Topic: Principles in Building the City Church Part 3
Greetings:
5. You Need Men Activated By Tribulation
1 Chronicles 12:15:
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both
toward the east, and toward the west
In building the city church you need men who are activated
by tribulation. In the Scripture you see
the Gadites saw that the time to attack was when Jordan was overflowing. Most people would wait until the river was
down but in the midst of tribulation these men saw the time to attack. We need men and women of God who are active
by tribulation. When the time seems the
most inopportune in the carnal they see the perfect opportune to go forward by
the spirit.
1. The Set Man Has to be Discerning
1 Chronicles 12:17:
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye
be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine
enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look
thereon and rebuke it.
The set man is the God-appointed leader and here it is David
and the Gadites have come to join David with the tribe of Benjamin and
Judah. In building the city church the
set man must be discerning of the people who come to want to help. We must ask the question: Are you coming because you desire to help and
my heart is knit or covenantly connected with yours or are you coming to betray
me to mine enemies. Understand,
unfortunately you have believers who will become your enemies out of jealousy,
envy and even out of rebuke. The set man
must discern those that come and make sure that they are covenantly connected
so that they may help carry the vision of uniting the church within the
city. Jude said it best:
Jude 4: For there are certain men crept in unawares, who
were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the
grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our
Lord Jesus Christ.
We must beware of the invasion of false doctrine and the
spirits of Jezebel, Absolam and Korah. We will discuss these three spirits in a
upcoming message in this series.
2. People Must Be Able To Say “We are
Yours”
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the
captians, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse:
peace, peace be unto thee and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth
thee. The David received them and made
them captains of the band.
Now here is where many will get the strange eye. When you look at the Scripture we see that
Amasai who was the chief of the captains made the declaration that they
recognize that God is with David. Those
who come desiring to help must recognize the grace upon the set man.
Next they must submit to the grace within that man. They are not bowing to a man in the mind of
slavery but because they recognize grace they desire to get connected and give
of themselves to help see the vision to reality.
The problem many will have is pride. Pride will prevent you from submitting to
grace, especially when the one carrying the grace looks nothing like you expect
them to. Great example: Saul was clearly older than David but the
people recognize the grace within David and flocked over to his side. Spiritual maturity and the anointing of the
set man has nothing to do with natural age or “experience” in the church. That has been the problem for so long. Especially in the institutional church, so
many gifted sons are being suppressed by the institution and system and many
gifts are being held up by prideful and controlling leaders.
In addition, before someone is appointed to be a leader, the
set man must back sure that this person is carrying the spirit of Amasai. The name Amasai means burden-bearer. These must be people who will carry the
burden.
We will continue looking at the principles necessary in
building the city church. So far we
have:
1. Recognize the David (Son carrying the Grace) within the
House
2. Recognize the Helpers with a Pure Motive
3. Recognize the
Crossing Over Necessary to be Used for the Work
4. Recognize the Need for Men Fit for Battle
5. Need Men Activated By Tribulation
6. The Set Man has to be Discerning
7. Recognition of Grace / People Must Say: “We are Yours”
