So the year is nearly over....
2010 has come and nearly gone....
I have followed Gods call on my life to America once again, i also changed jobs once again.
And one thing i have started to learn this year is who to trust God's will.
I personally found this year very testing.
But i also had so many days of Joy and happiness, i was best man for my Friend Stephen, and it was awesome and honour to take part in that beautiful day.
I fell in love with a kid in Philly.
I seen friends get married and others have kids.
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Praise God for those times...
I want to be honest right folks...
I crave a partner...
I crave a family....
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I believe God is in control but there is time folks i want to grab the wheel and say, God move over i wanna drive this Car my way.
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God forgive me, because i have done that many times this year.
I have really messed up this year...
Between blowing my savings on crap i don't really need.
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God's will is following him, trusting him and giving your full life into his hands.
Faith is giving God the Car keys and trusting him to drive to the destination. It is tossing the Sat-Nav out the window and saying to God, "I believe in you, i trust you and i know you can get me there, even if the journey will be rough, i believe you will get me there safely".
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I pray God will one day will me to have a family...
I have so much love to give.....
Trusting in Gods will
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Isaiah 50
50:1 Thus says the Lord:
“Where is your mother's certificate of divorce,
with which I sent her away?
Or which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you?
Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
2 Why, when I came, was there no man;
why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a desert;
their fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness
and make sackcloth their covering.”
4 The Lord God has given me
the tongue of those who are taught,
that I may know how to sustain with a word
him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.
5 The Lord God has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I turned not backward.
6 I gave my back to those who strike,
and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
I hid not my face
from disgrace and spitting.
7 But the Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
8 He who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
9 Behold, the Lord God helps me;
who will declare me guilty?
Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.
10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the voice of his servant?
Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
who equip yourselves with burning torches!
Walk by the light of your fire,
and by the torches that you have kindled!
This you have from my hand:
you shall lie down in torment.
“Where is your mother's certificate of divorce,
with which I sent her away?
Or which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you?
Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
2 Why, when I came, was there no man;
why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a desert;
their fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness
and make sackcloth their covering.”
4 The Lord God has given me
the tongue of those who are taught,
that I may know how to sustain with a word
him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.
5 The Lord God has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I turned not backward.
6 I gave my back to those who strike,
and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
I hid not my face
from disgrace and spitting.
7 But the Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
8 He who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
9 Behold, the Lord God helps me;
who will declare me guilty?
Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.
10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the voice of his servant?
Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
who equip yourselves with burning torches!
Walk by the light of your fire,
and by the torches that you have kindled!
This you have from my hand:
you shall lie down in torment.
Monday, August 02, 2010
Being Real Part One.....Risk taking Generation
I started to get real over the past couple of years. I found the old ways of being Christian boring. There seemed to be alot of rules within the Christian culture that made living dry and dull and that made no sense, and that had no real scripture backup. These sort of rules started makes us into a boring group to be around. The people once called christian became uncool.
Westerns christians for me have a real bad attiude about the world in general.
We tend to call everything
Bad
Evil
Not of God...
But this point "not of God" made no sense to me.
When do we decide what is of God?
Is it wrong for me to bang my head to Musical talents and hard and loud sounds of Iron Maiden?
Is it wrong for me to Ink myself with the Art work of amazing Tattoists?
Is it wrong for me chill with friends over a Cold pint of Guinness....were by the way talks of theology and Christianity always seem to spourt up...
Is it wrong for me to consume a nice spicy hot curry and quench the burning with a Ice Cold bottle of Samuel Adams?
This way of thinking also lead me to start thinking about the old traditions of western christianity and wonder if they even apply to me, a generation who doesnt want to stand in shadows of the old ways of thinking and doing Christianity.
To be honest i just want a Christianity that is real and that i can be real....to be honest...the unsaved peeps dont really take us seriously..because we are not real....
I want to live for God..
I want to Love God...
I want to do Church....
I actually feel that Church could be done anywhere....we could have local pubs on a sunday turned into a small communtiy of people gathering to hear the word and take part in a small waorship gathering.
I also believe that Western Christianity has blew out the flame in alot of the younger generation of Christians. There is a generation of Young Christians that want to be free from the bondage of Church rule and they actually just want to be free to witness to their friends the way they beleive God is calling them to.....
To be free and real is to actually go out and be radical and to take risks.
Am i talking about a Rebellion?
Maybe i am....Could we actually get free from the denomation of Church and get back to Risk taking Church that it was once before..
Can the new generation be the Risk taking Church that we have been waiting and praying for?
Lets hope so....because i want to be part of that......
Westerns christians for me have a real bad attiude about the world in general.
We tend to call everything
Bad
Evil
Not of God...
But this point "not of God" made no sense to me.
When do we decide what is of God?
Is it wrong for me to bang my head to Musical talents and hard and loud sounds of Iron Maiden?
Is it wrong for me to Ink myself with the Art work of amazing Tattoists?
Is it wrong for me chill with friends over a Cold pint of Guinness....were by the way talks of theology and Christianity always seem to spourt up...
Is it wrong for me to consume a nice spicy hot curry and quench the burning with a Ice Cold bottle of Samuel Adams?
This way of thinking also lead me to start thinking about the old traditions of western christianity and wonder if they even apply to me, a generation who doesnt want to stand in shadows of the old ways of thinking and doing Christianity.
To be honest i just want a Christianity that is real and that i can be real....to be honest...the unsaved peeps dont really take us seriously..because we are not real....
I want to live for God..
I want to Love God...
I want to do Church....
I actually feel that Church could be done anywhere....we could have local pubs on a sunday turned into a small communtiy of people gathering to hear the word and take part in a small waorship gathering.
I also believe that Western Christianity has blew out the flame in alot of the younger generation of Christians. There is a generation of Young Christians that want to be free from the bondage of Church rule and they actually just want to be free to witness to their friends the way they beleive God is calling them to.....
To be free and real is to actually go out and be radical and to take risks.
Am i talking about a Rebellion?
Maybe i am....Could we actually get free from the denomation of Church and get back to Risk taking Church that it was once before..
Can the new generation be the Risk taking Church that we have been waiting and praying for?
Lets hope so....because i want to be part of that......
Friday, July 30, 2010
Anne Rice quits Christianity.....but we shouldnt!!
I have been thinking about what Anne Rice said about quitting Christianity, and i wondered have i ever thought this way before, and the answer is yes. I wasnt for turning away from Jesus, for me it was to rebel agaisnt Christians and who they actually are...
Here is what Anne said: For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being “Christian” or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to “belong” to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.
She is right in what she says about us being quarrelsome and hostile. If we are truly honest, we are judgmental. We are busy judging someone for their mistakes, instead of trying to help that person with love and respect, see the error of their ways.
She goes on to say this: As I said below, I quit being a Christian. I’m out. In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminst. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanist. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.
We are all flawed, we are all imperfect...but are still human..full of sin...but by the grace of God we are forgiven....
But i can see way she wants to leave Christianity....but for me i want to stand by my brothers and sisters, because someone needs to pray for them and with them so they can correct themselves.
We got along road to walk before the Church is ever healed of the damages caused by us....
But with the Help of God and his Loving Word we can succeed.....but we have to want to change!!
There is so many splits within the church, and it Breaks God's Heart....
If i have one to say to Anne is this....Trust in God to change his people....
Christ does not quit on us
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Here is what Anne said: For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being “Christian” or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to “belong” to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.
She is right in what she says about us being quarrelsome and hostile. If we are truly honest, we are judgmental. We are busy judging someone for their mistakes, instead of trying to help that person with love and respect, see the error of their ways.
She goes on to say this: As I said below, I quit being a Christian. I’m out. In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminst. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanist. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.
We are all flawed, we are all imperfect...but are still human..full of sin...but by the grace of God we are forgiven....
But i can see way she wants to leave Christianity....but for me i want to stand by my brothers and sisters, because someone needs to pray for them and with them so they can correct themselves.
We got along road to walk before the Church is ever healed of the damages caused by us....
But with the Help of God and his Loving Word we can succeed.....but we have to want to change!!
There is so many splits within the church, and it Breaks God's Heart....
If i have one to say to Anne is this....Trust in God to change his people....
Christ does not quit on us
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Life's Gotcha" moment....A must read part of Jesus Manifesto
I thought for todays write up for my blog i would post something from the book Jesus Manifesto that i read and found really intresting.
I say one thing go out and buy it, it is really inspiring to read. It makes you fall more and more in love with Jesus.
It also makes you think about the beauty and majesty of Christ our King.
Enjoy and remember to pick up a copy from Amazon....
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In faith, there is a "gotcha" moment, when Jesus gets you for life. The gotcha moment may take millions of minutes or just one. But when Jesus gets you for life, you begin to live out of Jesus-love. When we present ourselves as "living offereings" to Christ, suddenly questions of what to do and what not to do take on a whole new meaning. Once we are truly sharing our lives with Christ and learning to live His love, then truly Charitas Christi urget nos: "The love of Christ constrains us".
It is not the commandments and the laws that control our behavior. It is the presence of the indwelling Christ and Jesus-love that bothrestrains and releases us. A relational Christ ethic is why Paul said Christians don't have sex with prositiues. Since Christ is living His resurrected life in and through you, would you want Jesus to share that purchase of lust with you? Would Jesus treat any woman like a purchase? The commandements are paper handcuffs compared to Jesus' love strands. It is "the love of Christ" that impels, compels, and propels us--a love that is so captivating we become free to do it all...in love, with love, for love.
Of the millions of words dicated by the gifted Latin-speaking Christian Augustine, bishop of Hippo (354-430), these are perhaps the most important but also the most misread: Dilige, et quod vis fac, "Love God, and do what you will." If you love God, or love another, the one thing you cannot do is what you will, for love bends the will. To live in God's love is not license for hedonism, but liberty for sacrifical living where we're all working off the same brief, which reads, " As i have loved you, so you must love one another" and Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
To live the "incarnate life" is to do little large. God does little large. That is the story of the incarnation, and that is the metanarrative of the Bible. At the heart of orthodoxy and paradoxy: the paradpx of the littlest revealing the largest and the finite revealing the infinite. The incarnation is both once-and-for-all and ongoing, as the One who "was and who is to come" now is, and lives His resurrection life in and through us. An "already now" participates in the "still not yet."
I say one thing go out and buy it, it is really inspiring to read. It makes you fall more and more in love with Jesus.
It also makes you think about the beauty and majesty of Christ our King.
Enjoy and remember to pick up a copy from Amazon....
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In faith, there is a "gotcha" moment, when Jesus gets you for life. The gotcha moment may take millions of minutes or just one. But when Jesus gets you for life, you begin to live out of Jesus-love. When we present ourselves as "living offereings" to Christ, suddenly questions of what to do and what not to do take on a whole new meaning. Once we are truly sharing our lives with Christ and learning to live His love, then truly Charitas Christi urget nos: "The love of Christ constrains us".
It is not the commandments and the laws that control our behavior. It is the presence of the indwelling Christ and Jesus-love that bothrestrains and releases us. A relational Christ ethic is why Paul said Christians don't have sex with prositiues. Since Christ is living His resurrected life in and through you, would you want Jesus to share that purchase of lust with you? Would Jesus treat any woman like a purchase? The commandements are paper handcuffs compared to Jesus' love strands. It is "the love of Christ" that impels, compels, and propels us--a love that is so captivating we become free to do it all...in love, with love, for love.
Of the millions of words dicated by the gifted Latin-speaking Christian Augustine, bishop of Hippo (354-430), these are perhaps the most important but also the most misread: Dilige, et quod vis fac, "Love God, and do what you will." If you love God, or love another, the one thing you cannot do is what you will, for love bends the will. To live in God's love is not license for hedonism, but liberty for sacrifical living where we're all working off the same brief, which reads, " As i have loved you, so you must love one another" and Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
To live the "incarnate life" is to do little large. God does little large. That is the story of the incarnation, and that is the metanarrative of the Bible. At the heart of orthodoxy and paradoxy: the paradpx of the littlest revealing the largest and the finite revealing the infinite. The incarnation is both once-and-for-all and ongoing, as the One who "was and who is to come" now is, and lives His resurrection life in and through us. An "already now" participates in the "still not yet."
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Regeneration Church
I have been chatting to a friend of mine who runs a christian radio station here in Ireland, we had such an amazing chat.
The big topic that came up was about the organic church or the house church groups that have started to make it pretty big around the UK.
I love the idea of church planting, but one thing this friend made me realise was this "do we really want to start another church group, do we really want to take people out from within the churches that they are already part of?"
do we really want to split the church up anymore?
i said no.....
he then asked me what do you think needs to happen?
I said we need to send a teaching pastor and leaders into those dying churches and plant a new seed within it and Regenerate the body that is already there. We need to bring the heart of the gospel and the saving grace of Christ back into it.
But from my experience we need to hit tradition on the head...because the old ways of doing church in Ireland is full of man-made laws and dogma which has no place in Kingdom work of Christ...
There is a younger generation growing up that i call the Un-Churched....
They have been brought up with Religious hate and war...Catholic verses Protestants....
We need to get past this so we can move forward.
Regeneration of the dying churches is a way forward...
There is churches here in Ireland that are growing....spiritually and also by member's...we need to teach these member 's to grow and mature through the Word of God..so someday they can possibly work within these churches...
We need leaders who are rooted in the word...and who are willing to take a step to birth a new generation of Christian's.
Out with the Old ways and in with the New ways.....back to the Gospel...back to Jesus Christ....out with man-made laws...back in With Christ.....
Regeneration of the Church
The big topic that came up was about the organic church or the house church groups that have started to make it pretty big around the UK.
I love the idea of church planting, but one thing this friend made me realise was this "do we really want to start another church group, do we really want to take people out from within the churches that they are already part of?"
do we really want to split the church up anymore?
i said no.....
he then asked me what do you think needs to happen?
I said we need to send a teaching pastor and leaders into those dying churches and plant a new seed within it and Regenerate the body that is already there. We need to bring the heart of the gospel and the saving grace of Christ back into it.
But from my experience we need to hit tradition on the head...because the old ways of doing church in Ireland is full of man-made laws and dogma which has no place in Kingdom work of Christ...
There is a younger generation growing up that i call the Un-Churched....
They have been brought up with Religious hate and war...Catholic verses Protestants....
We need to get past this so we can move forward.
Regeneration of the dying churches is a way forward...
There is churches here in Ireland that are growing....spiritually and also by member's...we need to teach these member 's to grow and mature through the Word of God..so someday they can possibly work within these churches...
We need leaders who are rooted in the word...and who are willing to take a step to birth a new generation of Christian's.
Out with the Old ways and in with the New ways.....back to the Gospel...back to Jesus Christ....out with man-made laws...back in With Christ.....
Regeneration of the Church
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
God is in Control
One thing i'm learning is this......God is in Control
I'm looking for a new job at the moment due to the one that i am in is coming to an end.
I have grown tired with the Car business...and i feel restless and burnt out spiritually...
When i was on the mission trip to amercia i felt a real joy and peace when i was working with the kids.
I believe God is in control of my life so i know that everything that has happened is by his will.
But there is a select view that keeps making a fuss over nothing, trying to make me worry about work and money.
So this is what i say....shut up.....making a brother stumble in his faith is wrong and unbibical....
God controls my life....
I just pray that i could go back into the ministry.....
I'm looking for a new job at the moment due to the one that i am in is coming to an end.
I have grown tired with the Car business...and i feel restless and burnt out spiritually...
When i was on the mission trip to amercia i felt a real joy and peace when i was working with the kids.
I believe God is in control of my life so i know that everything that has happened is by his will.
But there is a select view that keeps making a fuss over nothing, trying to make me worry about work and money.
So this is what i say....shut up.....making a brother stumble in his faith is wrong and unbibical....
God controls my life....
I just pray that i could go back into the ministry.....
Monday, July 12, 2010
New Rob bell Video
Hi folks i just wanted to post up Rob bells new video here..
I hope you enjoy it and are blessed peace
Rob Bell: Resurrection
I hope you enjoy it and are blessed peace
Rob Bell: Resurrection
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
A prayer...... a Plea....My heart crys out
You know the way some people suffer from home sickness?
well i think im like that right now.....but mine isnt home sickness....mine is Kingdom Sickness.....im missing the whole experience of being with other christians working 27/4 for 2-3weeks together with the kids of West-Philly.
I have a craving of returning.......i loved working with kids in that sort of Ministry......it is fulfilling....it is meaningful....it brings a joy into your heart, that you have done right by God today...you have taught the kids about Jesus' love for them...and you showed them that love, by being with them, playing games, talking to them and hugging them while they cry....
O how i love to be in that place full-time...i love to give up my car and my job and just work within the Kingdom forever.....thats were i feel happy...i dont feel happy within my job....i try to...but!! my heart just breaks for the kids of philly....
God put me back on the plane to Philly...this is my prayer....use me there......this is my plea.....My heart crys out.......amen
well i think im like that right now.....but mine isnt home sickness....mine is Kingdom Sickness.....im missing the whole experience of being with other christians working 27/4 for 2-3weeks together with the kids of West-Philly.
I have a craving of returning.......i loved working with kids in that sort of Ministry......it is fulfilling....it is meaningful....it brings a joy into your heart, that you have done right by God today...you have taught the kids about Jesus' love for them...and you showed them that love, by being with them, playing games, talking to them and hugging them while they cry....
O how i love to be in that place full-time...i love to give up my car and my job and just work within the Kingdom forever.....thats were i feel happy...i dont feel happy within my job....i try to...but!! my heart just breaks for the kids of philly....
God put me back on the plane to Philly...this is my prayer....use me there......this is my plea.....My heart crys out.......amen
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
God loves West Philly
Well what can i say, another two weeks is over and so is the mission trip to West Philly Spruce Hill Christian School.
What a Awesome time we had....
The Kids were amazing, God was moving...we had over 200 children it was bigger than last year.....
33 Northern Irish folks went over and worked with around 30 american folks.....
The team was by far the best i have worked with....we worked as a christian community and there was unity between us all.
It was also a hard time....the weather was hot and we got hit by a freak storm...but heck that didnt stop us...we fought on and preachered and taught the gospel to the kids....
we had amazing trips for the kids.....there was messy games...there was music...and great skits.....
bible buddys was awesome...i got to lead my own bible group..andi fell in love with them all.
But i fell in love with one kid called Israel....he made a big impact in my life...and i wont forget him...he was shy, scarred, lonely and he had a story to tell about his life...he is around 8 years old....his dad left the family...so he has no father figure....after two weeks i became that father figure...i shared so much love with....and well it is even hard now to type this....because my heart is broken...i wish i never left....because i want to keep helping him....
so i have written him a letter...and will post it off soon......he give me a card that he made me...i will not let that go....miss you buddy....
i miss philly so much..my heart is always with that city and the kids of it.....God is moving there folks....
so many church plants going on....camden and around the city area....pray for philly so souls would be saved.....pray also that Jesus will move the hearts of the other churchs to work together there for the people of west philly....
God bless Philly....
Love you all..
peace
What a Awesome time we had....
The Kids were amazing, God was moving...we had over 200 children it was bigger than last year.....
33 Northern Irish folks went over and worked with around 30 american folks.....
The team was by far the best i have worked with....we worked as a christian community and there was unity between us all.
It was also a hard time....the weather was hot and we got hit by a freak storm...but heck that didnt stop us...we fought on and preachered and taught the gospel to the kids....
we had amazing trips for the kids.....there was messy games...there was music...and great skits.....
bible buddys was awesome...i got to lead my own bible group..andi fell in love with them all.
But i fell in love with one kid called Israel....he made a big impact in my life...and i wont forget him...he was shy, scarred, lonely and he had a story to tell about his life...he is around 8 years old....his dad left the family...so he has no father figure....after two weeks i became that father figure...i shared so much love with....and well it is even hard now to type this....because my heart is broken...i wish i never left....because i want to keep helping him....
so i have written him a letter...and will post it off soon......he give me a card that he made me...i will not let that go....miss you buddy....
i miss philly so much..my heart is always with that city and the kids of it.....God is moving there folks....
so many church plants going on....camden and around the city area....pray for philly so souls would be saved.....pray also that Jesus will move the hearts of the other churchs to work together there for the people of west philly....
God bless Philly....
Love you all..
peace
Monday, May 10, 2010
end time talk is very depressing!!
I find end time teachers very depressing, all they ever talk about is the future and how the world is going to end.
They are always looking for the anti-christ and putting other christians down when they dont teach end time theology in the church.
but who really cares anymore?
we know Jesus is coming back..so why worry?
look Jesus didnt create us so we can worry about tomorrow...he wants us to focus on the now...
the world is depressing enough without some doom and gloom preacher freaking the life out of people.
God will save people when God is good and ready....we just have to work the fields and become more like Jesus.
alot of people know me..and one thing they can tell is this....robert was caught up in End time theology when i was younger...
i found it actually a stumbling block to my faith....you are to busy looking for signs and antichrists....but you dont see the signs that someone needs the love and compassion of God.
i find it sad millions of Gods money is wasted on stupid endtime movies and books...when we already know the truth....
stop depressing people.....and start building people up for Gods Kingdom.
They are always looking for the anti-christ and putting other christians down when they dont teach end time theology in the church.
but who really cares anymore?
we know Jesus is coming back..so why worry?
look Jesus didnt create us so we can worry about tomorrow...he wants us to focus on the now...
the world is depressing enough without some doom and gloom preacher freaking the life out of people.
God will save people when God is good and ready....we just have to work the fields and become more like Jesus.
alot of people know me..and one thing they can tell is this....robert was caught up in End time theology when i was younger...
i found it actually a stumbling block to my faith....you are to busy looking for signs and antichrists....but you dont see the signs that someone needs the love and compassion of God.
i find it sad millions of Gods money is wasted on stupid endtime movies and books...when we already know the truth....
stop depressing people.....and start building people up for Gods Kingdom.
Monday, May 03, 2010
6 weeks
i cant believe it is only six more weeks and im off to America again.
I will be working in West Philly in a place called Spurce Hill.
I was there last year, i was part of a team who ran a hoilday camp within a school...we taught the Kids about the Kingdom of God....im wearing one of the t-shirts as i type this lol.....
The kids are amazing..i love the lot of them...and i look forward to reconnecting with them all again, and also i look forward to meeting new kids and sharing the Gosple and the Love of Jesus with them....
Praying that God will get all the glory...and that we will see lives changed and restored.....
The count down has started......the N-Irish are returning!!
I will be working in West Philly in a place called Spurce Hill.
I was there last year, i was part of a team who ran a hoilday camp within a school...we taught the Kids about the Kingdom of God....im wearing one of the t-shirts as i type this lol.....
The kids are amazing..i love the lot of them...and i look forward to reconnecting with them all again, and also i look forward to meeting new kids and sharing the Gosple and the Love of Jesus with them....
Praying that God will get all the glory...and that we will see lives changed and restored.....
The count down has started......the N-Irish are returning!!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Do we live by Faith?
I was doing my personal study on hebrews chapter 11....it was entitled "by faith".
And it got me thinking about this volcanic ash that has put the spanner in the works for so many lives throughout the world. People everywhere on a global scale were stuck in airports. These people could not get home. Also alot of them where running out of money to survive.
But something caught my eye, alot of these people started to work together, strangers and friends, putting what they had left and they started to rent taxis and buses to get them home.
Humanity actually learned to put their differences behind them and put their faith in each other to get home....beautiful.
But here is the thing...how many actually put their faith in God....how many actually seek God for reasurance that this is part of his great plan for their lives??
Have you ever struggled?
Have you ever been lost in another country, new job, new family and new church?
Have you ever took a step back and ever thought to yourself.....this has Gods finger prints all over it...and i need to trust him, i need to put my faith in His hands......
because
it is all part of his bigger plan for all our lives....
If you are saved you should already know God has your life planned out...past, present and future....you just got to learn to trust Father...
Do we live by faith?
I hope so....
And it got me thinking about this volcanic ash that has put the spanner in the works for so many lives throughout the world. People everywhere on a global scale were stuck in airports. These people could not get home. Also alot of them where running out of money to survive.
But something caught my eye, alot of these people started to work together, strangers and friends, putting what they had left and they started to rent taxis and buses to get them home.
Humanity actually learned to put their differences behind them and put their faith in each other to get home....beautiful.
But here is the thing...how many actually put their faith in God....how many actually seek God for reasurance that this is part of his great plan for their lives??
Have you ever struggled?
Have you ever been lost in another country, new job, new family and new church?
Have you ever took a step back and ever thought to yourself.....this has Gods finger prints all over it...and i need to trust him, i need to put my faith in His hands......
because
it is all part of his bigger plan for all our lives....
If you are saved you should already know God has your life planned out...past, present and future....you just got to learn to trust Father...
Do we live by faith?
I hope so....
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
A new Job and a New Start.
I am so looking forward to starting my new job....i am still going to be working as a car valeter, but it will be for a different place all together.
The boss is a christian...and i love what he has told me...
he explained to me his dreams for the valet center... and i am looking forward to being apart of this team.
I pray God will use me for his glory....that i will work hard...and work as a bibical Christian within this valet center...
It will be good to leave the place i am already in....as it has been a spiritual and mental and emotional rollercoaster.....
I felt always drained spiritually when within it...and it was starting to afect my faith....
so i prayed to God to lead me...and that his will be done in my life....and now this venture has come along...so i jumped right at it.....
please pray God will use me for kingdom......
please pray my temper will go away....
please pray for me to be a witness along with my new boss....
i hope this Job is the place i work until Christs Coming.....
Peace
The boss is a christian...and i love what he has told me...
he explained to me his dreams for the valet center... and i am looking forward to being apart of this team.
I pray God will use me for his glory....that i will work hard...and work as a bibical Christian within this valet center...
It will be good to leave the place i am already in....as it has been a spiritual and mental and emotional rollercoaster.....
I felt always drained spiritually when within it...and it was starting to afect my faith....
so i prayed to God to lead me...and that his will be done in my life....and now this venture has come along...so i jumped right at it.....
please pray God will use me for kingdom......
please pray my temper will go away....
please pray for me to be a witness along with my new boss....
i hope this Job is the place i work until Christs Coming.....
Peace
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Why do christians keep holding to their old politics?
It makes me sad living in this country.
There is alot of Christians that cannot let go of their old politics.
Im talking more to the protestants here........
I read facebook and the comments that brothers and sisters leave up.....and it isnt nice what they say at all...like facebook is a very public place....and we are susposed to be Gods witnesses here on this planet....
but what sort reflection are some making when they splatter facebook and even the news with hatered towards the catholic community......
they have every right to live and say what they like.....
but the biggy.......they can get saved to!!
these so called protestant christians make christianity a selective faith....
it isnt!!!!
anyone can come to salvation through Jesus.....
i wish these christians would stop treating people outside the church like second class citizens......
i wish they would let go of their tradition IT ISNT FROM THE BIBLE.....
Your are pharisees!!!!
Darkness has NO PLACE IN THE CHURCH.....
Love you neighbours and your Foes
There is alot of Christians that cannot let go of their old politics.
Im talking more to the protestants here........
I read facebook and the comments that brothers and sisters leave up.....and it isnt nice what they say at all...like facebook is a very public place....and we are susposed to be Gods witnesses here on this planet....
but what sort reflection are some making when they splatter facebook and even the news with hatered towards the catholic community......
they have every right to live and say what they like.....
but the biggy.......they can get saved to!!
these so called protestant christians make christianity a selective faith....
it isnt!!!!
anyone can come to salvation through Jesus.....
i wish these christians would stop treating people outside the church like second class citizens......
i wish they would let go of their tradition IT ISNT FROM THE BIBLE.....
Your are pharisees!!!!
Darkness has NO PLACE IN THE CHURCH.....
Love you neighbours and your Foes
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Starbucks Experience
I for one love coffee....
I love its texture...
I love to watch people make it, grading the beans, and turning it into one amazing experience...
I love the smell of coffee...
But my favourite thing is sitting with a bunch of christian friends and openly talking about God and his Word and how it is impacting our lives and the lives of people around us.
For me the best place for this, is always Starbucks....
It has a chilled out feeling everytime i am there.
The Music in the back ground is always intresting......Jazz, blues etc.....
I love gettting myself a Grande Cappuccino with a extra shot...and cream....with a choco topping.....umm i just love it...
Christian friends+Coffee+Starbucks+Theology=Church
This is a great Video....it shows me where my money goes....enjoy
I love its texture...
I love to watch people make it, grading the beans, and turning it into one amazing experience...
I love the smell of coffee...
But my favourite thing is sitting with a bunch of christian friends and openly talking about God and his Word and how it is impacting our lives and the lives of people around us.
For me the best place for this, is always Starbucks....
It has a chilled out feeling everytime i am there.
The Music in the back ground is always intresting......Jazz, blues etc.....
I love gettting myself a Grande Cappuccino with a extra shot...and cream....with a choco topping.....umm i just love it...
Christian friends+Coffee+Starbucks+Theology=Church
This is a great Video....it shows me where my money goes....enjoy
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Encourgaging Sermon by Francis Chan
Now and again i like to post a video that will build you up in your walk with Jesus and the family that we are part of.
So here is Francis Chan......God bless and Peace be with you
So here is Francis Chan......God bless and Peace be with you
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
frightening stuff
I have been working out on the forecourt lately....enjoying the weather...my work seems to have a awesome view of the country side.....makes me feel at piece...even though work at the moment has been a complete drag...but i have been trying to remember to keep calm and also to be humble...
part of me is also worrying about myself....see the past couple of months i have been having a strange thing happen to me while im sleeping....i would wake up...not able to move my mouth...but my body is taking a fit...it would usually happen once then i would stop and i fall back to sleep..the following day i would be shattered....but on sunday night..early monday morning it happened four times from what i recall...and man it hurt like hell....cant seem to shake the sore head lol...
frightening stuff....
but i will see the doc on thursday and i pray to God my father that we will get to the bottom of it....
i know people will i hope they dont find anything...but i sort of hope they do...because then I will know what the heck is wrong with me....so i can get it sorted....
anywho........
this is in Gods hands and also i know he will decide where my life is meant to go next....
all for his glory
part of me is also worrying about myself....see the past couple of months i have been having a strange thing happen to me while im sleeping....i would wake up...not able to move my mouth...but my body is taking a fit...it would usually happen once then i would stop and i fall back to sleep..the following day i would be shattered....but on sunday night..early monday morning it happened four times from what i recall...and man it hurt like hell....cant seem to shake the sore head lol...
frightening stuff....
but i will see the doc on thursday and i pray to God my father that we will get to the bottom of it....
i know people will i hope they dont find anything...but i sort of hope they do...because then I will know what the heck is wrong with me....so i can get it sorted....
anywho........
this is in Gods hands and also i know he will decide where my life is meant to go next....
all for his glory
Sunday, March 07, 2010
You gotta to read this book.....
http://www.forgottengod.com/
You have got to read this book......
Forgotten God by Francis Chan....
It will help you apply Scriptures and the Holy Spirit into your lives....
What ever you do....speak at youth Groups....work in your job and attend school....work in the mission field.....
always let the spirit work through you...and ask God to bless you with the spirit....
please read it....
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
(Mat 10:20)
click the widget on the left for more info....are the link above for the website....
God Bless
You have got to read this book......
Forgotten God by Francis Chan....
It will help you apply Scriptures and the Holy Spirit into your lives....
What ever you do....speak at youth Groups....work in your job and attend school....work in the mission field.....
always let the spirit work through you...and ask God to bless you with the spirit....
please read it....
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
(Mat 10:20)
click the widget on the left for more info....are the link above for the website....
God Bless
Saturday, March 06, 2010
my reflections on my first time leading a talk
Tonight was my first time a got to actually give a talk at a youth club.
The kids were young and i had a talk written out that was acutally written for teenagers..
But i was able to make it more understandable for the kids....
i also learned this week to rely on the Spirit of God, i learned that leading a talk. is first off for God not for me...also for the second reason it is to bring forth the kingdom of God and the message of Salvation through Christ Jesus.
i also have been learning to be humble....
i did mess up the odd time tonight...i got some words jumbled around....but at least the creative salvation story that the spirit put in my heart got put out there...
i watched their eyes light up when i mentioned Jesus in it......
those who read this and who i explained this salvation story to this week, will understand what i mean....
i pray next time i will stick to the notes more....but that i will also remember the spirit of God will sometimes shift things to suit himself....
i pray God might use me again.....
The kids were young and i had a talk written out that was acutally written for teenagers..
But i was able to make it more understandable for the kids....
i also learned this week to rely on the Spirit of God, i learned that leading a talk. is first off for God not for me...also for the second reason it is to bring forth the kingdom of God and the message of Salvation through Christ Jesus.
i also have been learning to be humble....
i did mess up the odd time tonight...i got some words jumbled around....but at least the creative salvation story that the spirit put in my heart got put out there...
i watched their eyes light up when i mentioned Jesus in it......
those who read this and who i explained this salvation story to this week, will understand what i mean....
i pray next time i will stick to the notes more....but that i will also remember the spirit of God will sometimes shift things to suit himself....
i pray God might use me again.....
Monday, March 01, 2010
Spring time....Spiritual Rebirth
Was thinking about Spring time today while in work.
I thought how everyhting from trees to birds have a sort of rebirth experience.
The trees sprout new leaves and new fruit.
Birds lay eggs and span new chicks which later on in their life do the very same thing at the same time of year.
I thought how i might connect this experience with us Christians.
Sometimes we tend to fall away from the path God was leading us on, and we start to do our own things.
We sometimes read other peoples books and points of view on how chirstianity should be lived and ran each day.
But we forget that we are meant to be in a full time realtionship with the Creator.
So we end up turning our backs on God.
So what i purpose is this....
Makes this new Spring of 2010 a New Rebirth between God and You......be Reborn into Gods Family, like those chicks that are born into a family, which later on grow, mature and restart the whole process of live and rebirth over and over again....
I thought how everyhting from trees to birds have a sort of rebirth experience.
The trees sprout new leaves and new fruit.
Birds lay eggs and span new chicks which later on in their life do the very same thing at the same time of year.
I thought how i might connect this experience with us Christians.
Sometimes we tend to fall away from the path God was leading us on, and we start to do our own things.
We sometimes read other peoples books and points of view on how chirstianity should be lived and ran each day.
But we forget that we are meant to be in a full time realtionship with the Creator.
So we end up turning our backs on God.
So what i purpose is this....
Makes this new Spring of 2010 a New Rebirth between God and You......be Reborn into Gods Family, like those chicks that are born into a family, which later on grow, mature and restart the whole process of live and rebirth over and over again....
Time to have a Spirtual Rebirth with the Creator...Your Father
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Kingdom Construction not Kingdom Destruction
This journey i have been taking with God and the church has been getting intresting, for a while there this week i started to feel bitter towards the main-line christian church.
I cant even explain why i got this...was it satan?.....was it people?.....was it books that i am reading?...
could it be possible that it is all three of those?
possibly!!
and also it could be true....
have i gotten myself to deep into the emergent way of thinking?
did i let my guard down?
can i ever get myself out of this rut?
i have been here before....but last time it was the blinding message of end time doomsday theology.....
i got out of it after nearly been into its theology for over 7 years....
but i have come to see that some of the teachers off emergent are to much into the destruction of church and bible....hence they them selfs have become a stumbling block to me and alot of other believers....
and when did i come to relize this......cough cough.......this morning
forgive me Lord for my blindness....
some of the emergent thinkers have some really intrestings things to say...but we need to have discernment when it comes to us reading their books...
we need to work towards Kingdom Construction......
we need to build up the church in........
Love
Faith
Hope
Forgiveness
Mission
Spritual Growth
Study of Gods Word
A Growing together as a Family
If we cant work as a family through love..
then how will we ever explain our actions to God when we stand before him on that final day?
Repect your brother and sister and love them as you would love yourself...
Work for bettering the Kingdom of God......but do not work agasint it!!!
I cant even explain why i got this...was it satan?.....was it people?.....was it books that i am reading?...
could it be possible that it is all three of those?
possibly!!
and also it could be true....
have i gotten myself to deep into the emergent way of thinking?
did i let my guard down?
can i ever get myself out of this rut?
i have been here before....but last time it was the blinding message of end time doomsday theology.....
i got out of it after nearly been into its theology for over 7 years....
but i have come to see that some of the teachers off emergent are to much into the destruction of church and bible....hence they them selfs have become a stumbling block to me and alot of other believers....
and when did i come to relize this......cough cough.......this morning
forgive me Lord for my blindness....
some of the emergent thinkers have some really intrestings things to say...but we need to have discernment when it comes to us reading their books...
we need to work towards Kingdom Construction......
we need to build up the church in........
Love
Faith
Hope
Forgiveness
Mission
Spritual Growth
Study of Gods Word
A Growing together as a Family
If we cant work as a family through love..
then how will we ever explain our actions to God when we stand before him on that final day?
Repect your brother and sister and love them as you would love yourself...
Work for bettering the Kingdom of God......but do not work agasint it!!!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
The greatest of these is Love
1Co 13:1-13
(1) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
(2) And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
(3) If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
(4) Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
(5) or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
(6) it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
(7) Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
(8) Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
(9) For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
(10) but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
(11) When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
(12) For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
(13) So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
We always look to certian things within the church and or christian life to makes us different from those who are not christians.
We look to the gifts God has given us...we look to the prophecys, tongues etc....
but none of these are fully important as the command to Love thy neighbour.
we keep looking to these things when we mess up...
as if these things will cure us of the mistakes we do each day...
we forget about loving everyone as the way we would like to be loved.
But!!
we keep sticking knifes into our neighbours back...and we never forgive and love or enemy...
im guilty off these things as well....
if we want to get back to being Like Jesus....
first we need to learn to Love....
what was the greatest commandment that love your neighbour
luke 10 verses 25-37 about this
Luk 10:25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luk 10:26 He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"
Luk 10:27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
Luk 10:28 And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."
Luk 10:29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Luk 10:30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luk 10:31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Luk 10:32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Luk 10:33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
Luk 10:34 He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Luk 10:35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'
Luk 10:36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?"
Luk 10:37 He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise."
(1) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
(2) And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
(3) If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
(4) Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
(5) or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
(6) it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
(7) Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
(8) Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
(9) For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
(10) but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
(11) When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
(12) For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
(13) So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
We always look to certian things within the church and or christian life to makes us different from those who are not christians.
We look to the gifts God has given us...we look to the prophecys, tongues etc....
but none of these are fully important as the command to Love thy neighbour.
we keep looking to these things when we mess up...
as if these things will cure us of the mistakes we do each day...
we forget about loving everyone as the way we would like to be loved.
But!!
we keep sticking knifes into our neighbours back...and we never forgive and love or enemy...
im guilty off these things as well....
if we want to get back to being Like Jesus....
first we need to learn to Love....
what was the greatest commandment that love your neighbour
luke 10 verses 25-37 about this
Luk 10:25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luk 10:26 He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"
Luk 10:27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
Luk 10:28 And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."
Luk 10:29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Luk 10:30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luk 10:31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Luk 10:32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Luk 10:33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
Luk 10:34 He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Luk 10:35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'
Luk 10:36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?"
Luk 10:37 He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise."
THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE
Monday, February 15, 2010
Is Religion a Stumbling block to the Church?
I was thinking back to part of my chat yeserday in starbucks with two of my friends.
I brought up the topic about The Protestant Movement within the Irish Culture, and how it has been a influence within the church walls, and also with Christians.
I feel at times that the Protestant movement should be banned from the church all together, i feel it is a bad influence to the generations that is growing up around me here in Northern Ireland.
All i have seen is blood shed in the name Queen, God and Country.
I cant see God in the church here when the church calls themselves protestant.
I feel is a wrong way to picture the Love of Christ.
Christ welcomes everyone into realtionship with him.
I feel religion in this country has become a blinding tool of mankind, and it has become a stumbling block.
Band Marches, The Orange Order, the Red hand of Ulster, the 12th of July.......
Are these Christian?
Are these of Christ?
Are they even Biblical?
No!!!!!
I will use a word that feels fit for these things....
They are PAGAN......
Religion is a Stumbling block to the church....time to trash the protestant religion...
time to fall in love with Jesus and his church....
I brought up the topic about The Protestant Movement within the Irish Culture, and how it has been a influence within the church walls, and also with Christians.
I feel at times that the Protestant movement should be banned from the church all together, i feel it is a bad influence to the generations that is growing up around me here in Northern Ireland.
All i have seen is blood shed in the name Queen, God and Country.
I cant see God in the church here when the church calls themselves protestant.
I feel is a wrong way to picture the Love of Christ.
Christ welcomes everyone into realtionship with him.
I feel religion in this country has become a blinding tool of mankind, and it has become a stumbling block.
Band Marches, The Orange Order, the Red hand of Ulster, the 12th of July.......
Are these Christian?
Are these of Christ?
Are they even Biblical?
No!!!!!
I will use a word that feels fit for these things....
They are PAGAN......
Religion is a Stumbling block to the church....time to trash the protestant religion...
time to fall in love with Jesus and his church....
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Peter Rollins with the Ooze.tv
Here is a great video from the ozze.tv with Peter Rollins...
Enjoy it...and may it spark something new and fresh in your life
Enjoy it...and may it spark something new and fresh in your life
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
The Christian coming out of the closet/The Reinterpretation of the Bible??
I laughed when i typed up my title for this blog post, i thought it would be funny but also catchy,plus serious.
(i love the church i am in , thank the Lord...it is a Gospel Centered and Cross Focused....with a Heart for the Lost and growth of the Saved....so God bless them...and may God use them...this blog isnt aimed at you....but if any of you dont agree with me...please pull me into the office and explain to me your points...i am very open to listening to you....because i love you....)
I just see alot of ministers and churches say that they take the Bible literally..the whole thing...well that is bull for starters.....if so they would be doing everything from the old testament.....are cutting their hands off when they sin....ha literal my bum!!
look not everything in the bible is to be taken literally...
there is some say that we should practice the Jewish holidays......Why?? im not Jewish...
Peter tired that with the gentiles and Paul give him a good telling off for it.....
every Pastor has their understanding of the Bible....and so do many Christians....God speaks to people differently through the word....so what one person might recieve from the word could be different for someone else..
the bible is open to different interpretations
but we need to be careful not to stray away from the truth of the gospel..some have done that and made cults....and God forbides that sort of act....he forbides adding and taking away of the his words....
so becareful not to do that...ask God for wisdom...and also ask God to humble you when you read his word.....
i believe the bible is open for reinterpretation
not everything should be taken too literally....
So for the Christian Coming out of the Closet.....God bless your Journey on the Forgotten path
(i love the church i am in , thank the Lord...it is a Gospel Centered and Cross Focused....with a Heart for the Lost and growth of the Saved....so God bless them...and may God use them...this blog isnt aimed at you....but if any of you dont agree with me...please pull me into the office and explain to me your points...i am very open to listening to you....because i love you....)
I just see alot of ministers and churches say that they take the Bible literally..the whole thing...well that is bull for starters.....if so they would be doing everything from the old testament.....are cutting their hands off when they sin....ha literal my bum!!
look not everything in the bible is to be taken literally...
there is some say that we should practice the Jewish holidays......Why?? im not Jewish...
Peter tired that with the gentiles and Paul give him a good telling off for it.....
every Pastor has their understanding of the Bible....and so do many Christians....God speaks to people differently through the word....so what one person might recieve from the word could be different for someone else..
the bible is open to different interpretations
but we need to be careful not to stray away from the truth of the gospel..some have done that and made cults....and God forbides that sort of act....he forbides adding and taking away of the his words....
so becareful not to do that...ask God for wisdom...and also ask God to humble you when you read his word.....
i believe the bible is open for reinterpretation
not everything should be taken too literally....
So for the Christian Coming out of the Closet.....God bless your Journey on the Forgotten path
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Healing process is long!!
Jas 1:5-8
(5) If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
(6) But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
(7) For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
(8) he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
I remember reading these verses a couple of years ago when i wasnt doing so well in my christian walk.
I was playing about with the occult.
I was also addicted to porn.
I couldnt keep my head straight at all with work and with people.
I got angry with the smallest of things.
I remember sitting at the dinner table with my dad, i was crying pretty hard and i had so much emotions running through me.
My job was getting to me...my boss was a bully...not joking..he was a catholic and i was a protestant...and man i took some sh*t...i was young guy at 18 years, trying to learn a trade in the car body repair business...and well i hated it with a passion....i was on the verge of burning the garage down..and hitting the boss on the head with a hammer....it was in my hand and ready to be used...
There was alot of angry in me.....and alot of questions...why God? why the heck where you letting these things happen to me?
I really dont know why i was asking those questions...i wasnt angry with God...i was angry with the crap that was happening to me...
So after a while i lost my faith with alot of christianity and people....so i started to read alot about the occult...dak arts...witch craft...and the satanic bible....
this was the begin of a new chapter of my life....any one says demons dont attack..are talking crap....some of the stuff i seen and had happen to me was scary...
but i will talk about someother time....
lets say that was a intresting and dumb thing to do, but i grew out of it....
I later on got involved with porn...watched it and bought the mags...and it was the addiction that had the worst hold on my life...and it is still a battle today...
but these verses are the key to my healing......
Jas 1:5-8
(5) If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
(6) But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
(7) For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
(8) he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
i had to grow a set to actually come and ask God for help...but i had to have the faith to beleive that God would help me...sometimes the answer would be know....but i was asking for wisdom to beat this and to also help some else defeat it as well...
lets just say...he brought some great mentors into my life that has helped...and also my dad has been so understanding...even he has helped me.....
But please understand this....you need to be prepared to work hard to fix these problems...they dont go away over night...the healing process is long and hard....addictions can be scary to kick...but if your willing to work with God and follow every word he tells you to do....you then will get there....
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Questioning The literal 7 days of Creation?
We all know the story God created the heavens and Earth and all that lies within them in 6 days and rested on the 7th.
But i have a intresting question, and this intresting question was eatting away at me while in work today.
Did God actually make the Earth in 6 Literal days?
I was always lend to believe that a day in Gods eyes was like a thousand years.
Now you will see where i am going with this?
Remember Mankind wasnt around till the 6th and final day of Creation, so the idea of 6 Literal days of Creation doesnt make sense to me, as mankind wasnt really round to experience the 24hour time called days.
So i believe that:
- Day One was Year 1000
- Day Two was Year 2000
- Day Three was Year 3000
- Day Four was Year 4000
- Day Five was Year 5000
- Day Six was Year 6000
- Day Seven was Year 7000 amd this is also the year of rest, or for us Mankind the 7th day is Rest.
Also makes more sense as, trees and plants and animals need time to grow and mature.
Im not saying God didnt make things grow really really fast, but what im saying from a person who reads alot about science and nature, things need time to mature and grow and also animals and even plants need to reproduce.
Also then comes mankind...
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." (Gen 1:26)
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Gen 1:27)
And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (Gen 1:28)
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. (Gen 1:29)
And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. (Gen 1:30)
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. (Gen 1:31)
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Verse 28 is intresting.....And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (Gen 1:28)
Be Fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.....
It takes along period of time to have children, then for those children to grow up and have children of there own and so forth....
So i reckon this 7 Literal days is actually a 7000 year period of growth and maturity....
but if i am wrong then i am wrong...but i am just trying to work this thing out...because i got asked this question lately by kids....and also a guy i work with....
We are a generation that are evolving, and they need answers to these intresting and puzzling questions.
So what i am asking here is this....
Is the 7 Literal days of Creation acutally true or is there 1000 years for each of the days?
Remember to God a day is like a 1000 years.....
need bibical answers....
and personal thoughts as welll
Peace
Monday, January 18, 2010
God's Roghteousness Upheld
God's Righteousness Upheld
Romans chapter 3
ESV
Rom 3:1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
Rom 3:2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.
Rom 3:3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Rom 3:4 By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged."
Rom 3:5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
Rom 3:6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
Rom 3:7 But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
Rom 3:8 And why not do evil that good may come?--as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
No One Is Righteous
Rom 3:9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,
Rom 3:10 as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;
Rom 3:11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Rom 3:12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."
Rom 3:13 "Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."
Rom 3:14 "Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."
Rom 3:15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Rom 3:16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
Rom 3:17 and the way of peace they have not known."
Rom 3:18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
Rom 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Rom 3:20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
The Righteousness of God through Faith
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it--
Rom 3:22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Rom 3:24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Rom 3:29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
Rom 3:30 since God is one--who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Rom 3:31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
We as followers of Christ need to keep on the path that God is leading us, sometimes we dont know where that path could lead us, but one thing that we do know and that is God is still in control.
When we come across someone on our journey, we must show them the Love and Respect of Jesus Christ.
I found this picture on google while typing the word Righteousness, and i think it fits really well with what i have to say, it might not suit the passage i put up, but it still reminds us that we are on a Journey.
May God bless you and keep you in his Arms always.
Blessing and peace
Sunday, January 17, 2010
God's Righteous Judgement Romans ch2 Vrs 1-29
God's Righteous Judgement
Taken From Romans ch2 Vrs 1-29
ESV
(Rom 2:1) Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
(Rom 2:2) We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.
(Rom 2:3) Do you suppose, O man--you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself--that you will escape the judgment of God?
(Rom 2:4) Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
(Rom 2:5) But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
(Rom 2:6) He will render to each one according to his works:
(Rom 2:7) to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
(Rom 2:8) but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
(Rom 2:9) There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
(Rom 2:10) but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
(Rom 2:11) For God shows no partiality.
(Rom 2:12) For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
(Rom 2:13) For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
(Rom 2:14) For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
(Rom 2:15) They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
(Rom 2:16) on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
(Rom 2:17) But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
(Rom 2:18) and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;
(Rom 2:19) and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
(Rom 2:20) an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth--
(Rom 2:21) you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
(Rom 2:22) You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
(Rom 2:23) You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.
(Rom 2:24) For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
(Rom 2:25) For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
(Rom 2:26) So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
(Rom 2:27) Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
(Rom 2:28) For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
(Rom 2:29) But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
I Robert finds this to be a very fitting passage to go with Paul Robinsons post from earlyer today.
We as a Family of Christ Jesus need to be very very careful in what we need to say and do.
Our reactions to things like sexual practices, angry and foul talk can sometimes come back and bit us in the backside.
We are all being watched, by those we call the UnChurched.
If we are trying to witness to those who dont yet believe that Jesus is the Saviour, and dont practice what we preach, we can blind ourselves and destroy or very testimony.
I have been learning that over the past couple of years....you can not burn the spiritual candle at both ends.
I read through Roman Chapter 2 and man hit me like a ton of bricks..
I need to becareful not to Judge....because the World will then look at you, and when you/i slip up...the worldly will see that fault, and your/i sins will find you/i out.
Peace
Guest Blogger #1 Paul Robinson (Why we are all to blame for the Iris Robinson saga)
Hi everyone it is Robert here, i thought it would be cool to open up my blog to Guest bloggers.
So here is a friend of mine with a very important message i hope you enjoy it, and that you feel blessed.
Over to you Paul
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Why we are all to blame for the Iris Robinson saga
It’s been a pretty eventful last week or so in Northern Irish Politics. Before last week the most exciting thing we were talking about (if we were even talking about it) was how we are going to do policing here and how we are going to decide who gets to walk up certain roads in those cute orange sashes.
These issues have however been overshadowed by the revelations and accusations thrown at Iris Robinson and her husband Peter in the past week. I’m not going to go into detail of what’s been going on because I think that’s been done enough.
What hasn’t been talked about really is our reaction to it.
I mean you can read and hear lots of opinions on it but what do our opinions show about us?
What is our responsibility in all this?
I mean Iris Robinson made a really big mistake. She did something huge which may have huge implications for this country and her family. She is ill and it may take years to repair the damage done to her marriage and to her career.
But how we react is probably going to have a much bigger impact.
Hands up. I was one of the first to be disgusted by her actions and her hypocrisy regarding homosexuality and sexual sin. I couldn’t believe that she could be so two faced.
It’s so easy to shake our heads at the whole thing and criticize and belittle.
That’s the easy option. I know. I took it. The harder option but I believe now is the better option, is to show her Grace.
When someone in the public messes up its everywhere. It’s not easy to hide away from your mistake. Everyone can find out about it. You can even relive your mistake over and over on youtube (Just ask Kanye West).
But when we mess up in private it’s easier. Nobody knows about it. Nobody needs to know. That’s the lie we let ourselves believe.
There isn’t the whole judgement that the public fallout causes. And that’s part of the problem with much of our reaction. Much of what I have read has been unsympathetic to Iris.
Should we be critical of our politicians? Of course. Should we question everything they do and speak up when they do wrong? Yeah I reckon we should.
Should we vilify them and pretend that they aren’t really human like the rest of us and pretend their mistakes don’t really cause genuine hurt to their friends and families (and themselves), that they have to live with?
Definitely not.
Jesus had pretty strong words to say about people that attack others for their sin but don’t consider their own.
When Jesus came across a woman who was being chased and threatened by the Religious leaders of the day, because of a sin that she had committed, he turned it right around on them.
He was willing to let them go through with their punishment of the women…..on one condition, as long as the first one to do so hadn’t sinned themselves.
Ooh that’s big.
He then wrote something on the ground. We don’t really know what, but one of the possibilities provided is that he wrote out the sins of each of the men who were chasing the woman.
I can imagine Jesus saying, “Hey guys. Sure go ahead and punish her. Throw huge big mothers of rocks at her if you really like…..just make sure you have never sinned yourself before you do”.
Personally, I have engaged in serious sin and then acted like I am better than other people. I have acted like the Pharisee. I have stuck my head in the sand over my own crap.
When we come out and publicly criticize Iris Robinson or Kanye West or whichever celebrity of the moment it is that makes a mistake because they are simply human (just like you and me btw), we are acting just like those religious leaders and exactly not like Jesus.
Jesus showed Grace. Jesus showed that our mistakes are serious but they don’t have to define us. We can choose a better way. If we are as ’Christian’ a country as we sometimes like to think we are, then we should remember this is the good news that Jesus came to share.
We are all human. That includes Iris Robinson. We all screw up. Sure some peoples mistakes are more in the public eye than others.
But let’s not fall into the trap of believing that we are better than others just because nobody sees our sin.
Jesus showed grace to everyone.
Even me.
Even you.
We would do well to remember that next time we want to kick someone when they are down
So here is a friend of mine with a very important message i hope you enjoy it, and that you feel blessed.
Over to you Paul
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Why we are all to blame for the Iris Robinson saga
It’s been a pretty eventful last week or so in Northern Irish Politics. Before last week the most exciting thing we were talking about (if we were even talking about it) was how we are going to do policing here and how we are going to decide who gets to walk up certain roads in those cute orange sashes.
These issues have however been overshadowed by the revelations and accusations thrown at Iris Robinson and her husband Peter in the past week. I’m not going to go into detail of what’s been going on because I think that’s been done enough.
What hasn’t been talked about really is our reaction to it.
I mean you can read and hear lots of opinions on it but what do our opinions show about us?
What is our responsibility in all this?
I mean Iris Robinson made a really big mistake. She did something huge which may have huge implications for this country and her family. She is ill and it may take years to repair the damage done to her marriage and to her career.
But how we react is probably going to have a much bigger impact.
Hands up. I was one of the first to be disgusted by her actions and her hypocrisy regarding homosexuality and sexual sin. I couldn’t believe that she could be so two faced.
It’s so easy to shake our heads at the whole thing and criticize and belittle.
That’s the easy option. I know. I took it. The harder option but I believe now is the better option, is to show her Grace.
When someone in the public messes up its everywhere. It’s not easy to hide away from your mistake. Everyone can find out about it. You can even relive your mistake over and over on youtube (Just ask Kanye West).
But when we mess up in private it’s easier. Nobody knows about it. Nobody needs to know. That’s the lie we let ourselves believe.
There isn’t the whole judgement that the public fallout causes. And that’s part of the problem with much of our reaction. Much of what I have read has been unsympathetic to Iris.
Should we be critical of our politicians? Of course. Should we question everything they do and speak up when they do wrong? Yeah I reckon we should.
Should we vilify them and pretend that they aren’t really human like the rest of us and pretend their mistakes don’t really cause genuine hurt to their friends and families (and themselves), that they have to live with?
Definitely not.
Jesus had pretty strong words to say about people that attack others for their sin but don’t consider their own.
When Jesus came across a woman who was being chased and threatened by the Religious leaders of the day, because of a sin that she had committed, he turned it right around on them.
He was willing to let them go through with their punishment of the women…..on one condition, as long as the first one to do so hadn’t sinned themselves.
Ooh that’s big.
He then wrote something on the ground. We don’t really know what, but one of the possibilities provided is that he wrote out the sins of each of the men who were chasing the woman.
I can imagine Jesus saying, “Hey guys. Sure go ahead and punish her. Throw huge big mothers of rocks at her if you really like…..just make sure you have never sinned yourself before you do”.
Personally, I have engaged in serious sin and then acted like I am better than other people. I have acted like the Pharisee. I have stuck my head in the sand over my own crap.
When we come out and publicly criticize Iris Robinson or Kanye West or whichever celebrity of the moment it is that makes a mistake because they are simply human (just like you and me btw), we are acting just like those religious leaders and exactly not like Jesus.
Jesus showed Grace. Jesus showed that our mistakes are serious but they don’t have to define us. We can choose a better way. If we are as ’Christian’ a country as we sometimes like to think we are, then we should remember this is the good news that Jesus came to share.
We are all human. That includes Iris Robinson. We all screw up. Sure some peoples mistakes are more in the public eye than others.
But let’s not fall into the trap of believing that we are better than others just because nobody sees our sin.
Jesus showed grace to everyone.
Even me.
Even you.
We would do well to remember that next time we want to kick someone when they are down
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
What God has made Clean, DO NOT CALL COMMON!!
Who are we to stand in the way of God?
God in his infinite wisdom created everything for a purpose, and that purpose is to Worship him.
I love reading Acts Chapter 11.
God decided that he didnt just want the jews to have salvation through Jesus, he wanted all to recieve the Love of God.
God became a Universal God, with a Universal Love and a Universal Salvation.
This is not Universalism...dont worry if your reading this.
I believe that Some will not inheret Salvation, because they will just keep Rebelling agaisnt a God who justs wants the best for our Lives.
Men have always went agaisnt Gods will.
From Adam and Eve eatting the Apple to Judas becoming a Traitor.
When you read through Acts 11, you will notice God decides to turn the belief system of the jews on their heads.
They became so used to Spirit falling on them, that some where not happy when the Gentilies also got Repentance.
See the Jews who where the children of Circumcision whre classed as clean, they had to got to the temple and make blood sacirfices to be purified of their sins.
While the Gentiles where the Children of UnCircumcision, these men where classed as pagan and Unclean.
So by both traditions they wouldnt hang and get a beer together.
It was uncool
It was sinful
Until Jesus came about, and turned the whole system on its head.
Peter himself after this dream relized that for the church to grow, the whole world needs a Universal God.
Even us Pagans.
Acts 11 is for a great way to look at the modern church.
We are a Faith with many different Beliefs.
We are a Faith with so many different Paths to Jesus.
We have so many different denominations.
And some of these denominations wouldnt been seen dead with another denominations
Lets say Free Presbyterian and Elim
One has a very Strict understanding of the Word of God, and this one denomination can have a one mind set for the way you dress...this church could be called a Country club
While the other is only into teaching of tongues, water baptism and worship...this also can lead to some hairy furry goings on in the church...it could turn into a Xfiles Church where Mulder and Scully lead the Service.
Now they both have one thing in common.....Seeing the lost saved.
But they have one problem
They cant put thier different ideas aside and work with each on the bigger picture
So when the Unchurched see the trash pile at the doors of these churches they dont want to know anything about us.
They want a God who is different, they want a Church that is Different.
They dont need the trash that is dragging so many churchs deeper into the crapper.
There is to many vipers teaching infectious sermons about practicing traditions, and if we dont follow these traditions we are spitting in Jesus' face.
That is a Cancer eatting away at the Core Beleifs of Christianity today.
So we need to become like the Jews in Acts 11....we need to put our traditions in the furnace...
We need to wake up...
We need to stop calling What God made clean, Common!!
There is alot of people out in the Pagan World who need Jesus.
They need to be loved Brothers and Sisters.
God needs Kingdom Workers not Kingdom Slackers.
Christianity is not a Tradition....
ACTS Chaper 11 Vrs 18, ESV
1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, 3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order: 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me. 6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven. 11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea. 12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house. 13 And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter; 14 he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’ 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then d God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?” 18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they i glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
God in his infinite wisdom created everything for a purpose, and that purpose is to Worship him.
I love reading Acts Chapter 11.
God decided that he didnt just want the jews to have salvation through Jesus, he wanted all to recieve the Love of God.
God became a Universal God, with a Universal Love and a Universal Salvation.
This is not Universalism...dont worry if your reading this.
I believe that Some will not inheret Salvation, because they will just keep Rebelling agaisnt a God who justs wants the best for our Lives.
Men have always went agaisnt Gods will.
From Adam and Eve eatting the Apple to Judas becoming a Traitor.
When you read through Acts 11, you will notice God decides to turn the belief system of the jews on their heads.
They became so used to Spirit falling on them, that some where not happy when the Gentilies also got Repentance.
See the Jews who where the children of Circumcision whre classed as clean, they had to got to the temple and make blood sacirfices to be purified of their sins.
While the Gentiles where the Children of UnCircumcision, these men where classed as pagan and Unclean.
So by both traditions they wouldnt hang and get a beer together.
It was uncool
It was sinful
Until Jesus came about, and turned the whole system on its head.
Peter himself after this dream relized that for the church to grow, the whole world needs a Universal God.
Even us Pagans.
Acts 11 is for a great way to look at the modern church.
We are a Faith with many different Beliefs.
We are a Faith with so many different Paths to Jesus.
We have so many different denominations.
And some of these denominations wouldnt been seen dead with another denominations
Lets say Free Presbyterian and Elim
One has a very Strict understanding of the Word of God, and this one denomination can have a one mind set for the way you dress...this church could be called a Country club
While the other is only into teaching of tongues, water baptism and worship...this also can lead to some hairy furry goings on in the church...it could turn into a Xfiles Church where Mulder and Scully lead the Service.
Now they both have one thing in common.....Seeing the lost saved.
But they have one problem
They cant put thier different ideas aside and work with each on the bigger picture
So when the Unchurched see the trash pile at the doors of these churches they dont want to know anything about us.
They want a God who is different, they want a Church that is Different.
They dont need the trash that is dragging so many churchs deeper into the crapper.
There is to many vipers teaching infectious sermons about practicing traditions, and if we dont follow these traditions we are spitting in Jesus' face.
That is a Cancer eatting away at the Core Beleifs of Christianity today.
So we need to become like the Jews in Acts 11....we need to put our traditions in the furnace...
We need to wake up...
We need to stop calling What God made clean, Common!!
There is alot of people out in the Pagan World who need Jesus.
They need to be loved Brothers and Sisters.
God needs Kingdom Workers not Kingdom Slackers.
Christianity is not a Tradition....
ACTS Chaper 11 Vrs 18, ESV
1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, 3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order: 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me. 6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven. 11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea. 12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house. 13 And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter; 14 he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’ 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then d God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?” 18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they i glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
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