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Recently in Washington, DC, prominent spiritual influencers like Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA and catalytic leader Lance Wallnau, plus others, were given a challenge from an 83 year old leader of a church of over 100,000 in Chad. He said, “It is imperative that we get with what God‘s doing now!”
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Decades ago, Arthur Wallis, one of Great Britain’s premier prophetic leaders, told me, “Larry, if you would do the best with your life, find out what God’s doing in your generation and fling yourself into it!”
Has God given you a passion to pursue His will? Reflect on four insights from our recent summit.
4 Takeaways
1. Remain radical in upholding the centrality of Jesus and His Bride, the Church, along with the proclamation of the Gospel and Biblical truth.
Amidst the incredible intervention of God in our recent election and deliverance from the corruption and insidious policies of leftist Progressives, God mercifully answered our prayers and engagement, granting us a reprieve.
“Christians should not be involved in politics”? We’ll be courageous in addressing corruption, illegal immigration, fraudulent spending, homosexuality, trans insanity, abortion and indoctrination of our children.
2. Demonstrate real diversity by equipping and releasing God’s gifted people for ministry, not maintenance.
Pastors must prepare people (Eph. 4:11-16) to be participators not pew sitters attending “In-N-Out Burger” services! We are over fed and under challenged!
Christians must find their “place on the wall” as in Nehemiah 4:15. Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem’s 4.5 miles of broken-down walls which lay in ruins for 150 years but were restored in 52 days by teamwork, not “one man ministry.”
Our own Roundtable reflected the riches of a multi-gifted mosaic. Check out real diversity versus bogus D.E.I. wokeism:
Rick Joyner – prophetic ministry; Janet Porter – pro-life pioneer; Wellington Boone – African American bishop; Gen. Jerry Boykin -retired special forces; Ricky Skaggs – Grammy (14x) musician; Brad Cummins – Founders Bible innovator; Bobby Connor – healing/deliverance; Dr. Nicholas Papanicolaou-economist; Lance Wallnau – catalytic leader; Mark Nuttle – political strategist; Bob Weiner – evangelist; Rick Eldridge – movie producer; Nigel Bigpond – Native American leader; myself – cultural commentator. Also [in absentia] Cindy Jacobs – prayer and Steve Strang – publisher.
3. Intensify Intercession
As Trump “dodged a bullet” crediting God and declaring “Fight! Fight! Fight” so was America rescued, requiring intensified prayer for our leaders as 1 Tim. 2:1-2 directs!
The Chad pastor said, “What’s miraculously occurred here in America was not only due to your prayers and work but prayers offered throughout the world. What happens here affects the world!” We must remain fervent in prayer (especially for protection).
Here’s Intercessors for America’s 2024 report. I’ve never seen anything like it in my almost 50 years on the board!
- Over 2 billion website viewings
- 80 million website engagements
- 100 million e-mails
Pastors: was your church involved in prayer for the election? Were you passing out objective voter guides? If you erred stating, “Christians should not be involved in politics,” will you pledge to change?
All of us have been spared what would’ve been a catastrophic collapse! It’s time to be bold and involved as “salt” holding back decay.
4. Recover Biblical principles for adjudicating accusations.
Of all the issues prayerfully and biblically discussed at this year’s Roundtable, this topic was given the most time. Many church and faith leaders have come under scrutiny because of allegations raised against them questioning their behavior from even decades ago.
Caution: Sincere Christian investigative journalists citing Jesus with unregenerate money changers (Matt. 21:12) and the exposing of sinning elders (I Tim. 5:19-20) – There are Biblical procedures to carefully obey first – in the quest for titillating headlines and a “breaking story” there’s often a rush to judgement instead of treading carefully, calling for prayer and patiently waiting for the investigation to “get all the facts” before jumping in prematurely.
The Bible tells us, “if anyone is overtaken in a sin, we who are spiritual ought to restore that person with meekness, looking to ourselves, lest we also be tempted” (Gal. 6:1–2).
Paul corrected the Corinthian church because they were going to worldly judges instead of properly handling offenders in the context of the church (1 Cor. 6:1-8).
Jesus exposed the hypocrisy and self-righteousness of religious leaders who brought a woman caught in the act of adultery (the man was not brought!) then told the woman that He was not condemning her, telling her to “go and sin no more” (John 8:1-11).
Starting with the Fall, it has been God’s intention to restore broken relationship between him and humanity. Two of the most prominent leaders in the New Testament were products of restoration – Paul who supported killing Christians and Peter who betrayed Jesus three times!
In a brief commentary such as this, it is not possible to succinctly lay out every aspect of this subject, but we can recognize that the Bible warns us in Jude 1:16–19 and 2 Peter 2:11 about those who have a “faultfinding” spirit and those who “bring railing accusations.” Jesus clearly instructed in Matthew 18:15-16 the procedure of going to a brother or sister (leaders included) involved in sin and dealing with it privately, then bringing two or three others to confirm every fact, and then after repeated attempts with no proper response, the matter should be worked through in the context of the local church.
Today with social media “mob rule,” ignorant or disobedient Christians and people carrying offenses from the past, it has become “open season” to quickly rush to judgment, ignore “due process” and simply “blast” someone accused of something. “Once the feathers are thrown from the tower,” they can never be retrieved and reputations are ruined. Remember the Duke lacrosse players and Jussie Smollett cases exposed as lies? Recently elders issued a statement (plus gave a 30- year megachurch pastor over $1.45 million) apologizing for not properly handling what they did!
No one is saying we forget real repentance; minimize sin; ignore the plight and suffering of victims; remove consequences; fail to investigate; verify allegations; conceal matters from proper authorities; and, minister responsibly and compassionately to victims of abuse.
What every single individual at the Round Table understood and agreed upon is the need to refrain from social media posts, slander, speculation, speaking recklessly and stoking the fires of schemes by the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev. 12:10-12). God hates “sowing discord among the brethren” (Prv. 6:19).
“The first to present his case seems right until the other comes and examines him” (Prv. 18:17). So may we all be “slow to speak, slow to anger and quick to listen” (James 1:19). In the midst of all these circulating stories and accusations, let’s commit to pray for individuals in question and trust that leaders investigating matters will have wisdom on how to proceed for the good of all and the glory of God.
What do you think of these takeaways? Share your thoughts and prayers below.
Larry Tomczak is a best-selling author of 10 books, cultural commentator of 50 years, Intercessors for America board member and a public policy advisor with Liberty Counsel. Go to www.larrytomczak.com to watch 30 amazing, free, on demand, brief videos done by some of America’s top leaders to confidently address today’s tough issues. Photo Credit: Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash.