• Click on Title and Scroll down to access - Introduction
  • STUDY LESSON 101: REPENTANCE
  • LESSON: 102: FAITH
  • LESSON 103: BAPTISMS
  • LESSON: 104 A, B & C
  • LESSON 105: SALVATION
  • LESSON 106: LIFE & DEATH
  • LESSON: 107 HEAVEN & HELL
  • LESSON: 108 SIN
  • LESSON: 109 TRINITY
  • LESSON:110 GOD THE FATHER
  • LESSON:111 GOD THE SON
  • LESSON: 112 GOD THE HOLY SP[IRIT
  • LESSON:113 MAN (Anthropology)
    • LESSON: 114 ANGELS & SPIRITS
    • LESSON: 114 ANGELS & SPIRITS
  • LESSON:114 DEMNS & 115 SATAN
  • LESSON: 116 ESCHATOLOGY (End Times)
  • APPENDIX A: VICTORY (booklet)
  • APPENDIX B: LOVE STORY
  • APPENDIX C: THE SAMARITAN RESPONSE
  • LEVEL TWO: INTRODUCTION
  • LESSON 201: STEPS TO MATURITY
  • LESSON 202: LORDSHIP OF CHRIST
  • LESSON 203: RENEWING THE MIND
  • LESSON 204: DISCIPLESHIP
  • LESSON 205: GOD'S DWELLING
  • LESSON 206A: PRAYER
  • LESSON 206B: PRAYER
  • LESSON 207: LOVE
  • LESSON 208: Spirit Soul & Body
  • A PRAYER FOR jULY 4TH
  • A SENSE OF FOREBODING
  • ACCOUNTABILITY
  • ALL AUTHORITY
  • AMERICA MUST REPENT
  • ANOTHER LEGALIZED SIN
  • AT THE END OF YOUR ROPE
  • AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH
  • BEING MADE A VESSEL
  • BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS
  • BE CAREFULL WHO YOU LISTEN TO
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH
  • CALLED OF GOD AND ......
  • CARNAL CHRISTIANS - Part 1
  • CARNAL CHRISTIANS - Part 2
  • CHRISTIAN WARFARE
  • COMPARING CHILDREN
  • CREATED IN HIS IMAGE
  • DARKNESS IN CHURCHES TODAY
  • DARKNESS vs LIGHT
  • DECEPTION
  • DECLARING THE KINGDOM
  • DEPENDENCE ON GOVERNMENT
  • DISCERNING THE WIND
  • DISCERNMENT
  • DIVINE GUIDANCE
  • DRIFTING INTO DARKNESS
  • ETERNAL VALUES
  • EXPERIENCEING HIS PRESENCE
  • FEAR - WHY?
  • GO AND SIN NO MORE
  • GOD STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES
  • GODLESS CHRISTIANITY
  • GOD'S PRESENCE
  • GOD'S SABBATH REST
  • GOD'S TIMING
  • GOD'S WORD IS ETERNAL
  • GOVERNMENT
  • GROWING TO MATURITY
  • HARVEST TIME IS ALMOST OVER
  • HE THAT HATH AN EAR
  • HIS ENEMIES - HIS FOOTSTOOL
  • HOW CLOSE IS CHRIST'S RETURN
  • HOW DISTRACTED ARE YOU
  • HOW TO SHIELD YOURSELF
  • I DREAMED OF TREASURE
  • IDENTIFYING ANTICHRIST
  • IMMORALITY IN THE CHURCH
  • IS THE DEVIL IN HARRY POTTER
  • IT IS TIME FOR GOD TO......
  • JESUS SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN
  • KINGDOMS IN CHAOS
  • KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD
  • KINGDOM THINKING
  • KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH
  • KNOW THE POWER
  • LET THE LIGHT SHINE
  • MAINTENANCE
  • MANY REFUSE TO REPENT
  • MYSTERY BABYLON
  • NECESSARY DISCIPLINE OF A CHILD
  • NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE BORN AGAIN
  • AN OMINOUS PROCLAMATION
  • ON BEING A WITNESS
  • POOR, BLIND & NAKED
  • PRAY AFTER THIS MANNER
  • PRAYER THAT CHANGES THINGS
  • PRAYING FOR ENDURANCE
  • PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
  • PREPARE FOR THE LAST DAYS
  • PROOF ISLAM IS OF SATAN
  • PROPHESY GOOD TO US
  • PSALM 91: TRIBULATION PSALM
  • REASON TO WATCH & PRAY
  • RECOGNIZING TRUE MINISTRY
  • REJECTING TRUTH
  • RELEVANCE OF THE LAW
  • RELIGION vs TRUE CHRISTIANITY
  • REPENT MEANS CHANGE
  • RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP
  • SATAN'S STRATEGY EXPOSED
  • SELFISHNESS
  • SHALL DO EXPOITS
  • SHEDDING INNOCENT BLOOD
  • SIN AND GODLESSNESS
  • SPIRITUAL DECLINE
  • STRONG DELUSION
  • STUFF
  • SURVEILLAENCE
  • TAKE A STEP BACK
  • THE ENEMY WE DON'T SEE
  • THE BIBLICAL GOD
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • THE CHILDREN OF GOD vs ....
  • THE CHURCH & TRUTH
  • THE COMING OF JESUS
  • THE CONFLICT OF THE AGES
  • THE CURRENCY OF HEAVEN
  • THE GATES OF HELL
  • THE GOSPEL THAT PLEASES
  • THE GREATEST OF THESE
  • THE ABSOLUTE POWER
  • THE HORROR OF ......
  • THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS .....
  • THE LAST DAYS
  • THE MARRIED WIDOW
  • THE ORIGIN OF CREATION
  • THE OTHER CHURCH
  • THE REFORMATION CONTINUES
  • THE RISE OF LAWLESSNESS
  • THE SECULAR CHURCH
  • THE SEVEN CHURCHES
  • THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOVE
  • THE THREE HOLY SPIRITS
  • THE WALKING DEAD
  • WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
  • THE WORKS OF GOD
  • THREATENED WITH DEATH
  • THE TIMING OF EVENTS
  • TO FEAR OR NOT TO FEAR
  • TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH
  • THE TRAGEDY OF ICABOD
  • TRIED BY FIRE
  • TRUE RICHES
  • TRUTH vs DECEPTION
  • TWO KINDS OF WISDOM
  • TWO NATURES IN CONFLICT
  • TWO KINDS OF ENEMY
  • UNCLEAR PROPHETIC WORDS
  • UNDERSTANDING THE LIBERAL MINDSET
  • WHAT HINDERS GOD
  • WHAT BECAME OF THE NEPHILIM
  • WHAT DOES JESUS HATE
  • WHAT GOD WANTS
  • WHERE IS YOUR TRUST
  • WHY A MINISTER FALLS
  • WHY CHRISTIAN DECLINE
  • WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE
  • WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?
  • WHY GOD MADE MAN IN HIS IMAGE
  • WHY IS AMERICA IN DECLINE
  • WHY IS THE CHURCH IN DECLINE
  • WHY NO JUDGMENT ON THE WICKED.....YET
  • WHY PEOPLE REJECT TRUTH
  • WHY PEOPLE WORSHIP FALSE GODS
  • WHY PRAY
  • WHY THE CROSS
  • WHY THE LATTER RAIN
  • WHY THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
  • WHY WAS JESUS BAPTIZED
  • WONDER OF THE SEED
  • YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER
  • YIELDEDNESS
  • YOUTHFUL LUSTS
  • YOUR BEHAVIOR REVEALS .....
  • DO NOT BE DECIEVED
  • WHEN ARE WE CAUGHT UP
  • WHERE IS THE POWER
  • REAL SURVIVAL GEAR
  • UNITY IN CHRIST
  • VISION OF TWO CHURCHES
  • WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
  • WHY SEXUAL PERVERSION EXISTS
  • WHEAT AND THE TARES
  • ON BEING SONS OF GOD
  • WHAT KINGDOM DO YOU DESIRE
  • WHAT IS THE GREAT AWAKENING
  • THE GREAT AWAKENING - Part 2
  • TWO HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
  • PRAYING FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY
  • WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS
  • WAS JESUS LATE?
  • WHY THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH
  • WHY DID JESUS COME
  • WHY IS THE CHURCH IN DECLINE
  • WHY CHANGE IS COMING
  • CLARIFYING THE GREAT AWAKENING
  • YOU WILL FACE THE JUDGE
  • FAILURE OF THE PRIESTHOOD
  • WHAT DOES "LORD" MEAN
  • THE ULTIMATE LOSS
  • THE WAY YOU THINK
  • WHAT IS REALITY AND TRUTH
  • THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY
  • WHY IS PATIENCE IMPORTANT
  • WHERE WAS GOD WHEN ......
  • WHY MANY WON'T BE SAVED
  • SECTARIANISM IN THE CHURCH
  • WHY SO MUCH DARKNESS
  • INCREDIBLE DECEPTION
  • THE VALUE OF SALT
  • WHY THE PARABLE OF WHEAT AND TARES
  • WHO IS IN CONTROL
  • We Are Wonderfully Made By God
  • STUDY OF DIVINE POWER
  • TOTAL REDEMPTION
  • THE HARVEST IS RIPE
  • THE PENALTY OF UNBELIEF
  • WHAT PRECEDS THE RETURN OF CHRIST
  • WHO WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN HEAVEN
  • THE ERROR IN THE GRACE MESSAGEE
  • FINAL CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE
  • HAS AMERICAN BECOME WORSE
  • WHY CELEBRATE PENTECOST
  • WE HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED
  • IS A FAMINE COMING?
  • THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS .....
  • DEALING WITH LEFTIST PROGRESSIVES
  • MAN'S KINGDOMS vs GOD'S
  • MOTIVATION TO PRAY
  • PRIDE - WHAT GOD HATES
  • SEEING IS BELIEVING - OR IS IT?
  • WHY THE DISCIPLES HAD GREAT SUCCESS
  • REVIVAL vs ENTERTAINMENT
  • FACING DEATH
  • AFFLICTION
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF BITTERNESS
  • THE REALITY OF HELL
  • TIME OF TRAVAIL
  • IN HIS IMAGE
  • BELIEVERS ARE SONS OF GOD
  • EXPOSING A FALSE DOCTRINE
  • EXPOSING A FALSE DOCTRINE - PART 2
  • THE POWERLESS CHURCH
  • WHAT IS ATONEMENT
  • UNGODLY COUNSEL - BEWARE
  • BEWARE FALSE PROPHETS & MINISTERS
  • THE GREAT DISCONNECT
  • WE HAVE A SERIOUS FUEL SHORTAGE
  • WHY SO MUCH CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT
  • PROOF OF A DIVINE CREATOR
  • THE DANGEROUS PROSPERITY DOCTRINE
  • SPIRITUAL WOLVES
  • OUR WORLDLY STRUGGLES
  • UNEXPECTED AND UNPREPARED
  • WHAT GOD IS
  • EVERTHING IS BEING SHAKEN
  • NO EXPIRATION DATE
  • WHY JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD
  • WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
  • THE STATE OF THE UNION
  • HOW AWESOME IS GOD
  • SELF PRESERVATION
  • A HOUSE DIVIDED
  • WICKED vs SINNERS
  • PREPARED FOR THE LAST DAYS
  • WHAT'S LACKING IN CHURRCH LEADERSHIP
  • WHAT A PRIVILEGE
  • WHAT GOD HAS PROVIDED
  • GOD'S LOVE RESTORES WHAT WAS LOST
  • WHY TRIALS AND TESTINGS
  • SIGNS OF THE TIMES
  • SPIRITUAL WARFARE
  • WALKING IN VICTORY
  • HAS THE EZEKIEL 38 WAR BEGUN
  • ON BEING A SERVANT
  • UNPREPARED FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD
  • BOOK - THE OTHER CHURCH
  • LUST IS A HUMAN PROBLEM
  • THE POWER OF GOD
  • WHAT CAUSES APOSTASY
  • MAN: GOD'S BELOVED MASTERPIECE
  • WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR AMERICA
  • WHAT HINDERS GOD'S POWER
  • APOSTASY
  • WHAT TIME IS IT?
  • WHO OR WHAT IS BABYLON
    • THE TWO SIDES OF GOD
  • WHY SATAN PRODUCED GIANTS
  • WHY ALL THE CORRUPTION
  • THE AWSOME RESPONSIBILITY OF A PASTOR
  • THE DESTRUCTIVE SIN OF COVETOUSNESS
  • COMPARE KING DAVID & JESUS
  • WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • HEAVEN IS NOT FOR SINNERS
  • AN APPOINTED DAY
  • SPIRITUAL WARFARE WILL INTENSIFY
  • JESUS TELLS OF SOWING SEED
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH - part 2
  • HOW SHALL THE BELIEVER LIVE?
  • WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT "WOKE" AMERICA
  • IGNORANCE OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY
  • THE END IS NEAR
  • WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
  • WHAT IT COSTS TO LIVE AS A CHRISTIAN
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • REAL TREASURE
  • PREPAREING THE WAY OF THE LORD
  • PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD - Part 2
  • COMMUNION - THE LORD'S SUPPER
  • LIFE CONSISTS OF TWO COMPONENTS
  • LOVE: FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM
  • MISPLACED TRUST
  • CELEBRATING PENTECOST TODAY
  • ENDURING FATIH
  • DON'T READ THE BIBLE......
  • IF MY PEOPLE......
  • HUMAN NATURE ISN'T HUMAN
  • LIGHT AND LOVE
  • World In Upheaval
  • IS YOUR FAITH GETTING WORN OUT?
  • TO SERVE OR BE SEREVED
  • TO SERVE OR BE SERVED - Part 2
  • WHAT WILL IT TAKE
  • WARNING ABOUT REVIVAL
  • PERILOUS TIMES ARE HERE
  • LIFE - PHYSICAL vs SPIRITUAL
  • LIVING FOR CHRIST IN A HOSTILE CULTURE
  • ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - AN OPPORTUNITY
  • CORRECTING OUR WORLDLY LOVE
  • UNBELIEF AMONG CHRISTIANS
  • WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON
  • INTIMACY WITH CHRIST
  • LEARNING TO STAND IN THE EVIL DAY
  • THE CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS
  • GOD HEARS A DESPERATE CRY
  • BABYLON IS FALLEN
  • TECHNOLOGY - The Modern Tower of Babel
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF FALSE MINISTERS
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE
  • GREAT EXPECTATION
  • SOWING THE GOSPEL AS SEED
  • WHAT YOU THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE - INS'T
  • DECEPTION IS GOING EXTREME
  • GOD KNOWS IT ALL
  • INSIGHTS ON THE BOOK OF JOB
  • WILL YOUR LOVE BE TESTED
  • GOVERNMENT IN DARKNESS
  • APPROACHING HARVEST TIME
  • INSTRUCT YOUR CHILDREN
  • Apostasy - PART 2
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE
  • THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD
  • BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS
  • THE UNRECOGNIZED CHRIST
  • TRANSGENDERISM - A DEATH SENTENCE
  • REBUILDING JERUSALEM'S TEMPLE
  • WHAT IS A LIVING SACRIFICE
  • THE CHURCH OF THE ITCHING EAR
  • THE DEVIL'S MISTAKES
  • BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS - Part 2
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF IDOLATRY
  • EMBRACING TRIBULATION
  • CALLED TO SEPARATION
  • CONSEQUENCES OF ENVY AND STRIFE
  • WHY GOD SENT JESUS
  • KEEP LOOKING UP
                                                                   BEING MADE A VESSEL OF THE LORD –
                                                                            EVEN A CRYSTAL VESSEL

                                                                                                                                                                        By W. G. Guy
 
          When the Lord chooses a person to be His servant or minister, it is likened to a potter forming a vessel of clay.  Being made a vessel made of clay for God’s use is a difficult and trying process.  The clay has to be kneaded with pressure by the potters hands and fingers in order to be molded and shaped into what the potter wants.  The process includes times of being wetted to make the clay more malleable.

Isaiah 64:8 – But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

          Sometimes the person God has called has his own plan of what kind of servant or minister he wants to be.  Thus the potter has to work the clay a little harder to get it into the proper shape that he wants as the clay puts up some resistance to the potters desire.  The potter may even have to mush the clay back down into the lump and start over.

Jeremiah 18:4-6 – And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,  O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Romans 9:20-21 –But who do you think you are to second-guess God? How could a human being molded out of clay say to the one who molded him, “Why in the world did you make me this way?”  Or are you denying the right of the potter to make out of clay whatever he wants? Doesn’t the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay an elegant vase or an ordinary pot? (The Passion Translation)

          After the potter has formed the vessel to the proper shape it has to be put in the furnace to be cured or hardened before it can be used to contain anything.  This means there are fiery trials and tribulations to endure before the servant of the Lord can be usable for His purpose.  Many people called of the Lord for His purpose balk at this process and chose to go their own way and do their own thing.  These are those who are trying to do their work for God instead of allowing God to do His work through them with what He fills them with.

Matthew 7:22-23 –Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity, (doing your own thing).

          Even after the clay vessel becomes usable by the Lord to carry about what God fills it with, only the vessel is seen and not what is within it.  This vessel is usable for the purpose God intended.  But there are other kinds of vessels besides those made of clay that God uses for special purposes.

2 Timothy 2:19-21 – And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.  But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.  If a man therefore purge himself from these (iniquities and selfish desires), he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

          The Lord sometimes calls for a “crystal vessel” to be made for His purpose.  What is unique about a crystal vessel is that when it is filled, you no longer see the vessel itself but can see what is within it.  A clay vessel cannot reveal what is within until it is poured out.  The crystal vessel clearly displays what it is that it holds within. 

          This article deals with the process of being made a crystal vessel.  It is obviously a much more intense process.  The vessel made by a potter is made of earthen clay whereas a crystal vessel is made from sand (silica).  The sand has to be heated much hotter than the process for curing clay into pottery.  After the heat is sufficiently applied the sand becomes clear and molten at which time it can be formed into the desired shape by the craftsman.  This means that a person called of God to be a crystal vessel is going to go through greater and longer fiery trials and testing than the clay vessels. 

           The crystal vessel must be transparent!  The fleshly self of that person must not obscure the precious contents within so that it is the contents that are seen.

Colossians 1:27 – to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

John 3:30 –  He must increase, but I must decrease.

          Obviously what is described here is that Jesus Christ is seen in the crystal vessel more than the servant or minister who is that vessel.  Such a servant has become selfless, or has died to self, and exhibits the qualities of Jesus in serving others. 

Matthew 7:20 – Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.   (See also John 15:1-5 to see that only the life of Jesus produces this fruit in us.)

          The fruit mentioned here is the Fruit of the Spirit which is the character and nature of God as it fully appeared in Jesus Christ.     Jesus Christ is the perfect example of the crystal vessel as the Bible records that everything He did was for the benefit of others; He did nothing for Himself.  He was self-less! The following is the process that Jesus went through to prove Himself to be the perfect crystal vessel in whom was seen the glory of God the Father.

          This process that Jesus went through to be proven that He was indeed God’s crystal vessel can be called “the wilderness experience” and is recorded in Matthew 4, and Luke 4.  After Jesus was baptized in water, and God acknowledged Him as His Son, He was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to go through His fiery trial and testing by Satan the tempter and accuser.

          The tempting of Jesus was all based on the things of this world regarding the  needs and desires of human flesh; things that the devil has influence or control over, which are also the same things that caused Lucifer to become the resister of God – the devil:

1 John 2:16 – For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

           Consider that the purpose of the wilderness experience as it was imposed on the Israelites:

Deuteronomy 8:2-3 – And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and  to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.  And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

          This test of Israel lasted forty years because they kept failing to trust and obey.  Jesus’ test was forty days and He passed each trying temptation that the devil presented Him with.  Note that the main evidence of the crystal vessel is self- denial, or death to self, being self-less.  This is the characteristic that Jesus demonstrated in the wilderness during the tempting of the devil.

          Jesus went without food for forty days; he denied His fleshly body the basic thing that it needs to sustain itself.  He denied self!  Jesus was very hungry after fasting for forty days when the devil tempts Him with “the lust of the flesh”, (called the “I will”), when he suggested Jesus to “turn these stones to bread”.  Jesus did not respond to the devil’s tempting in his own ability.  He did not say to the devil, “I rebuke you Satan, I will not live by bread alone”, or “I resist you”.  Jesus’ response was not of himself, but the one whom He served when He responded with the Word of God as He quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3, “man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.”

          This lack of fleshly provision is a real test of who do you really put your trust in, God, or in your own ability to provide?  Are you going to fully trust God in your wilderness experience to provide what you need or will you “hang it up” after being in want and not provided for as you think you should be?  Do you break it off with trusting God and rely on yourself, or even accept what the devil offers you?

          Satan will always tempt you to do it his way, and his way is always a counterfeit that may seem to meet the need but leads to a dead end.  Challenge the devil’s false provision with God’s Word, His promises and your knowledge of God as your loving and caring Heavenly Father.

          Jesus was also tempted with “the pride of life”, (called the “I am”), which is  about personal importance, position and notoriety in life; or in your case, who you are.  The devil wanted Jesus to “prove it” by a form of self-preservation.  He did not give in to Satan’s lure of self-exaltation and pride.  Jesus again responded with the Word of God.  (Note that Satan tried to use the Word of God in this test but He perverted it and misapplied it – something he frequently does even today.)  Jesus again responded quoting the Word of God, thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

          The devil then tried to tempt Jesus with “the lust of the eye”, (called the “I want”), by showing Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, (a supernatural event).  People fail to realize that Satan, “the god of this world” and the “prince of the power of the air” actually was given dominion over the kingdoms of this world back in the Garden of Eden when God’s Adam family submitted to the devil’s trickery and deceit.  Jesus responded again with the Word of God, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve”.

        The devil greatly desires to be worshiped due to his pride.  Again Jesus responds with the Word of God instead of his own ability to resist.  Devoting yourself, time, energy and money to things of this world that the devil controls is a form of worshiping him.  Denying self also means not being hooked by the material things of this world.
Jesus was victorious in His wilderness experience by depending on the Word of God to see Him through.  Satan, (his name means the accuser), had nothing that he could accuse Jesus with.  Jesus had no problem recognizing the tempter and his temptations because of His communion and fellowship with His Heavenly Father.   In a similar way those chosen to be crystal vessels will experience variations of the wilderness experience to test their readiness to be filled with His ability for the work He has purposed for them.

        If the crystal vessel process is not completed, or if there is a failure in any one of the three areas of testing, there will be a delay and a repeat of the process because the gifts and calling of God is without repentance – God does not change His mind regarding you, but it is up to you.  If you refuse to be crystalized, you can be used only to the extent that you have achieved the preparation as a clay vessel, or a semi-crystal vessel.  So you can still be used by God but maybe not for all that He wanted to do through you.  Remember God even used a donkey to rebuke a prophet.

Philippians 1:6 – being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

          Successfully completing the crystal vessel process brings heavenly results.  Consider that Jesus returned from the wilderness in the power of the Holy Spirit. He was able to represent all that God is to the people He ministered to.  This is what needs to be in the qualified servants and ministers of the Lord today, but few have paid the price to die to self and go through such trials.  To die to self is to lose your identity; people will then be able to see Christ in you as you are filled with Him and His Word.  Too many ministers today relish in their identity, fame and fortune as compared to those who are selfless crystal vessels.

           While going through this wilderness experience, if you are called to be a crystal vessel, expect to have the devil throw all manner of challenges at you to appeal to your flesh in all of the three areas of human vulnerability as listed in 1 John 2:15.  You must keep your goal and calling in view and do not let go of that sense of purpose that God has for you, even if you don’t know exactly what it is.  You must know God’s Word and promises and apply them as needed.  Prayer and intimate fellowship with Him is also essential to maintain close communion with the Lord who sustains you by His Spirit.  He will never leave you or forsake you as He is developing something special in you.  Don’t let anything of the world distract you as this is Satan’s tactic.

          There is no real ministry you can do while you are in the wilderness.  It will seem as though you have been cut off from others as the wilderness is a lonely and desert type of place.  It is also sparse of provision.  Please understand that the wilderness is where the excess baggage that you have carried falls off or is discarded.
Comfort and encouragement comes from your fellowship with the Lord in prayer and in His Word.  Full and anointed ministry begins after coming out of the wilderness, but don’t let your guard down because Satan will attempt to throw roadblocks and hindrance’s in your path as you serve the Lord.  Daily praise, worship and giving of thanks to the Father and or Lord Jesus Christ is essential to continue to walk in the power that He bestowed on you for ministry.  That power is not for you to use for your own benefit, but to the benefit of others, just as Jesus did.  Do not let pride touch you due to the power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit that shows in your ministry – pride is an open door for the devil to take serious advantage of you.  Remember, the ministry is not yours, it is Christs!

2 Corinthians 4:7 – But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
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          Being made a crystal vessel can be a lengthy process, taking many years, and requires patience and faithfulness to see it to the end.

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