If you weren't so dangerous as a false teacher this would be comical!
You said you have "works" of faith, but you can't name one, just like all of the other claims you make without being able to prove them Scripturally! Just lots of useless diatribe, ...like Sprugeon named people like you, blind mouths!
Your turn.
Gene
Another thing I do Gene is I come on strong. I am a strong advocate for my Father. If anyone says God does bad to people, I get on my soap box.
I told you I have been teaching faith for 15 years, I have helped lots of folk through impossible times. I am not of the camp where it's all up to God despite what we believe or say. I am in the camp that if you don't trust God you get the same results as Israel did and the man that built his house on the sand.
All that being said, putting me down when I have mentioned nothing un-scriptural "Blind Moths" is disrespect. I don't consider faith Comical, I don't consider teaching people what Faith means and trusting God dangerous. Jesus said When He comes back will he find faith on Earth? Without faith you can't even please God. You can be faithful at church, mow their grass, help old ladies across the street but if you fear things then all that is for nothing.
I love the Baptist Pastor down the street from me. I don't like all that he believes but He is doing good work and helping folks. It would never occur to me to put him down or call him dangerous. I don't care for Catholic Mass, I don't care for the ritual part, but the priest that did it was nice and had a good message about character. I would not put him down either.
However it seems I must have hit your stand on the soap box button. I guess we all have them and I can show some leniency toward you having this revelation.
Thank you for sharing Tahiti with me.
While you mock this blab it a grab it, name it and claim it you do the same exact thing. Troublesome yes, but you operate principles by accident. I can imagine the thought of having to go to any Jail in Tahiti would be bothersome and I believe you stood the whole time knowing what the Lord said to you. I think you were concerned but I don't think you forgot what God said and went into panic in which case things might not have turned out the way they did. That is faith......................
Blab it and grab it is the same way. Jesus said doubt not but believe in your heart those things you say, you shall have what you say. That is as close to blab it and grab it as it gets.
Since we don't take one scripture and make a doctrine out of it, using that to get God to give us millions of oil wells, We compare scriptures to get a full picture.
What is in your heart, comes out of your mouth. Your true belief system rest idle until provoked. The only way to have faith for a million oil wells is that you have to have heard first, and by that faith in you for what God said is the way you would speak. Much like God changing Abraham's name to father of many nations for everywhere Abraham heard his name it was before him and faith comes by hearing.
Israel had exactly what they said, as God said they would (Num 14) Everything they said happened to them. The Lord said even though you "SAID" your children would be prey, I will still bring them out. God said He was giving them a land of Milk and Honey, they said God brought them out to get them killed. They should have stuck with what God told them.
What story do you want?
I'll go back to 1996......................................... My first faith accident as I did not even know what Faith was really. I had been a bad person, broke the law and was charged in Illinois with 3 Class X felony's. That is a mandatory 18-90 years in Illinois most likely get about 50 years once it was all hashed out. I was in great fear to say the least.
I figured I needed God or something so I went to a Baptist, Nazarene church to get advice. They were not even interested in talking with me since I was a bad guy. That was very discouraging.
I did not even have enough sense to think about Making Jesus Lord, I knew I needed Jesus but was not sure how to go about all that.
Grandma always said that it pleases God when we read the bible and she always use to want to put a bible next to me when I slept at night. Seemed dumb to me but I figured she would know and I was in hot water.
So, I grabbed a NIV my mom gave me and decided to just read. I figured that Jesus was in Matt on so I started in Mathew.
So every night, I would grab my beer and sit down to read the bible after work. In fact I looked forward to that beer and bible reading time. I stopped going to all the parties as I was out on a 80K bail and worked, drank beer and read the bible.
Charges:
All three of my charges were wrong, they were trumped up charges but I refuse to talk to detectives or police. It's a dumb thing to do. They never heard my side of what happened, but I did not care. My appointed Lawyer though could not get them to budge on the charges as they believed they could prove them in court. My lawyer was horrible..............
Back to the Bible
So, I just kept reading and drinking beer. It was when I got to Luke I stopped reading further. I don't know why, can't explain it, but something in Luke would not let me to continue to read on. (Not that I did not have a choice, but my interest was in Luke)
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
(Luk 18:2-8)
Somehow I got the understanding that God could make the charges right. That I would not be treated unjustly if I just don't move.
So, 5 months of being out on bail I read Luke every night over and over and over and over. Those passages is all I read, I did not want to read anything else. I did that every night drinking beer before going to bed.
Trails and Lawyers:
Well, I had to go to court again and the prosecution offered me charges that would give me less than the original max. My Lawyer thought it was a great deal and I should take it. He said he can make sure the punishment a lot less. (Not sure how he could promise that) After reading the new Charges, none were true to what I did still. I remembered Luke clearly and I turned down the offer. This upset my lawyer in shock, He thought I was nuts. Luke said what it said though, I could not explain it.
More Offers:
It was getting close to trail date and I got another offer. 1 charge was right but the other 2 were not. I turned that down. I kept reading Luke over and over every night.
Day before trail:
My Lawyer calls me and told me he had some great news.......... He said he got all 3 charges lowered and I would be out in less than 18 years or so. (don't remember the exact number) He sounded really happy, but after he read the charges two were not right. I never talked to the police, never told them a thing and refused the polygraph so they had nothing I said to use against me. It was hard for me, but I told my lawyer I had to refuse. My Lawyer was just shocked, but all my life I never even considered Jesus or the things of God.
I told the Lord that from this day forward if I read it in your word, I will just believe it and act on that. I said that the first day picking up that NIV. My heart was to please God then and just believe what He said.
My Lawyer warned me that I would most likely die in prison if I don't accept the offer. I said NO............ The charges are not right I did not do what they are charging me with. He then said that Trial is tomorrow and there will be no other talks or plea deals. Luke said what it said and I was sticking with that.
Trail day:
I did not know much about praying, and I don't think I even prayed the whole time during this. I did tell God that I believed Luke and I was set on it and not going to budge. I told God that if they lock me up for life, I still believed Luke and Luke is still true. I had lots of tears that morning getting ready to go to court. It was zero hour and the Jury already picked.
Before Walking out the door:
I was about to walk out the door for trail, like the door was open and I heard the phone ring in the kitchen. I went back to answer it and it was my lawyer. He sounded really happy. If I don't remember anything back then, I will always remember his words to me on the phone............... "GUESS WHAT I DID"
He said he just happened to run into the prosecutor and said that they talked and the prosecutor agreed to another plea. This time it was only two charges that carry 2-4 years. I asked what those charges where and they were exactly what I did. I told him I would take the plea.
That morning I stood up and plead guilty to both charges in court, no trail. I was sentenced to 2 years in prison both running concurrent.
I stopped drinking long ago by the way, but this changed my life.
Blessings.