Brethren in Christ,
I write to you with the utmost sincerity of spirit and pray for you in
each day to know God and begin to experience life as He alone has made
for you to experience. Today, we have a lot of preachers, teachers,
churches, gatherings, revivals, worship sessions, prayer meetings,
fasting sessions and God-related activities. In these places, when
activities are done, either words are spoken, songs are sang, prayer points
are shared or a revelation/prophecy is pronounced, there usually is an
experience that follows. We know this experience as the move of God's
Spirit on us and people begin to cry, laugh, dance, shout, pray, speak,
groan, move, speak in unknown tongues and have an experience with the
spirit of God.
A question I
would pose to you is this: Would you know the difference between an
emotional experience born of flesh and a spiritual experience born of
the Spirit of god? Before you answer this, I would like you to consider
the words of Jesus in Matthew 7: 21 - 23:
'Not everyone who says
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that
does the il of my Father which is in Heaven. Many will say to me in
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out demons? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then I will profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye
that work iniquity."
A sincere spiritual experience is one where
God is in charge of our emotions also. The Bible records that 'by their
fruits, ye shall know them'. Brethren, it does not matter how many
church services you have attended, how many godly articles you have
written, how many times you have cleaned the church or how many times
you led the worship or prayer sessions. The truth is much simper than
that: it is in total surrender to God's Spirit that you will find rest
and identity in Christ. Do not be swayed to the left or to the right, by
words, movements or emotional experiences but rather let Jesus Christ
lead you by the hand through the Holy Spirit to a perfect Identity as
God alone has made.
Be wary of the fruits of the flesh.
God Bless You
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