We believe and live accordingly that Jesus set up a contract with us, a marriage contract: He gave His life for us, and our part is our life for Him, 100%. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” So we lose our identity to Him. “He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life shall find it.” So we hold nothing back, instead of us controlling and planning and working out how we are to live, (ie us playing God over our lives) we surrender our will totally over to His will in every area of our life. “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” Instead of walking according to our pleasures and desires, we now walk according to His pleasure and desire for our lives. Our greatest pleasure is serving Him in obedience as He commands. “I delight to do thy will O Lord,” “The just shall live by faith.” “Without faith it is impossible to please Him.” “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” “Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” In short, if God has not told us to say it, or do it, then it`s sin. We wish to be abiding in “that secret place of the most High where no evil shall befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling,” and we realize that total surrender, trust and obedience brings righteousness; “and be found of Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” We believe that obedience is the key to (a) righteousness (b) the secret place of the most high (c) the blessing or being blessed of God (makerios), meaning His manifest favour, pleasure and presence in and over our lives, (d) the whole armour of God (e) the manifestation of the Fruit of the Spirit, “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance;” and it`s out of this manifestation of love we expect our Loving Father to establish the Bride of Christ in surrender, trust and total transparency, NO VENEER, NO LIES, total trust and openness. “Yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exhalt you in due time.” In short, our commitment will be measured by our willingness to submit in love to the authority or oversight that our Loving Father has placed over us, to exhort, reprove, rebuke, teach, preach, pray and minister, as the Holy Spirit commands. Our commitment will be measured by our willingness to be open and transparent to this leadership, indeed to one another.
We believe in the “foundation principles of the doctrine of Christ.” 1. repentance from dead works 2. faith toward God. 3. the doctrine of baptisms. 4. laying on of hands. 5. the resurrection of the dead. 6. eternal judgement: We believe that Jesus is coming back for a “church without spot or blemish,” and we embrace fully the five fold ministry giftings, Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher, knowing that a work or vision cannot be perfected without full acceptance and surrender to these ministries, especially that of Apostle and Prophet, their input is vital to “the perfecting of the saints, edification of the body, unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God to bring us unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
We believe in the total member function of the church as stated by Paul in 1 Cor. 12, 13, and 14. We believe “freely you have received, so freely give.” “It`s more blessed to give than to receive.” We believe that the true church, the “Bride of Christ,” is a pragmatic church, pouring out, not only materially, but spiritually, as our Loving Father commands and leads.
We do not believe in lording it over the flock of God, but serving, “speaking the truth in love.” We do not believe in controlling the flock of God, but rather yielding and letting the Holy Spirit take control unhindered. We do not believe in self elevation, self recognition. “If any man would follow me, let him take up his cross daily and deny himself.” “A Prophet has no honour.” We believe as “Christ made Himself of no reputation,” then so do we. We do not believe in doing this to “fill our bellies,” to be successful or rich, or “to be seen of men” we do this because we love Him and the Body and want only to please Him. We believe “TO GOD BE THE GLORY” EMPHATICALLY, ABSOLUTELY, FOREVER AND FOREVER AMEN.
“THEREFORE GROW IN GRACE”
NO COMPROMISE:
EZEKIEL
1 Thes. 5/2-3. “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape”.
GOD`S WARFARE
Part A
In the womb of his labouring mother, a child is yet unborn,
But the Father knows of his purpose, a mark which will be worn;
A levitical priest of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish council of the day,
Ezekiel`s twenty year commission, prophesying all that God says;
A wheel in a wheel, but it seems so unreal,
Ezekiels zeal, his obedient meal;
God`s anger and fire, cleaning out this mire,
Their hearts of wire, enlisting Ezekiels hire;
Ezekiel meaning “God strengthens”, or he has the “strength of God”,
In the time of King Jehoiachin, trained up in the reign of Jehoiakim;
A prophet with a book of prophesies, foremost on God`s anger for the Jews,
Prophesies of destruction, and restoration, out working as God shews;
With his visions and spiritual connection, God showed Ezekiel annihilation,
For the sin of the land was abhorrent, and needed cleansing before restoration;
But face on the ground he cried out, will you make a complete end of the remnant?
His heart in lament for the righteous chosen, but a prophecy for their betterment;
Among the captives by the river Chebar, in the land of the Chaldeans,
Visions of The Lord God Omnipotent, of His Omnipresence and Omniscience;
A whirlwind from the north, a wheel in a wheel and the firmament of His Throne,
God`s watchman sent to announce judgment, their behavior he no longer condoned;
Preparing a clay model of Jerusalem, an iron siege which cannot be broken,
Laying siege three ninety and forty days, to a nation which must be awoken;
“But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me”,
“For they are impudent, hardhearted, and most rebellious, as you will surely see;
Adulterous Israel your judgment is near, the wicked shall be slain,
His glory departing from the temple, your righteousness you must reclaim;
Your prophets of Baal, false prophets they are, like foxes in the desert,
Falsely divining “thus saith the Lord”, I am against you, you`re a menace;
A forecaster of doom against foreign nations, their iniquity also uncovered,
Your vengeance, your greed, your hatred, your pride, is no longer undiscovered;
Woe to the shepherds who feed themselves, should you not be feeding the flock?
The weak you have not gone and strengthened, nor sought the ones who were lost;
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GOD`S PEACE
Part B
In the Spirit of the Lord He brought me, to a valley full of dry bones,
And behold there were very very many, in death many wailed and groaned;
So I prophesied as I was commanded, bringing life to all who were dead,
And now My Spirit is within you, from the graveyard by which you are led;
The battle is finally over, your armies have been destroyed,
My judgments have been executed, My wrath on you deployed;
But now you`re back from captivity, no longer will I hide my face,
I will never leave you nor forsake you, your repentance has granted you grace;
Spiritually in the land of Israel, with visions again beholding,
He saw a new city, God`s Temple, it`s dimensions slowly unfolding;
With Gateways, courts and the Altar, the Sanctuary and the Chambers,
God`s love for His people, His restoration, will lead them away from danger;
A new Jerusalem will rise from the ashes, be lifted spiritually high,
His great love and forgiveness for you, in your lament you sought to be nigh;
A city named, “THE LORD IS THERE”, according to their salvation,
A cry in the heart of the people, after much apocalyptic devastation:
AMEN
7th Feb. 2003.
