They tell others to lay
down My
offerings, then
quickly they scoop them up for their own use, and
for their own pleasures. How few, how very
few,
lay before Me and ask Me to lead them in the dispersements
of
My sanctuaries. Blindly, My sheep are fleeced into giving. They give in
form, following the formulas of their old religion, and the
priests
love to have it this way, as they goad them. Who will be great in
Me? To Whom is My arm revealed in this hour? Where can I find
pure
garments upon My priests? Where is the true heart, the pure heart of
self
denial, the heart of brokenness and the heart perfected through
sufferings?
Too many priests are standing in their own enterprises proclaiming
blessings
of their own self works. Where are the ones who will commit all
and
are willing to stand with no visible signs of success? In days passed
my
priests wore out their garments on their knees first. Today, it is too
often their wallets that wear out first. Should I, The LORD be
impressed
with this?
Your vows do not have to be of poverty, but of pureness sustained by faith. You enlarge the offering plates for yourselves rather than enlarging my kingdom with new souls. Who will teach My people to discern My voice in their giving? As you measure out of a pure heart, it will be measured out unto you. Priests hear ME, you stand as the rich young ruler over all that you have heaped unto your own selves? How shall I test you and try you in your service unto Me? What will show you the issues of flesh within your own heart? Have you considered this in your dispersements or have you merely collected for your own prosperity? Too many use prosperity as their sign of holiness and to proclaim self anointings.
You have raised your own banners to your own name while calling and crying LORD, LORD. My eyes must turn away from you, for you are bloody with the blood money of My people, and you are fleshly with out the leading of My Holy Spirit in dispersements. I care not for your fine buildings when I can not enter them for the sins upon the heart walls of My people. You have not impressed Me with your buildings. You have heaped up for your self judgments, and now, you will plainly see your own heart condition and the deeper motives for your service unto Me? Can you bear it? REPENT. Can you look upon your works without justifying them? REPENT. Why is My glory withheld from My people? You withhold My glory and My voice from your pulpits. REPENT.
My priests, you are the reason My glory is withheld. Look at your own pulpits, look at your own self works of self glory, and look at the motives that I see clearly, why you say you serve Me, and do not. The plates of your temples are a botch unto you. Disperse! Repent, for you own greed has held you and you call it by My name. Is it a light thing that you have made yourselves to be rich young rulers of My sanctuaries? I, The LORD call to you in warning, REPENT! The sins of your altars are upon you and you know well, your own sins. Do not offer Me any more of your justifications for your own accomplishments. I see your flesh that calls itself My Spirit. I see the spots within your congregations. You are not clean before Me. You have not washed your own deeds nor the sheep that stand before you. I see My sheep. I see you as priests before Me and I, The LORD say where is the glory of your dispersements? Why are the sheep of My pastures unkept and unclean and still hungry for righteousness? Who shall lead them on the paths of holiness unto repentance?
Young
rulers there is a price you have
not made
or paid, and for this you will go away and go forth with much
sorrowing.
Repent before My people, and repent before Me, says The LORD, for the
savor
of your sacrifices in giving, bring forth the aroma and stench of
death before Me. Repent, for you have dishonored My priesthood with
your
priestcrafts. Wash yourselves. Empty your plates of self glory
and
wash your plates clean of the exactions from My people. Then, you will
see My glory when it comes upon My people and even upon your own
self
but, first you must walk the path of the rich young ruler. Deny
your
self and take up this cross and see if I, The LORD will not pour
you out blessings too great to be contained. Are you ready to see My
glory?
Are My people prepared to stand in My glory?
Are there compromised spots in your
company
of service unto Me. REPENT! WASH! REPENT! Give and it shall be
given
unto you as priests of both My favor and as priests of My glory. You
have
rested on your own laurels for too long. I call you to seek ME and to
give
all to another. I am calling you to lay it all down. Hear Me. Do you
hear
My voice crying or will you reason it away along with My glory? My
words
are set before you, this day. Who will murmur and deny these words of
truth?
Do you see your own motives, now? Who do you serve? Who will lay it all
down in My will, and not take it up again? The answer is simple, only
those
with pure hearts, and those who will truly repent, will carry My glory
before My people.
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-2003
