Jesus and Him Crucified and the Promise of the Father

Does your minister consistently preach and teach about Jesus and Him crucified and the necessity of the power of the Holy Spirit? I hope so! In many churches, ministers leave out or downplay these vital biblical truths.

 Many modern ministers have replaced the heart and core truths of the Word of God with other things. Either they never minister them, or they downplay their importance. They either exchange the truth for lies, bring in other messages, or over emphasize things that are biblical while under emphasizing what is vital. Many ministers have captivated numerous untrained and immature Christians with things like the purpose-driven life, seeker sensitive living, how to prosper, how to be successful, how to feel good, etc. Others emphasize things that are actually in the Word, but they leave out the importance of Jesus and Him crucified and/or the promise of the Father (Luke 24: 49; Acts 1: 4, 5), which is the baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Jesus and Him crucified (1 Corinthians 1: 23; 2: 2) is the heart and core of biblical Christianity. No lost person can be saved without it and no saved person can live victoriously without it. The promise of the Father is so important that after giving the first born-again disciples what we call “The Great Commission,” Jesus told them not to go and carry it out until they had been baptized in the Holy Spirit (Luke 24: 49). 

Please don’t be offended, and I hope that you are the exception, but most modern-day Christians are biblically illiterate. They know very little about the overall Word. If they know anything at all, it is in the context of what their church or denomination emphasizes. Shouldn’t it tell us something about modern Christianity when Christians are divided into so many different groups, with many different beliefs, and each group believes they are right?

The modern church, or at the least, most of the modern church needs spiritual restoration! There will be no true and lasting spiritual restoration without Christians returning to and continually embracing the truth of Jesus and Him crucified and the necessity of the promise of the Father, which was and is the baptism in the Holy Spirit.

The longer it takes for a faithful remnant church to come forth, the more the devil will send his devilish storms. I realize that some people are not motivated when I speak of godly restoration or devilish storms. They have been taught only one side of things. They have been taught that things will get worse, and then Jesus will rapture them out. Others have been taught that things will get worse, and then the second coming takes place. Presently, one group is larger than the other, but both groups work their fingers to the bone—a sign that they depend on self and not the Holy Spirit, but neither group expects spiritual restoration. Evil will wax worse and worse, and many in modern Christianity will fall away, but there will be a faithful remnant that experiences spiritual restoration, and they will know and proclaim, even in the face of increased persecution, the truth and importance of Jesus and Him crucified and the necessity of waiting for the promise of the Father.  

Will you study the Word until you know the truth of Jesus and Him crucified and the baptism in the Holy Spirit? Will you then go and tell even if family, friends, fellow church members and ministers oppose you? Live and minister the truth in love; the Holy Spirit will anoint you, help you, comfort you and never leave you even unto death.