Institutional Church: Failure to Recognize Sons Part 1

The Institution vs. The Apostolic Today’s Focus: Institutional Church: Failure to Recognize Sons Part 1 Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:55-58; 1 Samuel 16:17-23 Greetings Sons of God: 1 Samuel 17:55-58: And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain on the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. And the king said, Enquire thou whose so the stripling is. And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said unto him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. Now we will be using this scripture a lot to draw these next set of messages. Now after David came back from the slaughter of Goliath, Saul enquires about him through Abner and when David approached Saul, he did not recognize him because he said “Whose son is this youth?” Now something is very weird about this story because earlier David was introduced to Saul and Abner gave him a detailed resume. 1 Samuel 16:17,18: And Saul said unto his servants, provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. Now if you read this properly you would think, now wait, Saul asked for a musician and when David was suggested Saul sent for him. However, when the same David slew Goliath and brought his head back to Saul, Saul and Abner did not know David. The spirit within the Institutional church does not recognize sons. Saul employed David because of his qualifications. What was his qualifications? He is cunning in playing (musician), mighty valiant man, man of war, prudent in matters (speech), comely person and MOST OF ALL, THE LORD IS WITH HIM! Now who would not want someone around them like this? Saul loved David and made David his armourbearer(1 Sam. 17:21). David found favor in Saul’s sight (1 Sam. 17:22) but watch this: Saul had an evil spirit and it was a distressing spirit. Now when that distressing spirit would arise, David would play a harp with his hand and Saul would be refreshed and the evil spirit would depart from Saul (1 Sam. 17:23). Please pay attention because for many of us we are in this position and the spirit of Saul (Institutional church) portrays this concept: The distressing spirit with Saul opened his ears to David’s harp but closed his eyes to the son in the house. Saul can accept the ministry of deliverance but not the ministry of sonship. We will continue this message for the sake of time in the next message. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.