COPYRIGHT ©2014 All rights reserved. Sheryl T. Williams P. O. Box 212776 Columbia, S. C. 29221 All reference texts are from the Authorized King James Bible. I dedicate this book to the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, and the Body of Christ. PREFACE There are so many young black men being killed today on the streets of America and we ask ourselves WHY? Of course, the world has its answers but they walk in darkness and know nothing of the spiritual realities that confront all of mankind, God being no respector of persons. Why are so many dying in our communities all across America today? Yes, we have crime, guns, and gangs but could there be another reason. The Bible says in Romans 6:23, that the wages of SIN is death! Could it be that as SIN accelerates across this land, so does the payment for sins – which is death! Could our young men be dying both for our sins and for theirs? I understand that 70% of all Americans of marriage age don’t even bother to get married – they just cohabitate and have several babies by whoever! Our churches are shutting down because a majority no longer attend or support them. Our society has evolved to such darkness that now a man can actually “marry” a man, and it’s all “legal.” We keep going further and further into darkness believing its “light.” We are walking backwards further and further into SIN and if we continue, its certain we, or someone else, will pay a frightening price! God has raised Sheryl up, just like the Old Testament prophets, to cry out against the nations SINS! I WARN you America, REPENT!! TURN BACK TO GOD! TURN FROM YOUR SINS OR PERISH! GOD, help us!!! Pastor Aaron B. Williams Ezekiel 18:4 “Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.” WHAT IS SIN? First of all, SIN has so many different meanings. I would like to quote from a reference book from my pastor’s library called “American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster 1828.” It says, SIN is: 1. Any voluntary transgression of divine law, 2. Violation of a divine command, 3. A wicked act; iniquity. 4. It is the voluntary neglect to obey a positive divine command, or a rule of duty clearly implied in such command. 5. SIN comprehends not actions only, but neglect of known duty, all evil thoughts, purposes, words and desires, whatever is contrary to God’s commands or law. 6. An abomination to Almighty God. I hope the above definitions will paint a clearer picture of what SIN really is. There is only one remedy for SIN, that is, to acknowledge your sin first, and to REPENT, confess it to God the Father, and ask Him to forgive you of it. In my lifetime, since being born-again, I was taught by my pastor that you have to REPENT to God often. Why? Because of the things you don’t realize you have done, who you have hurt, who you have offended, the wrong things you have said on that particular day. In our holy walk before God, we as believers not only have to walk “holy” before Him, but strive to be holy in our attitudes, conduct, and conversation. In the Bible, 1 Peter 1:15, 16 15 “But as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” Father God, has not stopped looking for a “holy people.” In the Old Testament, He wanted a holy people, and He still wants a holy people for the New Testament church today. He wants a people that is pleasing unto Him. Again, I want to reiterate this point because it is so very important. It is important because it’s God’s desire! God let me know, SIN can open up a demonic door for Satan and his imps to enter in and attack. The enemy has legal grounds to enter through that door because the person who is in sin, stepped into his territory. He will either attack you or a loved one who is close and dear to you. Another time, the Holy Spirit showed me in my spirit, before I awakened out of my sleep some results of sin. He said, 1. SIN will destroy you, 2. SIN will cause death to come upon you, 3. SIN keeps people from attending church, 4. SIN will mess you up, 5. SIN separates you from GOD, 6. SIN will cause sickness to come upon your physical body, 7. SIN will take you down, 8. SIN will wipe you out. Now, the Bible says, that the Holy Spirit is the “Spirit of truth.” He knows all things before it happens. If you are a “child of God,” the Holy Spirit loves you so much, He will warn you of things before they come to pass. For example, God’s WARNING to everyone in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 14:9-12, 9 “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” God the Father warns us not to take the mark (we believe it will be a microchip in the forehead, or in the right hand (Rev. 13:16,) or pledge allegiance to the antichrist, or to the one-world order, or one-world system, which will be Satan’s system.) God says, if anyone takes the mark, they shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the Lamb (Jesus Christ.) He is saying, you will burn for eternity (forever) in the Lake of Fire, for disobeying Him. The Bible says, in Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Some SINS you commit, you can go to God in prayer and REPENT about them. And there are other SINS you commit, you not only have to go to God and REPENT about them; but, it will require you to go through some deliverance for that thing to be broken off you probably at a “deliverance church.” That particular “yoke,” has to be destroyed in your life. The only way it can be destroyed is by the “anointing” of God. The Bible says, in Isaiah 10:27, 27 “…and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” What I’m saying is, to be delivered from “sins of the flesh,” (alcohol, anger, bitterness, drugs, envy, hatred, homosexuality, jealousy, lust, pornography, pride, rebellion, unforgiveness, witchcraft, etc.) you must REPENT but you may also need to go to an anointed service at church where the anointed “minister” can work with you till you get deliverance from that thing which has you bound or in bondage. The Bible says, in John 8:34, 34 “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” When you sin, you become the servant of sin. Sin becomes your master, and as master, it will drive you to sin again and again. Because the wages of sin is death, that sin must be broken off your life and, again, it’s only the anointing that destroys the yoke and breaks the power of sin in your life. Another way of being delivered from “sins of the flesh,” is, to cry out to God for deliverance. In your prayer room, closet, or on your knees cry out for deliverance, (Joel 2: 32.) God will send His anointing down from heaven upon you to break that thing off you. Don’t be too anxious to get up from the floor until you know without a doubt in your heart that God has delivered you from that particular “sin of the flesh.” Let God the Holy Spirit work with you. Stay in His presence until He completes what He wants to do for you, in the area of deliverance. Rid yourself of all known sin, for the Bible says, in Galatians 5:19-21, 19 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Here are listed below definitions for the above sins or “works of the flesh.” a. Adultery – means unfaithfulness of any married person to the marriage bed, i.e., having sex with someone other than your spouse. b. Fornication – unlawful sexual intercourse i.e., sex before marriage. c. Uncleanness – foulness; dirtiness; filthiness; lewdness; incontinence. d. Lasciviousness – looseness; irregular indulgence of animal desires; wantonness; lustfulness. e. Idolatry – worshipping, or having idols. Worshipping anything made by hands, or which is not God. f. Witchcraft – the practices of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with the devil. g. Hatred – great dislike or aversion; hate; enmity. h. Variance – any altercation or change of condition. Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord. i. Emulations – contest; contention; strife; competition; rivalry accompanied with a desire of depressing another. j. Wrath – violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; the effects of anger. k. Strife – exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. l. Seditions – is a rising or commotion of less extent than an insurrection; and both are less than rebellion. m. Heresies – a fundamental error in religion; or an error of opinion respecting some fundamental doctrine of religion. n. Envyings – feeling uneasiness at the superior condition and happiness of another. o. Murders – to kill a human being with premeditated malice. To destroy; to put an end to. p. Drunkenness – intoxication; inebriation; a state in which a person is overwhelmed or overpowered with spirituous liquors, so that his reason is disordered, and he reels or staggers in walking. q. Revellings – riotous gatherings for entertainment accompanied by drunkenness. Child of God, the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 6:19, 19 “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” Saints, the Bible says we belong to God and the Holy Ghost lives in you. The Holy Ghost is holy, and He will not live in a temple of confusion. You can’t do what you want to do and you can’t have it your way. If you choose the Holy Ghost and want Him, you have to submit to Him, do what He says, and do it His way in order for Him to lead, guide, and direct you in your life. All the “works of the flesh,” are of the devil. Satan is the author of all the “works of the flesh.” God is a good God. God will not lead any of His children to do wrong, or hurt them in any way because He loves you, and wants the best for you. In 1 Corinthians 9:27, Paul says, 27 “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection:…” To keep the “lust of the flesh” in check, Paul said, he had to keep his flesh under subjection which means, he had to keep it under control. We, as children of God have to also keep our flesh under control to control the “lust of the flesh,” and the temptations of this world. How do we do that? Well, don’t hang around places where alcohol is…you got control over that. Don’t be alone with the opposite sex, you can control that. You must set standards for yourself which you don’t permit yourself to violate, and you can do that. But if you slip up, then you will need Jesus to deliver you. The Bible says, that the flesh is enmity against God. It is an enemy of God. It wants to do what it wants to do. It always does the opposite of what God says in His word. It suggests or tell you what it wants you to do. In other words, the flesh has a mind of its own. The flesh is never satisfied, until it gets what it wants. The remedy for the flesh is the Word of God. You must continuously read and study the word of God, so your spirit man can be fed. The more and more you read or study the word, your spirit man will get so strong or built up, that eventually, your spirit will override or “control” the flesh. The Word of God tames the flesh, and puts it under its control. You must let your spirit override the flesh instead of the flesh controlling your spirit. Your flesh will not want you to read or study the Word. It will do everything in its power to keep you from doing it. But, you have to make up in your mind and say to yourself when your flesh speaks to you, “I’m not doing what my flesh says, but I want to do what the Lord is leading me to do, and do it.” The flesh does not want you to know the things of God, or about the kingdom of God. The flesh and the devil, will do everything in their power to stop you from succeeding in this area for your life. You have to be persistent, and determined to run on and see what the ends going to be. In the Bible, God gives the names of the category of people who are unrighteous, that will not inherit the kingdom of God. In 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10 it says, 9 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. Sinners, you know who you are, any of you that fall in the above category, I want you to know that God truly loves you, for He created you from the foundation of the world, but He hates your sin. After reading this book, if you decide you don’t want to end up in hell for eternity or you desire to make heaven your home, you must do the following: 1. Turn from your evil and wicked ways, 2. REPENT of your sins with a sincere heart i.e., ask God, in Jesus’ name to forgive you of all your sins. 3. Ask Jesus to save you. 4. Get water baptized. 5. Get filled with the Holy Ghost. 6. Get a Holy Bible, ask God to lead you to a church where He wants you, and serve the LORD for the rest of your life. These are very important steps to becoming a child of God. Don’t worry about being changed after conversion, because you can’t change yourself (you don’t have the power too.) Only the Holy Spirit can change you to a new creature in Christ. He will change you in His perfect timing, and make you more in His image or Christ-likeness. Sinner, you really don’t want to end up in hell. Jesus tells us all about hell in the Bible. He says, it is a place of torment, wailing and gnashing of teeth, where the fire is never quenched, and worms dieth not, to name a few. Sinner man, your soul is on the line. You seriously need to take the time to think about where you want to go someday and spend eternity. I would advise that you stop putting it off until you want to, or putting Jesus on hold until you get good and ready to say yes to Him. It’s time to get right with Him, now. Time is running out. You never know how much time you have left, or when your number is up on earth. You will die one day and leave the earth. You didn’t come here to stay. And if it happens that you should go, make sure that you know without a doubt in your heart that you are going to heaven with the Lord Jesus to spend eternity, instead of dying in your sins, and bust hell wide open. Now, you may feel that I said some things that are very harsh, but I’m no eloquent person when it comes to saying what needs to be said. I’m an outspoken person, a direct person. I come right at a person; but, it’s all for your good. In the category, of the different types of people who are unrighteous (l Cor. 6:9-10,) that will not inherit the kingdom of God, I would like to take this time and give you a definition for those types of people. They are as follows: a. Fornicators – an unmarried person, male or female, who has sexual intercourse with anyone. b. Idolaters – a worshipper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan. c. Adulterers – a man guilty of adultery; a married man who has sexual commerce with any woman, except his wife. d. Effeminate – having the qualities of the female sex; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; tender; womanish. e. Abusers of themselves with mankind – homosexuals. Those who allow their bodies to be used in a perverted way. Sodomites – those who perform these perverted acts on others. f. Thieves – to steal; to practice theft. To take as your own something that does not belong to you. g. Covetous – inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess. h. Drunkards – a person who habitually or frequently is drunk; one given to ebriety or an excessive use of strong liquor. i. Revilers – one who reviles another; one who treats another with contemptuous language. j. Extortioners – one who practices extortion. Extortion means force or illegal compulsion by which anything is taken from a person. You can see from all of this that SIN separates men from God, and from entering heaven. God’s holy word is awesome. You can never be confused about what God says in His holy word. He makes everything so plain. If you have questions you need answers to, the Holy Bible will tremendously help you. The answers are there. You may have to dig deep for them, or maybe do thorough research, but the answers are there. It really depends on how dedicated you are to search out the answers. Now, I would like to take this time to inform many of you who don’t know about the following information that is so very important for the Body of Christ world-wide. Another problem manifesting in America today is, you will find many churches shutting down. Why? Because people are no longer supporting them, which causes the pastors to close them down for lack of funds to pay the bills to keep them operating. What you don’t support, it will eventually die or pass away. What hurts so much is, when our churches “shutdown,” the Muslims buy these churches up, and turn them into mosques. This is really a “wake-up call, and an eye-opener,”saints. WAKE UP, Body of Christ. This very thing affects you. If the Muslims buy up our churches, then we as a people won’t have a public place to worship the true, and living God. This is a tactic by Satan to shut-down all churches of our Lord Jesus Christ. The enemy, Satan has come against and attacked our churches in order to shut them down completely and raise up his churches along with his “false religion.” He will use every scheme, tactic, plan, and plot to keep the “true church” of Jesus Christ from operating. He will use his people (Satanists, warlocks, sorcerers, witches, voodoo workers, etc.) to pray evil prayers, cast spells, and curses against the people of Almighty God. The Bible says, in Ephesians 6:12, 12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood (people), but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” The Bible also says, in 1 Peter 5:8, 8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:…” Also, the Bible says, in John 10:10, Jesus says, 10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:…” Body of Christ, it’s time to pray and seek God’s face about this matter, more than ever. Also, prayer warriors, it’s time to go into spiritual warfare. For the Bible says, “the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church.” The demonic door that’s open, must be shut closed for good. Saints, we must support our churches. It is our spiritual duty. If we will seek our God, He will give us answers, instruct us on what to do, how to do it, and what to say. If we will pray as a people, God will work on our behalf. The Bible says, He will fight for us. It also says, the battle is not ours, but it’s the LORD’s. He says, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD. If you don’t make up in your mind to pray, how in the world do you expect God to do anything about the situation. Not just a few people praying, but the whole Body of Christ. We need you desperately. We can accomplish much when we come together in unity. The Bible says, in Isaiah 54:17, “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper,…” At this time, I would like to express from my heart (spirit) something that has been weighing on it for some time. And that is, the gross “SIN” problem in America. America has done so many terrible things in the eyes of Almighty God, as a nation. That is exactly why this country is in such chaos and turmoil right now. Satan has turned it upside down, instead of it being right side up. SIN, in this country has opened a “demonic door,” where Satan and his imps can go through that door and stir up havoc and confusion which this country is now experiencing. The Holy Spirit revealed to me in my spirit one morning, that there are hoards of devils upon the earth. Another time, in my sleep, He showed me a vision one morning of how the devils come on the earth from hell. The gist of the vision is, the devils travel from hell in a funnel with a long cord on the end of it. The devils are inside the funnel. The funnel spins clockwise going upward towards earth. When it reaches a certain point, out comes the devils on the earth. The devils mission is to steal, kill, destroy, and cause “children of God,” to turn away from the one, true, and living God. Here are a few of the problems in America that have opened a “demonic door.” 1. Abortions (the killing of innocent babies.) 2. Adultery. 3. Alcohol. 4. Children out of wedlock. 5. Common-law marriages (70%.) 6. Drugs. 7. “Gay” agenda (people of alternative lifestyles.) 8. Idol worshipping (serving other gods or false gods.) 9. Murder. 10. Rebellion 11. Same-sex marriages. 12. Sex outside of marriage. 13. Sexual perversion. 14. Trafficking of children and sexual slavery. 15. Violence. 16. Wars with other countries which America has no business taking part in. Believe me, there are many more SINS, but I only wanted to give you some of them. America has stepped into Satan’s territory, and he has legal grounds to do what he does because of the “SIN” issue, in this country. There is only one way to close the demonic door shut, and that is, America, as a people have to come to a place of true repentance. America, has to acknowledge its many SINS, REPENT (change your mind towards SIN, go in the opposite direction, turn around) to Almighty God, and ask Him for forgiveness with a sincere heart. When we as a people come together in unity and get it right with God, then HE will turn it around for our good. In other words, AMERICA will be saved, and He will get the glory. As long as “SIN” continues to run rapport in this country, the problems will grow worst, instead of better. The Bible says, In II Chronicles 7:14, 14 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” I really believe in my heart, that America would never be in the mess that it’s in, in the first place, if it had not taken prayer out of the schools, the Ten Commandments out of the courthouse, the pledge of allegiance out of the classroom. Instead of swearing on the Bible in the courtroom (laying your right hand on the book) and the baliff saying, “Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God.” Well, now the people just raise their right hand and swear that the information that they are about to divulge is the truth. Meaning, the fear of God has been taken out of the oath. SIN has caused multitudes of people to fall away from the church because they feel if they go to church, they will be convicted of their SINS, and they don’t want that. Some will attend church, but just as soon as the man or woman of God, preach a sermon, by the “Spirit of God,” against their sin, they get so offended, leave the church, never to return. Why? Because that particular sermon brought Holy Ghost “conviction” in their heart about their sin. The Bible in 2 Timothy 3: 1-5 says, 1. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2. “For men shall be lovers of their ownselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3. Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4. Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” Well America, in order for this country to be the great country that it use to be, we as a nation have to do the right thing, and that is, to turn OUR heart back to God, serve Him and only Him. It’s time to REPENT AMERICA. YOU have gone too far and too long in SIN. God is the answer to all America’s problems. He is the only one who can solve them. He is a burden carrier, heart fixer, and problem solver. He has never lost a case. Men don’t have the power to solve the existing problems of this world. All men can do is speculate and give their opinions, but never come up with the right answers, not unless man seek God for answers. It takes someone, a higher power, a supernatural being who does not have to think the answer, but automatically knows what the answer is. All YOU have to do is try Him, and give Him a chance to prove Himself. From the Bible, it takes my mind back to a story in the Bible, when the people chose Saul to be their king. Saul was not God’s choice for the people. But, the people did not want God over them to rule them. So God gave the people what they wanted. You have to be careful what you ask for. After Saul was anointed king of Israel by Samuel the prophet, God would always give Samuel His instructions for Saul. Saul would always disobey what God told him to do, and do it his way. Saul was disobedient, and in rebellion. What eventually happened, God completely turned away from Saul and would have nothing else to do with him. God instructed Samuel the prophet to go to the house of Jesse and anoint a new king for Israel. God let Samuel know his choice for king. If the people, in the beginning had chosen God to rule over them, they would not have gone through all the problems they experienced with Saul. God is always a winner. He cannot fail, and He cannot be defeated. Where men fail, God can’t. He does not know what failure is, because it does not exist with Him. I don’t know about you, but I prefer to be on the winning side. America, make up your mind to go back to the God of the Bible, God of the universe, the God of heaven and earth, the Supreme God, and the Most High God. He is the only one who is vital and important for every man’s existence on this earth. Make Him your choice today, the only choice for what lies ahead. As we go further on in the near future, if your foundation is not built up on Him, there’s no way, you will be able to exist, stand, make it, or survive on this earth before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Believe me, it will get so baddddddd” out here that many, many, many people will turn to Jesus Christ for help and answers. The church will become the hospital for the sick and burdened. People will not know what to do, or see any way out of their dilemma because they don’t have the “Spirit of God,” the precious Holy Spirit to lead, guide, direct, and take them through these tough times. Jesus said in Matthew 24:21, “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Times of overwhelming troubles are coming. Ask Jesus to save you. Turn to God and believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ right now while you still have the chance… Rev. 21:8 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. REPENTANCE PRAYER Father God, in the name of Jesus, I sincerely turn away from all my sins. I ask you to forgive me and I believe, if I ask, you will forgive me according to your word in 1 John 1:9… That if I confess my sins, you are faithful and just to forgive me of my sins, and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness. Lord Jesus, I ask you to wash me in your precious blood from the crown of my head, to the soles of my feet. Sanctify me, purify me, cleanse me, wash me in YOUR Blood. David said in the Book of Psalm, “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow…Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me.” Lord Jesus, remove all the blackness and darkness from my heart (spirit.) Take out all the impurities and clean me up. Conform me into YOUR image. Help me Lord Jesus to turn from my evil and wicked ways. Cause me to BOLDLY go forth in you. Thank you Lord, AMEN! Contact Information Sheryl T. Williams P. O. Box 212776 Columbia, S. C. 29221 swilliams@iamjesusholyghostchurch.org About the Author Sheryl T. Williams, was born in Durham, North Carolina. She received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior at the age of 24, and comes from a “holiness” background. Prior to 1995, the Holy Spirit began to permit Sheryl to “See” into the spiritual realms. In addition, God communicates with her in visions and dreams. Sheryl, is a graduate of RHEMA Correspondence Bible School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Class of 2003. She is a licensed, ordained Evangelist assisting her husband in the ministry. She is an extraordinary, fruitful “soul winner,” leading many to Christ. She resides with her husband in Columbia, South Carolina. i 2 18