Many Christians Claim Unbiblical Spiritual Gifts, Survey Finds

jerryc »

Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:51 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

I want to thank all of you for understanding and being compassionate towards me. This sister has been my friend for a long time, and I believe that her motives went south long ago, and we have a lot of anymosity against one another. She has really brought me under much bondage, which I do realize the false teachers in the Apostles time did the same to the 1st Century Church. It's like she has had this hold over my mind that she tries to lord over every decision I make, especially when it comes to any woman having an interest in me. She even admits, at times, that she does the opposite of what the Bible tells us to do when dealing with fellow believers. I think her wounds from her divorce 18 years ago are still very fresh.. Well it's a long story, but I believe thie is why she acts the way she does?? Maybe I will write more later.. God Bless you all!!!

In Christ,
Chris

Many Christians Claim Unbiblical Spiritual Gifts, Survey Finds

jerryc »

Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:11 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

To be quite honest with all of you, I have NEVER seen anyone operate in a true prophetic sense in the 11 years as a believer. All I have seen is a bunch of fickle christians looking for, and giving "words from the Lord" like a fix to a druggie.. I have prophecied at times, not even knowing that I was doing it, and later on saw the thing come to pass. However the ones who push words from the Lord are not genuine, in my experience. I believe all things spoken to another and said to be "Thus saith the Lord" had better be from the Lord. Plus, when christians think they are prophets (or add whatever title to their name), in my experience as well, they begin to try to Lord over all who are around them. I have experienced this to an extent that you folks probably have no idea. So, if I sound a bit against this subject matter, it is because I have lived through 11 years of hell with someone who thinks she is a "prophetess".. Hope this helps???

Many Christians Claim Unbiblical Spiritual Gifts, Survey Finds

jerryc »

Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:56 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

This is where I am coming from.. Maybe I didn't explain myself well enough on my last post. I have a sister in the Lord whom works for me, and she has been a believer for about 40 years and has NEVER studied in any constructive way, yet she got involved with some cliques of christians who pretty much have a "word from the Lord" about everything negative that happens to "everybody else" around them. In other words, they all try to function as modern day prophets. This is NOT what the New Testament teaches whatsoever, as I was picking up from many of the posts on this blog yesterday, many were talking from this particular viewpoint. Here is a very good article on this subject for anyone who is interested; there are many great articles on this site as well as this man is a well seasoned, educated teacher whom is fluent in the Bible languages as well. Not that this is for everyone to be highly educated, however the Lord does raise up "some" in this fashion(referring to 1st Corinthians 1).
http://cicministry.org/commentary/issue95.htm

Enjoy!!
JerryC

Many Christians Claim Unbiblical Spiritual Gifts, Survey Finds

jerryc »

Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:40 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 2

For all of you commenting on this story, you should really do your homework. "Prophet" as used in the New Testament is NOT the same as the prophet of the Old Testament, as this is not a functioning office as it was in the Old Dispensation. The Lord Jesus Christ is NOW our prophet, not any human, as we simply "prophecy" to one another for purposes of edification. "Prophetess" if you really bother to do a word search in a Concordance or Greek Lexicon, is the "wife of a prophet". Too many have been exposed to the heretical teachings of televangelist ministries, to use the word "ministries" a bit loosely. A prophet in the Old Testament was a "mediator" between the children of Israel and God. God relayed His mind on situations to the prophet to tell the people. The priest went to God in behalfof the children of Israel. If you do a quick read of the Gospels, you will see that John the Baptist was "the LAST prophet" of the Old Dispensation!! In other words, if any of you are running around pretending to be God's mouthpiece, you are NOT speaking for Him, as this is Jesus's job, not ours.. ALL functions of the 5 fold ministry in the 1st Century Ecclesia "church" were in the MALE gender, so assigning these offices to a woman is totally unscriptural.. Spiritual gifts are great, if used correctly, however if you truly read the 1st Book of Corinthians, you will see that Paul was rebuking these people, whom were the most gifted of all of the churches, due to their misuse of the gifts in that they did NOT love one another. Anyway, this is why Paul admonishes ALL believers to STUDY to show ourselves approved, as workmen that need not be ashamed; RIGHTLY dividing the word of truth.. Forgivensinner you are correct, as many of these gifts were used as a sign to the new believers to confirm the Apostles ministry, and also given to the new believers to confirm to the Apostles that the new gentile converts were for real. The Book of Acts, if taken in proper context will clear up all of these issues.. I encourage all to look it up for yourselves as I am a simple servant... God Speed!!

Jerryc...