This is fast turning into a 'pat each
other on the back' list -
Ruben:
Judy do not worry I am slow to patting
people on the back, even literally (1Ti.5:22).
Tell me, where in all of scripture do
you find love defined as 'warm fuzzies' or where do you find a
ministry of 'rebuking?' - both speak volumes about where you are
at.....You might want to spend more time studying God's Word to find out what
God thinks......since His is the ONLY opinion that counts.
Ruben:
Rebuking is found from Old to New (see
Bible for details), the theme has always been �Repentance� and not �God loves
you and so do I� (see Bible for details). Well�ok, I will give you one example,
�PREACH THE WORD; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, REBUKE,
exhort, with all longsuffering and doctrine� (2Tim.4:2) are those the options
that count?
Warm fuzzies? In Acts 21:13 some
people were weeping and breaking Paul's heart about him going up to
Jerusalem... but then of course they weren't Mormons who had recently been
humiliated and rebuked in front of their own pagan temple....Do you get them
delivered Ruben? Do you cast the deceiving spirits out of them in the
name of Jesus?
Ruben:
Why were these men jailed, beaten and
killed because they made people weep?
I do not cast out demons just to cast out
demons, people should �want� to be delivered as found in all four
Gospels. If you cast out demons,
just to cast out demons you do yourself and mainly that person a disservice,
if not more harm (Mt.12:43-45).
And not everything is demonic (Gal.5:19-21) please note the word
�flesh�. I know Christians that
believe there are demons here�demons there�demons everywhere�and cannot leave
the house unless they bind every principality known to mankind, they become in
bondage to this doctrine. When Jesus taught His disciples to pray (Lk.11:1),
which is known as the �Lords prayer� but really it is the disciples prayer
(anyway) we find no �I bind you satan� or the devil referenced
(Lk.11:2-4). Personally, we
should do as the Bible teaches and �Give NO PLACE to the devil�.
Let me ask you a question Judy, did anyone
in the Bible preach at or around the Temple, where believers
were?
Ruben
Israel 
