Day 10: Bong-Nyo Baek

• ...After a little time, Jesus started speaking in a harsh voice, Jesus stated that the churches and pastors are worshiping Him in vain.  They follow tradition and works of men.  Many of the services are short and void in message.  The length in worship and praise time has become unacceptable.  They are more concerned with when it will be over.  The preaching time has been shortened.  Jesus was expressing His distress.  Generally, services are about an hour in length; however, many services have become less than one hour.  They are in a hurry to finish.  Jesus would like to manifest in the preachers' bodies, but the pastors preach in the flesh and not in the spirit.  They are more concerned about time management than preaching in the Spirit.  With less worship and service time, many preachers are utilizing the free time for personal use, such as dining, taking trips with the congregation, and wasting time on other trivial matters.  Some pastors are distracted and deluded by attractive sisters, and give great attention to their beauty.   Moreover, some pastors do no treat the congregation with equal respect.  The wealthier members are given more time and respect than those without money.  These types of pastors are not spending enough time in prayer for the glory of God, but they are praying trivially, which is frustrating and dismaying to our Lord.  The messages are not led by the Holy Spirit.  The messages are provided by the strength of the Pastors' knowledge and their flesh.  Messages not from the Spirit will result in short, vain preaching.  Preachers elect not to be led by the Holy Spirit, but by the will of the congregation.  Jesus desires to powerfully anoint and utilize pastors for God's glory.  However, the preachers have, by their own will, given up seeking the Lord's anointing.  Now their carnal mind rules over their spirit.  Many preachers cannot feel God's heart and desires.  God is deeply saddened.  When expanding or building a church, some preachers do it for the sake of their own glory and pride.  In their hearts, the building is a monument to themselves.  These types of pastors spend very little time in prayer and are preoccupied with the materialism of the world. 
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• As the Lord told me about these things, I saw the expression of grief on His face.  Although many preachers can boast about their spectacular buildings, Heaven considers it trivial.  Heaven's way is higher than Earth's; what one perceives as important on Earth may be incidental in Heaven...
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2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 LITV  (16)  But may our Lord Himself, Jesus Christ, and our God and Father, the One having loved us and having given everlasting comfort and good hope by grace,  (17)  encourage your hearts, and may He establish you in every good word and work.

Ephesians 1:16-19 LITV  I also do not cease giving thanks on your behalf, making mention of you in my prayers,  (17)  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him,  (18)  the eyes of your mind having been enlightened, for you to know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,  (19)  and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us, the ones believing according to the working of His mighty strength

2 Corinthians 6:18 LITV  (18)  "And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons" and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty. 2 Sam. 7:8, 14; Isa. 43:6

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 LITV  (3)  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions and God of all comfort,  (4)  the One comforting us on all our affliction, for us to be able to comfort those in every affliction, through the comfort by which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Romans 15:4-5 LITV  For whatever things were written before were written for our instruction, that through patience and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.  (5)  And may the God of patience and encouragement give to you to mind the same thing among one another according to Christ Jesus,

John 6:26-27 LITV  Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek Me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were satisfied.  (27)  Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for God the Father sealed this One.

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