Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Lesson 63 The Church's Identity Crisis

      Jesus quoted Isaiah 61:6-11, which continued after He finished His earthly ministry, into the future when He rose from the dead.  Jesus said in Luke 4:18 (Amp), "The Glory, once that of your captors shall be yours."  The prophetic Word speaks about this who would believe in Jesus Christ, saying in Isaiah 61:11(Amp), "For as surely as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring forth, so surely the Lord God will cause rightness and justice and praise to spring forth before all the nations through the self-fulfilling Power of His Word."

     Jesus quoted the above scripture and declared that, "This scripture was fulfilled that day in their ears."  If it was fulfilled then, then it's still fulfilled now.  Jesus didn't quote all of Isaiah 61 at that time, but the results of it are still coming to pass as "fulfilled."  I've set my faith and my heart on the remaining Promise of this "self-fulfilling Power of God's Word" for this nation, in the face of the destiny satan is trying to bring to pass in this upcoming election.

     The Holy Spirit continues to speak to God's people about their deliverance in Isaiah 62:6 (Amp), saying, "I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who will never hold their peace day or night; you who are His servants, and by your prayers put the Lord in remembrance of His Promises, keep not silence."

     There are watchmen upon the walls of our nation, who constantly keep the Lord in remembrance of His promise and covenant He gave the forefathers of our country.  This nation was brought into being, by people who left their homeland in search of a place where they could worship God without restraint or the fear of consequence.  God honored their faith and courage and raised up this nation as a beacon for the entire world to marvel at.  America has been a thorn in the devil's side, ever since.  He couldn't bring it down from the outside, so he's trying to take it over and bring her down from the inside.

     Many old school Christians like myself, still know this nation from days of old.  We've become the watchmen and women, bringing God into remembrance of His Promise and self-fulfilling Power of His Word.  We remember when "In God we trust" was more than a slogan and was how we lived.  We remember when our children could play safely outside and recited "The Pledge of Allegiance," along with having a moment of silence in school.  As a watchman on the wall, I don't only want to bring God to remembrance, but God's people into the remembrance of God Himself.

     It's dishonoring God, when we allow His Promise and covenant to be turned over into the enemy's hands.  Many of the things this nation has adopted, are ungodly and even demonic and should never have been allowed to become the law of the land.  God's people must know His Voice and as watchmen and women, we need to sound the alarm.  I miss the America I grew up in and I want it back for my children, my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren, even to a thousand generations, should Jesus tarry.

     The upcoming election isn't between just Trump and Biden, but is as Jesus said in Matthew 24:7 (Amp), "Kingdom would rise against kingdom."  We can openly see the kingdom of darkness is in full assault against the Kingdom of God and Light.  We must blow the Trumpet and awaken the faithful who are asleep.  We must bring God into remembrance of His Promise.  We must honor God and His Word and His Righteousness, with our vote.  We must walk in God's way and refuse to follow the way of the world's opinion.  

     In Malachi 2:5-7 (Amp) God says, "My covenant on My part with Levi (or the priests) was to give him life and peace, because on his part of the reverent and worshipful fear with when the priests would revere Me and stand in awe of My Name. The Law of Truth was in Levi's mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips' he walked with Me in peace and uprightness and turned many away from iniquity. For the priest's lips should guard and keep pure the knowledge of My Law (or Word) and the people should seek, inquire for and require instruction at his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts."

     Voters should read the party platforms and allow the Holy Spirit to show us which is the Law of Truth and which of these choices honor God and His Word of Truth.  We can't receive all of our information from the news, but as watchmen and women we must follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.  We can't vote for a bondage that will destroy what God has in His Promise, for America.  

     God says in Deuteronomy 30:19 (Amp), "I call Heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the Blessings and the curses; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that you and your descendants may live."  We're not only deciding how we should live with our vote, but how future generations will live.

     If we don't vote, then we're casting a vote for the wrong party.  Some say, "I don't like either one."  Well, one of them be become President whether or not we like them.  We must vote God's way and His Word, so we are good stewards with His Word.  Above all, we must pray and ask for God's intervention for our country.  We must pray to awaken the Church, as watchmen on the wall.

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