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The following letter-form was brought about as a means of teaching my children the Word of God through the mail. And of course, quite naturally so, that’s the reason I begin these letters with "Dear Children" and end them with "Love Dad". So for the rest of you who participate in these weekly messages, please keep their original intended purpose in mind.

30 December, 2012

Dear Children,

It was eleven (11) long years ago (12/30/01) that we, in obedience to the Lord God Almighty, published our first Jimmy Swaggart sermonet: “Jimmy Swaggart And The Accursed!” But yet here it is eleven (11) long years later and we’re still gainfully employed in the writing of these Jimmy Swaggart sermonets. And the reason for it is that Jimmy Swaggart has not been willing to receive the “Word from the Lord” through the “mouths of the prophets” that would have delivered him from the error of his ways if only obeyed:

 

“And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I [Jesus] judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.” (John 12:47-49 KJV)

You see Jesus Christ was “The Prophet” who spoke the “Words from the Father” directly into the physical ears of the Church. And it was these same “Words from the Father”, if obeyed, that would have “judged” the people (sanctified and cleansed them of their sins) and prepared them to stand “holy” before the Righteous Judge in Heaven:

 

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:26-27 KJV)

So, we as prophets were delegated the responsibility of speaking the Father’s “Words of correction” to Jimmy Swaggart in such a way that he couldn’t help but “hear” it. However, for eleven (11) long years Jimmy Swaggart has continually rejected these same “Words of correction” that will now condemn (judge) him in the end (last days) if he does not repent of his evil ways. In other words, Jimmy Swaggart is by no means “holy and without blemish”!

 

“But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:15-16 KJV)

In fact, as the Lord God would have it, this 11th anniversary sermonet of today – “Jimmy Swaggart’s ‘Left Behind’ Rapture!” – has special significance when it comes to Jimmy Swaggart and the Rapture. I mean, after all, the Biblical meaning of the number eleven (#11) is “judgment and disorder”. And it’s because of Jimmy Swaggart’s perverted “message of the cross” that Jimmy Swaggart, along with many in his church, will get “left behind” to experience the “judgment and disorder” of the seven (7) year “Tribulation”.

Now in order to help you come to a better understanding of just what Father God demands when it comes to this thing about “be ye holy”, please allow me to give you a most recent example of what it took for me to miss that mark of “holiness”.

You see it was several weeks ago (11/22/12), during our regular Thursday night “food and fellowship with the prophets”, that I committed a grievous sin in the Eyes of the Father. I was showing a few Youtube videos that expose the demons in Todd Bentley, when all of the sudden I was reminded of a cartoon character from my past – “Foghorn Leghorn”.

So, you might ask, “What’s wrong with that?”

Well the problem with my “Foghorn Leghorn” thought was that it didn’t end there! You see in order to fully share the true “experience” of Foghorn Leghorn I did a Google search and found a short six (6) minutes and forty-five (45) seconds video that would hopefully get the point across to my captive audience. And in an effort to appease my Heavenly Father for what I was about to do, my final words before clicking the play button were “Forgive me Lord!”

Now, it was abundantly obvious that I fully realized at the time that what I was doing was not what the Father wanted me to be doing (“Forgive me Lord!”). In fact the longer I played the video the more uncomfortable I got until I finally turned the accursed thing off.

Thank God for His mercy! A lightning bolt didn’t strike me dead!! And I’m being very serious!!!

Because you see it was only five (5) days later that I received an email from one of the prophets stating that God had given him the following question for me while he was in the shower: “So What Went Wrong With Your Walk With God?”

And if that wasn’t bad enough already, the very next day another one of the prophets received the following Word from God for me: “Watch out!”

Well, needless to say (for all those who truly fear the Lord), I confessed my sin for all to hear and repented to the Father for not walking in holiness before Him. I mean, this was serious business and I knew it!

 

“Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.” (Leviticus 20:7 KJV)

So, that was a real life example of how easy it was for me to become un-holy in the Eyes of God.

And now it’s time to check out one of the many most recent instances where Jimmy Swaggart has continued to mock the Almighty through his very own un-holy and un-repented behavior. Because the following comments were made by Jimmy Swaggart on the 11th of November 2012, during Sunday morning service at Family Worship Center, before a potential Internet and television viewing audience of millions:

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“I’ve got to make a confession. I might as well be honest with y’all. She [Frances] didn’t have anything done to her knees. She just got out of line and I had to straighten her up. You know what I mean? (Jimmy cackles with laughter.) And if you believe that, I’ll sell you some ocean front property in Nebraska. Is that all right?”

Now wasn’t that hilarious? Jimmy Swaggart cracking jokes about his wife’s knee surgery at a time when “holiness” should have been the focus of his so-called “worship” service at Family Worship Center.

But then again, were the comments Jimmy Swaggart made about his wife’s knee surgery really a joke, or was he actually confessing his guilt in having lied about what really happened? It’s all very confusing to say the least… and definitely NOT the slightest bit “holy” in the Eyes of God. In fact the following is what the Almighty has to say about Jimmy Swaggart’s very foolish behavior:

 

“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” (Ephesians 5:1-5 KJV)

So that’s the Scripture that nails Jimmy Swaggart’s “un-holy” hide to the wall. In fact with the Ephesians 5:4 “foolish talking” and “jesting” in mind, this is what John Wesley had to say about the both of them:

 

Nor foolish talking - Tittle tattle, talking of nothing, the weather, fashions, meat and drink.

Or jesting - The word properly means, wittiness, facetiousness, esteemed by the heathens an half - virtue. But how frequently even this quenches the Spirit, those who are tender of conscience know.

Which are not convenient - For a Christian; as neither increasing his faith nor holiness.” (John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes)

You see the truth of the matter is that “IF” Jimmy Swaggart were truly “in Christ”, and “walking in the Spirit”, he would have unceremoniously been convicted of his “un-holy” behavior and repented in a most expedient manner. After all, those who are “tender of conscience” know when they “quench the Spirit” by acting in a way that’s “not convenient” to holiness!

So with Jimmy Swaggart’s “un-holiness” in mind, let’s take a journey back in time to discover the roots of his “un-holy” demise. Because, you see, as the Lord was preparing me to write this message of today, He directed me to listen to a David Wilkerson sermon that I had never before heard. And the following excerpted portion of that message is the very good reason for the Lord doing what He did:

 

     If the Holy Ghost is talking to you, and you’re talking to the Holy Ghost, I’m going to tell you what He’s trying to tell you. He’s going to tell you the same thing He’s telling me: “I’m keeping you. I’m your keeper. If you will use Me and trust Me, I’m going to keep you.”
     A very well known evangelist [Jimmy Swaggart], who has fallen with prostitutes, said, and I talked to him personally, I’ve talked to his family, and the, I’m not getting it second hand I’m getting it from the dear Brother. When he was nine (9) years old, he says, the spirit came over him. And this spirit was of the enemy. And he claims that his temptation was greater than most people because he was mightily used of God and had a greater, I suppose, suggesting a greater gift of God. And now, ah, this temptation has grown so great.
     Now folks that is totally un-Scriptural! That is not in the Bible whatsoever. The Bible says, “All our temptations are common to all men.” They’re common to all! The Devil you fight is just as big as he fought or anybody else. I mean he’s just as little. I say he’s just as little. But this evangelist [Jimmy Swaggart] is attributing power to the Devil that he never had. He never had!
     You see, the Holy Ghost is not intimidated by a nine hundred (900) foot Devil! He’s not intimidated by your lust! He’s not intimidated by any of your problems. He has never been intimidated by anything out of Hell, He is not an intimidated Holy Ghost!
     Let me tell you what the problem is. You see the Holy Ghost is received by faith, the Holy Ghost ministers by faith. Faith is that which causes the Holy Spirit to release in us the power of God.
     This man [Jimmy Swaggart] lost his faith! He lost his faith in God’s keeping power! And when you lose your faith in the Holy Ghost’s ability to keep you from the power of the Devil, the fear of the enemy comes in and that fear overwhelms you and you go down. It’s a lack of faith and confidence in the keeping power of the Holy Ghost. Keep that in mind. People say, “Well, why are so many falling; those who were used of God?” Any man can fall if he gets away from the keeping power of the Holy Ghost. He no longer believes, he no longer trusts.

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What a bust!!! Isn’t God awesome??? God’s Truth revealed on Jimmy Swaggart’s “un-holiness” through a David Wilkerson sermon! What more could I have asked for?

You see the way this all came about is that David Wilkerson was used mightily of God during the 1980’s to try and help Jimmy Swaggart maintain a walk of holiness during the “glory days” of his ministry. In fact, not only was David Wilkerson used to speak a “Word” to Jimmy Swaggart that would have kept him from falling with the prostitutes, but he was also used of God to try and counsel Jimmy Swaggart after he had disobeyed that same “Word” from God and fallen with the prostitutes. But yet the excuse Jimmy Swaggart gave for his “sexually promiscuous” demise was that his demons were bigger than anyone else’s!!! (See “Jimmy Swaggart: The Epitome Of Arrogance!” for more on this subject.)

So are you starting to get a clearer picture of how Jimmy Swaggart has gotten to the place that he is no longer “tender of conscience” to know when he has “quenched the Spirit” by acting in a way that’s “not convenient” to holiness?

Well, even though we covered the basics on this issue some two (2) years ago in our sermonet “Jimmy Swaggart Doesn’t Doeth The Will Of The Father!”, we can certainly expound on the repercussions of Jimmy Swaggart’s disobedience in a step by step manner.

 

“And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I [Jesus] judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.” (John 12:47-49 KJV)

You see, in the pure and simple of it, David Wilkerson spoke a “Word” to Jimmy Swaggart that was the “Will of the Father” for Jimmy Swaggart’s life, and it would have judged Jimmy Swaggart’s “sexually promiscuous flesh” if he would have only obeyed it. Because, as the Scriptures point out, the Words that David Wilkerson spoke to Jimmy Swaggart were of God’s Spirit:

 

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63 KJV)

And, of course, it was this same “Spirit/Word” spoken through David Wilkerson that would have given Jimmy Swaggart the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) Power to overcome his “sexually promiscuous flesh” if he would have only had “faith” in that “Spirit/Word” by obeying it:

 

“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.” (Galatians 5:16-18 KJV)

But, of course, seeing how Jimmy Swaggart did not “walk in the Spirit” by obeying the “Word”, he has now gotten to the place that he’s no longer “tender of conscience” to know when he’s “quenched the Spirit” by acting in a way that’s “not convenient” to holiness. And it’s because of his indisputable “un-holy” condition that Jimmy Swaggart can not, will not, see the Lord:

 

“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” (Hebrews 12:14 KJV)

And taking that one step further, as it concerns “seeing the Lord” in the “Rapture” (Christ imminent return and catching away of His Church), Jimmy Swaggart has conveniently made a change in God’s “Rapture requirements” so that his “un-holy hide” won’t get “left behind”. Because on the 9th of December 2012, during the Sunday morning service at Family Worship Center, before a potential Internet and television viewing audience of millions, Jimmy Swaggart made the following damnable statement about the Rapture for all those willing to receive it as truth:

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“Who is going to go in the Rapture?
Who will go?
Those who are ‘in Christ’…
which even includes those who are not living as they ought to live.”

Now isn’t that nice? Jimmy Swaggart has done away with God’s “Rapture requirements” of holiness: “without spot or wrinkle – holy without blemish”. But then again, it’s really nothing new! I mean Jimmy Swaggart gave birth to this “doctrine of demons” back in 1997 when he got his new revelation on “The Message Of The Cross” after having fallen with the prostitutes and given up on his faith in “walking in the Spirit”. In fact the following “Jimmy Swaggart” definitions of “in Christ” and “taking up the cross daily” were taken from “page 172” of his “Jimmy Swaggart Bible Commentary” on Philippians (Copyright 2000):

 

IN CHRIST

     The "in Christ" principle is, in effect, the principle of all Salvation and all Victory as it regards our victorious, overcoming, Christian experience. In other words, everything that Jesus did at the Cross and the Resurrection becomes ours, because, in effect, and as stated, He did all of this strictly for us and none at all for Himself.
     So, if Christ atoned for all sin by His Sacrificial Death, then all sin is eradicated in my heart and life by virtue of my Faith in Him. For that's all that God requires, that we have Faith in Christ and what He did, which anyone can do if they so desire (Jn. 3:16).
     This means that I was "in Him " also when He was buried, which means all of my old past with all of its sin and failure is buried as well. It also means, that when He was raised from the dead, I also was raised from the dead "in Him" in "newness of life" (Rom. 6:4-5). Wonder of wonders it also means that even as Christ has now been Exalted, and is seated by the Right Hand of the Father in Heaven, that by Faith I am actually seated there with Him also (Eph. 2:6). So, when one speaks of the Finished Work of Christ, one is actually speaking of the Cross, the Resurrection, and the Exaltation.
     Inasmuch as Jesus kept all the Law, and even suffered its penalty on our behalf, my being "in Him," now makes me a "Law-keeper" instead of a Lawbreaker, which I had been. As I remain in Him, continuing to trust in what He did at the Cross and the Resurrection, not allowing my Faith to leave this "Finished Work," I am guaranteed the Help of the Holy Spirit, Who guarantees to and for me, all the benefits of the Atonement (Rom. 8:1-2).
     So, I'm not a "Law-keeper" by actually doing such myself, which I could not do anyway, but because I am "in Christ," consequently, having Faith in what He has already done. The idea is, that He did it for me, which is the only way it could be done, and my Faith in Him as it regards His Sacrifice, makes me a Law-keeper also. In other words, due to Faith in Christ and what He did at the Cross, God imputes to me the Righteousness of Christ which I never could have attained on my own. As I stay in Christ, which I do by my constant Faith, even on a daily basis, in His Finished Work, I automatically keep the moral Law, simply because Christ has already done this great and glorious thing. However, the moment that I set about to try to do it myself, through rules and regulations, etc., in effect, I take myself out of Christ, which then brings on failure. The secret is remaining "in Christ" with my Faith, which, in effect, speaks of taking up the Cross daily and following Jesus (Lk. 9:23).

 

TAKING UP THE CROSS DAILY

     As we've already stated several times in our commentarial notes, most Christians presently have a total misconception as to what Jesus was speaking about when He demanded that His followers "deny ourselves, and take up our Cross daily, and follow Him" (Lk. 9:23).
     They think that the denial of self means suffering, and of course, most Christians shy away from that.
     That's not what it means at all! To "deny ourselves" simply means that we do not trust ourselves or put faith and confidence in our own ability to live this Christian life. That's all that it means. We are to deny self in the sense of attempting to do this which no one has ever been able to do, and which only Christ has done, and only through Him can it be done. Self must be hidden in Christ, and in fact, must remain in Christ.
     Also, the taking up of the Cross refers to trusting and believing in what Jesus did at the Cross on our behalf. We are to forever trust in that, forever believe that, forever understand that all of our victory in totality is always in the Cross and never in us.
     That's all that He means by "taking up the Cross" and not suffering on the part of a Saint, as most have been led to believe.

[Jimmy Swaggart Bible Commentary On Philippians - Volume 17 - Copyright 2000 (page 172 in reference to Philippians 2:12)]

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Now what you have just read was Jimmy Swaggart’s 1997 revelation –“The Message Of The Cross” – as published in his 2000 “Jimmy Swaggart Bible Commentary” on Philippians. Because what was to follow three (3) years later (2003) was this same perverted “Message Of The Cross” infused into a New Testament Bible – “The Expositor’s New Testament”. And if that wasn’t bad enough already, it was only two (2) years later (2005) that Jimmy Swaggart successfully trashed up God’s Word “in total” (all 66 books) with his publication of “The Expositor’s Study Bible”.

So there you have a very simple time-line of how Jimmy Swaggart has re-written God’s Holy Word to allow “Believers” to be “in Christ”, and make it in the Rapture, while yet living an “un-holy” life of sin. In fact to help you better understand these “Jimmy Swaggart Bible Commentary” definitions of “in Christ” and “taking up the cross daily”, I’ve listed them in bullet form below:

 

* Christ atoned for all sin by His Sacrificial Death.
* All sin is eradicated in my heart and life by virtue of my Faith in Christ and what He did.
* I automatically keep the moral Law because Christ has already done this.
* I stay in Christ by my constant Faith in His Finished Work.
* Remaining "in Christ" with my Faith speaks of taking up the Cross daily and following Jesus (Lk. 9:23).
* Taking up of the Cross refers to trusting and believing in what Jesus did at the Cross on our behalf… not suffering on the part of a Saint, as most have been led to believe.
* To "deny ourselves" simply means that we do not trust ourselves or put faith and confidence in our own ability to live this Christian life.

Now is that an abomination or is that an abomination? Don’t we wish it were as easy as that!!! Jimmy Swaggart and his “magic talisman” – “Just look to the cross of Christ!”

I mean, as I read through those bullets I envisioned the Roman Catholic crucifix with a Roman Catholic priest standing in front while performing his magic act of transforming the “bread and wine” into the “flesh and blood” of Jesus Christ so that the parishioners can “eat Jesus” and be “in Christ”.

Jimmy Swaggart’s “Message Of The Cross” is totally absurd, but yet he’s got millions of wayward souls actually believing in it! (See “Jimmy Swaggart REJECTS The Cross Of Christ!” and “Jimmy Swaggart Expositor’s Study Bible: THE LIE From SATAN!” for more on the subject.)

In fact, while we’re on the subject of “absurd”, let’s take a closer look at the Scripture in Philippians that was so violently violated by “page 172” of Jimmy Swaggart’s commentary:

 

“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (Philippians 2:12 KJV)

Now, can you believe it? That’s the Scripture Jimmy Swaggart was explaining away with his diabolically heretical teaching: “All that God requires is that we have Faith in Christ and what He did at the Cross.”

“Just look to the cross”, proclaims Jimmy Swaggart!

But yet when it comes down to this thing about “salvation”, and what it takes to get it, God’s Word (Philippians 2:12) is very adamant about the “obedience”, and “working it out”, that’s a very real part of the process. In fact Jesus did it first so that we might have the Power of the Holy Spirit to do it too:

 

“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” (Hebrews 5:7-9 KJV)

Jesus “learned obedience by the things He suffered”! With “fear and trembling” Jesus obeyed every Word from His Father in Heaven… and He suffered greatly because of it! Jesus did nothing and said nothing that was not what the Father commanded Him to do and say. And it was through this, and this only, that He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him.

“Obedience” to the “Will of the Father” is not an easy thing to do! It takes a lot of suffering, which most are not willing to do, which necessitated the following warning from Christ to all:

 

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”(Matthew 7:20-21 KJV)

“Just look to the cross”, proclaims Jimmy Swaggart! “Trusting and believing in what Jesus did at the Cross on our behalf… not suffering on the part of a Saint, as most have been led to believe.”

Rubbish, Jimmy Swaggart, pure rubbish! Your “Message Of The Cross” belongs in the trash dump… and that’s exactly where it will take all those who receive it as God’s truth: the trash dump of Hell!!!

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Jesus was made “perfect” through the things that He “suffered” in “obedience” to the “Will of His Father”. And it’s only through that very same process that we might be made “perfect” (holy) too:

 

“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48 KJV)

“Suffering” is the key ingredient to being “in Christ”. And Brother Paul bears it out in the chapter following his warning to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling”:

 

“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him [in Christ], not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him [Christ], and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:8-12 KJV)

You see in order be “in Christ”, we must first “know Christ and the fellowship of His sufferings” by willingly “suffering in obedience” to the “Will of the Father” for our own lives. Jesus did it first so that we might have the Power of the Holy Spirit to do it too. And this is the process of “holiness”, “perfection”, and “purification”.

And having said all that, it’s time to wrap this message up with for our final Scripture:

 

“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him [in Christ] sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.” (1 John 3:3-6 KJV)

Jimmy Swaggart says that those “in Christ” will go in the Rapture… and even though they’re NOT living as they ought to live. And as we have just proved through God’s Word, it’s impossible for anyone to be “in Christ” who’s not walking in “holiness” (perfect and purified) before the Lord!

So there you have it: the truth about Jimmy Swaggart’s teaching on the “Rapture” that will only get you “left behind”!

Don’t believe the charlatans! “Keep on keeping the faith in Jesus!!!”

(See “The Rapture!” and “Tribulation Horror Show!” for more on the subject.)

Love,

Dad (Bruce Hallman)

"ALL FOR THE LOVE OF JESUS"

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