I Must Be

from

Another Planet

The Mantle Of A Prophet

Bishop Milton Adams,

Founder and Pastor of Broken Chain Ministries

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I Must Be From Another Planet

The Mantle Of A Prophet

Copyright © 2006 by Milton Adams

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To my father, Apostle E. Q. Adams, for teaching me how to respond to the call of God by calling my name morning after morning, again and again. Your life is truly a reflection of the Father. May you last days be your best.

To my mother, Evangelist Elizabeth Adams, for birthing me into this world and treasuring in your heart the things that only a mother could see in her child. May your seed reach the world.

To my wife, Pastor Sarah Adams, for believing in me, my vision and dream. For the many long hours you spent editing, proof reading, and adding to this manuscript. May your hard work and effort that were done in secret be rewarded openly.

Contents

Introduction

1

Operating in the Spirit’s Realm

2

The Call of the Prophet

3

It’s Only an Illusion

4

I See Spirits

5

Caught Up in the Spirit

6

I am a God

7

The Spirit of a Name

8

Beyond the Veil

Introduction

I Must Be From Another Planet

Daily I look and see the faces of empty souls. They are empty from a lack of purpose and from a need of importance. They feel useless. They are empty from a need of wants and a need for existence. They too search for identity, not knowing their reason for being or existing. They search and find none. Their souls cry out but no one hears their cries. Who am I? From which did I come? Why am I black, white, male or female? Unanswered questions fill their wondering minds.

I too search for a reason for being. I feel like a misfit, like I don’t belong. Who am I? From where did I come? I feel trapped in this earthly body, trying to function in a dysfunctional world. My soul cries out. Where is my home? Beam me up Gabriel.

I can’t get comfortable with my setting. There’s no happiness here. I have searched and found none. Only when I am in HIS presence do I find contentment, giving and exchanging spiritual thoughts with HIM as our spirits intermix. I have tried and nothing brings me the fulfillment I need to exist. “Hold me near,” my soul cries out, “Fill the emptiness of my being.” A dark black hold fills my soul. My emotions cry out. My spirit reaches for completion as my body struggles with the burden of housing me.

In the arms of my wife my flesh finds pleasure; however, my inner—being cries out from a lack of union. What’s wrong with me? Am I normal? My flesh finds pleasure yet I long for more. This world offers me no fulfillment. I hunger! I thirst! Emptiness fills my being. I’ve tried to fit but for some strange reason I miss it again and again. Who am I?

I’ve tried to be a husband but have failed to do so. Unable to work in a worldly system. The laws of this world I find hard to operate by. Where do I belong? My life is a disaster! The joy of this world and all the goods it offer brings no fulfillment, only trouble.

Where is my safe haven? The food of this world destroys my very being. I find no existence in its pleasure of money, homes, cars or fancy clothes because they are all of no value to my being.

That which is natural is so unnatural. The unnatural calls and I can hear its cries. I feel like a natural being trying to live in this unnatural world. What’s natural here is unnatural to my being? It’s for this reason I lone to go home but where is home? I must be from another planet.

O strange man am I. I feel like I’ve been dropped in this strange world only to find my way out. It calls but where is it? Over my head I hear music in the air. Which door do I take? How do I get home? I feel like an eagle living among chickens.

What is this that I am connected to? My natural mind is unfruitful, yet I know knowledge. From where does it come? With whom do my spirit communicate? My language is not earthly. It’s strange to those who surround me. Earth understands me not. I must be from another planet.

What is this I see? Bodies have no barriers to my sight. I see spirits! I see the past, present, and future. O strange man am I. I can even see the invisible. How can this be? I must be from another planet.

I don’t live by the law of facts. I cannot live by facts for facts are not spiritual truths. Only spiritual truths are the substance for my being. O strange man am I. I must be from another planet.

What is this I hear? From the East it comes. It has the sound of horns. Could it be? It had the sound of shouting angels.

The earth shakes and the dead rise. My earthly body exists no longer. I feel like I belong as one with time and one with eternity.

Who is He that sits upon a throne? Could it be He from which I came? Earth releases me. My spirit draws near to Him. I ascend into His presence. Oh strange man am I, for now I know I am truly from another planet.

My soul leaps from joy as I ascend into the presence of Him from which I came. Tears fill my eyes as I embrace His face. With the touch of His finger He wipes away my tears.

He calls my name. A place is prepared for me. New Jerusalem is her name. The Twelve Disciples is her foundation. Pearly gates open wide. Gold is the substance that the streets are made of.

My presence is welcome. My soul is fulfilled. Home sweet home. The place from which I belong. For truly I am from another planet.

He Cometh!

For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,

and with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who 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. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

1

Operating in the Spirit’s Realm

Snow fell silently throughout the night, covering the sidewalks and rooftops of every house in the city. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, what a place to live during the winter season. There could be other warmer places to live at on this God made planet; however, this is the place where He has called me to build ministry.

Cars move slowly throughout the wet snow as they crept down the slippery streets, trying to avoid fender benders that the beauty of winter brings. Trees bend from the heavy snow that covers their limbs. Snowmen smile as the streetlights shine brightly reflecting the beauty of the season.

The wind blew as flakes of snow flickered from the lights as they fell from the heavens, covering everything with a blanket of soft fluffy, white beauty. I stood in amazement and watched from my dining room window as the falling snow transformed the entire city into a winter wonderland. What a sight to behold. The night called and I answered while the snow fell gently throughout the night.

Sunrays filled my room as the city awoke to a beautiful snow covered landscape. Trucks moved throughout the city streets plowing the snow, in order to clear the way for the fast pace of the day. I awoke and discovered that several inches of snow covered the sidewalk about the church where I resided with my family. “Well, this is my workout for the day,” I thought as I prepared myself for the great task of removing it from the sidewalk. With snow boots on my feet and a shovel in my hand, I went forth with great effort to accomplish the assignment. With a huff and a puff I pushed myself beyond the limit. Suddenly, a pain erupted from my abdomen. What could it be? Never before had I felt such intense throbbing. It felt as if an old broken down white mouth mule from the backside of Georgia was kicking my insides. My body went into a bow position as I tightly held my stomach, trying to easy the pain.

From my stomach area it moved swiftly to my chest. Never had so much pain invaded my body. My heart pounded heavily. My body became weak. I moved toward the doors of the church, trying to escape the bitter coldness of the snow. I was having a heart attack and was unable to cry out for help because of the intenseness of the pain. I whispered softly and said, “Lord, help me.” When you don’t know what to do, it’s good to know who to go to. Glory!

I managed to pull myself upstairs into the pastor’s apartment. The pain was unbearable. I cried out for release but there was none to be found. I couldn’t sit nor could I stand. I tried lying down but the pain forced me from my bed, only to pace the floor as family members looked helplessly. What a situation to be in, there was no rest for my wearied soul. The only position where I could find comfort was on my knees. I kneeled and prayed. My soul cried out.

Family members tried to comfort me with prayer and words of encouragement as they kneeled beside my pain ridden body. The pain grew extremely worse. I had to do something. From my inter-being I lifted my head to the Hill from which cometh my help. Like a trumpet out of Zion I lifted my voice with a mighty shout saying, “Devil, get off of my back!”

My body collapsed to the floor as I fell like a dead man. From the shout of my voice, others ran to aid me in my need. They did as the Bible said in James, “If any sick among you call for the elders of the church.” The elder from the church came running and anointed my body with oil and prayed the prayer of faith. My oldest son, stood about as prayer was offered. I was dying and he knew it. ‘’Daddy’’, he said, ‘’I know you believe in God, but I am going to take you to the hospital, even if I have to fight you.’’ He knew I would have never gone on my own.

Unable to fight him off, he lifted my body as the two of us walked downstairs to an awaiting car. My children cried unstoppable as they watched their father being driven away from their presence. The head deacon from the church drove swiftly through the streets of the city, going down one-way streets, through traffic lights, blowing the horn as he flashed the lights of his car in warning of an emergency situation. If I wasn’t dead by now I felt I would be by the time he got me to the hospital. The way he was driving I thought he would be the one who would kill me, not the heart attack. I could hear him and my wife crying and praying all the way to the doors of the hospital.

They took me to the nearest hospital. Upon our arrival it was discovered that this particular hospital was for pregnant women only and I definitely didn’t fit that profile. The doctor rushed me into an examining room and discovered that I was having another heart attack. Death smiled in my face. By now church members had heard about my condition. From all over the city they rushed to my aid. Needles were pushed into my body. Oxygen was placed in my nose as the doctor called for an ambulance to transfer me to the appropriate hospital.

The deacon walked into the examining room and saw blood running down my arms from the punctures of the needles. He ran to my side shouting at the nurse saying, “You’re letting him bleed like a hog!” From my bed I could see my youngest brother enter the room. With tears running down his cheeks like a water fountain, he sadly walked over, held my hand and said, “Its gonna be all right bro. Its gonna be all right.” A close Pastor friend of mine paced the floor out side of the examining room afraid to come in crying, “What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do?” I couldn’t bear it any more. If I weren’t sick by now, all of the things going on around me were certainly making me. I asked the nurse to remove everyone from the room.

I was placed into an ambulance to be transferred to the proper hospital. The paramedic said that my condition was too serious for others to ride inside the ambulance. It was me and God now as I fought the hands of death. My body was tired. I could feel my strength leaving. From afar I could hear the paramedics shouting as they worked faithfully with me saying, “Hold on Mr. Adams, hold on!” My eyes became weak as I fought with all my might to live. “We’re losing him! We’re loosing him!” shouted the paramedic. Time appeared to be no more. Like a breath of air I was gone. Where was I? What’s going on? Even today I am still flabbergasted about all that happened that day. I don’t understand it all even to this day; however, I do know one thing for certain, I had an outer body experience or a very intense vision.

During the time of this experience many revelations were unfolded to me that have revolutionized my life. I will never be the same again! It was like Paul on the road to Damascus when Jesus appeared to him, and changed him forever. Allow me please, to share with you the wonders of these revelations. I pray it will transform your life even as it has mine.

Vision of the Spirit World

During this period of transformation, I found myself in the spirit world. I was in a very open, lovely space, moving, yet I was not walking. It was as if I was one with everything as I flowed with the air. Everything appeared to be perfect. I was overwhelmed with its beauty. It’s very difficult to put in human terms the substance of such wonder. The sky was a clear blue and the grass was pure green. I could see spirits. My eyesight was beyond anything natural. It was as if I could see the purpose for being.

I moved forward toward the most beautiful city that ever existed. The structure of it was beyond anything man could have even dreamed of with his mortal mind. It was heavenly. There were no bricks, wood, clay or nails in its makeup. The thing that held it together was divine purpose. The city appeared to have known its purpose as it extended high into the heaven.

There was nothing hidden in it. Everything was as clear as glass. I knew what it was; yet no one told me. It was the New Jerusalem awaiting to descend from God with a new heaven and earth for the believers. While moving toward it I suddenly stopped. I knew that if I went any further I couldn’t come back. However, no one told me anything. I knew without asking. It was as if knowledge and I was one and the same. I was at the point of no return. I asked myself, “How is it that I know these things?”

The Spirit of God spoke to me and to my surprise it appeared to come from within my being. It was as if the inside of me was talking to the outside of me. He said, “Son, you are now operating in the realm of the spirits. This is the realm you were born to operate in from the beginning. The Spirit that you are now operating in is My Spirit. He is all knowing and all seeing even as I am.” The Lord also said to me, “It’s not your spirit that is lacking in anything, because it is born of Me, its man’s unrenewed mind that’s lacking. Once your mind become one in agreement with your born of the Father Spirit, there’s nothing you can’t do. You can speak and it shall be.’’

“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his

heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” Mark 11:23

You can walk on the waters even as Jesus did if your mind can become one with your born again spirit. Paul said, “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2). Mind transformation is a must if we are to operate in the realm of the Spirit. Even as the prophets of old were transported from one place to another, so shall it be to those who can believe and allow their mind to become one with God’s Spirit within their being.

The first thing that was revealed to me was that within my born again spirit is everything that God was, is, and going to be. My “born again spirit” is all knowing and all seeing even as God is, because he is born of God. “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3).

Your born again spirit has the nature of God, the makeup of God, and the character of God. The problem is not with your born again spirit. The problem is and has always been with man’s unrenewed mind. We can see this truth in operation when one speaks in an unknown tongue. The Spirit knows what is being said, but the mind is without knowledge.

Mind Renewal

The need for mind renewal is a must if we are to operate in the realm of the Spirit. When I say “Spirit” I am referring to the Holy Spirit. Man was created to operate in the realm of the Holy Spirit. In layman’s terms, to operate means “by” or “under” the leading of the Holy Spirit. It’s only when we operate in this realm that we become what God created us to be.

The first part of mind renewal is to agree with the WORD. You are what the Word says you are and you can do what the Word say you can do and nothing less. The second thing one must understand is the fact that we are not earth beings. We are spirit beings! The laws that we operate by are spiritual laws. We are pilgrims on the earth.

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” Hebrews 11:13

The third thing is to understand the principles of spiritual laws. A spiritual law can override a natural law; however, a natural law can never override a spiritual law.

As I stood and viewed the city from a distance a spiritual being appeared to my right side. He was an angel, but he was not in the form of an angel as we normally picture one. He didn’t have a white robe or wings. His appearance was that of a common man. As I looked upon him, I knew that somewhere in my lifetime I had seen him before. Then I remembered he was the angel that came to my rescue twenty years earlier when my baby sister was on fire and I cried out to God for help. He was the angel that came faster than a flash of lightning and put the fire out.

As I looked upon him a strange thing took place. We began to communicate with each other, but without words. I knew what he was thinking and he knew what I was thinking. It was as if we were of one mind. The Spirit revealed to me that at the beginning of man’s creation there was only one mind, the mind of God. Adam had the mind of God. As born again believers we all must be single minded, having only the mind of Christ.

I knew the angel’s thoughts and he knew mine. I asked him who was he and he responded saying, ‘’I am your ministering angel. God assigned me to you. I have been waiting for you to release me for an assignment.’’ What a revelation that was being unfolded to me, God had released ministering angels to assist me. Even as angels were released to minister to Christ during His time of trials so it is with those who have received salvation. After the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tested of the devil, angels came and ministered unto Him.

“Then the devil leaveth Him, and beholds; angels came and ministered unto Him.” Matthew 4:11

In the Garden of Gethsemane about to face the cross, Jesus’ angel ministered unto Him again.

“And there appeared an angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening Him.” Luke 22:43

Who was it that came to Jesus’ grave and rolled the stone back? It was His angel.

“And behold, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.” Matthew 28:2

Paul exhorts the church in Hebrews to be careful how they entertain strangers for some have entertained angels unaware (Hebrew 13:2).He also stated that angels were ministering spirits sent forth to aid the believer, as it was in my case.

“Are they not (angels) all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” Hebrew 1:14

As we have seen in the Word, God has assigned ministering spirits to aid the believers here on earth.

As I communicated with my ministering spirit I turned to my left and noticed a group of demon spirits gathering. They were having a conference and I was the topic of their conversation. They had come together to discuss a strategy on how to destroy me. The thing that surprised me the most about these creatures was their sizes. They were only about twelve to sixteen inches tall. There were many of them; nevertheless, they appeared to be powerless beings.

As they discussed their strategy against me, one asked, “How are we going to stop him?” Another answered and said, “I will bend the needle that’s in his arm and cause an infection that will poison his body.” Another answered and said “I will get inside of the IV and also cause damage to his body.” I turned to my ministering spirit and he said to me, “I’ve been with you all of your life waiting for you to release me for an assignment. Release me now!” I released him by commanding him to take care of those demons that were making plans to destroy me. As soon as I released him, he went over into the demons’ quarters and destroyed their works. Thank God for my ministering spirit!

It was revealed to me that God, angels, demons and man were all spiritual beings operating in a spirit world in different quarters. This world was the norm for spirits. It was in this realm that you and I were born to operate. The Lord said to me, you were born again to operate in the spirit world with Me. This revelation has transformed my ministry. Not only has it transformed my ministry it has also enlightened me in the fact that behind every action on earth, there’s a manifestation of a spirit in operation in the spirit world. There’s a spirit in operation that’s manifesting it self in the natural realm.

What you see with the physical eyes is a natural action of an invisible world. When you look behind the natural veil you will discover that there are spirits in operation in the spirit’s world. It’s in this realm that God wants us to operate by surpassing the natural and seeing the spirit of an action. Therefore, the focus should not be so much on “what” a person does, but on what “causes” a person to do what he does. It is the spirit that lives inside the body that causes each action of the body.

Why are you doing what you are doing? What’s behind your action? These are the questions that should be addressed when an action is in motion. These questions will be discussed in a later chapter.

OPERATE! OPERATE! OPERATE!

Behold a wave is forming in the mist of the deep. In this wave are the ministries of the Apostle and Prophet. Yes, even now it moves toward the seashore, the days of miracles, signs and wonders. It shall flood the earth yea it shall flood the deep.

Ye were born for such a time as this, to operate in the Spirit realm. Yea, to operate in that which I have formed from the beginning. I formed you to operate with Me. Yes, in the same realm with Me.

My voice shall be your voice. My hands shall be your hands. For it is I who does the work within. Operate I said, again I said operate. Operate in the realm to which ye were born to operate in. In the realm of the Spirit!

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away: and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and god himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all

things new. Revelation 21:1-5

2

The Call of the Prophet

I can still hear the voice of my father calling my name. “Milton, get up and light the heater.” Out of all of my siblings why does he always call my name? The house is cold from the bitter wind of winter and no one wants to make the sacrifice of getting from bed in order to light the family heater to warm the house. Again and again, morning after morning, he always called my name.

Lately, I had the opportunity to ask my father, “Out of all of my siblings, why you did always call my name to light the heater?” His answer was a delightful; yet, a surprising one. He answered saying, “You would always respond by saying, yes sir.”

It was the voice of my earthly father that taught me to answer the call of my Heavenly Father. He calls and my answer is always, “Yes Sir.” Because of this I have been called out of a people to be a prophet for God. Even as it was with my earthly father, I was called out of my siblings to be a prophet for my daddy. Aaron, the brother of Moses, was called out from among his siblings to be a prophet for Moses while Moses was called out from among his people to be a prophet for God.

What Is A Prophet?

A prophet’s office and calling is not something that is selected by the prophet, but by the Lord Jesus Christ. The prophet’s office is a gift to the church and for the church.

“Therefore it says, when He ascended on high, He gave gifts unto men…And he gave some as Apostles, and some as Prophets, and some as Evangelists, and some as Pastor and Teachers, for the equipping of the saints, for the work of service to the building up of the Body of Christ…” (Eph 4:8; 11-12 Hebrew Greek Key Study Bible)

Believe it or not, God is a personal God. It is His desire to have intimate fellowship with His children. As it was from the beginning of Creation when God walked and talked with Adam, He wants to do the same today.

“And they heard the voice of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day.” (Gen 3:8)

Today, through the Bible, prophecy, and the Holy Spirit, God still walks and talks with us in an individual, personal, intimate way as He did from the beginning. One of the ways God speaks to us today is through the mouth of His prophet.

A prophet is a person who is called by God, out of God’s people, in order to speak for God, in the name of God, and who carries God’s message to others. The receving of a message is called revelation knowledge and the delivery of the message is called prophecy. In layman’s terms a prophet is a person who goes into God’s presence, gets a Word from God, and delivers it to His people or whoever God direct him to deliver it to.

A prophet is judged by their fruits. Jesus said that one should judge a prophet (Matthew 7) by checking whether his predictions come true. Deuteronomy 18:21-22 contains several warnings about false prophets and is very specific about the test of whether a prophet is true or false.A

false prophet is considered to be someone who is purposely trying to deceive, or is delusional, or is under the influence of Satan.

According to the writer of Ephesians, the prophet has the same job as the Apostle, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher, but has it’s own system and order of operation. It’s like the tools to build a house. You have the saw, hammer, square, ruler and lever. They are all for the purpose of building the house; however, they all have their individual job assignment in the building of the house.

To stand in the office of a prophet, one is first of all a believer in the body of Christ, separated and called to this specific office by God. He is a person who is called out of a people.

A Person Called Out of A People

“Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” Psalms 50:5

The above scripture is a two part order by God. First it is a call to “Gather My saints together unto Me.” Secondly, it is a call to “those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

“Gather My saints together unto Me”. Gather is to bring into one place or group. Gather suggests nothing as to God’s plan or purpose. The key is, if God is calling for a gathering, there’s purpose for it. God used the prophet to call His people to gather.

Call is a common word, used both in the Old and New Testament. In the Old Testament call come from the root word “qara” meaning calling on someone as in to summon him for a specific message or sound. Call in the New Testament emphasizes upon to speak to a person with the purpose of bringing him nearer.

From the definition of the Old & New Testament, four things are expected of the prophet when God calls:

1.   In the Old Testament when God calls, He expects you to respond by answering Him. It’s like the expectation of my father when he called my name each morning. He expected me to answer, “Yes Sir.”

2.   In the New Testament to call is to speak to a person with the purpose of bringing him/her nearer to you as into your presence. Not only did my daddy expect me to say, “Yes Sir,” he also expected me to come into his presence.

3.   When God calls, He expects the prophet to respond to the message He gives. When you call your child, you “expect” your child to answer by coming into your presence and responding to the message you give. When God calls, He expects you to answer by coming into His presence and responding to the message He gives.

4.   God expects the prophet to carry the message to which He desires .As stated earlier the receiving of God’s message is revelation knowledge because only the prophet has knowledge of it and the delivery of the message is prophecy.

The key to always remember in a calling is if God is calling you—you are not where He wants you. The first reason God calls is to bring us into His presence; God wants fellowship. The Lord said, “Gather my saints UNTO Me. The word “UNTO” mean “BEFORE”. The word before here mean “in the presence of’ like going before a judge.

Remember the first reference of God calling was to Adam in the Garden of Eden after he hid from the presence of God.

“And they heard the voice of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. And the Lord God CALLED unto Adam and said, Where art thou?” Genesis 3;8-9

The question, “Where art thou?” implies that Adam was not where God wanted him. Are you where God wants you? If He’s calling you—you are not there! God wanted Adam in His presence! God wanted Adam close enough to have fellowship with him and close enough to have communion with him by giving and exchanging spiritual thoughts and ideals.

Adam knew where God had “been”, but God wanted Adam to be where He was “now”. Many follow the footsteps of Jesus. The footprints of Jesus is where He has been not where He’s now. God is on the move; therefore, it’s not enough to be where He was. God wants you to be where He’s at NOW. When you are that close to God you can hear what God is saying, you can see God’s vision and feel God’s feeling. When you are that close to God, He will mouth feed you. God mouth feeds the prophet!

Mouth Fed

When there’s sin in your life you cannot enter into the presence of God. Sin turns God’s face from you. He will not speak to you face to face nor will He mouth feed you. God will send a Word to you; however, it will come from one that can stand in His presence. God will only mouth feed those who are able to stand in His presence. You make look like, act like, and sound like you are in His presence and people may even think you are in God’s presence, but you know if you are there or not. There’s a dark hole in the center of your being that’s empty. It’s a feeling that makes you want to hid even as Adam hide himself when he heard the voice of God walking in the garden because he didn’t want God to see his nakedness.

The Prophet Gifts

To operate in the office of a prophet, one must have a consistent manifestation of Revelation Gifts and Prophecy. The Revelation Gifts are:

•   A Word of Wisdom

•   A Word of Knowledge

•   Discerning of spirits

A Word of Wisdom is the revelation of God concerning God’s purpose and will which always speaks of future events. A Word of Knowledge is the revelation of God concerning the facts in the mind of God about people, places and things in the present or past. The Discerning of Spirits is the insight into the spirit realms being able to see the spirit behind an action.

It’s so important to know that a prophet will not only prophesy, but will also stand in the office of a Pastor or Teacher, plus have a consistent manifestation of revelation gifts. I have also discovered that one can prophesy and not operate in the office of a prophet. Prophesy is “Speaking unto men to edification and exhortation and comfort.” (1 Cor 14:3) This is the calling and position for every member of the body of Christ.

The daughters of Philip prophesy, edified and comforted, but they were not prophets. or prophetess. Agabus was a prophet. He had a special word to Paul from God about the future. This is one of the revelation gifts that is called a Word of Wisdom.

The Gift of Prophecy

Prophecy is the speaking of God’s Word in a known tongue, as the Holy Spirit gives you the ability to speak. This gift is used for edification, exhortation, and comfort.

“But he that prophesies speak unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort…but he that prophesies edifies the church. (I Cor 14:3)

The gift of prophecy should not be confused with the prophetic office. In the simple gift of prophecy there is no revelation. In the single gift of prophecy there’s only edification, exhortation and comfort. No individual stands along in his relationship with God. We all need the rest of the Body. God has instituted the gift of prophecy as the voice of the Holy Spirit in the midst of His people for encouragement to the Body.

Personal Prophecy

Personal prophecy most of the time is to establish or witness a Word that God has already spoken to an individual’s spirit. At the same time, many people cannot or will not hear the Voice of God. When this happens the Lord often use the voice of the prophet to speak to an individual. However, God’s greatest desire is for His children to have time and wait upon Him until their minds, emotions and wills are clear enough for Him to communicate His heart and mind to them.

Personal prophecy shall never become a substitute for your responsibility of fasting, praying, and seeking God until you receive from heaven yourself.

Visions and Revelations

A prophet is one that also operates in visions and revelation. A vision is a foresight into the future while revelation is the revealing of that which is hidden to the mind of man. There are three types of visions and three type of revelation gifts. The three types of visions are, spiritual visions, trances, and open visions.

1.   Spiritual Vision: A spiritual vision is the lowest type of vision one can have. This vision is a seeing in your spirit. This is the type of vision Paul had when he was on the road to Damascus. In telling his experience, Paul said that he was blinded by a bright light and couldn’t see; yet, he saw the Lord Jesus. Paul didn’t see the Lord Jesus with his physical eyes. He saw the Lord in the spirit realm. Paul’s physical eyes were opened later when Ananias prayed for him that he might receive his sight.

2.   Trance: When one falls into a trance his physical senses are suspended for a moment. In other words he is not sleep or unconscious, but he is more aware of things in the spirit than in the natural. The Bible said that Peter went up on the housetop to pray and there “fell into a trance.” (Acts 10:10) When Peter fell into this trance he “.saw heaven open.” (v 11). Peter was seeing into the spirit realm.

3.   Open Vision: This is the highest type of vision. When one has an open vision one’s physical eyes are not closed. He is conscious and has all of his physical capabilities; yet, sees into the realm of the spirit. I will share with you open visions, dreams and revelations I’ve experienced in a later chapter.

Now that we have an insight on visions lets discuss the revelation gifts. As stated earlier, revelation is the revealing or unfolding to the mind that which is hidden. In layman terms revelation is being able to see the unknown. In the Old Testament prophets were called seers. They could see and know thing supernaturally. They had revelation. The revelation gifts are, word of knowledge, word of wisdom and discerning of spirits.

1.   A Word of Knowledge: A Word of Knowledge reveals to the prophet, by the Holy Spirit, an event that is present or in the past. I am reminded of an incident that occurred at my home. A sister from the church came over to visit. Upon her being there she left her purse in her car. At leaving she discovered that it was gone and her money. I prayed and asked God to reveal to me what happened to her purse and money. God gave me a word of knowledge. Understanding now that a word of knowledge reveals to the prophet events in the present or past. God showed me a young boy had taken the purse out of the sister’s car, putting the money into his white sock on his right leg. Afterward God revealed to me through a word of knowledge that the boy took the money to school, put the purse into a trash bend and shared the money with a classmate. After going to the boy’s school and comforting him and his classmate, telling them exactly what they did, how they did it and where the purse was, they confessed and took me to the trash bend and got the purse.

2.   A Word of Wisdom: A Word of Wisdom reveals to the prophet the mind, will and purpose of God for the future. It reveals future events that will take place. When King Saul was a young boy, he was out looking for some of his father’s donkeys that had wandered off. When Saul couldn’t find them someone suggested that he go to the prophet and ask him where to find them. Saul went to the prophet Samuel and was informed by

him that the donkeys had been found three days earlier. Afterward Samuel petitioned Saul to stand for a while because he had a word of wisdom for him. God had revealed to Samuel that a man out of the land of Benjamin was to come and to anoint him to be king over His people. “Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear A DAY EARLIER Saul came, saying, Tomorrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over My people Israel.” (I Samuel 9:10) In a later chapter I will share with you an open vision of a word of wisdom that God gave to me, which saved me and the lives of my family.

3. Discerning of Spirits: The discerning of spirits is the ability to see into the spirit world and be able to determine the difference between spirits that are in operation, primarily in a person. Discern is in three sections:

3.1. To be able to see with the eyes, mind and spirit by seeing what the spirit is, it’s origin, and the objective motive of the spirit. This is done by having a vision of it in the spirit realm.

3.2. Understand what you see by having a clear concept of the function and structure of the spirit. You cannot discern what you don’t have knowledge of.

3.3. Know the difference. To denote the unlikeness of two things does not mean having intimate knowledge of both spirits. To know the difference between them mean that you need knowledge concerning one of them in order to discern what’s not like it.

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It’s Only an Illusion

I sat and watched as my grandfather attempted to do a magic trick. Magic, it had always fascinated me by making things disappear and reappear again. “Come here boy”, he said, “Watch me blow this coin from one hand to the other.” I sat and watched as he performed the trick. He even asked me to assist him. He blew and the coin was gone. Right before my eyes it had disappeared. “Do it again,” I said. I knew I could catch the trick. Again and again he did it. Again and again I missed it. “How did you do that granddaddy?” I asked. He responded saying, “its magic.” I knew it was a trick, yet somehow I believed it was real. Isn’t it amazing that you can know that something is a “trick” or false and can still believe it to be real?

I watched one day as a grandfather corrected his grandson. In the process of doing so the grandfather became angry and hit the boy. The boy ran swiftly and told his mother of the incident. The angry parent confronted the boy’s grandfather and in amazement I watched as the grandparent denied the whole incident. “You can ask my wife,” he said, “She was there.” The wife stood strongly with her husband saying he didn’t do it. I couldn’t believe what I was witnessing. She knew what had happened yet she convinced herself that it didn’t happen.

I asked myself over and over again, “How could she deny what had happened when she saw it?” She knew what she had seen; nevertheless, she deceived herself into believing that she didn’t see what she really had seen. I believe it was because of who it can from. How many times have we all done that? It’s called “self-deception”, meaning to deceive one self. James said be doers of the Word and not hearers only. By doing so one deceive his own self (1:22) James also said that, “If any man that seem to be religious and bridle not his tongue he deceive his own heart and his practice is in vain (1:27). So, as you can see, one can deceive ones self. Deceive is to make believe it is a truth when it is false by misleading.

When people are “misled” they believe it is a truth when all alone the trickster is leading them away from the truth. It’s a trick! This is one of the devil’s biggest weapons against the believers. Well, not only the believers but also the entire human race.

When one is deceived they are not aware of the fact that they are operating in deception. Therefore, it’s very difficult to turn them toward truth. The reason is because they think they are already operating in truth. This is one of Satan’s key tricks among believers. For this reason we must always be willing and open to the receiving of the Word. Only the Word of Truth can turn one away from deception. One must be willing to allow the Word to turn them toward the truth.

The devil uses deceptions, magic, tricks and illusions against the believers. He is a powerless being. Jesus stripped him of all his power. Jesus said that “all power” were give unto Him in heaven and in the earth (Matthew 28:18). The devil can’t make you do anything. He tricks you into doing it to yourselves. The devil tricks people into playing games against one another. He is the author of confusion!

“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace.” 1 Cor

14:33

The devil is the master of confusion. When one is confused there’s a misunderstanding of the facts or of a situation. Where there’s a lack of knowledge there’s darkness and Satan is the prince of darkness. Satan uses your desires and wants to lead you into an area of deception. For this reason one must always be aware of the things they desire. Your desires can become your greatest weakness; it is the one tool that Satan will use against you. In the beginning, it was Eve desires that caused her to fall.

Tricks

The devil is a trickster; one who tricks. This is his natural unique way of acting. It is his lifestyle; better yet, it is who he is. Therefore, a trick is the devil! You may ask why I say that. In understanding what a trick is you will see it’s the devil. A trick is something done to deceive by leading away from the truth. It’s a cover up. It’s not what it appears to be. It is a deceptive appearance that appears to be truth when in fact it’s false. It’s not what you think it is. In other words, tricks are clever acts of skills that produce mischief and deception that’s designed to lead one away from truth. It is a premeditated well thought out plan by the evil one, with the total intention to deliberately lead one away from truth. Now, does that sound like Satan? He has a well thought out plan with the purpose of leading everyone away from the Truth through tricks and deception. Truth is Jesus. Jesus stated, “I am the Way the Truth and the Light.”

In Genesis, Jacob is known as a trickster. He is the twin to Esau who was the firstborn of Rebekah. During their birth Jacob held the heel of Esau, fighting for the position of the firstborn. The firstborn son was the one who would inherit the blessing of his father.

Isaac, the father of Esau and Jacob, was on his deathbed dying when he called Esau to his bedside to bless him before he died. Isaac had one request of his son before dying. Being a skillful hunter, Isaac asked him to take his weapon and go into the field and take him some venison. Upon his return he would bless him before he died.

Rebekah over heard the promise of Isaac to Esau. While Esau was away hunting, Rebekah designed a plan to trick Isaac into giving the blessing to Jacob for she loved him the most. Isaac being old, his eyesight was dim and he couldn’t see. Rebekah instructed Jacob to kill two kid goats and bring her the skin to put upon his arms so that his body would feel like the hairy body of his brother Esau. The garment of Esau was placed upon him that he may smell like him too.

Upon entering the room, Isaac could not see who Jacob was so he stretched forth his hands to feel his body. Upon feeling the goatskin and smelling the garment of Esau, Isaac was tricked into believing that Jacob was Esau, the oldest, and gave Jacob the blessing. This is the same trick that the devil uses today to deceive many, by leading them away from the truth and causing them to believe that which is false is truth. Can you see the trick?

People are tricked every day in giving money to ministries. False prophets, ministers and pastors use this device to place richness upon them by selling water and oil for blessing. There is no get-rich-quick-blessing plan. It’s a trick! You think you are getting a blessing when the only thing you are getting is a bottle of water. You tithe and pay offerings and the harvest will come in due season. This is God’s plan.

I will never forget the time that I was tricked into buying a fake gold chain. The seller told me that it was a 14k gold chain and showed me a stamp on it that said 14k. A $250, 14k gold chain for only $40! I couldn’t pass up a deal like that, so I bought the chain. Several weeks later the shine and color vanished and I discovered that I had been tricked. It was a counterfeit. What a fool I was. Why was I tricked? I was tricked because of the same reason many others are tricked. May I serve notice to the fact that I was a believer too. It matters not what status of life you live; the devil will trick you if you are not aware of his devices. I wanted something for nothing. Greed caused me to be tricked. I was blinded by greed. I should have known that it was too good of a deal to be true. At one time, I played the same game and now the game was played on the player. It’s for this reason that many are misled today, constantly trying to get an increase for nothing. The devil will forever use your greed to his advantage.

Illusions

The devil is a master of illusions. An illusion is an appearance or feeling that misinforms because it’s not real. There are things that deceive by giving a false precept. Do you see what you think you see or did you hear what you thought you heard? Is what you are looking at real?

One day my son asked me what color was I looking at? I responded to him saying “it’s the color red.” He said to me, “No, you don’t see red.” I said to him, “I see red, you see red, and all the king’s men see red. I see red! I do know what red looks like.” To my surprise he said again, “No you don’t see red.” By now I am getting upset with his answer. I really thought he was getting smart. I said to him, “Well, since you are so smart tell me what I see.” He said, “You see the colors that make up red. When you see gray, you really see black and white together as one. On the surface it appears to be gray but within it’s black and white.” What a revelation!

What do you see when a person approach you? A tall dark, lovely handsome man with light brown eyes and wavy hair? Or a 38, 26, 36 brick-house woman with long dark hair and a mouth filled with perfect white teeth? What do you really see? Is it real or is it an illusion?

In raising three lovely beautiful daughters, I would always insist that they bring their boyfriends home for me to meet. It was the one demand they hated the most. They knew I would never approve of whom they liked or at the least most of them. The reason for this was, as being a man of God; I looked beyond the bodies of their friends and would look at their spirits. They saw bodies, but I saw the makeup of the bodies. I saw their spirits. The hellos Mr. Adams, strong handshakes, yes and no sirs did not impress me. What impressed me was a righteous spirit. Appearances are only natural impressions. The question is, “What’s behind the impression?” We have lived so long in the carnal realm until that’s all we see. There are spirits inside of bodies that’s in operation.

The Bible says in 2 Cor 11-15, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel for Satan himself transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also were transformed as ministers of righteousness who end shall be according to their works.”

One of the devil’s master deceptions is to appear in the likeness of an angel of light and for his demons to appear as preachers of light. An illusion many believers fall for.

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I See Spirits

What is this I see? Flesh covers, but the spirit within is visible. Hands clapped and feet stomped, while voices of praise were lifted to the rooftop. Glory filled the temple. One of the church mother’s feet were moving faster than a freight train as she moved swiftly over the floor dancing, not to mention the way she would make her mouth move giving off a shout of praise. Mom pulled her dress as she skipped across the floor doing the two steps, crossing path with another sister who sounded like fire was really shut up in her bones. Dad instructed the people to give God praise. I watched as the people of God gave Him praise with fancy foot steps and moves that were out of this world.

The angels in heaven had to have been having a ball while God took a seat in our presence. It was praise and worship, better yet praise. What a time we were having. I was playing the keyboard while my brother was sucking his bottom lip and making that old bass guitar sound like it wanted to rock the night away. My second son beat the old worn out drum set with the beat of a heavenly marching band. Yes in deed, we were having us some church.

The doors of the temple opened and in walked the guest speaker of the evening with his aid following close behind, carrying his briefcase. As he walked down the isle toward the platform, my spiritual eyes were opened and I could see in the spirit realm. Suddenly I saw a spirit overshadow him. It was at least seven to eight feet tall. His chest was like that of a stuffed turkey as he held his head high like the Statue of Liberty. What was the Holy Spirit enlightening me on? What was this I was seeing? No, it couldn’t be. Surely not a proud spirit?

Though the minister was well dressed with his black suit and white collar, his appearance was only an illusion. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing; I knew this minister and I had heard him preach many times previous to this event. Many times we don’t want to believe a thing because of the person. The Bible said:

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15.

Later the minister’s fruits were manifested and it was discovered that he did possess a proud spirit, not to mention the other spirits that come along with pride.

We can no longer afford to be misled by well-dressed, smooth-talking, Bible-quoting ministers of Satan. We must look beyond the impressions because the impression is not the real thing. It only appears to be real.

If one cannot see spiritual things, one at least ought to be able to see and inspect fruits. The Bible also states that a tree is known by its fruit (Matthew 12:33). The fruit is the product of the tree. It’s what the tree brings into being. As I stated earlier, behind every act there’s a spirit. Do not be misled by an act. You should always look at the spirit behind the act.

False Face

While sitting on the same platform, reading my Bible, the Holy Spirit instructed me to look up to my left. As I looked up, I saw a woman bending forward to pick something up from the floor. As she began to ascend, she twisted her head toward me. I saw her face, it was behind a mask. A dark mask covered her whole face. The Spirit of God said to me, “She’s not real. She is wearing a mask. The real person is behind the mask. Look behind the mask and you will see her spirit.” There behind the mask was the spirit of divination. Divination is a rebelling witchcraft spirit that produces results as if by magic. Sounds like Satan don’t it?

Many were moved by this woman’s art of using secret charms and spirits that appeared to make unnatural things happen. Later in the service that spirit was manifested openly. Allow me to say again, “Let us not be moved so quickly by an act. Tricks, magic and illusions are the devil’s tools that are designed to lead people away from the truth. Always see the spirit behind the act.”

Tell That Fox

I am reminded of an incident when the Pharisees were trying to run Jesus out of the country. They threatened Him by saying Herod the king was going to kill Him. Jesus responded saying:

“Go ye, and tell that FOX, Behold, I cast out devils and I do cures today and tomorrow and the third day I shall be perfected.”

Go tell that fox? What a statement to be made by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, calling a man a fox. Jesus didn’t just see bodies He saw spirits. Jesus saw the spirit of King Herod. Sound like Jesus was from another planet too and I too can relate.

One day while traveling back to Milwaukee, again I saw into the spirit world. I was sitting in the back seat of a van when the spirit of a minister, who called me brother, was exposed to me. He was working with me in the ministry. While he was driving, he slowly turned his head toward his wife, who was in the passenger’s seat. Right before my eyes his face began to take on the form and shape of a fox. His nose and mouth became pointed and his eyes turned small and creepy while hair grew on his face. It was his spirit that was being exposed. He wasn’t what he had professed to be. He was a fox who only wanted to use me to advance his ministry. Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing because inward they are wolves out to destroy your ministry, or better yet to use you for their benefit.

Believe it or not people can and do have the spirits and characters of animals. Some people have jackass’s spirits. They are stubborn and uncontrollable. Others have dog’s spirits, having sex with everyone they can. There are snake spirits who are out to deceive you while the old fox spirit is out to use you for his advantage and the bull spirit has a head as hard as a rock. Remember, don’t be misled by an act, see the spirit behind the act.

Why Do You Act The Way You Act?

Yes, it’s of a true that you can be misled by what a person says. The question remains, “Why do you act the way you do?” There are many reasons why a person does what they do. Why are you serving God? Is it because of His acts or His ways? Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because of a treat.

“He made known His ways unto Moses, His acts unto the Children of Israel. Psalm 103:7

“Teach me Thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path.” Psalm 27:11a

While traveling the express, coming back into the city of Milwaukee, my sister asked me, “Pastor, what is a “hypocrite?” Thinking on it for a period of time, I said, “One that pretends to be what he’s not.” We also discovered that a hypocrite is one that says one thing in words, but does another thing in action and one who does one thing but their motive for doing it is different. In other words, I am doing it but it’s not for the reason you think I’m doing it.

Why are you buying me flowers or giving me gifts? Is it because you truly love me or is it because you are trying to get something from me? If it truly because of love, why is it that in many cases the flowers and gifts stop after marriage?

What’s the number one reason you do what you do? Think on it while you read and maybe this will help. The wife and I bought two lovely red bone dogs. After buying them we discovered that we had to take them to dog manner classes. The reasons for these classes were to train the dogs to OBEY. Understanding now that to obey is to submit to the will and order of another person. And in many cases this can be a hard task, born again or not.

In dog manner classes they were to train the dogs first to identify my voice. Secondly, they were to train them to respond to my voice. In other words, when they heard my voice they would turn and face me because they would know my sound. Thirdly, they were to train them to come to me when I call their name. Fourth, they were to train them to obey my command; to sit, stay, down, stop, wait, and no. Fifth, they were to train them to walk on what side I want them to walk on. And sixth, they were to train them how to pass another dog without attacking.

Notice I use the word “train” in this story, because that’s what they are doing. Train is to learn or teach skills; to learn or teach somebody the skills necessary to do a particular job, especially through practical experience. Train also means to break or bring an animal or person under control by teaching them to behave in ways acceptable to you, especially by voice or practice. How was I to get my dogs to do all of this? The answer was simply treats.

The teacher of the class told me that in order for me to get the dogs to do what “I” wanted them to do; I have to first do something for them that they want me to do. How many dog spirits do we have in this world today? Not only in the world, but in the church? In other words you will get what you want if you give me what I want. I am not giving you what you want because I love you or for that matter because I care about you. I’m doing what I’m doing because of your acts.

God always has ways of teaching us His Word, even in a dog manner class. The thing that God really taught me in those classes was the spirit of the dog. A dog is a dog and always will be a dog. The instructor taught me that after my dogs do what I want them to do always give them a treat or reward for obeying. A treat to sit. A treat to stop. A treat to stay. A treat to come. Put treats in your right pocket and the dog will walk on the right side because that’s where the treats are. Why you do what you do? Is it for a treat?

Do we have to be trained to obey like we train dogs to obey? If so, we are being trained to do what we do, not because we want to, but because of what we will get if we OBEY God. Your “action” says one thing but your “ways” makes another statement. A person ways will always reveal the truth. You can make you mouth say what you want it to say.

God’s Hand or God’s Face

The question to ask is, “Of the two which do I want, God’s hand, or God’s Face?” Do I want God’s acts or God’s ways? Believe it or not there is a difference. Many today are seeking the “hand” of God. In referring to “hand” we mean:

1. They want the influence of God: the influence or directing action of somebody or something. The hand of God is upon him.

2.   They want God to be a part in doing something: a share in the performance of an action.

3.   They want God’s help to do something. Lord give me a hand.

4.   They want the agreement or approval of God: a sign of agreement or acceptance. Here’s My hand on it.

5.   They want God to side with them: side or direction.

All of the above are only the “acts” of God. We cannot do what we do because of God’s acts.

In referring to “act” we mean:

1.   Something done: something that somebody does

2.   Doing something: the action of carrying something out

3.   One of several performances: a short performance

4.   Effect: to create, produce, or bring about an effect or result

5.   Play a role: to play the part of a character in a dramatic performance.

The Children of Israel knew the “acts” of God; the performance of God.

1.   God brought 10 pledges upon Egypt.

2.   God delivered them from the hard task of Egypt.

3.   God stopped Pharaoh with fire from heaven from overtaking them at the Red Sea.

4.   God divided the Red Sea.

5.   God caused an East wind to blow the sea bottom dry and they crossed on dry land.

6.   God drown Pharaoh’s army

7.   God fed them food from heaven each day except Saturdays

8.   God gave them water from a rock

9.   God healed them from serpents bites

10.   God allowed their clothes and shoes to grow on their bodies for 40 years.

Of all the things that God “DID” for the Children of Israel, they never knew the “ways” of God, and because of this they never obeyed God out of love. They only obeyed God for treats. Out of all that God “DID” for them they still, murmured, complained, sinned, and entered not in the Promise Land.

Someone said that “seeing is believing.” The Israelites “saw” and still didn’t believe! The question is, “why?” THEY NEVER KNEW THE “WAYS” OF GOD! Their only reasons for doing things were all about self. David said, “Teach me Thy ways O, Lord.” (Psalm 27:11) What was David saying?

In referring to “ways” we mean:

1.   Your manner or method of doing or achieving something; not “what” you do, but “why” you do what you do. I want to do it God’s way. Lord why do you do what You do? Thus saith the Lord, it’s not because of what you do, it’s because I love you.

2.   How to be an example of You: I want to have Your qualities and be Your example in every way. In Your ways O Lord, you and I will be alike.

3.   Teach me how to operate in Your first choice: what You want to happen or to do. I have to get it Your way.

4.   Teach me Your characteristic aspect of behavior: Your distinctive activity or style of doing things so that I can put up with those who You put up with.

5.   Teach me Your tradition or custom: the customary style or practices of Your life.

To operate in the mantle of a prophet one must never do what they do for God in order to get something from God, but because of their heart of righteousness toward God.

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Caught Up in the Spirit

Open Vision

The gift that operates in one’s life isn’t something that can be turned on and off at will. It only operates when the Holy Spirit desires for it to do so. The discernment of spirits is different. I have discovered that as I grow in the office of the prophet the gift of seeing into the spirit world is becoming more perfected in my ministry. Many call this gift open vision.

Open Vision is one of the gifts that operates in the life of a prophet along with a word of knowledge and a word of wisdom. These are Revelation gifts. I have also discovered that those who serve under my anointing as an Apostle are also operating in these gifts. Not only those who are under my leadership but also those who sit under my covering. As a matter of fact I have seen others who have come into worship services with me also operate in this anointing because of the ‘over flow’ of the prophet anointing.

It is important to understand that when one sits under or in an anointed prophetic service, they can or may suddenly begin to operate in prophecy, word of wisdom or word of knowledge. Visions can be revealed and they may even foretell an event. This doesn’t mean that they are a prophet. They may be operating in the overflow of the prophet at hand.

The purpose of an “open vision” is to reveal to the prophet events that are taking place in the spirit world by unfolding hidden things, actions, and purposes in the past, present, and future. This gift will reveal to you the mind of God, different spirits, and also natural events in the past, present, and future. This is a gift that operates continuously in the ministry of the prophet and not just for a one time experience.

Seeing The Future

Church had been dismissed and the saints were standing around talking, as we usually do after each church service. We were talking about how the Lord had moved the latest events and of course, gossiping too. My father yelled to me, “I will see you later son. I’m going home.” Tired from preaching and anticipating the long drive home from church, he departed early.

After talking with the brothers of the church, I quickly jumped into my car trying to catch my father down the long and dark highway. Driving through the hills on the backside of Mississippi at night was a frightening experience. It was totally dark and the only lights that could be seen were from a farmhouse or two on the wayside or a passing car.

I sped as I went up and down the long steep hills, praying to see my father’s taillights in the distance. All of a sudden I had an open vision. I could see into the future. O strange man am I, I must be from another planet. I saw the right front tire of my car blow out as I was speeding down a steep hill. I lost control and the car was flipping over and over.

The Holy Spirit spoke and said to me, “Son, take your foot off of the gas pedal now!” The sound of His voice was as the sound of a warning. I responded quickly to His voice and immediately the right tire blew out. I managed to control the car as I brought it to a stop. I got out and began to investigate the situation. Upon my investigation I discovered that I had stopped the car at the top of a hill. It was the actual hill that was in my open vision. At the speed I was traveling the tire would have blown out going down the hill where I would have lost control and crashed. My family’s life was saved because of the open vision God had revealed to me. Thank God for spiritual gifts.

What do I see?

Wearing a long-thin white coat, He looked into my mouth with a trained eye, pushing my tongue down with a small wooden object. Afterward he asked me to cough. With a funny shaped instrument, he looked into each one of my ears. “Well Mr. Adams,” he said, “You have a cold.” It has always amazed me how a doctor can look, feel, and push and pull on you and tells you what your dilemma is. They are trained to look for “signs”.

Runny eyes and noses, coughing, aches, and fevers are signs of a cold. Their signs are an indicator of the event that’s taking place. The signs are not the cold. They only let the doctor know that the cold is there. Signs are something that indicates a fact, event, or quality that conveys information which have specific meanings.

Signs are the same in discerning spirits. One doesn’t always see, but in many cases does, the spirit when discerning it. Discernment is the ability to see different signs and determine what sign goes with what spirit. The gift of discernment is the trained spiritual eye of the believer that can see the manifestation of different spirits and can tell what it is. It’s like the naturally trained eye of a doctor who looks for particular signs in order to determine what illness the patient has.

If Satan can disguise or materialize as an angel of light and his demons can transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, how can one determine whether it’s God or Satan? It’s for this reason every believer needs to train themselves in the discernment of spirits.

In order to determine a spirit one must have knowledge of that spirit by understanding the function, nature and operation of it. The gift of discernment is the ability to determine the difference between each spirit that’s in operation.

Remember what I keep referring to. There’s a spirit behind every action. Do you know what you are seeing? Can you determine what it is? Can you come to a decision concerning a spirit based on the result of an investigation of it? Therefore, one must obtain firsthand knowledge as to character, location, nature or likeness of a spirit. One obtains this knowledge by following up or making research by inquiring, observation or examination of the facts about a spirit. Now, don’t misunderstand me. I am not suggesting that you run off after every spirit trying to discern what it is or not; however, if you are to be skillful in casting out spirits you need to have knowledge of what spirit you are dealing with.

In discerning spirits the first spirit you need to discern is the Holy Spirit which is the Spirit of God. Most of your time should be spent on getting to know Him by obtaining firsthand knowledge of His character, nature, quality and likeness. Come to understand His function and operation by researching the Word. Acquire knowledge of Him by searching for truth and asking Him questions. Observe His works and acts by inspecting and taking close notice on how He operates. Once you get to know the Spirit of God you will know who and what He is. You may not always be able to determine what a spirit is, but if you know the Spirit of God you will always know what He is not. You could say for certain that it’s not the Spirit of God. You may not know what it is but you can surely know what it is not.

One with God

In order to get to know the Spirit of God one must become one with God’s Spirit as in union with Him. Your spirit and God’s Spirit must become one single unit by being one and the same spirit. To walk a mile in one’s shoes is not enough to know one fully, neither inquiring by asking questions and research. You will have to become one with a person in order to truly know the person. This revelation was manifested to me during my Spiritual Baptism Birth.

Dad was holding a revival service in Pace, Mississippi; a little town in the delta where a waste disposal site ran through trenches next to gravel paced roads. The church was a building that my father and another Bishop had managed to put together, and I do literally mean, “Managed to put together” with used boards, nails and blocks. It was a place where the saints loved to come and experience the power of God. They would come from miles just to be in revival services. The praise leader would sing, “Over my head I hear music in the air, there gotta be a God somewhere,” and I must say it did sound like music was in the air.

My twin brother expressed to me the glory of the first night of the revival and how he had been baptized in the Holy Spirit. For some reason I had missed the first night of service. I couldn’t wait for the next service. This day seemed to have been the longest of my life as I awaited the setting sun. At last, it was time to go. I managed to get a ride with my father. We traveled the highway going to Pace, MS. My hair was fixed .I had on my good suit, I smelled good and I was ready for some Holy Ghost revival service.

Dad preached hard as heat proceeded to go up his pant legs, causing him to sweat like an overworked mule in a broken down cotton field. The Word of the Lord was good. It was sharper than a two-edge sword. ‘’If anyone want to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost, come for-

ward’’, he said, as he stood soaking wet from head to toe before the church.

To the front I ran, waiting to receive. The altar workers gathered around me clapping, shouting, yelling, screaming, and dancing. One got in my right ear shouting, “Give up’’, while another one got in my left ear yelling, “Hold on!” Another one was saying, “Lift your hands”; while someone with bad breath was in my face screaming, “Say thank you Jesus!” You can only imagine what I looked like trying to do what everyone was saying at once. I was a mess, but it didn’t matter, I wanted the baptism of the Holy Ghost. All at once one of the mothers hit me in the top of my head and said, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost!” The Spirit of God overshadowed me and I began to fall. I was about to receive it. What a feeling it was. Then I remembered, I can’t fall, I have on my good suit and I will mess up my nice curly hairdo.

I made great effort to remain on my feet. One of the sisters saw what was going on and told me there was a proud demon in me. Now I was mad. I wanted to leave but there were too many big sisters around me to let me go. Once the words “proud demon” came out of that sister’s mouth, hands were laid on me from everywhere.

In the name of Jesus! Those tongue talking, spit slinging sisters prayed until every spirit in me was cast out as I began to surrender my spirit to God. All of a sudden I began to be caught up in the spirit. My body was on the floor but my spirit began to leave. I could no longer hear the voices of those about me nor feel their hands upon my body. I could see Him coming. It was the Holy Spirit descending. It was the Spirit of my Father.

My spirit went toward His Spirit as His Spirit descended toward mine. Then it happened! We were like two soft-smooth liquid substances intermixing. His Spirit entered mine and my spirit entered His. It was as if I was inside a billion-watt light bulb and power was turned on. I became Him and He became me as we became one unit. We became the self-same being. Truly this was the day I was born again.

I began to speak His language as I came into being as a new creature. Words formed on my lips as the sounds of heaven rang from my inner being. I was caught up in the Holy Spirit realm, the place where I was born to operate.

How long I was caught up is unknown to my natural senses. When I came to my natural senses my body was still on the floor. I was speaking in tongues as my new Spirit gave me the ability to speak. I tried to stand to my feet but my body was that of a drunken man. Now I understood Peter’s statement on the day of Pentecost when he said, “They are not drunk like you suppose” (Acts 2:15).

Glory is to God I am a new creation, born of the Spirit of God. From that day forward my life has never been the same. Daily I operate in the Spirit realm, giving and exchanging spiritual thoughts with my heavenly Father, as it was with Adam from the beginning. This is the realm you were born again to operate.

You are not an earthly being. You are an eternal spiritual being, born again to operate in the realm of the Spirit with God. Your spirit is that of God and your language is that of God. As a matter of fact, I believe that your language is the same language that Adam spoke to God with before The Fall. Your language is a heavenly one. It was sent from heaven that you might be able to communicate with a heavenly Father. O Strange man am I, I must be from another planet.

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I am a God

I know this title has shocked your socks off and your hair is standing toward heaven by now; however, it’s true. I am a god. To some of you, this may sound like the words of a blasphemer, but, to a few of you, your spirit man is having a ball. I know it’s hard for some people to fix their mouth to say such words. I am a god.

Have you ever noticed that you can easily say I am a devil? Why is it so easy to call one a devil and so hard to call one a god? The reason is that you don’t know who you are as being a born again believer. Satan and the forces of hell have assigned spirits to keep you ignorant of the facts of who you are. The devil knows that if you ever come into the knowledge of whose you are, hell is in trouble.

God said that, “My children are destroyed for a lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4). It is not a lack of power that we are in need of. I believe that the greatest need of the Church is the knowledge of their identity. Who am I? This is the question that needs to be answered.

Grandma Mattie

Grandma Mattie quietly sat the grandkids down. “Now,” she said, “I want you all to know how you all became related to two of the presidents of the United States.” “Presidents of the United States?” I asked. “Yes, the Presidents of the United States,” she said. Well, I knew my last name was Adams, but never in my wildest dream did I ever think I was in a President’s family. She went on to say, “You see, your daddy’s name is Everett Adams. His daddy is your granddaddy Ed Adams. Granddaddy Ed’s father was John Adams and John Adams’ great, great uncle was John Quincy Adams, the President of the United States, whose daddy was John Adams who was also the President of the United States. “Now you have it,” she said.

“Wow,” I said, “Presidents of the United States.” That information has changed my life forever. I have identity now! I know who I am. Today I proudly display the name Adams. Everywhere I go I let people know, I am an Adams. Everything that name was I was. Everything that name is, I am. Everything that name is going to be, I shall be.

In the natural my identity came from my father whose identity came from his father and so on. When people meet you they ask, “Who are you?” You respond by giving your name. The next question is, “Who is your daddy?”

Once you speak the name of your father, people will determine who and what you are by your father’s name. If your father was no good, as far as they are concerned, you are no good. If he was good, you are good. Not because of who you are but because of who you came from. How many times have you heard, “What’s your last name?” When you answer, the next thing people want to know is if you are related to the Adams across town? Your identity comes from your father. Without him you have neither being nor a name. So it is in the spirit realm. Without your spiritual Father you have neither being nor a name. My identity is in God.

Knowledge is Power

Next to the wisdom of God, is the knowledge of God. I, in all honesty, believe that the knowledge of whose you are is by far the most valuable piece of truth you can possess. No one can consistently perform in a way that’s inconsistent with the way he perceives himself to be. If you are to be successful in living the life of a believer; you must see yourself for who you are in the Lord. Paul said, “If any man be in Christ, he is a new being; the old things are passed away and all things are become new and all new things are of God (2 Cor 5:17-18). You are

a new being in Christ.

You need to get to know the new person; because you can only operate in the amount of knowledge you have of the new you. It’s for this reason Satan wants to keep you in the dark about the new you. He doesn’t want you to know whose you are and what you possess as being born of God. He wants you to think that you are not worth anything by saying I am just a sinner saved by grace. As becoming a believer you are not a “sinner”! You confession must be what the Word say you are. New life results in a new title. Your confession should be I am a god!

New Birth requires new life. In order to enter into new life, we must be born into it. It’s for this reason you must be born again.

“Marvel not that I say unto thee, you must be born again. That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Except a man is born again of water and of the Spirit he cannot be God’s child” (John 3: 5-7).

Being born again isn’t just a matter of getting something; it’s about becoming someone. Being born again transformed you into someone who didn’t exist before as a child of God. And if you are a child of God, you are a god. If your father is a black man, you are a black child. If your father is an Adams, you are an Adams. You are what your father is.

Your understanding of whose you are is the critical foundation of your belief structure and your behavior patterns. Your action is a reflection of who you think you are.

After Its Kind

God established a principle in the Creation stating that everything begets after its kind. (Genesis 1:11-12: 21-25) Therefore, according to the Word, a dog begets a dog. A cat begets a cat. A cow begets a cow. A fish begets a fish. A devil begets a devil and God begets gods.

After God established this principle He then said, “Let us make man in our image after our likeness” (Genesis 1:26). In others words God was saying, “Man will be a spiritual being who shall operate in the spirit realm, being in the same class with Him. In layman terms God said, “Let us make a god in our image after our likeness.” Adam was created both physical and spiritual. His body was from the earth; however, his spirit was from God. God breathed into the nostrils of Adam the breath of life and he became a living soul. (Genesis 2: 7) Adam became a god-man.

Lets go a step beyond and say, “Adam became God’s soul mate.” When God breathed into Adam, He placed inside of Adam His desires, feelings, and emotions. When God walked with Adam in the cool of the day, and the cool of the day is morning, when the dew is on the ground, not evening, it was for purpose. What’s the first thing you do every morning when entering the bathroom, well after you use the toilet? You always look at yourself in the mirror. For what purpose? The answer is, so that you may see a reflection of yourself.

Every morning when God walked with Adam, God was walking with Himself. Adam was the inside of God, on the outside of God, walking and talking to God. When God looked at Adam each morning He was looking at His own reflection. It is the same today as being born again believers. When God looks at you He looks at Himself.

Adam and Eve intimate relationship with God was terminated when they sinned. They lost the true knowledge of who and whose they were through this act. To be a god was to be one with God. Adam lost that oneness and became spiritually dead. In Adam we all died, but in Christ we are all made alive again.

The key in understanding the maturity and freedom we have in Christ is to grasp how we are born again into the family of God through Jesus Christ. Spiritual birth gains you spiritual life, being in union with God. The moment you accepted Christ’s blood your old self was gone and your new life began. Your new life results in a new title; no longer a sinner but a saint. We are not saints because we earned the title through our efforts. We are saints because we have become the righteousness of God.

We are “born of the Father,” children made in His image. Image means a representation of as in being the impression or copy of. You are a copy of God. You are God’s soul mate because you are His likeness. Likeness means being like as in having the same characteristics, traits, moods and spirit. As becoming a born of the Father child, you are a god just like your daddy God. No, you are not GOD; however, your born of the Father’s spirit is “like” God, therefore making you a god.

If you sat two identical glasses on a table it would be impossible to tell them apart. One glass couldn’t be the other glass; however, one glass could and is “like” the other glass. I am like GOD!

The New Man Is Born Of God

“Therefore if any man were in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away and behold all things are become new. And all things are of God…” 2 Cor 5:17, 18

The new birth is a birth into righteousness. That newborn again spirit man is born of the Father. God is his father and he’s God’s child. Being born of God makes you a god.

(v 8) “except a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (V 4) Except a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (V 6) That which is born of the flesh is flesh; that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (V 7) Marvel not that I say unto thee, Ye must be born again. (V 8)…Born of the Spirit. John 3:1-8

To be born again is to be converted by turning into another person. You are changed in form, characters, functions and purpose. In other words you are regenerated in spirit and character. Regenerate means to give a new and better spiritual life by putting new spirit and life into something. As a born again child of God, He has put His spirit and life inside of you.

We are Righteous and Holy

“Put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lust; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” Eph. 5:22-24

Your new man is created like God. He is righteous and holy. If he is created after God that would make him a god. The devil doesn’t want you to have this knowledge. Glory is to God that we now see the light. As you see the light you should begin to walk in that light. As you walk you will advance in your life and ministry, operating in the realm that you were born to operate in.

We Have the Knowledge of God

“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him.” Col. 3:9-19

The New Man Cannot Sin

“Whosoever is BORN OF GOD does not commit sin for HIS seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD.” 1 John 3:9

Your born again spirit is one hundred per cent God’s. It is begotten by the seed of the Father and cannot sin. Can a dog sound and act like a cat? No! Why can’t it? Because a dog doesn’t have the nature of a cat; therefore, it can neither act nor sound like a cat. You’re born of the Father, so the spirit man cannot sin because he doesn’t have the nature of sin.

Many teach that this verse means we do not “practice” sin. However, John made it plain by saying:

“Whosoever is BORN OF GOD does not commit sin.”

The word “commit” means he doesn’t do, perform, carry out or cause sin. Think about it for a minute, if God is Holy, and He is (Lev. 20:7), then everything that comes from Him has to be holy. John goes on and explains why God’s child cannot sin. Because God conceived him with His seed and he is born of God.

Now I know that many of you may be confused because you have sinned since you’ve been born again. Let me explain. Sin does not and never will come from or through your born of the Father spirit. Sin always comes through your unrenewed mind or your flesh, but never your spirit. It’s for this reason there has to be a renewal of your mind and a crucifying of your flesh.

The Spirit must always lead the new spiritual you. The new spiritual you have to renew your mind and crucify your flesh.

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The Spirit of a Name

Before becoming a born of the Father’s child, my street name was Wolfman. Wolfman came about because of my sinful nature. After shooting up on heroin I would howl at the moon like a wild freak, waking everyone in the apartment. My characteristics were that of a wild wolf. My name expressed my existence. I earned my name from the throne room of hell. The devil knew Jesus. The devil knew Paul and believe me the devil knew Wolfman. And I must say, “He knows Apostle Milton Adams too.”

Who knows your name? What happens in hell when your name is called? Does the foundation of hell shake at the mention of your name? Or does the devil just say, “Don’t worry he doesn’t know who he is. He’s of no threat to us.”

Growing up as a young boy there was one name I feared to hear. It was Tommie. Every boy in the hood knew who Tommie was. Tom-mie’s name carried weight. He was the neighborhood bully. He had slapped, kicked, spit upon and taken money from every kid in the hood. Everybody feared Tommie.

One day dad told my oldest brother and I to go to the store and purchase him an ice cream cone. We had to pass Tommie’s house in order to get there. Upon returning home, Tommie leaped from his house and the chase was on. Somehow he managed to catch up with us and knocked the ice cream cone from the hand of my brother.

Now, let me serve notice to this fact, “that was dad’s ice cream. If it was my brother’s, Tommie may have gotten away with it. Never in all of my wildest dreams had I ever seen such a thing. My brother transformed into a fearless super person. He turned around with a right hook, knocking Tommie flat to the ground. I thought he had lost his mind to do such a thing. With a Spiderman jump he leaped upon Tommie’s chest, choking the very life out of his body with both hands locked in his throat. He was killing him! Somehow, someone managed to pull him off. Like wild fire from hell locked in his shorts, Tommie ran down the street screaming all the way home. I couldn’t believe what I had witnessed. Someone had beaten Tommie and it was my brother.

Picking up the remaining ice cream cone, I proudly walked home with the king of the hill. He beat up Tommie and he was my brother. We explained the situation to dad and he proudly said, “Its well.” Later I asked my brother, “Where did you get the courage to do such a thing?” He said, “Well, I knew I was going to get a whipping from dad for not having his ice cream, so I decided to whip Tommie for my whipping.”

The news spread like wildfire throughout the entire neighborhood. Tommie had been beaten and my brother was the king of the hill. Now his name carried weight. I was so proud that he was my brother. There was no more fear. Tommie feared to even cross my path, not because of whom I was but because of whose brother I was.

Whose name do you carry? Does it have weight? As a member of God’s family I carry a name that has weight. It’s the name JESUS. Every believer has a right to use that name. It was He who defeated the devil and stripped him of all his power, defeating him before heaven, earth and hell (Col 2:15).

Power in Jesus’ Name

The power of His name was revealed to me as a boy of about ten years old. Mom wiped my head with a cold towel trying to bring the fever down. I was sick, weak and unable to do my daily household tasks. Day after day I rested helpless in my bed, fading from this unknown illness. Being poor, dad was unable to take me to the hospital. Daily, mom would pray and do her best to make me as comfortable as possible by continually wiping my head with a cold towel.

At about 4: AM one morning, while lying in my bed, I heard someone coming down the hall toward my room. I knew it was mom for she always came in the wee hours of the night to check on me. The door opened and I heard the floor crack as she walked over to my bed. My bed leaned as I felt her getting into it. “Why is mom getting in my bed?” I asked, as I turned over to investigate.

As I turned on my back, I discovered it wasn’t mom. Suddenly the ugliest creature I had ever seen leaped quickly upon my chest and began to choke the life from my body. His appearance was that of a very old ugly man with stringy thin gray hair. His head appeared to have gone right through the ceiling of the room and his hands felt long thin wet and cold about my neck. Who was he? What being was sitting in my chest choking the very life out of my body? It was Death!

I fought with all my might. Being sick and weak, I was unable to defeat him. I looked over to the other bed in the room and could see my twin brother fast asleep. I cried out his name to aid me in my need, but there was no response. What must I do? I was dying and no one knew it. I shouted with all my might, “Mom, dad, please help me!” Still there was no response. The spirit of death in a silent night was taking my life and no one heard my cry. I called the name of my brother, mother and father, but no one heard my cry.

I could feel life leaving my body, as I lay helpless on my back. The hands of death squeezed me as I struggled for breath. I knew I was dying. As my last breath began to leave my body I made a conscience decision to die with the name of my Lord and Savior upon my lips. With my last breath I softly whispered His name, ‘’Jesus.’’

Fear gripped the face of death as he quickly released his long, thin, wet, cold fingers from my neck. “Don’t say that,” he said, as he quickly tried to choke me again. Again I said the name Jesus. Again he released my neck. By now I knew what death feared the most and it was the name of Jesus. Like a trapped soul struggling for his life, I shouted the name of Jesus as loud as I could.

I went forward with my left hand and took hold of the bottom part of his mouth. As I pulled his head downward, with my right hand I hit him shouting, “In the name of Jesus!” What a workout I had. With each lick he became smaller and smaller. His size was now that of a two or three foot child. I leaped quickly from bed carrying this lifeless, defeated creature in my arms. As I stood, slowly he began to vanish right before my eyes. I shouted for my parents to come quickly to be an eyewitness of this great encounter. When they entered my room, I was standing before them with my arms outstretched; however the creature had vanished.

As I stood before my parents a miracle took place. Immediately I was totally healed. My strength and health instantly returned to my body. There was no fever or illness. Upon defeating the spirit of death I was completely healed. Thank God for the Name of Jesus. There is no other name given whereby men may be saved.

As I grew in the Lord the Holy Spirit began to teach me how to operate in the power of Jesus’ name as being a member of God’s family. When you begin to realize from which you came, you can begin to operate in the power of Christ that you possess as being a born again believer. This is called operating in the Spirit of God. This is the same realm that Joshua operated in when “he” commanded time to stand still. He needed more time and called for it to come forth.

Spiritual Warfare

One night the Lord showed me myself waging war with demons. I was standing with a sword in my hand. As each demon spirit approached me I would very skillfully overthrow him with the sword. At the beginning of the conflict I was only at war with one spirit at a time. As the battle progressed two would come at once and then three and four and so on. All of a sudden an entire army rushed me. I began to lose ground falling from my position shouting, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!”

Lying flat on my back I fought with all my might. Fear gripped my being as I continued to call on Jesus. My sword fell from my hand and the demons overpowered me.

My mind was perplexed as I lay there. How could this be? I was shouting the name of Jesus yet the demons overcame me. The Lord spoke to me saying, “Son, when you were shouting Jesus, you were calling for Him to come to your aid and fight for you.” He went on to say ‘’Jesus is not going to fight any battle for you”. All you need is inside of you. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world! You are a god, use the power within!”

When you know who you are you simply operate in that power. As being born again, God is where you are, living inside of you. When you speak God speaks. His voice is your voice. Open your mouth and tell the devil that you said get off; he knows the voice of God.

This is the time that God is manifesting Himself in human form; in the person of whom you are. Even as Jesus said to Philip, ‘When you see me you see the Father” (John 14:9), so it is with every born of the Father believer. Believe this: You are in the Father, and the Father is in you. The Words that you speak unto men are not of yourself. It is the Father that dwells in you that does the work. The Spirit of God has taken residence inside of you. You are a god. When I see you I see a God-man, even as Jesus was on earth.

God is manifesting Himself through you who are a part of His Church. His work and power are in you through the church. As being a born again believer you are now a part of Christ’s body the Church. God has entrusted all His work to you through the operation of the church and will not work apart from you.

Your whole being from the inside out is to manifest Him. Your emotions must mirror His emotions. Your thoughts must reflect His thoughts and your ways must also point to His ways. When people see you they must see God.

The Lord spoke to me asking, “Why do I have you in the life of your wife?” I responded by saying, “To protect, provide, love and care for her.” “True,” the Lord said, “However there’s more. The truth is I have you in your wife’s life to reflect me. When she sees you she should see me. You have been chosen to be my vessel that will show forth my love.”

God has also chosen you to be His vessel for the manifestation of His power and works. I pray that your eyes be open to the glorious fact that God’s Spirit indwells you. God’s Spirit should be as free in you as He was in Christ. This is a most serious thing.

God must have a way through you to channel His works. When your name is called it should reflect the characteristics, behavior and traits of God your Father. When you enter into a room, God enters. When you speak, God speaks and when they see you they shall see the Father.

Mighty Man of War

Mighty man of war, mighty man of war, mighty man of war. I beheld Satan as lightening falling from the heaven. Behold I have given you the power to tread over serpents and over all the power and devices of the defeated one. I have chosen you to display my glory and to show forth my mighty outstretched hand. Ye to show forth my mighty works and wonders.

Your whole reason for being is to manifest the Father. Yea to manifest His Son. Show forth His glory throughout the land. Show forth His acts throughout the land; yes make known His ways throughout the land.

Open your mouth and declare My Word. Speak and I shall perform it. Declare a thing to be and it shall be. Call it forth and it shall obey My voice for My voice is thy voice. Mighty man of war! Mighty man of war! Mighty man of war!

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Beyond the Veil

Television reporters knocked on the door of the house asking, “Is this the home of A Touch of Faith?” Proudly I responded, “Yes, come in.” With cameras, lights and cords they entered and proceeded to set up to interview my daughters. What an exciting moment it was in the life of the Adams. The local station was interviewing A Touch of Faith. They had signed a contract with Big Doggie Record Company, owned by Reggie White of the Green Bay Packers, and was about to open the Monday Night Football Game with the National Anthem in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The interview ended and the moment came when we were about to leave for Green Bay in a chuffer driven limousine. At last I was about to meet in person the great Green Bay Packer Reggie White. My heart pounded as the limousine pulled up. The chauffeur opened the door and like celebrities we entered. Every eye in the neighborhood watched as we departed. I never in all of my wildest dreams thought that my daughters would be singing the National Anthem at a Monday Night Football Game.

The limousine entered the parking lot of the Packers. All eyes were on us as we entered. There were sideline seats awaiting for the special appearance and seating of the girls. The National Anthem was sung and sixty thousand fans stood and cheered as the girls ended the song on a nice, soulful-smooth note. The Green Bay Packers won the game and we were taken into the private waiting room of the Packer players to wait for the great Reggie White. At last he made his special entrance. He walked over to the girls and was properly introduced to them.

They were his newest recording artists on his record label. I watched as they shook hands with their boss, laughing and talking about the game and music business. He was informed that the girl’s parents were there and came over and introduced him self to us. My eyes sparkled as he extended his hand in a warm greeting. All the ivory in my mouth shined like a Jimmie Carter grin that was locked on my face. I had my special moment with my celebrity. I asked if we could take a picture and he agreed. A picture with Reggie White, what a moment it was. Today I proudly display that picture in my office as a token of my celebrity moment.

What would you give to meet some special person and just be in their presence? How would it make you feel having your special moment with your famous celebrity? I am sure you would ask for pictures to capture the moment and display them proudly for all to see.

We get excited over the uncommon and for some reason Jesus just don’t seem to meet the criteria. We have committed our lives to Him; however, He doesn’t thrill and excite us. Maybe it’s because we have placed Him in a commonplace in our lives. When we enter His presence what do we feel? Do we get goose bumps all over, screaming from excitement? Or do we out of duty enter in? Do we grace church with our presence as a responsibility? Or do we race in to bathe in His presence?

As far back as I can recall Jesus has always been a part of my life. It was as if he was a member of the family. Being a Preacher’s Kid I often heard Him being discussed. Even His picture had a special place on the wall of the family room. Though I had never seen Him, daily I would kneel and talk to Him. He was my celebrity. He was the one that filled my childish heart.

I received Him as my Savior at a very early age in the Church of God in Christ where my father was a minister. Prior to that, in some special way I’ve always had a sense of His presence. As strange as it may sound I really can’t recall a time that I didn’t know Him. He was my invisible friend who I played and talked with daily. Though He was invisible He was very real to me.

J-E-S-U-S Spells Jesus

I recall a special event that took place in my life where Jesus really became real to me. I was preaching to my cousins in the front yard of my Uncle Tom’s country house. I was preaching about Him. Though I was only a boy of ten years of age, I was bold when it can to Jesus. They looked in amazement as I spoke so naturally about Him.

All of a sudden one of the oldest guys from the crowd shouted out to me saying, “Spell Jesus!” I froze in my boots. Fear covered my very being. I had been labeled slow and was unable to spell well. He shouted again, “Spell Jesus!” By now everyone in the crowd knew I couldn’t spell. I wanted to run away. Laugher came from the crowd as fingers pointed outwardly toward me. Tears ran down my cheeks for I knew not how to spell the name of the one I was preaching about.

For the first time in my life I heard His voice speak to me. He so gently said, “J-E-S-U-S that’s how you spell my name.’’ Boldness came over me as I proudly shouted out saying, “J-E-S-U-S that spells Jesus!” Silence covered the crowd. Amazement covered their faces as I proudly displayed His wonder.

Jesus had spoken to me and He was really real. I had always talked to Him but never had He responded. What an encounter it was. My faith grew stronger in an awareness of His presence. When I needed Him the most He truly came to me. He made me look good when I was at my

worst. I wanted to run away but He gave me courage to stay. Truly He was my celebrity.

Face To Face With Jesus

My father had a prayer closet in the loft of the old house where he would often spend days before the Lord in prayer and fasting. When it was not in use by him I would spend days fasting and talking to Jesus. Dreams and visions were revealed to me as I spent time in His presence. I would look into the spirit world and see manifestation of things to be. More than anything I wanted to see Jesus. It was my greatest childhood wish.

After leaving my prayer closet one day after hours of prayer and fasting, I pulled my weak body into bed. Night fell and I welcomed its presence with open arms. Sometime in the wee hours of the night a presence entered my room. While lying flat on my back with my eyes closed, I knew there was someone in my room. I could feel him. Fear departed from my presence and a sense of peace filled the room. Everything in the room welcomed this presence. My eyes were closed; however, I knew who was there. I knew it was Jesus. My spirit was in agreement with His presence.

I slowly opened my eyes. There at the foot of my bed He stood. It was Jesus! Glorious rays came from His body that caused the whole room to shine like a new day. I was speechless as He silently stood there. For some reason I knew that it wasn’t the floor that held Him up. It was the air that held Him up. Everything was subject to Him, even the air. He stood about six feet six inches tall. His hair had a white sliver color that hung about shoulder length. His body was covered with a thin perfect white garment. I lay in His presence as He bathed me in His glory. Time appeared to have ended as eternity embraced the moment.

Yes, it was Jesus my invisible friend. The aspiration of my childhood was fulfilled. I saw Jesus. Joy filled the room. I understand now what David meant when he said that in the presence of the Lord is the fullness of joy.

Lying there in His presence I noticed that I couldn’t see His face for a veil covered it. I wanted to look beyond the veil. I wonder why he selected not to allow me to look upon his countenance. Later in my ministry the Spirit revealed to me why.

While in prayer one day the Spirit of Prophecy overshadowed me. The Spirit of the Lord began to say, “Seek My face for there’s death in My face.” My understanding was unfruitful for I knew that the Word stated that no man could look upon His face and live (Ex 33:20). I asked, “How could I look upon your face and not die?” He responded saying, “You can’t, it’s for this reason I want you to look, for in the day you look upon my countenance ye shall truly die, for you shall have seen me as I AM! No man has seen I AM and lived.” The Lord went on to say, “When you die, then and only then will I truly be seen.”

As a child I was not ready to look beyond the veil. This dying is a death that one must willingly make. One can lead you to the veil but only those who are willing to die can go beyond. Once you go beyond there’s no returning. The veil is Jesus; however, beyond the veil is I AM! I AM is God in His fullness as the ELOHIM; the completion of Him. No man has tasted his fullness and lived as before.

The Spirit spoke to me saying, “We have only experienced God in a small portion; however, we were born of God to experience Him in His fullness. He’s more than a provider, a healer, a banner, a way maker, and a deliverer. He is I AM!” God is EVERYTHING and without Him there is NOTHING! God wants us to experience Him in His fullness. The fullness of His glory is beyond the veil.

No Man Land

I am reminded of a vision the Lord extended to me. I was invited into the kingdom of God, the realm where He lived and operated. As the door was opened to me, I entered into a room where over a million people were operating. They were happy for salvation. The party was going on as they embraced one another with dancing and excitement. I looked and there was another door that exited this room. I asked, “Can I go there?” The Spirit said to me, “Go.”

As I entered I noticed that there weren’t as many people as were in the previous room. Blessing and wealth were everywhere. The expressions of the people’s faces said it all as they operated in prosperity.

There was another door that exited this room. I asked, “Can I go there?” The Spirit again said to me, “Go.” As I entered this room I saw only a few people operating. They were operating in miracles, signs and wonders. Healing and health filled the room. I wanted to remain but, there was another door that exited this room. I asked could I go there and the Spirit again invited me to go. As I entered, there stood two men, the prophet and the apostle. They were operating in dreams, visions and revelation. Now I really wanted to remain but as you know there was another door that exited this room. I asked myself, “Could there be more?” The Spirit invited me to go and I entered.

To my amazement there was only one man. He looked like a god. His spirit was in operation. He was calling those things that were not as though they were by speaking and declaring Words that were Life. I looked upon his countenance and his expression was that of loneliness. He was a man that operated in aloneness. No man embraced him. He shared his operation with no one. The Spirit revealed to me that he was in no man’s land. No man had gone this far before in the kingdom. My heart cried for him. It was as if I could relate to his aloneness. His lonely countenance said it all. He was locked in and couldn’t return.

However, there was another door that exits this room. I asked myself, “What could possible be there?” The Spirit of the Lord said to me, “Son you can go where no man has ever gone with Me before. The door is there, you can walk through; howbeit, the price is great. There must be a denying of EVERYTHING. Wealth, home, family, wife, children, mother, father, friends, fame, power, success, your will, emotions and even life itself must be totally surrendered willingly. No one can go beyond other wise.”

There’s a place where God longs for you to operate in. There’s a place where no man has operated before and that’s in the realm with God and in the realm of fullness. The question is, “Are you willing to pay the price for this operation?” The price is death.

Come Dine With Me

There’s a seat for you at My table say the Lord. Places of intimacy, where we shall give and exchange spiritual thoughts, a place of complete union where the closeness of our spirit intermixes.

Draw near, again I say draw near. Come to the Master’s Table where you can feel what I feel and see what I see; a place where you shall be mouth fed from My Spirit to your spirit. There is a place in Me where no man has gone before.

Table of Contents

I Must Be from Another Planet

Copyright © 2006 by Milton Adams

Contents

Introduction

1 Operating in the Spirit’s Realm

2 The Call of the Prophet

3 It’s Only an Illusion

4 I See Spirits

5 Caught Up in the Spirit

6 I am a God

7 The Spirit of a Name

8 Beyond the Veil

Table of Contents

I Must Be from Another Planet

Copyright © 2006 by Milton Adams

Contents

Introduction

1 Operating in the Spirit’s Realm

2 The Call of the Prophet

3 It’s Only an Illusion

4 I See Spirits

5 Caught Up in the Spirit

6 I am a God

7 The Spirit of a Name

8 Beyond the Veil