In my last blog titled authenticity, I basically wrote of relationships amongst believers in Christ that need to be of an authentic kind, rather than superficial, distant and altogether non reflective of the Life of Christ as demonstration to a world that is waiting to see Christ "manifested in the flesh". This will most certainly require more than just a few hours of going to church in the week and a meeting on a Sunday morning with a cup of tea and a catch up of the weeks goings on with those we may be on closer speaking terms with.
The account of the book of Acts and the letters to the various churches reveal relationships established by the Spirit and Love of God, which motivated life amongst believers in a profound way. Something so profound was birthed in the hearts and lives of the early believers that their testimony was one of authority and power and challenged the status quo of the day.
God has appointed Jesus as Lord and Head over His body, which we are. We are being fashioned and formed TOGETHER as and for a fixed abode for Him to dwell in His fullness by His Spirit. Our current state of affairs as His body is, one of division and dysfunction which generally has very little authority and power. There will be a restoration of this, a setting in order of this House of God, by Himself and for Himself by the working of His Holy Spirit in and through believers who love Him and seek Him with all their lives, who are submitted to Him in all things, who love the household of faith in purity and holiness.
These end times are the time and choosing of God when He will establish ALL that He has decreed regarding His church as a witness and demonstration to principalities and powers of His own many faceted Wisdom. The church has been weighed in the balances and is found wanting. It is time to awaken out of our sleep and rise up and put away ALL the works of the flesh. It is time to build the House of God and not our own panelled houses, our denominations and little kingdoms and works of the flesh. God is jealous for His House. If we have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to His church, then let us hear. Grace be with you all.
The account of the book of Acts and the letters to the various churches reveal relationships established by the Spirit and Love of God, which motivated life amongst believers in a profound way. Something so profound was birthed in the hearts and lives of the early believers that their testimony was one of authority and power and challenged the status quo of the day.
God has appointed Jesus as Lord and Head over His body, which we are. We are being fashioned and formed TOGETHER as and for a fixed abode for Him to dwell in His fullness by His Spirit. Our current state of affairs as His body is, one of division and dysfunction which generally has very little authority and power. There will be a restoration of this, a setting in order of this House of God, by Himself and for Himself by the working of His Holy Spirit in and through believers who love Him and seek Him with all their lives, who are submitted to Him in all things, who love the household of faith in purity and holiness.
These end times are the time and choosing of God when He will establish ALL that He has decreed regarding His church as a witness and demonstration to principalities and powers of His own many faceted Wisdom. The church has been weighed in the balances and is found wanting. It is time to awaken out of our sleep and rise up and put away ALL the works of the flesh. It is time to build the House of God and not our own panelled houses, our denominations and little kingdoms and works of the flesh. God is jealous for His House. If we have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to His church, then let us hear. Grace be with you all.
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