Fwd: The myth of flesh based religion.
naboth675
<naboth675@...> wrote:
> Ernie Toppin was intensely in conversation with a man who had
> rededicated his life to Christ. "You need to go all out to stay
> saved. Be on every outreach, get to every event, witness to every
> person you can. You have to go all out to stay saved. It's so easy
> to lose it."
> This was his advice to a man who had come on an impact team.
Right
> then I knew there was something wrong with this. If you have to go
> all out to stay saved then we are all dead meat. Yet the issue of
> working yourself into the ground and labouring like Scott of the
> antarctic to reach the pole {or in our case heaven} is misplaced.
> Read what Jesus said. Come to me all ye who are HEAVY LADEN and I
> will give you REST.
> Take MY YOKE upon you and learn of me for MY YOKE IS EASY AND MY
> BURDEN IS LIGHT.
>
> Notice some amazing comments here from this text.
>
> 1 / The yoke of Jesus is not one that will leave you feeling heavy
> laden.
> 2 / If it does then it is not the yoke of Jesus.
> 3 / Jesus burden is light. When we take HIS burden on us then we
> learn of him.
>
> Many christians labour in the flesh. To try to build the kingdom
of
> God in the flesh is an impossible job. You end up expending an
awful
> amount of energy with little result. The Potters House were out in
> force in my city today. They had a visting minister from Sierra
> Leone and the church were out there playing music. They have
anybody
> and everybody doing something yet people just walk on by. I
watched
> as I saw the same people who were there 3 years ago. They are
> labouring and labouring hard but where is the fruit?
>
> This is such a shame to me as I have done it myself for many
years.
> In my last year I really began to change my approach to
witnessing.
> It was during that time that I got the best openings with people I
> have had and I also noticed that the majority of the time it was
if
> I shouldn't have been out there at all. Most of what we did on the
> streets was not led of God. I knew when I was led of God. Most of
> the time it was just a group of us who were stirred up to jump
over
> the parapit and charge once again without gaining an inch of land.
>
> The flesh profits nothing. Unless the LORD build the house they
> labour in vain that build it. By nailing people down to a
fellowship
> pattern they hinder people from following what God wants for each
> individual. Doubtless there are relationships they could develop
> with people that are never develpoed because all their time is
spent
> on three services plus other events and drama practice and music
> practice and bible study and prayer meetings. How many potentialy
> open doors are ignored because people are not led of God but are
> restricted by a religious pattern formed by one man 30 years ago.
It
> may have worked for him then but what does God have for you now?
>
> The fellowship are labouring like Scott of the antactic and like
his
> team many will fall before the end. The kingdom , Jesus clearly
> said, is not like that. He invites those who are heavy laden to
come
> to him implying that if you are heavy laden then you are not
relying
> on him. You are carrying another man's yoke. It is the yoke of
> fellowship pattern but Jesus said take my yoke upon you. Being led
> of the Spirit is a whole new thing. Building in the flesh
according
> to man made patterns and formulae is a wearying of the flesh. It
> also profits nothing. How may people do you think really got saved
> in my city tonight? Several cards filled out yes! But how many
were
> touched by Jesus? That's the difference between the flesh and the
> Spirit. All around the world christians are seeing genuine revival
> yet the Potters House saint is still heavy laden believing that
what
> he does is what God wants. It doesn't have to be like that. It
> reaaly doesn't.
>
> regards...naboth675
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