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Issue No: 720 Published: 17 Aug 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.
7. Everywhere, God's people turning again to the Word.
This is really a continuation from last week, where we saw that lack of reading the Word was giving rise to the New Dark Age, or apostasy in the church.
It is not a new problem! Hosea prophesied about this around the 8th century BC.....
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. ‘Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children. (Hosea 4:6)
The Lord criticized the priests for their failure and rejected them. May I ask who are the priests today? We are.....
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father – to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. (Revelation 1:5-6)(emphasis added)
In the Old Testament the priests were the mediators between the people and God. But now we have a new and better covenant.....
5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: ‘See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.’[a] 6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises. 7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. (Hebrews 8:5-7)
Jesus is our mediator.....
4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. (1 Timothy 2:4-6)
Put simply, we cannot come to a knowledge of the truth unless we study and absorb the Word, which for true believers is the 'living word'.....
22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.[a] 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. (1 Peter 2:22-3)
When I was young (surprising I can remember back the far!) my parents made me read the Bible each day. It was boring, and I hated it! !earned my own method of 'speed reading'!
Once I came into a relationship with Jesus when I was 42, I started to read the Bible again, for it was interesting to find out more about my Jesus. I could read and understand the words on the page. However, it was only after coming into the realm of the Holy Spirit, the Bible truly came alive to me. I got revelations, for now I could read the 'words between the lines'. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit. (And thank you Father.)
Over the past 20-30 years, at an estimate, there has been a big falling away in the West in people walking in Holy Spirit power. Going into supposed Pentecostal and Charismatic churches today, I am saddened by the lack of evidence of people moving in the Holy Spirit. Most of our Pentecostal churches have become formal and dead. Just another religious movement based upon the revelation and life of earlier times.
When visiting Africa too, there is lots of joyful worship, for that is inbuilt, but the greatest demand of people I share with is for Holy Spirit baptism. My friend Rodney Francis's manual, 'The School of the Holy Spirit' is meeting with insatiable demand.
In order therefore, for believers to turn again to the Word, there is a need for Holy Spirit infilling or baptism, however you prefer to express it, to come back into the church today. Then we will see a return to the Word.
Come Holy Spirit, come.
(Continued next week.)
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FROM THE WORD
THE WORDS OF JESUSMay we hear what the Lord is saying to us.
Jesus Discusses His Death (Matthew 17:22-3, Mark 9:14-29, Luke 9:37-43)
With the Disciples.
“The Son of man is going to be betrayed and people will have power over him. They will kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.â€
Paying the Temple Tax (Matthew 17:24-7)
By Peter, to be paid to the taxman
“What do you think, Simon?â€
“Do the kings of this world collect their taxes and duties from their own sons or from others?â€
“In that case the sons are exempt. But to avoid giving offense to anyone, go to the lake, and throw out a fishing line with a hook. Pull in the first fish you catch, and when you open its mouth there you’ll find a stater coin. Take the coin and give it to them for both me and you.â€
Who is Greatest in the Kingdom? (Matthew 18:1-6, Mark 9:33-7, Luke 9:46-8)
An argument between the Disciples.
“What were you talking about on the way?â€
“I tell you the truth, unless you change the way you think and become like little children, you won’t ever enter the kingdom of heaven. 4But whoever humbles themselves and becomes like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5Whoever accepts a little child like this in my name accepts me. 6But anyone who makes one of these little ones who trust in me sin, it would be better for them to have a large millstonea tied around their neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
“What disaster is coming on the world for all its temptations to sin! Temptations will surely come, but it will be a disaster for the person through whom the temptation comes! 8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It’s better for you to enter eternal life crippled or lame rather than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into eternal fire. 9If your eye causes you to sin, pull it out and throw it away. It’s better for you to enter eternal life with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into the fire of judgment.
(Continued next week.)
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DAVID'S DOODLINGS
GENERAL198. Before complaining about pain, ask a leper if they would like pain in their life.
199. I would have a great body if I ate less, exercised more and became a year younger with every birthday! Therefore I am greatly relieved that God is interested in the state of my soul!
200. The best way to find happiness is to give it away to others.
201. Every time we forego excellence in favour of the average, we succeed in lowering the average.
202. A procrastinator would get a lot more done if they lived tomorrow, today.
203. To overcome procrastination, live tomorrow today.
214. A truly wise person is quick to listen but slow to answer.
248. Life experience has taught me that the most 'forthright' are more than likely to be the most 'forthwrong'.
249. Enthusiasm wins the sprint, perseverance the marathon, while enthusiastic perseverance maximises performance in the race of life.
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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. ***
215. THE OPTOMIST CAN'T WIN
Two friends, one an optimist, the other a pessimist, argued constantly from their own perspectives.
Finally, the optimist decided to win his friend over by taking him hunting. The two stood by the side of a small pond when a pheasant took to the wing. The optimist's shot was accurate, and the bird fluttered down onto the pond. An order was given, and the optimist's dog quickly ran across the water and brought back the fallen bird.
"So, what do you think about that?" asked the optimist.
The pessimist was quick with his answer,
"Well, I guess the poor dog doesn't know how to swim."
214. JOYFUL RESPONSE
A Sunday School teacher wanted to elicit the word HALLELUJAH from her class so asked,
"What is it people shout out with joy in our church?"
A bright young thing yelled out "BINGO!!!!!"
213. LITTLE, BUT SMART
A little boy wanted $100 badly and prayed for two weeks, but nothing happened. Then he decided to write a letter to the Lord requesting the $100.
When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to The Lord, USA, they decided to send it to President Bush.
The President was so impressed, touched and amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5 bill. President Bush thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy. The little boy was delighted with the $5 and sat down to write a thank you note to the Lord, which read:
"Dear Lord, Thank you very much for sending me the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you had to send it through Washington, D.C., and as usual, they deducted 95 percent."
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FACTS FOR FUN
LAST WEEKS QUESTION: What do cats, camels, and giraffes have in common?ANSWER: Cats, like camels and giraffes, walk by moving their front and hind legs on one side, then the front and hind legs on the other side. When most other animals move, the front leg on one side and the hind leg on the other move together. (Having only two legs makes decision making so much easier.)
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: How can birds sit on electric wires without being injured?
Answer Next Week.
SOME FUN FACTS 519. MISNAMED
Anteaters actually prefer termites to ants! (Difficult to determine.)
520. STRONG AS STEEL
A strand from the web of the Golden Spider is as strong as a steel wire of the same dimension. (The fly doesn’t stand a chance of escaping.)
521. PIG PLEASURE
A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes! (So that’s why they have so many piglets in a litter!)
A WORD PUZZLE FOR YOU
Make another word from this word using all the letters.
PATTERER
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!! I cannot do everything, but I can still do something.
! If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
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76. SPECIAL DELIVERYThe owner of a small deli was being questioned by the IRS about his tax return. He had reported a net profit of $80,000 for the year.
"Why don't you people leave me alone?" the deli owner said. "I work like a dog, everyone in my family helps out, the place is only closed three days a year. And you want to know how I made $80,000?"
"It's not your income that bothers us," the agent said. "It's these deductions. You listed six trips to Bermuda for you and your wife."
"Oh, that," the owner said smiling. "I forgot to tell you - we also deliver."
75. ELEMENTRONICS
The heaviest element known to science is Managerium.
This element has no protons or electrons, but has a nucleus composed of 1 neutron, 2 vice-neutrons, 5 junior vice-neutrons, 25 assistant vice-neutrons, and 125 junior assistant
vice-neutrons all going round in circles.
Managerium has a half-life of three years, at which time it does not decay but institutes a series of reviews leading to reorganization.
Its molecules are held together by means of the exchange of tiny particles known as morons.
74. ELEMENTARY
The other day I went to the bookstore to buy a dictionary. The clerk showed me a really cheap one. I couldn't find the words to thank him. I did, however, buy a thesaurus. I thought that was very nice, pleasurable, agreeable.
73. TECHNOLOGY
"If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades," boasts Gates, "you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8, and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour. Or, you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas. In either case, the sticker price of a new car would be less than $50."
"Sure," says the GM chairman. "But would you really want to drive a car that crashes four times a day?"
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WAXING LYRICAL
Two major earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan in 17 days. How can it be? What could it mean?'Q' comes to mind!
'Q'
QUAKES - shake the earth
QUANTITY - more and more
QUAKING - people are
QUAIL - in terror
QUESTION - end of world?
QUARRY - the truth
QUARREL - with God
QUARTER - none given
QUIBBLE - over details
QUELL - doubt
QUIT - excuses
QUID - both ways
QUIET - reflection
QUEST - for truth
QUERY - Why?
QUOTE - Matthew 24:7
QUIZZICAL - maybe!
QUALMS - God may be real!
QUANTUM - leap of faith
QUOTIENT - Jesus is the answer!
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MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD
His servant and yours
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