Post by TheFirebrand on Mar 1, 2012 1:55:20 GMT -6
... Trying to Get Around It, or Tripping Over It?
*1 Peter 2:5-8* "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed."
There are many, many denominations and organizations out there who know nothing of Spiritual warfare or truth and certainly will choose not hear it ... I have dealt with quite a few personally over the years as well as discovering the true colors of many ministers ... (Thats for another time)
So I discover these two large church organizations that preach the full truth of the baptism, they teach and apparently observe the Biblical Holy Days and tell the truth about Gods stance against pagan holidays, they do not seem to put any women in leadership (tho I think its inevitable that there are some) ... but ironically enough they ignore the biblical standards and even the ministers wives are cutting their hair and wearing jewelry and dressing less than modest ... Someone help me out here because I just don't get it ...
This is what has inspired a few of my latest messages regarding split doctrine, and wouldn't you know it, the they block me from their facebook pages, stopped responding to my emails and stopped sharing their material with me because of what they call a "conflict of interest" ... Someone tell me where there is a conflict of interest with God's truth?
These people have obviously been caught off guard with this sudden enforcement of truth on them and they do not know how to deal with it. Instead of keeping a dialogue open they shut me out. All I can hope is that somehow I planted a seed with the right person ...
The organizations I have known most of my life are supposed to be these conservative, fundamentalists Christians. They preach standards, they preach the baptism truth and they preach against paganism and women in leadership, yet here is the twist ...They do not obverse Biblical Holy Days, They do however celebrate the pagan ones, (Halloween, Christmas and Easter) as well as others. There standards are all but tossed out the window. And they put many women in leadership ... sounds pretty hypocritical right?
And yet another large organization which preaches none of the above truths, don't even have the Holy Ghost and pretty much only entertain their congregation with large musical programs, expensive puppet shows and your basic fired up preaching ...
The odd part is that the 2nd and 3rd mentioned organizations do not ignore my messages or block me on facebook. While I do meet withmuch opposition, many of their members agree and believe the truth I present, yet they continue attending these number filled, spiritually fruitless churches. So what gets to me is how we have this huge melting pot of Pentecostal and Apostolic churches with so much division and split truth ...
Its all very frustrating and quite confusing trying to keep up with these things. Its just I have traveled and seen much variety in the way many of these churches conduct themselves. I have met people who believe in the full truth and still attend services full of unbelievers ... perhaps God wishes them there for the moment, but my convictions keep me from it (for now) ... It has been a difficult run, especially now for my wife who has been all but rejected by her old friends now that they have seen me preaching the truth with no holds barred, holding nothing back and without any ear tickling.
But this is also a biblical prediction of what would happen to many people who stay in 100% of truth with no conformity or "rule bending" for the sake of convenience ...
*1 Peter 2:5-8* "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed."
There are many, many denominations and organizations out there who know nothing of Spiritual warfare or truth and certainly will choose not hear it ... I have dealt with quite a few personally over the years as well as discovering the true colors of many ministers ... (Thats for another time)
So I discover these two large church organizations that preach the full truth of the baptism, they teach and apparently observe the Biblical Holy Days and tell the truth about Gods stance against pagan holidays, they do not seem to put any women in leadership (tho I think its inevitable that there are some) ... but ironically enough they ignore the biblical standards and even the ministers wives are cutting their hair and wearing jewelry and dressing less than modest ... Someone help me out here because I just don't get it ...
This is what has inspired a few of my latest messages regarding split doctrine, and wouldn't you know it, the they block me from their facebook pages, stopped responding to my emails and stopped sharing their material with me because of what they call a "conflict of interest" ... Someone tell me where there is a conflict of interest with God's truth?
These people have obviously been caught off guard with this sudden enforcement of truth on them and they do not know how to deal with it. Instead of keeping a dialogue open they shut me out. All I can hope is that somehow I planted a seed with the right person ...
The organizations I have known most of my life are supposed to be these conservative, fundamentalists Christians. They preach standards, they preach the baptism truth and they preach against paganism and women in leadership, yet here is the twist ...They do not obverse Biblical Holy Days, They do however celebrate the pagan ones, (Halloween, Christmas and Easter) as well as others. There standards are all but tossed out the window. And they put many women in leadership ... sounds pretty hypocritical right?
And yet another large organization which preaches none of the above truths, don't even have the Holy Ghost and pretty much only entertain their congregation with large musical programs, expensive puppet shows and your basic fired up preaching ...
The odd part is that the 2nd and 3rd mentioned organizations do not ignore my messages or block me on facebook. While I do meet withmuch opposition, many of their members agree and believe the truth I present, yet they continue attending these number filled, spiritually fruitless churches. So what gets to me is how we have this huge melting pot of Pentecostal and Apostolic churches with so much division and split truth ...
Its all very frustrating and quite confusing trying to keep up with these things. Its just I have traveled and seen much variety in the way many of these churches conduct themselves. I have met people who believe in the full truth and still attend services full of unbelievers ... perhaps God wishes them there for the moment, but my convictions keep me from it (for now) ... It has been a difficult run, especially now for my wife who has been all but rejected by her old friends now that they have seen me preaching the truth with no holds barred, holding nothing back and without any ear tickling.
But this is also a biblical prediction of what would happen to many people who stay in 100% of truth with no conformity or "rule bending" for the sake of convenience ...