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To: Arlis
But they too have for the most part adopted a “pastor” mentality with ONE of the elders doing most preaching/teaching, etc. = dependence on one man.

Doesn't this describe almost ALL churches today?

Pail had an example...


1 Corinthians 14:26
What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

100 posted on 07/16/2015 5:34:20 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Yes.

And anyone who has experienced such times, where the Holy Spirit truly leads, and no man controls, NEVER forgets such times - watching a miraculous anointing go from one person to another to another, truly glorifying only the Lord Jesus - where visitors/newcomers indeed say, “God is in your midst!”

Or, a comment I hear even more often is, “For the first time in my life, I feel like I’ve seen (and/or experienced) what the church REALLY is...”

Because of 2 things: only Jesus Christ is glorified, and second - the body of Christ is truly edified (”built up”).......

For those who have never experienced this, you have no idea of how glorious this is, how wonderful.

Not unusual for all to fall on their faces prostrate in worship of the glorious Head.......


106 posted on 07/16/2015 7:36:27 AM PDT by Arlis ( A "Sacred Cow" Tipping Christian)
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