Please Don't Chase The Dove Away

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

(James 2:1) "My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons."

(Proverbs 16:18) "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."

(Proverbs 6:16-19) (16) "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:" (17) "A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood," (18) "An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief," (19) "A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."

(Ephesians 4:30) "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."

(Isaiah 63:10) "But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them."

PREFACE SUMMARY

Dear reader, I do not know where to start to begin writing this message, for all through my life's experiences, I have either been involved in or witnessed such atrocities as church splits and people that are supposed to be examples cause disturbances in houses of worship and with no convicting conscience, do it in front of the lost not realizing that God will take you out of this world for hurting the lost quicker than anything else you can do.

Saints, the church was borne in power, and we are each chosen by God to fill the right place in the body of Christ.

No one else can do what we have been selected to do, for God foreknew us before creating us in the womb; therefore, the bottom line is, "he wants us to flow in the body and fulfill His call upon our life."

Beloved, one of the problems in today's society is that some have developed pride and thought they could isolate themselves from the body and build their kingdom, going so far as to call themselves "God's man or woman of the hour.

Dear reader, this mindset causes them to be isolated from their covering and leads people to associate their gifts with the person and not the body.

Did you not know that God sees all of us as one body, "the body of Christ on earth?

Beloved, do you not know that the Holy Spirit is called Holy for a reason, and God declares in his word that if you insult or grieve his Holy Spirit, you have just caused the God of creation to become your enemy? (Isaiah 63:10)

Dear readers, if there is one thing that I have learned in my Christian life, I have learned that people are important to God and he does not want us living in bondage but in the power and victory of the cross.

Dear readers, down through the pages of church history, we discover that God has allowed his Spirit to empower men and women of God in mighty demonstrations of his power causing medical science to take another look at the power of prayer.

Beloved, I have great respect for these patriarchs of our faith who paved the way for us to read about their life experiences with the God of the Bible and develop within our hearts a hunger to experience God’s presence in our lives.

Dear Saints, these powerful men and women of God allowed the Lord to use them to leave his signature through them to future generations including us today and it's exciting to read some of their profound revelations and read about the testimonies from eyewitnesses who themselves have experienced a one-on-one covenant relationship with the Living God of the bible.

Beloved readers, these patriarchs all agreed that Jesus Christ is the same today as He was in bible days and they also believe that He will be found of them who seek him with their whole heart.

Beloved, the lives lived by these Saints are a treasured map that leads to a treasure buried in a remote hidden place just waiting for someone to find it and claim it.

Saints, our prayer should be for God to send a robust earth-shaking revival where his holiness will unmask the pretense we witness in some churches today of what people are calling worship when, in reality, it is nothing more than a show of worked-up flesh full of pride and deceit.

Dear reader, I ask that you prayerfully go with me through this message with an open mind as we minister on the seven sins that God hates, including one that he calls an abomination, which should serve to sound a solemn warning to all who would wish to ignore them thus grieving his Holy Spirit having him become their enemy.

Dear readers, I am praying that as you read this message, you will make an effort to explore the depths of God’s Spirit in such a way that you will never be satisfied with the church in the norm as we have in many services today.