Make Ready A People Prepared For the Lord (Part 2) Ludwig 20/01/19

2 Corinthians 13:14 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

Luke 1:13-17 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Review We must prepare for the increase The Seed of the Word must be in us What are we preparing for? We prepare amiss(Matt 25). The Pharisees missed the Messiah (Luke 11) No revelation flow. We must live in constant revelation of who God is POWER  PURPOSE  PERSON (Ephesians) When we miss the Purpose and the Person we build on the Temporal rather than on the Eternal

John 10:25 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.

How Do We Know The People Are Prepared? When many turn to the Lord God Hearts of the fathers turn to their children and the hearts of the children turn to the fathers (Naturally and Spiritually)

Respond To the love of the Father Respond to your spiritual parents Respond to your parents Live in a continual revelation of who God is God is preparing a Bride for Himself (His Church)

Mark 1:9-11 9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. 11 Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Immediately (An Acceleration) Heavens parting (Open Heavens) Spirit descending (Outpouring of the Spirit) Voice came from heaven (Love of the Father)

1. We are living in a time of Acceleration We are living in a time of Acceleration (Suddenly) Catch the wave or get left behind Isaiah 60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

Acts 2:1-2 1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, …

Malachi 3:1 1 “Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the Lord of hosts. Don’t Miss The Person (The Lord)

Isaiah 57:14 And one shall say, “Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way, Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people.”

2. We are living in times of Extreme Balance Wheat and Tares growing side by side Verbalise what you believe in (Train) (1 Peter 3:15) Example: Love Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

Revelation 12:13-15 13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

3. Receive “John The Baptist” Ministry Hear the voice crying in the wilderness, making ready a people Ephesians 4 (Five-fold Ministry Preparing the Bride) Elijah and Elisha – Double Portion Principle found in Luke 16:10 10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.

4. Make Provision in The Word And in The Spirit Isaiah 59:21 21 “As for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”

Comes Down To our Want To Matthew 13:11-12 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Daniel 2: Smiting Stone cut without hands who crushes the 10 toes of the Great Image of the World kingdoms. Daniel 7: Messiah comes as the Son of Man and destroys the Beast with 10 horns and the Little Horn, and establishes His everlasting Kingdom. Daniel 8: Messiah comes as the Prince of princes against whom the Little Horn stands up but is broken without human means or hand.