REMNANT: loipos, an adjective (akin to leipo, “to leave”) signifying “remaining, “ is used as a noun and translated “the rest” in the rv, where the kjv has “the remnant”. Matthew 22:6; Rev. 11:13; 12:17; 19:21, we can also look at other words such as; OTHER, RESIDUE, REST (the).
A “remnant” is used in Romans 11:5, “there is a remnant,” more lit., “there has come to be a remnant,” i.e., thee is a spiritual “remnant” saved by the gospel from the midst of apostate Israel. While in one sense there has been and is a considerable number, yet, compared with the whole nation, past and present, the “remnant” is small, and as such is an evidence of God’s electing grace.
We can also say that the return of “the remnant” is indicated in the name “Shear-jashub” Isaiah 7:3. The return of the remnant from captivity to their own land and to God Himself.
A “remnant” has returned. From the beginning of God’s judgement he planned to restore a remnant of his people. Shear-jashub was a reminder to the people of God’s faithfulness to them.
God’s people have to be loved with the love of Christ.We have to be faithful to the real call of ministry. As leaders we get stuck on the material things of ministry and don’t want to deal with the reality of the real people in the world. There are so many people hurting, whether it is from a home situation, work, or even church. You see meeting people where they are requires some skill. We cannot begin to teach people truly what the word of God say’s until we have been through a few things ourselves. We always want to tell our congregations what they are not doing, and not willing to help them make the change.
When do you, leaders of the world, begin to reach people where they are? When do you become equipped to really handle the business of God? When do you get off your soapbox called the “PULPIT” and come down to where real ministry begins? Now don't get me wrong, we all have made some mistakes, but its what we learned from them is what is makes the difference. The title is wonderful, but when do you do the work that comes with the title? Now I don’t want to begin to list the churches and pastors who have hurt me personally, because it doesn’t matter anymore, but in hopes of reading this, leadership would come on one accord, because there is help for pastors also.
The people of God have been in captivity for far too long. Leadership, we have to begin to let them know that we are not exempt from life’s checks and balances. As leaders we hide behind this thick veil of non-deliverance and try to lay hands on others and infect them with our baggage. It needs to stop! We say unity, and yet we stay segregated and only fellowship with those that are in the same bondage as we are, and no one ever gets set free.
This journey we are on is very powerful, and it is going to take the full anointing of the oil of Christ to cover the land that we must take back and return to. Scripture doesn’t lie! We have to begin to understand the ministry of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! He died for our past, present and future sins and let’s not forget iniquity (hidden sin). What gives the church the right to put people out! Its not yo thang. Yes, we have accountability, but not to man. It is and always has been to God. We let those
unqualified demons run the church. If you have been called into ministry then you have been called into Evangelism. If you have never experienced some real struggles in life you cannot tell the alcoholic how get sober, the drug addict how to get clean, or even the deacon how to stop cheating on his wife or even the pastors wife how to stop sleeping around or better yet tell our young people how to really stay saved. You will not be able to inform the people unless you get informed!
When I say "I am who I am," it means that I am “the remnant” the one that people talked about and I might add still are talking about. I am the one that everybody loves to hate, which is not an attribute of God but of the Devil. It takes humility. I believe that I am who I am, because of what I have been through. It has allowed me to travel through life and still be young enough to tell about it. The “remnant” is powerful because God begins to restore you to what the world has tried to take and has taken. He begins to open the eyes of the unbelievers, and naysayers. He begins to bring down the houses of confusion and impregnate the remnant with the fruit of His bosom. This is what causes “the Remnant to function without hindrance, because they are covered by the blood of Jesus!
What am I, you ask again, a remnant sent by God to help restore the people of God, men, women, boys and girls. He is no respecter of person. Leadership has to get to the level in ministry where all his people have an opportunity to receive Christ, but what are you going to do to get the word of God out there in the open? Are you going to stand, or are you going to sit back and wait until they die a slow spiritual death so you can keep them trapped without them really knowing God for themselves?
Yes, God has given me a Radical praise and worship, because that’s what it is going to take in order for the people to be reached. Yes, I can be intellectual and be on the same level with the best, but the level I’m trying to get to is not where most people want to go. Come go with me to the very pit of hell and take back what the enemy has stolen. I believe that God has given me the very Keys to the Kingdom! Yes, it’s a real ministry. The pit is lonely, dark, and not comfortable, but when Jesus did it, and he said greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world, I reside, and abide in Christ. So because He has assured me of this I can take a stand and love everybody right where they are, and bring them to where God would have them to be.
Its okay that everyone may not understand who you are, being misunderstood is sometimes where we need to be, because God's understanding will lead and direct you unto His righteousness. If you have read this article, A release should take place in your Spirit Man, let God begin to restore who you are in Him. You are who you are and the church will make room for your gifts!
Apostle Dr. Danette M. Vercher
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