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.