Here are the words from the Lord…
“The ways many people are coming to Me are not acceptable, so their efforts to receive salvation fail.
Many people’s efforts in coming to Me to receive salvation are like men digging cisterns that hold no water.
When people come to Me to receive salvation the blood of Jesus must be applied to their hearts.
Just as the blood that was applied to the doorposts on the Day of Passover was the only thing that saved the Children of Israel from death, it is only when the blood of Jesus is applied to people’s hearts today that they are saved from death.”
God is sending this message to help people and churches by informing/warning them that the efforts of a high percentage of people who are coming to Him to receive salvation are failing! This tragic failure is happening because they are coming to God in “easy” and “comfortable” ways people and churches have created on their own, instead of following His Holy Spirit and coming to Him in the very “hard” way the Holy Spirit leads people to come! However, God is also sending this message to shine a bright light into the darkness, to help people and churches find and follow “His” way that leads to “LIFE!”
God always leads those who are willing and able to follow His Spirit, in the direction to where He reveals to them by His supernatural power that because of breaking His Holy laws they are condemned to the infinitely serious and dangerous penalty of eternal punishment!
This always brings “overwhelming” fear into these people’s lives, because the place of eternal punishment, as described by Jesus Himself, is more frightening and dangerous than anything people could ever experience in this life! This is what makes it extremely hard to follow the Holy Spirit, so that most people and churches “turn away” from following God’s leading, and they choose instead to follow the “easy” ways they have created!
Unfortunately, as Jesus warned in Matthew 7:13-14, these “easy ways” lead to destruction. He said “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and few there be that find it.”
Jesus stated very clearly in verse 14, that the only way that leads to “life” is through a narrow gate that is so hard, only a “few” people are able to find and enter through this gate and receive “life!”
The very hardest thing that any human being can ever experience in this life is for the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit to reveal to them that because they have been so horribly wrong toward the Great Creator, and because of breaking many on His Holy laws, they are guilty and condemned to the horrific place of eternal punishment!
However, this is exactly what all people must experience before God allows them to enter through the “narrow gate” and receive the “life” Jesus provided, at the cost of shedding His innocent blood and suffering an unthinkably horrible death on the cross to save them from this horrible punishment! This is why Jesus stated that to enter through this gate, it is so hard that only a “few” people are able to find it and enter in to receive “life!” This is why the Holy Spirit always leads in the direction to reveal to those who follow, that they are condemned to this serious punishment because of their sins, because this is the only way which is acceptable to God for people to come to Him!
Although all people become overwhelmed with extreme fear when the Holy Spirit reveals to them that they are condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins, this is God reaching out in infinite love and mercy to help them, because He only gives salvation to those who come to Him fully acknowledging and facing the reality that they are condemned to this serious punishment because of their sins!
This is because if anyone comes to God avoiding or omitting the truth that they are condemned to the eternal punishment Jesus died to save them and all people from, they are horribly “cheapening” and “degrading” the ultimate sacrifice He made and what He accomplished by His suffering and death to set people free from this severe punishment which God has placed upon all mankind because of their sins!
It seriously never works with God for anyone to avoid or ignore the truth that they are condemned to the eternal punishment which Jesus shed His innocent blood on a cross to save them from, because He wants the supreme sacrifice Jesus made and what He accomplished by His death to be “lifted up” and “exalted” even higher than the stars! Therefore, He never approves of, or accepts, anyone who denies that they are guilty and condemned to the severe eternal punishment Jesus died to save them from, because this is a great “insult” to the sacrifice, and the suffering and death of His only Son!
Also, because the Bible clearly informs that God has condemned all people to eternal punishment because of breaking His Holy laws, anyone who avoids or denies this truth is coming to Him in a totally untruthful and dishonest way! They are lying to themselves and to God because they are refusing to take responsibility for their sins and face the serious consequences for breaking His laws! Those who come to God in this way are only pretending to come in an honest and truthful way, so their efforts to receive salvation fail, as He is warning in this message!
We can know for certain that it is the Spirit of God Who leads and “draws” people to come through the “narrow gate” and receive the life Jesus provided, because those who come through this gate receive everlasting life, and God is the only source of this “life!”
However, Jesus confirmed this as truth in John 6:44-45 when He stated, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—”
Not only is Jesus stating in verse 44 that no one can come to Him and receive salvation unless God, Himself, “draws” them to come by His supernatural powers, but He is disclosing in verse 45 how God actually performs this “life giving” work by “teaching”people great truths they have never known before!
One of the most important truths God “teaches” to people, which “draws” them to Jesus through the narrow gate that leads to life, is that because of breaking His laws they are guilty and condemned to the severe penalty of eternal punishment! It is the overwhelming fear people experience when God reveals to them that they are condemned to this serious punishment that “draws” them to turn to Him in great desperation seeking a way to escape the horrible and extremely dangerous situation they are in! This is when God reaches out in infinite love and mercy and “teaches” them the greatest truth in existence, which is the truth of how Jesus made the way they can be set free from this horrific punishment by suffering and dying on a cross in order to take this severe punishment they deserve upon Himself and make a way they can go free! It is these powerful works God performs by “teaching” people these great truths that “draws” them to Jesus to receive the salvation/life He has provided!
Unfortunately, a high percentage of all church leaders today are revealing by their actions that they do not know that it is the supernatural convicting presence and power of the Holy Spirit Who “teaches” to people that they are condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins, and that this “vital” work is what “draws” people to Jesus through the narrow gate to receive the precious life He provided by dying in our place on a cross! Sadly, they also do not know that this powerful work the Holy Spirit performs can never be avoided or bypassed, because this disqualifies people from receiving salvation!
This is made very obvious because these leaders do very little or nothing at all to help and assist the Holy Spirit to perform this work in people’s lives, or to warn them of the extreme danger they are facing because of being condemned to eternal punishment!
Sadly, there can only be one reason why these church leaders are in this position, and this is because they did not experience the Holy Spirit “teaching” them that they are guilty and condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins, before they came to Jesus to receive salvation! Because God did not make the eternal punishment placed upon them a powerful reality to them, these leaders came to Jesus in some other “easy way” which is not acceptable to God! Unfortunately, these church leaders, consisting of a high percentage of all church leaders today, are leading multitudes of people to make the same tragic mistake they made, which is to avoid the reality that they are condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins and come to God in “easy ways” He does not approve of or accept!
By failing to lead people to follow the Holy Spirit, Who always leads people through the hard way of the “narrow gate” that leads to “life” by revealing to them that they are condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins – and by leading people instead, to come to God in “easy” and “socially comfortable” ways that enable them to avoid the reality that they are condemned to this serious punishment – these church leaders are leading masses of people to God in ways that fail, because they are leading them in the easy ways of the “wide gate” that Jesus warned in Matthew 7:13 leads to “destruction/death!”
These “easy” ways churches have designed on their own, completely apart from God, enable people to stay in their “comfort zone” while they come to God avoiding and ignoring the extremely frightening truth that they are condemned to eternal punishment because of breaking His laws! Unfortunately, this is churches leading people in the opposite direction the Holy Spirit leads, which leads them to fail to receive salvation!
A few of the many “easy” and “comfortable” ways most churches have adopted, and are unsuccessfully using to lead people to God, are by leading them to simply pray and ask Jesus to come into their heart, or to come into their life; to give their heart or life to Jesus; to surrender their life to Him; to make a “decision” to follow Jesus; or to be “confirmed,” etc.
Unfortunately, most all churches are all too familiar with these “easy ways,” because a high percentage of all churches are continually leading people to follow these “easy ways” instead of leading them to follow the Holy Spirit, Who always leads through the very “hard way” of the narrow gate that leads to life, by revealing to people that they are guilty and condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins!
However, these “easy to do” ways are very “powerful” and “deadly” deceptions from the enemy! This is because they are people making efforts to come to Jesus, but not in the way acceptable to Him! This is because these “easy ways” have nothing to do with people following the direction the Holy Spirit leads, and to face the extremely frightening reality that they are guilty and condemned to the serious penalty of eternal punishment because of breaking God’s laws, which is the only way God approves of and accepts for people to come to Him!
The Holy Spirit always leads people to first face the reality that they are condemned to this severe punishment, and then come to Jesus in a humble and contrite way, in great fear because of knowing that they are condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins, and receive Him as their Savior for the specific purpose of being set free from this horrific punishment!
All people and all churches urgently need to “wake up,” before it is too late, and realize that people coming to Jesus in very “easy” ways by simply asking Him to come into their hearts or to come into their lives, etc., is definitely not coming to God through the hard way of the “narrow gate” that leads to “life,” which is the way the Holy Spirit always leads! These “easy” ways have been created by human beings who are following the evil powers of deception, and they are the easy ways of the “wide gate” Jesus warned in Matthew 7:13 that lead to destruction!
The idea that God approves of those who come to Him in “easy” and “comfortable” ways while they are avoiding and ignoring the truth that they are guilty and condemned to the severe eternal punishment which Jesus sacrificed His innocent life on a cross to save them from, is an extremely dangerous lie that comes from the “Father of all lies!”
Unfortunately, a high percentage of all churches today are being deceived, and they are believing this deadly lie which is causing them to lead multitudes of people to God in ways that fail, and in ways that lead to eternal death!
Sadly, although churches mean well, and they are very sincere about helping people find and receive salvation, by refusing
to lead them to follow the Holy Spirit Who always leads in the direction to reveal to people that they are condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins; and by misleading them to follow the “easy” and “comfortable” ways they have created; these churches are leading those they are trying to help away from God, and away from receiving salvation, and into a very dangerous place of “deception” where they falsely believe they have come to Him in a way He accepts, when they have actually been led to Him in ways He can only refuse and reject!
Because of this “tragic failure” on the part of so many people and churches, Almighty God is calling for repentance among His people and His churches, and He is saying now:
“Repentance needs to begin in My House, and among the many people in leadership positions who have turned away from following My Way, and who are following their own easier ways, which is leading multitudes of people into failure to receive salvation, and toward eternal death!”
Chapter 20 in the Book of Revelation is about what John, one of the original twelve disciples of Jesus, saw in a Holy vision given to Him by Almighty God concerning what is going to take place on the coming great “Day of Judgment,” which is one of the most important events in all of God’s Creation!
John wrote down what He saw in this powerful vision in verses 11-12, “Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.”
John then wrote in verses 14-15 what He saw happen at the conclusion of this coming “Day of Judgment,” “This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”
These two verses reveal the extremely frightening truth that all people are guilty and condemned to the horrific eternal punishment of being thrown into the lake of fire “forever” because of their sins! This is because these verses clearly state that all people are going to be thrown into the “lake of fire” on this day, if their names have not been written in the “book of Life!” This clearly reveals that all people are condemned to be thrown into the “lake of fire” because of their sins, and the only way anyone can escape this horrific punishment is by coming to Jesus sometime during their life in this world, and by receiving Him as their Savior – so their name is written in His “Book Of LIFE!”
(The only acceptable way for anyone to come to Jesus and get their name written in His “book of Life,” is by coming to Him embracing the extremely frightening reality that they are guilty and condemned to the severe eternal punishment which He suffered and died on a cross to save them from!)
It is infinitely important for all people and all churches to know and realize that the punishment of “death” God placed upon Adam and Eve, which has been passed on to all people, consists of two distinctive parts! Romans 5:12 speaks of this punishment by stating, “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned__”
The “first” part of the punishment of death, which is now placed upon all people, is the death all people experience when their life in this world comes to an end. However, Hebrews 9:27 states, “…and as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” This verse reveals that after people experience the “first” part of the punishment of death, they will then be resurrected at the end of this age to stand before the Mighty Creator on the Day of Judgment. Unfortunately, it is here that all people who have not received Jesus as their Savior so their names are written in His “Book Of Life,“ will experience the “second” part of the punishment of death, which is referred to in Revelation 20:14 as the “second death!“ (Revelation 20:14,“This is the second death, the lake of fire.”)
Please know that the “second death” referred to in this verse is eternal, because it is being thrown into the
lake of fire – forever!
My urgent and heartfelt advice to all people and churches, including all church leaders, is to ask yourselves this most serious and important question, because where you spend eternity depends on how you are able to answer this question:
“Do I distinctly remember a specific time when I was “overwhelmed” with fear because of facing the reality that I was guilty and condemned to eternal punishment because of breaking God’s laws?”
When the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit makes the eternal punishment, which is more frightening and dangerous than anything in existence, a powerful reality to people, they will always remember this extremely traumatic experience for the rest of their lives! Therefore, if you cannot distinctly remember this experience, then it has never happened in your life!
Unfortunately, this is what happens in people’s lives if they, or the churches leading them, do not follow the Holy Spirit, Who always leads in the direction to make this serious punishment a powerful reality to people so they can come to God in the only way He accepts! If people and churches do not follow the Holy Spirit, then God does not perform this work in people’s lives, so these people end up coming to God in other alternative “easy” ways, which He does not approve of or accept! This causes their efforts to receive salvation to fail, as He is sending this message to warn people and churches about!
If you are able to realize the extremely dangerous position you are in because of not coming to God in the only way He accepts, then you urgently need to humbly seek God to reveal to you the truth concerning your sins, and the reality that you are condemned to the severe penalty of eternal punishment because of breaking His laws! You need to be completely open and willing to allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to you that because of your sins, you are condemned to this infinitely serious and dangerous punishment, along with everyone else on this planet!
You must then turn to Jesus fearing this serious punishment which is placed upon you, and receive Him as your Savior, by believing that He suffered and died a horrible death on a cross to take this severe punishment you deserve upon Himself, and to make the way you can be set free!
In the second sentence of His message God says, “Many people’s efforts in coming to Me for salvation are like men digging cisterns that hold no water.” Men who dig cisterns that end up holding no water invest a great amount of time and effort, only to find out in the end that their efforts have completely failed! Unfortunately, it is because churches have “turned away” from following the Holy Spirit Who always leads people to God in a very “hard way” by revealing to them that they are condemned to eternal punishment because of their sins; and because these churches are insistent on leading people to God in “easy” and “socially comfortable” ways which allows them to stay in their “comfort zone” by ignoring this serious punishment which is placed upon them; they are leading masses of people to God in ways that fail – just like men who dig cisterns that hold no water – fail!
The Mighty Creator is speaking this Holy Word to all churches!
“The easier ways you have invented and are using to lead people to Me to receive salvation are like the new cart King David built to move the Ark of The Covenant. Although you mean well, as did King David, it is because you have turned away from following My way and are choosing to follow your own easier ways, you are leading many people toward failure and death! Just as King David’s mistake by not carefully following My way but following his own way led to a man’s death, your mistake in following your own ways instead of following “My Way” is leading many people toward eternal death!” (To read more about King David’s mistake see 2 Samuel 6:1-11.)
The work God is performing by sending this message He has spoken, is in the same category as the works He performed during the Old Testament period when He appointed men like Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, etc., as prophets to deliver the messages He had spoken to them to warn the Nation of Israel that they were facing very serious and dangerous consequences because they had “turned away” from Him! Israel was playing the role of a harlot, because they had turned away from worshiping the Mighty Creator Who had performed many breathtaking miracles to deliver them from slavery and great affliction in the land of Egypt, and they were worshiping the false gods of the Canaanite people with whom they had intermarried, instead of destroying them as the Lord had commanded!
However, God is sending this message He has spoken here in the closing days of this age, to warn people and churches today that they are facing infinitely more serious and dangerous consequences than the Nation of Israel faced! This is because they have “turned away” from Him by refusing to follow His Holy Spirit, and come to Him to receive salvation in the way His Spirit leads!
Unfortunately, a high percentage of all people and churches have completely “turned away” from following the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit always leads in the direction that becomes extremely hard for people and churches to follow!
This is because God always reveals to those He leads that they are guilty and condemned to the severe penalty of eternal punishment because of their sins! This is because He sacrificed the innocent life of His only Son and had Him suffer an unthinkably horrible and painful death on a cross to make the only way anyone can be set free from this horrific punishment! Therefore, He never gives the precious salvation Jesus purchased by His suffering and death to anyone, unless they come to Him fully acknowledging and embracing the reality that the severe eternal punishment He died to save them from is placed upon them because of their sins!
Israel faced the serious consequences of death and destruction in this world because of turning away from God! However, masses of people, and the churches who are misleading them, are facing the severe consequences of eternal death and destruction, because of refusing to follow the Holy Spirit and because of insisting on coming to God in their own “easy” and “comfortable” ways, instead of coming to Him in the way His Spirit leads, which is the very opposite of “easy!”
When it is announced that God is sending a prophetic message He has spoken to all of His churches, as is clearly being announced now, if any person in His churches rejects God’s message they are committing a very serious transgression against Him personally! They are not only saying “no” to God and pushing Him away, but they are “taking away” His sovereign and divine right to appoint a prophet to deliver the message He has spoken to them, to help His people and His churches when He chooses to do so! They are “making light” of His message, and “trampling under their feet” what He considers Holy! This is why God is extending this serious warning by saying, “I will hold no person guiltless who rejects the Holy message I have spoken and am now sending.”
When Almighty God performs this rare and infinitely important work, He expects all those who are in leadership positions in His churches to honor and respect Him, and His message, in a way so they are willing to do everything possible to make His message available to all the people in their church, and to as many other people and churches as possible! This is because when the Mighty Creator sends words He has spoken concerning salvation, they are “Words of LIFE!” If anyone rejects God’s message, they are rejecting the “life” He is planning to give to those who welcome and receive His message!
God expects those who truly love Him to help and assist Him to get what might be the most important and powerful message He speaks and sends to His people and His churches here in these last days – delivered! He has made it very easy for people and churches to help and assist Him to get His urgently needed message delivered to others, because this can be accomplished very easily by simply forwarding this email letter, which contains His message, on to these people and churches! The Holy Spirit will accomplish all that God plans to do from that point, all you have to do is to send His “vitally important” message to them! Please know that God regards doing nothing as saying “no” to Him and “rejecting” His message!
God also expects His churches to open their doors and to allow His words to be delivered in person to their church by the person He has appointed to deliver His message. I am willing, and making myself available to do this at this time. If you decide to say yes to the Lord, you can contact me by replying to this email letter, or by using this link:
daveturnerministries@gmail.com
If you need help understanding God’s message or what He is communicating through His message, please feel welcome to contact me and request this assistance.
Also, if you would like to receive the understanding God has given to me regarding what He is saying and communicating through the last two sentences of His message, you may do so by simply replying to this email letter and requesting this.
May the Lord be with you, to guide and bless you!
In His service, David Turner