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A man after my own heart, thanks for your voice!
Thanks Joseph for that confirming word. Now I have something in writing that encapsulates what I believe God has been saying to me for a long time, but with the usual rebuff of others.
Thank you Joe, As usual you hit it right on the nail head! Great word!
Thanks Joseph for your ministry. In my opinion, Cultural change is not the real fruit, proof or test of true revival. If this were the case, Jesus’ own ministry failed. Rome grew in its dominance and cruelty – Nero burning Christians at the stake simply to light his garden at night. I too want ‘Heaven on Earth’ however, Jesus calls us to establish His invisible Kingdom…the same way He did. As Christ followers, we are strangers, pilgrims, nomads on this earth. Called to establish the Kingdom of God. This Kingdom is an invisible one. Only to be visible when He comes back to earth to rule for 1,000 years! Are we to abdicate responsibility? No! We are called to “Save those who are perishing!” I am an American serving in Scotland. In my city Edinburgh, 97% are not born-again. Edinburgh has had many great moves of God over the centuries. Cultural reformation? Not really. Eternal Reformation? Absolutely! Many ask me how such a great city became post-christian. My answer? The moment the church begins to legislate civic, cultural law, morals, goodness it raises a Generation of morally good people who do not know Jesus. They will attend church because their parents did. However, when these kids have their own kids, church (and Jesus!) have no place in their lives. Welcome to Post-Christian Europe. Welcome to Post-Christian United Kingdom. Pray for us:) Blessings.
I agree whole heartily. That is why i have been preaching for years that praying for revival had an event mentality. In other words, most of the Church these days is looking for the next really annointed message, the next prayer line, the next meeting, the next whatever I need to fix me thing that will make it possible to instanly be victorious with no effort or OBEDIENCE on my part. Most people (not all ) pray for revival because they can see no other way for kingdom reality to come to pass. The fact is that the current institutional system will never bring that reality. When believers, especially leaders are placing a personal demand on themselves to live kingdom reality it will never take place. Some may say that in itself sounds like revival but as you eluded to, to be revived says that first you have had something and it has died, and needs to be resurrected. As you know in comparrison to many parts of the world that experience a continual flow of kingdom life, the American christian for the most part is content on a cyclical encounter with God rather than a continual kingdom life encounter that demands abandonment of self. I AGREE, Revival is not even close to being enough becaue the Centripetal, selfishness of christian culture does not even come close to kingdom (eternal) reality.
I agree sir!
What the church in America needs is a spiritual awakening.
Yes the church must first repent of not being father’s, and mothers to their congregation first, why would God send children to a church that can’t take care of them.
It boiles down to Love, love gives, selfishness takes and thinks about self… I just left a church, they ask me why I said why would a orphane want to hang out in an orphanage,… the problem is insecurity of leaders not knowing how they are in Christ…
I’m empowered by your words Bishop thanks.