Stupid things 'Christians' do
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Right about 8:30, this guy does just what Prince was saying we should not be doing. Your first man ADDS words to the Bible, immediately assuming the "destruction" talked about is Hell, (and actually replacing Christ's words with his own, though he keeps calling it "destruction.")
Even if you choose to say Prince is wrong in what he thinks this "destruction" is, he did not change the actual words of the Bible to say something it does not say.
THIS is the kind of deception that runs rampant in many churches. Prince may be right, he may be wrong, but he is not changing the words written right there, and asking you to believe this new, introduced and substituted word was actually written there.
Does he also probably do some of that same thing? More than likely. But so do ALL preachers. We should be mature and wise enough to see these things in ANY preacher, and chew the meat, while spitting out the bones. And I will take exception to ALL of them when they do that sort of thing. But you brought up THIS particular video, and it is THIS specific video I am talking about right now.
Even if you choose to say Prince is wrong in what he thinks this "destruction" is, he did not change the actual words of the Bible to say something it does not say.
THIS is the kind of deception that runs rampant in many churches. Prince may be right, he may be wrong, but he is not changing the words written right there, and asking you to believe this new, introduced and substituted word was actually written there.
Does he also probably do some of that same thing? More than likely. But so do ALL preachers. We should be mature and wise enough to see these things in ANY preacher, and chew the meat, while spitting out the bones. And I will take exception to ALL of them when they do that sort of thing. But you brought up THIS particular video, and it is THIS specific video I am talking about right now.
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My testimony is not entirely different. Sadly, smoked for a some time after my conversion. But then God provided the ability for me to quit when it seemed that I was powerless, on my own, to quit.
My brother was nearing the end of his terminal disease. My mom, I and a hired person were each doing 8 hour shifts providing home hospice care. Because of brain lesions, he had been unable to speak for many weeks by this time. So it was really just sitting there by his bedside waiting for him to die.
One day, utterly distraught, I stepped out for a smoke. I lit up but tasted nothing. I felt nothing. I looked at the cigarette and sure enough it was lit and I was seeing smoke off of it and coming out of my lungs when I exhaled, but still I could not even sense it physically because of my intense emotional state. It was surreal.
Then I heard the Father speak to me in my spirit "son, it will never be easier to quit than when it is not doing anything for you." Not surprisingly, He was right!
I never smoked a cigarette again, but did transition to a nicotine free life using various oral products over time.
Now, this is God in His Mercy and Grace. I am fully convinced to this day that He chose the absolute minimally painful method to empower me to get free that was still adequate in power to achieve the result.
Perhaps it goes without saying that I REALLY use to like cigarettes!
My brother was nearing the end of his terminal disease. My mom, I and a hired person were each doing 8 hour shifts providing home hospice care. Because of brain lesions, he had been unable to speak for many weeks by this time. So it was really just sitting there by his bedside waiting for him to die.
One day, utterly distraught, I stepped out for a smoke. I lit up but tasted nothing. I felt nothing. I looked at the cigarette and sure enough it was lit and I was seeing smoke off of it and coming out of my lungs when I exhaled, but still I could not even sense it physically because of my intense emotional state. It was surreal.
Then I heard the Father speak to me in my spirit "son, it will never be easier to quit than when it is not doing anything for you." Not surprisingly, He was right!
I never smoked a cigarette again, but did transition to a nicotine free life using various oral products over time.
Now, this is God in His Mercy and Grace. I am fully convinced to this day that He chose the absolute minimally painful method to empower me to get free that was still adequate in power to achieve the result.
Perhaps it goes without saying that I REALLY use to like cigarettes!
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QUOTE=HeRoseFromTheDead;2481045]The spiritual truth behind that verse has nothing to do with law. It pertains to those who claim to speak in GOD's name, yet are hypocrites and liars, and thereby bring shame to his name among unbelievers.[/QUOTE]
Heres a spiritual truth.
I never really watched Prince before but I made it a point to watch him yesterday and today and I am thankful to have given Prince an opportunity to speak for himself
I decided to watch him BECAUSE of the fuss YOU and several others have made and the vitriol, mocking, derision and hatred. ..yes...HATRED..you and the same several others, have shown in your replies to Willie and others AND towards Joseph Prince
Yesterday he spoke about praying in tongues and today he spoke about the love and grace of God.
Praise God...I will keep on watching him!
I started watching Joyce Meyer for the same reason and well hallelujah glory to God I watch her regularly now...not every day, but pretty often
I have pretty good discernment and I trust God will keep me by His Spirit
This thread was created to bring dishonor but I would like to testify that God has used it for His own purposes!
I'm not pentecostal but I have used some time worn familiar phrases they use just for the fun of it
So yeah...Glory to God !
Heres a spiritual truth.
I never really watched Prince before but I made it a point to watch him yesterday and today and I am thankful to have given Prince an opportunity to speak for himself
I decided to watch him BECAUSE of the fuss YOU and several others have made and the vitriol, mocking, derision and hatred. ..yes...HATRED..you and the same several others, have shown in your replies to Willie and others AND towards Joseph Prince
Yesterday he spoke about praying in tongues and today he spoke about the love and grace of God.
Praise God...I will keep on watching him!
I started watching Joyce Meyer for the same reason and well hallelujah glory to God I watch her regularly now...not every day, but pretty often
I have pretty good discernment and I trust God will keep me by His Spirit
This thread was created to bring dishonor but I would like to testify that God has used it for His own purposes!
I'm not pentecostal but I have used some time worn familiar phrases they use just for the fun of it
So yeah...Glory to God !
For any "Newbees" here. I really don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. There is not a "teacher" out there that I don't feel has some things wrong. That goes for Prince as well as a woman I actually owe my physical life to, and will always love, Joyce Meyer... as well as John MacArthur and his friends. And, I know of no "False Teachers" (except for those who worship some voodoo god, or something).
Even the man who began my very own denomination (the best I have ever been in, BTW) doesn't always preach things I agree with. So please don't get the idea that I worship any of these preachers.... and even though I will talk about the "preacher idols" of others, I know, full well, that they do not actually "worship" them, either.
No man on the face of the Earth has it ALL correct. And probably most of us miss the actual "truth" of certain doctrines (teachings) by a long shot. But, I do encourage all of us to live our own esoteric beliefs with all the hope and sincerity that we can.
Even the man who began my very own denomination (the best I have ever been in, BTW) doesn't always preach things I agree with. So please don't get the idea that I worship any of these preachers.... and even though I will talk about the "preacher idols" of others, I know, full well, that they do not actually "worship" them, either.
No man on the face of the Earth has it ALL correct. And probably most of us miss the actual "truth" of certain doctrines (teachings) by a long shot. But, I do encourage all of us to live our own esoteric beliefs with all the hope and sincerity that we can.