The Church Is Going To Meet

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. —Malachi 3:1

A careful reading of the scriptures will reveal that Jesus fulfilled this word twice: once at the beginning of his ministry and the other at the end of his ministry. Both cleansings was meant to bring his house back to its original intent: “My house shall be called a house of prayer.” The Jews response to this was driven of the devil; they wanted to kill him. After all, was he not the lowly carpenter, the son of Joseph? He did not fulfill their expectations; therefore they could not abide him. They could not stomach his ministry because they could not hear his voice: “For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him” (Acts 13:27). This was a most fatal error, because the voice of the scriptures and the presence of Jesus is one and the same.

A frightful thing is occurring this very hour. Jesus has once again come to his temple at the end of all things and the church at large does not recognize his voice. Jesus is standing today at the church of America just as he stood at the door of the church at Laodicea,“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20). This voice is “put on the shelf” because it is once again being spoken by “lowly carpenters.” This is because the scriptures are no longer the only authority required; now you have to have led a “major move of God.” Listen to what one of the modern day “prophets” asked someone who “dared” to question adultery in the life of a healing evangelist, “What gives you the credentials? What moves of God have you led? What have you built?” This line of thinking exposes a MAJOR FUNDAMENTAL ERROR!! Credentials, moves, and buildings can NEVER be the criteria for judging moves of God—see Jeremiah.If the size of your meeting constituted your being able to speak for the Lord, then Madonna and Lil Wayne would lead the way! Poor Jeremiah wouldn't stand a chance; he never led a big revival. The only fail proof standard by which we can judge anything is the Word of God!!!

The Word of God is the only judge and standard we need because the Word of God is alive and breathing and is not SILENT! Jesus is the Word of God and for all who has ears to hear he is speaking his commandments once again to his church. You must understand that Jesus did not knock on the door of the Laodicean church forever; He finally did get some of them to the door. We read of this in Luke 14:17-20:

“And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.”

This is exactly where we are at in the church today:consumed with the things of the world including man made doctrines! The true voice of the Lord is not recognized because we are listening to another voice and are preparing for something of this temporary life. God is fixing to take his church out of the world! In this last hour the most dangerous thing to a man is a piece of land, an ox, and a wife that has become the focus of what the kingdom of God is all about. In this hour of where the “Titanic” has already begun taking on water, the gospel message is not focusing on that which is destined to be burned, it is zeroing in on but ONE thing: SOULS, SOULS, AND MORE SOULS.

When the servant reported back to the Master of the house and told him of all the “lame ox” excuses he had been given, we read of the response of Jesus. “Then the master of the house BEING ANGRY said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. This MANDATE TO GO QUICKLY is the word that is proceeding out of the mouth of the Lord today. This preaching of the gospel to the halt, the maimed, and the blind is one and the same with the five wise virgins who were pouring their oil into the wounded. All this represents the church that is hearing the heartbeat of the Lord and therefore are in one mind and one accord! It is the church coming full circle back to it’s first love. A church that is going to meet first in the upper room of the Passover for cleansing from sin; and then in the upper room of Pentecost for prayer, then power, then multiplication of souls. This church may have to meet again at the cave Adullam, but it is going to meet!!!

ALL THIS WILL BE DONE TO FULFILL THAT WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET JESUS IN THE BOOK OF JOHN THE APOSTLE: "THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE;AS THOU, FATHER, ARE IN ME, AND I IN THEE, THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US:THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT THOU HAST SENT ME. Amen:so be it unto us according to his word!!!