Spiritual pansies..hehe, thats quite a picture. Yes, most people are exactly what you say unfortunately, spiritual pansies. ie.. they know who Christ is, or at least they 'think they do' kinda of. But, do they really 'know' who he is. Using scripture as a yard stick, the answer becomes self evident.
A quote from an older person I talked to (Looking at the gospel like a jigsaw puzzle):
Todays church is in essence a social club, with three groups of people. First group is there to have something to do socially 'they have maybe one piece of the whole visual puzzle'. Second group is interested in Christ like a fan club with general interest, 'with two or more pieces of that puzzle' a little wider view. These two groups contain over 90 pecent of those in church's. Third group, less than 10 percent, have a much wider view of that picture 'with multiple pieces' and are beginning to scratch the surface, to really dig into the things of G-d. But..., often when they begin to act on that, are oft times scoffed and stymied by the other 90 percent.., so the battle is from two fronts, those people and satan.
My cousin was healed at a Katheryn Kuhlman meeting when she was a kid and went on a healing mission in Mexico and saw healings happen by prayer. And they thought they knew who Christ was..., and he began to open their eyes.
I will use myself as an example as well. I have been around and studying the things of Christ quite a long time. I've in time begun to emerse myself IN that study, Christ knocked on my door when I was 15. And only in the last 2-3 years have I begun to grasp 'scratch the surface' of even the basics of what Christ is really about in what he said and did and told us to be about doing. And I've been in multiple environments, church's etc that I'll not go that deep into.
I've been in deliverance rooms, healing prayer rooms, multiple church atmosphere's and environments of people and doctrinal views of scripture, tripping over themselves, ourselves and our puzzle pieces.., not even knowing it in many fashions and forms.
Yes, Most people are spiritual pansies..., and unfortunately thats over 90 percent. They have milk faith, but they don't really KNOW Christ, aren't prepared for meat faith, the heart of Christ and thus G-d. We think we know about the heart of HIM but not really. Its like when someone gets married, they 'think' they know the person they're marrying, but after they get married..., a whole new and different person suddenly emerges from what they 'thought' they knew. Most of us haven't really actually married Christ. We're just dating him.
For if we really did 'know' the heart of G-d / Christ, we'd all be casting out demons, praying for healings and so forth and it would happen instantly. Unlike Acts 5:15 '..the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.' Even Peter's shadow..., was more effective than our direct intentions. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16
Now, if we could just begin to trully follow Christ and his commandments we might begin to get somewhere.
We are unfortunately according to scripture, for the most part 'rookies'. Paul wrote, 'what I would I do not..., what I would not, that I do'. And we all consider him a spiritual giant. But by his own admission and testimony he considered himself a pansy, totally incabable and faltering pansy. And we aren't even up to HIS standard. We all are no flame by comparison to his example. We look through a glass darkly.
Christ says it best himself, 'And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elects's sake those days shall be shortened.' Matthew 24:22
I give no excuse for being a pansy..., but now that I'm aware that scripturally I am but a joke, I strive forward to become MORE observant, MORE obedient, and more like the heart of Christ.
And as I grow in that, I begin to realize that I do not really actually know him, not really. But at least I have begun to realize that.., and can now begin to do so. Yes, indeed, we all need to become aware, and stop being spiritual pansies!
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Date: 2006-02-10 07:53 pm (UTC)Yes, most people are exactly what you say unfortunately, spiritual pansies. ie.. they know who Christ is, or at least they 'think they do' kinda of. But, do they really 'know' who he is. Using scripture as a yard stick, the answer becomes self evident.
A quote from an older person I talked to (Looking at the gospel like a jigsaw puzzle):
Todays church is in essence a social club, with three groups of people. First group is there to have something to do socially 'they have maybe one piece of the whole visual puzzle'. Second group is interested in Christ like a fan club with general interest, 'with two or more pieces of that puzzle' a little wider view. These two groups contain over 90 pecent of those in church's. Third group, less than 10 percent, have a much wider view of that picture 'with multiple pieces' and are beginning to scratch the surface, to really dig into the things of G-d. But..., often when they begin to act on that, are oft times scoffed and stymied by the other 90 percent.., so the battle is from two fronts, those people and satan.
My cousin was healed at a Katheryn Kuhlman meeting when she was a kid and went on a healing mission in Mexico and saw healings happen by prayer. And they thought they knew who Christ was..., and he began to open their eyes.
I will use myself as an example as well. I have been around and studying the things of Christ quite a long time. I've in time begun to emerse myself IN that study, Christ knocked on my door when I was 15. And only in the last 2-3 years have I begun to grasp 'scratch the surface' of even the basics of what Christ is really about in what he said and did and told us to be about doing. And I've been in multiple environments, church's etc that I'll not go that deep into.
I've been in deliverance rooms, healing prayer rooms, multiple church atmosphere's and environments of people and doctrinal views of scripture, tripping over themselves, ourselves and our puzzle pieces.., not even knowing it in many fashions and forms.
Yes, Most people are spiritual pansies..., and unfortunately thats over 90 percent. They have milk faith, but they don't really KNOW Christ, aren't prepared for meat faith, the heart of Christ and thus G-d.
We think we know about the heart of HIM but not really. Its like when someone gets married, they 'think' they know the person they're marrying, but after they get married..., a whole new and different person suddenly emerges from what they 'thought' they knew.
Most of us haven't really actually married Christ. We're just dating him.
For if we really did 'know' the heart of G-d / Christ, we'd all be casting out demons, praying for healings and so forth and it would happen instantly. Unlike Acts 5:15 '..the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.' Even Peter's shadow..., was more effective than our direct intentions.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16
Now, if we could just begin to trully follow Christ and his commandments we might begin to get somewhere.
We are unfortunately according to scripture, for the most part 'rookies'.
Paul wrote, 'what I would I do not..., what I would not, that I do'. And we all consider him a spiritual giant. But by his own admission and testimony he considered himself a pansy, totally incabable and faltering pansy. And we aren't even up to HIS standard. We all are no flame by comparison to his example. We look through a glass darkly.
Christ says it best himself, 'And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elects's sake those days shall be shortened.' Matthew 24:22
I give no excuse for being a pansy..., but now that I'm aware that scripturally I am but a joke, I strive forward to become MORE observant, MORE obedient, and more like the heart of Christ.
And as I grow in that, I begin to realize that I do not really actually know him, not really. But at least I have begun to realize that.., and can now begin to do so.
Yes, indeed, we all need to become aware, and stop being spiritual pansies!