STATEMENT OF BELIEFS
PLEASE NOTE: These are the NEW AGE TEACHINGS of Kim Clement and DO NOT represent the beliefs of JimQ4Israel and are NOT endorsed by JimQ4Israel.
| Many have questioned my doctrine and what I believe because of my strong feeling of disgust toward the escapism teaching. Some have even said that I do not believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ because of my continual attack against a passive message of escapism. Sometimes I deliberately make statements that contradict their teaching because of the great deception that has captured the attention of a large percentage of the church. Our goal is to reach the lost, however, there is so much self righteousness within many of the leading preachers, who continually manipulate those beloved Christians by forcing them to live "holy" lives based on the fear of missing the rapture, or going to hell. Because of this, I have been accused of compromising on the fact of "hell" and apparently I believe that people can live any way they wish because they are eternally secure once they are saved. This is not true, and as you read on, you will find out that my beliefs are totally scriptural. My interpretation may differ from some of the traditional ‘hocus pocus’, but it is still within the confines of our fundamental beliefs. As much as I believe there is a hell, I believe there is a heaven. As much as I believe there is a Kingdom of darkness, I believe there is a Kingdom of light called the Kingdom of God. The book of Revelation is the revelation of Jesus Christ, not the revelation of Satan. Yet many have taken the negative aspects of John’s experience on the Island of Patmos, and Daniel’s experience in Babylon. They have used a perverted doctrine to gain followers by preaching fear and manipulating them, at the same time pocketing large amounts of money by the merchandising of a lie. My focus is on one, not the other. How can you sing a love song with a whip in your hand? You can’t force people to love Jesus, yet threaten them with hell if they don’t. I thought that Christianity was based on a relationship resulting from grace. My idea that each person is born with a treasure in their spirit is mocked, and I am accused of being a new age prophet because I will NOT focus on their sin but rather on their treasure. Unfortunately for my accusers, I also have evidence from the Word of God that assists me in backing up this belief. After an extensive study on the life of Jesus, I found that the way He reached people was to unveil their spiritual eyes to see the potential beauty that could be released if they followed Him. For example, after Jesus spoke life to Nathaniel he fell down and worshiped Him. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God opening and angels ascending and descending hereafter. The Kingdom of God was inside of Nathaniel; therefore Jesus had unlocked the spirit of that man and given him access to the Kingdom within. The woman at the well in John 4 is a typical example of the way Jesus reached the lost. He asked her to give Him some water and she refused to do anything because of His Nationality and her cultural background. He was a Jew and she was a Samaritan, which meant that they were not supposed to communicate. She argued about the fact that the Jews worshiped in Jerusalem and the Samaritans worshiped on the mountain. Jesus never stopped her from arguing and He never rebuked her for her obvious prejudices. He touched the thing that was blinding her from the truth. "Go and get your husband," He said. " I have no husband" she replied. Jesus did not attack her for being in an adulterous relationship, but rather encouraged her for telling a half a truth. He began to describe her adulterous situation and then offered her a solution. This is not all. Jesus shared with her a prophetic truth about worship saying, "The hour is coming and now is when the true worshiper will worship in Spirit and in Truth". He taught the truth of worship, but it was only when He went into her world and touched the part of her life that was painful, that she said "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet". Her perception of Him made her receptive to Him. Jesus also said, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water". Please note that He said something unusual to an adulterous woman, "The water that I shall give will become IN YOU a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." In Luke 5, Jesus used Simon Peter’s boat to speak to the multitudes. However, once He was finished preaching, He gave an instruction to Peter to launch their nets into the deep. Exasperated because of toiling all night without a catch, they obeyed Jesus and the catch was so great that the nets began to break. Peter fell on his knees and repented saying, "Depart from me for I am a sinful man". Not once did Jesus mention Peter’s sin, nor did He try to coax him into following Him based on his going to Hell or being eternally damned. I know how a sinner feels because I have been one. I woke up every day of my life aware of my sin. No one had to tell me that I had sinned or that I was a sinner, I knew it. Only when I was introduced to Jesus did I become aware of the fact that I had something precious in my spirit. When I met Him, I felt good about myself. I was aware of the fact that I had to change, but what was fascinating was that I felt like I could become a new creation when I met Him. My spirit was dead unto sin, but once I was alive in Christ, I had access to the treasure within me. What is this treasure within me? The treasure within me is my pre-ordained destiny and my inheritance. This was the inheritance that Jesus granted to me at the cross, based upon my acceptance of His sacrifice. Ephesians 1: 4: "..just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world,
It also states in Ephesians 1: 11 that "in Him we have also obtained an inheritance, that was predestined according to the purpose of Him." In other words, what we carry inside our spirits throughout our lives is the predestined inheritance only accessible through our acceptance and obedience to Jesus Christ. As a sinner you carry it without obtaining it or "seeing" it because you are blind. As a Christian who has been redeemed (saved), you obtain it (your predestined inheritance) by being born again. I do not believe that you must be born again to obtain salvation. As I have explained in the preceding paragraph, I believe there is a distinction. The Bible clearly tells us that "whosoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved" and "whosoever believes on Him shall have everlasting life." When Nicodemus approached Jesus, he came with a hungry heart declaring that "no one could do these signs that You do unless God is with Him". Jesus was a demonstration of dominion that no one else had, and Nicodemus was inquiring about it. Nicodemus was not asking how to be saved. BEFORE Jesus died on the cross, He told Nicodemus, who was saved according to the law [at that time]; " Unless one is born again, he cannot SEE the KINGDOM OF GOD." Jesus was not speaking about the salvation that would come because of His sacrifice on the cross. He was referring to seeing and inheriting the Kingdom of God. How could he offer salvation by rebirth without His blood? This statement was made prior to His death and resurrection to a man who, according to the Old Covenant, was saved. Later on in the chapter, Jesus went on to explain how salvation would come when He said to Nicodemus, in John 3:15, "…whoever believes on Him [Jesus] should not perish but have eternal life". He was explaining the way that salvation would come. Prior to that, He was telling Nicodemus how to see and inherit the Kingdom of God. I believe that only after salvation do you qualify to see, inherit and possess the Kingdom of God, which is inside of you. Yes, Paul does tell us that if we practice certain things we cannot "inherit" the Kingdom of God. In Galatians 5:19-21: Notice that he uses the word inherit. "You will see it, enter it, but you will not inherit it." Once again, Paul is referring to accessing the Kingdom. This is the same Kingdom that the Pharisees were inquiring about in Luke 17:20-21: "Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, ‘The Kingdom of God does not come by observation, nor will they say "see here" or "see there"! For indeed the Kingdom of God is within you.’" Please note that Jesus says, "the Kingdom of God DOES NOT come by observation." I understand this to mean that it is not one specific event, but a continual coming. If this were not correct, then why does He encourage us to pray in this manner? "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done ON EARTH as it is IN HEAVEN." This is not encouraging us to pray for one event, but a continual flow of the Kingdom coming, in order for us to perform His will ON EARTH as it is IN HEAVEN. The Kingdom within is simply the domain of God demonstrated through us. There is no physical place to enter the Kingdom of God. You SEEK the Kingdom; you SEE the Kingdom; you ENTER, you POSSESS and you INHERIT. Simply put: You seek the Kingdom; then you see the Kingdom that you sought, then you enter the Kingdom that you saw; then you possess the Kingdom that you entered and finally you inherit the Kingdom that you possessed. This is the warfare we are dealing with. Satan is not concerned about whether or not you are going to heaven. He does, however, tremble at the thought of a Christian obtaining "perception" [spiritual sight] because of spiritual knowledge. Satan knows that once this happens, he is again bound and cannot operate freely. He has no power over the individual, over families, communities, regions, businesses and even over Nations if enough people operated with ‘Dunamis’. Nicodemus was seeking the Kingdom of God like so many at that time. Luke 2:25: "Simeon, who was just and devout, was waiting for the Consolation of Israel [this always meant waiting for the Kingdom of God]." Mark 15:43: "Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus." Joseph knew the Kingdom of God was in the body of Jesus Christ, as it is today. Remember that we are not only saved to go to heaven, according to Revelation 1:5 & 6: "Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth, to Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, AND MADE US A KINGDOM and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." My spirit can only be alive in Christ, and I only have access to the throne of God through the precious blood. I believe in reaching the lost according to the biblical concept, not man’s deception. You cannot and will not make a disciple out of a sinner who has been introduced to Jesus Christ on the basis of their sinful inheritance only. The sinner wants something that he does not have. To approach them on the basis of their sin and condemning them to Hell, will only increase their contempt or else it will manipulate them into making a decision in order to survive the flames of Hell. Although we know that hell is a reality and sin is their snare, the way Jesus approached the sinner was through His perception of their need and the potential that was inside of them. He didn’t use the same "method" when he dealt with the sinner, as many have done in the past. He treated them as human beings, walking through the slums of their hearts and capturing them with His love. Today we are told to go and win souls whichever way we can get them in. We proudly give an account of how many "souls" came to the altar in order to boast of our achievements. Most of the time the altars are filled with saved people getting saved again for fear of losing their salvation. Most of the time preachers have spewed out the wrath of God on God’s people, demanding continual public repentance to impress the television audience of their non-compromising stand, demanding more support, based on the numbers at the alter and in the pews. Most of the time, these are the born-again getting bored again with the same manipulating repetitious garbage in order to keep them from hell. Instead of true evangelism being done through the members of the body of Christ, they are provoked by a preacher to live a greater realm of holiness in order to win the world. The world has NEVER been won because of our holiness. If this were the case it would make us the reason for revival and restoration. Jesus saves whether you and I are holy or not. The Bible teaches: Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall SEE GOD. Without holiness no man shall see God. In 2 Peter 1:16: Peter states what qualifies them to be witnesses: " For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty" In other words, they did not follow the popular method of presenting salvation which was by cunningly devised fables [tales, myths] but based on "seeing" His majesty. This took place on the mountain after Jesus had informed them that "some of those present will not taste death till they "see" the kingdom of God". Hello! Once you see the Kingdom of God, you become a powerful witness because you base your evangelism on the fact that you are "an eyewitness of His Majesty". Preachers have told people that as long as they have met Jesus as their Savior they need to go witnessing. Actually there is no such thing. The Bible tells us that you shall be witnesses, or a witness. There is no way that any sinner will accept Jesus Christ unless you are "continually" seeing Jesus and receiving the Kingdom [dominion] of God. As precious as what your salvation experience was 12 years ago, it will not be enough to reach a human life unless you are seeing and experiencing Jesus today. True evangelism will work once we raise up Christians and mature them for the work of the ministry. Ephesians 4:11 & 12: "And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists and some pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry………" Churches would be filled with unbelievers if preachers revealed to the Christians their realm of authority or "measure of rule" in the kingdom, in order to release them into their specific roles; not a mechanical soul winning robot, but human beings discovering their purpose and call and walking in it. Nevertheless, the Apostle Paul contributed greatly to the idea of Prophetic Evangelism in the Church. I Corinthians 14: 24 & 25: "Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind? But, if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or and uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all; And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed and so falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you." Fascinating! They fall down and worship. It doesn’t say: "They fall down and repent." This is dealing with the uninformed [Greek; ignoramus] and the unbeliever. The word "secrets" is actually the word "Kryptos" which speaks of "treasure". In a meeting that is packed with a prophetic people who prophesy [or unveil truth and who have vision], an unbeliever will discover that he is a treasure in God’s eyes. He will suddenly discover, and keenly be aware of the fact, that there is something beautiful that could come out of him. He is fully aware of the fact that he is a sinner because his entire life is controlled by sin. For the first time in his life he is in a setting where he "sees" something beautiful about himself. A church meeting for a sinner should be the most wonderful and awesome experience ever. Repentance: How can a sinner repent? I believe that once they come to the truth it is a natural response to repent. Once they taste of the goodness of God and the love of God they will ask, "what shall we do?" Only after Jesus had met their needs and filled their boats through their own hands did Peter say, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man." They performed the miracle at His command. He told them to do the catching and they accessed a realm of dominion they normally felt inadequate to obtain. Nathaniel professed, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel" only after Jesus revealed two things:
Jesus said to Nathaniel, " Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these." And He said to him, "Most assuredly I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man". Nathaniel was going to see the Kingdom of God and be an eyewitness to Jesus’ Majesty." 1 John 1:1: "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have handled concerning the Word of Life… (Verse 3): That which we have seen and heard we declare to you." On the day of Pentecost when Peter stepped onto the porch to preach "repentance", it was not to a bunch of uninformed people, but to seekers who were in Jerusalem for the sacrifice. What shall we do to be saved? Change your minds about your present attempts to reach God. Steven was stoned because he told the "righteous" of the day to repent. He wasn’t dealing with uninformed and ignorant people. I do believe that the sinner is bound for hell but not destined for hell. I do believe that every human being must repent in order to be right with God, but the method that Jesus used in reaching them is not being applied today. He touched the unseen part of man. The treasure that God placed there is accessible through obedience to the cross. I believe in Salvation according to Grace, which is a gift from God. I believe that confession of Jesus Christ and calling on Him for salvation allows you eternal life. I believe that you are born again after salvation. I believe in the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ. I believe in the fact of meeting Him in the air, but for a different reason than to escape from the wrath of the beast. I believe in a hell preserved for demons and fallen angels. A hell preserved for those who fall once they have been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come. If they fall away it is impossible for repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame. Hebrews 6:4-6. I believe in a devil and demons that specifically attack humanity in order to draw them away from the cross, redemption and restoration. I believe that 2000 years ago on an old rugged cross, God in the form of flesh died and rose again, bringing to an end the Old Covenant and the Law, allowing us salvation and reconciliation with God, the Father. I believe in the Trinity: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I believe in the baptism of water as an outward sign of an inward change necessary for public confession of your faith in Jesus. I believe that Christ overcame death, hell and the grave and totally defeated the devil and the forces of darkness. I believe that because of this we are overcomers and that we have the power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the works of the enemy. I do not agree with some modern escatologist and some of the erroneous dispensational teachings that suggest we are on a holding pattern so that Jesus can return to complete the job that we never finished. I believe that we are the body of Christ and He is the head. He gave us the power to spread the Gospel, overcome demons, and disciple the Nations. I believe that His coming is for a triumphant and glorious church, not a bunch of passive, backbiting, heresy hunters who cause division. I believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with evidence like other tongues, prophecy, and gifts of the Spirit. I do not believe that we will become Jesus and that He will appear through us. I believe that He will return a 2nd time for His bride triumphant, not His bride fallen. God came to Adam in the garden and he had fallen into sin with his bride. When God returns to this Garden a 2nd time He will not find His Adam [Christ], nor His bride fallen, but in a completely different position to the first Adam, victorious over the same serpent that beguiled Eve and walking with God. I believe in the local church and it’s government for the purpose of gatherings and spiritual events, not as a social club and a place for people to devour one another. I believe in the ministry position of elders not to rule the Pastor or any other ascension gift ministry, but to serve the people. I believe that the local church is the place to allow other ministries to operate for the building of the people, maturing, perfecting the saints, and for the purpose of assisting that specific local church. I do not believe that one Ascension gift has greater power over another. Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, and others are to submit one to another in love. I believe God gave to the church Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, and others. I also do not believe that one has more authority than another. I do not believe that Satan can get saved and I do not believe in ultimate reconciliation, which suggests that Hell is a place to purge you, and then give you access to heaven. I believe that righteousness is granted because of the sacrifice of Christ. I believe that holiness is a choice and the fruit of the Spirit are evidence of that fact. Holiness is not a specific dress code, or a regimented lifestyle of abstinence but an act of obedience to the prompting of the Spirit that causes conviction. Holiness is a condition of the heart which, when acted upon, determines your present circumstances many times. However, works are rewarded based upon obedience first and then sacrifice. I believe that sacrifice without God’s leading is works and is done by the flesh which ultimately controls your view of others, because of your own accomplishments. Your personal convictions are not necessarily the law of holiness for others, and therefore you work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. I believe that we are in the last days and the present signs are a signal for us to "go into all the world and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom". Kim Clement |
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