His Word Did Not Return Void

So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My Mouth: It shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55:11

The Word became flesh and went forth with Commandment. With a body prepared by God for Sacrifice, He came to give His life a ransom for all. Without spot or blemish, He was as a lamb led to the slaughter. He was and Is the Only Sacrifice accepted by God once, for all, and forever. He is the Propitiation and Atonement for ALL sin. He accomplished ALL surrender and ALL obedience on our behalf. His obedience included His death by means of the cross. As Christ was God’s Chosen and Perfect Sacrifice so was the cross His Chosen and Perfect alter.

He did not just accomplish The Will of God, but He Prospered in it. By The Power of The Blood and His cross, He does not just give us life, but gives us abundant life. He is for us in every aspect, in everything, and every day. It is His Finished Work at Calvary that gives us the Power to become the children of God. It was through His Finished Work at the cross that He was able to send The Comforter to abide upon and IN us. It is by His Blood that He lives in us and we live in Him. It is by His Blood that all sin is Washed and Cleansed away, removing every spot and blemish from the Believer to be remembered no more. It is The Power of the cross that removes the curse of sin from us. His Death sanctifies us and His Resurrection shows us Justified.

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.  Isaiah 53:10

What the blood of bulls and goats could not do, The Blood of Jesus exceedingly DOES. The blood of bulls and goats could not perfect the saints in that it could not cleanse the conscience, but we ARE Perfected IN Him, all guilt of sin washed away (Hebrews 9:13-14 & 10:1-4). He was touched with the feelings of our infirmities and in all our times of Need we can enter in, by HIS Blood, to the Holy of Holies through the veil of His Body, to obtain Mercy and Grace at anytime and all the time (Hebrews 4:15-16). He does not leave us Comfortless, but desires with Passion to lift us above our infirmities. He does not tear down, but causes the crooked to become strait Healing the brokenhearted and blessing the poor in spirit. He gives strength to the feeble and gives beauty for ashes anointing the head of the mourning with the Oil of Gladness.

Love that covers a multitude of sin, not looking back on the outward, but rejoicing IN TRUTH as The Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ does its abundantly merciful and exceedingly gracious work. God Loves all, but only those who find the narrow road in which Gods Love is revealed can experience it. Christ and Him crucified. (1 John 4:10-11) The Cross of Christ is all that stands between humanity and an Eternal Hell, between all Christians and victory every day afforded them there.

There is Only One Mediator between God and Men

For there is ONE God and ONE mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who Gave HIMSELF a Ransom for ALL, to be testified in due time.(1 Timothy 2:5-6)

Do you believe the bible is the Word of God? If so, then you understand that your pastor is not your Mediator, there's only One, and His Name is Christ Jesus, not pastor so and so. 

Your pastor is to preach The Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ (Christ and Him crucified) so that you can be equipped for the work of the ministry. If he is telling you that you're not able to minister to others, what is he basing that on? He has issues in his life just as you do, for he has not obtained perfection as of today either. If you don't believe it, talk to his wife, or just hang around him for about a week. Are you being controlled by the Holy Spirit or your preacher? This is a subtle spirit working in most pastors today that will try to make you look like the one whose in control of everything, but the whole time, it's your pastor. I know because the Lord delivered me from that terrible place of depending on another man. Are you living for the Lord or for your pastor? You will know when you're listening to the right messenger because he will be the one God sends to place before you knowledge and understanding (Jeremiah 3:15). Jesus Gave the Only Avenue in which understanding of the scriptures can come to anyone. Luke 24:45-47 reveals Jesus opening the understanding of the scriptures to his disciples. What He did at Calvary is the Only Avenue one can understand the scriptures and enjoy more than just quoting them, for then and Only then, will The Word begin to prosper in the heart of the believer. The Son of Man must come and suffer and be raised the third day. What a revelation!! Sadly so, most today only want a feeling, a quiver, shiver, quake and a shake to go.

There is absolutely no understanding of the scriptures outside of what Christ did at Calvary. This is why the Apostle Paul, and as well, all the other messengers that the Lord sends will refuse to preach anything other than The Gospel, for it is the power of God to all who are Saved, but to those who are perishing, (whether they know it or not) it is foolishness. The day I stop preaching THE Gospel will be the day I've become ashamed of it.

The Lord is speaking to His sheep today and intends to see a great exodus once again, but this time, from that old spirit of religion that we have been seduced by for years (even though we've prayed against it). We can be seduced by the very thing we are praying for others to be delivered from. Wow!! Now, that is deception! I know what I'm talking about because you don't know just how bad Egypt is until your out of it!!

Praise the Lord. We're praying for all those who are kicking against the pricks today. The Lord desires to feed His flock, but the only thing on HIS table is TRUTH (Christ and Him crucifed).

Pastor Curtis Hutchinson

CrossWay Church/Atlanta Texas

Change

There are many changes taking place in our nation and world today in which we do not like. Everyone thinks change is needed and rightly so. We as Christians are to be about the Fathers business (not govt. business), and if we are, it will bring about the change in our lives The Lord has Purposed to take place. God’s Purpose for us is to be being conformed into the very image of Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:29) All things work together for good with that purpose and that purpose is CHANGE. The scripture in Romans 8:28-29 says God foreknew those who would surrender to being conformed to the image of His Son (accept Jesus as Lord and Savior).

How much CHANGE (salvation/sanctification) is taking place in your life in which the Lord is responsible for? Are you falling more in love with Jesus every day? Are you speaking of Him on your job, in the classroom, in the market place, and wherever you go? And no, I did not ask if you were inviting people to church so your pastor could tell them about Jesus. That’s not our mission. OUR mission is to tell them about Jesus and let the Lord Lead them to church. We need to get back to The mission and come out from among those who refuse to be about more than systematic programs and activities in the churchy, church world today.

The mission is to preach/share Jesus. He will do the rest. Can you trust the Lord to do what needs to be done in our community and to make the changes in us and our churches that will allow the Lord to pour His Spirit out like never before? We need change and the Lord calls it revival. No, not something we schedule in the Spring and Fall, but rather our complete surrender to His Will, His conforming us into the image of His Son, Jesus. It can only come to and through those who fear the Lord, for it is them that He’s given a banner to be displayed because of the Truth. (Psalms 60:4) Truth is Christ and Him crucified.

We are praying for you, and the Lord is trying to desperately reach this region, nation, and world we live in. Who will have ears to hear?


Pastor Curtis Hutchinson
CrossWay Church

Ark-La-Tex Regional Pastoral Staff/Pastor 903-799-7462