Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker give Pastor Jim’s Message for 2012 for Day 3 on The Jim Bakker Show.
Songs
Try A Little Kindness
Quotes
God is organized and the enemy is in favor of division. -Pastor Jim Bakker
I want to hate the things that God hates and love the things that God loves. -Pastor Jim Bakker
The year 2012 will be significant in Bible prophecy. -Pastor Jim Bakker
Narrative
The Lord has really impressed Pastor Jim to get ready. He feels a strong urging from the Holy Spirit that fellow Christians need to prepare themselves for the upcoming events. Pastor Jim is unsure of whether the church will go through portions of the tribulation or none at all. At the very minimal the church will experience a lack of food and things will become increasingly difficult for families to maintain. He cannot stress enough the importance of the church being prepared for the perilous times.
Pastor Jim shares that he is concerned for those who are on fixed budgets and can’t get a hold of the extra they need. The ministry, through the help of our partners, was able to send food to Moldova. Due to the government in Moldova not allowing the food through customs, the ministry will now be giving this food away through the ministry’s food pantry. The money for the shipping of the food to Moldova will go directly to Stella’s House so that they may buy the food themselves.
Reading through the Bible and getting direction from the Holy Spirit, he feels 2012 is going to have significance in Biblical prophecy. He believes as twelve is a perfect number it will have something powerful to do in the end times. The number 12 means completeness and organization. God uses twelve many times in his scriptures such as twelve hours of light and darkness. There are twelve months, twelve disciples and twelve tribes of Israel. God believes in having things in order; however, the devil wants people to be in confusion.
For 2012 Pastor Jim believes that confusion is what will be taking place. While riding with a well known lawyer, Pastor Jim asked him about the current justice system. After some debating the lawyer admitted that it is not about who is right or wrong, but simply who hires the best lawyer. There is no criminal justice system anymore, it is nothing but confusion. The devil is the author of confusion and as Christians it is time to rise up and understand the times that are upon us.
The church needs to know what they need to do to make it. The church needs to stand against the devil and he will flee. Christians need to devote themselves totally to God. Together the church is powerful but divided they cannot stand. The Bible says that if we draw near to God, he will camp around us. With the confusion of 2012, Pastor Jim believes there is great deception coming. A great deal of people will wake up and realize that they have been deceived. The only thing to help one avoid confusion is knowing the word of God and having it ingrained inside of our beings.
Expounding on the scriptures that loving money is a path to destruction, Pastor Jim tells the church to be concerned about their spiritual status more than financial one. He points out various scriptures that tell the church to avoid the things of the world and the love of money. By clinging close to God, he will supply all of our needs. Jesus never had anything good to say about money. He often taught in parables about the rich and the disadvantages that wealth brought.
Pastor Jim has often received criticism because he does not buy into the prosperity doctrine. He says that people often say that he offers products on the air, but that is only to pay the bills of the ministry and nothing more. He does not believe in selling blessings or if one gives to his ministry that all their needs will be met. He does not offer indulgences, but rather products that one needs to be ready for the end times.
Scriptures
Revelation 21:14 KJV And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Numbers – Organizing Israel
Revelation 21:10-21 – The New Jerusalem
Isaiah 27:1 NASB In that day the LORD will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
Isaiah 5:20 KJV Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Exodus 23:1-7 – Have Nothing to do with a False Charge
Matthew 25:35 NCV I was hungry, and you gave me food. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was alone and away from home, and you invited me into your house.
Luke 10:27 NCV The man answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.”Also, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
Matthew 16:18 KJV And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Hebrews 10:25 KJV Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Ephesians 4:32 KJV And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
John 13:34 KJV A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Matthew 5:44 KJV But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Exodus 18:21-22 MSG And then you need to keep a sharp eye out for competent men—men who fear God, men of integrity, men who are incorruptible—and appoint them as leaders over groups organized by the thousand, by the hundred, by fifty, and by ten. They’ll be responsible for the everyday work of judging among the people. They’ll bring the hard cases to you, but in the routine cases they’ll be the judges. They will share your load and that will make it easier for you. If you handle the work this way, you’ll have the strength to carry out whatever God commands you, and the people in their settings will flourish also.
Acts 6:2 NIV So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.
Matthew 7:14 KJV Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
II Corinthians 11:14 KJV And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Hebrews 13:5 I will never, never, never leave you. I will never, never, never forsake you.
James 4:7 NCV So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you.
Luke 6:24 KJV But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Matthew 6:24 NIV No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
I John 2:15 KJV Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
I Timothy 6:10 KJV For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
III John 1:2 KJV Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Matthew 4:4 KJV But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
