The 4 Types of Christian believers in the modern-day churches
We cannot compare first-century
Christianity to twenty-first-century Christianity because several changes have occurred.
Christian believers who hold unto the old customs of the ancient churches are
operating in error because their systems are outdated.
Although there are some
foundational truths, we cannot ignore them because they hold the pillars of
Christianity. For example, the foundation of prayer, Spirit-led fasting, a meditation
on the Word (Holy Bible), fellowship with the brethren, and continuous relationship
with the Holy Spirit are vital truths we cannot ignore irrespective of the
century we find ourselves.
In the olden days, cars, airplanes,
and trains were not available, so the Christian believers walked or used
donkeys and horses to travel to evangelize and build the church. If you stick
to the method of horses and donkeys, you will not make much impact in the
kingdom of God.
Today, we have advanced
in technology. We can use television, radios, the internet, social media, and
several online tools to spread the gospel. Soon, the internet, radios,
televisions, social media platforms, and several online tools we value may be
irrelevant as time passes.
In the sixteenth century,
Martin Luther decided to reform the church because the Roman Catholic practiced
certain traditions that contradicted the Holy Bible. Through Martin Luther, we
had the protestant denominations (charismatics, Pentecostals, Adventists,
Methodists, Baptists, and several Christian groups).
Although most of these Christian
groups believe that Christ Jesus is the Saviour and Lord of their lives, the
doctrines differ. Martin Luther faced a lot of persecution from the church, but
he held his convictions.
Today, Christianity has
spread worldwide because of Christ Jesus' sacrifice and sacrifice of various
Christian leaders. I believe with my heart that Christ Jesus is King above all
Kings and Lord above all Lords because I would have died by now if not by his
divine intervention.
I receive numerous attacks
in the spiritual realm, yet Christ Jesus protects me. Child of God, Christianity
is about faith, and faith rest in the bosom of your heart and the Word (Holy
Bible). If you believe with all your heart that Christ Jesus is above all
powers and authority, you will triumph over every adversary.
Have absolute faith in
the Word of God because the Word has the power to sustain our life. Do not be
afraid of the enemy. Build an unbreakable faith in the living Word (Holy Bible)
and believe in the name of Christ Jesus because He is the greatest of all
powers.
Do not put all your trust
in your pastors, families, and friends because they can fail you (Meditate on Jeremiah
17:5-8, Numbers 23:19). If I publish all the visions the Holy Spirit reveals to
me, you will be cautious in choosing a church on earth.
You will fast and pray
before choosing a church leader as your spiritual father if I publish all the
visions the Holy Spirit reveals to me. I know what I am writing to you because the
Holy Spirit has revealed several visions about famous gospel ministers and
prominent world leaders in the spiritual realm.
This world lies in
darkness. It takes the mercies of God to be alive. If you are in Christ Jesus,
no evil power can harm or subdue you in the spiritual realm. Trust in Christ
Jesus and His Word with all your heart because He will not ignore you when
people reject you.
Christ Jesus is the master
key to life. In Him, we move and have our freedom. Humankind may give you a favor
because of the benefit, but Christ Jesus loves you unconditionally. Christ
Jesus died for our sins while sinners (See Romans 5:8).
The love of Christ Jesus
is immeasurable. It takes a strong heart and spirit to discern the love of
Christ Jesus in your daily vicissitudes of life. If you follow humankind with
all your heart, you can miss your path because they have numerous limitations
you cannot see with your eyes.
You need the perfect one
(Christ Jesus) to fill the empty gap in your life. If Christ Jesus comes into
your heart, He fills the gap of depression, pain, confusion, sin, and all forms
of darkness in your life because He is love, light, and life.
When the light of Christ
Jesus enters your path, every darkness covering your eyes and path will receive
the life leading to your deliverance (Meditate on Psalms 119:105). Many people
chase after people and temporal assets, yet they cannot find happiness because
they have ignored the life-giver (Christ Jesus).
Temporal assets are good,
but they cannot deliver you from inner burdens. Christ Jesus alone has the
power to deliver you from all oppression
and depression. Let me share a
vision I had recently.
I want to share this
vision with you because I have an impression in my heart that the world and
Christian believers must read and know what is happening on earth and in the
spiritual realm. In this vision, I saw the unbelievers, I mean strange
religious groups building and establishing their kingdom in a specific location
of Ghana.
In the vision, I saw
religious groups such as the Hindustan’s, Buddhists, Shinto’s, and several
groups building their temples in my country. In the vision, I saw and felt that
the strange religious groups could build their temples in my country because the
Christian believers were inactive in the Spirit.
To be precise, I saw that
the Christian believers were not fasting and praying. Only a few Christian
believers were praying! The Christian believers' prayerlessness and lack of
fasting empowered these strange religious groups to build faster.
In the vision, I felt a
strong resistance in the spirit due to the temples the strange religious groups
built. The atmosphere became resistant to Christian activities because of the strange
religious groups' temples on the land.
Another good news in the
vision was that when the Christian believers started fasting and praying, the
strange religious groups could not build. It looked like the strange religious
group could not do anything when the Christian believers engaged in intensive
Spirit-led fasting and prayers.
I also saw that some
Christian believers were praying without fasting in the vision. Their prayers did
not impact much in the spiritual realm because the strange religious group
could build slowly.
I believe the Holy Spirit
showed me this vision because He wants the church to engage in intensive
fasting and prayers. When the church engages in Spirit-led fasting and prayers,
it destabilizes the enemy's works.
Christian believers must
be consistent in fasting and prayers because it carries great power in the
spiritual realm. Do not wait for the church to organize fasting and prayers
before you fast and pray.
Fast and pray in your
chambers because the enemy is at work to break the church on earth (Meditate on
1 Peter 5:8-9, Ephesians 6:10-18, Matthew 26:41). With our discipline, the Word,
and the Holy Spirit on our side, we shall break through the walls of
limitations.
If you check the title of
this article, I stated that we have four types of Christian believers. You can
read my article titled, types of Christians for more profound revelations. In this article, I will
expand the teachings of our Saviour and Lord Christ Jesus to help you
understand the types of Christian believers we have in the church.
Knowing these truths will
not make you backslide when a Christian believer offend you or leave the church.
These truths will help you know the category you belong to so you can repent
and move to the best group.
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered
unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea;
and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his
doctrine,
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the
fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and
immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root,
it withered away.
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and
it yielded no fruit.
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and
increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark 4:1-9 KJV
In the holy scriptures, we can see that Christ Jesus stated that the Sower (the deliverer of the Word) did his work but had different results. We can observe that Christ Jesus identified four Christian believers in the church.
1. Wayside Christian
believers
2. Earthly Christian
believers
3. Thorny Christian
believers and
4. Good ground Christian
believers.
- Wayside Christian believers
These Christian believers
hear the sermons of their spiritual leaders but allow the forces of darkness to
clear the Word out of their hearts. These Christians ignore the works of the
enemy in their life because they are shallow in spiritual matters.
They forget that our
battle is spiritual. These Christian believers often only engage in physical battles
because they are ignorant of the spiritual warfare in their lives. As a result
of their ignorance and pride, the demons, marine spirits, satanic altars, and
spiritual host of wickedness takes advantage of them and eliminate the word of
salvation from their heart, replacing seeds of hatred and darkness.
Most often, these
Christian believers do not put on their spiritual armor. These Christian
believers are susceptible to spiritual attack because they do not understand
the principles of spiritual warfare and vital Christian truths.
If you belong to this
group, the Word of God will not make an impact in your life because you have
ignored the essence of spiritual warfare and important spiritual truths. I
wrote a short book called, Should We Fight?
Get that book for a more
profound revelation. You can also read my series of articles, principles
of spiritual warfare, and a series of books for more profound revelations if you belong to this group. Our
Saviour and Lord Christ Jesus gave more revelations about these Christian
believers.
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when
they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was
sown in their hearts.
Mark 4:15 KJV
- Earthly Christian believers
These Christian believers
receive the sermons of their spiritual leaders but backslide because they have
weak faith. One reason they cannot advance in their Christian life is that they
allow the storms of this world to dominate their life.
These Christian believers
often allow their families, friends, jobs, school, business, and life problems
to destroy their faith in Christ Jesus and the Word. If you belong to this group,
I encourage you to read my series of articles and books (How to unlock the gate of faith).
Our Saviour and Lord
Christ Jesus gave more revelations about these Christian believers.
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when
they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time:
afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake,
immediately they are offended
Mark 4:16-17 KJV
- Thorny Christian believers
These Christian believers
receive the Word with gladness, but they allow the media, internet, social
media groups, ungodly secular songs, demons-inspired erotic books, and bad
associations to eliminate the Word out of their hearts.
God knows the friends we
make in life have an impact on our lives, so He commanded us to abstain from
every form of evil appearance (Meditate on 1 Thessalonians 5:22. 1 Corinthians
15:33, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18).
When you keep hearing bad
words, it corrupts your good manners. As a Christian believer, you must not listen
to every song and musician because words carry power. Any word you receive into
your heart has implications (Meditate on Proverbs 18:21).
It is not every book you must
read. Not every video you must watch (Meditate on 1 Corinthians 10:23). Be
selective when choosing close friends. Several pornographic sites and images pop
on the internet; apply wisdom when browsing because it can become a thorn in
your Christian life.
If you allow things that
do not glorify Christ Jesus in your life, it will destroy your Christian life.
Do not fall into the category of Christian believers who allow the world's
accursed things to destroy their relationship with the Holy Spirit. Our Saviour
and Lord Christ Jesus gave more revelations about these Christian believers.
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the
lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Mark 4:18-19 KJV
- Good ground Christian believers
These Christian believers
receive the Word and allow the Word to abide in their hearts. After these
Christians hear the sermon of their spiritual leader, they take notes and
search the scriptures to confirm the truth.
Most often, these
Christian believers are workers in the church. These Christian believers allow
the fruits of the Holy Spirit to work in their life because they are Spirit-filled
and Spirit-led. These Christian believers are not like the wayside Christian
believers that often reject the Word.
These Christian believers respond
to the call of God. They dedicate their heart, time, and resource to expand the
kingdom of God on earth. They sacrifice their time to build the church on
earth. These Christian believers obey the living Word.
They have strong faith in
Christ Jesus because all their hope rests in the Word. Such Christians receive
the Word with gladness of heart because they are nobles. They are not carnal,
soulish, nominal, and religious unbelievers hunting after precious souls.
They are not like the wayside,
earthly and thorny Christian believers that cause trouble in the church. These
Christian believers portray the character of Christ Jesus. They know the
systems of God’s kingdom, so trials, storms, and persecution do not destroy
their faith.
These Christian believers
bear much fruit in the church because they have a strong foundation in the Word.
Connect with my series of books and articles
if you want to join this category of Christian believers. Our Saviour and Lord
Christ Jesus gave more revelations about these Christian believers.
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the
word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some
sixty, and some an hundred.
Mark 4:20 KJV
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