Sunday, November 28, 2010

this is about where i stand

andrew strom has a very balanced view of the supernatural; he holds the truth in tension here quite well, i think.

cheezy theatrical music at the start, lol, but otherwise solid and informative stuff.



what i don't understand is why more people don't just say outright, that is NOT God.

i think it may be lingering fear from that whole wave of 'touch not mine anointed' teaching that ran its way through the church at large.... fizzled out in some places (like my church, thankfully) but is in full influence in others.... and in individuals in various places and ways.

one thing i strive to keep in mind constantly, is that our battle is not against flesh and blood.  many people who are in this movement sincerely love God... and i do believe He will bring them out, in His timing.

because i've been to close to the fire myself, i hate that whole realm of deceptive supernatural evil, and i tend to instinctively lash out against anything -- and anyone -- that has even a whiff of this.  my very definite, fleshly, carnal BAD.  there you go, my confession for the day... uh, hour.  no, minute.   ....God, keep working in me on this.

and in the meantime, i need to remember that for myself, what ever is not of faith is sin.  and that i can not allow myself to compromise and come down on myself for my conviction in this area.

Romans 14:2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

and this is one 'bread' i cannot, in good conscience, partake of.

~lynnie
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