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There are some churches getting mroe and more on fire and some which get colder and colder. That is what has been goin on since the 1st century. Tulc, you almost made it sound like "well every other church has done it so I guess it's okay" No offense intended towards you, but that's the image I got from it. Telling truth.
When we all start to get back to how the original church was we will all be better off, and so will the kingdom of God. How many do you know of today that heal people with their shadows like Peter did in Acts? I don't know of any. But I do know that I would like to be such a person
My term for it has been Americanized Christianity or Capitalistic Christianity. And here's why... many people think that Christianity is something that you donate money to hoping to get a quick return on their investment, like the stock market today. Far too many only give because of the reward they are hoping for, not because they just love to give.
See: 1 Timothy 6:1-8
1 Tim_6:1 LET ALL who are under the yoke as bond servants esteem their own [personal] masters worthy of honor and fullest respect, so that the name of God and the teaching [about Him] may not be brought into disrepute and blasphemed.
1 Tim_6:2 Let those who have believing masters not be disrespectful or scornful [to them] on the grounds that they are brothers [in Christ]; rather, they should serve [them all the better] because those who benefit by their kindly service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these duties.
1 Tim_6:3 But if anyone teaches otherwise and does not assent to the sound and wholesome messages of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and the teaching which is in agreement with godliness (piety toward God),
1 Tim_6:4 He is puffed up with pride and stupefied with conceit, [although he is] woefully ignorant. He has a morbid fondness for controversy and disputes and strife about words, which result in (produce) envy and jealousy, quarrels and dissension, abuse and insults and slander, and base suspicions,
1 Tim_6:5 And protracted wrangling and wearing discussion and perpetual friction among men who are corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, who imagine that godliness or righteousness is a source of profit [a moneymaking business, a means of livelihood]. From such withdraw.
1 Tim_6:6 [And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain.
1 Tim_6:7 For we brought nothing into the world, and obviously we cannot take anything out of the world;
1 Tim_6:8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content (satisfied).
OH well... that's what I see anyways.... we need to all get back to a realization that it's all about Jesus. To let Him increase and ourselves decrease and then things should get a lot better Have a great day!
When we all start to get back to how the original church was we will all be better off, and so will the kingdom of God. How many do you know of today that heal people with their shadows like Peter did in Acts? I don't know of any. But I do know that I would like to be such a person
My term for it has been Americanized Christianity or Capitalistic Christianity. And here's why... many people think that Christianity is something that you donate money to hoping to get a quick return on their investment, like the stock market today. Far too many only give because of the reward they are hoping for, not because they just love to give.
See: 1 Timothy 6:1-8
1 Tim_6:1 LET ALL who are under the yoke as bond servants esteem their own [personal] masters worthy of honor and fullest respect, so that the name of God and the teaching [about Him] may not be brought into disrepute and blasphemed.
1 Tim_6:2 Let those who have believing masters not be disrespectful or scornful [to them] on the grounds that they are brothers [in Christ]; rather, they should serve [them all the better] because those who benefit by their kindly service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these duties.
1 Tim_6:3 But if anyone teaches otherwise and does not assent to the sound and wholesome messages of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and the teaching which is in agreement with godliness (piety toward God),
1 Tim_6:4 He is puffed up with pride and stupefied with conceit, [although he is] woefully ignorant. He has a morbid fondness for controversy and disputes and strife about words, which result in (produce) envy and jealousy, quarrels and dissension, abuse and insults and slander, and base suspicions,
1 Tim_6:5 And protracted wrangling and wearing discussion and perpetual friction among men who are corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, who imagine that godliness or righteousness is a source of profit [a moneymaking business, a means of livelihood]. From such withdraw.
1 Tim_6:6 [And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain.
1 Tim_6:7 For we brought nothing into the world, and obviously we cannot take anything out of the world;
1 Tim_6:8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content (satisfied).
OH well... that's what I see anyways.... we need to all get back to a realization that it's all about Jesus. To let Him increase and ourselves decrease and then things should get a lot better Have a great day!
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