Thursday, January 23, 2014

God Is Not The Author of Confusion

Quite frankly, the biggest kind of confusion I've ever seen came from religious folks better known as church folk. It was religious people who crucified the Lord of glory. When Jesus came to earth, he endured all types of confusion. He first had to deal with his own flesh and
aaccept God's will for him to die, then there were outside forces working against him from the Pharisees and Sadducees, then the devil himself tempted him. I have respect for authority figures and will do all I can to help them in any way but my most sincere devotion and love is for God and his word. Most people in leadership grab portions of the word to keep members in their congregations. But Jesus said that the very thing or people you try to hold on so tightly to are the very ones you're going to lose. There is so much compromise until it makes a true hard-core Apostolic preacher like myself just downright angry. My anger is a holy anger and I don't try to bombard nobody but God has given me such a drive and a push to show people their error according to scripture. Two things that people fight against are water baptism in Jesus name and the baptism of the Holy Ghost evidenced by speaking with other tongues. Most altar calls are filled with people crying, seeking after God, and thirsty for "something" but they don't know what for. Then the person in charge will tell them to just receive Christ as their Savior and believe that he died on the cross and rose again and you shall be saved. But that is not scripturally correct. The Church got started on the day of Pentecost when they tarried in the upper room. God sent the Holy Ghost and the reason they knew they were filled is because they spoke in tongues. They were also baptized in Jesus name, not the titles Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The disciples who later became apostles taught the same thing to other believers. This day and time it's about members and money. I post a lot of the scriptures on Facebook because a lot of the preachers who told me they were going to invite me to their church to preach, never did and I don't expect them to because I'm not compromising the gospel for a few preaching engagements. God is holding me accountable for telling people the truth and to let them know that even after getting saved, they still gotta live right. A lot of Christians live very un-Christian lifestyles. And because I hold to the standards of God's word, many are intimidated and accuse me of coming up against leaderships. But that is a lie. Putting the word out there is not an attack on a particular person or church but it is warfare against Satan's lies and how he is deceiving people who are comfortable in their religiosity and only use part of God's truth but won't get down into the trenches and build on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone. I trust God on this journey and remain confident that he will stand behind his Word. I pray for leaders everywhere and pray that they go back to the old landmark of teachings of Christ and the apostles in the book of Acts. I've seen pastors get shown their error by another pastor and decided to take their whole congregation (all 200 members) down in Jesus name and keep them on the altar until God filled them with the Holy Ghost. The experience is still real and God will still do in this day what he did back then. But again, I can't help but be reminded that we are so close to the second coming of Jesus Christ and the Antichrist will be soon getting in position to deceive those who will not accept the fullness of God's truth. So that is biblical as well. But to those who want it God is willng  and waiting to do it for you. The question for many is, " Who will baptize me in Jesus name"? Well, a Holy Ghost filled person should be willing to do so at any time of day or night. If I was in your city, I would do it myself (smile). Maybe one day that might be possible.....YAY!!!!! But God is not the author of confusion, it's just that when people have become accustomed to doing things their way for so long and then when the truth comes on the scene they try to make the truth look like a lie, and their way look like the truth. Another thing before I close, is that yes we become saved by grace and not of works but it is the grace of God that should lead us to obeying God. If any confusion arises, it's mainly because somebody is in conflict with God's will, God way, and God's word!!!!

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