Weekly Messages
Aril 4-10, 2004
Are You A Vessel of Honor or Dishonor?
by Dr. 'Tayo
Brown
“But in a great house there are not only vessels of
gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to
honor, and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge
himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor,
sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto
every good work”
1 Tim 2: 20-21
Friends, we are commanded to purge ourselves of all things
that defile in order to be a vessel of honor, the Lord is
not going to purge us but we are mandated to purge ourselves
of those things is in lives that does not honor God, the
scripture says all things are lawful to me but not all
things are expedient and I will not be brought under the
power of any. We are admonished to lay aside every weight
and sin which easily slow us down.
The word purge means to make free of something unwanted,
that is when we can become vessels of honor. The Lord at
this end time final harvest seeks for a lot of laborers in
His vineyard but most of the vessels in the great house are
unto dishonor, they are made of wood and earth, they can’t
stand the test of time. Isaiah 48: 10 says, behold, I have
refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the
furnace of affliction. The Lord chose his vessel in the
furnace of affliction, most people does not want this
experience, they never wanted to get burnt, but have you
forgotten that the Lord gives beauty for ashes? where does
the ash comes from? When we rid ourselves of the works of
flesh and every carnality then we will be a fine tuned
vessel, ready for the masters use and prepared unto every
good work. Some people get into the Lord’s work without
purging themselves of these things.
Joshua told the people to sanctify themselves against
tomorrow for the Lord is ready to do wonders among them
likewise the glory ahead is so great, the former and the
latter rain all in the first month, the feast of the
tabernacles, this will only be experienced by prepared
vessels unto honor. Psalm 50: 5 says gather to me my saints,
those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice not
just those so called saints who are ordinarily calling him
Lord with their mouth with their heart very far from him,
they have no sacrificial covenant binding them with the
Lord, they can’t be gathered unto the Lord at his coming for
the Lord knows those who are really His. Are you ready for
this great revival that has begun, it might not be popular
now, but it has begun, the Lord has started raising up unto
himself his chosen servants who will go all the way.
For other foundation can no man lay than Jesus Christ, all
those who will build on this foundation should build with
enduring material that can stand the test of time. Majority
does not want to wait for all these, they prefer it quick
and micro waved, it doesn’t take too much time to produce
wood, hay and stubble and these are very cheap materials
that is what some vessels are made of but there are still
vessels of honor. Which one are you? Vessel of honor or
dishonor, it’s not just by mouth ?
GRA
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True Riches to Build God's Cities in Financial Revival
“...He shall build my city, and he shall let go my
captives…” Isaiah 45: 13 “ ...Thus saith the Lord of hosts;
My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad ;
and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion…” Zech 1: 17 .
Are we prepared for the work ahead? ?The Lord will soon
lavish upon his chosen people abundant finances and true
riches not the false one that will be used for that great &
final harvest. The world has never seen such a wealth that
will be released on us, the greater than Solomon purposely
to build God’s house. This house is not an hundred million
seat cathedral but precious souls of Men in the unreached
areas of the world.
It’s time we begin to abandon an attitude of indifference
and fatalism in our very tiny comfort zone. For the blessing
to come, someone will have to meet the conditions and pay
the price. Let's ask of him in unity as we pray and He will
give us the heathen for our heritage and the uttermost part
of the earth for our possession at this end time.
GRA
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Parting Thoughts...
In Israel’s time, under God’s judgment, people awakened to a
realization of better days and liked this back to their
previous relationship with Him. Prayer went up in agony for
deliverance, and God raised up another leader and another
restoration. You can see it in the cyclical story of
Biblical history, in the Gideons, Jepthas, and Jehosaphats,
the Hezekiahs and Josiahs, where one man pleaded with God
for the many, where godly man stood up for the nation
instead of a godly nation standing as one man. It is in the
record of the book of Judges where those like God’s
“incredible Hulk” Samson stood in the gap for an
apostatizing nation like other heroes before and after him,
generation after generation. It is these intercessors
that we are in need of today, to wrought revival.
GRA
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