In Revelation 2:1-7 Jesus told a church that "HE" would remove their candlestick...if they would not return to their "1st" love.....A Candlestick can either be (in short) their angel or their messenger/ Pastor...He did NOT rebuke them for their "works" or "outreaches"...but HE said NONE of THAT matters....IF you LOSE your desire for the PASSIONATE embrace of the SPIRIT of GOD in your midst!!!!!
SADLY - I see that happening to a Church I know well RIGHT NOW!! Jesus - true to his Word has led their candlestick to leave.....it is truly sad when Jesus loses faith in a churches ability to continue in the "Spirit" and the "Truth" - many... people try to use nicy nicy words to explain this away...and it is amazing to me that "we" will allow one of our leaders to be cavalierly "sacrificed" on the "greater good of the church" concept - That's what I heard in the service....learn to listen...Remember - the sacrifice of Issac was a test of obedience that God relented from when his person/people acted rightly...God hates human sacrifice - He call it an abomination!
Yes, God will certainly re-assign the messenger/candlestick that was yours...but YOU as a church without corporately REPENTING will slowly (or not so slowly) but surely burn out through lack of anointing, and fizzle into the same now obvious obscurity that the Ephesus church did - never to be effectively heard from again....Congratulations - silent minority steering committee!!! - as the Proverbs say....enjoy falling into the pit you have made for the righteous... The "sharks" are driving the bus!!!
."Church" it's time to act!!! Act now and possibly keep your candlestick!! (See my note/message in "The Friends of Trinity Presbyterian Church West Sacramento Page") - Does God change His Mind?)
God does OFTEN change His mind - If you don't KNOW that - then you have been lied to (In church - it happens more often than you think!) and/or never read His book (See Jeremiah 18:7-11) If you will rally together and fulfill Trinity's mandate and mission as/after Steve sacrifices himself for YOU, why not rally together quickly and right now - AND ACT!!! possibly saving all that is good - God is merciful!! He forgave, sparred, relented, turned back - many many times in the Old testament - Steve will be placed somewhere else by God's grace (He will be fine) but why do you sit idly by and let Steve be your "sacrificial Lamb"
ALSO:
There is a lot of "noise" coming down the pike from leaders/people with NO SPIRITUAL SENSE about Grief and anger!!! BULL!!! (for the most part!!) The issue hear is: "A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENS THE WHOLE LUMP" Jesus' answer was to "Route out the leaven and become a holy lump" Paul used the word "purge" Some of your very leaders are using "psychology" (so called) to keep from addressing the "Real issue" -
One who tells lies (Ignorantly or on purpose) is NEVER your true Friend!
TAKING THE EASY ROAD NEVER BRINGS RESULTS THAT TRULY SATISFY...
Yesterday - Pastor Steve said (basically) after I'm gone, you people that are left - if you - want to do all that God has called this church to do - are going to have to band together and "make it known loudly" that YOU want to go forward - (this effectively means that by MAJORITY RULE you are proclaiming to the LEAVEN (Dissenters, and fearful, and grippers) that they need to get with the PROGRAM or they can "feel free to be "purged" out - but that you are going forward!!)
PASTOR STEVE is making it YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to PURGE OUT THE LEAVEN IN YOUR OWN CHURCH!!! - He said he could not AND cannot do it alone (and its making him appear like the enemy) and (BY HAVING TO DO IT ALONE - WITHOUT YOUR VOCAL SUPPORT) he cannot get the job done... So, God is moving him on to more EFFECTIVE ministry!!! WHAT A SHAME FOR OUR ELDERS AND SESSION TO BE SUCH POOR LISTENERS THAT THEY REFUSED TO HEAR WHAT WAS CLEARLY SAID!!! Either that, or they are ignorant (OBTUSE) enough to really think that with "another man" it will all happen "BUT IT WILL SOMEHOW BE EASIER" RUBBISH!!!
Change is always HARD and sometimes/most times BLOODY!!
IF you will do the leaven PURGING (By coming together as one0 AFTER he's gone - WHY NOT DO IT NOW!!!
P.S.
In Pastors Moses story/sermon - Moses did not go in to the Promised land - that is true - BUT - DON"T BE DECEIVED!!! - THAT ENTIRE GENERATION OF ISRAELITES DIED IN THE WILDERNESS "NEVER" TO SEE THE BLESSING PROMISED TO THEM BY GOD - THEY NEVER ENTERED IN!!!!
That original group of PEOPLE never saw God's best or True blessing and THEY WERE THE CHIEF CAUSE OF WEARING OUT MOSES TO FRUSTRATION AND FINALLY SIN -
They kept both THEMSELVES and MOSES from seeing the Promised Land....
Make no mistake - YOU cannot allow Steve to be sacrifices and EVER (in your generation) be blessed in God's fullness......
Listen carefully to the word of exhortation - listen carefully to what Pastor Steve really said, AND FIX THIS before your Candlestick is removed and your DESTINY Stopped cold!!
(REMEMBER, in the days of the prophets - one of the MAJOR themes was always that (1) prophet stood up and spoke a word that most did not want to hear and hoped wasn't the case, BUT there were ALWAYS MANY OTHER [God's choice of words - not mine] False prophets and poor leaders among the people (in great numbers by comparison) that were saying at the same time "ALL IS WELL" & "GOD GOD WILL BRING DELIVERANCE OUT OF THIS" they people had to choose WHO THEY WOULD TRUST IN - HOWEVER - no matter who they chose to "trust in" it DID NOT CHANGE THE TRUTH OR THE OUTCOME -
Selah
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