The New Nature

Not just a cleansing of the old....Not a reboot.....no, no....this is a whole new operating system, as a friend just described it. Not just a do over.  I was in the institutional church for over 30 years and did not get this foundational truth. Why is that? Because it has been lost....to our detriment. Professional ministry creates a system that needs hurting people to buy a product to get well. Sermons, books, counseling.....not saying those things are inheritantly bad.....but oh...I think we can see Balaam at work here. Ministry for money. God loves us, is patient....good...He works through imperfect people, and imperfect systems. Indeed....what else does He have?! If you find the perfect church gathering, let me know, and above all, don't join it, you will ruin it!!!! (Levity folks.....lighten up.)
I know, I know. I am going to get a spanking for talking smack about the church. Well....I am the church. Not that building you go to on Sunday mornings. That, is an institution. Or just brick and mortar.
I think God is doing something new, and our understanding is about to change. And I am not talking the politically correct change that is currently happening in the American Institutional gathering. No, this a change back to something that is both timeless and ancient. The 1st century church had it. It was life in the Spirit. The real deal. Completely relational...to both God and man. Living loved in the Father....the true starting point for all transformation.