The Eric Metaxas Show - Mike Thompson Part 3 (Encore)

Episode Date: April 12, 2025

Pastor Mike Thompson shares a word. More at: https://www.youtube.com/@mikethompsonministries

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We have, oh my gosh, today's a busy day. I'm going to be interviewing people here in Manhattan for Socrates in the studio. I have a busy date today. And today on this program, In our one, I'm finishing the conversation with our friend Mike Thompson, who is somebody I revere. He's been, you know, I should say this, Mike Thompson has been profoundly helpful to me. People say, Eric, where do you get your perspective? Where do you get your strength and your faith and where do you get?

God has used people very often, among them, Mike Thompson, at the head of the list, Mike Thompson, the things that he's said over the last four years have been a great sister's strength to me, because I know when Mike says something, he's not blown smoke. God speaks through him, and that's a real thing. You know, I don't know how to – you can't prove that to some people, but it's okay. In our two today, we have Gerson Moreno Riyangio. Did I say that correctly? I don't know.

He is the head of Cornerstone University. I spoke there last year, there in Grand Rapids, Michigan. actually I'll be in Grand Rapids, Michigan. But he is talking to me. You need to know about Cornerstone University. There are so few universities that, you know, are headed up by people like Gerson, Moreno, Riano, people who really understand America and Christian faith and are heroic. There are a lot of Christian schools, you know, ostensibly Christian,

that are not, have not stood strong or that have fundamentally misunderstood things. and have bowed the knee to woke lunacy when they ought to have been standing against it. So hour one today, Mike Thompson, hour two, the head of Cornerstone University. And by the way, Monday, Miracle Monday, Ryan Scoog, a great guest. I'm just going to say, stay tuned for that. My conversation with him was personally inspiring to me in my faith, made me want to fast and pray. I just loved talking to him. So that's coming up on Monday.

I mentioned Gerson Moreno Riano and Cornerstone University there in Michigan. I'm going to be in Grand Rapids, Michigan. If you want to know where I'm going to be, frankly, it's simple. Go to Ericmetaxis.com. If you're not signed up for the newsletter, you're missing a lot of stuff. It's free. There's no commercials on there. Just sign up for Ericmetaxis.com.

But on there, if you go to Ericmataxis.com, you'll see my schedule. I'm going to be next week in Lexington, Kentucky, interviewing the head of another great university, Hillsdale. That's Larry, Dr. Larry Orrin. So I'll be in Lexington, Kentucky. After that, I go to Wenatchee, Washington, Washington State. After that, I go to Rome, Georgia. There's a prayer breakfast in Rome, Georgia, looking forward to that. the next day I fly to Jacksonville, Florida, where I'm doing something called Pints with Aquinas. Pints with Aquinas. You know, we were at Amfest and the host came up and said, hey, I have a podcast called Pints for Aquinas. I'd love to talk to Eric. And we were like, Pints for what? But it's a deal. And I said, the Catholic Church is a cult. Get thee behind me. Wow. And I was, it turns out I was actually kidding. We didn't have time. What? I was going to say we didn't have time.

because we were like double booked already. I felt bad, but then, of course, I educated myself on the, on the hit podcast. It's, you know, probably bigger than our show,

really. And, much bigger. It's a big deal. Oh, it's a big deal. Pints with Aquinas, big deal.

So I'm going to Jacksonville, Florida to do pints to the quinas, not literally to do pints with Aquinas. It's a show called Pints. You know, Catholics would be fine with that. So, you know,

that's okay. The Catholics like to drink. I'm just going to put it out there. I don't know, do, but, you know, are there going to be spirits in the kingdom? I don't know. There's going to be wine. There's certainly going to be one.

I think we're going to be drunk with the spirit. Wedding feast. Well, in any case, after that, I go to Grand Rapids, Michigan. After that, I go to Washington, D.C. And by then, by the time we get to June, folks, I'm going to need to lie down. I'm going to be so tired. But guess what happens? We fly to Athens, Greece.

Yeah, Athens, Greece. Some of you know we're doing a cruise through the Greek islands. It leaves Athens June 6th. It returns June 16th. So 10 jam-packed days. Honestly, I can't even believe that this is finally, we're on the verge of it. We have, I think, 300 people total. There is, as of today, there's still room.

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So I don't even have to make a choice. But if you are inclined, trust me, it's going to be a blast. I'm going to be speaking about most of my books. I think not quite every night, but I'm going to be presenting and we're going to have Q&A. And oh, my gosh. It just goes on and on and on. Just want to let you know that's what I'm doing in the month of June. What else before I forget today?

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And the brand new book just out is called The Lions Army, Discover the Ways of the Spirit for the Last Days. Pastor Mike Thompson, welcome back. I want to ask you, so when you say Discover the Ways of the Spirit for the last days, what is, what is, what? has God said to you? In other words, is it that, you know, he wants to raise up what you call the Lions Army for now? I'm just, I'm not clear on the impetus for you in writing the book. Well, I think that part of the reason I wrote the book is that I wanted, I felt impressed by the

Holy Spirit that he wanted his people to understand how important it was to walk in the Spirit. Okay, and in order to walk in the spirit, those that live in the spirit must walk in the spirit. You know, as believers, we're created not only as human beings and birthed by our earthly parents, but we're also created by God with the spirit. And that human spirit is when we accept Jesus, our Lord and Savior, becomes a new creation in Christ Jesus with a spiritual new birth on the inside. So we live in the natural realm and we live in the spiritual realm simultaneously. We coexist. And because of that, it's important for us to learn how to walk in the spirit.

We all know how to walk in the natural. Let's walk in the spirit. And it takes more than just reading the word. I don't want to minimize. I mean, the word is everything. It's a grid of God's revelation, logic, and everything. and we have to know the word, we have to do the word. But it's the word and the spirit. There's a Holy Spirit that is on the inside of us and that he is the one who is revealing things to us and we

walk in the spirit. Now that's what I call the ways, the ways of the spirit. What does it mean? The ways. The word weighs, particularly in the Hebrew, but even if you get it, into the New Testament is talking about a path. Ways mean how the Holy Spirit thinks, plans, and then moves in our lives. What's he like? How do we hear the voice of God? How do we get the impressions on the inside?

What are the ways that he leads? If we're going to walk in the spirit, you know, one step by step following him, then we have to know where he's at. Where are those steps? All those things. Those are the ways of the spirit. And I love, you know, in the Psalm 254,

it says, show me your ways, oh Lord. David said, teach me your paths. Show me your ways. Now what's interesting is that also in the 103rd Psalm, it says that God made known his ways to Moses, but his acts to the children of Israel. Now, everybody wants the acts of God. The children of Israel wanted to see the acts of God.

They had just been led out of bondage in Egypt. They were going to the promised land. They wanted to follow him. They wanted to know him. But they wanted that sense of his power in their lives. And so his acts were there. he led them. There was the pillar of fire by night. There was a cloud by day. There was the manna. There, all these different acts of God as he led them. But it says that he revealed his ways to Moses.

The ways produced the acts. So what I'm telling people is I'm describing this that walking in the spirit is learning the ways of the spirit. we can become so sensitive to the Holy Spirit's presence on the inside of us that his ways produce the acts of destiny in our lives, assignment in our lives. It's like all the things that I'm doing right now, all the things that you're doing, Eric, I mean, you know, five years ago we probably wouldn't have even imagined.

We have been led by the ways of the Spirit. into these positions where they're unfolding before our lives. That destiny is important. In order to be successful spiritual warriors, it's an imperative that we learn those ways. Does that make much sense? Well, it certainly does. We, you know, it's interesting.

I was thinking part of what's interesting to me. I know I've spoken about this at other points on the program, but I think we have to reiterate that God is a God of history. And so people kind of act like, well, God's the same. Yes, God's the same, but he works in history. And you think, you know, there was a point in history where there was no Jesus. And then God appoints a time. Jesus comes into the world.

He leaves and then sends his Holy Spirit. There are these markings, these markers, you know. Then you have Constantine. And then suddenly the Roman Empire, it's all Christian. And then you have, you know, there are these moments in history. Obviously, the Reformation, Luther comes in. Everything changes. You get the United States of America, which would not exist without godly principles

and all this stuff comes out in history. God has timing. We could talk about Azusa Street. We could talk about the First Great Awakening, the Second Great Awakening. We talk about Asusa Street. There are these moments. And it seems to me that we are. in a particular moment right now.

Even I was thinking that just the internet, the idea that you're talking about God wants a lion's army, it's title of your book, to pray and to be part of something that he's doing now. But I was thinking if it weren't for the internet, which didn't exist 25 years ago, basically, the way it does now, I wouldn't know about you.

I know about you because my wife was looking for, people on YouTube and we found you. And so now you're a spiritual mentor, elder brother to me and to others. And the Lord is using the internet. We're at a season right now where all kinds of people around the country, around the world are being fed spiritually in a way that was unthinkable. I mean, in some ways, even five years ago, it was unthinkable. I mean, something happened with COVID. People started looking online like, you know, I, I, I, can't go to my church, who can I follow? So something is happening in history right now. That's different. And I think we have to say that. We have to say the Lord is doing something. And it's always exciting if God is doing anything.

It's exciting. But this seems to me to be an opportunity for the people of God to step into what God is doing and to be a part of what God is doing. That's what the Lions Army is about. It's why the Lord gave you these visions and deputized you to to speak this and to write the book and to call God's people together to be a part of what the Lord is doing right now. So I just, I think that's important to say, you know, that this is not just, it's not business as usual. This is what God is saying now. And it's important that we understand that God doesn't change, but sometimes he speaks a word or sometimes he says now. And that's, that's up to him. Yes, totally. Excuse me. You know, the lion's army is in the spiritual realm is so impacting it is the greatest most powerful spiritual force on the planet

and unfortunately a lot of believers don't know that and that's why we're telling them you know when you got into the thing about the internet uh i guess where i was going with that eric is that it's it allows us through social media to reach out and to touch so many different people's lives and train them up. That's never happened before. You know, it was interesting. My wife, C.K., came to me. It's been probably about a month ago. And she said, Mike, she said, do you think that 20 years from now they're going to call this the Internet revival that we're living in now?

And I went, wow, I never thought of that. but I bet that's exactly what's going to happen. Excuse me. Yeah, I mean, and this is the kind of thing, the secular news media is certainly not reporting on it. And most of the Christian news media doesn't get this either. No. It seems to me that God is doing a new thing.

And part of it was, you know, through the COVID nightmare, to get a lot of people who were maybe going to, you know, dead churches to suddenly say, well, oh, here's something interesting. And suddenly you've got all these people, they're on a new page in their spiritual lives. And that's the Lord's will for right now. That's what God is doing in history. We're going to go to another break. Folks, I'm talking to Pastor Mike Thompson. You can watch him online. I do really, really great stuff more than every week, all kinds of stuff. The new book is The Lions Army, Discover the Ways of the Spirit for the last.

last days, The Lions Army is the title of the book. We'll be right back talking to Pastor Mike Thompson. Welcome back. We're talking to Pastor Mike Thompson. The brand new book is The Lions Army. Mike, what do you see? Has the Lord spoken to you anything in the last month or or so that you can share with us? Yes, he has. What he's really been dealing with me on to encourage people, first of all, to stand strong, to realize that we are in a major shift, and the things that worked for them in the old may not work exactly that way for them in the new, that they need to have a paradigm shift, they need to start thinking about old ways, particularly since coming out of the last four years of darkness,

there's been an oppression that's come upon the nation, upon the world, in fact, upon believers. and even if we are solid believers and, you know, we know the word and we're warriors, still, it has had an effect. And so what's important for us now is to break that effect, to allow God to change that. In fact, I believe that he's really, he's healing the body of Christ from PTSD from the last four years. That's interesting. I think that's right. Keep going, yeah. Yeah. So it's important for us now. to look. What I tell people is that we're coming out, we've come out of the old, now we're going into the new. Okay. And in doing that, what we have to do is shake off the old that the Holy

spirit heal us. And the spiritual warfare, since we're talking about the Lions Army and spiritual warfare, has changed. In the last four years, actually it's been about eight years, that we have been warring to keep the enemy from stealing what is rightfully ours, spiritually, as believers, and as body of Christ, but also our nation and our world. And so now it's shifting, because that's broke. Now we are shifting into warring to our destiny, to take back what was stolen before go on and now we are going forward into what the Lord has given unto us and so we have great days ahead we have four years to build our spiritual and our financial life that also would include relationships and everything else and to build the foundation and the structure

of all of them to carry us past 2029 the Lord has told me that we are going to have some really good days. There's still going to be spiritual warfare. Remember, the kingdom of God has to be taken by force. And so we still have to protect. We still have to go forward and take what's rightfully ours. But there's going to be wonderful days, good days. Be wise.

Make sure we have oil in our lamps. Make sure that we build everything in a way that it'll keep us in good stead. So you have a sense, I mean, and I'm not fishing if you haven't, if the Lord hasn't spoken to you about this, but I'm just curious, you know, because you say four years, do you have a sense that things are going to get dark later or what you? Because it's hard for me to believe that the Lord would set us up in this way, only to have it snatched away in a couple of years. It seems like something beautiful is happening right now. And I actually believe that what's happening, it's not just for a new birth of freedom in America, but it's for the whole world that there are people in Europe in particular that are so hungry for what we have here. They see it and they think, why can't we have that?

Why can't we have transparency in government? Why can't we have self-government where we get to choose the policies, not the cultural elites, the figures who are the bureaucrats leading the EU, these cultural elites leading the European Union? or why can't we have, you know, determine our future the way they can in America? And I just have a sense, I don't know, that that's part of what God is doing. I don't, I mean, that's certainly what I would want. I can't say the Lord has spoken that to me. Well, I think he has. Even though you wouldn't say it, I would say that because I do agree.

I feel the exact same way. So there is a confirmation there in the spirit. But, and I'm glad that you brought that up, Eric, because. I don't want people to misunderstand me and think that just because the Lord said four years, that all of a sudden now it's going to change and get bad again. No, it's going to continue. There are many good things. But what the Lord has said is that if we're going to take advantage of what is following after that,

all the good things, everything that's happening in the earth, in the natural realm and in the spiritual realm, we have to lay the proper foundations. and one of the things is we have to be on guard because the enemy wants to steal it. Okay, the enemy is going to try to steal it out of our hearts. He's going to apply pressures, tribulations, temptations, and problems for each and every one of us as believers. But also, when we look at things right now, even in Washington, D.C., there's opposition. And you know, the opposition that's coming against the Trump administration right now, is not going to work.

It's kind of like in my book on the Lions Army, is that when I was talking about the vision that's in the first chapter and how we did warfare, and how that the warfare, when the Lions Army was speaking against the attacks of the enemy, that fire would come out of their mouths at one point, light would come out of their mouths at another point,

wind, talking about the power of God, using the power of God, then using the truth of God, the light, and then using the Holy Spirit, which is the wind of God. I'm talking about just being skilled in those things of God, coming against them, that what's happening is that it's going to transform all of the things, all of the ways that we do warfare in the future, for our benefit and the world, the world. You know what? This is strange, but I'm going to do it.

I'm going to obey the Lord right now. I just, the reason. Hang on. Hang on one second. We'll be right back. Okay. Folks, welcome back. I'm talking to Pastor Mike Thompson. Mike, you just said that as we're talking,

the Lord spoke something to you, and I want you, of course, to feel free to share anything. Yeah, it just came on me, and he spoke to me. and it actually was the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit, I just feel that prophetic voice. I hear it in the spiritual realm, it says. The days that are coming are going to be glorious for those who know the Lord Jesus Christ is their Savior.

There will be dark times for those who don't because the enemy is seeking whom he may devour. He is going as a roaring lion. And he is attempting. to deceive and to devour those who have not put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. But Jesus is the lion that roars louder and stronger. The lion of the tribe of Judah. And he has the power to put the enemy to flight. You will find that Jesus is going to roar louder and louder over these coming years.

people will be flocking to him people will be saved by the millions there will be great times in the earth before the end can come the end is not yet you must flow with the spirit of god i'm having trouble talking and i apologize if people don't understand that. It's just the way the Lord moves on me right now. But I see millions of people. I want to just speak to the people. Is it okay, Eric? Yeah, yeah. If you don't know the Lord Jesus Christ is your Savior, it's so easy for you to just accept him and just say, Lord, Jesus, come into my life. Forgive me of my sin. Come into my life and save me. If you already know, the Lord Jesus. God has more for you. This power, I pray, walking in the spirit, would come into your life, and I pray for your destiny. Whatever it is that the Lord has assigned into your life,

you are a very important part of his kingdom and of what he is bringing into the earth. And so I just pray that the Spirit of God would release that into your heart today. And that from this day forward, it's going to be new for you. And you'll be part of everything that God is doing on planet Earth. God bless you. Well, Mike, that's one of the reasons I feel so privileged that the Lord has introduced you to me and to Suzanne. You're the real deal and the Lord is using you. has used you to encourage us profoundly so that we in turn can encourage others. A lot of times people

wonder, you know, Eric, where are you getting that from? Well, I'm getting some of it from Mike Thompson who got it from the Holy Spirit. This is not, these are not opinions. God forbid that these are just opinions. What we're trying to do is be faithful to what the Lord is saying. And all along knowing, I knew that what the Lord's will was in the election recently and so forth. And a lot of that is because the Lord has spoken through you. And I think that it's a challenge for a lot of people. A lot of people are very cynical. They don't trust anybody or they're just cynical.

And I think we have to be really judicious to know whom are we listening to. What voices are we listening to? There's a lot of folks, you know, on the Internet profession. prophetic voices that are solid and there are a lot that are not. And so you have to have wisdom. You really have you have to have wisdom. So I, and I just thank God for raising you up and for your boldness in speaking as you've been speaking because I just know there's so many people, you know, many, I hope who listen to this program, to this video who, they're called into the destiny that God has for them. What a wonderful thing. What a beautiful, beautiful thing. We've

got a few minutes left. So the book is the Lions Army, but anything that's on your heart, Mike. Well, I really feel like there's so many people searching right now. And I really feel that the spirit of God knows them and knows where they're at. And I really wanted to encourage the people that, you know, the Lord Jesus Christ loves you. We've got this situation where, Eric, that the authority of the Father and the power of the Lord Jesus Christ and the presence of the Spirit of God

and making themselves known in a greater degree in the earth. It's been a while. See, I'm a product, my wife, of the charismatic renewal, where things that just the Holy Spirit was just manifesting, in so many ways. And I believe that that's returning, that there's going to be another installment of that kind of public awareness and knowledge of God, where he's just performing

miracles and doing things, just in the streets and the highways and the byways. And just this overwhelming thing. It's just on the inside of me right now to let people know how much that God loves them and he cares for their lives and he will fulfill their destiny. I'm overcome by the spirit, Eric. I just, the anointing is so strong. I just want to bless the people. Hallelujah. Yeah, anything God puts on your heart, Mike. We've just got a minute left here, but okay, let me pray. I want to pray for you, whoever you are. You know, you have needs in your life Jesus cares about. There are many of you that are ill.

Some of you are struggling financially in other ways. And I just want to pray. Just get ready to receive the anointing. Before you pray, we've got another short segment coming up. So we just got 20 seconds here and then we'll go to a final segment. Go ahead, Mike. That would be great. Yeah.

So in the name of Jesus Christ, right now, I pray for the Holy Spirit's anointing to hit you, to flow into your body, to heal you, to prosper you, to do God's miraculous work. In Jesus' name, amen. Praise God. We'll be right back. Folks, welcome back. segment with Pastor Mike Thompson. I keep neglecting to say, Mike, that the name of your congregation is Word of Life, Word of Life. So folks, if you want to find Pastor Mike Thompson, Word of Life Ministries, and that's in the Las Vegas area. The new book is the Lions Army. So we've just got about

three minutes left. Anything that's on your heart, Pastor Mike Thompson. Well, I really feel, you know, the Spirit of God is moving on me in a way. that is very deep and profound for me. And what I just keep feeling that the Holy Spirit is saying is, people, we've been brought out of the darkness. And as we've been brought out of the darkness, it's into the kingdom of God's dear son and his love. He has a bright future for us.

These next four years are going to be very good for you. Now, I speak that generally, and I know that there are some people. different people are going to have different struggles. And that's okay, because God knows you and he knows where you're at. But it's going to be a time of victory for you. We have fought hard for where we're at right now. And God is faithful. And he's going to make sure that he keeps his promises unto you,

that he keeps his word, that he is moving and he is restoring America. That is absolutely an imperative. Donald Trump is back in office and he's doing what the hand of the Lord is upon him to do. And that's important. And we need to pray for him. And we need to continue in supporting him. But at the same time, in the spiritual realm, it's important for us to lock a hold of what it is that God has for us. Some of you are called to be evangelist.

Some of you are called to be in politics. Some of you are called to be teaching. and plumbers and doctors and different aspects of life. And what God is doing is that he is permeating our society again with people who know how to walk in the spirit. And as he does that, he's lifting the whole of society up. And there is a spiritual awakening because the Bible says that the city rejoices when the righteous are in charge. And that's what's happening in America right now. I see in the spiritual realm, I see that there is a strong light that is hitting America. The White House is being purged by the sunlight,

S-O-N-L-I-G-H-T of God. And America is coming back. back to the Lord and back to a place of Constitution and Word of God dependency. It's important. Kupapapachatai. Thank you, Lord God. Thank you, Lord God. Eric, I don't know if I can go any further. Just the spirit of God is on me. We're just about out of time. It's just a joy to have you, Pastor Mike Thompson. And I, you know, I appreciate your transparency. You're not performing here. This is just, you know, anybody who's watched you as I have, we know this is just, this is just the Lord. And I know that there are many people for whom this is new, but that's the whole point of this program is to expose folks to what God is doing and to draw people deeper into what God has for them.

Folks, that's you. God has stuff for you, loves you, and wants to call you. into the destiny he has for you. This is not, you know, this is not self-help talk. This is Jesus talk. So we're at a time, but... Amen. Thompson has been my guest.

The book is The Lions Army, and you can find him at Word of Life on the Internet, and I hope you will. Mike Thompson, my brother, friend, God bless you. Thanks for being my guest. Thank you, Eric. God bless you.