WILL THE TRUE BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS PLEASE STAND UP?
I will try to be very brief here in speaking (my mind), which by now, my friends on myChurch know, can be hard on your nervous system and even harder on your theology and worst yet on your man-made anti -christ, learned doctrines.
Recently, I was exposed to some doctrines which baffled my mind and upset my PURE thinking. I NEVER belonged to ANY social organization, ANY religious organization, NOR was I taught by MAN/WOMAN, as a matter of fact, when I listened to MANY of the messages being spewed from most (podiums) these days, I will go directly to Father's Word and delve in and compare what I have just heard and I am appalled that the response I receive from the Holy Spirit's interpretation most times does not line up. Why? I have cried out to my G-d, my heavenly Father, for the truth of His Word, simply because I love Him so much, I ONLY want to please Him. It hurts me and grieves the Holy Spirit in me when I hear the false doctrine which I have now begun to realize mostly has nothing to do with Jesus Christ and His redemptive work for mankind, but these messages are the workings of Satan using people to please the selfish desires of humanity.
If you really think about what is being preached by most, it is so obvious now:-
Come to Jesus and He will forgive ALL of your sins, past, present and future Come to Jesus and He will Save you and you do not have to obey any more Laws/commands Come to Jesus and He will Love you no matter what you do even after you know the truth Come to Jesus and He will give you ALL the material wealth your little heart desires Come to Jesus and He will give you a new wife or husband even though you already have a mate Come to Jesus and He will give you big houses, fancy cars and great vacations Come to Jesus and He will turn a blind eye to your sins because He has Grace and Mercy for you Come to Jesus and He will never forsake you even when you forsake Him turn and your back to Him and go back to serve Satan Come to Jesus and He will not judge you Come to Jesus and bring your tithe into the storehouse and you will be blessed with riches Come to Jesus and be water baptized and say a few words that you have faith in Him even if you really do not know Him, or have not tested Him at His Word, and you will be Saved for all eternity Come to Jesus and ask the man or woman of God to lay hands on you and you will be blessed Come to Jesus and join our Church or religious Organization and you will become a Christian Come to Jesus and do not judge anybody because that is not Love Come to Jesus and all you need is Faith not Works, because Works is of the Law Come to Jesus and apply His blood to everything and everyone and His blood will cleanse it
When we examine all of the above, this is false doctrine and is ONLY used to please the CARNAL SELFISH NATURE OF HUMANITY. LOOK CLOSELY MY FRIENDS. SATAN IS VERY BUSY IN THESE LAST DAYS. MAKE YOUR SALVATION SURE. LISTEN TO THE VOICE THAT TELLS YOU TO LEAVE EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE, PICK UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM Jesus Christ. Follow His Words. He has rules and commands to follow. He is the ONLY one who died for you not your Pastor, Priest, Mother Theresa, The dead Saints cannot help you. Buddha cannot help you. Mohamed cannot help you. A piece of concrete shaped by mankind cannot help you. Necromancy cannot help you.
Do you Love Jesus Christ enough to NOT WILLFULLY SIN AGAINST HIM? If you do, then you know the risen Christ. If you still have doubts, then I would suggest that you examine your Salvation, because you are following man-made false doctrines of demons that will only take you to hell with them. We are sanctified ONLY through obedience to the written WORD.
17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
If we're in Christ--in the Spirit---we won't sin. If we're not, we will, b/c our willpower (in our flesh) will NOT keep us from sinning but rather line us up for failure. See, I believe that Christ in me is who makes me walk righteously. All I need to do is spend time with Him every day, and have a GENUINE relationship with Him, and the rest naturally follows. We get out of His way so He can take the driver's seat in our lives. So I don't believe we gotta do works to stay saved---I believe we gotta maintain our relationship with the Lord, and that HE does the changing and makes it so we walk in the works He had set out for us before we ever even got saved, for us to do. So then who gets the glory for transforming us? Who gets the glory for our good works. Christ, of course! :) B/c there is NOTHING good in me---that is, in my flesh, so I can't be good enough--I can't keep myself from sinning, but Christ in me keeps me from sin. So MY job is to stay in a close relationship with the Lord, and HIS job is to purify me & enable me to live above sin. :-)
I think you've said it all Marcia. :o) For once - I can't add anything, and can't take anything away. Well I could. With some of the things you've written - and what people say from behind the podeum, it don't quite line-up when you read it for yourself.
Yes its sad. Without down-grading your message Marcia, its a bit like buying a product, and when people get back home and start opening things up and seeing and experiencing it for themselves, its not what it says on the packet! Then people go into the mode of "well he said this" and "he said that." Well...read the small print. Its a bit like joining the army. Its only when you join it - you find out what it really means. And here's a food for thought. If "preachers" promoted all the bad stuff first, would people be so eager to join up? Answer: no. So they promote all the good stuff, but totally leave out the bad stuff.
Going back to my "product" statement above, read what it says on the packet first by reading into it yourself - and not taking somebody else's word for it that everything is going to be happy-clappy. There will be times when people feel shot to peices, but "he" didn't tell you about that, did he? Again, read the small print.
Stevie, Funny thing is the (generation of vipers ) is usually ommited and most of the (bad scriptures) like (willful sin) is by-passed in the theology of mankind.
Grace seems to be the largest print to many, I found out lately. They like the feel good message it produces, even though it does not make them grow Spiritually. I call it a stunted message that produces carnally minded people with no testimony of the true Grace and Mercy of Jesus Christ, because we are indeed tested by the Written Word and only pass the test through obedience, and then and only then, the Written Word becomes a testimony and then and only then one can truly say they know this Jesus Christ and they have a testimony of His goodness and Mercy.
You know what is really sad, people keep going to "their markets", buying the product and eating the rotten fruit, even though the "Fine Print" says they will die Spiritually. The same fruit that Adam and Eve ate that caused them to be expelled from the garden of Eden. People forget about Satan, the deciever of mankind. When you tell them the truth they try to shut you up by telling you to shut up! Doctrines of demons! I say let's all overcome our carnal nature and yield to the Spirit of Truth in obedience and that will make Jesus Christ the true Lord of our life.
How dare we say Lord, Lord and do not what He said.
When we examine all of the above, this is false doctrine and is ONLY used to please the CARNAL SELFISH NATURE OF HUMANITY. LOOK CLOSELY MY FRIENDS. SATAN IS VERY BUSY IN THESE LAST DAYS. MAKE YOUR SALVATION SURE. LISTEN TO THE VOICE THAT TELLS YOU TO LEAVE EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE, PICK UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM Jesus Christ. Follow His Words. He has rules and commands to follow.
What a valid question dear Sis... Great remarks and food for thought... We need to be stirred so that we will reflect and ponder...
13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
All I can say is, yup! And the secret is, when someone says something, look it up for yourself. In some circumstances, I'm so fed up with having to feed people with scripture - because they can't be bothered to do it themselves. There are "hearer's" of the Word and there are "doers" of the Word. In the context of this response, which one are we? because there will be hearer's who only do it because somebody else told them to do it, and then blame somebody else for landing them in trouble - because they never looked it up for themselves before doing it. So when it comes to the Day of Judgement, what will their excuse be? Well "they" told me to do it! Well here's one answer: look it up yourself before doing it. It will save a lot of trouble in the end. We are made accountable for our mistakes, not somebody else's.
Barb, I can only pray that we all receive the gift of the Holy Spirit so that we can receive true revelation and with his help, be able to apply this truth to our lives daily. I pray that you are blessed as you delve in sister.