All of your limitations are based on what the religious system taught you and people who adhere to the religious system will oppose the revelations The Holy Spirit given to you. Those who oppose you resist change themselves for they want to keep the status quo and keep “self” protected from submission. This represents a loss of power and control in their lives if “self” is forced to submit.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 16 in response to Peter’s answer about Who HE is:
16 Simon Peter spoke up and said, “You are the Anointed One, the Son of the living God!”
17 Jesus replied, “You are favored and privileged Simeon, son of Jonah! For you didn’t discover this on your own, but My Father in Heaven has supernaturally revealed it to you. 18 I give you the name Peter, a stone. And this Truth of Who I am will be the bedrock foundation on which I will build My church—My legislative assembly, and the power of death will not be able to overpower it! 19 I will give you the keys of Heaven’s Kingdom realm to forbid on earth that which is forbidden in Heaven, and to release on earth that which is released in Heaven.” 20 He then gave his disciples strict orders not to tell anyone that he was God’s Anointed One.
In the above passage, Peter submitted to The Holy Spirit yet later when Jesus was preparing to go to the cross, Peter reverted back to selfish, religious views in an attempt to keep the status quo. Jesus responded in Matthew chapter 16:
23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
And in Matthew chapter 18, Jesus spoke:
18 “Receive this truth: Whatever you forbid on earth will be considered to be forbidden in Heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be considered to be released in Heaven. 19 Again, I give you an eternal Truth: If two of you agree to ask God for something in a symphony of prayer, My Heavenly Father will do it for you. 20 For wherever two or three come together in honor of My Name, I am right there with them!”
When we are led by The Holy Spirit, we are given power and authority on earth to both forbid and release. The church has not walked in this authority for most do not truly believe that we have the ability to walk accordingly. Their minds continue to restrict them from entering in. Could they be afraid of failure thus exposing their current state of maturity? Why would they oppose change for the better unless their minds were darkened as Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in
Ephesians chapter 4:
Their corrupted logic has been clouded because their hearts are so far from God—their blinded understanding and deep-seated moral darkness keeps them from the true knowledge of God.
Corrupt logic will oppose you and me as we begin to walk in power and authority so we need to be prepared for such opposition. Those who oppose FATHER’S power and authority must not cause us to compromise our walk in any way, shape, or form. Some may even be loved ones who threaten alienation. That threat should not deter us from walking in The Holy Spirit. Jesus made it quite clear who His family was in Matthew chapter 12:
48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 12:
3 So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become worn down and cave in under life’s pressures. 4 After all, you have not yet reached the point of sweating blood in your opposition to sin. 5 And have you forgotten his encouraging words spoken to you as his children? He said,
“My child, don’t underestimate the value
of the discipline and training of the Lord God,
or get depressed when HE has to correct you.
6 For the Lord’s training of your life
is the evidence of HIS faithful Love.
And when HE draws you to himself,
it proves you are HIS delightful child.”
7 Fully embrace God’s correction as part of your training, for HE is doing what any Loving Father does for HIS children. For who has ever heard of a child who never had to be corrected? 8 We all should welcome God’s discipline as the validation of authentic Sonship. For if we have never once endured HIS correction it only proves we are strangers and not Sons.
Are you here on earth just surviving or are you thriving? FATHER is waiting on us to bring forth the Kingdom. Religion has told you that we are waiting on HIM. Why would we be given the authority to bind or loose if we are simply waiting on HIM? All of the past end-time prophecies were promoted as “certainties” when they were actually conditional. However, certain ministries led us to believe the timing was set in stone. Wrong!
When was the last time you experienced the “habitation” or the Glory of GOD in a church service? When was the last time true worship brought forth a move by The Holy Spirit in a service where no one could minister? When was the last time you perceived that everyone was in unity and walking in Agape Love?
Many ministries have promoted “exclusivity” as though only certain believers would be allowed to participate in some Glorious event and you must be aligned with their ministry. They projected some “special” anointing that caused them to have revelation no one else had. Isn’t that effectively what the Pharisees did?
As FATHER’S Great Awakening continues to manifest, we must not allow that great deceiver to have any impact on our focus or our path on the Highway of Holiness. We can expect opposition as we walk this path but we must not allow the opposition to deter us. Are you “all in”? I am!