The Shepherd's Fold Apostolic Church

What an awesome privilege it is to be able to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Many Christians in other countries do not have the freedom to publicly worship and celebrate Christ as they desire. If they do, they are subject to anything from verbal harassment to actual physical harm, imprisonment and possibly death. In spite of this, many Christians this Sunday in restricted nations will come out in public and worship the One Who died for them. They have already made up their minds that their life is not their own and that they will worship and celebrate Jesus Christ in the face of persecution or even death.   How many "Christians" will take advantage of the freedom that we have in our country and go to Church this Sunday? There is no fear of harm or imprisonment and yet many will take the day and do other things rather than spend some time worshipping and celebrating the One Who gives us Life! We have an amazing freedom here in this count

Exodus 19:10-13 "Then the Lord said to Moses,' Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live. When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.'"   Sanctify mean to consecrate, to separate. We are to separate ourselves unto God- totally. Not just one part of our lives- but our entire beings. Some Christians are like Jekyll and Hyde- they are one thing in church, but when they leave church- they become something else. They have a split personality. They are

1 Kings 19:19-21:   (19)"So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with the twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. (20) And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, 'Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.' And he said to him, 'Go back again, for what have I done to you?' (21) So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled there flesh, using the oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant."   God is preparing leadership- someone to take Elijah's place. Some have no responsibility to the ministry. But Elisha completely changed. He made it impossible to go back to his old life- he killed the oxen and burned all the equipment. He made a clean cut from his old life. He totally embraced th