Transforming Laity
2/6/2010
Transforming self-imposed or religion-imposed “laity” into the GLORY OF A RESURRECTED LIFE is not a doctrine, but a War.
The gimmicks and books and “small group format” blah blah won’t change a thing. You know that by now if you’ve paid attention to your own heart, and those around you. Once you put aside the “Aha! We found it! THIS time our gimmick will work!” and its adrenaline rush, and get real, you’ll realize the merry-go-round is fun at first, but ends up back in the same place in your life or home or church. NO one “slides right in” to TRUE Crucified Organic Church. The culture shock, the skandalon is more than anyone can figure out or bear in their lives. This is about a CROSS, not changing into a “Type-A Personality Church” from a “Type-C” or “Type-D” and “participating more.” Gracious NO!
This Holy War, the REAL thing, will cost you everything.
Flesh never dies without a fight. “It’s HARD to kick against the Shepherd’s prod,” the Master said.
For fake believers, yet unconsecrated or converted to Y’shua, it is impossible for them to become wise, loving, courageous Priests of God. By definition. Flesh canNOT learn to be Born of the Wind, Born of Fire.
For true believers, in love with Jesus and regenerated by the Holy Spirit by “obedience of the faith,” it is still the “pains of childbirth” to “present them complete in Christ”.
It is a War to change self-imposed laity or religion-imposed laity into a Kingdom of Priests. Try it and see. Paul came honestly by the expressions “pains equal to having a BABY” and “WRESTLING to present Believers TELIOS in Christ.” : )
A “revolutionary” doctrine or gimmick or format change, all dating back to Martin Luther and John Wesley in any event, will NEVER do.
Bring it on! It's worth it all!!! For the Lamb.