In Ephesians 6:17 ...and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God." We are to spread the Word of God with love but sometimes that Word has to cut us. We can't always just speak softly and with cushions. I know God hit me with a battering ram because that it what I needed but He did it out of His love for me. As long as we do it out of love for that person sometimes it has to hurt.
What constitutes a wolf in sheep's clothing?
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Why the wolf analogy. A wolf seeks his own.
A wolf has only one interest in the sheep....to set on his table.
To devour, to eat the fat and clothe himself with the wool, in a word to make gain from?
To make merchandise out of the sheep, to profit financially from.
To make a professional career out of preaching like any other money making career, except he can pull it off by a couple of hours a week.
A wolf will do anything to gain the advantage, even strike fear in the hearts of the sheep.
A wolf will bask in the sun of laziness until the next meal.
A wolf cares not for the sheep. Will even devour elderly sheep for profit.
A wolf has only one interest in the sheep....to set on his table.
To devour, to eat the fat and clothe himself with the wool, in a word to make gain from?
To make merchandise out of the sheep, to profit financially from.
To make a professional career out of preaching like any other money making career, except he can pull it off by a couple of hours a week.
A wolf will do anything to gain the advantage, even strike fear in the hearts of the sheep.
A wolf will bask in the sun of laziness until the next meal.
A wolf cares not for the sheep. Will even devour elderly sheep for profit.
Then I have found most of you to be among those who teach contrary to the word of God.
I found two people who believe what the word of God say, like it's written. Everyone else make excuses and starts talking about what happened to so and so, and how they died, always looking at the natural instead of what the word says, and shame on me for quoting the bible verbatim and believing what it says, as it is written.
So am I a false teacher who teaches like it is written or are those who explain it away?
Who is the wolf and who is the sheep?
I found two people who believe what the word of God say, like it's written. Everyone else make excuses and starts talking about what happened to so and so, and how they died, always looking at the natural instead of what the word says, and shame on me for quoting the bible verbatim and believing what it says, as it is written.
So am I a false teacher who teaches like it is written or are those who explain it away?
Who is the wolf and who is the sheep?
Sorry, I thought I had answered this but maybe not.
Basically it shows us the importance of knowing the Word.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
(Isa 8:20)
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
(2Jn 1:10)
Basically it shows us the importance of knowing the Word.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
(Isa 8:20)
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
(2Jn 1:10)
Okay sir, I would like to give you an example of what I am getting at here.
No one has a problem with;
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Everyone believes it as it is written. But throw in a verse like Mt 21:21 in there and you get all kinds of reasons at to why God didn't mean what He said and why you can't take it literally. It's a double standard and I find it to be deceptive.
No one has a problem with;
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Everyone believes it as it is written. But throw in a verse like Mt 21:21 in there and you get all kinds of reasons at to why God didn't mean what He said and why you can't take it literally. It's a double standard and I find it to be deceptive.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. (Mat 21:21)
It's Hebrew idioms you may be having trouble with. English has it's own idioms foreigners have trouble with but I wouldn't say God's Word is deceptive ...although our understanding of it comes often short.
I find true that it is not 'how much' faith we have but 'in Whom' have we faith in.
And perhaps Matt 21:21 is illustrating that we truly are those 'of little faith'.
It's Hebrew idioms you may be having trouble with. English has it's own idioms foreigners have trouble with but I wouldn't say God's Word is deceptive ...although our understanding of it comes often short.
I find true that it is not 'how much' faith we have but 'in Whom' have we faith in.
And perhaps Matt 21:21 is illustrating that we truly are those 'of little faith'.
Can I ask where you see the double standard between these two verses? Also where do you see it is deceptive? In both verses Jesus is talking about having faith in God. In Matt 21:21 He is not saying literally you can move mountains but using that analogy as having great faith in God. It's an analogy He is using to overcome obstacles in our lives by having faith in God. John 5:24 having faith in Jesus will bring us eternal life. Jesus is actually talking about two separate things dealing with faith. One is actual one is an analogy. No double standard no deception.
O
the Bible is chocked full of metaphors, idioms, parables.
so many times the writers are pre-supposing a foundational knowledge,
not only in the culture, but also in all of the OT scriptures.
can a camel go through the eye of a needle?
should we literally pluck our eye out or cut off our hand?
........
the point of the 'camel' is that we can't serve God and mammon,
or serve Christ and the world.
we're told not to make any cuttings or markings on our bodies,
so, we know that we are not to 'pluck' out our eyes, but we
are 'pluck' out whatever evil we have been looking at or doing.
how can we determine the correct denomination out of 40,000+???
well, the biggest clue we have, is that the majority will be false teachers and prophets,
we know this from scripture and personal experience.
it gets down to a 'personal relationship' with Jesus Christ and our personal responsibility
of mining the gold of the Truth of the Scriptures and building a firm foundation.
Ps.111:10.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they
that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
so many times the writers are pre-supposing a foundational knowledge,
not only in the culture, but also in all of the OT scriptures.
can a camel go through the eye of a needle?
should we literally pluck our eye out or cut off our hand?
........
the point of the 'camel' is that we can't serve God and mammon,
or serve Christ and the world.
we're told not to make any cuttings or markings on our bodies,
so, we know that we are not to 'pluck' out our eyes, but we
are 'pluck' out whatever evil we have been looking at or doing.
how can we determine the correct denomination out of 40,000+???
well, the biggest clue we have, is that the majority will be false teachers and prophets,
we know this from scripture and personal experience.
it gets down to a 'personal relationship' with Jesus Christ and our personal responsibility
of mining the gold of the Truth of the Scriptures and building a firm foundation.
Ps.111:10.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they
that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
R
what are some of the characteristics of -real- wolves?
real wolves do not attack the shepherds...they go after the sheep...often trying to separate a weak sheep from the flock...and a wolf will try to do this without attracting the shepherds' attention...
you see this in the church where individuals who are not in any position of leadership or ministry show up and quickly begin creating their own personal following in the congregation...enticing the spiritually weak or those lacking discernment away from the rest of the congregation and away from the pastors who look after them...and then in isolation the wolves will subject these people to false teaching or other spiritual harm...in order to do this they will often do things to undermine the legitimate ministries in the church...such as spreading malicious rumors about leaders and prominent members...
if this goes unnoticed and unchecked for too long...the result is often a painful split in the church...a successful 'divide and conquer' by satan...
also you can remember -why- wolves hunt down sheep...they do it simply out of necessity for food...and it is the same way with spiritual wolves in the church...it fills an emotional need that these people have...they 'feed' off of the power they gain by misleading and deceiving and ultimately controlling others...
real wolves do not attack the shepherds...they go after the sheep...often trying to separate a weak sheep from the flock...and a wolf will try to do this without attracting the shepherds' attention...
you see this in the church where individuals who are not in any position of leadership or ministry show up and quickly begin creating their own personal following in the congregation...enticing the spiritually weak or those lacking discernment away from the rest of the congregation and away from the pastors who look after them...and then in isolation the wolves will subject these people to false teaching or other spiritual harm...in order to do this they will often do things to undermine the legitimate ministries in the church...such as spreading malicious rumors about leaders and prominent members...
if this goes unnoticed and unchecked for too long...the result is often a painful split in the church...a successful 'divide and conquer' by satan...
also you can remember -why- wolves hunt down sheep...they do it simply out of necessity for food...and it is the same way with spiritual wolves in the church...it fills an emotional need that these people have...they 'feed' off of the power they gain by misleading and deceiving and ultimately controlling others...
K
It is only difficult for those who do not want to read the scriptures.
They chose not to read them for these reasons;
think they contradict others, think do not apply to us, go against what they believe, believe spoken only to one specific group, and/or because specific words are not in that scripture that is not what it is saying.
They chose not to read them for these reasons;
think they contradict others, think do not apply to us, go against what they believe, believe spoken only to one specific group, and/or because specific words are not in that scripture that is not what it is saying.
Jesus was talking specifically of Religious leaders. Rabbis, clerics, etc. In his day they were Rabbis of various sects.
He wasn't talking about politcians, especially politcians that claim they follow God, because it was pretty obvious they were wolves.
Until modern America, no one saw politcians as Holy men. No one in the history of humanity. But now, so many on this forum think the Republican Party is God's party.
He wasn't talking about politcians, especially politcians that claim they follow God, because it was pretty obvious they were wolves.
Until modern America, no one saw politcians as Holy men. No one in the history of humanity. But now, so many on this forum think the Republican Party is God's party.