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David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011). American Pentecostal pastor, evangelist, and author born in Hammond, Indiana. Raised in a family of preachers, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at eight and began preaching at 14. Ordained in 1952 after studying at Central Bible College, he pastored small churches in Pennsylvania. In 1958, moved by a Life Magazine article about New York gang violence, he started a street ministry, founding Teen Challenge to help addicts and troubled youth. His book "The Cross and the Switchblade," co-authored in 1962, became a bestseller, chronicling his work with gang members like Nicky Cruz. In 1987, he founded Times Square Church in New York City, serving a diverse congregation until his death. Wilkerson wrote over 30 books, including "The Vision," and was known for bold prophecies and a focus on holiness. Married to Gwen since 1953, they had four children. He died in a car accident in Texas. His ministry emphasized compassion for the lost and reliance on God. Wilkerson’s work transformed countless lives globally. His legacy endures through Teen Challenge and Times Square Church.
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God is quietly preparing a powerful army of dedicated Christians, more devoted than any before, to do exploits and shake hell. This remnant will be made up of ordinary believers who lay hold of God, ushering in a new realm of the Holy Spirit's moving. Just as in 1 Samuel, God is raising up a holy remnant to replace old religious systems with a new program of the Holy Ghost, judging and forsaking compromised churches. This remnant, birthed in prayer and intercession, will be wholly committed to God, seeking His righteousness and glory in these last days.
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God's doing something very hidden. It's very quiet, but it's so awesome and supernatural that's beyond human comprehension. In fact, what the Lord's doing right now is going to affect the whole world in these last days. Here's what it is. He's preparing a very small but most powerful army of dedicated Christians who are more dedicated than anybody who followed Hitler. They were considered to be among the most loyal people on the face of the earth. But folks, this army that God is raising up is going to be the most dedicated army on the face of the earth. Never before anyone as pure, devoted, and fearless as this remnant is coming forth. They're going to come forth and do exploits, and they're going to shake hell, literally. This new army is going to be made up of handmaidens of the Lord. It's going to be made up of servants of the Lord, ordinary Christians who lay hold of God, and God lays hold of them. And a whole new realm of service, a whole new realm of the moving of the Holy Spirit is about to break forth. Much of God's plan that I want to share with you can be found in 1 Samuel. He's going to raise up a Samuel company, hallelujah, the holy remnant, verse 11, chapter 3. And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone that hear this shall tingle. It's going to be a shocking thing that God does. This new thing is going to amaze and startle. It's the judgment of God on an old religious system and the raising up of a whole new program of the Holy Ghost. That's what you see in 1 Samuel. It's all about the death of an old church religious system and the birthing of a new holy remnant. I want you to keep in mind that what God did in Samuel's day, he keeps doing in every generation. In every generation, when the so-called church, the organized church backslides, he gets cold and compromising, God just gives up on it and raises up another. He's always had a people after his heart. He's always had a praying people in every generation. And that's called the remnant. All through the ages, there's been a remnant. But all this remnant that's coming is going to be beyond anything the world has seen. In the second chapter, beginning at 27th verse, right down the rest of the chapter, this prophet looked at Eli and he said, behold, the day is coming. I'm going to cut off your arm. I'll cut off your arms. I'm going to quit this house at Shiloh. I'm going to remove my presence. I'll make you powerless. I'll judge your wicked pastors. I'm going to pronounce Ichabod on you. And I also see an enemy in my habitation. But God is saying, I'm giving up on Shiloh. I'm giving it up and I'm going to give it over to the hands of the enemy. Folks, that's exactly what's happening in America and the world today. The organized religious system has been turned over to the enemy. The enemy, they're going to be men standing in the pulpit that are going to give the people what they want. If you've got idolatry in your heart, you're going to wind up in a church with a preacher with idolatry in his heart. And that preacher is going to minister to that idol that's in your heart. He's going to tell you it's OK to sin. It's all right to be a sports fanatic and not pray or seek the face of God. You can go to many churches, even Pentecostal churches, and it's death. God's not there. God's gone. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely and burn incense under veil and walk after other gods whom you know not? And then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name and say, we are delivered to do all these abominations. In other words, we're safe. We're no danger. We're not going to lose our salvation. Prophet says, go back now to my place, which was in Shiloh. I'll set my name at the first and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. While the church of Eli was under judgment and being forsaken by the glory of the Lord, God was busy raising up a remnant. Samuel represents the holy remnant. And I want to show you how God trained Samuel to come up to take the place of this dead religious system, how God had a plan. And this is what God's going to do. It's what he's doing right now. He's training many of you. I believe when I'm finished, you'll be able to know whether or not you're a part of this remnant that he is raising up to do his work in the last day. The remnant is always birthed in prayer and intercession. Always. Hannah birthed Samuel to bitter tears and much prayer. Listen, please. If you're going to seek God with all your heart, with all your soul, all your strength, you're going to feel the pain and the grief of God for his church. You're going to suffer consequences. You're going to be misunderstood on all sides. You're going to have people accuse you of all kinds of things. Hannah prayed, if you give me a man child, I'll give him unto the Lord all the days of his life. In a word, the name Samuel means God heard my prayer. That's what Samuel means. Folks, God's hearing the prayer of a people in his house. A people who yearn for an outpouring of the righteousness of Jesus Christ. The people who yearn for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon their sons and their daughters. The people who want to see the glory of the Lord come down on this church. The people want to see God move in a very special way in these last days. God's going to hear their cry. These are people who are really on their face seeking him. These are people who are pouring their heart out to God. And they were people that were given, according to Hannah, given to the Lord all the days of their life. These people are so committed. There's no thought of backsliding. There's no up and down, in and out, hot and cold. They are wholly given to the heart of God. Do you know that Samuel was such a man of prayer? And all the people said to Samuel, pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God that we die not. Folks, there's going to be a praying remnant that people will go, not for counseling, but for prayer. God wants to raise up prayer warriors who've touched heaven. And the training of the remnant is going to be trained to know the voice of the Lord. God called, he spoke to Samuel. He wasn't speaking to Eli. God's trying to raise up an army of people who know his voice, who hear from him directly. And what was the first thing God told Samuel? God implanted in Samuel, and he's doing it in the remnant, he planted a vision of God that says God will not put up with sin in his house. I want to show you my hatred for sin in my house. I want to show you my hatred for compromising the ministry. I want to show you what it's going to take Samuel to hear my voice and walk with me. The time is coming. The time is coming when people are going to want to hear this word from heaven. And folks, if you want to hear from God, God will speak to you. That means you don't go into his presence carrying your load of sin with you. You allow God to deal with that sin. You allow God to take that temper away from you and sanctify it. You ask God to do what he has to do in your life. The Bible said men's hearts will fail them for fear watching those things coming on the earth. Folks, it's going to be beyond anything we could imagine, but there's going to be a holy remnant that are steadfast and sure, unmovable. You're coming here now that God would put divine principles in your soul and fire you up and get you off the fence and get you seeking his face and deal with sin in your heart. Oh folks, get into this book. Get into this book. Get alone with God. Let him begin to speak to you are nothing. The things that are despised and I shall raise them up and anoint them. I'll send them forth to do exploits in my name. Volunteer your soul, body, spirit, and mind. Cry out to the Lord. Here I am. Send me. I will hold upon you and I will anoint you and I'll open doors for you and I will stir your heart and you will know me and you will know my voice and I will use you to glorify my name. You will never have a name, but my name will be glorified through your lips and your heart. You'll never be recognized, but I'll recognize you and on that day I will reward you because you were faithful to the call.
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David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011). American Pentecostal pastor, evangelist, and author born in Hammond, Indiana. Raised in a family of preachers, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at eight and began preaching at 14. Ordained in 1952 after studying at Central Bible College, he pastored small churches in Pennsylvania. In 1958, moved by a Life Magazine article about New York gang violence, he started a street ministry, founding Teen Challenge to help addicts and troubled youth. His book "The Cross and the Switchblade," co-authored in 1962, became a bestseller, chronicling his work with gang members like Nicky Cruz. In 1987, he founded Times Square Church in New York City, serving a diverse congregation until his death. Wilkerson wrote over 30 books, including "The Vision," and was known for bold prophecies and a focus on holiness. Married to Gwen since 1953, they had four children. He died in a car accident in Texas. His ministry emphasized compassion for the lost and reliance on God. Wilkerson’s work transformed countless lives globally. His legacy endures through Teen Challenge and Times Square Church.