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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: amadeuse Ordered by Verse |
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1 | Similarities of Moses and Jesus? | Bible general Archive 1 | amadeuse | 35224 | ||
I know, isn't that fascinating!! I also think the 40 years spent in the wilderness is a metaphor for how long it takes Christians these days to enter 'The Kingdom of Heaven'. Christ said the Kingdom of heaven is available now, and has already come. The Christians in the old testament spent fourty years going around and around, never entering the promised land, whereas it is said the trip could have taken as short as a few days if they had been obedient. IN the same way, we spend our lifetime, never entering the Kingdom, not even knowing what it is, just dwelling in a material, mortal frame of mind, believing heaven is available after we die. The old testament story of Moses is very much a shadow of what the Christ would bring, everything from the Worship tents that were established, with the inner sanctums, and so forth and the promised land representing heaven. I personally believe that heaven is accessible to people that have the Holy Spirit, but we are all caught up in this false modesty, which is nothing but unbelief in God, so we believe that Power and access to God is no longer available. Christianity is so dull, because the power and the truth in it has been put aside, for doctrines and reasoning of men, men who rely on thier intellect to understand scripture, instead of seeking to recieve the Holy Spirit of God to lead them. |
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2 | Can non-Christians be in praise band? | Bible general Archive 1 | amadeuse | 37220 | ||
here is the answer- this will come as a surprise to many 'devout' christians. You must know what God accepts as worship. In the old testament, only the annointed priests could offer incense and sacrifice to God, and had access to the HOly Of Holies. IN the same way, only people who are annointed with the Holy Spirit can worship God properly. 'Praise is beautiful in the mouth of the Holy". 'They that worship God worship in SPirit and in truth'. Christians think that God is flattered when we say and sing good things about HIm. The truth is singing or saying good things about God will not cause Him to do good things for us. It is the worse insolence as well to worship God in words and song, but refuse to obey Him. God is worthy of praise, but He is even more worthy of obedience. NOn believers, and even believers waste thier time when they think they are worshiping GOd, because they are singing or saying good things about Him. They are doing nothing but attempting flattery. For one thing, God gets better songs from the angels, secondly, he knows He is great, so our saying or singing it does not move Him. Besides, we are not qualified to evaluate God, because we are not even fully capable of understanding His Greatness. To please God, we should obey Him in every aspect, which requires the HOly SPirit. Many Christians ignore the need to have the Spirit and think it is okay to worship GOd without THe Spirit. When the annointed worship God, the Holy Spirit gives them utterance. They pray in tongues for one thing, and the Spirit which is more enlightened, prays for the proper things. Christians should pray for the annointing of the Holy SPirit. The HOly SPirit also gives them spiritual songs to sing. The Holy worship GOd, not out of a sense of duty, or an attempt to move God to bless them, but out of irrepressible joy, because the HOly SPirit reveals God to them and His magnificence is something they can truly experience, so they can't help but respond in Praise. It's different from using your imagination to try and concieve of God, whereas with the Holy SPirit's revelation, you really are in presence of God. So you 'worship in Truth'. Without the Holy SPirit, christians worship and obey God by thier own human potential. That is why Christ sent the HOly SPirit, so that we can do more as a church than 'talk' about God, so we can demonstrate his Power and SPirit, by healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out demons, prophesying etc. But Christians today are content to do canned food drives, visit nursing homes and make up good sounding songs. They also believe that spreading the Gospel worldwide is how we have done 'greater' the works Christ said we would be capable of after he ascended. All that they have spread is information, knowledge about God. Just like pop music, or regular news is spread through travel and use of technology. Without the Holy SPirit, we cannot give or get access to the Kingdom of heaven. We have failed to meet the standard of Holiness Christ set, which requires empowerment of the HOly SPirit, whose presence is demonstrated in acts of physical and spiritual power. It is absolutely essential, and not an option to have the HOly SPirit when worshiping God, and to serve properly. Read 1Cor - But my preaching was not by persuasiveness of human wisdom, but by demonstration of the SPirit and Power- ALso- 'When i shall come, i shall know thier power. FOr the Kingdom of heaven is not in word but in power. in 1 Thess 1:5- I did not come to you in word only, but in power and in the Holy SPirit, and in much assurance as you know what manner of man I am among you. Christians today out of doubt, compromise the word of God, interpreting it in light of thier human capabilities. They do not pray for God's Holy SPirit, which is what will reveal the mysteries of GOd to them, and give them real, substantive power. They rely on what they can grasp, and accomplish by thier own spirit, being satisfied to obey by their own human focus, and serve by thier own hands. Christ requires more than this, and the church will not have power in the world until we reach for this. It is arrogance to think we can worship God by our own human skill, not the enablement of the HOly SPirit. Non believers are just making music when they are in a praise band, and so are christians that do not have the annointing of the Holy SPirit. |
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