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Nigger Go Back To Harlem (sic)

If you want a first-hand look at the hate, bigotry, and persecution early followers of Jesus experienced, click the link below:

Jerusalem Post, Hassidics Attack Messianics

I cannot understand the Israeli government allowing the racism shown by the Jews who claim they are the people of God. Their hate of a black man from Harlem who married a Jewish woman is unbearable.

I post this on the blog because it shows the Hassidiam/Pharisee hatred still exist. Please notice the police are racist also in allowing the Hassidics to call Eddie a nigger and do nothing. And when he has taken as much insult as he can bear, he finally tries to crash one’s mouth and is arrested. He has been on house arrest now for 1.5 years all because he had enough of the racism of the hassidic-pharisees. Look at the manner Jewish judges treat this racism. There is no justice today in Israel for Messianic Jews. And there was no justice in Israel in the days of Jesus and the Apostles for Messianic Jews. Same hate, different generation. Different temple police same hate. Different judges but same bigotry. Pastor Jones this is a radio program for you. Elder Johnson this is one for you.

Please notice how the generational hate of Jesus in calling him a bastard is still real in Israel.

When Laura and Eddie first emailed a couple years ago, I have kept in contact. Yes, they are trinitarian Messianic. That is because they have never been taught the Truth. I pray I am able to go to Israel and have a one on one visit with them. I believe I have a destiny to visit Israel very soon. No, I am not going there to be any prophetic figure. I am going there because a part of me says to go and visit a few select sites. I want to have my own Aliyeh as an Apostolic Oneness back to the city of the birth of my Church.

Right now I do not have the money for the trip. But Jesus will make a way.

Pastor Reckart
A Man On A Jewish Mission

July 5, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | No Comments Yet

Keeping The Faith Once Delivered

One of the great challenges that faces each of us, is to take the journey of faith back throught the centuries and religious movements, and arrive at the original Apostolic church.

It is interesting as you go back, how many false doctrines were invented by men over the centuries. As we discover the men who created them together with the reasons, we compare them with Scripture and see they are false. So, we cast them away as inventions and works of men.

When we go back through Protestantism to Catholicsim, we find the majority of our beliefs are not found in the Bible. They are traditions but not Truth. They become rituals with no merits. And the whole of our religious faith is nothing but following religions created by men.

We were instructed to keep the faith once delivered. It is right here that the wheat and tares will be exposed. Indeed, the wheat seed was delivered. And it is also true the tare seed was delivered. And it is also true they shall grow together until the harvest. But the wheat seed delivered is the important one. The other one: well it is worthless to God.

The problem now is the tares fighting with the wheat on who was the Faith delivered?

More……

July 4, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | 1 Comment

How Did The Rome Church Go Pagan?

The Church in Rome did not start out as a Catholic church.

The Rome Church had no priests, no celibate priest, no cardinals electing a pope with announcement by holy smoke, no priest garments, no mass, no use of a crucifix, no indulgences, no prayer bells, no prayer beads, no holy jewelry, no nuns, no head coverings for females, no virgin Mary worship, no confession booths, no holy water, no sprinkling baptisms, no images, no icons, no celebration of Saturnalius (now called Christmas), no easter celebration, no incense or candle burning, no doctrine of limbo or purgatory, no pope, no pope throne, no such thing as a Vicar of Christ, no triple-tira crown for the pope with 666 in its head-band, and no doctrine of the trinity.

No Catholic can prove the Apostolic Church of Rome had all these inventions of men, pagan copies, and perversions. Many do not care if the Catholic church is a schism and apostasy of the original Apostolic Church of Rome. But, many do. And when they discover they have been deceived, they should leave and never go back. They should seek to find an Apostolic Church like the one in the book of Romans.

The book of Romans was sent to the Apostolic Church in Rome, not to a Catholic church. This Church and the book to it, proves it was not a Catholic church. How then did the Church in Rome became so backslid in doctrine, faith, and practice that he would start adopting false doctrine, rituals, traditions of pagans, and outright pervert the Truth?

The Church in Rome did not apostate until after the death of the Apostle Paul under Nero. Nero killed himself around 68AD. So Paul died before 68AD. We should then look for the apostasy to begin after this date and between 68-98AD. We can be sure of this: the congregation at Rome who knew the Apostolic Truths, who received them via the book of Romans, Paul’s personal visit, and the visit of other Ministers; were led astray. Who would or could do this but reprobates? Who but men who were apostates.

According to the testimony of history it takes only corruption of one generation to destroy the connection of a Church to its foundation doctrines. We can testify this happened to the restored Apostolic Church in 1914. Within 30 years, one generation, seeds of apostasy were sown. And look at the Oneness Pentecostals today, complete with their homosexual and lesbian Apostles, Prophets (Prophetess), Pastors, Teachers, Deacons, Bishops, and Elders. Who would ever dream such an apostasy could occur in the midist of the greatest world-wide evangelism of the Acts 2:38 message? And yet it is not only before our eyes, we are commanded by the followers of this modern apostate Pentecostalism, to shut our mouths or they will destroy us.

One adulterous woman said” “Pastor Reckart is a cur dog“. A hair-faced preterist said: “Pastor Reckart is a rabid dog.” And as this choir sang others joined the grunts and squeals of the pig-stye. Trying to use intimidation and hate to destroy the voice of holiness and Truth is common practice today. I have become galvanized to this acidic bigotry.

The Church at Rome had to fall and I believe there is a specific pattern for it.

In 64AD a large fire broke out in Rome. Nero accused the Christians. Many of the original Apostolic Church there were killed. The ones to whom the book of Romans was written saw persecution and death. It is said that the Nero had crosses set up and the members of the Rome Apostolic Church were crucified on them and then set on fire.

Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired.

The Apostolic Church saw many deaths. We are unsure how many escaped. There is no record. All we know is the Church had to go underground and there they met in secret in the catacombs. There many were buried. There they held Church. And there they remained for the next 30 years in hiding. During these 30 years of hiding, there were no more missionaries coming from the Jerusalem Church. No more books were written about doctrine and practice. What happed next was the destruction of Truth as gnostics began to spread their spiritualizing interpretations.

The Shepherd of Hermas shows us how the mind of the people in the Rome Apostolic church were deluded by men full of the devil with false visions, false interpretations, and teaching things religious that were not Apostolically given. Hermas was a reprobate whom the Catholics (East and West) hail as some kind of a spiritual prophet and special agent of Christ.

If you desire to read the convoluted false visions of Hermas, click the link above. Slowly digest what you read. For in it, is the origin of the Catholic church. The Catholic church is an apostasy with its birth in the gnosticism of Hermas. Clement also played a great part in the destruction of the Apostolic Church in Rome. We now know or believe that this Hermas and Clement, both who may have known the Apostle Paul, were reprobates, grevious wolves, who spared not the flock.

Once Hermas and Clement were finished, the Apostolic Church in Rome was fully apostated. The aged woman in her false appearance and reading from some false holy book, became the Catholic Church. Take notice of this aged woman and her authority, control, smart mouth, rebuking mouth, and treating Hermas like he was an idiot. Then observe Hermas as he accepts her dominion, accepts her words, and worships her with his heart and soul, bowing at her feet. This Church no longer followed the doctrine of the men of God, but a spiritualized woman masquerading as the Church.

When apostasy took over the Apostolic Rome Church, it never recovered. It never again birthed a true Prophet of God.

Such is the manner of all backslid religious organizations and churches. They cannot produce a Prophet of God. All they can produce is men like Hermas and Clement, gnostics, who can spiritualize the Word of God at the drop of a hat and go off into their visions and incoherent rants which they call interpretations (new revelations).

Rome went pagan when the Apostolic Church no longer followed the Apostle’s Doctrine and started following man-made lies and traditions of a woman in false visions.

This is a warning to the endtime people of God where ever you are. You can stay in a perverted church. You can remain in a backslid religious organization. You can slowly accept spiritualized lies, the falsehoods, and claim they are not salvational. You can turn and hate true Men of God because they expose your backsliding. But know this, your Romish style church, your Babylonian confusion, your acceptance of spiritualized gnosticism, will SEND YOU TO HELL.

It is time for the real Apostolic Oneness Pentecostals who have not traded the treasures of the bride for the mysteries of Rome: to separate and come out from among them.

The Apostolic Church in Rome fell and it has never been revived.

There is no true Apostolic Oneness Church in Rome today. That city with the blood of many saints still in the dirt, shall be thrust down to hell in the day of judgment. Likewise, any church that is not in divine order, following the true Apostolic practice of faith, conduct, and order: shall be cast down to hell.

What is needed now in the short days remaining before the coming of Jesus, is for men to quit playing games with backslid organized Oneness and stand out and up. We need real men of God to begin preparing the Post-Tribulation Bride of Christ. We need men who cherish the Truth above their necessary food. We need men and women of God who will say no to the modern apostasy. Who will declare they will not fellowship trinitarianism and go back to Rome.

Somewhere out there in the world, God has a remnant of men and women. They will not be Ahab boys or Jezebel girls.They will be the remnant of the election of grace. They will separate and no longer give their tithes and offerings to something that is following the Rome pattern of apostasy of an Apostolic Church.

You can tell them, when they do not see doctrine and Truth as valuable and they will not preach it.

Be encouraged, ye true people of God.

The rest of you, prepare to be thrust down to hell. For that has already been determined upon the ungodly in the last days. When the seven seals start poping. When the seven trumpets begin to sound. When the vials are poured out. Then you will know the words of this Man of God called you, but you were to backslid, to rebellious, to prideful, to full of hate, and so led by your own flesh, you are worthy for such judgments.

This warning may not be read by the masses, but if you read it: IT WAS FOR YOU: NOW WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT?

Pastor G. Reckart
A Man Who Has Lifted Up The Trumpet

July 2, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | 1 Comment

Was Pope Calixtus (217-222) Oneness?

I discovered the following quote in History of the Christian Church, Williston Walker, 1949; page75. Pope Calixtus was also called Kallistos.

“Kallistos tried to find a compromise formula in this Christological confusion. Father, Son and Logos, he held, are all names of “one indivisble spirit.” Yet Son is also the proper designation of that which was visible, Jesus; while the Father was the spirit in Him. This presence of the Faher in Jesus is the Logos. Kallistos was positive that the Father did not suffer on the cross, but suffered with the sufferings of the Son, Jesus; yet the Father “after He had taken unto Himself our flesh, raised it to the nature of deity, by bringing it into union with Himself, and made it one, so that Fahter, and Son must be styled one God.”

This is proof the doctrine of the trinity did not exist as it was later created at Nicaea. And it is proof that at least this “Pope” and the one before him, “Pope” Zephyrinus (198-217) were Oneness.

Trinitarianism would later invade the Roman church by the teachings of Tertullian, Cyprian, and Hippolytus.

What we need today are men of God who will come forth out of the confusion of mystery Babylon and churches that are backsliding. We need a revival for the hearing of the Word of God.

I can see an army coming forth in the last days. These will be great men of God who will do exploits, lovers of Truth.

Well, Rome at one time had at least one Oneness pastor. And look at it today. This is a picture of many churches today. Once the Pastor with the Truth is dead, there is no replacement and it goes into apostasy never again to be restored.

Pastor Reckart
A Man Who Is Oneness And Remains Separate From Trinitarians

July 1, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | No Comments Yet

Great Was The Fall

In reading over the text of Matthew 7:26-27 it became obvious that many would attempt to build something of their life. But alas, foolishness came into the heart of the builders. Although they knew the building code of a good foundation, they chose to ignore this and build foolishly.

No doubt about it, there are many builders, but what are they building? Some do not even know. They slap together a little of this, a little of that, and then throw a cover over the top. They are finished with their life and can now take ease and comfort in their construction. But a storm is coming that will test the structure.

Jesus said of those built not according to code, GREAT WAS THE FALL OF IT.

I have noticed great men, great Churches, who began to build but not according to the Bible code. And just as Rome was once great and the envy of the nations, it fell. Great was the fall thereof.

I have observed over the years how that the gods worshipped by the Romans could not give her strength, virtue, or assurance of a future glory. With the fall of Rome, her gods and goddesses also fell. Thus, like ancient Babylon, Egypt, and Greece; Rome became a relic of history with nothing left but dead stones and a sad story.

The Apostolic Church had a glorious restoration. And with it a love for Truth unparalled since the early Church. But rebellion was born and has now birthed at least three generations of rebels. They who claimed they had been delivered from their sins, pagan ways, and abominations of the world; brought down many churches into a backslidden condition. These fall-away congregations then wanted to restore into the church the very sins they had once cast aside as evil. They began to experiment with sin to see just how much they could bring in, keep the music and dancing going, and people would accept it. They began to believe their backsliding was not in fact backsliding but liberation from legalism and bondage to man-made standards. Great was the fall of them.

What I have witnessed is a great love for self, born in these ranks of apostasy. I was so shocked to see them boast they are no more pilgrims and strangers to the world, but rather they are settlers and friends with the world. I looked upon this and asked myself how it was possible for a person to no longer be a stranger to the world? How is it possible they are no longer pilgrims? They are so much a part of the world you cannot distinguish them apart in Wal-Mart.

Then I grasped the reality of modern mystery Babylon. They are a people of confusion. They are strangers to the Church instead of the world. Babylon is the spiritual picture of endtime strangers who have taken over the Church and turned it into a worldly club.

It is now clear to me that the wheat and the tares will be distinguished more and more as time passes. The visible Church of pilgrims and strangers will remain the elect remnant of the endtimes. And what of those builders of modern Babylon who think they have security in the old gods of their flesh. As if these idols of their own heart will give them virture and assurance of a happy future life.

The Church of the Living God, the true holiness people, the coming forth Post-Trib Bride will make herself ready.

If you are not part of this endtime movement to come out of her, and be ye separated: GREAT WILL BE THE FALL OF YOU.

So great will be your fall you will not hit bottom until you arrive in the Lake of Fire where you can boast of your liberty from holiness for ever.

I am going to that holy City, and holiness will be no issue for me. I confess I am a pilgrim and a stranger to this world. I do not plan to become a settler and join the apostate generation of mystery Babylon.

He who does not stand for this faith is an obstruction to faith.

He or she who no longer is controlled by the Holy Ghost will come under the dominion of concupiscece and all evil.

Pastor Reckart
A Man Building According To The Correct Code And Standards

July 1, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | 1 Comment

11,000 hits

Thanks for coming to this blog site of Master Trumpeter Pastor G. Reckart.

11,100+ hits.

Apostolic Truth as never before spoken on this wise in these modern times.

Many more trumpeters are now joining the endtime sounding of Truth.

These are honorable young men who are not railers, distorters, and perverters.

The Post-Trib message will again bring forth those who love Truth.

Those who have this measure and who can be in fellowship with Godly men who know the times, they can become great men of God.

11,100+ hits tells me there is a remnant out there who will come forth and be endtime witnesses. They shall be strong and do exploits.

Truth will do the separating in these last days.

Pastor Reckart
A Man Who Stands For The Truth Of God

July 1, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | 1 Comment

Jesus, Son Of God, YES!

“Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Messieh, the Son of the Blessed?

And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death” (Mark 14:61b, Mark 14:62-64)

Translation: You are not the Son of God, God has no Son.

Jesus said he was the Messieh and the Son of the Blessed (God). And for this confession he was condemned to death.

The death sentence: God has no son.

The question by the high priest was directed to Jesus about his bodily existence. At issue here was the question whether Jesus had an earthly biological father, or if he was indeed the Son of God by a miracle conception and birth. The high priest and the other 72 members of the Sanhedrin held the position God cannot be and was not the Father of any human being. Thus the belief “God has no son.

This same doctrine is held by Muslims. They teach Jesus was not the Son of God by a miracle of the virgin birth. The followers of Islam make the claim: God has no son”.

The true Oneness Apostolics confess with Jesus, that he was the Son of the Blessed. If we were to deny this we would instanly be in the company of the high priest and those who condemned him. NEVER!

As I thought upon the confession of Jesus when his life was at stake, I admired his boldness to declare what they denied to be true. I am so proud of Jesus that he would not lie about his conception and birth. I sat a few moments ago and told Jesus I would never deny he was come in the flesh and was the Son of God.

Does this make me a trinitarian? Never! Does this make me a twinitarian? Never!

The sonship of Jesus as the Son of God does not destroy the Oneness of God. It actually brings it more into perfect knowledge. We true Oneness Apostolics, the Messianic believers, believe God did have a Son and his name was Jesus.

We hold strictly that Mary his mother was a virgin: How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? (Luke 1:34)

Mary was of the seedline of David and qualified to birth the Son of God, who could upon his birth inherit the throne of David.

The Jews knew if Jesus was of the Davidic seedline and was the Messieh, he had a right to rule over Israel as its king. They knew if he was indeed the Son of God, they were messing with God if they rejected him.

Two things the Jews did wrong:

1.) They rejected Jesus was of the Davidic seedline;
2.) They rejected he was the Son of God.

These two acts of wickedness were used to change the entire history of Jews.

When Mohammed was converted to this false belief from some Jewish source, Islam became insnared as pawns of Jewish mind control against the true Jesus who was the Son of God.

Once Jesus is accepted as the Son of God: once he is accepted as the seed of David and rightful heir of kingship over Israel; his entire plotted murder becomes a serious crime against Jesus, a devout Jew of all Jews. There has not been born a Jew any where who was equal to Jesus. Jesus was the greatest and best Jew who ever lived. He was the most holy and most righteous Jew who ever lived. He was greater then Solomon. He was even greater than the Temple. Jesus was the earthly temple of God. God was in Jesus in a special hypostatic union of flesh and Spirit, unlike any other human existence upon the earth.

Jesus was the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD(John 3:16).

We are told that in the coming weeks, months, and years, that Muslims have declared they will convert millions of young Christians and do so by teaching them that Jesus is not the Son of God, that God can have no sons.

This conversion and or forced conversions may be part of the antichrist movement to circle the globe. Who is antichrist John asked: He that denieth Jesus is the Christ (that is Son of God), He is antichrist(1John 2:22).

Two world religions will combine in the endtimes to destroy the confession of Jesus that he was the Son of God. Those two religions are Islam and Orthodox Judaism. When Christians confess Jesus as the Son of God and that he had no earthly father, and that God was his Father, they will be targeted for what ever hate or vengeance the enemies desire to inflict.

In Israel right now Christians, regardless of their denomination are persecuted and denied human rights. In Islam controlled countries the same laws are in place. More Christians have been killed in the past ten years in Muslim countries than in any other nations. At the root of this blood shed is the faith of Jesus, wherein he said he was the Messieh and also the Son of God. Regardless of the differences in religious beliefs, those who do not deny Jesus was the Son of God are targets of antichrist hate.

It is true that not all Jews and not all Muslims are so hateful against Christians who believe Jesus when he said he was the Son of the Blessed. And it is true it is the radicals, the extreme hard-liners; but nevertheless blood continues to be shed on a daily basis. Every day some woman, some man, some child is murdered because they refuse to recant and deny Jesus was the Son of the Blessed.

Churches are bombed. Ministers are kidnaped and murdered. Young girls and boys are killed. Every day the bloodshed continues. Jesus not only shed his blood because he refused to deny he was the Son of God; many innocent Christians are having their heads cut off, being shot, stabbed, and their blood shed because they also refuse to deny it.

It was dangerous in the days of the Apostles to confess belief and faith in Jesus as the Son of God, the Messieh (Christ). In some cases it was deadly. The Apostle Paul, before his conversion was a paid bounty-hunter for the temple cult: to seek out Christains and destroy them, their houses, and put many in prison.

In these endtime, the antichrist are building their acceptance. Time magazine continues to pump out antichrist after antichrist articles to assist in the conversion of millions that Jesus is not the true Son of God. In their own ways of brainwashing, Time officials deny Jesus’ claim he was the Son of God. They are out to help raise hatred against Bible believing Christians who believe Jesus was the Son of God.

We Apostolic Messianics believe Jesus was the Son of God (Luke 1:35).

Would Gabriel tell Mary something and then tell Mohammed something different? This is something all of us must decide. I choose to accept the record of the Apostles and what Messianic believers believed for the 500 years before there even was a Mohammed.

Jesus is the Messieh, the Son of the Blessed.

Nothing will ever change this fact. All who deny it, fight against it, or shed blood to silence this faith will one day be judged by Jesus the Son of God.

What will he say to them?

Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity (Matt 25:41)

Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is the Son of God, but for some it will be to late as they inter the eternal lake of fire to scream along with the devil for all eternity.

And yes, I believe hell should be for eternity for those who shed the blood of those who confess Jesus was the Son of God.

Pastor Reckart
A Man Who Believes God Does Have A Son: An Only Begotten Son

June 28, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | 3 Comments

Building A Ministry Around A Calling

Note: Many men use and abuse people to build their ministry. The Bible way is for the ministry to build people. One is a slick perversion of the other. When a man says “my ministry” and is not a people builder, he is false.

When a man believes he may have a calling on his life, he will seek scriptural validation. This is the first step in laying the foundation for all of his future work for God. Every man whom God uses will have a spiritual foundation upon which the rest of his life will be built.

The man must of course be saved according to Acts 2:38, be Oneness, and adhere to the Apostle’s Doctrine. However, this does not mean all such men are called into the New Testament ministry. These things are preresquite to the ministry.

There are ten pit-falls and transitions a real Man of God will make. He will proceed or fail on each level depending on his own choices. He may get out of order and jump all over the place faking it. He may deceive himself or he may discover the life of a real Man of God.

1.) Self ordination or the calling and valid ordination (not a woman in a man’s body);
2.) Gadfly or seeks acceptance from his Pastor;
3.) Apostate or dedication to doctrine, faith, practice, conduct, and order;
4.) Renegade or faithfulness in personal life and to a Church;
5.) Church member wolf and theif or personal soul winner;
6.) Uses talent or gimmics instead of spiritual gifts to advance himself before people;
7.) Manifests greed, power, and love of money: or has Godlinesss with contentment;
8.) Chases greatness and recognition or is humble and has dignity;
9.) Uses people and abuses them or develops them into great people of God;
10.) Becomes an apostate or achieves the rewards of the high calling.

Any man who has a calling is not guaranteed he will not fail. I can say this from observation and experience: many are called but few are chosen.

Yes. many men have had the calling but they did not qualify to be among the chosen of God to be true Men of God.

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom (Prov 18:1).

There is no sin and no sinful intent for a man called of God to begin building a ministry around his calling and around the work in which he will labor. Envy and jealously of others against the success of true men of God will never become respect and honor. In fact, novice failures show they are unworthy of respect when they show disrespect toward other men of God. I will not use or fellowship men who are disrespectul. I will distance myself from them until they repent.

As men of God mature in their minds, they develop thankfulness for those men who helped put a foundation under them. They do not throw away their foundation to build on their own sinking sand. Many a man has done this. Building upon themselves rather then upon the foundations that have a Rock under them. Pastor Reckart has a Rock under him. That is why he is so solid. And why novices who are failures do not like or respect him. He does not welcome or honor those out of Divine order.

If you are a man who believes you have a calling of God. Seek the proper way to make yourself a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. If you have been a Church member theif and wolf, send those sheep back home. Go do a work that is valid and not built upon the destruction of other men’s works.

Years ago we had a little fellowship circle here in Florida. For the most part each of the Pastors respected one another. But one Pastor wanted to grow his church, not by wining new souls, but by stealing hand-picked members from the other Pastors. At one of the fellowship meetings I noticed the Pastor talking to one of his novice ministers. He was pointing out with his head and with his hands certain people who at this time were having refreshments after the service. I then observed this novice slowly make his way around the room and he gave these selected individuals a cassette tape and discretely told them to listen to it, it contained a blessing for them. I pointed this out to one of our Pastors. He observed it. He promptly got up, took the Pastor aside and rebuked him. The Pastor took offense and gathered his brood and they departed. This Pastor never came to another fellowship meeting. Later we discovered he had used this method to get about ten other members to his church.

This is an example of sheep wolves and theives. They come in and then later start sowing videos, cassettes, tracts, or booklets. If something does not come from the Shepherd’s hands or with his knowledge it is subversive. Some try to start a church within a Church with private Bible study or alleged prayer meetings. They hide these from the Pastor. The way to defeat these sheep thieves is to tell the members not to receive anything the Pastor has not approved. And not to attend private meetings the Pastor has not approved. A true Pastor will not deprive his sheep of perfection by Truth. He will welcome Truth through honorable and respected men via the Five-Fold-Ministry. God intended all ministries to be birthed within a Ministry and then upon qualification to be ordained and sent forth. Anything not according to this order is apostate. All ordinations not in accordance with the protocols of proper qualifications are void and worthless and can only produce apostates.

Another method used, is during fellowship meetings, for one man to make a show of himself and then call others out to single them for his so-called lay-on-of-hands ministry. I noticed in one meeting a young novice doing this. And after service I noticed him going back to the same individuals and slipping them a church card and inviting them to his church. The Pastor of this Church came to me and complained. I apologized although I was helpless to do anything specifically. But I did promise the Pastor this man would never again be allowed to minister in my Church. And to this day, he has not. I shut him out even though he has asked me many times when I will allow him to come and preach. This same man has now been discovered to have women problems. Which most novices out of order develop at some time in their life.

I have seen the greatest men of our day come forth as gold tried in the fires of discouragement. They have resisted the pit-falls in each of the ten transitions of their lives. They did not seek their own but the spiritual well-being of lives who trusted them with their souls. These men, who have paid great prices for their success, who did not compromise, who did not cave-in to worldly pressures, who refused to be silenced by organizational oaths, are and will be the men who will have valid ministries in these endtimes.

If you have a calling of God, make your calling and election sure.

Do not end up a reprobate and an apostate.

The road the righteous travel is the highway of holiness. It is the traveled road of Jesus, the Apostles, and all true men of God.

Build your ministry around your calling. Do not be ashamed. Do not fear the voices of gainsayers or accusers of the Brethren.

If you go about it right, you could become one of the greatest Men of God of the endtime.

But you will have to seek this honor not of men but of God.

Build, for each man’s work which he builds will be tried by fire. And those who build nothing, but always tearing down, behold your own folly as your life around you is torn to shreds. For what a man sows that also shall he reap.

Pastor Reckart
A Man Not Ashamed Of His Ministry Or His Calling

June 25, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | 1 Comment

The Sin Of Envy

Envy is that secret sin that eventually will manifest itself in jealousy.

Envy can be a secret sin of the heart. It can manifest itself in so many ways it is hard to detect when it is shrouded in what appears to be standing for the some doctine.

For instance, I had a family in attendance at our Church. They sneaked off and visited another Church. The Pastor and some members saw this family as good treasure and desired to have them. So, they began plotting how they could be taken away from Pastor Reckart and enticed to become their members. It was through the sin of envy they worked their wiles until they had that family.

Envy is practiced by many Pastors against other Pastors. Envy can even be masqueraded in racism.

A few years back our congregation was about 60% Black, 30% white, and 10% hispanic. A young Black Pastor was told about the number of Blacks that were attending our church. He had about 8 members. He came to visit and sat like a knot on a log with no participation in the worship whatsoever. Just sat there watching everyone. He was spying the members out. After service he remarked to one of the Black Brothers: Why are all these Blacks up under this white man. They need to come out of here and be up under a man of their own race. Here the spirit of envy is openly documented. This statment of his was carried from Black to Black. And it took root. He however did not benefit from one member going to his church.

Envy can go further.

The Pastor was given an item by a person visiting the Church. The gift was intended to be an offering and a blessing. A young Brother observing this, went and told some others that I was undeserving of the gift and it should have been given to him. This was an act of envy.

I have seen envy between Sisters in the Church, between Brothers in the Church, and between members aganist the Pastor.

One area of envy I have picked up on today is Pastoral authority. Many novices envy this authority and scheme to take it away from the Pastor and share it among their little man-made board. The whole scheme is envy laden.

I have seen adultery that started out with envy. A man having envy against another man for his wife. He has envy against the other man and then concocts the idea the husband is unworthy of her so he can have an excuse to begin his flirts and entice her away. It all starts with envy.

I have observed novices with envy. Ones who will labor with a Pastor for a few months, maybe short years: and then began to envy his position and his relationship with the members. These novices lust for this position and relationship and begin to usurp some of the Pastor’s authority when they teach or preach. They do not care if they cross the line of being a help over into making themselves a quasi-pastor. I have seen several of these envy workers go from house to house to plant their seeds of envy. Dropping ever so tenderly how they disagree with the Pastor on some things. And also targeting members who may have hurt feelings because the Pastor had corrected them for something. These novices will use envy as the means to go and comfort these people to steal their favor. They become Absalom at the gate (2Sam 15:2). They tell the member: “If you have a question or want to talk about something, don’t call the Pastor, call me, I will be glad to help.”

Almost all Church splits are the result of envy against a Pastor. I have seen envy between sons against their fathers. Here in Florida in Homosassa, a son split his own father’s Church because of envy and took away a lot of members. I have seen son-in-laws split their father-in-law’s Church. All of this by the sin of envy. Absalom is the prime example of this spirit. I have seen envy between novices, between minister and minister trying to outdo each other for the praises of people.

Envy is a sin of the endtimes. Herein is the real sin between the whore against the Bride. Between the antichrist against the endtime Church. Between the endtime men of God and the false prophets and false teachers against them. This is the sin that will be behind endtime betrayal, endtime hatred against Pastors, and against Church members by their familiy members.

The Church has always been the envy of satan. He wants it for himself. If he cannot have one he will work his envy to have a different one. And so, the sin of envy will be at the center of the hatred against the people of God.

This is why Paul would say he coveted no man’s gold, his silver, or his apparel (Acts 20:33). He wanted all to know that the things he did were not for envy, but because of his geniune love for souls.

When men can lay aside the sin of envy, they can reach perfection and they can join in unity where the faith is more important than any other thing.

Check out the sin of envy:

Matt 27:18;
Mark 15:10;
Acts 7:9;
Acts 13:45;
Acts 17:5;
Rom 1:29;
Phi 1:15;
1Tim 6:4;
Titus 3:3;

Envy can be manifest as with the Jews in opposing the Truth.

I have been witness to envy being the sin against the Truth and why some feel moved within themselves to attack me, pervert and corrupt the Truth, while in disguise as being honest and pure. This was the manner of those who cxrucified Jesus, who for envy had him put to death; while claiming within themselves how righteous, how pure, and how holy they were.

Yes, it was the sin of envy that made men go mad and join in unity to have Jesus crucified. Will it be any different in the endtimes?

Personally, I covet no man’s honor, his reputation, his church, his members, his novices, his wife, his money, or his ministry.

Pastor Reckart
A Man With No Envy Or Malice
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As I closed this off, I got to thinking how the temple cult for envy decided that Jesus had to die. They had to finish him off. They had to destroy him. They had to kill him. And then it came to me, that envy must be a form of demon possession.

June 24, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | No Comments Yet

Correct Use Of The Word Church

The name Church comes from middle English chirche. It is from much older English cirice. It is descended from late Greek kyriakon and the neuter of kyriakos meaning lord: kyrios lord or master.

Some novices claim the name Church should not be in the Bible. They claim it is false. That we should use only Ekklesia to identify the New Testament Church. This is false for sure.

Church is a name that means “House of the Lord and that is all it has ever meant. This identity has been accepted by all English speaking people for centuries. There is no need to change the accepted meaning just because some no longer believe in a House of the Lord where worshipers come for fellowship with God. Of course by the term House of the Lord I mean a building.

It is silly for me to even address this issue, but novices making ship wreck are always making accusations and blasphemies against things they know not. The Tabernacle in the wilderness was the House of God for worship by the Israelites. Because it was considered the House of God it was called the Church in the wilderness. This means a building can be called a Church, because the building is the place where people gather at the House of God for worship.

Now the Tabernacle or Temple is not only a place where the presence of God comes as an habitation, it is also the place where God’s Name is placed. It is more so a Tabernacle and Temple for the name of God then it is for his presence. But, God will make a habitation of his presence where his Name is worshipped.

These places that are dedicated to the worship of God and his name are called κυριουοικος kuriou oikos, the house of the Lord. Over a period of time this was contracted to κυριοικ kurioik, kυριακη, and kuriake: and at last Church.

What we need in these days of novices corrupting the Truth and the Word of God, is for proper use of the words “Church and Ekklesia”. When this is done we will understand why a Church can be a building and why Ekklesia can be the people who worship in the Church buildings.

While novices will continue to corrupt the Truth, let we who are of stable minds and good hearts continue to build Churches, Houses of the Lord.

All this said, I confess and so does the majority of the Apostolic people, that the doctrine of the Church includes its visible existence with buildings and its invisible existence without buildings. It is true that the members of the invisible existence are known only to God. But it is also true, that those who see the days approaching will assemble themselves together in places of worship, so much the more as they see those days approaching. Where there can be no buildings, we will worship where ever two or three are gathered in his Name. In these places where the Name of Jesus is the center of our worship, we will have the presence of the Lord: who said; “there am I in the midst of them.”

Pastor Reckart

June 23, 2009 Posted by acts0412 | Apostolic Messianic | | No Comments Yet