Are You a Pastor? Are You for Unifying the Brethren or Dividing Them?
Grace to you Pastor!
What a time to impact your city! In these ever-increasing days of tumult, what would be a better opportunity to jump on God’s band-wagon for unity and brotherhood? This is not a new doctrinal catch-phrase that has recently been thought up in the heavenlies, and tossed down to the earth in new revelation. It has been the purpose for God’s children all along. Allow us to remind you that there are numerous excerpts of scripture that mandates us to live, treat each other as, and to be one.
What is the purpose for driving the denominational wedge between your brothers? Do you not see that it is as demonically effective as racism is and has been? Here is but one of the life-giving nuggets found in our source for hope and direction—the Bible. I am certain each of you can recite and/or quote many other verses that will fit nicely with the one below.
Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. ~1 Cor 10:16-17
What was the purpose of our forefathers, predecessors, or even your determination to be separate from the body? Is there a reason your town, lead by you and other men, has chosen to oust the truth of “brother” and embrace the evil and loveless, verbal and silent mantras of “those people.” Are we so blindly naïve to believe that what we have to give is better than what someone from another color, background or denomination has? Is there not one Jesus? Is there not God of Creation? Is there not one Holy Spirit? Were we not all spiritually birthed through and because of love and purpose stemming from all three of these distinct, yet same persons?
Do you not want to be remembered as one who builds, sows, feeds and loves? Do you want your tombstone to read: he reached, he planted, he touched and he changed lives? Will you be named among the ones who were faithful to keep all of God’s holy Word—not just a percentage? If you were standing before God today, what words would you hear coming from the throne?
The Great Awakenings I and II did not happen because of men who were afraid to stand. They came about because of God working through men who did not shy away from engaging in the truth. We need men of God who will stand up and be brave! GO! “Find Your Adventure,” “Fight Your Battles” and “Save Your Beauty.” Don’t just be a man, be a godly man!!! Show your maleness. Will you, are you able to stand against those who have you by the throat and other vital areas, and say “NO MORE, I WILL DO WHAT GOD HAS CHARGED ME WITH!” “HE OWNS ME!” He is mine and I am His; thus, I will hear great words being uttered from His throne.”
How are you leading your elders, deacons, church body and armor-bearer (if you have one) in the fight to overthrow the churchy tyranny? Are you working to tear down the old and rebuild the new? God is in Jerusalem. It is time to rebuild the walls and put the gates back in.
Would you like to share my loaf and wine? Get fully in the fight!
Your brothers
ATKM
Posted by Armor-Bearer at 3/8/2010 2:44 PM 
Categories: Effective Ministry
Tags: Liar Doctrine Love Racism One Help Unity Teamwork Ego Denomination
Categories: Effective Ministry
Tags: Liar Doctrine Love Racism One Help Unity Teamwork Ego Denomination
Some of what you have to say has merit, I give you that. However, some needs to be clarified much more and in greater depth.
Should we embrace ALL that call themselves saved and welcome them into our church, into the ministry regardless of where they have come from?
Should for instance a Baptist pastor (Not that I am one mind you but just for an example) should he welcome in a pentecostal that goes against what he believes the Word of God declares for him and his church?
If he does it will no doubt bring chaos and confusion among many of the members. Now you may be one that is given to what they call "The Fullness of the Gospel", you may be given to speaking in tongues, declaring God must heal everyone at all times or that God wants us to all be wealthy if only we "have enough faith". Of course I do not know you therefore I cannot say, however, another church may not embrace the same things as you do.
WHO IS RIGHT? Of course those that believe in such things would all agree the man should be aloud to come in and teach those things in a church that has not embraced such teachings. Yet others that are traditional would agree to do so would be heresy and it would destroy what God has put together.
Then we have the thoughts of welcoming the churches that do not preach the true Gospel at all. What do we do with them? Do we add them to our fold and pretend they indeed preach the truth or do we see them for what they really are, a cult? Speaking of such churches as the Catholics, Word of Faith (in which is nothing more than a repackaged New Age doctrine of course), or the Mormon's and/or JW's?
If we welcome these kinds of "churches" into the assembly, like some of the more well known "Christian Men" groups, we WILL cause many to continue to believe they are indeed saved and on their way to heaven when in fact they are not. Are we not merely men that are now being hypocrites becasue we refuse to stand up for the True Word of God? Are we not just as guilty as the false teachers and preachers you find on TV and in many of the mega churches that are of course not of God but of money, like Creflo Dollar for instance or Fred Price?
As a man that has preached the Gospel as a traditionalist for many years I would never allow such men to teach from the pulpit in which I have been given to use to lead the sheep God gave me to lead. Each one of them are a part of my family and just as I would never allow my children to be harmed by some one that is out to hurt them, I would likewise never allow any one to harm my family in the church either.
Let me say this clearly. All those that use the name of "Christian" these days are NOT always so. In fact, sadly it must be said that many follow after a doctrine that is man made and NOT biblical. Many follow, most unknowingly due to ignorance, a doctrine that has been mingled with New Age beliefs, Occultism beliefs, and all manner of evil. But becasue a "Prophet of God" said it was of God, no one judges it.
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Okay bro. I will work to do that with the Lord's help. Okay?
Don, firstly, it is God's Church, not ours. We, as did He, should welcome all who would come. Right? As you replied with "humble pastor," so should all who come to the Lord and His throne--with grace. With that being said, regardless of who they are or where they hail from, they are welcome in the Kingdom of God. Now, if we want to keep them out of the Denominational kingdom we are so diligently building, that would make sense.
Wow brother! It seems you have an axe to grind against that doctrine. Be very careful with that, because those words would stand to do more harm than good. (hear me accurately here) Your words are possibly more damaging than good. They fall into the destructive speech (hate) that the Word speaks strongly that we should put away with the lust, etc. Please be mindful of that. We are to build one another up, not tear one another down. Agreed?
Here we go again bro. Tradition goes back to what the Lord established. Healing is from God. He does not require you, me, your doctrine or my history to do what He wants. The main ingredient He uses is faith. Why are you making it about a personal belief? If you don't want to submit to that for you, don't heap your disbelief upon those who do. We must seek to be on "one accord." This is not what Jesus prayed in John 17 is it--"that we'd be one--as He and the Father are one?
We continue to work to get them saved. We continue offering the Gospel to them too. Remember when you got saved (became a Christian)? You were no different than those who do not serve Him. Jesus is the same for all who are lost. It so happened that you were where they are now. Maybe not to the same extreme. Maybe worse. Lighten up. There is grace that covers them too. Are you not glad grace is on you still?
No sir. Not at all. However, that life-changing Word is still for those who would receive it. If they don't believe in this Jesus as THE ONLY BEGOTTEN Son of God, is the Word made flesh, and came to earth as a babe to save all mankind, then there is NO WAY they would assimilate into Christianity's local church bodies.
You make valid points a few areas, but let us not forget, there are many men, past and present, on TV and some that are not, who are as $ hungry as the next. What makes them any worst than the ones who are power hungry, adulterers, slanderers, or ones who bring a schism among the brethren? All these people may be Methodist, Pentecostal, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, etc. The Bible is very clear who is the sinner? The aforementioned descriptions fit that mold along-side the so-called money-hungry people. Where do you and I fall? Neither of us are free of sin. Once again, sin is what separates us from god. Not repentance. It draws us closer. You know? God still uses all men.
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