Church Assessments 2/5/25

Absent Anointing (Part 2 of 2)

Today, we’re going to refute a phrase that is often misused in the church to promote a false doctrine that Jesus is not the one and only God, but instead is seated next to Him in Heaven, seemingly as a subordinate God to the real God. I know that sounds stupid but I didn’t create the trinity doctrine.

So, if you read the phrase “exalted to the right hand of God” in context (provided below) you will probably come to the same conclusion that I have which is that this was talking about the fulfillment of the Davidic line. God is Spirit. God’s Son-of-Man-suit of flesh-and-blood was delivered through the biological family line of King David via Mary/Joseph. God had promised David on oath that he would place one of his descendants on His throne (verse 30 below). Jesus is the Spirit of God who is also known as the Holy Spirit. He is not seated next to Himself on a throne. This was symbolic language to express that God kept His promise to King David. There is not a flesh-and-blood person sitting next to God’s Spirit on a throne in Heaven. Every time these pastors show their own stupidity by using that phrase, we can know that they have no idea who God is just like the wicked men who crucified His Son-of-Man suit of flesh-and-blood on a cross.

From Acts 2:22-36 (THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES AT PENTECOST)“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. David said about him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’ Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. But he was a prophet and knew that 30GOD HAD PROMISED HIM ON OATH THAT HE WOULD PLACE ONE OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE. Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33EXALTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, HE HAS RECEIVED FROM THE FATHER THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT AND HAS POURED OUT WHAT YOU NOW SEE AND HEAR. For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.’ Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”

In May of 2021, I sent the attached (final two of four pages) Mark of Excellence newsletter to local pastors with a cover letter that included these statements:

  • “My prayer is that I have scripturally proven on the attached four pages of the newsletter that Jesus is the creation voice, exactly God, the Forgiver of Sins, the Savior and Shepherd, the Alpha and Omega, and the First and the Last. Jesus Christ is the one and only Spirit of God who robed Himself in Son of Man flesh and walked among His creation.” 
  • “Only a doctrine of demons (false theology) would suggest that God needs help being God, while Lucifer/Satan/Devil is only one entity.”

So, I’m going to ask a few questions about Jesus. Do you know who He is?

  • If Jesus is not God, why does He have the power to forgive sins that only God can have?
  • If Jesus is the First and the Last, the Alpha and the Omega, could there be a God before Him?
  • If there is only one God, as the Bible repeatedly records, then how can there be more than one?
  • If Jesus is not the one true God, then who is He? Why did Jesus say that He is the “I Am” if He is the “I Am Not”?
  • If you’re in covenant with the sovereign Lord of the universe, the Father, why would you need to worship a separate, subordinate or lesser god?
  • If Jesus is not the Father, then why did He say, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.”? (Reference John 14:9)
  • Why does God need a Son? Does He need an heir to His throne in case He dies?

Church Assessments 2/4/25

Absent Anointing (Part 1 of 2)

The Church is supposed to function with anointing from God. However, most churches locally don’t seem to even know who God is.

On Saturday night, the Lord said to me that He was sending me to a church the next morning. I tried to get Him to tell me which church, but He was keeping that information to Himself. The next morning, after typing the daily ministry post, I got ready to go to an unknown place. The Lord allowed me to go have breakfast at McDonalds. While I was sitting there, the Lord told me exactly where He wanted me to go for church. It was a new church that I didn’t even know existed, so I was hopeful. I’m not going to mention the name of the church because they are currently going through a construction transition, but I wanted to expand on a topic that the young youth pastor presented in his message on Sunday.

The senior pastor opened the service praying to God with His Son seated next to Him. Can you hear me rolling my eyes? As I have said many times, but can’t be said enough, Jesus is God. Jesus is not God’s Son. There are not multiple Gods on a throne in heaven. Just one. His title is God, and His name known to us is Jesus. God is Spirit.

The youth pastor was the one to present the message on Sunday. He impressed me with his insight for his young age despite that he too didn’t seem to know that Jesus is God. But he asked the question “Who is Jesus to you?”. His sermon was from the book of Acts. The young man asked some inspiring questions about our willingness to wholeheartedly make Jesus the center of our lives. He questioned why we don’t see the miraculous gifts of the Spirit like were evident in the book of Acts. Why no speaking in tongues? Why no obvious anointing? Do we spend time in prayer and Bible reading? Do we study apologetics? (That question got my attention.) Are we making Jesus the center of our lives? The young pastor also asked this question “How selfish do you have to be to know the truth but not to share the truth?”

The young man talked about his personal encounters with the voice of God through his years. I think he said that there were three separate occasions when he clearly heard God speak to him. I love that! That says to me that God is making Himself known to him. But, the one false doctrine that the young man seems to have accepted in his training is that Jesus is not God, but instead that He is a separate Son of God. And that’s why he isn’t seeing the anointing as was displayed in the first church as recorded in the book of Acts. Personally, I have experienced all of the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, and regularly the Spirit speaks through me in tongues of angels. I hear God speak to me clearly every day from morning to night.

We don’t see much of God’s anointing in the local churches because they don’t seem to know who God is. Which means that they are not hearing God’s voice in prayer. If you are not hearing God’s voice in prayer it is because you are not doing it right. You must first be sure to be in covenant relationship with God where you have promised on oath for Him to be your one and only God. If you don’t know that Jesus is God, how can you do that? Until you confidently get that understanding in your belt of Truth, you are rarely going to encounter the anointing from God. God can show up as He chooses, but why would He put His signature on bogus doctrine? I’m sure that God wants to make Himself known but to whom? Could it be that He wants to make Himself known to you? Then maybe seek Him about who He is … and study apologetics!

Please see the attached two (of four) study pages from the June 2021, Mark of Excellence Newsletter. The remaining two pages will be presented in part 2 of “Absent Anointing”.