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.