Recent content by Llewelyn Stevenson

Mar 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, Mar 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and...

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I was Assembly of God and not AFM, but I grew up in Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe] in Southern Africa. My wife's family attended the AFM in Salisbury [Harare]. Yes, the AFM held to the Pentecostal tradition as well as that of holiness. In the era of my early childhood most Pentecostal groups taught...

Maranatha.

I am not one of those who questions my salvation or, indeed, that of others who have confessed their faith in the only begotten son of God: so called because he came in the flesh and walked among men revealing the Father to all who would believe. Not only that but he gave himself a propitiation...

Its a real shame you missed the point of my conversation, which had nothing to do with my wife's submission but my relationship with Father God. There was no rebuke here. Ought husbands to love their wives? Absolutely. Do I love mine? Read what I wrote above and make your own judgement. Perhaps...

Thank you all for your replies, sorry to those who feel I am pushing the human down, or even Jesus Christ. If you read it again you will note that it is actually about my relationship with my Father, who is God. He is my Father and it is expected that he will command me. Jesus called him his...

1Co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. I suppose you might regard this as tongue in cheek but I do regard our attitude to be of extreme importance in our relationship with God. I do not...

Thank you for that information. I have heard my dad mention Torrey, though he did not recall Edershiem when I asked him. My mum tells me he read mostly Gordon Lindsay in his early days in Christ, though that is not the connection to the AOG. She went to Bible Study and he studied at home "and...

I would have to read Edersheim to know what you're talking about, but you suggest that was the basis of Willie Burton's faith. My mum and dad speak highly of brother Burton who moved among the churches in Southern Rhodesia in the early days of their salvation. I was only a small child and do...

And through whom will the Holy Spirit speak? What kind of "finding" and "loving" is this? Does not love teach us not to do evil? Do we not find Christ by forsaking this world? Teach me how to love God and still sin, if you can.

I have heard this before from a local pastor and fellow minister only to sit and hear his frustration that people continued as they were when they needed to change. His favourite statement when he preached [because he was schooled this way] was, "God loves you just the way you are." This is an...