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NASB | Matthew 16:6 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:6 Jesus said to them, "Watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
Subject: Knocked out by holy spirit |
Bible Note: Elijah_Jones You characterize the "watch dog" organizations as mindless groups that bark at anything. However the truth shows BEFORE they say or do anything they go back the to ministry for clarification. In other words they do examine their credentials. In that aspect they follow the Matthew 18:15-17. Unfortunately such attempts for clarification and reconciliation are often rejected, many organizations feel they are above any form of scrutiny and resent any form of it. When there is a rejection or a refusal to correct the situation then and only then do these Watchmen groups reveal to the church the problem. Unfortunately in many cases the church fails to it part. If your involved in ministry as much as you claim you yourself have to know this is correct. How many times do we see a pastor that is caught in sin and dismissed divide a church taking some with him. The people are following a man instead of God. You say I speak of excesses that you have not supported. But in fact you have by winking at the excesses committed by the Word of Faith teaching. You use an old adage eat the wheat and spit out the chaff. Oh if it was that easy. Unfortunately the chaff or junk sticks to us almost more certain than the wheat. Discernment is to more than spotting demons and okaying sin, it is also valuable to spot heresy. Many Word of Faith doctrines are designed to elevate man and denigrate God. By teaching Jesus was born just a man and couldn’t do anything until he was filled with the Holy Spirit separates Him from the Godhead. Then inferring that man once he then gets filled with the Holy Spirit can do anything Jesus did inflates man to God position. Done cleverly this chaff many times is swallowed long before an undiscerning person knows what is happening. What are the things you wink at? Word of Faith falsely teach Job brought his problems upon himself, that Paul was never sick which is also the case of Christians if their faith is strong enough, that Jesus was monetarily rich as was Paul and this is an example of for all Christians to aspire to, that God was helpless thrown off this planet first trying to sneak back through Abraham then later succeeding by tricking Satan with Jesus, that Jesus went to hell and wrestled with Satan for the keys and just barely won, that man was created to be God of this planet but when he fell he gave Satan all his power, that God can’t do anything without faith. Sure they use scripture but they twist it and convolute it in a manner that makes it seem right to the undiscerning. You say I throw the Baby out with the wash water. I say nonsense. You have no idea what I hold true the only thing you know is I call false teachers “false teachers”. Trying to denigrate my spiritual position or knowledge in an attempt to show that I’m wrong will only work if I had stated what I believe and you could point to an error within it. As far as being hurt yes I was, I was lied to, manipulated, conned, charmed, and mislead. When the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to the truth I also understood how it was accomplished. I believe that is one reason it happened so I and others could warn the church body of the deception birthed in Word of Faith. I too want to see the church fitted together, I personally believe denominational division within the church is the biggest hindrance to the spread of Christianity there is today. However that said I will not lower God’s standards and accept heresy to see this accomplished. Failure to use discernment is why Mormons are one of the fastest growing religions today. They speak the gospel and they speak it telling the people what they want to hear. They just like Word of Faith use the right words that make so much logical sense to man that it must be right. Yet their teaching like Word of Faith is birthed in falsehoods and filled with lies. EdB |