Many Will Say

The “many” who were denied entrance into the Kingdom of God were denied because they worked iniquity. What is iniquity? It is that which stops the flow of love in the Body. It cuts off the very life source of who God is. He is love. In fact, all that God does is because of love. Iniquity is sin and anything that is not the love of God.

Galatians 5:24

24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

We belong to Christ and so as the children of God we have the power to renounce sin and iniquity. This must be our testimony. Jesus told the disciples that we have to take up our cross and follow Him. This is that narrow way that we spoke about earlier. Obedience is our token into heaven. Now there are no more excuses for sin. Hebrews warns us about those who willfully choose to continue in sin.

Survey Says - Activity 4:

1. Consider two (2) instances since you have been saved when you have stopped the flow of love. 2. If obedience is our ticket into heaven, ask two people how many tokens they’d say you earned based on your relationship with them.

Hebrews 10:29-30

29 Of How Much Sorer Punishment,suppos eye,shall he be thought worthy,what trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

It is necessary for us to judge whether God will discard into hell, a miracle working, prophesying son of God, who lived his life full of iniquity. We must also ask ourselves, why we identify workers of iniquity as the church simply because they choose to retain the title “Christian?” This is a hearty matter of the Father. The Church is supposed to be His expression, His presentation on the earth. The Church is supposed to cause the world to know God’s sentiment by the living proof of it. However, we have made the Body of Christ a catch-all organization, and made church about the tithing, offering and social fellowship. However, listen to the words of John:

1 John 1:3

3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

The apostle John makes it known that in order to fellowship with him you must first have fellowship with the Father and the Son. However, fellowship is more than simply identifying yourself as a Christian. It is God who must identify you as one.

1 John 1:5-6

5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

In order to fellowship with the Father and the Son we must be holy. We must be light, and have no darkness. Therefore, in order to fellowship with John, we must be holy. I hope we are hearing the heart of the Lord in this matter. There is a contending for the faith that must happen. This is why the world does not believe on, or see our Christ. We have chosen to make the church what we would have it to be; a place that pampers and covers sin, instead of a place that eradicates it. If there is no one to preserve and protect the holiness of the Body of Christ, sin will continue to feel comfortable in our buildings. The world will continue to include us in their carnal affairs if we do not preach, live, and manifest the new creature! The world must know the church is not human like they are.

We are a different species here on this earth; sent to manifest Christ through human flesh. We are pilgrims of another country. Not only must we tell them but we must contend for the faith. We must preserve the Body of Christ in holiness. Sin should not be bold in the midst of us. It is most necessary that we obey the Lord and His instructions in regards to dealing with sin in the church. Let us not ignore the commandments of the Lord and by this redesign His body into something that is foreign to the Kingdom of God.

Jude 1:3

3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. Let us fight the good fight of faith.