Shemen Camp 26: S08 What It Means For Jesus Christ to Remove The Candlesticks of A Church

Jesus was saying that if the Ephesian church refused to repent, He would withdraw its status and effectiveness as His church. This could involve several related realities.   1. The church will lose its place in the body of Christ. Every church has a place in the palm of Jesus Christ. There is a place in the realm of the spirit that Jesus has placed every golden lampstand or candlestick in order to become relevant in His body but the moment that place is lost, the church is physically alive but useless. And there are many churches around the world, whose lampstand has been removed and so have become more institutionalized than spiritualized. Let’s becareful so Christ doesn’t remove our lampstand in the realm of the spirit as a church.   2. The Loss of Christ’s Presence Jesus walks among the lampstands (Revelation 1:13). If He removes a lampstand, the church loses the blessing of His active presence and fellowship. A congregation may continue meeting every Sunday, but if Christ no longer owns and empowers its witness, it has lost something essential. The moment Christ removes the lampstand, He moves away from that church. His presence may linger for some time but His person is long gone from amongst the people. Many churches today are without Jesus Christ the owner and builder of the church because it doesn’t belong to Him anymore it has become the founder’s property. Any church that loses the presence of Jesus is finished forever!!!   Be blessed as you listen to this thought provoking and challenging teaching from our father! 11:17