Jim Bakker Show - The Church: a City & an Army - Rick Joyner
Aired: 2017-01-16
Duration: 06:10


=== Church as City and Army (05:48) ===

[00:00:00]  And God is, I believe every church ought to be a city of refuge for the last days.
[00:00:05]  Does that agree with you at all?
[00:00:06]  Yeah.
[00:00:07]  And I think a key word there is city.
[00:00:10]  You know, the church is called many things.
[00:00:12]  Yes.
[00:00:13]  A bride, you know, a temple, a priesthood, but we're also called a city and an army.
[00:00:21]  Where do you see the church really be in the city it's called to be?
[00:00:26]  And where do you see it be in the army we're called to be?
[00:00:30]  These are the last two major parts, and they're going to come together.
[00:00:34]  And that's what I address in this book, that we've got to be the army, but we've also got to be the city that is set on a hill.
[00:00:42]  A city is a community of communities.
[00:00:45]  And a community is where there's common unity.
[00:00:50]  You know, but we're going to see communities.
[00:00:53]  Now, community means common unity.
[00:00:55]  Isn't that right?
[00:00:56]  You say that throughout your book.
[00:00:58]  Yeah.
[00:00:59]  And so it's a part of what I believe is also the koinonia that we're going to see the church really begin to experience, which is the greatest thing you can experience on this level.
[00:01:15]  And it can only come through Christ.
[00:01:18]  But, you know, the first thing he said was not good was for man to be alone.
[00:01:22]  Loneliness.
[00:01:24]  But you're going to see what is truly the great society coming forth in the body of Christ that I think the early church tasted four time, but they just tasted it because they were the seed.
[00:01:39]  But now you're going to see the harvest is when the seeds come to full maturity.
[00:01:45]  And we're going to see the body of Christ become what everything she was called to be.
[00:01:50]  And a part of that is becoming the city we're called to be, which right here, that's why you're building all these things here.
[00:01:58]  It's going to be a city.
[00:01:59]  People are going to be able to see the body of Christ in action.
[00:02:02]  We're trying to do the same thing at our place.
[00:02:06]  We're seeking, and, you know, we're in the formative stages and all, but that's the two things the Lord gave me that we're called to do as a church, city and army.
[00:02:19]  Wow, and that's what he deals with in this book.
[00:02:22]  And a lot of God's people are not where they should be.
[00:02:27]  And if you're a part of a church, you need to start helping that church prepare for an influx, to prepare for the last days harvest.
[00:02:37]  We're not going out of business.
[00:02:40]  We're going in business for the glory of God.
[00:02:44]  The church is going to win more souls in this.
[00:02:50]  If you read the book, this army of the dawn, this time is going to be a great soul-winning time.
[00:02:58]  Yeah, it's, you know, weapons of our warfare are not carnal.
[00:03:01]  We're not going to shoot people.
[00:03:03]  We're going to heal them.
[00:03:05]  You know, we're not going to kill them.
[00:03:06]  We're going to get them saved and give them eternal life.
[00:03:09]  You know, we're going to bring healing, restoration.
[00:03:12]  But there are some aspects of a natural army that we've got to take on to be the army we're called to be.
[00:03:19]  There's a military demeanor.
[00:03:21]  There's a military discipline.
[00:03:23]  When Israel came out of Egypt, it says they came out a great mixed multitude.
[00:03:30]  Basically, you could have said they were a mob.
[00:03:34]  Before they even got to the Red Sea, they were marching in martial array.
[00:03:41]  That's how fast he got them marching in military discipline.
[00:03:47]  And I think it's one aspect where you point anywhere in the body of Christ today.
[00:03:53]  Where do you see the church really becoming the army it's called to be?
[00:03:58]  Now, some aspects of missions and some great missions, they've adopted some aspects of this.
[00:04:07]  Learning to think strategically, have clear objectives, be able to plan and to not only take the ground, but to hold the ground and possess the land.
[00:04:20]  But a lot of these aspects, I think we're going to see.
[00:04:23]  I know when General Boykin, who you're going to have here in March, that's great.
[00:04:27]  He's going to be here.
[00:04:28]  But when he first retired, yeah.
[00:04:33]  So excited to have him.
[00:04:34]  Yeah, he's one of the greatest warriors of our generation, no question.
[00:04:38]  But when he retired from, he was the head of Delta Force and all, you know, he was at one time head of all U.S. Special Forces.
[00:04:47]  And then he went on up beyond that.
[00:04:49]  But one of the key people, I think, that God has both given him experience and knowledge that gives him a basis for understanding the times that may be greater than anyone else I know in many ways.
[00:05:04]  But, you know, I remember he came to me right after he retired from the Army and he said, you know, I'm getting asked to speak everywhere and I've only got three messages.
[00:05:18]  He said, I need some more messages.
[00:05:21]  And he was wanting me to just give him something.
[00:05:23]  I said, well, you've already got two more than just about most of the preachers I know.
[00:05:30]  I said, you're way ahead of most of them.
[00:05:32]  But I said, look, what does the church look like when we become the army we're created to be?

=== Through Many Tribulations (00:36) ===

[00:05:40]  Now, we put together another book, Jerry and I, on the principles of warfare that will be one of the follow-up volumes to this.
[00:05:49]  But God is, I tell you, there's some that are really getting it.
[00:05:52]  They're starting to impart the vision, but you're starting to see it happen.
[00:05:57]  But we, you know, we are headed for tribulation, but that's the gateway to the kingdom.
[00:06:04]  Since Acts 14, 22, through many tribulations will we enter the kingdom.