have by then acquired
TRADITIONS OF MEN,
CUSTOMS,
HABITS,
VALUES ETC.
which are not entirely Spirit-led.
Certainly the Assemblies has plenty of barnacles to rid itself of.
Certainly one size does NOT fit all the world over.
Last I heard, there were still Assemblies congregations in Africa where the women attended services topless.
And certainly French Assemblies congregants drink wine.
I think EVERY local congregation needs to REINVENT itself fairly regularly
TO STAY UP WITH WHAT CREATIVE HOLY SPIRIT IS DOING.
That does NOT automatically mean individuals or committees or groups, congregations or denominations need to get lost in a morass of slippery relativism or end up doing satan's work satan's way.
HOLY SPIRIT IS TYPICALLY FRESH, NOW as well as TRUE TO THE HISTORICAL SCRIPTURES.
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very true it is hard to find a church that is teaching the WORD of GOD anymore. They are so busy playing church they have forgotten why they go there.
The Scripture says that
ALL THAT CAN BE SHAKEN WILL BE SHAKEN.
We must be grounded on THE ROCK, CHRIST JESUS.
I'm convinced the most severe shaking will begin with the institutional church and has already begun to some degree.