Word Up Ministries

Word Up Ministries Evangelist Don Cox founded Word Up Ministries as a non-denominational full gospel Christian evangelistic ministry to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Word Up Ministries is a non-denominational full gospel Christian evangelistic ministry with a vision to reach the lost and inspire the believer to fan the flame of the Spirit of God within them. Word Up Ministries is here to ignite the passion of the individual for the Lord Jesus Christ and encourage their mission to reach the lost with us. America shall be saved! Word Up Ministries proudly procla

ims that the End of the Age is upon us. The call from the Lord of the Harvest has come forth and asks for every believer to glean the fields for the fields are ripened. Our door of opportunity has been opened to share the Good News to our nation. Come one and come all and let us lift up the true Word of God, His Son and our Messiah Jesus. Word UP!

This year has been a challenge. And, I have to say thank you Jesus! This year I have been stretched beyond what I though...
12/17/2019

This year has been a challenge. And, I have to say thank you Jesus! This year I have been stretched beyond what I thought I knew. I am so grateful. I found myself in a battle that I thought I couldn't win. I wanted to just give up and move on. I then had visitations from Jesus. The first one was to snap me out of giving up and start living. Another was to start growing in a new way. I went to Houston Texas to minister and could hardly walk. I wrote my very first book and had it published. I shaved off all of my hair to reset my Nazarite vow and watched as my health began to regenerate and my beard began to grow back at a speedy rate. I was able to be Santa Claus for my Angel Tree Kids again this year. As I close this year I will be spending it on a high note with my loving wife and very close friends Vincent and Jo Lynne Pool. I am witnessing a renewed interest by believers of Christ, in Kingdom knowledge and understanding. I am excited and encouraged by this next move of God and at the same time desire to enlighten others to truths that have been overlooked in the past. One of the things that I believe is of the utmost importance for folks is the knowledge of their right-standing with the Father and His immense love for you. Most of us know John 3:16 and can quote it by memory. However, the emphasis of, "For God so loved the world", is not enough to clearly communicate to the reader. I believe Jesus, who ministered with great compassion, verbally explained this thought greater than the writers could pen. Your Father, God, Creator of all things has so much passion for you that your salvation couldn't be entrusted to just a mere servant. Passion for you demanded His own presence and His own personalized brand of instruction. He did not want His Word to be watered down with anything other than His own personalized instructions. The instructions that He gave and the lessons that He taught and the doctrine that He explained could only be taught with His divine tongue. He loved you that much and yet even while sitting in His divine presence the disciples asked Jesus, just show us the Father and that will be good enough. The Father replied, " I have been with you this long and you still don't recognize me?" While the Lord ministered to me in the hospital, He also revealed things about Himself that I am continuing to learn. Like His Word, you can study it repeatedly and discover new Revelations of Him each time. Each day I encounter a new revelation of His passionate love for us. I learned of His provision for us when I wrote the book Kingdom Credit Card. When I say wrote, I am taking a lot of liberty in saying that. It was more like taking dictation. The Lord told me that His children needed this book. I began it's writing by asking, okay Lord what do you want to say to your children? There were important things He communicated and I have learned even more things since the completion of the book. One of the things I want to share with you today is what I continue to see in people's lives. I was in the same boat when I was in the hospital. Getting God to move on our behalf. In my life at the time, I was wanting the Lord to just take me on home and end the suffering for all of my family. Did you know that God is not moved by your needs? Did you know that when you are asking God to do something extra you are literally asking for something that is out of alignment with Kingdom knowledge and understanding? Like myself, I knew heaven was good for me. My family would no longer suffer and I would be living the easy life. No more pain. No struggle. I was ready to go. Now, I am going to say something that is going to shock you. God was not happy with that. And, it was totally out of alignment of Kingdom knowledge and not of faith. The very first visitation that I had with Jesus was not a pleasant visit. In fact, when He walked into my hospital room, Jesus had a scorned look on His face. I know this doesn't line up with many of the love preachers out there, but I found out it lined up with His Word.
Hebrews 11:6
[6]But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus was not pleased and I was not in faith. He pointed His finger at me and asked me a question. Didn't my Father send His Word and healed you? I was shocked and then had one of those duh moments. Oh yeah. That's right. Then Jesus was gone. Jesus corrected me and got me back into faith. What would have happened if David said, Lord this is different than the lion and the bear. I just can't do it with this giant. What if Daniel would have looked at the lions and said well this is the end. This is the way I go. Sometimes, folks are just like I was. Okay, well this is the end. Let's get it over with. But, what if your current suffering isn't the end of the story. I was fortunate. Jesus corrected me and kept me from an early checkout. What if you don't have that current understanding? I wonder how many people have experienced an early checkout because they just didn't know? I don't know what your current situation is. But, just as Jesus reached out to me, I want to pay it back and reach out to you. How do you know when your time is up? I have heard a lot of sermons on this topic. I really never paid it too much mind until I was in the situation looking at my own death. Here I was ready to die and Jesus had more for me to do. I didn't realize my time wasn't up. My ticket hadn't been punched. Who punches your ticket? Who determines the time? I am going to share some controversial things, spoiler alert. I questioned the Lord about this so I wouldn't find myself in the same predicament. First, let me address a few things. There are things that are out of your control. Murder. Abel had his time stolen from him through murder. Murder, war, catastrophies. There are things that kill, steal and destroy. Many believers had their lives cut short due to martyrdom. Many will be martyred in the future. However, besides that let's talk about the rest of us.
Genesis 1:26
[26]And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
God created you with the power to rule. The word Dominion in the Hebrew is Raw Daw. It literally means Kingdom. You have your own rule over your Kingdom. Meaning you decide. I know some of you are choking. But, hold on let me finish. I can prove this. If you look at Genesis, you will discover the ancients and their lives. Most died around 7-8-900 years old. Many folks write this off. No way this really happened. The Lord showed me this when I was writing Kingdom Credit Card. Everything created has its own kingdom. From rocks to trees to birds. With every kingdom God blessed it to be fruitful and multiply after its own kind. Mankind was blessed in body and in spirit. So a double blessing. There is an olive tree that is over 3,000 years old and is still alive and still producing olives. Now, why is this tree still producing and yet others die? The other trees are in the same Earth. Some olive trees are in the same ground in the same area and are planted and die while this olive tree has been there for 3,000 years. What is the difference? That tree is a living being just like you are. We found out that rocks are living beings and even have a voice. Could our understanding of things be skewed or mistaken? The Apache Indians have a function in where they thank the Creator for all of creation and even bestow blessings on those creations, even the moon. Have we lost sight of something? God told me the difference between the 3,000 year old tree and the others that were planted and died beside it was simple. The 3,000 year old tree remained in it's provisional blessing and the other trees did not. You see ancient men lived so long because they remained in their provisional blessing. Who punches your ticket? You do. You live move and have your being in the righteousness that you discover when you are seeking Kingdom knowledge. God loves you so much that He blessed you with everything and every provisional blessing you will ever need. Instead of begging God to give you something, thank Him. He has already given you everything you need. Thank Him and pray a prayer of faith in what He has already done. Why did God, who is infinite, create time? For you. God can unroll time like a scroll. In fact, His Word confirms this.
1 Peter 1:19-20
[19]But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
[20]Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
God unrolled the scroll of time and seen mankind needed a sacrifice before the foundation of the world. He also unrolled time and looked at your life. He loves you so much that He has placed provisional blessings for you every second of every minute of every hour of every day. God has made your life a life of victory. That was why the Apostle Paul wrote that we are more than over comers. If you live your life over coming one obstacle after another you are not living in faith of your provisional blessings. You are begging God to help you with one obstacle after another. You are not living by faith knowing that you already have everything you need. Jabez learned this secret in the old testament. When you pray, thank Him for His wisdom and provisional blessings. Ask God to open your supernatural vision to see what He has already supplied for you. Walk in faith of His great passion for you and your right standing with Him. Keep Jesus high and lifted up. Walk with Kingdom knowledge. Word up!

12/01/2019

The Kingdom is at Hand

In the Gospels we find that Jesus shared the message about the Kingdom. Jesus stated the Kingdom was at hand. Did Jesus just tweek His message like most preachers today to gain a better response? The sad thing is that most Christians have never investigated this truth. Instead they continue to wait to be spoon fed their gospel rather than seeking a truth that will set them free from their religious pursuits. I want to encourage you with this statement. Jesus did not come from the Throne of God to bring you another religion. No, He came to bring you a Kingdom.

The majority of Israelites were looking for the Christ. Christ is an untranslated Greek word that means Anointed King. Here is another interesting thought for you to consider. Even King Herod was looking for the Anointed King to arrive. We know this by his investigation into the 3 wise men and his subsequent murderous rampage on all the children in Israel from the age of 2 and younger. So, just by the actions of King Herod we know that he was not concerned of a new religion. No, in fact Herod probably would have welcomed that. Herod was concerned about a new Kingdom and a new King. He had fought many battles and had influenced many Roman officials just to get the throne in Israel. His concern was losing his throne to a new king.

Of course, we would rather leave the message of Christ to you must be born again, rather than Repent! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Being born again is a prerequisite to entering the Kingdom, but being born again was never a message that Jesus preached. Being born again was a private conversation that Jesus had with one of His political adversaries in the middle of the night. He told the Pharisee, Nicodemus, that one could not even see the Kingdom unless he was born again. Here is a quiz for you. If you have rejected Kingdom teaching, Does that mean you are not born again? Well, it is certainly a gauge to judge by. But, back to our topic at hand. What did the message, the Kingdom is at hand, really mean? We know that the reference at hand literally and figuratively meant that it was closer to you than your own hand. Is there something for us to learn in scripture? Yes. The answer for this question lies in the Old Testament. It started in 1Samuel chapter 8.

1Sa 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
1Sa 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1Sa 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1Sa 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Here we see a political gathering. The Leaders of Israel, self appointed, gathered themselves together in a rebellion of sorts to move themselves out from under the God appointed Judge of Israel, the Prophet Samuel and the Kingship of God. They wanted to have a King over Israel like the other nations had. They wanted a man type of rule. They wanted to get out of the God type rule that they had been living under. They got what they asked for as we study the Bible, Saul was made King over Israel.

King Saul was hailed as a great leader even before he began to lead, just on looks alone. Head and shoulders taller than anyone in Israel. He was hailed as a great leader even before he even began to lead. King Saul showed promise in the beginning walking according to the leadership of the Prophet Samuel. As time went on, we know that King Saul would rebel against the Prophet Samuel and the guidance of God. Here is where we will find the first Christ, Anointed King, in the Bible. God told the Prophet Samuel to go to the house of Jesse and Anoint the new King of Israel. We know the story, Samuel went through all the sons that Jesse had stood before the Prophet, but none were the one God had chosen. He asked if Jesse had anymore sons and Jesse replied yes David, but he is just a little boy. Samuel told Jesse to bring the boy and when David stood before Samuel, God said that is him. Samuel anointed David to be the King of Israel.

Of course, immediately we have a problem here. There was already a King in Israel, King Saul. However, there was a difference. Saul was appointed by men. David was Anointed by God. There was a King and there was an Anointed King. With David the Kingdom was near, yet it had to wait for an appointed time. What was the trigger that brought about that time? Persecution! When Saul began to persecute David, the Christ, the Anointed King, the Kingdom of David moved from being near to being at hand. His men that followed him grew from being whining, weak complainers in a Kingdom near, to being David's mighty men in a Kingdom at hand.

Jesus was the Christ, the Anointed King, at birth. The Kingdom of heaven was near. When He was baptized by John the Baptist, fulfilling all acts of righteousness He began walking in the Kingdom at hand. The first persecution came from the devil himself attempting to dissuade Jesus from His throne of the Kingdom. Then the persecution continued throughout the time He walked on the Earth preaching the same message over and over where ever He went.

Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

As Jesus preached this message of His Kingdom in fulfillment of Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Then we read something very interesting in the Gospel of Mark. Jesus healed a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath in the Synagogue in Galilee. That action infuriated the Pharisees. You might be saying, What? Now, the question for you to decide is did this action infuriate them because the were not doing the same thing? Or was it because it fulfilled prophecy concerning the Anointed King that was to come? Now, before you answer that question we must study a little history concerning King Herod and what he had done in Israel for 40 years before Jesus came on to the scene.

First, Herod was known by the Jews as only being half Jew. You see Herod was an Edomite. What is an Edomite? Of course, they come from the land of Edom. Edom is where Esau lived and reigned, the brother of Jacob. Edomites were related to Israelites, but continuously attacked Israel and caused them trouble. Edomites resented everything about Israel, believing one thing that they were thieves and had stolen from them what had rightfully belonged to Esau all along, the Kingdom. After Herod fought and dethroned the King of Israel he bribed Roman officials to become the New King of Israel. His first actions was to rid himself of those pesky Rabbis that were always bringing up his theft of the throne. Herod murdered over 4400 Jewish Rabbis and replaced them with his Edomite brethren. Wow! Then for 40 years they began changing the rules and doctrines of the Torah and making following the rules of the Law completely impossible.

Herod's henchmen commercialized the religion and charged for animal sacrifices at the Temple. They put money changers in the Temple to change Roman currency for the Temple Currency, of course with a small fee included. In everything they did they made the worship of Jehovah a religious business and raked the money in. However, Jesus was a fly in the ointment that Herod had believed he had solved some 30 yrs previous when he murdered all the children in Israel. Now, prophecy concerning the Anointed King was being fulfilled that the Pharisees could not even deny. And what did they do after the man with the withered hand was healed?

Mar 3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.


They immediately met with the Herodians. Who were the Herodians you may ask? The Edomites. They were Herod's political advisers. What were they doing in Galilee? Following Jesus. Now, you see the political influence that Herod had over the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes, and Rabbis.

If Jesus had just been like the Essenes at the time, just introducing a stricter religion, Herod would have ignored Him. However, Jesus did not bring a religion. He came as a King of the Kingdom of Heaven. This was something that was a threat to Herod's throne. This message and belief is what united all believers. They walked in the Way of the Kingdom. The persecution moved the Kingdom from near, to at hand and the finished works at the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus and brought it here to you and I.

Jesus is the door to the Kingdom. Most people have experienced some form of a born again experience through their local church. Whether it was a Pastor or Evangelist, you went down to the altar and confessed Jesus as your Savior. They brought you to the door, but never told you how to open the door and enter inside. They never taught you how to live in the Kingdom where Jesus is Lord and King. That was the same thing that the Pharisees were doing 2,000 yrs ago.

However, there is a Way to the Kingdom. Jesus said I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me, the door. What is through the Door?

Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

You were born again to be partakers of an inheritance. When Peter and John walked into the synagogue after the ascension of Jesus they were partakers. They had an inheritance. Peter said silver and gold have I none, but what I do HAVE I freely give unto you. What did he have? An inheritance. Peter and John had been translated into the Kingdom and were giving from it.

When Jesus sent out the 12 disciples He explicitly instructed them to preach only one message. Repent! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! When He sent out the 70 He instructed them about the message to preach. Repent! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! When asked about what would bring about the end of the age, Jesus told them the following;

Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Why did the Romans continue to crucify believers? Because, of the Kingdom. Because born again believers who could not only see the Kingdom, but were living in the Kingdom and were giving from their inheritance and recruiting other believers. This was the unity, this was the accord, The Kingdom of Heaven.

And in the Kingdom there was a New King. What was placed above the head of Jesus on the cross? A plaque identifying Jesus as the King of the Jews. It was close, but not correct. Jesus is the King of the Kingdom of Heaven. Come on in! The water is fine! However, this King is about to split the heavens of this planet one more time. Once more, will the children of Israel see the King!

Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

However, before that occurs there is a rapture of His church that will occur. Why? Because, His Kingdom will pour out judgement on the Earth.

The Anointed King is soon to return for the citizens of the Kingdom, not a religious pious people. In fact, in His letter to the Churches in Revelation, He warned Ephesus.

Rev 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

What was their first love? The Kingdom. They had worshipped His name and exposed liars and deceivers, Ephesus abounded in a work for religious traditions, but not His Kingdom. Jesus is soon to return for a people in the Kingdom. Jesus did not come as a teacher, He did not come as a Prophet, Apostle, Pastor or Evangelist, though He did all of these things. Jesus came as a King. He came with His Kingdom and opened the door once more for mankind to have dominion in this Earth and replenish His Kingdom.

Believers you have a work to do. An inheritance to give to others. Dominion has once again been returned unto you. Work. Be fruitful and multiply. Replenish the Kingdom. Share the Good News of the Kingdom today. Let's keep Jesus High and Lifted up in this world as a witness as a testimony. There is only one King! There is only one Kingdom! Word Up!

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