Praise the Lord! Welcome to my web page. I am a evangelist/ pastor. I have been in the ministry for 25 years. The Word of God is my life. I hunger to know more about Jesus and to have the image of God's dear Son in my life.
I have found that religion is hostile toward God. In the life of the Son of God the drunks and prostitutes accepted Jesus. The religious people followed to find more fault with Him and the government of the day said," I find no fault in Him." Pilate tried some 5 times to get the religious jews to spare Jesus' life. Each time he asked them to release Jesus they cried all the more in their hate and judgement for Christ's death.
Today I am horrified at the judgement and self-righteousness of many professed Christians toward others. Even if we do not understand one another there is NO scriptural cause to bring division and judgment.
Paul the Apostle told the Early Church to judge NOTHING before the time, for God has set a day in which He will judge the world! That is the Second glorious return of Jesus Christ. The only person you can and should judge is YOURSELF!
The closer we become with Jesus the more of HIS likeness and character we will have. The more we get into religion we will have all the talk but no power- we will have all the outward resemblance of religion but no fruit. (Gal 5 fruit of the Spirit)
JESUS WAS KNOWN AS A FRIEND OF SINNERS!!!! The pharisees judged Jesus by the company He kept! They in their self righteousness put down the Pure and sinless Son of God because He did not do according to their "religious codes". TODAY JESUS CHRIST IS STILL THE FRIEND OF SINNERS! He is the friend of mine!
"The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners." MATTHEW 11:19
These religious people condemned the Son of God. Oh they had the old testament law. Jesus has done away with the written code. We are living in the times of Grace. Jesus never excused peoples sin. He did not condemn them either. He forgave them and empowered them to go and sin no more!
The only harsh words you will find Jesus ever spoke was toward the religious people!!! To the drunkards, He spoke lovingly to. To the adulterers He was forgiving and not an ounce of judgement flowed from His lips. IT WAS THE RELIGIOUS- SELF-RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE THAT CHRIST REBUKED.
Today the precious Spirit of Grace will not rest upon a people who exercise legalism in entering judgement toward one another. It is a crime against the cost of Grace to judge another Brother. IF you are wrong, you ANSWER Christ on the last day. If I am wrong, I WILL answer to Christ when He comes on the last day.
I shed no blood for you. Likewise your blood was never shed for me. Jesus Shed His precious Blood of the New Covenant for us all and HE ALONE is our judge. If I feel you are wrong I will pray for you. Likewise please, If you feel I am wrong please pray for me.
See the religious spirit enters into judgement not ever considering the state of the soul of the ones they condemn. Dear God free me from all religion!!!! I want relationship with the Triune God!!!
Galatians 2:4," Because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the FREEDOM
we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves." Note-these false
brothers wanted to bring the church back into lawkeeping.
Galatians 5:1," It is for FREEDOM that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdoned again by
a yoke of slavery."
1 Corinthians 13:8, " Charity never faileth; but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tonques,they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away." Many Christians have used this prophecy in an effort to discount any current move of God in revival in the Church.
Is this what the apostle means? Paul goes on to say the gifts will be in force UNTILL the perfect comes.V.9 we know in part and we prophesy in part. Prophecy gives us glimpses into the mind of God. But Paul says in verse 10 when the Perfect comes the "in part" prophecy etc. will be done away with. What is the perfect?
Some say it is the completion of the canon of Scripture. According to this view the gifts of the Holy Spirit are invalid today. Their services and worship resemble funeral services. There is not much joy or gladness present. Could this be the meaning of holy Scripture.
We are called to rightly divide the Word of God. Scripture interprets scripture!
I want to direct your attention to 1 Corinthians 1:7-8 for the answer. Paul tells us when the perfect comes- when the gifts of the Holy Spirit will no longer be needed.," So that Ye come behind in NO GIFT; WAITING FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the DAY of our Lord Jesus Christ."
So according to the Word of God the New Testament is still in force including the ministry of the Holy Spirit!! UNTILL THE PERFECT ONE- JESUS CHRIST God's dear Son comes back from Heaven, then we will not need any revelation knowledge or prophecies because WE WILL BE WITH HIM!
It is wrong to stand against revival and manifestations of the Spirit. You may inwardly be concerned about a certain manifestation, but dont enter into judgement. That is a manifestation of a religious spirit. You might find yourself shut out from the presence of the Lord.
GOD IS WHO HE SAID HE IS! GOD CAN DO WHAT HE SAID HE CAN DO! I am who God said I am! I can do what God said I can do!
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