School of the Spirit by Rodney Howard-Browne

Author:Rodney Howard-Browne [Howard-Browne, Rodney]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-06-22T16:59:23+00:00

CHAPTER

10

It Is Time To Grow Up

HERE IS A SCHOOL OF THE HOLY GHOST, but I am concerned that most of the Church is basically still in kindergarten. Some people have pressed through: some have gone through the early grades, others have come into high school and some even went on to college. John G. Lake, Smith Wigglesworth and other men of God pressed in and went on into the deeper things of God.

But the body of Christ as a whole is still in the creche. It is in a toddler's toddling stage: playing around with the little duck in the little bath tub, splashing away. They are not really coming to a place of maturity, growing up in the things of God. And it is sad, dear friends. I'll tell you why the Church isn't maturing: it's because the Church is carnal.

The Church is governed by the flesh, the Church is yielding itself continually to the flesh and to the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes, and the pride of life. Those things so dominate the life of man, that twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, he is caught up in mundane, everyday little things: "What am I going to eat? What am I going to wear? Where am I going to live?" And so he misses out on the things of the Spirit.

Now with your five senses, you gain knowledge from the natural world around you. But your spirit man also has five senses. With your spirit man, you can see (if your eyes are open): you could look right through the roof—you'd see into heaven, you'd see the throne of God, you'd see the glory of God, you'd see the hosts of angels. You'd look into another realm, another dimension. You'd look beyond the natural realm that we are seeing right now and you would see into the Spirit of God.

You would be able to hear things that other people don't hear. You'd hear the angels of heaven singing. You would hear God calling you, just like Samuel when he heard God calling him. He thought it was Eli and said, "You called me?"

Eli said, "I didn't call you." This happened three times, and then the prophet of God realized that God must have been calling Samuel, so he said, "When you go and lie down again say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.'" And Samuel's spiritual ear was opened and he heard what other people could not hear.

You would even be able to taste the things of heaven. Just like the prophet of old, when the angel came down and let him eat the scroll, you'd be able to eat heavenly things. You would be able to feel heavenly things.

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