"If a work of God doesn't continue, it never was a work of God."
-- a highly esteemed preacher
Do you agree or disagree?
Why?
Totally disagree. God works in seasons, places, and times.....the initial Upper Room experience eventually came to an end, was it not of God? It just moves into different areas, realms, applications......people........
__________________ "Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
Totally disagree. God works in seasons, places, and times.....the initial Upper Room experience eventually came to an end, was it not of God? It just moves into different areas, realms, applications......people........
__________________ "Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
It evolved?? Interesting.. In acts 11 they said it fell on then just like it did in the Beginning and it fell on me the same way so how did it evolve?
I think you know exactly what I'm talking about, but I'll humor you anyway.
If the 120 would have stayed in the Upper Room, the entire continent of Asia could not have been evangelized in the space of 2 1/2 years.
If someone would have said "Let's build a monument here, stay here, continue this work" then the outpouring couldn't have multiplied throughout the world.
When the disciples witnessed the transfiguration of Jesus, Peter said "Hey, let's stay here and build three tabernacles, it's good for us to be here, let's not leave!" But, Jesus said, "No, this was important for you to be a part of, but your work is out there in the cities and villages, not up here on this mountain worshipping some shrines".
If I understood the initial post, the preacher indicated that if a church didn't last, then the entire thing wasn't of God. I don't believe that at all.
SOMETIMES ITS NECESSARY FOR GOOD THINGS TO END SO BETTER THINGS CAN BEGIN......
Isaiah 43
18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
If I misunderstood the point of the statement, I'd be happy to reconsider.
__________________ "Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
"If a work of God doesn't continue, it never was a work of God."
-- a highly esteemed preacher
Do you agree or disagree?
Why?
I completely disagree; there's nothing to say that people can't derail God's good intentions. We're the ones He puts in charge of accomplishing His will; if we mess it up, that doesn't mean it was "never a work of God."
Was scripture provided in support of this statement?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
It would be best stated that IF a Work does not complete then it wasn't of God!
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Apostolic is an understanding that God has finally and completely revealed Himself to all mankind through His incarnation as Jesus Christ. He has revealed to all a way of life, love and forgiveness that leads to a right relationship with Him and with each other.
~Repairing the Apostolic Church, Apostle W. Carey & Bishop N. Morales
It would be best stated that IF a Work does not complete then it wasn't of God!
Exactly.
It would also be wise to acknowledge men's idea of success and completion might not resemble God's idea of the same.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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