I rarely watch videos posted on here but felt God telling me to give it a listen. Very good message.
The Bible states that he will pour his spirit out on his people in the last days. It would be foolish to believe that the end of days that God wouldn't speak through his people- considering that we know what the gift of prophecy is for - edifying and encouragement for building up the body of Christ before his return.
In the same way, the blank page in the Bible between the New Testament and the Old Testament represents 400 years of silence. Then suddenly, John the Baptist prepares the way.
If you believe in the end times, you must believe in prophecy.
I had a lot of struggle on my journey and I had a LOT of testing, so naturally I became a skeptic and labeling everything as evil, followed the Strange Fire thing for a while but later realized that I had to consider that teachers like John MacArthur and Todd Friel (sp?) were teaching something that is spoken in the Bible "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
That is not to say that we shouldn't be careful that we aren't deceived because there is certainly a spiritual war at hand.
Be wise as serpents and gentle as doves; stand firm with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, tread carefully, and let your words be filled with wisdom and seasoned with grace.
I like your comment. Because at least you are open to these things. When I read some comments for this video and from others I also posted I imagine that some do not listen to the video, maybe can't or don't go on youtube. The few words I write is to hopefully to atract enough interest for you to listen. Like another video I posted about how I learn to cast demons.
When I post things it is not to poke at folks beliefs. Another way to explain it. It is like a person who becomes a mechanic who at one time can't afford to have someone fix his car and he does so successfully after some trial and error. Then others bring their broken cars and he begins helping others to fix their car and even teaches them what to do the next time. Then after time he eventually fixes more and more of them along the way learning more and more.
Then this mechanic goes on errand one day and ends up being surrounded by a group of other folks. And someone among them starts a conversation saying they have a problem with their broken car. Well they all listen, then all the other guys(or girls) proceed to tell this person what they think is wrong with their car. The mechanic who has fixed a lot of cars is listening to everyone and is realizing many of these people don't know what they are talking about. So knowing what the problem is he(her) interjects with a suggestion and one of the people wants to even argue their antidote. Sometimes that what it seems like to me on these blogs so I am happy when someone like you find something useful.
What is jist of this illustration? You realize many have ideas of how things work and even believe these things, but because of their lack of application to many things they think they know, but they have not learn from use. Now of course everyone is not going to learn to be a mechanic, but cars will continue to break and need to be fix and there will be those who do it. Good ones and bad ones. But it would be silly to think we do not need something because it doesn't appear to be a need to us. Yet, the fixing of cars has to go on by someone or calamity will happen and cars will come to a stand still not functioning or working right anymore. Oh, yeah just like today, this world and the people. Look at the world and the people around us and even the folks sitting in church, but living in sin yet many say the things we need passed away in the early church.
Paul said, Jesus(God) gave to the church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints. Who other than God should decide if we need them/or which ones or not. Well, it wasn't God but man who decided we don't need Jesus ministry in the earth the way He gave it. Just like men decided they did not need God's ministry brought through Moses and dismantled it making it hard for the people to know God because too many of those running it were corrupt. They added things God never asked them too and refashioned things to work for them. So, God came to earth Himself to established a new ministry through which we could know and be reconciled to God through. But just like then, so it is now men like having supremacy over each other and block the Lord's ministry to the people. You remember the rebuke he gave to the pharisees and sadducees in Jesus's hypocrite speech. He could be preaching that today to many who are in leadership in the church.
Men want to get rid of the first two the apostle and prophet, their teaching and the work they do because they are foundational gifts to keep people building on the foundation of Jesus Christ. Yes, there are false everything and we can know because they will try to get you to believe something that is not true. Like God doing away with some the spiritual gifts. They take a believing heart in Jesus to reform it in their own image moving to place of unbelief and error where you vulnerable. Don't worry they have the answer for you, but in the end it will cost you, but many them won't know because as you get tangled in sin and are crushed they go on seeking after new converts to take your place.
Just like you quoted, "having form of godliness but denying the power behind it". It is called rebellion. And the day of reckoning has come many will realize it soon as the things we have come to believe will be brought into the light to be proven. We will be called to account then we will know. By the way FluffyYellowDuck there are some other videos there where you watched that one that speak to this.
Thanks for taking time to post on this thread/post/video