How open are you to change?

The Church, as we have seen from a lot of my earlier posts, is a movement.
It is not a machine.It’s a cycle of progress that we have been observing: Man- Movement- Machine- Monument- Museum.
As long as you are open to progress, you will still be in The Movement phase.
The Apostles were open to progress. In Acts 10, we see Peter has a transviion. This was 13 years after he began professing and preaching to the Jews. At his transvision he realized that he had to open up to the Gentiles. They were as worthy of the Gospel as the Jews. And if he had a problem, deal with it. Peter realized delayed obedience is still disobedience.
Thus 13 years after the Day of Pentecost, began the evangelisation of the Gentiles.
So remain open to change always. The Bible may have been written 2000 years back and it more than relevant even today. Read it for relevation rather than information because revelation takes you to Salvation.

In His Time

Peter wrote, "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" 1 Pet.4:17.

The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. Chronos refers to chronological or sequential time. Chronos time is measured by the clock and calendar. It is orderly, rhythmic, and predictable. It is what we moderns typically think of as time. Kairos time, on the other hand, refers to “God’s time.” It is a time, not measured by the clock, where God has chosen “the right moment” or the “opportune” time. Kairos time usually involves a period of disruption to the normal flow of things.

In the New Testament kairos means "the appointed time in the purpose of God", the time when God acts (e.g. Mark 1.15, the kairos is fulfilled). It differs from the more usual word for time which is chronos (kronos). Kairos time is usually perceived as a time of crisis. The Chinese word for “crisis” is a picogram of the two words “danger” and “opportunity.” With this in mind, one has a possibility of participating in a “new creation.” One has the choice of danger or opportunity, a chance to build something new out of the old. Kairos time bridges the tearing down of the “old way” with the building of a “new way.”

In Daniel Ch 9, one of the most amazing prophetic passages in the Bible, it’s said that the Antichrist will definitely try to change Kairos.

What Our Father desires from us is that we are so close to his heart that we are able to discern the times and seasons of His Work. When Jesus has purified His church and she is without spot and wrinkle He will return for her. This is our blessed hope.

Apostolic Governance

A sequel to my earlier blog that tells you more about the present Wave of Christainity﷓ Apostolic Governance.

As we look through the first few verses in each epistle as they generally begin with the writer identifying himself as an apostle: “Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ. . . “ (Col.1:1).

We know from reading the gospels that it was God’s plan to call and prepare apostles to work with Jesus to transition the people from the faith of Moses to the faith of Jesus Christ, from the First Covenant Faith to the Second Covenant Faith. After Jesus prayed all night to God He called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles (Lk. 6:12-13).

It was these men that Jesus prepared to be His voice to lead His people after He had completed His mission to establish Himself as the New Covenant.

Reading from the gospels, the book of Acts, and the epistles we observe that God planned for apostles to direct the church in doctrine and function. The church, after Jesus’ resurrection, did not disband and each believer go their separate way to devise a faith independent of the apostolic stewardship. That being true, we learn God’s mind:

• That God had not intended that prophets, evangelists, pastors, or teachers to act independent of Apostolic Stewardship.

• That God had not intended each individual to decide how their faith should be expressed.

• That after Jesus ascended into heaven, His apostles were His ambassadors; they represented Him.

As Apostles, we have to be discerning enough to know the times and seasons of God’s work.

We are called of God to bring the church into the unity of the faith. Through the Apostolic Governance, our Lord is now transitioning the church back to her first love.