Daily Reflections with Oswald Chambers [April 10, 2006]

[ Hosepipe, if you have been in churches that fit my description of The Three Musketeers I am very sorry for you. I hope you have found a biblical, loving, true family with which to worship our Lord and Savior and in which to serve His interests here on earth until He comes! Amen! ]

It must had to have been my experience.. to be where I am now.. I am grateful.. painfully grateful.. The book about the Frenchmen was on a worldly/fleshly level and should be expected.. what was not expected was finding the "world" so firmly entrenched and established in the "church".. Albeit the words to identify the "worldly things" were changed to mask so-called "spiritual things", it was the same as the book about the Frenchmen..

I won't go into "those" things for fear some here might deem them "spiritual".. but for me they not good enough.. many so-called "charasmatic" things are not.. and some non "charasmatic" things are.. in the proper rendering of charasmatic meaning "spiritual".. that "I" see..

Amazing what some deem or think or consider spiritual are merely fleshly props.. in a spiritual act.. My agenda is not to stop all that, but simply to be in spiritual reality myself.. After all the book of Revelation, or Vision of Jesus(Rev ch1;1) displays "those" things must be, will be, and are.. i.e. 7 churchs of asia.. That is to say some must go thru all seven types of churchs (like ME) to get to Philidelphia.. and know where you are.. like that.. Denominations are not important, the 7 churchs of asia ARE important though.. extremely important and the eyes to see them, I think, are a spiritual gift.. i.e. blessing.

As Jesus said, "its not what comes into a man that defiles him, but that which comes out"..(paraphrased)..

[ I'll lurk this thread for a wee while. I don't want to cause further offense amongst my FRiends. The wilderness will do me good. Time to reflect. ]

LoL.. Oh! stop... You don't appear to be a drama queen.. I fancy you're not.. Remember we can have private responses among each other too.. Theres a time for that.. Fear of offending each other should be a goal, but not a DOGMA... The accuser of the brethren is busy, but hopefully not here..

Theres really only one church and its not mine or yours.. it belongs to the Christ.. its his fiance'.. the Bride of Christ.. and she needs zero makeup or clothing.. its a spiritual thing.. shes clothed with righteousness..

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