I am who I say I am. I am an apostle of Christ appointed by Christ. My ministry is unique because it has to do with the end times. I don’t know many things about it. I’m learning as I go just like I recently learned about the demon being given permission to taunt and torment me through out my Christian life. It is somewhat like the thorn in the flesh given to Paul. His thorn was a messenger of Satan to torment him, which is what mine is. His thorn was to keep him from exalting  himself; mine is to keep me from doing what I have to do. 

Soon after I became a Christian the lady who was the nurse when I was born called Sandra and me aside at a get together at her house after church. Another couple heard her invite us in to a private room and they followed us. She told me about Jesus being in the delivery room and in the the room my mom and I were put in after delivery. She said His Presence was so great she could hardly bear it. 

When I was born again Jesus walked me down the aisle and knelt in front of me at the altar. A few months after that I saw a young girl and the Lord told me she would be my wife. A year later we met, and a year after we met we were married. This was the most wonderful thing Jesus could have done for me. This girl grew into the most understanding and merciful and loving human being a man could ask for. The Lord knew my way would be hard and He gave me the perfect partner to travel it with me. 

A minister I had seen Jesus standing behind one Sunday went out of his way to come back in to church when he and his wife had a long trip to their next church miles away. He walked up to me and said, “Stay true to Jesus. He is going to lead you down a path you wouldn’t choose or yourself. Stay true to Him.” I most certainly would not have chosen this path.

I had seen this demon several times through the years but didn’t realize it was the same one each time. I didn’t realize that until I was 81 years old. This demon has threatened me many times, turned people against me many times, and made my life miserable many times. It appears that his sole purpose is to malign me and spread lies about me to keep me from accomplishing my purpose in life.

There are many who claim to be apostles today but 99.9% are most likely liars. When Jesus told me of my call, He told me there were two others in the United States at that time. The Lord gave me the name of one of them and I met him over the phone and we talked several times but neither of us knew the name of the third one. There were thousands of people in the early church but only 12 apostles. There are millions of people in the church today but there are few apostles. There are millions of people in countries, but few ambassadors. So it is with the church. Apostles are few and far between. They speak for Jesus. All other ministries speak of Him.

I used to spend a lot of time in bars and night clubs, and without a doubt I was treated with more respect in the bars and night clubs than I have ever been treated in the church.

Could this be because of the lack of love and humility in the church, or could it be because of the strength of the demon the Lord has given permission to torment and malign me? I believe it is both. There are too many armchair preachers in the church and too many self appointed prophets and teachers. There are too many theologists and too few humble servants of God.

I end every letter I write with “Jon David Banks, God’s most unworthy servant.”  Many think I am trying to sound humble, but this is something that was told to me in the Spirit. I am God’s most unworthy servant.

I have written this letter because I am in a bad place right now. I am hated by the very people I have tried to help and it is because of this demon who torments me. It also plants lies concerning me in people. He came very close to taking my wife and my son from me . He told me he was going to take my wife and he almost did. Today he has taken every ounce of dignity from me in the eyes of other people. I’m ashamed to show my face even though I know I didn’t purposely do anything wrong.

P.S. Some will likely jump to the conclusion that I’m comparing myself to Paul with the thorn in the flesh. The demon who was given permission to torment me has been with me since I was born. That’s why Jesus was present during my birth. I did not know this same demon had terrorized me all these years.

But I will tell you this, my spirit was once caught up with Jesus and Peter, James, and John. Paul walked across in front of us looking right at me. He knew me and I knew him. 

I found out later in a vision in which I was shown the mystery of God that Paul was born before his time like I was. He was one of the Jews God hardened and given a spirit of stupor so salvation could be offered to Gentiles. 

He was of the tribe of Benjamin, the son of the right hand, who corresponds with Joseph’s son Ephraim, fruitful  and plentiful. Ephraim’s descendants shall become a multitude of nations. Ephraim and Benjamin correspond in that they are both sons of the right hand and represent the Gentiles who will be drafted into the kingdom of God. Paul’s being born again was a tremendously hard thing for him for the simple reason that he had been given a spirit of stupor to reject Jesus so God would offer salvation to the Gentiles.

Jesus told me I was born before my time and received knowledge others weren’t ready for. He told me I must wait until God completed a work in His people. 

In 2017 He told me to get on the internet and write letters for Christians everywhere. I started jondavidbanks.com and have received visitors from  multiple countries.

Jon David Banks, God’s most unworthy servant

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