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A House Divided

"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end."1

A leader is a servant of all, as Jesus said, these receive little children, these live to His words, building upon a house that will stand. This very concept refutes some teachings of authority. If authority does wrong or evil in the name of authority, protecting its leadership then it is a house divided. Being a servant of all, means they are the first who have become last, serving the least, receiving little children. Serving all means exalting the least of these little children above self, protecting them from ravenous wolves, giving up their lives for them. So when leaders are exalted over the people such is inherently against being a servant of all. We establish that we build the house upon good, the truth, the words of Christ, while evil divides a house.

“Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.”2

The nature of truth is that it is proclaimed on a lamp stand for all to see. Those who seek truth come to the Light as there is no darkness there. Those who seek truth do not cover it up, they expose darkness in any form. Christ is the Light, the Truth. Leaders who seek truth seek Christ and build upon His words, not traditions of men nor as the Judaizers do. How can leaders teach others to stand for truth when they proclaim the opposite of truth by doing evil? It is a house divided, when leaders lord over others demanding obedience while not proving they are trustworthy. Such proves the opposite by their actions; that they are not faithful to truth and to Christ, such is a contradiction to truth, to being servants of all and will divide a house.

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.”3

We are told to judge leaders by their fruit, and we see that faithful servants build upon the words of Christ. So if Christ says evil divides the house, then the fruit speaks for itself. But Paul reminds us that our battle is not flesh and blood, but principles and principalities coming from the spiritual realm, doctrines of demons being introduced into the Church. These are evident in teachings of authority, that would excuse away bad fruit. The bad fruit is clearly exposed in the words of Christ, those who call Him Lord but do not even know Him, these serve and do many mighty works but do not receive His little children, the least of these, these would hurt the faith of little children causing them to stumble. These serve not Christ, not becoming like little children; not humble, not servants of all. A kingdom divided can not stand thus ultimately these who do evil are against the Kingdom, dividing it and the house.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?”3

How does the salt loose its seasoning? not being servants of all, not becoming like little children, but lords, exalting, and dividing the Kingdom. Think of what it means to be a servant. If one day your hired servant walks in and says I am not here to serve you, I am the master, what does that say? If I am a servant and you tell me of the wrong I did to you but I exalt myself, how dare you question me, I am no longer the servant but I turn it around, I lord over you. Good fruit or bad fruit? These things should not happen but we also see the bad fruit divides, destroying trust. Leaders who prove they are not faithful and trust worthy, but demand obedience, contradict the truth. If they do evil and call it good what does that say? It is difficult to tell from such fruit. How can these things be? How can these build a strong house? And be called good and faithful servants? Well, you say, God is sovereign He will work it all out in the end... No repentance, no reconciliation, no redemption, no seeking of truth, no exposing darkness... Not servants of all, but lords of all, this inherently is a house divided that will not stand for truth.

“Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will not stand.”3

In context we see they accused Jesus of being evil, casting out evil with evil. He responds, “if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?” Such is a trustworthy saying in our spiritual battle and we can in truth build upon it; evil divides and conquers. If I say I do evil that good may come, it is a contradiction of truth. You say, God is sovereign, thus my evil will be used for His good, but I say it is saying evil is good! When evil divides. It is like saying I will continue in sin that grace may abound. But I speak of authority, not the man struggling with sin, but the leader doing evil, saying it is for God's good. Though God might use for our good that which the enemy planned for evil, God doesn't do evil, nor tempt us with evil, such would divide His house. So we with truth refute any such teaching of authority that says it can do evil for God's good. Such teachings will inherently divide the Kingdom and the house, and it will not stand. We pray we will build upon the house, the Rock, the words of Christ, such a house stands when the storms of life come and will bear much fruit.

"And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand..."4

The Lord Our God


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