THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY 47 Pine Hill Centreville, AL 35042 MINISTER: Leonard Chance (205) 926-7706 (205) 717-1960 leonardandbonniechance@gmail.com www.thegreatspeckledbird.org Crucifying Christ If you had the chance would you crucify the Lord? No, He was crucified two thousand years ago so I can’t crucify Him. Let me open your understanding to the way people are crucifying Him. I want you to understand how you as Church of God of Prophecy can and do many times. Church people crucify Christ all over again. Two thousand years later there are many people still crucifying the Saviour. PSALM 24:1--The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. David is talking from the mouth of Christ. Everything the earth is, it’s the Lord’s. Everything is the Lord’s. I want you to hear and understand. I want you to see what each Word means. Every jot and tittle of the Word of God shall be fulfilled before the end of time comes. Everything that Christ said in the New Testament, every Word of the New Testament must be fulfilled to the jot and the tittle. That means every “ I ” has to be dotted; every “ T ” has to be crossed. He is not coming back until ALL is fulfilled. The earth belongs to God, not man. The world belongs to God and all things therein. PSALM 24:2--For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. It was God that found the earth upon the seas and He went on to establish it upon the floods. This God did before there was ever a man on the earth. Next comes your question. 1 PSALM 24:3-4--Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart: who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. You must have more than clean hands if you’re going to ascend into the Hill of the Lord: you must also have a Pure Heart! You have to have all lying, cheating, stealing: every sin out if you’re going to remain in the Hill. The Hill is the House or the Church. PSALM 24:5--He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. David said, “He shall receive the blessing from the Lord”. Many people hunger and thirst to have a Blessing of God, even them that don’t serve Him. Serve God and you will get one. Keep your Hands Clean and keep your Heart Right. My job is to make you understand the hidden mystery of Eternal Life. In order for me to do that, you need to know the meaning of every Word in the Scriptures. With the help of the Holy Ghost, I will do that. Before you commit the sin you need to know what it will cost you. You can unknowingly commit and be lost forever. You need to know before you commit. Don’t let the Devil destroy you because of your ignorance. There are a lot of ignorant people. There is a lot of ignorance in you. You must know everything Christ knew. That is what the Bible said. We have to know the mind of Christ. We have to know what He knew; He knew it all. You have to receive Righteousness from the Lord. Salvation was given unto you. It was paid for upon the tree. Somebody had to crucify the King of Glory! All these people died lost. They were cursed from the ole Prophets’ mouth. They all died quickly and went down into the pit. Christ prayed that prayer “let them die quickly”. All who Crucify Christ Anew don’t last long. MARK 16:5--And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome who was Christ’s own Mother Mary was talking among them selves about who was going to roll the stone away. These women got up early; they wanted to go to the grave. They wanted to put spices on the Son of God but they had no strength to move 2 the stone. Prayer moved the stone. Prayer changes things. I know many people have their own way of believing. They don’t have to believe the Church of God of Prophecy way. They can believe it their own way but they are only destroying their own Soul. Come by the Word of God. God doesn’t divide the Word among the different denominations. There is only One Word! There is only One Truth! It came from the mouth of One God, the same one that made Heaven and earth and all things therein. The same one that said, “this is my world”. My world I established upon the seas and founded upon the floods. It’s God’s world! It is God’s Word and it is not Divided. Jesus became the Living Word of God. Jesus sent the Holy Ghost to fulfill what the Father said. God is not divided from the Son. The Son didn’t divide His way from the Father. The Holy Ghost knows the Word, knows what it means and how to accomplish the fulfillment and finish His Work. He will not be crucified anew. When the women came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun they saw that the stone was rolled away. It game them joy to see that which for them was impossible had already been taken care of. We went to the sepulchre at the Fields of the Wood. It is complete and whole just like the real tomb of Christ. Until I went in that sepulchre I didn’t know what a sepulchre meant. It is not just a grave. You have to walk in there before you can see what is inside. There are steps that lead down to the bottom of the tomb. There are narrow shelves made on each side of the sepulchre. I wondered, what could have been in the tomb that an Angel could sit on? Now I know. He sat on one of the little shelves. Christ’s head was to the right of the sepulchre and His feet were pointed in the other direction where the Angel sat. He was clothed in white and He knew who they were. And He said unto them, I know you seek Jesus of Nazareth: He is not here. He has risen. Come see where the Lord laid. God had a message for them. Go and tell my Disciples, and then tell Peter. He didn’t call Peter a Disciple. He is not here. He has risen. Somebody built a Cross out of an old apple tree and nailed the Son of Truth to it: the Holy One of God, the Glory of our Creator and the Salvation of our Soul. God provided a Son so that the Blood of this Holy Lamb would wash your sins away. You have a lot to Shout about. You have a lot to Praise God for. When you backslide, ole Peter backslid but he could come back to the Lord because he didn’t commit. We’ll get back to that in a few minutes. 3 Somebody said the Lord is alive. Somebody said Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother had seen Him. Two more Disciples came and said we talked to Him, we saw Him and He ate with us. No He didn’t! Arguments began. People began to doubt and couldn’t accept the Truth. There are a lot of people hearing the Gospel of God that can’t accept the Truth of the Word this Salvation offered. It is hard people when you fail to remain strong in the Lord. Don’t create your own form of God. Create God’s. Admit you are a sinner, ask God for Conviction, get rid of your demons, and get your Soul changed. That is the order of men today. If you want to go to Heaven, learn God’s Way. Learn to heed the Ministry. I told you before, follow me and learn my ways. I know what the Word of God is. MARK 16:15-18--And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. The commission of the Church that was given to it over a hundred years ago is still standing. The words that Christ gave the Early Church lasted until the rising of the last days Church, and it still stands. He that believeth and is Baptized shall be saved. Don’t tell me you are going to Heaven knowing all this. Don’t tell me you don’t want it. How are you going to be saved unless you follow the Scriptures? He that believeth, you have to have proof showing what you believe. Then He said this, “If you are Saved, if you are Born Again, then in my name ye shall cast out Devils.” Have you ever cast out a Devil? How about the one you had before you got Saved? Did not you want them out? You have to want those Devils out. They shall speak with new Tongues. They shall take up serpents. If you drink any deadly thing, it shall not harm you. Ye shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. This is to let you know you have Salvation! After Jesus said this, He was received up into Heaven. MARK 16:19--So then after the Lord had spoken with them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 4 There is one thing you can say about Christ, He was never nervous. He always had Power. That Power of God is alive in Him. That same Power is in the Holy Ghost. If the Holy Ghost is in you, you have Power to do the Work the Saviour gave you to do before He was received up into Heaven and sat on the right hand of God. Now let me deal with the twentieth verse. MARK 16:20--And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. And the Disciples went forth preaching everywhere. I believe they had zeal in their heart. They didn’t care who the person was or what place or town. They went everywhere preaching. A lot of people didn’t believe them. A lot of people don’t believe God or Jesus and they don’t believe the Holy Ghost. They don’t believe me either. The Lord is up in Heaven setting on the Throne working with them to “ Confirm”, underlining that word. The Word has to be confirmed, and it is going to take the Spirit of God! I speak His Words. He reads this Word. Nobody knew that the Lord confirmed it until they began to see signs following. What other Church on this earth can prove it has signs following? Who can prove The Church of God of Prophecy is NOT the Body of Christ when they don’t even believe the Word of God? MATTHEW 12:31,32--Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 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. Whosoever shall blaspheme the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven. Whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, He told them you can blaspheme me, you can blaspheme the Father but whosoever blasphemed the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. Somebody said to me, that’s your Doctrine. You better believe it is my Doctrine! Sure it is my Doctrine. I believe God has Chosen People whose names are already in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world. How do you blaspheme the Holy Ghost? Can a man who has Salvation blaspheme the Holy Ghost? Many have in ignorance and were cut off forever. 5 These people had the Holy Ghost but because of their ignorance the Holy Ghost left them never to return. I’m going to show you how to do that. I’m going to help you understand how you do that. God does not wink at ignorance today. Ignorance and stupidity have cost many a person their Souls. The Devil loves to prey on ignorance. Now let me help you with blasphemy. You can have the Holy Ghost and still blaspheme and be lost forever. This I got from the Lord, not only from Him but as He pointed it out to me in this Word. I shall point it out to you by the Holy Word. HEBREWS 6:1--Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God. We know we can’t just camp on Saved, Sanctified, and be Baptized with the Holy Ghost. We know we can’t just camp on casting out Devils. We know that all Scriptures have to be fulfill and shall be. We must go on beyond what the Prophets saw and said. We must go on beyond the early Church, beyond what Christ and the Disciples said. We live in the last days and we must go on and fulfill and finish the work of the House of God on this earth. With the Holy Ghost, The Church of God of Prophecy will be yet again a Great Mountain! He will rebuild it with all Chosen People. The unwanted cannot sit in the Congregation of the Holy. It seems there are a lot of people who can’t stay in The Church of God of Prophecy. We must go unto Perfection, we must preach, see, and go further than the early Church and the rising of the Church; over a hundred years ago. It is still the same Church of God that Jesus Christ ordained. It is going to stay The Church of God of Prophecy that Jesus Christ ordained until He comes and gathers it. So we go on to more Light, more Knowledge, more Understanding and we will fight the warfare against all forces of evil and He will fight with the Church as He did in the early days of its rising. Not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God. Not always running back and saying Lord, I’m sorry, it’s me again and I have sinned, save me, save me. You never get pass, we have to get pass a continual running back and camping. We would never go on. I have four things I want to list for you. Keep this in your Faith. 6 HEBREWS 6:2-3--Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit. Don’t forget the Doctrine of Baptism. Don’t forget the Doctrine of Laying on of Hands. Now you may say “I don’t like laying hands on women.” Christ didn’t have any problems laying hands on women. He kept His Work Right! You can lay hands on anybody. Keep your mind and heart right. You are charged with laying on of hands. Don’t forget to have Faith and Trust in the Resurrection of the Dead. Don’t tell me He is dead and isn’t coming back. Oh yes He is coming back! The grave has no power over the Righteous, over the Holy! The grave cannot hold down this Salvation! The Righteousness of your God will be in you when you leave this world and that old grave cannot hold down that Power of God. The fourth one is Eternal Judgment. Did I hear you say you can’t judge? Somebody better learn how to judge. How come you can’t judge? You have the Word and you have the Spirit. Ole Paul said, for this shall we do, if God permits it, nobody else will stop us. If God permits it, this will we do. Do you still believe this is what God wants: this is what we are going to do? Do you have the Spirit? If God permits, this we shall do. Death, hell, grave: nobody will stop us. I’m going to stop here for now. People blame the whole Church of God of Prophecy. They say it is lost and She will never be the same again. We have more demonized people trying to destroy The Church of God of Prophecy from within. But it won’t happen. Out of Iraq comes yet one more. They said women’s liberation started here in America. It didn’t start here. It started in Iraq. Yet one more damnable sin was created in Iraq. Ole King Ahasuerus was King when women’s liberation was born. Women think they’re liberated. Just what is it they are liberated from? ESTHER 1:9--Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. Vashti was a beauty. She was a Queen because of her beauty. Everybody likes beauty, but beauty is vain. Now Vashti went and made her a great big party. She invited all the women to come to King Ahasuerus’ royal house. 7 But a little later ole King Ahasuerus wanted to have a party. He sent for Vashti. He wanted to show her off. I want people to see the Queen of The Churches of God of Prophecy around the world. The Church of God of Prophecy is a Princess, the beauty of the earth. Ole Vashti said, I’m not going. I’m not going. Go tell the King, I’m not coming! The King was very wroth, and his anger burned in him. The King got really upset. The wise men told the King that Vashti wasn’t just disobeying she is also teaching the women to hate their husbands. Women liberation didn’t start in America. Yet one more evil I bring out of the land of Persia. That spirit was killed out in Babylon but it never was buried. Once an evil spirit is created you have it to contend with: beauty or no beauty. Vashti was replaced because she taught the women to hate their husbands. We don’t need to get away from this Truth. The time to work is now. Don’t let wife, husband, son, daughter or anybody lead you over into other doctrines or other places. That is your decision and only the individual can make that decision. HEBREWS 6:4--For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost. Oh yes you can crucify Christ in your day. You and many have. Many are Crucifying Christ all over again and blaspheming the Holy Ghost at the same time. It is impossible for those who were once enlightened. These are people that have been in The Church of God of Prophecy and tasted the Heavenly Gift. Who is the Heavenly Gift? The Holy Ghost and the sweet Word of God, they received that Heavenly Gift. How do you blaspheme the Holy Ghost? Ignorant people have and they still do. I tell you this so you won’t go and be ignorant. You have seen and you have been Born Again. You have believed in the Righteousness of this Salvation. You have been Baptized: you believe that. You believe in Laying on Hands. You believe in the Resurrection of the Dead: that is why Christ left the grave. You believe there is an Eternal Judgment. It is impossible to taste the sweet Word of God and receive the Heavenly Gift. You understood how you got it but you don’t understand how you loss it. You knew the powers of the world yet to come. 8 Through ignorance they are denouncing the Doctrine of The Church of God of Prophecy. They once had the Holy Ghost and knew the Doctrine. They now have changed and are blaspheming the Holy Ghost and have crucified Christ anew. Oh yes, they are crucifying Christ this very day. Through ignorance they are Blaspheming the Holy Ghost. Don’t let your Wife, Husband, Son, or Daughter lead you away. What is your Standard? What do you stand for? Through ignorance they will get your Soul. Once they get your Soul you alone will pay the price. Once you Blaspheme the Holy Ghost it’s too late. LUKE 13:24--Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When you quit Striving you begin to lose, because of ignorance, disobedience, or because you have a hard head and won’t take instructions. Whatever the reason, it will keep you from entering in. For Strait is the Gate and now it is the Way. There is a broad-way and a wide gate and many people will go in it. People have Quit Striving! Strait is the Way! Narrow is the Gate that will lead to Eternal Life! Few there be that find it. Let us stay on that Strait and Narrow Way. 9