Read:
1 Timothy 4:6
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
Have you ever heard the "name it claim it" message. Put a little offering in the basket, and you can get what you want. You put a hundred dollars in the basket as if the basket was a vending machine or something, you cross your fingers, and boom! there you have it. It seems to me that this is the biggest deception among Christians today then ever before in the protestant church. You see the hype-prosperity message, crazy prophetic message, and other things in the church that is down right embarrassing to us as the church. If Martin Luther was here in the 21st century he probably would have fell over dead seeing the things going on now. There would have been some things posted on the door of the church just like when he posted the 95 thesis on the wall of the Catholic church. The money thing was such a big business between the Catholic church in the 1500's. I believe that the bishops really thought that they were the only one's who could unlock revelation. Martin Luther didn't get revelation from the bishop's. He just opened the new testament and saw that we were supposed to feed the poor, help those in need, and win souls for the Lord Jesus Christ. The Catholic church couldn't understand Martin Luther because they didn't have the revelation of the commandment of Jesus. It was all business. A minister by the name of Mel Montgomery wrote a little article on the front page of His newsletter that I think needs to scream out to the church today. Martin Luther errors and excesses of his day sparked the Protestant Reformation, lighting holy fires that burned around the globe, removing errors and destroying man-made religious traditions and structures. In the same manner, we must again nail the scriptures and sound doctrine back on the church door of our day, rebuking the errors and excesses that are so common, and call on God to forgive us, cleanse us, renew us, and revive us again that we may proclaim the Gospel of Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to a lost and dying humanity. Wow! I think that this is the most powerful message for us to be nourished in sound doctrine today for correction in our church. The bishop would rob from the poor by telling them that as soon as the coin in the casket rings, so shall the soul from purgatory spring. These poor people would get so scared that they would give there money away to this corruptness. I'd probably get hung inside of some protestant churches today for what I'm about to say but I believe it is needful for us. Here is a saying that I made up that is sadly true for today. "As soon as the coin in the basket rings, so shall the etravagant lifestyle of the evangelist spring. While the corrupt evangelist's and false prophets are flourishing, the poor are dying. There is nothing wrong with God's blessings and the minister's getting paid for there ministering, but we see alot of garbage out there that is watering down the gospel of Jesus Christ. I want to encourage you today to have a hunger for sound doctrine and the truth of God. Be nourished up in good sound doctrine and God's truth. Take the name it claim it message to a whole new level. Speak over yourself who you are in Christ Jesus. Speak over yourself today that you are going to walk in the spirit, desire holiness, and walk in the truth. God will take care of those who are walking in the spirit. Speak these words with me today. Lord, I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I will walk in the spirit today with a hunger in my heart for your word. I put on and walk in that which I have received. I am created in your image. Help me to be nourished up now Lord with your ways, In Jesus name.
prayer:
Lord we come to you and ask your forgiveness if we have strayed from your truth by a mixture of error. We long to walk in your ways and to hear your voice. We ask that you purify our hearts and that You would help us to walk in you word. Amen
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