JUST A MINUTE PLEASE [THE PREACHER'S CORNER]
BUILDERS OR DESTROYERS IN THE CHURCH OF GOD! (HEB.3:13-14,JER.1:9-10)
I am concentrating on The Church a lot because,it remains our last hope.
9. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jer 1: 9-10)
Every problem in the church is being heaped on the pastors, forgetting our own roles as members. Where are we pulling down what should be pulled down,and build where it should be built? For, that's the authority God gave to us (Read Php.2:3-10)
Most especially the pastors that have turned the church into a business venture,we forget we made ourselves their customers, because of our thirst and quest for mundane material things. And so they (traitorous pastors) became the TRADERS while we became their CUSTOMERS. Trader pastors will close shop when there are no customers.
Thus, the zeal of the traders is to get more customers at whatever cost.
NOW, THE OWNER OF THE CHURCH (THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS) IS ASKING QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THE TIME IS NIGH ...WHAT WILL BE OUR DEFENSE TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR?
We have a collective responsibility that we abandoned that has given the devil an edge to infiltrate the church (which is his main goal)!
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (Heb 3: 13)
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; (Heb 3: 14)
In the hustling and bustling of our Christian lives, I believe the time has come for us to stop at a point and answer this question: am I a pillar or a caterpillar? We all know what pillars do. They serve as support for whatever thing for which it is used. And inversely, caterpillars are worm-like animals that crawl in and out to destroy...and as machinery,we do know its destructive capabilities.
The scripture says that we are to warn each other as the days draw near. The question is how many times do we do this? We see our brothers and sisters falling from grace and we rejoice in their fall. We won’t even uplift a brother or sister who is depressed from the troubles of this world with words of encouragement. We rather seek to destroy them as is the case of caterpillars.
We believe to be Christians and claim we are followers of Christ Jesus. Would Christ Jesus leave the flock unattended to, the way some of us and our pastors do? Christ Jesus is a pillar for us and so must we be for other believers. WE HAVE LEFT THE WORK OF GOD ASIDE AND WE ARE PURSUING OUR OWN SELFISH AMBITIONS.
Church members are either builders or destroyers. Pillars/ Builders hold up the church, caterpillars /Destroyers just crawl in and out.” Christians ought to be doing more than crawling in and out. Conversion to Christ should make a difference in our lives and in the lives of others as we lose ourselves in service to Christ Jesus and our fellow human beings.
Christ Jesus didn’t die on a Cross because I’m okay and you’re okay. He died because there were and are some things about us that need to change. As someone noted, “If your religion leaves you unchanged, you need to change your religion.”
THIS IS WHY I'VE ALWAYS HELD THE BELIEF THAT CHRISTIANITY IS MORE THAN JUST A RELIGION, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEOLOGY .
Titus 3:8-9 describes two kinds of life ...One will lead you to change, the other will leave you unchanged. The verses say: “This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.”
Note the two descriptions of Paul: “good and profitable” or “unprofitable and useless.” These are striking words. Paul is directing Titus to teach Christians on the island of Crete that they can be pillars or caterpillars in the church! They can help hold up the church as they stay busy doing and supporting good works, or they can get bogged down and caught up in disputes and debates and foolish fusses and fights which are “unprofitable and useless.”
My two decades in the church of our Lord has taught me that some church members help hold up the church, some are content to crawl in and out, and a few seem bent on tearing and slowing her down. It should sober us to realize our efforts can be “good and profitable” or “unprofitable and useless.”
Which are you? A pillar or a caterpillar? Three times in Titus 2:14-3:14 the apostle Paul emphasizes that Christians should stay busy working for the Lord. They should be “zealous for good works” (2:14); “be careful to maintain good works” (3:8); “learn to maintain good works” (3:14). Christ has given us the freedom to be our best. At the Cross He “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” He freed us to be our best-are you doing your best? Are you holding up the church-or just crawling in and out?
I am guilty and so do some of us. We have no excuse for this offense. We must repent of this and receive forgiveness from Jehovah God to become strong pillars in his church. We must rescue the perishing for God. We must encourage the weak and strengthen the feeble hands and legs. And as we do this, we must never forget to stand firm by trusting God. He is able to keep us from falling into sin.
ABOVE ALL ,WE MUST RESPECTFULLY LET SELF IMPOSING PASTORS THAT SEEK THEIR SELFISH PERSONAL AMBITION TO REALIZE THAT THE CHURCH BELONGS TO GOD, MOST ESPECIALLY THE NON DENOMINATIONAL ONES THAT THE CHURCH ISN'T A FAMILY ENTERPRISE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NAMED WITH GOD'S NAME, OTHERWISE, THEY SHOULD REMOVE GOD'S NAME FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A PERSONAL BUSINESS, IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE NOT TO BE LED ASTRAY.
If we prayerfully take this stand as Builders,where will satan pass through to infiltrate the church...if every Balaamic personality (whether pastor or member) is well mentored the Holy Spirit led members in every congregation. I WANT TO HURRIEDLY STATE HERE THAT LEAVING TO START YOUR OWN CHURCH HAS BEEN AN AGE LONG TRICK OF THE DEVIL IN CREATING CONFUSION IN THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS, AND MANY HAVE LOST THEIR CALLING AND THEIR CROWN, THOUGH THEY MAY NOT KNOW YET.
May the Good Lord help us in making the right decision of being Builders,Amen!
BUILDERS OR DESTROYERS IN THE CHURCH OF GOD! (HEB.3:13-14,JER.1:9-10)
I am concentrating on The Church a lot because,it remains our last hope.
9. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jer 1: 9-10)
Every problem in the church is being heaped on the pastors, forgetting our own roles as members. Where are we pulling down what should be pulled down,and build where it should be built? For, that's the authority God gave to us (Read Php.2:3-10)
Most especially the pastors that have turned the church into a business venture,we forget we made ourselves their customers, because of our thirst and quest for mundane material things. And so they (traitorous pastors) became the TRADERS while we became their CUSTOMERS. Trader pastors will close shop when there are no customers.
Thus, the zeal of the traders is to get more customers at whatever cost.
NOW, THE OWNER OF THE CHURCH (THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS) IS ASKING QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THE TIME IS NIGH ...WHAT WILL BE OUR DEFENSE TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR?
We have a collective responsibility that we abandoned that has given the devil an edge to infiltrate the church (which is his main goal)!
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (Heb 3: 13)
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; (Heb 3: 14)
In the hustling and bustling of our Christian lives, I believe the time has come for us to stop at a point and answer this question: am I a pillar or a caterpillar? We all know what pillars do. They serve as support for whatever thing for which it is used. And inversely, caterpillars are worm-like animals that crawl in and out to destroy...and as machinery,we do know its destructive capabilities.
The scripture says that we are to warn each other as the days draw near. The question is how many times do we do this? We see our brothers and sisters falling from grace and we rejoice in their fall. We won’t even uplift a brother or sister who is depressed from the troubles of this world with words of encouragement. We rather seek to destroy them as is the case of caterpillars.
We believe to be Christians and claim we are followers of Christ Jesus. Would Christ Jesus leave the flock unattended to, the way some of us and our pastors do? Christ Jesus is a pillar for us and so must we be for other believers. WE HAVE LEFT THE WORK OF GOD ASIDE AND WE ARE PURSUING OUR OWN SELFISH AMBITIONS.
Church members are either builders or destroyers. Pillars/ Builders hold up the church, caterpillars /Destroyers just crawl in and out.” Christians ought to be doing more than crawling in and out. Conversion to Christ should make a difference in our lives and in the lives of others as we lose ourselves in service to Christ Jesus and our fellow human beings.
Christ Jesus didn’t die on a Cross because I’m okay and you’re okay. He died because there were and are some things about us that need to change. As someone noted, “If your religion leaves you unchanged, you need to change your religion.”
THIS IS WHY I'VE ALWAYS HELD THE BELIEF THAT CHRISTIANITY IS MORE THAN JUST A RELIGION, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEOLOGY .
Titus 3:8-9 describes two kinds of life ...One will lead you to change, the other will leave you unchanged. The verses say: “This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.”
Note the two descriptions of Paul: “good and profitable” or “unprofitable and useless.” These are striking words. Paul is directing Titus to teach Christians on the island of Crete that they can be pillars or caterpillars in the church! They can help hold up the church as they stay busy doing and supporting good works, or they can get bogged down and caught up in disputes and debates and foolish fusses and fights which are “unprofitable and useless.”
My two decades in the church of our Lord has taught me that some church members help hold up the church, some are content to crawl in and out, and a few seem bent on tearing and slowing her down. It should sober us to realize our efforts can be “good and profitable” or “unprofitable and useless.”
Which are you? A pillar or a caterpillar? Three times in Titus 2:14-3:14 the apostle Paul emphasizes that Christians should stay busy working for the Lord. They should be “zealous for good works” (2:14); “be careful to maintain good works” (3:8); “learn to maintain good works” (3:14). Christ has given us the freedom to be our best. At the Cross He “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” He freed us to be our best-are you doing your best? Are you holding up the church-or just crawling in and out?
I am guilty and so do some of us. We have no excuse for this offense. We must repent of this and receive forgiveness from Jehovah God to become strong pillars in his church. We must rescue the perishing for God. We must encourage the weak and strengthen the feeble hands and legs. And as we do this, we must never forget to stand firm by trusting God. He is able to keep us from falling into sin.
ABOVE ALL ,WE MUST RESPECTFULLY LET SELF IMPOSING PASTORS THAT SEEK THEIR SELFISH PERSONAL AMBITION TO REALIZE THAT THE CHURCH BELONGS TO GOD, MOST ESPECIALLY THE NON DENOMINATIONAL ONES THAT THE CHURCH ISN'T A FAMILY ENTERPRISE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NAMED WITH GOD'S NAME, OTHERWISE, THEY SHOULD REMOVE GOD'S NAME FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A PERSONAL BUSINESS, IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE NOT TO BE LED ASTRAY.
If we prayerfully take this stand as Builders,where will satan pass through to infiltrate the church...if every Balaamic personality (whether pastor or member) is well mentored the Holy Spirit led members in every congregation. I WANT TO HURRIEDLY STATE HERE THAT LEAVING TO START YOUR OWN CHURCH HAS BEEN AN AGE LONG TRICK OF THE DEVIL IN CREATING CONFUSION IN THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS, AND MANY HAVE LOST THEIR CALLING AND THEIR CROWN, THOUGH THEY MAY NOT KNOW YET.
May the Good Lord help us in making the right decision of being Builders,Amen!
JUST A MINUTE PLEASE 🙏[THE PREACHER'S CORNER]
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BUILDERS OR DESTROYERS IN THE CHURCH OF GOD! (HEB.3:13-14,JER.1:9-10)
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I am concentrating on The Church a lot because,it remains our last hope.
9. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jer 1: 9-10)
Every problem in the church is being heaped on the pastors, forgetting our own roles as members. Where are we pulling down what should be pulled down,and build where it should be built? For, that's the authority God gave to us (Read Php.2:3-10)
Most especially the pastors that have turned the church into a business venture,we forget we made ourselves their customers, because of our thirst and quest for mundane material things. And so they (traitorous pastors) became the TRADERS while we became their CUSTOMERS. Trader pastors will close shop when there are no customers.
Thus, the zeal of the traders is to get more customers at whatever cost.
NOW, THE OWNER OF THE CHURCH (THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS) IS ASKING QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THE TIME IS NIGH ...WHAT WILL BE OUR DEFENSE TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR?
We have a collective responsibility that we abandoned that has given the devil an edge to infiltrate the church (which is his main goal)!
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (Heb 3: 13)
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; (Heb 3: 14)
In the hustling and bustling of our Christian lives, I believe the time has come for us to stop at a point and answer this question: am I a pillar or a caterpillar? We all know what pillars do. They serve as support for whatever thing for which it is used. And inversely, caterpillars are worm-like animals that crawl in and out to destroy...and as machinery,we do know its destructive capabilities.
The scripture says that we are to warn each other as the days draw near. The question is how many times do we do this? We see our brothers and sisters falling from grace and we rejoice in their fall. We won’t even uplift a brother or sister who is depressed from the troubles of this world with words of encouragement. We rather seek to destroy them as is the case of caterpillars.
We believe to be Christians and claim we are followers of Christ Jesus. Would Christ Jesus leave the flock unattended to, the way some of us and our pastors do? Christ Jesus is a pillar for us and so must we be for other believers. WE HAVE LEFT THE WORK OF GOD ASIDE AND WE ARE PURSUING OUR OWN SELFISH AMBITIONS.
Church members are either builders or destroyers. Pillars/ Builders hold up the church, caterpillars /Destroyers just crawl in and out.” Christians ought to be doing more than crawling in and out. Conversion to Christ should make a difference in our lives and in the lives of others as we lose ourselves in service to Christ Jesus and our fellow human beings.
Christ Jesus didn’t die on a Cross because I’m okay and you’re okay. He died because there were and are some things about us that need to change. As someone noted, “If your religion leaves you unchanged, you need to change your religion.”
THIS IS WHY I'VE ALWAYS HELD THE BELIEF THAT CHRISTIANITY IS MORE THAN JUST A RELIGION, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEOLOGY .
Titus 3:8-9 describes two kinds of life ...One will lead you to change, the other will leave you unchanged. The verses say: “This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.”
Note the two descriptions of Paul: “good and profitable” or “unprofitable and useless.” These are striking words. Paul is directing Titus to teach Christians on the island of Crete that they can be pillars or caterpillars in the church! They can help hold up the church as they stay busy doing and supporting good works, or they can get bogged down and caught up in disputes and debates and foolish fusses and fights which are “unprofitable and useless.”
My two decades in the church of our Lord has taught me that some church members help hold up the church, some are content to crawl in and out, and a few seem bent on tearing and slowing her down. It should sober us to realize our efforts can be “good and profitable” or “unprofitable and useless.”
Which are you? A pillar or a caterpillar? Three times in Titus 2:14-3:14 the apostle Paul emphasizes that Christians should stay busy working for the Lord. They should be “zealous for good works” (2:14); “be careful to maintain good works” (3:8); “learn to maintain good works” (3:14). Christ has given us the freedom to be our best. At the Cross He “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” He freed us to be our best-are you doing your best? Are you holding up the church-or just crawling in and out?
I am guilty and so do some of us. We have no excuse for this offense. We must repent of this and receive forgiveness from Jehovah God to become strong pillars in his church. We must rescue the perishing for God. We must encourage the weak and strengthen the feeble hands and legs. And as we do this, we must never forget to stand firm by trusting God. He is able to keep us from falling into sin.
ABOVE ALL ,WE MUST RESPECTFULLY LET SELF IMPOSING PASTORS THAT SEEK THEIR SELFISH PERSONAL AMBITION TO REALIZE THAT THE CHURCH BELONGS TO GOD, MOST ESPECIALLY THE NON DENOMINATIONAL ONES THAT THE CHURCH ISN'T A FAMILY ENTERPRISE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NAMED WITH GOD'S NAME, OTHERWISE, THEY SHOULD REMOVE GOD'S NAME FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A PERSONAL BUSINESS, IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE NOT TO BE LED ASTRAY.
If we prayerfully take this stand as Builders,where will satan pass through to infiltrate the church...if every Balaamic personality (whether pastor or member) is well mentored the Holy Spirit led members in every congregation. I WANT TO HURRIEDLY STATE HERE THAT LEAVING TO START YOUR OWN CHURCH HAS BEEN AN AGE LONG TRICK OF THE DEVIL IN CREATING CONFUSION IN THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS, AND MANY HAVE LOST THEIR CALLING AND THEIR CROWN, THOUGH THEY MAY NOT KNOW YET.
May the Good Lord help us in making the right decision of being Builders,Amen🙇🙏!
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