Say you were charged with leading a battalion of troops into battle. Now tell me if these are the kind of soldiers you’d want to be leading: they are convinced enemy forces don’t actually exist, they believe the weapons they are equipped with don’t work and they think the training they’ve received is useless.
It would be a pretty bleak situation. Soldiers like that would be a harm to not only themselves, but to all the others in the battalion. Enemy victory would be almost guaranteed.
Unfortunately, it just so happens God’s battalion of American forces is made up of many such soldiers. It’s sad. Barna reported recently that “Most American Christians Do Not Believe that Satan or the Holy Spirit Exist.”
What!!!!?? Is it any wonder the American church — and as a result, Americans professing to be Christians — struggle to live in the victory made available by Jesus? It is, in fact, a pretty bleak situation. And many Christians are, in fact, a harm to themselves and a harm to those around them.
But it doesn’t have to stay this way. Joel 2:12-14
“Now, therefore,” says the LORD,
“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
So rend your heart, and not your garments;
Return to the LORD your God,
For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
Who knows if He will turn and relent,
And leave a blessing behind Him—
A grain offering and a drink offering
For the LORD your God?
God is always, ALWAYS, poised to respond to a sincere, repentant cry for mercy and forgiveness.
And please, please, please read the Bible. All of it; not just your favorite parts. Genesis to Revelation. (And if you find Revelation intimidating or confusing or scary or irrelevant, ask God to teach you and then read it in faith. It’s The Revelation OF JESUS CHRIST —not A Revelation About the End Times For Those Who Might Be Interested. Anyone who wants to know Jesus in ALL of his glory needs to read and begin understanding Revelation.)
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Have you read those Rick Joyner books – the final quest, the torch and the sword and the call?
i’m reading the final quest and it is changing my mind in a deep and profound way.
I haven’t read them, though I want to some day for sure. I have “The Final Quest”… and Heather may have the others.
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This is sobering. Not surprising. This Sunday we were studying the Word in Nav 2:7. It’s a HUGE reminder that we HAVE to know God’s word. I printed it off to the class to bring to mind how important it is for them to know the Word. Read the Word. Memorize the Word. Obey the Word. Not just go to church. That article is hard stuff, man.