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Comment by Rev.JOHNFAITH MUGISHA on September 25, 2011 at 2:09am

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Comment by Elder Ronald Allen on September 22, 2011 at 6:36pm

Truth Twisters

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.” —Matthew 7:15 (NKJV)

Jesus loves His Church so much that He will protect it from anything that has the potential to damage or destroy it. Included under this strong warning are false prophets and teachers. These men and women have the ability to infiltrate and infect the body of Christ and twist His truth. And when that goes unchecked, the Church loses its effectiveness in influencing this world.

When we look at the New Testament, we find warning after warning to be on guard against those who would deliberately twist God’s truth. In one instance, as Paul was leaving the church at Ephesus, the Spirit instructed him to warn them about “savage wolves” who were going to come in to devour God’s flock:

“Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Acts 20:28-30 (NKJV)

But the warning doesn’t end there. In fact, the danger associated with false teachers is referenced in practically every epistle in the New Testament, and a large portion of 2 Peter and Jude are devoted to this issue. Clearly, this is a warning that God wants us to both hear and heed.

Again, Jesus loves His Church. He loves it enough to protect it from potential dangers. And when He warns us about their inevitable influence, we need to beware of false teachers. But in order to do so, we need to know what is true. We need to be men and women of the Word so we can identify when God’s truth is twisted.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 (NKJV)

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Comment by Bishop Robert Durgan on September 18, 2011 at 10:36am

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Comment by Mark H. Stevens, Th.D on September 12, 2011 at 1:40pm

      When the Holy Spirit becomes the center of our attention, the church gets out of focus! The Holy Spirit descended upon Christ as He came out of baptismal waters, and the Father said of Him: "This is My beloved Son - In whom I am well pleased..." The Spirit descended bodily like a dove, but the focus was on the Lamb of God - who taketh away the sins of the world. Not the dove, but the Lamb!

      Christ told His disciples of a coming Pentecost, when the Spirit would be outpoured for a single purpose: It was to be a power given to lift up the name of Christ! "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost Is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me... unto the uttermost part of the earth..." (Acts 1:8 KJV)

      Jesus made it clear that when the Spirit comes He will not draw attention to Himself, but will focus on Christ's words. He will exalt Christ.

      "...when He, the Spirit of truth, is come... He shall not speak of Himself... He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall show It unto you." (John 16:13-15 KJV)

      Jesus said, "He will show you My glory, My power, My Kingdom. He will remind you of all My words." The primary work of the Holy Spirit is not fellowship, although He does bring believers together as one in Christ. It is not ecstasy. It is not simply to teach us an unlearned tongue. The Spirit has come to exalt Christ! To guide all mankind to the truth that Christ is Lord! It is not enough to say the Spirit has brought us close to each other - He must bring us closer to Christ!

      The fullness of the Spirit is the fullness of Christ If you do not have a consuming love for Christ, you do not have a Holy Ghost baptism! Christ, the baptizer, sent the Holy Spirit to fire our souls over lost humanity, to get us out into the highways and hedges to reach the unsaved. To shake up our lazy lifestyles and get us to doing His work. The blessed Holy Spirit will be grieved, and finally withdraw, the moment men try to exalt Him above the Son of God! He will not permit His power to be abused by those who want only the gift and not Christ, the Giver!

      What is a true Holy Ghost meeting? Is it where people all speak with tongues? Or where people are healed? Where saints jump for joy? Where saints are prophesying? More - much more than that! It is where Christ is being exalted, where His holiness pierces the soul, where men and women fall before His holy throne, broken, humbled - crying, "Holy, Holy." The moving of the Holy Spirit is a moving closer to Christ, deeper in Christ, with a greater submission to His Lordship!

      II. Christ Is Made A Stranger When People Praise Him, But Will Not Pray To Him!
      We praise a Christ to whom we will not pray! We have become a praising people, but not a praying people. For many of God's people the prayer closet is a relic of the past. "Why ask God for what He has already promised? Just get hold of the promises and simply command deliverances!" We no longer want Christ as much as we want what He can do for us. We want an escape from pain and suffering. We want our troubles to vanish. And we are so caught up in our escape from pain, we lose the true meaning of the Cross. We refuse crosses and losses - no Gethsemane for us! No nights of agony! We don't even know this suffering, bleeding, resurrected Christ!

      We want His healing power. We want His promises of prosperity. We want His protection. We want more of this earth's goods. We want His happiness. But we really don't want Him alone!

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Comment by Veronica S. Ash on September 1, 2011 at 6:46am

People interpret the Bible literally because they are carnal and not spiritual.

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