The following is the Preface to my soon to be released e-book Knowing Christ in Divine Order. If you would like to be placed on my e-mail list for the book… please contact me at daviddflowers@aol.com with your info. Thanks for taking the time to read.
Preface
This book has been written to expound on a forgotten teaching of Scripture that I believe gives us great insight into knowing Jesus. It is my desire that this small book will provoke its readers to draw near to the Lord in order that they would receive greater revelations of Jesus Christ and know the power of his resurrection life.
There is a terrible trend today that the church has accepted. As an avid reader, I have noticed the plethora of Christian books and other writings that offer a "new" word and promise a way out of spiritual despair for a return to authentic Christianity. Yet, little seems to come of the many attempts to jump start the church individually or corporately. I humbly believe I know why this is happening. If you would do me the honor of continuing to read this book… I believe you will agree with me and the many saints who have left us with the keys to spiritual revolution.
"We have almost forgotten that God is a person and, as such, can be cultivated as any person can." A.W. Tozer
It is not my concern to be trendy or to present something that would look good on a bookstore shelf. I am writing in hopes that Christ may use my words to reveal something about his Person to you. For it is my strong conviction that all our problems and concerns in our lives and the Christian church… are resolved in knowing Christ in spirit and in truth. This is the very reason that we have been placed on this earth… to know Christ and make him known.
"Though most believers are comfortable speaking of a "personal relationship with Jesus," few concepts are so greatly celebrated and little experienced." Wayne Jacobson
This book is about us knowing Christ intimately and experiencing him daily. It is about the way Christ has prepared for us to meet with him and walk with him moment-by-moment. You will find nothing in this book that will excite the outward man to respond by his own intellect and emotion. However, you will find spiritual things that beckon the governing of Christ's Spirit in your inner man.
My intentions are not to rest solely on a lost teaching, but to move on to experience and application. However, it must be known that I myself have only just begun to implement these things into my life. I am still running the race. It is my hope that you would prayerfully consider the content of this little book. It is the Lord that must teach us how to follow the divine order of knowing him.
Therefore, this book should be read as an invitation. Would we be so bold to trust Christ to be our leader and head? Would we trust the Lord Jesus to give us the experience of knowing him in divine order instead of looking to a man to guide our steps? Only those who wish to surrender to Christ as teacher will find satisfaction in what I am passing on to you. May we allow Christ to be central and supreme in our lives. Let us deny the life that has become dependent upon man's words and the many religious gimmicks that leave us empty time and again. Let us return to our first love.
"We are past the point of revival; we have gone beyond the possibility of repair through reformation. Christianity must experience a vital revolution!" H.J. Stanley
Finally, I have written this book to Christians everywhere who are dissatisfied with their current knowledge of Christ and see the great need in the church for spiritual revolution instead of religious reformation. Is there more to Christian spirituality than you are experiencing? You bet. Are we missing something in the midst of all the ecclesiastical drama today? No doubt. Do I have all the answers? Absolutely not. But I am confident that I am beginning to know the One who does.
I pray that your reading of this book will not be a judgment on my limitations and short-comings as a writer. It is the message that I hope you will hold up to the testimony of Scripture and take to the Lord in prayer. May the Lord speak to you in spite of me.
Your Brother,
David D. Flowers
The Woodlands, TX
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