Revival in 2011!?
This is a repost from a blog from some significant people Corinne and I met while visiting Bethel Church in January 2010. Revival or Riots...
Divinity Restrained Within A Man
Right, haven't blogged in way too long. I sincerely apologise! To you and myself! With way too much swirling around in my mind at t...
In case you didn't know, the Gospel was meant to offend!
Romans 9:33
"Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
It is such ridiculously Good, intoxicatingly Happy News that, when presented in its fullness and purity, should invoke an offense that says "it is not as easy as that! It cannot be as good and as easy as that!"
Well, it is! The whole point of this Gospel is that Jesus accomplished everything you and I couldn't and purchased for us everything we need to bring His Kingdom of Love to this planet. This is what Peter meant when he wrote in his 2nd letter "we have been given everything we need pertaining to life and Godliness." He goes on to write in that same passage that Jesus gave us everything we need to partake in His Divine nature and through what Jesus did on the Cross we have already been separated from this sinful world!
You have been given everything you need! Done! Once and for all! You don't need to fast, pray, read your Bible or worship more to get more! It has already been given in its fullness!
If you fast, fast to get rid of the unbelieving religion that plagues our human, unrenewed minds! If you pray, pray for God to reveal His Goodness and what was accomplished on the Cross, and how much you have been given! If you read the Bible, read it to realise how Good He is and what He has given you and how much He loves you! If you worship, worship because you have seen how Good He is and you can't hold your praise back!
It is a ludicrous scandal. A scandal that is spreading like wildfire across this planet!
Romans 8:19
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Around the world people are rising up in response to this scandalous truth! Their spirits bearing witness to this Glorious Truth of the Gospel, and they are being set free from religion, bondage and fear and rising up to be the sons and daughters of God He already created them to be! A people who know that God loves them passionately, and that His Love is the most powerful force in the entire Universe. It is happening all over the world.
Religion is telling some that this Message is too good to be true. Religion, like satan in the wilderness, is using Scripture to deceive others into believing that it cannot be this easy. That to be a Christian one needs to please God, live a holy life, and keep a check on one's own life. What these people who are buying into these lies don't realise is that this is the most selfish, introspective viewpoint in the world! That lie says that it is more about what you do than what Jesus already did on the Cross, and thereby takes away the glory from God and gives it to you.
But the body of the Truth in Scripture is too heavy and too weighty to be ignored.
Jesus has set us free once and for all! And what remains is that we enter into this marriage free from the old marriage of religion and receive His undying, unconditional Love for us! All that remains is for us to receive His Love.
One sip of this Pure, undiluted Gospel will intoxicate you for the rest of your life.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us...
One drink of this Pure Gospel and Paul was done for. Transformed forever! The Love of Christ was such a powerful force to Him that He couldn't stop. It literally controlled every move he made, and everything He did. If the Love of Christ isn't controlling you, then you might need another drink of the New Covenant.
In the same way alcohol controls the mind and body, the Love of Christ will control you. You will look crazy. You will look stupid. You will be mocked and criticized. But you can't help it, and you can't go back. For like Paul, just one taste of this Pure Good News, and you cannot go back.
Stop questioning! Stop believing the lies! The Truth is being revealed! The Gospel is this good!
It is nothing of what you can do. It is everything of what Jesus has already done! There is nothing left for Him to do! He sat down at the right hand of the Father because His work was complete!
I raise my glass in toast and drink to that! Thank You Jesus!
Psalm 116:13
I'll lift high the cup of salvation—a toast to God!
Romans 9:33
"Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
It is such ridiculously Good, intoxicatingly Happy News that, when presented in its fullness and purity, should invoke an offense that says "it is not as easy as that! It cannot be as good and as easy as that!"
Well, it is! The whole point of this Gospel is that Jesus accomplished everything you and I couldn't and purchased for us everything we need to bring His Kingdom of Love to this planet. This is what Peter meant when he wrote in his 2nd letter "we have been given everything we need pertaining to life and Godliness." He goes on to write in that same passage that Jesus gave us everything we need to partake in His Divine nature and through what Jesus did on the Cross we have already been separated from this sinful world!
You have been given everything you need! Done! Once and for all! You don't need to fast, pray, read your Bible or worship more to get more! It has already been given in its fullness!
If you fast, fast to get rid of the unbelieving religion that plagues our human, unrenewed minds! If you pray, pray for God to reveal His Goodness and what was accomplished on the Cross, and how much you have been given! If you read the Bible, read it to realise how Good He is and what He has given you and how much He loves you! If you worship, worship because you have seen how Good He is and you can't hold your praise back!
It is a ludicrous scandal. A scandal that is spreading like wildfire across this planet!
Romans 8:19
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Around the world people are rising up in response to this scandalous truth! Their spirits bearing witness to this Glorious Truth of the Gospel, and they are being set free from religion, bondage and fear and rising up to be the sons and daughters of God He already created them to be! A people who know that God loves them passionately, and that His Love is the most powerful force in the entire Universe. It is happening all over the world.
Religion is telling some that this Message is too good to be true. Religion, like satan in the wilderness, is using Scripture to deceive others into believing that it cannot be this easy. That to be a Christian one needs to please God, live a holy life, and keep a check on one's own life. What these people who are buying into these lies don't realise is that this is the most selfish, introspective viewpoint in the world! That lie says that it is more about what you do than what Jesus already did on the Cross, and thereby takes away the glory from God and gives it to you.
But the body of the Truth in Scripture is too heavy and too weighty to be ignored.
Jesus has set us free once and for all! And what remains is that we enter into this marriage free from the old marriage of religion and receive His undying, unconditional Love for us! All that remains is for us to receive His Love.
One sip of this Pure, undiluted Gospel will intoxicate you for the rest of your life.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us...
One drink of this Pure Gospel and Paul was done for. Transformed forever! The Love of Christ was such a powerful force to Him that He couldn't stop. It literally controlled every move he made, and everything He did. If the Love of Christ isn't controlling you, then you might need another drink of the New Covenant.
In the same way alcohol controls the mind and body, the Love of Christ will control you. You will look crazy. You will look stupid. You will be mocked and criticized. But you can't help it, and you can't go back. For like Paul, just one taste of this Pure Good News, and you cannot go back.
Stop questioning! Stop believing the lies! The Truth is being revealed! The Gospel is this good!
It is nothing of what you can do. It is everything of what Jesus has already done! There is nothing left for Him to do! He sat down at the right hand of the Father because His work was complete!
I raise my glass in toast and drink to that! Thank You Jesus!
Psalm 116:13
I'll lift high the cup of salvation—a toast to God!
The Scandalous Offense of the Gospel
In case you didn't know, the Gospel was meant to offend! Romans 9:33 "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a r...
So yesterday I had the privilege of preaching on that which is very close to my heart: Renewing our minds to agree more with the Truths and Promises of God. Admitted; I got a bit carried away in some areas. But hey, that's me. ;-)
The service as a whole was incredible. God was there. Like a cloud heavy to pour with rain, He was there. It was always so easy to preach in such an environment. But when I was done, and the service was over, and I was left to my own devices to ponder what was, there was a strong sense of excitement still stirring in me.
I am excited.
After chatting to a few people after the service, I agree with many of them that there is shift taking place in the spiritual atmosphere. Something is happening.
I don't know exactly what it is, but something significant is happening in these days. You can see it. You can feel it. Something is changing. God, His Nature and His Ways, has become the subject of many a debate, in liberals, conservatives, and the destitute alike. And I think He is about ready to show off.
It is against this backdrop that we are in for some serious revolution. It isn't going to be easy. But it certainly is going to be exciting. God's people are going to rise up and be known among the nations. We either embrace what He is doing in this radical move, or we will get sadly left behind in the dust of a fast-moving freight train.
The winds of change are in the air. The seasons are changing. Besides those gifted with a deeply prophetic eye, we may not know exactly what it is God is doing, but we know He is doing something. Something radical. Something GOOD. Something exciting. And I am going to do my best to embrace it and be ready.
Like a favourite old song of mine put it:
Roll with the punches or get left behind.
The service as a whole was incredible. God was there. Like a cloud heavy to pour with rain, He was there. It was always so easy to preach in such an environment. But when I was done, and the service was over, and I was left to my own devices to ponder what was, there was a strong sense of excitement still stirring in me.
I am excited.
After chatting to a few people after the service, I agree with many of them that there is shift taking place in the spiritual atmosphere. Something is happening.
I don't know exactly what it is, but something significant is happening in these days. You can see it. You can feel it. Something is changing. God, His Nature and His Ways, has become the subject of many a debate, in liberals, conservatives, and the destitute alike. And I think He is about ready to show off.
It is against this backdrop that we are in for some serious revolution. It isn't going to be easy. But it certainly is going to be exciting. God's people are going to rise up and be known among the nations. We either embrace what He is doing in this radical move, or we will get sadly left behind in the dust of a fast-moving freight train.
The winds of change are in the air. The seasons are changing. Besides those gifted with a deeply prophetic eye, we may not know exactly what it is God is doing, but we know He is doing something. Something radical. Something GOOD. Something exciting. And I am going to do my best to embrace it and be ready.
Like a favourite old song of mine put it:
Roll with the punches or get left behind.
The Winds of Change Are In The Air
So yesterday I had the privilege of preaching on that which is very close to my heart: Renewing our minds to agree more with the Truths and...
I am unashamed about the Gospel. That means that I will no longer be concerned with what other people will think of me. I will simply be me. Let the Glorious Gospel shine through me. The revelation that Holy Spirit has given me of this Glorious Gospel, I will not hold back. I will not let religious, legalistic, bound minds dampen the burning Fire of what I believe the Gospel to be.
If you think it is too extreme, then shame. My apologies. But I don't want this current reality. I don't want what we live in now. We live in a toilet. (clarification required, but no time now). Even the greatest of billionaires eventually get tired of what, where and how they live. No. I am sorry, I am not satisfied with what we live in now. It is not great. It is the result of a curse. A legitimate curse that Jesus put into the action of being reverted at the Cross. Legitimately God cursed the ground and the planet fell under bondage.
It is why to this day living organisms have a life span. The greatest human scientist today cannot give you a legitimate answer as to why living organisms reach a lifespan and begin to decay and die. God can. It was because of the curse.
Then Jesus came along, and put into process the liberation of that bondage. But He paid the fullest Price possible. He overpaid what was necessary. He overpaid so that His People, the fellow Sons and Daughters of God, would carry the Glory He bought for them and usher in the liberation of this creation. That they would rise up and bring liberation to this known world! Jesus paid it all! It has been done! We as Sons and Daughters of God have every right to take authority and even speak "death" over all things pertaining to the curse. Sickness, disease, ill-health, poverty, pain, sorrow, sin. It all. It was all paid for so that we can take authority of it. So that we can speak "death" over those things and True Life over things that have no life.
God is hoping we would catch this revelation and rise up. Rise and be who He has called us to be. Rise and be who He paid for us to be. All of creation is waiting for us to rise up.
And we, as the Sons and Daughters of God not satisfied with the status quo, will have to rise up above the religious persecution we will receive for believing such ludicrous ideas.
Jesus help us.
If you think it is too extreme, then shame. My apologies. But I don't want this current reality. I don't want what we live in now. We live in a toilet. (clarification required, but no time now). Even the greatest of billionaires eventually get tired of what, where and how they live. No. I am sorry, I am not satisfied with what we live in now. It is not great. It is the result of a curse. A legitimate curse that Jesus put into the action of being reverted at the Cross. Legitimately God cursed the ground and the planet fell under bondage.
It is why to this day living organisms have a life span. The greatest human scientist today cannot give you a legitimate answer as to why living organisms reach a lifespan and begin to decay and die. God can. It was because of the curse.
Then Jesus came along, and put into process the liberation of that bondage. But He paid the fullest Price possible. He overpaid what was necessary. He overpaid so that His People, the fellow Sons and Daughters of God, would carry the Glory He bought for them and usher in the liberation of this creation. That they would rise up and bring liberation to this known world! Jesus paid it all! It has been done! We as Sons and Daughters of God have every right to take authority and even speak "death" over all things pertaining to the curse. Sickness, disease, ill-health, poverty, pain, sorrow, sin. It all. It was all paid for so that we can take authority of it. So that we can speak "death" over those things and True Life over things that have no life.
God is hoping we would catch this revelation and rise up. Rise and be who He has called us to be. Rise and be who He paid for us to be. All of creation is waiting for us to rise up.
And we, as the Sons and Daughters of God not satisfied with the status quo, will have to rise up above the religious persecution we will receive for believing such ludicrous ideas.
Jesus help us.
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