DISTURBED
from a dream last night...This is the dream in part...A young man
went up to the Pastor for prayer. He was desperate, crying and
needing the Pastor to pray with him. I was standing near in the choir
and I felt such compassion. As I got close I heard the Pastor say, as
he was agreeing with the young man about his need, that what he
(Pastor) needed was for him to bring his equipment over and build a
playground for the children there on the church property. He actually
took the young man down the aisle. I saw the front doors open wide
and the sunlight coming into the church as he was showing him where
to begin on the church property. I got back in place in the choir and
we sang from the depths of our heart. I saw a lady and her baby, both
with light blue hair which represents this present culture. She
looked at me with that “I made it look.” Another lady in the
choir turned and gave me a hug, maybe because I had influenced the
young mother to come to church. All seemed to be worshiping and
enjoying the presence of the Lord.
What?????
This is not the way it is suppose to be. Does the Church make people
believe that works is the way to heaven? There may be too much
emphasis on "What can YOU Do for the Church instead of What can
the CHURCH do for you." Matt. 28:19, “Go ye therefore, and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world. Amen.”
I
am feeling broken for the lack of teaching "true repentance"
coming from many churches today. Yes, I agree people need to get
"involved " in what is going on in the church. But that is
not what comes first. People are hurting, struggling, dying from the
sin that has almost destroyed their lives and the lives of their
family. To add "WORKS" on top all the pressure and stress
to a life that is hanging by a thread is spiritual murder. God help
us to get it right!
True
repentance is a state of brokenness, a time of realizing that without
God there is NO help from anywhere. It is a time of actually seeing
or realizing one's sin and being sorry and remorseful of one's
actions and deeds. A time of emptying all the regrets with a
sorrowful attitude. This is exactly what the young man was
experiencing in my dream. BUT, he was lead away from that feeling
into one of “leave this place of repentance and see what you can do
for the church.”
I
Peter 4:17 "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the
house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of
them that obey not the gospel of God?" I believe that judgment
will be as it says in Revelation chapters 1-3 that unless the
churches repent Jesus said "I will come and remove the
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent," Rev. 2:5. He
is talking to the Church of God. I believe many are going on with
services today and the Lord may have removed the candlestick.
Judgement has begun. I pray it isn't too late for repentance. Seek
God for a Divine Encounter today. Otherwise it is only an expression
of religious habit...
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