Church of the Called Out . . .  How many times we have been asked, "Don't you know where the word 'Called Out' comes from?"  Yes, we know.  The word ekkelesia means THE CALLED OUT ONES.  However, prior to starting this wonderful Apostolic Work I had a dream.  I kept hearing, while I was in that state of dream-sleep, "The Church of the Called Out."  Over and over those words came to me.

 

When I awoke and did the usual getting ready for the day things, I opened to the book of Luke.  It was Dake's version.  And one of the references there was that the church was actually called, "The Called Out Ones."  Of course, I had to stop reading and compare what I had just read with the dream.  Of all the words in the Old and New Testaments, I knew that this was not coincidental that I should be reading the explanation for what we know the word "Church"  meant.  I knew without a doubt God had spoken to me in the dream.

 

God, at that very hour, was reaching down into the church as we have known it and dealing with certain ones' hearts, who had questioned; "there has to be more than this."  You see, dear hearts, it is the work of the Holy Spirit to draw us deeper into the Kingdom of God.  However, the Lord needs our permission before He will take us higher.  What a gentleman He is.  He has a plan for a glorious church.  The title of this church is not redundant, but in reality, God is calling those who will hear Him to come out from among those who are satisfied with man's religion.  He is separating those whom He has chosen for Himself, to be that mighty army that He spoke of in Joel, chapter two. 

 

Nowhere in the Word of God can we find that the Church was ten to a hundred thousand Christians gathered in one place.  It might sound good to say you belong to the big mega-church, but in reality there can be no real power of God manifested in this kind of a setting.  The early Church met in homes.  They were small groups that could minister to one another, study the Word together, give testimony, and be in one accord in their prayers.  They truly felt like they belonged and were members of a "family."  They were all evangelists, due to the fact that they were so filled and thrilled with the fact that they were God's ambassadors, each one powerfully equipped and worthy to be called Sons of God.

 

So, that is what we are all about.  If you would like to know more about this wonderful way of assembling yourselves together, please get in touch with us.  Yes, we are learning the New Testament way of having church.  And, we're having a glorious time.  I know Jesus is pleased and glorified.

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