Translation from Spanish
On this occasion, the Lord wants to speak about this passage:
[Micah 3:11] The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
My children, says the Lord, you must set your ways straight: those who claim to love Me, but in reality only love Me when their pockets are full; they love Me when they have luxurious houses; they love Me when they are always getting something in return for the work they do for Me, asking for it, demanding it, charging for a word that does not belong to them.
You are prostituting yourselves, just like those prostitutes who offer themselves on the streets for a price. You are offering goods you think are yours, but they are not, says the Lord. You are selling what you did not work for. You are selling what you did not invent. You are selling what was given to you, something that did not come from you, but from Me.
My prophets sell themselves for silver, says the Lord, putting a price on My holy word, which is gold so precious it cannot be valued on this earth.
Repent, says the Lord, because My hammer is about to fall on those I have warned not to sell what I have given them, because you received freely what you now sell. Therefore, you must give it freely, because it is not something you achieved by your own strength, it is not something you bought for yourself, but something freely given to you out of love, through the sacrifice of the One who gave Himself freely and willingly on that cross.
Little ones, says the Lord, you must repent for charging to prophesy. You must repent for charging to teach My Word. You must repent for charging to minister healing and deliverance.
Noelia: The Lord says that the axe is already laid at the root of these trees, and if they don’t stop bearing bad fruit, they will be cut down.
Repent of making dishonest gain from what cannot be bargained for, says the Lord, from something that is not to be exchanged for anything, but is to be given freely from a loving heart that cares for souls.
[Matthew 10:8] Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Noelia: The Lord shows me that some prophets who were on the right path are now considering in their hearts whether they should begin charging for giving prophetic words or for ministering. The thought is starting to cross their minds: “Well, there are so many people who follow me, so many people who need a word. I will make it so that only those willing to pay for that word can reach me, since I am such an important prophet.”
They are thinking of organizing virtual meetings to minister to people for a set fee, and they do not know, or do not want to know, that the angels are right next to the prophets who are already doing this, writing down everything they do.
The Lord says that those who do this have already received their reward. So, if they manage to enter eternal life, they will have no reward, because they have already received it on earth, when they asked for money every time they delivered a word.
No, little ones, do not do this, says the Lord. Do not be like Balaam, do not fall into his error, do not fall into that trap. Do not prostitute yourselves like him, who coveted the money they wanted to give him for speaking a word that did not come from My mouth. Do not give in, do not sell yourselves for money that will only bring you fleeting pleasure.
Resist temptation, says the Lord to those prophets who are being tempted by the devil to see if he can convince them to start charging for ministering to people who are desperate, broken, afflicted, lonely, sick, in bondage.
Noelia: The Lord reveals to me that there are prophets who charge for imparting spiritual gifts, telling people, “If you want to prophesy as I do, it will cost you this much money. If you want to receive the gift of knowledge, it costs this other price,” just as when you go to a café and they give you a menu, and according to what you order, that’s what you pay. “The more you want to be ministered to, the more it will cost you,” they say.
[2 Peter 2:15] which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness
Do not sell yourselves as they do, says the Lord.
Noelia: The Lord shows me that most people start out well, serving the Lord freely with what they have received—humble, content, eager to minister to others, rejoicing to see people revived spiritually when they receive prophecy and words of encouragement, edification, exhortation, and sometimes even correction.
But as time goes by, they begin to realize that this can become profitable. The daily provision the Lord gives is no longer enough for them, and they want more. They give place to greed and start putting a price on the word of God, on the impartation by the Holy Spirit, on the anointing they impart to others. They put a price on everything.
They are no longer laborers in the harvest, waiting for the heavenly reward from the Lord, which He gives by grace and according to His will. That’s no longer enough for them, and the moment comes when they will not work for the kingdom of Heaven unless it’s for money.
They offer themselves for money and will not minister unless they are paid, says the Lord. What they are doing is spiritual prostitution.
Noelia: The Lord reminds me of the story of Elisha. They tried to offer him goods in exchange for the blessing, but he refused and healed Naaman anyway.
[2 Kings 5:15-16] And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
The Lord says that today, many prophets, pastors, teachers, apostles, and evangelists, instead of having Elisha’s attitude, in their hearts desire people to come with gifts, with money, with offerings. And if people don’t give willingly, they begin to set a price for what they have received by grace.
Correct yourselves and do not prostitute yourselves, says the Lord, because by doing this you are selling yourselves. You are selling My word, and many times what you end up selling is not even My word, but the word people want to hear. Because you have corrupted yourselves, you begin to alter the prophetic word you once received in purity.
You start shaping it to the customer’s taste, molding it for whoever is willing to pay, and you end up becoming fortune-tellers for the devil, because in the end, that spiritual lust, that prostitution, that unfaithfulness to Me opens the door for those who do these things to stop hearing My voice and to begin listening to the voice of the devil, thinking it is still Me speaking to them.
Noelia: If the prophets of God who began well persist in this stubbornness and don’t repent and change their ways, they will begin to hear a voice similar to the Lord’s, because the devil knows how the Lord speaks and deceives them, leading them into the error of Balaam.
The Lord says that all those who are charging for prophetic words, for teaching the Bible, or for any kind of ministry must repent right now and give up all the gains unjustly acquired, asking God’s people for what they have no right to ask and charging for what they were never commanded to charge for.
Repent and wash your hands, which are now stained, says the Lord, because you are just like thieves—only instead of stealing material things, you are stealing spiritual things. You are robbing the people of God.
Noelia: The Lord shows me that when some ministers go to minister to someone, they no longer think about the well-being of that soul, but about their own pockets, wondering how much money that person has in their wallet, how big their bank account is, how much they can ask for what they sense that person needs.
The Lord says He hears every thought in the heart of the children of His people who are called to serve others, who have been set as pillars that their weaker brothers and sisters can hold on to and endure the affliction already present in their lives.
By doing this, you are bringing even more affliction upon yourselves, says the Lord, because not only does the one who charges for his ministry by the Holy Spirit bring a curse upon himself for what he does, but the one who pays for it also brings a curse upon himself for trying to buy what cannot be bought.
Noelia: The Lord brings this passage to my mind:
[Acts 8:18-22] And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
It is not only those who demand money in exchange for the spiritual things they received by grace who are guilty and in need of repentance, but also those who seek to obtain these spiritual things by offering something material in return.
Noelia: The Lord is calling everyone who has fallen into this sin to repentance—both those who make merchandise of the word of God to get money, and those who think they can buy it with money, sowing, as they say, where God didn’t ask them to sow.
If you sow where I did not send you to sow, says the Lord, what you will reap from that sowing is judgment on your lives if you do not repent.
Noelia: The Lord shows me that those who charge for prophecy and other types of ministry use these words often. They say, “You have to sow for the kingdom of God,” and they manipulate the Lord’s people, twisting the passages that teach the biblical principle of sowing and reaping to serve their own interests.
Little ones, says God, do not fall into that error.
Noelia: I see people going to the mall and entering different stores to buy what is being sold there. And the Lord shows me that ministers who charge for ministering what they have received become like fortune-tellers, whom you can visit to buy a word of divination.
I see fortune-tellers with crystal balls, and the Lord tells me that people who started out working for Him and then became corrupt and began to sell what they had received operate just like those fortune-tellers who charge for their predictions—and even worse, because most fortune-tellers don’t know what they’re doing or don’t do it in the name of God, but prophets do it in the name of God.
When the Lord’s ministers fall into this error and say, “I’ll give you a word from God, but you have to give me a hundred dollars,” they are acting like fortune-tellers and will receive an even greater judgment if they don’t repent, because not only are they doing something spiritually wrong, but they are doing it in the name of God.
The Lord says that you must not go to those fortune-telling shops or fall into that trap when you are desperate for a word from God and willing to do anything to receive it—which is understandable from a human point of view, but sometimes you cross lines that you should not cross. It’s right to ask a prophet for a word, but it’s not right to force God to give a word through that prophet, much less to try to buy that word with money.
The Lord shows me that many of you are being tempted to fall into this error, into the error of Simon. This is a warning from God.
My people prostitute themselves, says the Lord. My people sell themselves for two cents. My provision is not enough for My people, My wages are not enough for them. I provide for My ministers and I feed those who serve Me, and they do not need to go around begging or pleading to be paid for the ministry they do for those in need.
If you need anything, says the Lord, all you have to do is come to Me and ask confidently, because I am the provider and I am the owner of the gold and the silver. But many are going astray and are like those transvestites who offer themselves at midnight, selling their bodies for money. They keep raising their prices and adding new services to see if they can get more and more from their clients.
My prophets are like this, says the Lord. They are mistaken, prostituting themselves in the same way, giving a longer and longer word to whoever offers them the most money. Repent, because My heart is enraged.
Noelia: I see people who teach, who give courses. At first, they offer them for free, but over time they become corrupt and think, “Why should I give away what cost me so much?” when they did nothing to receive the wisdom they have.
They start putting a price on everything, says the Lord, and no one can go to those seminars and conferences unless they open their wallets and hand over a lot of money.
You have gotten used to attending these Christian events that are an abomination in My sight, says the Lord. What they teach is not a pleasing aroma. What reaches My nostrils when they do these things is the stench of sulfur, because those highly renowned ministers will not attend those conferences unless they are paid a set amount of money, so that when they return home, they can buy that Rolls Royce they so desperately want.
I detest it when they do this, says the Lord—speaking in My name when I have said nothing, when I have not sent them to take money from My people, wringing them dry like a lemon until there is nothing left to give. How much longer?
My wrath is held back because of those who cry out to Me for more time, says the Lord. If it were not for them, for the humble ones who ask Me for help in secret, who fast, who weep, who cry out for My church to change, I would have already destroyed this temple.
I am weary of them speaking about Me when I have not spoken to them, says God. I am weary of them presenting themselves like prostitutes, like the prostitutes of Jerusalem who parade themselves and offer their services since the beginning of time. I am weary of being represented this way.
Noelia: I see Jesus as He walked on the earth. He never asked for anything to cast out demons or to heal the sick. He was exhausted from ministering to so many people, and sometimes He had to withdraw because He was about to faint from exhaustion. But instead of asking for something in return, Jesus and His disciples gave people what they needed.
[Mark 6:31] And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Why do you not follow My example? says Jesus. Why do you not follow in My footsteps? Why do you not wait for the heavenly reward that awaits you for giving what you did not labor to harvest? If you did nothing to be worthy of receiving what I have given you, why do you now want to put a price on it?
Do not prostitute yourselves any longer. Be faithful to Me, says the Lord. Change your garments, for even though you dress in such important suits when you step onto those grand stages at those conferences with such impressive titles, in the spirit you are dressed like cheap prostitutes, easy for anyone who has a coin in his pocket to have.
Change, says the Lord. Truly repent. Change with all your heart, you who have been selling what I have given you. Fall to your knees and ask Me for forgiveness. Ask forgiveness from the people you demanded money from. Make restitution where you can. Repair the harm you have done.
Noelia: The Lord shows me that those who do this no longer have compassion for people, because they see how they leave them stripped bare. There are people who already have financial problems, and then a prophet comes and says, “Give me this much money and I’ll give you a word from God,” and the person ends up poorer than before because of this spiritual abuse. This is what I’m hearing: “spiritual abuse.”
The Lord brings to my mind the passage where Elijah spoke to the widow of Zarephath:
[1 Kings 17:13-14] And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
The Lord blessed her after He tested her generosity, because she understood that Elijah represented God and obeyed, offering from the little she had to this ambassador of the kingdom of Heaven.
[1 Kings 17:15-16] And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
The Lord tells me that, although sometimes He tests some people to see if they are free from attachment to material things and able to give even the last thing they have, as He did with the widow of Zarephath, that is not what He is talking about here.
Elijah wasn’t asking her for an offering so he could prophesy to her, as they do now. Elijah was not charging her for a word from the Lord or for a blessing; rather, the Lord was testing her through the request the prophet made.
These are different situations, says the Lord, but because the people do not discern and lack knowledge, they do not know when they should give and when they should not. They do not know how to discern the intentions of the heart of someone who may indeed be anointed, but whose heart is corrupt and who is not asking for money on God’s behalf, but for himself.
Discern so you do not fall into temptation, says the Lord. Discern so you do not end up sowing into the kingdom of darkness instead of the kingdom of light, because the widow sowed into the kingdom of light when she gave the prophet Elijah that last piece of bread she had left. She sowed the last of what she had into the kingdom of light and reaped the fruit of that sowing.
Noelia: The Lord shows me that this was worth more than the offering of someone who gives out of their abundance. She gave from the very last she had, from the little she had left, and that’s why she received so much more. She didn’t give out of her abundance, but shared selflessly and in obedience; and the Lord repaid her many times over, because that’s the value of an offering given in love and obedience.
Discern, children, says the Lord. Discern, because there are thieves among My people.
Noelia: I see a person putting on a glove before preaching, a glove like the kind thieves use so they won’t leave fingerprints at the scene of the crime.
There are thieves who prophesy, there are thieves who teach, there are thieves who shepherd, there are thieves who minister, there are thieves who cast out demons and heal the sick, says the Lord, just like Judas, who was stealing from the money bag even while doing these things.
You must distinguish between the anointing and the heart, says the Lord, and not be swayed by someone whose intentions are not upright, who wants to put on those thief’s gloves to slip their hands into your pockets and steal what little you have, trapping you spiritually instead of setting you free.
My beloved, says the Lord, grow up and learn about finances in the Bible. Straighten yourselves out as well and do not sell yourselves, because you also prostitute yourselves when you lie to please others. You also prostitute yourselves when you do what your leaders tell you to do when it is not right to do so. You also prostitute yourselves and are not faithful to Me when you follow corrupt men in My house.
Remember that judgment begins in the house of God, says the Lord, and no one will be spared. The water of cleansing is coming upon the churches and will come with power, and everyone who dressed in the finest clothes by robbing My people, charging for what they gave, will be left naked. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth if they do not change, if they do not turn from those perverse and greedy ways, consumed by luxury and ostentation.
Be faithful to Me, says the Lord. Be upright and look for people with integrity. Follow ministers who remain upright. Do not be dazzled by power. Test everything. Weigh not what they say, but what they do, and do not fall into those demonic traps yourselves, traps that will multiply in these last days.
It is right for the worker to receive his pay, says God, but it is not right to obtain it through manipulation and control. Give by the Holy Spirit, without trying to buy what cannot be bought and should not be bought.
Noelia: Giving offerings is biblical and legitimate, as the Word clearly says; but it must come from a willing heart, not asked for or demanded in exchange for something from a pastor or any other minister.
The Lord shows me that there are pastors of very large churches who, because they have so little time, have begun charging members just to receive them briefly in their offices and listen to them.
Some don’t even speak directly with those seeking counsel, but instead send word: “The pastor will see you in his office on Saturday at three o’clock in the afternoon, but you must bring an offering. You have to sow into the ministry, because the pastor is giving you some of his time. There are many people who want to be heard and counseled by him.”
God shows me that if any of you have participated in these things, you need to repent right now so your hands can be cleansed, because it’s the same as paying for a word from a fortune-teller.
There are people who need to repent for having consulted fortune-tellers to know the future, because by doing so, they were sowing for the devil. But when you pay a minister to try to buy what supposedly comes from God, you are doing something very similar.
There are brothers and sisters who come to Christ and repent for having gone to fortune-tellers, and God forgives them. But later, they fall into the same mistake and start paying for the things of God, because they are used to making deals. God says they need to repent again, because that’s not how it works. It doesn’t work like it does in the kingdom of darkness.
Repent, ask the Lord for forgiveness, and He is faithful and just to forgive you. Repent, and God will wash those stains from your garments. I see that some of you have had dreams related to these things, and the Lord is confirming those dreams for you through this word I bring today, showing you that this message is also for you and that you need to repent.