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The Power of the Cross; Pentecost

June 7, 2016 By David Roberts

You've gotta be a man before you can be a "Mr.",
You've gotta be a woman before you can be a "Ms.",
You've gotta believe before you can be called "a believer".

Above all else, this article is not intended to pigeon hole us further; but rather, explore where we are, especially as we remember the finished work of Jesus Christ.

Showing up at church or learning to parrot the right things doesn't mean we're anything, other than we've learned to wear a certain flavor of mask. Why would anyone wanna wear a mask? It's because we're afraid of not fitting in, so we manipulate our presentation to "fit in". With respect, we often fear people and the systems of this world more than Creator God. This could possibly be because many say "I believe" with our mouths yet fail to to it in our hearts.

Yesterday evening, I ran into Walmart for a few last minute items. The dog was getting hungry and my wife wanted that special creamer only they carry. As I raced to the sections of the store where my items were, my mind was opened to notice again, all the packaging and manipulation through presentation. Suddenly, I once again saw a glimpse of myself and the way we (humanity) view life. We live in a world where packaging is king! Let's face it. Most of us simply buy the package, and whatever is on the inside, then we deal with that later. Even though we say we care, we balance that against our love of money, and we say we're being good stewards. Well, maybe we are. Either way, this isn't really a problem until what we've purchased breaks (and it will!).

GROCERYaisleNeat and orderly is what our world demands. If you're out of place, you have no place, thus you don't fit in! The promise of making our lives easier, less stressful, pain free, is certainly appealing and I often take them up on what they're selling! I live in an air conditioned home, with running water, electricity and all the comforts that can be imagined. The problem many times is that we often buy promises from people who don't have 'the goods' to sell; although, with their packaging you'd never know it. They jockey for shelf space, brand recognition and popularity; all which are driven by alliances (that's just another way of saying, "branding"). All these alliances are to make you feel included (warm and fuzzy, to meet a need you may not even have). Honestly, I've got no problem with the world operating this way. It is the way of the world and I'm not afraid to operate within it.

What often alarms me is when I see so many "Christian" organizations function in the ways of the world, "wearing their clothes". I know: Why am I looking at their short comings? Well, I love them and want to help! We'll get to that in a minute. There is a way of peace. These organizations, captained by someone, market their daycare, children or youth programs; announcing "we've got what you need". They print ads promoting their latest "special" service and mention how good "their" praise team and/or choir is, while mentioning there's plenty of parking; and it's well lit! If that weren't enough, social media is blasted with campaigns to brand their church or movement, and their members are "requested" to "like" their post/page and share. You'll hear things like, "our preacher can really preach" and "oh boy, we had a great message today". There isn't anything wrong with any of these things, except it seems like they're always focusing on all the minor subjects. They invest all this energy in labor that won't produce an eternal harvest, all in the name of "who", I ask? I'm certain their zeal is usually on target and I'm not faulting or attempting to modify behavior. Behavior modification doesn't work anyway!

It's just that we've almost lost sight of the reason for having a gathering in the first place! If you're gonna gather, don't do it to cover the same base over and over. In baseball, you'd get to first base and never score a run. Let's gather to train the people, so they can be empowered to go into their world a blessing to others, demonstrating God's true compassion for the world!

Maybe it's coming across as bashing or being harsh. I'm sure some will think these subjects shouldn't be talked about in the open, but I can't imagine a better place for it. What I'd like to see is honesty about where we are. In my personal relationship with God, that's where I experienced Him so it seems reasonable to expect it corporately, in like manor. As I contrast (or survey) our present presentation of Jesus to the world, I just don't see Him being lifted up IN THE WAY HE DESIRES. How can I say I know His desires? Because my mind has been changed and I can see how His engine room operates in the world.

Let's look at what the Apostle Paul wrote just after he addresses hero worship; whether Paul or Apollos should be given credit (read 1 Cor 4 in it's entirety HERE or listen to it HERE but below are the verses we'll discuss)

I can't for the life of me understand how the modern church can say we have the same leadership as what we read in these verses. Honestly, I can say but you won't want to hear it. Well, that settles it; I'm gonna tell you for sure now. "Everything we call church isn't The Church". So much of what we call "Church" is really a supporting organization to facilitate a real move of God. We fell in love with the idea that we could lean on this system (instead of leaning on His understanding) to help, kinda like a crutch. Somehow, we've come to accept it's okay to help Him since being His flesh was too difficult. I'm not saying God hasn't allowed or even led at times, to have denominations (as some might say). I certainly don't think those are a complete expression of who He is, but everyone has ideas and opinions about what they believe, so in that light, there are as many denominations as there are people. Let's look at denominations as fractions. We know that all fractions are part of the whole. Somewhere along the course of studying basic mathematics, we began working with fractions.  We learned that fractions are not the whole, but they were part of the whole. So, what did we do? PizzaWe learned to find "THE COMMON DENOMINATOR"! What do we all have in common? We are all loved and accepted by God. We can start and end with this simple common denominator.  With a common denominator we can find equivalent fractions, expressed other ways. Through the cross, we discover it doesn't matter what organization you or I belong to, or where our membership is. We discover that God really did love the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son. Now that He sits at the Father's side, we are His flesh, for Spirit to live. In light of being a unique individual, viewing the world through unique eyes, there is nothing wrong with being a slice; in fact, THAT'S THE PLAN! When I'm speaking of being a part of The Whole, I'm speaking of being a member of His Body; human flesh for Spirit to live and move and have His being.

The Nation is a many membered body; ONE body, which when we're in tune with Spirit, we produce ONEvoice (that's why we are aka ONEvoice or Restoration House Ministries). Well, now that we're back from that commercial break, let's read verses 9 thru 13 of 1 Corinthians 4:

4:9  If you really want to know, there is nothing glamorous about being an apostle! It seems to some that God has us on exhibition as it were, as clowns in the circus; the laughing stock of the religious world-system! We are the latest gossip in town. Even the angels frown upon us! And you want to idolize us, think again! We are not handing out autographs! Neither are we your latest brand of Christianity! We have a death-sentence hanging over our heads!
4:10  Because of Christ we are considered fools (in the eyes of the religious society!) Our foolishness serves only one purpose though: to prove to you that Christ is your wisdom. Our weakness serves to convince you of your source of strength in Christ; our ill repute in the eyes of popular opinion is to persuade you of your honored standing in Christ! (Do not allow what we are suffering for you to distract you from realizing how wise, and strong, and honored you really are in Christ.)
4:11  While writing this to you my life would seem such a contradiction! I mean here I am telling you how complete and without shortcoming you already are, and I can hardly remember when last I have had a decent meal! As I am writing this my mouth is dry with thirst, I’m stripped of my clothing; I have been beaten black and blue, and have nowhere to go.
4:12  I feel the fatigue from my physical labor. When people insult us we make sure that we speak well of them. We are harassed, but bear with it.
4:13  Hurtful rumors do the rounds but we find refuge and comfort in our true identity. We are reckoned as scapegoats, the scum of society. This is what we are faced with on a daily basis. (1 Cor. 4:9-13 Mirror)

To my human understanding it seems strange we have so many churches led by so called "apostles", "prophets", "evangelists", "pastors and teachers", who seem more interested in campaigning, strategizing, advertising, packaging, aligning, branding, and a whole host of other marketing angles rather than demonstration of power. I see so few leaders exhibit the reckless abandonment to Christ, as seen in the preceding few verses. It's a lack of fathers; I am convinced, but it's also our lack of submission to apostolic fathers in the Church. Looking on Facebook and other social media, you'll get a good idea of 'who is with who' by the posts we 'like' and by the people we ignore. No wonder the world thinks we're just a bunch of religious bigots. Often, WE ARE!

To anyone who does not believe the message of the gospel, it's to their own loss the message of the cross seems foolish; but to us who discover our salvation there, it is the dynamic of God. Isaiah wrote: I will confuse the wisdom of the "so-called" wise and prove their experts wrong! (1 Cor 1:18,19 Mirror)(Isa 29:14)

Too many times I've been surprised to discover I've been wrong about people and their approach to ministry and life. I think we often are a little quick to pronounce judgement when we're often saying, "they're not like me". Possibly, that's what I'm doing again right now. I hope so and am willing to learn, even if it's the hard way. There's a list of people I could tell you about, where my initial instinct was in error because they appeared to be of the world; they presented themselves in a way that I was not familiar with being abandoned in Christ, so I discerned incorrectly. In those times, I was wrong. We've got to give each other this grace. Grace to recognize God is bigger than our understanding. Hopefully, we can learn to recognize when our hearts burn from hearing truth, so much the Holy Spirit can interrupt our plans for His, ceasing our divisive ways. When I got to know the people I am thinking about, it was easy to hear their heart and passion to see God's children be led into the place of promise and it was then I could appreciate the amazing Gift in them. When I stopped looking at their package I began to see people as Christ sees them.

The main reason I didn't recognize them as being a gift from God was I didn't know their story. I hadn't gotten intimate with them, probably because of fear. I was caught up in my own circumstances and more than likely, marketing my own products, calling them "whatever". I've come to believe there is a small place of power, where He rests and we're invited to reign there with Him (in His Rest). This throne is a place in the perfect Love of God, where Love governs and fuels everything. It's not a worldly definition or an emotional love. It's through faith in Him, that we are Baptized by fire to see God is/as Love. This is the engine room of God and the power plant. The offense is foolish to the world. The power of Pentecost is available, and possibly more, so that we too have all things in common (common denominator). Once we find the common denominator, we can begin to make whole numbers out of the fractions (we can understand people and appreciate them as a gift).

Filed Under: Current Events, Kingdom Tagged With: 1 Corinthians 4, Apostle, Christian, David Roberts, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, God is no respector of persons, Kingdom of God, One with God

Why Does God Have a Body?

April 17, 2016 By David Roberts Leave a Comment

BodyAlthough we become accustomed to recognizing each other by the way we look, our physical appearance is a house for the real you. It's your spirit and your soul that people get to know when they think of you. Your personality, your mind, your unique way of seeing life and others all make up 'YOU'. You live in your body just like God's Spirit lives in His. Think about how exiting that is, but also think about the heavy responsibility to take His name. If you're married, chances are that one of you took the others' name. Similarly, taking God's name, as part of His family takes on the responsibility that you'll be a truthful ambassador, revealing God's true self. This is done without effort simply by having faith in Him. The miraculous manifestation is a body of world-wide believers who demonstrate who God is. Just like your neighbors know you when you step outside, the same is true when His body steps into the world.
The purpose of God's Spirit living in one person or a group of people isn't to make them prideful, but so He can express His nature to all the nations of His world. Unless you're an identical twin, or a doppelganger, your body is one of a kind. Even with identical twins there are differences, which are unique, based on the individual's life. As an example, if one twin is in a terrible accident and loses an ear, the other twin will still have their ear, so recognizing someone is based on more than genetics; it's also about scars from life experiences. The bottom line is that people know you when they "see" YOU and they know God when we show HIM to them. Being known by our love one for another isn't just a side effect; it's the blue-print.
On the television show "Cheers", we all remember Norm entering the bar with a joke. Everyone knew him, or did they? When people get to know you, they recognize you, and also begin to recognize your voice and sense your ways. The very same truth is with God's body, His Church. The purpose of God having a Church is to make Himself known. The question begs an answer, "To whom does He need to reveal Himself?" I would argue that we've preached to the choir enough. Maybe we should take the same meetings we're having on Sunday, and use them like a university, where we mature people rather than trying to be a hospital. Leaders, if we did our jobs correctly, we'd send the hospital to the sick.

God's body has the same function as your body; it carries you where you want to go. His "called out" are called to reveal God; so the world can "see" Him, and understand His ways. Without purpose "the church" would be just another group of people, who compare ourselves by ourselves. Our purpose is to show the world God, as He really is [He really does love you]. Local church government not founded with this foundational truth will always find itself in competition with God instead of in cooperation with Him.

If you think you're part of His church, it really boils down to one thing; have you taken His name in vain? If you're a leader in His church this topic is an apostolic truth that does not waiver.

Filed Under: Kingdom Tagged With: Apostle, David Roberts, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, Good news, Kingdom of God, One with God

Can the Unseen God be Seen?

February 13, 2015 By David Roberts

blindI'm controversial. So what? Man didn't change me but His faithful, steadfast Love did.:

What most accept to be the "church community" generally places a lot of emphasis on the seen (gay marriages, etc.), while saying with our mouths, "We trust the Unseen God."

Don't get worked up over societies' woes unless it's your being honest to communicate that by changing society, you believe we will be closer to God. If you believe this, you believe a lie. This line of thinking is not how God thinks; it's not the mind of Christ.

He does not place all the emphasis on the seen. He sets sign posts to reveal Himself in the Earth, not to be worshiped and enforced on others, but to point toward Him, for those who seek Him. For all our talk about trusting an Unseen God, maybe we should start trusting this Unseen God. To trust Him for specific outcomes is trusting the seen, not God. Trusting Him by offering up your promise (Abraham offers up Isaac).

Don't get me wrong. I'm not condoning anything, but what's the greater abomination: A man lays with a man, or His Church laying with His Church (If His Love doesn't meet it's intended target, we are the greater abomination- His Love was never intended be left inside the walls of the church building)? Be emptied of your own ideas about "Tomorrow". He will not build on your ideas. Instead of trying to change the seen, trust the unseen. God is not judging America near as much as "The Church" is being tested in fiery trials. Our motives are on trial. He's searching for His Bride, Himself in the Earth. This test is not open book but I hope you're ready to take it, because it's here.

"...when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” Jn 21:18 esv

To answer the question about seeing the Unseen God; I believe the answer is "yes". If we surrender to His Grace, we become an open portal of God. With our veil removed, the unseen in us will flow like Living Water.

Filed Under: Kingdom, Spiritual Tagged With: Alabama, Apostle, David Roberts, Evangelist, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, Gay Marriage, God is no respector of persons, Good news, Heaven, Homosexual, invitation, John 14:12, One with God, Pre-conceived ideas, Pre-Coneived Ideas, Prophet, Respect, Restoration House Ministries, Spirit, Unconditional Love, Where is God

How Does God Choose His Elders that “Mother” His Glory?

February 7, 2015 By David Roberts

God chooses some in the Earth who "Mother" the glory of God. He chooses whom He pleases without consulting human flesh (read Matthew 12:50, Luke 8:21, Mark 3:35). These "Mothers" are vessels of honor, with no cracks (they are sincere).  They have illumination that 'doing' the will of God is not in human effort, as does the old wine skin. They do not reject the resurrection because they remain in awe of Him. They depend upon Him for every breath.

There are others, who love systems, their lives and human logic more than Spirit. They have not died, but this does mean they are disqualified. By purging themselves from the mind centered in the cares of the world, they shall be a vessel of honor, sanctified and in agreement for the Master's use. Then, they may be prepared to do every good work (II Tim 2:20,21).

babyIn the world, vessels of dishonor love man's failed systems, typically considered to be "church", defined solely with human intellect, without preparing others to abide in The Kingdom. Held hostage in a school only those like itself can graduate, the cycle repeats. Not all, but many of the "shepherds" of these institutions have already received their reward. They have argued with God about who is in charge of "the body". This morning, my mind began to think of one of the decisions Solomon made. Recorded in I Kings 3, two women had a disagreement about who was the mother of a child. One mother, said not to split the baby and walked away, while the other demanded the baby be split in half and they would each have half. In Solomon's wisdom, he determined the true mother was the one willing to give up the child. She loved her baby so much, she was willing to die for him to live. Her instinctive role was not to demand her rights to be the mother. Her instinctive role revealed in salvation to the child. As painful as it was, she denied her own desire and was willing to lose the role of mother to her child and that is how she gained the right to care for him.

By attempting to abort the Child coming in the Earth, vessels of dishonor reveal themselves as shepherds for hire, who will dance any song you sing, as long as the price is right. Ruling by force and by show is what seems right to the carnal mind but to those who have allowed their minds to be renewed, by the washing of the Word, they see the Kingdom of God in everyone. To those who have ears to hear, the Bride of Christ is not many different parts, but it's One Bride of many members.

Are you His mother? It doesn't matter what position you have or how many boards you sit. It doesn't matter how many certificates wallpaper your wall. And it doesn't matter if you're like the little kid in school that never got chosen. The Gift in you will make it's own way no matter how painful the birthing pains. What matters is, are you willing to lay it all down, right now, just at the idea it may save what God is doing in the Earth? If so, you are His "Mother".

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: Agape, Alabama, Apostle, Bible, boast in weakness, David Roberts, Dishonor, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, God is no respector of persons, Honor, Kingdom of God, One with God, Pre-Coneived Ideas, Prophet, Respect, Restoration House Ministries, Shepherd, Teacher, Unconditional Love, Where is God

Understanding Yeshua (Jesus) Fulfilling the Law

January 31, 2015 By David Roberts

Love Fulfills LawMany Christians find the law of Moses and Yeshua (Jesus) difficult to understand (reconcile). It really boils down to understanding the difference between "law enforcement" and "law fulfillment". He not only fulfilled the law but desires to continue fulfilling it through you.

The standard is not to keep the regulations but to die to what seems right, so the Spirit in you can lead you. The regulations keep themselves when you surrender to God. Being led of Spirit (loving God with all your heart, soul and body) results in looking past others performance (loving your neighbor as you love yourself).

Reconciling the Old and the New is not in finding how they are different, but how the two witnesses were saying the same thing all along. Two cant walk together unless they agree. If this seems like a foreign language, pray to understand the difference between "law enforcement" and "law fulfillment".

Meditate on this... Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:10 (NKJV)
By no means are these few words intended to be all inclusive of all the wonderful discoveries many are making and is offered as a reference to help discern the difference in old and new wine skins. I hope this helps you. Feel free to comment, like and/or share.

Filed Under: Kingdom, Spiritual Tagged With: Agape, Alabama, Apostle, Bible, boast in weakness, David Roberts, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, God is no respector of persons, Kingdom of God, One with God, Prophet, Restoration House Ministries, Shepherd, Spirit, Unconditional Love

Roundtable Discussion on Greater Works than Jesus Part 2

August 28, 2014 By David Roberts

No sooner than I'd finished Part 1, we thought we should go ahead and include a followup. We have a part 3 in our heart but it may or may not make it to the web. Just to give you the point, just imagine what a city would look like if several people took this seriously? I see an army of God's people rising out of the Earth. I see this army as an army on horseback, a cavalry, if you will. He's leading the charge now!

BACK TO PART 1


“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. John 14:12 NKJV

Filed Under: Kingdom, Vlog Tagged With: Agape, Alabama, Apostle, Bible, David Roberts, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, Good news, Greater Works, Heaven, John 14:12, Kingdom of God, One with God, Restoration House Ministries, Unconditional Love

Will Love Free Anyone?

August 5, 2014 By David Roberts

VideoFeatured001804b2014512x286The Ebola virus is very serious stuff and should be given a lot of attention. My real question is why we don't we use the antidote to fear? We have it, or at least we talk about it enough...

The only antidote to living in fear is unconditional love.  It will cause a shift, shaking everything we thought we knew.  I don't suppose I have full understanding of this but I have enough to want the rejects that are being thrown away.  I now know how the captives are set free, cause I'm one of them.  Unconditional love sets whoever you come in contact with, FREE.  Hey, don't rush to judgement about what being set free looks like.

Well, how does it look then?  I'm glad you asked (lol)... During an encounter with someone, there are invisible strings being pulled in a hierarchical fashion.  Every human has them.  You've (your ego has) sharpened the skill since the day you were conceived in flesh.  From that moment, human reasoning began to learn risk and reward, in order to ultimately manipulate situations.  When one party in a relationship doesn't 'bite' on pulling back on these invisible strings, that party is either accepting or rejecting without regard to condition.  Love accepts the other without regard to condition.  When you LOVE, it sends a flash of illumination to whomever you are connecting.  This LOVE actually illuminates their soul.  It gets their attention because your response is totally not based on the same principals they've honed.  In this instance, they are "free".  Whether they resume feeding from the same methods that have gotten them this far isn't the question, but at this moment, they have "seen" God.  They have seen love in another form, you.  They may not recognize it, but it's God all the same.

Even though you may not understand, I'm not going to continue giving examples to prove a point.  I just want to ask, " What set you free?  Was it the law of sin and death or because you believed?"

Filed Under: Spiritual Tagged With: Alabama, Bible, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, Heaven, Kingdom of God, One with God, Restoration House Ministries, Shepherd, Spirit, Teacher, Unconditional Love

Till Christ be Formed in You

August 4, 2014 By David Roberts

Several months ago, I made this short video to put here.  I never posted it, and for whatever reason, this morning I woke up thinking I should post it.  I hope someone will find some freedom in it.  If you have a few minutes, I'd love for you to take a look at it and give me your thoughts.

Filed Under: Kingdom, Vlog Tagged With: Agape, Alabama, Apostle, Christ be formed, David Roberts, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, Good news, Heaven, Kingdom of God, One with God, Restoration House Ministries, Teacher, Unconditional Love

You’re Invited to Restoration House Ministries

August 2, 2014 By David Roberts Leave a Comment

Welcomewrld753x570If you're wounded from the battles of life, we think you may be closer to harvest, than you might otherwise believe.   The love of God is best revealed by our diversity, rather than our uniformity.   It's in unconditional acceptance we find Light. Uniformity judges based on things seen rather than the heart.  If you've been rejected (or at least perceive it that way) we want you.   If you're a Christian Church who has a few people that just don't fit in, send them to Restoration House Ministries; we want them.   We'll take your rejects and your misfits; we'll take your square pegs that don't seem to fit in your round holes.  Come as you are but don't be offended if we're just as open as we've invited you to be.

There are a few ground rules:

  • First, although we say to come naked, we mean that you should wear clothes (lol).  Come as you are means to come and be honest with yourself and God.  
  • Second, we don't throw rocks; we accept and give love, as best we know how.
  • Third, we come hungry to be conformed into the image of Christ.

All too often, we don't accept each other where we are, but it's time that stops.  We can't change the entire world but we can change our world.  Come; let's not despise small things.  In what many call small, there are great shifts, ready to happen in you.  This shift will change your world.  Call it foster parenting, if you will, but I want to cover you until you find your way.

If you're a Christain Church who has a few people that just don’t fit in, send them somewhere that embraces diversity; we want them.

We’ll take your rejects and your misfits; we’ll take your square pegs that don’t seem to fit in your round holes.

You might say, we're foster parents to the spiritually disenfranchised.

Come for a few months or a few years, or don't leave at all. We might discover God has given us each other since before the foundations of the world.

Come as you are, but don’t be offended if we’re just as open as we’ve invited you to be.

Filed Under: Current Events, Kingdom Tagged With: Apostle, David Roberts, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, invitation, One with God, Restoration House Ministries, Shepherd, Spirit, Teacher, Unconditional Love

It’s Shocking and Should Leave You with Your Mouth Open

March 14, 2014 By David Roberts Leave a Comment

There all sorts of topics being talked about in the world.  The 'juicy' ones are the ones that are 'shocking'.  They are the ones where the movie star has some sort of love affair or secretly has an eating disorder.  If you don't believe me, when's the last time you were in a check out line at your local grocery store?  While checking out, you have your choice of a bounty of 'fresh kill' ready to meet the craving within our natural value system.

shockMost anyone exposed to Biblical teaching, preaching or personal study has heard the word 'Agape' being used.  No one would disagree that 'Agape' is the Greek word for 'Love' when used as a noun.  The study is extensive so I'm not attempting to 'can' what it means.  Often, we also use the word 'Love' (Agape), when we attempt to 'describe'.  In those cases, the word 'agape' is being used as an adjective or adverb.  The descriptive word (adjective or adverb), as defined by Merriam-Webster means, "having the mouth open because of wonder, surprise, or shock".

Not very interesting so far, but this is why distinguishing the difference between noun and descriptive words are important.  If our definition of 'Agape Love'  does not leave us with our mouths open, in shock; it is not Agape Love.  God's Love is so radical and so complete that it offends our flesh.  To the flesh, it's the end of it's own value system; it's death.  An example of this is that I was not saved 35 years ago; I was saved 2000 years ago when He finished the 'work'.  Actually, it all happened from the foundations of the world.  Our lack of presenting Truth as it is, waters down Grace.  When presented in-correctly, it leaves people with a choice on whether to 'get saved' or not.   There is a decision to make but it isn't whether to 'get saved' or not.  The decision is to taste and see what He already did.  I guess right now I just wanna say, "Preach the Truth Church!  If your presentation of Truth doesn't leave people with their mouth open, in shock, it isn't Truth.  God loves radically and the things we think separate us, may be the things that draw Him nearer."

Okay, so everything that leaves our mouths open and in shock is not Truth either.  Of course.  My point is that we should be slow to speak from a position of instruction.  When we do speak, it should be of our real experience with God and of the Grace He has given.  We find it so uncomfortable talking about our own frailty and issues that it leaves me wondering if most of what we know as leadership in 'The Church' has even made the choice to taste themselves.  How would we know if someone is tasting of God's goodness?  I can't say for sure, but I can tell you what it looks like in Paul, and sometimes myself.  In Paul, he boasted in his weakness, so that Christ's power might rest in Him.

Okay, one final rant, "Don't worship the placenta!"  Look for the Baby coming through our natural organizations and our natural lives.  He comes to get us where we are, but it would be dysfunctional if we were to attempt to keep the placenta along with the baby.  Discard the placenta as unimportant and fulfilling it's function! Prophecies and speaking in tongues are the same way.  Our quest for knowledge will no longer be important once we grasp our real connection with God.

I titled this little article as "It's Shocking and Will Leave You with Your Mouth Open".  Just remember this the next time you flinch when someone is sharing their experience with God.  Also, be aware if you don't have this experience when they claim they're telling you about God's Love, because it may not be.

Peace2U,
David
 

Filed Under: Kingdom Tagged With: Agape, Alabama, Apostle, Bible, boast in weakness, Chin drop, David Roberts, Evangelist, Father's Heart Gadsden AL, Good news, Heaven, Kingdom of God, One with God, Power of God, Prophet, Restoration House Ministries, Shepherd, Spirit, Teacher, Unconditional Love

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