[QUOTE=U376977;765873]My adopted dad/Bishop Hancock just told me,
"if I have a choice of an apostolic with a bad spirit and a trinity with a good spirit, give me the trinity man." Because at least you could talk to the trinity. The Apostolic thinks he already knows it all.[/QUOTE]
I notice sometimes that it's the apostolic that is put in the bad light and
the trintitarian put in the good light. Right or wrong!
Kind of reminds me of an evangelist who told me a number of years ago,
"Sister, you are supposed to obey this man, RIGHT OR WRONG! (speaking
of the then pastor). I said, "You are WRONG"! It's never RIGHT to be
choose wrong.
The AOG pastor of the small town where we moved to in 1950, was circu-
lating tracts making light of the Godhead as we believe it. My late father,
not yet a pastor, but knowing the call of God was on his life, approached
this man. He humbly asked this pastor if they could sit down together in
a spirit of brotherly love and with their Bibles, discuss some things. He said
No, Robert, we are friends now, but IF we did that we would not be friends.
No bad spirits. He just made a CHOICE. He rejected what my apostolic Dad
had to say. He willingly declined the offer.
I was in the same grade as his only son and child. His son married my best
friend. They married in 1958 before my husband and I married in 1959. 50
yrs. ago. They had one daughter, the same age as our eldest son. 46 yrs.
She never married so as far as that minister is concerned, his lineage is
gone. There will never be another from his line. His wife is in a senior facility
and does not know her own son most of the time. The son and wife belong
to the Baptist church in town. No bad spirit. Just made a CHOICE!
Attended a wedding anniversary celebration last evening for a couple who
attended school with us. The son and his wife were there and I didn't feel a
bad spirit from them or the approximate 100 guests there. Many I had not
seen in years. Many that were at one time quite proud and seemingly having
it all together, looked as if life had taken its toll. Many of my classmates were
there and showed total respect for each other. NOT one of the students I
graduated with in 1957 have died in over 50 yrs. Many have celebrated their
50th wedding anniversaries, just as we will in two weeks, the Lord willing.
There is never a time in which it is approperiate to be rude or have a "bad"
spirit. We are each individually responsible for keeping our spirit and heart
right with our GOD and our fellowman. It's a CHOICE!
It seems to me as if we live in a much different generation or time, than we
did in the 50's. I know part of the "rebellion" started in the 60's. Our children
were born from 1960 through 1975. Our eldest son and his first cousin were
in the same grade in high school. One of the female teachers told their class
basically, "don't let your parents get by with telling you, "You can't do this
and you can't do that. I knew a girl whose parents wouldn't let her wear pants.
I told her, "Give them some flak. Ask them why". Don't let your parents get
by with telling you what to do". And that teacher's daughter was a pregnant
teenager in school.
There are always those out there who will support your children in their re-
bellion against their parents.
It's not all about "bad" and "good" spirits.
It's about what is right and wrong.
What is true and what is error. Don't worry, life will take care of the spirits of
man. Good or bad! We reap what we sow in our lives many times through our
children and grandchildren. I promise it doesn't look or feel real good when some
seeds sown comes to fruition. Or as the old saying, "the chickens come home
to roost".
Wait until the generations you birth come to fruition. The fruit you bring forth in
your children will show you the reality of how it really is. It is easy to say a lot of
words, but the story at the end of our lives will be the deciding factor. We won't
be looking around at who had the bad spirit or the good spirit. We won't feel like
comparing the spirits. What we produced will be looking up into our faces. Mine
already are and I thank God for a father who loved us enough to tell us the truth,
even if it didn't make him popular with the community in which we lived. Dad had
such an humble spirit that even though the ministers in our community didn't agree
with him, they loved him. The memory of him and Mom are held in high honor to
this day, almost 20 yrs. after his death, hers, 9 yrs.
The local funeral home director's wife told me that Dad's funeral was the
largest they had ever handled, with maybe the exception of a beloved coach
and the school was turned out for his. Texas District ministers turned out
from all over. The local First Baptist pastor spoke on behalf of the ministerial
alliance, (all pastors ,except the C ofC) were members. It was basically a
ministry for benevolant causes within our community. The local catholic priest
attended as Dad's friend. the local longtime physician, as Dad's friend. and
many others. They were Dad's friends. And there were no BAD spirits present,
in spite of there being many oneness pentecostals and many trinitarians there
that day, almost 20 yrs. ago.
Well, U376977, guess you pushed a button and I responded.
Not with a "bad" spirit though. Just some thoughts from a senior sister
who will reach her "threescore and ten years" in Sept. We each have to
live our own lives. Many would not listen to the generation back then and
there are those who didn't listen to the following generation. Somewhere
along the line, perhaps there will be those who picked up some wisdom from
those who went before them. These words are not to offend at all!
Blessings,
Falla39
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