Music link: https://youtu.be/rbmWq69Fti8
From Google:
The famous verse is located in the New Testament book of 1 Corinthians 15:41. In this passage, the Apostle Paul says: "There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory."
Paul uses the sun, moon, and stars as examples to explain how physical bodies change during the resurrection. He is teaching that just as these lights in the sky have different brightness levels, our earthly bodies will also be different when they are raised to heaven as new, spiritual bodies.
Was searching for a paper where I recorded a serious observation during an election year, and this was my first paper gleaned from a bunch of folders taken from a folder titled Papers from 2020.
Thought that it might be apropos for today's church, as well.
Following is exact copy, not so much as a comma was edited, it is exactly as I left it almost ten years ago.
Just as applicable for today, as it was back then.
Date on Paper was 9-24-16, it follows:
1 Kings 18:41-46 (NLT)
41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!”
42 So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees.
43 Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea.”The servant went and looked, then returned to Elijah and said, “I didn’t see anything.” Seven times Elijah told him to go and look.
44 Finally the seventh time, his servant told him, “I saw a little cloud about the size of a man’s hand rising from the sea.”
Then Elijah shouted, “Hurry to Ahab and tell him, ‘Climb into your chariot and go back home. If you don’t hurry, the rain will stop you!’”
45 And soon the sky was black with clouds. A heavy wind brought a terrific rainstorm, and Ahab left quickly for Jezreel.
46 Then the Lord gave special strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab’s chariot all the way to the entrance of Jezreel.
I wrote the following yesterday and at the end I became discouraged and left off without publishing it. I have done this with a hundred different papers before. I woke up today though and I read something. There was a little mention that Billy Graham addressed the issue of heavenly rewards and earthly responsibility.
I think that perhaps that was how Elijah felt when his servant finally came back to him and told him, "I saw a little cloud."
Pray for our nation, perhaps I have been wrong and there is hope.
Sometimes I can hardly believe that I have been a Christian as long as I have been. When the Lord sent me to that first church I became indoctrinated to real Christianity and it ruined my life. You see, that church was a community of young believers who many were baptized in the Holy Spirit through campus prayer meetings during the Charismatic movement of the early seventies. At that time, the Holy Spirit fell in such power that it changed and radicalized many of these young students.
These guys were so on fire that going to church just didn't do it for them. They needed more of God, so what they did was to start Christian communities based on the example of New Testament church. Well, I woke up in a hospital overdosed in Detroit. This was after I had a "born again" encounter with Jesus a few years earlier. Afer being "born again," I was off drugs for a period, but ended up right back on them. I didn't even know what "born again" meant, but it was quite an experience and a testimony that I have been telling for decades. Anyway, after my miraculous encounter of being "born again," I returned to Detroit and was back on drugs.
You see, you can be "born again," but empty of God's power. Today, most of the American church is. They live an existence in God that is based on principles, proven methods and traditions.
The other day I was sharing with another truck driver who hadn't had a religious relationship with the Lord, thank God. No, he was a man who had been in federal prison three different times. He had worked for one of the cartels in Mexico. As I was sharing with the man, I explained a revelation that Jesus and Paul through scripture had shown me. I explained where the apostle likened our relationship to Christ as the stars in the heavens.
I told him of the passage where Paul stated that "Star differs from star, each having it's own glory. Then I further quoted where he stated the Sun has a greater glory and the moon another.
1 Corinthians 15:41 (NLT)
41 The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.
I explained what the Lord had shown me for years. I said, "This is what I want you to do, look up in the sky some night and notice how each 'Star' has a different glory than the others, a different brightness. And then, I want you to observe those 'Stars' that you can barely see. Notice how many that there are, Okay?"
Next, I explained how each "Star" differs in brightness according to how close it is to the "Sun."
I said, "That is how it will be when we get to heaven. Those with the greatest 'glory' will be those who have the closest relationship with the Lord." I explained that it is what you do with your life on earth that will determine your position or your "Glory" in heaven. This is what I truly believe.
Well, the sad part is that there will be multitudes of believers who only followed man and were deceived their entire life to religiously tithe and to do "works" based on legalism, tradition or to please man. These may have a place in heaven, but they will be as those stars that you can barely see in the night sky. And lastly, God is going to hold their teachers and preachers liable for their stunted growth many who only taught them knowledge in order to loose them of their finances.
I explained to my friend, The way for you to store up treasure in heaven, as the Lord commanded is to help the poor, the needy, your fellow man, not to tithe to an organization, preacher or building.
I mean, how lazy is that any way.
"Here preacher, I give you my money cause I know God will pay me back big time and I will have fulfilled all righteousness as Jesus commanded."
"No Stupid, you didn't." (Authors note)
Finally, I explained that in the American church the leaders don't know enough about the Bible or in many cases just refuse to preach levels of Holiness or Godliness because their only concern is for the monetary value they can wheedle from their congregations.
They like to tell every body, just come up to our altar, say a few magic words and you are equal with us all. You are going to heaven and you never need to do another thing in your life except tithe to us regularly.
My first church wasn't like that. No, this church had been established by young adults who just had one desire and that was to love Jesus. They didn't have the sophistication to pay their leaders hundreds of thousands of dollars. We had no Grammy Award winning artists either.
Do you know what? None of the musicians or singers or worship leaders were even paid. They wouldn't let any one just join their church either. I came to their church as a drug addicted street kid from Detroit, but they wouldn't let me join until I had proven myself "Faithful."
Please go and learn what that word means if you are reading this as a "Christian."
I was at this Solemn Assembly yesterday, and the sanctuary was still quite empty ten minutes before it was to start. Two ladies sitting next to me remarked about the fact.
I told them, "Hey, don't worry, it's like this all over the American church, once the Solemn Assembly starts, I am sure they will all come trickling in."
You see, we were told that there would be over flow rooms because of all the registration? There were none, and actually there weren't a lot of people trickling in after it started either.
No, I guess they just decided to stay home and watch "Dancing with the Stars," or perhaps, "American Idol"?
During the early "Worship" the Lord spoke to me, He said to me, "John, one of the modern day problems that has cost the church to lose it's power is the fact that there are so many professional musicians and singers."
You see, in order for the church to be effective and filled with power the people must be anointed and empowered. God's power in the church is with the believer, but it must first be activated.
I mean, take anything in the natural that deals with power and you will see that there is always a formula, a law, an agent that "activates" or "Ignites" that power. Whether you are talking about a tornado, a hurricane, a volcano, a stick of dynamite all things dealing with power have to have something that sets the stage or ignites the release of "Power." And so it is in the "Spirit."
How many times did Jesus tell someone, "You, go do this..."
"You, must believe..."
Even in the Old Testament, God commanded his servants, "Go, fill these jars..."
"Hold up this rod..."
Over and over, in the Bible it is shown to be a principle.
So, there in worship yesterday, the Lord said to me, "John, in order for the church to regain it's power, it must get rid of the 'Professional' musicians and singers. He said, the church needs to get back to where the congregations are filled with individual singing by it's members that my power will flow through them."
Well, I can tell you that this is just another revelation that God has given me that will never be corrected in the church until I am long gone. You see, God gives me revelation all the time, but not a pastor will adhere or obey it.
Time after time, the Lord will give me direct revelation or knowledge on how to help empower the church, but the leaders will be totally against it. You see, leaders see money first, while God and His true servants only see people first.
So, I was in that first church for close to three years. This was a church that only sought to become like Jesus. There were no money agendas. When we gathered in our closed meetings and began to sing in tongues, many times the phenomenon would continue for forty minutes to even an hour. Time and again, during these sacred assemblies we would sense the angels and hear then joining in our worship. On occasion, I would literally see angels coming through our voices as we sang. In Hebrews the angels are called "flames of fire," and on the day of Pentecost, the people had "flames of fire," rest upon them the Bible says. One time during a very solemn assembly between two communities coming together, I saw the heaven opened and there they were, the "saints of old" all leaning over a balcony with banisters watching us and encouraging us to run our individual races.
There is nothing that this world has to offer when you spend just an hour or two in that presence. It is indescribable.
There was a reason why these communities could experience these spiritual encounters that I have never seen matched by any other church I have been in and that was because of their unity.
You see, there was very little strife in our church because we all loved Jesus. There were no fighting and bickering among the musicians, or elders, or any one. We didn't own a building, but in each meeting there was a group of men who set up or took down the chairs and tables. On Sunday, we didn't have two little baskets, one saying non Gluten, and one saying Gluten with little morsels of bread a quarter inch by a quarter inch. We didn't even have a little cup that stood half an inch high with a few millimeters of grape juice and a small shred of paper or some such substance that passed for bread?
No, every Sunday in our meetings the ladies would all bring dishes and the men would set up and clean. You see, we all loved Jesus. If a musician one day stood up and stated that he needed a salary to play for the "Lord," the man would have been ostracize or delivered from the devil.
This was what brought us to such a unity where God was allowed to release the same supernatural atmosphere that the early disciples encountered. It was our unity and love for God. None of it was "tainted" with the love of money. If someone were to suggest that it was proper for a leader to start wheedling or hording money from the congregation we would've recognized him as a thief and devil, such as Judas. Nonetheless, this is the normal practice in the American church today. I know where it came from, but who authorized the servants of God to incorporate these practices in God's church?
I am sorry, somehow I missed it, Okay?
Could someone please tell me when it was that Jesus commanded the church leaders to all take a salary as comparable to a doctor or lawyer?
Could someone tell me when the Lord stated that he wanted his leaders to take on new businesses or to horde millions of dollars for their personal wealth?
Could someone tell me when God stated that as long as you can fast talk any of my people into giving you hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars; then you are welcome to use this money upon your selves and your families?
Last of all, I was thinking about this the other day.
Could someone please tell me when the Lord gave a preacher the right to direct the affairs of an individual as pertaining to their wealth in the after life?
This is a very serious matter and many preacher are going to lose all their rewards if they even make it to heaven. You see, God very plainly explained to me that you can live your life to receive reward here or you can live your life to receive your reward in heaven. And although, many of these men have read my warnings and know this and understand this to be truth, they still hide this knowledge from their sheep in order to steal their tithes.
Well, if I am a man and I go through life robbing other men from their rewards in heaven through manipulation and greed, what kind of God then would He be to lavish heavenly rewards on me?
He would be an unrighteous God, that's what kind of God He would be.
And since we know God is Holy, I can attest to you that I know a multitude of pastors and leaders who have lost their rewards in heaven because they are stealing other men's rewards on earth.
You see, once you have knowledge, then you are accountable to do what is right. Therefore, I have a lot of preacher friends who don't especially like me.
These men all strut about the earth with their millions of dollars they have stole from God's people, and they think them selves very impo-tant, but the apostle Paul made it clear that there are no Armani suits in heaven, although there is a lot of nakedness. Just a friendly reminder guys, can't wait to see ya up there. Just hope you are not to far back and shrouded in darkness where I won't be able to see your gory.
Sorry, I think that was a rabbit trail.
So, I go to this Solemn Assembly yesterday at this huge church. Well, it is about to begin and fifteen musicians and singers come out on stage.
I couldn't believe it.
I thought, "Oh no, I am in the wrong building, this is probably one of the Pastor's many productions of 'Hello Dolly,' or something."
Well, it turns out I was in the right building and they were the "worship team."
Well, I am sorry, I was just expecting a few ashes and some sack cloth, not fifteen professional musicians and singers?
That was the pastors and leaders meeting, the real meeting was going to be later that night. I believe that I already mentioned that meeting though.
While outside, I was waiting for my LYFT driver when I saw a huge rat scurry across the sidewalk. I mean, were not talking field mice here, but I decided to not report it.
You see, the pastor here has a penchant for building "buildings" and I figured if I mentioned it he might want to build a twenty or thirty million dollar building again.
You know, that would sort of be like telling your congregation to go build you some Pyramids, but not supplying them with straw?
I guess I will mention the night session. We had some great Baptist communicators and I am convinced that many will go back to their Radio programs and just keep on preaching the way that they have been preaching for "lo these many years."
And of course, their Baptist listeners will surely keep not doing what they have not been doing, "Lo these many years."
The host made it clear that the meeting had nothing to do with any thing political. Surely, we caint be suggesting one candidate over another. My God, we could lose the old "non profit non worth" status that we have spent so much of our lives trying to maintain.
Could I tell a story here?
Thanks!
I spent years of my life going to Charismatic conferences where I thought that all of these men and women had great respect. There was one conference that was made up of the top most Charismatic leaders from all over the country. For close to twelve years, I would go and listen and try to learn any thing of value that these great men and women of God had to offer. Finally, the conference came to a close. What I perceive that happened was that there were men who were abusing the gifts and callings of God to make themselves filthy rich and this caused the strife and the division that shut that organization down. They rebelled against Oral's advice because of their greed.
A few years later, I read on the internet how a few particular leaders were involved in secular businesses and were worth millions of dollars. Soon, I read of another highly respected leader and world evangelist. He had fallen. Then I learned of two involved in an adulteress affair, yet I could flick on the TV any given Sunday and there the man would be preaching. I have been involved in a few other groups of "Spirit Filled," believers. In one group adultery was common throughout these communities, not to mention many other sins.
My point here is that by my observation yesterday, nothing will come of this "Most Sacred Solemn Assembly." I have seen these meetings too many times before. Here is a Solemn Assembly mostly attended by Baptist leaders, hosted by a forgotten Spirit Filled church. I don't believe that I heard the Holy Spirit mentioned except for one leader.
Years ago, I ask the Lord a question. I said, "Lord why is it that the men with the lowest character in the church seem to all be 'filled' with the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues?"
This is what the Lord showed me. He reminded me of when I got filled with the Holy Spirit, and then He explained. You see, this is what happens when you get filled with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus becomes your best friend. Jesus becomes so close to you that you just know that you know that you know that God loves you. And what happens is that you receive a great freedom. Many people will answer an altar call a thousand times because they are so sin conscious. They are all the time being beaten down by the devil and so they are always ready to repent.
Well, when you are filled with the Holy Spirit. You have a greater freedom from that type of condemnation because the Holy Spirit's forgiveness is always there before you. It is as if you have a greater faith to understand that you are forgiven and that Jesus is your best friend?
Another example is when God shows up in a church service. I have been in Baptist services where the Lord will show up and the people will fall on their face. Then I have been in Spirit Filled churches where God has fallen in the same way, and the people want to take a nap as if they are bored.
So, what God was telling me was that many Charismatic's feel that Jesus is their best friend and they use that freedom to commit sin. The apostle Paul talked about this.
"Hey, Jesus is my best friend, surely he will forgive me of my adultery, my covetousness and greed."
I hope that this makes sense, maybe I didn't explain it as I should have.
My point, however, is that the Baptist should not be looking at the failings of other men in today's society to judge whether the Fullness of the Holy Spirit is a good thing.
If America is to be "saved" what we need is for a similar revival such as the Charismatic Revival that hit college campuses. We need men and women filled with the power of God, but who will not be tempted in a church culture of today where we have lost the standards of righteousness.
But, as I said, There was nothing spoken of Greed, nothing spoken of covetousness, nothing hardly spoken of the Holy Spirit, so why would anything come out of yesterdays "Solemn Assembly?"
The sermons will continue just as they were.
The brick and mortar buildings will continue to be erected.
The Broadway productions, I mean, the church services are going to continue.
And lastly dumb sheep will continue to follow dumb shepherds who are also deaf to hear God.
Oh, and of course, Hillary will be our next president.
God, please help us!
(6-26-26, 3:00 AM,
Please forgive me for not editing other than the first few paragraphs. It is very readable, and I am still searching for original paper I was looking for. )
6-26-2026
Paper from 8-2-20
“The laws of gravity”
(Nothing has been changed, not even a comma.)
You see, most Christians when they learn the “Laws of Tithing,” believe that they are putting, “One over on God,” as they manipulate the feelings of covetousness and greed within their hearts, as they decide to instead transfer all their allegiance from God to Satan when accumulating wealth for their remaining time on Earth.
The churches are filled with these people.
Now, however, many are being shown just how senseless their lifelong pursuits have been. You see, now instead of a “lone prophet’ pointing all these facts out to them, they have all kinds of counselors from social media which have exposed all of these phony leaders, as well. The following paper was posted six years ago, one of many which I had been posting similar for a few decades earlier, yet none would listen, as I was shunned, ostracized, spoken against and refused to be recognized by any church, stream, or fellowship.
Following is copy of a paper that I wrote 8-2-20.
It follows:
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I wrote a serious rebuke to another ministry on one of my other web sites.
I do not like doing that, yet I am compelled by God many times to defend the Gospel. You see, in America most people really haven't a clue as to what the Gospel really is, so my actions may seem extreme to many.
I am sorry.
Nevertheless, Jesus taught me a long time ago, that on Judgment day, I won't be standing in front of you, but in front of Him.
So, I profusely apologize if this gets in the way of your theology.
Some will ask, "Well, aren't you concerned about what that other ministry will say about you?"
My answer is "Yes, but unless the man receives a change of heart, I don't believe that it will be a long concern?"
One of the things that I wanted to point out in my other paper was that my actions were not reckless, as some might assume. No, rather I believe with all my heart that they were done in obedience to God.
This is not the first time that I have done what I did in order to fly to Florida.
You see, I have been doing this all of my life. I cannot tell you the amount of times where I have invested hundreds of dollars in order to go to a crusade, a convention, a meeting.
Time after time, I have invested my money to obey God, assuming that the money will be shortly returned, only to find out that it never is in the way that you expect it.
But you see this is what real FAITH is.
Real FAITH is Lucy holding the football, saying C'mon Charlie Brown, just one more try!
And even though you run up there knowing that she is going to move the ball, you still make the effort.
Do you know what I am trying to teach you all here?
Faith is seeing your reward in heaven, no matter how many times that it looks as if you have failed on Earth.
God sends me a few thousand miles to a ministry and the "leader" avoids me like the plague.
Why is that?
Does that mean you failed?
No, I asked the Lord some similar questions like that when I was there.
What if my presence showed the hypocrisy of the church and someone was spared of being bilked out of a ten thousand dollar gift that he was about to give.
What if my presence there caused a few people to leave the grounds or ministry before they contracted a disease that was about to kill their family members?
You see, we only see through a glass darkly.
We aren't always told the reasons why God would have us to do something.
The secret things belong to the Lord.
Some things, he keeps from us.
Nevertheless, that is where the greatest FAITH comes in.
No, FAITH is not giving a little and getting back more.
And having gotten back more you increase your giving until Pastor So and So, tells you that finally you have graduated unto a fully developed and mature Christian.
"Oh Hallelujah!"
I've finally arrived!
No, FAITH, is only accredited when it accompanies love.
Do you understand what I am saying?
In other words, "worthless faith" does not follow you to heaven.
And even though, most all of the Faith that has been taught in the American Church has been toward that "LOVE" for yourself.
Well.....it Really doesn't count as God's type of love.
You see, normally when God is commanding us to love....well, It's not suppose to be for yourself.
I don't know, I wish I could make this plainer because I am sure that a lot of you are still not getting it?
Well, I am about ready for bed, so let me just sum this up.
Are you familiar with the laws of gravity?
Well, the Bible is quite plain that the principles of tithing and giving are as exact a science as the laws of gravity is to the natural man.
So, if I am a man walking down a steep decline and end up tripping and rolling to the bottom of the hill, do you run around and speak of me as some kind of super human or theologian.
"Hey, come see a man who has partaken of the law of gravity!"
"HEY, EVERYBODY GATHER AROUND AND LET ME SHOW YOU A MAN WHO HAS FALLEN UNDER THE RULES OF GRAVITY."
HE CAN TEACH US ALL ABOUT THE LAWS OF GRAVITY, HEY CHILDREN GO RUN AND GET ALL YOUR RELATIVES THIS MAN IS A HERO. HE CAN TEACH US.
BRING ALL YOUR MONEY AS WELL, IN FACT, BRING YOUR LIFE SAVINGS, BRING YOUR AUNTIES LIFE SAVINGS. BRING YOUR GRANDMAS LIFE SAVINGS. WELL LAY IT ALL UP AT THE MANS FEET, JUST AS HE REQUESTED US TO DO. COME ONE COME ALL. WE CAN LAY OUR LIFES SAVINGS UP FOR THIS MAN WHO LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE RULES OF GRAVITY...........
Good night, you all wear me out!
GEEEESH!
Hey,
Allow me to place a "disclaimer," on these papers. You see, I have a number of thumb drives with papers on them which were wrote anywhere from a few years to twenty years ago.
Normally, though whenever I would publish my sermons, (as that was what they were many times) I would get backlash from all of those Preachers who God was trying to speak to.
Generally, the most common reaction from many were when they would then get on their "Soap Boxes," and to preach about myself claiming that I was just an angry man whom the church ought to dismiss in every form or fashion.
"Why, this guy is just an angry man who has never forgiven the people who have done him harm or spoke against him."
"Do not believe the man. Do not take anything that he says seriously or religiously, as he is just bitter always preaching against the standards which we give you that transforms your lives and causes all of you to give us your savings or to enslave you with our 'traditions.'"
But you see, there were many times, when God would give me revelation when he spoke to me.
Well, this is one, in this paper I was trying to convey the fact that God blesses us not in the same manner, but accordingly to our actions which also please him.
Are you understanding what I am saying?
For years, the American Church was just one big experiment to the "clergy" to see how far they could go in order to manipulate their congregations into giving their all, in terms of finances.
Thankfully, after some forty years, the church woke up and most congregations couldn't get away with what they were all doing for decades.
Nevertheless, through all these years, I was consistent in preaching on "Integrity," and for "leaders" to not be so corrupt.
Well, I had to "post" many teachings such as this one in which God had showed me that not all the laity were treated as taught by most "clergy."
I had to teach that we don't all come together equally and place our offerings in a bucket and then at the "end of our days," all rise to heaven to receive our equal shares.
No, I was pointing out as instructed by God to show how that each Christian goes from "Glory," to "Glory," and then is resurrected with his own "Apportioned Glory," according to what God has apportioned to oneself by his earthly life or works.
Paul explains this in much more simpler terms when he speaks of the "Judgment Seat of Christ."
Nevertheless, whenever the "Preachers," do not like my theology or simple explanations of the gospel, they always get on their "soap boxes," to explain it away by claiming that I am only preaching out of anger or unforgiveness.
You know, so when I preach that individual Christians ought to be giving to the poor, the needy, the downcast, instead of just turning all finances over to your pastors who claim themselves to be God's Storehouses, they get very angry and begin to preach lies about myself.
Honest, I lie not, this phenomenon has occurred multiple times in my life.
You see, this is why I have been dismissed as a preacher for decades. It is because the things that I preach are normally given by God, and that is the 'LAST THING,' that preachers wish to hear.
The moment that I lay "truth," on paper and post those "Truths," there will always be a few "Clergy," who rather than to accept "Truth," will slander myself, so they can then call you to dismiss my ministry.
And it is funny, because there are some who only do it out of Jealousy or Spite, fearing that their congregations would give me credence.
These are fearful "little men," to say the least.
Can you think of any, off hand?
I can!
Then on the other hand there are those who are guilty of such crimes in which the Lord will have me to write against.
Well, I could go on, but the important thing for you to know is that many 'Clergy," are mere "cowards of the Kingdom."
They wouldn't know righteousness, if it popped it's head out of the water and bit them right on the arse.
Nevertheless, I believe that the church ought to read these scriptures and to meditate on them. What God is saying is that each one of us is going to have a different amount of "Glory," that he will leave this Earth with and it will be YOU who has determined that treasure.
Nonetheless, here is a clue as to how you maintain and keep it in preparation of the after life. It is not by following MAN in order to attain it, but it is following JESUS, and remaining 'faithful' to him through out your life.
It is not by obeying men who put you up to deceit, but it is for following God and the things that He commands you to do.
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