Help Please

[JoelH]

Hi Byrd,

I may be a bit too narrow in focus, but I always find it chilling if a church adopts "I know there are many interpretations to the Bible prophecy articles about when and how Jesus comes back, but the most important issue is not to let this secondary issue to divide the Body of Christ, and distracting us from the central fact: that Christ is coming again!". It sounds dandy and good, but I find that this is often the first sign the church is moving in amillennial in prophetic stance and replacement theology (supercessionism). It will then moor its focus on earth (it may be cloaked in "Christianese" like "the church is to the the salt and light on earth, and we need to impact teh society with Jesus's power"). Not long after that it will become dabbled in social activism (again cloaked in "Christianese" like "putting faith in action" as you described in your starting post on this thread).

Usually it will then descend until it is indistinguishable with the typical liberal mainline Protestant dominational churches. I find that once someone abandons the conviction of pre-trib it is where the slide into theological liberalism in our time begins.

YBIC,

Joel

[LisaJo]

Have you noticed that perspectives have changed? No longer are some churches emphasizing the wholeness of HIS POWER IN US, but instead, preach about what WE CAN DO with His power.

I believe that this alternate perspective denies the basic truth of the scriptures and places the emphasis on us instead of HIM.

I think you felt this in your church, and that is not to say that your church is BAD. While it might believe the truth, it just isn't focusing on the basic elements of it.

I don't mean to offend anyone and I believe that God gives ALL BELIEVERS that thirst to do HIS WILL and perform services FOR HIM. I just think that sometimes, people aren't told that the most important thing in your relationship with the Lord, IS THE RELATIONSHIP! We are supposed to seek Him instead of listening to someone else feed us what the Lord is telling them. We all have different functions and what he wants from me might not be necessarily what he wants from you.

I think we all need to seek HIM for ourselves through our personal one-on-one relationship with HIM.

Then fellowship together and unite in our Faith in HIM.