Wednesday, February 7, 2018

The Ancient Gospel Of REPENTANCE, The Gospel Of POWER.

Tgis is what the bible says, Mathew 4:17 From that time on, Jesus began to preach, 'REPENT, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.'
So Jesus Himself, the son of GOD, the way and the truth, who is also the chief cornerstone, laid a foundation upon which the church can realize the works of GOD and greater works thereafter. It is on this foundation that she can climb the ladder upon which angels ascend and descend from heaven. " 51 Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I say to all of you that you will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

It is this revelation of where to anchor her walk and bearing that can enable the church navigate the current turbulent times and eventually reach her final destiny which is a future of eternity with GOD. Upon the revelation that Christ is the son of GOD , and there exists no other foundation than that which He laid, is build a church that can survive the apostasy of the day.

1 Cor 3:11
1 Corinthians 3:11-16 New International Version (NIV)
11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames. 16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

And so upon that foundation who is Christ Jesus, the gates of hell can not prevail. This foundation is repentance in Him, to remove sin, which deletes the authority of the church and creates death in the house. The credentials of the church have been deleted by her trying to build a 'foundation of her own' preaching a foreign gospel that has no deliverance authority. It is this trying to fend for inadequacy that compelled her to build with wrong material or try to start her own foundation. This became an avenue that brought into play, the gospel of prosperity without holiness, false prophecy, and, witchcraft in the house.

It goes without saying that if she so lives, she can not emit the light of GOD and in her stiff disobedience, she wont bear fruit. Mathew 5:16 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. The church globally by failing to build on the foundation of repentance , laid by CHRIST Himself, the lamb that was sacrificed, can not hope to do the works of GOD because such works of light, carried out when it is day, " John 9:4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. are not constructed on another foundation other than the one He laid.

Isaiah foreseeing a time of the apostasy of the time clearly stated the error of the time and the remedy thereof in one prophecy.
Isaiah 28:16 New International Version (NIV)
16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.

He says, that in these days when the faith of the church is put to test, she can turn around( through repentance) and depend on the foundation, the precious cornerstone, a sure foundation,tested, proofed so that she will never be stricken with panic(Swallowed up and swept away in the wrong gospel.

In other words also, the future and eternity of the church lies on her preaching the right gospel which essentially is the Blood of Jesus, righteousness and repentance, the very gospel which Christ commissioned.That by her doing this, she will be a wise builder, building her eternity on the rock.The winds of immorality, materialism, apostasy, sin, evil blew and floods of post modernism, hit against that foundation but it didn't fall.

Matthew 7:24-27 New International Version (NIV) The Wise and Foolish Builders 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

So now, this is the hour for the church to reclaim her position, her credentials, so she can go out there and let her light shine and work while it is still day. She must repent of sin, the corruption of money, sexual immorality etc so she can reclaim her immortality by preaching the right gospel, building her future on the sure foundation.

The Cost of Being a Disciple
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

As captured above, those who lay the foundation, other than that which He did lay, of course will end up ridiculed.How? The world will laugh at her and say, look, you were always attending those meetings, always in those christian bookshops, always in those fellowships, for us we lived drinking and going about with men and women and you also were left behind? You also couldn't make it into the rapture? Like , you started a foundation and didnt do your math well and so failed to finish?

Daniel 12 New International Version (NIV)
The End Times
12 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise[a] will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. 4 But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

SO the wise church will go out there and lead many to righteousness, essentially building on the right gospel of repentance and winning souls, and such a group will shine in heaven like stars, but the unwise builders, will rise up to shame and condemnation. Psalm 11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?" Shalom.

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