…John the Baptist
John the Baptist didn't say of
himself that he was a prophet, but a voice of one crying in the
wilderness, "Make straight paths for the Lord", in other words,
"Prepare for the Lord's coming!" Which is, in essence, what I also want
all of you to do. You're My Elijahs & voices in the wilderness,
telling the people to prepare for My 2nd coming.
With John (the Baptist)... we
had been friends and relatives; we had known each other from our youth!
That he would doubt Me was a stab to My heart!
Sometimes those who should know
better, because of all the wisdom and heavenly counsel that they were
given, all the miracles involved in their story, or the "cards they've
been dealt," those will be judged more harshly, if they fail to make
the best or full potential out of it than those who were expected to
fail because of the character traits & weaknesses they were given...
In a way, John was
counterproductive to My ministry of forgiveness, when he was publicly
condemning Herod for his relationship with Herodias, which eventually
cost him his head... There was a lot of pride, "professional jealousy"
and self-righteousness involved in all of this, too.
Many pompous & glorious
ministers of the faith will be (and have been) shocked in heaven, when
they'll see a little poor nobody receive a much greater reward than
they did, because they squandered their chance for a high reward by
destroying the good they did with that evil root of self-righteousness!
John the Baptist, who was
living a rather ascetic life-style compared to Me. In fact, this was
one of the reasons why John himself doubted Me, he could not understand
how we could be so different in this aspect.
What I will need in order to
help Me to really take over the world, (and) what I will need for the
world to be their final warning are no compromisers, no half-hearts, no
doubters of My truth, but stout believers: John-the-Baptist-like
characters, perhaps more than John-the-Beloved types, or rather: a
perfect blend of the 2, but without neglecting the rougher nature of
politically incorrect John the Baptist!
If you feel as if you're
generally deteriorating physically, then cheer up, because it means you
are fulfilling John the Baptist's discovery, "He must increase, but I
must decrease." If your flesh is deteriorating and diminishing, then it
means that My Spirit in you can prosper and come to the fore more.