What happened??

Galatians 3:1
You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?

The Lord has really been dealing with my in my private prayer life as I have been seeking Him on what has changed with the church. Why do we not see the miracles, and power as we saw at the beginning of each movement in the Church. He has been directing me to the things the apostles preached, which was echoed by the early leaders of various movements, but you hear very little about today. We preach psychology, or even say that some of the doctrines we have held to are no longer relevant to the world we live in today. There are even some who believe that the crucifixion and resurrection story are too harsh for the people today. 1 Corinthians 1:18 says the "word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing", so we ignore this doctrine and then to add insult to injury, we no longer teach the return of Christ, but instead we preach a kingdom doctrine, saying we will bring heaven to earth! To mirror Paul's words "Who has cast a spell on you?" 

Satan knows that he can not defeat the church as a whole, Christ promised that, BUT what he can do is attack the believer in such a way that they become powerless and in some cases, so far from God, they are no longer aware of His presence. I have been listening and reading sermons from early church movements, and the theme of redemption through the cross, and the soon return of Jesus, runs through every sermon, yet a sampling of today's menus in various churches reads more like Psychology Today, or Christianity Lite, that it stands to reason that Christ calls the current church age lukewarm, as we are neither on fire for God, or completely away from Him.

In the book of Exodus, the 10 spies completely forgot all that God had shown them in leaving Egypt, and failed to apply it to the current situation in the Promised Land. The disciples forgot the feeding of the multitude, when the storm came, forgetting that Jesus was their protector, and source. In both cases they had to be reminded of the power that they had access to. Today we have been told that the things that Christ did, we will do and more, yet as Elisha asked, where is the God of Elijah? He hasn't changed, we have like the church at Ephesus, we left our first love, and like other churches allowed false doctrine to reign, even giving voice to people we once thought as crack pots to have a national forum, that people follow without question!!

There are 3 spirits competing if you will for the church, the first two are evil incarnate, and the other was the one that birthed the church, brings believers into the fellowship, and has the power to STILL change lives today. The first two are the Spirit of Anti-Christ, the Spirit of Jezebel, and the third is of course the Holy Spirit. We choose as Joshua said, Whom we will serve. 

Friend, today examine yourself and what you believe and have been taught. Do you believe that Christ was crucified and resurrected and is coming again, or do you instead believe that the stories are just to have a psychological meaning and that they are on the level with Grimm's Fairy Tales, only you know your answer. As for me I will believe the Lord and I look forward to His return. 

Grace and Peace be multiplied to you. 
Eric