Apostolic Friends Forum - "The Kingdom of Heaven Suffers Violence"

Here is my heartbeat:

The Kingdom of heaven suffers violence.

Matt 11:12 And from the days of John The Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent taketh by force.

The Greek language is not a passive language it is an active language.

Enough talk about how we live in the "Church World" or to say the "Kingdom of heaven".

We do this! You do that!

Jesus said, Come ye! Come unto me!

He also tells us to "Go" Ye!

We miss understand behavior that Jesus teaches.

The meek will inherit the earth.

So why be forceful or take a step of faith in the "kingdom of heaven".

Oh, we will share with righteous indignation our political stance on holiness or debatable items in our ranks.

The rabbis before Jesus, all they had to debate was:

When will he come?

Where will he be born in Nazareth, Bethlehem, or will he come from Egypt?

Those men debated themselves right past John the Baptist.

To the taking of his head.

Right past Jesus as he stood in Truth before Pilate.

Right past the Cross!

Right past the empty tomb.

Right past Peter as he stood at the day of Pentecost.

Right past 3000 being blessed of the Holy Ghost.

Right past Paul as he stood before Agrippa.

Right Past John being boiled in Oil.

Are we in danger of looking past the move of God in our hour?

We are debating who will go and who will not.

Not the doctrine unto salvation.

I will bust down doors and allow the Holy Spirit to lead me.

I am not waiting for God to open doors, smooth the way.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I stand now and say, that I will do the work of the Lord.

It is high time to awake out of sleep for the night is far spent.

I am signing tonight this song:

He is Lord! He has risen from the dead and he is Lord. Every knee shall bow, every tounge confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!

Nathan Eckstadt