Jesus Is The One

I read this message from Joshua Drucker yesterday and wanted to share it today. It's a powerful word and I believe that we can all glean some truth from it. God Bless.
                                 
Psalm 68:11 (KJV) ¹¹  The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

I just got off the phone with a family member that was very upset by my sermon "The Danger Of Looking Back." I have received multiple negative comments about that sermon. Even my dad said "son,you put out too much information and used too many names." The main point that the family member was trying to make was that I didn't use "facts."This person told me that my brother DID NOT lose all of his "earthly possessions," then told me a list of his things: Two fishing poles, a stove, washer and dryer, dishes, computer, etc,. etc,. I must admit that I got frustrated in the conversation because she and other people missed my point. That point being my brother "looked back" and now he is facing 5,10,15, 30 years in prison. So, yes in the next 30-60 days he will have lost ALL of his earthly possessions and his freedom because he "looked back." As soon as his wife wanted to leave him, he should have said "O.K." and left the house...PERIOD. 

People that know me personally, know that I don't point the finger and blame people for "my" stupid choices. It was Bubba's choice that caused this, just like it was my choice to make that stupid call from the prison phone. For whatever reason, God has chosen me to share my life through this platform. I was completely happy in August 2007 as I lived in the honor dorm of Cobb County Jail. Just as Abraham unexpectedly heard from God to leave his family and travel to the Promised Land; I also heard from  God to "step out" and write.

Do you mind if I am completely honest with you today? Do you think I like to  write all of the sermons that I write? Do you think that I like to write about my failures and also open up my personal life? Joyce Meyers was told by God to tell other women that she was" raped" ( yes she used the word raped instead of "molested" by her father because God told her that is what it is). Joyce Meyers told people all over the world that her dad had raped her over 2000 times. And if I am not mistaken, she preached her testimony while he was still alive and living at her home because God had told her to forgive him and take care of him until he died.

A few weeks earlier the Holy Spirit told me to write the sermon" No Wavering." In it I wrote how Jesus, the Apostles, and Smith Wigglesworth performed miracle after miracle. My entire body cringed as I penned those words because this writer has been through living HELL the  past 12 months. Here I was writing about a victorious Gospel while living a defeated life. Please...let me finish my point before you delete this message.There are weeks when the Holy Spirit will inspire me to write about prosperity and healing; other weeks He will instruct me to "open up" myself and expose my wounds. Some weeks I love my writings and other weeks I despise them. But, regardless if I want to write a sermon or not, God has called me to write.

  Psalm 68:11 (KJV) ¹¹  The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

On January 7th, 2014 my nephew died on my parents living room floor. Thirty days earlier my older sister had died. I had been transported back to Cobb County for a court hearing when I found out the news about Devin. I was so discouraged that I called a very spiritual woman friend named Linda.I said to her "I'm on death row, two nephews have died prematurely, my older sister just died, my younger sister can't walk or feed herself, and my brother is going through a horrible divorce.......WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO PREACH?" This woman very calmly said, "The truth Joshua. You are to preach the truth." THE TRUTH! That is what I have been trying to preach since August 2007. I was so frustrated on the phone with my family member that I began to raise my voice and defend my writing. I was so loud that a woman walking by my family member could hear my voice and made(what she thought) a funny comment. She said" My God, it isn't that bad unless he had killed someone." My family member looked at her and said," he did, he killed two people." The stranger said,"oh my God," and gave my family member a hug and prayed with her. I get so ANGRY sometimes when I defend this ministry because I am passionate. I didn't choose this but, since I "have it" I am going to fight for it and defend it like I would my own daughter.What many people don't know is a lot of my readers have been through hell and back and they depend on these words. I have readers who are serving a life sentence in prison and never getting out. Readers that were raped 15 years ago and still can't live a normal life today because of it.

A woman wrote me about a month ago that ran across our website and contacted me. She raised her son by herself for 18 years. Sixteen months ago her son said to her " I hope you die" and he then left the state and hasn't come back. Since then she has tried to commit suicide twice. A few weeks ago another woman from Oakland,California was Googling the name Apostle Paul and one of our sermons came up and it spoke directly to her. She wrote me and told me that she lives in extreme poverty and the only way she is able to read my sermons is by a government issued phone. As far as I know I don't have any multi-millionaire readers. I don't have any congressmen or affluent names in the community reading these sermons. People read my sermons because they have had their butt kicked by life, the devil, and yes..their own stupid choices. They are looking for a "word" that will get them through the day. There is nothing wrong with Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, or Rod Parsley. However, the people that reach out to me can't relate to them. And those ministers SURELY can't relate to my readers.

 1 Samuel 22:1-2 (KJV) ¹  David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
²  And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.


I have heard from people ALL OVER the world. Guess what they ALL have in common? PAIN, TROUBLE, HEARTBREAK! Good people that love other people and love Jesus.But, for whatever reason they are hurting and dying inside. And they write me because they think,"hey, I can be honest with this guy. This guy has messed his entire life up and he still has hope; and, he's still trying to serve the Lord."I have uncovered every nasty sin and stupid decision that I have EVER COMMITTED. Once again, I don't know why I am led to write some of the sermons that I write. Especially when God wants me to write about VICTORY. But guess what? Just because Amanda isn't healed or Devin died in his sickness doesn't mean that our God isn't a healer. Just because I'm on death row doesn't mean that our God isn't a deliverer.

John the Baptist was sitting on death row and he questioned Jesus' deity. He sent his disciples to ask Jesus if He was the ONE or should we look for another. Jesus sent word back to John and said,"Go and tell John what you have seen and heard. The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up , the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one not OFFENDED by me." What Jesus was trying to tell John was this,"just because mighty things aren't happening in your life doesn't change the fact that I am the ONE."

Hebrews 11:35-37 (KJV) ³⁵  Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
³⁶  And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
³⁷  They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

If there were ever a few verses that I disliked in the Bible, it would have to be the above verses. This may be the first time that I have ever preached on these verses. These "people" that were stoned, sawn in two, suffered mockings, etc,. were men and women of faith that served God and LOST.At least in this life THEY LOST. I am sorry. But, I can't explain why your baby died. I don't know why your mate left you. I don't know why your son is strung out on drugs, even though you raised him right and gave him a perfect home. I don't know why you are still sick or in chronic pain. I don't have an answer for you.

But, I do know that "your life," whatever it may be, does not change the fact that Jesus is still the ONE and you don't need to look for another. Even now, as I pen these words, a vicious lie from the pits of hell has been spread about me here on death row. A lie that has put my life in danger. For the past two weeks, night after night I have sat in my cell in fear, wondering if I am going to get stabbed with a knife, my throat cut, or jumped on. Something I knew nothing about, nor do I know the people involved. But, someone lied and slandered my name and now my life is in danger. But, guess what? Jesus is still the ONE. Even though I am scared, even though my family is suffering, even though my relationships are severed, even though I am on death row, and even though some people may not agree with my writing...JESUS IS THE ONE.

I don't know if this should be a sermon or a journal. I should just call this a rant. I apologize for not writing a professional three point sermon. I apologize for being "all over the place." I'm in a dark place in my life right now and it takes every bit of strength and energy to get through each day. But guess what? Jesus is the ONE. I told my family member on the phone that I would write these sermons as long as I had someone to type them and publish them. If I no longer have people or the funds to continue, then I will stop. This life is hard my friend.... real hard. And the only way we are going to survive is abiding in Christ. I write these sermons only because God told me to. And I write them as I feel led. I may not have all the answers, but, I do have obedience. When I "hear"..I "write."" It takes faith and courage to lay yourself on the cross and expose your wounds. However, I gladly do it just in case I can touch "one"person, or help "one" person get through their day without quitting, walking out on their family, leaving their position at work or in church, or maybe even keep someone from committing suicide.

This is my post which has no one to hold it but me. If I abandon it, I discover that it is something inside myself that I abandon. This is MY POST.And I sill stand here until God moves me.

                                                          God Bless,

                                                          Joshua Drucker