Restoration Begins With Faithful Disciples

“[Restoration] is a need that must first be addressed by faithful individuals
before it will spread to the corporate body.”

As a Christian, are you aware that the Church needs to be restored? If so, realize that restoration of the Church begins with faithful disciples. Restoration is a need that must first be addressed by faithful individuals before it will spread to the corporate body. Are you willing to be one of those faithful disciples?

I have been ministering the need for restoration of the Church for many years. I must clarify that restoration is not a movement; it is a need. It is a need that must have personal application as well as corporate application. It is a need that must first be addressed by faithful individuals before it will spread to the corporate body. Each individual who professes to be a Christian and will heed the call for restoration must first search their own heart and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal any areas that are not in line with Jesus Christ and His Word. They must then yield to the Spirit to purify their hearts and to make them holy as God is holy in all their conduct. They are then ready to be witnesses to the Church and the world.

To begin with, there must be those who forsake all to follow the Lord and get in the gap and make intercession for the Church and for the lost. Don’t look for some great move; look to the Spirit of God and yield to Him. If you are looking for some great move, you are apt to fall for another misfire. It amazes me that leaders—supposed leaders—continue to misfire. They became famous by some past misfire, and then, years later, they make the headlines again and again with what is to be another misfire. Quit following these misfiring prophets and leaders. Yield to the Holy Spirit and find personal restoration; you will then be able to discern God’s true prophets and leaders from the misfires.

There is a price to pay if you want to experience personal restoration, but there will be great rewards at the judgment seat of Christ if you do. To be a follower of Christ, one must pull away from the world and from the pack of modern Christianity. There will be personal suffering and persecution for those who do. The persecution will come from the world and from those who continue to follow and defend modern and post-modern Christianity. Those who decide to pull away must give themselves to the Spirit of Christ. They must be born again, and they must have the power of God at work in their lives. They will love to study all of God’s Word, and they will pray with the spirit and with learned languages. When one is really filled with the Spirit of God, all of the silly and foolish debating over praying in tongues will vanish from their life. They will yield their tongue to the Spirit of God, and from their own spirit, they will make cries of supplication and intercession.

Those who study the Word through on a regular basis under the guidance of the Holy Spirit will become uncomfortable with being part of the world and with following the pack of modern Christianity. They will draw near to God and will be in the unity of faith with like-minded disciples. You will not be able to keep them from assembling together. The adverse is true for those who follow the world and/or modern Christianity; they are not given to prayer, and they do not study the whole Word under the direction of the Holy Spirit on a regular basis. They do not wash in the water of the Word.

Faithful disciples have an overcoming attitude; they are determined and will exemplify Christ and follow Him in spite of opposition and difficulty. They are noted for endurance and perseverance. They know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. The Spirit of Jesus Christ is looking throughout the earth to find such disciples who will be faithful to the Lord and His Word. Through them, He will bring restoration, revival, and awakening. The Church will be shaken by their faithful witness, and the lost will see true witnesses of salt and light. You can become one who is found to be faithful. Will you humble yourself and repent? Will you grow up and accept your responsibility to take up your cross and follow Jesus? Will you quit flirting with the world and playing the game of modern Churchianity? Break free from the entertainment mentality, whether it is found on Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning. The world and the modern Church have sung you into a stupor and a daze. Wake up! Look for your cross and follow Jesus as a faithful disciple!

Note: Modern Christianity is following man and his teachings rather than Jesus Christ and His pure Word of truth. It is focused on selfishness rather than forsaking all to follow Christ. It has removed the cross or given it a lower place, and its aim is to keep people happy-happy, rather than maturing them in Christ. It knows little of the rule of Christ and it knows much of man’s ideas, opinions, persuasions and preferences. It has adapted the world’s ways under the guise and pretense of winning the world. It has mixture rather than purity.

Study: 2 Chronicles 16:9; Luke 18:8; 2 Timothy 4:7; Philippians 3:7-11; Hebrews 10:36; and Ephesians 6:18.