Today i spent most of it at church painting and helping set up there. It is so vital that we are serving somewhere, as Christians if we are not taking part in ministry then we risk becoming idle in our faith. Not saying that we are not active in other capacities but it is so important that we support the ministry of reconciliation in one way or another. The gospel of Christ cannot be void of the message we preach, and this we must preach. It is a message right, the proclamation of testimony that Christ came and died for sinners. When we are producing the fruit of good works, our sacrificial daily sacrifice of how we live and what we do which is our act of worship in service to one another, including "everyone". This is what love looks like right.
It is much to often that we expect the church to serve us, we are to be the church serving each other..hahah....like "right D-roc, we know" well then we should do it. Those of us who want to be future leaders in the church have got to stop going to what we consider "good churches" because we like the ministry there and the pastor has good preaching. rather we should look for a place to serve that needs some real dependence of the Holy Spirit and the gospel of Christ to see some transformation.
Question: if you found yourself in a church that were preaching heresy, would you stay?
The average person, if they could recognize heresy when they hear it, would say NO, most likely.
Yet, what if it is beneficial to stay and be a light in that place, building relationships with those who are being deceived by half truths, which are actually lies. Now this is not my church, but I wonder if it were if I would stay. It would be such a wonderful work to speak the truth against it until the Lord without doubt said that it was time to move on. That either people were beginning to see and He would do the rest or that these people will fall and that I should no longer be counted among them... just a thought...
anyway, i just got back from a movie i could have waited to see. so I'm going to go to bed. Ive got homework to do tomorrow before i go to church..at 4pm...so let me be useful of my time
Pray that the Lord enable me to buckle down and be studious (of which i am not).. i need help here...Integrity to my studies and discipline in them... thank you...love you guys
D-roc
I've actually had that heresy thought a lot of times, and I agree with you. I'm finding more and more that it's not only healthy for the church in err, but also healthy for me to be in a place where I have to push to bring everyone else into balance so to speak.
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