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God has his people within the organized church, and there is a number of people there who follow after Him and experience his power and life, I too have experienced this within the confines of denominations. :) Forgive the incompleteness of my post if it seemed to deem this impossible. However...

God does not answer when we seek something for ourselves, but when we submit all to Him for his purpose. God came and gavr his life for all, and became servant of all, but only those who learn from his love and sacrifice and also give their all to him reveal themselves yo be worthy of Him. He...

Thanks for sharing this, jiggyfly! :) Man has unknowingly returned to the old system, because sadly too often the blind lead the blind. We replaced temples with church buildings, priests with... Priests (for catholics) or pastors... But the good news brought to us by Jesus Christ and his...

I agree with you. :) We shouldn't defend our rights, rather we should turn the other cheek. Being persecuted for Godliness' sake can only happen if we are leading Godly lives! ;) Offending for the sake of offending is pointless... But if we preach the gospel in all meekness and humility and...

Amen! :) The anointing of God is for those who would serve him wholeheartedly and submit themselves completely to Him! No system or institution can manufacture such life and power, it is only found in Him, and he is found outside the camp! ;) Very good point about tongues too. It is sad that...

The church as a whole does not generally bring shame to God's name, rather glory. But some parts, which will be rejected unless they repent, do indeed bring shame... Laodicea is a fine example of this. Not only this, but Jesus so often speaks of unprofitable servants in his parables. As Paul...

Having an academic without power probably sounds better than an unlearned man without power, but it only looks good because of what it is compared to. The truth is... There is absolutely no substitute for spiritual men, experienced in walking with God, who share the gospel in power. That means...

13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (Acts 4) I guess being an Apostle is not one of the functions which requires being learned? ;) The...

That's like saying 'everybody has idols'. Well, most people do. But why the unbelief? Do you not believe that we can choose to serve God in purity, apart from our own opinions and own thoughts? Is it not possible to follow the Spirit and be cleansed from all others 'guides' and our old mind...

While I agree that the church is mostly no longer what it should be.... The reasoning of the thread is wrong. To say that the body is not the source of the truth, but the head is doesn't make sense; they are one. Christ and his church are one. Of course, things flow downwards, the truth comes...

Pessimist towards the situation of the flesh! Optimist towards the hope we have in Christ! ;) We face reality for the situation we are in, in this fallen world... But we have hope through Christ. When we call men, we look pessimistic towards the current situation, but optimistic because of our...

Yes! Rejoice in all things... It's an act of faith! :)

Yes! God is in each of us individually if we are his people, but it is when we come together that he is among us. The issue here is about establishing the kingdom on earth... Not a person's salvation. That might help clarify the angle of the thread. :)

Indeed, Christianity is in shared life, not shared beliefs. :) There are a number of people who see the issue of our many divisions and seek to have us come together to do a few things together. This is good... Better than nothing. But not what we are called to. The Gospel calls for the...

I mean to make it a little less hard edged. The gospel is pretty rough... I want to make clear I'm talking about the standard Jesus puts forth for his disciples. The gospel is a call to become just that. Imagine a man plainly telling you that if we do not drink his blood and eat his flesh, we...

Yes... Making the gospel understandable to a modern day reader... Or an english speaking person... Is perfectly fine. :) But that's not what I was trying to get to. What about softening the blow of the gospel to our personal lives and how it affects it? Making the gospel understandable to the...

There is a human tendency to attempt to bring balance to the gospel... To make the truth more palatable. Is this a good thing? Important so that more would be able to hear it?

We are all called to the full standard of Christ. What changes how much of it we attain is the level of our consecration and how far we are willing to go... How much heart we put into it. :) As long as man is faithful, and continues to the end... God will not reject him. God is merciful! But...

Yes! :) Men are usually looking for something that can comfort them where they are at... But this comfort makes us stay where we are at and not move forward. This is why the Lord chastises us; if we are not pushed, we never move forward. The Laodicean church thought it was rich, and had all...

I'm dropping this one, df. I can't get what I'm saying across to you... Blessings in Christ. :)