BUTT NAKED

[Apostle Dr. Melody Barclay]

“BUTT NAKED”

“Butt Naked” is the word that the Lord spoke to me in the beginning of this New Year.
What the Lord was telling me was that He “is going to expose the hearts of His people”.

So many of God’s people are preaching, teaching, pastoring, evangelizing and doing all kinds of ministry and church work. However, their heart is far from God, and their heart is far from the likeness and attributes of God’s heart.

This is a good time for all of us to examine ourselves,
to see if our heart matches the heart of God.
It is a good time for us to see if our spirit matches the Spirit of God.
It is a good time to see if our love matches the love of God.

It is paramount that we love with agape love,
And if we don’t, it will be obvious in our communications
and our relations with one another.
Agape’ love is a pure unadulterated love.
It is not mixed with anger, bitterness or hatred.
It is not tinged with jealousy, strife and division among the brethren.
It is not tainted with negative criticism, our personal prejudices or the like.

The body of Christ is comprised of
Various cultures, denominations, ethnicities and the like,
though in God’s eyes, there is neither Jew nor Greek, Black, Red, nor White.
God’s love helps us to love one another in the body of Christ,
despite differences of cultures, denominations, beliefs, etc. that we may have.
One thing for sure, they that believe and confess with their mouth and believe
In their heart that Jesus is the Son of God shall be saved.
There are going to be a lot of Baptists, Pentecostal, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, etc. etc. as we know them here on earth,
in heaven as saints of God who have had their robes washed by the Blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ. And there is going to be a lot of them who got
in by Divine invitation, “Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter in to thy
place of rest.” Hallelujah!!!!

As the time is short and the days are few,
there is still so much edifying, healing, wisdom of God, knowledge of God,
deliverance and love, etc. that is needed by the body of Christ.
When we get off the mission of preaching the gospel and operating out of love,
to become “a word policeman” (going about to debate the word of God and
prove others wrong with a spirit of criticism, or to insinuate that they are ignorant in
negative way), we miss the whole purpose and lack understanding of what we’ve been called to do. Some people that I have encountered on these networks main mission is
to debate the word of God and tell people that what they teach is not doctrine or the
word, simply because they don’t agree with it or because they lack the real truth of the word. Anything that is not scriptural is neither truth nor the word of God, regardless of
how religious or spiritual it may sound, read or include scriptures.
I have found some to use scriptures erroneously and without respect to validate
their folly.

As the hearts of men will be exposed,
God will use circumstances, events, blogs, discussions,
people, etc. etc. to reveal the hearts of men and women
in the body of Christ.
As I mentioned earlier, discernment and trying the spirit of men
By the Spirit of God is very important.
It’s equally important to discern and hear the spirit, tone, heart if you will,
of who is speaking, preaching, teaching, writing, etc.
This is where the essence and heart of that person will be revealed.
Many have themselves hidden behind their call, their works,
great words, ministry, title, etc.
Many have the fruit and the works,
but they don't have the heart of God, the love of God nor reflect the
Spirit of God and His attiributes, not for real, for real.
But now we shall really know them, we shall know their heart,
for God will strip all “Butt Naked”.

Apostle Dr. Melody Barclay