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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
His point was that he came to BOTT later, younger and didn’t feel he should deliver this message of unity, but felt compelled by God to deliver it.
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I heard that part. This is after that.
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
I am sure we know of the competitiveness and jealousy in the body, between ministers and saints. That is all he is talking about.
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I don't believe it was mere competitiveness or jealousy, and it's not between ministers and saints. It's between ministers -- the "giants."
27:52 He mentions how can we be one if you keep asking us to choose sides.
At 29:15 he starts saying he may not be qualified, but he's compelled. He's wrestled with this for several months. It's not his comfort zone, preference, choice or style of ministry; but Jesus wouldn't release him. He says there's the elephant in the apostolic church and it's that some gifted, anointed, bigger than life, giant leaders don't even like each other. He continues that we're all supposed to squeeze around this elephant at conferences, smile politely when one takes a verbal jab or cheap shot at the other. We're supposed to consider it a normal thing when one openly criticizes the other in a blog or mock with a hurtful meme or use nasty nicknames. We're supposed to look the other way when both show up in a room and you can cut the tension with a knife; and when they come dangerously close to preaching against one another.
This is specific as to what the elephant is, and his mention of struggling recently with it made me wonder what "giant" ministers are in a war causing people to have to choose sides, while making public comments, etc about the other.
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