Weeping Between The Porch And The Altar - Part 2 – Joel 2:17 Series

PSALM 24:3 says... “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall ascend into His holy place? He that hath clean hands and pure heart...” And we do not have clean hands and certainly not clean hearts!

And we have got to start saying this more often...“Satan”...now I've heard people say this almost facetiously in some meetings... "Satan, get out of this place."

But what we have got to say and believe is this... “SATAN, I REBUKE YOU. GET OUT OF THIS TERRITORY! IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER...THE SON...THE HOLY GHOST. I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, BE GONE!"

Does that astound you? Does me but it is based on BIBLICAL TRUTH...

In that Revival in Leeds England I talked about earlier a young lad stood up to pray and said just that.

And just as though a switch was pulled in heaven God came on that meeting, and He came on a pub at the end of the road and people left it and He came on a dance hall at the end of the road and people left it...now that is real movement by the Holy Spirit.

Christians...we've got to get back to a Holy Ghost that we truly believe will work like that...GOT TO!

Listen to this...today we have to drag people to the altar yet there was never an altar call in the New Testament if you want to be REALLY scriptural...in all of Acts with all those conversions...no altar calls...no invitation.

Altar calls are an invention by religion for when the Holy Ghost doesn't deal with people. AMEN!!!

Beloved...this boy prayed, the Holy Ghost came...and that whole community vibrated with God and we can too if we just believe in the awesome POWER OF GOD'S HOLY GHOST!!! AMEN!!!

SECOND...MINISTERS HAVE GOT TO REALIZE THAT THEIR JOB IS TOO SET THE TABLE FIRST AND FOREMOST!

A minister is not supposed to be the janitor or running a business or finding out about the church's bank balance...they are not suppose to worry about all that junk.

If you are going to be a TRUE BIBLICAL PREACHER you got 2 things to do according to ACTS 6:4... “...give yourself continually to prayer and the Word of God.” That's all you as a minister have to do and that is a big, big task.

So who is going to visit the sick? The deacons...other ministers or church members...or you can if you've taken care of the other 2 things first. Who is going to bury the dead? The deacons...the Scripture clearly says, "Let the dead bury the dead." - joke folks...minister you can do that too but you better be sure that the first 2 are well covered.

You see, preachers want the church to function their way...they think... "God bless our plans and what we do."

And they ask for and join meeting after meeting...when they need to be praying and preparing God's Word.

Now a minister that doesn't visit...that is unheard of.

But this is what all great ministers should have said about them when they retire or pass on..."You know what? I have gone to his church twenty five years and he has not been in my house five times. But I'll tell you what...he spread the table with the Word...minister, that is your Word inspired job...that is your calling.”