EVANGELIST BILLY BOLITHO

Gospel Preacher

2008-07-02T09:59:00.000-07:00

The newness of the Spirit

2008-07-02T08:53:00.000-07:00

In some Christian churches, it is taught that Christians should obey some of the Jewish laws and traditions instead of reading the Bible, and letting the Holy Spirit teach them what they should obey. The Bible makes it very clear that we should be led by the Spirit.

For it is written, “that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter”. {Romans 7 v 6}. Paul and Barnabus disputed strongly with the Jews in the early church, for the Jews said, “except you will obey the book of Moses you will not be saved”.

Paul stood up for the Christians of that time and said, “now therefore, why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear”. {Acts 15 v 10}.

Paul said to the church of that time, “we must not trouble any person who turns to God”. For Paul knew that Jesus said, “The Holy Ghost will teach them and lead them into all truth”. {John 16 v 13}. Now the Apostles said to the church, that God would call from the peoples of the world a certain number whom He has chosen to be saved, “for known unto God are all His works from thebeginning of the world”. Yes, God knows everyone who will be saved through Christ Jesus.

Paul said to the new converts, “ have nothing to do with idols, or things that are strangled, or from blood, for life is in the blood, and not to commit fornication”, for the Holy Ghost laid this upon his heart to tell the new converts which were in Christ Jesus. “For it seemed good unto the Holy Ghost and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things”. {Acts 15 v 28}.

May we have ears to hear what the Spirit says in these days.

Fruitful

2007-12-16T05:15:00.000-08:00

Fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ
Today we have so many Christians that want to be used of God. Many feel that they are compelled to be enrolled in Bible schools, and theology colleges, some even try hard to gain favour by giving large amounts of money to ministers, so that they too can aspire to leadership in their particular denomination.

Yet, they still fail to be used of God, because they refuse to recognise that they must seek first to clean up their own lives, as the Bible commands them to do.
The Bible says in Jeremiah 5:25, “Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.”

The scriptures use many illustrations, for example, make your vessels clean then it will be fit for the Masters use, I quote from the scriptures taken from 2Timothy 2:19,21, “Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity, if a man therefore purge himself, {which means to rid ourselves of harmful or undesirable things} he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified and meet for the masters use, and prepared unto every good work.”

You see God will not use in His church dirty vessels. Can you imagine the vessels that were used in God’s temple? Do you think they were unclean? No, the priests would make them very clean before every service. So, if we want to be used of God today, let us all seek as the Bible says to add to our faith the most valuable attributes that will make our lives clean.

Virtue, which means showing high moral standards. Knowledge, a good understanding of God’s word. Temperance, being moderate in all things. Patience, waiting for God’s deliverance being at peace. Godliness, obeying the commandments of Jesus. Brotherly kindness, loving one another in Christ. Charity, kindness and understanding when judging others.

So, let us all be fruitful in the whole knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, as the Bible says that we might live worthy of the Lord pleasing Him always, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God. If we do this our Father in Heaven will indeed be pleased to use us, I’m sure of this because the many people who have been used by our Lord in the Bible, were very rich in these attributes.

Colossians 1:9-11, “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long suffering with joyfulness.”

Cast into the sea

2007-12-16T05:13:00.000-08:00

Today many people are so concerned about the environment, saying, “what shall we do with all our rubbish?” Well, God has no problem with rubbish, for He just casts it into the deepest sea. Do you remember where the evil spirits ended up which Jesus cast out of a mad man?

Well, they entered into a herd of pigs which ran off a cliff into the sea. Now Jesus is aware that many of us have huge amounts of rubbish in our lives, which we need to get rid of and for many of us these problems are as big as mountains. So, Jesus has provided the answer for us to get rid of them, in Mark 11 v 23, “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he sayeth shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he sayeth.”

If it is sickness, or financial or darkness of any description that afflicts you, then cast it into the deepest sea. I guess that is why the deeper the sea, the more hideous the sea creatures become. We have seen this in recent times as deep sea exploration has taken place. The explanation for the evil looking deep sea creatures must come from all the evil that has been cast down to them over the centuries. In that darkness we see creation in it’s most darkest and hideous forms. But when we come into the light, hallelujah, we see creation at it’s most beautiful, like the birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea. That is why we must always seek to walk in the light as Christ Jesus is the light of the world, and there is nothing more beautiful than Christ Jesus our wonderful Lord and Saviour. So cast your problems into the sea, and walk in the light.

“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” St John 8 v 12.

JESUS

2007-12-16T05:10:00.000-08:00

Circumspectly

2007-12-16T05:08:00.000-08:00

The further a man falls away from the Lord, the bigger fool he becomes, for sin will always make people do things that they do not want to do. We have seen that on the television screens, how celebrities make huge fools of themselves. You will find that all people who do ridiculous things like that will have no knowledge of Christ or His Words. Some of them confess that they know God, but in words and actions they deny Him, Romans 1:22, “Professing themselves to be wise, they become fools”.
Psalm 14:1, “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

I guess this is the first sign that will give man’s character away, for it tells us about the way he leads his life. Characteristics of a fool as defined in the Bible. - First you cannot trust him, for he has no fear of God. He despises Christians who follow Christ’s teachings, he hates the knowledge of God’s Word when he hears it, he becomes a companion with other foolish people and he will desire to be with them, drinking heavily and speaking profanities, he also becomes very crooked in his transactions.

Full of deceit, this must surely describe many that are in the world today. I guess that this is a picture of sin itself in our world, and an example of how we must not let sin reign in our hearts. For if we do, then sin will make us also do foolish things, things which we would be very ashamed of. Let us always come to Jesus, asking His forgiveness, for He is the power and the wisdom of God. “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise.” Ephesians 5:15.

Now the word circumspect means to be weary and watchful in our conduct. An example of this can be found in Exodus 23:13, “And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.” You see from this scripture that a man may ruin himself through careless speaking, so, let us walk in the wisdom and the power of God by being circumspect.

“Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.” Proverbs ch 8:6-11.

God’s will

2007-12-16T05:02:00.000-08:00

Matthew 26:39, “Oh my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

I will never forget the time of learning how I had to surrender my will to God. It was a time during those seven years of affliction, which plagued my life. It was a truly horrific time for my family and I.

I received many iron infusions, at Poole hospital, walking down those long corridors was near impossible for me to do because of my lack of breath. I really hated doing this, they would hook me up for a transfusion, the needle would cause severe bruising as it entered my veins. Many times leaning against the corridor walls, pale as a ghost, saying, “Lord, why do I have to do this, why don’t you give me more iron in my blood?”

Then one time I prayed “Well Lord, if you want me to do this, if this is your will for me to have these infusions, then I surrender to you.” That was the very last time that I needed any more iron in my blood, and my breath returned to me, and I never needed to return again for any more infusions, the Lord completely healed me, after saying “I surrender to you Lord.”All to Jesus I surrender all to Jesus I freely give.

Now Christ had to surrender His will to His Father completely, so that if we will surrender our lives to Him, and totally trust Him for all that He has accomplished on that cross, then healings and blessings will abound for us. For whatever comes our way we will have the victory, because Christ has the victory over all the powers of darkness.

Dear Christians, today you may say, “Why have I got to go through this trial,” as you cry unto the Lord. Well, I can say from experience that Jesus will be with you, and bring you out of that fiery furnace, just like He was with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and brought them out. You may be in a place where you just do not want to be, just like I was, now this will be a time for you to surrender your will to Christ, and say, “ Lord if it’s your will for me to go through this fiery furnace, then your will be done.” You can be assured of this that Jesus will bring you out just like He did for countless others who have put their trust in Him.

Sometimes through testing times I go, dark seems the way, and full of woe; but in the furnace though I be, my great Physician healeth me, Lord, I would spread this truth abroad, the mighty power of thy word; It’s just the same, the blind now see, and demons at thy presence flee, for sin and sickness doth depart, when thou doth reign within my heart; and I from all the curse am free, since Christ, my Saviour healeth me.

Temptation

2007-12-16T04:59:00.000-08:00

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13.

The meaning of the word temptation in the English dictionary is that temptation is an enticement to do evil. Now, temptations can come to us in many ways, usually when we are at our lowest, when we are discouraged or downcast. Temptation can be evil thoughts of any kind; also they can come in the form of the symptoms of sickness to make us disbelieve that God can get us well again. We have all been there, yes, in unbelief, but we must not believe any other word other than what God has said in the Holy Scriptures.

Do you remember how Jesus defeated satan in the wilderness, by speaking the Word of God? He said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Don’t forget Jesus was very weak and hungry; He was at His lowest, that is when satan comes to you saying, “it is hopeless, you are finished, it is all over.” My friend the devil is a liar. David the shepherd boy said, “God delivered me from the paw of the lion, and the paw of the bear, surely He will deliver me from this uncircumcised Philistine
(Goliath).” Surely God will deliver you from your problem, so, shout it out,

“SURELY GOD WILL DELIVER ME.”
Jesus said, “Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you.”

Now God has provided us a way out of all our problems, if it be temptations of wicked thoughts, or symptoms of some sickness, which the Bible says comes to all mankind, and that way is through faith in His Word, and what Christ has accomplished for us at Calvary.

The Bible tells us that the great tempter is the devil. Do you remember how he deceived Eve in the garden? Eve said unto the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of tree’s of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it lest you die, and the serpent said unto the woman, “ Ye shall not surely die.” Genesis ch 3: 3, 4. By listening to the serpent instead of God, it brought sin and eventually death.

So it is with temptation to do evil, the tempter will say, “it is only a small sin, every one else does it,” but the Bible says, “Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?” we must resist all temptations to do evil. And it is the same with the symptoms of some devastating disease that comes upon you, it must be resisted. The devil will bring evil reports to you from the mouths of men, to get you to doubt God’s Word, so that he can kill, steal and destroy your life. Again I say he is a liar, the Bible says “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers us out of them all.” Psalm 34:19 “With long life will I satisfy him. and show him my salvation.” Psalm 91:16.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely. and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Psalm 112:7. Proverbs 1:33.

Blessed Assurance

2007-12-16T04:49:00.000-08:00

Today there are many leaders in our Churches that have some knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, but do not have the blessed assurance of the living Christ living in their hearts. Through one way or another they have heard and accepted the knowledge of God, and their knowledge can be quite outstanding at times but they have not accepted Christ personally as their Lord and Saviour.

Jesus spoke about this type of people in St John 5:39-40. “Search the scriptures: for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me that ye might have life.”

Many of these leaders who hold prominent positions in our churches will speak great words of vanity, telling us how to be rich, trying to make us dissatisfied with what we have, yes, teaching great error, they promise freedom but they themselves are servants of corruption. When they first heard the Word of God they embraced it, and it did clean up their lives, yet, they only embraced the knowledge of Christ, not Christ Himself, by repenting and making Jesus the Lord of their lives.

The scripture says that they will be entangled again and overcome by wickedness, and their end will be worse than their beginning. “For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the Holy commandment delivered unto them.” 2 Peter 2:21.

We can tell the difference between those who have a religious spirit {some knowledge of Christ}, or those who have the Spirit of Christ {born again, Spirit filled, Bible believing Christians}. The easiest way to know the true Christians is in the way that they bare fruit in obeying Christ’s commandments, for the true meaning of the word Christian is a follower of Christ.

One of the biggest, deceiving lies that the devil has ever orchestrated in this world today is that many believe that the knowledge of the scriptures, is enough to save them, when in fact they are only saved by a personal experience of Jesus Christ Himself living, dwelling and reigning within them. For it is written, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10: 9& 10.

You can see from this scripture very plainly that we must not only confess with our mouth the knowledge of God, but we must also believe in our hearts, which makes us true followers of Christ. That is why even a young child who has learned very little Bible scriptures, but has received Jesus into their heart are saved so wonderfully when they received the truth of the gospel, Jesus said in Matthew 18:3, “Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

We must witness to those who have the knowledge to go all the way by receiving Jesus into their hearts fully, so that they will have the blessed assurance. We see many responding to alter calls, with no change in there lives. but this won’t save them.
We see many raising their hands in services and great meetings, also with no change, but this won’t save them. Yes, it may be a witness of receiving the knowledge, but, my friend only a truly repentant heart given to Jesus Christ can ever save you. Then you will receive from Him the blessed assurance that Jesus is yours, your Lord, your Saviour, your Redeemer, you’re everything.

All Things New

2007-12-16T04:44:00.000-08:00

All Things New, today there is a very evil doctrine being taught in some of our churches, by some very prominent preachers. They have decided to ignore God’s Word concerning what He is going to do with this earth. I guess that you could call them the green preachers, well, you certainly couldn’t call them gospel preachers.

The Lord said, “.... The heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgement and perdition of ungodly men...... The heaven shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up.” 2 Peter 3:7, 2 Peter3:10.

The Lord said, also not only the earth shall He destroy, but the heavens also shall be destroyed -- even the heavens are not clean in God’s eyes. “The heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.” 2 Peter 3: 12.

Now this is how it shall be with this old earth, I heard a preacher say, “God is going to renovate this earth.” How foolish, God never fixes up old things, behold our God makes all things new, hallelujah, praise God. Jesus told us in His parables that you cannot patch up an old garment with a new piece of cloth, and you cannot pour new wine into old wine bottles. You see Jesus said we must have a new garment and new wine bottles that has always been the way that God has done things.

We who have the witness of the Holy Ghost in our hearts know that God has promised a new heaven and a new earth, wherein righteousness shall dwell, and the glory of God and of His Son Jesus Christ shall be in it. There shall be no more tears, no more death, or sorrow, crying, and pain, for all things will be burnt up, and finished, and will never be remembered ever again. For our God is a fountain of life, and we are His children, made possible through the sacrifice of His dear Son, who gave His life to save us all.

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” Revelation 21:1.

The Lord has said in His Word that He is going to give you a new name, Rev 2:17 a new song, Rev 5:9 praise God it just gets better and better, a new heaven and a new earth, Rev 21:1 and a new Jerusalem which will come down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, Rev21: 2.

“And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new”. Revelation 21:5.

Prophecy 3 - 12 - 07

2007-12-03T03:49:00.000-08:00

The Lord said,
“The Lord has given a command to the enemies of the cross, wake up ye mighty men of war, prepare yourselves, come to the place where I shall slaughter you. Make weapons of war in your factories, say to yourselves that you are strong, assemble yourselves against my people, and the people of Israel.

I will judge you all as you surround Israel, your blood will overflow the land because your wickedness is great.”
“I will judge you in the valley of Decision, these are the end times spoken of by the prophet Joel 3 v 9-21. From Israel my voice shall be heard from the city of Jerusalem, it will be a time when the heaven and the earth will shake with a mighty shaking.

For war shall be in the sky and in the earth, the Christians will put their trust in Christ for they know that He is their hope and salvation, and Christ Jesus is the strength of the children of Israel.

By these things the world will know that I am the Lord Jesus Christ your God, who dwells in Zion my Holy mountain. “The people of Jerusalem will then be Holy. The wicked shall not be found in that land anymore. A time of great joy, and peace and prosperity will flow like a mighty river over all Israel, coming from the house of the Lord, and filling every valley.”

“The nations that have raised their hands against my people of Judah, and have shed their innocent blood, shall be made a desolate wilderness. My people will dwell in the city of Jerusalem, from generation to generation, for I will forgive them and cleanse them, for the Lord Jesus Christ dwelleth in Zion.” Thus saith the Lord.

This prophecy came to me in the morning of the third of December, Billy.

Lord Help Me

2007-11-23T07:50:00.000-08:00

Jesus was on His way to preach the gospel to the people of Israel, when He came across a woman who cried out saying, “Lord help me.” She needed the Lord’s help because her daughter was afflicted with an evil spirit. She was very persistent in her faith, even when she heard Jesus say, “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel,” {Matthew 15 v 24}. But these words of Jesus did not put her off, she had great faith, the kind of Faith that was strong and persistent, she knew that God was merciful. So she came to Jesus and fell down at His feet, and worshipped Him saying, “Lord help me.”

Again she heard Jesus say, “It is not meet to take the children’s bread and to cast it to the dogs.” and she said, “Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters table.” Then Jesus answered and said unto her, “O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.” And her daughter was made whole from that very hour, {Matthew 15 v 26-28}.

I am reminded of a person who received a wonderful healing from Jesus in Luke 18, who heard that Jesus was passing by. He too just cried out saying, “Jesus thou Son of David have mercy upon me,” but the people around him said, “keep quiet.” Well, isn’t that just like it is today, people would like for us to keep quiet and not believe that God would help us. Well, the blind man was certainly not going to give up, for he was persistent. He cried out again,” Jesus have mercy upon me, Lord help me,” Jesus saw his faith, and said, “Receive thy sight, thy faith hath saved thee.” And immediately he received his sight. Praise God, so just be persistent, do not give up, just pray, “Lord, help me.”

Now many of you will know that I suffered for nearly eight years with great pain and agony, but during this time I ceased not to cry unto the Lord day and night for His mercy. I cannot tell you of the times that I have cried, “Lord help me.” And now Jesus has delivered me from all my troubles, yes, He did it for me, and He will do it for you. For we can see in these scriptures which speak of the persistent faith of God’s people that God will stop what He is doing and will attend to you because faith will always gets His attention.

So if you are in need today, stop Jesus, do not let Him pass by, do not let people tell you that He is too busy to hear your hearts cry, He is waiting this moment your needs to supply, so reach out and touch the Lord as He goes by. Jesus will make you whole this very hour, dear child of God, if you persistently cry out, “Lord help me.”

“Be pleased O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me,”--- “Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. {Psalm 40 v 13}, {Isaiah 41 v 10}.

Do Not Be Surprised

2007-11-23T07:42:00.000-08:00

Do not be surprised when some church leaders do not accept you, for there has always been people who hold high positions in churches who speak evil of men and women of God. Many of God’s people over the centuries have come up against people like that. We read in 3 John v 9 & 10, of an elder called Diotrophes, who with foolish and malicious words spoke evil of the Apostles and who would not receive them or their teachings. He loved to have pre-eminence among the local church at that time, and if any did not obey him, he would have them thrown out of the church. Have things really changed today?

Dear loved ones, the Lord knows what is going on, if people will not receive you, then wipe the dust off feet and go your way. There are Christians in this world who will welcome you with open arms, and will pray with you and encourage you. I am reminded of Isaac’s servants who were told to dig for a well in the valley of Gerar where Abraham his father had dug well’s before. On digging the first well, the herdsmen who lived there strove with them, and said, “this well is our’s”, so Isaac’s servants dug another well, and again, there was trouble.

Now, Isaac did not give up, he tried again and on digging the third well, he found water, but most important of all, this time he found peace. For no-one forbade him to draw water from that well, “So he gave it the name Rehoboth, and said for now the Lord has made room for us and we shall be fruitful in the land”. {Genesis 26 v 22}.

So it is with some of you, eventually you will find Christians who will accept you and care for you, and appreciate you for who you are. Dear brothers and sisters, we believe that by you receiving these gospel letters, that you have fellowship with us and we with you, regardless of whether we attend church together or not, for we are all the true church of God who confess that Jesus is Lord. May the Lord richly bless you always.

I am coming, Lord, Coming now to Thee; Trusting only in the blood,
That flowed on Calvary.

WHISPER JESUS----Please just click on the first song, we have no-control over subsequent songs.

2007-11-20T02:24:00.000-08:00

Amazing Grace

2007-11-20T02:17:00.000-08:00

I would like to share a testimony with you, I was asked to preach in a Dorset village called Lychett Maltravers. I had never been there before so I decided to visit the church the day before I was scheduled to preach. I found the church down a very narrow lane, I prayed to the Lord and said, “Lord, what word do you want me to preach to these people.” He told me in my mind to enter the church. On entering the church I met the cleaner, who told me that I was welcome to have a look around. I walked over to the pulpit and noticed the communion rail, then the Lord began to speak to me again and said, “You see this communion rail,” I replied, “Yes, Lord.” “Well, when you preach tomorrow, you must tell the people that many times in the past they have come to the communion rail to receive the bread and the wine, but this time they must come to receive Jesus as Lord and Saviour, publicly, for where two or three are gathered together in my name there I am in the midst,” saith the Lord.

Well, the following day I did as the Lord had said, I began to preach my sermon, then I remembered what the Lord had said, so I told them that Jesus is standing by this communion rail, and as they had received the bread and the wine in the past, today, they were to receive Jesus, fully into their lives. I stood to one side of the rail, and we all began to sing Amazing Grace ! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now I’m found, was blind, but now I see. Then one lady who had been attending that church for many years came to the front and knelt down, and gave her life fully to Jesus. Praise God. It reminds me of a scripture, where Jesus said, “ I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance,” {St Luke 15 v 7}.

Now, for those who did not receive Jesus that day, they became very troubled. I received a letter from one of the Elders who could not understand how I could of heard Jesus speaking to me. He said, “Who do you think that you are? God doesn’t speak,” Obviously he was not listening to God’s word; I perceived that he to needed to come to Jesus. Another gentleman came to my home, and he was very troubled as well, he said, “Now that this lady is saved, how are you going to disciple her? For we are not going to.” Well, I thought to myself, it is Jesus who saves, and it is Jesus who keeps us, for Jesus said, “That it is He who has begun a good work in us and it is He who will finish it.” So I guess that this gentleman needed to receive Jesus as well. Maybe many others in that church should have responded to the altar call that day; my prayer is that they don’t leave it too late. But as for me, I’m going to rejoice with the angels in heaven over that one soul that was saved. Praise God.

Oh Jesus, Lord and Saviour, I give myself to Thee; For thou, in Thine atonement,
Didst give thyself for me; I own no other Master, My heart shall be Thy throne,
My life I give, henceforth to live, O Christ, for Thee alone.

Cornwall Visions and Dreams

2007-11-13T03:08:00.000-08:00

In Cornwall visions and dreams and words of knowledge are common among the Cornish Christians. Many will testify of God’s speaking to them and showing them visions just like the early church experienced.
In my own family this was very prominent, my mother would tell me how she would hear angels singing praises to God as she walked in the fields, and my grandmother saw a vision of Jesus, walking down the corridor in hospital when she was very poorly. She soon began to recover after seeing Jesus.

When I was about twelve years of age, I experienced God in a very powerful way. I was coming home from school, it was about a mile walk to my farmhouse, and the clouds became very dark, then a hailstorm started to fall, stinging my face, lightening tore across the sky, it was like being on a battlefield.
I hid myself behind a garage wall for shelter, but then things became much worse. I saw in the sky a huge ball of fire with lightening coming out of it, and it was heading straight for me. I cried to God, “Oh God, Oh God, save me,” and then there was a huge explosion, as God blew it out of the sky before it could kill me.
I was very surprised to find that there was no hole in the ground, or any damage to the garage. I could hardly believe it, even though I had experienced it with my own eyes.
So, I asked the children who were on the bus with me, “did you see a ball of fire coming out of the sky last night when I got off the bus?” “Yes,” they replied, and also my mother saw the same ball of fire streaking across the sky.
How true is God’s Word when He says, “Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you.”

Also when I was about twelve years of age, I saw a vision of an angel, which glowed with a light which was brighter than the very sun itself. The light did not hurt my eyes, and the angel just stood there smiling at me. It appeared to me one night after I was very distraught, for I heard my mother and father saying that my sister was having an operation and they could loose her. Well, my sister made a full recovery and now when I look back I can see that God sent one of His angels to reassure me. So you see, if it is needed God will send one of His angels to reassure you as well.

EVANGELIST BILLY BOLITHO AND GWENNAP PIT,

2007-11-13T03:01:00.000-08:00

Little did he know what influence this place would have on him.

Gwennap Pit is a large circular depression, probably a partial collapse of an underground mine, about two and a half miles from Redruth. John Wesley a Methodist minister preached to the poor and uneducated miners and fishermen and their families in Cornwall here many times .

The congregation sat or stood on the inclined sides of this pit which was described by Wesley in his journal as being about fifty feet deep and two hundred by three hundred feet across the top.

In his 1781 visit to Gwennap Pit, John Wesley estimated that he had preached to "20,000 people and, the evening being calm, they all could hear," he said.

This is where my mother gave her heart to Jesus when she was a little girl. Her auntie was the caretaker, at that time.

Many times when my mother was a little girl she would run from the top to the bottom and back again, she said I would pretend to preach the Gospel to the people there. It was my Godly mother who planted seeds of faith in me. When I was a boy she would take me to the Whit Monday services which are still held every year at this pit by the Methodist church.

The Corinth Church

2007-11-04T02:32:00.000-08:00

The city of Corinth was a very large, busy and immoral city, and this surely contributed to the problems in the church at that time. Paul went to speak to the church at Corinth, reminding them that the gospel which is preached by the apostles of Jesus Christ that they received, states categorically that they are saved only if they keep in memory the truth of how Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that He was buried, and rose again the third day according to scripture. He stated that Christ Jesus was seen alive by all the apostles and hundreds of brethren. He tells them that they are to live righteously and sin not, and be not deceived through the deceitfulness of sin, which seeks to enslave them.

He said to them, “Examine yourselves to see if you are living in faith”, Paul was very grieved with that church because he heard that they were not obeying the teachings of Christ. They did not repent of their uncleanliness, and the sex before marriage which some of them were practicing. Paul knew that if they continued down this road without repentance it would lead to destruction, and they would be eternally lost, it was that serious. It makes me think of what Jesus said, in St John 5 v 14, “ behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worst thing come unto thee”. Paul said, pleading with them, “know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived”, 1 Corinthians 6 v 9.

It is written, “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6 v 20. Well Paul was saying to them in such a manner that if they were living to glorify Christ then their lives should and must reflect the light of God. I am reminded of the words of Jesus, “ Ye are the light of the world”- “ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven”, St Matthew 5 v 14 & 16.

Today’s church is very similar to the church of Corinth, for there are many Christians who have given their hearts to Jesus, but will not live in the ways that Jesus has taught them, which they must live by, if they are to enter into the kingdom of God. As Christians we cannot bury our heads in the sand, and say that all will be well, for all will certainly not be well. The Bible likens this way of life to a person who builds a wall of loose stones, using weak cement to hold it together, and then whitening it with whitewash. Well, God will send a mighty storm against such a wall to destroy it. Let us always remember to let God build this wall which represents our lives, which must be built on, Christ Jesus the foundation stone and He will do this if we are obedient to His word, by living righteously.

I will sing the wondrous story of the Christ who died for me;
How He left His home in glory, For the cross on Calvary.

Never Be Deceived

2007-11-04T02:30:00.000-08:00

Is it possible that today a counterfeit gospel and counterfeit Jesus is being preached in our nation and in the world at large? Just because someone says that they believe in Jesus, does that really mean that they are Christians? Should we believe every person regardless of the way that they live their lives and what they believe in scripture? Well, I believe that we should not. For we read in scripture that their will be some who will try to trouble us, by perverting the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now, the Bible makes it very clear, if someone comes to you preaching another gospel, which is not found in the Word of God, or another Jesus that we have not read about in scripture, then we are on no account to receive them as followers of Christ. Paul the apostle of Jesus Christ, was not fooled he said “they profess that they know God; but in works they deny Him,”

In 2 John v 9, we read “Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God, he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ; he hath both the Father and the Son.” So if anyone comes to you and says, “we believe in Jesus”, but not in the word of God as it is written in the Holy Bible, then we do not receive them, or welcome them, for they are trying to make you doubt God’s Word, and trying to weaken your faith. It is written, “If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed,” {2 John v 10}.

So beware in these last days do not listen to anyone who does not bring you sound doctrine, always check out everything that you hear in the Holy Scriptures. If you do you will never be deceived, for we must remember the Words of Jesus, “For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect,” {Matthew 24 v 24}.
Dear Saints, let us hold on to God’s Word filling our minds with His truth, if we do we shall never be deceived by what we hear or see.

No Respecter of Persons

2007-10-30T03:00:00.000-07:00

I was asked to preach in Bethel Pentecostal Church in Redruth Cornwall one very dark stormy night, the wind was blowing and it started to rain profusely {translated into Cornish, it was enting down}. I thought to myself no-one will turn up tonight, well maybe a few dedicated ones, and they did. That evening service I started to preach the word, about the dangers of fortune telling, when all of a sudden the back doors of the church burst open, and the church filled with gypsies, I was very surprised to see so many.

It was strange for me to preach to this type of people, because when I was a boy, I used to live on a farm, and about a half a mile away there were two gypsy camps. I did not get on well with them, they would often steal the halters off my horses, and pick fights with me, I confess I really did not like them.

But, the Lord showed me that night that He was no respecter of persons, I began to preach Jesus to them, and gave an alter call, six of them gave their lives to Jesus that night. One young man was crying because he wanted to be saved, then he too gave his heart to Jesus with great joy. After the service, a gypsy man came and shook my hand and thanked me for the Lord’s word. God certainly showed me that I should not be a respecter of persons, praise God.

COMMANDING ANGELS

2007-10-30T02:54:00.000-07:00

“Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? {Hebrews 1: 14}.

Yes, angels play a great part in helping Christians to live in this world; The Lord showed me in a dream vision on how to command angels to make life easier. I was walking in a beautiful garden with God our heavenly Father, He was very tall, I could not see His face but I knew that it was God. He said to me, “Angels must be sent out with the voice of authority”. He showed me many butterflies in His beautiful garden, and He said, “Tell them to go”. So I said, “go”, just a few took off.

Then He said, “This is not the way”, and He put one of His hands behind Him, and then brought it forward forcefully with the voice of authority, and said “GO”, and a great multitude which could not be numbered took off, then He raised His other hand and repeated, “GO”, another great multitude took flight. Still He was not finished, then He raised both hands behind His head, then bringing them forward with such force and with a mighty voice of authority, He said, “GO”, and all you could see was butterflies filling the air.

He then turned to me and said, “This is how you must send my angels out before you with the voice of authority”. Many times I have sent these angelic beings out with the voice of authority, commanding them to go in the mighty name of Jesus, and they have never failed to obey, no matter how big or small the task might be, let us always remember that we have a great heavenly host ready to go into action in and through the mighty name of Jesus. So you see angels are to minister, yes serve us, for we are the heirs of salvation, the chosen ones, and we are to send them forth as the Bible says in {Hebrews 1 v 14}.

The Watchers

In the Bible we come across many names of angels, but, I guess not many of you have heard of angels called watchers. They have a very specific job in God’s kingdom, and that is to proclaim the official orders of the Most High God to man. They are accompanied by other angels called holy ones, who state firmly that man may know that God rules in heaven and on earth, and that God appoints leaders on earth.

For wisdom and might are the Lord’s and He changes times and seasons, He removes kings and raises up kings, He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge of His ways, for the Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to who ever He wants to. You can read about these angelic beings who are the servants of the Lord Most High in the book of Daniel 4 v 13-17.

Shield of Faith

2007-10-20T03:33:00.000-07:00

“Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench
all the fiery darts of the wicked”. {Ephesians 6 v16}.

Do you feel that you are under attack from many directions; you know health, finances, and family problems? Well, do not think that it is strange when you seem to be facing so many troubles, for many Christians who have lived this life before you have faced the same trials and tribulations. Yet they were always able to quench every fiery dart which came their way, by putting their faith in the name of Jesus and His redeeming blood.

Now I myself have been through some very bad times in my life. One particular time I recall when I lay in hospital on my back, unable to move, after a life-saving operation. I began to pray, pleading to the Lord for His mercy, through His name and precious blood. When suddenly I began to pray in the spiritual gift of tongues, then immediately after this, I prayed the interpretation, you know as it is written in the Bible, “For if I pray in an unknown tongue,
my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also”. {1 Corinthians 14 v 14 & 15}.

Well, the interpretation goes as follows, “As you have encouraged others, so I encourage you, I will bring you through”. When the Lord Jesus said this to me, my soul rejoiced, and my heart was glad, and I knew that day within my spirit that Jesus would indeed bring me through. When I think back and see how God has brought me through into full health, I remember the words of Jesus when He said to Simon, “And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren”
{St Luke 22 v 31 & 32}.
Isn’t it good to know that Jesus is praying for us that our faith will not fail, no matter what fiery dart is fired at us. May we continue to put our faith in His name and precious blood, for Jesus is always with us and He will never forsake us.

No-one, no-one like my precious Saviour, No-one, no-one such a friend can be;
No-one, no-one like my precious Saviour, Glory, glory, Jesus cares for me.
There’s no-one like my Saviour, Come now, and find it’s true!
He gave His life a ransom, His blood was shed for you;
Then when we reach the city Of everlasting light,
We’ll sing with saints and angels, All Honour, Power and Might.

The Cross

2007-10-20T03:19:00.000-07:00

Some People Say

2007-10-20T03:18:00.000-07:00

Some people say that the Apostles teachings, you know the letters of Paul, Peter, James, John etc are not important because Jesus did not say it, so they try to ignore the very fact that God has written the names of the twelve Apostles, on the very foundation stones of the new Jerusalem. Jesus said to Peter His Apostle endorsing him by saying, “I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it,” {Matthew 16 v 18}. Paul said, “Let Him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you, are the commandments of the Lord,” {1 Corinthians 14 v 37}.

Now we must never forget that Jesus dedicated all His authority to His twelve disciples, He said to them, “Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosen in heaven,” {Matthew 18 v 18}. For He told them “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”, yes teach all people to obey His commandments. So you see, when we read the letters of the Apostles we must believe that Christ himself is speaking through them to us today. Let us not demean any of the Holy Scriptures but accept all the teachings of the Holy Bible from Genesis to Revelation as the very voice of Almighty God for which it is.

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” {2 Timothy 3 v 16}.

Speak The Word

2007-10-20T03:16:00.000-07:00

Jesus defeated satan in the wilderness by speaking the Word of God, He said, “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”. Don’t forget Jesus was very weak and hungry; He was at His lowest, that is when satan comes to you saying it is hopeless, you are finished, it is all over. My friend the devil is a liar. David the shepherd boy said,” God delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, surely He will deliver me from this uncircumcised Philistine {Goliath}.
Surely God will deliver you from your problem, so, shout it out “SURELY GOD WILL DELIVER ME” Jesus said,” “Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you”.

God said to Israel

If thou shalt say in thy heart these nations are more than I, then how can I dispose of them? If we say our problem is greater than what Jesus did for us at Calvary, then we are not walking in faith. Our problem might be sickness, sin or financial, but whatever it may be, we are to trust God to bring us through. For the Bible says, “ Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all” So, confess God’s Word, stand on God’s Word and see yourself delivered. The Ark will keep out the water, the Red Sea will part, Goliath will fall, the walls of Jericho will come tumbling down, because Jesus Christ has risen, He has won the victory. So, child of God, have faith, live by faith, for Jesus said,
“I will never leave you or forsake you”.