Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Repent, for the Kingdom is at Hand!

“For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds
much more in glory. For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect,
because of the glory that excels. For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious … the veil is taken away in Christ.”

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.”

The traditional church has many trappings, which it uses to make itself comfortable to they who seek. This is one approach to the gospel. (The church does hold the keys to the kingdom.) But few ever open up the door of faith that calls them beyond church-anity. Comfort is addicting. Truth may be unsettling.

The call beyond chucrhantiy is not a call to disassociate yourself with church, but to be above and beyond in spirit. For kingdom people, the church is a type unto the law, which was a schoolmaster. You men of the spirit have the teacher in you. That is why you do not go along with religious programming. Churchanity is not kingdom in nature. That is to say, it is not about righteousness peace and joy in the Spirit.

Kingdom men know God has another answer for their future. It is the holy place.

“Repent, for the kingdom is at hand.”

Most church folks would put that required repentance, off on those who never believed unto salvation. It is not for them that this word was released. It was for the believer.

Nicodemus was a covenant man. Yet he needed present truth, to discover the "Born-Again" experience. He was called by Jesus, to repentance unto the kingdom. One word can be powerful!

God’s way into the kingdom is repentance. That means a change of heart is needed to pass from churchanity to kingdom truth living. There is a glory in the church. It is enough glory to make the seeking heart hunger for more. Yet most church folks have had about all the church glory they can take. They are not blessed, for they do not hunger and thirst after the righteousness, which is first dimension kingdom. They do not understand that they have been given keys to translate them beyond mundane religion into saturation living. Sadly instead of seeking kingdom, the church trends toward entertainment or works. Most, want to stay entertained or “working for Jesus”. Church offers this freely and unashmendly. When this happens it has raised itself to sit in the seat of God.

If you will walk in the kingdom, you will be released from bondage to church. You will seek God in your all of your life. You will come beyond entertainment, and into truth living. You may serve in a church, but it will not be for position or man favor. It will be for and unto the king. There is a world that needs truth, dying in selfish focus, against a backdrop of a church that argues truths, and deceives itself into believing that it already has all. It holds its worldy wealth up as proof of Godliness.

Repentance unto the kingdom, changes focus from man, to God. It frees us from needing any confirmation by religious men. Godliness with contentment is great gain.

And that my friend is freedom. That my friend, is a greater glory than the law. That my friend is kingdom. But men live in condemnation. You are not to live in condemnation. Repent unto the kingdom today! It is full light!

Jhn 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

God gives opportunity for men in church to see beyond the vale. He gives keys that if used will unlock doors to kingdom power. But few have the courage to "come up hither", beyond the church realm into the fullness of glory.

When men refuse the kingdom message, they go into darkness. The church has much darkness. This is why we have visitations of God in the church, but he does not stay.
He is light. There is no darkness in him. To live in kingdom is to always see beyond and through darkness. If God were allowed to be God, in church, all darkness would be dispelled.

Repent, for the kingdom is at hand!

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