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Pehaps my last post.
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Dec 1, 2009 5:17 pm
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Hi everyone, this may be my last post. I just wanted to thank everyone for all the interaction I recieved. I enjoyed reading about your lives and I pray God will lead all you and watch over all of you.
I will try to make a long story short. First of all I want to share a memory with you. I once had a friend on here who said that she once asked her mother, "How do you know your religion is the right one?"
Her mother replied, "You just believe it"
My friend then said she didn't take that as a legitimate answer, so she set out to read and study the Bible to prove her religion was the correct one.
I just thought about this today and the correct answer hit me on the head.
I know my "religion" is the correct one because I feel the Spirit of God inside of me. Speaking all truth to me, purging me with fire and comforting me like a dove.
You see my time here was spent during time of getting back in-line with God's will for my life. About 8 months ago I was filled with Grace, not just a little. But a lot, a whole lot. So I went to my Pastor and spoke with him about getting involved in mininstry. So my Pastor gave me a lot of book work to do and definitions to write and what I call "Christian leadership self-help books.
Once I started doing this, the Grace and Spirit dwindled away into a mildness. Understand this, I didn't lose my salvation or anything like that. But I didn't have the Power that can change and enable a normal man to do great things.
Here is the reason why. God has a plan for all His children. he gives gifts and enables them to perform His Plan for their life. There are numerous roles in the Body of Christ, but He gives what is necessary to do each role. This would take me hours to fully explain.
Ok now, I am back in that Grace and Spirit-filled. Until It is bubbling over in me. Because, now I am back in His Will. I have contacted my Pastor again after having quit on the assignments he gave me.
Remember those "Christian leadership self-help books", I know the greatest Self Help Book ever written. God's Word, the Holy Bible.
God has trained and educated me through 5 years of struggles and trials. I only need 2 things to fulfill my calling, My Bible and the awesome power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, and God the Father.
You can see by my posts that I didn't post a lot of doctrine or scripture. Because without the "Spirit of Truth" filling me, I can not speak His Word with power and authority.
Speaking His Word on my power has no to little effect on anything.
And if anyone thinks that you can't be Spirit-filled like at Pentecost or doesn't know what I am talking about. Just do two things with all that is inside of you and then you will know.
Mt 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mt 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mt 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mt 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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A talk with my dad.
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Nov 28, 2009 2:19 pm
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My dad, at least I call him my dad. In legalistic terms he is my step-dad. He was saved just a short while ago.
Anyway while I was at my mom's Thanksgiving day, he asked me if I had heard about the 5-year old girl that had recently been found dead in our area. I said that I had.
This 5-year old girl had been prostituded out by her mother, who needed money for drugs.
My dad immediately spoke about how he wished he was on the jury and how he wished he was the judge and how he wished that he could do some things to the man who would do these things to a child.
All I could think was, "Vengence is Mine, saith the Lord" and then I remembered how much I was forgiven of.
His reply was, "You never did that." But I could not see my past sins as any different.
Then I spoke to him of the parable of the unforgiving debtor. He did't want to hear it.
Point being, it took time and growth for me to come to the point I am at. I recognize his point in his walk with Christ and do not condem him for it.
It would be nice if we were a perfect Christian at the point of re-birth, but we are not. Wisdom in more mature Christians should allow us the ability to see where another is at and encourage them, not degrade them.
Christ will teach him, this I know. Because the Bible tells me so.
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Opinions wanted on the church.
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Nov 27, 2009 11:17 am
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This post is based on my observations of churches in my area. Things may be different in other places. This is also based on a belief deep inside of me that most of the problems in this country are happening because God has been taken out of the churches.
So I welcome the thoughts of others. Thank you for your time.
1Co 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
In all the churches I have attended I have only seen the postions of Pastor and Deacon filled. I have heard of people with the title of evangelist. The postion of Pastor and Deacon is a man given position, subject to the authority of the people in the church. A Pastor can be voted out, a Deacon can be voted out. Postions that answer to the will of man.
Apostle, prophet, miracles, gifts of healing,and diversities of tongues are God authorized postions. Man has no control over them, they are chosen, called, and placed by God as gifts to the body.
And I know many who say that their are not anymore apostles today or prophets. Unless I am missing something, that is not what my King James Bible says.
So it seems to be that man wants so much to be in charge of his fate, that he has gone as far as to deny even the existence of God's choosen vessels in the church.
What do you think?
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Just a Pearl.
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Nov 25, 2009 6:27 pm
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After eating of the fruit, Adam hid from God as He walked in the garden. The Lord asked,"WHERE ART THOU?
And Adam said, "I am naked, therefore I was ashamed and hid from YOU."
Adam realized his sin, his disobedience, and therefore was unable to face God.
But we are not naked anymore, THE BLOOD OF OUR SAVIOR COVERS US, THEREFORE WE CAN COME BEFORE GOD AND WALK IN THE COOL OF THE DAY. WITHOUT SHAME.
JESUS PAID THE PRICE FOR OUR DISOBEDIENCE.
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My Previous Post
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Nov 24, 2009 5:31 pm
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My previous post was not done according to what I believe to be the correct process of Biblical disagreement.
While I think my comments were correct and in truth, they should have been made in private between the individual named in that disagreement. Then if acknowledgment of the "offense" was not reconciled, I should have found another her on BC and confronted this individual with them. Then if that individual would not listen and repent, the matter could have been bought before BC as a whole.
I skipped two steps of the proper way to handle this. And I repent of it and have removed the post.
In this apology to that individual I am taking on their word that they are a brother or sister in Christ. I have my doubts about this, but I still should have followed the Word correctly.
I apologize to this person for my indiscretion and lack of judgment.
God is of order, not of chaos. And I need to learn to be submissive to order.
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He is a good God.
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Nov 21, 2009 6:42 pm
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Even though I am not good, He is Good.
Even though I used to hate Him, He showed me Mercy.
Although I was fallen, a creation swimming in the mud. He was waiting, so patiently waiting. I get a sense He was staring at me, urging me, just call on me My son. I will come, just ask. I am here, wanting so desperately to send all under my command to your aid. Just call on me.
Then, despite all that I had done, in total desperation, I finally called on Him. And the Heavens opened, He came pouring in.
The only thing that keeps me from God is myself. My lack of faith and my lack of asking.
He gave us His only Son, in doing this what would He hold from us?
I am not special, He is waiting for you.
Just call on Him with everything that is in you. That is all it takes.
He is a good God, a merciful God, He loves His creation. It is His Nature to love that which He bought into existence.
Don't ever think that you are not good enough for Him. For He is all that is good.
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The Hardest Part to Die.
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Nov 20, 2009 3:03 pm
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I have found in my experiences that the hardest part of sefl to die is Pride. Or Ego, self worth, probably a few other things that all fall under the same vice.
Our flesh has a tendancy to need to be successful, the best at what we do, popular, to be in the spotlight, to rank ourselves as superior to others.
This is true when we are lost and unsaved and unfortunately this is also true after we are saved. We want to be a better Christian than others, we want God to love us more than others. We want to think that we have a special place in God's Eyes.
What we fail to realize is that God is so BIG, that each seperate person is the best to Him. He is BIG enough to love us each equally.
Didn't Jesus say that the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven must be a servant to all. So how can we serve others when we are serving ourselves?
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Perhaps I am a stupid man.
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Nov 19, 2009 4:19 pm
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Perhaps I am very stupid, but I believe my God knows that I can't do right by Him on my own.
I base His love for me on what He did, not what I have done. Not what I can do.
When I go in prayer before Him, I get behind Jesus and look over His shoulder.
Look at Him Lord, don't look at me. Because of what He did, I can come before you.
Do not look at me God, I am not worthy of even having your Eyes behold me. But because of my Lord Jesus, I have the boldness to come before you.
I don't know why I am like this, I just am. I will never stand before God on my accomplishments, but by the accomplishment of my Lord Jesus I stand before God. Cleansed, made white as snow. Because of His Blood, I am clean. Able to enter boldly into the Throne Room and beg for mercy for my fellow man.
My Lord Jesus is with me, He is my High Intercessor. He has paid the price for my sins, I am covered by Him. Able to stand by Grace in all the storms that come against me.
I may be stupid, but I place myself into the fire. In the Faith that I will not be burned and my Jesus isn't done yet.
For He is Risen. And His Power, strength, ability to suffer, hope, desire is avialible to me.
I stand in Jesus, He is always with me and will never let me go.
I love my Jesus.
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Correct doctrine.
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Nov 19, 2009 9:49 am
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What is correct doctrine? In my conversations with other Christians I have found various answers.
Many beleive that we should all think the same. If two people don't exactly agree on a particular verse of Scripture, then one must be wrong.
And both of those two people will decide that the other is wrong and they are right.
Please allow me to share some of my thoughts with you. The Bride of Christ, the body of believers, the sheep of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Children of God.
There is not a single denomination on this planet that fits the description of organization above. In each denomination there are seperate pyhsical bodies that are members of those organizations.
God's Word is a living Word. As a living Word it is alive in the Holy Spirit and speaks to us through the Spirit into our soul. Then it becomes part of our nature, part of our being.
This is why the programs about reading the Bible in one year, or even schools that teach the Bible can be dangerous. Because you can have all the head knowledge avialable, but unless it becomes part of your nature and changes the vessel it is worthless.
This is what Paul meant by
1Co 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
That although we understand everything, are fully perfect in our devotion to God and are secure in OUR salvation. Unless we can share it with others in the way we obtained it we are nothing.
Because no body who obtains the gifts of the Spirit does so on their own abiltiy. I believe on the last gifts and fruits of the Spirit is Love. Not what the world understands as Love, but the defintion of Love as given by our Lord Jesus Christ when although God had turned away from Him (because God could not watch while Jesus took the sins of mankind upon Himself on the Cross. I believe that at this moment, Jesus performed this action as the Son of Man, not as God Himself. For God is incapable of any association with sin.)Jesus so loved us that He gave all He had avialible of Himself to give.
So the correct doctrine is doctrine that is revealed to you by the Spirit and that which you have taken into your heart and live out.
You know correct doctrine in others when they perform the actions that the Lord Jesus did. Many of His Actions were fulfilling Old Testament Scripture.
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