WHO DO YOU MAKE CAMP WITH?

  Greetings in the name of Jesus:


   One of the things that I try to do is to bring up discussions on things that we don't usually hear about when in our church services.  That is partly because many times the minister's hands are often tied by the constraints of an overseeing board of people who may or may not share the conclusions he draws when going off of a mainstream subject.  Fortunately for me, I don't have the inclination to be very worried about the truth that is brought out in this blogs; the most important thing is that the truth is spoken here through the power of God's Spirit.

  Having said that I want to talk to you about those whom you choose to hang out with.  Being a Christian we sometimes get ourselves caught in situations where the enemy tried to corner us into an unpalatable situation that can hurt our witness or even cause us to slip up ourselves.  When we are "ON" all of the time...what I mean by that is when we are constantly trying to do a work for Christ we will take chances that we don't need to take, and put ourselves in situations where we don't need to go in so that we can Preach the Gospel.  Sometimes we do that in such a way as to leave God's Spirit out of the work that we do.  Many people have charged into situations where they were lulled into a sense of trying to relate to someone so much that they themselves were drawn back into sin.

  In the same way, the disciples were very eager to please Christ but did not realize that they also needed to take very seriously the strength of the enemy.  In several cases, they found themselves in a situation where they could not do the very things that Christ had sent them out to do.  Casting out demons and healing others were gifts that were given directly to them and yet they found cases where they were not prepared.  Jesus Himself had to get involved with their efforts once during His ministry with them in casting out a demon.  We must be cautious when we go out into the world because there are real powers out there that are too great for us to handle alone.  No matter how much training we may have we should always take the time to pray and ask for the accompaniment of God's power and Spirit before we counsel or witness in any situation.

  We live in a world that is not our own even though we may have grown up in it.  This world and everything that is of a physical; nature is ruled by the prince of this world.  That is a subject I want to get in with a future study I will be doing on ANGELS and DEMONS which will be coming in a week or so.  I pray for your safety every day as we must put on the whole armor of God in the war we are involved in.  This is no longer our home and in many cases, we stand and live in enemy territory so be safe my dear ones. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.



THE UNWORTHY SERVANT