Stop The Fear

Isaiah Chapter 9

For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given;

*and the government shall be upon his shoulder,*

and his name shall be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

*Of the increase of his government 

and of peace

there will be no end,*

on the throne of David and over his kingdom,

to establish it and to uphold it

with justice and with righteousness

from this time forth and forevermore.

The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

     Over the last few days I have been receiving many emails from people who have been scared out of their faith by preachers who preach fear and doom and gloom. Many are worried about blood moons and asteroids and famine and governmental collapse.  

     Why do so many preachers preach this fear message. Isn't the gospel the good news of peace? It all comes down to money and a lack of the understanding of the love of God and of his great mercy. 

     Fear sells. Every time someone comes out with a book of fear people buy it by the millions. I'm also convinced that the people who preach such things believe that our God is an angry God who can't wait to pour out judgment on the earth. They always want God to judge and destroy everyone's wayward children but their own.

     Maybe they forgot that the one who is judging is the one who suffered the most horrible death ever imagined while bearing our sin, sickness and disease all because of his great love for us. Does it make any sense to love someone so much and then destroy them?

    Did you read the verses above from Isaiah? Does that match up with anything that the fear-mongers are preaching? It says of the increase of his government and of Peace there shall be no end!

OK, you can shout now. Isn't that a wonderful statement. That means from the time Jesus was resurrected, through the present and into the future his government and his peace will keep growing until the whole world is consumed by his kingdom and the whole world is at peace. 

     Yes I know that their are bad things and bad times in the earth. There always have been and will be until his kingdom completely takes over the world in love and peace. These are not God's judgments, these are the results of fallen state of man. Yes there are more catastrophes and earthquakes and disasters reported now than ever but maybe that's because we have better news reporting and tracking instruments than we ever had. It's also because we only get the bad news on our TV and internet. Good news is seldom reported and bad news is rebroadcast over and over and over.

     Yes God is going to shatter kingdoms and pull down strongholds of corruption and restore the earth to the same measure of completeness that is in heaven. This is why Jesus told us to pray "thy will be done on earth as in heaven." So let me ask you, are there famines in heaven? Are there earthquakes that destroy or diseases running rampant killing the inhabitants of heaven? So why do we think God rules heaven one way and earth another?

    It says of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end. His government will bring peace to the world. Yes I hear many of you quoting that Jesus said he didn't come to bring peace but a sword. But who did he say would be your enemy? He didn't say our Father is our enemy. He said it would be those of our own house. Father is not angry with the world. He is slow to anger and slow to wrath. 

     Jesus said he was the exact likeness of our Father in heaven. So I have a few questions for you.

Did Jesus destroy anyone?

Did he send famine or did he feed the multitudes?

Did he cause a storm or stop a storm?

Did he make people sick or did he heal all who came to him?

When the disciples wanted to call down the fire of judgment on a city did he say "go ahead" or did he tell them they were of the wrong spirit?

Did he judge the people or did he take our judgment upon himself?

     Now lets look at the character of Jesus. Surely he lives by the laws he gave us to live by doesn't he?

Matthew Chapter Five

38. “You have heard that it was said, 

‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 

39. But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. 

But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, 

turn to him the other also. 

40. And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, 

let him have your cloak as well. 

41. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, 

go with him two miles. 

42.  Give to the one who begs from you, 

and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

43.“You have heard that it was said, 

‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 

44.But I say to you, Love your enemies

 and pray for those who persecute you,

45. so that you may be sons of your Father 

who is in heaven. 

For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, 

and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 

46. For if you love those who love you, 

what reward do you have? 

Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 

47. and if you greet only your brothers, 

what more are you doing than others? 

Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 

You therefore must be perfect, 

as your heavenly Father is perfect.

     Jesus instructed us in the ways of our Father in heaven. All these things he told us to do are the ways of our Father and of Jesus. Do you see any wrathful judgment in these scriptures?

     This is the way our God treats his enemies. He wins them over by his great love and not by his wrath. It's his goodness that wins our hearts and turns us from evil. 

     Think about a man named Saul. He was out destroying the church and people were praying. So did God destroy him? No he saved him, changed his name to Paul and sent him out to preach the good news that he tried to destroy. This is the vengeance of a loving God who wants his enemies to be his disciples.

     Now lets look at Hebrews Chapter Nine

27. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, 

and **after that comes judgment, **

28. so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, *not to deal with sin 

but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.*

     There is a day when all men's works will be judged but it's not while they are walking in flesh. It's after we die. Until that day our Father's mercy and grace are calling to everyone that is lost and doing evil to repent and be saved. Jesus came to save the world, not destroy it. He even told us that the meek would inherit the earth. So do you think for an inheritance our God would give us a burned up, torn up world filled with nuclear radiation and debris cause by his judgment?

    So put all this fear out of your hearts and minds. This is his kingdom that he is building and it is an everlasting kingdom that will rule the heaven and the earth. This kingdom will increase and increase and there will be no end until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our God and his Christ. He promised we would rule and reign with him on the earth and that rule is in love and peace it is not with destruction and hate. 

     Let's begin loving each other and loving our enemies and praying for our enemies.  Let's love them and pray for them until they are saved and joined to us. 

     Let's not spread fear but love and joy. It's the gospel of peace not the gospel of war. He is the prince of peace. Let's preach the gospel of peace and not the message of fear. 

     Once and for all let's not be afraid of the fire-breathing, doomsday predictors and lets walk in faith. Think about it. Do you remember Y2K? Do you remember 12-12-12?  Did any of those people who predicted all those terrible things say they were sorry or return any of the money they made on the books and movies?

     Every year it's more fear to sell more books. If they really think it's falling apart then why aren't they giving the books away? What good is money if the world economy collapses? Didn't Jesus say to take no thought of tomorrow. Doesn't he know all we need and doesn't he provide for us? Didn't he say that if we would just seek his kingdom then all these things would be provided? 

     Now lets be full of joy and let the peace of God rule our hearts as it says in Colossians Chapter 3.

12. Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

13. bearing with one another and, 

if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; 

as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 

14. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 

*15. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,* to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 

16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 

  17. And whatever you do, in word or deed, 

do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, 

giving thanks to God the Father through him.

     Until next time,

Grow Rich in His Grace,

I love you all,

michael

For more information please visit the following websites:

Holy Reign Ministries

or

Michael Ott Ministries

Becoming Love Part Four: Family, Not Religion

     While praying a few days ago our loving Father spoke to me and said the following:

     My son, write down the following words and give them to my faithful ones. The ones who know in their hearts that something is missing from the gospel you have heard compared to the good news that is in my son. There is so much more that I want to give my children and so much more freedom from the bondage of this world, but there are yet so many filters over your hearts because of the leaven that was mixed in with the good news of my grace towards you.

     There is so much more truth to be uncovered and yet to be revealed in you if you would all turn to me and not to the world church for your answers. Do you not hear my voice in your hearts? Do you not hear me calling you apart from the traditions of men that are being taught as the doctrines of heaven?

     There is nothing wrong with fellowship and enjoying the worship of other believers and assembling with them. But here is the problem. My children run to and fro and back and forth trying to find the latest move and newest things. Isn’t it time to start a revival and not look for one? You have everything you need within you to see all the things you want to see come to pass and don’t have to ride someone else’s anointing to get what you need.

     Think of this. What if your spouse told you that they love you but they can only be intimate with you if you play the right music and set the right mood? What if they told you that your voice and your attention was not enough to stir their emotions for you and you needed to add lights and loud sound and music and dancing? How would you feel? 

     What if they told you that they love you but they only want to be intimate with you in a congregation? There is nothing wrong with corporate worship except that so much of it has become a performance and not a free flowing worship from the heart. Yes I love to hear you sing together but I love the worship that goes on privately in the secret place more. It’s the song in your heart that I dance to.

     It’s time to realize that I live inside you. Of all the dwelling places in the universe I chose you as my home. There are other created beings in the universe but I chose you to live in. It’s time to take a stand and decide to love me where you are and to worship me where you are. 

     Set your minds to worship me no matter what. Whether it’s in a beautiful building or in a dumpster worship me and love me for who I am and not for what I can do. Worship is the dance we dance together. It’s not that I need your worship to change me but worship is to the spirit what intimacy is to the physical world. We are one spirit and worship brings your soul and your body into the realm of my spirit so you can be healed. I want all of you. Spirit, soul and body. You are precious to me and I want all of you.

     We are a family and you must see us as family. I am not a distant deity that you must reach through some religious act. Jesus came so that you could know me as Father, not as a disconnected supplier.

     The modern world church has turned me into a vending machine that works when you put in the right scriptures as you would if you put in the right coins. You can plug in one scripture and get a new car or plug in another scripture and get a new home. You can use my words against me and demand me to give you promises that I made to others. 

     They teach you that you can use me for what you want and if you add worship you can get what you want even faster. You can worship me and make me give in and give you something I really didn’t want to give you? I gave my only son, do you think I am withholding any good thing from you? Worship is not for getting what you want. It’s for sharing love. There is a name for those who sell intimacy to get what they want and it’s not a nice name. I have given you all things that pertain to life and godliness. I have withheld nothing.

     I poured out the blood of my son and all my blessings because of my great love for you. I wanted you and I chose you and I saved you and I blessed you and all I ask in return is your love. I hoped that you would see how I love and learn to love each other the same way. It’s time to learn who I really am and return to the gospel of love and peace and a life of thanksgiving. I tell you these things not to shame you but to awaken you to my great love for you.

     There is a much higher way of living that those who cling to the world will never know. I want better for you than what the world church can supply. I want to live in you and be your God and you be my people. I want you to return to your first love. The one you had for me when you gave me your heart not asking for anything but my love.

     Oh my beloved how my heart longs for your affection because my love for you is so great and can never be satisfied while we are two beings. We must become one in mind and heart as we are in spirit. I love you so much that I want to live in your thoughts and want us to think together and sing together and love together. I want you to love each other with my love.

     These things can only become reality if you choose to love me and to come to me outside the camp. I am not telling you not to fellowship with other believers but what I am saying is go there to give and not to receive. You have so many gifts to share and so much glory to be poured out of you, and yet you think you are lacking and are looking to others to give you their oil.

     So many go to church to get their weekly fix of my presence because they don’t know how to fellowship with my presence at all times in their own heart. They are looking for me outside instead of inside. I live inside you and your spirits are full of me but your soul doesn’t realize it and engage with me in private worship and fellowship. Some even believe that they can’t learn of me just by the Spirit, they think they need someone else to teach them about me.

     Those of you with children, do you want your children to go to a stranger to learn about you or do you want them to come to you with their questions? What if they went to a pastor and said “can you tell me about my mom and dad? “ Can you teach me how to be one family with them? If you think you need anyone else to help you become one with me you have misunderstood my gospel.

      I have no grandchildren. Those who are pastors and apostles and prophets and teachers should only teach you to hear my voice and teach you to come to me. They are put in place to serve you and to point you to me.They are only able to teach you what they have learned for themselves. They teach you my language and once you learn to speak and understand then you don’t need them to interpret for you anymore. 

     Think of it as school. You can ask your older brothers and sisters for help but you must go to class for yourself. I have many things to teach you privately because each of you is different and each of you have a different calling. Each of you are precious to me and each of you are special.

     I am one. One Father, One Son, One Spirit and One church. You can only become one with each other as you become one with me. The church will come together in unity as each of you becomes one with me individually. The best way to bring unity to the church is to start with you and me. Let’s become fully one and then as all of you become one with me you will be one with each other.

     Will you do that for me my beloved? Will you come to me and love me for who I am and not for what I have? Will you look at what I paid for you and know that you are my treasure and let go of wanting the world’s goods and let me give you heavenly things?

     Do you think I would pay so much for you and not have a plan for your future? Will you let go of trying to use programs and formulas and treat me like a loving Father? Will you learn to let go of your cares and trust me and worship me today and stop worrying about tomorrow? I love you my children and I will provide all you need for your family, your life and your ministry. My job is to be your provider. Your job is to lose yourself in my love and to love each other as I love you.

     As you do these things then all the dreams and visions I gave you will come to pass. It’s not about works. As you learn this process of abiding in me then my life will flow into all you do and you will bear fruit because you are connected to me. I am yours my beloved and you are mine. I am all you need. If you have me you have everything. You don’t have to ask for it, it’s already yours.

     My beloved be tender towards each other and don’t look at each other’s faults. You do the loving, and let the one who hung on a bloody cross because of his great love for you do the judging. My son is a gentle judge who understands what it’s like to live in human flesh. He will be gracious and kind and is not judging sin but progress. Sin was judged already. Christ died and you were crucified with him. Your sins were judged at the cross and now we are measuring the growth of your love.

     This is why we sent you the Holy Spirit as your Teacher. He came to teach you how to become one with me. Tests are not for the purpose of failure but to reveal progress. All of you have endured testing recently and some are still in the process. Submit to the process and it is over much sooner. I am proving to each of you that I am with you at all times even when you don’t feel me.

     Good Teachers want all their students to pass and to learn so that they can succeed. It’s not about what you have done. It is about who you are becoming. I am conforming you into the image of my son who gave up his kingly rights to become a servant of all. He gave up ruling the earth as a king and now he gets to rule the universe in love. 

     Abide in my love and be filled with my hope and my glory. Become love as I am love. Be one with me and let my love be your heart’s desire because you are my heart’s desire. I love you my children.

     Until next time,

Grow Rich in His Grace,

I love you all,

michael

For more information please visit the following websites:

Holy Reign Ministries

or

www.michaelottministries.org