Apostle Michael Petro: Blog

  The church needs to get back to repenting and dying to self and to the lust of the flesh. In the early church it was not just about praying a sinner’s prayer - it was about a total transformation of your life. It was proof of the Holy Spirit in your life. One time, I met this sister at a Reawakening conference and she gave us her testimony about how she was a believer, and by most standards a good Christian, but when she had died, she went to hell.    The Lord brought her back from the dead but told her that if He hadn’t, she would’ve spent eternity in hell. She was confused because she really thought she was a good Christian. Jesus told her that He did not even know her. Isn’t that what the Bible says, though? That many in that day would come to Jesus confessing that He is Lord, and He will say to them, “Away from me you workers of lawlessness for I never knew you” (Matt. 7:22-23).   Those anointed in the early church had to firs...

The Lord is continuing to speak to us about the fire, and how it relates to the anointing of God. We need to go deeper into the anointing to really understand what it means. When the  anointing of God is understood, it has the ability to transform us. The Scripture says that His name is like ointment. Ignatius, who was a disciple of the Apostle John, said that the ointment of His name is His doctrine.  When I was a part of the Pentecostal churches, I thought that the anointing was when you got goosebumps or some sort of similar feeling. But I’ve since learned that the anointing is not always a good feeling. The Hebrew word for ointment speaks of the oil as breath, just like when God breathed into Adam. The anointing speaks of a pressing. Why is there pressure? The pressure occurs when we are resistant. When our carnal minds wrestle with the mysteries of the kingdom, God applies pressure to get that anointed Word into us.    When the anointed Word of God comes, it bri...

We are living in the time of “the great falling away,” which means to defect from the truth. It’s not just about us learning the truth - it’s about us walking it out to become that truth. This is why in the early church everyone was required to fast at least twice a week, as a discipline in denying fleshly desires. Some may scoff at that, thinking we don’t need works, but didn’t Jesus say He will know you by your works? (Matt. 7:16). It should be in all of our hearts to walk out the Word like the early Christians did.    The miracles the early church did were because of the price they were willing to pay to walk in that kind of power. Nothing is free. This is why the wise virgins told the foolish virgins to go buy the oil, which is symbolic of the teaching (Matt. 25:9). We live in a time where most of the church expects things to just be given to them for free. The false belief that Jesus did it all at the cross creates entitled Christians.  There are also those who think...

                                                     The Lord is releasing an understanding of the fire. The fire speaks of a passion for the Word of God, but Scripture says that most Christians will be lost because they will defect from the truth (2 Thes. 2:3).  We need to remember that the message of Jesus’ love is not just how He loves us, but also how we are to love Him. Jesus said, “Why do you say that you love me but don’t obey my commandments?” (John 14:15). It seems like most believers lose their fire after they get saved. Do you remember how on fire you are when you first get saved? Then that fire goes out. This can be due to going back into a life of sin, or it can be religion and religious mindsets that kill that passion and desire for Jesus. Scripture tells us that the letter kills (2 Cor. 3:6), but the Lord expects us to stay on fire. W...

  There are many right now who are waking up to the notion that biblical debt has more to do with spiritual debt, not physical. In the biblical economy, the Lord uses parables to compare sin to debt and revelation to finances. We are either a slave to sin, Satan, or we are a slave to the kingdom of God. This is why the word servant is translated as slave, which is why the the prophets and apostles are called servants or slaves numerous times throughout the Bible. Paul said he was a slave to Christ (Romans 1:1).    When you are a slave to Christ, you don’t get to do whatever you want. Your life is not your own. We start in debt to sin, but when Christ redeems us with His blood, that makes us a slave to Him. We have to understand the Bible is not just a book about Jesus. The Bible is a book about what Jesus wants us to be. If you’re a slave, you don’t have to think about what to do next because your master tells you what you need to...

We often talk about the resurrection of the body, but before the body can be resurrected, the soul must go through a resurrection process. The first step is understanding the resurrection of the soul, and  how we’re supposed to walk through that process so that we can be a part of it. We need to understand our purpose, because if we don’t, we can never attain the promise God has for us and instead we’ll just wander aimlessly.    The Lord does not need us to worship Him, nor does He need our obedience or our offerings because He is perfect. So, why does he want us to serve Him? The early church teaches that the reason God wants us to serve Him is so that we learn to become like Him. Through serving the Lord, He imparts the benefits of His nature into us, so really we are the ones who benefit from serving God. God created us as containers in which to impart His glory. We become prepared for His glory by serving Him and through the preparation of our souls. He desires us to ...

  Three Dreams For the past week I was approached by three different saints who came to me to share their dreams that they had had recently. All three dreams were similar in that they each were seeing the last move of God happening. They saw that the building into which we have plans to move, had people from all over the world coming to it and these people were all part of the final harvest. All three saints said they experienced the glory of God manifesting in their respective dreams. One saint said they had seen God’s hand come out of the cloud and put something into me. They all shared that there was a sense of urgency, that the sense was that we were out of time. I feel like this switch into the glory can come at any time. What I was hearing as these saints shared their dreams with me is that we need to all get it together and to be serious in our walks and in our seeking of the Lord.  The Remnant   This brings me to what I want to share to you about signs and sins. T...