The Institution vs.
Sonship
Today’s Focus: Introduction
Scripture: Ephesians
3:2
Greetings Sons of
God:
In studying this
topic, I cannot begin to stress the importance of honesty and self-examination
that will be required to receive what is about to be taught. Revelation from the Holy Spirit is mandatory
in understanding this topic because for many, they are blind to the difference
and the difference makes all the difference in the world in your maturity in
Christ.
In this series we
will look at the story of Saul and David to understand this. In the previous series we left off with this
statement and let me restate that here:
The
spirit of Saul represents the spirit of Institutional Christianity
Hence if we are making that statement, then
the house of David represents the Apostolic and spirit of Sonship. The story of
Saul and David is more than David and Goliath and David being God’s anointed
and chosen king over Israel. It is much
more than that. In the next set of
messages we will show you how the picture of the institutional church cannot
bring sons to maturity and its deficits and how those that are within the house
of Saul must learn to migrate to the house of David.
The heavens open up for the sons of God. Dominion is given to the sons of God, not
slaves. Sons are builders of their
family name. There is a deep difference
between being the son of the institution and the son of an apostolic spiritual
father. Local churches MUST be built on
the model of fathers and sons because grace is imparted through this
model. The Institutional church cannot
impart grace. Grace comes by a person
(Ephesians 3:2) and that person is a spiritual father. So you must connect to a
spiritual father in order for grace to be imparted to you. This is not Catholicism and you cannot base
this on your experience with your own biological father. This patent must be derived from the
Scriptures.
So everything that we will say and show will
be stated through the Scriptures and I pray the Holy Spirit break chains,
sensitize dull ears and open blinded eyes so that the sons of God can come to
the House of God and live their predestined lives as sons and not slaves.
Peace, Love and
Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
