In 1 Corinthians 3:11, the Apostle Paul asserts, “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” This verse emphasizes the importance of grounding our faith and church practices in the truth of Scripture, particularly in the teachings and person of Jesus Christ.
In light of this biblical foundation, the emergence of the franchise church model raises critical questions about the authenticity and integrity of modern church practices. These franchise churches, often characterized by their corporate-like structure and marketing strategies, may represent a departure from the scriptural truths that should govern the life of the church.
The franchise church model often prioritizes growth and brand recognition over spiritual depth and community. Marketing strategies are employed to attract congregants, focusing on appealing aesthetics, entertainment, and consumer-driven experiences rather than the transformative power of the Gospel.
While there is nothing inherently wrong with utilizing modern tools to reach people, the risk lies in the potential dilution of the message. When churches operate like franchises, they may inadvertently build “houses of flesh,” as Paul might describe—structures focused on human ingenuity and appeal rather than divine truth.
This model can lead to an environment where the teachings of Scripture are secondary to the success of the church as a business. The emphasis shifts from discipleship and deep-rooted faith to numbers and profits. In an effort to cater to the preferences of a diverse audience, core biblical tenets may be bent or even abandoned, compromising the very foundation upon which the church should stand.
When congregations prioritize convenience and entertainment, they risk losing the rich tapestry of community, accountability, and spiritual growth that comes from a church firmly rooted in Scripture.
Moreover, the franchise church model often promotes a consumer mentality among congregants, who may view their relationship with the church as transactional. Instead of engaging in a commitment to a faith community characterized by mutual support and accountability, individuals may flit between congregations, seeking the latest program or the most engaging sermon.
This transient approach can undermine the biblical understanding of the church as the body of Christ, where believers are called to be active participants in each other’s lives and spiritual journeys. In contrast, a church established upon the foundation of Christ and anchored in Scripture fosters an environment of authenticity, growth, and genuine community.
When a church prioritizes biblical teaching, worship, and discipleship, it cultivates a space where believers can explore their faith deeply, encourage one another, and engage in the mission of the church with a sense of purpose.
These churches can create lasting impacts that resonate far beyond numerical growth, fostering spiritual maturity and resilience in their congregations. In conclusion, as we reflect on the implications of 1 Corinthians 3:11, it is crucial to evaluate the rise of the franchise church model with discernment.
While the desire to reach people and spread the Gospel is commendable, we must ensure that our methods align with the truth of Scripture and the foundational teachings of Jesus Christ.
By prioritizing spiritual depth over numerical success, we can build churches that reflect the heart of God and fulfill the mission of His kingdom. It is in this commitment to authenticity and Scriptural truth that we find the true essence of what it means to be the Church, the body of Christ in a world that desperately needs His light.
Once could look at our nation as a whole and rightly come to the conclusion that every area of moral decline is aspects of society that the Church compromised on. The Church of Jesus Christ is one that is purposed to transform cultures, not be transformed by them.
In conclusion, the analysis of the franchise model’s societal effects in contrast to the historical impact of the early Church poses critical questions about cultural engagement today. The challenges faced by contemporary communities necessitate a strong, uncompromised Church that understands its mission—one of transformation, dedication to God’s Kingdom, and reflection of Christ’s love and righteousness.
If you were to study cities that have seen a increasing rise of the Franchise model, would you find a change in the culture? Stats show that is not the case, in fact in many of those communities crime, poverty, corrupt governments, increasing levels of high school drop out just to name a few which inherently connected to the cultures that evil fosters.
Yet when you take a look at the societal impact that the early Church had, you will notice that they were able to impact the culture with the Kingdom, to were after 300 plus years, the Emperor Constantine took notice at how they were a people who walked in the extraordinary favor of the Lord God.
As this generation anticipates a profound move of God within society, there lies an invitation for believers to engage prayerfully and actively in culture, reclaiming the Kingdom of God’s values for their communities. Through repentance and renewed commitment to Christ’s principles, there is hope that the Church can again be a transformative influence, showing the world how to walk in the righteous and godly ways for which they were created.
I believe that we are on the verge of witnessing Heaven addressing these issues and our generation at this time in history is about to have a front row to Heaven’s invasion of the cultures of this world, and that is going to happen via the Houses of God that repent and turn back to the Cristo-centric foundation of Church governance, with a red-line distinction between those who remain compromised and those who turn back to seeking the King’s Kingdom and His Righteousness.
~Dr. Russell Welch Elder / Teacher: Highway to Heaven Church and Founder and Shepherd of Remnant Warrior Ministries / Remnant Warrior School of Spiritual Warfare.
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In recent years, a growing sentiment among many believers has emerged—a belief that the Church, as the body of Christ, is not fully realizing its potential or exercising the authority granted to it. This concern resonates deeply with individuals who see the world around them, filled with challenges and adversities, and are left wondering: Is the Church truly walking in its fullness during these turbulent times?
Or is it time for the Church to awaken, embrace its authority, and fulfill its divine calling? To address this question, we must first examine what it means for the Church to walk in its fullness. The fullness of the Church is not merely about numbers or the grandeur of buildings; it is about the effectiveness of its mission and the authenticity of its witness.
It involves the Church operating as a vibrant community of believers, empowered by the Holy Spirit, engaging in acts of love, service, and transformative action in society. It is about embodying the teachings of Christ, manifesting His love, and standing firm in truth.
However, many feel that this vision remains unfulfilled. In a world rife with division, moral ambiguity, and spiritual apathy, it is easy to feel that the Church has become complacent or distracted. The societal challenges we face—ranging from social injustice to environmental degradation—demand a robust and active response from the Church. This is where the notion of authority comes into play.
The authority of the Church is rooted in its identity as the body of Christ, called to be a light in the darkness and salt of the earth. Jesus Himself bestowed upon His followers the Great Commission, empowering them to go forth, teach, heal, and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19-20).
This authority is not just for personal spiritual growth but is intended to drive collective action that impacts the world. However, the realization of this authority requires an awakening. To awaken is to shake off the slumber of indifference and to rise to the occasion with boldness and purpose.
It means understanding the significance of one’s role within the Church and the obligation to contribute to its mission. The awakening of the Church entails a re-examination of priorities, a renewed commitment to prayer, and a willingness to engage in honest dialogue about the issues facing our communities.
It calls for the Church to confront its shortcomings and to actively seek reconciliation, justice, and healing both within and outside its walls. Furthermore, this awakening must also involve a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Throughout history, movements of revival have often served as pivotal moments for the Church to reclaim its authority and mission. These moments remind believers of the power that comes from God; it is a call to return to the source of strength and inspiration.
When the Church is in tune with the Spirit, it is equipped to tackle the complexities of the modern world with wisdom and compassion, leading to transformative change.
As fellow Remnant Warriors, we must ask ourselves: Are we content with the status quo, or are we willing to stand up and advocate for the fullness of the Church?
Are we prepared to embrace our collective authority, allowing it to inspire us to action?
This is not a call to trivialize our challenges but an invitation to rise above them with hope and resilience.
In conclusion, the Church’s journey toward walking in its fullness is both a challenge and an opportunity. It requires awareness, dedication, and a willingness to embrace the authority that has been entrusted to us.
As we reflect on our role as part of the body of Christ, may we seek an awakening that leads to a vibrant and impactful Church, ready to face the world boldly. Together, let us commit to fostering a community that embodies the teachings of Jesus, engages in meaningful action, and ultimately fulfills its divine calling in this hour.
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)
I have contended for several years now that the discipleship model Jesus gave us has been lost in the mainstream Church and we are witnessing the harvest of that today from our teens all the way up to those in the 20 – 40 year old range.
My son and I traveled to Paris Kentucky at the end of summer in 2020, to visit the historic site of Cane Ridge Revival. Within 30 minutes of leaving that location, Holy Spirit took me into a vision and told me when I returned home, I was to begin discipling individuals in the discipleship methods of the Lord.
At first, I said Lord I will do just that, but then I asked Him “What does that look like?” After He explained this, I mulled it over for a few hours, and then at our next gas stop I penned the following down:
“A Discipleship Ministry Dedicated to Training up Mountain Moving Disciples”
Reviving the relationally centered discipleship methods of Christ our Lord. Transactional in that we invest our lives (not religious programs) in others as the Lord invested His life into ours which births a transforming nature of the new birth (New Creation) which starts in the heart of Christ in us and begins the supernatural growth of the inward to that of the outward.
From there we see that when we allow Holy Spirit to use His Spiritual authority over the way we act and think, will birth a reforming (Reshaping) of who we have been purposefully reborn into, to that of a matured son or daughter with a destiny of becoming just like our Messiah and King, Christ our LORD.
Thus, we have been reborn of the Spirit into the original image, created in the very image of Father, Son, and Spirit.
So to sum up the process of Christ-like discipleship ministry: The whole purpose and foundation are that of training up disciples in the same Spiritual pattern that Jesus used in discipling His disciples; pouring everything (transactional) the Father poured into Him into the disciples, which caused an inward “transformation” which then sparks the new birth (New Creation) in the individual, which then manifests an outward Re-formation to where having gone through a Spiritual metamorphosis process, they end up looking and acting just like Jesus.
For thus has the LORD said to every man of Judah and of Jerusalem, break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns. (Jeremiah 4:3)
Now, when you throw Jeremiah 4:3 into the mix, you get a deeper meaning of what Jesus meant when He gave the parable of seeds in Matthew 13:1-23 to understand that true Biblical discipleship is a patient process, yet when done in the manner for which our Lord discipled His disciples the harvest can be world-changing.
“We are coworkers with God and you are God’s cultivated garden, the house he is building” (1 Corinthians 3:9)
Bill Johnson said “I am not concerned with building big Churches, I am invested in building Big disciples”
This is the heart of the Lord, to disciple Mountain Moving Disciples, and it should be that same desire of every Congregation. Instead, the majority of the modern American Church focuses on building bigger, and bigger, and bigger churches with multiple campuses, while at the same grossly missing the mark of discipleship.
Critics who are fans of these religious enterprises defensively claim that isn’t true. Yet the harvest we are witnessing in our nation amongst the 18 to 40-year-olds begs to differ with that assumption, if it were not true, we would see beautiful Kingdom fruit being manifested in the lives of radically transformed individuals, possessing the likeness of our Lord.
Many incorrectly view the huge church model as a validation of the founder’s calling and ministry, which is steeped in world philosophy, which in turn would view the ministry of our Lord, going from several thousand to just 12, as a complete and utter failure. The truth is Jesus never tasked us with building Churches, whether big or small, He clearly stated He would build the Ekklesia (Matthew 16:18), and we are to make disciples (Matthew 28:19).
Last Sunday Night while relaxing I decided to get a brief update on the war in Israel. In the clip that I watched a military strategist was explaining that in the weeks leading up to the siege into Gaza, the IDF had strategically staged its military forces in a staging area. As soon as I heard the word staging area Holy Spirit began speaking to me.
He said that is exactly what the Father has purposed Me to do with the Ekklesia. For the Lord’s ekklesia was never purposed to be a warehouse of saints. It was purposed to be a staging area of the Lord’s army, where they are gathered, given assignments, and sent out to expand the Kingdom via Spiritual warfare. The day of warehousing the saints is coming to a close.
He went on the say “I AM” directing My oils of anointing onto those families who are purposed to serve the King, His Kingdom, hungering for His Righteousness, not their own.
I am not speaking out against mega Churches although they do eat up most of the Lord’s resources in order to keep the religious machine’s ability to stay afloat. Whereas, using military terms, smaller groups of spiritually trained elite forces respond more quickly and covertly get into areas and accomplish some very big.
Then last night He began speaking to me about the parable of the seed in light of Jeremiah 4:3, and 1 Corinthians 3:9 and the need to disciple individuals in the method Jesus used, to cultivate the hard soil they come into the Body with, losing it up to become good soil.
And when we look at the verse in Jeremiah, we are the soil as well as though whom we are called to disciple, even as He had patience with us so much, we have patience with them. I don’t know if any of you have made a garden, but it can be labor, to say the least. But with work, you can prepare the ground. However, the reason you do not want to plant in an area with thorn bushes is that it can be very difficult to rid the soil of their seed.
Even rocky soil or dry soil can be difficult and time-consuming, however, if Holy Spirit directs you to take on hard cases, those who are difficult to disciple, you can trust that He will give you the grace to do so. Remember, we would not need a comforter if we weren’t going to be called into some uncomfortable situations.
This is the reason that patience is needed, but we must understand the spiritual principles of cultivating the soil of the culture. For whatever reason, the Church to a large degree has done a very bad job of that and in some cases, they have failed, whereas the culture of the world has greatly influenced them.
I live in a city filled with mega Churches, and their whole system is based on a worldly business model, from the marketing to the worship (performance-based). I know their members, or should I say fans of these religious institutions don’t like to hear that, but I see very little fruit of the Kingdom in this city. High crime, high divorce, child sex trafficking.
There are some that are somewhat new, but others that have been here for over 20 years. It took approximately 30 years for the first-century Church to turn one of the most paganistic idol-worshipping cities of that time, Ephesus, into a city burning with the flames of awakening and reformation. There is no indication of that happening in this city, and it grows worse by the year.
If we are to be honest, we must admit that the Church has done a terrible job at making good, healthy, tilled soil for seeds to fall on and have an actual chance to grow here. It has been way more concerned about its appearance and ability to fill its seat in order to receive the money to keep the engines of its religious machines running. And they’ve done this at a very high cost, to our families, cities, and nation.
They say they want a true Biblical revival to come to the Church, but they deceive themselves and remain selfish. A true Biblical revival would tear down the religious doctrines, and dismantle their man-centered leadership and such a revival would move the people into a righteous hunger to desire the authentic Kingdom more than the performance-based dead religious institutions led by the American idolized celebrity preachers that scatter this nation.
I hear Holy Spirit saying that Heaven is seeking a generation that comes to know Jesus like those in the first century, who will willing to face death just to be in an intimate relationship with their Lord. To see a burning people whose lives spark a revival within the mainstream Church, that comes out of their spiritual complacency and religious dogmas to carry those flames into every mountain of influence in our nation sparking a nationwide awakening that birth a nationwide Spiritual re-formation. And then carries those flames throughout the nations.
What I keep hearing as I tune into the frequencies of Heaven is that we are in a very critical urgent hour. The enemy has made great advances in spewing his evil doctrines throughout our cultures, strongmen are currently guarding the gates of influence in every nation. The call to the Remnant is to begin to strike with precision Spiritual prayer missiles so as to demolish these strongholds, to bind up these strongmen and retake the gates and occupy them to the Glory of the Lord.
The Father is so emphatic about this that He has sent His Angel Armies to assist His Ekklesia in this hour with the commands released from the courts of Heaven:
“Now is the time to launch a global offensive military strike to begin bringing the nation of the world under the dominion authority of King Jesus.”
First, we must remember that judgment does start in the house of the lord, we need to make room for His Apostles to establish the judgments of the courts of Heaven that the Father is releasing through His prophets in this hour. And we will know (rightly discern) that they are the judgment of the Father for even though they will be painful for a season they shall be wrapped in His love.
As well we must be totally surrendered to the governing authority of Holy Spirit, even as He judges our hearts as to what is of the Father and what is not. I can tell you from personal experience, that this will cause a place where if the flesh is still ruling within us, to be humbled and ultimately bow to the Lordship of Holy Spirit.
Yet we must surrender to this process if we want to be used by God in this hour, for we, like Jesus, must not have any place in our lives where the enemy can have influence, we must allow Holy Spirit to seek those places out so that we can lay them at the altar of the Lord and give Him permission to occupy those places. And I can’t emphasize this enough, we must allow the process of being consecrated under to the Lord have its course. As this opens wide the door of His sanctification.
Now, while the urgent message of returning to the methods of discipleship as taught by our Lord is clear, one of the main issues that He has shown me is the need to realize that in discipleship the invitation of intimacy must first be opened by the discipler. We must be willing to make ourselves completely vulnerable to those we are discipling. Just the thought of this can be very scary. Yet, if we look closely at how Jesus made Himself emotionally vulnerable to His disciples, we will see a potent spiritual weapon.
We know the enemy is aware of this as he has tried to corrupt this to turn people away from it. He was done so through to perversion of many who have taken advantage of those entrusted to them either emotionally or sexually or both. I can hear the Lord calling us to be the generation who unseats these spirits of perversion and walks in holiness with purity of hearts and motives. That is why it is so vital that we must ask Holy Spirit to baptize us in His FIRE.
Are we willing to pay the cost of being the generation who returns to discipling this generation according to the methods used by our Lord and His disciples? Are we ready to be hated and ostracized and made fun of by the world and the Institutional; man-centered Church?
I am more than confident, having spent time with Holy Spirit in the scriptures that when we start to make disciples Biblically, we will tear down societal structure and ultimately make the Remnant look like some sort of fanatical crazy Jesus-loving cult.
To actually be a Spiritual family of radical lovers of Jesus that lives together, who creates and runs businesses together, who adopts hundreds of children and even opens homes for them and establishes whole communities of faith-filled believers who hunger but for the King, His Kingdom, and His Righteousness.
After all, that is exactly what happened to the first-century believers who turned the known world upside down with the Gospel message of Christ and His Kingdom.
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I was recently reading a book written by one who fathered me spiritually early on at the beginning of my ministry days, Dr. Don Lynch. The Lord used this mighty man of God to pour into my life, important and strategic strategies pertaining to authentic Kingdom ministry.
In his book “Fathering -Transforming Individuals and Nations”, he writes the following:
“What is riotous living to a spiritual prodigal? It is wasting inheritance and spending money on substitutes instead of building a proper family: prodigals can’t produce heirs with a prostitute. The prodigal lost it all and respect for himself.
Abandoning their covenant with father, fleeing real intimacy, and joining themselves to strangers, prodigal children cut off spiritual generations. Starving and living with pigs, fighting for the last rotten husks, he lost his identity as a son and inheritor.”
As I read this, Holy Spirit began to show me how important spiritual fathers are, and how Dr.Don had really laid important Kingdom foundational stones in my life.
To be honest, I had walked away from his leadership for a couple of years, not necessarily in rebellion as much as taking a journey on a road that angled me into a wilderness season. Which we both saw in this spirit and talked about several years ago.
In fact, in 2021 the Lord began reconnecting us as I was a director at a local homeless discipleship ministry, which challenged me in many ways.
Due to those challenges, the Lord opened the door for me to seek counsel from Dr. Don (I needed a strong Apostolic voice to speak direction as well as correction into my life) and we were looking at opportunities that would allow me to bring some of these disciples to attend prayer meetings, and one of the ministries with Ministry Matrix, that really impacted my life, David’s Mighty Army.
We had planned on meeting after he went through and recovered from heart surgery, however, due to unforeseen complications, he graduated to be with the Lord.
One of the things we had been discussing was the importance of Integrity and Honor and the need for the Body in this region to become unified in advancing the Kingdom. As many of the ministries in this city and region were started not out of calling but rather out of rebellion, rejection, bitterness, and offense.
One of the last conversations we had was about whether I should accept the role of senior pastor at Highway to Heaven Church. I can remember the sound of his voice when he said;
“Son, I believe this is of the Lord, all these years have prepared you for this opportunity, and I know that you are ready”. And he followed up with “You know I am here rooting for you and you can depend on my helping you in any way I can”.
We also discussed the need for our ministries to be united in advancing the Kingdom in the city and region rather than one being “Greater” than the other, even though different in certain aspects of our assignments, that we were united in Spirit.
Although he is with the Lord now, he is still helping me through the collection of messages I have gathered over the years, including the recording of a number of prophetic words he spoke over my wife, my life, and our marriage. The one I truly value is the recording of our ordination under Ministry Matrix in 2007.
I will always honor Dr. Don, his wife Ruthanne, and Freedom House and the role that they have played in my life. With that honor, I stand with that House of the Lord and will continue to pray that everyone there is blessed with revelation, Holy Spirit strategies, and continued growth.
It was because of Dr. Don that I became acquainted with the Ministry of Dutch Sheets, which ultimately led me to the ministry of Damon Thompson and the Kingdom families connected to his ministry, as well as Chuck Peirce, whose ministry I was commissioned under as an Apostolic teacher, and Apostle Tim Sheets.
These powerful men are the current apostolic voice that Holy Spirit has me listening to in this current hour. Several years ago, under the urgent directives of the Father, I surrendered to the governing authority of Holy Spirit with regard to choosing the voices that I listen to.
The list is short but I will share it here: Dutch and Tim Sheets, Chuck Peirce, Ken Malone, and Damon Thompson. These along with a few others that I have found through Dutch Sheets to be authentic Kingdom voices which are Greg Hood and Gina Gholston.
Let me be totally honest here friends, there is only one FreedomHouse here in Jacksonville and although some may try and mimic it in ministry style and assignment, like those who adhere to the replacement theology regarding the Church and Israel, I see them as being outside the authentic Kingdom.
As to trying to mimic Freedhouse or any other ministry for that matter, well that is a line I will never cross. In fact, I believe it is of utmost importance that if we want to be pleasing to the Father, we MUST each seek our own assignment and calling and stay focused on advancing the Kingdom as Holy Spirit leads.
I give Glory to the Father for allowing such a mighty man of God, as Dr. Don Lynch, to have been a vital part of my ministry training and life in general.
I am under Holy Spirit conviction, that had it not been for men such as Dr. Don Lynch I would still be wandering about as a drifter in the Kingdom trying to imitate someone elses ministry and calling rather than having found who I am in Christ and what His calling for my life’s destiny truly is.
Many of his books if not all are on Amazon, including “Fathering”, and I recommend them all.
Dear children, the end of this age is near! You have heard that Antichrist is arising, and in fact, many enemies of Christ have already appeared, and this is how we know that we are living in the closing hour of this age. For even though they were once a part of us, they withdrew from us because they were never really of our number. For if they had truly belonged to us they would have continued with us. By leaving our community of believers they made it obvious that they never really belonged to us. But the Holy One has anointed you and you all know the truth. (1 John 2:18-20, TPT)
I don’t know about anyone else but over the past couple of years, I have seen numereous people I was aligned with as far as the Kingdom goes, break apart.
A little over 3 years ago Holy Spirit began speaking to me about this and He always brought me to the passages of scripture above. It doesn’t;t mean, and I am not saying, that these were bad people. Nor that any of us were wrong.
I believe that Holy Spirit is connecting us to those we are purposed to walk this Kingdom journey with. We have to be alert and discerning in this hour. I have witnessed and heard from others as to how the Spiritual radar is on high alert pinging constantly as the spirit of Babylon is increasing throughout the world and in much of the culture in America, including in many Churches that have been lured into their ideologies.
It is important that we “War” with those who share our belief, even if the calling may not be the same on the surface, a matter of prayer and heart-to-heart conversation will allow Holy Spirit to show us that we do share the same Spiritual assignment, which the Father is drawing each us to focus on.
Much like that of each family member, one may be a doctor, one may be a teacher, and mom may stay at home while Dad goes to work every day, but no member in the family is looked at as less important than the other.
I know that I have no desire to go for a long hike with someone who hates to hike. I can however go on a hike with someone who has never hiked before but has a deep desire to learn how to hike, if you get my drift here. I have been in prayer meetings with individuals who kept looking at their watch and were unable to hide their anxiousness for the meeting to end, as well as some Church services. I can tell you right now, that is NOT someone I want to join me in praying out a Kingdom assignment.
There are definitely exceptions to every case, as I fully understand when the meeting and or service is lacking in Holy Spirit presence, I have had to sit through a number of those over the years.
In hindsight, I see where I totally missed asking Holy Spirit if He was going to be there Himself. So again, Holy Spirit will give you His perspective you need but ask.
So if you have had connections breaking recently, or even in the past, don’t immediately try and find the reason why so you can blame them or yourself.
In each instance, it is vital to go to our first line of defense, prayer, and ask Holy Spirit for discernment over the situation. You just may be surprised when you find that He is actually looking out for you and doesn’t want you to step on some spiritual IEDs (improvised explosive devices) that the enemy has laid to wound you or to take you out of the battle, or even worse, premature death.
There are way too many casualties of war right as there is now in the Body. Mainly because many of them did not allow or were not taught to allow Holy Spirit to cleanse them of any spiritual leeches such as the spirit of bitterness, the spirit of unforgiveness, the spirit of rejection, and the most common one, the Orhan spirit.
Sadly one of the biggest reasons for this is due to the fact that the Church to a large degree has abandoned the discipleship model that Jesus gave us in the way that He disciples the twelve, face-to-face up close and personal relationships.
Also, they generally find themselves sitting under a leader who may well have academic degrees galore, but they have not been baptized in the Spirit, which Jesus was clear about, that we dare not even step into ministry until we have received Holy Spirit.
In this hour, I hear Holy Spirit calling each of us to check our hearts and to surrender any preconceived ideas that we have come up with as to where we are to fellowship and with whom we are to fellowship. He knows our past, even before we were born, He knows our “now” and He knows our future. Who better to trust our lives with.
As good soldiers and as obedient disciples of the LORD, we must allow Him to direct us to those the Father has purposed us to be connected to as a Kingdom family, both locally as well as internationally. The degree of victory and victorious battles we win literally depends on our willingness to allow Holy Spirit to govern us in every area of our lives.
And the foolish said unto the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the prudent answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us and you, but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. Afterward, the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes. (Matthew 25:8-13)
We have been seeing a transfer of the Congregations of the Lord over the past 10 to 20 years, from the Eli’s to the Remnant Priesthood of Zadok if you will. Those who have corrupted the priesthood with worldliness. However now that we have stepped into the “Kingdom Age” we are going to see this process accelerate.
Those who were entrusted with mentoring & nurturing the Saints, have squandered their anointing to gain a name for themselves and gather wealth and are going to see themselves being cut off.
You will be able to spot them quickly for they still continue in doctrines that are mixed with law and grace, and such cannot be held in the “New Wineskins” of the Kingdom Age. They sit in seats of judgment with an elevated sense of religious superiority over others. They are in reality the Religious oligarch of our day or one could say, they are modern-day Pharisees, accustomed to intertwining politics with religion.
It is very interesting that when you look at this parable through Spiritual eyes, you see a phrase that is also found in another message of the Lord where He also states that they do not belong to His family, for He knows them not (Matthew 7:21-23).
I would dare say, that we need to pay close attention to what Jesus is saying here, for it is a flashing neon warning sign in the Spirit, that He truly treasures and places a High Value in the intimacy of relationship over religious works #SELAH
One must never tolerate evil. For first evil is tolerated; The embraced. Then hailed as good. Then it becomes unlawful to do what is actually good.
There is a prevailing spirit of perversion that is seeking to tear this nation apart. It has invaded our education systems. From our local, state, and federal governments laws are being passed that are preventing these evil and horrific atrocities against our children to go unpunished.
From body part mutilations to perverted drag queens entertaining our children in school; and in public. laws are being written to pave the way for an all-out perversion of this nation. Our government is both blind and in some cases in bed with such an evil agenda, and it is up to the saints to wage war and be an unmovable wall of Holy Justice between evil and our children.
We need to raise our voices and make it clear that sex trafficking of any human is a crime against humanity and with children, it is especially horrific considering they start at even the young age of 3 years old. Once the child loses their “Freshness”, they then murder them to harvest their organs.
Human trafficking, including for sexual purposes is a $154 Billion dollar business. Regarding the trafficking of children for sexual purposes – America is the number one consumer.
And our Government is doing little to nothing about this!!!
However, the Government of Heaven is not simply standing by – it has been moving and is about to blow this thing wide open and the LORD is recruiting holy interceeding Warriors to join in with Holy Spirit to release the FIRE of Reformation to expose it to its core!!!!
Florida ranks third in the United States for reported cases of human trafficking. Jacksonville Florida ranks 48th, of all cities in the United States.
Tampa Florida ranks number one in the nation closely followed by NY, Los Angeles, Washington D.C, Chicago, Los Vegas, and Atlanta Ga. Ironically, the majority of these Cities are led by Democrats.
Saints, we need to be on our faces, rending the Heavens for a radical transforming Holy Ghost FIRE-filled Reformation of this nation.
These evil perpetrators need to be hunted down and brought to justice, including those who pay for such acts.
I posted this recently on a couple of my social media pages. After which several people stated that is why people need deliverance. Interesting. Deliverance from what exactly?
Paul said such cannot pass by God’s shield of faith. And the Father’s shield is in His confidence that His Word has accomplished everything He sent Him to accomplish (Isaiah 55:11).
Thus when a child stands in their true identity, they step into the revelation of the Words of the Lord:
” Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abides in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I AM the vine, ye are the branches: he that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. (John 15:3-5)
Religion wants to separate us from being one in Christ, leading us back into a doctrine of works, restrained to cycling through man-indulged sessions of “deliverance” which are but temporary fixes, when in reality, Jesus once and for all set us free from – the prison of living out of our soul realm, chained to our emotions. Her freed us to live from the Spirit realm, with our Spirit man in charge, not our soulish senses.
The only deliverance needed here is to be freed from a religion that says individuals are dependant upon their works, rather than the true Gospel that says “Jesus freed us to the uttermost via the cross and resurrection” (John 8:36).
Religion gives far too much credit to the devil and very little credit to the New Creation – The Christ man.
When one receives the Full revelation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, one steps fully into the identity of the Beloved Righteous ones.
For there they realize that they have been fully wrapped in the robe of the Father’s love, and in wearing His breastplate of Righteousness, they have been positioned to where the enemy has no access to their heart (John 14:30.
So, again, sadly many are still held captive in a religion shrouded in the limited doctrines of men. However, Praise God, Holy Spirit is breathing a fresh breath of revelation into the true Kingdom Gospel that is liberating many from the constraints of institutionalized religion, freeing them into their true identity as the sons and daughters of the Lord God.
Religion wants to trap people into believing that Christ really has not freed them – and he assigns his demon hordes to try and torment them with lying voices. Due to a watered-down gospel that has been infused into most of the mainstream Christianity in the west, people struggle to use their human intellect to try and fight the enemy and these voices. Sadly many believers have accepted the medical communities answer in way of medication that in reality opens their minds up to hearing these demonic voices even louder. This then becomes a cycle of dependence upon the god of pharmaceuticals rather than the Savior who has already set them free.
What is the answer then to quelch these voices you ask? Not to have somebody shouting at you, asking what is the name of that demon in you, bending you over so that you can throw the demon up in a bucket. No, the answer is found right in the Word of God:
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the destruction of strongholds), casting down reasonings and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ and having a readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.(2 Corinthians 10:3-6, JUB).
If there is a need for deliverance here for believers let it be in the form of discipleship – discipling them in the doctrines of Jesus and His disciples not the doctrines of men’s experiences. And with such let them come into the revelation that we do not war with our own intellect rather knowing what the scriptures say, we war even as did our Lord war, using the power of the Word. For then we are walking as Paul stated we should be walking, in that we have the mind of Christ:
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:11-16, KJV)
His Holy Righteous Remnant is rising up in this hour. And their voices are beginning to be heard above the noise of the wokeness that has even invaded the Church to where everyone is focused on their feelings, and their emotions. They are empowered with the authority of Heaven to not only expose the lies of religion that have taken so many captive but also weld the power (anointing) of the King to liberate those same individuals from the realms of darkness (Col 1:13), tearing down the religious strongholds that have held them prisoner so that they may step into their true destiny as the overcoming victorious sons & daughter that the Father has always destined them to be.
Then the King will turn to those on his right and say, ‘You have a special place in my Father’s heart. Come and experience the full inheritance of the kingdom realm that has been destined for you from before the foundation of the world! For when you saw me hungry, you fed me. When you found me thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I had no place to stay, you invited me in, and when I was poorly clothed, you covered me. When I was sick, you tenderly cared for me, and when I was in prison you visited me.’ “Then the godly will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty and give you food and something to drink? When did we see you with no place to stay and invite you in? When did we see you poorly clothed and cover you? When did we see you sick and tenderly care for you, or in prison and visit you?’ “And the King will answer them, ‘Don’t you know? When you cared for one of the least important of these my little ones, my true brothers and sisters, you demonstrated love for me.’ (Matthew 25:34-40 TPT)
I will stay away from the political side of the debate and stay within my sphere of representing the Kingdom. When I look out at the homeless issue in this nation and see the amount of United States veterans living on the streets not only does my heart break, I hear the cry of Heaven as well, and this isn’t dismissing the totality of the homeless crisis in this nation. However, to be the America we were born to be and not do more for the men and women who sacrificially put their lives on the line for this nation is a crime in and of itself. Then to see so many governmental officials throwing more and more money at those individuals who have “Illegally” entered this country should be an indictment to see them removed from office.
Yet, from the Kingdom perspective, has the “Church” truly done her part, or has she in the cover of darkness placed the responsibility given to her by the Lord over to the government of this world?
Then to hear celebrity pastors who continue to increase the franchised religious clubhouse across this city bragging about how much they have spent on sound systems and other items to attract and entertain the masses causes me to incision the Lord with whip in hand turning over the tables.
The sad part is this is going on across the nation with a rise in user-friendly Church models that make the leaders multi-millionaires while leaving the members of their congregations impoverished regarding the unadulterated Gospel.
It is why I am excited to see where the Lord is taking the family at Highway To Heaven this year regarding our own location. There was a time that we would meet, make sandwiches, pray, and then hit the streets to minister to the homeless community in this city.
As well we would have cookouts at the Church and feed them for free, Always sharing the Gospel with them and doing everything possible to get them off the streets.
With the millions being spent on just maintaining the mega Churches in this City, that money could have been used to buy property 25 plus acres, build a discipleship community to house, disciples and grow enough food for hundred, plus have a storehouse of natural food to share with the Christian community in this city and region.
Along with that I believe by discipling these individuals on a farm, with livestock and agriculture, the Gospel would come to life and we would then see Mountain-Moving Disciples being raised up. Such would be those who would be the radical disciples of Christ going back to the streets to witness and pull more from the throngs of death, and begin discipling them as sons and daughters of God.
The Lord gave me this vision with the name of “New Creation Ranch” and I am believing this to be the year to break ground. With the plan the Lord gave me, within 3 years the community would be completely self-supported.
But in the meantime, I am praying for a Holy Conviction to fall upon the religious leaders in this city and region to stop playing religion and begin to transform this area, and truly lead by example of “Loving the least of these”.
So with deep love, I pray for my disciples. I’m not asking on behalf of the unbelieving world, but for those who belong to you, those you have given me. For all who belong to me now belong to you. And all who belong to you now belong to me as well, and my glory is revealed through their surrendered lives. “Holy Father, I am about to leave this world to return and be with you, but my disciples will remain here. So I ask that by the power of your name, protect each one that you have given me, and watch over them so that they will be united as one, even as we are one. (John 17:9-11)
The revelation of the New Man – The Christ man isn’t a futuristic vision, it is a NOW reality. Even as Jesus asked the Father to guard over us, to protect us, that we may be one with them, even as Jesus is one with the Father.
Religion wants to keep us in the doorway of this revelation but seeks to prevent us from walking in it. Thus the doctrine of a sinner saved by grace is anchored in much of the western Church theology. It denied the full victory of what Jesus fulfilled on the cross, in liberating us from the dominion of sins influence. keep us prisoners in a false identity as sinners when the Father declares in His Word that we are His offspring, walk in His Righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:2)
And as many believe in this false identity, they are seduced into looking like the world, exactly the opposite of what Jesus prayed to the Father in the following verses:
“But now I am returning to you so Father, I pray that they will experience and enter into my joyous delight in you so that it is fulfilled in them and overflows. I have given them your message and that is why the unbelieving world hates them. For their allegiance is no longer to this world because I am not of this world. I am not asking that you remove them from the world, but I ask that you guard their hearts from evil, For they no longer belong to this world any more than I do. “Your Word (John 1:1) is truth! So make them holy by the truth. I have commissioned them to represent me just as you commissioned me to represent you. (John 17:13-18, TPT)
This is such a powerful revelation here, and if you have studied the Bible, you know that the Father didn’t just hear the words of His Son here, He honored them b y putting His Yes & Amen on them.
Religion wants to bring us back under the law of works, convincing us that it is up to us to sanctify our lives before the Lord, that our consecration is based on what we can do, not on what the Messiah has already done. This is an outward BIG FAT LIE. Read the next set of verses as they prove it is a religious LIE:
And now I dedicate myself to them as a holy sacrifice so that they will live as fully dedicated to God and be made holy by your truth.” “And I ask not only for these disciples, but also for all those who will one day believe in me through their message. (John 17:19-20, TPT)
So for those of you who still consider yourselves to be sinners, are you saying the Father failed to honor His Son’s request here? Because if you still see yourself as a sinner, maybe you are not truly a son or daughter of the Lord, or just maybe you have been imprisoned with a lie. Because these next verses highlight something very important:
I pray for them all to be joined together as one even as you and I, Father, are joined together as one. I pray for them to become one with us so that the world will recognize that you sent me. For the very glory you have given to me, I have given them so that they will be joined together as one and experience the same unity that we enjoy. You live fully in me and now I live fully in them so that they will experience perfect unity, and the world will be convinced that you have sent me, for they will see that you love each one of them with the same passionate love that you have for me. “Father, I ask that you allow everyone that you have given to me to be with me where I am! Then they will see my full glory—the very splendor you have placed upon me because you have loved me even before the beginning of time. “You are my righteous Father, but the unbelieving world has never known you in the perfect way that I know you! And all those who believe in me also know that you have sent me! I have revealed to them who you are and I will continue to make you even more real to them, so that they may experience the same endless love that you have for me, for your love will now live in them, even as I live in them!” (John 17:21-26, TPT)
So how can one be a sinner yet be one with the Godhead at the same time? Or how can one be a sinner and be joined as one with Christ?
