I LOVE this from today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers:
He shall glorify Me. — John 16:14
The pietistic movements of to-day have none of
the rugged reality of the New Testament about them; there is nothing about them
that needs the Death of Jesus Christ; all that is required is a pious
atmosphere, and prayer and devotion. This type of experience is not
supernatural nor miraculous, it did not cost the passion of God, it is not dyed
in the blood of the Lamb, not stamped with the hall-mark of the Holy Ghost; it
has not that mark on it which makes men say, as they look with awe and wonder –
"That is the work of God Almighty." That and nothing else is what the
New Testament talks about.
The type of Christian experience in the New
Testament is that of personal passionate devotion to the Person of Jesus
Christ. Every other type of Christian experience, so called, is detached from
the Person of Jesus. There is no regeneration, no being born again into the
Kingdom in which Christ lives, but only the idea that He is our Pattern. In the
New Testament Jesus Christ is Saviour long before He is Pattern. Today He is
being despatched as the Figurehead of a Religion, a mere Example. He is that,
but He is infinitely more; He is salvation itself, He is the
Gospel of God.
Jesus said, "When He the Spirit of truth
is come . . . He shall glorify Me." When I commit myself to the revelation
made in the New Testament, I receive from God the gift of the Holy Spirit Who
begins to interpret to me what Jesus did and does in me subjectively all that
Jesus Christ did for me objectively.
If YOU are attending a church simply has Jesus as a figurehead of religion, then I would advise you to leave just as fast as you can get out o the door! The Church of Jesus Christ is to have a "turning the world upside down" effect (Acts 17:6)! We ARE to be a "church on fire"! If you don't know of a church like this, contact us through the link on the left and let us help you find one in your area! The Spoken Word Church IS such a church! JESUS is LORD, the Word of God is taught and the Holy Spirit has free reign! I LOVE my church! Here is Hillsong with an older song called "Church On Fire"! FIND one!
Shalom in Him!
