"One Man Show"
After coming to the “Heart of the Matter” over the last 6 mos., I hope you have been blessed and encouraged in your journey forward. As I’ve said before, it’s “AS you move forward” that the Holy Spirit brings clarity and purpose to your season of transition. And now the time has come for us to bring you to the final chapter… what I’m about to share with you IS the sobering truth behind Cornerstone. It’s what all former members discover after leaving. It’s the “Crux of the Matter”… that answers the question of “What’s Next?”
With almost 7 billion people living on the planet, what is the value of… ONE LIFE? How much is ONE PURPOSE worth? The answer of course depends upon who you are asking. To that ONE PERSON… the answer would be INVALUABLE. And so to each man is given ONE life. We must enjoy it, value it… because “this IS it”. For the years of a man’s life are like grains of sand. They pass through your fingers ever so quickly, no matter how hard you try to hold on.
Acts 17: 26, 27 --“From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and HE DETERMINED THE TIMES SET FOR THEM and the EXACT PLACES WHERE THEY SHOULD LIVE. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.”
What a powerful scripture that testifies to the brilliant plan of predetermining the “set times and places” of every man that is to step foot on the planet. As believers in Christ, we know that each person is born with a divine purpose --a REASON for living in the “time” and “place” they were born into “for such a time as this”. And with every life is also appointed a number of years in which to carry those purposes out. To everything there is a season, and a TIME to every purpose under the heaven…
Along with PURPOSE and TIME, each man is also endowed with ABILITY -spiritual and natural GIFTS that were intended to be used to bring glory to God in the Earth. The greatest demonstration of a person fulfilling their purpose is given to us in John 17:4 --“I have brought you glory on Earth by completing the work you have given me to do.”
-Jesus
-Jesus
I believe all of us would agree to this:
As Christians, we have a personal responsibility to fulfill the Call of God upon our lives. Each of us will stand before God and give an account for what we did with the TIME & TALENT we were given. No one will be standing with you on that day. Not your Pastor, your Parents, nor your Peers.
Allow me to get right to the point. As much as I hate to disappoint the critics, this is not going to be a final “explosive article” aimed to “blast” everyone away by finally revealing all the shocking “inside” information that we have. Nor will this article be for the purpose of revealing the future “outcome” of the whole situation. The truth of the matter is… the future “outcome” is fully realized by EVERYONE after they leave. The “truth of the outcome” was there all the time… but often ignored, put off, or set aside. And THAT TRUTH will do you far more “good” than the discovery of anything else. What am I saying?
Here is the CRUX:
Contrary to sharia law of Cornerstone, Michael Pitts was never the Gatekeeper of your Calling. Nor was he responsible for the fulfillment thereof. But at some point, we bought into that system of thinking through very persuasive indoctrination. We were apart of what became a cult in part, by the false teachings that stemmed mainly out of the "Shepherding Movement”.
In a nut shell --we were taught that God calls us to serve a particular Pastor, where we are to submit to him indefinitely by coming into a “covenant relationship” and in return…. we are provided Spiritual “Covering” under the umbrella of his network. It is through our submission to the “Bishop”, that we ultimately go on to fulfill our Calling, our Purpose. And so it goes... one could never leave their “Covering” unless of course the anointing of "Proper Protocol” is followed -aka- “They release you”. For all intents and purposes, we were REQUIRED to give the “Set Man” of the house…. complete and total submission without question. Reminds me of the song “Hotel California” --you can “check out” anytime you like, but you can NEVER LEAVE…
