purifying ourselves
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The Ability to Seek

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” – Jesus Christ

I tend to exhort and try to teach everyone who will listen, to seek Jesus constantly. But I think it takes more than that, more than a determination and decision of the mind. There must be an inner spiritual heavenly drive to seek God or we simply won’t.

“God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭53:2-3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Seeking God first is not an act of devoutly religious persons. Real seeking comes from Jesus himself. He enables us to seek and endure seeking. He gives us the ability to care and understand why and how to seek him. Jesus sought the father like no human ever did.

And if you can let him live in you you can seek God like Jesus did. Seek Jesus with the ability of Jesus.

Duty and strict human discipline falls far short, it is limited to effort, will power, and even intellect.

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By Their Fruit

“You shall know them by their fruit.“ In context in Matt 7 was said for preachers and looking at the fruit that their messages produced.

It was not to be applied to every individual Christian to judge them. Were it used against all Christians, we’d all be lost.

What sort of gospel or message does a preacher produce?

Then what sort of church does that gospel produce?

Jesus determines the fruit type; converts and followers is not fruit. That happens even with terrible gospels of deception, Islam has many followers and “converts” which are more a measure of leadership ability.

Fruit is repentance, fruit is yielding and surrender to the Holy Spirit, fruit is equality, fruit is giving to the poor, fruit is people putting others before themselves. Fruit is giving to the poor. Fruit is people loving others not like themselves, from older generations and younger. Making room for others. This is real fruit of the gospel of the kingdom.

Not crowds of religious groupies and not demanding your way, and that your vision be satisfied.

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Mega-Mosque Consultant

I wonder if pastors and those working for them and who want to be huge and have “satellite campuses” mind if the same consultants and curriculum they buy were also building mega-mosques? Is your church consultant also a mosque consultant? Could they be … for the right price?

When money and business leadership, and marketing skills increase among the Muslims. A mega church and a mega mosque may almost be indistinguishable.

Most Muslims I know also say really nice things about Jesus, many of them have a lot more to say about him than some Christians I know. Some even quote the Bible.

There is a big difference in business-centered consultant ministry. And Spiritual ministry that arises from the Spirit of Christ himself. Spiritual ministry is not able to be copied, and reproduced by consultants who probably can be hired by an “imam” OR a “pastor.” Spiritual ministry cannot be produced with human leadership, great marketing and with the flow of money.

Spiritual ministry bubbles up out of nobodies and poor people. People with or without skills and money, people who are being built together by Jesus himself. The key differentiator being JESUS HIMSELF.

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