Friends I have just returned from a trip to the USA , and whilst in that land The Holy Spirit spoke very clearly to me about THE CHURCH in Australia .
I was at some Christian Conferences whilst I was in Us and in one of the sessions there was a question / answer time , basically one of the delegates framed his question along the lines of " What can I do as the barest minimum for Christ and still be a Christian , to be honest I was horrified with the question and really had to ask Jesus to stop me from judging the individual ( which of course would have revealed my own carnality ) , however , The Spirit of God spoke thunderously to me through that comment and I share with you now basically what He said : "Don't be shocked by this question .... this is where the CHURCH at large in Australia ( all denominations ) is also dwelling ...... basically ' what is the minimum expression of faith that we can give and still call ourselves Christians ?' I was shocked , grieved and asked The Spirit of Jesus to confirm what I thought I had heard again , tragically He did over the three weeks that I was in The States , through His people , His Word , and in my time spent purely with Him .
Readers we have a spiritual problem in Australia ... both within the Church & without & Jesus is calling His people to radical REPENTANCE .... from leadership down .
Our land is full of IDOLS ... we have a form of Godliness but deny the POWER ..( 2 TIMOTHY 3). we have unleashed an unclean spirit across the Land ( sexual stains are rampart REVELATION 2 :18-29) , we have forsaken sacrificial prayer / Word centred preaching and in short GOD will continue to give us over to the lustful desires of our hearts & minds IF we the CHURCH do not stand in the GAP & fully REPENT on behalf of the Nation .
How did this happen ? I believe Matthew 24 has some of the answer , verse 12 '' BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE OF WICKEDNESS , THE LOVE OF MOST ( referring here to the christians ) WILL GROW COLD ". Also I believe that 2 Timothy 3:1-7 also gives us a hint as to our demise " BUT UNDERSTAND THIS THAT IN THE LAST DAYS ... PEOPLE WILL BE LOVERS OF PLEASURE RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD , HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS ....... BUT DENYING ITS POWER ... ALWAYS LEARNING BUT NEVER ABLE TO ARRIVE AT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH "
Basically I believe we the church has been seduced into this complacent state in the following ways : Loving pleasure ( making it an idol) rather than honouring God ....Settling for a form of God but denying His Holy Spirit Power ...... always hearing His Word BUT not obeying . Caring more about our REPUTATION than Jesus ' Holiness .
True radical Discipleship is COUNTER CULTURAL & we are fitting in far too well with our culture , similarly we are more content to please man and not God .
My prayer is Jesus " FORGIVE US .... SAVE US ... CLEANSE US WITH YOUR BLOOD ... DO NOT TAKE OUR CANDLESTICK AWAY FROM US '' ," create in us a clean heart oh God , take not your Holy Spirit from us , return us to the Joy of your Salvation " , excerpts from PSALM 51 ...... PLEASE TODAY JOIN ME IN PRAYING THIS PSALM OF REPENTENCE for Jesus' sake ... for Australia's sake .
GRACE &TRUTH to you today in His name !
