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Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by Nobody: 7:52am On Feb 05, 2016 |
Warning * A very long article. * Not for lazy readers. * Keep an open mind. * For educational purposes only. Let's get started! ***************************** A godly culture is not righteousness. It is not salvation. This is where many have missed it. They built a godly culture and then made it the way to heaven. You might as well say that those who hold the American culture would go to heaven. Clearly, that is not true. We know there is no correlation whatsoever between man's culture and receiving God's life. But when these cultures have a 'godly' tone, a 'scriptural logic', people tend to jump the void and say, "that's the way to heaven". It is wrong. Your godly culture is not the way to heaven. Jesus is. You find that sentiment when some persons point at others and say, 'hmm, he couldn't stand the way of righteousness in our church so he has gone to join the anything-goes gathering. What a pity. May God open his eyes before he lands in hell.' Meaning? Your church gathering is the only one so righteous, every other gathering is wrong and hell-bound? No! I repeat, Jesus is the way. Now, you may become a believer and say, 'Alright, all blessings are mine in Christ Jesus. I'm a heir of God. Henceforth, this is how I will demonstrate and carry the life I have received.' Some people receive Jesus, and they stop wearing jewelries, they stop using loud make-up. They get rid of some of their clothes. And they start living in a 'strict' manner. It's their culture or personal expression of what they have inside them. It isn't wrong to do such. What is wrong is to make such outward stuff your righteousness. What is wrong to do is to condemn others who aren't doing exactly what you're doing. The wrong thing is to falsely say to them that they aren't righteous, saved or accepted by God just because of these outward matters. Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ, wrote, 'some of you eat anything (I eat most, Praise God). Some of you are choosy, eating only vegetables. (Praise God). You are the same in Christ.' Meaning, the vegetarian Christian is not better than the meat eating Christian. The never-going-to-party Christian is the same as one who goes to parties. The Christian lady who wears skirts is the same as the Christian lady who wears 'trousers'. One thing I find is that no one is empowered to force others against their will into a particular outlook. The vegetarian cannot force the meat eater to quit eating meat. And it is totally wrong for the vegetarian to come out and say, "meat eater, you'll got to hell for eating meat." I repeat, Jesus is the way. Whatever culture you build as a believer, make sure *it does not compete with or try to replace the finished works of Jesus. *it does not cast condemnation on God's children *it does not bring bondage to God's children *you can change it as you develop, without having to feel condemned. Have a mind to exalt Christ with what you do. Some women once preached and practiced, 'no trousers for ladies'. But today, they wear them. Some want to change too, but they feel self condemned and confused. It's a sign that the culture they have held on to is ungodly and contrary to Christ, irrespective of the moral points it scores in the eyes of the world. You must be able to break that culture without feeling condemned. Jesus knew the culture of his day was to wash hands before eating. But on one occasion, he deviated. The Pharisees said he was defiled for doing so! What?! How does washing my hands or not washing them affect my spirit? Jesus went on to debunk some other things that these people practiced and thereby displaced the truth of God. When you command things that perish with earthly use as if that is the way to heaven, you are giving heed to demons. Let's see an example. Jesus said, 'Some made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God...' Paul, by the same Spirit, said, 'Let those who will, marry. And those who won't, also do well.' You see, there is nothing compulsory about it. Nobody is making you do anything. You can make yourself an eunuch, that is, not marry. And the same you can change your mind and decide to marry. And in doing so, feel no condemnation. Now see this. Paul wrote to Timothy to warn the church that some people are heeding doctrines of demons, "commanding people not to marry and to abstain from meat." Why is this demonic? It is contradicts what the Lord and his apostles said at first. These people were making other believers eunuchs and controlling their feeding style. That's wrong. That's wrong. There is no basis for that in the new testament. If YOU don't want marry, fine. Don't force and command other believers, against their will, to join your decision, threatening them with curses and hell. That's a lie. That's devilish. Peter had a wife. Paul did not. Paul never condemned Peter or put him down as a bad example because of that. Neither did Peter tell anyone that because Paul wasn't married, he could not teach on marriage. Many of the apostles and ministers got their living by the gospel. They received income in the ministry. Paul recognized their right to. In fact, he said, 'the Lord has commanded that they which preach the gospel should get their living by the gospel.' 1 Corinthians 9:14. But he himself did not use that right in the church of Corinth. It was just his decision. That others collected and he didn't does not make him better than they. He could have turned around and rightly said, 'now, I want to start receiving what's due me.' It's wrong then when one person comes to say, "it's wrong for pastors to receive income in ministry. I don't." You don't? Praise God. They do? Praise God. The Lord, not our income stream, is our righteousness. Jesus is the way. Not how you dress or what you put on. Not what you eat or do not eat. Not how many times you fast, pray or attend church services. No. Jesus is the way. Jesus is the way. Once you're clear about that, you are good to go. Build your godly culture, whatever suits you and do it in the name of Jesus Christ. Rejoice in it. If you have to change it, do. And still be in faith. Don't be condemned by what others do or say, neither let what you do condemn you. Who is it that brings an accusation to condemn you? Christ died and rose again for you! There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. Further read: Colossians 2:13-23, Galatians 4:6-11. Source: Johnson Boyede |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by Nobody: 7:56am On Feb 05, 2016 |
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Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by Nobody: 7:56am On Feb 05, 2016 |
Matthew 7:1 |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by Nobody: 8:19am On Feb 05, 2016 |
May God continue to enrich your knowledge. Lovely |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by udumosam23(m): 8:38am On Feb 05, 2016 |
Nice, I most share this. The truth as it is. |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by hayzed1090: 9:17am On Feb 05, 2016 |
Ok. Now I understand why some ladies put on skimpy dresses to church nowadays. |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by Amberon11: 10:57am On Feb 05, 2016 |
beautiful |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by Amberon11: 11:00am On Feb 05, 2016 |
hypocrite. what about guys that sag their pants, wear ear rings and style their hair to church?? mtcheeew. judging and condemning women while you're worse. hayzed1090: |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by ichommy(m): 2:53pm On Feb 05, 2016 |
Ha Ha BRB busy for now. CC hahn cold |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by hahn(m): 4:16pm On Feb 05, 2016 |
Summary: Jesus is the way to heaven. That is to say, Jesus is now a pavement everyone must walk on. I wonder what the other 3,999 religions of the world have to say about this especially considering the fact that they are all going to hell. Oh well |
Re: Stop Condemning Others By Playing God (A Must Read) by Rosemary216(f): 12:27am On Feb 06, 2016 |
Hmmmmm... |
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