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IN THIS ISSUE!:
- PRAYER < Prayer For God's Will To Be Done on Earth
- FROM THE BISHOP< With What Eyes Do You See?
- FEATURE ARTICLE < Three Steps to Receive Spiritual Vision From God
- LEADERSHIP < 9 Unbibical Statements Christians Believe
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Prayer For God’s Will To Be Done On Earth
Hebrews 2:1-4:
"It’s crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we’ve heard so that we don’t drift off. If the old message delivered by the angels was valid and nobody got away with anything, do you think we can risk neglecting this latest message, this magnificent salvation? First of all, it was delivered in person by the Master, then accurately passed on to us by those who heard it from him. All the while God was validating it with gifts through the Holy Spirit, all sorts of signs and miracles, as he saw fit."
Heavenly Father we read in Your Word that, “where there is no vision the people perish – but blessed is the one that heeds instruction.” Father forgive us for seeking after our own limited, human vision rather that seeking after Your godly and eternal vision.
Forgive us for seeking to place our the trust in our own limited view of what we consider is important in our lives and the world in which we live - rather that seeking after the purer perspective of Your eternal plans– for only when we have come to an understanding of Your purposes for the world – can we in honesty and in humility seek for godly wisdom and a godly vision.
Lord we pray, “THY will be done on earth – THY kingdom come..” for in so doing we recognise that without the Prince of peace returning to rule and reign over this world, there will be no rest for humanity and no lasting peace that passes understanding.
Teach us to learn YOUR vision and to pray into YOUR will - not only in our personal lives and those of our loved ones but help us also to come to a deeper knowledge of Your greater vision for the future of mankind… when the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea. Help us to soak our hearts in Your perfect desire for mankind and to understand Your greater purpose for humanity and give us the wisdom to pray into Your vision – for only as we align our minds to the mind of Christ and our will to the will of the Father… through the power of the Holy Spirit, will we pray effectively.
Open our eyes to see Your vision so that we do not perish and instruct us in the way that we should go – and hear our cry to You in Jesus name we pray,
Amen
"It’s crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we’ve heard so that we don’t drift off. If the old message delivered by the angels was valid and nobody got away with anything, do you think we can risk neglecting this latest message, this magnificent salvation? First of all, it was delivered in person by the Master, then accurately passed on to us by those who heard it from him. All the while God was validating it with gifts through the Holy Spirit, all sorts of signs and miracles, as he saw fit."
Heavenly Father we read in Your Word that, “where there is no vision the people perish – but blessed is the one that heeds instruction.” Father forgive us for seeking after our own limited, human vision rather that seeking after Your godly and eternal vision.
Forgive us for seeking to place our the trust in our own limited view of what we consider is important in our lives and the world in which we live - rather that seeking after the purer perspective of Your eternal plans– for only when we have come to an understanding of Your purposes for the world – can we in honesty and in humility seek for godly wisdom and a godly vision.
Lord we pray, “THY will be done on earth – THY kingdom come..” for in so doing we recognise that without the Prince of peace returning to rule and reign over this world, there will be no rest for humanity and no lasting peace that passes understanding.
Teach us to learn YOUR vision and to pray into YOUR will - not only in our personal lives and those of our loved ones but help us also to come to a deeper knowledge of Your greater vision for the future of mankind… when the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea. Help us to soak our hearts in Your perfect desire for mankind and to understand Your greater purpose for humanity and give us the wisdom to pray into Your vision – for only as we align our minds to the mind of Christ and our will to the will of the Father… through the power of the Holy Spirit, will we pray effectively.
Open our eyes to see Your vision so that we do not perish and instruct us in the way that we should go – and hear our cry to You in Jesus name we pray,
Amen
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With What Eyes Do You See?
Bishop D.L.Boer
Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.”
"But he that keeps the law..." Happy? Not really. Like Paul I found myself at every turn failing God and being bombarded with condemnation. It almost seemed that the devil was my advocate instead of Jesus. it feels like a full-blown assault on your spiritual, emotional, and physical stability. How in the world could I pastor or oversee when I never seemed "Holy" enough.
Thank God we now have Grace!
Thank God we may once again seek vision!
“Where there is no vision, the people perish:"
If you take this verse of Scripture and paraphrase it, you might say, “When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.” Or, “Where there is no prophetic vision, the people cast off restraint.” But the verse does not stop there. It continues, “He that keeps the law, happy is he.”
Other Scriptures make reference to visions. For example, we read in Joel 2:28 that in the last days “your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.” The prophet Habakkuk said, “Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that reads it” (Habakkuk 2:2). However, I am not speaking of vision in the sense of dreams or significant impressions attributed to a divine agency. Rather, I believe Proverbs text is referring to an understanding of simply hearing the Word of God and heeding it.
We should use Scripture to interpret Scripture. Compare our text, “Where there is no vision, the people perish,” with
1 Samuel 3:1, “And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.” ( though not the case in these last days) This indicates that the vision we are talking about has everything to do with God’s Word. If people cast off the restraints of God’s Word, they will perish. If they refuse divine guidance, they will run wild. We do not have to use our imaginations to see how that description aligns with our world today. We do not want to be among those who have no vision.
We often use the expression about “seeing the value” in something. That does not mean we ascribe worth in dollars and cents, but rather that we recognize the inherent value. The value of the vision spoken of in Proverbs is the unifying principle in our hearts that allows us to appreciate and enjoy the Gospel together.
We want to remember the practical side of the Gospel. When one gets into the mysterious and the unknown and impressions not really connected to Scripture, I still search the deep ( see Psalm 42:7) . I also want to value the Word of God as it is, and apply it to my life. The Apostle Paul prayed that the eyes of the believers’ understanding would be opened so that they would be able to see the riches of His inheritance in the saints (see Ephesians 1:18). We want that same kind of spiritual vision: eyes that are open to the value of the Word of God and its precepts.
One practical manifestation of a vision for the Gospel is a love for others. I enjoy people! I am interested in letting them know that we are interested in them. They need to see that we love them. That is part of the vision, the practical side of it. that needs to be applied to this world.
We will want to protect our spiritual eyesight form hindrances. We read in Matthew 7:1-5, “Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, ‘Let me wash your face for you,’ when your own face is distorted by contempt? It’s this whole traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.
Listen, God is not so hard up that He has to make duplicates. He only makes originals; we all are His originals and we are unique. At times we may view things a little differently or express ourselves in individual ways. However, the Word of God is the same and God wants to give us the vision to be able to see exactly the way He wants us to see.
There are eye tests where the optometrist says, “Which line is darker, the one on the left or the one on the right?” Or he may ask, “Can you read the letters on the bottom line of the chart?” Sometimes my eyes do not seem to focus correctly, and I have to say, “I just cannot get it.” In the Gospel there may be things we do not understand, but the Lord will give the vision we need to understand what we need to know when we need to know it … if we are seeking.
Christians need to be aware of why things are the way they are in the world. Our text says that “where there is no vision, the people perish.” In Romans 1:21-31, we find what happens when people cast off restraint—they become spiritually perverted. Do we appreciate the disciplines of God’s Word? We must appreciate them! In verses 26-27, we see that when people cast off restraints they can become perverted sexually. It is no accident that we see what we see in our society today—where there is no vision people run wild. In verses 29-31, we read that man becomes perverted socially. His relationships are all out of kilter. Look around now and tell me what you see.
Notice God’s response to this spiritual and sexual perversion, as recorded in this passage. In verses 24 and 26 we read, “God gave them up.” In verse 28 it says, “God gave them over.” That is God’s role in what is happening when people refuse the simple truths of God’s Word. Today, a range of seminars and other avenues are available to help damaged relationships. However, the most important relationship is with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. If that is rejected, there is no foundation for the right kind of living. We cannot promise society anything other than failure when they disregard the simple truths of God’s Word and refuse to walk in the light of God’s Word.
Statistics tell us that currently one out of two marriages in the United States end up in divorce, that one out of five marriages where the couple received premarital counseling and are in the church end up in divorce, but that only one out of 1,250 marriages where couples pray together end up in divorce. That is a pretty good argument in favor of individuals who decide to put the Lord first in their life—those who do not want to be among the ones who run wild or cast off restraint. They want to abide by God’s law and be happy. That is the vision—the practical side of it.
You might wonder how we get better vision. Is there a way our vision can be improved? Yes, but sometimes the circumstances that bring about improved vision are not easy. In Job 42:5 we read, “I admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it all firsthand—from my own eyes and ears!.” A lot happened in Job’s life between his hearing and his seeing. You can read the details in the book of Job, and it is a good idea to do so. If you read about Job, you will find that he suffered severe trial, but he came through it. And then Job proclaimed, “now I have it all firsthand” Job’s vision improved through suffering.
In Hebrews 5:13-14, we read of those who are babes in a spiritual sense—who are “ not accustomed to the word of righteousness,” contrasted to those who are of full age, “who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.”
As you grow older in the Gospel, it is not how old you are, but how you are old!
We should all be learning. Newborn babes in Christ might not be able to understand why they feel the way they feel. They may reach a dry place spiritually and get it mixed up with just being tired physically. Who knows? We learn as we go, and our spiritual maturity and vision should continually increase.
God says that, “All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.” (Hebrews 12:11). You might face something in your life that hurts. I have had a few experiences myself like that. Do you know what I do? I take my burden to the Lord or use the authority He has given me! I just “batten down the hatches” so to speak, and ride out the storm. If we humble ourselves before God and say, “I do not understand but I will trust You anyway,” we will grow.
When Job came out of his trial, the Bible tells us that he had twice as much as he had before. I thought about that. When I came out of a “light affliction” this past year, I can say I had twice as much appreciation for the saints of God. I had twice as much appreciation for the church services I could go to. God doubled what I had before! The blessings Job received after his trial were visible. The blessings that we receive may be visible or invisible; but they are more eternally oriented. Thank God that when we have a vision to heed the Word of God, we are going to be blessed.
Sometimes, with the greater awakening of our spirit, there are spiritual muddles that can cloud our spiritual vision. You cannot just think those situations away. The only thing to do is to keep on obeying. In Psalm 27:13, the psalmist said, “I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.” We would all faint if we did not believe to see the goodness of God. Often we hear the Scripture quoted, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). Sometimes individuals have a lot of concern as to why some things happen. I believe that Paul the Apostle showed us through this verse the way we should feel; he asserted there was nothing that could happen to him outside of God’s permissive and sovereign will. There is nothing that does not have a purpose. I think that is the way that we as Christians should look at it; nothing can come into our lives but what God allows to happen. He is sovereign. He allows things to happen to increase our spiritual vision—to help us to understand.
In Scripture we read, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). So many people say after they become Christians, “No one ever told me it was this way. It is so wonderful!” It is the devil’s business to blind the minds and hearts of people. In 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 we read, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” You and I need to be aware of the fact that the gods of this world can blind our minds. I do not want my mind blinded. I do not want my witness, my testimony, my marriage, my relationship with my wife, or my brothers and sisters in the Gospel to be tainted because my spiritual eyesight has been affected by the gods of this world.
Today, we want our vision renewed. Consider the account of Jacob. He came to a crisis point in his life, and he went down by the brook and prayed. The Lord said to Jacob, "for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.” (Genesis 32:28). We always say that Jacob was given new strength and a new name here—Israel. But he also received a new vision, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.” (Genesis 32:30). If our lives are going to be preserved, we are going to have to see God “face to face” as we seek His will for our lives.
How is your spiritual vision today? If you are blinded by sin ( missing your purpose), God has a remedy. If your spiritual vision needs improvement or renewal, seek God for that. He wants your spiritual vision to be healthy, clear, and unimpaired—and if you will yield to Him and purpose to follow Him in obedience, that is possible!
This year of 2019 is the beginning of the revelation of truth for those seeking the deep of God. A year of growth and falling away. Prepare and seek the Kingdom FIRST for your vision least you perish.
Be Restored and Empowered!,
Bishop Boer
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3 Steps to Receive Spiritual Vision
from God’s Word
Tom Smith
Is your Christian life one governed by a heavenly, spiritual vision from God’s Word ?The writer of Proverbs said, “Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint…” (Prov. 29:18).
In fact, without a clear, spiritual vision from God’s word, we will easily misaim, miss the mark, swerve, and deviate from God’s way (1 Tim. 1:6).
However, the apostle Paul could tell the Roman ruler who was trying him,
I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. (Acts 26:19).
The beginning of the book of Revelation, also says of the apostle John,
Who testified the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, even all that he saw. (Rev. 1:2).
Because John saw such a spiritual vision of the testimony of Jesus, he was willing to suffer for what he saw, becoming a “fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Jesus…because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus” (Rev. 1:9).
How about us?
We also need to receive such a spiritual vision, to the extent that it revolutionizes us, controls us, directs us, preserves us and keeps us in the straight way of the Lord.
Now let’s go on to consider how we can receive such a heavenly, spiritual vision to govern and direct our Christian life…
How can we receive such a heavenly, spiritual vision?First, we need to receive a spirit of wisdom and revelation.Ephesians 1:17 says,
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him.
Here the apostle Paul prayed for the believers that they might receive a spirit of wisdom and revelation to see a vision of God’s economy or plan (Eph. 1:17, note 3).
By reading further in Revelation 1, we can also see that the apostle John was in his spirit in order to receive four awesome visions (v. 10; 4:2; 17:3; 21:10).
So the practical way for us to receive spiritual vision is to be in our spirit by using our spirit, our deepest part, to pray (Eph. 6:18, note 3).
Also in the book of Acts, both Peter and Cornelius were praying when they received some heavenly vision concerning God’s desire ( Acts 10:9, note 1, vv. 17, 30).
Second, we need to to have the eyes of our heart enlightened.Ephesians 1:18 continues,
The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling…
Paul’s prayer went on from our spirit to our heart. His prayer for the believers was that, “the eyes of our heart might be enlightened…” This requires that we deal with our heart. Part of a footnote on this verse in the Recovery Version says,
To have the eyes of our heart enlightened requires that our conscience, mind, emotion, and will, which are the components of our heart, be thoroughly dealt with…First, we need an open spirit with a conscience purified by our confessing and dealing with our sins and by the sprinkling of the redeeming blood of Christ (Heb. 9:14; 10:22). Next, we need a sober mind (2 Tim. 1:7 and note 2), a loving emotion (John 14:21), and a submissive will (John 7:17) in order to have a pure heart. When we have such a spirit and heart, the eyes of our heart will be able to see. (Eph. 1:18, note 1)
Third, we need light for the illumination of the things that are unveiled to us.We need spiritual light so that we may have vision (Eph. 1:18, note 2). Praise the Lord that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).
With an exercised, praying spirit and a prepared heart we are then able to enter into fellowship with God who is light, to have an intimate and living contact with Him. This will bring us into the enjoyment of divine light enabling us to see and receive a vision of the things unveiled to us in God’s word (1 John 1:6, note 1).
When we sense our need to receive a heavenly, spiritual vision and earnestly desire to live under such a vision, we need to pray:
“Lord, I desperately need to see the heavenly vision revealed in Your word. Save me from living an aimless Christian life that falls short of Your mark. Grant me a spirit of wisdom and revelation to know You and Your plan. Enlighten the eyes of my heart. I fully turn my heart to You. I give You the ground to touch every part of my heart–my mind, emotion, will, and conscience so that nothing would veil me. Lord I praise You that You are the true Light that enlightens every man. Lord, may I be able to say, like Paul, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.”
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In fact, without a clear, spiritual vision from God’s word, we will easily misaim, miss the mark, swerve, and deviate from God’s way (1 Tim. 1:6).
However, the apostle Paul could tell the Roman ruler who was trying him,
I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. (Acts 26:19).
The beginning of the book of Revelation, also says of the apostle John,
Who testified the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, even all that he saw. (Rev. 1:2).
Because John saw such a spiritual vision of the testimony of Jesus, he was willing to suffer for what he saw, becoming a “fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Jesus…because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus” (Rev. 1:9).
How about us?
We also need to receive such a spiritual vision, to the extent that it revolutionizes us, controls us, directs us, preserves us and keeps us in the straight way of the Lord.
Now let’s go on to consider how we can receive such a heavenly, spiritual vision to govern and direct our Christian life…
How can we receive such a heavenly, spiritual vision?First, we need to receive a spirit of wisdom and revelation.Ephesians 1:17 says,
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him.
Here the apostle Paul prayed for the believers that they might receive a spirit of wisdom and revelation to see a vision of God’s economy or plan (Eph. 1:17, note 3).
By reading further in Revelation 1, we can also see that the apostle John was in his spirit in order to receive four awesome visions (v. 10; 4:2; 17:3; 21:10).
So the practical way for us to receive spiritual vision is to be in our spirit by using our spirit, our deepest part, to pray (Eph. 6:18, note 3).
Also in the book of Acts, both Peter and Cornelius were praying when they received some heavenly vision concerning God’s desire ( Acts 10:9, note 1, vv. 17, 30).
Second, we need to to have the eyes of our heart enlightened.Ephesians 1:18 continues,
The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling…
Paul’s prayer went on from our spirit to our heart. His prayer for the believers was that, “the eyes of our heart might be enlightened…” This requires that we deal with our heart. Part of a footnote on this verse in the Recovery Version says,
To have the eyes of our heart enlightened requires that our conscience, mind, emotion, and will, which are the components of our heart, be thoroughly dealt with…First, we need an open spirit with a conscience purified by our confessing and dealing with our sins and by the sprinkling of the redeeming blood of Christ (Heb. 9:14; 10:22). Next, we need a sober mind (2 Tim. 1:7 and note 2), a loving emotion (John 14:21), and a submissive will (John 7:17) in order to have a pure heart. When we have such a spirit and heart, the eyes of our heart will be able to see. (Eph. 1:18, note 1)
Third, we need light for the illumination of the things that are unveiled to us.We need spiritual light so that we may have vision (Eph. 1:18, note 2). Praise the Lord that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).
With an exercised, praying spirit and a prepared heart we are then able to enter into fellowship with God who is light, to have an intimate and living contact with Him. This will bring us into the enjoyment of divine light enabling us to see and receive a vision of the things unveiled to us in God’s word (1 John 1:6, note 1).
When we sense our need to receive a heavenly, spiritual vision and earnestly desire to live under such a vision, we need to pray:
“Lord, I desperately need to see the heavenly vision revealed in Your word. Save me from living an aimless Christian life that falls short of Your mark. Grant me a spirit of wisdom and revelation to know You and Your plan. Enlighten the eyes of my heart. I fully turn my heart to You. I give You the ground to touch every part of my heart–my mind, emotion, will, and conscience so that nothing would veil me. Lord I praise You that You are the true Light that enlightens every man. Lord, may I be able to say, like Paul, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.”
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9 Unbiblical Statements Christians Believe
Shane Pruitt
One of the greatest gifts that God gave mankind was the Holy Bible because the Bible is literally God revealing Himself, and communicating Himself to mankind in written word. Anything and everything that we know about God comes from these Holy Scriptures, and they contain the totality of what we need to know about becoming a Christian, and everything that we need to know about living the Christian life.
Orthodox Christianity teaches that the Bible was inspired and authored by the Holy Spirit of God using human instruments. It also believes that in its original languages of Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic; it is without error and fault.
However, there are many things that Jesus-following, church-going, Bible-believing Christians believe that are completely unbiblical. How does this happen? Often, we’ll hear someone quote a statement that sounds nice to us, and we’ll begin repeating it as though it’s biblical truth without ever researching it in the Scriptures. Several of these unbiblical statements have gained enough traction that many people believe they’re actually Bible verses. Not only are the statements unbiblical; most of them teach the opposite of what the Bible teaches.
Here is a list of nine popular unbiblical statements that Bible-loving Christians tend to believe:
1. God helps those who help themselves.This statement is actually anti-Gospel. Self-reliance and self-righteousness, or the attitude of trying harder and doing better, actually gets in the way of the work of God. Jesus saves those who die to themselves: “Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me’” (Matthew 16:24).
2. God wants me to be happy.It’s a common belief that God exists to be our “personal genie,” waiting to give us our every wish. It’s amazing how we will justify our sinful actions by saying, “God just wants me to be happy.” Happiness is tied to feelings and emotions that are often based on circumstances, and those change all the time. God wants us to be obedient to Him, trust Him and know that everything He does is for our good, even if it doesn’t make me feel “happy” in that moment. “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).
3. We’re all God’s children.Although God has created everyone…not everyone relationally belongs to Him. Only those who have repented of sin, placed their faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, and possess the Holy Spirit of God inside of them can claim Him as their Father: “But you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Romans 8:15b–16).
However, those who don’t have Jesus as their Savior, nor have the Holy Spirit of God inside of them, actually belong to Satan: “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:1 – 2). “By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother” (1 John 3:10).
4. Cleanliness is next to godliness.The people around you may appreciate you staying clean, but this is not Scripture. Parents may use this unbiblical statement to motivate their kids to clean their rooms. However, I’d suggest using an actual biblical statement: “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you” (Exodus 20:12).
5. God won’t give you more than you can handle.Actually, all of life is more than we can handle. The point of living in a fallen world is not for us to try really hard to carry our heavy burden, but rather give-up, quit and surrender to God, that’s what faith is all about. Everything is more than I can handle, but not more than Jesus can handle: “For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself” (2 Corinthians 1:8). “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
6. We all worship the same God.
Yes, there is only one true and living God: “Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other” (Deuteronomy 4:39). However, He only accepts worship that comes through Jesus Christ, not Muhammad, Buddha, Joseph Smith, etc: “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
7. Bad things happen to good people.
Often we place ourselves in the judgment seat of what is good and bad, or who is good and bad. The most popular way to make that judgment is by comparison. For example, Bob is a good guy, because he is not as bad as Sam. However, according to the Bible, we’re all on equal ground because none of us is inherently good: “As it is written: ‘None is righteous, no, not one’” (Romans 3:10).
8. When you die, God gains another angel.
Plain and simple. Humans are humans, and angels are angels. This remains so even in eternity. In fact, angels are intrigued by the interaction between God and His “image-bearing” humans: “It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look” (1 Peter 1:12).
9. We’re all going to the same place when we die.
There are two possible destinations when we pass: Heaven and Hell. However, only those who are in Christ will be with Him for all eternity when they physically die: “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6).The fact that many of us Christians believe these unbiblical statements shows our unfortunate overall biblical illiteracy. Instead of swallowing popular statements hook-line-and-sinker, may we be like the Bereans in the Book of Acts. When they heard Paul preach, they wanted to research the Scriptures themselves to authenticate what he was saying: “The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so” (Acts 17:10 – 11).
What are some more unbiblical statements that you’ve heard Christians commonly use?
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Cultivate Honduras
Rev Nathan and Kathy Brown
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Remember Beloved
be Children of Light!
Beloved, There are new visions, directions
and outreach coming!
RISE TO THE CALL
2019
Bishop Dutch
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