god's final warning to all churches

04/10/23 copyright www.brainybetty.com 2006

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Church Heads building their own churches-

not my church


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Result?• You have sown

much

• But you bring in little

• What a lot of efforts you pastors are putting in

• Your efforts bring in less fruits


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Result?• 3000 baptized

the same day

• Believers were together & had all things in common Acts 2:44

• Anyone of you baptized 3000 the same day?

• Any church which practices this concept today?


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Result?• Number added

day by day

• Ananias fell down & died

• Any pastor giving baptism every day?

• Any one falling down & dying at the admonition of pastor?


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Result?• Great fear came

upon all who heard

• You looked for much

• Is there fear among the believers to enter unworthy?

expectation of souls are high

Result?

Your house – glorious !

My house- remains a ruin!

LISTEN & OBEY“Go up the mountain” – Early morning

spend 2.30 hours at Prayer mountain

“bring wood” - seek for souls (Hag.1:8)

- Spiritual warfare to be waged for

releasing captive souls(Mt 12:29; Mk 3:27; Lk 11:21, Is 49:24)


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And build the house

• As Moses built it according to the pattern

shown to him

• I will take pleasure & will be glorified


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Go up to the mountain!

• Start getting plans from the Lord

• Every day affair!• Where to go, not to go, whom

to speak. whom not to speak what to do, what not to do etc

I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH

• HIS MODEL CHURCH = HIS BRIDE (Eph 5:27)

FOR WHICH HE SHED HIS BLOOD THAT IT MAY BE SPOTLESS

MODEL CHURCH

ILLUSTRATIONS 1

• 1.Construction workWill you hire a worker without skill?

Will you hire an unskilled worker & pay him wages every month?

I will never send a believer with no gift to your church


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– Are my people cattle tied to poles, coming at regular time for eating feed?

– Come Sunday– take fixed seat– spend 2 hours– go away!– lifelong routine!


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• My people kept like barren eunuchs at palaces just given food and work

• Church kept ever barren!


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• If your children are not married aren’t you sad?

• Why my church

Barren &unproductive?

CHURCH FAILURE


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• Input-land, building,people,

• property, talents,wisdom,

• experience etc.

•Output-•No.of evange-lists sent out


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CHURCH FAILURE

Why no Apostles / Evangelists / bold Prophets today ?

• Why only handful in the world ?

• Church did not train them! Raise them!


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• Where are Peters / Pauls / Philips today ?

• Why none from YOUR church ?

• Did the power of Holy Spirit decrease ?

CHURCH FAILURE


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• Why the Church keeps dumb?• No prophet to rebuke such vulgarism?• Why don’t you condemn• such disasters ?• Why no condolence message for such

dead church ?• Why do you keep silent ?• Why no protest ?


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Church in India to send condolence message to churches when such

things are heard

• Moses saw Aaron allow the people go without restraint –11 tribes weak! Ex 32:25

•Committed Moses – asked the zealous Levites to take sword!


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ARISE!

• They went against their sons and brothers

Asked Levi to consecrate themselves to the LORD

“ I will make you a blessing”

(Ex 32:29)


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• Take the Sword-the Word • Go to the neighbouring church• Go to the Church in other countries• Clean up the Churches –make it

Jehovah’s dwelling place!• No abomination should be seen inside!


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Go to the White House!A trumpet to your lips!If not,enemy will pursue them!In distress they will seek me! I will not be seen!

Call to the Church in India!


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WARNING

• What is the motive of going abroad ?

Hos 4:8 ?• If you must go, would you be a John the

Baptist ?• If you must go, accept only the travel

expenses • Get my consent if you need to receive extra

funds


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BURDEN FOR THE WEST

• Be indebted to church in West

• Your duty to correct them

• Don’t be concerned only about ‘your’ church! they have sent missionaries to you!


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CHURCH RUNNING AT LOSS!

• Why no strategy ?

• Why no plan ?

• When the world has advanced why you have not grown?

• Will any company function

without purpose and plan ?


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Church – a dumping place?

Of dummy aimless, passive

Spectators?

ACCUSATION AGAINST THE CHURCH


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ACCUSATION AGAINST THE CHURCH

• Regular attendance ?• Regular giving ?• “Yes boss” – blind obedience to Pastor?

6 days active work- 7th day spectator -

fearful slave = INEFFECTIVE

THE CHURCH HEAD HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS


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• Bear their weaknesses!• Give opportunity to them to

exercise their gifts• Allow them to grow!`


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I WILL NO MORE BE PATIENT WITH YOU

If you don’t heed now I will remove your ministry !


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Identifier of gift, Enabler Facilitator Developer Motivator Encourager Focused on Jesus (John the Baptist model)


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Number trained • Number commissioned• Number sent

Number of planted churches

• Reports of successful ministry (Acts 13:47; 14:25-27; 15:3)

• A Church all the 7 days active • A Pilgrim Church (Acts 16-18)• A CHURCH ON THE MOVE• New members replacing those sent

•A Pilgrim Church(Acts 16-18)

•A CHURCH ON THE MOVE

•New members replacing those sent


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GO• Where I send you

• For training• For ministry• Stay as long as I tell you• Stay where I tell you (Acts 18:18)

• Preach, Counsel (Acts 17:22, 18:4,7)

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• Prove with Word & signs (Acts 18:5, 11)

• Move – Don’t stay for more than 1 years (Acts 18:6-7)

• I will give you the gift of discerning (Acts 18:23)

Today’s Priesthood an unnecessary mediatory system

Every believer- a priest!God wants to relate with each soul,

• establish a personal relationship with each soul,

• Without a mediator,• Whether Priest,Clergy,evangelist,

nobody should stand in between!• After catching a fish, entrust it with the

Master and Shepherd! No Soul belongs to pastor or priest!


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CHURCH FAILURE

Salvation = bringing out a soul from World’s

security bondage

Church – today has become another security bondage

Believer’s security = the church or the LORD ?


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• All the gifted persons-forced to become pastors

• Bible colleges-pastor producing factories• Many self-made pastors• Once made pastor- has to catch sheep• Pitiable condition!


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• Pastors failed to identify the gifts in believers

• Gifts neglected• Those who had gifts found

ministry outside the church• Even expelled from the church!• Many succumbed to the ill-

treatment and were backslidden


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Where the church failed they became substitutes!

• Independent Missionary Organisations-unnecessary shoot-ups! Due to the failure of the Church!

• They became para churches! All of them should have been functioning inside the Church!

All should function united as parts of the same body!