I unfortunately see a lot of politics among professed believers. I'm not talking about the "Let's lay hands on the President for a public photo op" kind. Although that is/was very disturbing. I'm talking about the fleshly infighting that seems to be constantly going on within church organizations. The kind that reminds me of what goes on in corporate boardrooms and political parties. The current Southern Baptist Convention debacle comes to mind, but they certainly aren't the first. I believe one of the reasons we have sooo many denominations is that one faction doesn't agree with another and decides to split off into its own organization. To me this smells of pride rather than eagerness to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. From time to time I see videos about an individual congregation that is part of a much larger whole having to pay millions of dollars to exit from the "mother organization," so to speak. It reminds me of franchising in the business world. I think so much of the genuine work in and for Christ is being done by people who are humbly working in the field rather than seeking the limelight, the power, the cameras and the microphones. The quiet ones will be surprised to hear, "Come, O blessed of my Father..." because they just humbly do "the work" of believing in Jesus Christ (John 6:29) without fanfare or titles or empires. I'm not anti-education but I think heaven is going to have a lot of people who didn't get nearly a whiff of a seminary degree. The only praise that matters is "Well done good and faithful servant." His praise is not from men but from God. It's terrifying to think that there'll be many who say they did miracles, prophesied and cast out demons in Jesus's name, only to be rejected as never having been known by him. Our Father who sees in secret does the rewarding.
Let me correct you the first son represents the sinner who has repented and turn to Jesus. The second son represents those who claim to do God's will and dont. This is about hypocrisy in the church. It represents all of us. God is not saying by no means to keep sinning,
Thank you good sir and fellow brother in Christ! God bless you!
Thank you for this!
I unfortunately see a lot of politics among professed believers. I'm not talking about the "Let's lay hands on the President for a public photo op" kind. Although that is/was very disturbing.
I'm talking about the fleshly infighting that seems to be constantly going on within church organizations. The kind that reminds me of what goes on in corporate boardrooms and political parties. The current Southern Baptist Convention debacle comes to mind, but they certainly aren't the first.
I believe one of the reasons we have sooo many denominations is that one faction doesn't agree with another and decides to split off into its own organization. To me this smells of pride rather than eagerness to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
From time to time I see videos about an individual congregation that is part of a much larger whole having to pay millions of dollars to exit from the "mother organization," so to speak. It reminds me of franchising in the business world.
I think so much of the genuine work in and for Christ is being done by people who are humbly working in the field rather than seeking the limelight, the power, the cameras and the microphones. The quiet ones will be surprised to hear, "Come, O blessed of my Father..." because they just humbly do "the work" of believing in Jesus Christ (John 6:29) without fanfare or titles or empires.
I'm not anti-education but I think heaven is going to have a lot of people who didn't get nearly a whiff of a seminary degree. The only praise that matters is "Well done good and faithful servant." His praise is not from men but from God. It's terrifying to think that there'll be many who say they did miracles, prophesied and cast out demons in Jesus's name, only to be rejected as never having been known by him. Our Father who sees in secret does the rewarding.
Let me correct you the first son represents the sinner who has repented and turn to Jesus. The second son represents those who claim to do God's will and dont. This is about hypocrisy in the church. It represents all of us. God is not saying by no means to keep sinning,
Thank you so much sir, God Bless
The Lord bless you well.
Thank you!🤍🙏🏾
finally!!
Accusing Jesus of being the leader of unorganized religion is very interesting
Jesus isn’t religious, he never taught religion he said repent and seek the kingdom… not seek religion.