Time to earnestly contend for the truth

The 'performers' versus TRUTH

And King David gathered around him every one ‘that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented’ with the way things were. (1Samuel 22:2)

And today, as the world teeters on the brink of an escalation of destruction and devilish woe, there are still some who are distressed and utterly discontent with the spiritual state of the churches here in the West, and the nonsense of a false ‘Christianity’ that has arisen over the last two decades with no single hallmark of being godly or right in God’s sight. The delusion that is seen on the ‘god'-labelled television shows and social media clips, along with the insane practices and crazy hysteria invoked by false prophets and preachers all looking for fame and fortune, is not of God, and not validated by Scripture. 

God is raising up a new breed of preachers who will know the truth, preach the truth, and not compromise with the deception and delusion, the wicked nonsense being sported by so-called 'ministers' who claim to be the 'anointed' of God, but who lead their congregations into emotional crazyness or carnal apathy. This new coming breed of preachers may not be known or recognised for their academic qualifications or their status, neither their financial security, but they will be mighty in God to the pulling down of the strongholds of the devils deceptions, and bringing deliverance and hope into the midst of the darkness through their words and the presence of God in their lives. For with them is the sword of the Spirit - the Word of God. It is enough, and all their sufficiency is in Christ alone.

In some of the church gatherings in places like Brazil, Africa, and America, and even here in the UK, it appears that a madness of insanity has taken over the people, and the leader or 'pastor' is obsessed with directing and initiating such foolishness, running around supposing they have been 'anointed', throwing people on their backs, pretending to 'blow' the Holy Spirit at people, and acting as the master of the performance of unbiblical nonsense. 

If you are one of those who are distressed and dissillusioned with what is happening, then it is time to step forward and step-up to the true calling of God. Prepare yourself to become a new and fearless evangelical ‘time-bomb’, made ready and equipped to despatch and pull down the lies and falsehood of the greed and religious rituals and childish frivolity that masquerades itself as the gospel, but is utterly false and sometimes quite deranged.

It is time to preach truth – to preach what God says in His Word; to restore the honour, reverence and dignity for the Holy Bible which the church ministers have exchanged for an unholy mobile phone or iPad which are polluted and tainted with everything worldly, unclean, and are mostly tools of the antichrist spirit pervading the populations of the nations. Let the ignorant and deceived be ignorant and deceived still, but go thou and preach the gospel of truth.

Back to a REAL printed Bible which neither invention nor Ai can manipulate or alter. You might look ‘trendy’ with your technology, but, ‘it is written’, is still what the devil attacks most. What is the problem with having a printed Holy Bible (with nothing added) in your hand, especially when preaching or studying the truth? It is a holy Book from cover to cover. Do you bow down in humbleness and awe before your mobile phone when reading it online? Do you actually reverence your tablet or iPad when viewing scriptures on a gadget on which you also read total nonsense, listen to ungodly language and impure stories, and watch no end of junk and wickedness the rest of the time?

Time to come back to truth.

God is not ‘trendy’, neither ‘cool’. He is not in the ‘Christian rave', neither in the flashing lights or haze machines, neither with the prancing dancing performers and jiving 'worship' bands on the stages of the conference or those churches that believe we must copy the world to attract the people to come and join them.

He is the Almighty One, holy, awesome, fearful, and clothed with glory, majesty and light, before whom we shall all one day stand to give an account of ourselves.

He is to be found when we humble ourselves and pray, and bow in reverence and holy fear before His Word; and walk in the light as He is in the light; and return to him in simplicity and the godly understanding that we are wrong and He is right; that He changes not, neither rearranges things to suit our desires or plans; nor compromises His holiness to somehow include the spirit of this age or the worldliness and perversions of this generation within His church.

No gimmicks, no stage shows or ridiculous preachers hurling people to the floor in some emotional and pseudo-spiritual hysteria, no gyrating ‘prophets’ or spinning congregations will ever take the place of ‘holiness unto the LORD’.  ‘Let everything be done decently and in order’, is still the directive of the Holy Spirit as recorded in the Scriptures.  (1Corinthians 14:40)

Back to the Bible - Back to Truth. It is as simple and profound as that, if ever we are to see revival or God actually really visiting our churches again.

'Let Thy kingdom come; let Thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven'. The angels in heaven are not behaving as being deranged and mad. They are not running round and round and jerking, doing handstands and cartwheels like those who have lost their senses. They are in perfect order and deepest reverence before the Almighty God whom they bow down to and worship in holiness and perfect obedience. 

Our gathering together in the name of Jesus should be a reflection (an extension indeed) of what is happening in heaven, for every time we meet as God's people we come 'to mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just [righteous] men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.'  (Hebrews 12:22-25)

 

You may have felt all ‘fuzzy’ and warm, even hot and ‘super-charged’ mentally and emotionally on Sunday last, but it does not mean that God had visited or was even with you in any way.

Maybe God did indeed come to visit your church, but he looked through the door and saw the show, then walked away when he realized there was no room for Him in the programme.

If the Lord is not ‘in the midst’, then He is not among the people. You can feel very 'spiritual', shed some emotional tears, dance and sing, beat the drums and fall on your back a dozen times, but it does not mean that God is among you. The heart is desperately wicked, and deceitful above all things.  (Jeremiah 17:9) 

And consider this, the only reason that a false and violent religion is taking the high ground in this country is because God is not welcome in the churches where the pastors and congregation refuse His ways and directives, where we have ‘religion’ but no power, where the world is loved more than the kingdom of God is loved, and where no Presence of the Almighty comes in convicting and revival power because people’s hearts are indifferent to truth and unwilling to put things right.

According to 2Chronicles 7:14, if we would just stop and consider, pray earnestly, fervently, turn round and put things right before God, then revival would come, healing would come, and the powers of darkness which are vaunting themselves and arrogantly seeking the subjection of this country, lusting for dominion over our incredible Christian heritage, would be utterly torn down; and the whirlwind of God’s righteous judgment would chase them out and diminish their proud, dark, and cocky looks.

They would be like the chaff (that worthless and irritating shell surrounding the true wheat) which the wind drives away in the day of threshing.

And a day of threshing is coming one way or another, whether we like it or not.

 

John Masters 2026

China and Myanmar

To all the Believers, our dear brothers and sisters in Christ in China and Myanmar, we extend our love and concerns for you in all of the afflictions and troubles that beset you. May God our Father keep you and uphold you, strengthen and sustain you, and cover you with His mighty shadow of protection and security. I pray and declare this in the mighty name of Jesus, before whom every knee on this planet, both dead and alive, both rich and poor, both strong and weak, shall fall and bow down.

Only the Truth will sustain you in these days of evil

 'Thy Word is truth' (John 17:17)

'I wish those who call themselves 'Christian' would come back to the Bible. I am often distressed when people ask me, “What do you think about this, or what do you think about that?” I have to tell them, “It does not make any difference what I think. My thoughts do not amount to anything. The great question is, What has God said? What is written in the Word?”

If God’s Word does not speak on a particular subject, we have no right to attempt to speak, but where it has given a clear definite declaration, we should be positive and sure in our faith. How important it is that our thoughts are in harmony with God’s Word when we have to face the devil personally and then throughout society every single day. 

Satan works through crafty deceptions, presenting all kinds of false systems and views, and maligning the name of Christ.

It is only as our minds are controlled by the Word that we will be able to counter these false teachings. The better you know the Bible, the better fitted you are to meet the assaults of the enemy, and yet some of you have never even read your Bible through once. 

Perhaps you have never got beyond the genealogies (ancestries records). You came right up to them and stopped. You never went any further. But you need to press on through, and get deep into the riches of God’s Word which is able to make you wise in the things of God and to salvation.

Darkness is engulfing our world and the nations all around us, where right is now wrong, and every sin is now acceptable. Truth has fallen in the streets as well as in government, and what is just and righteous is rejected and laughed at by the fools who think they know better. (Isaiah 59:14)

'God's Word is a lamp to our feet and a light upon our path.'

RAMPAGE

‘Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great fury, because he knows that he only has a short time left before he is cast into the Lake of Fire for all eternity.’

Behind the chaos of this world and its corrupt society, is this enemy of all that is good and righteous.

‘And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.’ (Revelation)

This is what the Bible tells us will happen in the last days, and on Judgment Day, which is not so far away.

Right now we are seeing great deception across every nation on earth, from the highest political offices, down to the person on the street. It is a ‘spiritual’ evil.

The devil’s fury is seen everywhere in the increasing violence and greed of mankind, the sicknesses and diseases that are rampant throughout the world, and the lies and witchcraft operated by the media on behalf of those who want to enslave the global population and depopulate it.

Just look at the heightened levels of fear and anxiety being spread by governments and media outlets.

It is making people ill, both mentally and physically. 

There is only one place of security and real peace in these critical and strange times. We must pray that we might be counted worthy to escape all these things that are coming to this world, and to stand before Jesus through knowing (by faith) that we are forgiven and saved from the judgement to come. (That’s what the Bible says.)

The final phase of the countdown to the end of this world, as we know it, has already begun. Better get a real Bible and read it!

We had better be ready for what is about to happen, for extraordinary things are going to be seen on earth, and in the skies, and in the universe.

And suddenly, at any moment, the skies are going to rip open, and Jesus the Almighty Creator of all things is going to descend to save all those who belong to Him, (and you really do not want to be left behind on that day, for then shall come the terrifying Judgment Day for this world!).

‘For two shall be working together, one shall be taken, the other left. Two shall be in bed asleep, one shall be taken, the other left behind.’

That’s what the Bible says.

'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.'

All you have to do is call on His name to save you, and He will.

'Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be delivered."

Everyone seeks their own things, and not the things of Christ.

Jesus prayed that his followers, both those early disciples, and all who would be called in future generations, would be one: one in HIm, one in purpose, one in unity, one in fellowship, one in the gospel, one in spirit, and one in proclaiming God's love to a dying world.

Paul said, 'I have no man like-minded... for all seek their own things, [their own agendas, their own interests, their own platforms, their own 'ministries' and stardom], and not the things of Christ.'

He spoke of young Timothy as being the only one he knew who shared his passion and concerns, his enthusiasm and fire, his readiness to abandon everything for the cause of the gospel, and his committment to working with Paul in complete oneness and joint purpose.

Everyone chases after their own dreams and empires, and I am here referring to ministers as well as church-goers. The race to get money and possessions, to get a name for themselves and a platform to perform on, to get the praise of the congregation and the respect of those around them, outways the greater need to work together. 

It is a very rare soul who has a straight and singlular heart after the things pertaining to the kingdom of God and the salvation of souls.

Even those who claim to believe that the Lord's return is very close, when time shall be no more, and all that we have or possess will be consumed in the flames of the judgment of this world, cannot abandon their comfortable lifestyles, their need to get rich, their aspirations for securing a decent retirment plan. They hang on to what they own and cannot let go of all that they have accumulated and stashed away, in case there is nothing left for them or their 'loved ones' at the end.

I love the Bible account of David's band of warriors and insignificants who became the finest army on earth because of their committment to him and to his God. They were dissillusioned with the world, distressed with what was happening in their nation, poor and in debt, but ready to join hands and hearts in a singular cause; and work together with one purpose and one mind to do something significant and bring dynamic change to what seemed an impossible situation.  (1Samuel 22:1-2) 

I have heard stories from no end of 'Christian' people who tell me that they are going to do this or that for the 'glory of God'. They go running here and there and build their platforms and stages to make money, to get their name and face up there in lights: but nothing significant happens. The devil is not bothered by them, heaven is not moved; the only ones admiring them are their happy band of followers hoping that wealth and gain will come their way by following the Pied-Piper piping out his or her songs of wealth, security, and comfort - all in the name of God of course. 

I have seen it in a group of African pastors here in London where they follow a man who promises them that God is going to load him with incredible wealth very soon, and they will all get a share if they support his personal agenda and pray for him every Monday night. It will never happen, and they will eventually end up looking back at all the time and effort they wasted on a lie and carnal deception (albeit in the name of Jesus!). 

I have seen it in the vain speech of those who said they will support the work of God in a particular place or ministry but then abandon all that they spoke, forget their promises, even denying they ever said anything.

But where is the one who would abandon everything, take up their cross and follow Christ to lose all to gain souls, and the praise of Him who says, "Well done thou good and faithful servant"? Where is the one who will join hands with the other one who wants to declare war on the enemy and bring the power of God's name to a world in distress?

WHAT REVIVAL???

They are calling just about any meeting these days, 'A Christian REVIVAL'. However, the dancers, screamers, crazy drummer and wailing guitars have nothing whatsoever to do with any form of godly revival.

The shouting 'apostles', 'prophets', and whatever other title they choose to give themselves, is all a sham. It means nothing, does nothing, except to get the crowd of vain worshippers excited and jiggling to the music.

At Mount Carmel, Elijah the great prophet of God called the religious lot to come to a meeting with all their 'prophets', apostles', and whatever other title they afforded themselves.

It was a day for all the people to make a decision about what was real and what was false.

It would be a day of life and death. Death to all the false prophets and platform performers; and life to the deluded people of God who ran after all their concerts and conferences.

Mount Carmel shall be the choisen deciding ground. The challenge would be to discover what was false fire and pretended godliness, and what was the real fire of God that would consume the sacrifice and turn the hearts of the people back to him.

The false preachers and prophets, in desperation, finally dispensed with all their flashy gimmics, their trickery and subtile deceptions, their candles and magic fires and lights, and called upon their god to send fire down from heaven in front of all the people. 

It did not happen. Their god was as unreal as their profession of knowing the true God.

With so many noises from around the world right now and so many threats and hidden agendas going on, we must come back to the ground of truth. We need a visit to Carmel.

All that glitters is not gold. We have been hoodwinked by the cheap trash that comes out of China, the false glamour of trendy clothes, and the passing fads of a world fast headed to judgment. The same goes for the churches that think they need to 'be like the world to win the world', block out the light from all the windows so as to create a 'spiritual atmosphere' through stage lighting and pyrotechnics, and form a dancing jiving band to perform as though they were on an international stage of fame. 

Away with it all. It is of the world and bot of God. When did God ever need our junk to prove Himself to anyone?

We are not of this world nor of its spirit. We are set apart from it and are citizens of a kingdom that does not ever conform to this age and its utterly lost and hopeless future.

The false prophets on Mount Carmel became so detrmined to try and prove that they were right, and just one man was wrong. They tore off their clothes and started beating themselves until their own blood poured off the bodies. They screamed and pleaded to their god to come and prove they were right and Elijah was an old-fashioned fool. But there is no escape from truth, for truth can never be altered and is the plumb-line by everything that must be measured.

The night of deceit and darkness, of lying prophets and greedy preachers is coming fast to an end. They shall not escape the coming storm as it tears down their citadels of fame and pastor-worship, of wealth and possessions looted from their congregations, of the theft, abuse, hatred, violence and murder done secretly in hidden places. 

God is on the throne, and he is calling us to a meeting on His Mount Carmel.

Eighty hundred and fifty false lying prophets were called to face off Elijah on that mountain. I am sure they must have thought that 850 against one solitary man would be more than enough to defend their position and false teachings.

But God is always with His man, whoever and wherever that man might be. He most certainly will not be sitting in gilt chairs with the televangelists, the rich and famous, the deceiving preachers and compromised pastors. He will not be 'performing' on some stage in front of a congregation of enthusiasts. He comes from the camp of 'nobodys', from the desert of despising and rejection, from the secret place of the most High God which is so secret that nobody except who God chooses to find it ever discovers it.

'IF you seek Me, you will find Me: if you search for me with ALL YOUR HEART.'

Ahh, but the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.

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The noise, the flashing lights, the performing actors, are all an illusion.

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As the world is driven deeper into the darkness of things soon to come, the church is still asleep believing that things are going to get better. They think that their 'prayer storm concerts' are the answer to the multitudes of demonic infestations in our country right now.

Dancing around a platform and screaming insults to the devil achieves nothing, and the enemy laughs in their face at their supposed 'victories' they claim on the big screens surrounded by flashing lights and haze machines to create an 'atmosphere'. The singer, stirring up emotionalism in the masses in front of them, is nothing more than a player and a performer.

It's all a noise that just needs swithcing off. 

Pull the plugs out, and what is left? Nothing but a vacuum and a disappointed audience with no rock band and no crazed drummer stirring up something which their carnal interpretations call 'God's presence'.

Only those who have understanding will know what I am saying, the rest are blind: for the great multitude are sucked into the 'performance', the delusion of the so-called 'apostle', 'prophet', or whatever else they may call themselves these days.

Seen it all before. God is waiting for his true Warriors and true Guardians to arise from their slumber, and strike the ground with the true word of God to this compromised generation of church-goers. What is the chaff to the wheat?

From the very soil of this country will arise a true blood-line of those who are destined to come to this moment in time and deliver the hammer and the true fire of God's Word. Few will know what I am talking about because they prefer to believe a lie, as always.

So long as the music entertains more than the preaching of the true word of God, so long it is nothing but carnality wrapped in spiritual-looking 'bling'. Don't like it? Don't accept it? 

I do not care, for it simply means you have no ears to hear and no eyes to see what God is really saying.

Come, sons of the true heroes of the kingdom, of the blood-line of those who carried the true authority in forgotten previous generations; and without title or glamour, bring the thundering word to a people who claim to be true Believers, but who know not God.

'Where is the God of Elijah?'

Its time to get up

The headlines in every news outlet and on every media platform is of gloom and doom. For the last three years the world has suffered an obnoxious and murderous psychological attack upon its populations by the rulers of the darkness and the hidden agenda of fear: and it is not going to stop yet.

A number of people were discussing with me just yesterday about how the world has become very dark, and hope seems to be all but gone. It is true of course that the media thrive on bad news, but this current level of anxiety and hopelessness has been deliberately escalated by the puppet media flooding its readers with brain-washing negative disinformation.

Wherever you look, whatever you watch or listen to, it is either of a depressing nature, of violence, fear, or worthless stupidity. Films are filled with hate, murder, demons and devils, viruses and worldwide disasters, all feeding people's minds with things that destroy life rather than elevate it. 

If you chew on poison long enough you will become sick and die from within.

Right now we need a band, an army, of blood-washed, Spirit-filled Warriors who know nothing else except to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to this fast-dying age we find ourselves in. 

Sadly, most believers (church people and pastors), are just as worried and anxious as the rest of the world about their houses, their job, their income, and their future dreams and aspirations. They are preoccupied with the things of this world which are soon to pass away, and have no real concern or passion for the work of evangelism and reaching the great multitudes of people lost in sin and bewilderment, headed for an eternal hell.

BUT somewhere out there are some special souls who have no love for this world, and who long to see God's kingdom come with power and glory. They may be alone and wondering what on earth 'church' is all about these days, and are utterly disillusioned with all the artificiality of a plastic religion that holds no power and no authority. They see the darkness spreading throughout society at a rate never seen before, while congregations sit in their sanitized buildings singing little ditties, with the band prancing around on the platform supposing that they know God and can lead the people into his presence.

To such men and women out there who are sold-out to the cause of Christ Jesus, no matter what age you may be, a word comes from the throne telling you that NOW IS THE TIME to arise [get yourselves up] and shine, for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you, 'for the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross [thick, heavy] darkness shall descend upon the people: 

BUT the LORD shall arise upon you [in glorious light and manifestation], and his glory [his power, his light, his honour, and his radiant presence] shall be seen upon you. And the heathen shall shall come to your light, and kings [rulers, executives, leaders, politicians, business people] shall come to your rising [your rising up from doubt and fear, from obscurity, from unbelief and despair, from sin and backsliding, from impossibilities, and from being unknown or unwanted].

Revival does not start in the church, neither is it (as some presume) a successful evangelistic campaign. Revival is personal. It is when the dried-up servant of Christ, the backslidden and careless believer, the discouraged and worldly pilgrim gets back into the Word of God, back onto the path of truth, and puts away all the things that hinder him from running the race and daring to do exploits in the name and power of his God. It is when the love of God and the love of souls becomes his number one passion and occupation of mind, heart, and actions.

You can sit there and do nothing, and nothing is what you will get; or you can obey God, get yourself up, get dressed in your spiritual uniform, and begin to shine for the glory of your Lord and Saviour. Everything else will follow, as God will always, unfailingly, honour those who honour him.

In the darkest night the light shines the brightest. Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

 

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And now, A word specifically for Men .....

I hear so much talk from men these days that now they have got past thirty, or forty, or fifty years old, their strength is diminished and they are ‘getting’ old.

They obviously NEVER really read the Bible!

Our strength is not about the years of our life, but about our walk with God.

If you choose to believe the lie and live a mindset of ‘waiting to die’, then that is up to you.

I have watched multitudes of young men pack their dreams, their visions and their full potential into the bag of early ‘retirement’ and ‘inevitability’.

Do you know what I mean? As soon as they have children, they fall into some sort of mentality that shuts down their aspirations and expectations. They begin to look back on what they could have done, rather than what they can do!

I have looked at the pitiful stupidity of men of thirty years old as they ‘settle down’ into a life of an ‘old buffer’.

Now all their existence is about going to work, doing the shopping with their ‘Missus’, looking after the children and waiting to die. If you try to get them to come with you and do something a bit exhilarating or dangerous, they shy away quickly and tell you that they now have ‘responsibilities’. 

They are told by the modern church counsellors that it must be ‘family first’ and God’s ‘calling’ comes second, third, or even fourth along with, ‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel’.

King David, that mighty warrior of God, recognised that his call was elevated above family, friends and mockers. God’s demands came first, long before the claims of nearest and dearest (Matthew 10:37). His calling was from above, not from beneath, and found its beginning before the foundation of the world (2Samuel 6:14-23).

Jeremiah’s call from God came before he was even born. ‘Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you [set you apart], and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.’ Jeremiah 1:5

Likewise the Apostle Paul: ‘Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.’  Romans 1:1 (Galatians 1:15-16)

We are called from before time began to be conformed (fashioned, moulded) into the image of Christ, to walk as he walked, to live as he lived (Romans 8:29; John 8:29).

Jesus said, “I must be about my Father’s business.” (Luke 2:6).

I think that if the disciples had ever become like the men of this age, the world would never have heard of Christ. You do not ever read of a disciple having to beg his wife for permission to go on an evangelistic mission, or an all-night prayer meeting.

When did you hear Peter or John say that they could not go to some place or other to preach in case they upset the wife? When was the obligation of going shopping ever a contest to the work of God for those men of faith?

What a shambles the church has become, especially the men!

God’s call and commission is always FIRST, over and above the demands or whining and crying of any other party.

Effeminacy in the ministry has bred a load of cowards.  (1Corinthians 6:9; Nahum 3:13)

Intellectualism in the church has sought to overwrite the Word of God (1Timothy 6:4-5).

New version after new version of the Bible has destroyed the believer’s confidence in the written Word and its infallibility. They have stolen the respect, the gravity, the reverence, and the assurance Christians should have of the Scriptures.

Psychology and Christian counselling has removed the revelation of God from and to the hearts of men (1Timothy 6:20). Why did we exchange the wisdom of Christ for the pseudo-wisdom of man?

‘If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?’ Psalm 11:3

But thank God the foundations cannot be destroyed!

‘For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base [lowly] things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom…..’ 1Corinthians 1:26-30

Half-baked, unconverted cowboys, parading under the titles of pastor, bishop and so on, have stolen the reverence and personal all-sufficiency of Christ away from the simple- hearted and ignorant believers. They wickedly make them to rely and even depend upon the ‘minister’ for hearing instruction and personal direction for their lives.

And now we have a whole gang of mouthy, obnoxious, strutting women usurping authority over the men, who pathetically love to have it so! See Isaiah 3:12; and 1Timothy 2:12, if you dare. 

This is not about male chauvinism, but about Divine order set in place from the beginning of time by God Himself.

We had better take good note of Revelation 2:20-23 speaking of that woman Jezebel ‘who calls herself a prophetess’, who you give space to teach and instruct you, seducing you to accept her words as though they came from God. But she shall soon be cast into great tribulation and distress ALONG WITH ALL THOSE who follow her instruction and support her ‘ministry’ (an abused word). (Read it for yourself.)

Away with it all! We can each one of us know and understand the will of God for our lives, without the need of any priestess or so-called ‘prophetess’ to tell us what God is saying. They are usually more interested in your praise, respect and especially your subjugation; oh, and your 10% tithe of course, along with your purchase of their insipid writings, rather than your well-being and eternal salvation.

It always astounds me when I see hundreds of solid full- grown men in the African churches sitting under some rather loud intimidating woman preacher screaming instructions and barking commands at them. And now in the huge American and British conferences, men become like silly children, squealing and submitting to the chirping parrot on the platform!

It is about time men stopped trying to ‘get in touch with their feminine side’, and stood up to be home-grown, full-grown, whole-wheat-grain men, with a good splash of manliness and godly courage.

Shove the squawking bird in a steel cage somewhere out of sight, chuck a heavy wet blanket over it; put on your spiritual armour and uniform, rise up into your God- appointed destiny, and go tell the church and this world what He is really saying!

Why do you put up with it? Get a grip guys and step up into your authority in Christ! You were called and ordained to teach and lead the people of God into truth. You will one day give a full account to God for your failure to fulfil the ministry that God has put upon you.

‘Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfil it.’  Colossians 4:17

Throw her out! Get rid of the Jezebel and get preaching yourself, and be a righteous man! Wear the dignity of Christ and the authority that God has bestowed upon you. This is your position, your calling, your nobility as a man.

Read the Bible for yourself and see what it says in 1Timothy 3:12-15. And if your bookshelf is filled with the teaching of some woman ‘god-star’, I suggest that you take it all outside, set fire to it and get the Bible back into its rightful place. Her writings are not the Word of God, and never shall be.

Man did not come from the woman, but the woman came from the man (the Bible says so), and although God taught Adam everything that he was to know, He did not then take the woman aside and teach her the same. Adam taught Eve all the truth that he knew about the Creator and His ways. This was God’s divine order from the beginning of time; nothing to do with ‘superiority’, but simply God’s plan and order of things.

‘But I suffer not a woman to teach [says Paul], nor to usurp authority over the man [exercise dominion, as in instructing and teaching, ruling or controlling in the church], but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.’  1Timothy 2:12-14

‘For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of [from] the woman; but the woman of [from out of] the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman [was created] for the man.’  1Corinthians 11:7-9

This is not about being old-fashioned, but simply saying what the Bible teaches. You can rip these bits out of your version if you like, but the word remains and ‘endureth for ever’. To suggest that you know better than God, is yet another delusion that will bring only confusion and spiritual blindness.

Furthermore, let it be noted that it was Eve who was deceived by the serpent and not Adam. She was the first ‘medium’, if you like, contacting the ‘dark side’; and it seems since then that women have always been more ‘open’ to spiritual influences (both good and evil) than men. That is why I have to wake the men up.

In the British Army we have a saying, ‘Order; Counter Order: Disorder!’

In the church there must be order, or there will inevitably be disorder and ultimately, confusion.

Christ chose twelve disciples and taught them all that he could. They were men. They went and turned the world upside down.

I know that where there are no men to do the teaching, then women must do so; but shame on the men for not rising to the call of God. However, in our meetings today there are many unnoticed young men who could wipe the floor with some of these big-headed, strutting, plastic-reinforced-faced females on American and British religious television channels talking a whole lot of poppycock and false doctrines.

The church is waiting for a man (whether it realizes it or not). Our young people are waiting for a man. The world is waiting for a man. The heavens are waiting for a man. And before the Man Christ Jesus returns, God is looking for a MAN to do what He says and defy the utter nonsense of ‘political correctness’ and ‘women’s lib’ gone mad.

I am not against women in ministry where it is appropriate.

Some of our finest missionaries, martyrs, evangelist- preachers, intercessors, revivalists and Sunday-school teachers have been women. Furthermore, I know some wonderful women pastors working with their husbands in ministry as pastors (shepherds) of churches. But for grown men to sit there like babies, sucking milk bottles from their nursemaids is a contradiction of spiritual law.

Men should be teaching the church of God and living at the level which God ordained them to live at.

‘For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that someone teaches you again, even the first principles of the oracles of God; and you are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.’  Hebrews 5:12;

‘And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.’  2Timothy 2:2

‘And from Miletus he [Paul] sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.’ [He said to those men]: “Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.”  Acts 20:17-28

As I said, I am not against women in ministry where it is Biblical, however, I am all out for men to rise into their true office and calling, and take back what they surrendered over and over again to the devil just to appease the perpetual whining of those who refuse God’s instruction.

The great Welsh revivalist Evan Roberts, at the beginning of the last century, submitted to the criticisms and manipulation of a ‘Christian’ woman who then used his words and inspiration to champion her own ‘ministry’. He became a recluse, and after two years of the most amazing revival ever known, he listened to a woman telling him that he was too weak and sickly to preach and needed to rest.

Ever since then the authoritative power of men in ministry has slowly but surely declined in this country, year by year. I believe this is something that God showed me very clearly after spending two days in the chapel at Loughor, South Wales, (waiting on God with a small team) where the 1905 revival began. Have no doubt, it was a great and strong evil principality that brought this about, and it will take a new generation of men to reverse the damage done, and restore dignity and masculinity to the preachers of righteousness in the churches of this land.

We now have a bunch of guys who are baby-sitters and obedient husbands rather than radical, powerful, fearless and daring men of God.

Men today, in this country, would sooner submit to the nagging and whining of their wives and girlfriends, than go and obey the voice of the Lord. You say it is not so? Then where are the men? Even those coming from countries where culturally the man is most definitely the head of the house, soon submit to the spirit of intimidation and despising that has long been at work here in Great Britain and America.

Restore the ORDER that Christ has placed in His church, which was established at the beginning of time. Blessing and success will surely follow.

The three ‘R’s

Rugged, Righteous, and Regal men are the great need of the hour, if ever true restoration and reformation is to come to the church and this nation.

Well, that should have stirred up all of the ‘Jezebel’ spirits from hell! I think I can hear them screaming and writhing in their anger right now, slithering along the floor in coils like a cobra with a mongoose on its back. Ha-Ha!

I did point out that this section was a word for the men. 

If you are a man and you don’t like this truth, then keep on squealing and crying like a girl.

We can send you some padded pants and a dummy if you want.

Taken from 'The Dignity of Righteousness and the Fortitude of Faith', with permission of the author.

A DECLARATION OF LIBERTY

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A Declaration

I make a determination this day and a decision of my heart and mind that I will not stay here as I am, doing what I do. I shall break free from the false security; the entrapment of what I anticipated would be yet another year and all the expectation of other people, no matter who those people are.

I will make the change myself and not wait for another to do it for me or even show their approval at what I do.

I shall not wait for anyone else to come and join me or to agree with me, but shall make my own plans and preparations to go and let God use my life (what is left of it) to its fullest in His hands.

I am not a slave, neither the property of any person on this planet. I am a child of God and a servant of the Most High. His demands and desires come before all earthly claims, no matter how near and dear the person making them may be.

If it means selling all that I have, moving to another place or country, leaving family and friends, then I am ready for the decisions that will revolutionize my life and put me in the place where I can be most effective in God’s kingdom.

I have stayed around this mountain long enough (Deuteronomy 2:3) and now it is time to pack my bags, get rid of all the unnecessary clutter that I have collected on my travels, get out of my stagnation zone and put on the full armour of God for the battle ahead.

It is time for me to truly serve the Lord, to preach the Gospel, to bring hope to the dying and deliverance to the captives (Isaiah 61). It is time to get the good news of Jesus to our children and young people, and defy the religious prison that says I must just sit in church, give my 10%, respect the screaming preacher and go home and be a good boy.

The world waits for me; the unsaved wait for me; the sick and wounded wait for me; the kingdom of God waits for me. Why should I waste another moment living an ‘existence’, instead of a fulfilment?

I am not here to ‘survive’. I am not here to be like everyone else. I am here to overcome, to create and inspire, to make a difference, to leave my mark, to run the race, to earn my stripes, to spread the Gospel throughout the world, and to win the fight.

The above is the closing chapter from 'THE DIGNITY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE FORTITUDE OF FAITH' by John Masters. A challenging and motivating book, right on target for this moment in history.  It is not us waiting for God to do something, but God waiting for us to do what we must do in order for Him to come and show His power and glory to a rebellious and godless world that we find ourselves in right now.

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