There was a time when the earth was filled with Baptist theology, and that is exactly what the world was ready for. Please understand that this is nothing against the Baptists. It is just about a superficial understanding of the Word and that is what the world was ready for at the time, but in the days ahead what you will need due to the many problems, perplexities and coming of the glorious Kingdom is much deeper. You are going to need a spiritual strength that can only happen through life in the Word and if you are not spending time in the Word, asking the Spirit of the Lord to make the Word life and real to you, imparting it into your heart, spirit, soul and mind, then you may not receive it. When the Kingdom comes and difficulties come, you are not going to be strong enough to endure them and you will not be strong enough to endure it. 

It takes great spiritual strength to live in the higher truths. Jesus did not walk with the Father the way He did because He was not versed in the Word. He was the Word but He was also versed in the Word. He had great spiritual stature when he was very young because of His life in the Word. When the world was tugging at Him to walk to the right or left, He remained true to the Father, because even at the age of eight He knew more about the Word and the Father.

I asked Him one time, “How is it that You were able to walk with the Father without sin? How were you able to walk with Him in the depth that You did at such a young age?” He said to me, “Because I knew the principles that I shared in Matthew 5, 6, 7 and I knew them to the depths of my soul and because I knew these things about the Father, I was able to walk with Him. The strength I needed to walk with Him and not with the world was with Me.”

Jesus was walking on earth and the world was trying to pull Him into a completely different direction, but because of His knowledge of the Word, the Father and the Kingdom, He had the strength not to be pulled aside but to go the way of God. He never had to say, “Why did I do this or that…” because the Word was life to Him. What does this say?

Deuteronomy 32:47 (Amplified)
I was in Bend, Oregon, ministering, and all day long every day I would sit at the foot of the bed worshipping the Lord in prayer. Even though Oregon is so beautiful that whenever you go you just want to go out and see the nature, I did not go anywhere because that is not my way. When I go to Niagara Falls to minister, I do not go out and look at the falls—I stay in my room and pray. I am not here to see the world, I am here to see God and this is what I did. 

When I was not in the pulpit, I was in prayer. One particular day I was getting ready to leave because the services were over and it was time to go to the airport. I was sitting in a chair by the wall telling the Lord, “Thank You for the week You have given me. You have been so wonderful and precious, Lord. It has been so awesome to be in Your presence like this all week long. Thank You so much, Lord.” And He said to me, “I have so many things that I want to show you, but you are not yet strong enough to bear it.” I cried, but it was also a beautiful lesson, that you must have spiritual strength that only He can give in order to drink of the higher truths.

Someone said to me once, “Teach me and mentor me, I will learn really fast—six months or a year.” I said, “You cannot do that, it is not possible.” They replied, “Yes it is, I will just try very hard.” Their heart was so innocent, zealous and desiring and I said, “You know, it has taken me X amount of years to get here; you do not get here in a year.” They said, “Yes, but I will, because I will try very hard.” I said, “I am not going to do that because you cannot bear what you are asking for—do you understand what I am saying? Your spirit cannot handle it and neither can your soul. You cannot bear it; it is like giving a baby who can only drink milk prime rib. It does not even know how to chew and it has no teeth. Even if it could eat it, its little system could not digest it, which is true of the Word. It takes time to build your spirit and soul up to endure truth.” Is that not incredible?

Deuteronomy 32:47 (Amplified)

If you want to walk with Jesus, then you have got to be a Word person and I do not mean just claiming it. You have to love it and it has to become your life, amen? How wonderful it is to know how the Lord thinks and that He is directing correcting, calling and remaking you.