THE GATES

Nehemiah 3

"If you go to Nehemiah 3and perfect the lessons of the gates - you will have met Heaven." quoted Bishop.

+++++++
1st Gate - SHEEP GATE

The Pastor's relationship to his members [ Hebrews 17:13]
+++++++

Romans 10:14

1. The Old Testament ends after 1st & 2nd Kings ... then all the other books there after are written in the context of whats been written in 1st & 2nd Kings.

•  you can find what what each book after 1st & 2nd Kings is based out of in 1st & 2nd Kings

2. The New Testament is letters written to people already in the church. Revelations tells you about the fulfillment of all things.

• The preacher tells you this and instructs you of how the word unfolds.

1 Thessalonians 2:7  the father of your soul is your preacher. He takes care of you and helps you through all the things in life as you walk along your pathway.

Acts 17:21

• When you miss church you lose your roots, your loyalty to your home church.

+++++++
2nd Gate - FISH GATE

This speaks of soul winning
+++++++

+++++++
3rd Gate - OLD GATE

The Word of God
+++++++

+++++++
4th Gate - VALLEY GATE

• When somebody falls you help by stoop and bend in kindness to help restore those around you.
• For those who've had something tramatic that has happened to them.  Church members are to be there for each other.

+++++++

+++++++
5th Gate - DUNG GATE

• The way to dispose of garbage and waste. There must be a dung gate to

Deuteronomy 23:13
Matthew 15:16-21

Romans 1 - Homosexuality. Its unholy and unclean.  Everyone that does this will be judged of God. It's an abomination.

1 Corinthians 5:6-7 Temptation - just a little leaven

• Satan can make sin look so attractive. SIN WILL ALWAYS BRING DEATH.
• So many people say they sin because they are a victim of something.  Have you heard you aren't a victim, you are a sinner!
• Just a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Judges 3:22 - story about the King of Moab

• He mistreated Israel.  Ehud was left handed and unpredictable.  He'd wear his sword on his right side.  He goes in to see the King of Moab and he unpredictably plunges the sword through the King of Moab.  And when that happened the Bible says the dirt came out.

Hebrews 4:12  The Bible is the sword that opens up your spirit so the dirt can come out.

How long has it been since you've had a prayer meeting ... where you shut yourself in and shut everything out until you felt sooo clean inside?

Having pastored for 40 years I know before every great harvest and increase, there is always a purging. God has to get rid of the toxic waste. There's something about it that's pushing them out.  Then I understand that we are getting ready for a healthy vibrant body.  It's a process of the way everything functions.

It doesn't happen overnight that people leave ... its a root of bitterness that grows, a thought that turns into a habit, and more.
+++++++

AMERICA you are about to selfdestruct.  The reason is you didn't have a prophet that wouldn't literally gut you.  You needed someone to tell you that for every baby you took with abortion, America you are going to pay for. You need to repent to God for all the sin you have created.  America's dollar is on its deathbed. It's sinking. When America is hit in the pocketbook it will weap and wail. America you are selfdestructing. Your greed is like gangreene on the inside of you.

• You want to get someone's attention take their money and their food. This is happening in America. The highest position in America is now being made a mockery of.
• This is happening in the denominations of dead churches. The dead churches are destroying themselves.
• The church is to open its arms to all those that are lost in this world.

Jesus! cleanse us, purify us, purge all the sins that are within me.