Institutional Christianity: No Praise for Sons

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: Features of Institutional Christianity: No Praise for Sons Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:6-8 Greetings Sons of God: After David came back with the head of Goliath to Saul, all Saul could ask is who is this youth? Saul had no praise for David and the victory over Goliath. Now what does happen is the institutional church begins to adopt another spirit when the sons of God are victorious and advancing. Let me show you this in Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:6-9: And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands. And Saul WAS VERY WROTH, AND THE SAYING DISPLEASED HIM; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day forward. Now what do we see here. Here we have the women of the cities coming out sending praise to David and ascribing that David has had more victories than Saul. Saul became angry and saw David as a threat to his rule and sought to kill David from that day forward. What are we saying about the institutional church? The institutional church has no praise for sons. They develop a spirit of jealousy when the sons of God are advancing and victorious over the enemy. The institutional church sees sons as a threat to their rule. The institutional church will run them out because they will defy tradition and men’s rules and regulations and trust God an in doing that, when they have victory, the people will turn from the institution and to the grace of God resident within a man. The result will be the children of the institution will realize that they are not Pharaoh’s daughter’s son and will ultimately flee to the wilderness. In their flight to the wilderness, there they will learn about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and come into their true identity as sons of God. In the next message I want to show you the promise of sons in the scripture and the importance of understanding your sonship. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Institutional Christianity: Cannot Recognize Sons Within Its Own House

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: Features of Institutional Christianity: Cannot Recognize Sons within its Own House Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:55 Greetings Sons of God: Now we know that David is the son within Saul’s house. With a resume like David, you would wonder, how could you not recognize a son within the house? Well we know that even though David ministered to Saul and Saul put his armour on David, after David comes back from the victory over Goliath, Saul did not recognize David. David represents the spirit of sonship. If we really examine the state of the church then we should be able to clearly see how Saul (institutional church) cannot recognize David (sonship). Let’s examine some reasons why: 1. The institutional church is too pre-occupied with self. The institutional church is too pre-occupied with keeping their rules and regulations and raising up disciples to themselves. 2. They see sons as youth! This one is a major problem. They cannot recognize maturity. They base maturity on age, not fruit. I cannot tell you the number of times I have heard “He can’t because he is not old enough” when it comes to ministry. I guess we have forgot about Jeremiah and king Josiah?? 3. They see sons as slaves. Now they may not say this to you but as long as you are doing what they call “ministry” then you are doing a good work and God will bless you. However if you do not do what “they perceive” ministry is, then God is not pleased with you. To the institutional church maturity is someone doing their work called ministry and doing it well and not what true maturity is which is Christ being formed in you. The end-result of the failure of the institutional church to recognize sons is that the son leaves. Many people who have come to the revelation of the House of God has left the house of Saul for the house of David. They have left the institutional church for the House of God and their life in sonship. Over time as these sons leave, the institutional church will eventually die due to no sons being available to carry on the work. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Institutional Christianity: Cannot Recognize the Working of the Holy Spirit in a Son

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: Features of Institutional Christianity: Cannot Recognize the Working of the Holy Spirit in a Son. Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:18; 17:45 Greetings Sons of God: 1 Samuel 16:18: Then answered one of the servants and said, behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, AND THE LORD IS WITH HIM. One of the features of the institutional church is that they cannot recognize the working of the Holy Spirit within a son. A true son recognizes the working of the Holy Spirit and gives all the credit and glory to God. He does not trust in his or her own ability. When Saul tried to put on his armor on David to go fight Goliath. David realized that this armour is not proven and would just weigh him down but he knew that God is with him. Now when David confronted Goliath these are the words he spoke. Now please pay attention because this is so powerful when the Spirit of God is speaking through a son to the enemy. 1 Samuel 17:45: Then said David to the Philistine, thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear, and with a shield: BUT I COME TO THEE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL, WHOM THOU HAST DEFIED. David recognized that he could not beat Goliath except the Lord be with him. Notice that David did not go in the name of Saul but in the name of the Lord. Sons point all of the credit to the one who gives them the ability to defeat the enemy and that is the Lord. When David went back to Saul, Saul could still not see David as being anointed by the Lord. All he can see is a youth! So many of our older believers and when I state older, I am speaking of older in natural age, find it hard to see the Lord doing phenomenal and great things through people younger than them. Moreover, because we are speaking about the institutional church they cannot see the working of the Holy Spirit within the son. Funny, when Saul enquired about David he was told that the Lord is with David. Even though he knew that when David was victorious in battle he was too blind to see the Lord working in him then. In the next message we will see how the institutional church cannot recognize sons within its own house. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Features of Institutional Christianity: Ascribes Greatness to Fathers

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: Features of Institutional Christianity: Ascribes Greatness to Fathers, Not Sons. Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:55 Greetings Sons of God: 1 Samuel 17:55: And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. One of the features of institutional Christianity is the fact that the institutional church ascribes greatness to fathers, not sons. David was employed by Saul and Abner and after the victory over Goliath, Saul asked the question “Whose son is this youth?” So what is Saul’s question? Who is your father? The institutional church looks for the father, not the son. In other words, the institution looks for the institution of the student and not the student of the institution. You are good because of the institution you come from. You are validated by the institution. This acceptance of validation from the institution is mostly due to low self-esteem. What happens to most people, not all, the institution caters to some desire of the people. When the institution offers that thing that appeases the people then they ascribe to making the person and the person feels some debt of gratitude or service to the institution and as the institution continues to make the person like them eventually he institution can then say: “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”. We are called to be sons of God and not the slaves to an institution. You are called to serve your Father as a child of His Household and bring the rule (Kingdom) of God to the earth. The spirit of Saul, institutional Christianity seeks to know who you come from and not who you are. In the next message we will look at another feature of institutional Christianity. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Institutional Church: Failure to Recognize Sons Part 2

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: Institutional Church: Failure to Recognize Sons Part 2 Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:38,39 Greetings Sons of God: 1 Samuel 17:38-39: And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them and David put them off him We are continuing our message on the failure for the institutional church to recognize the sons within the house. One of the things the institutional church does is it puts its armour on you. In this situation we see Saul trying to arm David for the battle with Goliath. Now David puts on Saul’s armour and realizes that this has not been proven and he cannot wear it. The institutional church seeks to put their armour on the sons of God. The institutional church cannot recognize anything outside of those garments or trappings they put on you. In other words, instead of being a disciple of Christ, you become a disciple of the institution and all the institution can do is produce photocopies of themselves. We as the sons of God are not photocopies of any institution. Sonship is not the manisfestation of an old order but it is of the patent son, Jesus Christ. The institution produces clones, not sons. It has a distressing spirit. Many within the institution are merely playing the harp of Saul. God is adjusting the structure and dismantling altars. In the institutional church you are viewed as Pharaoh’s daughter’s son and the Father is saying to the institutional church: “Let my people go”! Now remember when Pharaoh did not let God’s people go, He sent the plagues against Egypt and Pharoah. He sent, frogs, lice and remember the water was turned to blood. Water is a picture of the Word of God and by the water being turned to blood, it is a picture of the word that is being preached not being palatable or able to be eaten. God will kill the firstborn. This is a picture of firstborn being separated from God by the children being turned over to drugs, many foreign gods, grow up hating the church and will mix with the occult. The institution cannot produce sons. Their best product is Jonathon (Saul’s son) who does a few things but ends up dying with the old order. The institution has issues with sonship. In the next message we will look at features of Institutional Christianity. You do not want to miss this because many of us are sitting in Saul’s house playing the harp for him and wearing his armour. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Institutional Church: Failure to Recognize Sons Part 1

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: Institutional Church: Failure to Recognize Sons Part 1 Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:55-58; 1 Samuel 16:17-23 Greetings Sons of God: 1 Samuel 17:55-58: And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain on the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. And the king said, Enquire thou whose so the stripling is. And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said unto him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. Now we will be using this scripture a lot to draw these next set of messages. Now after David came back from the slaughter of Goliath, Saul enquires about him through Abner and when David approached Saul, he did not recognize him because he said “Whose son is this youth?” Now something is very weird about this story because earlier David was introduced to Saul and Abner gave him a detailed resume. 1 Samuel 16:17,18: And Saul said unto his servants, provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. Now if you read this properly you would think, now wait, Saul asked for a musician and when David was suggested Saul sent for him. However, when the same David slew Goliath and brought his head back to Saul, Saul and Abner did not know David. The spirit within the Institutional church does not recognize sons. Saul employed David because of his qualifications. What was his qualifications? He is cunning in playing (musician), mighty valiant man, man of war, prudent in matters (speech), comely person and MOST OF ALL, THE LORD IS WITH HIM! Now who would not want someone around them like this? Saul loved David and made David his armourbearer(1 Sam. 17:21). David found favor in Saul’s sight (1 Sam. 17:22) but watch this: Saul had an evil spirit and it was a distressing spirit. Now when that distressing spirit would arise, David would play a harp with his hand and Saul would be refreshed and the evil spirit would depart from Saul (1 Sam. 17:23). Please pay attention because for many of us we are in this position and the spirit of Saul (Institutional church) portrays this concept: The distressing spirit with Saul opened his ears to David’s harp but closed his eyes to the son in the house. Saul can accept the ministry of deliverance but not the ministry of sonship. We will continue this message for the sake of time in the next message. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

The Goliath of this Season

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: The Goliath of this Season Scripture: Malachi 4:5,6; Ephesians 6; Matthew 21 Greetings Sons of God: We know that the way the sons of God will be restored to the House of God and back in dominion in the earth is by the spirit of Elijah by the restoration of the father/son model (Malachi 4:5,6) and of course upon the father/son model, Jesus will be carried into the city (Matthew 21). Now for the second part of that, in Matthew 21 remember the colt and ass that was loosed to carry the Lord into Jerusalem? Jesus was riding on both the colt and ass and they represent the father/son model, two generations working together to carry the Lord into the city. Now, anything that prevents this model from going forth is the Goliath of this season. That Goliath is the institutional church. Please pay attention and do not misinterpret what is about to be said: We have not been put on this earth to fight flesh and blood. In other words we do not war with the people of the institution but what we do war against is the institutional altars that have been built that suppress the maturity of the saints. The Scriptures (Ephesians 6) say, we wrestle not against flesh and blood but Deuteronomy 7:5 says we should destroy their altars and break down their images, cut down their groves and burn their graven images. Now we do this through repentance and the Word of God, not just in speech but in the word becoming flesh. Now let me lay this out so that in the subsequent messages we will be able to show you the difference between the apostolic and the institution. Institutional Altars are: 1. Human Inventions 2. Sons of traditions 3. Declare superiority over the Word of God by their rules and regulations The Institutional church cannot produce sons. Let me repeat! The institutional church cannot produce sons. A great example of this is people, in particular when leadership switch churches. When they leave they almost leave with no conscience. They do not see you as sons but as members and so to move from church to church is fine. There is not a spiritual connection between the leader and the church that would hold that leader in place to mature the sons. Ultimately people’s allegiance to the church depends upon the pastor because when the pastor leaves, they leave also or when a new pastor comes, they leave because they do not like the “choice”. In the next message we will look at David and Saul and begin to show you this picture in scripture. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

The Blessing of Sons

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: The Blessing of Sons Scripture: Psalm 127 Greetings Sons of God: I personally love this Psalm because it declares that the Lord must build the house and we did and entire teaching series on Psalm 127 but for this message we will use what we need to show the blessing of having sons. Psalm 127:3: Lo children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His reward. It is an absolute blessing to have sons born into the family. Now this can apply naturally but moreover we know that this is an eternal reality. For those sons that have matured and the Father has found favor with them, He gives them sons to bring them to maturity. The reward of the Lord comes from his womb and that is sons. God does not say that members or lay-people are his reward. He said sons. Now watch what happens with these sons. Psalm 127:4: As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. When we examine this, it says that the children are arrows. So if they are the arrows then the fathers are the warriors that are there to craft them and mold them so that they maybe used. This crafting and molding is fathering and maturing. It involves some pain, suffering, smoothing but it is all in love so that the arrows are sharp and when they are used they will hit the intended target and have an immediate impact. Keep in mind the Lord is still talking about sons. Psalm 127:5: Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Now it says happy is the man that hath a quiver full of them. Now we know a quiver is the case that holds the arrows. It is a blessing to have sons within the household. With proper fathering and maturity when these sons are matured and deployed, the father will not be ashamed because they will, the sons, speak with the enemy in the gate. So it is the sons that should speak with the enemy at the gate. The Institutional church has no sons. Fathers must leave their posts to tend at the gate because there are no sons. This is why proper modeling is so crucial in this season. It has to be fathers and sons. Malachi 4:5,6 says that by the spirit of Elijah, the hearts of the fathers are turned to the sons and the sons to the fathers. In addition when the Lord was riding on the donkey and colt into Jerusalem, He was riding on both of them. The donkey and the colt represent two generations working together to bring the Lord into the city. Those two generations are father and son. In the next message we will look at the Goliath of this season. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

New Teaching Series: The Institution vs. Sonship - Introduction

The Institution vs. Sonship Today’s Focus: Introduction Scripture: Ephesians 3:2 Greetings Sons of God: In studying this topic, I cannot begin to stress the importance of honesty and self-examination that will be required to receive what is about to be taught. Revelation from the Holy Spirit is mandatory in understanding this topic because for many, they are blind to the difference and the difference makes all the difference in the world in your maturity in Christ. In this series we will look at the story of Saul and David to understand this. In the previous series we left off with this statement and let me restate that here: The spirit of Saul represents the spirit of Institutional Christianity Hence if we are making that statement, then the house of David represents the Apostolic and spirit of Sonship. The story of Saul and David is more than David and Goliath and David being God’s anointed and chosen king over Israel. It is much more than that. In the next set of messages we will show you how the picture of the institutional church cannot bring sons to maturity and its deficits and how those that are within the house of Saul must learn to migrate to the house of David. The heavens open up for the sons of God. Dominion is given to the sons of God, not slaves. Sons are builders of their family name. There is a deep difference between being the son of the institution and the son of an apostolic spiritual father. Local churches MUST be built on the model of fathers and sons because grace is imparted through this model. The Institutional church cannot impart grace. Grace comes by a person (Ephesians 3:2) and that person is a spiritual father. So you must connect to a spiritual father in order for grace to be imparted to you. This is not Catholicism and you cannot base this on your experience with your own biological father. This patent must be derived from the Scriptures. So everything that we will say and show will be stated through the Scriptures and I pray the Holy Spirit break chains, sensitize dull ears and open blinded eyes so that the sons of God can come to the House of God and live their predestined lives as sons and not slaves. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Household Gathering Tonight: Living in the Spirit - Building Godly Relationships and Marriages

Tonight at 6:30pm EST (5:30 Central) the Household of Calhoun will be starting a teaching series on "Living in the Spirit: Building Godly Relationships and Marriages". Whether you are single or married it is time for you to understand your role as a single person in Christ as well as your role in a marriage Ordained by Christ and lead by Christ. Of course, if you desire to come to the house, call and let me know or if you desire to join us via Conference Call: 712-432-3066 Code: 213301. When we understand who we are, why we are and our roles as individuals then marriages will last a lifetime and righteous children will be raised to advance the House and Kingdom of God in the Earth.

Transitioning from the House of Saul to the House of David

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: Transitioning from the House of Saul to the House of David Scripture: 1 Chronicles 10:12-14; 13:1-3 Greetings Sons of God: 1 Chronicles 10:12-14: They arose, all the valiant men and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the Word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it and enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. In our previous messages in this series we talked about how David loved Saul even unto death and when he reached this point of maturity, he was able to advance to Hebron. Now notice that Saul and his sons were buried in a place called Jabesh which means ashamed, confused or disappointed, to dry up or whither away. Saul’s house had fallen due to his transgressions against the Lord. After this the Lord handed the kingdom over to David, the son of Jesse. Now let me say this here and in the next series we will elaborate: The house of Saul or spirit of Saul is the spirit of the Institutional church Please keep that in mind because in the next message we will elaborate but look how the scripture ends. It says the kingdom was handed over to David the son of Jesse. What is this saying? The Kingdom of God is arranged in a patriarchal model of fathers and sons and the Father has always intended to place His Son King to rule over His House and Holy Nation. It will be on the model of fathers and sons that the Father builds the Nation. But it will be at this position in the spirit called Hebron where the Holy Nation will unite and inaugurate Jesus Christ the King over this Holy Nation now watch this: 1 Chronicles 13:1-3: And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it see good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul This is the picture of the gathering of Israel together at Hebron but more over a return of the Ark of the Covenant to Israel. What does this mean? Remember in our previous teaching series “The Ark of the Covenant and House of God” we said the Ark of the Covenant are the principles we are to live by in order to guarantee the presence of the Lord. Remember Israel went no where without the Ark leading them. Inside the Ark we know were three items which represent three crucial principles: 1. Golden Pot of Manna – Grace of God 2. Aaron’s Rod – Theocratic Leadership 3. Tablets of the Covenant – Covenant of Sonship Everything is starting to come together or consolidate in this place called Hebron. 2013 will be a crucial year for the House of God because we will begin to see the consolidation and joining of the House of God into the Holy Nation. We know that the Holy Nation is 12 spiritual tribes which are made up of clans, which are made up of households headed by fathers. In the next teaching series we will examine how the spirit of Saul is the spirit of the Institutional church and how it is mandatory that we migrate to the house of David because the grace of God is in the model of fathers and sons and it is the sons of God that dominion is given to, not the slaves of Saul. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Building True Alliances

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: Building True Alliances Scripture: 1 Chronicles 11:1,2 Greetings Sons of God: 1 Chronicles 11:1,2; Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh. And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. The scripture says that all Israel gathered themselves unto David unto Hebron. True alliances cannot be built by organizing, advertising, summoning or inviting. In the Body of Christ, true alliances are formed by the Spirit of God and through the grace in a man as the set man or father over a household. Congregations can be built when the leader is amongst the sheep and he has an intimate relationship with them. And like a true shepherd the father of the household is given grace to move people or lead them to a single location. These people who have formed an true alliance will be attracted to the grace within the father or leader of the household. The culture of family and love must be present. Now I know this is a little wordy but let’s look back at the scripture to prove it. First, we know Hebron is the place of joining and the gathering of all Israel to David was to unite the nation and become one corporate man. Now the people acknowledged that David was God’s anointed because they confessed in verse 2 that even though Saul was king it was David that led Israel out and in. Hence the people were attracted to the grace that was within David. David was anointed king at Hebron and Israel was all gathered there to anoint him. In the Body of Christ, God gives grace to spiritual fathers to help lead and mature the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit assembles the Body of Christ in households, then clans then tribes to form the Holy Nation. When the Holy Spirit puts you within a household of faith, he has given grace to the father of that household to dispense the grace of God to you through the word of God. This is how the fathers of the household feed the sheep or the sons of God within their care. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

False Alliances and Monuments

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: Spirit of Absalom Part 2: False Alliances and Monuments Scripture: 2 Samuel 18:18 Greetings Sons of God: The way Absalom tried to usurp the authority of his father David was the building of alliances. Now these were not true alliances because they were alliances built on manipulation. Now from the previous message we see that the spirit of Absalom is all about self and does not seek to build the nation but seize control of power to control people. For many people, especially in the church the spirit is in clear operation. You have that one deacon, or minister that believes they can do a better job than the pastor and they began to spread that virus throughout the flock and turn the hearts of the people from the grace of God which is resident in the father of the household to themselves. When the hearts of the people have turned they will turn on the true alliance that connects them with grace for the false alliance that promises them earthly pleasures and promises. Now Absalom had three sons and a daughter born to him but let me show you this scripture: 2 Samuel 18:18: Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day Absalom’s place. Even though Absalom had sons and daughters, when he tried to usurp the authority of the sitting father of the house and king of the nation, David, then end result of his “reign” was a monument because when you build false alliances you cannot father a nation, you are too consumed with trying to maintain what you took through manipulation that your focus is not on maturing sons and seeing them advance and grow. Your focus is on yourself and maintaining power. A true father desires for his children to do better than them. The spirit of Absalom fights against this because it is consumed with self. In the end the only thing left for Absalom because he was consumed with self all he could do is leave a monument for himself so that people would remember him. Had he followed the grace of God he would have had sons that would have showed the legacy that he left through their life that they are living. So many religious people and unfortunately people within the church who have this spirit seek to build monuments and building in their honor because they are the only ones who can do what they are doing and after they are dead and gone, that is it. So many people follow this spirit and when the person deserts them or passes away, they are left without a shepherd and wandering because they put all their trust in the man and not the grace of God within the man. We as the sons of God are not called to build or be monuments, but we are called to be a movement and ever building trans-genrationally through the model of fathers and sons. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Spirit of Absalom

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: The Spirit of Absalom Scripture: 2 Samuel 3 Greetings Sons of God: Who is Absalom? Absalom was a son of David born in Hebron (2 Samuel 3:3). The name Absalom means Father of Peace or Father of my Peace. Now you may wonder ok, this guy is cool. Not actually. The spirit of Absalom can be a very destructive spirit and if allowed to stay amongst a body of believers, it can actually damage true alliances that have been formed. In 2 Samuel 15 we see the plot of Absalom. Now I pray that you go and read this but for the sake of time and space I will give you the scriptures of the detail I will explain. Absalom was a son who sought to usurp the authority of his father, David who was the reigning king over Israel but also the head of the tribe of Judah at that time. Absalom would manipulate people within Israel to try to turn the hearts of the people to him. 2 Samuel 15:4: Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! All of us have either said or herd someone say “If I were this or that, I would do..”. So Absalom was playing off what people wanted to hear and claim that him can bring them the judgment they desired. He would go around Israel saying things like this and turning the hearts of the people of Israel. Absalom did not just stop with the people, he would go to his father’s personal counselor and turn his heart to him (2 Samuel 15:11,12). Now with all of that said let’s look at the attributes of the spirit of Absalom. The spirit of Absalom seeks to usurp the authority of the father of the household. It is steeped in rebellion, contention, questioning integrity, charismatic expression and most of all self. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

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War Against the False and Birth of Sons

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: War Against the False and Birth of Sons Scripture: 2 Samuel 3 Greetings Sons of God: 2 Samuel 3:1: Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and ,the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. One of the first things that will happen when you come to the Hebron position is there will be a war between the house of Saul and house of David. What does that mean for the Body of Christ? There will be a war between the truth and the false. The house of Saul was still trying to hold power that they no were graced to have anymore. David was anointed king of Israel by the elders, but he was graced by God to feed His people. In the next message we will look at the difference between the house of Saul and the house of David because there are crucial spiritual differences and for many of us we trapped in the house of Saul and need to migrate into the house of David. But, why was David house getting stronger and the house of Saul? When true relationships and formed and alliances are built under the grace of God, in which David did then as you consolidate more relationships you naturally become stronger. In the house of Saul, relationship were not being consolidated but rather falling apart. So as alliances are formed in Hebron the Body of Christ will become stronger and stronger. Next, sons will be born in Hebron. David had six sons born to him at Hebron (2 Samuel 3:2-5). These sons that are born of David are from his loins. For the Body of Christ, these sons that are born of your loins is not natural sons but they are spiritual sons that you have been given by the Lord through the gospel. See this is the season for fathers and sons and it is by spiritual fathers maturing sons that the Lord is consolidating His House and building His Temple in the Earth. But it requires fathers to come to a Hebron position and when they come to this position, sons will be given to them by the Lord. Now we know as we are growing and building, the enemy is seeking to destroy and defile the work of God. Now how he plans to do it when we get to a Hebron position is very destructive and deceptive and if you are not aware of the move of the enemy, you will find yourself in exile and all many of the people you built alliances with will turn on you. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Divine Instruction and Household Migration

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: Advancing to Hebron Part 2: Divine Instruction and Household Migration Scripture: 2 Samuel 2:1-3; 2 Samuel 5:1 Greetings Sons of God: 2 Samuel 2:1-3: And it came to pass after this that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. So David went up thither and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite. And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. After the death of Saul, David asked the Lord if he could go up to any of the cities of Judah. Remember David was of the tribe of Judah. Now there is a divine principle being shown here and it is the fact that you cannot advance to Hebron without divine instruction. Before the children of Israel would go anywhere or advance anywhere they had to have divine instruction from the Lord and be lead by Him and His set-man over the nation. For example, Moses was the set-man over Israel to lead them. The Lord would speak His directions, commandments and statutes through Moses and under those commands the children of Israel were to follow. They were lead by a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night out of Egypt, but their direction for leaving was under divine instruction. So many times people move without divine instruction and end up in the wrong place doing the wrong thing, thinking that it is right. When we follow divine instruction we are guaranteed success and grace from God. It is when we move without instruction, that the grace of God does not move with us and then when we do something we think it is God but it really is not. David is said to be a man after God’s own heart and if we are to desire to be that way then we must do the same and that requires us to be submitted to the Spirit and obey His instruction and directives. The next principle is you cannot go to Hebron alone, you must bring your entire household. David in vs 3 is said to have brought his entire household to Hebron. You cannot leave anyone behind. Before David was anointed king over Israel all of the tribes of Israel had to cone to Hebron. That means everyone because at Hebron the house of Israel is joined together as one corporate man. 2 Samuel 5:1: Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake saying Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Remember, at Hebron there is joining or consolidation of alliances. But everyone, the heads of households, the heads of clans and the heads of the tribes must bring everyone of their household to Hebron to be joined as one-corporate man. In the next message we will look at two things that happen when you arrive at Hebron. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Advancing to Hebron: Love Your Enemies, Even in Death

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: Advancing to Hebron: Love Your Enemies, Even in Death Scripture: 2 Samuel 1:11,12; 2:1-3 Greetings Sons of God: 2 Samuel 2:1-3: And it came to pass after this that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. So David went up thither and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite. And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. Now this will be our foundational scripture for the next couple of messages but let’s look at this. Notice the scripture starts with “After this”. Now this is before David asks the Lord where to go and advance to Hebron, so there was something that happened or something David had to do, or overcome before advancing to Hebron. Let us see what it is. Remember Saul was ruling king of Israel before David and Saul became jealous of David and hunted him like an animal in an attempt to kill him because the hearts of the people of Israel were turning to David. Now for those who know the story, in 1 Samuel 31, Saul and his sons, Johnathon, Abinadab and Melchishua were killed at the battle with the Philistines. Now Saul and his armourbear to be more exact committed suicide. A messenger sent word to David and and informed him that Saul was dead. Now you would think after so many years of being hunted by Saul, he would be relived for him to be gone. Let’s see what David’s reaction was: 2 Samuel 1:11,12: Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all men that were with him: And they mourned and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathon his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. David lamented over Saul. The rest of 2 Samuel 1 speaks of how David lamented and how the children of Judah should learn the song of the bow written in the book of Jasher. David wept over Saul and his son’s death. These were the same people who sought to kill David. Even though Saul did not like David and sought to kill him, David did not lift up an evil word against Saul. He served him because David saw him as God’s anointed. We as the sons of God are to honour our worst enemies with love. This why Jesus would say: Bless those who hate you. Because to bless your enemies is the greatest act of spiritual warfare. Even in death David loved Saul and his sons and we as the sons of God are called to this type of love. We are called to love our enemies, even in death. If you rejoice at your enemy’s death then you will not experience Hebron. If you laugh at your enemy’s death, no Hebron. The sons of God heart is truly tested when our brother falls. So to advance to Hebron you must first learn how to love your enemies, even in death. In our next message we will examine the next principle to advancing to Hebron. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

The Grace of the House of Levi

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: The Grace of the House of Levi Scripture: Genesis 29:34; Numbers 3:15-19; 4:2-4, 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Greetings Sons of God: When we examine the meanings of the names of the House of Levi there is a particular grace that has been given to this particular tribe. Let’s look at the names again and their meaning Levi – Connected or One-Flesh Kohath – Congregation or Assembly Hebron – Alliance, Consolidation, Joining Now when we examine the House of Levi we see that there is a grace of gathering associated with this tribe. The grace of Levi joins two realms together which are heaven and earth in one corporate man and that is the Body of Christ. It is in the Body of Christ where heaven and earth intersect. It is by the joining of the Father in heaven to the sons who are born from above but are located in the Earth come together. The grace of Kohath is the grace to gather people together. This gathering is a corporate gathering but the gathering is for the congregation to carry the Ark of the Covenant. Remember in our previous series, the Ark of the Covenant are the principles that we are to live by to guarantee the presence of God in our lives. When there is no congregation, there is no presence of the Lord. It is the grace of Kohath that brings us to a position to align us with divine purpose. The grace of Hebron is the grace to forge alliances or actually connect people together or joining. For example, now that we have everything we need to build, let’s assemble the parts to build the Temple of the Lord. In other words, now that we are all here, let us be assembled in a particular way to build the Temple of the Lord. As a result there must be a gathering grace within the Body of Christ to bring us to Hebron. Now the in the next set of messages we will discuss how do we advance to the Hebron position. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.