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Originally Posted by Amanah
With everything going on in our Country, so much corruption in our government, enemies without and within, losing culture war battles, prayer in schools, abortion, same sex marriages, and being attacked for not being ok with it all, and on and on. I'm finding it a bit overwhelming.
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The main issue is what I have been repeating over and over again. Postmodernism. Instead of the Church being special and exclusive it wanted to blend into the culture. It yearned to win souls with the culture the souls were already use to. Instead of seeing people repent of their filthy behavior the church told them to come as they are and STAY as they are. Standards of separation of appearance were ridiculed not by the sinners who were coming in and repenting, but by the individuals who were raised in the church and felt they were missing out on something. Individuals weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth because they weren't allowed to play Monopoly as a kid?
Girls telling of the woes of not being able to cut their hair, wear jewelry, and makeup?
While they were growing up with all those sad tales of woes, my friends and I were snorting heroin, and drinking Johnny Walker Black. Getting shot, stabbed, and all sorts of insanity. So when we came into the church we wanted to leave all the world behind. Yet, when we came into the church we had to navigate around the obstacle of CKs and PKs. It wasn't just limited to standard of appearances but how you worshipped, how loud you prayed in the prayer room. They were always beating their tin drum of balance. While balance is a necessity, some individuals just saw fervency in religion as a hindrance to the culture that was burning down around them. A culture they so badly wanted to be a part of with their rendition of the Churchism's Postmodernism.
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Originally Posted by Amanah
Disney puts out a kids movie, *Beauty and the Beast* and introduces a gay character in to the mix, and hardly anyone even blinks.
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But why should they blink? They have no standards of thought, or separation. You have to always remember that the world accepted female transgenderism of dress long long ago. Short hair, pants, so now we are supposed to be surprised because Disney has homosexual characters in their children shows? The Church is trying to be the "hold me, please hold me" atmosphere. Where it stands for nothing but accepts everything which is contrary. You can't tell the sinner from the saint, Satan throws his head back and laughs, while the pastor and his congregation sways back and forth to Lady Gaga sings "Applause."
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Christians are all excited about taking their kids to see it,
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Christians? That word is meaningless in this culture, Christianity has been replaced by Churchanity where doctrine is an abstract idea where no one is right. Everything is up to your own personal Jesus interpretation. Roaring down the broadway at full throttle, ripping through the gears over the broken bodies of the apostles, evangelists, prophets, teachers and pastors. Heading headlong over the cliff through the wide open gate.
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at one time we would have been appalled.
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The remnant is still appalled, while the majority shakes their fists at them.
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It seems we are like the frog in the kettle who became immune to the slowly rising temperature and didn't notice it was being cooked.
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Sorry to break this sad news but the frog is deader then fried chicken in the bottom of a greasy bucket. That started in the 70s, 80s, by the 90s he was belly up. Men use to be men, now they want to be sweeter then MeeMaw on Thanksgiving morning. They want to not offend anyone, no judging anything, come as you are and STAY as you are. We will build the church around your sins, around your ideas. The church is here to make you a better you, not to convert, but just make you a nice man.
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Originally Posted by Amanah
I've been praying for wisdom and understanding and I was reminded that Elijah was in the minority, but God gave him mighty victories in prayer.
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There you go! MINORITY.
That's the way it will always be, a remnant, a minority, a little flock. Sadly some focus on fame and fortune. Let's build bigger barns to store my Jesus name baptized bodies. People who don't have the foggiest idea why they do what they do, but are just a nicer version of who they once were. They are no different from the Jay Hove Witness or the nice Hari Krishna down the block. Everyone honey hugging their way straight to a devil's hell.
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Jesus conducted his ministry under Roman occupation. so did the Apostles and they turned their world upside down.
We have the same Holy Ghost as the Apostles did . . . The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
We need to pray for our Government and our leaders, amen, but whatever happens, hell can't stop us.
I think the only thing that can stop us is our own complacency, lack of prayer, lack of fervent passionate desire for God's will to be done.
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Lack of prayer? How about lack of guts.
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