18. DAVID
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And David My servant shall be king over them: and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in My judgements, and observe My statutes, and do them (Eze.37:24).
1. I'm God's servant and your servant, and I really only do what you and He ask me to do!
2. I'm the guy who has to have the vision to inspire your faith to have the courage to get out there & do the job!
3. God has chosen for you a Voice & a Man through whom He speaks His Message, which gives you the vision, which creates in you the faith, which gives you the courage, to take the initiative to attack & press on & progress & grow!
4. I can't help it, I can't stop it, I can't keep it.--I just have to give it! It's like a river that just keeps flowing, no matter what, because of the Dew of Heaven--Jesus!
5. The designer of the revolution has to be far enough away to see the over-all plan.
6. All I've got to live for is to get out the Word of God.
7. No movement ever begins without a man! Everything always has to have a leader, has to have someone who has the vision & the faith & the courage to inspire the people.
8. The character, nature & personality of the Prophet colours his ministry--& mine's been quite colourful!
9. How revolutionary can David get?--As revolutionary as the Lord!
10. I said, "Lord, I'll follow, show me the way!" He did, and it led straight into your hearts and you took me in.
11. I have the mind of Christ--so far as He gives me His thoughts. I have the words of Christ--as many as He gives me. I'm nothing but an instrument of God--His tool.--But I'm not God!
12. I am just a toilet, the humblest, lowest, most despised & dishonored of all vessels in a great house, but the most necessary! Out of the tank of every toilet comes God's fresh clean water to wash away man's defilement!
13. I'm not the Maker or the mechanic: I'm just the driver who's following the Vision ahead according to the Map and the instruction of the Owner.
14. God's Move is always led by God's Man who is God's Voice for God's Vision--the Voice of His choice--the Vision of His Chosen!
15. I said, "Lord, how could I do anything to reach all these people? I'm so small, so insignificant, so tiny, so nothing!" And suddenly the Lord spoke just as clear as I ever heard His voice...."Yes, but I have caused thy voice to echo round the World!"
16. Moses made mistakes, but there was no time when he was deceived.
17. Prophets are only men & women & they are fallible & they can misunderstand.
18. Prophets are born, not made!--Called & anointed of the Lord!
19. That's one thing I think I've proven, I'm willing to change if the Lord shows me I'm wrong!
20. They came out to see me burn, somebody on fire, & they knew I was on fire, & they loved it!--And they followed it!
21. I'm just like a computer--I'm fed with the input, & when the Lord presses the button, I give the output!
22. If you tell me I can't do it, then I'm going to prove to you I can!
23. I hate to be defeated, I hate to give up.
24. Everybody always said it couldn't be done, it wasn't possible! That's all you have to tell me, that I can't do it, then I have to prove it to you I can. Then I'm going to do it even if I have to take the whole project in my own hands & shove it through.
25. I'm always determined to finish whatever I start!
26. I'm such a crazy funny prophet! I don't think there's ever been a Prophet in the whole World as crazy & funny as I am!
27. I said, "Lord, I never wanted to be an administrator, I never wanted to run anything!" And He said, "That's why I could trust you to do it!" It was almost forced on me by the Lord! The Lord told me very clearly, "Sorry, you're not only a Prophet, but you're also a King!"
28. What makes me & my writings different is that I say things other people are afraid to say or that they're only thinking. I say what other people wish they could say. But of course they live in one place all the time. I say it, & then I have to run!--Ha!
29. If you want to know why those lessons & Letters are so long, it's just because I open my mouth & He fills it, & as long as I keep my mouth open He keeps pouring it in & I keep pouring it out. The only problem is I don't know when to shut it because as long as I keep it open, He keeps filling it. He never runs dry, He's a fountain that flows forever, out & in. He pours in & I pour out! PTL!
30. Sometimes I think the Lord just gives me these little dreams as a starter, just to make me start talking, because I know I've got to tell them & try to interpret them. It's just like He primes the pump with it, & once He gets me going He knows I can't stop. I'll faithfully give the Message!
31. I take my orders from God. I don't take my orders from the people. I give orders, I don't take orders except from God.
32. I love a confrontation! I love to bring things out in the open & hit things right on. I'm a fighter! I really love to fight because I know I'm on the right side, I know God's on my side & I've got the nothing to lose!
33. In the Old Testament, the three types of leaders who were anointed with oil for the Lord's Service as a type of the Spirit of God according to Mosaic Law were prophets, priests & kings. The prophet received his anointing directly from the Lord & spoke with the voice of God & as the mouth-piece of God. The priests also had a spiritual ministry. They ministered in the tabernacle or Temple, which was a type of the Kingdom, the church, the people. They were pastors, teachers, intercessors for the people. The king was just as important in many ways, but his duties were with the political, the material, the administration of the Kingdom. He was like a head deacon in the church--a layman. Sometimes these three overlapped, as in the case of King David, who was a well-rounded type of Christ--he fulfilled all three roles: Prophet, Priest, & King!
34. I'm the only evangelist I ever heard of whose ministry is not built on any kind of public mass meetings or even mass media!
35. It hasn't been easy, not having personal touch & contact. But when I get inspired & into writing the Lord's Letters, I feel I've got a personal, intimate, tangible touch with every human heart in our whole Family.
36. The Lord told me that I'm most blessed of all men on the face of the Earth, & I believe it & I know it, because I have you, my precious children in the Lord, who bring joy & satisfaction to my heart & soul & a feeling of tremendous accomplishment & sublime fulfillment in life!
(See also No. U, 28, 29, 61, 63, 64, 77, 78, 79, 83, 84, 102, 115, 152, 172, 264, 268, 307B, 315, 335, 351, 610, 695, 698, 724, 779, 958, 989, 992, 1333, 1335, 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1361-1363, 1365, 1367, 1406, 1501, 1539, 1540, 1592, 1598, 1642.)
37. DEU.18:15,18 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the mist of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My Words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
38. PSA.18:50 Great deliverance giveth He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
39. PSA.89:3,4 I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
40. PSA.89:19-24,35 Then Thou spakest in vision to Thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty: I have exalted one chosen out of the people. I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him: With whom My hand shall be established: Mine arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him: and in My Name shall his horn be exalted. Once have I sworn by My holiness that I will not lie unto David.
41. PSA.132:11,12,17,18 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; He will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. If thy children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for Mine anointed. His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
42. PSA.144:10 It is He that giveth Salvation unto kings: who delivereth David His servant from the hurtful sword.
43. PRO.25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
44. PRO.29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
45. ISA.55:3-5 Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for He hath glorified thee.
46. JER.30:7-9,21,24 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him; But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the mist if them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto Me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto Me? saith the Lord. In the Latter Days ye shall consider it.
47. EZE.34:11,12,23,24 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search My sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out My sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even My servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the Lord will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
48. EZE:37:24,25 And David My servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and My servant David shall be their prince for ever.
49. HOS.3:5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.
50. REV.3:7-10 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My Word, and hast not denied My Name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the Word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the World, to try them that dwell on the Earth.
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