What Is Heaven

You can be seated. Seems like it's getting dark early now. Let's stand and sing two hundred and forty-five. Got a little note, says, The ushers say they are having problems with some of the women clipping their nails. In church while you are preaching which annoys others around. Also mothers are letting their children cut up during services. Girls and older women are both chewing gum, and combing their hair during service. Maybe you can say something to help stop it. Anybody want to raise their hand that's been doing any of these things. Ain't nobody guilty at all. Wonder who misinformed them on this note. O.K. we have got one honest fellow in here. Is he the only one that's guilty of these things? Well, I guess what we'll have to do. We'll just have to watch and see who does it. And write down their names down and find out who's dishonest and won't tell me. That's the only way I know to do. If you can, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't do that. It's not good, you know. The Bible said that we ought to know how to behave ourselves in the church of the living God. Which is the ground and pillar of the truth, the house of Christ Himself. So it might be good, you know, if you'd consider those things and not be doing it in that it annoys other people.

It's good to be here tonight. I've been talking with the Lord a little bit today and of course. He's give me some good answers to some things that I've spoke of. While He was talking to me He also spoke to me about you again, Brother Carl. And said that He wa going to undertake for your situation. You didn't have nothing to worry about. So, that reminds me Brother Don Kleineicht was also having a problem. Seemed like there wasn't no remedy for it. But the Lord spoke to me and said that He would work it out to Don's benefit. And I told Don we'd pray and so he got a letter tonight that unless. The Lord should suffer satan to do something out of the ordinary the Lord solved his problem for him. And he was pretty happy.

I wonder if we could stand together and sing this song. Two hundred and sixty-nine. "He Hideth My Soul". This is an old timer. We sing this a lot of times and I really enjoy singing the songs of zion. As a matter of fact. I remember writing a song that's called, "Let Me Sing The Songs Of Zion One More Time." Let's sing this song together. "Sweet Hour Of Prayer" You know, people. You can be seated. People who've never shared in prayer really don't understand what you mean when you talk about prayer. Sweet Hour Of Prayer.

Where is Brother Jimmy tonight? Jim's not here tonight? There he is. After praying the other night for God to work miracles in the life of the people. Two different ones testified tonight concerning miracles that God had worked in their behalf. And one of the sisters needed money for a doctor bill. So God worked a miracle and sent more than enough through the mail. Another sister said that someone was going to pay their family fare to fly to california. Sounds like a miracle. I wouldn't care if somebody done that for us once in a while. That's great, Folks. God has done it for me. The other night we ask for a miracle for one of the girls that was having severe problems. Had been to about, How many doctors? Nine doctors. And God worked a miracle and she went right over the next morning and begin to eat. She hadn't been able to handle any thing in the esophagus and they had found a great big place here. And God worked a miracle for her. And Brother Don Kleineicht told me that God had worked his miracle for him, restoring his family.

The other night I felt as we prayed seriously, sincerely from the depths of my heart. I said it before the audience because I felt it. I believed it. I saw it coming that God was working miracle after miracle for different people. It was a very simple service. We was laying hands on people and people were making contact just like that for a miracle. And God worked miracle after miracle so I am, I told the people we'll definitely be hearing from it. And I'm expecting to hear numbers of miracles outside of this right here. Because God worked them the other night and there was people that was actually believing that and actually receiving that. You know, it's wonderful.

It's not hard for God to work a miracle. It's hard for us to beleive it. That's where the hard part comes in. It's not hard for Him to work a miracle. But it's hard for us to believe it and accept the fact that God can. God will. God has. God is doing it. That is what is so beautiful and I just believe it. I just believe it. It just thrills my soul. I just believe it. There's something in me that makes my faith just be simple and convinced that he is doing it. He will do it. He will continue to do it. That's just a simple down to earth conviction of my heart. It thrills my soul and excites me everytime I think about it.

And the reason for that is. He's worked miracle after miracle for me and my family in every way of life. I've seen the Lord work numbers of miracles in healing and divine deliverance. The miraculous that was not a healing it took a miracle to do it. And God did it by a miraculous act numbers of times because healing wasn't sufficient. Healing is sufficient for certain things but there are certain things there is no healing for. And there is no healing medicine for. So then God has to work a miracle. And I've seen Him do that numbers of times and I thank God for it.

What I want is to see my peole's faith register. Really register for the miraculous in God that they might have the very desires of their heart. No reason why they shouldn't have it. See, don't look at me with a question mark. As if to say, well, why don't you have yours? I've had mine ten times over. My cup has been filled to the brim and run over for many years. And still being filled the more and running over the more. And God has given me the very desire of my heart. And I mean that in no little way to the ever expanding broadness of not only throughout the world. The entirety of the world but throughout the entirety of the universe. From that which was before the world and that which is after the world. And all that is in the world. He has let me know about, before the world and after the world and all that's in the world. And gave me everything I wanted of the world. So then, He's been good to me and He's still blessing me and my cup is still running over in great abundance.

The Bible said, He that walketh upright before God shall lack no good thing. That's what I believe in. See, the lacking of no good thing. No good thing. That's means He gives you miracles. He gives you healing. He gives you descernment. He gives you wisdom. He gives you prophecy. He gives you tongues. He gives you the money. He gives you goods. He gives you everything. Everything. The Bible says, All things are yours.

So, I thank God for all things, because they are mine. Isn't that simple enough? Who thought God made a mistake when He said that? I just praise God for the abundance of all things. And I go on enjoying all things. And whenever I need them or want them they are there. See, the Bible said the thing that grieved God. Is that we do not serve Him with joyfulness of heart for the abundance of all things. So in that he has given it to us, Brother Gerald, I just enjoy it and go right on.

Seeing Gerald over there also reminds me. We are planning to have a recording session sunday. And Gerald is suppose to help us in it. We have the studio ready. As a matter of fact, Brother Chuck and Brother Cartrette was working up there tonight. Is that right, Chuck? And I think you got things, even with some of the detail work tonight. Is that right? As much as you can get, huh? Start back tomorrow. They're going to keep working on it. They got it to where we can record anytime. They've had it that way for awhile. But that still, well, there is still some more detail that's got to be worked out that will be to our convenience. But it doesn't hold us up from recording. I just kind of procrastinated a little bit. I just wanted to get some of the detail out of the way. It's a beautiful recording tower up there for your home video across the campground here. Where you can have your home video all over the different campgrounds. All connected across the road and where ever. And then there is also that where we can have our own radion station here. And also now we have got our recording studio up there. So the Lord has been good to us and as I say. He's just blessed us in a manifold way. He's made our cups to run over.

Brother Jim, I'd like for you to come up and minister tonight. It come to me before I come to service tonight that the Lord wanted Jim to minister tonight. So when I got up here He reminded me and I know always. As always when the Lord has in mind for somebody to minister He has in mind to give us something. And though we don't understand it you know we just bump elbows with each other. And we are around here and we fellowship and we don't, we don't esteem one another. We say, well, that's my brother, you know that's Brother Jim. But on the other hand it's more than Brother Jim, see? When a man is born again that's the Son of God. That's the voice of God in the earth. And that means that people who we rub elbows with a lot of time, we don't esteem. It means that they should be esteemed. Because they have a voice that can bring a word from God. And if the Lord inspires us then we look for a word from God.

Now, Jimmy to his family is just Jimmy. Sister Frances's son and Sister Sheila's dad And the wife's husband there. And what ever you know. And naturally he's without honor in his own family. That's just Jim. The boy, Jim. They said, this is the carpenter's son. You don't expect nothing out of Him. We know Him and we know his Dad and Mother and whatever. But more than the carpenters son. It is the temple of the great Holy spirit. The great Holy Ghost walks and talks and that within a human being. And inspire a human being it is not Him speaking and giving utterance, but it's that great wonderful heavenly spirit.

Let me say this to you right hurriedly before Jim comes. You know most people make a great mistake in not understanding God, and not understanding heaven. And they don't know how to search for God and they don't know how to serve God. And they don't know where to look for God. That's the bad part, see. That's where they get, as the world calls it, a hang up. But let me just drop this in to you in a compact comprehensive way. Brother Taylor reminded me that I use to use the terms. A compact, compound, comprehensive statement. So then, let me, let me do that in a compound comprehensive statement here. See, first of all, ask yourself this simple question. Why do people preach? Preachers, why do they preach that someday we are going to heaven? Why do they preach that? And why do hundreds of thousands of people sit around and say amen. And wait to go to heaven. And why do people preach that if we are faithful and if we are loyal. God will then give unto us eternal life in the day to come? And at the judgment he will reward us. And why do people listen to that and say amen?

All that's good. There's nothing wrong with it. That's good, you know, to preach that. If the people will throughly explain it. But folks, let me tell you as a truth in a simple way to understand. Eternal life is not coming. Eternal life is already here. The kingdom of heaven is not in the future. It's now at the present. The Lord preached the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent ye and receive the kingdom of heaven, for the kingdom of heaven is within you. So that means that eternal life is with in your spirit. And that eternal life is Christ's spirit on the inside of your spirit. And there is no eternal life but that hope of glory. So then, that means if you are born again. Then what is eternal life? What is eternal life? It is the spirit that is within you. That is eternal life. You either have it or don't have it. There is no past, present, nor future that's got anything to do wih it whatsoever. Your past doesn't have anything to do with it. The future doesn't have anything to do with it. The present doesn't have anything to do with it. It has nothing to do with eternal life.

Then what about heaven? Where then is heaven? Heaven is the same way. The future has nothing to do with heaven. Nor does the present have anything to do with heaven. Nor does the past have anything to do with heaven. Then where is heaven? Is it a dimension away? Or where is heaven? Eternal life is the spirit that is within you. And heaven is the state of bliss, that your body experience because of that spirit that is within you. And the only conflict with heaven. The only conflict with paradise is the powers of Lucifer that infeltrates the flesh. That wars against your faith and confidence in the eternal promises of eternal security. That's how simple it is, folks.

Millions of people will miss it and be the most religious people that ever walked the earth. But I'm telling you the truth, so help me God! That's the truth. And I hope that if you don't believe it that you'll try to prove me wrong. And you'll get in the Bible and you'll read until you feel sure that you can prove me wrong. And then when you come back after many months, days or years of seeking the Lord. We'll join hands and rejoice over your new discovery and we'll be fellows.

So then, I'm going to say this. And then get out of the way here for a moment so Jim can talk to us. But remember this. If having Christ in your spirit makes your spirit one spirit with his spirit. And that eternal life. And if the kingdom of heaven within you. Releases it's radiance from within into your blood genetics. To create a a state of bliss the same as Adam and Eve had, when they shared the presence of that great light until it withdrawed. If that is heaven.

Then that means that the person that does not have Christ on the inside. Can have only one and that is Lucifer. And the same thing that torments you when you lay down at night, and causes nightmares. Someday when you close your eyes in death. Or what is referred to as that everlasting sleep. When you close your eyes the spirit on the inside of you which is the devil. The spirit, that spirit will torment you throughout eternity. Because right now you are in that condition. It's not future, past nor present. Has nothing to do with it. If satan is in your spirit, your spirit is one with his spirit. And that means that that is death and eternal damnation to your soul.

And hell is the environment that is created by his torturing tormenting presence. On the inside of you. And the only conflict with that. Is the fact that there is blood on the seat of the atonement that is in heaven. That brings grace. To give God and His people a chance to talk to you. About the good things. And you to hear the lovely blessings rhythm and music and joyfulness of your surroundings. You understand what I am saying? That's why the devil was in heaven. In the twelth chapter of the Book of Revelation. Because those people are in heaven but they don't have heaven in them. So then their flesh enjoys it. And a lot that we could say about that tonight. But you just remember what I'm telling you. And somebody would say, well. I believe hell is a lake of fire. No! Hell ain't a lake of fire. Hell will be cast into the lake of fire. And some say that the grave is hell. No! Hell is a burning place but it's not burning with the fire that you think about. It's not the kind of fire that you think about. Nor is the lake of fire the kind of fire that you think about. But it definately is fire. IT definately is fire. A consuming fire. Alright. Brother Jim.

We see here where they had to have some work to be done on their teeth or mouth that was, (looks like) a thousand and one hundred dollars worth of work. The Lord worked a miracle for them and got it down to two hundred dollars. That's wonderful. Isn't it??

Let's sing a little chorus together. Can we? You know lot of good things I could say about Jim, Brother Taylor, other. And I have said a lot of good things about them. Because you do it to the least of these you do it unto Christ. And lot of times people make smart remarks about preachers, bout God's people. Not realizing that they did that unto God. And when people say good things they do that unto God in that we are bone of His bone and we are flesh of His flesh. But still at the same time there is none good but God. All of our goodness is of God else it is but filthy rags. There is none good but God. Let's sing this little song. We sing it every once in awhile. It's called " I'll give the glory to Jesus". (Brother Pike leads congregation in singing)

Let's lift our hands together now. You know, I want to say again. Don't get confused. Don't let anybody misrepresent things to you. Stay in the Word of God. Believe the word of God. Study the Word of God. Found your faith on the word of God and remember what I told you. Eternal life is not past nor future. Eternal life is not present. It's not past. It's not future. It's not present. It's Christ. Eternal life is Christ. The ressurection is not past. One time there was some men preaching that the ressurection was past. It really upset Paul. Neither is the resurrection future. Because Martha one time confuses that thing. And she was looking for a resurrection of her brother in the future. Jesus said, I'm the resurrection. So it's not past. It's not present. It's not future. It's Christ. The kingdom of heaven.

What is the kingdom of God? The kingdom of God is Christ. All that God is He poured into Christ. And Christ is the everlasting, the eternal. The before, the after, the was, the I am. Christ is the great wonderful light. The bright, the morning star, the I was, the I am, the I shall be. Christ, He is all and all. Without Him there was nothing made that is made. (Begin side two) Christ is. Even before existance He was, He is, and He shall be. The Dayspring from on high that has visited His people. The bright and morning star. The Rose of Sharon. The lily of the valley. See, Christ in you is your hope of glory. So then, christ is the glory of God. And He is heir to the glory of God and He is the kingdom of God. Everything is within christ. God rules from within His kingdom. Which is Christ. And where is that kingdom? It is Christ in you. Christ in you is the kingdom of heaven within you. Christ within you is the kingdom of God within you. And without Christ there is no kingdom of God within you.

So then, eternal life is Christ. Resurrection and life is Christ. Heaven. That's why you set together in heavenly places. That's why you can set together in heavenly places. Because the love of God is shed abroad within your heart. And that wonderful radiance of everlasting joy is there. Rejoice, ye that dwell in heaven. How could you dwell any place else? Christ is within you. Someone would say, Well brother Pike. There is coming a heaven. If Christ is hid in God. The Bible says. Christ whom the heavens have received. Then if we are hid with Christ in God. Then that means the heavens have received us. And that means that we are in heaven and should rejoice. Christ dwells where? He dwells in heaven. For the Bible says that the heavens have received Him. How is it then that He is in the midst of two or three that's in His name? Because that is heaven.

Someday eyes will behold it. Someday hearts will understand it. someday it will be made manifest. Not that which is coming. But that which always was. And someday people will see. Not that which was. But that which is, and has always been. So then, you either have eternal life or you don't have eternal life. And if you don't have eternal life. Then call upon the name of Jesus Christ. That He might come and live in your heart, that you might have eternal life.

For folks, to believe is not eternal life. But to have Christ in you from believing is eternal life. Many hundreds and thousands, even millions of people believe. But have you received Christ in your heart since you believed? If you have believed truthfully. Lent upon Him truthfully. Followed Him truthfully. Desired Him truthfully. Then He hath come into your heart. And when He came in your spirit recognized Him. Your spirit received Him. And thus you received eternal life.

So then, when you received eternal life you passed from death unto life. Brethern, death hath no power over us. Condemnation hath no power over us. We have passed from death unto life. the proof of this is because we love with the love of God, one another. So then, love is as strong as death. If the love of God abides within you then death is defeated. It's a wonderful thought tonight to know that you have eternal life and can never die.

So then, We are waiting for what? For heaven? No! For eternal Life? No! For the resurrection? No! What are we waiting for then? We are just merely moving from glory to glory. To develop, to fully develop. To fully develop ourselves. That we might from glory to glory be changed, in this outer man. Into the glorious image of God. That is that the inner glory might be made manifest in these mortal bodies. That the world may see what we are and not what we are going to be. But what we have always been even before the world ever was in the mind of Christ.

For God has given us. The Bible tells us. God has given us this wonderful life in Christ. Before the world ever was. But it was brought to light at Calvary. For the Bible said that through Calvary. Immortality, immortality was brought to light. That means that to be immortal. Or those that are immortal. Not mortals but immortality them that are immortal. It was brought to light to the understanding. To be able to know. To hear, to understanding. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. It was brought to your knowledge your understanding. Immortality. Do you have immortality? Do you have immortality? Have you passed from death unto life?

Job said, I'm waiting but I'm just waiting for my change. That's all. To wit the redemption of my body. Because I am immortal. And this mortal that I tabernacle in. It's going to put on immortality at the change. At the sounding of the last trump. But beloved friend. If you don't have the eternal Christ within your spirit. If you don't have the resurrection within you. If you have not passed form death unto life. That body will never put on immortality. Because there isn't going to come any days. When you are going to be suddenly saved and changed into an immortal person. There isn't going to be any days like that. If you are waiting for that you are in bad shape. You are deceived. You must get eternal life right now. And from glory to glory as Christ works inwardly in your behalf. He'll cause you to put on immortality.

It take a mind of God to find immortality for the body. And Paul said. I want to present you blameless, body, soul and spirit. And it takes the mind of God to find immortality for the body. Takes the study of medical science. To find healing medicines for your bodily genes. But it takes the mind of God. To find the remedy for sin and to bring your body into immortality. Do you want your body to be immortal? Do you want to keep it? Do you want to loose it? Do you want to lay it down? Jesus said: I can lay it down or take it up?

Life to mortals consist of the body. Lot we could say about that. But life to Christians consist of the spirit. You are dead to the flesh. You're not in the flesh. If you've been born again you are a quickening spirit. Life to you does not consist of mortality. You have passed from mortality to immortality and it will be manifested. The world will see it. Now Beloved, ye are the sons of God. It doth not yet appear what ye shall be like as to your immortality but ye shall take on your immortality at his appearing. And every man that hath this hope within himself hath the hope of Glory which purifieth himself. His heart even as he that is approaching is pure.

While you've got your hands up and while we are thinking on Jesus tonight remember tomorrow is another day. Another opportunity to do something for God. you're still in the land of the living. Folks but you don't know how long, you are going to be in the land of the living. They are passing away. Every day they are passing away. One by one they are aging. And they are passing away. You are a day older today than you were yesterday. You are a year older now than you was a year ago. You are ten years oldr now than you was ten years ago. And you will continue to age. You'll continue to change over and over. But while you are still radiant with youth or life flowing through the genes you better do something because the parasite Lucifer interwoven with your outer being is sapping your life That's why you grow old.

Someone would say. Brother Pike why is it that this body can last a thousand years. Or thereby with people like Noah and Methuselah. And then it wears out so quick to us. Cause they didn't have the knowledge of right and wrong. Satan did not have the advantage to sap their life to oppress them. To destroy them. Where much is given much is required. To fail to do it brings death. To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not. It is sin. Sin yields forth death. So then you age because Lucifer. The parasite is living your life. And taking your life and God cannot restore it. God cannot restore life to anyone that allows Lucifer to sap life. Because God would be guilty of supporting an unworthy evil cause. To sustain life for an evil one. To destroy and to bring all malice and evil to the human family. So then, He cannot restore it. He cannot reimburse you.

Satan is taking your life. Thus the more he takes your life the older you get. The more your body dries up and withers up. Doesn't matter how much you eat or how much exercise you take or how many witamins you have. That won't stop it. You've got to get the parasite out. You've got to get the killer out. You say, Brother Pike. Can I do that? The Bible tells us that God has destroyed him that hath power over death. That for the believer. But we've got to take hold as Jim said, and believe, believe him out.

Somebody says. Brother Pike, you can't do that. You just have to wait for the change Why did Enoch do that? How did Enoch do it? How did Elijah and Moses pass on over? How did Paul get into the third heaven? How did John do it? How did Jesus appear in glory? We can believe right on folks. Believe for strength and power. The Bible said some will live longer by reason of strength. Jesus said, I'm your strength. Be strong in the power of my might. I am the unyielding, the unwavering. The everlasting strength. Can it be done? It can be done. It is being done.

While you've got your heads bowed. While you've got your eyes closed. While you meditating. While you are thinking on these things. I'm going to ask Brother Daryl Bennett to come down here tonight and dismiss us in a word of prayer. Think on it, folks. You've still got your strength. Do something for God. One day it's going to leave you. Believe you me, the more you work for God. as Jimmy said stay up all night or whatever if you'll trust in Him There is a song I wrote. Trusting in Him. He will not fail me. Trusting in Him. He'll show me the way. Let's believe. Samson got that extra strength because he believed. Those men that lived long got extra strength because they believed. Moses done without his food. But had strength because he believed. Let's believe Let's believe.

By Rev. George Leon Pike Sr.

Founder and first President of Jesus Christ’s Eternal Kingdom of Abundant Life, Inc.

Holiness Unto The Lord