Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he (God/Jesus/ Holy Spirit) teach knowledge? and whom (who of us) shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk (those are able to hear the Holy Spirit, who trust God in Spirit and in truth, able to believe the strong meat of truth, strong enough and confident before God to be responsible to work out their own salvation), and drawn from the breasts (not rely on a church/pastor/man to feed them, the approval of man). 10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
John 16:12 (Jesus) I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now. 13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Did God say, With stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people?
Did Jesus say, When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come?
Did God say, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy?
Did Peter in Acts 2 confirm what Joel wrote by the Spirit God, that he experienced and saw with his own eyes and ears?
Does all flesh include YOU?
If you haven't experienced the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, evidenced/proven with speaking in tongues, it better be first on your list of things to do or your heart is not right with God, you don't love truth. If your church or pastor cannot or does not allow speaking in tongues they are not right with God and keep all in and under their power from God and truth. They, and the ones they lead cannot and will not know things to come as the Holy Spirit reveals (reread the above and see if it isn't so). They lead others into the darkness by their lack of truth and understanding.
Hebrews 5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing you are dull of hearing. 12For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Where do you see yourself in Spirit and in truth according to the plumb line of God's word? Deal With It!
L,J,P&HG
Dave
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Dave,
These are true words that will be rejected by most (going with the 85% of this nation that say they are Christians).
The truth is that if we believe God, then we must believe His word. If we believe His word (written by those who were inspired by the Holy Spirit write), then we must believe that we should forbid not speaking in tongues and that we should desire to prophecy.
Our desires, all that we want and need from God, must line up wholly with His word. If we have a form of godliness, but the deny the power thereof, what good are we?
We must be born again, of the Spirit, die to the flesh and receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately for the many pastors that lead the great mega-churches of this nation, this means they are no greater than the very people that are sitting in the pews. Just because men lift up other men, this does mean God approves. If God does not approve of what we say or do, we are not acceptable....period.
Live to please God, not men. It is the only way that we can have life.
Love in Him,
Ryan
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