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Terry, this is TRULY A 'PROPHETIC' WORD! I suspect that even David would
acknowledge this. It is little wonder that the 'truly lost' are so uncomfortable
in THE church. It has little to do with the 'truth' being preached but the
'lies' being lived.
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Sent: January 26, 2005 08:50
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Evangelism
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/25/2005 6:34:22 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sounds good on the surface, John. It may even be true for some who are
more dependant than independant. It certainly would not apply, however, to the
shepherd boy named David who had for company only sheep, more consequencial
than sheep in the life of David was Nathan nor to John the Baptist to
pretend that Jesus and JB were not close is to miss the point of family ties , who
lived alone in the wilderness, or to Elija had Elisha, or to Paul following
his experience on the Damascus road Paul had Ananias , or to John on the isle
of Patmos had his apostles pals, or to Job Job had his friends and many
others.
As to personal experience; I enjoy the company of people, especially small
intimate groups, but I prefer being alone much of the time, and find that time
alone to be when I am the most aware of the presence and majesty of my Lord.
And you have not arrived at your concept of the "truth" apart from your
association with others.
JD
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I have arrived at Biblical (real) truth despite the
association of others
"Others" taught me that deacons rule the
Church. Others taught me that I had to tithe to my local church.
Others taught me that the preacher was the one who spoke and I was to only
listen. Others taught me that the pastor (keeper of the pasture) tends
the flock. He preaches indoors. Only evangelists preach
outdoors. Others taught me that a young enthusiastic preacher was more
desirable than an old worn out one. Others taught me that if you want a
crowd on Wednesday night, you have to "Bait 'em up" (have dinner on the
grounds.) Others taught me that a preacher, who's church needs revival,
can go preach a revival at another church, and the preacher from that other
church that needs reviving can come and preach at the first preachers church,
and they both get a love offering whether anyone gets revived or not.
Others taught me that when the Lord calls a preacher from one church to
another church, it is always to a church that pays more money.
others
taught me that even though Jesus drank wine, the proper drink for
communion was grape juice. Others taught me that if it comes to a choice
of having a benevolence fund or buying new choir robes, it is okay to not have
a benevolence fund.
I could go on and on with all that I have learned
from others, but I am sure you get the idea.
No cult here. No
desire to magnify myself. Just a burning desire to stay as far from
hypocrites as possible. I expect lost people to act like lost people.
Those who know that they are lost are easy to love. It's the pretend
christians that make me gag. Makes me want to spew them out of my
mouth.
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