Sunday, February 6, 2011

To the Church in America

The word below is a warning and a call to repentance to the Church in America. God knows, and I know, that there are true ministers and true disciples in America. God knows, and I know, that there are many carnal and/or false ministers and church members in America. God knows, and I know, that if there is not true repentance, severe judgment is ahead.

To the Straying Church
You have wandered far from God and His word of truth! You are weak, anemic, and blind to your condition. You are heading down paths of your own making, and destruction is ahead, destruction for you and for the country that so needs true salt and light. You are tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, spread by carnal and satanically placed ministers. You have forsaken Jesus Christ, His Spirit, and His truth to follow another Jesus, another spirit, and another gospel.


Rather than denying self, you are the epitome of selfishness. Rather than taking up your cross, you are looking for the easy way. Rather than forsaking all, you are grabbing all that you can get. Rather than following Jesus you are following the flesh. Rather than living by truth you are chasing winds of doctrine. Rather than uniting in faith as one body with one Lord you are polarized by your divisiveness. Rather than being sanctified by truth, you have divided into groups that follow their own teachings and traditions. Rather than being salt and light, it is hard to distinguish you from the world around you. Rather than being a mighty army that pulls down strongholds, an army against which no weapon prospers, you are powerless against the demonic forces that have been leashed against you and your country. Rather than listening to the true prophets that God has sent to call you to repentance, you have rejected and ignored them and have followed immature, carnal, or even satanically inspired ministers. Rather than having true restoration, revival, and awakening, you birth and publicize counterfeit moves over and over again. Rather than producing strong and mature disciples of Jesus Christ, you take those who experience a true birth in Christ and make them into your own image. You even take in members who don’t even know Jesus Christ.


To Those with Ears to Hear
If you are being convicted by the Spirit of God and will humble yourself, repent, turn from your wicked ways, and call out to God, He will hear you. You must surrender fully to God and sanctify yourself with the washing of water by the Word. He will restore you and will draw you close to Himself. If you will follow His Spirit, He will join you with faithful disciples. He will lead you to true and mature ministers who will equip you for the work of the ministry. I repeat: you must surrender fully to God and sanctify yourself with the washing of water by the Word.


To True God-Called Ministers
Some of you have been stymied by those who trained you and/or by the type of church that you have been a part of. God is calling you to free yourself from anything and everything that has encumbered you. It will not be easy, but the results will glorify God. Become sanctified by truth and minister all of the truth. It will bring persecution from within and from without the Church. Some of you will be driven out by their church, but God will care for you and your family. Others are trying to be loyal to God and His Word and are experiencing rejection and tremendous warfare. Stay true to God and His word until the end. Never compare yourself with others or their outward results. Your rewards will be at the judgment seat of Christ. Keep your focus! Keep your eyes fixed on the Lord.


To True Disciples
There are some of you who have been following man-made ministers and teachings. You have been taught truth mixed with error. You are bound by tradition even in the type of local church you belong to or look for. You will spend eternity with God, but will never finish the earthly course He has ordained for you unless you repent and have your senses trained to maturity. Give yourself to prayer and to being sanctified by truth. Yield yourself totally to the Spirit of God. Cry out for true and mature ministers who will equip you. God will hear your cries and will answer. Be persistent! Be open to change that is of God.


To the Faithful Remnant in America
We have missed many God-given opportunities and are now paying the price, but there is hope. Jesus Christ is our hope. We must realize, however, that He has ordained that He works in and through His body. He must have enough faithful disciples who are united in faith to be and do what is required of us. Before the Lord returns, there will be a faithful remnant. The battle is now greater than ever before, mainly due to our shortcomings of the past, but we can still turn the tide. If we will repent, become restored, and unite in faith, the Lord will hear from heaven and will work a work for and through us. Will He find you as part of that faithful remnant when He returns?

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