THE WORDS THAT FATHER GIVES
BY: LINDA KEITH - JULY 7, 2005
Part 1
I was going to wait, to write this, until I got the tapes from the Amarillo
meeting; but, I feel led to do it this way instead. Funny, how when we hear from
Father, it's such a joy. And yet, as many of you who teach and minister probably
know, there are times when Father gives us a Word, that we wonder, "how in the
world am I going to be able to tell this"?
We know that He knows best, and knows what must be revealed to His people, but
we allow the carnal mind to jump in and say, "NO ONE is going to accept this".
Then we calm down and get alone and allow Him to draw us back UP into Him, and
we know, "HE knows best, so, so be it".
This is what happened with me before I left for Amarillo. Father spoke a Word
to me, actually, a few of them and I wondered how I could give them. I spoke
with Bro. Madison, at our local meeting and explained what Father had said. He
said, "You know what, He showed me the same thing". I trust Bro. Madison and
depend on his honesty, so I was ready to go to Amarillo, to be slaughtered.
Joking. But, I did dread what I was to give. I knew that there would be at
least ONE person who would be there to hear and confirm that He was speaking the
same thing to them. He is so good, He never leaves us on our own. And although,
we know Who and What we are, if we're not careful, we allow the carnal mind to
pop up; that is when we have to take every thought, captive.
I caught my plane, out of Pittsburg, Pa., at 8:30 am, and arrived in Dallas, TX
about 11:30. I was to meet Marlene in Dallas, and then we had to catch another
plane, on to Amarillo. Marlene is always an encouragement and brings with her,
Father's peace. It was good to be with her again. Jim and Melba Crofford met us
at the airport and they were awesome. Such love. It sort of engulfed me. We got
to the hotel and checked in and went to the Friday night meeting.
I was still feeling the dread, but was ready to get up and give what Father had
given me, when He said to. We met Tony den Hartog and her wife, Martha and I
knew them right away, even though we had not met, in person before. I felt such
a loving strength from Tony. And the love that came forth from Martha, made me
feel that I had known them forever (which I have). I think that some had had a
meeting before the scheduled meetings began (maybe the night before).
We began praising Father. I noticed, right away, that there were all levels of
Father's Life in the folks there. The main thing I noticed and I have had
ministers tell me that we aren't suppose to FEEL, but I noticed and I felt such
real love coming from everyone there. Now, before go into what was given by
others that were there and felt led to share, I want to give you what Father had
given me before I left.
I am not an early bird. So when I was awakened at 3am, I knew that Father was
about to speak. So, I sat up against my pillow and listened... I got ready for
a teaching. Got my pen and paper from beside the bed and was ready. To my
surprise,
Father said, "My people have two idols; the bible and the man Jesus". Well,
I thought, "oh boy, here we go again". I took this to Father every day and
every night for two weeks. It was getting close to time for the Amarillo meeting
and I really wanted to know what it was all about.
From the time I first accepted Jesus as my Saviour, I have NEVER known Jesus as
anything, but Father God. I took it for granted that everyone else did too. But,
in the church system, some of the brothers and sisters have a way of making you
know you're wrong, before, they ever even hearing what you have receive. So, I
don't argue the fact of Who Jesus was/is. I tell what I know and I leave it for
others to do with it, whatever they choose to do.
What did Father mean when He said, "My
people have made the man, Jesus, an idol? Well,
to begin with even some of the "more mature" still hold on to some of the church
teachings. Jesus is one of those teachings.
1Tim. 3:16, "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels; preached unto
the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory."
John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word
was God."
John 1:14, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
Now, in 1 Timothy, WHO manifested in the flesh? Jesus or God? It tells us that
God manifested. It also tells us that it was GOD who preached to the Gentiles.
He, God, was justified in the Spirit, as He has always been and will always be.
Because HE is that Spirit.
OK, in John 1:1, we are told that the WORD was with and WAS GOD. Notice, and
here is where some are going to get their hairs up, but notice it does not say,
"The Son, Jesus, was with God and was God. It says the WORD was God. Look at :
1 John 5:7, " For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the
Word and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one."
It does not say, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. It says, the Father,
the Word and the Holy Ghost. AND the three are ONE.
Now, I know, some are already saying, "oh my God, are you doing away with
Jesus?" No, no I'm not. But, we MUST KNOW who Jesus was before manifestation
can take place... at least, manifestation of the Father. Now, let's look at
Isaiah:
Isaiah 9:6, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the
government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."
Now, how many Fathers do we have? ONE! How many Mighty Gods do we have? ONE.
Now, we're told that GOD manifested in the flesh. And He did. It was God who
manifested as the Son. You say, "How can that be? How can God be both Father and
Son?" It's easy. He can do all things. We have gotten to use to analyzing
everything with the brain, when all along He has had it so simple to understand,
IF, we allow HIM to show us.
First, ask yourself, WHY did God manifest in the flesh? Because He knew that
that wonderful man that He had created in His Own Image had become so use to
using the carnal mind and HAD to see something in order to believe anything. I
like the way Philippians says it: (in the Living Bible)
Phil. 2:5-6, "Your attitude should be the kind that was shown us by Jesus
Christ, who, though he was God, did not demand and cling to his rights as God,
but laid aside his mighty power and glory, taking the disguise of a slave and
becoming like men."
Ever since Father gave me the Word, that I entitled "Re-Happenings", He has
steadily been adding to those Re-Happenings. Now, this is the second part of
what Father gave me, regarding this.
He said, "Jesus taught in parables, and HE IS A PARABLE OF YOU, My people".
WOW! I thought, oh boy, they'll have their guns and knives ready for me when I
speak these Words. Now, I ask you to just for a little while, lay aside your
anger, shock and surprise, and PREVIOUS teaching about Jesus. Take this to
Father.
The written word tells us that Jesus is the PATTERN SON, right? What do you do
with a pattern? You cut out the material and then discard the pattern. You make
your piece of clothing or whatever you are using the pattern to make. Think on
this, "Jesus is the Pattern Son." What did Philippians tell us? That God took
upon Himself, A DISGUISE". The disguise was a human, flesh man. God even brought
His name along with Him.
Matt. 1:21-23, "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name
JESUS... for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, GOD WITH US."
I want to say something about the "name". God does not have a name. All names
are MAN MADE. The reason the name, Jesus, is name above all names is because
"God with us"
is a being, a nature, not a man.
"God with us"
takes in all that Father is in us, and all that we are IN HIM. We have forgotten
Who we are. But, ask Father about BEFORE WE manifested into this flesh realm; we
were in Him, we were His Being, we were His Substance, and we still are. Just as
HE NEVER CHANGES, neither have nor do we! Only the thoughts have changed! But,
He is reminding us.
Do you want to think of something really awesome? WE were IN GOD when He
allowed Moses, Jacob, Abraham and all the rest, to MANIFEST IN THE FLESH REALM!
WE were in God, watching it all take place! We watched as all of the Old
Testament took place!! Think on it. WHO were we then? Well, IF we were in Him,
IF we were His Substance, IF we were His Being, we were HIM! So much a part of
Him, we could not be told apart from HIM. Folks, we STILL ARE!
Now, about the flesh man, Jesus. God knew that we had fallen into such an
illusional way of thinking, depending on PROVING things in the flesh, because WE
thought we had become flesh, water and blood; that there had to be blood and
water shed in this earthen realm.
1 John 5: 8, "And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and
the Water, and the blood; and these three agree in ONE."
There had to be a flesh body to die; there had to be water and blood shed from
that flesh body to be a PATTERN for us to follow. God became Jesus, the Son. He
stepped into a flesh body and lived a life in the flesh. He was, as the flesh
man Jesus, what we could call God's own soul. It has been our illusional
thinking that our soul has been separated from our Father God, so He (God), used
His Soul (Jesus the flesh man) to die and shed saving blood and water cleansing
that was and had the Spirit. He took us, our soul, right along WITH Him when He
went to the Cross. Again, we WATCHED the Pattern. And became the garment. We
rose as the Son, a many-membered Son and Father God rose right back into HIS
original position, OF FATHER and WE BECAME THE SON. We are told:
EPH 3:15, "Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,,, vs 17… That
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith..."
Do you know how many people believe that "JESUS" lives in us? Most of them.
Jesus does not live in us, Christ does. Christ is anointing. Anointing is our
Father's life. It is Father's life that lives in us. Jesus the flesh man cannot
live in another flesh body. Only the Spirit can. And that Spirit that lived in
the flesh man Jesus, was God our Father. Mankind NEEDED a flesh man to come and
live as man, disguised as man, without sin to live, as a Pattern, and to die so
that that Spirit could live and manifest through us. Can God die? Absolutely
not! So, He had to become a flesh man, to show us a sacrifice, that had already
been given BEFORE the foundation of the world (Rev 13:8). There is no time, in
God, so I do understand with the brain the words, "Oh HOW SOON we forget". Our
FATHER'S NAME IS JESUS, THE FATHER.
God was the flesh man Jesus. I am taking nothing away from His word as the Son.
Without it, we would not be remembering WHO we are. How could any man be as
faithful, as worthy, as pure as Jesus was, if that person wasn't God in the
flesh? Once Father had done His work as the Son, for a pattern, we are told:
2 Cor 5:16, "Wherefore HENCEFORTH (or once you have known God as a flesh man,
from now on) know we NO MAN after the flesh; yea, though we have known CHRIST
after the flesh, yet NOW HENCEFORTH know we HIM no more".
It doesn't speak of us knowing Jesus after the flesh; it says know CHRIST, or
God's Life, no more after the flesh. We are to know Him as He is. Folks we
cannot manifest something that we don't know. Yes, as babes we knew Jesus the
Son. We thought there was the Father, AND Jesus the Son, two. But, now we are
to leave behind our childish thinking. If we don't know Father, we can't
manifest Him. For even more Word:
Titus 1:3, "...God our Saviour."
1 Tim.1:1, "...by the commandment of God our Saviour.."
1Tim 2:3, "...For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour.."
I know, many may not agree with this, but that's ok. We are told, "first
the natural and then the spiritual'.
I look at this with all things. That includes the Kingdom of God. Now, in the
natural, there are all different levels in a kingdom. In a natural kingdom,
there is the King, the King's Son, heirs, servants, and the common people. It
is my belief, and you don't have to agree with this, but in God's Kingdom, which
is within us, there is the Father. The Father is the One with the power, the
authority and HE is the possessor of all things. Then, there is the Son. The
Father gives the Son, power and authority that he can use. But, it is the
Father's power. It is HE that gives it to the Son. Then, there are heirs, who
never possess what they have inherited. There are servants. We are told that we
are no longer servants, but Sons and friends. The servant knows not the Father's
business. But, some insist on being servants, which is ok. And then there are
those who are just satisfied being a Christian.
As I watched and listened to different ones, in the meetings, Father spoke
again. Remember when the church used to tell us; "CHOOSE TODAY WHO YOU WILL
SERVE." Well, sitting in the meeting Father spoke and said:
"CHOOSE TODAY WHO YOU WILL BE!"
I know that there are those who believe that WE have nothing to do with what we
will appear as - or nothing to do with anything. But we do. We are told: "Work
out your own salvation". "Purify yourselves".
Now, to me this sounds as though I have a part in this. Especially, if we KNOW
WHO WE ARE. So, "Choose today WHO YOU WILL BE". Will you stop at being a
Christian? Or Will you stop at being an heir? Or Will you stop at being a
servant? Or Will you stop at being a Son? OR WILL YOU FOLLOW THE PATTERN AND GO
ON BACK TO BEING FATHER? Some will call this blasphemy and those who Father is
giving understanding of this are going on to being ONE with Father.
I forget the name of a brother at the meeting, that said something about,
"people are running around thinking that they are little gods." I wish I had
the tape so I could be exact on this, but these words were spoken. I am not
running around saying "I am a little God". I am saying what God said, as the
man Jesus,
"Jesus thought it not robbery to be equal with God".
You know why Jesus thought that way? It is because He knew Who He really was.
"My Father and I are One."
I, too, know Who I am. As He is, so am I in this world… or in this arrangement
of the cosmos.
Rev. 12:5, " And she brought forth a MAN child, who was to rule ALL nations with
a rod of iron; and her child was caught up unto (into) God, and to his throne."
This was a full grown, matured man. So, are we. This is talking about US. You
say, "How can we be full grown?" Easy. Our life has been hid in Christ. This
word "rule" means "shepherd." The word "rod" is the authority of Father. Only a
Father has Authority. The word "throne" speaks of power and authority. That
belongs to the Father. He gives His Son power and authority, but it is actually
the Father's. We can ONLY MANIFEST what our focus is on! Take it or leave it.
We are not robbing Jesus of anything. Because He is no longer the Son, YOU ARE!
It is the Saviours who will come forth from Mt. Zion that will bring the world
to Father. Using the Father's power and authority. The Son is the rod that
Father uses to rule with Him.
Also, Chris, Jim and Melba's son, spoke something that just lit up my being. He
said, "The young of this generation will not and are not going through the
process of the previous generation." And he's right. It brought to mind the
words, "The last will be first" and
"Except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved; but
for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days".
Now, I know these verses speak of other things, but His elect is His elect
regardless of when these words were spoken. I have seen some come off the
street, come off of drugs, etc. and become so mature in Father… more so than
some that have been in Pentecost for 30, 40 years! I am not saying that there's
anything wrong with Pentecost, but we should move on from there. We are told
that in the NT and can see it in the Tabernacle of Moses. Yes, indeed, the
process is being shortened, as far as time goes.
We heard quite a few speakers speak of "the day of ingathering". And it is true.
We are truly in that day and we are that day.
Then, the day that I was prepared to give this Word, Father spoke through
another brother, Tom Holmquist. He said, "We must be careful what we say or
we'll kill the babes or the children". As He spoke these words, I saw, first in
the natural, the news reports of the way children are being killed, raped,
harmed, maimed and crippled. It seems as though there's a multitude of children
being harmed. So, first the natural - then the Spiritual. The same thing is
happening in the Spiritual. So, I knew that I could not give this word, with
all the children there... (not children of age but in the Lord). When Tom spoke
those words, I knew it was Father speaking to me. It was a hearing, listening
and obeying lesson for me. Thank You, Father, and thank you, Tom, for your
obedience.
I met and united with a precious sister, at these meetings. Her name is Deborah
Domer. We were drawn immediately to one another. It was as if Father had given
us BOTH this same Word. I received these words from her today;
“I am finally getting it! I am becoming aware of the ONE ETERNAL DAY... the
REALITY OF LIFE, it seems that my attention span for anything else is
diminishing. I am keenly aware of those I know in this place, in the purity of
Love, by Spirit alone. We are joining together as ONE, and our Life is now by
the Spirit. I revere and honor you. So many things, in the past, have demanded
my attention - the earthly "issues" and even problems. These things have not
necessarily changed, but they are now but a vapor. There is no place in my focus
for an "issue" or a "problem." Darkness cannot be relegated to a corner of the
Light. To some, this Finished Work of Christ is a doctrine to be embraced,
argued, received, rejected, etc. I will not contend. To me, this FINISHED WORK
has become my ESSENCE OF BEING. I find myself having walked through the Door
called the Cross. The death of my self is complete and there is no individual
life for me outside the Spirit of LIFE - the LIGHT I am. My crucifixion was in
Christ, and whatever I perceive outside the Law of the Spirit of Life, is
nothing but my illusion, based on programming from the religious mindset I had
embraced as truth. And there, I had an expectation of us. I write this,
submitting to you, as witnesses of my heart - I submit that my own perfection
has come in the Father. As He is, I am. There is nothing but Light and there is
no darkness at all. No limitation, and full submission to the Holy Spirit, my
Oneness in Father. I heard it clearly 3 nights ago - The measure that I accept
my own perfection is the measure that I am able to expand in Life and Love. My
perfection makes way for the unlimited, and perceives no need to grasp at a
thing. My awareness is released into the purity of I AM. There is nothing to
do.”
This LIGHT is Substance of Love. And this I Am. Oh Hallelujah! I see it. I feel
it! I am consumed in my thoughts by Love toward you and toward all Creation, and
it is true! Creation is hearing My Voice! Thank you dear Georgia, for that song
that resonates within me! I see them - the lame are leaping, the deaf are
hearing, the blind are seeing… everything under the earth, in the earth, above
the earth - Creation is hearing my voice… and waking to I Am-Love.
I heard a word last night just before I closed my eyes to sleep. We have read:
"The lion shall lie with the lamb." I saw it differently last night. The lion is
submitted into the Lamb. The LAMB IS THE LIGHT. The Lion is lying down INSIDE
the Lamb. The Lion is a Voice, but the Lamb is the Light. There is no more war
in all my holy mountain. No resistance. No dissention. It is only Light that
does not contend with the darkness - there is no need.
Behold the Lamb of God or the "God-Lamb" - taking away - removing from all
remembrance - our earth-bound consciousness. We are truly ascending and
descending as the angels to the man, Jacob. And each time we descend there is a
greater awareness of Light being brought into Creation. We bear a Blessing - The
Name, transcending all other names.
Transformation has come!
to be continued....
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