It's Time to Wake Up Church

Days of Heaven on Earth
Friday, November 23, 2012
A. B. Simpson

0ne of the greatest enemies to faith is indolence. it is much easier to lie and suffer than to rise and overcome. It is much easier to go to sleep on a snowbank and never wake again than to rouse one's self and shake off the lethargy and overcome the stupor. Faith is an energetic art. Prayer is intense labor. The effectual working prayer of the righteous man availeth much.

Satan tries to put us to sleep as he did the disciples in the garden. Let us not sleep as do others, but let us awake and be sober, continuing in prayer and watching thereunto with all perseverance (Ephesians 6:18), stirring up ourselves to take hold of God's strength, not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promise (Hebrews 6:12).

It is the wind that carries the sailing ship across the waves, but the wind is powerless unless the hand of the boatman is held firmly upon the rudder and the rudder set hard against the wind. In like manner we hold the rudder; God fills the sails. It is not the rudder that carries the ship, but it is the rudder turned against the wind that carries the ship. So God keeps us in perfect peace while we are stayed upon Him (Isaiah 26:3).

Scripture
It is high time to awake out of sleep—Romans 13:11

amen, how true it is.

It's not time yet...

"I do not understand why you say this. Thousands of people every day are waking up to the reality of what God in Christ has already done for them and in them. We are in one of the greatest moves of God yet and it will increase."

Brother,

There is a remnant within the Church that is experiencing a move of God and certainly there is revival breaking out in various places around the world, but this is the exception rather than the rule. Perhaps you would like to share with us where you are seeing a move of God take place. This is our fervent hope and prayer that God would be graceful to us, that He would rend the heavens and come down, that the Church would experience another great revival that would awaken us to that which is on His heart, that His will would be done, and His kingdom would come on earth as it is in heaven.

I have been in meetings where God's presence has been manifested and the saints are refreshed, but I could not call this true revival, because within a short period of time things were back to business as usual.

The Church in America desperately needs another move of God, and I believe that the Church at Laodocea pretty much describes where we are at today.

"Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked."
(Revelation 3:17).

May God have mercy on us that we would see our true conditon; that with all the breakthroughs of modern technology, we now can boast that we have it all, and that we lack nothing. Yet, we do not realize that God is not anywhere to be found in that which man has organized, programmed, in what he calls "the church." God is wanting us to see our spiritual poverty, so that we can search out the true riches that are only found in Christ Jesus.

"I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see." (Revelation 3:18).

The Lord will purify His bride. He will have a Church that is blood washed, without spot and wrinkle that displays the character, nature, and power of Jesus Christ. Only the Lord can build His church, but He has allowed us to be co laborers with Him to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to every creature, to be His ambassadors, representing His kingdom. The fire of God that is coming on the Church will have a purifying effect, and the wood, hay, and stubble will be consumed by this fire so that the true nature of Christ can be manifested.

"Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline ; therefore be zealous and repent." (Revelation 3:19). Judgement begins first in the House of God.

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock ; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me." (Revelation 3:20).

The Lord's sheep will hear His voice. Those that are His will open their hearts, and make Jesus Lord of every area of their lives. The Lord has been shut out of His Church, but He wants us to seek Him with all of our hearts, and to invite Him to take His rightful place as the "Head of the Body."

Mike

Quote: I do not understand why you say this. Thousands of people every day are waking up to the reality of what God in Christ has already done for them and in them. We are in one of the greatest moves of God yet and it will increase.

Why would I say this because God told me what the condition of the church was, he used this word to describe the church "dead". He then he went on to tell me what he was going to do.

Because of that I say "it's not time yet"

Quote: I am not ripping apart what God has said to you brother, I hope you can understand that I am merely showing a different way that that word "dead" can be interpreted as meaning and not mean the cessation of life.

To be honest I don’t really care if you were ripping it apart, I heard it from Heaven and I believe what I heard.. But I do hope you hear God voice in this matter…

It is interesting in Rev 3:1 that Christ says to the church I know your "works" and that you have a name that you live but you are dead.

Why would he say this “I know your works and that you have a name that you live” It all looked good they appeared to be alive. The church appeared to be vibrant but at the heart of the ”show” wasn’t the Holy Spirit it was “self” because they were dead.

Quote: Well let’s hear what He told you.

God is going to purify his church (Holiness) and there is going to be three flows of the Spirit into one they are 1.Love 2.Courage 3.Might they and Holiness will come in depth that has never come before. The Move of God that is coming will be the most powerful ever and the strength of the Move of God is going to be the people.

He used the example of Israel and the difference between those who died in the wilderness and those who went into the promised land.. Look at the answer of the people to Joshua just as they were going into the land “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go” Jos 1:16

The people are different they have a different attitude than the people that died in the wilderness and this is what God will do in this Move of God, he will raise up the people and the people will have an attitude of “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go”

God desires to use “ALL” his people and will use them. So the Move of God is about the people and the people will do the work of the ministry.

Now this will upset some pastors, because some pastors control the people and when they begin to move in the things of God they will do everything they can to keep the people down, but God will help the pastors as they surrender to him..

This Move of God is also preparation for what is coming “the antichrist”, because these people will have to confront him. Great persecution is coming but we will fight and we will win, look at this scripture before you judge what I say as I am not promting dominionism..

Rev 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

There is victory for those who love not there life, because we overcame the antichrist by the blood of the Lamb and our testimony and we are not afraid to die, why because they have surrendered everything to Christ.
God is going to help his people…press in to him and offer yourself as a living sacrifice and be transformed by the renewing of your mind Rom 12:1-2

Quote: You should care about what other Born Again, Spirit filled people.

Well I must disagree, if you tell a Christian something that God has spoken to you and they start to attack you to the point there “ripping what I say apart” what should I do listen to them and change what I have said to make it suitable to their ears…

There are people that when your around them it’s like walking on egg shells, scared to say anything just in case they take it the wrong way and take offense and when they do take offense the bitterness in them spews out and attacks you.