PURITY - Or POWER?? - A Challenge
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by David Wilkerson
Christ Is Made a Stranger In Our Midst - When We Want His Power
More Than His Purity!
Reader Harris, an Englishman and director of The Pentecostal
League of Prayer, once challenged a congregation on this matter
of power and purity. He said, "Those who want power, line up to
my right. Those who want purity, line up to my left." The
congregation lined up 10 to 1 - for POWER!
In the book of Acts, Pentecost was synonymous with purity more
than power. Peter told the council at Jerusalem what God did at
the house of Cornelius, "God...giving them the Holy Ghost, even
as He did unto us...purifying their hearts by faith..." (Acts 15:8-9 KJV)
Who is the man or woman of God who has power? Is it the one
who can heal the sick and raise the dead? Is it the one who can
best talk in tongues and prophesy? Is it the one who draws the
most people and builds the greatest church? No! The one with
the power - is the one with the purity! "...the righteous are bold
as a lion... (Proverbs 28:1 KJV)
The prophet Malachi prophesied of a supernatural purge coming
to God's house.
"... the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple...
but who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand
when He appeareth? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's
soap. And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He
shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver,
that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness."
(Malachi 3:1-3 KJV)
This is a dual prophecy. He speaks of Christ's first coming, and
also of His second! He will come again suddenly, as a thief in
the night. But first, He will purify His Church.
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