A Christian Viewpoint

Heaven may be an interesting place. Hell may be a terrible place. According to Revelations everyone will be resurrected. Those who accepted “the faith” in whatever dispensation they were in will find themselves on a new earth with the new city of God, which is the residence of the Lamb, come down from heaven. Those who rejected “the faith” in whatever dispensation they were in will find themselves in the lake of fire. Heaven and hell are but rest stops to the final destination which is home again on the renewed earth for the faithful and the lake of fire for the rest.

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I read a post that talked about an evangelist speaking about people needing a spiritual enema.

It does seem crude but I certainly can see the point… One good dose of the Holy Spirit and all the spiritual and carnal filth you have been constipated with gets flushed out of your system. Seems to me that there are quite a few people who could use such a purgative. Hmmm…. come to think of it, it wouldn’t hurt me to get one on occasion. eww… What a mental image picture! wow… What a wonderful God! That evangelist certainly has a peculiar message and a needed work of God in others.

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Have you felt the “Powerful Intimate Presence” of God? If you have you are witness to only a foreshadowing of what it will be like when our Lord returns in the heavens to snatch away his bride, the church. Know Him! More and more this day and everyday; and perfectly when he arrives.

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Someone asked why do some Christians treat other Christians with physical problems as second class citizens of heaven? Do the sick lack faith, have hidden sin, etc.?

I have seen the same thing at work in a few other Christians. By no means are they the majority, except in some churches. There are many reasons why people do not have the healing they need. In a fully functioning church with all the gifts in manifestation and a heart of compassion I believe there would be many more healings in the church. Either the gift is missing or there is a lack of compassion, that creates the atmosphere for denial.

I find it peculiar that people lay the blame for someone not being healed at the feet of the hurting. Jesus himself told the people around him that they were off the mark when he said that they would take up this proverb against him… “physician heal thyself!” It seems we too have people going about saying the same thing to the hurting. Physician heal thyself… have we forgotten that Jesus is the great physician. If there is something blocking the healing it is up to the church to intercede on their behalf. But, without the gifts in full manifestation… only the easy ones are healed. You know, not the severity of the problem but those with no blocks to hinder.

In the end it is the grace of God not a formula nor the spouting of words spoken in presumption.

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Tonight I saw a desert. You could see the heat rippling the air above it. I saw a glacier. The air so cold it pulled all the moisture from the air. Where the desert met the glacier a moderation took place. The water running off the glacier fed the dry sands of the desert. There, in that strip of land, at that moment of time, the land came to life because of the water. The church, meeting together, is the same way. No matter the heated conflicts or the coldness of those around you, life comes forth where the two meet. Thank God for the meeting.

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Galatians 5 [19] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, [20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, [21] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Witchcraft in this sense has more to do with drugs and sometimes trying to divine the past, present, future or contact with spirits, through its mind altering effects. This is a work of the flesh in line with Eve’s “something to make one wise” by eating “the fruit” in the Genesis fall account. Can be said to be the first act of witchcraft in the bible.

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As the Spirit leads so should we read. If we are led not of the Spirit our spirits are lead weights in the world. If we read not we are reeds blown about by the winds.

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I am keeping an additional copy of posts to another weblog here. 😀

I recently saw someone’s understanding of requirements for a word of knowledge. They were only partially right.

A word of knowledge is simply information. It can be something from the past, present or future. It does not give direction of what to do but is simply what was, what is and what will be. The information in the word does not have to be known by anyone before hand. It may or may not be discoverable by any means at our disposal.

A word of knowledge can at some point in time be accompanied by a word of wisdom. It is not neccesary though to have these two manifestations present at the same time. Only the Spirit of God can impart this knowledge.

The enemy has a type of “word of knowledge”. One must have discernment to know who, God or the enemy, is the one imparting the word.

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Someone said that the office of deacon can be taken without neccesarily having been called to that ministry.

All ministry should have its seed in the call of the Spirit in your life. If that will lead one to being a deacon then all is well.

However, many people through ignorance, immaturity or self-aggrandizement would like to take on a mantle for which they have not been called. Sometimes a person through the use of coercion, manipulation or flattery has been made a deacon. Sometimes, through selfishness or envy, those with the ministry are held back by those in authority. This is not just for the office of deacon but for all ministries.

We are told to beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing. Sometimes the wolf thinks he is a lamb. Sometimes he knows he is a wolf. Others may be clueless as to those seeking the office. That is why there are many in the wrong ministry calling.

Again, only those who are led of the Spirit are the sons (and daughters) of God. The rest are “want to be’s”. The discerning spirit can tell the difference.

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