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i like james be a doer of the word not a hearer only if we fail to do what we hear then we see how we really are like our natural man in a mirrorGreat Subject for a thread.
18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”19 Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and could not approach Him because of the crowd. 20 And it was told Him by some, who said, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You.”
21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
Luke 8:18-21
- “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
JLB
My experience in almost 34 years and many churches and denominations, is that churches tend to feed their desires rather than learn to serve God according to his word.2nd Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
every church denomination started out with a God sent vision .they all started out good .but in the end man started shaping it with hisMy experience in almost 34 years and many churches and denominations, is that churches tend to feed their desires rather than learn to serve God according to his word.
My church is no different.
2nd Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
Look at the population in broadcast mega-churches. One pastor's church in Texas is a converted sports arena and it is filled to the rafters.
And that pastor is known for never ministering the points of the Gospel, and never mentioning Hell in his sermons. Nor sin.
Feel good doctrine. Be good, love God, and he'll be like Santa all year round and return the faith with material wealth to the faithful.
And these pastors live their talk because they all live enormously rich lifestyles. I looked them up.
Imagine what kind of good they could do instead for the less fortunate that surround their church locations.