot of letters. People say, 'Oh, Man of God, and all this stuff.' But, I never said I was anything special. And I never applied for the job in the first place! :) Praise God.

But what happened was, seriously, Willy came and he was going to kill me one night. This happened. I'm not trying to come down or storm on your parade, brother. But, he was going to kill me. Last time I saw him, he was out to kill me and things got very heated up. I praise God that there were some men there. And that everything, God anointed people and put people there to stop what would have gone down. See. And all this was the devil stromin' on us. I came to find out and I shared with Willy and his wife that what he had heard that I supposedly had said ---. My Pastor knows that there was an infiltrator, there was a witch that got inside of our ministry situation. We were ministering. Sometimes with a kind heart you'll reach out to people. And they say, 'I want to be saved. Or I've turned and tried to get out of the occult.' The Word of God says, Be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove. Pastors, you test the spirit. Not everyone that says Lord, Lord is saved and filled with the Holy Ghost.

And this person got around us, who was a high priestess out of one of the satanic cults. And we prayed for this person. We allowed this person around just enough to know certain people and what was going on. And she went around poluting the waters, saying, 'You know what Jeff said about this? You know what Jeff said about you? You know what's going on here? You know what's going on there?' And planted a seed. But greater is He that is in us, then he that is in the world.

After this whole thing went down, I got on my face before the Lord 'cause I love Willy. I really, I really do, brother. [I love you, too.] That's not what you said the last time you saw me, but that's alright. :) No, I love you, brother, I really do. But in any event, I love Willy. And I got on my face and I started seeking God. Then God showed me, we had an infiltrator in the camp. I laid hands on that woman and she manifested. Then we started talking to the people around us. We found out she was planting a bad seed here, planting a bad seed there. Saying things that Reeni said, saying things that this one said, saying things that that one said. You know what we said? We said, 'Get out in the name of Jesus! Go in the name of the Lord!' That thing got heavy. But, praise Jesus, you're here. And we're brothers in Christ. And you didn't kill me after all. You want to say a little word here?

Willy: You know, I've worked with Jeff. I've traveled with him and his wife. They are the best and neatest people, you know. And just that incident there, can destroy people, you know. And it's true what he said, people can get in between. Plant those seeds and all of a sudden - hey - it's history! You know. And it was great. He's a lot of fun. And his wife's beautiful, forget it, you know. And to go to their house and with his kids, you know, and my wife was working there with Jeff. It was a great thing, and the devil just got in the way and tried. And again, we have to watch out for that. The Lord bless, Jeff and Reeni. He's a great guy.

You, too, brother. I love you, brother. I didn't mean to put you on the spot, but I just felt we needed to say that.

There are people out there that need to know, even people that are saved. Sometimes you'll feel, you know, you'll feel like punching somebody. Or something will come down. The Lord will raise up a standard. He says, When Satan comes in like a flood, I'll raise up a standard against him. Especially those of you who are on the front lines. You're out there witnessing. You're going to lead some gang-banger, somebody to the Lord tomorrow or the next day.

The devil doesn't want anybody leading anybody to the Lord. He wants Christians fighting amongst ourselves. He wants denominations saying, 'Well, you're not to speak in tongues.' He wants other denominations to say, 'Well, you're not saved if you don't.' He wants people to see this and see that and see division. But the Word of God says, You will know my people by the love they have one for another. How many of you love your brothers and sisters in Christ? How many of you know it's a tough walk serving the Lord Jesus Christ? It's tough! But for as for me and my house, we're going to serve the Lord. Praise God!

Lean On The Lord

Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain, We all have sorrow
My Jesus is Lord
He's the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Lean on the Lord, when you're not strong
He'll be your strength, He'll help you carry on
For it won't be long, you're going to need
Somebody to lean on

So swallow your pride
If you have need, don't beg and borrow
My Jesus can meet all your needs
If you just let go

You just call on the Savior, when you need a friend
We all need somebody to lean on
We just might have a problem, but He'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on

Lean on the Lord, when you're not strong
He'll be your strength, He'll help you carry on
For it won't be long, you're going to need
Somebody to lean on.

Call on the Lord. Call on Jesus.
Yeah, yea, yea, yeah.
Praise the Lord my Jesus.

My Deepest Love,
Jeff
1991


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