What a year! So much has happened, but in a very different way than 1995 when the Holy Spirit exposed me to my heavenly Father who was all I ever dreamed of. Sure of my relationship with Him and the idea the Agape was all there was, there was still a long way to go to show me what He thought about me and what His plan was for me from eternity. So sixteen years later I am still at the place where understanding God is like entering a maize. But I know certain truths have embedded themselves into my soul. I have a different take on the gospel than I had 28yrs ago. I don't see myself or my family, and neighbours, in the same way as I saw them before. When God told me some years ago He was going to deal with religion I really didn't know what He meant. But it's religion out of us individually that's important, as well as religion out of the church. This past week has seen the Church of England facing extinction in 20yrs if members don't increase. But you can't run the CofE like a business, although the cash they invest is quite substantial.
God wants to cleanse His dear ones from all effects of religion. The spirit behind religion can be easily seen in the generations of 'christendom'. Empire, exploitation, power and control are the characteristics of religion, and always manifested through people as that is the way the devil operates. But there is a new day upon us where christians know who they are, and who their saviour is, and nothing else is important. Could the church disappear, or explode in numbers? It doesn't matter as Abba is running the history of humanity on His terms.
