Post by TheFirebrand on Mar 1, 2012 15:52:20 GMT -6
*1 Thessalonians 5:21-23* (KJV) "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Recently I posted in my Photo Messages, one about Love and related it with the way music has become corrupted in our churches. Well outside of the music and singing are the persons or the celebrities and how they conduct themselves in their walk. Many live no better than most secular groups. Others only live by portions of Gods Word and do no real studying of their own. Some (and this I know specifically from experience) flaunt their celebrity and act just like any Hollywood star or famous performer, including their behaviors with the women. Flirting and calling them by pet names that they ought only be using towards their on wives.
If any man, married, minister or otherwise in your church walked up to your wife and said "come here baby" then proceeded to hug her or kiss her on the cheek, would you not find that offensive, unholy and un-Christian? Even feel the need to react? For that matter what true Christian woman or wife would find that acceptable? Whether from a church member, friend, Christian singer, or stranger on the street ... ?
These individuals do not live by the example that a truly Christian person would set. Boundaries are broken more often in our youth as well as in our adult relationships because we follow these influences and our minds are indoctrinated with new ideas and justifications of what is ok and what isn't. Congregations suffer from discord and stress overwhelms the spiritual focus ...
Youth groups in churches have become very co-ed and far too much physical closeness, especially in the places and times of worship, has opened many doors for the devil sneak in and cause drama, unrelenting romantic situations and heart breaking gossip. This carries over into the parents and the households thereby contributing more division in the home, rebellious adolescence even sometimes a backslid young adult once they leave the nest ...
This heathen, pagan celebration or participation of Valentines Day in any church claiming to be Godly and Holy is a direct and proud defiance against God ...
Teen sex, pregnancy and abortion are on the rise. Divorce has overrun our society. We talk so much about separation from the world and yet we have invited so much of it into our churches and homes. We have become more carnal than Christian ... Abstaining from the appearance of evil can be a pretty tough call at times, but if we do not enforce, encourage and even entice our young people to stand for certain Holiness standards and boundaries, we will and are losing their generation to the world ...
Recently I posted in my Photo Messages, one about Love and related it with the way music has become corrupted in our churches. Well outside of the music and singing are the persons or the celebrities and how they conduct themselves in their walk. Many live no better than most secular groups. Others only live by portions of Gods Word and do no real studying of their own. Some (and this I know specifically from experience) flaunt their celebrity and act just like any Hollywood star or famous performer, including their behaviors with the women. Flirting and calling them by pet names that they ought only be using towards their on wives.
If any man, married, minister or otherwise in your church walked up to your wife and said "come here baby" then proceeded to hug her or kiss her on the cheek, would you not find that offensive, unholy and un-Christian? Even feel the need to react? For that matter what true Christian woman or wife would find that acceptable? Whether from a church member, friend, Christian singer, or stranger on the street ... ?
These individuals do not live by the example that a truly Christian person would set. Boundaries are broken more often in our youth as well as in our adult relationships because we follow these influences and our minds are indoctrinated with new ideas and justifications of what is ok and what isn't. Congregations suffer from discord and stress overwhelms the spiritual focus ...
Youth groups in churches have become very co-ed and far too much physical closeness, especially in the places and times of worship, has opened many doors for the devil sneak in and cause drama, unrelenting romantic situations and heart breaking gossip. This carries over into the parents and the households thereby contributing more division in the home, rebellious adolescence even sometimes a backslid young adult once they leave the nest ...
This heathen, pagan celebration or participation of Valentines Day in any church claiming to be Godly and Holy is a direct and proud defiance against God ...
Teen sex, pregnancy and abortion are on the rise. Divorce has overrun our society. We talk so much about separation from the world and yet we have invited so much of it into our churches and homes. We have become more carnal than Christian ... Abstaining from the appearance of evil can be a pretty tough call at times, but if we do not enforce, encourage and even entice our young people to stand for certain Holiness standards and boundaries, we will and are losing their generation to the world ...
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