Post by LDM on Jun 22, 2010 6:24:39 GMT -5
This brother and I am on the same page. I too am headed into surgery...better yet, crucifixion. May God strengthen brother Neal and all of us on our journey and along the way of what is truly nothing more than the normal Christian walk.
letspleasegod.com/my-dirty-soul/
Summary: I'm going into surgery to cut out the old man that defiles me. I'll let you know how it turns out.
It’s time to start talking more about the problems within, rather than the problems in the corrupted Church. The “Institutional Church” biblically known as “Mystery Babylon Mother of Harlots“ (Revelation 17:5) is full of problems, false doctrines and sinful people. We can continue to analyze each problem with her, but we’ll always find more dirt, more perversions, and more issues because she’s a whore. She is not the real church of God. She’s a mixture of religion and the world systems. She’s a fake, facade created by Satan, and allowed by God to weed out those who really don’t want to serve him. If people really love the truth, righteousness and holiness, and they see the abominations and iniquity within her, they will come out of her. If they don’t, then they belong to Satan.
I appreciate all the information on the web about the harlot church, all the sermons, articles and videos exposing her wolves and doctrines of demons. This information serves as a warning to Christians and sympathizes with those who’ve been persecuted by the harlot church. So by all means, if the Lord leads you to write more about the harlot church, continue to do so.
There is nothing wrong with exposing sin as long as it isn’t done in hypocrisy. We are commanded to expose darkness (Ephesians 5:11) and judge those within our church, and at least those who claim to be of the true Church (John 7:24, 1 Corinthians 5:12-13). But we still have a job to do within our own souls, something that we may overlook. This article is actually a ministry to me more than to anyone else. The original goal of this website hasn’t changed: to talk about and do what pleases God according to his commandments in the bible. But I believe I’ve been off track and now it’s time to get back on course.
My message to other bloggers is: I hope we focus more on the specific problems from within, just as much as we expose the errors of the harlot church. We can easily point the finger at an evil person, all the while ignoring and forgetting about the commanded changes that must happen within ourselves in order for us to be fully used by God, and receive our rewards in heaven. If we don’t “get better”, we are no better than her, and we’ll end up in the same place she’s going.
Our Job
As I learn more about God’s requirements and what pleases him, I know that the focus of Christianity is: Christ and his growth in me. I need to look more and more like him. Jesus died so that we may have fellowship with the Father, through him and by the Holy Spirit. Belief, confession, repentance and obedience allows this fellowship to take place. Through the Spirit, we are given the power to abstain from sin. But the Christian life is not just about abstaining from sin and telling others how to have fellowship with God.
After salvation, the first and foremost mission is to kill the very nature in us that wants to sin (Romans 8:8-12, 2 Corinthians 7:1). What’s the use of saying, “No” to sin (Titus 2:11-12 NIV) when the very nature of it still remains within. The Bible calls this nature: “the flesh” and the “old man”, and we must crucify it (Galatians 5:24). Therefore salvation isn’t a one time event, it’s a process of cleaning out the filthy old man within the soul that will prevent salvation in the end. Without holiness, no man can see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). Our soul must be clean and inhabitable to allow his Spirit to fill us, to the top, and begin to do mighty works through us. For this is why American churches today have no real signs and wonders, and no real power (Mark 16:17-18). We cannot be completely filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18) because of the filth within.
A faithful pastor in Atlanta by the name of Gary Price preaches extensively about the death of the old man. See their website here: www.OmegaMinistries.org. I encourage you to download some of the audio sermons and contribute a donation to that ministry as it blesses you.
So the mission is to be holy like God is holy (1 Peter 1:16). In order to do this, we must work with the Spirit to identify each root of the old man and begin to cut him out surgically. The word of God is the knife that fashions and renews our minds, and rids us of the old man (Romans 12:2).
The Holy Spirit has already given me a list of stuff that he and I work on currently. I may post some of this stuff on this blog. You’ll discover that your list, though it may be as long as mine, will shorten as you find, what seemed to be another problem, are simply stems from a root problem. Example: the fruit of porn is not the problem, but loneliness and lust may be the stem. And then you may discover that the root issue is really this or that. Maybe the root problem comes from a lie that has kept you in this bondage. Therefore, knowing the truth will make you free (John 8:31-32). Once you uproot the real problem, all the others that stem from it are not to far from being purged.
To read the rest of this article, please click the "Let's Please God" link at the top of this post.
letspleasegod.com/my-dirty-soul/
Summary: I'm going into surgery to cut out the old man that defiles me. I'll let you know how it turns out.
It’s time to start talking more about the problems within, rather than the problems in the corrupted Church. The “Institutional Church” biblically known as “Mystery Babylon Mother of Harlots“ (Revelation 17:5) is full of problems, false doctrines and sinful people. We can continue to analyze each problem with her, but we’ll always find more dirt, more perversions, and more issues because she’s a whore. She is not the real church of God. She’s a mixture of religion and the world systems. She’s a fake, facade created by Satan, and allowed by God to weed out those who really don’t want to serve him. If people really love the truth, righteousness and holiness, and they see the abominations and iniquity within her, they will come out of her. If they don’t, then they belong to Satan.
I appreciate all the information on the web about the harlot church, all the sermons, articles and videos exposing her wolves and doctrines of demons. This information serves as a warning to Christians and sympathizes with those who’ve been persecuted by the harlot church. So by all means, if the Lord leads you to write more about the harlot church, continue to do so.
There is nothing wrong with exposing sin as long as it isn’t done in hypocrisy. We are commanded to expose darkness (Ephesians 5:11) and judge those within our church, and at least those who claim to be of the true Church (John 7:24, 1 Corinthians 5:12-13). But we still have a job to do within our own souls, something that we may overlook. This article is actually a ministry to me more than to anyone else. The original goal of this website hasn’t changed: to talk about and do what pleases God according to his commandments in the bible. But I believe I’ve been off track and now it’s time to get back on course.
My message to other bloggers is: I hope we focus more on the specific problems from within, just as much as we expose the errors of the harlot church. We can easily point the finger at an evil person, all the while ignoring and forgetting about the commanded changes that must happen within ourselves in order for us to be fully used by God, and receive our rewards in heaven. If we don’t “get better”, we are no better than her, and we’ll end up in the same place she’s going.
Our Job
As I learn more about God’s requirements and what pleases him, I know that the focus of Christianity is: Christ and his growth in me. I need to look more and more like him. Jesus died so that we may have fellowship with the Father, through him and by the Holy Spirit. Belief, confession, repentance and obedience allows this fellowship to take place. Through the Spirit, we are given the power to abstain from sin. But the Christian life is not just about abstaining from sin and telling others how to have fellowship with God.
After salvation, the first and foremost mission is to kill the very nature in us that wants to sin (Romans 8:8-12, 2 Corinthians 7:1). What’s the use of saying, “No” to sin (Titus 2:11-12 NIV) when the very nature of it still remains within. The Bible calls this nature: “the flesh” and the “old man”, and we must crucify it (Galatians 5:24). Therefore salvation isn’t a one time event, it’s a process of cleaning out the filthy old man within the soul that will prevent salvation in the end. Without holiness, no man can see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). Our soul must be clean and inhabitable to allow his Spirit to fill us, to the top, and begin to do mighty works through us. For this is why American churches today have no real signs and wonders, and no real power (Mark 16:17-18). We cannot be completely filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18) because of the filth within.
A faithful pastor in Atlanta by the name of Gary Price preaches extensively about the death of the old man. See their website here: www.OmegaMinistries.org. I encourage you to download some of the audio sermons and contribute a donation to that ministry as it blesses you.
So the mission is to be holy like God is holy (1 Peter 1:16). In order to do this, we must work with the Spirit to identify each root of the old man and begin to cut him out surgically. The word of God is the knife that fashions and renews our minds, and rids us of the old man (Romans 12:2).
The Holy Spirit has already given me a list of stuff that he and I work on currently. I may post some of this stuff on this blog. You’ll discover that your list, though it may be as long as mine, will shorten as you find, what seemed to be another problem, are simply stems from a root problem. Example: the fruit of porn is not the problem, but loneliness and lust may be the stem. And then you may discover that the root issue is really this or that. Maybe the root problem comes from a lie that has kept you in this bondage. Therefore, knowing the truth will make you free (John 8:31-32). Once you uproot the real problem, all the others that stem from it are not to far from being purged.
To read the rest of this article, please click the "Let's Please God" link at the top of this post.