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Issue No: 717 Published: 27 Jul 2015
THE PURGING of THE CHURCH
The Lord has led me to go back to a sermon/prophecy I received in a group mailing, and filed, some time ago. It is by David Wilkerson.David was the Founding Pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book, The Cross and the Switchblade.
After the introduction, he gave 11 bullet points about THE GLORIOUS FUTURE JUST AHEAD. As the Lord leads, I will expand on these challenging but inspiring aspects over the weeks ahead.
4. A revival among our young people! Drug strongholds coming down! Alcohol and divorce no longer prevalent among God's people.
These outworking's are the results of a weak faith, an ungodly lifestyle and a church more interested in 'putting bums on seats' through easy Christianity, Father Christmas teachings, than 'kicking people up the backsides', than on convicting people of sin.
We supposedly preach a gospel of love, but which is not love, without showing people the consequences of sin. Jesus loved the sinner, but also was strong on not sinning. To the woman caught in adultery He said.....
10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ 11 ‘No one, sir,’ she said. ‘Then neither do I condemn you,’ Jesus declared. ‘Go now and leave your life of sin.’(John 8:10-11)
The items listed in the heading are the result. A falling away of the young, drugs, alcohol and divorce plus more. And this is in the church! As well as in the world.
Jesus told us that this would occur in the last days. Can you see these signs in today's church.....
9 ‘Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, (Matthew 24:9-12)
But the good news follows.....
13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. (Matthew 24:9-12)
Paul also writes.....
3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather round them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4)
And confirms.....
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. (1 Timothy 4:1)
Jesus himself said through John, to the church in Laodicea, a picture of today's church.....
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold – I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, “I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.†But you do not realise that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so that you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so that you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so that you can see. 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. (Revelation 3:15-20)
But the news is not all bad!
In the prophecy of Joel, quoted by Peter on the Day of Pentecost.....
Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. (Joel 2:23)
At that time the autumn rains came but the spring rains of Holy Spirit power are still come, indeed are already starting today.....
[ Patience in suffering ] Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. (James 5:7)
While the world will continue in its (more and more) wicked ways, there will be a mighty move of God.....
"I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten-- the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm -- my great army that I sent among you. (Joel 2:25)
Come Jesus, come.
(Continued next week.)
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THE WORDS OF JESUSMay we hear what the Lord is saying to us.
Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign (Matthew 16:1-4, Mark 8:11-13)
To prove His divinity.
“In the evening you say, ‘It’ll be a fine day tomorrow, because the sky is red,’ while in the morning you say, ‘It’ll be bad weather today, because the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to predict the weather by what the sky looks like, but you can’t recognize the signs of the times! Evil people who don’t trust in God are the one who look for a miraculous sign, and no sign will be given to them except the sign of Jonah.â€
Leaven of the Religious Leaders (Matthew 16:5-12, Mark 8:14-21)
Jesus criticized the religious leaders with metaphor. but the disciples took him literally.
“Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,â€
But the disciples took him literally.
“You have so little trust in me! Why are you arguing among yourselves about not having any bread? Haven’t you worked it out yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves that fed five thousand? How many baskets of leftovers did you collect? And what about the seven loaves that fed the four thousand? How many baskets of leftovers did you collect? Haven’t you worked it out yet that I wasn’t talking to you about bread? Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!â€
Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida ( Mark 8:22-6)
Jesus spat on his eyes
“Can you see anything?â€
And told him to go home.
“Don’t go back through the village.â€
(Continued next week.)
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DAVID'S DOODLINGS
ON REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS189. There are two inexplicable things in life - that the bumblebee can fly and that the more forgiveness I give, the more I get.
190. Forgiveness flies away, a leaf borne by the wind, soon to be returned upon the wings of an angel.
378. Medicine heals the body, while forgiveness heals the soul.
379. Forgiveness is a mind soothing balm.
380. Repentance brings peace with God - forgiveness, peace with ones self.
381. The simplest way to avoid repentance is not to sin. All too often I forget to follow my own advice!
1305. True revival is built upon the foundation of tears.
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LAUGHING AT OURSELVES
***Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused****** Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others. ***
206. WISH FOR UNDERSTANDING
A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. All of a sudden he said out loud, "Lord grant me one wish."
Suddenly the sky clouded above his head and in a booming voice the Lord said, "Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all your ways, I will grant you one wish"
The man said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over anytime I want."
The Lord said, "Your request is very materialistic. Think of all the challenges for that kind of undertaking. The supports are required to reach the bottom of the pacific! The concrete and steel it would take! I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for such worldly things. Take a little more time and think of another wish, a wish that would honour and glorify me."
The man thought about it for a long time. Finally he said, "Lord I wish that I could understand women. I want to know how they feel inside, what they are thinking when they give me the silent treatment, why they cry, what they mean when they say 'nothing', and how can I make a woman truly happy."
The Lord replied, "You want two or four lanes on that bridge?"
205. CHURCH FOR FANATICS
Many of the following items have been collected from Dr Chadwick at http://www.webedelic.com/church/index.html
I was a supply preacher for a small town Texas Church, coming in early Sunday, preaching a sermon to the congregation, and then leaving after lunch. Arriving early one Sunday I sat down at a local donut shop, opened my Bible and went over my sermon notes.
A man was sitting down the counter from me and he said, "You a preacher or something?"
I replied, "Yes I preach at the Christian Church here in town."
He got excited and said, "Hey, I'm a member of that church."
The church was small and I knew all the regulars so I said, "I've been preaching there for about three months and I've never seen you there."
He looked at me kinda strange and said, "I said I was a member of that church. I never said that I was fanatical about it!"
204. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE
The pastor started his sermon by saying, "Every member of this church is going to die." As the sermon progressed the minister noticed a gentleman gently smiling on the front row.
From time to time the minister kept pushing his theme by repeating, "Every member of this church is going to die." Each time the minister repeated the theme, the guy smiled even more while everyone else in the congregation had a very sombre look.
The preacher repeated it several more times forcefully, "I SAID EACH MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH IS GOING TO DIE." Each time the phrase was repeated, the man smiled more. This really got the preacher wound up and he preached even harder. The man still smiled.
As he neared the conclusion the preacher walked down off the platform to stand just in front of the smiling man and shouted, "I SAID EACH MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH IS GOING TO DIE." While everyone else was looking pretty grim from the prospects, the man was now almost laughing out loud.
After the service the preacher jumped down off the platform and worked through the crowd to find the man. The preacher said, "I don't get it. Every time I said every member of this church is going to die, you were laughing. I want to know why you did that?" The
man grinned confidently and replied, "I'm not a member of this church."
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FACTS FOR FUN
LAST WEEKS QUESTION: Is it true that the yo-yo was based on a weapon?ANSWER: Yes. American Donald Duncan thought of the toy after watching a Philippine yo-yo in action. It was made of large wood disks and twine and used to hunt animals. The hunter would hurl it at his prey and the twine would catch the animal by its legs and so throw it to the ground. The name ‘yo-yo,’ was a word from Tagalog, an Indonesian language used in the Philippines. Duncan made his yo-yo smaller, but kept the name. This wasn't really the first yo-yo toy, though. Kids in China played with similar toys way back as far back as 1,000 BC. (Small things amuse small minds – and smaller minds notice them!)
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: When did ‘Superman’ first appear in print?
Answer Next Week.
SOME FUN FACTS 528. HEAR FROM THE REAR
The Katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs! (Can hear what others are saying about it as it leaves.)
529. HUNGRY PEOPLE?
In the White House, a stock take showed 13,092 knives, forks and spoons! (A cutlery cleaner’s catastrophe.)
530. INTERNAL CONSUMPTION
Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any other food! (I wonder what I would taste like?)
A WORD PUZZLE FOR YOU
Make another word from this word using all the letters.
SEATBELT
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IF ONLY I'D THOUGHT OF IT!
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!!!!!! If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all.
!!!!! How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
!!!! Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
!!! I've reached the age where the happy hour is a nap.
!! The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket .
! Prayer is not a “spare wheel†that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a “steering wheel†that directs the right path throughout.
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LIFE'S A LAUGH
95. HEAT WAVETemperatures had soared to 109 degrees in Abilene, and we Texans tried everything to cool off. I had just finished some yard work and was eagerly heading for an icy shower when my wife approached, wrapped in a bath towel. "Sorry, honey," she said. "I used all the cold water."
96. CLEARED FOR DEPARTURE
My father, a retired Air Force pilot, often sprinkles his conversation with aviation jargon. I didn't realize what flying had meant to him, however, until the day he
showed me the folder with his last will and testament.
It was labeled "Cleared for Departure."
97. GENIUS?
A guy did system support in a law firm. One day, he had to log a user off and then back on. He entered her initials and then she gave me her password.
Her password was "genius".
After three tries and the system telling him "access denied," he asked her how to spell it.
She said, "G - E - N - I - O - U - S."
98. YEAH, RIGHT!
In the office where I work, there is a constant battle between our technical-support director and customer-service personnel over the room temperature. The frustrated director, trying to get us to understand his position, announced one afternoon, "We need to keep the temperature below seventy-five degrees or the computers will overheat."
Thinking this was just another excuse, one of my shivering colleagues retorted, "Yeah, right! So how did they keep the computers from overheating before there was air conditioning?"
99. THE ULTIMATE
I took my 4 year old son, Josh, out to McDonald's for dinner one evening for a "guy night".
As we were eating our hamburgers, Josh asked "Daddy, what are these little things on the hamburger buns?"
I responded that they were tiny seeds and were ok to eat.
He was quiet for a couple of minutes and I could tell he was in deep thought.
Finally, Josh looked up and said, "Dad, if we go home and plant these seeds in our backyard, we will have enough hamburgers to last forever."
Laugh more at ourselves here.
ISIS Trainer Turns to the Bible, 'Sick of the Killing'
CBN NewsA jihadist teacher for ISIS has turned to the Bible, seeking to learn more about Jesus Christ.
Voice of the Martyrs reports the man was a Saudi sheikh who had been providing Islamic training to fighters in Syria, but then said he became "sick of the killing."
A Middle East missionary from Operation Mobilization named "Julian" told this remarkable story in a radio interview with VOM.
The sheikh was traveling through Lebanon on his was home to Saudi Arabia when he asked a taxi driver for a Bible.
Julian said the taxi driver knew a Christian in Beirut who was very happy to give the man a Bible.
Julian said the Christian asked the ISIS trainer, "Sir, would you like to tell us why you're looking for a Bible?"
"And his response was 'I'm from Saudi. I'm a sheikh,' which means a teacher of Islam," he continued. "'I've been in Syria teaching the ISIS fighters jihad 101,' the theology and the practice of jihad. 'I'm sick of the killing. There must be something better than this.'"
The missionary also tells of an ISIS fighter who had a vision of the cross, and then stumbled onto a Christian website. That terrorist later became a believer after meeting a Christian in Turkey.
Voice of the Martyrs reports these are just a few examples of how God is reaching Muslims across the Middle East.
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WAXING LYRICAL
What is the meaning of Easter to you?EASTER
E is for EGG, the symbol of new life
A is for Jesus, now NO. 1 priority
S is for the SAVIOUR, who died for me
T is for the CROSS on which He died
E is for ENORMOUS, the sacrifice He made
R is for RESSUSECTION, for my eternity
What does EASTER mean to you?
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A DAVID MUSING
Am about to be on my way! PTL!'A DAVID MUSING' will come your way while I am away, if I can reach a computer to write it.
So now to get away from the (reasonably) cold of the Napier winter for the tropics of Africa, the early autumn in Britain. Sounds very good to me today as write this, wrapped up in my winter woollies! For the temperature is still 12c here in the afternoon! LOL! Better than last week too. But I don't have a heater on! LOL!
Years ago we shifted to the more sub tropical climate of Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. The first year we were there, I worked out in the fields in my shirt sleeves. The next year I was wrapped up in winter woollies, just like everyone else. How we adapt to our conditions!
Well, must stop musing and be away and pack.....
So until next time.....
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD
His servant and yours
David Tait
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