A completely unfair comment. I don't do that Mike and you should know that from my posts. It's not what *I* think they should be doing, but if it helps your cause to twist my comments and judge me for something I haven't even done, so be it. It's starting to look like a sour grapes situation and when attitude seems to take over on this board, I usually back out because we just won't get anywhere. I think you are just angry because I happen to speak out against someone you like, but I doubt if I'll slow down any at all.
It is a fair comment. You don't judge, Jesus said you won't be judged. You talk bad about people, you have to receive the same. That is not unfair, that is how it works.
Is the Lord slack in judging? Is that the issue, God just takes to darn long? I can give a list of ministers that started off good, got in error and have lost their lives early. I don't like to see that, but the Lord will judge, and Satan will take them out.
If you speak bad about someone, do you have any authority to change it, and back up what you judged? If you don't, your in trouble.
A right judge can carry out what they have said. If certain ministers where under me, I'd shut them down in a heart beat.
What about all these people we have to warn?
Warn them from what? We don't know the heart, some folks preach things that they really believe, but are completely confused about. If their heart is right, How they wrong with the Lord?
Who gets deceived and stays deceived? Jesus told us, and you or I can't prevent them from getting deceived. It's a heart issue.
Joh_7:17
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
You know how many believers there are that won't submit to God? If I said millions, I would not be joking. If God says stay, they go, if God sends them there, they get offended and leave of the offense. If God said move, they wait so their kids can finish school, and they can get a good price on their house, never getting around to going where God said. People pack up and leave their church, because of some Job promotion, never asking the Lord. It's rampant.
These are the folks that are buying into bad doctrine. The Lord can ask me to do anything, and I'll pack and move in a second, give all my bill money, whatever he asks, I do.
People have all these marriage issue, and you ask them if the Lord said marry that person, they just look at you with a dumb look on their face.. Ask God? Never thought of that. Really?
The problem is not the false teachers who are so good they almost could deceive the elect of God. In Corinthians Paul had concerns of them getting deceived, but they had it handled. Galatians, not so much.
Who decides who is good or bad?
I like Brother Copeland, you don't. Who is right? Neither one of us feel that we are wrong, but I find nothing wrong with him. I have listened to him long enough to understand what He teaches. He has helped more people than any Minister I know, gave our church a few million to help us.
I am not a big Benny Hinn fan. Unlike Copeland, I can point to lots of things. Brother Copeland has never broke his Word though, to anyone. He says it, that's it.
I am not in agreement with everything Brother Copeland teaches. Through the years He's changed some things, getting more light. In the past, I was not a fan that Words are containers of power. I understand words are very important, but That is not exactly how it works.
Brother Copeland has a foreknowledge Doctrine I don't care for. Most Pentecostal folks do though. It's just how it is. Brother Copeland says Jesus, the 2nd Person in the Godhead. That irritates me also. But so what.
Healing:
The Healing thing gets me upset also. I have laid hands on the sick, they have recovered, been used by God in Miracles, and seen some amazing things through the years. I hate when someone makes it a false thing. It gets me upset because there is a real, the problem is that folks want it ALL the time to draw people in. So the start making stuff up, to get people in faith they say.. yea right.
Worked for a Pastor that use to stand up before I taught say over and over. Holy Spirit Come, Holy Spirit Come, Let there be Miracles.
I am thinking where did the Holy Spirit run off to? He was trying to force these miracle services to help the people at first, but it changed to him wanting to be recognized.
I had to endure this before I spoke for a time. Miracles come by hearing of faith, and hearing of faith from the Word. It's the Lord the performs he Word with signs following. Nothing I can do to speed up that process, if there be a process at all.
I get what your saying, but
confused people are normally those not sold out to God. It ends in people wanting to be more in love with their doctrine, than love with people and Jesus. We have lots of those folks running around the forum. People that did not do something the Lord said, they know it but moved on to other things convincing themselves it was God. Baalam did that, kept asking until he heard go with them. He started to hear what he wanted to hear, but that was not exactly what the Lord said. It cost him his life in the end.
Best thing, smile, and don't put others down. Hope the best for everyone, one day we might need the same.
blessings.
, they do much more harm than good and I don't think they belong behind any pulpit.
