In this hour God is looking for a people that will hear and do what HE is speaking to accomplish the work of the Kingdom in this earth realm (James 1:22). But we are missing what God is speaking because our ear is not attented unto HIS voice, but to the voice of man. We have become so "systematic, programmed and ritualistic", that we've made going to "church" our God and forget above serving the True and Living God. Is this you? Are you frustrated within yourself because there is a burning desire to do more for God? Are you restless at night because you sense the Holy Spirit summonsing you to a higher place in prayer? Is God speaking revelation in your Spirit that has you wondering "if it's really God or your own thought"? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then it is my pleasure to let you know that THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS CALLING YOU!!!! The call of the Kingdom extends far beyond the "church". Let's explore for a moment the differences between the two. We will start with "church" .
When you talk about a monument it is something that is stationery, non-moving, still. The problem with the church as we know it is that it functions or operates as an orginization, and organized movements brings about stationery, isolated results. How are we suppose to build the Kingdom of God if we always make our main focus ourselves and never go to the outer parameters of our ministries. I believe God wants less yelling inside the building and more yelling outside of the building to push forth the clarion call of repentance for the Kingdom. Notice, the forerunner of Jesus Christ (John the Baptist) did not come crying in the wilderness "get saved" for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, but he cried "repentance" which means to turn away from. We need to preach and teach repentance more than we preach salvation. Salvation means security where you are, and I believe that salvation is good but it has also become a crutch. We are teaching people that they are fine staying where they are instead of teaching them, yes, come as you are, but turn away from your life of sin. However the thought of the "church" is just come, the more people in the seats, the more money we receive and the bigger the membership roll!
The commission of the Kingdom is: "Go ye"... Matt. 28:18-20. Jesus never kept the disciples to himself or in one place. In Luke 9:1-2 we read this: "Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over the devils, and to cure diseases. V2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick." The Kingdom of God is a "moving organism" not a stationery monument. Notice, when Jesus walked the earth, He went many places to do the will of His Father. The message of the Kingdom Jesus preached and taught wasn't preached or taught only in one place. The people came from everywhere to hear and receive the message, and when Jesus finished, he move on to the next place. He even met people where they were (i.e. the woman at the well, the lame man at the pool of bethsaida) in order for them to get what they needed. The purpose of the Kingdom is to take what we have received and reproduce it. The Kingdom does not wait for "souls" to come, Kingdom "goes" to the souls, meets them where they are and stays where they are (if need be) until the soul(s) get what God has for them.
So, people of God... the jist of this message is this, that God did not send His only begotten Son to die for our sins for us to sit (as if we are at some type of social gathering) and keep the good news of the Kingdom to ourselves or just in "church. There is a mandate for us to go and tell what the Lord has done, is doing, can do and going to do. So if you know that the Spirit of the Lord is calling you higher and to come out of the "traditionalism" of "church", meaning if you are hearing things that make absolutely no sense (to your natural mind) and know that it is something you would never hear in "church" , if there is something burning on the inside of you that the Spirit of God is urging you to do and you know you will never be able to do it in "church",etc. Then it is time for you to transition in to the Kingdom Movement and out of the Church Monument.
"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty." 2 Corinithians 3:17
Much Kingdom Love,
Apostle D
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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