Aux: CPMA
Tool: The Barn
Divine Revelation
The Church of God of The Bible is referred to as many things: the house of God, the one fold…and in the Matthew 13 parable as “the Barn”.
Eph 1:9-11 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: (Now there’s the barn and harvest we’ve been talking about)
How is the barn… a tool? The Barn…The Church of God is the Divinely ordained storehouse for God’s tools, equipment and grain.
(1Co 12:28) And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Lively stones offering up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
The CPMA is The Church of God's own GPS (God's Perfecting System)
Whose purpose is to preserve, identify, mark, point out & guide souls to God’s barn….The Church of God.
Why is the CPMA so very important? Because we ain’t the only one who has a “barn”.
Mat 13:24-26 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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(25) But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. (26) But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
Let’s investigate those TARES: (DARNEL WEEDS):
They are False Grain WHICH closely resemble wheat,
They sway (worship) like wheat (raise hands)
They even talk like wheat (Have blessed day, Did you know God loves you?)
But despite their appearance TARES are poisonous look a-likes that pretending to be the fruit of God.
The Jerusalem Talmud believes that The wheat can be influenced by the tares to "commit adultery", causing the wheat to change its characteristics and be turned into tares. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0019_0_19595.html
No one purposely sows Tares in their fields. Tares are sown by the enemy.
Verses 37-39 of Math 13 explains:…He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; (38) The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; (39) The enemy that sowed them is the devil…..
Satan’s bitter and poisonous False grain abounds in the fields of the world today.
While these fields may be full of those who love the Lord and desire to know the Truth…. Growing right ALONG beside them is false grain, false teachers, wicked doctrines.
The word of God says that many false prophets (TARES) shall rise, and shall deceive many….boldly preaching from pulpits the first lie whispered to Eve by the serpent, “Ye shall not surely die” if you break God’s commands. The OSAS doctrine began in the Garden of Eden.
These False Preachers promote:
justification without repentance
improvement programs instead of true Sanctification
Willfulness instead of Holiness….
Having a form of Godliness but denying the power thereof.
False personal prayer languages instead of the indwelling power of the Holy Ghost
As you can see, it is very important for us to TO Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2Ti2:15
Because very soon the Tares will turn their poison against you and boldly accuse you of being legalistic, unloving, and fanatic if you do not agree with their soul destroying doctrines from hell.
However, God has not called us to fight or wrestle with the Tares...because Mathew 13 tells us we will damage and uproot the precious wheat before we can even begin to harvest THEM.
We are to Prove what is acceptable unto the Lord…. “ And have no fellowship (communion) with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. (admonish: - convict, convince, rebuke) (Eph 5:10-11)
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2Ti 4:2
How can we effectively harvest the wheat if we do not have a Divine Revelation of… The Barn!
Who The Church of God is...
Where she is found in Scripture…
What her Divine purpose is on earth?
When you first meet my husband, he has been known to ask, “Have you met my Bride?” The CPMA Department asks that very same question. “Have you met the Bride of Christ?” “Come hither, we will shew thee the Bride, the Lamb’s wife”.
Divine Revelation is The Holy Ghost pulling back the veil from our understanding and revealing through the HOLY SCRIPTURES God’s divine plan and purpose for Christ and His Church to those who earnestly seek His Divine Will.
A DIVINE REVELATION IS NOT HEREDITARY. NO MAN CAN GIVE YOU A DIVINE REVELATION….BUT NO MAN OR DEVIL CAN TAKE IT AWAY IF YOU DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO.
Eph 1:17-18 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: (18) The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
How do We receive a Divine Revelation of The Church of God?
Guess what! Our Heavenly Father is as generous as our BTI Teachers are on Test Day!!
Mat 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
We have thoroughly been blessed by our time spent in BTI this year.
Hopefully we all have given diligence to make our callings and election sure. 2Pe 1:10 Now it is time to go out into the Harvest !
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. Joh 4:35
God Bless The Church of God and the CPMA!!
Tammy Washburn BTI 2010 Saturday Devotional
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