THE TWO CHRISTIANITIES

There are Two Christianities in the World today;

One is of God and His Christ Jesus and His Word

And the other of “man.”

This is why Christ Jesus said:

When the Son of Man comes will He find FAITH on Earth? (Luke 18:8)

The apostle Paul described them this way:

They hold a Form of Piety (true religion),

But they Deny and Reject and are Strangers to the Power of it—

Their Conduct belies the Genuineness of their Profession.

Avoid [all] such people—turn away from them.

(2 Timothy 3:5, AMP)

Where do we find the definition of these Two?

A good starting point are the Seven Letters to the Seven Churches

That Christ Jesus wrote.

Even before the last apostle died, John,

The Church of Christ was in Trouble.

Five of them had a Christianity of “man” and Two of Christ.

To the Church in Ephesus

Christ Jesus told them all the good things they had done,

Things that any Church would be proud of,

But then said this One Thing Negated All of that:

'I have this [one charge to make] against you,

That you have left (abandoned) the love that you had At First--

You have Deserted [Me], your First Love.'

Remember from what Heights you have Fallen.

Repent—change the inner man to meet God's Will--

And do the Works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord].

Or else I will visit you and Remove your Lampstand from its place,

Unless you Change you mind and Repent.

He who is able to Hear,

Let him listen to and give Heed to what the Spirit says

To the Assemblies (the churches).

To him who Overcomes (is victorious)

I will Grant to Eat [of the fruit] of The Tree Of LIFE,

Which is in the Paradise of God. [Gen. 2:9; 3:24.]

FIRST LOVE is what the Saints exhibited on The Day of Pentecost

And immediately thereafter, and throughout the Book of Acts,

When they were Fully aware of the New Reality

That Christ Jesus had pour out His Spirit upon them

And they were Ecstatic about this.

That Defines First Love.

FIRST LOVE is the Full Awareness of what God has done for us.

That He has Saved us out of this Wicked World that is going to Hell

And Filled us with His Spirit, His Anointing,

That He has put His Law in our mind and written it upon our heart.

Now, No Man needs to Teach us to Know the Lord

Because All such people Know Him from the least to the greatest.

(Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:10)

That Now, it is Christ In you the Hope of Glory or Heaven [Col. 1:27]

And your life is a Demonstration of that Reality;

You live in First Love.

The Christianity of Christ Jesus is Continuous Revival;

It is the Continuation of The Day of Pentecost,

And the Out Working of that Reality,

As the First New Testament Church Demonstrated

Throughout the Book of Acts.

However, before the Last Apostle died this First Love had Waned.

And the Church had become the Work of “man,”

And No Longer the Church of Jesus Christ.

This is the common Malady of the Church,

Throughout the Old testament and the New;

Today, Most of the Church is the Work of “man.”

There is No Revival, No First Love.

Today, [people] will not Tolerate (endure)

Sound and Wholesome Instruction,

But having ears itching [for something pleasing and gratifying],

They have gathered to themselves one Teacher after another

To a Considerable number,

Chosen to Satisfy their own liking

And to Foster the Errors they hold.

(2 Timothy 4:3, AMP)

The Church has done what it Always does,

Accommodated itself to the Wicked Culture that surrounds it.

The True Church of Christ Jesus

Will look like the New Testament Church in the Book of Acts

It was Not just a Form, but had the Power of Christ in Demonstration;

It was in the Control of the Spirit of God and Not “man.”.

This is what the Apostle Paul said to the Church at Corinth:

My Language and my Message were not set forth

In Persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom,

But they were in DEMONSTRATION of the (Holy) Spirit and Power

[That is, A PROOF BY THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF OF GOD,

Operating on me and Stirring in the minds of my hearers

The Most Holy Emotions and thus Persuading them],

SO THAT YOUR FAITH MIGHT NOT REST IN THE WISDOM OF MEN

(Human philosophy), BUT IN THE POWER OF GOD.

(1 Corinthians 2:4,5, AMP)

We all must ask ourselves, what does our Faith Rest upon?