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.
