The Anointing Fire Pt. 5


The Lord spoke to me and told me that He is going to start pulling in people by His power. He told me that the next move will seize people. The Lord told me that we have to get our faith levels up, and instead of asking for the souls, tell Him that we’re going to go and get these people. The Lord is putting it all in motion now - no more waiting. A lot of people are going to start coming to the Lord, even starting this week. 

The soul is the place of emotion. It is where we struggle with things in our lives such as depression, which stems from wounds in our souls in those deep places where we need healing. The Word of God is what gives the remedy your soul needs to cover those holes. The early church taught this happens through the Word being revealed to us. 

They call this process the ascension of the soul. The soul ascends through sanctification and moral perfection. This ascension is not just in our understanding but also in departing from the cares of the world. The cares of the world are not just monetary things; they are also attitudes and mindsets. Those who are of the flesh walk after the things of the flesh (Rom. 8:5). According to the Word and the early church, to be spiritual you need to be completely separated from the fleshly desires and also able to understand the mysteries of God. Praying in tongues does not make you spiritual.

 

This was the inherent problem with the Corinthian church. They thought they were spiritual; they thought they were advanced because they could pray in tongues. Paul rebukes them in 1 Corinthians chapters two and three. He says in 1 Cor. 2 that to be spiritual is to understand the deep things of God hidden in a mystery. In 1 Cor. 3, he rebukes the Corinthians for not being mature or spiritual enough to understand those teachings and says that they are still acting like infants, still in much need of milk (1 Cor. 3:2). He then describes their attitudes that they haven’t dealt with. 


In order to see the glory of God there needs to be a high degree of purity. Those who cannot comprehend the glory of God are those whose souls are impure. One of the signs that we can see to discern where our heart is at is by watching what comes out of our mouths. Jesus said it is what comes out the mouth that defiles a man. Our souls aren’t purified if we murmur, backbite, slander others, or have false teaching. The Word of God should be what’s coming from our mouths. 


An early church father by the name of Methodius, taught on the purity of the five wise virgins. He expounds on the parable of the ten virgins where he explains the difference between the wise and the foolish. The number five represents the five senses. The wise virgins are those who have had their five senses purified, which  are the gates. What are we allowing to go through our spiritual gates? What are we spending our time listening to and watching? What are we allowing to seduce us away from God’s presence?


This is why self-control is very important, because without it we can’t resist all those fleshly desires that we struggle with. In the early church there was no sinner’s prayer. They took you through three years of study, and in those three years they expected a change in your character and behavior. If you committed a major sin, you were not allowed back into the church until the behavior was corrected. They took sin very seriously. Today most churches just believe that we are under grace and Jesus did it all at the cross so all we have to do is just confess that Jesus is Lord and we’re good to go.  


During those first three years a convert was not called a Christian or considered a believer. The Word says that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit. We cannot be anointed with the Holy Spirit unless we are first purified. The Holy Spirit helps in that process, but to be anointed with the Holy Spirit is different all together. 


I see no other priority than being ready for the Glory of God. There should be no other priority than preparing yourself for that. The early church said that there will be a people who will step over the grave, a people who will forget to die. We are in that time they prophesied about. We get in now or we miss it all together and there’s not going back once you miss it. It’s time to be all in now. Amen. 

 

Sincerely,

Apostle Michael Petro

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