Are You Satisfied with Jesus?
by Ernest Angley
May 2014
Are you satisfied with Jesus, or do you just try to make yourself think you are? Does He satisfy every part of your life, spiritually, physically and financially? Do you believe He looks out for you? Is He your first love? Do you put Him above everyone and everything else, even your own life? These are questions you must answer as you read this message.
The Bible tells us, For he [the Lord] satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness (Psalm 107:9). If you have a longing soul, it hungers for God’s will and help. You desire Him and His ways, not yours. You desire His voice, His love, His peace and His joy. You desire His understanding, His wisdom and His knowledge. You desire to have His Word and His revelations in your heart. You desire for Him to talk to you and for you to be able to talk to Him. Your soul is hungry, and it longs for Him at all hours.
Some nights become sleepless because we long so much to have more of Him to serve to the world. We long for more of His power so more people will come into the knowledge of the truth and be saved and receive miracles and healings. We long to help more people so they will rush to the Word of God and trace the footprints of Jesus throughout the Gospels and then read on into the books that Paul wrote. We want them to go back to Genesis and find Jesus in the very beginning as He helped God make man in His own image. It is wonderful to have a satisfying portion of Jesus.
Only Divinity Satisfies
Our bodies came from the Earth, so they can be satisfied with fruits and vegetables and other things that the Earth brings forth; but our souls came from the very breath of God, so they can only be satisfied with things that are spiritual. Your soul will be dead in sin and disobedience toward its Maker if it doesn’t have the wonderful, satisfying Christ.
If you will really hunger and thirst after righteousness, you will be satisfied. Jesus said, Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6).
Jesus came to fulfill that promise by making us sons and daughters of God. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons [or daughters] of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). Do you act like a real child of God? The Bible says we are joint–heirs with Jesus. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint–heirs with Christ (Romans 8:16,17).
We will inherit all that Jesus inherited; the divinity and the precious blood that Jesus brought are ours. The divine blood is Heaven’s greatest weapon for us; no enemy can stand against it, and no power can overcome it. The blood heals everything, and it delivers people from devil possession if they want to be delivered. All the power of God is in the blood, and it can wash away the sins of everyone who wants them washed away; and there is no salvation without it. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission (Hebrews 9:22).
Use Divine Love
Read Psalm 107:9 again and notice that it says Jesus fills the hungry soul with goodness, but what is goodness? Divine love is goodness, and we cannot get along in this life or get to Heaven without that love. Most people in the world today are strangers to divine love, and some who have it don’t use it as much as they should. They use only human love, and that is “little love”; but divine love is “big love.”
In the book of Revelation, Jesus told the people at the church at Ephesus how pleased He was with all of their wonderful works; but He said they lacked one thing: Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent (Revelation 2:4,5). The candleholder is the Church, and a child of God is the candle that fits into that holder; but we must have our first love to fit into it.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). God loved the world so much that He gave us Jesus so we could have love, peace, joy and contentment. People had tried to find those things for many years; but they could not be found until Jesus, the Babe of Bethlehem, came and filled the manger with peace, joy and happiness.
The angels rejoiced and told about the peace and love that He brought. And the angel said unto them [the shepherds], Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men (Luke 2:10–14).
The shepherds ran to see the sight, and they rejoiced at the love and grace they found. They were poor, but they knew they did not have to buy the things Jesus brought with money. They had the revelation that the little baby was a bundle of peace and joy for all mankind, the Son of God who had come down from Heaven. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds (Luke 2:15–18).
Empty Lives
So many homes today have no peace, love or happiness. People spend great sums of money to build beautiful mansions, but there is no love there—expensive furniture, carpet and draperies do not make a home. Some people may move to another state or even to another country searching for something to fulfill them, but they never find what they are looking for because Jesus is the only one who can give lasting peace and love. People can travel the world as much as they want to, but they will never find peace or love unless they give their lives to Jesus at Calvary.
Jesus brought us the new and living way. By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh (Hebrews 10:20). Church membership won’t take you to Heaven; you must have a new heart and a new life, and only in the name of Jesus can you have those things. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12). Jesus is the only true foundation. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 3:11).
Those who are in false religions will be so disappointed at the end of their life when they lift up their eyes in hell and scream the scream of the damned, and billions are in hell already. But people who meet their judgment at Calvary don’t have to fear the judgments of God. The verdict has already been given; and the guilty are pardoned, forgiven and set free. Jesus said, If the Son [of God] therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed (John 8:36).
Faith to Please God
Without divine faith, you will have no life; and you will not be able to please God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6). Those who come to God must believe that He is Lord God Almighty.
Do you talk about faith or do you talk about doubt? Whatever is inside of you is what you will talk about. Faith is a promise of God, and we must treasure His promises and live by them. He gave us a rainbow of promise in Noah’s day; but when you doubt the greatness of that rainbow, you will be the loser, and you will never make it to Heaven. While others go in, you will be denied and left standing outside the portals because of your doubt and disobedience and because you did not have the satisfying Christ or His faith and love.
To have all that Jesus brought, you must first have divine hope, not human hope. Divine hope ushers you into divine faith, and then you can reach out to get all that you need. Get off your little boat and walk the waters like Peter did. Don’t worry about the angry sea because you will not sink when you know that Jesus is with you. He will be there to be your faith, your love, your courage and your grace; and you will have everything you need.
They Were Raptured
Enoch had divine faith, and he pleased God in such a beautiful way that the Lord took him home to Heaven alive. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God (Hebrews 11:5). Think about how Enoch’s wife and children must have felt. The Bible doesn’t tell us, but they must have searched for him because I’m sure they just could not believe he was really in Heaven.
God took Elijah home alive, too; and the sons of the prophets searched for him for three days. They [the sons of the prophets] said unto him [Elisha], Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not (II Kings 2:16–18)?
Elisha had told them not to go and search for Elijah because he had watched Elijah go to Heaven, but they would not believe him or the fact that God had that kind of power. Elisha knew all about God’s power; and before Elijah was taken to Heaven, Elisha had asked for a double portion. When the Lord took Elijah home, his mantle fell from him; and Elisha received that power. Then he took that mantle and struck the waters and cried, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over (II Kings 2:14).
Still today, we need to ask, “Where are you, God?” Then we must put Him to work for us through divine faith, divine love, divine hope, divine courage and divine determination. Divinity will lift you up into a heavenly place. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:4–6). We can sit in heavenly places with the Lord through the wonder–working power of the good Holy Ghost.
All Must Receive the Holy Ghost
After Jesus was resurrected and had ascended back to Heaven, He walked down the Avenue of Glory to the altar before the throne of God and poured out the blood He had shed for you and me. He had paid for all of our sins so “whosoever will” could go to Heaven. Although He would have liked to have stayed in Heaven, He came back and spent forty more days on Earth to teach the disciples about the Holy Ghost. In spite of that, people still say you don’t have to have the Holy Ghost.
When Jesus was here, He had to have the Holy Ghost; and He told the disciples that He would give the Holy Ghost to all who would obey Him. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him (Acts 5:32). Jesus also said that if He did not go away, the Holy Ghost would never come. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you (John 16:7). I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever (John 14:16).
Jesus would not let the disciples start His Church until they had received the Holy Ghost. Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high (Luke 24:49).
You must have the Holy Ghost baptism to overcome the devil and to do all the Lord requires of you in this final hour. True children of God have a grave responsibility, and they must realize it. This is no time to play or to do what you want to do. You have been bought with a price, and you belong to the Lord; so the Holy Ghost must live and dwell in you. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s (I Corinthians 6:19,20). When you have the Holy Ghost, you will be full of faith, not doubt, because you are full of God.
Evidence of the Holy Ghost
There are many evidences of the Holy Spirit baptism, but you are not baptized until you first receive the evidence of speaking in tongues. The Holy Ghost will take over your holy tongue and speak through you in another language. Thousands of people have received the Holy Ghost through this Jesus ministry, and they have all spoken in other tongues just like was described in the Bible. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4).
In my prayer time, the Spirit will take me over and sing through me in many different languages. One time, the Lord preached a whole sermon through me in Hebrew even though I had never studied that language; but God and the Holy Ghost know every language, and the Holy Ghost just took me over. At the time, I was conducting one of my first revivals; and it set the place on fire because the people knew I didn’t know Hebrew. At the close of the service, God verified what had happened through a Hebrew scholar whom He had drawn to the service that night.
The Holy Ghost power has to be within you if you want to be on the one flight out because God can only move according to the power that works inside of you. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us (Ephesians 3:20). Only with Holy Ghost power will you be changed and caught away to be with the Lord forever. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord (I Thessalonians 4:16,17).
When you are satisfied with Jesus, you will not only receive the Holy Spirit, but you will also have ears to hear what He is saying. In the book of Revelation, the Lord said seven times, He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith (Revelation 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22). If you don’t listen to what the Spirit is saying, you will listen to people and the devil; and they will keep your mind in such a fog that the Spirit will not be able to get your attention and give you what Heaven wants you to know. You can grow in the Lord only by listening to the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit came to glorify Jesus; and when He is speaking, He is saying something. The Lord has blessed me with His gift of interpretation; and when people get the Holy Ghost, the first thing He will do almost every time is glorify Jesus Christ in one language or another. When people are seeking the Holy Ghost, I tell them to say the word “Glory, glory, glory” because the Spirit comes in on a praise. I have seen more people receive the baptism by saying “glory” than by saying anything else because that word gives the Lord all the glory for everything He does.
God Is with Us
Are you really satisfied with serving the Lord? I am satisfied and joyful in Him and happy to be preaching and teaching the Lord’s Gospel. No task is too great when you have Him. I have been on many fasts, some of them going as long as forty days at a time; but no matter the number, I have never turned God away. He has always been with me all the way, and I have always reached Heaven with a forty–day fast.
Jesus did not go beyond forty days in fasting, and He is our example. I used to think that Jesus had just one forty–day fast, but now I believe He had a number of them because the Lord has called me on so many.
There is such glory in serving the Lord, walking with Him and having divine fellowship with Him. As we tell Him about our love for Him, He shows us His love for us and lets us know what we really mean to Him. He draws us so close to Him, and He is always there when troubles come or when death takes a loved one home. We may feel that we can’t live without the person, but God makes us to live again.
When the Lord took my dear wife, Angel, home to be with Him, I didn’t know I could live without her. We had a wonderful marriage like I had never seen before; but then suddenly, she was gone. God had tried to tell me three different times that He was going to take her, but I just could not believe that He would take my only little lamb. However, God had anointed her to go; and she had the desire to go.
I never thought I could laugh again and it would be for real; but now, I am full of laughter that comes from Jesus through the Holy Ghost. The Lord moved in to live with me; and so many times He would say, “I am the Lord that walketh with thee.” That one phrase saved my life. I could be crying my eyes out before a service, and the Lord would move in to comfort me. The Lord spent so many hours with me, and I love Him for it; and still today, He is always there. I don’t have to seek and seek to find Him, and you don’t have to either if you will obey Him in all things and worship Him in the spirit of truth.
There is nothing like God’s miracle anointing, and that anointing comes upon me to preach and to pray for the sick. The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing (Isaiah 10:27). God’s anointings break the yokes, and He is offering them to us; but some of you will not accept them. I have told God that if others don’t want His anointings and will not use their talents for Him that He can give them to me along with the power and the strength to use them.
Together, Angel and I started this Jesus ministry with God’s power and strength; and later, God brought people in to help us. Angel and I worked hard, but God was always with us. We knew we had been sent of God and that nothing could stop us.
Since then, God has sent so many good partners into this ministry just like He promised He would; and He also said that this ministry would be the platform for the world. He carried me into a vision of reality and showed me seven rockets of power going forth and striking nation after nation. I watched them fly through the sky, and many stars came pouring down. Those stars represent the souls we are winning for the Lord, and those rockets are now going forth night and day. Our prayers for the lost are being answered.
Drawn by God
I am wide–awake and looking for Jesus to come, and I want to shake this whole world with the Gospel. The Lord said, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven (Hebrews 12:26). That shaking time is now here, and terrible things are happening all over the world. When the United States removed prayer from the schools, I knew we were headed for darkness. When I was in public school, we were taught the Bible; and I know how much that meant to me. Because of that, I was drawn to the Word of God; and I always had great respect for it, even when I was lost in sin.
I was raised with God’s love and direction in my home. I didn’t have to go to a teacher or a pastor to get answers to my questions or problems because my mama would pray and get answers from God. I had complete confidence in Mama’s prayers, and she never failed me. No matter how busy she was, she always took time to listen; and I had all the wisdom and love I needed through her.
In spite of that, I was not saved. I was raised in the jitterbug age with the swing bands, and I loved the dance floor; and I know that the devil’s music definitely gets into your bones. Then the Lord sent Holy Ghost conviction upon me, and He had to scare me because He couldn’t get to me through love. I had always had plenty of love as I was growing up; so the Lord held me over hell, and I could see the smoke coming up around me. I never knew the Lord would deal with me in such a fearful way. Some people say they don’t believe in getting scared salvation, but I received mine over seventy years ago; and it is still good today.
I did not know the angel of the Lord had followed me all of my life until the Lord revealed that to me after I was saved. I knew I could not do the things that my brother or some of the other boys did. God would always stop me, and He saved me from many things. You must live holy, or you will never see the face of God. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). The truth is only found in righteousness, holiness and divine love. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24).
A New Life
I was reared in a home that made Jesus real, so I didn’t realize that I was actually searching for Him before I had Him in my heart. I thought, “Wasn’t He already in our home? Wasn’t He at our table when we bowed our heads to thank Him for our food?” We were taught that Jesus was with us all the time, so I just thought He was always there; but when I really found Him, I discovered that He had been a stranger to me all that time.
You can’t find Jesus through your parents no matter how loving and kind they are or how much they know about Jesus. They can show you the way, but you have to find Him for yourself. I had known about Jesus from the time I could remember because Mom and Dad had always told me about Him, but I never really knew Him until I found Him through the blood.
When I did find the Pearl of Great Price, I was shocked and amazed. I didn’t know I would become a completely different person or that my soul could be satisfied without the world’s entertainment; but when I found Jesus, He filled me up to the brim. With honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee (Psalm 81:16).
I had no trouble separating from friends I had run around with, and I didn’t even bother to say goodbye. They could not have enticed me with anything because I had no desire to go back into the world at all. I had given my whole life to the Lord, and I held none of it back. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you (II Corinthians 6:17). I found what I had been looking for without even knowing that I had been looking for it.
I discovered that Jesus was not just for old people because in the church I got saved in, the young people had a great time in the Lord. We had special services for the youth on Saturday nights, so I no longer needed to go to the places in the world I had once gone to on those nights. I went to the house of God, and I didn’t care what people thought. I loved to tell people I was serving God and about how wonderful Jesus was.
After receiving salvation, I enjoyed God’s people who talked about the Lord and had satisfied hearts; and I wanted to hear more about the abundant life they had. They had that great Jesus love, and they did not criticize others. They talked about helping people and about bringing those lost in the night into the Kingdom.
Make the Devil Run
The Lord has given me His power to cast out devils, but I learned that you have to get mad at the devil to be able to cast him out of people. I had the worst temper in the Angley family, but the Lord didn’t take it away when I got saved; He turned it on the devil. Now, I let the devil know who I am in the Lord, and that is what you have to do. I let him know that I can spray him with the divine blood, and he has to run. I don’t fear the devil or his demons. They have come to me in the middle of the night, and all I could see was what looked like big horse eyes glittering; but they have never been able to frighten me. I get mad at them and go after them with the blood, and you can do that, too. You never have to be afraid of man or the devil because you can stand up to them at any time.
When you get scared, you can pray like you never thought you could pray; and you can run faster than you ever thought you could. But when you are running from the devil, you need to stop and decide, “I have the divine blood, and I am going to use it.” With the divine blood, you can turn on the devil and mow him down; and he will run from you every time. You should get out of bed every morning ready to defeat him; but as long as the devil can make you run, he will do it. You have to resist the devil with the blood. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7).
Use Divinity
You need to read the Word to the devil when he is tormenting you because the devil can’t stand the Word. Try turning to the Psalms because you can always find the help you need in that book. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves (Psalm 100:1–3).
Don’t let the devil battle you. You must know how to conquer the battles of the mind. I don’t have battles of the mind like some of you do because I have a Jesus mind. What kind of mind do you have?
The Lord gave us six things to think on, and a good thought from God will always shoot down a bad one. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things (Philippians 4:8). Think about divine faith and love, the same kind of faith and love Jesus used when He was here; and He used nothing but divinity.
We can defeat the devil with the whole armor of God, but do you use that armor? Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Ephesians 6:13–17).
You must put on the armor of God every morning. Without it, you won’t use the shield of faith like you should to stop the fiery darts of the devil. You won’t be wearing the helmet of salvation—the wisdom of God and the mind of Jesus—which you need.
God’s Wonderful Grace
My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness (II Corinthians 12:9). When you have divine grace, you have all the favor of God for today and for all of your tomorrows. Grace has everything you need—good health, good thoughts and all of the wonderful promises of God. Every promise has all the life of God in it, and He is not negligent about fulfilling those promises. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us–ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (II Peter 3:9). We must live by His promises; and without the promise of salvation, you will never get to Heaven.
When I found Jesus and His grace, I didn’t know He could satisfy me like He does; but when you are truly satisfied with the Lord, He becomes your everything. You always have praise for Him; you have an obedient heart, and you walk in step with Jesus. You tear down the walls of opposition, and His soul–saving mission is more important to you than the air you breathe or the heart that beats in your bosom. Jesus said, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15). We must hold Jesus up before people and cry, “He is the Savior of the world!”
I don’t like to travel, but I will do it for God. He has called me to the mission fields, so I go and never complain about it. I never find any fault in Jesus, so I do whatever He wants me to with great joy.
Jesus, the Soul Winner
When Jesus was on Earth, all of His works were miraculous. People followed Him wherever He went, and He ministered to people hour after hour. Jesus had a human body, and He would get tired; but divinity kept Him going. One time, He was very weary; so He sat by a well while His disciples went to get food. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water (John 4:6,7).
That Samaritan woman was a woman of the streets; and although Jesus was tired, He did not turn her away. Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water (John 4:7–10).
Jesus continued to talk with the woman and explain to her, Whosoever drinketh of this [the well’s] water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life (John 4:13,14).
Jesus was able to convert that woman, and she started a great, city–wide revival. The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him (John 4:28–30).
Greater Works
On the mission fields, we reach people on the streets in all kinds of conditions. Some are afflicted with AIDS, but God heals them and sets them free. We have documented cases that God is doing it and that these things are real.
The people in Africa are ready to be saved and healed. My workers who travel with me use blest cloths that I have anointed to pray for people, and God’s anointing heals them. They are delivered and set free just as they were in Paul’s day. And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them (Acts 19:11,12).
In my Friday night miracle services at Grace Cathedral, people come from many states and countries to receive miracles; and many of them can stay for only one service. A man from the Fiji Islands brought his baby who was born blind and had cataracts that appeared to be about two inches thick, but I knew it was so simple for the Lord to take them off. The man had sacrificed so much to get to that service; and later, I received a praise letter from him telling me that the cataracts were gone and that his baby had received its sight.
When the Word is confirmed, it convinces people that it is the truth. The Word is a working word of life, and it contains all the life and all the satisfaction we need. Never turn to the left or to the right; never look back, and never play with sin or the devil. Turn off the world’s music and listen in on Heaven.
I never thought that I would have a ministry that would go beyond what the early Christians had in the Acts of the Apostles, but this Jesus ministry has gone far beyond. In just one crusade, I preach to more people than Christ did the whole time He was here on Earth; but the Lord said we would do greater works, meaning in greater numbers. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father (John 14:12).
When I started preaching this, other ministers said I had stayed away with God so much in prayer and fasting that I had lost my mind; but I didn’t know you could lose your mind with God. I thought the devil was the one who would cause you to lose your mind and that living with the Lord gave you a good mind…and I still believe that today.
Are you really the Lord’s hands, ears and feet? Are you all His? When Jesus was here, He said, I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work (John 9:4). Now that He is gone, we must do His works because that is what He has called us to do. As members of the bridal company, we must be getting ready to take our flight out of here and be finishing up the Lord’s work.
I live for souls, and I have told the Lord so many times, “Don’t let me live when I can’t win any more souls. I have no reason to be here, so just take me on home.” But I am looking forward to being here to the end of the journey and leading people into the ark, Jesus Christ. I want to do all I can do because we don’t have long. It is countdown time now whether you realize it or not; and the Bible says, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil (Ephesians 5:16). The days are really evil now.
Beware of Dissatisfaction
Do you know who Jesus really is, and do you have a longing soul to be just like Him? Again I say, Jesus is the satisfying Christ; and only He can satisfy the longing heart within us, but this is the most dissatisfied age that has ever been. Jesus will fill a longing heart to the brim, and true children of God are to be the happiest people in the world; but how many people do you see who are really satisfied? No matter how much money they have, they want more. They are restless and always searching for something; but when they get it, they aren’t satisfied. The young are so restless that many of them reach out for alcohol, drugs or both. They live a reckless life that doesn’t satisfy, and they almost completely destroy their lives.
Some of you may have been like that; and had it not been for God, you would be in hell today; but you had a longing in your soul, and the loving Jesus held on to you. God knew you needed Jesus, the Word of the living God; and He knew you needed the life that Jesus brought. God knew all of this, but He also knew that you didn’t realize it; so He was very patient, kind and gentle with you. He knew He couldn’t rush you.
God’s Love Makes a Home
Young People, if you want to find happiness, you must not marry until you are really saved, baptized in the Holy Spirit and walking in the divine will of God. Then the Lord can bring you the person He has for you. Angel and I had a home of great love; and we had so much peace, happiness and joy. It is wonderful to have a home with no fussing and fighting, one where people are sensible in the grace and the love of Jesus so that they can talk things out with the help of the Lord and decide together what to do. You may think you can’t have that peace, but you can when you have Jesus.
God’s peace is what we are taking to the world, and we are telling people about His love. We have the healing balm for the world and the cure for every disease and affliction—Jesus is the remedy. You will never have satisfaction and fulfillment in your life without Jesus. Untold millions have tried it down through these thousands of years, but it could not and cannot be done.
True happiness comes from only one source—God. He is love, yet so many people try to have a home of real love without Him; but it isn’t true love, and you can see those homes breaking apart. Families are pulled apart, and little children are scattered because Mother and Daddy decide to separate; but when there is real love in a home, children don’t have to worry about that.
I thank the Lord for godly parents who keep Jesus before their children and settle all of their disagreements with the Lord. I thank Him for those who have a family altar where everyone comes together in family worship at least once a day to share a portion of the Word of God and to bow before the Lord in prayer.
If you had good godly teachings in your home, they were ever before you. You knew that somewhere along life’s journey you would meet the Master and that you would have to surrender your whole life to Him. You knew your life would never be complete and that all would be lost if you didn’t take Jesus into your heart.
Suicide Is Not the Answer
Young people today are dissatisfied because they don’t have Jesus. Some may claim to have Him, but they really don’t; and I know that by experience. Before I was saved, I had both of my hands filled with wild oats, so to speak; and I was determined to sow them. I told myself I would get right with God sometime but not until I was much older. Other kids were doing what they wanted to do, so I thought it was time for me to be like them and go to the things of the world, too. I wanted to have a good time, but what I didn’t know was that those kids were not being satisfied.
Dissatisfaction has caused many young people to commit suicide. The devil makes them think he has a better life for them, but they won’t find it through suicide. It is terrible for anyone to commit suicide; but when young people who still have so much ahead of them take their own lives, it is tragic. They made a shipwreck out of their lives, and they had nobody to help them or to show them the way out; but by way of television, the Internet and printed literature, God has helped us to rescue so many. We receive testimony after testimony from those who were ready to take their lives until they saw me on television; heard the Gospel message on a tape or CD; or read one of my tracts, books or magazines.
People will only find true life through Jesus. I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6). Jesus is the only door to Heaven. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture (John 10:9).
The Bible says, O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him (Psalm 34:8). People today taste of so many things that have no life. When those who know better are in places they know they shouldn’t be in, they may feel uneasy or like judgment is about to fall. They may think, “If Jesus would come now, I wouldn’t want to be in this place.” They may leave, but they always go back because they will not accept the satisfying Christ.
Draw Others to God
If you are seeking peace, joy and love but don’t know how to find them, you must know that you can find them in Jesus, the One who died for you. Nobody has ever loved you like Jesus loves you, and nobody has ever cared for you like He cares. He will make you to rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory (I Peter 1:8).
Everybody has a desire to one day have a beautiful home here on Earth, but I decided that I wanted mine to be over on the other side. Jesus said, In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also (John 14:2,3).
I am headed for that mansion, but I am not ready to move in just yet because I want to reap the harvest of lost souls. I want the Lord to be busy building more mansions in Heaven as we sweep millions into the Kingdom, and it is hard to tell how many thousands we win every week for Jesus. They see God’s signs, wonders, miracles and healings as I preach Jesus, the satisfying Christ.
There is so much to do to bring in the harvest, and we must hurry along in all directions. The more millions we reach, the more I want to reach; and I am looking to the Lord night and day to help us do that. We must reach all people with the story of the satisfying Christ.
When you come to the end of each day, don’t close your eyes until you ask the Lord, “Did I do everything you wanted done today? Did I touch every soul I could have touched? Did I speak to them like you would have spoken to them? Did I work with them like you would have worked with them? Did I take time with everyone I should have, or did I hurry by some? I don’t want to do that, Lord, and I hope that I have made you a good day.”
Claim Heavenly Peace
It is so wonderful that we can find a place of peace and joy, and we must want everybody to find it. When we see troubled hearts all over the world, we must tell them, “Come and follow Jesus; and you will find peace, love and joy. You will find answers that will straighten out your life, and you will receive understanding of what true life is really like. You will become satisfied with Jesus, and you won’t be restless and seeking peace that you cannot find. You will put your head on your pillow at night and know all is well!”
Do you have Jesus today? If so, are you satisfied or dissatisfied, contented or discontented? If you are discontented, it is because you are drifting away from the shore of sweet deliverance, peace, love and grace. You are drifting away from the loving arms of Jesus and from His lovely voice, and you are going into the dark. You cannot see clearly anymore or hear Jesus saying, Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27). Jesus wants you to walk the waters of life with Him and not to live in despair and disappointment.
If you are on drugs and alcohol, those things are not the answer; and untold multitudes have been delivered through this Jesus ministry. They have cleaned up their lives and become upright citizens. They were once discontented and seeking rest that they could not find; but now, they have found rest in a true, holy, pure life. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8).
Accept the Satisfying Christ
If you are not really free today, you must say the sinners’ prayer now. Let your judgment be at the Cross of Calvary so you will never have to be at the White Throne Judgment. Every soul will be guilty there, and there will be no forgiveness for any of them. God will say, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41). It is so sad that hell has had to be enlarged to accommodate all the people who won’t serve God. Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure (Isaiah 5:14).
Raise your hand and say this prayer right now: Oh, God, save my soul. I am so sorry I sinned against you; but I have come home, and I want the satisfying Jesus. I want my heart to be satisfied, and I want my life to be changed. I want a brand–new life, so I confess all of my sins; and I confess my faith in Jesus Christ who died for me. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in! If you meant that prayer, now you can say, Hallelujah! Jesus is mine. Hallelujah! Jesus has come.
Live with Him, walk with Him and read His Word daily. Pray and talk to Him knowing that you can call up Heaven any time, and Bible fasting will help you, too.
Jesus Brought Miracle Power
Now, look to God’s healing power, and you can have a miracle today. You may have a deadly disease such as AIDS, cancer or leprosy, or you may be bound with alcohol or drugs; but it doesn’t matter. All of those things lead to death; but in Jesus, I bring you life.
In visions, I can see God working for people and re–creating parts of their bodies; and He will do that for you. The Lord even said He would renew your youth. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s (Psalm 103:5). You don’t have to think about how old you are; just think about God’s grace. I am not the healer; I am just God’s witness, and I want to show you Jesus.
Lord, I bring the sick and afflicted to you. You said a believer would lay hands on the sick in your name, and they would get well. In the holy name of Jesus, I bring them; and I curse the AIDS, the leprosy, the diabetes, the blood conditions, the cancer and the kidney and bladder conditions. Re–create hearts and lungs, muscles and nerves. God, give the blind their sight and give the deaf their hearing and speech. Set them free. Heal! with miracle blood power. Heal! in the all–powerful, blood name of Jesus.
The Bible declares that with His blood stripes we are healed. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). Get well and then write and tell me what happened to you today. Be thou made whole and enjoy Heaven’s best for soul, mind and body.
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