Dream – I was in an ER and almost
cut my right hand completely off. I was playing with a large hunting knife someone handed to me. I took it out of the sleeve it was in and started to gently rub the blade over a rubber band I had around my right wrist. Then I put the knife back in it's sleeve. Then I suddenly had a knowing that I had cut wrist very deep but I wasn't sure how deep so I raised my right forearm off the counter and my hand almost fell off completely. I had cut my wrist clear through the bone. There was only a little piece of skin that kept my hand from falling off completely. I saw the bone, the marrow, the open vein and flesh, but there was no blood and no pain whatsoever. I slammed my forearm back down onto the counter and looked away. I frantically yelled for someone to help, but the nurses and physician
walked away. I was yelling for help and someone finally came and wrapped my
wrist with gauze and said it would be okay. I argued I wasn’t okay and that I
cut myself clear through the bone, but the nurse kept telling me I was fine.
Then a friend appeared. He and the nurse kept trying to convince me I was really was okay and that
the cut wasn’t as bad as I thought. They said I was over reacting. They asked me if I was bleeding and I said no. Then they asked if I was in any pain and I answered no. They said, see, you are just fine. You did not cut yourself as bad as you think you did. My friend said, let’s go
and run some errands. I was convinced eventually and left with him. I was still
very worried about my hand as we drove around town. I just couldn’t accept that
my hand was not cut as bad as I thought so I looked at it again and was paralyzed with fear.
Now it was bloated, white with purple and blue bruises on it and had a faint stench to it. I still did not feel any pain, but when I tried to move my fingers I realized rigor mortis
began to set in. I start yelling at my friend to take me back to the ER! When we
got there no one was present to help. I’m yelling for someone to come out and
help me. I’m hysterical. The physician comes out and see me. He has is surgical
face mask on and looks at my wrist and just walks away. I start yelling and
screaming at him to help me, but he does not return. So I start throwing things
off the counter onto the floor to make him come back. End of dream
As I woke from the dream, God said - Get the sin out of your life. There’s no life in it. It only
leads to death, which is eternal separation from Me.
Matthew 5:28-30
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already
committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin,
pluck it out and cast it from you; for
it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your
whole body to be cast into hell. And if
your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it
is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for
your whole body to be cast into hell.
Jesus was not talking about cutting off your hand literally.
He was talking about cutting off the sin that causes your hand to sin. The key word to look at in the verse is members. Now look at the following verse out of Colossians.
Colossians 3:5
therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication,
uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because
of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in
which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. But now you yourselves
are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out
of your mouth.
So let me share some of the symbolism in the dream and the interpretation the Lord gave me.
Playing with the knife is
playing with sin. James 1:14-15 But each one
is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when
desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown,
brings forth death.
Right hand –
power of God, Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God. When we willfully sin we separate ourselves from the power of God in our lives. No favor, no life, no peace...nothing seems to go well for us.
No bleeding, no life – Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given
it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your
souls; for it is the
blood that makes
atonement for the soul.
No feeling, no pain – 1 Timothy 4:1-2 Now the Spirit expressly says that in
latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits
and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own
conscience seared with a hot iron. In other words, past feeling. In the dream this represents a person who hardens their heart to the Holy Spirit's conviction to repent of our sin. Eventually He will draw back from us because we refuse to repent...we are past hearing Him.
Bruises on the hand – Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised
for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was
upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. Because we are backslidden the chastisement of our peace in now laid upon us. We can never pay the price so this results in no peace as long as we stay unrepentant.
The friend - is the one who will not
tell you the truth about the sin in your life. The will tell you that you are
under grace and God loves you the way you are…and will tell you this all the way to hell! Proverbs 27:5-6 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the
kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The nurse - represents leaders in church who will not speak about sin in your life because they do not want to offend you. They do not want to lose your attendance and your money!
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. Mark 13:22 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Luke 6:26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets. 2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Physician – Jesus. His face hidden
by a mask is how people living in unrepentant sin feel God is treated them.
They feel His is hiding Himself from them when they need Him the most and
become angry with Him and reject Him. They do not understand they need to
repent of their sinful lifestyle, and sadly, their friend and leader stands by watching
them suffer, but chooses not to speak the truth to them. Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are
well have no need of a physician, but those who are
sick. I did not come to call the righteous,
but sinners, to repentance.”
IT'S TIME WE TELL THE TRUTH - HYPER-GRACE IS A DEMONIC DOCTRINE FROM HELL
Yes, we are under God's grace, but the traditions of men have made it of no effect in our lives. Grace is not so we can continue to willfully sin expecting God to forgive us over and over. Although it is true that God will forgive us over and over. Let me be clear GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU AS OFTEN AS IT TAKES TO GET YOU ON TRACK. But the grace of God is not for that purpose only. Because of this demonic doctrine of hyper-grace many will find themselves in hell and will have no one to blame but themselves. God is not willing that any should perish. The scriptures are clear on this.
If you have sin in your life and no one is telling you to repent and get right they are your enemy. Remember Proverbs 27:5-6 Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. You need friends that are going to tell you the true even if it costs you their friendship. Are you willing to be that kind of friend?
Don't get mad at me for this message. Remember, I am just the messenger who received a dream from God.
The Lord told me because of this hyper-grace teaching that many give up too soon when they are trying to endure to overcome sin in their life. It's too easy to give into temptation knowing that God will forgive them over and over, but the guilt and condemnation that comes afterwards it too much to bare. So now they say to God - I can't beat this God, it's too hard for me so if You want me to stop this sin in my life You will have to just take it from me.
2 Corinthians 12:7-9
So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger
from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. Three different times
I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you
need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my
weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
If the Lord didn't take Paul's thorn from him, what makes you think He will take your sin from you when He has provide His grace to you? It is clear that the grace here is so that the strength of Christ in you will cause you to overcome that sin, not continue to do it over and over and be forgiven over and over. Sorry, but it is the truth. Like it or lump it.
John 1:1, 14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth.
You need grace and truth working together. Jesus didn't just come with grace. He came full of grace, but He was also full of truth. The Lord told me He is the double-edged sword mentioned in Hebrews.
Hebrews 4:12 For the
word of God is living and powerful, and sharper
than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,
and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.
One side of the sword is Grace and the other side is Truth. You see, Jesus didn't say you will know grace and grace with set you free. He said, you shall know the Truth and the Truth will set you free. Grace alone cannot set anyone free. There has to be truth and truth hurts. It cuts like a knife, but the Lord heals us afterwards. Without Grace and Truth working together there cannot be a dividing of the soul and the spirit. In other words a dividing of the unholy from the holy.
But there is a catch. We have to be obedient to God and His Word.
GOOD WORKS ARE REQUIRED!
But you will say, Samuel, we cannot get into heaven by
works. We can only get into heaven by faith. The scripture clearly states it!
Ephesians 2:8-10
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of
works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk
in them.
It clearly states that we are not saved by
our own works so we have no right to boast. However, it also says that we
were created for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should
walk in them. What this means is that grace that we are given by faith is not
so we can continue doing bad works (sin, not of our own works) and be forgiven
over and over again. No, that grace is to empower us to overcome the sin in our
lives (our works) so we can now walk in good works which God has
prepared for us to walk in by the power of His sufficient grace. And because we
are doing good works by His grace it is of Him and not of us and
therefore no man can boast. God has clearly prepared good works and expects us to walk in them, but we will never walk in them if we never overcome sin in our lives.
Philippians 2:12-13
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who
works in you both to will and to do for His good
pleasure.
Read the New Living Translation version of that verse.
NLT - Dear
friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that
I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your
salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you,
giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
Continually practicing sin is not showing the result of our
salvation. There is a difference in committing a sin and willfully practicing sin.
Why does He require good works? 1. so that the Father is glorified. 2. because by good works the world will know who you belong to.
Father, surround me as a hedge of protection with people who are full of Your grace and truth. Amen.
Samuel,
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