A point of light doctrines, lipservice, and self-deception
I send greetings to you in the name of Jesus:
As we begin this I already know that there will be disagreement with what I will say but I must tell you from the beginning that God has not brought us together so that we could like everything that we hear. The truth often isn't something that God's people want to deal with. In today's social structure so many times our churches have forgotten that we have replaced the truth with some alternative message that is a little more palatable to the general public in whole of not ruffling too many feathers. The idea of upsetting those who are in possible odds with God's law has taken on the heart of the politically correct movement today. One of the main issues that must be looked at by the true body of Christ in these latter days is what the church's real purpose is here and now. I believe that will find the answer to be much different than the church structures and governments we find in our modern churches. Because of that the Holy Spirit is directed me to bring this lesson on the doctrines, lip service, and self-deception that most of us have developed. Let's look at doctrines first. In itself to hold a doctor and gives us a feeling of stability and comfort when we are walking on our Christian journey in life, and that in itself isn't bad. It is when we begin to cling to that doctrine as an answer to all of our spiritual needs that there begins to be a problem. We don't seem to realize that we even do that sort of thing, and yet it is found all around us in our Christian experience. What should we hold up as our doctrine and what should we believe in constantly? Paul wrote much about his belief in Christ. One of my favorites is second Timothy 1:12 which says"I know whom I have believed and then persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed under him against that day". Even with Paul's adamant declaration of faith in Christ people just like today want to be able to follow a source that they can see and touch. Because of that Paul had to write churches and asked the question who is it that you file? Someone to follow Peter, and some want to follow Paul, but we all should be following after Christ.
Even with Paul many of the things that have been so distorted and made into doctrines of a denomination are those answers given to deal with specific problems, and different churches as the body was established. None of those were written to become rules of a new church but were meant to deal with local uprisings and an individual body of believers. It's true that under the same circumstances that same answer could be used for another place, but we are so quick to slap a scriptural answer into an individual problem that we rarely take the time to see what the real issue is. In order to know the issues you must get to know the person is Christ would know the person. One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that God waits to pour out on his people is the gift of understanding. We cannot understand if we think that we already have the answers. That leads me to the second area teaching today which is lip service.
Lip service is simply telling someone what you think they want to hear just to get them out of your hair. How many times do we do that with God? When we really think about if we feel guilty about something we know we have done wrong and when we go to God to ask forgiveness do we do it to be given or to get rid of guilty feelings? How many times have you come away from a prayer session where you did not get the feeling that got even hurt? You are probably right. The problem with clinging to these man-made doctrines is that we convince ourselves that they are the rules from God on how to fix things so that we don't feel guilty again. Let me tell you right now that God does not care about your doctrines. A lady once told me that she didn't have to worry about living for God because she was baptized as an infant. That does not matter because it is a doctrine that has nothing to do with Christ. Living every day of one's life as a child of God does! We spend so much time worrying about the difference in our doctrines that we can't worship together. Why is that? Is it really because we believe differently, or is it because it's the difference in our church doctrines from there? If you want to know where the denominations came there's your answer. It is time to ask yourself some very disturbing questions. What do I believe? Why do I believe? And who is I believe in?
The truth is some of those questions may be very disturbing for you, and they may be the biggest reason for adding a third part of this teaching to the title of. Self-deception is a cancer in our modern churches today. I am a member therefore I am okay. What does it mean to you to be created in the image of God? We have long been fed the concept that if we fail we are not perfect, and yet God has failed several times not that it was his fault personally but nevertheless his plans have been changed on several occasions because something failed to happen the way it was created to happen. Who is at fault? Mostly Satan is trying to bring God's perfect creation and plan for happiness. All yes here it comes! "The devil made me do it", but I am not saying that you can put all the blame on Satan for your mistakes and failures, what I am saying is that we have deceived ourselves into thinking that because we have failed we can't be like God, or his son Jesus Christ. In fact God himself wept over the fact that Jerusalem would not accept him. Christ had failed not because he was less than perfect but because the people of his own land would not listen to God's son and his plan of salvation. God continues to want a personal relationship with each and every one of us. Remember one Christ said in second Corinthians 3:18-23 "let no man deceive himself, if any among you think himself wise in this world than let them become foolish that he may be really wise"those of us who have set themselves to have all knowledge of these things are among the greatest fools. There will be people indeed on that day that Christ rejects when when they say"but didn't we do all of this in the world feed the hungry healed the sick and give to the poor in your name?" It will still be as nothing without Christ being involved in their life take some time to discuss this with a friend and meditate on ask yourselves questions about what you find in your life if there are questions that you need answers to and can't find the answers then write to me and will take Lord may you richly bless God through your life in him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
As we begin this I already know that there will be disagreement with what I will say but I must tell you from the beginning that God has not brought us together so that we could like everything that we hear. The truth often isn't something that God's people want to deal with. In today's social structure so many times our churches have forgotten that we have replaced the truth with some alternative message that is a little more palatable to the general public in whole of not ruffling too many feathers. The idea of upsetting those who are in possible odds with God's law has taken on the heart of the politically correct movement today. One of the main issues that must be looked at by the true body of Christ in these latter days is what the church's real purpose is here and now. I believe that will find the answer to be much different than the church structures and governments we find in our modern churches. Because of that the Holy Spirit is directed me to bring this lesson on the doctrines, lip service, and self-deception that most of us have developed. Let's look at doctrines first. In itself to hold a doctor and gives us a feeling of stability and comfort when we are walking on our Christian journey in life, and that in itself isn't bad. It is when we begin to cling to that doctrine as an answer to all of our spiritual needs that there begins to be a problem. We don't seem to realize that we even do that sort of thing, and yet it is found all around us in our Christian experience. What should we hold up as our doctrine and what should we believe in constantly? Paul wrote much about his belief in Christ. One of my favorites is second Timothy 1:12 which says"I know whom I have believed and then persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed under him against that day". Even with Paul's adamant declaration of faith in Christ people just like today want to be able to follow a source that they can see and touch. Because of that Paul had to write churches and asked the question who is it that you file? Someone to follow Peter, and some want to follow Paul, but we all should be following after Christ.
Even with Paul many of the things that have been so distorted and made into doctrines of a denomination are those answers given to deal with specific problems, and different churches as the body was established. None of those were written to become rules of a new church but were meant to deal with local uprisings and an individual body of believers. It's true that under the same circumstances that same answer could be used for another place, but we are so quick to slap a scriptural answer into an individual problem that we rarely take the time to see what the real issue is. In order to know the issues you must get to know the person is Christ would know the person. One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that God waits to pour out on his people is the gift of understanding. We cannot understand if we think that we already have the answers. That leads me to the second area teaching today which is lip service.
Lip service is simply telling someone what you think they want to hear just to get them out of your hair. How many times do we do that with God? When we really think about if we feel guilty about something we know we have done wrong and when we go to God to ask forgiveness do we do it to be given or to get rid of guilty feelings? How many times have you come away from a prayer session where you did not get the feeling that got even hurt? You are probably right. The problem with clinging to these man-made doctrines is that we convince ourselves that they are the rules from God on how to fix things so that we don't feel guilty again. Let me tell you right now that God does not care about your doctrines. A lady once told me that she didn't have to worry about living for God because she was baptized as an infant. That does not matter because it is a doctrine that has nothing to do with Christ. Living every day of one's life as a child of God does! We spend so much time worrying about the difference in our doctrines that we can't worship together. Why is that? Is it really because we believe differently, or is it because it's the difference in our church doctrines from there? If you want to know where the denominations came there's your answer. It is time to ask yourself some very disturbing questions. What do I believe? Why do I believe? And who is I believe in?
The truth is some of those questions may be very disturbing for you, and they may be the biggest reason for adding a third part of this teaching to the title of. Self-deception is a cancer in our modern churches today. I am a member therefore I am okay. What does it mean to you to be created in the image of God? We have long been fed the concept that if we fail we are not perfect, and yet God has failed several times not that it was his fault personally but nevertheless his plans have been changed on several occasions because something failed to happen the way it was created to happen. Who is at fault? Mostly Satan is trying to bring God's perfect creation and plan for happiness. All yes here it comes! "The devil made me do it", but I am not saying that you can put all the blame on Satan for your mistakes and failures, what I am saying is that we have deceived ourselves into thinking that because we have failed we can't be like God, or his son Jesus Christ. In fact God himself wept over the fact that Jerusalem would not accept him. Christ had failed not because he was less than perfect but because the people of his own land would not listen to God's son and his plan of salvation. God continues to want a personal relationship with each and every one of us. Remember one Christ said in second Corinthians 3:18-23 "let no man deceive himself, if any among you think himself wise in this world than let them become foolish that he may be really wise"those of us who have set themselves to have all knowledge of these things are among the greatest fools. There will be people indeed on that day that Christ rejects when when they say"but didn't we do all of this in the world feed the hungry healed the sick and give to the poor in your name?" It will still be as nothing without Christ being involved in their life take some time to discuss this with a friend and meditate on ask yourselves questions about what you find in your life if there are questions that you need answers to and can't find the answers then write to me and will take Lord may you richly bless God through your life in him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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