“I love this “make a bunch of money off of iniquity and nobody can say anything about it because you are Christian” Matthew 18 copout theology.
Since they can only contact me personally before they say anything, all I have to do is ignore them and keep the money rolling in. It’s a perfect environment for me to get rich off compromise and still make it seem like I’m serving God. Perfect atmosphere for me to let other wolves in sheeps clothing into the flock. I hate these troublemakers always preaching the truth boldly, they cramp my style.” – says the false prophet and deceiver of the last days in Matthew 24.
Matthew 18 is not a copout. Hirelings flee when the wolf comes to eat the flock (John 10).
People that care for the Body speak the Word and rebuke with all authority they don’t play political games while young believers are having stumbling blocks cast into their path.
Your gift may come easy to you, but your work will not. When you find a higher vision for what you are doing, that’s when you’ll be doing it right. Press for the highest mark. Philippians 3.
When you live off the revelation of others, it doesn’t take too long for that revelation to go dark. Get your own oil for your own lamp! Buy it by spending time with God and in His Word. Matthew 25.
Just as its important to verbally confess Gods promises that he has given you to develop faith and confidence, it’s equally important to VERBALLY CONFESS what God has NOT GIVEN YOU to maintain humility, defeat idolatry and adultery and spiritual adultery.
For example:
“I do not deserve any form of sexual pleasure from my neighbors wife or any unmarried woman.”
“I do not get accepted by the worlds sinful system because I am in Christ and I testify that their works are evil.”
Real, simple, verbal confessions of humility can make you immune to the pride and iniquity that tries to make you think you deserve everything you “can” acquire because of your talent or beauty or height or power.
It takes humility to tell yourself the things you cannot have, whether sexually or financially or spiritually.
Gods Wisdom in Solomon on DIVISION:
In conflicts, you’ll find that the one who is willing to “split the baby in half” is the one who is the thief, and the true cause of the confusion and conflict and division.
True Humility:
If you are 90% right and 10% wrong, you should be able to correct the 10% of yourself that is wrong. Because you fear the Lord, and you are more concerned with pleasing Him than winning an argument and manipulating the eyes of men.
We need people who are filled with the WORD AND THE SPIRIT NOT EITHER/OR! Anything less is the blind leading the blind, I’ve seen it all, both sides fail in different ways.
FULL submission to the WORD and FULL submission to the HOLY SPIRIT is what it takes to follow Jesus all the way, and these are the ones that God is about to raise up to lead the next generation and rid the church of false prophets and false teachers and false apostles whether they be rappers, preachers, promoters, or whatever they choose to call themselves.
Either the end of Calvinism is Universalism, or the beginning of Calvinism is God only loves the elect.
But the Biblical mystery and offense of the gospel has everything to do with Christ. Christ on the cross (the offense), and Christ & the Church (the mystery).
The covenant love of Christ and the Church is a two-way relationship, just like husband and wife. This is the mystery of the Gospel.
The Holy Spirit is able to make the entire word of God alive to your soul. The Holy Spirit owns the copyright on all of Scripture, so His teaching goes far beyond just one set of your favorite particular doctrines. The Holy Spirit’s teaching encompasses the whole Bible. Gods sheep know His voice.
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