Anyone Else Been Kicked out of Church?
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How to tell if someone is a false prophet.
"but be on guard I have told you all things beforehand." Mark 13:23, see also John 4:25-26
John weaves this teaching of WHO the last prophet is, in a very different but effective manner.
Since Jesus has told us EVERYTHING, what else is someone else to reveal?
"but be on guard I have told you all things beforehand." Mark 13:23, see also John 4:25-26
John weaves this teaching of WHO the last prophet is, in a very different but effective manner.
Since Jesus has told us EVERYTHING, what else is someone else to reveal?
God makes us all different. Some people are very tough-skinned; some are very tender; then there are all those in between. We're all to get along with each other, bearing with each other's differences so we can all grow instead of misunderstanding our differences and being exclusive and rejecting. Your post reminds me of an old song by Kim Hill that says that God has a place for all of us even here on earth so that we fit and after joined with the Body and aren't alone or lonely. It's called 'A Place for Us'. The chorus sings, "There's a place for us where healing waters flow, where peace will come and Love will grow. By a river of compassion there's a house filled with Love. Somewhere in His perfect Grace there's a place for us." There are many people who don't feel comfortable or right in church, because church is about performance. Even when everyone means well, the way the church structure is currently set up requires performance which gets in God's way.
I was in a church where God manifested in a leadership meeting where no one was performing. As soon as 'the program' started (worship, etc.), He was gone, and we were left only with what so many Christians settle for: the gifts of the Spirit. Those gifts flowed and flowed in that church, but God was not there (for those who think that can't happen, take a glance at satan for a second and ask yourselves where his own 'gifts' that he still has came from; then ask yourself if God hangs anywhere around him; then look at the epistle 1Corinthians). Spiritual gifts and correct doctrine don't touch or change people, but God does. After the so-called worship music fades and the country club dissipates, we realize that people may want entertainment and spiritual gifts, but that, as Keith Green sang, "people need the Lord". We've all heard how wonderful Heaven is, but there's hope here on earth too.
I was in a church where God manifested in a leadership meeting where no one was performing. As soon as 'the program' started (worship, etc.), He was gone, and we were left only with what so many Christians settle for: the gifts of the Spirit. Those gifts flowed and flowed in that church, but God was not there (for those who think that can't happen, take a glance at satan for a second and ask yourselves where his own 'gifts' that he still has came from; then ask yourself if God hangs anywhere around him; then look at the epistle 1Corinthians). Spiritual gifts and correct doctrine don't touch or change people, but God does. After the so-called worship music fades and the country club dissipates, we realize that people may want entertainment and spiritual gifts, but that, as Keith Green sang, "people need the Lord". We've all heard how wonderful Heaven is, but there's hope here on earth too.
Well, let's not start with the name calling. Lol. I'm a family man, and I'm not at all interested in lights and fame but my wife and my babies; but "God makes men what they are". You're right: prophets aren't diviners; they don't talk a great deal of hyper-spiritual stuff but deliver God's words in all practicality... so that we can do it. That day, God got to break in for a second. It was awesome. My friend is still really excited about it. He says that he knew the guy contradicted God's Word and was not a man of God. He is telling everyone else about it and someone he knows wants to meet with me tomorrow to talk as he attended that church and says that his wife wanted to confront the prophet and say the same things. What I'm happy about is that people who sat still thinking they have to yield to everyone who calls himself a man of God are starting to wake up and think for themselves. In Eph. 4, Paul says that the five-fold ministry is given to, in part, bring Christians to maturity so that we don't bend and turn and believe for every charlatan that comes along, cannibalistic sheep with wolf breath who want only to steal from the people. I'm always for provoking people to use their minds and exercise their right to think, their right to be discerning.
Wow, how you completely misunderstood that post. Some people have a really hard time feeling right in large and very public forums - because yes, they are sensitive. If you're evil and you insult me, I have a good defense, but if I'm at church, I'll cry for days. So I am still looking for one I might tolerate. It's not because I'm picky, it's because I'm prone to depression and anxiety and large social settings make that worse. Don't pick on people who are already having a hard time. 
Wow, how you completely misunderstood that post. Some people have a really hard time feeling right in large and very public forums - because yes, they are sensitive. If you're evil and you insult me, I have a good defense, but if I'm at church, I'll cry for days. So I am still looking for one I might tolerate. It's not because I'm picky, it's because I'm prone to depression and anxiety and large social settings make that worse. Don't pick on people who are already having a hard time.
1. one confused church: a dime a dozen.
2. one false prophet: valued at lots of dimes.
3. one smart aleck with a wrench and a grin: priceless.
Smile. Change is good when it's good.
The problem is not the prothetic but in adherance to God's word for a king is not above the law of the goverment and whether prophet apostle whosoever it be must be in full accordance to true gospel , but there is correct order in the things of the presbyter but we ministers apostles and prophets must obey all commandme.ts outlined by christ and the apostles you will continue to grow in wisdom , but donot suffer the tares to teach u but learn from the Godly that your faith be exercised sharpened to resist the whales of the enemy
I certainly come across many untrained prophets and personel that are noT matured i myself have learned to keep silence in churches only to keep the peace but every once in a while i speak up when the doctrine is dangerous to the faith . But as far as women called to ministry they are few and the regulations are many , for one when a woman taking miniatry role it is almost allways with her husband as a whole the both are comissioned but the man as allways the head , the women otherwise must learn from their husbands as this strengthens the bond and family structure and keeps order but the women are not forbiden just everything has order and not everyone is called to leadership but few , they must be chosen by God comissioned and gifted through Christ and the Holy Ghost the otherwomen in charge of teaching the younger women are usually an older widowed lady thst has raised all her kids and has reached a majority of years and of good reputation(testimony) i would deemththis also upon the older married women who have been good examples and had raised all their children because at this point they are good teachers to the young women through experience..
J
i had hard experiences to leave Church many times..but with God am sticking on.
i went through a lot,a lot i must say...but God brought me back again to the same Fellowship.
i don't care about the proud self-righteous people there because yea,am the tax collector compared to the noble men there..
So i go there to be in Presence of God to cleanse myself and somehow go back to the Glory of God when my life is over.
So i think i have a different experience to say.Its not what the people in church get to say,but what God says that matters.i ignored till now many reproaches..still moving on by God's Grace..
i went through a lot,a lot i must say...but God brought me back again to the same Fellowship.
i don't care about the proud self-righteous people there because yea,am the tax collector compared to the noble men there..
So i go there to be in Presence of God to cleanse myself and somehow go back to the Glory of God when my life is over.
So i think i have a different experience to say.Its not what the people in church get to say,but what God says that matters.i ignored till now many reproaches..still moving on by God's Grace..
This is where I get a little upset with religious people. Maybe you should not be in church in that state, but the fact that you were there and maybe God led you there they should have offered you assistance rather than the door to leave. After all church should be a hospital for sinners not a place for self righteous.
I'm not looking for people to agree with me; if I was, I would've told the story differently. Yes, it was needed but not handled how Jesus would've handled it. There was some tension, yes, but little confusion. There are people who've wanted to confront the prophet and who never did. I meant to handle it with wisdom behind closed doors; good thing this prophet avoided me so we could do it in front of everyone else. Behind closed doors, he would've waved me off with his limp hand as if he was too spiritual to listen to me; but in from of everyone else, he could wave me out, but he couldn't wave off what I had to say. Everyone heard me, and everyone heard him. They finally saw an opportunity to make a decision about that prophet and church based on truth rather than one liar lying lies and no one allowed to say differently. Again, I'm happy it happened. No one wilted because of it; rather, people began to question the premise of this prophet and what they allowed him to get by with (such as demanding that I stand up throughout the service (services ran from 3 to five hours) or leave when it wasn't even his church). Big talk; I can talk louder and back it up. He was way behind me in the things he bragged about. I make a better sinner than he if he wanted to brag about that; hopefully, I make a better Saint too
Why don't you calm down a little and let people be. You couldn't convince me in five hundred lifetimes that your version of Christianity actually satisfies you. Since that's the case, don't step on people who actually want to be satisfied by 'church'. Job said it best to his accusing friends: if you have nothing encouraging to say to someone who's suffering, refraining from speaking is the only type of wisdom you can show. Who are you impressing with your impatience and ignorance? Be patient with people, please.