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Originally Posted by tstew
I understand that. First of all however, I don't think it was everybody in the older generation who did those kinds of things. There were many great men and women of God who have stood the test of time, whose works are evident to all. I think that the cover has been torn off of many of those who were abusive and many people see them for what they were.
There are also some people in leadership who are wise enough to see trends and see that some of what you could get away with in years past will no longer fly. My point is that we need each other...we need to find a way to mix the weeping and the shouting  and I do believe it is possible. |
It's not just the handful who were "abusive" but an entire movement that cried out -
"We don't want to inherit the promise!" It was the entire Oneness Pentecostal nation and all of its "tribes" that has rebelled against God. It's a "we" thing that Rodney Shaw's article stirs up. It's you and me - even though you and I might have had better ideas; we're still part of the problem and we all need to change.
Yes, the mix is great and Ezra seems to have noticed the harmony in that sound. But the "ancient" men were weeping because the "bounderies" of the foundation and porch were "smaller." They remembered an ethereal cloud that
may have shone from the Holy Place if everything was just right back in the "ol' days."
Zechariah spoke of a greater glory than that. He said that this "small thing" - this "new thing" would in fact host the greatest glory God had ever manifested. And indeed it did. It was those same stones that were laid down in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah that Jesus Christ walked upon. God had an incredible glory planned for Israel - but the only response He got from a lot of folks was,
"that ain't how we used to do it!"
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