Today’s Reading:
Matthew 11
Isaiah 40
Isaiah 62
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
Matthew 11:12 ESV
I heard the Spirit of the Living Sovereign Reigning God say,
It’s time to return to the essentials, to the simple, to the pure, no frills Gospel of Christ and His Kingdom. It is time for a heavenly restoration of all things. It is time to wake up and recognize the war that you are in. A spiritual war wages around you, yet many sit idly by. Many operate in the mode of business as usual. Many adapt to wartime circumstances without even recognizing that they are in the midst of a war zone. This is not business as usual. This is a time to recognize who you are and whose you are. It is the time to war with the spirits of religion, with apostasy and with evil. So many influences have come into the Church and have polluted the doctrine, have polluted the minds, have polluted the hearts of those who seek Me. It’s time to return to the pure and simple Gospel.
Go through, go through the gates, Clear the way for the people; Build up, build up the highway, Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples. Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes; Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.” And they will call them, “The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord”; And you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”
Isaiah 62:10-12 NASB1995
Clear a path, make straight the roads. Let every valley be lifted up and every mountain be made low, so My people can see Me, so My people can see and access and live in the truth. This war is not against flesh and blood. This is a holy war waged against Me — by principalities, demonic powers, rulers of darkness and spirits of wickedness in high places. It is time to wake up. It is time to take a stand, to war and to refuse every false narrative, to refuse tired and trite religion. These things have no power. It’s time to roar and demand a return to the pure and simple Gospel of Christ and His Kingdom. It’s time to make plain the way of the Lord.
A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley; Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Isaiah 40:3-5 NASB1995
Those who are polluting the minds of My little ones, those who are confusing the hearts and minds of those who are on a journey seeking Me, seeking My face — I will deal with very bluntly. Those who stand in the way of My people accessing Me, those who put up barriers and create false workaround narratives for My people who are seeking My face will be ripped from their positions, will be tossed out of their place. They have not feared the Lord who they claim to serve. They have served themselves. They have served a mantra, a religion, a man, a system. Well I Am clearing the Church of all this excess crap. It is not of Me. My Kingdom starts and ends with the Word of God, and it is evidenced by power, by transformation and by love. It’s time to get the hell out of the Church. It’s time to chase the forces of hell right out of the Church.
How to Respond
- Pray, Lord give me discernment to recognize false doctrine, to recognize when barriers to truth, barriers to Your power, barriers to the Word of God are being erected in my home church. Give me the wisdom and boldness to address it without qualification or apology. Help me to demand a return to the pure and simple Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom in my church. And if that is not fruitful, bring me to a church whose heart is the absolute truth and supremacy of King Jesus and His Kingdom come.
- Declare, breathtaking and awesome is your power! Astounding and unbelievable is your might and strength when it goes on display! Your glorious throne rests on a foundation of righteousness and just verdicts. Grace and truth are the attendants who go before you.
— Psalm 89:13-14 - Decree, the Lord is dealing with false religion and every man-made hurdle or lie that has brought confusion or created a barrier between the people and the Lord. He will not tolerate additions or subtractions to the Gospel of the Kingdom. He will no longer tolerate men and women who obstruct the way to the Lord. They will be dealt with bluntly and removed from their positions. The people of the Earth will have a straight path to the King of kings, Lord Jesus.
For more encouragement from The Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in years past:
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2023: Make Room for the New
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