(Tim Taylor - October 19, 2020) Do you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel?  Then you might be a modern-day Pharisee!  

You see, we’ve entered into a period of time where the Church, nations and the world have been brought into a valley of decision.  A valley is a low point, and the analogy in Joel 3 speaks of a moral low point where PEOPLE’s decisions reveal the true condition of their heart. 

Hebrews 5:12-14 2 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Can you discern?  Can you decide?  Can you recognize good and evil? 

Or will you find yourself in Isaiah 5:20 where you become one of the ones who call evil good and good evil?  Or will you find yourself in the camp of the Pharisees, you know, the ones who Jesus accused in Matthew 23:24 of straining at a gnat while swallowing a camel because their attention to personal details in people’s lives blinded them to the weightier matters of justice, mercy and truth. 

True mercy can never exist without justice and justice can never really exist without truth.
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In my last video I inserted a Pharisee detector.  I used a phrase to check to see if you were one who strained at a gnat while swallowing a camel.  I wanted to see if you were more offended by my phrase, “what the hell,”, or, if you were more offended because of laws which originated in hell were passed that encouraged the people to commit and abominations, which are acts which trigger a spiritual law that causes the very land to vomit the inhabitants out. 

In my lifetime I have never seen lying, hypocrisy and the incredible lack of judgment revealed in the pulpit as I have today.

Matthew 23:23-24 says:

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.  Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Today, many are hyper focused on President Trump’s personal behavior while they are blind to the “weightier matters” like Justice.  Justice cannot exist without truth.  True mercy cannot exist without true justice.  So, if you find yourself hyper focused on President Trumps personal behavior or focused on his behavior from 20 years before he received Christ, and you neglect facts like:

Tim Taylor - August 11, 2020 - On Sunday August 9th we hosted a service for believers in our neighborhood and then enjoyed an agape feast after worship was done.  Holy Spirit moved powerfully in the home as evidenced by people's testimonies and the tears that flowed as we worshiped together and then our Lord ministered to us.  In previous weeks we've seen God heal many times.  It was another marvelous day but it was not over. 

We heard that Sean Feucht was hosting "Let Us Worship" with "Northwest Current" and "Awakening Seattle" in the park at the heart of the CHOP/CHAZ area which has been at the center of the riots in Seattle.  We just knew we had to go. This was an opportunity to make Church history and to partner with God's will and lend ourselves and our voices to Him.  We interceded, prayed, danced, clapped, sang, and worshipped the Lord.  When I say we, I mean young and old, black, white, red, yellow and people from a multitude of denominations and streams.  We did the word! 

• 2 Samuel 6:20 .... and I will become even more undignified than this... said David after he'd danced before the Lord.
• Psalm 149:6-9 .... we honored our Lord with the high praises of God 
• Psalm 2:6 .... we delcared the decree over Seattle and the Northwest
• John 1:12.... as many as received Him, He gave them the right to become children of God
• Acts 10:47...  they were water baptized
• Acts 4:29.... many witnessed to Antifa, Satanists, protestors with this attitude, "Now look upon their threats, and grant unto Your servants with all boldness they may speak Your word by stretching out Your hand to heal...."

I estimated over 1000 were there and more importantly, our Lord's presence was there.  It was marvelous.  

Some threatened with weapons, tried to steal, damaged equipment, cut off the generator, yelled obscenities.... but through it all, the Church, the ekklessia, the "Called Out Ones" just kept singing, dancing, worshipping and praying.  

I'll share several posts, testimonies and articles below but let me highlight two testimonies I absolutely love.  Jeremiah n Maresha Swartz shared Christ with some of the protestors after it was over.  As they walked away they overheard them say, "man those must be real Christians because they were not scared at all."  

We also saw a guy filming using Facebook Live on top of a dome.  He was decked out with clothing and tats that made it pretty clear he was a Satanist.  Someone found his FB live clip where he says "the more that I yell at them, the more fun they have.  The more fun they f_ _ _ _ _ _ have dude.  This S_ _ _ _ _ is ridiculous."  You'll find a link below but beware of his language. 

Light was introduced in the darkness and some were set free.  Check it out below.  Also, if you'd like to follow Sean Feucht's team and Let Us Worship around the states click here. 

By Tim Taylor, July 26, 2020 - Yesterday Brenda and I joined a state representative, ministers and churches from around Washington state in Kennewick Washington at the Calvary Chapel Tri-cities amphitheater for Operation: "In God We Trust."  It was a protest against Governor Inslee's prohibition of the FREE EXERCISE of Religion and Worship of God. I was honored to pray the benediction at the end of the 2nd service.  

Six ministers in each service addressed the issue of "what lawful and scriptural basis guarantees our freedom to worship God at all times?"  The seventh minister led prayer during the benediction and our State Representative wound the whole event up leading us in a song, a corporate prayer of intercession with, "God Bless America."  

At the end of the 2nd service I followed Troy Green of Northwest Life Center who served as the closer of this event with a powerful call for the restoration of David's tabernacle.  I did the benediction. Click here for a 2 minute Youtube video where I began to pray for the real Church to arise.  I prayed for courage to return to the Church and for the body of Christ to get a spine.

But, I want to focus on "arise."  Why?  Because on our drive back across the mountains we saw an unusual sight which I believe is a sign of the real Church arising.  It's an encouragement from our Lord that He has heard and is answering our prayer.  1 Kings 18 provides context for it as does Joel 2.   What God is saying through the sign? 

There is a Church Arising!  

Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, "...And there is nothing new under the sun." 

Racism is a relatively new term addressing an ancient problem.  What's the problem?  According to the Bible it is a sin problem. 

​According to secular humanism, which flows hand in glove with the godless Marxist ideology which seeks to exploit this issue, it is a skin problem.    A wikipedia article attributes the first recorded mention of the term in Oxford's Dictionary in 1903.   

Let's start with how racism is defined today.  Dictionary.com says it is "a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.  

Bottom line, making any decision about any person or people group based upon the color of their skin or ethnicity is wrong.  Typically the moment anyone says, all whites, all blacks or African-Americans, all Asians, all Jews, all Muslims..... fill in the blank.  You are wrong.  Why? Because invariably not all fit the description which turns your statement into a half truth and a half truth mixed with untruth is a lie. The brush you used to paint the situation is to big. The inaccurate statement harms or wrongs the individual that does not fit the description.  They are maligned. That means evil was spoken of them.

Do you need to identify the racist or racism?  Find the one whose speech most frequently refers to color, race or ethnicity in a demeaning or derogatory way.    

The Same Problem Existed in the Early Church

By Tim Taylor, July 17, 2020 - A fire broke out on the US Bonhomme Richard in San Diego.  According to some sources it appears fires were set in the bow and in the stern simultaneously.  (The New Arab reports: Iran commander claims US Navy warship fire is "insider arson." while Defense News reports: The Bonhomme Richard fire deals blow to Navy's designs for Indo-Pacific.)

Last night during "The Call to Pray for our Nation" I was impressed by the Lord that this is a prophetic sign.  You see, the Bonhomme Richard was named after the ship skippered by the founder of the American Navy, John Paul Jones.  He was made famous by his response in a battle off the British Isles in which the Bonhomme Richard took on the British frigate Serapis and a smaller vessel the Countess of Scarborough.  

In the first engagement the Bonhomme Richard was severely damaged.  Out gunned, sinking and at a grave disadvantage Jones heard the British captian yell, sir, do you wish to strike your colors?  That's the signal for surrender.  To which John Paul Jones famously replied, "sir, I have not yet begun to fight."  

Against all odds the bloody battled continued.  Three hours later, the Countess of Scarborough and the Serapis surrendered to John Paul Jones.  Jones had to transfer his flag to the Serapis as the Bonhomme Richard sunk the next day.  

In this video I'll desribe how this prophetically points to the remnant Church upon which America's destiny resides today.  Click here for Tim's revelation in this Youtube video.

by Tim Taylor, July 8, 2020: There is a precept in war that says you ought to know your enemy.  The principle of objective says it this way.  The objective must be clearly defined.  If it is not, casualties mount and defeat or stalemate is inevitable (see Developing Apostolic Strategy).  The real enemy manifesting through BLM has not been identified by most.  It is actually demons working through people.  In fact, that's part of the strategy of their founders. 

Consider this report by Religion News Service from June 15, 2020 in Black Lives Matter is "a spiritual movement," says co-founder Patrisse Cullors.  The article says and note, I've added my own underlines; 

Excerpt 1:  Abdullah and Cullors touched on the practice of calling out the names of the victims that they advocate for in protests and demonstrations. It's kind of a way to invoke their spirits, Abdullah said.
Uplifting the names of victims goes beyond creating hashtags, Cullors said.
“It is literally almost resurrecting a spirit so they can work through us to get the work that we need to get done,” she said.
By highlighting their names, Cullors said she feels "personally connected and responsible and accountable to them, both from a deeply political place but also from a deeply spiritual place.”
Cullors touched on West African traditions that center on remembering ancestors.

Excerpt 2: 

As part of the ritual, people recited the names of "those taken by state violence before their time — ancestors now being called back to animate their own justice," Farrag wrote.
After each name, Abdullah poured libations on the ground as the group in return chanted "Asé." The Yoruba term is "often used by practitioners of Ifa, a faith and divination system that originated in West Africa," Farrag wrote.
Abdullah on Saturday said it took her almost a year before she realized Black Lives Matter was much more than a racial and social justice movement.
"At its core, it's a spiritual movement," she said.
Cullors said it became clear to her they needed "spiritual protection" ...

Bottomline, this practice invites demons to work through people in the Black Lives Matter organization.  That in and of itself should make things abundantly clear who the real enemy is.  by Tim Taylor, July 6, 2020: 

by Tim Taylor, July 6, 2020: Black Lives Matter (BLM) has come to the forefront of the civil rights movement but its practices and ideology are far different than the civil rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  Why?  It's because of their worldview and their ideology.  An in-depth look at the ideological foundation of their founders will provide great insight to help us discern the fruit of the BLM organization. 

There is a basic principle found in God's word which teaches us that if the root is good the fruit is good.  We find this concept first introduced in Genesis 1:11 which says it this way and note my underlines.  "Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.  If you plant an apple seed you are going to get apples.  Not pears!  True?  Of course! 

In Matthew 7:15 -16 Jesus warns us about false prophets.  He tells us how to recognize them in verse 16.  He says in Matthew 7:15-20 and note my underlines, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

What fruit is Jesus refering to?  I submit you that it refers to the characteristics of character and the results that accompany the practice of those character traits.  Consider the following scriptures and note the underlines.

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.  

John 10:10 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Galatians 5:19-24  Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.  
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires

The Three Founders of Black Lives Matter

If you ever want a clear sign as to where Satan, the Devil, whose name in Greek, diablos, litterally means slander and false accuser, the one whom John 10:10 says comes to kill, steal and destroy, the same one whom John 8:44 reveals is the father of lies, stands on an issue, then look to those who practice witchcraft.   You can discern what God is up to and what Satan's goal is by watching what they curse or hex.  Understand that lying, cursing, slander and false accusation is his modus operandi.  It's just the way it works.   

What else do we learn from scripture?  Lawlessness and or the creation of unrighteous laws is a work of Satan (2 Thess 2:7) and Jesus wants no part of those who practice lawlessness (Matt. 7:23).  1 Samuel 15:23 reveals that:

"For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry...."  

You'll also find that witchcraft was practiced by those who sacrificed and murdered innocent children in 2 Chronicles 33:6.  In fact, you will find 12 scriptures that clearly indicate that those who practice witchcraft or sorcery are evil.  

So, whenever I look at an issue and witches get involved, it becomes blatantly obvious what Satan's goal is.  For example, witches agree with abortion which is blatantly contrary to God's word.  

Today, on June 5th witches around the world are using this supermoon to coordinate their efforts to curse President Trump and this nation.  If you want to understand Satan's goal and what God's solution is, watch what they curse. 

This is a call for all of God's holy apostles and prophets, the real gatekeepers to get to your post and proclaim God's word.  This is a call for the remnant Church to arise and stand in the gap and intercede.  We are not ignorant of the enemy's devices nor are we complacent.  Check out the alerts we sent out over the last two days through the 1Church1Day app for the full picture.  Here is a glimpse.  I urge you, pray. 

Alert!  Maria Brink's Call to Stand with Witches on June 5th's Super Moon Serves is a Sign! 

2 Timothy 2:24-26 
And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

The Greek word translated "snare" (Strongs g3803) in 2nd Timothy means a trap, a trick or stratagem, a snare.  Besides catching us through unforgiveness or provoking us to sin we could say, the devil sets strategic traps and his goal is to trip us up.  In our spiritual war he has set, what I like to call, demonic  improvised evil devices (IEDs).  They are not played out just in Church but rather all throughout the seven spheres of society. His goal is to trick, deceive, entrap, wound and destroy as many people as he can using lies, deceptions, twisted facts, slander, accusation and manipulation. 

These demonic stratagems are not just one dimensional?  They are multidimensional.  The seven spheres of society are where Satan's strategies can have the widest impact especially when he can get a demonic idea codified through a law.  But the first dimension we must be prepared to engage is internal.  This is where the first battle begins.  This is why our mindset and moral compass are so important. 
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Apostolic Warfare Wisdom
Paul, the apostle, wrote in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 saying, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled."

In my book "Structures & Strategies" I share the real meanings of the words translated "war" and "warfare." These words actually refer to the strategic function of the apostolic gift. God made the apostle for strategic thought.   Verse 5 reveals that the battle ground is actually in our minds.  Therefore, foundational apostolic teaching is extremely important for every believer (see Hebrews 6 Foundations) because it impacts what we think.  What we think  is really important because Proverbs 23:7 reveals that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.  

Our thinking determines our worldview.  Our worldview impacts others. 

The spiritual war I speak of begins with you.  It begins with me.  It begins in the soul which is at war with your spirit.  The war is won by applying God's word FIRST to your own life.  Hebrews 4:12 describes how God's word is quick and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and the joint and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intent of the heart.  

In this struggle you will engage strongholds of thinking and arguments  in your own mind first as it says in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.  You must cast down vain imaginations and bring every thought into captivity that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.  

Only then will you be prepared to engage in this spiritual culture war in your society, effectively and with some authority. 
So, step one requires you to become proficient with your spiritual weapons, especially the word of God. 

Discernment & Judgment
2 Corinthians 2:11 reveals what I like to call spiritual IEDs.  IEDs stands for “improvised explosive devices.”  This is a tool commonly used by terrorists in today modern battlefield.  Verse 11 says, “lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices."  The Greek word translated devices is enlightening. It actually means:

• An evil thought of purpose
• a perception, i.e. purpose, or (by implication) the intellect, disposition, itself: — device, mind, thought.

I’d liken a spiritual IED to a mind trap.  It’s an “improvised evil device” meant to confuse and deceive.  The real war is fought with thoughts, ideas, concepts, perceptions and systems of thinking. That's why I said that words are used to define the lay of the land in this culture war.  

What tools or strategies does Satan use to redefine the lay of the land in this culture war?  He uses heresies, hypocrisy and heretics.  What does the Bible say these words really mean?  

• Heretic - Paul says in Titus 3:10 "A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition reject.  A heretic is a schismatic, factious follower of a false doctrine.
• Hypocrisy - In 1 Timothy 4:1-2 we find this word used in Paul's warning to Timothy about what to expect in the last days.  He was warning him about doctrines of demons.  He says, "that in the latter times, some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy.  Hypocrisy here, biblically refers to the acting of a stage player.  Pretending to play a part and using deceit.  The term translated lies however is very insightful. The Greek word means "promulgating erroneous Christian doctrine.   
• Heresies - In Galatians 5:19 you will find heresies in the company of adultery, fornications, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, murders and envy. Biblically, the word translated heresies here means a sect or heresy.  A choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion.  Olive Tree goes on to say it is the act of taking or storming a city.  Or, the capture of a city. Wow, that is so much more insightful than Dictionary.com's definition.  Heresies are systems of thoughts, ideas and doctrines used to lie, deceive, or change people's perceptions so as to divide, isolate and enable capture. 

​Creating a Faux Moral High-ground ​