Those today who reject the cross, having become enemies of the cross are those who have placed their faith in ANYTHING other than the cross (what Christ accomplished there for us). Most do not understand, but that will not be a legitimate excuse before the Lord.
The Word of God tells us in Numbers 14:20 that the Lord pardoned His people and refrained from destroying them according to the Word of Moses. Notice, it was not the voice of Moses, nor just anything Moses would say, but that which God had already spoken which pointed to what Christ would accomplish at Calvary.
Numbers 14:17-19 reveal Moses being brought to a place of faith by the Lord so the Lord could save the people instead of destroying them. Note verse 17 as Moses pleas with the Lord saying, “Let the power of my Lord be great, according as you have spoken saying”. Verse 18 tells what God had spoken and could only do through what Jesus would do at Calvary.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR, know that it’s not our voice, our words, or even God’s Word that He honors, but only His Word in the context of what His Son would accomplish at Calvary. This is why the Apostle Paul would write,
“For the preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but unto us who are saved it is the power of God”.
The end is drawing near and God is moving and pouring out of His Spirit in this hour. I encourage all of you who truly belong to the Lord to come out from among the golden calf builders (those who preach anything other than the message of the cross). Who is on the Lord’s side? Remember the Truth, when you know it will make you free. Free from the golden calf builders – those who preach law and works – enemies of the cross.
We are praying for you and your house that the Lord will give you the eyes to see, courage, boldness and strength to come back to the Truth, the gospel, the faith which is the Christ and Him crucified – the power of God.
Pastor Curtis Hutchinson
For years now the church has not worn the full armor of God, having been stripped by the enemy (devil) through false preachers and their false doctrines such as he uses to distract from the only thing that crushes his head and stops ALL his fiery darts and that is The Message Of The Cross, which in the only thing that produces the full armor of God in our lives.
The complete armor of God speaks exclusively of what Christ has provided for us at Calvary. Ephesians 6:11-17 reveals that wearing this armor is what causes us to stand against the wiles (schemes) of the enemy who roars as a lion to move out faith FROM the cross of Christ and FROM wearing the full armor of God. Satan doesn’t care what he MOVES our faith TO as long as it is NOT IN what crushed his head! Faith in anything other than what Christ accomplished, prospered in, and Finished at the cross will always allow him to steal from us, kill and destroy us.
Notice all the pieces of armor listed are defensive except the Sword of The Spirit… THE WORD OF GOD. The Word of God, our sword of The Spirit, is what makes our shield of faith what it is.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by The Word of God. Romans 10:17
If we use The Word of God, our sword, out of context, it causes our shield not to be able to quench any fiery darts of the enemy. Faith (our shield) comes by hearing (understanding) and hearing by The Word of God (our sword). The object and strength of our faith is determined by out understanding of the scriptures.
The only Way our understanding can be opened to the scriptures (our sword) is the same Way Jesus opened His disciples understanding by Saying,
Thus is it Written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day. And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in HIS NAME among all Nations… (see Luke 24:44-46)
Our shield cannot block one fiery dart of the enemy if our sword is not the sword The Lord has provided. Of course we know, the only thing that can defeat the enemy is what Christ has already done to crush his head (Colossians 2:14-16). He has already made an open show of him triumphing over him IN HIS CROSS.
Faith in the cross of Christ is still the only thing that crushes the enemy’s head, therefore, the FULL armor of God cannot be worn except by those who have ears to hear The Message of The Cross and understand that all else is irrelevant!!
We are still NOT ASHAMED of The Gospel of Christ… as IT IS THE POWER OF GOD TO US WHICH ARE SAVED.
Pastor Curtis Hutchinson
CrossWay Church / Atlanta, Texas
The LORD is a Man of war: The LORD is His Name.
Exodus 15:3
Jesus IS The Man of war. The LORD is His Name. He super abounds in His qualification and ability to teach our hands to war, and our fingers to fight. By The Blood and The Power of His cross, He teaches our fingers to lay hold, grip, and not let go of the Sword of The Spirit (The Word of God) and the Shield of faith. It is by His Grace that He teaches and leads us.
He teaches us to cry out when our arms become feeble because it is The LORD, the King of Glory Who is Strong and Mighty in Battle. The Word of God Says that He learned obedience through the things He suffered. He suffered in obedience not for Himself, but for us. As He was coming to the greatest show of obedience being in an agony, a struggle, (which was the death of the cross – which is the place of death for our flesh) the Word of God Says of this Strong and Mighty Man of War that He fell on His Face in tears with a powerful outcry and prayed to The God above Knowing He (God) was able to Save. God did not reject nor despise His prayers, but rather sent an angel from The Throne Room of God to Strengthen Him. Jesus knew He could not bypass the cross just as we cannot bypass the death of our flesh (our cross which is faith in His cross), but He poured His heart out before God to the fullest in such an agony that The Word says, “His sweat was as great drops of blood falling to the ground.”
As our flesh is being crucified, if we will just cry out to God to the fullest pouring our heart out before Him, HE will strengthen us. The battle is The Lord’s. He is The God and Rock of our Salvation. He is The Refuge that Forever Stands. It is His Work. The Sword of The Spirit changes and conforms ‘us’ even as it Comforts us. The shield of faith, knowing God IS transforming us into the image of His Son Jesus Christ, will protect us from the accusing and deception of the enemy. It is Not over and The Victory is already won! There is a beautiful Work to be done and a beautiful Work being done. Although weeping may endure for a night, Praise be to God, there is an Everlasting Joy that is coming in the morning!
Stand strong IN The Lord and be of good courage. The Commandment of God Was, Is, and Ever Will Be to and for our Salvation; our initial Salvation and our daily Salvation. There is no rest in yesterday’s surrender. Surrender is something that must be done every day, because we need rest everyday. Sometimes that surrender of obedience comes with great agony, but if we will fall on our face before God and cry out to Him knowing we are not able of ourselves, He Who is Greater than the angels, will be there to Help and Strengthen us with all Compassion. Have Faith in The One Who Loved you and Gave Himself for you. He is your Salvation and He is your Strength. Our God and our King is a Mighty Man of war and The Victory has already been won.
