Spirit and Truth
Having a long discussion over lunch with Brian my stepdad, I have had a topic stirred up in my heart once again. It seems lots of churchs in the area, and america as a whole, are neglecting biblical principals for a deeper spiritual relationship with God.
This is a really difficult topic. Most of us that grew up in an Evangelical church understand the deadness that was there because most people did not become baptised with the fire that is the holy spirit and walked around spouting scripture, but had no reinforcment from heaven to live those principals.
We see those that are ultra Charasmatic and cringe because most of what we see is emotional hype, with no founding in the scripture. They talk about partnering with the spirit and the conviction that the spirit will bring into your life to change you.
Well both of these are wrong, but both have what could be healthy. Like wings of an Eagle, both Spirit and Truth need to be fully developed within us. We should be able to go into worship based prayer and realize that we haven't moved for 4 hours. We should be motivated by the spirit and able to have victory over any weakness. To "Ask for anything of my Father in my name and you shall receive it". But how will you get these things without Truth? We need strong biblical foundings, after all the Holy Bible is the Direct Living Word of God, but without the Holy Spirit how will you fight off satan's attacks on those foundings? Only through humanistic thought and that is the death the church is in.
Lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways look to him, and he will show you were to go.
And Remember compromise killed the church
This is a really difficult topic. Most of us that grew up in an Evangelical church understand the deadness that was there because most people did not become baptised with the fire that is the holy spirit and walked around spouting scripture, but had no reinforcment from heaven to live those principals.
We see those that are ultra Charasmatic and cringe because most of what we see is emotional hype, with no founding in the scripture. They talk about partnering with the spirit and the conviction that the spirit will bring into your life to change you.
Well both of these are wrong, but both have what could be healthy. Like wings of an Eagle, both Spirit and Truth need to be fully developed within us. We should be able to go into worship based prayer and realize that we haven't moved for 4 hours. We should be motivated by the spirit and able to have victory over any weakness. To "Ask for anything of my Father in my name and you shall receive it". But how will you get these things without Truth? We need strong biblical foundings, after all the Holy Bible is the Direct Living Word of God, but without the Holy Spirit how will you fight off satan's attacks on those foundings? Only through humanistic thought and that is the death the church is in.
Lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways look to him, and he will show you were to go.
And Remember compromise killed the church
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