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01.02.2015 Feature Article

Caring For All Believers !! My Concerns For Mass Or Multitude Churches Part VI

Caring For All Believers !! My Concerns For Mass Or Multitude Churches Part VI
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Brethren all ye who know our God and His workings ought to sing His praises, adoration, worship and glorify Him; indeed He has backed His "Word."

If you may, re read the scriptures quoted from the last (Part V) prayerfully please? After which I will proceed to share an insight from Bro Witness Lee's footnote on the quoted scriptures from the Recovery Bible, with little additions on the quote. There was a spiritual significance to the act and content or context of the above scriptures. Like today whilst some preach the gospel for profit and fame, others for income, yet others for envy, selfish gains and or ignorance. So also was at the time of Jesus Christ the Sadducees and the Pharisees who had their interest to protect, resisted out of ignorance or pride to change for the new and fresh yet aged truths/way spoken of by the prophets before them.That which the Christ who was the center of it all have come to reveal to them and later us.It has been over two thousand years ago yet the rebellion and resistance still carries on;however the Lord has intensified the Spiritual support for the "Church"

“ v. 12: Referring to the things taught. The teaching of the Pharisees was hypocritical ( 23: 13,15,23,25,27,29 ), and the teachings of the Pharisees, which denied the resurrection, angels, and spirits ( Acts 23: 8 ), was like today's modernism. Hence, both the teachings of Pharisees and the teachings of the Sadducees were impure and were likened to leaven, which was not to be seen amongst God's people ( Exodus 13:7).

V This place (the teaching took place) was in the northern part of the Holy Land, close to the border, at the foot of Mount Hermon, on which the Lord was transfigured (17:1-2 ). This place was very far from the holy temple, where the atmosphere of the Jewish religion filled every man's thought, living no room for Christ the new King. The Lord brought His disciples purposely to such a place with its clear atmosphere that their thought might be released from the effects of the religious surroundings in the holy city and the holy temple. So that He might reveal to them something new concerning Himself and the Church. Hallelujah!!!

So my craven and burden for this article is for the “founders” or elders who consider the King dearly to create a similar atmosphere in their local churches void of the “founders” get rich quick, anything goes, miracle centred and privatised churches and ministries to go back to the original situation. A situation were Christ and the Church matters than any individuals' spirituality or achievement. Where the gifts and talents of individuals are used by and for God for the building of the Body/Church. Let us try very hard to avoid pre-suppositions, ideologies, teachings and theologies which divides rather than uniting us into One Jesus Christ and His Body or Church.

So here Jesus set up an atmosphere or environment that Himself and the Church will be the pulse of His heavenly Kingdom.Every Church life should emulate that. It was in Caesarea Philippi that the vision concerning Him Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the Living God, came to Peter (v 16-17). It was there also that the Church was revealed and mentioned for the first time as the means of bringing in the kingdom of the heavens (v18-19). As a man, Christ was a mystery to that generation, as He is still to the people of today. The Messiah each one of us should have plead and cry and constantly call on Him, to light the light of the Holy Spirit in us

As a matter of fact many have been going to so many churches and fellowships but might not have yet encountered, experienced and enjoyed the Person of God in Jesus Christ. But have so been overwhelmed and rather fell in love with the worldly atmosphere of noise and profane dancing engrossed in the “selfie or Me Me!” ( of course to honourably dance, sing to praise and worship God is never wrong but our experience and enjoyment only counts). There is a real banquet awaiting those who will defy the odds of the world and count them nothing compared to the hope ahead and to look up to God. Humbly sacrificing their all for Him Christ.

This is because, without heavenly revelation people can realise, at most, only that Christ is the greatest amongst the prophets; no one can know that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God (v 16) and God. No other prophet born of fresh is and can be like Him. All of such prophets have rotten in their graves with their corrupt bodies, yet our Christ did overcome the grave and still lives on various in ways.Amen.

The Christ refers to the One concerning whom God prophesied in the Old Testament through the prophets and whom His saints through the ages looked for ( John 1: 41, 45; Luke. 2:25-26; 3: 15 ). The One who would come to accomplish the will of God ( Heb. 10:5-7).

The Christ, referring to the anointed One of God, speaks of the Lord's commission, whereas the “the Son of the Living God”, referring to the Second of the Triune God, speaks of His person. His commission is to accomplish God's eternal purpose through his crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and second coming. Where as His person embodies the Father and consummates in the Spirit for a full expression of the Triune God.

Amen and Amen.

To be continued on Wednesday.

PERSONAL REMARKS :-Brethren, I have listened to you and have shortened the scripts accordingly, and to those who wants to know; it will be on my blog page on google +,whatsApp, Hangouts,Twitter etc, and some Christian Communities on the net,some E Newspapers Columns twice a week until the time God willing He has exhausted this topic through His least among His servants.I bless the Lord for those before me on whose work I draw much inspirations from, and quite often use their valuable works.

May each one of you find the this Lord's Day extraordinary blessing, especially those using it in their local churches and cell or family groups which i have been encouraged by.Just believe and you too can even do better than me; for which I will rejoice.

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