To crucify rather than to elevate.
Posted by appolus on July 2, 2024
We are warned in the Scriptures that the times would come when men and women will not put up with sound doctrine, instead, in order to suit their own desires, they will gather around themselves a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears desire to hear. They will turn away from the truth. (2 Tim 4:2-5) We are warned that there are whole groups of “teachers,” ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach, and that for the sake of dishonest gain ( Titus 1:11)
We are instructed by Paul, therefore by God, to watch and remember. Remember what? Watch for what? Remember that for three years he did not cease to warn us, night and day….with tears. Warn of us what? What would disturb the Apostle so greatly that it was his daily warning for years? Savage wolves that will (not might) come in among you and scatter the flock. Also, from among our own ranks, men would rise up and draw away disciples for themselves. False representatives of Jesus, stealing His preeminence and all for the sake of “dishonest gain.” Their gods would be money and reputations, power and prestige (Acts 20:28-31)
Part of the problem is that these hirelings, these wolves in sheep clothing, preach to willing dupes. The people, for their part, have embraced a system not found in the Scriptures. They wanted a king and they got a king.This is not the first time God has been rejected in favor of a king. Think about King Saul or even Moses, where the people would rather have Moses talk to God then to them, as opposed to them talking to God themselves. Jesus was rejected for a man of the people, Barabbas then the crowd cried out that they have to king but Caesar.
The very heart of man always wants an intermediary rather than deal directly with God through Jesus. A priest, a prophet, a minister, a senior pastor. Each of those positions not only come with finances but come with power and authority and position. They love to pray publicly to be seen, they love the best seat at the table , they want men to call them teachers, or worse, fathers.All of this appeals to the Lucifer in them, to the Diotrophes in them, to that part of the soul that wants, desires, craves for, the preeminence. It’s truly the original sin, the sin that caused Lucifer to fall, and it beats at the heart of every human in their flesh. It should never be elevated, it should be crucified.
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madrekins said
Amen Brother Frank. I was just talking with the LORD today on this very topic. I know of many people that will open a devotional book written by someone else. But, will NOT open the Word of God to read what HE is telling us.
As I shared with many a people. We ARE a mirror image of Israel. They did not want to hear His voice and neither do many Christians. They will always take the word of another over the LORD GOD Himself.
Today’s thought came upon hearing from my sis-in-law that their pastor has just been put in hospice from his cancer. He has a strong faith and has been a good pastor for them. My original thought upon hearing of his decline was: Strike the shepard and the sheep will scatter. This is upon knowing that since he became ill last Fall there are false teachings creeping into their church.
We MUST be in the Word ourselves daily. We MUST Trust that HE will teach us what we need to know. I’m thankful one of the first verses HE ingrained in me was: (1John 2:27)below
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
The LORD God has taught me far more than I ever learned anywhere else or from anyone else. And, it gets more exciting all the time. He continues to show me things that have been there all along but because of my eye scales like Saul/Paul I could not see them. But, layer by layer the scales have fallen off and the beauty of GODS Truth revealed.
He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)
Another fave: It is the glory of GOD to conceal a thing and the honour of kings to search it out. (Proverbs 25:2)
Thank you Brother Frank for listening to Our LORDS Voice and sharing what He’s placed there once again.
HalleluYAH!
appolus said
You are so right, we must be in the Word daily, searching, seeking, being taught by the Holy Spirit. He is certainly a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. From the moment I was born again 33 years ago, there has been barely a day I have not read His Word. It is manna to my soul and waters from the streams of heaven. …….bro Frank
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