10 December 2007
Looking for Faithful Disciples
“[Restoration] is a need that
must first be addressed by faithful individuals
before it will spread to the corporate body.”
I have been ministering the need
for restoration of the Church for many years. I must
clarify that restoration is not a movement; it is a
need. It is a need that must have personal application
as well as corporate application. It is a need that
must first be addressed by faithful individuals before
it will spread to the corporate body. Each individual
who professes to be a Christian and will heed the call
for restoration must first search their own heart and
allow the Holy Spirit to reveal any areas that are not
in line with Jesus Christ and His Word. They must then
yield to the Spirit to purify their hearts and to make
them holy as God is holy in all their conduct. They are
then ready to be witnesses to the Church and the world.
To begin with, there must be those
who forsake all to follow the Lord and get in the gap
and make intercession for the Church and for the lost.
Don’t look for some great move; look to the
Spirit of God and yield to Him. If you are looking for
some great move, you are apt to fall for another
misfire. It amazes me that leaders—supposed
leaders—continue to misfire. They became famous
by some past misfire, and then, years later, they make
the headlines again and again with what is to be
another misfire. Quit following these misfiring
prophets and leaders. Yield to the Holy Spirit and find
personal restoration; you will then be able to discern
God’s true prophets and leaders from the
misfires.
There is a price to pay if you
want to experience personal restoration, but there will
be great rewards at the judgment seat of Christ if you
do. To be a follower of Christ, one must pull away from
the world and from the pack of modern Christianity.
There will be personal suffering and persecution for
those who do. The persecution will come from the world
and from those who continue to follow and defend modern
and post-modern Christianity. Those who decide to pull
away must give themselves to the Spirit of Christ. They
must be born again, and they must have the power of God
at work in their lives. They will love to study all of
God’s Word, and they will pray with the spirit
and with learned languages. When one is really filled
with the Spirit of God, all of the silly and foolish
debating over praying in tongues will vanish from their
life. They will yield their tongue to the Spirit of
God, and from their own spirit, they will make cries of
supplication and intercession.
Those who study the Word through
on a regular basis under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit will become uncomfortable with being part of the
world and with following the pack of modern
Christianity. They will draw near to God and will be in
the unity of faith with like-minded disciples. You will
not be able to keep them from assembling together. The
adverse is true for those who follow the world and/or
modern Christianity; they are not given to prayer, and
they do not study the whole Word under the direction of
the Holy Spirit on a regular basis. They do not wash in
the water of the Word.
Faithful disciples have an
overcoming attitude; they are determined and will
exemplify Christ and follow Him in spite of opposition
and difficulty. They are noted for endurance and
perseverance. They know Christ, the power of His
resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. The
Spirit of Jesus Christ is looking throughout the earth
to find such disciples who will be faithful to the Lord
and His Word. Through them, He will bring restoration,
revival, and awakening. The Church will be shaken by
their faithful witness, and the lost will see true
witnesses of salt and light. You can become one who is
found to be faithful. Will you humble yourself and
repent? Will you grow up and accept your responsibility
to take up your cross and follow Jesus? Will you quit
flirting with the world and playing the game of modern
Churchianity? Break free from the entertainment
mentality, whether it is found on Saturday afternoon or
Sunday morning. The world and the modern Church have
sung you into a stupor and a daze. Wake up! Look for
your cross and follow Jesus as a faithful disciple!
Note: Modern
Christianity is following man and his teachings rather
than Jesus Christ and His pure Word of truth. It is
focused on selfishness rather than forsaking all to
follow Christ. It has removed the cross or given it a
lower place, and its aim is to keep people happy-happy,
rather than maturing them in Christ. It knows little of
the rule of Christ and it knows much of man’s
ideas, opinions, persuasions and preferences. It has
adapted the world’s ways under the guise and
pretense of winning the world. It has mixture rather
than purity.
_____________________________
Pastor Wayne Wilson
New Covenant Church of Jesus
Christ
3147 Klondike Road, SW, Conyers,
GA 30094 USA
770-760-1101
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