RUNNING
TIP: Nehemiah’s response to this was that he could not come down and cease the
work. They (his enemies) sent four more letters of this sort in order to
sidetrack Nehemiah from putting the doors on the temple walls.
Nehemiah
6:6-9 - They sent a fifth (open letter to all Israel) letter accusing
Nehemiah of conspiring against the King. It was a blatant lie,
but Nehemiah cared for the people and would not let them quit the
task of repairing the wall.
Nehemiah
6:10-13 - I believe the following verses show us what is happening in the modern
church. Many spiritual leaders have brought the “dragon’s propaganda campaign” into
the church, and covered the heresies with religious tones and human reasoning.
Listen to the following dialogue out of Nehemiah 6:10-13 very closely:
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the
son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple,
and let us shut the doors
of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they
come to slay thee. [11] And I said,
Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to
save his life? I will not go in. [12] And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that
he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. [13] Therefore was he hired, that
I should be afraid, and
do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they
might reproach me.
Satan
(Other names for him are: The dragon, serpent, leviathan, and the devil) is
alive and well on planet earth and is freely frolicking in the corridors of
many churches. He is subtle and he is cunning. He comes as an angel of light in
order to deceive those who don’t know his tactics. He is the creator of
religion (man-made works of righteousness); whereas fellowship with God comes
by way of a relationship with Jesus Christ by ingesting the red pill (the choice of pills in the
Matrix Trilogy that gave entrance to reality) of salvation.
The
way to determine if a church is endorsed by God is by using the following
acrostic which God laid on my heart about ten years ago. Is every believer encouraged, and given the
opportunity to participate in each letter of the word REAP:
R-each people with the truth
E-stablish people in the truth
A-pply the truth to our daily lives
P-roduce warriors to share the truth with other …
And
do this again, and again, and again! It
never gets tedious because every person is unique and special to God and His
purposes. The primary purpose of the
body gathered, the ecclesia, is to equip people in the Truth (John 17:17). The ecclesia (the body gathered) is for the
believer; it is not for the unsaved.
Live OUT LOUD!
Mark Harrell - Founder: RU FIT Ministries
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