Proverbs 20:27 ¶ The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
...I love meeting with the church, don’t get me wrong. I love
all the people. I love hearing the singing and the sermons and having the
fellowship, worshipping God as the body of Christ, and, if I feel compelled,
led by the Spirit of God, coming down to the front to deal with something God
has placed on my heart. But I don’t know God by any of that. I could do all that
and still not know God. I know God because I am born again and have His Spirit
living in me along with my spirit who He has raised from the dead and He speaks
to me, does business with me every day (sometimes many times a day), whatever
you want to call it, by His words. That’s how He speaks to me. I don’t trust my
conscience or my good intentions. God cleanses me with His word, not any
ritualistic act of devotion.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Yes, the words are in a Book. Yes, it’s
precious. Yes, it’s a physical thing as well as a spiritual. But you could take
my physical Bible and rip it from my hands and burn it and I’d pick up another
one and if you burned every Bible on earth, God’s word is still forever settled
in heaven. You could burn down every church building on earth and the church
would still exist. Let’s get with the spirit, folks, by which God knows us and
by which we can know God, and worship Him in spirit and truth.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that
worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
I can’t help but wonder if there will be people
who call themselves Christians, who were tired of something burdening them, or
idealizing a childhood in church they had walked away from, and said a 1-2-3
repeat after me prayer they didn’t really believe deep in their heart, joined a
church organization, never missed a day, went door knocking at every
opportunity, passed out tracts, and used all kinds of churchspeak to identify
themselves as Christians, but didn’t have the love Christ speaks of in John
13:34,35, Paul speaks of in 1 Corinthians 13, or have the fruit of, the results
of having the Spirit of God inside them, in Galatians 5:22, if those people
won’t experience this from Jesus;
Matthew 7:21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the
will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
God knows your spirit, Christian. You’re not
fooling Him with the dog and pony show that is modern Christianity. Get real.
It’s not about us. It’s about Him. Quit making it about us and how we feel. God
has a light shining IN you. Get real.
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