The Green Pastures of Jesus
by Ernest Angley
December 2013
Jesus said, 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). When you enter through the door, Jesus, you will find green pastures; and you will find life. Then you will have the privilege of going in and out through Jesus Christ and into even greater things.
Spending hours with the Lord is the same as being in Heaven, and the devil cannot enter the door of that Paradise; but while you are here on Earth, you can go through the door and be shut in with Jesus. You can enjoy hours in His presence where the life shows up green, green, green; but then you have to come back out because you are called to bring in the harvest and to take the green to the whole world—life, life, life. Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15).
I was raised a farm boy; and in the springtime, we had green pastures where our cattle would graze. Our pastures also had a lot of wild onions, and the cattle loved to eat them, too; but when they would get close to you, they smelled so bad that they would almost gas you to death. Spiritually speaking, some people smell just as bad.
A Garden of Green
When God created Adam and Eve, He placed them in a Garden of green pastures. They were so blessed, and the Lord was so proud; He loved all of the life of Heaven He had put in that Garden. It was Heaven on Earth, and God would come down in the cool of the day to walk and talk with Adam and Eve; and Jesus and the Holy Spirit would come down, too. Together, the three of them had made man and woman. God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Genesis 1:26). This verse says “let us,” so the Bible confirms that Christ helped make the first man and woman.
Eden was a wonderful place with life pulsing everywhere; but there was also a tree of death in the Garden, and the Lord told Adam and Eve to stay away from it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (Genesis 2:16,17). God said, “You can eat all the fruit you want from these many green trees; but that tree over there represents death, and its dead fruit will kill you. If you eat of it, your soul will die.”
It was so sad that Eve kept leaving all the green trees and going to a rotten tree of death where the fruit was no good just like people do today. It was full of the powers of the devil; and when Adam and Eve ate of it, it changed their sight, and it changed their blood. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened (Genesis 3:6,7).
When God created Adam and Eve, He made them completely good both inside and out; but the evil tree changed everything about them that was good. They were destroyed, and God’s curse was upon them. Unto the woman he [God] said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return (Genesis 3:16-19). God drove man and woman out of the Garden, and all of the life that was in it did not pulse for them anymore.
Life Returned
It was awful that Adam and Eve destroyed all of that life with their disobedience, and yet people today will disobey God and still claim that they are going to Heaven; but they won’t get there. Without faith, you cannot 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). You can’t have faith and disobey Him, and you have to obey God if you want to have His faith and love.
After man failed, it was thousands of years before the pastures were ever green again. In the springtime, our pastures on the farm were full of life; but in the wintertime, the fields were bare. All we could do was look forward to the spring; but spiritually speaking, many people will never see a spring or enjoy the life of the green pastures.
After thousands of years, Jesus came and brought the life that would bring back the green pastures; and that was wonderful! The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters (Psalm 23:1,2). The Lord makes us to lie down in His green pastures, and He leads us beside living waters that come straight from Heaven. He said that rivers of living water would flow from our innermost being, and those rivers would bring about the green for all who would accept them. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water (John 7:38). When you drink those waters of life, they will produce one color—green.
The Lord told me that those rivers would flow through children of God until they had covered the whole world, and then the end would come. We are almost there, and the tree of life is now blooming all the time. Its fruit is so gorgeous, appetizing, life-giving and refreshing; and when you are around the tree of life, you can feel such a gentle breeze. That heavenly breeze can blow over a deformed baby and make it completely whole.
After I had received the gifts of God, a daddy brought his little baby to one of my services. The baby had been born deformed—one side of its face was normal while the other side was ugly and had not developed properly. The service was packed that day, but that daddy stood for hours, determined to get his baby to me. When he did, I held that baby; and it was like a gentle breeze blew over it, and the ugly side of its little face became as beautiful as the other side. All of the people were astounded, and they crowded around to see that baby. Everybody wanted to touch it and hold it because it was a miracle, and many of them had never held a miracle before.
That daddy was very poor and had no money, but he had a tiny knife. Lovingly, he placed that knife in my hand on the last night of the crusade; and it broke my heart. I have never forgotten that little knife, and I kept it for years. No amount of money could have performed that miracle; money cannot heal people. Only the blood heals, and Jesus is our healer. He came with healing in His wings. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings (Malachi 4:2).
The Green Is Full of Life
Green not only represents life but eternal life. Jesus said, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). Man did not really live until Jesus came as a little baby born in Bethlehem, and He brought the green. He was placed in a manger, but the little King didn’t mind; and the angels rejoiced and shouted when they announced to the lowly shepherds that Christ had been born.
And the angel said unto them, 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). With that announcement, the green began leaping up everywhere; and the shepherds loved the green pastures for their sheep. Finding green pastures for their flocks was their life; and spiritually speaking, the green pastures of Jesus are our life.
The Lord told me one day, “Learn me”; and I have never failed to keep learning Jesus. While some of you sit there in pain, I am learning more about Jesus, the Healer; and I am passing on His message that says, “You don’t have to keep your pain; it did not come from God, and He gets no glory out of it. He gets the glory when you get healed.” I always give God all the glory. Healing from Heaven keeps me going.
In one of my overseas crusades, at least 500 preachers attended one of the ministers’ meetings; and they were astounded. They told the chairman, “We have never had a man like him come to our country. He didn’t talk about himself; he just talked about Jesus.” I had brought them Jesus, and He is what I talk about. I even talk about Jesus to myself. He has brought me riches from Heaven, and He gives me all the anointings I need. This work is so great, not because of me but because of Jesus.
I live in the green, laughing, shouting and representing Jesus. Where do you live? In the green is where you will find life, and Jesus came so we could have abundant life. Before I was saved, I thought I had abundant life; but when I look back on what I called life, I see that it was awful. One woman told me, “If you take away my beer and cigarettes, I won’t have any life left.” It is no wonder that so many people commit suicide.
People who walk the path of eternal death never touch real life, and that is sad; but the green pastures are coming for us in this final hour, and the Lord is walking them with us and giving us life. Listen to what the Spirit says about it, and behold Jesus in the Holy Scriptures. See Him as your salvation, as your baptizer in the Holy Ghost, as your co-worker and as your big brother. He came to make us sons and daughters of God through His divine blood. 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).
Live in the Green
You can be so happy with the Lord, but you have to leave the world behind. You won’t find Him among the sinful people of the world because He does not go their way. Jesus says, “Come over here where I am. There are green pastures and still waters. Come over here and get rid of all your sicknesses and diseases. Come over here and live.”
Again, I say that the green is life, and life brings healing; but sickness and pain bring death. You can have just so many pains before you will die if you let them stay, so get rid of your pain. Decide that it did not come from God and declare, “Devil, I don’t have the spirit of fear; I have the spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind.” For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (II Timothy 1:7). God said that, but have you ever accepted it?
Study the Old Testament, and you will see that all of the true prophets of God, both major and minor, had some green; and some of them had more than others. The Noah family had the green, and Isaac had the green. Jacob didn’t have the green for many years because he had deceived and failed God; but later, he did find it. Joseph was one who always had the green. He lived under great pressure and was sent to prison even though he was innocent; but spiritually speaking, he really lived.
When the Lord saved me, I told Him I would do anything. Oh, what grace is mine and yours, and grace is so green and full of life. There is no death in grace; it is the highest favor of Heaven for all men, women, boys and girls on Earth. That is the reason my church is called Grace Cathedral. I sought God, and He gave me a revelation of all that grace meant.
We have the tree of life, and John the Revelator proves it in the book of Revelation. And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city (Revelation 22:1,2,14).
Jesus and His Bride are under the tree of life in this last hour where there is life, life, life; so you should not talk about sickness or death, except to a preacher, a doctor or a nurse. You should talk about good health. When I was just 23, I went to the edge of the grave; but in all of my sickness, I never talked about it. I didn’t burden the people in my services; and they didn’t know all that Angel went through, sacrificing and having to dress me for the services when I was so weak. They never knew how weak I really was as I would cling to the Bible stand for support. I knew I had been called to preach the Gospel, and I was determined I would preach it until I took my last breath; but then Jesus came one night and made me whole all over. Had it not been for the green, the life of Jesus, I would not be here today.
Jesus Brought Life
You can find Christ in every book of the Bible. In Psalms, you can find scriptures about His crucifixion even though people were not being crucified in that day. They pierced my hands and my feet. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture (Psalm 22:16,18). They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink (Psalm 69:21). He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken (Psalm 34:20). Those were divine revelations; God knew what was coming.
There is so much green in the Psalms; and many of them came through a youngster called David, one who the Bible said was after God’s own heart. He [God] raised up unto them David to be their [the Israelites’] king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will (Acts 13:22).
The Lord took me through the Word of God line by line as I was preparing this message, and then He opened up the heavens. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little (Isaiah 28:10).
The Second Adam was the only one who could bring the green for the whole Earth, the only one who could bring living waters that would flow throughout the barren, lifeless grounds of the deserts and make them come to life just as they had made mankind come to life. Jesus said, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live (John 11:25). We were dead, but Jesus gave us our resurrection. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1). We were resurrected through truth and righteousness. That ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24). The scriptures are so plain.
Jesus’ love is green, and His love is so different from human love. Jesus’ love is eternal, and He freely gives it. He went to the whipping post with our names upon Him; and then He went all the way to Calvary for us, not for Himself because He already had all power in Heaven and on Earth. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18). Jesus brought that power for you and me.
The Green Brings Miracles
Jesus came saying, Wilt thou be made whole (John 5:6)? You have to will, or want, to be made whole; and oh, how I willed to get well when I was so sick. I willed it through faith in the Holy Scriptures and through divine love and patience, and I willed it all hours of the day and night. I was determined to preach God’s Word; the devil was not going to win. But when did the Lord get the real glory out of my life?—on the night when He came and healed me completely.
That same night, Jesus lingered to talk to me; and He said, “Later, you will go on a long fast; and when you come out of that fast, you will have my power for the healing of the people.” He spoke so softly; but He spoke life to me, a new resurrection that brought me to life. Every pain left my body, and I knew I was going to live. The green pastures of life were mine when before I had been in desert places, lingering so close between life and death. At one point, I thought for sure that in a few more days I would be gone; but many years have passed by since then, and I am still full of life.
Death was conquered for me, and I am going to live forever but not in this body. If it is God’s will, I would love to make the Rapture. Our time here is so short, and it looks like I am needed to help bring in the harvest; and I enjoy doing it. You will never hear me grumble or complain because Jesus walks with me and talks with me and tells me I am His very own, and He will do the same thing for you.
Live without Spot
Jesus brought the nine fruits of the Spirit. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance (Galatians 5:22,23). I love to call them the nine graces of the Spirit, and each one is so green and fresh. Only the Second Adam could have brought them; but nothing was said about being without spot, wrinkle or blemish until the Holy Ghost had come. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27). The green pastures had come. Man could not live around dead trees with dead fruit; but the fruit of the tree of life was theirs to eat, and they would live forever.
Adam and Eve should have spent their time at the tree of life waiting for God to say, “It is time to eat.” God wanted them to prove themselves. They could look at the tree of life and no doubt touch the fruit, but God wouldn’t let them eat of it until they had proven themselves.
However, instead of proving themselves, Adam and Eve failed. Then God said, “We have to get them out of here because if they eat of the tree of life, they will live forever in their sinful state.” And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life (Genesis 3:22-24).
If Adam and Eve had eaten of the tree of life, what an awful civilization this would be today. All the wicked people who have ever lived would still be here, and there would be no real life for us. But thank God, we have abundant life; and we have conquered death because Jesus is our victory. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory (I Corinthians 15:54).
Be Just Like Jesus
Today, both the mountains and the valleys are green for us, but what do you see? Some of you let the devil blind you to the green of the valleys, but I thank God for the valleys. They have meant so much to me, and that is where the potter’s house is. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it (Jeremiah 18:3,4).
The promises of God are covered with green, and we have all of that life to enjoy. It is not hard to serve God, and I enjoy serving Him. You cannot try to mimic Jesus; you have to take on His nature. When a son tries to mimic his dad, it is disgusting; but when you hear people say, “He walks and talks just like his daddy,” that is good. In the same way, we must want people to say, “That person is just like Jesus. They walk like Him, talk like Him and smile like Him. They live holy just like He lived; they love His Word, and they love life.”
The first time I went to Christ’s tomb, I entered the garden just before the gates closed for lunch. I did not see anyone else around, and I was so happy and anointed. Then I saw a vision of the Resurrection. I saw the graves suddenly open up on the hillsides, and I watched the saints of God come out just like the Bible says they will. I saw the inside of the tomb light up in different colors; and then suddenly, it was as if the whole tomb crumbled into pieces that fell on me. I knew I had the mighty anointing that had raised Jesus from the dead, and I have lived and relived that experience.
Believe Christ’s Works
Today, the Jews have lost so much of the favor of God. Their land has dried up in the past, and it is drying up again. Where is the green? You can see why they are in such trouble. Unfortunately, the Church has lost the green, too. It has lost the life of Jesus. Many so-called Christians have made up their own Christ, and they are in the same condition as the Jews; they don’t believe in the real God. They say they do, but they don’t because you cannot believe in God if you don’t believe in His works. Many Christians today are like the walking dead, and it is awful to be among the walking dead.
The green made all things possible. It brought Lazarus out of the tomb, and he walked the green pastures again with Jesus before He went to Heaven. Lazarus and his two sisters really loved Jesus, and they were so blessed by Him. Jesus loved to be with them, too, because He felt their great love and faithfulness, and He loved to talk to them; but then calamity fell. Therefore his [Lazarus’] sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick (John 11:3). Mary and Martha kept looking for Jesus to come thinking, “Surely He will come because He loved our brother so much.” But Jesus did not arrive until Lazarus had been dead for four days. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him…Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died (John 11:20,21). Then Jesus asked to be taken to Lazarus’ tomb; and He said to Martha, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God (John 11:40)?
When the stone was rolled away from Lazarus’ tomb, Jesus cried, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth (John 11:43,44). Jesus was right on time.
You cannot try to second-guess God; just let Him move and work the way He wants to. I leave everything in God’s hands. He is perfect, and I have never found a fault in Him. People will ask me, “Preacher, when do you think this or that will happen?” And I answer, “When God gets ready.” That answer doesn’t satisfy some people, but it satisfies me.
Find Life in the Valley
I live in the green, but where do you live? My house is covered with the green, and there is life everywhere. Don’t you feel that life from Heaven as you are reading this message? Many of you may feel like shouting the praises of God right now while others may feel that surely they will get the Holy Ghost or be healed today. That is because you are feeling the green, and you are feeling life. I feel the life of Jesus through faith, and that life churns up and down on the inside of me.
Don’t be weary in well-doing. Jesus said, Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not (Galatians 6:9). I never intend to faint on God; there is too much green to enjoy and too many flowers with beautiful fragrances to smell. Jesus is our Lily of the valley, and what a wonderful fragrance He has. I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys (Song of Solomon 2:1).
Don’t you love to climb to the mountaintop to find the Rose of Sharon? It blooms on the mountaintops; but in our valleys, our Lily of the valley, Jesus, always blooms. He is our tree of life, so why do you grumble about your valleys? See that valley as the Lord sees it. He never complained about His valleys when He was here, and He went into the deepest valleys so He could take us to the highest mountain peaks. He came to destroy every deadly thing about us, and then we had to be re-created and born all over again. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God…Ye must be born again (John 3:3,7).
Ever since Adam and Eve failed, we all have been conceived in sin and iniquities and have been born in the night. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me (Psalm 51:5). I don’t like to think about the old me; I want to be just like Jesus. I see the green, and I love the Lord’s green pastures where there is life everywhere and where the water flows crystal clear; so drink, drink, drink. Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price (Isaiah 55:1).
Jesus is our honey in the rock and our bright and morning star. With honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee (Psalm 81:16). I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star (Revelation 22:16). He is our green in every phase of life, and every thought He has for us is full of life; but the devil tries to disguise those thoughts and make us think we are having evil thoughts. Bad thoughts will come, and they came to the mind of Jesus because He had taken on the human mind; but He shot down those bad thoughts with good thoughts, and He taught us to do that, too.
Walk in Truth and Life
You have to shoot down bad thoughts and think on the six things listed in Philippians: 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). All of those thoughts are green thoughts.
Truth is green, and it will live forever. We must be full of truth without any lying or deceit. We would deceive and lie if we didn’t have Jesus; but when we have Him, there is no defeat in Him. He is our victory, and everything about Him is green and full of life; so when you are close to Him, life pulses everywhere. The birds sing daily, and the flowers bloom all the time. The fish are happy in the sea, and the sheep and goats care for their young. There is life everywhere just like there will be in the Perfect Age. Right now, the Earth has a curse upon it, and it is dead; but the Earth will get its baptism of life one day.
With the life of Jesus, we walk in His heavenly green pastures; and our harps are not on the willows as were those of the Israelites. We are not in a strange land; we are in the land of the green, the land of eternal life, eternal love and eternal grace. It makes me want to weep when I think about all Jesus brought and what a high price He paid. Nobody but Jesus would have paid such a price for you and me to have all of this green.
Heaven is ours; it is willed to us in the Bible, and that Will cannot be changed. We are sons and daughters of God; and we have been made equal heirs with Jesus, His Only Begotten Son. 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). Who would ever have created such a plan but God Himself? Yet some children of God will doubt God’s love.
I never doubt God’s love. Mama always told me God loved me, and so did my Sunday school teachers and preachers; and I had a mind to learn. I was taught to understand so much about God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost; and I thank God for the public school teachers who taught me the Word of God. I had good teaching in my home, too, and we had the green. Most of the people in our neighborhood thought we were the oddest family around, but the Lord said His people would be a peculiar people. Our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works (Titus 2:13,14).
Depend on God
If you are worried about something today, you are looking at it in the wrong way no matter what it is. The Lord said we are not to be anxious for anything. Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God (Philippians 4:6). I talk faith to those around me, and I talk faith to our ministry workers when they are having it rough and when everything seems to be going wrong. I say, “It will be all right because we are walking the seas of promises, so things cannot come out any other way.”
When you travel with the Lord, you have to go down into the valley to get to a higher mountain peak; but there is plenty of green in the valley if you will take time to see it. I take notice of my valleys, and I know God will work something good out of them. He gets me ready for them, and He pours out more faith for me to use for them. God does all of His works through faith, divinity and love.
I was never a stranger to love. The Lord saw to it that I had plenty of human love as I was growing up so I would be able to understand His divine love, but so many people are strangers to love until they find the Lord; and that has hindered many marriages. My wife, Angel, and I were not strangers to love; and because of that, we had a great Bible storybook marriage. Some of our relatives said it wouldn’t last, but it did last for 27 years; and it would still be going on if the Lord had not called her home.
Angel had finished her work, and we will finish our work. We are living and prospering in love and grace; and with the understanding of the Almighty, we are ready to move as He moves, to stop when He stops and to never grumble or complain like the Israelites did in the wilderness. Many of us have learned our lessons through their failings; but if everybody had been like Caleb and Joshua, it would be a different story for the Jews today; however, they have denied God, and their hearts have become like worthless water that runs to hide underground. The green used to give them strength, but where is that green today?
Be Happy in the Lord
This is a message that never comes to an end, and I want it to churn up and down on the inside of you. Forget about the barren lands, the darkness, the grief, the pain and the violence and learn Jesus. When you do that, you will be covered with the green. It is God’s divine life, and it will be your life. You will be able to behold it working as you walk in green pastures. You will sing because you are happy, and you will rejoice in the Lord. You will behold the life of Him shining so beautifully and setting you apart for His use, making you a vessel for Him and a temple of the Holy Ghost.
Oh, how the Lord trusts, loves and adores His children! He loves us so much that He is soon coming to take us home. What a wonderful one flight out that will be, one covered with green and life. We won’t die; we will be changed. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (I Corinthians 15:51,52).
The Lord told me that the change will not be death; it will come through divinity by the Holy Spirit. The Lord said that when death would reach out for us, we would already be changed and out of reach. We will be going up through the life of the green with the One who is our tree of life.
Feel Jesus now and be healed. Listen for the sound of miracles. God’s holy sacredness is the sound of miracles, so let that power go all through you. God said, Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart (Psalm 37:4).
God has such great love for us, but the green can never be bought with money. Jesus didn’t buy us with gold and silver but with His own blood. The church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood (Acts 20:28). For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s (I Corinthians 6:20). Jesus paid a great price.
Do Not Be Left Out
The name is Jesus, and nobody has ever loved you like He loves you. Rejoice and be glad! The green, the life of Christ, is why the Early Church disciples sacrificed their very lives and were faithful unto death; the anointings did it. Paul said, I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me (Galatians 2:20). Paul had the green, and the Early Church had the green for 33 years before the disciples lost it; but we have found it again! People travel thousands of miles to get to Grace Cathedral because the green is there. When people say, “God won’t heal certain diseases,” we speak with the life and the power of Jesus and declare, “God heals all diseases; He creates and re-creates.” Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me (Jeremiah 32:27)? And I say, “Nothing, Lord, is too hard for you, absolutely nothing!” Let the redeemed of the LORD say so (Psalm 107:2).
This is our time. If you are not in the Ark, Christ Jesus, today, you must know that it is about to sail just as Noah’s ark did. Noah’s ark rose up on top of the water, but all who were left outside went under into destruction. Those who were on board the ark were safe, but they were the only ones; and so it will be when the Rapture takes place. On that great day, water will not lift us; but air will lift us up through Holy Ghost power. We will be caught away 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).
Claim the Green for Yours
Feel the Lord now. He has come to heal, to save and to baptize people in the Holy Ghost. Sinner, Backslider and Lukewarm Christian, He is here to take you out of your barren land and to plant your feet on the solid rock where you will be surrounded with the green of life. It will remind you that you have eternal life as Jesus said: Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die (John 11:26). That verse means that your soul will live in the green for all time and eternity, so never forget the green pastures. Get right with God today, and say this prayer right now: Oh, God, I am so sorry that I sinned against you; but I have come home, and I am going to serve you, Lord, for the rest of my life. I believe that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, that He is the Savior of the world and the Son of the living God. I believe that He died for me, and I believe His shed blood washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in!
If you meant that prayer, now you can say, Hallelujah, He has come! Hallelujah, Jesus is mine! My sins are all gone, and I am going forth to win souls.
Claim Miracle Life
Now, you can have a miracle. You may have a deadly disease, and some of you may have AIDS; but whole families are being healed of AIDS, and we are documenting the cases. They are real cases that are being confirmed by medical doctors who say, “There is no more AIDS.” Doctors don’t know what to make of the miracles because they know there is no cure for AIDS, but Jesus is the cure for all diseases. I am not your healer; Jesus is your healer.
Lord, I bring the people before you. Lay a healing hand on them right now. In the name of Jesus, I curse the foul diseases in their bodies—AIDS, diabetes, leprosy, cancer and strokes. Lord, heal the little children who have been born deformed or with just a part of a brain. You have already healed so many of them, and you are still healing them today. Heal! in the blood-name. Heal! in the all-powerful name of Jesus!
The divine blood is now flowing, the same blood that made me whole and has given me strength for many, many years. It is flowing through your bodies now. Get well, and then write and tell me what happened to you this day. Live in the green pastures with Jesus, and you will have great happiness. Remember, the Bible tells us, The joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10).
December, 2013, ERNEST ANGLEY, founder & editor in chief, Vol. 58, No. 6, The Power of the Holy Ghost USPS 516-050) is published bimonthly by Grace Cathedral, 1055 Canton Road, Akron, Ohio, 44312. Periodicals postage paid at Akron, Ohio, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Power of the Holy Ghost, P.O. Box 1790, Akron, Ohio, 44309.
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