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How do I hear from God - This gift is available to any who will recieve it

Posted By: GLarrabee
Date: Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 10:26 p.m. How do I hear from God - This gift is available to any who will recieve it

Thoughts are waves of energy, the same as waves of sound. In the spiritual realm of reality communication is mental telepathy or through the thought process. In the spirit everything anyone thinks is an open book, everything we think in our minds is open to the whole spiritual world. This is difference from being omni-conscious. Only God is omni-conscious and omni-present. Just the same there is no restriction from any spiritual being communicating with another spiritual being. It seems in the spiritual reality or spiritual world all spiritual being are able to communicate with the ones they want and they communicate and internet with each other in there shared duties or interests.

The internet for our computers may be a good illustration of how spiritual communications work connecting everyone to everyone else.

Anything can be said and sent to anyone else, any where in the world.

The receiving party has the choice of opening, or not opening the letter.

The receiving party then has the choice of either trashing, or reading the message.

After reading the message the receiver makes the choice of either believing, or disbelieving the message and either puts this in his mind of things to remember, or erases it from his conscious mind.

Then the receiving party decides whether or not to react and what type of reaction to make.

All of these steps may involve emotions that may be positive or negative.

Since we are beings made up of a body a soul and a spirit, every part of us is involved in the process of thinking and acting on our thoughts. Sometimes we receive spiritual messages from spiritual beings that intermingle and confuse our own thoughts. Thoughts that we thought of or generated in our own minds.

We all need to realize that every passing thought that enters our mind is not our own, some may be coming from very positive and good sources and others may be coming from very bad and negative sources.

The Bible speaks about the separation of the soul and the spirit. The soul involves our thinking process and memory within our own mind and has the ability to react and make decisions. Our spirits seem to be a source and an instrument of receiving information from the outside spiritual world that is passed on to the soul. The soul then makes a decision whether to listen to the spirit and may or may not react to the spirits influence.

Our spirit seem to pick up messages on a spiritual level and communicate on a spiritual level without our conscious mind being aware of it. This may cause a spiritual thought of love or compassion for some one else that intermingles with our thinking process. This intrusion of the spirit of love has an effect in our thinking. In such a case our soul and spirits bring on emotions, feelings that lead to actions that we may take, actions that create a chain of reactions that end up in a relationship.

There are spiritual beings that we call angels that have an effect on our lives. There are vast numbers of angels and it seems that the spiritual part of ourselves may actually be the person and personality of an angel. In other words our spiritual life may be a whole spiritual life we are only partially aware of. Could it be that this is our other life that each of us is living. Maybe we are in a constant relationship with all the spiritual world that we have not realized. Dreams may be a way the spirit is trying to communicate with the soul. When the soul becomes carnal this may be the only way that the spirit is able to be heard.

The battle of the spiritual world is a battle for our souls between heaven and hell and the battle ground is inside the minds of the people alive and living upon the earth.

By examining ones own inner thought life one is able to see which side is winning in this battle. Many people find that their minds are invaded with thoughts that they are glad to keep private. Fallen angels or evil spirits seem to thrive on anger, pride, greed, lust after sex and fame. They have build the world system into the kingdom of satan.

There is a way that we can change our lives by taking control and changing our thoughts. We must remember what we are today is what our previous thoughts and actions have made us to be. We all have had to make choices under the influence of peer pressure, the world pressure, and spiritual pressure. Our present life style and the type of language we speak are the result of dominating thoughts that came from all these influences.

To take control of our lives we must find a way to take control of every thought by making the choice of either accepting or rejecting that thought before it becomes a dominating thought, that effects what we are to become. Deciding that we don’t want to think about what we are thinking about is very hard to do, when it involves sex, pride, envy, and anger. Especially once it has become part of our lives through our dominating thoughts. We may succeed in changing our thought for a moment or two, but it has a hold on us that will not let go.

This is what the Bible calls a stronghold, or part of our lives that evil forces have established a territory of operation. Evil forces establish strongholds that need to be overcome in every ones life. These strongholds become habits and a way of life. It takes a spiritual battle to overcome these strongholds and the problem is that we are not strong enough, nor have we been trained in this type of spiritual battle.

There is a key to winning the battle over our own lives and it is exactly the same key that allows us to enter the kingdom of God.

Matthew 16:19

19. And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

So the key is for people on earth to bind what is bound in heaven. Bind evil spirits. The binding of the evil spirits in heaven will set free the person on earth. So to be set free from any habit or stronghold we first must first bind that spirit that has taken control of part of our life. This has to be a moment by moment process of battling, until the enemy gives up the stronghold.

We must fight spiritual powers and forces that control minds with spiritual weapons. We have three mighty weapons to use in any spiritual battle after we have prayed and received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

The keys will only work with power and authority after we ask to receive the person of Jesus Christ as our savior and Lord. This is a free gift available to anyone and everyone who asks.

We ask by asking. If you have any doubts about your salvation, you can ask by asking spiritually in the sincerity of your heart. You can do this by making a spiritual decision. Would you like to receive Jesus?

What does your heart say?

You can consciously make this your prayer right now and you can receive Jesus Christ as your savior right now, and you can receive Jesus as your savior and he will give you the keys of heaven to change your life.

Say this as your prayer.

Lord Jesus, I believe you are the son of God who died on the cross as the Lamb of God. Come into my life. I here and now receive you as my Lord and savior and receive your spirit into my heart. Thank you for shedding your blood to cover all my sins. I receive the keys to heaven now and take upon myself the power and the authority of being your child and from this moment I take the power and the authority of your name. The name of Jesus and the power and authority of your words you have spoken and promised me and the power and authority of the blood you shed for me. Thank you Lord Jesus.

Did you make this your prayer? If you just prayed or prayed a similar prayer previously you are now a resident of heaven and you have eternal life to live for ever from this moment forever. You just haven’t gone home yet. Until you do go to heaven you are to act as heavens foreign ambassador.

You must now fight the battle of faith, you know that you know, and you must never let any one or any thought say you are not a child of God. You are born again and you salvation will never be taken from you. All gifts of God are given with out repentance and salvation is a free gift not of works. Jesus will never leave you nor forsake you. Always remember, you now can take control of your thoughts and have weapons to fight. You have the keys to the Kingdom of God to bind rebuke and cast out every evil force.

You are now entered into the position of highest authority. You are able boldly to enter into the Holy of Holies, into the very presence of God himself. I believe this very literally and your spirit being is actually before the Lord praising him face to face. You have been given the power to bind evil forces. How do we know this to be true? We know this by the truthfulness and trust of God himself and his word. This is the same word that created all things in heaven and on earth in the beginning.

You have the authority and the power to speak these words of authority. This can be your command to all evil forces.

I bind you satan and all forces of evil and cast them out of my life. I do this in the power and in the authority of the name of Jesus Christ and in the power and in the authority of the blood of Jesus Christ. and in the power and the authority of the word of God. So be gone satan I have chosen to serve the Lord God and him only.

The Holy Spirit, has power and authority that he wants to give and work through his people that will only be achieved through total obedience and total submission to what he speaks to each one personally.

There is a two way communication of abiding in Christ and Christ abiding in you. When we learn to hear God’s voice we are able to hear his voice and speak his words. We are able to pray to God prayers that were given to us to pray by God. God gives us the prayers to pray back to God. This is the way the Lord operates.

God operates through spiritual rules that he himself established even in dealing against satan and the forces of evil. Everything is according to his plan and word spoken even before the creation of all things. In the spiritual battle for the Kingdom of God, he only responds to the prayers of his people being directed by his Holy Spirit from this earth.

Evil forces invade and force themselves upon people of the earth, but God speaks differently. God speaks through his still small voice. He is a perfect gentleman and only goes when and where he is invited or directed through some ones prayer.

So the Keys to recognizing the voce of God after receiving the Lord as your savior are:

Be sure that you are seeking God with the sincerity of not only your mind, but of your heart also. Try to distinguish between what you feel in your heart and what you think in your mind.

Be sure that you have spiritually entered into the presence of the Lord in a state of meditation and prayer. This can still be done in just a moment of thought, even as you may be required to be active at other work.

As you pray, ask God to direct the words you pray. Listen for words you understand and words that you may not understand. Then speak softly or silently in you spirit the words that have been given you. Speak whatever comes to your consciousness.

Focus your spiritual hearing more into your inner or intuitive area. The area of your stomach and hear and feel words come forth. When listening be still and know that he is the Lord that speaks.

One some times has a tendency to say God would not say such wonderful things to me. But God Loves you and you pray words of love and dedication and he speaks words of love and encouragement back to you. Believe and receive these words, remember God knows you much better than you know your self. We don’t even really know who we rally are in a spiritual way.

Believing is an act of faith and one must believe in order to receive.

Satan is very bold and some times may even try to invade your time in prayer. If some thing does not seem quite right test the spirit. Ask by saying, In the power and in the authority of the name of Jesus Christ I ask, are you Jesus Christ speaking to me, Jesus who came to earth as God in the flesh? Then wait for your answer. Do not carry on any more conversation if the answer is anything other yes I am Jesus who came in the flesh. do not reason or talk any more just bind and cast out and then again speak to the Lord.

As you praise, and relax in your worship you will eventually speak words that are not understandable. Just continue you are beginning to learn to speak in tongues. Don’t strain just relax and let it happen, this is the beginning of a new wonderful relationship that will lead to greater understanding of God and his word.

We do this by faith and may not understand that God answers these prayers in revealing the truths of his written word and prophecy. To me it seems that speaking in tonges has been a bridge of communications between the spirit and my mind. After speaking in tongues it seems my mind opens up to receive more revelation.

Gary Larrabee

Blue prints to build Successful Government or Business even a ______________!

Posted By: GLarrabee
Date: Thursday, 4 October 2007, 11:13 p.m. Kingdom blue prints

God is now setting up His kingdom through His Son, Jesus Christ, to rule upon this earth through His Branch to bring glory to Himself. The kingdom is made up of God's people anointed with the power and authority to break satan's yoke of bondage that he has placed upon the world. All instructions will be given by the Lord through His mighty Holy Spirit of power and authority.

The kingdom that we are about to enter will never be destroyed, and will never be taken away from the people of the Lord. This is an everlasting kingdom that will never pass away, but will stand forever. Daniel, the prophet of God, interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream and wrote about the kingdom coming forth in our day in Daniel 2: 44,45.

Daniel 2: 44,45

44. And IN the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

45. For as much as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter; and the dream is certain and the interpretation thereof sure.

We are the generation bringing forth the stone cut out of the mountain without hands. This is not being done by or through the efforts of any man, but is being done by all the body that lets God work through spirit-led men and women, who are totally submitted to the point where they can be under the control of God's Holy Spirit. The kingdom is the body of Christ, and not any church or denomination. This will be made up of people coming out of all faiths of the world which includes Hindu, Moslem and all the rest.

People throughout the world are seeking truth; all of us to some degree have been misled in some area of our faith. All will come through the death and resurrection of the cross. Many people have a yearning in their heart for truth and light. Many of them may not know exactly what to call that yearning in their hearts, but the Holy Spirit is Christ Himself speaking to their hearts.

We are now going to learn the blue prints of how this will happen. The prophet Zechariah speaks about the structure of the working order of God's way.

Zechariah 3: 7,8

7. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give these places to walk among those that stand by.

8. Hear now, O Joshua the High priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

Here is God's promise to those believers in the Messiah, who are totally dedicated and submitted to Him. He will make them rulers in His kingdom represented by the stone cut out of the mountain without hands. Joshua and those that sit before him are men wondered at because they have the seven spirits of God working that was given to the Branch. They have given themselves totally to God's purposes.

9. For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone will be seven eyes: behold I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day.

Here we are given the structure, and working principals for establishing the kingdom of God on this earth. The stone being placed before Joshua represents the entire kingdom of God on this earth.

It is my belief that inside this kingdom of God on earth will be lesser governing bodies, very similar to what we have today, such as city, county, and state government within the federal government. The term, "upon one stone" in verse 9 implies more than one stone the way it is phrased. We are going to see that there are two forms of government represented by two symbols of the olive branches. Joshua symbolizes the priestly government. And we will see that Zerub'babel represents the civil government.

Zechariah 4: 6-10

6. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerub'babel, saying not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.

7. Who art thou, O Great Mountain? Before Zerub'babel thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, Grace, unto it.

8. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me saying,

9. The hands of Zerub'babel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of Hosts hath sent me unto you.

10. For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerub'babel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

The plummet represents the standard of the Lord's righteousness. The headstone is a symbol of the kingdom of God. The mountain represents the world and obstacle placed before this generation in establishing the Kingdom. They will be removed by the spirit of the Lord, and they will become as a plain.

When the world sees this happening many will turn their hearts to the Lord, and will become a part of this great work.

We will see if it might be possible to read properly the blue prints for the body of Christ to structure itself in the building of the kingdom of God.

In the case where the stone is cut out of the mountain without hands that Daniel prophesied in Daniel 2: 44, the mountain is the world and the stone is the body of Christ bringing forth the kingdom of God. This seems to be a two-staged event.

1. The first stage is the believers of all churches, denominations, and religions recognize that Jesus is the savior of the world, and there is a coming together into one body. A body of believers without labels or divisions.

2. The second stage is the operational structure. This is how we become the BRANCH, where there is no mountain or problem that cannot be removed. The words to Zerub'babel were; Not by might, not by power, but by my spirit, sayeth, the Lord.

From the various uses of a stone being a symbol, we see the church as a stone in Daniel 2: 44. We see Jesus as the chief cornerstone, and we see believers and individual stones making up the body of Christ. So the stone cut out of the mountain without hands under the direction of the chief cornerstone, and the work is done through the body as directed by the head.

Maybe a pyramid will be a good structure to illustrate the structure made of stone, as well as an illustration of using a plumbline.

The chief cornerstone and the headstone of a pyramid are the same.

Visualize in your mind the chief cornerstone at the top of a pyramid, but without any other structure. Just, there in space, at exactly the right spot to build, and with the perfect plans and specifications for the entire structure.

From this point the headstone can build a perfect structure. With the plumbline we can put every stone in its perfect place. We can make sure every corner is exactly right, and we can even be sure every surface of the walls is perfectly smooth.

This is an illustration of how the body of Christ is to become all of one mind and accord, in perfect alignment with Jesus Christ the chief cornerstone or headstone.

Now in your mind, visualize Jesus as that headstone in the structure of the building of the body of Christ. The plumbline coming from the Lord to form the corners and put every stone in order is spoke of as eyes by Zechariah. He says there will be seven eyes upon one stone. Eyes are for seeing physically. To see spiritually we need seers, or prophets. The prophets in the past were the eyes that could see the light of the Holy Spirit, and what the Lord wanted to tell his people.

But because we have been trying to serve God in a way that seemed right by the wisdom of the flesh rather than by the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit, we have missed a great deal of what the Lord wanted for the church.

Many times the Holy Spirit edifies and encourages, but He also chastises and corrects. When this happens many people will not accept this as truth and say, That was not God speaking, and will accuse the prophet of being a false prophet. Sometimes what we hear is not what we want to hear, but it is what we need to hear. Even though we may not like the words of correction it's still the Lord speaking. If this word is not accepted, the Holy Spirit is grieved and prophecy ends within that body. God never forces His will upon anyone.

Today there are few congregations where the Lord can speak freely to a submissive body eager to hear.

The Lord is going to set up a plumbline standard. The seven eyes upon one stone are seven prophets in a position of honor within every priestly authority. They are symbolized by Joshua and the seven eyes upon one stone, and every civil authority symbolized by Zerub'babel and those seven men wondered at, spoken of by Zechariah.

The line we saw coming down from the very top of the headstone that keeps everything in perfect alignment with the will of God, is the ability to coninually be under the guidance of the Lord by continually hearing His direction through His seven prophets. This will be the plumbline in action.

When decisions are to be made by the body, these decisions are not to be made by the showing of hands. The decisions of a pastor, or a deacon board of directors, will be submitted to the seven prophets before implementing. These prophets will seek to hear from God to be sure that they are in alignment with the will of the Lord. By submitting to the Word of the Lord, we will always know that we are acting within the boundaries of God's will regarding every situation.

As we continue in reading the blue prints for the Body of Christ's structure of becoming fully submitted to the power and authority of Christ, we will go through the fourth chapter of Zechariah.

1. And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

2. And said unto me, what see'st thou? And I said, I have looked and behold, a candlestick all of gold with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps there on, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are on the top thereof.

To properly read this blueprint we must understand what each item symbolizes or represents. We have the golden candlestick, a bowl, seven lamps and seven pipes.

The GOLDEN LAMPSTAND

In Revelation 1: 2, we see seven golden candlesticks that represent the seven foundational churches where Christianity began. These seven churches were responsible for giving the light of God to the world, and this is represented in the seven candles.

The golden lampstand is only one, but it is a lampstand that raises up, and supports seven lamps. The point I want to make is the lampstand raises up the light, and seven lamps give much more light than seven candles.

The lamps are attached to the bowl holding the golden oil for the lamps, and together they are on top of the golden lamp stand. The bowl that holds the golden oil and the seven lamps represent the Holy Spirit in power and authority, manifesting the seven spirits of the Lord, described in the first five verses of the eleventh chapter of Isaiah.

The SEVEN PIPES

The seven pipes are transporters of light, and represent the Word of God being given through seven prophets, representing the seven eyes, on a continual basis, always an open line, never a busy signal. The Word is always flowing.

We have seven lamps giving light of the Holy Spirit. Where is the light shining? Here we see seven pipes for seven lamps where all the light is compressed into a pipe. This is like Laser Beam Technology where all the light is directed to a single spot, and it becomes great power. Where is the light going?

3. And the olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl and the other upon the left side thereof,

The light is shining upon the two olive trees. This is the anointing oil that breaks the Yoke of satanspoken of in Isaiah 10:27 and the anointing of power given to the body of Christ described in Isaiah 11:1-5

4. So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5. Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, NO, my lord.

The question I answered by the anointing and the power of the plumbline in the following verses.

6. Then he answered and spake unto me saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerub'babel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, sayeth the Lord of Hosts.

7. Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerub'babel, thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shouting and crying, Grace, grace unto it.

This is the power that breaks the yoke that satan has upon his people. Isaiah 10: 27.

8. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

9. The hands of Zerub'babel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know the Lord of Hosts hath sent me unto you.

Zerub'babel was part of building the temple described in the book of Haggai; but the prophecy is only partially fulfilled, and is looking to the events of this generation also.

10. For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerub'babel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

The prophetic word is that Zerub'babel has laid the foundation and he will finish it with those seven who are the eyes of the Lord. The eyes are the seers or prophets directing the work of building the kingdom.

11. Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

Now the terminology changes from a tree, to a branch. The two individual branches represent Joshua and Zerub'babel individually, and the two pipes from them show the special anointing of the Holy Spirit to the two witnesses that stand before the whole earth. The power flows out of themselves in power and authority, to perform the acts described in the eleventh chapter of Revelation about these two same that stand before the Lord of the whole earth.

12, And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

13. And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No my lord.

14. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

The wording of the identification of the two witnesses in Revelation speak of the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. Revelation 11:4

The wording of both the olive tree and the olive branch signifies power coming from the body of believers corporately as well as the power and authority given to the two witnesses individually.

NOT BY MIGHT, NOT BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT, sayeth the Lord.


From urim and the thummim to Seven Eyes upon One Stone

Posted By: GLarrabee
Date: Thursday, 4 October 2007, 11:34 p.m.

In Response To: Blue prints to build Successful Government or Business even a ______________! (GLarrabee) The people whom God had chosen on earth began with one man, who thereafter, brought into being a household, which eventually turned into a nation. The one man was Abraham, the household was the house of Jacob, and the nation was Israel.

When there were only one man, God appeared to him, giving him revelation and speaking to him. When a household was brought into existence through this one man, God appeared to the head of that household by again giving him revelation and speaking to him.

But after the children of Israel were delivered from slavery and came under the name and authority and discipline of the Lord they became the nation of God. Now the Bible shows us it was at that time God changed his way of revelation with them. He no longer appeared or spoke to just one man as he he formerly did; instead, he adopted a new and special method by which to reveal himself and to speak to his people.

The new method was the breast plate of judgement. Now whenever problems or difficulties developed among God's people' they were to come to the Lord and ask for his guidance and revelation, by means of his breast plate of judgement . Shortly after the people of God became a nation, the Lord changed his method of speaking to them.

When seeking revelation or a word from the Lord today, we need to recall this change. Whenever we are alone as Abraham was in following God, the Lord can and will appear and speak to us personally. But when we are one among many, the method of God's revelation will be changed.

Every child of God must clearly understand that he has become one body with all the saints in the presence of God, and under these circumstances God changes his method of appearing, speaking, and revelation.

Once the individual believer has God's people around him, it is important to realize that he is no longer by himself, but has become one with the rest of the people of God. Therefore, the Lord's revelation and speaking, will be to the people.

The breastplate of judgement was something the high priest wore whenever he went before God. It was firmly bound to the ephod, which the high priest wore. On this breastplate were four rows of precious stones. On these stones were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. The names of the twelve tribes represented the whole nation of Israel. All the people of God. When the high priest entered into the presence of the Lord, he did not enter alone as one person; but instead bore on his shoulders the twelve tribes of Israel, as he came before God.

At times when the people of Israel were confronted with insoluble problems, the high priest would wear the ephod, bind on the breastplate, and come before the Lord to ask for revelation and the word of the Lord. Within the breastplate were found the urim and the thummim. In Hebrew urim means the lights and thummim means the imperfections. Whenever the high priest came before God with the breast plate of judgement upon him, the light of God shined and his will was perfectly revealed.

The way by which God revealed his will to his people in Israel and the way he wants to reveal his will to the body of Christ today are along the same lines.

If anyone is truly humble before the Lord, when he discovers problems among God's people, he bears the people on his shoulders as he goes to inquire of the Lord. This is the basic principle of men and women, who know and have communion with God, carrying the saints of God on their shoulders in the presence of God.

If we, as the body of Christ, really want to be totally submitted to God's perfect will, we must know his will and must have men and women who will bring God's people before the father. Then the Lord will reveal his will to them and they become the eyes and ears of the Lord to the body of Christ. The affairs of the Body of Christ are to be decided by the principle of the breast plate of judgement.

This is the principle the Lord is instructing the body of Christ today, to enter into a totally submissive relationship of letting the Lord be in control.

Hear now of Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit with thee; for they are men wondered at: For, behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. Zechariah 3:8,9

When the people of God come into unity as one body, the way of the Lord's revelation will undergo a change. At that time, he will reveal his will through his seven eyes. God's will is to incorporate himself in his people and then his speaking is but the echo of himself having spoken among his own; for before these seven elders rise to speak, God will have already put his thought into the hearts of the brothers and sisters.

Seven elders of the church should bring the situation of God's children to God, himself, and inquire of him. Whenever something happens in a local assembly and the thing is in doubt. The decision is not to be made by mans arbitrary opinion, nor by the showing of hands, but by the unanimous guidance which the seven elders see and receive in the light of the Lord's presence, as they carry the situation of the brothers and sisters to God.

If we are really to live according to his principle, we need the breaking of the cross. Not only the seven elders need to be broken by the cross, but every other person in the church needs to be broken as well. Each of the brothers and sisters need to learn to be controlled by God in word and deed; that is to receive brokenness through the cross. If we all learn this principle, God will be able to speak and exercise his power and authority through us.

Authority in the scriptures is not based on position, but instead, is based on resurrected life. For example, the people of Israel recognized the authority of Aaron, because they saw that Aaron's rod budded. Authority without resurrection life is useless. Authority in the body of Christ is based upon life, not upon position. To the degree that the life of Christ is in you, is the same degree of your authority.