Wednesday, June 22, 2011

(128) COMMUNION

Communion is very important for all Christians to partake in; some Christian churches may take their communion only once a month. It all depends on the Pastor of the church. Sometimes, people have asked me how often they should take their communion. My answer to that question was as often as you can. In 1 Corinthians 11: 25, “Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.” So there are fifty-two weeks within a year that means 52 times a year. As an individual, you could take communion everyday if you or your family wants to have communion in your home. It’s all depends on individual preference. There is nothing wrong with it. Why? Sometimes, some of the church members may miss their communion, because of various reasons and they may have to wait a month or a month and half to take the next communion in the church.

Now what is communion? Communion is the nature of the Lord’s Supper, which many church groups refer to as their celebration of Jesus’ final, memorial supper with His disciples. So when you are taking the communion, pray on the elements that you have received. The Bread represents the body of our Lord Jesus and the Wine represents the Lord’s precious blood. When an authorized person blesses the elements, transformation will take place instantly, the bread becomes the body of the Lord Jesus and the wine becomes the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Communion can be very rewarding or can be very dangerous to a person. Why? Let’s see what is written in 1 Corinthians 11:29-30, for if you eat the bread or drink the cup unworthily, not honoring the body of Christ,* you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died. So as you can see, we as Pastors must be very careful about communion. In other words, we cannot take it too lightly.

For example, sometimes a husband and wife may have spoken very harsh words to each other that morning or last night with bitterness within their hearts and when they arrive at the church, who knows what really took place within their home. Question, do they still have bitterness, anger, jealousy and etc. with someone or anger with the Lord because things didn’t happen in their favor within their home? They probably smile a little and enter into the church. No Pastors or Ministers could tell if a person/persons still have bitterness within them or what really took place that morning or last night within their home, it may be very dangerous for the person. Are you with me so far?

Many, many years ago, I was told by a Kahu (Shepherd) this particular family had taken the communion with bitterness within their hearts and after the church service was over, they got into their car and they left the church’s premises and got into an accident with a big truck. The whole family was run over, some got killed and some were very seriously injured. Now, could this be a coincidence or not? Only God knows the true answer. For me, I don’t want to take any chances for my members of the church. Of course, this must be prayed from within our hearts, not from the corner of our mouths. For example, let’s say I became the Captain in the military army for my company and my Lieutenants or Sergeants mess up and my whole company got wiped out from the enemy, I would personally feel responsible for my men in the company and I feel I may have to answer to the higher authorities. Sure in the eyes of men, I may not be responsible for it, but in the church and in the eyes of God, I may be responsible for them. I have to answer to God and that time I strongly feel that would be the hardest thing for me to answer and to explain to God. Why? A Pastor or Reverend is a shepherd of his or her flock of their church. Am I correct so far? At that time, the accountability will become much greater for the minister of the church. Remember in Mark 4:22, there is nothing hidden in the eyes of God, everything will be brought to light.

As a Pastor, whenever I giving the communion to the members of the church, I pray and encourage everyone to pray along with me and to ask God for forgiveness for all of our sins by praying on Psalm 51: 1-19, it is a prayer from King David asking God to forgive him for all of his sins and God forgave him. Now as a Pastor, I strongly feel, I had done my part and I truly feel a peace of mind within myself. So we cannot take it too lightly with communion; it could also be for healing, deliverance and etc.

Therefore, in many churches the Pastor, Reverend, Minister or authorized Associate Pastor will do the communion. We cannot take any chances at all. The accountability will be too great for the Pastor of the church in the eyes of God. Why? It is a very sacred ritual for us as Christians to partake in the communion. Some of the members may have serious illnesses or personal problems within themselves; therefore, communion is very important to participate in. Sometimes, healing or deliverance will take place while they are taking their communion within themselves in the church. It’s all depends on the individual’s faith.

Sometimes, people with serious illness within their body get healed without being aware about it. I always tell the members of the church to ask God to bless their elements (Bread and Wine) that they are holding in their hands, so God will bless it and could heal them, because individually they may or may not know their own personal problem/problems that need to be healed. Sometime, without them being aware about their illness or problems, God healed them. Sometimes, for some of us, waiting for once a month may be too late. Next week may never come for some of the members.

Now as a Pastor, I can face and look straight to the Lord Jesus’ eyes with a clear frame of mind and say I tried and did my part Lord! Now it becomes an individual responsibility, not the Pastor of the church. Does it make sense to you so far?

The moral of this message is Communion is honoring the body and the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ and at the same time, it is for healing and deliverance for the individual and also for the members of your church. Amen! (So be it)

From Pastor Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

(127) IS IT A GREAT LOSS FOR YOU TO ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS?

No! It is not a great loss at all, but it is all to gain. Are you so Mighty and have so much Pride within yourself? If your answer is yes, then this message may be for you. This morning (6/11/11) at 9:40AM, as I sat down in front of my computer and I asked God what He would want me to write in the Internet Church Topics; instantly, “Forgiveness” came to me. In my mind this must be for some people the Lord wants me to give this message to. I really don’t know whom this message is for.

You must realize, no one is perfect in this world, except the Lord Jesus Christ and some of you have so much bitterness, jealousy and anger within your heart. Stop it in Jesus Mighty Name! Sometimes, the Lord may take the breath of life out of a person. How? When a person has so much bitterness, jealousy and anger within his or her heart, high blood pressure may come to the person and who knows what will happen. It could be a stroke or heart attack. In other words, something may give up. Don’t you agree with me?

You must ask the Lord Jesus for forgiveness from your heart, not from the corner of your mouth. Why? God looks into a person’s heart and He will decide if you are sincere or not. We cannot play any games with the Lord Jesus, believe me it is very serious. We all came from heaven for a little vacation and we must all return back to heaven. Amen? I pray you will all agree with me. Now when you stop and think about it, our life on this planet is very short. We must make use of every moment to do constructive, not destructive while we are living on this planet. If you want to, you could multiply 1.44 times your present age and to see how long you have lived on this planet in God’s eyes. For example, 50 years old man times 1.44 min. per year equals 72 minutes in God’s eyes. So as you can see, our life is not as long as you may think.

First of all, we must worship and have relationship with the Lord Jesus and the Power of the Holy Spirit. Some people worship money before God, in other words, they place money first then God second. It is not right; we must place God first within our life, because when we take our last breath on this planet and take our first breath up in heaven, will our fortunes from this planet be up in heaven? No! Absolutely not! It may seem like we will be at a poverty level; unless, we give our tithes or offerings to God as stated in Malachi 3:10. For example, we may think we are wealthy on this earth and if we don’t give, we become poor in heaven. Let’s look at what is written in Malachi 3:8-9, after you had read the verses, you will understand what I mean. How can we break the curse? You will find the answer in Malachi 3:10.

Let’s get back to forgiveness, Psalm 51: 5 For I was born a sinner—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. We must ask God to forgive us for all of our sins and make us whole in Jesus Mighty Name. You may use Psalm 51: 1-19, it is a prayer from King David asking God to forgive him for all his sins he had committed and God forgave him. Why? We serve the most understanding, loving and forgiving God. It doesn’t matter if you are just a member, deacon, elder, or even pastor of the church, we are all equal in the eyes of God. The only difference is ranking in the church, the higher you become, the higher your accountability with God. In other words, you must answer to God; that is the hardest thing to do. You will find the answer in Mark 4:22. Now if you don’t ask God to forgive you, then sometime the most precious things of yours may be taken away from you as a wakeup call. If it happens, then you cannot blame anyone, but yourself.

Everyday, we fall into sins, it doesn’t matter who you are so therefore; everyday, we must ask god for forgiveness. Forgiveness is your answer to most of your problems. Now this prayer must be prayed from within your heart, not from the corner of your mouth. Why? God looks into the person’s heart. Does it make sense so far?

Remember, God is “Love”. Just think for a minute, our Lord Jesus was nailed to the cross to buy all of our sins, and he also shed his precious blood so we can live much more abundantly within our lives. All his pains, agonies, and suffering he went through for all of us. Why? He had shown the true love for all of us. What is true love? It is a long suffering. Don’t you think the Lord Jesus had gone through a long suffering? Believe me, He did.

Sometimes, I close my eyes and picture myself; if I could duplicate what the Lord Jesus has gone through - all the pains and suffering. My answer is no. For me, even one tiny splitter from the lumber, which poked my hands or fingers, really hurts and is very painful. Every so often, I thank the Lord Jesus for dying on the cross for you and me. Amen!

There are three steps:

1) Always ask God for forgiveness from your heart, not from corner of your mouth.
2) Always give your tithes or offerings to God, to break the curse.
3) Always be obedient to the Lord Jesus, He will guide you to the godly path.

The moral of this message is always asking god for forgiveness.

From Pastor Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

(126) THE PRESS

Every so often people have mentioned to me that they have experienced the “Press!” While they were sleeping or lying on their bed, they could feel something on top of them. For those of you who are not familiar with the press, it is a spirit or spirits who may sit or lie down on the top of your chest area while you are lying down on your bed or sofa with your eyes closed and your mind is wide awake. Some people tell me they wanted to open their eyes, but couldn’t open them and at the same time they wanted to move their arms, hands, legs, feet or even yell from their mouth and no sound came out of their mouth or couldn’t do anything. Sometimes, this “PRESS” could be from jealous, angry, cursing, bitter spirits or you may have been worshipping the dead. If you have been worshipping the dead, the dead may come to you. Now, if you have a bible, turn to Ecclesiastes 9:5-8, it will explain to you about the dead.

Now let’s get back to the Press, If this situation ever happens to you, first of all you must relax and do not panic. I will repeat again, DO NOT PANIC! Now focus your mind, heart and soul to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Power of the Holy Spirit. One thing we should all be grateful and thankful for is that the demonic spirit/spirits cannot read your mind. They may give you suggestions or thoughts and will try to create fear upon you and that is what they will capitalize on. So within your mind, pray to the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit to come into your heart and mind. Now within your mind, say, “I rebuke you demonic spirit/spirits in Jesus Mighty Name!” until such time when your voice comes out of your mouth and pray the Lord’s precious blood to cover you from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet, in and out of your body in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen!

How many of you have had the experience of putting some salt on the slugs or snails crawling in your back yard? What do slugs or snails do? They will try to avoid the salt instantly. Am I correct? I feel this is the same scenario with any of the demonic spirit/spirits; they instantly will be gone, when they see you are covered with Lord’s precious blood upon you.
Approximately 35 years ago or longer, I had experienced the press and I understand what is like to be pressed down by the demonic spirit. At that time, I wasn’t a Christian at all and I was very desperate and scared, because of this happening to me. I tried to open my eyes or to move my arms, legs, and feet and even tried to yell or say something and couldn’t do any of these things. I remember I was perspiring on my forehead, because of the fear in my mind. I thought, I was getting a heart attack or even getting a stroke, these things had been crossing my mind while my eyes were closed.

Now, I didn’t experience any of these symptoms such as getting a heart attack or even a stroke. Also at that time, I didn’t know anything about demonic spirits at all. Anyway, then suddenly the name of Jesus came to my mind and I called His Name and instantly something had let go of me. Praise the Lord! As I recollect, I couldn’t move my arms, hands, legs, feet, yell or even open both of my eyes at all. Till today, I didn’t know why I had called upon the Name of Jesus Christ. Approximately nineteen years later I accepted the Lord Jesus as my personal savior. At that time I didn’t anticipate becoming a strong Christian believer. Today, it is totally different for me, everyday; I try to get a closer relationship with the Lord Jesus and the Power of the Holy Spirit. It is like inch by inch trying to get closer to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. I believe this was all in God’s plan for me. Sometimes, when you get closer to the Lord Jesus, your family, friends, members of the church or even other Christians may speak negative about you. If that ever happens to you, don’t worry about it, just leave it in the hands of the Lord Jesus and let Him take care of it.

One thing is for sure, sometimes, it becomes strong evidence that you are getting a closer relationship with Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Just think for a second, when a person gets closer to the Lord Jesus and the Power of the Holy Spirit, do you think Satan and his followers would like that? Of course not! Satan and his followers will not give a pat on that person’s back and say you are a faithful servant to the Lord Jesus Christ, so please continue. No, Satan will use every means of discouraging the person from being closer to the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit. How? By using other people to speak negatively about the person, without the person knowing that he or she may have been used by Satan and his followers. So don’t worry about it. As a pastor, I have countless times, where people try to tell me about another person, at that time in my mind it is just gossip, so what I normally do and say, is that right? I just smile and walk away from that person without trying to offend that person who doing the gossiping. Let’s say I would stand or sit down and listen to that person’s gossip; in God’s eyes I would be just as guilty as that person telling the story. Am I right or wrong? In James 3:7-10 you will find the answer about a person who gossips. Our job as a Christians is to study God’s words and be obedient to Him. Does it make sense so far? If it does make sense to you, say Amen. Remember, you cannot judge anyone or judgment may come upon you. Only the Lord can judge each and every one of us fairly.

Now let’s get back to the Press, if it ever happens to you, just pray to the Lord Jesus and call His Name and the Holy Spirit to help you. Even in a short prayer, “Lord Jesus save me!” Now this must be prayed from your heart, not from the corner of your mouth.

Aloha to all you.

From Pastor Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason.

(125) EXORCISM

What is an exorcism? Well, according to the Christian dictionary, it is a ceremony used to drive Demons out of a person they have possessed. Jesus healed people tormented by evil spirits, casting them out with the word, and his followers later drove out demons in his name.

Personally, I have gone to many house and land blessings whenever people call me, if I am available at that time. Sometimes, the demon is inside of the person and may say something, such as “Go away!” I am going to strike you! I am going to destroy you and your family! Most of the time, the voices are very angry low voices. Sometimes, the person may laugh in a continued way. Sometimes, the door will slam very hard and the wall will pound where the picture frame hanging on the wall bounces back and forth. Now, if this ever happens to you and your family, stand firm on your ground and pray to the Lord Jesus and to the Power of the Holy Spirit to protect you and your family. Turn on Christian music or songs and play them! These demonic spirit/spirits doesn’t like any Christian music or songs at all.

Call your Pastor, Minister, Reverend, Elder or Deacon as soon as possible and explain to them what has happening within your home. Invite them over to your home as soon as possible. Have them bless your home and pray for you and your family. Remember, when two or more are gathered in the Lord’s Name. He will be there. Amen! (So be it)

In Mark 16: 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: they will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak new languages. Now I am not telling for you to go out and cast out demons from any home, unless you have the authorization from the Lord Jesus. You may bless ONLY within your home or family or have an authorized person bless your home and family. It’s depends on the individual’s faith with the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit to accomplish this blessing.

These demonic spirits cannot read your mind, but they can create only fear and that’s what they will try to capitalize on. They can only give you thoughts and suggestions, and then they will see how you will react. Stand firm on a solid ground, not on sinking sand. Remember, we are created in the image of God as stated in Genesis 1: 27, so we are higher beings than the angels or any demonic spirits.

We must not try to give the demonic spirits any reasons at all. Remember, when Jesus was tempted three times and Jesus didn’t obey any of the Devil’s requests, such as: Matthew 4:3-4 then the Devil* came and said to him, (1) “if you are the Son of God, change these stones into loaves of bread.” 4 but Jesus told him, No! The scripture say People need more than bread for their life; they feed on every word of God. (2) Matthew 4: 5, 6, 7 Then the Devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the temple, 6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the scriptures say, ‘He orders his angels to protect you. And they will hold you with their hands to keep you from striking your foot on a stone.” 7 Jesus responded, “The scriptures also say, ‘do not test the Lord your God.” (3) Matthew 4: 8, 9, 10 Next the Devil took him to the peak of a high mountain and showed him the nations of the world and all their glory. 9 I will give it all to you, “he said, “If you will only kneel down and worship me.” 10 Get out of here, Satan, “Jesus told him. “For the scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God; serve only him. ‘*” Satan couldn’t find any faults with our Lord Jesus Christ and left Him. Praise the Lord! Now let’s say Jesus had obeyed and complied with what Satan had requested, would that make Jesus subject under Satan’s authority? Of course it would. Why? It would be like taking orders from Satan. Don’t you think so? Thank God! He stood firm against Satan and said “No!” to Satan. As you can see Satan and his follower are master deceivers and they are here to destroy all what God had created, mostly man.

I know we as human beings are not perfect, so we must always ask the Lord Jesus to forgive us for all our sins and make us whole in Jesus Mighty Name. In other words, Jesus became our living sacrifice to buy all of our sins, so we could live abundantly in our life. We must study the words within our bible and know the words, so we can know the truth and the truth will set us free.

Sometimes, when we try to read our bible, we become sleepy and want to go to sleep. Many years ago, it had happened to me, so I understand what it is like. For me, before I open my bible, I make a short prayer and ask god to keep all the ungodly angels away from me, so I can be able to study the bible. Let me ask you a question, do you think, Satan and his follows, the devil want us to study the bible? NO! Not at all! Absolutely Not! Sometimes, they make the bible words blurry to prevent me from reading it, so I would make my short prayer prior to reading my bible, it would make the words much more clear, so I could be able to read all of God’ words. Amen! I am sure some of you had experienced this situation and know what I mean? If I am correct? Say Amen!

THE MORAL OF THIS MESSAGE IS AN EXORCISM CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY UNLESS YOU HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE LORD JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN!

I pray this message is very informative to you. Amen!

From Pastor Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason