Feb 6, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Did You Do What Jesus Told Us To Do?

Leadership and the Body of Christ (part 1)

My heart aches in so many ways! I long for the moving of the Holy Spirit of God as I have experienced in the past. I cried often many years ago when I realized that the Jesus Movement was fading, a movement I was very involved in. The Jesus Movement was everywhere—in our secular music, on our billboards, in our board meetings, in our civil rights marches and the ‘peace movement’, and also in our churches. You could not avoid the impact of the Jesus Movement nor could you go anywhere or even walk down the street (even in Hollywood to rural America) without bumping into a Jesus person who would tell you about Christ. It was great and wonderful and exciting! It faded and the Church has never been the same. Oh, our churches grew, and members joined existing or started new denominations, but the fire went out and money took its place. I have fought to keep what God placed in my life then as I have done with other Spirit-led movements over the past 60 years, but I want all that God brought to me years ago to bring it back into our culture once again. I want the conflict (not acceptance); I want the passion (not security); I want the power of the Holy Spirit doing things so unexpectedly (not the status-quo).

Christian leadership has taken the easy road, the acceptable way of life, and disregarded the lifestyle that is to challenge everything in our society without regard to what people think or what the government says. Yes, I am disappointed in so many of our Christian leaders—our leaders in Christian Universities, church leadership, and Christian organizations. Recently our Christian leadership has not only failed Christ but the people who they serve.

What would have John the Baptist done is he would have obeyed the Jewish leadership of his day—the leadership he was originally apart of? There would have been no preparation for Christ’s ministry. John brought the forgiveness of sin that was unheard of in Jewish theology and customs, and He paved the way for the Kingdom of God and the ministry of Christ.

What would have Christ done if He accepted Jewish traditions, obeyed Roman Empire’s rule, and considered public opinion? He would have never done what His Father-God wanted Him to do. Jesus was in every way the counter-revolution to all theology, religious customs, and traditional belief systems of His day. My question to all Christian leaders is, “Are you doing what Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, or the Apostle Paul did in their day?

I will be addressing where our Christian leaders have gone wrong (not all but many). I will be giving specifics on where they have failed and how to correct the error of their ways. A moving of the Holy Spirit has begun, and it begins with the House of the Lord (all of God’s leaders and people).

Always remember that repentance and humility precede the manifestation of the Gifts and Fruits of the Spirit. It is the Sword of the Armor of God that brings repentance, righteousness, and judgment of God.

“Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision;

the Day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision” Joel 3:14, NLT.

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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