DISTURBED
by 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 needed 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 agreed 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 hearts. 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 supposed to be. Does the Church make people believe
that works are 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 by 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, and dying from the sin that has almost destroyed their lives
and the lives of their families. To add "WORKS" on top of all the pressure and stress to a life 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 led 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. Judgment 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…
(written in 2017)
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