Chronicles of a Watchman by Dr. James P. Norman Jr.

We are going to confront a stronghold of immense proportions. It is a way of thinking that exists unchecked in most churches from top to bottom. We will expose, and then destroy, the hiding places of Jezebel. Rev. 2:20 - Understanding The Spirit Of Jezebel But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads my bond-servants astray, so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. Spiritual Warfare And Prayer The spirit of Jezebel doesn’t work alone, she has a network. The Jezebel spirit is the most wicked of spirits. Historically, the rise and fall of spiritual power within the Church of Christ has been related to the acknowledgement and opposition toward demonic principalities and powers.   You are in a spiritual war whether you want to be or not. There are high level spiritual assignments against you and the Church. One of the most powerful is the Jezebel spi...

Amplified Bible: Psalms 14:1-2 Verse 1 - The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart [deep down in], there is no God. They’re corrupt, they have done abominable deeds; there is none that does good or right. [Romans 3:10]. Verse 2 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, dealt wisely, and sought after God. Inquiring for and of Him requiring Him. [of vital necessity.] Truth: Gk. Alethia The reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable, essence of a matter; gives the correct rendering, the meaning is not merely ethical truth but truth in all its fullness and scope, as embodied in Him He is the perfect expression of the truth. There is only one way to do this and that's God’s Way. The atheism is natural to man in his depraved state, and very frequent in the hearts and lives of men. They come into churches in sheep's clothing to get a seat at the table. Their desire is to pro...

We are all Equal in Christ Seen as all people are equal under the law. This makes us equal in all things to each other. Therefore racism does not exist. It makes us support one group, or race over all others. Since a Axiom is based on truth such as mathematics and numbers. There is no legal or spiritual leg for racism.   R acism comes out of a need to change the laws of nature that exist, without this inference. This is what stops our faith as black Christians. We as Blacks have allowed liberalism to totally destroy our church's message of family, education, employment, and respect for each other.   We have no national pride, we do violence any way and where we can. All of our leaders are afraid to change this sliding direction and put us back on an honorable path. The Black Church is under the greatest attack from within its walls. By liberal, socialist clergy and church leaders. They say the Bible shouldn’t be taken literally today. They’re teaching t...

The Power of Pastors Pastors have eminence power to represent God. Pastors stand in the gap between God and man.  Jesus is the truth about God, and Jesus is the power of God to man.  God has given to man the power to man war on the enemies of the church. There is always a band of evil warriors willing to divide the church on issues no matter small or large ( Eph. 16:1-24; 1 Tim. 5:17; Eph. 1:1-23; Ezk. 30). As churches we really only have one direction to take, that is to go back to the  standards which are holiness, righteousness, and sanctification. If we don’t go back to God’s plan we can’t go forward and develop the church to meet the attacks developed by Satan (while for this modern world).  As church leaders we have authority to see into the church and must believe that we are involved in Spiritual Warfare. The very morals of the church have been invaded by immoral satanic spirits. We need to change from material, and look to arming the saints for th...

Satan is the God of this world. Satan as that God has installed into every area of leadership (in the whole world) his form of leadership. A goat or ram’s head on a human body represent the sign of satanic dominance. The church in most places has some form of this from top to bottom. These leaders will make sure that the ministry never will get involved in the biblical purpose of that ministry.           They are not willing to hear the teaching on subjects like faith in the absolute ministry of Jesus. Topics like holiness, healing, deliverance from sin, sickness, and immoral activities they do not want to hear.           Jesus discussed the opposite characteristics of sheep and goats in  Matthew 25 , in the context of the final judgment a shepherd must divide his sheep from the goats. The goat head is the one who leads the sheep to the slaughter. The goat that walks and talks lik...

THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE (part one) You know when God comes in he doesn’t come in to abide. He comes in to take over! Where there is holy worship, he takes over. Let’s try some problem solving by the word of God! 1.       See that there is a problem 2.       Examine the problem 3.       See what the word says about the  problem 4.       Put yourself in the problem as a problem solver 5.       Solve the problem with strong ACTION 6.       Then move to the next problem CHURCH GOING CHRISTIANS   Jesus had a role to play in the Christian. Jesus is in our lives, as savior but Jesus Christ has been the object but not the origin. My moves must come from him as the origin. My moves must come from him as the origin not just going to heaven. He must be the object as well as the origin of all my activity. He must...

TO BE IN CHRIST – THE CARNAL CHRISTIAN (PART THREE)   You say, I thought a carnal Christian was a backslider somebody for instance who used to go to church but has run off with somebody else’s wife! Oh no! That is only one kind of carnal Christian, and I would not suggest that you were that kind of carnal Christian.   No, No! I am talking about some Sunday school teachers. I am talking about some Sunday school superintendents. I am talking about some Pastor in his pulpit. I am talking about some missionary on the field. I am talking about many ordinary average earnest Christians. They are wonderful people. You would love to meet them. They talk all the language of salvation and they mean every work. They say they are not hypocrites.   They are overwhelmed inwardly with a sense of defeat, frustration, futility and bareness. When you meet them they will smile sweetly and they will mean the smile they give you. They will grip you by the hand and they will say ...

TO BE IN CHRIST – THE TREE (PART TWO)   He showed them a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet. He bore our sins “in” his own body on the tree (1 Peter 2:24).   This was the second tree, the place of the second choice.  Adam had repudiated his relationship to God at that first tree, and said “no” to God. He then stepped out of life into death. He stepped out of dependence into independence, so that you and I (at that second tree the place of second choice) can say our “yes” where he said “no”.  We can step back out of death into life!  We will be raised from the dead, out of our self-will and independence, into a childlike dependence which is the obedience of faith.   “I am the Lord that healeth thee”. This is the beginning of our salvation! This is to be reconciled to God by the death of his son.   It is the tree for bitterness, the precious blood of the Lord Jesus that cleanses us from all sin and...

TO BE IN CHRIST (PART ONE) To be in Christ is redemption; but for Christ to be in you – that is sanctification! To be in Christ - that makes you fit for heaven; but for Christ to be in you - that makes you fit for Earth! To be in Christ – that changes your destination; but for Christ to be in you - that changes your destiny! The one makes heaven your home and the other makes this world his workshop. I have been bound to this earth by a law that I have never been able to break. That is the law of gravity. By Faith I step into the new law of God. I sit back in the rest of faith and new mighty anointing roars into my life. I discover that the new law of the spirit, of life in Christ Jesus, has me free from the law of sin and death. As long as I maintain (by faith) that position of total dependence I do not have to try to be free from the law of sin and death. I am being set free by the operation of a new law, the operation of the Holy Spirit. III John 2 2  Beloved...

HEALING AND DIVINE HEALTH If one wants healing, health, success, happiness and prosperity from God through the gospel, he must first of all learn the lesson and learn it well. He must stop doubting the word of God on anything that he says. If a man had never permitted himself to doubt in the first place, if he had also warded off all suggestions of Satan to doubt God, and if he had immediate and full victory over all doubt to begin with, there would not have been the struggle that there is today to believe God without a doubt. The first and last lesson one must learn is to doubt not if he wants anything from God. I must say, whatever I go though in life it never occurs to me to doubt God. All material things are here for a time, no matter what it is. All men should maintain their attitude toward God at all time. God has made it very plain that he giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; ask in Faith and it shall be given him. Most churches today, (denominations...

      1.  QUESTION OF EXISTENCE: WHY AM I ALIVE? JEREMIAH: "Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?"Jeremiah 20:18 (TEV) Love comes from God... for God IS love . God showed how much he loved us by sending His only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him."1 John 4:7-9 (NLT) "Long before God laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, and settled on us as the focus of His love , to be made whole and holy by His love."Ephesians 1:4 (Msg) GOD SAYS:  "I have loved you with an everlasting love!"Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV) 2.  QUESTION OF SIGNIFICANCE: DOES MY LIFE MATTER? DAVID: "I remember how short my life is. Why did you create us? For nothing?"Psalm 89:47 (NCV) JOB: "Why should I work so hard for nothing?"Job 9:29 (GW) SOLOMON: "Laughing and having fun is crazy. What good does it do?"Ecclesiastes 2:2 (CEV) HE CARES...