Will you be made whole? part two

If he (God) wants you to come out of your local church, get out! If you're not sure he wants you out, stay until you are sure. Not all churches are in Babylon and there certainly are pastors after his heart. Some churches are in varying degrees of bondage to Babylon. Some are freer than others but still bound in some ways. If you're not sure your church is in Babylon or the New Jerusalem, ask the Lord. Jesus did not shy away from confrontational truth. He said "think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be members of his own household. He that loveth father and mother more than me is not worthy of me" Mt:10:35-37.
Reader, Jesus is not just speaking of natural families here. He is also referring to spiritual families. Whatever church or denomination you were born again into is your spiritual mother and father. Notice that Jesus says he will set at variance a man against his father and a daughter against her mother, not mother against daughter or father against son. See, he's trying to tell us something. He's saying you must be willing to be set at variance with your spiritual father or mother, if Jesus leads you in a direction they will not go. Adam said "Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave unto his wife and they shall be one flesh" Gen"2"24 and spiritually we are all called to do the same, we are called to leave our father and mother and cleave to Jesus, to be one spirit with him, to be married to him forever. If Jesus tells you to speak in tongues, for example, and your mother or father, your church or denomination tells you no to, if Jesus leads you in a direction they will not go you must make a choice. Become a follower of Christ or a follower of man. Who's disciple will you become? Who's disciple are you now?
Many in churches today are like the laborers Jesus spoke of in Mathew 20. In verse three he saw "others standing idle in the market place". Many saints today are working their daily jobs never realizing they too are called to the ministry as surely as their pastor is, it's just that their flock is those they meet and do business with on a daily basis. This is the true church - impacting the world around them, daily, not wrapped in special buildings or garb or language that says to everyone, look, I'm religious but rather look, God is real in our every day lives and activities. God is asking many in the Body today - "Why stand ye here all the day idle?" Mt:20:6. Listen to their answer - "Because we have no man to hire us" Mt:20:7. Christian, if you are waiting for pastor or elder or any other man to hire you, to choose to work in the Lord's vineyard, this fallen world, you might wait for the rest of your life. Hear Jesus say to you now "Go ye also into the vineyard" Mt:20:7. Your commission is from God himself and no man. He is calling each of us to co-labor with him. Do not wait for your pastor's approval if God tells you to GO. Yes, we need to submit to our covering as long as our covering's primary purpose is to prepare us to GO and Do all he commands us to do! When God calls you he will take the time to prepare you but if your leadership refuses to acknowledge you are called then christian, you follow God. You are called to far more than the ushering ministry, believe me. Works of service are great but they are only outward ministries in the natural. You are also invited by the Father to receive the gifts of the Spirit, you are invited to participate in all of the Holy Spirit's ministry in the earth today just as surely as Benny Hinn and anyone else you can think of, including your beloved pastor. Do not compare yourself to anyone else's ministry anyway. You are unique to God and NO ONE CAN EVER REPLACE YOU.