First…it’s been more than 1/2 a year now since I wrote anything on my blog. There’s really no reason except that there’s just no inspiration to write anything worth writing. I have been busy watching a lot of movies and TV series over the last 1/2 year. I enjoy this little entertainment of mine so much that I stop visiting my own blog and facebook. Tonight I thought it’s about time for me to get back into writing my thoughts and reflection again.
Let me make a disclaimer: I’m just recording my musings about my life, my faith, and my thoughts as I reflect on His Word, and walking out my daily life as an ordinary person. You don’t have to agree with my thoughts and neither do I need to apologize for thinking aloud!
Here goes my thought ……
I have been spending more and more time watching downloaded TV series. I have spent so much time just doing that I think I might have actually lost focus. I think I need to get back on track again. But how do I do that?
I know I have weekly devotion / cell group materials to write and to prepare, teaching materials for the EQUIP School, etc. etc. but it seems like I have not got much inspiration these couple of weeks. It’s a real madness. I love these assignments but I can’t seem to get it off the ground. Lord, help! One of my thoughts is that the ideas that I have, the subject matters that interest me the most, and the people that I thought should hear what I have to say or read what I have to write are not really interested in it. They either find the subject matter to be too deep (whatever that means) to handle or irrelevant or make any sense.
I was at a church member’s graduation dinner. He attended a seven months bible school class and this is his graduation. I have no real issue with much of what these people were teaching. I only get the feeling that while they meant it good to be more pragmatic in their teaching approach or should I say, learning the ropes of doing ministry, at the same time, they make disparaging remarks that their training is not about theology. The question is: what’s wrong with theology? What’s wrong with a clear understanding of God? Isn’t all learning and education that one has deals directly or indirectly with theology? Even the fact that they teach deliverance, the prophetic, and moving in the Spirit all must have a theological basic for it! If not, what are we learning or where does the source of the knowledge comes from? Sometimes, we never help people to come to grips with the truth of God’s Word – something that can be laid out clearly, systematically, and rationally. We teach, we regurgitate, and expect our students to just swallow it, believe it, and never question it. Many of these people could not even explain themselves clearly how they come to the conclusion of what they are teaching is the truth. They pick it up from someone who picks it up from others. Many of the teachings are so empirical, so sense oriented and experienced based, and so existential. Where is the rationale of it all?
Well – I am musing again. I find that there is such great lack of intellectual discourse in matters of grave importance concerning our faith. All we want to get across to people is “just believe me – I know it – don’t question it”. I think many Christians are so shallow in their understanding and knowledge of God’s Word even with a great repertoire of testimonies and great faith to stand upon.
Misplaced Charismatics.
Charismatics can say, “I don’t care what the Bible says: I have the Spirit.” Misplaced Charismatics, a subtler variation, say, “The Spirit showed me this is right.” Or, “The Spirit interprets the Bible for me.” Or, “Following the Spirit is more important than details.” Or, “I could feel the Spirit in that church.” All five statements are heresy. They deny the purpose or work of the ministry (I Tim 4:13-15; II Tim 2:15). They assume apostolic gifts of discernment and wisdom long after the apostolic period (I Cor 12:4-11; 13:8-10). They neglect the rule to prove all things (I Thess 5:21; I John 4:1-6). They reflect a view of truth not taught anywhere in Scripture. They ignore the danger of deceiving spirits. They are excuses for men who value feelings over scripture. They lead to heresy, for without the Bible, a spirit’s leading is subjective and dangerous (Deut 13:1-5). The Charismatic movement of the 20th century spawned the error that the Spirit still teaches by direct inspiration. But many far removed from the Charismatics rely nearly as much on feelings, leadings, and other deceptive impressions. They are misplaced Charismatics! But God’s true ambassadors are different! Instead of dreams, they preach the hammer and fire of God’s word (Jer 23:28-29)! What is the chaff to the wheat! They know written scripture is more sure than God’s voice from heaven (II Pet 1:16-21). They love noble hearers, who search the scriptures to confirm truth rather than wait for the leading of a spirit (Acts 17:11). There is more than one spirit, and all alternatives are devilish (II Cor 11:3-4,13-15). Sober saints scoff at blather about the Spirit that contradicts or minimizes the Bible, for they know the Spirit wrote the truth in a book, and that is where they are to find it. As a servant of Jesus Christ, it is your solemn duty to preach only the word, trust only the word, and test all spirits by the word … not the other way around. The attitude, warmth, or zeal of a church or man does not verify doctrine or practice. The Word of God is the final authority for all such questions. Only the Lord Jesus Christ knows when a candlestick is present or not. Mere mortals are to measure by the Scriptures, lest some spirit lead them into darkness (I Kgs 22:23; Is 8:20; Gal 3:1). The Holy Ghost will never lead you anywhere the Word of God cannot take you; for the Bible is His book, and He has never led anyone contrary to it. With God’s will in writing, reject all other alternatives!
It is not just Charismatic that is misplaced, the entire believe is right from the start. Let’s see the so call the logic of the word of God.
The bible say human sin because the eat of the forbidden fruit. I am saying that human sin because of grave mistake on the part of God. When God created Adam and Eve , that was great and when the begat sons and daughters that was wonderful. Problem that god did not anticipated was when it came to the next generation, Adam’s grandchildren, now who knew who to begat the next generation. It must be incest committed within Adam’s family to procreate the next generation, hence God design human to sin in the first place and gave the excuse that the eat from the forbidden fruit.
On second thought, do you believe in a god that could commit such a silly mistake? It more likely the whole things is written by mere mortal.