I pray that I never become dull of hearing
“God says,
“Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:”
Jeremiah 5:21
There is a great deception upon the church right now and it is this:
“The church leadership believes they have ears to hear and eyes to see when in actuality they are poor, blind, and naked before God.”
Here is some correspondence to a certain well known church movement that claims to hear the voice of God.
Michael wrote,
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“Dear Sindy,
My name is Michael King and I called your national office, asking to speak to someone about theology. The lady I spoke to referred me to you saying that you may be able to assist me.
I have been developing, for the last 30 years, a new wineskin for the Christian church. I have followed what happened with the (name omitted) movement and was impressed by how much they emphasize listening to the Holy Spirit.
Why moves of God’s Spirit fail to last
What I see happening in the spirit led movements is that God comes powerfully and, for a time, He moves spectacularly in church planting, spiritual experiences, or healing etc. However, all these waves of His Spirit crash on the rocks of our theology and then retreat back into the vast ocean of God’s Spirit from whence they came. The problem which causes this is that our wineskins break. Our wineskins are inelastic and brittle, Therefore, when God’s Spirit goes beyond our theologies, the move of His Spirit ruptures.
I have been working on the Tabernacle Theology to remedy (at least in the short term) this problem and provide a way for the Ecclesia to transition from a knowledge based walk to a spirit led walk.
Hiding behind emails and URLs
One of the problems I face in trying to share the Tabernacle Theology is that everyone now days is fire-walled behind emails and web pages. What I am asking is to speak with someone who is Spirit led and can take enough time to actually understand what I am talking about. I am not part of the normative church and I am a voice, as it were, in the wilderness. However, it was the voice in the wilderness, the man who wore only camels hair, that needed to speak to God’s people in order to usher in what God what about to do.
What I want to do is speak to someone who can listen to what I say and not just who I am. Someone who will judge by the Spirit and not just after the flesh. Someone who has and is hearing the voice God so that they can judge by what voice I speak.
_______________________________________________“Dear Michael,
Thank you for reaching out.
(Name omitted) is an organic, local-church based movement. Our churches gather around a set of core values that include the theology of the Kingdom of God. Robust discussions of theological thoughtfulness occur in our churches and at the larger gatherings at our conferences and events. Please reach out to our pastors and leaders in your area and start the conversation.
Further, here is a link to our Society of (name omitted) Scholars page… these guys and gals LOVE to talk about theology.
http://www.(name ommited).org
Blessings,
Sindy
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“Dear Sindy,
Thank you for getting back to me.
You know, one of the real problems with the internet is that it puts barriers between people and “real” communication. All you did was give me a “URL” and thought that was good enough. I, on the other hand, wanted to speak to an actual person.
I remember one time that God sent me as a prophet to a certain city and the word that God gave shook everyone there. People thought God was speaking to them through their car radios and a woman listening to the message in her kitchen, dropped her casserole because she shook so violently upon hearing it.
A man with ears to hear
The only reason that the people of this city heard the message of God is that when the Holy Spirit directed me to go into a radio station and sit down before the station manager he looked at me and asked, “what is it.”
We have a responsibility to hear the voice of God when we are presented with it. I have come to the (name omitted) to speak a word about the theology of the coming move of the Spirit to those who can do something with it. You, quite frankly, needed to have discernment about my message and put me in contact with someone I could speak to, however, you opted to merely follow protocol.
Man made barriers to communication
Now, I have the option to go to a conference or write another message to someone else that will most likely give me a URL too. I will do neither because I was only directed to contact your office.
This is laziness on your part and on the part of your organization. The simplest thing, such as speaking to someone is person, is just not possible anymore.
Sincerely,
Michael King”
_____________________________________________In conclusion,
We all have a responsibility to have ears to hear God’s voice. The problem with Pharisees, Sadducee, Scribes and lawyers is that they do not have ears to hear. Jesus comes to people in the person of regular people, but they do not hear them because they do not know Him. In the future, we as a people, must have ears to hear the voice of our Father. We must be ready to accept what God says when He says it, through whomever He speaks.
Finally, a minister once insisted I say I was a “donkey’s ass” before allowing me to speak. So I said, “I am a donkey’s ass.” Then he said, “now you can speak to me.” I simply said,
“Jesus is coming.”
You know I am reminded of when I was a community carer. This one lady I saw had dementia, at the stage where they repeat themselves over and over again, but don’t know this and think they are telling you whatever it is for the first time.
It was at a time where I had been at a crossroads, was having counselling for various things, and I believe God used her to speak to me. I say this because when I am downhearted and discouraged, especially when it is about something I know is right, her repetitive words always come to mind. Simple but effective and helps with determination and perseverance. These are her words:
If at first you don’t succeed….try and try again. Do unto others as you would have done to yourself and you wont go far wrong in life.
Not only did it encourage me to stick to the path I had chosen to be on, having been led there by God, it also encouraged me that God really can use anyone, anywhere, anytime, anyhow, anything for His Good and Purposes. Here was this lady who most people mocked, got exasperated with, due to her repetitiveness…being used by God.
So I am taking up her mantle of being repetitive today and saying to you: if at first you don’t succeed try and try again.
Don’t see a hurdle as the end of the road, just jump it. Run the race as to win. Pay no attention to the mockers and the jeerers, but put your focussed God blinkers on, and keep on keeping on.
Peace and love
Kingdomsheir
Dear Kingdomshier,
Amen. I agree that we should not be daunted. However, I very rarely feel led to approach the normative church and when I do I feel that God really does have something to say. I pray and hope that I will always remain sensitive to the Holy Spirit so that when God sends someone to me that I will receive the word that my Fathers gives no matter who speaks it.
God bless,
Michael
I don’t go to church anymore because of this same blindness and deafness one finds there on a regular basis.
Besides, I could be wrong but I don’t think I ever read were John the Baptist ever went to the temple to preach his message. Those searching came looking for him.
Just my thoughts and if you feel the Spirit leading you to do otherwise then what KH said sounds good to me.
Hi Curtis,
I think that my dislike of such things stems from a frustration that the kingdom of God, and thus everyone within it, suffers because we do not allow God to even speak much less run His church. When God wants to speak we give Him a URL and suggest that He go to a conference….an maybe someone will get back to Him. It is of no consequence that I have to go through that type of rigmarole but to disrespect our Lord is what seems terrible to me.
I know when God wants to speak and I feel what He wishes to say is really important. It does not happen that I am sent to a church movement very often. When I am, I bring the current word of God, hot of the press of heaven, and to have people judge it by the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is gut wrenching.
Many are so focused upon the book they often times ignore what the Author of the book is saying today. They are so focused upon what is written that they neglect and reject the writer. This is why I hate closed ended theologies that seek to explain everything when we need a theology that seeks to explore everything.
Anyway, I know better than most what the church is made of. I mostly steer clear of it. One time, I was led to a church to give a word to the leadership the Holy Spirit having led me to arrive precisely when the pastor was in a meeting with his church leadership. The word I had was for all of them but the secretary sent me away. The Pastor was furious later when he found out because he had heard that there was a prophet in town an really wanted to meet me. However, the time had passed and God would not speak.
Oddly enough, when I arrived I could do nothing but meekly ask to see the pastor. God would not let me be dramatic or even explain why. When the secretary refused God simply told me to leave. That was really hard to leave with a word from the Lord burning a hole in my gut.
The church is virtually impenetrable to the Holy Spirit these days. If they do allow God Almighty to participate in a church service it is often controlled and used for the leadership’s purposes. God puts up with this because He loves His people, however, He is not pleased. What happened on the day of Pentecost is the order of God. The order of God is when He gets to do whatever He wants, whenever He wants to do it, no matter what it looks like.
So it is not about me and how I am treated but more about God and How He is treated that really angers me.
God bless,
Michael