Hebrews 4:12-13 TPT “For we have the living Word of God, which is full of energy, like a two-mouthed sword. It will even penetrate to the very core of our being where soul and spirit, bone and marrow meet! It interprets and reveals the true thoughts and secret motives of our hearts.
13 There is not one person who can hide their thoughts from God, for nothing that we do remains a secret, and nothing created is concealed, but everything is exposed and defenseless before his eyes, to whom we must render an account.”
The Word of God, whether spoken from the altar, Band, prophecy, or council by your Pastors, will not always feel good, but people only want to hear good news for personal assurance. Hearing good news or nice prophecy is a good thing but if you know the Word of God is like a Sword that will reveal and demand a separation of thought and choices, you must be ready for pain and submission.
The Word of God will reveal manipulation, deception, and evil from one’s heart, which are concealed in the form of flesh and one’s own strength and carnal wisdom. When one’s evil is revealed, one should look at how one reacts and come to awareness in plain sight of one’s own words and actions, exposing one’s sin. Rather than following the footsteps of Cain, Balaam, King Saul, and Judas from one’s response and behavior, one needs to respond with all one’s heart, strength, and mind through God’s Grace, allow the Word to sever the dead flesh so life can flourish as you keep your mouth shut!
In the wilderness, when people were bitten by snakes, they just presumed that this was what happened when they walked in the desert. It all looked natural for one to die that way when exposed in such conditions. After all, this is where snakes are most abundant. When God sent a plague against the leaders of the ten spies, it looked natural as they thought they had all just gotten sick from the desert conditions. When we read about the past, we can accept and see God’s judgment. But when it happening in real time with us, it will be as to them, look so very natural. When Korah and his clan were struck, although the Bible describes the ground opening up alive and swallowing them into Hell, perhaps to those who were there feeling the earth tremble, it looked and felt like a random earthquake, and Korah and his clan were victims of a natural disaster.
Today, modern Christians think old age brings disease and fatal illness upon them. They may think the food system causes cancer. People do not want to acknowledge that the angel of death is now here with judgment and passing through the doors of their hearts. Is the Blood of Christ over their hearts for protection?
God’s Presence is now manifesting to a point that when people enter this church/altar and ministry, they will be struck and may even die when approaching the altar in an unfaithful manner. This includes visitors who may end up judging or just approaching the holiness of our church. We are witnessing even third parties getting struck, which all looks random and natural.
But is this not what is to happen as our ministry approaches the Holy of Holies? There will be a demand for separation from flesh and spirit, even at the cost of life, for our God demands Holiness! Now, we are at a boiling point where we may lose people because they cannot stand the Fire of God, knowing their flesh suffocates as they continue to refuse crucification. They are refusing life!
Comments:
Although Moses had told the leaders that this is God’s doing to open up the Earth and it will be a new thing, the leaders, most likely, did not share this with the main people or they just refuse to believe it is the hand of God.
Why will they not believe it is the hand of God? Why would they want to believe it is a natural, random disaster?
Even in our own church, people are refusing to believe in the hand of God at work. People are refusing to just believe.
When offense is so strong, they seem to choose to forget and allow Satan to take their seed or what they learned.
We are in judgment season, as even the LA area is experiencing brimstone and fire!
Relief or as a savior when faced with destruction. We can make the mistake of depending on the system, even medically. God wanted His people to seek the root issue of why their enemies were breathing down their necks and to come to repentance by turning fully back to God. Medicine can still represent Egypt if you refuse to seek the deeper roots of your issues. God can use medicine and the system, but if you use the system as a sole reliance without seeking knowledge of why you may be in that condition, then we are bypassing God’s discipline to seek continuity in our sin.
Senior Pastor Steve Kim