Alive To Our History – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 22:28(KJV); Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Ancient landmarks define our heritage.

The history of the church is full of landmarks set by the men and women that have gone before us. How alive are we to these truths?

Today, the average Christian knows so little about where the church has come from through the ages; why some doctrines exist, how some denominations came to be; which men revived generations; which churches sprang out of these revivals; where some mannerisms in the Christian church came from and so many other things pertaining to the faith.

Ignorance of these landmarks is the reason why some remove them so easily.

A man who has not heard of the great healing revivals of old through men like William Branham and Oral Roberts may disqualify the power of healing because he has not seen what happens when God moves so mightily in healing. A man who has not understood why the Azusa street revival died may repeat the mistakes of William Seymour.

In Job 24:2-3, the Bible says that when the land marks are removed, flocks are seized.

Removing landmarks exposes gullible Christians to manipulators who ‘pasture’ them and feed them on a doctrine that is not of Christ.

A man who does not know his history is a fatherless man.

To be fatherless is to build like one without a foundation; to pioneer like one without forerunners.

The truth of the matter is that foundations were laid; routes were carved out; paths were paved and territories broken through.

God expects the church to be wise in ‘digging up old bones’ in the knowledge that they still hold the anointing (2 Kings 13:21).

If there are books on these truths, take interest and study them. If there are records of where the church has come from, become a student of not only the Word but also of church history.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 23:10, Job 24:2-3

GOLDEN NUGGET:

A man who does not know his history is a fatherless man.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for this Word. I receive it with humility and walk in its understanding. I refuse to be indifferent to my history and heritage, I learn from the past and understand the future from the lessons of those that have gone before me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.