Title The Spiritual Church (Rev 2:1-9)
John 6:36 "But I said to you, 'You have seen me, and you do not believe.'"
Please believe that the Word of God is the voice of the Holy Spirit, and the revelation of the Bible is the revelation of the Holy Spirit. John 14:26 clearly declares that the voices heard in prayer, visions, revelations, dreams, and the Holy Spirit alone, not human wisdom or revelation, teach and guide their church. A church with ears clearly hears the words of the Holy Spirit. Now, how does the spiritual church apply the Bible, the revelation of the Bible? According to the function of the law, the gospel is interpreted according to the gospel, planted in the church, and works to become the driving force of the church's life. Therefore, if the church does not open its ears to the gospel spoken by the Holy Spirit and pursues the revelations of men or the literal acts of the law of the old covenant, God will have no choice but to move the candlestick.
If the church is truly born again by the Holy Spirit and hopes for the heavenly kingdom of heaven, the church must have the attitude to listen to the words of the Holy Spirit. The so-called born-again church needs a spiritual character. Just as good-quality soil is essential for a single seed, such as vegetables or subjects, to germinate and grow, the inner attitude of the church itself is required for the word of life to sprout and grow in the church to build a mature church. A church that bears the fruit of the Holy Spirit abundantly can be experienced only if it has a disposition to fear the Word of God, humility to acknowledge the authority of the Word, and a good will to put it into practice. However, we sometimes come across deaf church news. It looks like a normal church, but in reality there is no obedience to the Word, which is the essence of the church. No, the difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament is that the Bible is often quoted to satisfy the desire of the headmaster because it is a church that does not have the ability to discern. Church members also almost blindly follow pseudo-intellectual orders based on the leader's subjective judgment and experience rather than the voice of the Holy Spirit through the Bible. At this point, the identity of the church is almost lost, and the corruption of the church is obvious.
Everyone! The church is not zealous for evangelism, neglecting to provide relief, and the communion is weak. The fact that the church has fallen is essentially that the church closes its ears to the Word of God, and eventually it results from ignorance of the Word, resulting in moral and ethical tragedy and the loss of the kingdom of heaven. Another reality of the corruption of the church is the Word rather than obedience to the Word. attitude to use. Obedience to the Word is to crucify the worldly self and the desires of the flesh and to have the highest interest in the growth of spiritual life, while the perverted group who wants to use the Word is to fulfill their worldly desires through God. To them, God is not an object of obedience, but an idol as a means of fulfillment. Now we must have the ability to discern between true and false.
Look at another type of carnal church. Look at what Jesus said to the cursed legalist.
John 5:39-40 "You search the Scriptures, thinking that you have eternal life in the Scriptures, which testify of me. But you do not want to come to me to have eternal life."
Why don't those who search the Bible have eternal life? It is truly a horrific phenomenon. They are zealous Jews according to the Bible. Why do such tragedies come after working to death according to the Bible? It is because we have no discernment between what kills us and what makes us alive, so we hold on to what is killing and are zealous.
2 Corinthians 3:6 "He has also satisfied us to be servants of the new covenant, not by question, but by the Spirit, for doubt kills, but the spirit gives life."
Today, in the Bible, ignorant blind men who do not know what the old and new covenants are holding on to the mysterious law that kills them, they are engrossed in vain zeal and put all their heart into serving God. You will find a fatal mistake in your absence Remember that the responsibility of poisoning a drug is the responsibility of an ignorant man. In order to become a church that saves, a church that overcomes, and a church that goes to heaven, we must become a church with ears pierced by the Holy Spirit. Another thing that modern churches need to look back on is a sincere attitude toward the Word. The church must accept the words of the Holy Spirit as practical demands directly commanded by God, unite with them, and bear fruit in the determination to obey them.
However, to treat the Word formally and habitually is a dangerous attitude to deceive oneself and deceive God. In particular, the habit of hearing with one ear and throwing it out with the other is to reject the Word and unity, and you will need to check your spiritual condition again. Those who say Amen with their lips but do not obey the words of the Holy Spirit at all will be subject to fatal judgment. If Bible studies or studies do not become a driving force for abundant growth into life, but only to the extent of knowing, that is also just a religious aspect that has nothing to do with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit speaks through several channels. We pray through daily Bible study, but we must believe that God is speaking to the church through the form of worship that God Himself has established. A preacher who preaches the word must not leap to God, but must absolutely obey the inspiration of the Holy Spirit through preaching. Nevertheless, lack of reverence for worship, thoughts of other thoughts, or nodding will be factual evidence that you are blocking your ears to the food of the Spirit, that is, the voice of the Holy Spirit.
A truly spiritual church is a living organism that listens to the words of the Holy Spirit to the churches and obeys them with a sincere attitude. The church's patience is required here, and the church established by God can overcome the world's passions and desires sufficiently because it has already crucified the world's passions and desires. Now, the church must firmly hold on to the Word, hoping for the joy of eating the fruit of the tree of life that has been opened abundantly as it settles at the final station of eternal salvation. This is the spiritual church and the church that listens to the voice of the Holy Spirit.