THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
                                                          january 13th

"ALL" SIN AND REBELLION IN THE MIDST OF GOD'S PEOPLE SHALL BE JUDGED IN THIS LAST HOUR - BEGINNING WITH THOSE IN LEADERSHIP


          We see from Numbers 16 verses 5-19, that Moses begins to carry out the Lord's instructions concerning Korah's rebellion, and calls for them to assemble together the next morning saying:

          ...."Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself"....   vs.5

Moses also sent a summons to Dathan and Abiram but they refused to come up saying:

          ...."Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?".... vs.13

          These words of Dathan and Abiram betrayed their lack of faith and trust in God, and also the "spirit of self-exaltation" that was working through them against Moses. The first sign of a lack of faith is the "grasping" to discern all things through the five physical senses - in other words, what can be seen and felt and heard. It is from this place of "faithlessness" that Dathan and Abiram ran into trouble and so, too, we see here a "severe" warning for the children of God today. For if the child of God "chooses" to discern "anything" through their five physical senses [as their "final" authority, and apart from the revealed knowledge of God's Word] then they, too, will - as Dathan and Abiram did - claim, in their heart, that the "land" they left [the "world"] is the one flowing with "milk and honey", and that the "path" [the life of the Cross - perfect obedience through self-denial] that God would have for their lives is futile. It is the failure of the children of God to live by "revelation" that has led to the "rampant, presumptuous activity" that has infested many areas of the church at large, through unbelief and rebelliousness - UP UNTIL THIS TIME. Let us understand clearly that God "must" judge sin [because He is holy] and, thus, if sin is found amongst His people then, because of their "alignment" [agreement] with the lies of the Evil One, even those who have been blessed with much in the past shall be judged in such a way that "all" that is not of God shall be consumed!  This, of course, with a view to them entering into a deep and thorough repentance and going back onto the "narrow path" of perfect obedience [the highway of holiness].

Related Scriptures: 2 Corinthinans 5:7; Matthew 7:13-14; Isaiah 35:8-10;


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