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are hundreds and possibly thousands of these types of churches throughout the United States and throughout the world. A great many of these churches have websites and I sometimes go to these sites to gather information on the different ways people do things and how they believe. I have probably visited as many as between 40 and 50 of these sites in the short time that I have been doing this. A great many of these churches claim to be fundamentalists and King James Bible believing people that claim to have the Truth of the Bible. Then I go to their pages of written statements of doctrine.

In these statements of doctrine I can see a movement throughout the world, in these websites, that seem to literally take on the Word of God, not as Holy Spirit Truth, but they seem to have a private interpretation of certain truths. These types of things have been going on for a very long time. It would seem that there are too many people in the name of the Lord that would take the Word of God and just cut out what they cannot explain about the True Power of God and why nothing really is happening in their church to show the true Power of God like in the beginning when Jesus gave Power to ministries to preach the True Gospel. He gave them Power that was never revoked or diminished or temporary in any way.

I didn't start looking for these things in the church websites right away, but I accidentally came across other certain types of websites that would be categorized as exposure type "ministries" to expose the false. When looking through these sites their main objective was to explain why certain ministries, and they would name the ministries, would be false because there were certain unnatural and unexplained things going on in these ministries. I believe that some of these things are truly false in some who would be fanatical, but these expose' people have gotten carried away with their hunger for exposure of the false. They want to explain away all the True Things of God that should be genuinely happening in every Christian Ministry in the world. If the Holy Spirit is genuinely directing each ministry, there should be Great and Wonderful Power to do all the things that were in the beginning. I say there is no evidence from the Word of God that anything that started out in the first churches were temporary and have been diminished in any way and should be left out of ministry these days. For these people seem to spread the same ignorance that are on these Independent Baptist websites.

If people think that any part of the Holy Spirit's gifts of the Spirit were just temporary, and do not happen anymore, they cannot say this in good knowledge of the Word of God for they have no proof of this at all. It is in their own minds and not in the mind of Christ at all. Whatsoever was given, was given for as long as the church age goes on. Jesus said in the letters to the seven churches in the Book of the Revelation of Jesus, that the churches should have an ear to hear the Holy Spirit. Also in First Corinthians the 12th chapter we see that we should seek the best gifts of the Spirit. Jesus also said that because He goes to the Father, we shall do even more than He did while He walked this earth. We can really do nothing, except that Holy Spirit Power do all of it. Jesus also said that the Holy Spirit would only Glorify Him.

For over 20 years I was in a ministry that the Holy Spirit would move greatly upon the people because the minister was filled with the Holy Spirit. Gifts of the Spirit were very evident with Holy Spirit filled preaching and teaching and healing. This ministry had Power as the Holy Spirit brought it forth with great signs and wonders of teaching and preaching and healing. The minister was very humble and never ever mentioned that a Gift of the Spirit was even present, but we all knew that by the Presence of God and the fruits of the Spirit that it was totally and genuinely by the Holy Spirit of Truth and had His Power on this particular church. Jesus was the only one who was glorified over all the things that happened. If it would not have been for this ministry, I know that I and my family would not have known about God's healing and how He would bring it so wonderfully in my life. For just a few years after I was introduced to this Holy Spirit filled healing ministry, cancer developed in my body to the extent that nothing on this earth from man could have helped me at all. I was healed from cancer by an indirect involvement in this ministry and not by any other way, because I did not have any medical treatment after the doctors sent me home to die. I have witnessed hundreds and possibly thousands of people who were also healed of every disease and affliction since. The deaf heard, the dumb spoke and blinded eyes were opened.

This was the indication to John the Baptist that the ministry of Jesus was there. Jesus also said before He left this earth that these things would follow those who believe. (Mark 16:17-20 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

18 They shall take up serpents; (Reference to Apostle Paul being shipwrecked on an Island and was bitten by a viper while gathering wood for a fire. Acts chapter 28:3-5) and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. This is the Highest Authority in Heaven and on Earth, Jesus said it and I believe Jesus. His Word is truth and I cannot believe that if He said it, He did not say it for a temporary happening, He said that "These things shall follow those who believe." I want to say that if people say these things do not happen any more, it is not for the reason that it was only given as temporary, but they say these things in ignorance, because they do not really believe the way Jesus wants them to believe. Jesus was always upbraiding those of His own who didn't really have the faith to believe that all things are possible with Him. I also must add that none of these things that Jesus mentioned before his ascension was to be used for a show like some people have been doing for a very long time.

The biggest problem in the religious and secular world is the fact that some people are looking around for explanations for everything that cannot fully be explained by the natural mind of men. Having faith never really occurs with them. I believe that these people are just like the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The very learned have their own way of interpreting everything. These people in our day and age would have found fault with Jesus just like the religious did back before they crucified Jesus. Jealousy does certain things to the religious world. What ever the religious do to try to discredit the Truth that is given by the Holy Spirit of Truth, will be the worst thing that they can do to themselves. Jesus said that what ever is said against Him, will be forgiven, but what ever is said against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven. Matthew 12:32-35 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

I would caution everyone to examine certain ministries with an open mind and a loving heart and not say anything contrary against anything they do not know about. These expose' people want to let everyone know how smart they are, but in truth they are very ignorant. I have read their opposition reports on certain ministries that they try to expose as frauds, and they do not know the first thing about some of them. They are going on hearsay and second hand information and maybe stop their ears and eyes and heart from seeing real truth and the Power of God. That is very dangerous to them. For on some things they are going against the Holy Spirit and they do not have truth on their side. I know of at least one ministry that has been brought into question for its authenticity by the expose' people and they were way off the mark and have put themselves into a state of unforgiveness. I have read their reports and by certain terms that they all use, it is a fact that these things were never ever mentioned at all in the ministry that they were exposing. In the ministry that was in question I personally experienced 20 years of hundreds and thousands of noted miracles done by the Power of God. I must also add that what I witnessed was not a naive observation, for in a few instances healing happened to me. The Power of God was truly present and the Presence of God was there to prove that the Holy Spirit was doing all things in those services.