Decision Time – Keith Johnson (Open Door Series – Part 16)

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Decision Time - Keith Johnson (Open Door Series - Part 16)

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Keith: Well, you all, this morning… I was up early this morning and I was supposed to do something that Nehemia and I had talked about, but this morning, it changed. So I’m going to do what I was given this morning, if that would be all right with you. I want to be sensitive to time, but I also have to let you know that when I heard last night with the water going off, I just figured, when the water comes on, it just takes a little moment, or something.

But I’m going to tell you what happened to me this morning, when I found out about this water. For those that don’t know, we’re here in Fort Lauderdale during this weekend. And in Fort Lauderdale, there was a main break, the mainline break. And as a result, they’re saying there’s now sewage that is getting into the drinking water.

Now, I don’t know if you know it or not, most drinking water’s really not that healthy anyway. [laughter] But when they tell you that there’s a problem with the drinking water, you’re supposed to really get your ears perked up and listen to what they say. In fact, I have a note here that they brought all over the hotel. It says, “Dear Guests, please be advised that we have a boil water order in effect until further notice. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Best wishes.”

Now, here’s my question. I’m in a hotel. How do I boil water? Now, what I think they’re saying to me is that, if you don’t have any fire to boil the water, don’t drink the water. Is that fair? I think that’s what the hotel is saying. And I’m going to tell you something. When I read this, I think about brothers and sisters all over the world today, all over the world today, because you guys might be so disconnected. Myself, I’m not so disconnected. Did you know that right now, all over the world, this particular day happens to be Christmas Sunday? Did you all know that?

Audience: No.

Keith: You all probably didn’t know that. Today is Christmas Sunday, and so all over the world, there are people that don’t have the fire but they’re being given dirty water…

Audience: Oh, yeah.

Keith: …and they’re drinking it.

Audience: Oh, yeah.

Keith: Now, I talked to my wife, and she begged me not to say what I’m not going to say, because I love my wife, Andrea. I’m not going to say it, and so instead of saying what I was going to say, I simply want to give you a picture, if I can. So here’s what I wanted to say that my wife told me not to say, because when I woke up this morning at 6:30 this morning and I heard about this water, and just before I heard about the water, my whole message changed, which I was excited about. I go downstairs, I hear about the water. You know, I kind of wanted to say what I thought about this water. But my wife said, “Honey, don’t say that. Please don’t say those words,” so I’m not going to say those words. But you guys know what’s actually happening right now with the water? You know what it is? So instead of me saying what I wanted to say, I simply want to show you this sign, so that you can see it. It’s called “Warning! Sewage” Say, “sewage”.

Audience: Sewage.

Keith: Now, for my neighborhood, sewage has a different way of saying it. But that mean there’s something in the water that you don’t want to get in your system. But I am concerned that no matter how much we will say, “Warning! Sewage”, people will say, “But I’m thirsty. But I need something to drink. I’ve got to take a shower.” And this has bothered me, you all, because when I learn a thing, when I start understanding something, there’s just something in me that says, “Once I’ve understood it, once I learn it, I must apply it.” This is part of the reason that I’m so concerned for the people from where I come from. Many of them don’t know about what’s in the water.

Would you do me a favor and stand to your feet? And I want to do something really radical now, if you would. I want you to grab a hold of somebody’s hand. Touch somebody. And I want you to bow your heads, whether you’re listening to us online or you’re here in this room, I want you to bow your head. And I want to pray, “Father, I want to thank you for how amazing You are. I want to thank you for being the great orchestrator, the maestro in heaven that even affects things on earth. Father, I want to thank you for a mainline break that has caused all of us in this hotel to see a very clear picture of what we’re dealing with. Is it a coincidence that it’s this particular time, that the very root of this particular time, mixes that which was supposed to be clean, and that which is dirty, and then serves it up to the world and says it’s good for them?”

“Father, I pray right now that Your ruach hakodesh, that your Holy Spirit, would not only touch us in this hotel, but also those that are listening today or in the future. Father, we want to do something radical. We want You to tell us the truth. And then, as a result, help us to deal with the truth, whatever it is. We thank you in advance for what You have done, are doing, and shall do in Your holy name.” Everyone, say it together, “amen”.

Audience: Amen.

Keith: You can have a seat. Now, here’s what’s going on with me. Nehemia usually tells me what I’m supposed to speak about. I then try to take what he tells me I’m supposed to speak about, and we do that, and we’ve done this for three times. If you guys didn’t get a chance to get these particular DVDs, I want to say something about this. I want to tell Michael Rood and A Rood Awakening, thank you for this. They have captured through Shavuot and Yom Teruah the spirit by which we spoke the truth, and now it’s available.

This particular weekend, I’m not sure whether they should make a DVD from this particular weekend, especially for what I’m about to say, because I’m going to do something really quite radical. So what I’d like to do before I do that, can I do a little public relations and close the gap on the whole name issue? Would that be all right with you all? Because I’m going to tell you something, if you haven’t gotten the book, His Hallowed Name Revealed Again, if you haven’t got the DVD series, if you haven’t got the… Hey, do me a favor. Just let me know, “Yeah, I’ll consider it,” and then I won’t have to talk about any of that and I can just tell you what happened to me this morning, and share with you that which is fresh, and that is new, that came to me early this morning. I’ve got two choices, go with what Nehemia said, or get what the Holy Spirit said.

Audience: Go with the Holy Spirit.

Keith: How many of you all want me to do what Nehemia says? Say, Nehemia.

Man: Nehemia.

Keith: One, Amen. [laughter] He’s a paid participant. How many of you all want to hear what the Holy Ghost gave me this morning?

Audience: Yeah. [applause]

Keith: Amen. So what I want to do is, I want to close this section out, because this is really important to me. I met a lady this morning and her name is Maria. Maria, where are you? Oh, amen. Would you come here, my friend? I want to show you just where I’m at in my commitment, and Nehemia, this will encourage you, especially. Would you come here, Maria? Is there a microphone anywhere? Does this work over here? Come on up here, just for a second, right here. Maria came to me - and this happens to me so often, so many times - people from other parts of the world, other languages, will come to me and say, “You know what? The light has come on.” I’ve had people from China come to me and say, “Keith, we have read His Hallowed Name Revealed Again, and we realize this is the name, and even the pronunciation, from our own language.”

There are people in India that have said, “We’ve looked at this information. We’ve watched the video. Would you please come and help us? We want to understand the name.” You guys, I’m going to tell you something. There is a worldwide movement and awakening regarding our Father’s name. [applause] That is why I want to thank Michael, who’s got enough chutzpah to say, “Though the Christians will say we’re afraid,” he’ll say, “hey, if I can get the resources, we’ll let the world know.” Nehemia, who says, “Look, I know that my brothers and sisters say I shouldn’t do it, but we’ll do it.” This sister comes to me today, and she comes in this humble sort of way, and I simply want you to do what you did for me. I want you to read in the language of the Bible that you had from your mother, the verse that you brought.

Maria: First of all, when I woke up this morning, I grabbed this Bible, and I was looking at the dedication my mother gave me. And she wrote, “Numbers 6:24-26,” that Nehemia had mentioned about the blessings of Nazarites. And also she wrote Psalms 9:10, and so I went to read Psalms 9:10.

Keith: Ah-ha. And what language has this been written in?

Maria: My Bible is from Brazil, I mean, Portuguese.

Keith: Portuguese. [speaks Portuguese]

Maria: [speaks Portuguese]

Keith: I speak a little Portuguese too. Can I get an amen?

Audience: Amen.

Maria: There is another brother there, he’s Brazilian.

Keith: Okay, all right.

Maria: So it says in Psalms 9:10 [speaks Portuguese]... “Jehovah”. [applause] This Bible, she gave me like 10 years ago. So I was amazed, because I said, “I have to read this to Keith. God put this in my heart.” I said, “I don’t know why He said, ‘Read this verse to Keith.’” So when I saw him, the first thing I said was, “Can I read a Scripture to you?” And he was like, “Oh, of course.”

Keith: And you translated it into English.

Maria: And then I would translate for him, and he was like jumping all over the place. [laughter]

Keith: That’s between us. The people don’t need to know that. Okay, you’re going to learn that. You don’t tell everyone. This is the world listening, right now.

Maria: Oh my, okay. So it says…

Keith: Are you kidding me?

Maria: …in English, “And those who know Your name will trust in You, because those who search for Yehovah, Yehovah, will never be forsaken.”

Keith: Can we get an amen?

Audience: Amen.

Keith: Oh, thank you. Thank you, thank you so much. You know, I want to tell you something, and I’ve got to just tell you this, you all. What excites me about this, I mean, Nehemia and I fight. Did you all know we fight? [laughter] We fight, and here’s why we fight. Because sometimes we realize that we come from different places, and we’re trying to find common ground. But let me tell you where this Methodist and this Jewish man have found common ground, and you need to hear this. We have found common ground in this book, right here. This book is the very Bible that Yeshua read, and within this book, we have also found common ground in the name of our… say, “our”.

Audience: Our.

Keith: Heavenly Father.

Audience: Heavenly Father.

Keith: So Nehemia and I have found common ground, but I will tell you something. Nehemia, you did something... This probably means this is the end of our shtick, because I’m going to have to do something radical. I am going to challenge my brother, Nehemia Gordon, to keep reading. [laughter] [applause] Now, when I challenge my brother, Nehemia Gordon to…

Audience: Keep reading.

Keith: …I’m also challenging you, to…?

Audience: Keep reading.

Keith: Because here’s the issue. Sometimes we can take a verse, declare a verse, but not let the verse be in context or maybe even allow the verse to minister to us about maybe something that’s going to get our attention. So sometimes we’ll take a verse out and run from the context. I’m wondering, Nehemia, when you decided at the end of your message - and I’m so glad that after this, you know, this is our last committed deal, because I’m sure you guys are going to say, “Keith, look. He’s a nice Jewish man, a Karaite. He’s been with you this whole time. He’s put up with you.” You know, this guy challenges me on a regular basis. Can I challenge him for just a moment?

Audience: Yes.

Keith: To…?

Audience: Keep reading.

Keith: He used the verse, Psalms 22:22. Would somebody put that up?

Woman: [laughs]

Keith: She’s laughing about this. It says, “I will declare Your name to my brethren. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise You.” When Nehemia used that verse, I got so excited. I thought, “Wow, he’s using Psalms 22 to say to us, he’s not afraid to stand up and proclaim the name in front of his brethren.” Nehemia, I want to tell you, you have been true to your word, but I’m not sure you should have used that verse, because you’re using that verse amongst a group of people that when they read that verse, they think something else.

When they see… Come on, put the verse back on here. When it says, “I will declare,” they’re asking a question. Who will declare? Can I get an amen?

Audience: Amen.

Keith: Let’s look at Psalms 22:1, the beginning of the verse. “Eli, Eli…” You all learned how to say, “Uh-oh?”

Audience: Uh-oh.

Keith: You know that was me that came up with the “Uh-oh”? [laughter] Psalms 22:1, Nehemia says, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” Now, I’ve done a radical thing. The Methodists, I am convinced this is probably… Could I tell you all something really radical? Michael, I’m going to make a confession. My wife, I’m going to make a confession… my lovely wife, Andrea. Nehemia, I’m going to make a confession to you, you’re my friends. Arthur, I’m going to make confessions to everybody that’s listening. It has been such a difficult time for me over the last two years. This last year, I did something so crazy. I actually allowed my name to be put in a pool of names to take over a church. Not a Methodist church, but a church. I put my name in there, just to see whether or not I’d been effective.

Come to find out, when they had my name in there, they looked, “Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, cum laude. He’s had all these 20 years, he’s done this, and this, and this.” Then, they pushed the button and listen to what I said. They said, “You are no longer in the process for this church.” [applause] Now, I cannot figure out what the problem is with me - why a church wouldn’t want a guy like me. I mean, I think I can preach just a little bit. I think I can read a little bit. I think I can communicate a little bit. But the problem they have with me is that I keep saying this: I am tired of tiptoeing around the tulips of tradition, especially when you are tiptoeing on the truth of the word of God.

[applause]

So Michael, Nehemia, my lovely wife, Andrea, I’m just telling you guys, I tested it and it’s true. I’m too controversial for the church. [applause] Now, when I look at verses like this, people shouldn’t get as nervous, because when I read, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” I think about this person who actually walked the earth, who had a name - and this is pretty radical - the name that he actually came in was the name that’s supposed to make us remember his Father, but instead, because we changed that name, it separates him completely from the name of his Father, and that is why today, if he were to walk in Fort Lauderdale today, and walk in most churches today on Merry Christmas Sunday, he would say, “What in the heck are you doing?”

[applause]

But if I’m going to be fair, my brother, Nehemia, you’ve picked the wrong Psalm. [laughter] Somebody tell me the name of the one that we know as the New Testament, the legal book says, “Who was the one who said, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?’”

Audience: Yeshua.

Keith: So you all got that?

Audience: Yeah.

Keith: Okay. Nehemia, are your ears open? [laughter] Psalms 22:14 it says this. “I am poured out like water and all of my bones are out of joint.” Who does that remind you all of?

Audience: Yeshua.

Keith: You all don’t get excited about that? Come on, man. It’s Christmas morning. If you don’t want to say, “Yeshua”, just say, “Jesus”. [laughter] Come on, somebody shout, somebody get excited. Somebody let Nehemia know it means something to you. Who is the one that you think his bones were broken? What is his name?!

Audience: Yeshua!

Keith: Psalms 22:18, it says this. “They divide my garments among them.”

Man: Uh-oh.

Keith: Yessir. “And for my clothing, they cast lots.” Now, some of you that don’t choose to read the Hebrew Bible, maybe you only read the New Testament, at least you know there was one, I think around 2,000 years ago, where they divided his clothes. Somebody tell me what you believe his name to be?

Audience: Yeshua!

Keith: Are you listening, Nehemia? [laughter] Psalms 22:16 says this. “For dogs…” And you know, Michael and Nehemia have both stolen my “keep reading”, and I’m glad they have. I only pray that they keep doing it.

Audience: Doing it.

Keith: “For dogs have surrounded me. A band of evildoers has encompassed me.” Now it gets really radical. Somebody, in Psalms 22:16 is saying, “They pierced my hands and my feet.”

Audience: Hey.

Keith: You all believe that to be…

Audience: Yeshua!

Man: Hallelujah.

Keith: Now, you guys, I’m preaching this in the presence of my Jewish roommate, Nehemia Gordon. [laughter] And some of you are saying, “Get him. Hit him harder. Knock him down. Make him say the name, Yeshua.” But I’m going to tell you something about Nehemia Gordon. I think he selected Psalms 22 on purpose.

Audience: Oh, yes.

Keith: I think Nehemia Gordon selected Psalms 22 on purpose, and I think partially, the reason that he selected Psalms 22 is because there are people in your movement, the Messianic movement, who say this: Yeshua never would have proclaimed the name. Now, forget theology, just for a minute. Let’s see what Psalms 22:16 and Psalms 22 is talking about, for those of you that believe that it is…

Audience: Yeshua!

Keith: Here’s what it says, Psalms 22:22.

Woman: Oh, yeah.

Keith: If this is who you believe to be…

Audience: Yeshua.

Keith: Come on, somebody. It’s Christmas morning. If this is who you believe to be…

Audience: Yeshua.

Keith: This is what it says, for those that are saying, “Doggone it, that Nehemia Gordon, and that Keith Johnson, they’re now teaching people how to say the name, pray the name, proclaim the name. They’re even going so far as to say that Yeshua did not go by the tradition of the Pharisees.” Let me tell you something. As sure as he said, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?” He also said in Psalms 22:22, “I will declare Your name to my brethren in the midst of the assembly. I will praise You.”

Audience: Hallelujah. [applause]

Keith: Now, I want to tell Nehemia “thank you”. Look at him back there, weeping. He’s getting closer. [laughter]

Man: Amen.

Keith: No, no, no, you’re all right. You’re all right, because now, that was for Nehemia. The second part is for you. Grab somebody’s hand and say, “I hope I can make it through the second part.”

Audience: Make it through.

Keith: Because for those of you that want to say Psalms 22 is Yeshua, and you want to pick and choose in the Tanakh where it feels like, sounds like, smells like, looks like him, either you’re going to have to take the whole role, or don’t take it at all.

Audience: Amen, that’s right.

Keith: The Bible that he read is the Bible that my Jewish brother has sat down with me on a regular basis, every consonant, every vowel, every accent, every Masoretic note, we should give this man a hand. Now, I will tell you something before I say it, here’s the controversy about me. Now, let’s just be real. Michael is one of the few that will say, “You can come.” But can I just be really real with you guys? Do you know what one of the big problems is with me? It isn’t just that I’m a Methodist, it’s that I’m a black Methodist. [laughter]

Man: That’s true.

Keith: And let me tell you why. I have a few people who will actually say this. In South Africa when we were there, one lady said this: “I never thought I would learn the name from a black man.” [laughter] The man that is singing and strumming from South Africa yesterday said it to me clear as day. Andrew Hodkinson, what I love about Andrew, he’s just honest. “Keith, I got to tell you something. It would have been easier if you weren’t black.” [laughter] And his point is clear. What in the heck is a black Methodist doing learning Hebrew from a white Karaite Jew? Somebody say, “God has a sense of humor,” [laughter] because I believe He has gone to others of Nehemia’s brothers and sisters and they said this: “We ain’t doing it.” I believe He’s gone to others from my background, and you know what they’re saying? “We ain’t doing it.”

But here’s what He did with Nehemia and with me. He let us know something. He’s so amazing, He’s so powerful, He’s so wonderful, He’s so magnificent, He’s so awesome. There is nothing we could do more important than embrace Him in everything He has revealed to us. Now, you all, it has cost me just about everything. The Methodists don’t like me. The Messianics don’t like me. The Jews don’t want me, [laughter] and I am in the best place I could be. [applause]

Audience: Amen.

Keith: And I’ve got to tell you why I am so excited to speak today. My wife did say this. She said, “Keith, yesterday you sweat out a shirt. Find a black shirt. [laughter] You are embarrassing the family. You are not doing… Find a black shirt,” so I found a black shirt so that when I begin to sweat, because I will tell you something, the fire is still inside of me. I’ve tried to go like this, but this morning I felt it again. And the fire, as sure as they say, “You’d better boil the water,” what they should have said is, “We need the fire to make the water pure.”

Audience: Amen.

Keith: It’s still in me. Now, I was saying something, and I’m going to get to that. This morning, I’m dealing with this, and I’m saying, “Wow. Here, there is this amazing God, this Creator of the universe, and there are people that are saying, ‘Keith and Nehemia, if you would just be someone else, look different, act a little bit different, we will invite you.’” We’re saying this. “Keep your invitation. Keep your invitation, but please, interact with the information, the inspiration, and the revelation.”

That’s what happened to me this morning, and so now, the first part was for my brother, Nehemia. We’ll let him work through what it means - Psalms 22. I’m not saying what I think, I’m not saying what he says, but I was pretty consistent in saying you all believe that the one who was speaking in Psalms 22 was?

Audience: Yeshua.

Keith: Let’s now move on. If you have your Bibles, I want to go to Deuteronomy 7:5, from the Torah. The word of God, given through the one named Moshe, whom we are to believe in, and do that which he has given us to do by God giving it through him. It says this, in Deuteronomy 7:5. “But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars. You shall smash their sacred pillars and you shall hew down…” and the word for hew down in Hebrew is the word “gideon”. Say, “gideon”.

Audience: Gideon.

Keith: “…their Asherim.” Now, Asherim, you all have heard enough about it this weekend. If not, you might want to check your Bibles for what Asherim means. And it says, “and burn their graven images with fire and I will declare your name…” Oh, that’s Psalms 22, and it says, “And burn their graven images with fire.”

So in Judges 6:11, here’s what we do. I want you guys to go to Judges 6, if you would. We’re going to talk about this man named Gideon today. This is the man who I have been given some direction to talk about. Go to Judges chapter 6, if you would. And in Judges 6 it says this. “Again, the Israelites did evil in the eyes of Yehovah, and for seven years He gave them into the hands of the Midianites.” It says, “For seven years, the Midianites came.” No, it says, “For seven years, He gave them into the hands of the Midianites.” God is amazing. Do you know that sometimes the Father in heaven will allow us to be put in the midst of those who are not even connected with Him, to try to get us to get to the place where we will reconnect with Him?

It says this. “Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other Eastern peoples invaded the country. They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing.” Verse 7, “When Israelites cried to Yehovah because of Midian, He sent them a prophet, who said, ‘This is what Yehovah, the God of Israel says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I snatched you from the power of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors. I drove them from before you to give you the land. I said to you, I am Yehovah, your God. You shall not worship the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But you have not listened to me.’” You know what? Is this not where we’re at today?

Woman: Oh, yeah.

Keith: He says, “I am the one who did all of this, and I have told you, Please, whatever you do, do not have any other little gods in My face. But you have not listened to Me.” Verse 11, “The angel of Yehovah came and sat under the oak that was in Oprah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite, as his son, Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.” Now, when I read that this morning, I thought about myself. Sometimes, you all, I say to myself, “Maybe what I have done is, I’ve gotten my wheat in the wrong place.” It says, “He’s beating out his wheat in the wine press.” The wine press is for the wine, not for the wheat. But why is he beating his wheat in the wine press? He’s trying to protect his wheat from the enemy, so he’s gone into the wine press where he was nice and safe, to do what he was doing.

Up until 2009, you all, I was beating my wheat in the wine press. Man, I was learning. I was growing. I’m spending hours with Nehemia, we’re going back and forth. I’m learning Hebrew, I’m speaking Hebrew. I’m opening up the scroll, I’m learning it. I’m having a great old wonderful time, but you know what I come under conviction for? I was dealing with my wheat in the wine press of safety. And in fact, there are people out there that need the fruit of the labor, not for only the information but the inspiration, not so they can say, “Wow, isn’t he smart? Oh, isn’t he amazing?” No, if you asked anyone that deals with me, I will say this, as I’ve learned from my friend, Nehemia. I do not want you to say, “Keith taught me.” I want you to say, “I learned it for myself.” And one of the things I struggle with, with the leaders in our present denominations, fellowships and everywhere else, they get nervous because they say, “I cannot let the Karaite Jew come in and teach my people, because he might know something I don’t know.” Welcome to the party. You probably don’t even know as much about your New Testament as the Karaite does. Can I say that?

Audience: Yeah.

Keith: And let me tell you why, not because I’d lift Nehemia up to some great place. He has done what he has taught me to do; he has sat down, opened up the actual sources, and looked at them letter by letter, vowel by vowel, accent by accent, and guess what happens? The truth comes off the page, and we’ve got leaders that are saying this; “No, I cannot let you come in and speak to my people, because then my people might look at me and say, ‘Why is it that he had to teach us, and you didn’t?’”

So instead of giving you the truth, they’d rather you have tradition and stay in the place where you’re drinking bad water. [applause] Now, we’re in trouble. We are in trouble. I don’t know if he’s told you, the guy’s become too politically correct. Nehemia won’t tell you. Most of what you heard, if you go back and listen to it, is a direct result of a direct attack on him and on me from the spiritual police. They do not like us giving you access to information so that you can be on your own, confident of what it is you’ve learned.

For those of you that have certain pronunciation, or certain theologies, or certain practices, if you can’t show me where you got it and where you understand it, you’d better start questioning it yourself. Can I say that again, or should I move on?

Man: Say it again.

Keith: Come to the place where you become like the Berean. Search the Scriptures daily to see if what your rabbi, your pastor, your teacher, your leader, is saying, whether it be true or not. And if it is not true, you challenge them to say, “Show me in the…” Can I not be so excited? What is it about me? Why can’t I just be calm about this? [laughter] I talked to my wife last night, I said, “Hey, honey.” Arthur will tell you about this. When you talk to your wife after you preach you think, “She’s going to be like, ‘Wow. You were really amazing.’” I called my wife and she said, “Boy, you sure hollered the whole time.” [laughter] Now, that’s a way for me to stay humble, so I’m trying to remember what she said. I don’t want to holler. I want to be calm, would that be better for you guys, if I just calm down a little?

Audience: No, holler.

Keith: I’m going to calm down a little bit. It bothers me. It bothers me.

Audience: No, holler. Holler.

Keith: It upsets me.

Audience: No, holler.

Keith: It frustrates me. It makes me angry…

Audience: Yeah!

Keith: …when I see the sheeple… [laughter]

Audience: Yeah.

Keith: …being abused by those that call themselves the shepherds, that are making themselves fat off of bad information. [applause]

Man: That’s right.

Keith: That is why they don’t like me, and I’m glad that they don’t. However, Nehemia is not near as angry as I am. So don’t invite me, but please invite my friend, Nehemia. Can I get an amen?

Audience: Amen. [applause]

Keith: Let me move to the next Scripture, 6:11. It says this. “When the angel of Yehovah appeared unto Gideon, the angel said, ‘Yehovah is with you…’” and I love this, “…mighty warrior.” It’s almost like the angel of Yehovah could go beyond the fact that Gideon is hiding in the wine press, beating out his wheat. You know what it’s almost like? It’s almost like the angel of Yehovah could see Gideon’s future. I wonder if the Creator of the universe doesn’t sometime want to call us “mighty warrior” even before we’re willing to fight. I think there are people in here that are mighty warriors, that are just waiting for the verse that I’m going to get to.

Man: Right.

Keith: And it says this, “‘But Sir,’ Gideon replied, ‘if Yehovah is with us, then why has all of this happened?’” And you all know the story, he goes through the story. And it says to him, “The Lord, Yehovah, turned to him and said, ‘Go in the strength you have.’” And then it says, “…and save Israel.” I want to go to Judges 6:12, I’m going to show you here. “The angel of Yehovah appeared to him and said, ‘Yehovah is with you, O valiant warrior.’” And then it says this. “Then Yehovah turned to him…” and this is where it gets a little controversial, “Then Yehovah turned to him and said, ‘Go in this might of yours and you shall save Yisrael.’”

Now, my friend, Nehemia and I, have opened up the Hebrew Bible and guess what it says? What it says is, “Go in this might of yours and you shall yeshua Yisrael from the land of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” Now, here’s what’s happening right now. There are some people that are listening to me that are Jewish, and they’re thinking, “Uh-oh. He has left the farm.” There are other people that are Christian and they’re saying, “Uh-oh. He has left the farm.” Let me say to both of you, “I have left the farm.” [laughter and applause] And I will tell you why. What I love about my friend, we will read it as it is written, and what it says here is not “Yeshua” the name, yeshua for the word “salvation”. Are you with me?

Audience: Yeah.

Keith: “Then Yehovah turned to him and said, ‘Go in the might of yours, and you shall yeshua Yisrael from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?’ ‘But Yehovah,’ Gideon said, ‘How can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh. I am the least in my family.’ Yehovah answered, ‘I will be with you, and you will strike them down.’”

Now, I will tell you something. I’m not going to bore you with the entire story, because I don’t have that much time. But I want you to do me a favor. I want you to do what I did early this morning. I want you to read everything you can about the man named Gideon, because I believe that it is a word for us today. Here is what we find in Judges 6:15 and 16, “‘Oh, my Lord, how can I yeshua Yisrael?’ And Yehovah said unto him,” the thing that more than anything else I want to hear is this; ‘I surely will be with you.’’”

Woman: Hallelujah.

Keith: If you don’t hear anything else, pray that you hear that. Whatever it is that you’re doing, there are some of you here that have left churches. Some of you have left Messianic fellowships. Some of you have left people that you believe are not telling you the truth, and you are attempting in your own strength to do some things.

But the only thing that I pray that you would ask is this: Whatever you are doing - and I’m speaking to everybody, I don’t care if it’s business, I don’t care if it’s education, I don’t care what it is - there’s one thing you want more than anything else, that He would say this; “I am with you.”

Judges 6:23 and 24, you all know the story. He goes about the process, Judges 6:23 and 24 it says this. After he’s dealing with this situation he says, “Oh, sovereign Lord, I’ve seen the angel of the Lord face-to-face, Yehovah.” And Judges 6:23 says, “But Yehovah said unto him, ‘Shalom.’” Say shalom.

Audience: Shalom.

Keith: “Do not be afraid.” Say, “do not be afraid”.

Audience: Do not be afraid.

Keith: “You are not going to die.” That’s what it says. And then, in verse 24 it says this. “So Gideon built an altar there to Yehovah.” We’ve talked about this the entire weekend. What did he build the altar for? Because he’s going to call upon the name, and what is he going to call upon him? The very thing that Yehovah said to him. I want to stop. I pray that you would hear these words from Yehovah today, “shalom”.

Audience: Shalom.

Keith: That you would hear Him say to you, “shalom”. For what it says is, “Gideon built the altar there to Yehovah and called it Yehovah Shalom”. So every time he prayed at the altar, he did a radical thing. He looked up at the altar and he said, “The one who said shalom to me, Yehovah Shalom, He proclaimed His name and His description.”

One of the things that I do, and I will say this. I won’t talk a lot about it, but I love that I did this. In the back of this book - 80 different descriptions like that that we find in the Hebrew Bible, where we take His name, Yehovah, or one of His titles, and we add the description that talks about who He is.

Why is this so important? One of the things that I do is, I will turn on the CD in the morning, in the evening, and I will sit there and just say those names and those descriptions over, and over, and over again. And there are some of you here that do that in your devotions. Some of you use this with your children. Some of you use it in your family, but some of you do not even know about the powerful descriptions that we find in the book that Yeshua himself read. These descriptions are multifaceted. They are deep in dimension. They are like a wonderful, wonderful buffet of information, inspiration, and revelation about our Heavenly Father’s name.

So he says to him, “Yehovah Shalom”. But then, Judges 6:34 comes, and here’s where I’m going to give the Christmas message. Look at your neighbor and say, “Keith…”

Audience: Keith…

Keith: The Methodist…

Audience: The Methodist…

Keith: Is going to give us...

Audience: Is going to give us…

Keith: A Christmas message.

Audience: A Christmas message.

Keith: And the Christmas message that I’m going to give on this particular day, 10 years after I was in the Old City of Jerusalem, is a Christmas message. And listen, I’m going to say this. This is a message for both Jew and Gentile. But I guarantee you something; there ain’t another pastor around the world on Sunday morning that’s preaching this message. [laughter] No Christmas service has said, “Turn,” after all the music… And you know, they have the camels, and [sings] “Away in the…” and all of that. You guys have got to feel special. Touch somebody and say, “I feel special.” Guess what? I am convinced. Hey, Michael, I want to say something. I’m convinced there’s not one pastor on a Christmas Sunday anywhere in the world that’s going to bring the Christmas message from Judges chapter 6. Say, “I must be special.”

Audience: I must be special!

Keith: Here’s why I’ve got to bring this as the Christmas message for the Jew and the Gentile. Now, don’t be offended, you all, about me using the word Christmas. We all know what that word is. Hey, this is just my shtick right now. I’m using it. They won’t let me preach in the Methodist church. Michael said I get to preach on Sunday on Christmas, so this is my… somebody say, “Christmas message”.

Audience: Christmas message. [laughter]

Keith: You know what? I’m going to have to do something really radical, you guys, if it’s okay, on the Christmas message. 6:31, it says this. They asked the question, “Who did this?” Did what? 6:29, “In the morning, when the men of the town got up, there was Baal’s altar demolished.” Where did that come from? We have to go a little bit further. “Yehovah said unto him…” verse 23, “…take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one that’s seven years old…” and listen what Yehovah says to Gideon. “Tear down your father’s altar to Baal.” He says, “Take the second bull,” that means there’s two. Say, “two”.

Audience: Two.

Keith: “…from your father’s herd, the one that’s seven years old…” in other words, this is a specific bull, it’s a strong bull. It’s a tough bull. It’s one that’s not afraid, it’s a bull that’s not afraid. So literally, what happens is this, and I want to slow down and let you all know this. What Yehovah told Gideon, “Gideon, go get two bulls, because it’s time to tear down the altar of Baal.”

Now, can I say something? I’ve found two bulls. I’m going to say it right now. One of them is as bullheaded as I’ve ever met. His name is Michael Rood. [laughter] The other one’s more bullheaded than Michael, his name is Nehemia Gordon. [laughter] And do you know what has happened for me? These two bulls have helped me do what Gideon did - tear down the altar that was built to Baal. I’m glad you guys are quiet. You should get quiet. There aren’t many pastors that are preaching about the altar of Baal being torn down.

And then it says this, “And cut down the ashra pole.” Now, if they were consistent, they’d probably leave a little note to tell you what an ashra pole is. Maybe they would tell you that it was the Sidonians who created the Ashtoreth. Maybe they would let you know that it’s the Sidonians who used to cut down trees and put trees up, and call them by certain names, and worship certain fertility goddesses.

And maybe there would be some people that are listening right now that would say, “Now, what seems familiar about the fact that the altar of Baal was torn down, and I’m calling upon something that is not God’s name at an altar. And what is consistent about these trees, that they keep telling me, “Bring in your house and adorn them with gold, and with silver, and don’t worry about it. The children will love them. They’ll make your house smell good. They’ll make your house look good.” But somebody say, “It’s possible, some of those trees are being treated just like the ashra poles of ancient Israel.”

Oh, I’m convinced nobody’s preaching this on a Sunday morning. “Then Yehovah says…” and I love this, “…build a proper kind of altar to Yehovah, your God. As to the top of its height, using the wood of the ashra pole that you cut down. Offer the second bull as a burnt offering.” “So Gideon took 10 of his servants and did as Yehovah had said, but because he was afraid…” say, “afraid…”

Audience: Afraid.

Keith: “…of his family,” say, “his family…”

Audience: His family.

Keith: “…and the men of the town,” say, “men of the town…”

Audience: Men of the town.

Keith: “…Gideon did it at night.” Now, there’s a transition, you guys have to bear with me. Stay with me on this, have your Bibles open. At this point, Gideon has had a legitimate visitation from God. He’s built a legitimate altar to Yehovah. He proclaims the name, Yehovah. He calls upon the name, Yehovah. He’s even had a meeting with Yehovah. And at night, because he was afraid of his family… say, “family”.

Audience: Family.

Keith: And afraid of the men of the town, say, “men of the town”.

Audience: Men of the town.

Keith: …he did the work at night. I’m here to tell you all something. Ain’t no reason for me to do anything at night anymore. The cat is out of the bag. [applause] The Methodist wants to tear down the altar of Baal and cut down the trees that are being worshipped, that are opposite of the worship of the Creator of the universe. Can I get an amen?

Audience: Amen. [applause]

Keith: Then it says this. “In the morning, the council got together,” you know, the group, the men of the town, “and they said, ‘Where is Baal’s altar? It’s been demolished. Where’s the pole that was there?’ and they said, ‘Who did this?’ They said, ‘Who did it?’ And when they carefully investigated, they were told, ‘It was Gideon, son of Yoash.’” He has been found out.

“The men of the town demanded of Yoash, ‘Bring out your son, he must die because he has broken down Baal’s altar and cut down the ashra pole beside it.’ But Yoash replied to the hostile crowd saying, ‘Are you going to plead Baal’s cause? Are you trying to save him? Whoever fights for him shall be put to death by morning. If Baal really is a god…’” and everybody say, “We know he ain’t…”

Audience: We know he ain’t.

Keith: “‘…He can defend himself when someone breaks down his altar.’ So that day, they called Gideon “Jerubaal”, “may Baal contend against him”. And then it says this, verse 33, and I’m getting excited. You guys ain’t excited yet. Verse 33 says, “Now all the Midianites, the Amalekites and other Eastern peoples joined forces and crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.” Now, can I do the radical thing? Can I switch books? Can I go to the book that Yeshua read? Can I pick up the book in its original language and history and context, and give you the Christmas message?

Audience: Yes.

Keith: I’m so glad. I’m not sure you’re going to be so happy after I give it to you, because it says this in 6:34. Can I read it the way Yeshua would have read it?

Audience: Yes.

Keith: After the meeting, after he gets enough guts to pull it down at night, after the town has come to him, after he’s been kicked out of his denomination, after they’ve been kicked out of the fellowship, after they’ve decided, “We’re not going to celebrate the pagan festivals, we’re not going to deal with the issues that you tell us to do.” After all of that, something happens in heaven, and I’ve got to slow down for a minute, because if you get this, you’re going to leave here with a different understanding. If you get this, you’re going to leave here with a different perspective. Something happens so powerful in the Hebrew Bible, that in English, they couldn’t let it be written.

And when I read it this morning, I started to shout. But I had to go outside, because Nehemia was in there, snoring. [laughter] And I couldn’t hear my own shout. I went outside and I read it with my Hebrew Bible again. And you guys, when I read it - and I want to slow down, please bear with me. Look at your neighbor and say, “Hey, this might be his last Sunday.” Come on, tell them, “Hey, he’s a Methodist. Give him some grace. He’s going to give it to us just the way it was read in the Hebrew Bible.” And here’s what it says, brother Arthur. I want you to write this down. Brother Michael, I want you to check it for yourself. Nehemia, make sure that I’m saying it the way it is in the Hebrew Bible. And it says, “Veruach, veruach.” Say, “ruakh”.

Audience: Ruach.

Keith: You all know about the ruach, right?

Audience: Oh, yeah.

Keith: Now, the ruach was hovering over the face of the deep, you all know about that?

Audience: Yeah.

Keith: The ruach of Elohim was hovering over this, the same ruach, the ruach. And then it says this, “Veruach Yehovah”. Oh, my gosh. You guys don’t understand what’s happening here. Veruach Yehovah did something, and here’s what the ruach of Yehovah did for Gideon. In your Bible, it probably says something like what? “It came upon him.” Let’s go ahead and look at the slide, because if we go by the Methodist Bible and the way that we’re supposed to read it, it says this. “But the spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon. Then he blew the trumpet and the Abiezrites gathered behind him.” Now, that is a wonderful translation. The problem is, it just ain’t - as Nehemia said, “That’s bad English” – right.

In the Hebrew Bible it says this, and I just wish that we would raise enough resources for me to have my own KJV, the Keith Johnson Version. [laughter] “But the ruach of Yehovah lavshah Gideon. Then he blew the shofar…” I guess you all didn’t get it, so let me go back to the book, just in case you think I’m not saying. Here’s what it says, ladies and gentlemen. “Veruach Yehovah lavshah.” Guess what that means? It means that the ruach decided to wear Gideon.

Audience: Amen.

Keith: Hold on. Can I preach this for a minute? Let me just preach this for a second. Here’s what the Bible says. The Bible says that sometimes, the ruach goes shopping. Oh, you know, the ruach here is feminine, you all know that, right? The ruach is in the feminine form, and lavshah is also in the feminine. So the ruach sometimes goes shopping. Say, “shopping”.

Audience: Shopping.

Keith: And the ruach was shopping at this time, and looked and said, “Now, who will I wear?” [laughing] And so the ruach saw Gideon after Gideon had stood against the people, after Gideon had called upon the name, Yehovah. After Gideon had stood in front of all the controversy, and found two bulls, the spirit said, “Now, Gideon has my attention. I think I want to wear him.” [applause] Listen to me, now. The Hebrew Bible says this, that the spirit of God put on flesh…

Audience: Oh, wow.

Keith: Nehemia will get excited about this, because this is the Tanakh. You see, you guys will get nervous because you’ll say, “Wait a minute. Hold it, just a second now. That ain’t till the New Testament.” Look at your neighbor and say, “Keith and Nehemia are happy right now about this.” Why are we happy about this? Because the Christmas story all of a sudden ain’t just in the New Testament. We got the Holy Ghost putting on flesh in the Tanakh. [applause] Nobody’s excited about this?

Audience: Yeah.

Keith: Listen to me again now, my wife will understand this. Sometimes, my wife asks me to go shopping, but I hate… Let me say it again - I hate to shop. I hate this idea that you try on things you cannot afford. I hate that she goes into sections of stores, and we know we can’t go in that section of the store, so me and her have a big fight. I don’t like to shop, but the ruach of Yehovah loves to shop. And this weekend, the ruach is shopping.

Audience: Amen.

Keith: Oh, come on, now. Come on, now. The ruach is shopping this weekend, and he’s checking some of you saying, “Can I put you on? Can I wear you? Can I take you over? Can I tell you where you’re going to go? Can I tell you what you’re going to say? Can I tell you how you’re going to deal with things? Can I put on your flesh?” It is foreshadowing you all, for what I believe happened in the New Testament. You see, I believe I can tell my friend, Nehemia this, and he and I, we won’t even have to argue. Nehemia, sometimes the spirit of God puts on flesh. Come on, you all, work with me now. You’re supposed to be excited about this. And Nehemia’s like, “See, they don’t even understand, Keith. You have gone over their heads.” Tell me you understand what I’m saying.

Audience: Yeah. [applause]

Keith: Who I’m possibly talking about right now. Tell me this is not too overwhelming for you, that sometimes the ruach of Yehovah will put on flesh.

Audience: Yeah.

Keith: It didn’t happen on Christmas morning.

Audience: No.

Keith: Do you know that God actually can do it when He wants, where He wants, and whoever He wants, however He wants, just like He did, mm, with Gideon? Now, this is big controversy. I’m sure I’m out after this. Are you telling us that God put on the flesh of Gideon, just the way it says it? Check the Hebrew for yourselves. It says, “The ruach of Yehovah put on the flesh of Gideon.” Now, I’m not going to go a lot further. I’m going to get out of here. My plane leaves early in the morning, hopefully you all won’t beat me up before that. I’m going to tell you who I’m looking for.

It says this. After the spirit of God put on Gideon, it says, “Then Gideon blew the shofar.” Why? Because the ruach hakodesh had put on his flesh, and the ruach hakodesh, through the spirit of God, wanted to call the people to respond. And I love what he does. He blows the shofar, and then this radical little group of people called the Abiezrites gathered behind him.

I’m going to be completely honest with you, I’m going to tell you exactly where I’m at. I’m not going to do nothing at night. I’m going to tell you exactly where I’m at. Michael, I give you the Hanochites. Michael has come up with a whole thing. I mean, that’s powerful, man. He can do things better… He can market better than anyone I’ve ever seen, and he means it. You are called what?

Audience: Hanochites.

Keith: Michael, stand up and tell us how you do it. How do you do it, Michael? You go like this, come on. Lead us now with the Hanochites.

Michael: Who are you?

Audience: We are the Hanochites.

Keith: Amen. You all are the Hanochites. But let me tell you what Pastor Keith is looking for, right now. I need some Abiezrites. Let me tell you why. This group of people can’t be everybody in this room. Now, I’m going to do something radical in closing. I’m going to show you who I’m looking for. I’m looking for the remnant. I’m looking for the remnant group of people, and probably everyone in here, those that are listening are saying, “It ain’t me.” But I’m going to tell you something, the Bible that we’re reading right now tells us a powerful story, and I’m going to try my best to say it without going into great detail. And if I could just have some grace, you all, if you’ll check the Scripture for yourself, can I just give you my quick overview of what happens, without going verse by verse? If that’s okay, say, “amen”.

Audience: Amen.

Keith: I want you to open it and check it for yourself. But here’s what happens. After the ruach put on the flesh, and after the call that went through the shofar, those that are Abiezrites, which means “my Father helps”, these are the helpers now, they gathered behind Gideon. And then the Father said this, “You know what? There are too many of them. I can’t work with this many. Because of what I’m going to do, I’m going to have to cut them down.”

So the first thing that He says is this. “All that are afraid, go home.” 22,000 people out of 32,000 people said, “Oh, no, no, no. Hanging out with that dude, dealing with what they’re talking about, that ain’t nothing but fear from me. I am out of here,” and I have lost many friends that say this. “Keith, you have gone too far.” So unfortunately, a large percentage of people that I’m looking for are too afraid to go where Yehovah is calling me to go.

Then He says, “Okay, there are still too many. There are still too many.” He says, “Take them down to the water,” and if I can just show you what happened. He says, “Take them down to the water, and I am going to sift them for you there.” How did Yehovah sift them? He said, “Some of them will get on their knees, but others will lap like a dog.” And so guess what happened? They were probably thirsty. And it says that most of them went to the water and probably did this. “I’m thirsty,” knelt down and got everything they needed. Took care of their physical need, and the other thing they did, it was probably too comfortable there, because they bowed their knees so quickly. Maybe they were used to bowing their knee to Baal. The Father says, “For what we’re about to do, I can’t have those kinds of people with what we’re about to do.” He said, “But there’s another group of people that’ll do this. They won’t be on their knees. They’ll probably go like this, you all. They’ll see the water. They’ll know the situation we’re in. They’ll know we’re in a war. They’ll know the circumstances. They’ll know that the enemy surrounds us,” and I believe that 300 did this.

“Oh, I’m going to get my water. I’m going to keep my eyes out. I’m going to make sure I know my circumstances. I’m going to make sure that I understand that if I’m going to help somebody, I can’t help somebody just taking care of me.”

Man: Amen. Hallelujah.

Keith: Oh, I’m going to tell you what I’m looking for. Oh, I’m by myself on this. Nehemia and I, we said today, “This might be the last time we speak together.” I might have offended him, I don’t know. He offends me, sometimes. But you know what we’re committed to? We’re committed to keep reading. We’re committed to understanding it. This man has brought more revelation for those that come from the Christian Messianic background than their own leaders, and their own leaders say, “We don’t like him, because he don’t think like us, act like us, believe like us.” Hey, man. Nehemia’s all right. I’m praying for them.

Audience: Amen. [applause]

Keith: But I’m going to tell you something, and I’m serious about this. Michael, if you just give me a few more minutes, I’m serious about this. I am at a place right now where I’ve decided I want to go forward. I’m going to go wherever I’m asked to go, where there are people that I consider to be the remnant. And I’m going to be able to tell you who the remnant is. They’re not selfish. They’re not afraid. They’re willing to not only look out for themselves, but they’re willing to look out for somebody else. I’m looking for those that are willing to help. I’m tired of dealing with the masses. I’m tired of dealing with just everybody, “You got to make the message this way, because that would be offensive to everybody.” Guess what? Be offended by me now. And maybe that means this is my last opportunity, but I will tell you something. It just seems like sometimes, that the ruach hakodesh will stop by and say, “Keith, excuse me. Could I do something?” “Yeah, what do you need?” “I need you to get out of the way.” [laughter]

Man: Amen.

Keith: And I believe today is one of those days.

Man: Amen.

Keith: I believe that He’s shopping, looking for somebody that will say this; “Put me on.” And then, once He finds that one that he puts on, that person will stand up, grab the shofar, make the call, and there will be some people - probably not the masses, just a few - that will join. Now, I pray that every single need that we have from this weekend would be met, plus. But I also pray for this. I believe there are some of you that are ready to move beyond what’s happening with the general. I believe there’s some of you here that are saying, “You know what? I think I am the remnant.” And if you’re the remnant, we’re going to be able to tell, based on this. Are you afraid? Are you selfish? Are you ready to help somebody else do what God has called him to do?

I believe you’re here. It might just be two or three. It might just be four or five, I’m not sure. There might be just one. But here’s what’s happened to me. He’s taken over. And I’m going to tell you something, it is the best place for me to be. I’m sure that this is probably the end of my ride, hanging out in the wine press, beating wheat. I can’t do it at night anymore, 2012, we’re going to the world, with everything that God has given us. But I believe we need some Abiezrites. And let me tell you about them, you know what they did? They took the shofars from everybody that was sent home, everybody that was selfish, and then Gideon told them this. “Take a torch, put it inside of a clay jar, and now, let’s go fight.” Take a torch, some fire. Put it inside of a clay jar, shofar in one hand, fire in the other hand. And when we get before the enemy, we will smash the jar and the light will come forward and we will win. Bow your heads.

We’re looking for those that are willing to be like the ones who are willing to help. It’s easy to say, “Yeah, we are.” It’s harder to say, “We do.” And we’re looking for the “we do’s”, because in the hour that we’re in, God is saying, “If you’re afraid, now is not the time. If you’re selfish, I can’t use you. But if you’re willing to keep your eyes open, your hearts open, your ears open, your minds open to everything I have, and if you’re willing to crush the flesh so that the light of our Creator would come forth and allow yourself to be put on by the ruach, it is time for you to come into your call.”

So I’m going to make a call. Oh, I’m going to do it, you all. I do it every single time. Keep your heads bowed, I’m going to do it every single time. I’m going to keep swinging. I’m going to keep swinging. Okay, you can open your eyes for a second. Here I am, you all. Here I am, right now. They’re going to keep pitching, and I’m going to keep swinging. And I’m going to keep swinging, and one time, I’m going to hit that thing out of the park. I’m going to find somebody that says, “You know what, Keith? I’m an Abiezrite. I’m ready to be everything…” say, “everything”.

Audience: Everything.

Keith: I have enough time, don’t I? Don’t I have enough time? Five minutes, do I have five minutes? I have five minutes. I’m looking for somebody to say, “I’m willing to do everything…” Say, “everything”.

Audience: Everything…

Keith: That He wants me to do.

Audience: That He wants me to do.

Keith: I’m willing to be… Say, “I’m willing to be”.

Audience: I’m willing to be...

Keith: Come on, now. “everything”.

Audience: Everything…

Keith: He wants me to be.

Audience: He wants me to be.

Keith: I’m willing to go…

Audience: I’m willing to go...

Keith: Wherever…

Audience: Wherever…

Keith: He wants me to go.

Audience: He wants me to go.

Keith: I’m willing to say…

Audience: I’m willing to say…

Keith: Whatever…

Audience: Whatever…

Keith: He wants me to say.

Audience: He wants me to say.

Keith: So here are the waters. They are not dirty. Ain’t no sewage in these waters. Ain’t no sewage in these waters. And I know that everybody is not ready to be an Abiezrite, but if there are some that would say, “I’m not afraid. I’m not selfish, and I’m not going to kneel down like they do for Baal, but I’m going to go like this. And I’m going to keep my eyes looking.” If that’s you, if you have a moment to let the Father know you’re ready, I’m going to blow the shofar. And if it’s you, do not hesitate. Let Him know, “I am one, that I will be however you want me to be, to help those that you have called to do Your will.”

Oh, before I blow it, I should tell you something. It’s not easy. It’s not easy. Oh, I should tell you one more thing. It’s going to cost you everything you’ve got. But I will tell you something. If you say yes to Him, there’s no better “yes” you can say in your entire life. The waters are here. He’s ready to sift. Are there any that would respond?

Keith: [blows shofar] Father, we present to You those that are willing to help. Yehovah, we present to You, those that are not afraid. Creator of the universe, we present to You those that are willing to say, “put me on”. We present those that are here today, that are not saying it’s just about them, but it’s all about You. Father, I thank you in advance for what You are about to do with this group of people. The world is going to know - Yehovah, hu haElohim. Yehovah, You are God, and there is no other. You can do what You want, when You want, with whomever You want. You can put on the flesh of whomever You want, just like You put on the flesh of the one whom some celebrate in the wrong way. But You’re able to do it.

And so Father, we come before You, and the first thing we say is, “We’re sorry for whatever we have done that has not been pleasing to You.” We repent right now. Say it, Abiezerites, “I repent”.

Audience: I repent.

Man: Right now.

Keith: And now, because I’ve repented, I’m going to turn my feet and be led by You into truth to Your glory. I will help whom You have called. Say, “I will help”.

Audience: I will help.

Keith: I am willing.

Audience: I am willing.

Keith: To be everything.

Audience: To be everything.

Keith: To go wherever.

Audience: To go wherever.

Keith: To do whatever.

Audience: To do whatever.

Keith: To say whatever.

Audience: To say whatever.

Keith: That will help.

Audience: That will help.

Keith: You, Yehovah.

Audience: You, Yehovah.

Keith: Through Your people.

Audience: Through Your people.

Keith: Amen.

Audience: Amen.

Keith: [blows shofar] Halleluyah.

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  • Kitty says:

    With complete respect I have to disagree with repenting of things that we do not know we have done wrong in that to repent we must also change our evil ways therefore we have to know what we have done wrong. We search always to know our sins so that we can change, but a blanket request will not do.

  • Elizabeth Elliot says:

    Thank you for all your hard work ,i have been deeply impacted by this Open Door series. Im left feeling displaced in christian culture because of the lies and mans traditions moreover im truly inspired to pursue the truth and participate in the new biblical culture that has meaning and purpose , bye bye western empty xmas. Truth seekers unite. WE WIN !!!

  • Ray says:

    hasn’t Jehovah witness known the name already

    • daniel says:

      Bring this proper pronunciation to a JW(as I have) and prepare yourself for a vigorous argument denouncing it.

  • Patricia caceres says:

    I cried all the session because every time I heard his name I had a beautiful feeling and did feel His blessing over my life. I cried , laught and enjoyed every teaching .
    Thank you thank you