​River-Building Church

THE RIVER
 
THE RIVER SOON TO BE A RAGING CURRENT,
IT WILL UPROOT EVERYTHING.
WHO PLANTS A BUILDING IN A RIVER?
A MAN NAMED PAUL IS DEEPLY DISTURBED.
WEAKNESS FOUND AND LITTLE WISDOM
TRUTHS TO BE CARRIED ON BY LIVING WATER
CHURCHES ROOTED IN THE RIVER'S BED.
WHO DOES SUCH A THING? A FOOLISH THING?
 
THE CHURCH
 
FORCED ROOTS IN THE BED OF A FLOWING RIVER.
TRUTH ROOTED IN A RIVER BED BECOMES DISTORTED.
THERE IS NO STANDING WATER IN THE RIVER OF LIFE.
IT IS THE GREAT DECEPTION.
INSECURITY MASKED BY ROOTS OF PRIDE,
THE SOURCE OF CHURCH CONTENTION.
THE CAUSE OF RELIGIOUS WARS,
THE CHURCH OF IDOLS
THE ELEMENTARY BECOME THE END IN THEMSELVES
LEADERS BECOME PILLARS OF SUPPORT,
THEIR DOCTRINES BECOME IDOLS.
EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT GROW DIES.
THERE IS DEATH IN THE PERCEPTION OF DOCTRINE.
WAR IS WITH OTHERS' BIBLICAL BELIEFS,
LEADERS MAKE THE CROWD FOLLOW.
THERE IS FIRE FROM THE PULPIT,
BUT THE PILLAR OF FIRE HAS MOVED ON.
 
THE ABC’S
 
THE SAME STAGNATION WITH A DIFFERENT STYLE.
ELEMENTARY TEACHINGS LAYING OVER AND OVER.
FOUNDATIONS OF REPENTANCE FROM ACTS THAT
IS PREACHED LIKE IT IS THE SOLE TRUTH.
WHY DID YOU BUILD YOUR CHURCH SO CLOSELY AROUND
THE DOCTRINE OF REPENTANCE BUT NOT TEACHING HOW TO LIVE?
YES, YOU HAVE PUT ROOTS IN THE FLOWING RIVER'S BED
HOW ABOUT FAITH IN GOD, THE ONLY TRUE WORD?
THERE ARE OTHER WORDS, PERHAPS AS LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
YES, ANOTHER DENOMINATION WITH MORE ROOTS IN THE RIVERBED.
YOU ARE CONTEMPORARY NOW.
YOU BELIEVE IN THE LAYING ON OF HANDS IN CHURCH.
EVEN DIFFERENT TYPES, ONE FOR LEADERSHIP, ONE FOR HEALING
WHY DOES PAUL CALL YOU IMMATURE IN ELEMENTARY TEACHINGS?
ANOTHER ROOT CLINGING TO THE RIVERBED AS THE RIVER FLOWS
IT IS THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD AND ETERNAL JUDGMENT.
THE DOCTRINE THAT SEPARATES CHURCHES AND CONGREGATIONS.
ALL ELEMENTARY TRUTHS ARE TRUTHS OF GOD.
ALL DOCTRINE WILL BECOME AN IDOL
WHEN ROOTS ARE PUT IN THE BED OF THE RIVER.
FROM GLORY TO GLORY WE ARE CHANGED
CHURCHES WITH FOUNDATIONS IN THE RIVERBED.
ONE TRUTH IS TO BE BUILT ON ANOTHER.
GOD HAS A DESTINATION FOR THOSE WHO LET GO.
ONE CAN ASK FOR THE KINGDOM,
IT DOES NOT MEAN GOD IS GOING TO GIVE IT.
PAUL SOFTLY SAYS WE MUST HAVE GOD’S PERMISSION
FOR ENTRANCE INTO THE GREATEST OF GOD
THERE IS MORE THAN THE ELEMENTARY TEACHINGS.
TEACHING, WE HAVE BUILT DENOMINATIONS AROUND
CHURCHES WE HAVE ROOTED IN THE BED OF THE RIVER.
IT IS THE LATTER RAIN PROPHESIED IN OUR BIBLE
YES, GREATER THAN THE FIRST CHURCH
RIVERS CAN DESTROY ALMOST ANYTHING.
ALL ROOTS OF ELEMENTARY TEACHINGS IDOLIZED
THOSE WHO CLING TO THE RIVERBED WILL BE LEFT,
LEFT WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
 
LOVE
 
WHEN ELEMENTARY TRUTHS ARE PLANTED IN THE RIVER,
LOVE IS TAKEN OVER BY BELIEF,
DENOMINATION PUT FENCES AROUND
IT IS NOT OUTWARDLY ADMITTED,
ARE BELIEVED TO BE SPIRITUALLY INFERIOR.
YOU DO NOT KNOW LOVE IS LOST
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PERMISSION GATE.
WOW! IT IS THE POWER OF LOVE.
IT IS THE POWERS OF AGES THAT HAVE NOT YET COME TO US.
THIS IS COMING TO US, OR WE ARE IN THE FLOW TOWARDS IT.
IT IS THE CHURCH THAT WOWS THE WORLD.
WHAT DO THEY SEE, WHAT WILL THEY SAY?
“WE KNOW NOW THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
IS OF GOD BECAUSE YOU ARE LOVING ONE ANOTHER.”
LET'S PULL UP OUR ROOTS. IT IS TIME TO FLOW WITH THE RIVER.
 
THIS IS BASED ON HEBREWS 5 AND 6.
​Dan