The wilderness church.
Now we are called not only to come out of the world but also to come into the promised rest of God. We are called out in order to strive to enter in. We are saved away from death in order to enter the race for life.
Hardly anyone is allowed to see the promised land before the time of entering. There are a few spies that God has allowed in to see and testify to the church of the wonders of the high calling in Christ.
But almost without exception...these voices are not heard. Just like the 12 spies that were sent over Jordan to investigate the promised land. Of these only two had the faith in God to see that it was possible to possess it.
When we are born again...we join the church in the wilderness. Unless there is a revival going on of course. Otherwise, routinely, the church is set up at a half-way point between the world and the kingdom of God. And this is by design.
In every generation and in every place the church needs to come together and seek the Lord for entrance into the promises of God.
The devil will do his utmost to have the people of God believe the wilderness is all there is in this life and stop people from striving to enter into victory with Christ. He will have us believe that the promised land is in a future afterlife...after we are safely dead...and no longer able to challenge his earthly authority.
So very few will actually enter into Christ....either as individuals or even more rarely as a victorious body. People have refused the race of faith for so long that practically no one can discern the high calling of God...even when they read about it in the plain text of the bible.
Now we are called not only to come out of the world but also to come into the promised rest of God. We are called out in order to strive to enter in. We are saved away from death in order to enter the race for life.
Hardly anyone is allowed to see the promised land before the time of entering. There are a few spies that God has allowed in to see and testify to the church of the wonders of the high calling in Christ.
But almost without exception...these voices are not heard. Just like the 12 spies that were sent over Jordan to investigate the promised land. Of these only two had the faith in God to see that it was possible to possess it.
When we are born again...we join the church in the wilderness. Unless there is a revival going on of course. Otherwise, routinely, the church is set up at a half-way point between the world and the kingdom of God. And this is by design.
In every generation and in every place the church needs to come together and seek the Lord for entrance into the promises of God.
The devil will do his utmost to have the people of God believe the wilderness is all there is in this life and stop people from striving to enter into victory with Christ. He will have us believe that the promised land is in a future afterlife...after we are safely dead...and no longer able to challenge his earthly authority.
So very few will actually enter into Christ....either as individuals or even more rarely as a victorious body. People have refused the race of faith for so long that practically no one can discern the high calling of God...even when they read about it in the plain text of the bible.
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