I vs. Me (old man vs..new)

In English, there are rules and there are conventions. For instance, the verb must agree with the subject. He say just won't do! But sometimes the abnormal becomes normal because of reason of use - so many people say it wrong, it becomes right (in their eyes). Like "I'm good" instead of the correct "I'm well". Should you say "you and I are getting together later" or "you and me are getting together later'? The answer is "you and me" but so many people say "you and I" it sounds normal and right while the right way sounds wrong!
This also happens in churches when a "tradition of man" or a "doctrine of devils" is introduced and soon everyone starts believing it or doing it. Soon it spreads to other churches then gets passed down to the next generation until what's wrong becomes right, in their eyes.
"In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes".
In these days there in no King (Jesus) in the churches, every denomination is doing what is right in their own eyes.
"You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes".
We need to do what is right in the Lord's eyes, not our own. We need the Holy Spirit's perspective on every thing we teach and do. We need to lay down all our traditions and teachings at His feet and let the wind of His Spirit blow away all the chaff, that which produces death in us. As Jesus prayed, so should we....not my (our) will, but thine be done, Father. Amen.
I'm crying out to the Father for his kingdom to come to earth, in me, in all it's fullness, all it's miraculous glory...but His kingdom will only come when His will is being done. Complete surrender to His will is vital to the ushering in of His Kingdom's glory. I wont see the miracles I'm asking for till I am fully surrendered to Him, amen. He wants His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven because his will is to bless us. His will is to prosper us. His will is to prepare us to live with him forever. This life is our dress rehearsal for eternity. His will is to love us, abundantly, passionately, with nothing held back from us. Do you wish to be loved that completely? Can you receive that kind of love? Can you let him sweep you off your feet? Can you let the river of his presence sweep you deeper into him than you've ever been before? Until there is no returning to the life you once knew?
This world is rapidly fading from my view. I get Rich Mullin's title now for his album "The world as best as I remember it".....the higher up the mountain you go, the more the land far below fades from view, hallelujah! Someone once said "don't be so heavenly minded you're no earthly good" but I say be as heavenly minded as possible, for then you'll do the earth the most good! 

Hi everyone....we've started a new church here in South Korea and this is a few thoughts I wanted down on paper to make a few things clear from the get go....hope this is a blessing to you and feel free to copy and share this and use as a model for your fellowship anywhere in the world you are....if you would like to join the Freedom church of South Korea, we are doing a Skype online group chat every Saturday at 3pm Korea time....we do this because currently there is a virus running loose here in Korea...in the near future, we will do a live Facebook feed of our services and we will post them on a Youtube channel we will start up....God bless.....May the meditations of your heart be sweet to the Lord....Chris Tripp

Freedom Church Manifesto

I

Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty! (Rev:15:3)

Oh God – Your works are what we long to see! Move among us, doing what You do best, miracles, signs and wonders, touching us, healing, prophetically revealing Your great heart to bless. (Acts 2:43, Mark 16:17, Acts 10:38)

Cast our devils far from us. Deliver us from pride and foolish lusts. For just and true are all Your ways, oh God our Lord – King of saints! (Rev:15:5)

II

Make Your ways known to us here (Psalm 27:11) in Freedom's church. We want You near. Show us Thy paths, teach us not to stray (Psalm 25:4) help us always, oh gracious God, to obey.

III

We need You, Holy Spirit (Psalm 51:11 Acts 10:45,46)

Without You we can do nothing (John 15:5)

but with You all things are possible (Mt:19:26, Luke 18:27).

IV

Why “Freedom church”?

Because you cannot have total and complete (perfect) love without total and complete freedom -

Freedom to become who God says you are. The whole purpose of freedom is love. As long as we love the Lord our God and one another we will walk in perfect liberty. “Love one another” (John 15:12) is the highest commandment in God's heart for us, besides “Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, mind, soul and strength”. We simply cannot love Him without loving one another. (1 John 4:7,21, 3:11, 2:1)

V

His presence is vital. (Ex:33:14, Psalm 16:11, 140:13). We must crave Him, ache for Him – like Moses, (Ex:33:15), we say “Lord, we'll not have another service unless Your presence is with us” - You are our shalom, our safe place in a world gone mad – only in You can we be who You want us to be, not who our parents, grandparents, siblings, spouse, friends, pastor or anyone else wants us to be – You and you alone define who we are and what we're capable of.

VI

For many Christians, the Book of Acts is a historical document, an oddity, a chronicle of how the Church used to be, at it's genesis – but from God's perspective it's a model for us to learn from, to emulate, though we are called to do greater works that far surpass those of our early church brethren. The latter rain, the end days harvest, the miracles, signs and wonders, all are greater in every way to the early church. (Hosea 6:3)

He is returning for His Bride (Rev:22:17, 21:9, Jer:25:10, John 3:29) a bride full of His power and His authority; able to rule and reign with Him forever, by His side. She will be both pure and mature (spiritual house cleanings available). If we do not learn to rule and reign with Him now, on earth, spiritually, we will not rule and reign with Him later, physically. We must learn to do effective spiritual warfare (Eph:6:10-19, 1 Cor:1:18-24, Acts 1:8). We must put Satan in his proper place, i.e. under our feet (Rom:16:20, Gen:3:15). We must learn to use the power and authority (Acts 1:8) God has granted each one of us (Mt:28:18-20). There is only one “i” in Christ – no big “I”...but all are little in Christ, one in Him, male, female, Jew, Greek, American, Korean or Nepalese – all equal (Gal:3:28).

VII

1 Cor:1:26, Eph:4:1, Rom:11:29, 2 Pet:1:10, Ps:42:7,Ph:3:14 -

It is my intention to anoint and consecrate each of you to fulfill the call of God on your life. This includes prophecy, one of my strongest anointings. The gift of prophecy is inherent in the life of every believer (1 Cor:14:1&29) We will not despise prophecy here in Freedom Church, rather we will cherish and welcome every prophetic utterance, whether to individuals or to the Body. We will try to record every prophetic word. We will practice moving in this most beloved of gifts. Everyone can and should prophecy! The Holy Spirit will use any tongue that is available to Him, to glorify Jesus and the Father and to exhort and edify and encourage the believers. Prophetic songs are especially welcome! Be free!

VIII

We will together, as a congregation, find out what pleases the Lord and do it, in each and every service (Eph:5;10). Generally and specifically, we will find out by revelation of the Holy Spirit, not just learn it but do it, not just hear it but obey it (James 1:22). We will not succumb to the “paralysis of analysis”. We will not be as the Greeks, sitting around Mars Hill and discussing every knew wind of doctrine....we will seek to do as much as we hear, amen.

IX

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? (Rev:15:3) Show us YOUR glory, not our own, not man's or the flesh. May all who encounter us, encounter You! As Jesus said, I only do what I see the Father doing, I only say what I hear the Father saying, may we also only do and say what we are led by the Holy Spirit of our Holy Father to do and say. Cause all nations, North and South Korea in particular, to fear and tremble before You (Rev:15:3). May all fear You and glorify You for You alone are holy. Reveal all that You are capable of. We no longer wish to just read about Your past glories, your former miracles in the pages of Your Book – we want to also be pages in your Book! We want our own miracles, signs and wonders, NOW, for ourselves, for our generation (Heb:2:4, 11:1) We want NOW FAITH, not yesterday faith or tomorrow faith, but RIGHT NOW FAITH!We want future generations to read about US and testify we were faithful to our generation. We have no second act. This is it, this is our time! Our time to rise up and fulfill our Father's will, just as you did, Jesus. We want to taste You for ourselves, and see that You are good for ourselves! (Psalm 34:8) We want communion together often, for it is a fresh reminder we must consume our bread of life, daily (Mt:6:11), we must drink the blood of the covenant daily, to be cleansed and renewed in our spirits and souls and bodies, daily. We must give ourselves in service and sacrifice to one another and to You, daily. Hold back nothing from us! We want the fullness of Your blessings, but we do not ever want your blessings without you!

Way increase our knowledge and understanding of You, Oh God! (Eph:1:17) Teach us Your ways, Almighty, (Ps:86:11, 25:4), show us Thy paths to dwell in (Is:58:12). We want to walk the highway of holiness (Is:35:8)

X

When You move, we will move with You. When You stop, we will stop with You. (Exodus). We will dance with You! We will rejoice with You forevermore! We will follow your lead, Holy Spirit and we will be still before You, waiting patiently, when that is required. We will draw near to You, for we want to hear your “still, small voice” as well as the roar of the lion of Judah! We will blow the shofar of peace and war. .We will celebrate the feasts with joy! Especially, Passover and Yom Kippur.

XI

Oh Father, may we be a place of safety, especially for children, in every way, especially spiritually. May the children be used as mightily as the adults, by You, Holy Spirit. May we be a place You can gather Your harvest into – where people can be themselves, real and honest with You and each other. We will mourn with those who mourn and rejoice with those who rejoice (Rom:12:15). We will allow ourselves to hurt in each other's presence and we will cover a multitude of sins with our love for each other, not expose each other's sins. We will bear one another's burdens. We want to tend to wounds, not cause them.

XII

Mark 7:7-9 – May the thoughts and ways of man, man's traditions and doctrines, never once darken our door. For these are the days of wonder and joy that I have longed for since I was a boy. Since I was a boy, it has been God's plan to move me to a distant land, far from the thoughts of man.

May doctrines of devils (1 Tim:4:1) never be taught here.

May doctrines of devils never be thought here.

May revelation given only by You, Father, through You Holy Spirit (1 John 2:27) be shared here. Please do as You promised (1 Cor:2:10, Ez:36:27, 37;14), put the words in our mouths when we speak before kings, that is, before each other (Ex:4:12, Is 51:16, Mt:10:19)

We love You almighty Father! Not just with words but also with deeds (1 John 3:18)

XIII

Teach us how to be holy! (1 Peter 1:15&16) Consecrated! (Rom: 12;1, 1 Th:4:7, Heb:12:14). Sanctified. (Jer:17:12, Rom:1:4, 6:19&22, 1 Cor:1:30)

Justified. (2 Cor:3:9, Rom:4:25, 5:16). Set apart in service to You for all our remaining days. And when our lives are over, we will declare we were only unworthy servants, grateful to be in Your service, obeying all You told us to do (Luke 17:10). Not to us, Oh Lord, but to Thy name give glory (Psalm 115:1). May no one be exalted over anyone else in our midst except You...may we mutually exalt you and esteem You more highly than ourselves (Ph:2:3, Ps:61:2). To esteem You higher than ourselves, we must esteem each other more highly than ourselves....for as we treat the very least of our brethren, so are we treating You simultaneously. We will seek to make each other wealthy, not we ourselves (1 Cor:10:24) We will love one another fervently (1 Pet:4:8), with an unfeigned love (1 Pet:1:22), giving ourselves in service to one another, not just for two hours a week, but every single day. We will serve one another communion and we will wash one another's feet (1 Cor:11:26, John 13:14-17).

IX

We will give as You lead us to give, Oh Lord (2 Cor:9:6-8). We are Holy Spirit led in all we do, with our time, our space, our finances, our relationships: indeed, our very lives Psalm 143:10, Romans 8:14, Galatians 5:18, Mathew 4:1, Mark 1:12, Acts 8:29, 10:19&20, 13;2,4, 16:6&7, 19:21, 20:22, Revelation 4;2, 17:3, 21:10.

XX

We will conform to Your image, not man's any longer (Rom:8:29, Mathew 17:8)

XXI

Thank You most gracious and wise Father, for loving us as faithfully and thoroughly as You do.

Thank You Jesus for obeying our Father and going to the cross on our behalf. Thank You for every drop of blood you shed and for every tear You continue to shed on our behalf as You intercede for us before the Father. Above all, thank You for revealing our Father to us.

Thank You Holy Spirit, for leading us daily, and guiding us into all truth, no matter how uncomfortable (John 16:13). It is by You, Holy Spirit, by your presence in us and upon us, that we can accomplish our Father's will. We could not even know His will, if you did not reveal Him to us, but with You, we can do all things! Nothing is impossible! We are eternally grateful for you, Holy Spirit. Thank you for being so obedient to the Father and abiding here with us on earth. You make life so much better! 1 Cor:2:10, Acts 2:22-24, 1 Cor:16:6-9, John 6:44, Gen:1:2

We bless you! We bless you daddy! You've invited us to worship around Your throne, not just in eternity but right now! AND JUST AS YOU HAVE INVITED US TO SIT WITH YOU IN CHRIST AT YOUR RIGHT HAND, WE INVITE YOU TO SIT IN OUR MIDST, ON YOUR THRONE, WHICH IS OUR COLLECTIVE HEARTS, IN EACH AND EVERY GATHERING TOGETHER....(Ephesians 2:6)

Give us great discernment of spirits, Father, indeed, give us every one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit please and we want to also raise the dead and cast out devils. Holy Spirit come. Minister to all, through all. Where you are, there is liberty. 1 Cor:14:26, 2 Cor:3:17, Galatians 3:14,

“It's not my church, or your church, but His Church!”

In Freedom church, EVERYONE HATH!

“You may have to BBQ a few sacred cows to get truly free”

“Faith is the marriage bed upon which our love for God is consummated”

“My beloved is mine and I am his

and I have kept myself for a time such as this.

His coming is near as the dawn to my eyes.

This longing of mine is soon satisfied!

Come quickly, Lord Jesus, says the Spirit, says the Bride,

I'll not arise complete till You draw me to Your side...

My God in my heart is an all consuming fire,

come quickly Lord Jesus, for now I so desire

come quickly in response to my heart's choir,

for you I pant, for you I am weak,

for you are the one my souls seeks...

Only you can satisfy every need

only you died for me upon that tree

I am yours eternally....

Consecrated flesh. The Father spoke this to me over and over as I was walking along. He strongly impressed upon me - my flesh isn't mine, not anymore, it belongs to my Father. Consecrate - to make or declare sacred, set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity, to hallow, to devote to some purpose - to change (bread and wine) into the Eucharist - Just as His Body and Blood were given away in fulfillment of the Father's will, so is mine, my body, my blood - become bread and wine to be consumed by others - take, my brethren - this bread, my body, broken for you, and eat - and I will eat of you - drink of me and I of you - we are thus sustained, we survive on our love for one another. Communion really is a union - a co-union of us, together with Him. This is why He tells us not to concern ourselves with what we shall eat, drink or wear - for our Father knows what we have need of for our bodies are His! He takes care, good care, of His flesh - "For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it; even as The Lord the Church". For we, the Church, are His body - that He nourishes and cherishes (to hold or treat as dear, to feel love for, to care for tenderly, to nurture) "For we are members of His Body, His flesh, and of His bones...".
You know, Jesus gave up His one body - sacrificed on behalf of all who will receive Him - but He gained so much more - He gained every body that throughout history has become His temple - and the same is true of each of us - who belong to Him, if we lay down our lives, our one brief life granted us by God - if we sacrifice our souls in service to Him - we gain so much more - we take, not only our one soul to heaven with us - we take the souls of all those whom Christ was able to reach - because we became living epistles, his bread and his wine - given to those in death, that they may live.
Who turns down free bread and free wine? Lead us, oh Lord, to souls who are hungering and thirsting for You, though they may not know it yet - may we become, in Your hands, broken and shared with others, poured out on behalf of others - do with our flesh as You please, O Father, consecrate us by Your presence within us - to Your service, Father. Keep us from temptation and the evil one. Amen. 

Part Two

Mankind is so fascinated with nature - how some animals hunt their prey, how other's survive, but it wasn't always so. Before man fell, before sin and death were introduced into God's creation, the animals only ate plants - not each other. All creation were herbivores, and so shall they be again in the New Heaven and the New Earth - "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy...."
Oh how wonderful it will be, when from sin and death we are free! And it will be wonderful to no longer "see through a glass darkly"  "And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear". Once our sinful flesh is gone forever - and we've inherited our new bodies, our relationship with Him will be glorious indeed. "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith The Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain." but to whom shall The Lord pay attention to? Where shall He inhabit and with whom shall His rest abide? "Thus saith The Lord, The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool: where is the house that you build unto Me?" All religion shall be done away with - for all denominations are "houses built by man" - and He tore the veil to signify He no longer dwells in houses built with hands, but in a temple made without hands "and where is the place of My rest? (my heart) But to this man will I look - even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word."
Some will rejoice at His appearing but many others will be ashamed. How often have we been cast out of fellowship by so called brethren yet we have this promise - "Hear the Word of the Lord, you that tremble at His word: your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for My name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but He shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed."
For now, we travail along with all creation - for the birthing of the new heavens and the new earth. We can never be truly at peace in this present world, surrounded as we are by sin and death. Oh do not be counted among the number of which the Lord said - "when I called, you did not answer, when I spoke, you did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not." This verse perfectly summarizes denominations today - full of people who care not at all for His voice, who do not answer his call, who turn away from Him, not toward Him, who expect Him to listen to them but will not listen to Him. When they are rejoicing, His servants are sorrowful, and when they are grieving, His servants are rejoicing - "Behold, My servants shall eat, by you shall be hungry: behold, My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty (in the midst of famine, God will sustain His own, indeed, all who take the mark of the beast - seeking to preserve their comfortable lives apart from God, will lose their lives - they will go hungry, while those who took the seal of the Holy Spirit of promise, will be will fed and cared for) behold, My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed: behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit."

All creation is suffering because of mankind's sin and rebellion. That bird outside my window, busy worshipping the Lord with his song - giving pleasure to the Lord because he's doing what he was originally created to do, is just minding his own business, being a bird. He isn't confused about whether he's a male or female bird, he doesn't wish he was a female bird, but I digress - the point I wish to make is this - he's minding his own business, then man comes along and covers his fields with cement, and chops down all his trees or war breaks out, fire rains down from above, or he flies into a windshield he couldn't see, and that bird dies. His life and death were affected by man and not in a good way.
Did you know there is four times as much plastic in our oceans as plankton? Or that there's a garbage pile floating in the Pacific that's twice the size of Texas and growing? Or that the Brazilian rain forest is being decimated daily? We have wiped out entire species of life! Other species are on the verge of extinction. We are, simply put, terrible stewards of ourselves and God's creation. God told us to "replenish the earth" not deplete it. "For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God." All mankind, every man, every woman and child on earth is in "the bondage of corruption" except those who have become the children of God - "But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of thee will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." Yet even we, as God's holy children, though no longer in bondage to corruption, are affected by the filthy, corrupted world we must abide in until He returns.
Though we strive to sin not, we are daily affected buy the sins of fallen men and women "and others save with fear, pulling the out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh", "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." All creation is waiting on us - the children of God, to be manifested in our eternal glory as Jesus manifested His eternal glory at the mount of transfiguration. "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now" - "waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." In this sense, when God creates the "New Heaven and the New Earth", He will "reverse" the order of the first creation, starting with man, and ending with Day 2. He will not need to create "Light" (revelation knowledge), for all will be revealed, nothing hidden, no darkness. Neither will He need to create a new sun - "And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light; and they shall reign forever and ever."

Part two soon.....

"Therefore let us not sleep as do others"

Why does the Bible refer to some people as being asleep, spiritually? Why do their spirits slumber? Here's the thing - people who sleep close their eyes - they are shutting out the Light (remember, in the Bible, light refers to "revelation knowledge"). People prefer darkness when they sleep - they seek it out. So people who slumber spiritually are those who wish to avoid the Light  "Then Jesus spoke to them again saying 'I am the Light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life'.  People who are avoiding the Light are avoiding Jesus - the complete summation of all knowledge and revelation of God to mankind, the "fulness of the godhead bodily". They do not want to see - they are blind by choice. It is not that they cannot see but rather that they will not see. But why would men choose to be blind and deaf spiritually? To dwell in darkness rather than light? It is because their deeds are evil and they do not wish to repent of them. "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." In the light, our nakedness is exposed. We only wish to hide our nakedness from God when we are using our flesh to sin - before they sinned, Adam and Eve "were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." They only became ashamed of their nakedness after they had used their flesh to sin (rebel) against God - who only ever desires our good. This is what it means to take communion in an unworthy manner - The Cross is all about exposing our nakedness, our sin and shame. Jesus became naked on the Cross to expose our nakedness to the Father, who rightly condemned our sin - putting us to death (in Christ) and casting us far from Him - creating a place (hell) where all who choose darkness instead of light may await the final judgement. Holiness refuses to allow sin into His presence. Light and darkness cannot mix - "for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness?" :Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord almighty."
So, in a very real sense, taking communion is us bringing our sins into the light, rather than keeping them in darkness. To do this unworthily means we're taking the elements selfishly, for us, for what we can gain, rather than discerning the Body, we only discern our body, not those hurting and suffering the malady of sin around us, needing our love, needing us to declare their sins forgiven and remitted. "But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup, for he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's Body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep". "God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear."
At the same time that the Cross exposes our sins to the Father, Jesus took the full force of the Faher's wrath upon himself - so that we died in Christ also, as He died upon the Cross, which is why we won't taste the second death. And if we died in Christ, we shall also live in Him - when He was raised from the dead - so were we. So our lives, from beginning to end, our deaths, resurrection, all of it - are found in Christ - past, present and future. In Him we truly do "live, and move and have our being" both now and in the life to come. 

Father I pray that You will be pleased
with all my words and all my deeds.
From this day forth
I will stay the course
and do my best
to continue laying my head on Your breast
And for all of my remaining days,
fill my heart with adoration and praise
for You and all You plan to do
For You, Lord, are forever just and true.
There truly is no one beside You....

You have no equal
in heaven or on earth,
or throughout the Universe -
there is none of greater worth....