Satanic Counterfeits Amongst the Church

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True again, but the flip side is that there are those who believe that ANY mention of the Holy Spirit is an elevation of the Spirit above Christ. The true acts of the Holy Spirit do glorify Christ, but that doesn't mean we are to never talk about them. Discussion and elevation are two different things.

(Not disagreeing, just expounding).



understand

neither view is biblical...the Bible has plenty to say about the work and the office of the Spirit of God in our lives..

on the other hand, I don't think Christianity...biblical Christianity...is supposed to be a 'balancing act'...thing is, the unbalanced seem to have an awful loud voice....:p
 
Beware the power of stupid people in large groups :)

You're right, the acts should not be balancing, but contributory.
 
Beware the power of stupid people in large groups :)

You're right, the acts should not be balancing, but contributory.

haha

my dad taught me to stay away from large congregated groups of people..he didn't mean church...but.....:cool:

as I drive along in my little spiritual humvey....


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does not mean anything goes
 
the walk that we eventually begin to walk-on, after 'conversion' will
be a 'straight and narrow line'...

but for many, even the shower of The Latter Rain won't convince
the hard-of-heart, because they will not depart from their evil-ways...
 
The problem we have today is that a lot of falses spirits have came into the church through the pentecostal movement that started around 1906. People begin to yield to these spirits and after a time all they talk about is the spirit did this or did that and it is not the Holy Spirit of God. Jesus said that the Spirit He was to send would not speak of himself but would glorify Jesus. This is pretty cut and dried, the real Holy Spirit will speak of Jesus not himself. So when folks start speaking constantly about the spirit and the anointing of the spirit rather then about God the Father and Jesus Christ we can be assured from scripture that they are not being led by the Holy Spirit.

I guess that's one way of putting it..... blame the Pentecostals.

Oooor, we could say that Satan imitates that which is real, which the Pentecostals are. Whatever you believe, does Satan try to imitate them?
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This is true. However, the error compounded when those who saw this happening then threw out the truth with the falsehoods.
That's part of the two step plan, yeeeah.
1. Fool them wit "our" false doctrine, & we've won.
2. Make everybody hate it all, & they throw everything out, making true doctrine void thru lack of faith & confusion.

Either way, a win-win situation for Satan.

What gets me is how many know-nothings- claiming-to-be-christians there are that makes it easy for Satan & hard for us.

No wonder God is bringing great wrath on the falling away thru & after the Tribulation.
:rolleyes:
 
guess what?

folks do not have to go to every argument they are invited to and you sure do know how to send out the invitations LOL!

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When I first saw this sign, I thought you were beginning your autobiography, lol!
 
transference is common among those who deny reality Stephen

we understand

I'll let you go about your way cause it sure is not a way most of us want to follow

if arguing for the sake of arguing is a fruit, you have yourself an award winning vine there
 
This is just my story. I had never read the bible, when at the request of a Pastor, after a short sermon, I asked God what do you want me to do. A voice spoke very clearly to my mind, bypassing my physical hearing, the first thing He said was, you must accept My Son as your Savior. Of course the Holy Spirit spoke to me, however the Voice identified Himself as the Father(saying My Son). The Holy Spirit did not speak of Himself but gave to me the message straight from the Father. I think we should pray and praise God the Father and Jesus the Son and by so doing we will bring honor to the Holy Spirit.
 
We pray and praise God by the authority of Christ thru the Holy Spirit... does that sound right?
 
We pray and praise God by the authority of Christ thru the Holy Spirit... does that sound right?


yeah

we come to God through Jesus...by His blood technically (by the way, there actually is an altar in heaven...that's in scripture) and by the Holy Spirit who indwells us

so we pray to God in Jesus Name and by the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells us

seems to be the default prayer