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Posted: 06/28/2010 at 12:09pm | IP Logged Quote Ron McGatlin

God’s Government - Leaders and Gifts

By Ron McGatlin

Great evil is arising and threatening to destroy all that is godly from the world. Noisy clamor of violent discord floods the streets of once peaceful cities where children grew up without fear in stable families. Like a sick tree, societies have rotted from the core, and the next wind that comes by may bring them crashing down into piles of rubble. Rooted in dry dirt and rock, there is no life source to sustain them.

Great disorder has led to chaos and corruption, and the entire world suffers as a result.

Where is the wisdom and strength to turn back the flood of darkness and release the light of righteousness, peace, and joy to a new generation in beautiful holiness?

Where is the leadership and governance to turn the world from death unto life?

Where is the great King that can transform the hearts of mankind and bring real life to our spirits?

Where is the kingdom of God the ONLY hope of the world?

The kingdom of God is in the KING Christ Jesus. The governance that will save and transform our rotting world is the government of God – the kingdom of Christ Jesus. JESUS, THE ONE WHO DWELLS IN HIS TEMPLE ON EARTH AND IS ALSO SEATED AT THE THRONE OF HEAVEN, CAN DESTROY EVIL AND PLANT HEAVEN IN ITS PLACE BY POURING HIMSELF OUT IN A THUNDEROUS TRUMP OF ROARING FIRE OF LOVE AND JUSTICE IN HIS PEOPLE.

THE TRUMPETS ARE BLOWING – THE PROPHETS ARE SHOUTING

The plagues are intensifying. Holy angels are releasing war against evil in the world. The fire of the glory of God is at hand. The presence of the Lord is within and without. Nothing is hidden from Him, and all things are to be put under His feet. No flesh can stand in this day of the Lord (Mal 3:2). Activate, come alive, look into the Spirit, and do not look back. You shall be as a mighty army and do exploits beyond any human ability (Isa 52:1-3) (Rom 13:10-14). The power and presence of the beauties of holiness are upon you in this day. Do not miss your personal visitation; prepare now the time is short and urgent (Luke 19:41-44).

God’s government on Planet Earth is a Spirit kingdom. Christ Jesus is the government of God from heaven for earth (Isa 9:7). Father and Son in the Holy Spirit as One God is the only true government of all earth. All legitimate authority to govern on earth is from heaven and is given to Christ Jesus the Lord of all (Mat 28:18). Unlimited power to rule is in Jesus. Unlimited wisdom and understanding to bring God’s perfect order to the entire world is in Christ.

Christ Jesus is the government. Elders are His gifted servant leaders. Gifts are the tools He provides. 

God is the authority. God is SPIRIT and needs not delegate authority to another for He is the authority within His gifted servant leaders.

Elders who bring forth the kingdom of God are those who have ceased from trying to govern God’s kingdom on earth. They are those who no longer live. Where they once lived, Christ now lives (Gal 2:20). They are not only gifted, but they are the character and nature of Christ as the Spirit fills their human spirit, soul, and body with the life and attributes of Christ.

Elders may be gifted as apostles, prophets, evangelist, shepherds, teachers, or any combination of these spirituals or others. Elders are more than representatives of Christ; they are carriers of the life of Christ. The potential is for them to function in any realm or way that Christ Jesus functions.

Every believer in whom Christ dwells by the Holy Spirit is to become carriers of the life of Christ and thereby demonstrate the character and nature of Christ. Elders are those believers who are further down the spiritual road of becoming the character and nature of Christ than the younger believers (not necessarily chronologically). In the natural an elder person is one who is more mature. Also in the spiritual realm an elder is one who is more spiritually mature. The elder lead the younger less spiritually mature believers to become fully connected into Christ by the Spirit and become as Christ is in the world.

Christ governs by the Holy Spirit. Christ is the only head of His Body. Elders, through seasons of the experience of abiding in Christ and Christ in them, are prepared to lead the younger or less mature into maturity of truly abiding in Christ and Christ in them by the Holy Spirit.

Gifts do not govern.

Gifts are tools and do not govern any more than a hammer governs what and when it will strike. The one who holds the hammer determines how and when it will be used and supplies the power or strength to work the hammer. Tools do not rule; Christ rules.

Spiritual gifts are vital in the establishment and function of the corporate kingdom of God on earth. Spiritual gifts are greatly involved in the preparation of individuals to become carriers of the life of Christ. The purpose and function of gifted elders or leaders is the preparation of individuals to so fully abide and walk in Christ by the Spirit that the body functions in unity with every joint supplying its part (Eph 4:10-16).

Spirit God in and through His people is the government of God. Leaders are gifted elders who flow the life of Christ by His Spirit. The love, power, wisdom, and other attributes of Christ bring governance to the world through His Body by His Spirit. There is nothing even remotely religious or hierarchal involved in the God-orchestrated, supernatural flow of Christ in His people by HIS SPIRIT.

The great evil storms upon our world are not forever. When the evil storms have passed, the kingdom of God remains. Evil storms are for a season, but the kingdom of God is forever.

Psa 30:5:  …. Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

Luke 12:32:  "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

Keep on pursuing love. It never fails
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Posted: 06/28/2010 at 12:56pm | IP Logged Quote Gayle Getz

AMEN & AMEN, TY RON...HALLELUJAH TO KING JESUS! LET YOUR GLORY FLOW THROUGH US FATHER GOD, "NO LONGER I THAT LIVES, BUT CHRIST JESUS BY YOUR SPIRIT LIVING IN ME & FLOWING FORTH AS I DO MY PART TO ESTABLISH YOUR KINGDOM ON EARTH FOREVER"!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

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Posted: 06/29/2010 at 8:34am | IP Logged Quote Ron McGatlin

THE TRUMPETS ARE BLOWING – THE PROPHETS ARE SHOUTING

The plagues are intensifying. Holy angels are releasing war against evil in the world. The fire of the glory of God is at hand. The presence of the Lord is within and without. Nothing is hidden from Him, and all things are to be put under His feet. No flesh can stand in this day of the Lord (Mal 3:2). Activate, come alive, look into the Spirit, and do not look back. You shall be as a mighty army and do exploits beyond any human ability (Isa 52:1-3) (Rom 13:10-14). The power and presence of the beauties of holiness are upon you in this day. Do not miss your personal visitation; prepare now the time is short and urgent (Luke 19:41-44).

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Posted: 06/29/2010 at 2:07pm | IP Logged Quote Lyn McSweeney

Ron McGatlin wrote:

THE TRUMPETS ARE BLOWING – THE PROPHETS ARE SHOUTING

The plagues are intensifying. Holy angels are releasing war against evil in the world. The fire of the glory of God is at hand. The presence of the Lord is within and without. Nothing is hidden from Him, and all things are to be put under His feet. No flesh can stand in this day of the Lord (Mal 3:2). Activate, come alive, look into the Spirit, and do not look back. You shall be as a mighty army and do exploits beyond any human ability (Isa 52:1-3) (Rom 13:10-14). The power and presence of the beauties of holiness are upon you in this day. Do not miss your personal visitation; prepare now the time is short and urgent (Luke 19:41-44).

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Yes,

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Posted: 07/01/2010 at 5:28pm | IP Logged Quote Ron McGatlin

Gifts do not govern.

Gifts are tools and do not govern any more than a hammer governs what and when it will strike. The one who holds the hammer determines how and when it will be used and supplies the power or strength to work the hammer. Tools do not rule; Christ rules.

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Bro. Ron.

I would that all here would attend to hear the revelation you are presenting, indeed...as is in character, as a matter and manner of the Character/Name of Our Lord, Who is Christ, the King…

I speak of many in whom honor Our Lord as Lord, but without revelation of the knowledge they have obtained  have yet to see,as understanding via revelation...  His authority as a King in their lives… enabling them to stand responsible in their walk in the peace and joy for life…to love as Our Lord does... 

My point is that it can be difficult for the mind, unless we put on the Mind of Christ to turn from a old historical way of accounting for structure, in that we have now chosen to move = Walk in the Spirit. Structurally minded we all struggle as to where, when, and how this Kingdom will come. But in principle it is still being created, and not one soul...( I believe) that has proceed us , right up to the present day ...if having called and turn to honor the Name of Our Lord has not in some small way "made" a contribution in Spirit.

The reason being is that re-guard-less of the conceptions of men , wonder what , when , and how the Kingdom will come, for it to manifested it presence on earth if first must be a matter of perception in the spirit of man.

Our Lord told us then and is telling us now the Kingdom is within, and why stand around wondering and waiting for it externally but seek to participate in the perception of it in spirit, empowered by the Holy Spirit.

What is the Wisdom of this; well it seems to me at this present hour, that a kingdom is made of birth beings. Who now are growing up, in what is revelation, but more so Christ Revelation, So as I shared before, here and there the Gentiles concepts of a Godly Ecclesia/Ekklesia is being displaces an intellectual form as a perception as we thought would come without, to one that is being created in Spirit that resolve "all" of the concepts Our Father in Heaven know is needed to have his Children Function...via their own personal revelations of  How the Kingdom is Right , Peaceful, able to sustain a joy filled conscious , needed to retain ones consciousness.

And now, right in the middle of all the Gentiles greatest efforts, heaped up in stone, conceived with what the Jew's earthly perception, here it comes!

The physical structure of it? No the understanding of it, and if we have the understanding of it then we will (and are presently) know that it is a matter of His Power that sustains it's Glory.

But having said that and of this, I believe, as you have shared , that part of the Revelation of Christ as to the WAY  the Kingdom is structured, is indeed based on the how as revelation Godly principles are to be arrayed as "truths". Only then will see, feel and experience the power of God, that creates Life,

This Kingdom Perception contains "Preventive Wisdom" foundational for the understanding of "Curative" Wisdom".

So here is the problem.  If we do not turn, receive, and perceive the Way via the Truth of God's Government to honor all the revelation wisdom stated and witnessed in the Book of Acts as to how the brethren made a Life of it (the Wisdom of God on How relationally Honor Christ presence) we will not enter into, so to experience here its function/Glory.

Now what you have shared here becomes vital:

prepare now the time is short and urgent (Luke 19:41-44).

Luk 19:40  And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

 

Who these were will be us, and if we hold our peace, even the stones will cry out in this last day because His Word , Christ Revelation will come…Regardless of what men think their church are…

 

 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

 

Now in our Day, Christ is coming nigh, and yes we are praising God for this mighty work externally , In part, but more so for what we now know He has been doing in the Life of all those brethren proceeding us, unknown , unheard of and unloved, by religious leaders who thought they knew Christ in Character…

 

Luk 19:38  Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

 

Able to say the King that will come in the Name of the Lord, in that He is known here on earth by those who have honored His Government.

 

Luk 19:39  And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples

 

And how do the religious leaders deal with this? Well it the same way they do today, praying to Him to silence these people gathering “outside “the Churches of Christ just like they did then, via the Temple….giving themselves to live, loving one another in the freedom of His presence, able to received, use, and create with Him, Hosting Him new hearts/ minds in and among all who obey these Gift of God “forming and eternal Perception” of how it is in Heaven!

 

Luk 19:41  And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

 

And , now having came our many having repented , have “see” or “beheld the cities of the Gentiles and have we said praise God we will be delivered for all this, No the True Apostles now gathering , as the Other Elders are weeping, because Christ is still weeping!

 

Luk 19:42  Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

 

Why, no... but for what reason, is that we know millions , at the present do not know the things which belong to them  in revelation that would allow then to hold their peace , foundational for their hope.  But , with our revelation , manifested in the lives  the Elders given to structure , prove, speak off, care for and teach, so as to bind the revelations for those God speaks to = a one on one, proving and testing the Truth, then hid.

 

Luk 19:43  For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

 

And could it be now, the enemies in spirit have made religious trenchs, to assure the Gentiles bondage? To keep all of whom they have deceived, they being deceive themselves “In” their wood, stone, and stubble lined external ( built with hands) structures, saying it belongs to God?

 

Luk 19:44  And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

 

Are we even... with the ground... mentally having been torn down by the storms of darkness? Now wondering why or children who, was within out great knowledge, have no foundation in revelation?  And having none, pay no attention to the concept that the time of Christ visitation is close?

 

Luk 19:45  And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

And could it be Our Lord has His Apostles and Prophets going into these temples/ minds of men in Spirit, that is their mental concepts of their churches, institutions and ministries, and casting their false perception out, that have made a business of it?

Do we “prepare” and is it not a matter of Gathering to Host Christ His way, to obtain the truths we need to perceive, what, when, and how we will live in peace, right in the middle of destruction?   

Is (your) the writing below a matter of revelation or is a business sale , manifest as a Christian insurance policy, so all can go on shoving the idea foward in fear based preaching  that something is happening, but never mind I  have excepted Christ , and why test and or judge the matter?

prepare now the time is short and urgent (Luke 19:41-44).

God’s government on Planet Earth is a Spirit kingdom. Christ Jesus is the government of God from heaven for earth (Isa 9:7). Father and Son in the Holy Spirit as One God is the only true government of all earth. All legitimate authority to govern on earth is from heaven and is given to Christ Jesus the Lord of all (Mat 28:18). Unlimited power to rule is in Jesus. Unlimited wisdom and understanding to bring God’s perfect order to the entire world is in Christ.

Christ Jesus is the government. Elders are His gifted servant leaders. Gifts are the tools He provides.  

God is the authority. God is SPIRIT and needs not delegate authority to another for He is the authority within His gifted servant leaders.

Elders who bring forth the kingdom of God are those who have ceased from trying to govern God’s kingdom on earth.

They are those who no longer live. Where they once lived, Christ now lives (Gal 2:20). They are not only gifted, but they are the character and nature of Christ as the Spirit fills their human spirit, soul, and body with the life and attributes of Christ.

Elders may be gifted as apostles, prophets, evangelist, shepherds, teachers, or any combination of these spirituals or others. Elders are more than representatives of Christ; they are carriers of the life of Christ. The potential is for them to function in any realm or way that Christ Jesus functions.

God’s government on Planet Earth is a Spirit kingdom. Christ Jesus is the government of God from heaven for earth (Isa 9:7). Father and Son in the Holy Spirit as One God is the only true government of all earth. All legitimate authority to govern on earth is from heaven and is given to Christ Jesus the Lord of all (Mat 28:18). Unlimited power to rule is in Jesus. Unlimited wisdom and understanding to bring God’s perfect order to the entire world is in Christ.

But the urgencies, is for those running to and fro, wondering what ministry, church, and or institution to support, but we are to:

Php 4:5  Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

 

Php 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

 

Php 4:7  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts  through the pastors ,evangelists, and teacher , giving your tithes and offering  to support the church wherever it may be.

Verse 7, look right dose it not? But I have altered it, and would all reading not test it, so as to judge the truth of it, as the elections of Prophet are to do?

Here I share to and for Bro. Rom, and am willing to be corrected by him , but the latter end of verse 7 really reads : and…through Jesus Christ and the Government is on His Shoulders!

Php 4:7  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Our hearts there, as the word used is not spirit = soul, but our logic given to reason, and minds given to imagine within ourselves those perceptions formed of Godly revelation of how it is in Heaven as a matter of the Kingdom of Heaven… foundational for the perception of a Kingdom yes, but more so live in the Character of the King, in which it belongs…

The wisdom of which is that all money obtained, held, and or used was a matter of “revelation” and it was never “given” to the Apostles, but laid at his feet.  That is where it remained until by revelation it was used by Our Lord , to do what , when, and where it was needed , which in truth , was to help the brethren in their lives…seeing how they were obeying the truths they were receiving via the Gifts of the Holy Spirit…

And that is a matter of Gods Government…

Now we Walk, no longer in the flesh, but t in the Spirit, and in Spirit we do here on earth as it is being done in Heaven, and the fruit of doing so is pleasing Our Father in Heaven, in that we are in this Last Day following the Instructions of Righteousness…

 



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Posted: 07/22/2010 at 8:57am | IP Logged Quote Ron McGatlin

Brother Larry, AMEN and AMEN! Well said and obviously spoken from the heart and mind of the Lord.

Much love and respect,

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