Free from what? Being part of the church (His body)? We all have seen your previous posts about calling yourself "I Am". That's a whole different belief system.
I hope I don't hear Popeye coming on here again stating “I am what I am, and that's all that I am.” and the misguided notions that go along with that. Our physical bodies may benefit from eating spinach to give us energy and strength, but here we are talking about the energy and strength of God Himself. The Great I Am. The head of everything, who has the right to give to His only begotten Son...authority to be the head of the church (believers).
You may be against organized religion. I don't fault you for that, because there has been many downfalls in that area, but whether organized or not, people fail. We each fail whether within organized religion or not. Christ does not fail. That is why we lift our eyes to Him.
Ephesians 2:21-22 In whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
Notice the capital "S" in Spirit. That is the Holy Spirit. This is God's doing, not us.
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im bringing all this up out of the muck and the mire where i am sure most here would like for it to be. not me. this stuff needs to be said out in the open.
"Free from what? Being part of the church (His body)? We all have seen your previous posts about calling yourself "I Am". That's a whole different belief system."
you seem to have all the right ingredients but you have it backwards. youre baking at 375 when you should be letting it sit out at room temperature. youre blending instead of stirring. youre using salt instead of cream of tartar. etc.
i am free to BE a part of the body of christ. the church youre talking about is not his church. it cant be. HIS church doesnt DO what they do. it doesnt SAY what they say. christianity is simply another worldly religion and branch of world government. the false prophet does miracles in support of the beast. the body of christ has nothing to do with the beast.
"I hope I don't hear Popeye coming on here again stating “I am what I am, and that's all that I am.” and the misguided notions that go along with that. Our physical bodies may benefit from eating spinach to give us energy and strength, but here we are talking about the energy and strength of God Himself. The Great I Am. The head of everything, who has the right to give to His only begotten Son...authority to be the head of the church (believers)."
you have obviously done a lot of thinking about the the things i have said and i appreciate it personally and i think god honors that as well. it is a very strong sign that you are one of his. iron is supposed to sharpen iron so dont get too flinty on me. i have listened to and submitted to everyone here. you are the only one who has righteously reciprocated and treated me the way you would want to be treated. everyone else has gotten stiffnecked, rebellious, hardened their heart or run away, many times while pretending to be and do otherwise.
we are all still here on this earthly plane or realm, whatever suits you, and we are still robbed in corrupted flesh. but we are to live after the spirit, not after the flesh. you have a pretty standard traditional view of all that which includes all the traditions and doctrines of men we have been burdened with. it is those things which i am NOT burdened with. i have never taken license for the sake of taking license here. i dont think that way. i very much want to be meek and kind and polite and get along with everyone. rather than dismiss that admission out of hand one would do well to think about what that means. i have said i am here in obedience to god, not in spite of god or as a free agent. if i expressed my free agency i would go do something else and tell you all to rot in hell. but apparently i need the kind of abuse thats been dished out here so i have let the spirit lead me and have said and done as he has seen fit.
the pharisees didnt believe it either. i thought it was interesting how tom petty had read the words of our lord and concluded that more than half of what he said wasnt to the average person. none of those did he condemn. they all knew they were sinning and he simply instructed them to sin no more. pretty simple stuff. most of his warnings and instructions went to the scribes and the pharisees - the jews. the religious(and political) leaders of his day. well if thats the way the head behaved, doesnt it make sense tha the rest of the body would follow suit? and that is my burden today - the political and religious leaders.
a lot of the disciples were zealots or were familiar with them. they got broke in and developed their chops with political matters. jesus came along and gave them a new focus - on the things that really matter, matters of the spirit.
"You may be against organized religion. I don't fault you for that, because there has been many downfalls in that area, but whether organized or not, people fail. We each fail whether within organized religion or not. Christ does not fail. That is why we lift our eyes to Him."
yes, refreshed, organized religion is a problem. its organized by men. and it is not gods church. gods churched is scattered throughout the world. it is very lonely being a part of the body of christ. there is not one stone(person) upon another in it. just as jesus walked alone on this earth (his disciples had no idea what he was doing until long after he had done it), so are we dependent o him and him alone for our guidance. sure, there are times of fellowship, but they happen when god wants them to and they rarely last for any length of time. the stones for the temple will have to be gathered and they will be gathered by god, not by man. sorry. what you see is no the church. it is basically satan worship. what the world calls satan worship is a farce to give the pretend god worshippers something to point at and say see, there is evil, there is the devil, there is satan. may be, but whos worried about the obvious groups? arent they obvious? the devil comes as an angel of light. the antichrist puts on a façade and pretends to be christ. where else is that than in christianity? and especially zionist christianity.
"Ephesians 2:21-22 In whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
Notice the capital "S" in Spirit. That is the Holy Spirit. This is God's doing, not us."
no need to play lawyer with the word. it doesnt work that way. the jews did that with the law of moses and look where it got them. besides, the translator put the capitol S there, not the author. and just like i said, the building is put together by god in the spirit, not in the flesh.
god bless you, refreshed. i know my words are hard. i am torn between being mad at christianity and feeling sorry for it. god has it all worked out, im sure. just like a rape that results in a saint - its hard to fathom wholly condemning the rape at some point. i thank god he is in control and not me.