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in southern California in the 1980’s. It was during this time that I preached and eventually wrote the first draft of this book. I unsuccessfully attempted to get the book published in 1987. The title of that book was Reformation Not Renewal, and the three major sections were the same sections that are in this book. In the last year I have updated some of the material to include events in the Church and revelations about the Church that God has given me since that time. Probably 10% of the book comes from this latter time. The chapter on “Religious Correctness” was written this year. Minor modifications were made to the rest of the book including several visions that God has subsequently given to me. This book is divided into three sections. The first section is essentially teaching and application from I Samuel that is pertinent to the Church of Jesus Christ in America. This section is called “The Saul Church”. This section refers to the thrust of the Church as it has existed during the last several generations. The second section is called “Pearl Harbor” and is the bridge between the Saul Church of recent years and the David Church which God is beginning to bring forth now and will bring forth in the future. This bridge is the events that will happen and the truth that will be revealed as the Saul Church is set aside by God and the David Church emerges. This David Church will be referred to in the third section. The Pearl Harbor section will include a number of visions that God has given me regarding how this change will come about. The third section is called “The David Church” and is a teaching and discussion from I Samuel and church history regarding God’s people, churches and movements that have been involved with great world changing revivals. This section will also describe the last day’s Church that will embody a heart like David’s that sought after God for Himself and His glory, and will function in both supernatural power and great supernatural love for Jesus Christ. In the midst of the teachings from I Samuel, in both the first and third sections, are a number of revelations that God gave me regarding the Saul Church today and the David Church of the future. The major premise of the book is that the Church as it exists today in the United States in particular and most of the rest of the world is essentially backslidden and only a complete Reformation of God’s people by God Himself will enable the Church to defeat the powerful spiritual enemy that we face in these last days. If we are to experience a revival that would turn the world upside down, we cannot do so without having a complete Reformation of His people. The Saul Church as it exists today has undone much of the Reformation that occurred in the 16th through the 19th centuries. Because of this we MUST go much deeper into the heart of God and the truth of His Word. What re-mains of the current Church cannot be renewed because the Church has come to be almost completely out of sync with God’s desires. Basically we are a Church that wants to please men. God wants a Church that has a heart to please, first and foremost, Himself. This process of reformation will be, as always, accomplished by God with His people cooperating because He has separated them and empowered them to do so. When I first wrote this book twenty years ago many people, particularly Charismatics, were satisfied that a renewal of the current Church would be both sufficient and pleasing to God. Over the last twenty years this view has shifted. Many non-Charismatics have come to understand that the Church needs far more than a renewal; these people believe that only a dramatic and complete Reformation will bring back health, power and a sense of God’s pleasure to the Church. At this present time many Charismatics discount the Reform- ation of the 16th century as being either unnecessary or divisive or both. They yearn to see ALL those who go by the name of Jesus Christ unite together regardless of doctrine. This book also discusses the three attitudes that will define and unite the Church that is after God’s own heart. The first attitude is the belief that this Reformation can only be accomplished by a total and exclusive reliance on the truth of Scripture. The second is that those involved must be filled with the Holy Spirit and continue to seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit. They must believe with all their hearts that “it is not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit saith the Lord.” The third is an attitude of honor and tolerance for all of God’s people that have been used by Him to expound truth and/or have ministered with the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit, regardless of egregious failures in their lives or teachings. Many Charismatics, who recognize the supernatural power that God has poured into many men and women, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries, feel that if a man or a woman has functioned in the power of the Holy Spirit to heal, has prophesied or performed miracles, they are men and women to be trusted regardless of their current doctrines or practices. Also many Charismatics are unable to discern between true prophecies and false prophecies, true healings and false healings, and true miracles and false miracles. Many believe virtually every- thing they hear or see and never even attempt to line up these ministries and “miracles” with the Word of God. Many Spirit-filled Charismatics seem to feel that detailed study of the Scripture is unnecessary. They disdainfully refer to seminaries that offer detailed teaching of the Scriptures as being “Cemeteries”. They scoff at the learning of these men and have no desire to study the magnificent writings of men like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards. They don’t understand that the revelations that these men have received regarding the Scriptures were just as anointed and spiritual as the gifts that they have received. Often they will make jokes about non-Charismatic denominations and they merely criticize and give NO HONOR to the mighty works and mighty doctrinal revelations that so many movements of the past have experienced and given to the Body of Christ. Unfortunately many of the non-Charismatic Evangelicals believe the Reformation should only be a restoration of the truths that emerged in the first great Reformation. They completely deny or discount that the supernatural gifts and ministries mentioned in the New Testament, particularly in I Corinthians and Ephesians, are to flow through and amongst God’s people. The Reformation Remnant that God will raise up is a people, who like David, recognized and honored the anointing that God gave to King Saul. This Remnant must recognize and honor historical and current movements and men and women that God has used and is using to restore New Testament doctrines and practices to His people. We must honor and respect the Anabaptists who taught us about believer baptism and immersion. We must recognize and honor men who taught us about the sovereignty of God. We must recognize and honor those who refreshed our minds regarding the scriptural fact that we must be born again. We must recognize and honor those who showed us in the Word and by example the power of the Holy Spirit to heal and work miracles through God’s people. We must recognize and honor ALL those that have helped us to see the Scriptures more clearly regardless of their other doctrinal errors and regardless of the sins that they committed. God WILL raise up a people who desire greatly and are satisfied only with the FULNESS of the Holy Spirit. This same people will desire and be satisfied with the Fullness of His Scriptures. They will whole heartedly HONOR the anointing and calling of His people throughout history and today. This book will give help in understanding how the Saul Church will make transition to the David Church and will give glimpses into what we should expect God to do in the coming decades or centuries. |
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