I sat outside tonight having dialogue with God - and when I say 'dialogue' I mean back and forth communication, and not one way pleads and prayers that you so often do with the idol you and your ancestors have served.
We spoke about the brutal dictatorship of Iran and about why Christ does what Christ has been doing.
Christ learned lessons from the past, and has not been eager to let people experience God's power in this place. Faithfulness is the only way to please God, it is the only way to do good, and it can only come about by experiencing God's power. But if Christ reveals to you God's power in an explosive manner, there is a great risk that you will bring your ideas of God to your new relationship with Christ, and that CANNOT happen. This occurred in the past and has been detrimental to the human condition ever since; it has birthed religion, namely Christianity. It was the issue of Paul - though he was a prophet of God - he brought his previous ideas of God and the law into the bed of Christ, and this burdened the Church with rules and beliefs - a burden that has lasted for thousands of years. So he had to be let go of his position and he perished. Christ loves the world - and this was made known to me from above - but Christ cannot be openly revealed to the world without consequence, unfortunately. There will not be another Paul incident.
Christ spoke to me tonight about the transformation in Brent's nose and about why it isn't going as fast as he prefer (or preferred) - http://www.awitness.org and http://twitter.com/bkherbert99. The church was founded on those faster-style healings in the first century - God's power was revealed to Jews and Romans alike. Though Christ was hopeful - just as hope was placed in him - humanity was not ready for God to be revealed, and a lot of false doctrines, prophets, opinions, and beliefs were born. The world was hurled into exile as a result - where you wouldn't hear a single peep from God for thousands of years.
Now, since science and technology has progressed and people do not cling to religion like they used to (especially in northern North America and Europe), there may be an opportunity for the power of Christ to be revealed - as it has been to myself and Brent. (It will be well thought out by Christ before taking place.) Speaking of myself, it was risky of Christ to reveal God's power to me - but he knew that he could help me deal with my emotionally instability and certain bad behaviors without me having to die first. He knew that, with time, I would let go of judging people based on what I think they ought to be doing. He knew that any of my preconceived notions of God would be left in the past, and that I would not so easily attach old beliefs to the Living God who surrounds me with kindness everyday.
