Post by doctrinal on Apr 15, 2011 19:39:58 GMT -5
One man said, "If Ananias and Saphira were alive today, they would most likely be pastors of a mega-church.
What is wrong with the ground we find the church planted on in these last days? What has caused it to become such a weak religion as opposed to the mighty move of God's Spirit that turned the world upside down in one generation in the book of the Acts of the Apostles?
One of the main ones is personal holiness. The battle lines between light and darkness have been muddied since the book of Acts, haven't they? They are about to be clarified as they were when the early church arose.
Think about it. Ananias and Saphira lied to the Holy Ghost and let pride sway them. They sold a parcel of land, and kept a portion back, which was their right to do so, but they told all that they were giving all the proceeds to the church. Both died in the presence of the apostles for this lie.
Today, we would see half or more of our churches become graveyards if such a demand for purity was to come on us. Our lives have become a mixture of light and darkness. But there is a move coming, rumblings like thunder warning of a storm to come and a split in the church is about to happen.
Christians who truly love the light, long for it in their walks, those with contrite hearts who hunger and thirst after rightousness, will run to the light, seek God for pure hearts and find them, casting off their unbelief as a filthy rag as they begin to simply believe the promises of God.
Men in the body of Christ who love the continued presence of darkness in their walks will cling stuibbornly to the unbelief that blinds them, and open themselves to even greater deception, to the point that they will believe they are doing the will of God to kill those who love light alone.
The bones of Ezekiel 37 are rattling. Let us prepare Him room. What God did in the book of Acts is the former rain. The latter rain is approaching and the latter shall be greater than the former. We are in for a downpour of Biblical proportions."
What is wrong with the ground we find the church planted on in these last days? What has caused it to become such a weak religion as opposed to the mighty move of God's Spirit that turned the world upside down in one generation in the book of the Acts of the Apostles?
One of the main ones is personal holiness. The battle lines between light and darkness have been muddied since the book of Acts, haven't they? They are about to be clarified as they were when the early church arose.
Think about it. Ananias and Saphira lied to the Holy Ghost and let pride sway them. They sold a parcel of land, and kept a portion back, which was their right to do so, but they told all that they were giving all the proceeds to the church. Both died in the presence of the apostles for this lie.
Today, we would see half or more of our churches become graveyards if such a demand for purity was to come on us. Our lives have become a mixture of light and darkness. But there is a move coming, rumblings like thunder warning of a storm to come and a split in the church is about to happen.
Christians who truly love the light, long for it in their walks, those with contrite hearts who hunger and thirst after rightousness, will run to the light, seek God for pure hearts and find them, casting off their unbelief as a filthy rag as they begin to simply believe the promises of God.
Men in the body of Christ who love the continued presence of darkness in their walks will cling stuibbornly to the unbelief that blinds them, and open themselves to even greater deception, to the point that they will believe they are doing the will of God to kill those who love light alone.
The bones of Ezekiel 37 are rattling. Let us prepare Him room. What God did in the book of Acts is the former rain. The latter rain is approaching and the latter shall be greater than the former. We are in for a downpour of Biblical proportions."