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Originally Posted by Esaias
Be the church instead of go to church, serve instead of command, everyone contributes what God has given them, and let God be in charge via His Word. And all the little wanna be Diotrepheses have to be corrected or removed.
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Agreed!
I was listening to Chester Wright, who said that pastors read and get their words from other people instead of from God. He said we are missing the Rhema of the Word. I agree with that as well and that could be the crux of the matter.
If I come to you with enticing words of men's wisdom, we have a huge problem. We are not then being guided by the Spirit.
It is Jesus that people want to see.
Wright talked about some young guy that used to jump on the pulpit. He instructed him that he needed to be careful with that because at some point, people will want the circus and they won't be listening to his words. He said that is exactly what happened to the guy. Sad.
I am remembering Bro. Billy Cole at BOTT. He simply said, "God is doing great things." No response. He then yelled it really loud - "GOD IS DOING GREAT THINGS!!!!" Everyone came unglued shouting and clapping.
He said, "Do you see what you did? You didn't respond to what I said, you responded to how I said it."
We keep doing that - looking for smoke and lights. It is a path and opens a door to becoming deceived, I'm afraid.