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YET YOU DO NOT HAVE MANY FATHERS…I. CO. 4:15

I found this great pic of my apostolic father, Dr. Mark Hanby, (a few years back, lol) and thankful that over 40 years ago , He “became my father in the gospel…” (I. Co. 4:15b) Anything I am today is credited to this man who poured “vision, identity, purpose, inheritance and blessing” into my life! Long before he wrote the classic “You Have Not Many Fathers”, He was the premier voice and pioneer of apostolic fathering and generational Blessing!! True fathers do not just raise sons, they raise sons who become fathers who carry on the lineage and legacy of generational maturity and synergy. (2 Tim. 2:2)

The voice still rings in my ears of the Elijah/Elisha message and relationship when Elijah is about to be taken up and he tells Elisha, “If you ‘see’ me when I am taken up, (if you see me “eye to eye”, or literally if you see what I see) , you can have a double portion of my spirit.” When he was taken up, Elisha cried out, “MY FATHER, MY FATHER”, not my “prophet my prophet or my “mentor, my mentor.” Elisha had to pick up the “mantle” and run with it and know that he was not called because he was qualified, He was “qualified because he was called.”

FATHERS are often times flawed and have many scars, quite literally and spiritually, as I have encountered in my life of service. ❤😓 In my journey these last 44 years, I have found the way very difficult and filled with many dangers and confrontations, but through the years of divine impartation and apostolic alignment with this father, we have endured, persevered, and overcome through Him who is more than a conqueror! My own divine encounter at the age of 17 and visitation from the LORD JESUS, to the subsequent calling, choosing and commission, I have found that I am my father’s son! Like father, like son….

Before fathering was “cool” and apostolic relationships understood, this man paid the price and prepared the way for not just my generation, but the successive generations who now hunger after Fathers and mothers for wisdom and insight. The “weight” of glory that Papa Mark carries and the anointing and grace on his life is “unparalleled” and mighty with revelation and insight. Since we have moved from “performance preaching” to relational impartation”, I can now stand on His shoulders and help prepare the way of the Lord for the generations coming. I give honor to whom honor is due…

I do not have “ten thousand instructors” (boy teachers) but I do have one father in the gospel…

Why don’t we get it out in the open!

No one knows exactly what is taking place in the ‘kingdom’ right now, and much to our dismay, apostles and prophets are back to the “drawing board”, to base zero, and leaning on the heart of the Father for His Word! The Holy Spirit will lead and guide us into “All Truth!” (St. John 16:13)

The prophets get a “foretaste” in what He is saying, so that we might have a “taste for” the reality of the kingdom, the present day truth of Jesus Christ!

Rev. 10:7- But in the days of the voice (sounding) of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He Has declared to His servants the prophets.

The very basic meaning of the word ‘kingdom’ from the Greek “basileia” is “kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and more specifically “in the hearts of men.” A kingdom always requires a king, as the kingdom of God does with King Jesus!

We might even say, more than we care to admit, that it is an “invisible” kingdom because it requires faith in the living God and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ! Yet, the kingdom is very real and manifesting “One Heart at a time” in the hearts and lives of His Sons and daughters.

We don’t physically see Holy Spirit, we don’t see how the wind blows, but we certainly feel the results of it! (John 3:8) We have a powerful connection to our Father because of the rule and reign of the Lord Jesus Christ in our lives!! He is Lord of all and over all!

Romans 1:20 (KJV)- For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

So, even though we don’t understand it all, we are without excuse to seek, see and enter the kingdom of God! He is invading the earth with His kingdom! His intention is that we inherit the earth and that His saints possess the kingdom, as is our portion and lot!!

This doesn’t bode well with our religious system, even our present day charismatic/Pentecostal world, because we always have to have an answer! We have to act like we know what is going on, when, in reality, we are stumbling ourselves right into the kingdom, even through many pressures and hardships…
(Acts 14:22b)

Why don’t we come back to the place of not only preaching the kingdom, but speaking of the things of the kingdom until we are ready to submit to His will, His kingdom!! We must learn of Him, cease from our own works and labor and be diligent to enter into His rest! (Heb. 4:9-11)

Many mature apostles and prophets of the last move (up until the last few years), have passed on to their reward and all of a sudden, we’re left with a lot of generic prophecies and false starts in a premature apostolic reformation!

We have been relying too much on the words of a very few gifted men and women that we have forgotten that He is reserving Himself to manifest through a “corporate anointing”, Christ in You, the saints, the hope of Glory! (Col. 1:27)

Let us come back to the foundation and then let us allow Him to catapult us to the forefront of His kingdom, His wisdom and insight for this hour! We need to return to the “mountain of the LORD”, inquire of Him and be taught of His ways once again! (Isa. 2:2-4)

Finally, let us press into the kingdom and persevere “until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of All His Holy prophets since the world began…” (Acts 3:19-21)

Heb. 12:25-29- See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying,

“Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.”

Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

For our God is a consuming fire.

Amen and Amen!!!

JB.

Can a group of kingdom people come together with a culture of honor for mutual love and submission?

Can they also receive and respect leadership as functions and not as lords over Gods people?

Can there be such an organic, life-giving flow that money, buildings, and positions do not hold them together, but the “unconditional love” of Father holds each one accountable and responsible for their own walk?

Yes, it can because we see it forming without titles and events and a hierarchy and the mutual faith and Love holds us together in peace!

No, this is not an “exclusive group” that holds on to everybody or has a rigid structure where no one can leave or be released! Servants serve out of duty but Sons serve out of freedom and liberty! Fathers, young men, and children are all growing in the grace and Love of our Father!

It is not about how many times you meet a week or month or how many special services you have to keep the saints coming, it’s about vision and purpose and destiny being fulfilled in all the Sons of God!!

So if it is services, programs and uniformity without diversity and spontaneity you want, you probably won’t like the organic flow of an
Acts 2:42 meeting- And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, and breaking of bread and prayers….

Below I’ve shared with permission from Apostle/Pastor Mark D Wallace a mission statement and vision that he’s presenting to the Fellowship he leads in Oklahoma:

Where honor is present, connections can be established. Where connections are established, love can flow. Where love flows, an atmosphere of unity becomes the prevalent climate and in that climate…individual’s “gifts and callings” are activated and empowered and corporate power and authority begin to manifest consistently.

-Remove honor, connectivity, love, unity or apostolic empowerment of the saints from the equation…and at the very best all you will ever see is sporadic and inconsistent results that will eventually lead to frustration and questions.
#Connect_Grow_Go The Grace Center themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, breaking of bread and prayers….

https://drdonlynch.com/the-mountain-of-the-lord-kingdom-culture/

When Paul came to Corinth in Acts 18, he went into the synagogue as was his custom. The synagogue represented the church system of that day and the religious tradition of the fathers. Fast forward almost 2000 years, the religious “church world” system of today represents what we have seen as truths that have been revealed the last 500 years!

Paul preached Christ and his kingdom to them and was opposed and rejected. What did he do? He went to the house of Justus, who worshiped God and whose house “was next door the synagogue.” (I. Co. 18:7) Then verse 8 days, “Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.”

Now, in that day, here was this new religion and the Jews still looked at themselves as the people of God! Again, come to this day: Did Paul “split” the assembly or did the gospel of the kingdom separate those being called out? And, how should apostles handle this today?!?

I no longer view the promises of God as something I’m waiting for.

2 Co. 1:20- “For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.”

According to Gal. 3:14-18, the blessing of Abraham came through Christ Jesus and given to us as an inheritance of promise. Heb. 6:12b, 15 says we are to “imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises….And so, after he (Abraham) had patiently endured, HE OBTAINED THE PROMISE.

2 Peter 1:3,4 says “as His divine power has given to us ALL THINGS that pertain to life and godliness,… through which have been given to us “exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature…”

Finally Heb. 10:35,3/6 says, “Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, YOU MAY RECEIVE THE PROMISE.”

We believe, receive, inherit, obtain, and possess the promises, much as we do the kingdom. He has already given them to us and it’s the Fathers good pleasure to give us the kingdom. Luke 12:32

The church is on a collision course with Kingdom right now, and it’s not about how can we fit the Kingdom into what we are doing. Forget that! Because God is not going to lower Himself to fit in to what you are doing. What He is going to do is He is going to expand our understanding of the Kingdom and then stretch everything that we do as a community so that we fit everything that heaven wants to do here on earth.
(from The Church Has Left The Building)