kBOY – I’ve also heard of similar (perhaps the same) groups of people who think TLW started out fine with John and then was later corrupted. I also suspected the same thing at one point, but after looking closer at the roots, the seeds for the problems that later developed were always there. Sometimes we can get so caught up in the charisma of the moment that we fail to do what Jesus said, which was to look at the fruit. Unfortunately, fruit takes a while to develop, but it still is what Jesus said to examine if we want to know the real status of the tree.
I was thinking the other day how the Kingdom really is Christ in you – not the perfect doctrine or external system, but actually Him. It’s not by our works, but His - we are His workmanship. It really is a new creation and you have to be born again to even see the Kingdom. When it is really Christ in you, you start loving people you never cared about before – and you of all people will know when it starts to happen. The Apostle John said it so subtly that if a man says he loves God and hates his brother, he is a liar. I would suspect prophesying the death of someone who does not agree with you may fall under the category of hate.
The perversion is the “christ” in you that wants to rule over other people – something God doesn’t even do. He gives them freedom of choice and draws them by His loving kindness. Ever notice how these prophetic (pathetic) groups want to establish some type of “divine order” where they are at the top instead of serving others? I do get a little delight in watching them try to get the other guy to submit to them while pretending God gave them a position. The manipulation can be quite clever at times, but it never comes out looking like a servant. We really are a living word – it just needed a different source to be true. There is only so much an “inspired” logo or designated relationship can do - a new nature is not one of them.
I was thinking the other day how the Kingdom really is Christ in you – not the perfect doctrine or external system, but actually Him. It’s not by our works, but His - we are His workmanship. It really is a new creation and you have to be born again to even see the Kingdom. When it is really Christ in you, you start loving people you never cared about before – and you of all people will know when it starts to happen. The Apostle John said it so subtly that if a man says he loves God and hates his brother, he is a liar. I would suspect prophesying the death of someone who does not agree with you may fall under the category of hate.
The perversion is the “christ” in you that wants to rule over other people – something God doesn’t even do. He gives them freedom of choice and draws them by His loving kindness. Ever notice how these prophetic (pathetic) groups want to establish some type of “divine order” where they are at the top instead of serving others? I do get a little delight in watching them try to get the other guy to submit to them while pretending God gave them a position. The manipulation can be quite clever at times, but it never comes out looking like a servant. We really are a living word – it just needed a different source to be true. There is only so much an “inspired” logo or designated relationship can do - a new nature is not one of them.