th1b.taylor
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One of the more difficult trials of the Christian Walk is acceptance. The simple truth of the matter is that God did not use a Cookie Cutter and stamp us out with it. Because of this one truth we, Christians, must learn tolerance from the day we are reborn until the day of our passing into Eternity.
The trouble comes, often, with limited and or selected reading of the scriptures and both of these practices have become common practice today and has splintered the Body of the Christ into many small and therefore impotent splinter groups. There are a few absolutes I have discovered after 24 years of reading and studying the Word that are primary and must be held firmly but the rest is secondary and the problem I that folks tend to elevate the secondary to primary to suit their personal convictions and for other reasons.
In the past 18 years of Internet ministry I've had numbers of people, claiming the name of the Christ, to tell me that it is impossible for Mary to have been a virgin and to give birth to Jesus... wrong! This is one of the unshakable tenants of the Christian Faith that results in a person walking and living the Christian Life. God, in the scriptures He has had recorded and saved for our edification proves that He is omnipotent and regardless of revisionism, that means there is nothing He cannot do except to violate His basic nature and sin.
So, what are some of these secondary issues that are elevated in importance? There are to many to enumerate but one very popular one is Speaking in Tongues. I( know a Baptist Pastor that has reported he goes into his Prayer closet and prays in tongues and I will never argue with that, it is scriptural. And I will never try to debate the average Pentecostal Christian over speaking in tongues but rather will point out that as long as there is an interpreter so that the Body is edified, it is a proper event to occure.
I am given to raising my hands, in surrender to my LORD, in worship and a gentleman at a Promise Keepers event asked me if I could speak in tongues and I replied no. He then told me he could see that I was full of the Holy Spirit and he asked me if I wanted him to teach me how? I said no, and added that if Jesus wanted me to speak n tongues, I, like the disciples would not be able not to. He looked thoughtful and we spent a couple of more hours worshipping God together.
As Christians, we must stop playing Church and become the Church.
One of the more difficult trials of the Christian Walk is acceptance. The simple truth of the matter is that God did not use a Cookie Cutter and stamp us out with it. Because of this one truth we, Christians, must learn tolerance from the day we are reborn until the day of our passing into Eternity.
The trouble comes, often, with limited and or selected reading of the scriptures and both of these practices have become common practice today and has splintered the Body of the Christ into many small and therefore impotent splinter groups. There are a few absolutes I have discovered after 24 years of reading and studying the Word that are primary and must be held firmly but the rest is secondary and the problem I that folks tend to elevate the secondary to primary to suit their personal convictions and for other reasons.
In the past 18 years of Internet ministry I've had numbers of people, claiming the name of the Christ, to tell me that it is impossible for Mary to have been a virgin and to give birth to Jesus... wrong! This is one of the unshakable tenants of the Christian Faith that results in a person walking and living the Christian Life. God, in the scriptures He has had recorded and saved for our edification proves that He is omnipotent and regardless of revisionism, that means there is nothing He cannot do except to violate His basic nature and sin.
So, what are some of these secondary issues that are elevated in importance? There are to many to enumerate but one very popular one is Speaking in Tongues. I( know a Baptist Pastor that has reported he goes into his Prayer closet and prays in tongues and I will never argue with that, it is scriptural. And I will never try to debate the average Pentecostal Christian over speaking in tongues but rather will point out that as long as there is an interpreter so that the Body is edified, it is a proper event to occure.
I am given to raising my hands, in surrender to my LORD, in worship and a gentleman at a Promise Keepers event asked me if I could speak in tongues and I replied no. He then told me he could see that I was full of the Holy Spirit and he asked me if I wanted him to teach me how? I said no, and added that if Jesus wanted me to speak n tongues, I, like the disciples would not be able not to. He looked thoughtful and we spent a couple of more hours worshipping God together.
As Christians, we must stop playing Church and become the Church.
