Heaven Is Our Destination Where We Will Be ONE With The Lord Forever

Today, we are in The Season Of The Last Generation. The Birth Pains that Christ Jesus spoke about are currently under way, including natural and unnatural disasters. They will be ever increasing. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Social, economic and political turmoil will be ever increasing, causing people's hearts to be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life. An apostasy within the Church of God is currently under way. This will all reach a climax with Satan revealing his Antichrist and requiring that everyone worship him; That every one receive his "mark" in order to buy or sell; The new currency of the New World Order, the New Tower of Babel.

Today, it is critical that those who have a heart for God are aware of what God is doing and speaking today. God is opening up His Word like never before in preparation for The Time Of The END. I exhort you to open up your heart and your eyes to see what He is doing and your ears to hear what God is speaking at this time. My prayer is that we will be able to stand before the Son of Man at His appearing, without fault and with great joy. I encourage you to read David Wilkerson's book, America's Last Call at davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com. Also, Google, Tommy Hicks Prophecy, 1961 for a view of the End Times.

Tom's books include: Called By Christ To Be ONE, The Time Of The END, The Season Of The Last Generation, Worship God In Spirit And In Truth, Daniel And The Time Of The END, and Overcoming The Evil One. They are available at amazon.com. They can also be read without cost by clicking on link: Toms Books.

To receive Christ Jesus as a child by faith is the highest human achievement.

Today, the Bride Of Christ is rising up in every nation in the world! Giving Glory to Her Savior and King, Christ Jesus!
Today, the world is Raging against God, Rushing toward Oblivion! Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation!
Today, America is being ground to powder because of it's SIN against God!

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

THE "CHRISTIAN PARISEES"

 

  • Signs of the Kingdom, Part XX
    Rick Joyner

         The ideal church to us may be far different from the ideal church to the Lord as His temple. Idealism can be the worst enemy of revelation. Revelation comes from God; idealism comes from men. The greatest ideals of men fall short of what God does and can even hinder His work. We must pursue His plans, not just something new or different we think might be better.

         Jesus, the most perfect man ever, was rejected by the idealistic leaders of His time, while the common, “untrained,” or “unlearned” people embraced Him. The same has been true throughout history and will be until the end of the church age. Sometimes God’s work also appears inferior to man’s because men look at the externals, while God looks at the heart. 

         The “Christian Pharisees” of the church age have most resisted the Lord’s work and will continue to do so until He sends His messengers to remove the tares from among His wheat. Until then, they remain a challenge we must navigate, while rejecting the leaven of their teachings. The more resistance we receive from them, the more likely we are to be on the right path. However, we must judge our paths by more than this. Are we following the Lamb and not just some new strategy or church growth principle?

         We are exhorted in Hebrews 13:12-13 that Jesus suffered outside the camp, therefore we must go to Him outside the camp. Jesus never became part of the religious establishment. Whenever a truth is institutionalized, it becomes corrupt and politicized. We, too, must resist joining the institutions of religion. This will incur their most vehement resistance but should only drive us to walk closer to the Lord, who suffered the same. When attacks come from “inside the camp,” this may be a sign we are on the right path. Those who walk the path of life will always be a threat to those who seek, by their own plans and devices, to build their own kingdoms (though they vehemently deny this). 

         We must guard against idealism no matter how “good” it seems. It comes from the good side of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and is just as deadly as the evil side. The apostles pointed to one evidence for following Christ on the right path—growing in love. 

         If we are on any other path, or building on anything other than Christ, we will be more devoted to those things than to Him. These can be good things, like important biblical truths or the church, but when these start eclipsing our devotion to the Truth Himself, we are being led away from the path of life. Our main devotion must always be to the Lord of the house, not to the house of the Lord. 

         When we keep our first love, growing in Christ remains our top priority. He has designed His body, the church, to be the primary place spiritual maturity is developed, and since the church is His bride, we should be devoted to her growth and maturity as His worthy bride. However, “the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing,” and the main thing is Christ .

         Christianity is not about outward observances and rituals; it’s about an inward relationship with Him first and then His people. The rituals are just reminders of the truths that should be a part of our lives. We can partake of Communion every day, but it means little if we don’t live in communion with the Lord and His people. We must not allow rituals to eclipse Him or growing in Him as our main devotion.

         The primary way to measure our maturity in Christ is by how much we grow in our love for Him and His people. 

I John 4:20 states, “If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.” 

God may be much easier to love than His people, but if we truly love Him, we will also love His people. This may be the ultimate maturity test.

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