Saturday, May 22, 2010

Holy Hubert Lindsey...called to preach holiness

Hubert Lindsey knew his call to preach. Hubert Lindsey was a preacher who wasn’t in it for the glory or the pat on the back. He preached holiness and would not deviate from the importance of that truth. He taught people they needed to have a clean heart by the Grace of God. He told people they could live right and do right because of the divine nature received from Christ in the new birth. By no means would Hubert Lindsey’s message of holiness win a popularity contest but he preached it with joy and contentment. Hubert Lindsey preached unadulterated holiness and would not deviate from it. Hubert would not compromise God’s Word for money, for a position, or for a title. Hubert Lindsey was simply a preacher who taught God’s standard of purity according to the Bible. As anyone with Bible knowledge already knows, holiness of heart and conduct is a quite unpopular doctrine in the mainstream. Regardless of the mainstream way of thinking Hubert Lindsey would not condone sin or disobedience to God for any reason. This holy stance made Hubert Lindsey offensive to some, but to others he was very much loved and respected for the truth about Christ he preached.

Hubert’s messages morally impacted countless souls with the power of a living Christ. He taught holiness the same as written in the New Testament records. Hubert taught the Bible from memory with an unimaginable amount of scriptural based truth that ministered holiness to all who listened. For 72 years Hubert Lindsey ministered the Gospel of Christ to small crowds and large crowds across the United States, from Canada, to Mexico, from the East Coast to the West Coast. He preached in the Open Air, publicly under tents, in church houses of all denominations, in seminaries, on the campus setting, on sidewalks, in jailhouses and prisons, on the Radio, or wherever Christ led him. Hubert was in it for Christ and Christ only!

Hubert once testified about going to death row to minister. He said a woman called him and asked him to go and visit her son who was on death row in a Texas Prison. He knew Christ wanted him to go so he went, but it wasn’t very pleasant experience. The first day the inmate threw urine on Hubert and wouldn’t hear the Gospel. The second day the same thing! The third and forth day the same thing! On the fifth day the inmate repented. He recieved the Gospel that Hubert ministered and in turn gave his heart to Christ! Hubert’s persistence and love for sinful man allowed him to win that man to eternity! Hubert knew his obligation to Christ and his obligation to preach the Gospel!

• 1 Cor 9:16-19… For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Is the Devil real? Yes. The Bible says so!

The Bible teaches that the Devil is real. God said so in His Word, throughout the pages of history.

The Devil was an angelic being created by God. Ezekiel stated he was an anointed Cherub which is the highest order of Angelic hosts. Cherubs, Cherubim, Serephim, Archangel, angels, etc.

Ezek 28:14-15...Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Isaiah the Prophet called him Lucifer...who rebelled against the supreme authority of God... the Creator of all things.

Isa 14:12-14...O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

In Genesis 3:15 he was called "the serpent" that deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden. This is the reason why the curse of the fall has plagued the human family since the "Original Sin". For by the disobedience of one... many were made sinners.

The Bible teaches that the Devil is not omnipresent as many people think...

Job 1:7...And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Matthew 4 said Jesus was tempted of the Devil while fasting in the Wilderness.

Jesus spoke of the Devil (when accusing the Pharisees) in

John 8:44...Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Jesus stated the Devil was "from the beginning". The Bible does not plainly teach when the beginning was.

According to Peter the Devil is one of our greatest oppositions in life...

1 Peter 5:8...Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

The Devil can be considered the God of this Age or the God of this period of time before Christ Raptures the Church...

2 Cor 4:4...In whom the god of this world (Age) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not on the Gospel

The Devil who is also the accuser of the Brethren in the presence of God will be cast out of Heaven during the middle of the seven year Tribulation. This event has not happened yet!

Rev 12:9-10...And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

The Apostle John stated that the Devil was a sinner from the beginning. Christ came to "destroy" the works of the Devil.

1 John 3:8...He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

God's Judgement has been placed on the Devil "after the Tribulation". Satan will be bound for 1000 years.

Rev 20:1-2...And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

When the 1000 years expire Satan is loosed (for a short time) to deceive many nations...

Rev 20:7-8...And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Then comes "God's Final Judgement of the Great White Throne" where the wicked dead are resurrected and judged... and the devil is cast into the lake of fire for Eternal Punishment...

Rev 20:10...And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire

The question was asked, "Is the Devil real". Yes! The Bible says so! God said so! All that said about the Devil to say this one thing...Submit yourselves to God...resist the Devil and he will flee...Why will the Devil flee? He has no authority. God has "all" authority. That's why the Devil has to flee from the child of God. The child of God is in subjection to the authority of Christ. Christ has all authority! Glory!

Monday, May 17, 2010

When Holy Hubert "fathered" the Jesus movement...there was a great awakening on the West Coast


Since the Early Church there were many revivals that took place in the pages of history. If look closely you will find that where ever these type of awakenings occurred... the Bible Doctrine of Entire Sanctification was being taught. "Holy" Hubert Lindsey who adamantly taught Entire Sanctification proclaimed the greatest awakenings in history followed this type of Bible Doctrine. Being a former Calvinist, Brother Lindsey recognized this fact after being hindered from receiving the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire, for 35 years while he was a Baptist minister. He was sanctified entire somewhere in the mid 60's where his complete minstry and theology was changed for the glory of Christ!

In the "Early Church" after the death and resurrection of Christ the Apostles taught Entire Sanctification and Revival broke out there! John Wesley taught Entire Sanctification in the 1600’s and Revival broke out there! During the 1900’s at Azusa Street Entire Sanctification was being taught and Revival broke out there! In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s Hubert Lindsey was teaching Entire Sanctification on the West Coast. Revival broke out there also! That monumental move of the Spirit of God (through Holy Hubert's) preaching became the birth of the Jesus Movement.

The Jesus Movement was a move of the Spirit that swept Revival across the West Coast and converted people to Christ by the thousands. These converts were people from every walk of life and not just the Organized Church crowd. These were people that gave their hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ for personal forgiveness for their sins. These converts even began witnessing for Christ and Revival broke out even more! Signs, wonders, and miracles were following! Evidence of a resurrected Christ was being manifested just like in the days of the early Church! People were finding Christ by the thousands! Some of those people who found Christ at that time are still in Christ today in 2010. Their testimonies are posted on the Internet (under Holy Hubert Lindsey) 30-40 years later. What a great proof that Christ lives and changes the heart of man! What a great testimony for the power of a resurrected Christ being preached in the 70’s!

The New Testament teaches about an “awakening after the death of Christ” that is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles chapters 2, 3, 4. That awakening showed Revival that broke out in the hearts of preachers of the Gospel, after the resurrection of Christ. The Apostles Peter and John were sanctified Entire through the baptism with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. Peter and John were moved by the Spirit of God and boldly preached the Gospel after the resurrection of Christ. What beautiful evidence of the work of God in Revival! Brother Lindsey who was moved by the same Holy Ghost in the 60’s and 70’s knew this same kind of Revival! All these great men of God preached the truth about Entire Sanctification.

The work of God in the Jesus Movement in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s brought peace to rioting crowds of protest on the West Coast during and after the Viet Nam war era. The Jesus Movement spread across the nation to “Explo” which was a major public Christian event in 1972. "Explo 72" took place in a gathering at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX. The Jesus Movement brought peace on the Berkeley Campus to radical crowds such as anti-war protesters, the Socialist Party, and the Nazi Party. Remember, drugs like LSD, MDA, Speed, and marijuana was on the rise inside a certain culture of people throughout America. Orgy-sex and sensuality was a major trend and huge Rock and Roll concerts with Psychedelic music were spreading like wildfire. There was a complete culture of people forming within the younger generation on the West Coast and throughout America at that time. Among those people who experienced Revival was the Hippie movement and also those known as the flower children. God extended His hand of love and mercy to that people.

The Jesus Movement birthed Revival. Through the Spirit of Christ that Brother Lindsey preached the miracle of the new birth was manifested within the hearts of many during those years. This Jesus Movement and the period of time of time it took place were approximately 65 -70 years after the Azusa Street Revival. Remember, Entire Sanctification was being taught by Brother Lindsey at that time. If Entire Sanctification was taught more today in the mainstream you’d witness more Holy Ghost Revival today!

Everything on this Blog and in this writers heart...supports the doctrinal views of Brother Holy Hubert Lindsey. Entire Sanctification is not taught today and will never be a popular doctrine. Why? Entire Sanctification requires a moral obligation to God because of death to self. read more about this doctrine on this Blog. Listen to Brother Lindsey's preaching on holiness and his testimony about being filled and sanctified with the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire at the following link. Just scroll down to...the Baptism with the Holy Ghost!

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