Finally: A Clearer Understanding

Finally: A Clearer Understanding

My friends,

I have for years been teaching that our ways of doing things are wrong. I have written a book to explain it. I have operated a ministry to explain it. Even with all I had come to see, I still couldn't get a complete handle on it.

Recently, I wrote this quote that the LORD gave me: (thank you JESUS)

“When Rome made the church a part of government, it stopped operating as men empowered by GOD and began acting like men entitled by GOD and empowered by position”

Since that time, I have been kicking around what it actually means and I think I get it now.

The first church, the church JESUS left behind, was a church that represented HIM very well. It was meek and humble and spent every day knowing that it needed the power and protection of GOD. It operated in stealth mode in humility. It went quietly along doing the one thing JESUS told it to do, spread the gospel and save souls. It was like a whisper in the crowd. Slowly changing the hearts of the people and the course of the nation. Its power was in the wee small voice. Ssshhhh... Then it became a part of government. Then it became a majority. And...

BAM. HERE WE ARE. IN YOUR FACE. WE HAVE THE NUMBERS. WE HAVE THE POWER. WE ARE ENTITLED BY GOD ALL MIGHTY TO SQUASH YOU LESSER MORTALS. HERE WE ARE. WE ARE ALL THAT WITH A CHERRY ON TOP.

You see, GOD resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. There is much resistance from GOD against the actions and plans of the Christian church. There is not a lot of grace in the battles.

The pride and arrogance humanism, human power, human position, kicked GOD to the side. Marching forward in its own power, and denying the salvation power of JESUS, it ignored the simple ideals of Christian liberty. The church shatters the peace and unity of a nation and attacks the sinners in it. It represents an aggressiveness towards sinners that JESUS never had in Himself. Through it all, in HIS long suffering patience, GOD keeps letting them fail in the teaching of a lesson that they have no power apart from HIS plans and purposes.

We, the Christian church, are the ones given authority, power, a mandate, and a plan from GOD for changing the course of the nations and bringing peace to the land. Let's try to return to that time when we were afraid to stick our heads out. Let's return to that time when the Christian church was going quietly about its business. Lets return to a time of real humility and trust in GOD to direct the course of the nation in accordance with HIS grace and promises to HIS people.

 “If my people will humble themselves and pray...”