"House of David/House of Saul"
The kind of war I dread is when you have to fight against your brethren.
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Saul's second mistake was his failure to go to the Word of God. The Torah showed clearly how to get rid of Amalek. But Saul invented his own doctrine and his own code of practice. As a result, he lost his anointing and calling.
The Charismatic movement has done the same thing. They did not go to the Word of God, but invented their own doctrine and code of practice. Thirty years ago the Charismatic movement happened in the United States and other places around the world. The Charismatic Renewal was supposed to bring spiritual and moral restoration to the British Isles and bring reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants. They were going to win the country back for Jesus. The Charismatic Renewal was going to bring spiritual and moral restoration to the USA.
Is there less crime, less divorce, less homosexuality, less substance, less racism now? No, there is more of all of it! The Charismatic movement has not been able to renew the church, let alone the country. It has not moved the church to repentance, let alone the nation.
Thirty years ago you would not have found Anglican Bishops denying the virgin birth or the resurrection of Jesus Christ, nor Hindu gods being worshiped in Anglican churches, nor professed homosexuals in a Methodist pulpit. Not only is society worse off than it was before the Charismatic Renewal, but the Church is worse off.
We Are All Priests
Every Christian is a priest. We are all supposed to bring a sacrifice of praise and lay our life down, not loving our life in this world.
"If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me" (Lk. 9:23).
I have dropped my cross many times. I thank God for Jesus, who helps me pick it up again and keep following him. My old nature and my flesh do not want to. So far, seven bishops and hundreds of clergy have either walked out, or are planning to walk out, of the Church of England over the ordination of women priests. When the virgin birth was denied, no one walked out. When the resurrection of Jesus Christ was denied, no one walked out. When Bishops began laying hands on homosexuals and consecrating them for the ministry, no one walked out. When Hindu gods were worshipped in Canterbury Cathedral, no one walked out.
These people do not care about God's Word or God's Truth. They do not care about God's Son. They only care about their religion.
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