Apostle Michael Petro: Blog

Amos 3:7 tells us that the Lord does nothing on the earth until He reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets. Why does God do it this way? It’s in order to give those who hear the prophets a chance to become a part of what God wants to do. Before God begins to move, He reveals His intentions to the prophets to declare and forewarn His people. At that point, it’s up to the people to decide.   We need to move by faith instead of waiting for God to do something to bring change in us. God is waiting for us to do something about it. Faith without works is dead. We can say we believe and have faith, but where is the faith? Jesus asked if He’ll find faith when He returns (Luke 18:18)? We can read and study all day, but unless we put it into practice, we are just the hearers of the Word but not doers.    Early church teachings completely destroy modern-day, false teachings that the 144,000 in the book of Revelation are Jews after the flesh. The Apostle Paul said that we are now the true

I am 100% certain that we are at the end times. If you knew for certain that Jesus would be returning tomorrow, would you be living the way you are right now? How would you be living your life? We need to make sure that we have no aughts with anyone, no issues with anyone. If we are really honest with ourselves, how would we treat each day if we really believed it was the end? I find that my days go much differently when I wake up and ask the Lord, “What can I do today to fulfill your plan and purpose today?” When I live my life the way I want to live it, it’s just not the same. Our lives are not our own and it’s time we start living like it. The Lord is not going to use those who keep their lives as the priority (John 12:25).  A second century early church father by the name of Origen described how the Antichrist will deceive people, and how in every way he’ll imitate Christ. The Antichrist is a pretended/counterfeit word, opposite of Christ, who is the true Word. Antichrist teachings

We are in very dangerous times right now and need to understand that things could shift at any moment. The Russians have warned that if anyone interferes with their invasion, they will retaliate against them. To show they’re serious, they played a video of a nuclear missile that has the ability to wipe out territory as large as the entire U.K. As intense as things are in the outside world, it’s important to remember the most important battle is within your mind.  There’s no doubt we’re in a dangerous position. Our government has aired news about how we helped the Ukrainians assassinate some of Russians generals and destroyed their supply chains. How arrogant is the Biden administration? They are putting this country in harm’s way with the Russians who have already threatened nuclear war. At any moment we could be wiped out. The Lord says that tomorrow is never promised to us (Prov. 27:1). That is exactly how the early church lived, because they knew that at any given moment they could

During the week I received a phone call from a brother that works with David Hogan. During that phone call, he began praying for me and gave me a word that  all the tribulation I’ve been going through, and all the false accusers, are a door to promotion. The Word of God says that when we are reviled for His name’s sake (Matt. 5:11-13), we are blessed. The Bible also says to be careful of those who many speak very highly of because the world loves those who belong to them.  The furnace of affliction is where God prepares those to receive His promises. Peter says that we should not be surprised or find it odd that we go through the fire of tribulation - actually we are to rejoice in it. Christians today don’t want to go through tribulation. Most Christians today believe that Jesus did it all at the cross; the common belief is that He suffered for us so that we don’t have to endure suffering. But if that were true, then why would both Peter and Paul say that those who have partaken of th