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Post by TheFirebrand on Aug 4, 2012 0:33:16 GMT -6
Acts 8:4 (AMP) "Now those who were scattered abroad went about [through the land from place to place] preaching the glad tidings, the Word [ the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God]."
When someone tries to stomp out the flame of dry broom weed, the sparks fly upward and ride upon the wind, spreading the flame far and wide. As Satan tried to use persecution to discourage the early church, the very martyrdom and persecution that drove these Christians from their homes was used by God to spread the message wherever they went. Each believer was a spark driven on the Divine Wind of God's empowering Spirit ...
This is quite similar to whats happened to myself over the years. Tho, I had to experience many things first in order to realize understand the full truth of God's word that I do now ...
Part of that truth is that these multi-million dollar churches and even the medium to large congregations scattered around as part of some of the corporate organizations ... these churches are the very ones that Paul and the book of Romans speaks AGAINST!
They represent nothing of the ACTS church of Bible. They are many times filled with more worldliness than the average apartment or small home ...
Just consider this: How many men were left standing when Jesus went "recruiting?" How many people went onto Noah's Ark? What do you think Jesus meant by "little flock?" Only a "few" will remain ...
How big is your congregation?
Do you know why traveling and the freedom to roam have become so restricted and expensive? So the powers that be can keep apart those of us in the FULL truth of the Gospel ... we cannot start a revolutionary change by way of internet, else we would have taken it by storm already. there are far too many negative aspects that keep people from the truth. Many times reading the truth about God online is no different than reading about UFO sightings and conspiracy theories.
It just doesn't have the same impact as up close and personal fellowship (strength in numbers) The powers and principalities of the world are well aware of how weakened and scattered we truly are.
What do firefighters do? What happens when they start putting out the flames? The fire gets weaker and is eventually stopped so it can no longer burn ...
What does a fireplace do? It isolates the flame so it cannot spread ...
So our fire cannot be spread so easily when we are bogged down with poor finances, unemployment, assistance programs that require us to constantly keep them updated of our routine (so we cant travel due to that either) ... laws and regulations, government owning land - fire extinguishers and fireplaces ...
... all keeps us from moving about the way were once able to. We know so little of the truth about traveling evangelists before a hundred years ago.
You see, walking, horseback and wagons didn't require gas and costs nothing to keep running. Horses could eat off the ground, man could hunt for food ... those freedoms have all been "regulated" and "legalized" to keep us under control and restrict us ...
Just think about all the freedoms that are slowly being robbed from us now. Think about all the freedoms that were taken one by one over the first couple centuries of this nation. Look at the suffering and pillaging that was utilized in creating this country to begin with ...
Almost ALL of it directly targets and disables the ability to spread truth of the gospel. So they continually found ways to keep us in one place, to indoctrinate our minds into the acceptance of worldly and pagan things and include those things into the church. Entertainment and music, fancy lights, effects and sound systems, themes of worldly origin ... even "Pastor Bucks" play money with the Pastor's face on them ... Are you starting to see?
Some of you say "well what about foreign missions?" Well most of the missionaries are under the watch of an organization teaching false doctrine ... which is why they are so popular ...
The fires of truth are scattered so few and far between that it leaves much more darkness for so many millions of souls to remain lost in ...
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