tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737720290197763232024-03-13T20:44:28.732-07:00truth missionI would rather be divided by truth than united with error:
Martin Luthertruth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-85948179878667170542010-06-29T17:18:00.000-07:002010-06-29T17:18:50.725-07:00Embassy of PrayerI haven't posted on this blog for a little while[perhaps you noticed] but have started another blog with an emphasis on prayer. I've come to think that the incredible privelege of God's provision of prayer is something that we at times neglect or under value. Fell free to visit even though the new blog is still in a rudimentary state.<br />Click on link below.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://glennchristopherson.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/covenant-conversations/">Covenant Conversations | Embassy of Prayer</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-20919906776348674962010-06-06T18:41:00.000-07:002010-06-06T18:41:44.771-07:00Berit Kjos -- Global War on Christian Values, Part 2Berit Kjos often has insightfull and Christ centred political commentary.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/BeritKjos/kjos113.htm">Berit Kjos -- Global War on Christian Values, Part 2</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-52299400113660029842010-06-02T21:00:00.000-07:002010-06-02T21:06:22.868-07:00Run - Carter ConlonA soul stirring portion of a message from Carter Conlon delivered shortly after the attack of 911<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOwsVMcScYU">YouTube - Run - Carter Conlon</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-32697793296102368352010-05-31T17:47:00.000-07:002010-05-31T17:47:36.718-07:00Israel will pay for Hamas provocationSome comments from Andrew Bolt and video of the tragedy of the deaths on the ship attempting to break the the blockade on the Gaza Strip recently<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/israel_will_pay_for_hamas_provocation/">Israel will pay for Hamas provocation</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-9228112994341018052010-05-26T17:12:00.000-07:002010-05-26T17:14:40.407-07:00Finally, lawmakers to hear 'Bilderberg conspiracy'Please read carefully and note the quotes from David Rockefeller and Dennis Healey. Also note the names involved in this blatantly globalist organization and it's affiliates.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=156861">Finally, lawmakers to hear 'Bilderberg conspiracy'</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-19336098789781948182010-05-23T22:37:00.000-07:002010-05-23T22:37:39.829-07:00Up in flames: Melting false teachings of 'The Shack'Sounds like an interesting book to get hold of<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=156873">Up in flames: Melting false teachings of 'The Shack'</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-60357295435328745722010-05-22T20:04:00.000-07:002010-05-22T20:04:56.631-07:00Global governance is here!Another article on an issue that alert Christians really need to educate themselves on<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=156973">Global governance is here!</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-59424735779317303252010-05-18T20:51:00.000-07:002010-05-18T20:51:12.141-07:00My perspective -- What Constance thinksInteresting news item about Obamas America joining the Alliance of Civilzations. Australia apparently is already a member. Don't remember voting for that.The Alliance of Civilizations sounds like something out of the 'Left Behind' books but it's an arm of the UN with it's own website etc<br /><a href="http://cumbey.blogspot.com/">My perspective -- What Constance thinks</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-76101532072424275892010-05-18T20:38:00.000-07:002010-05-18T20:38:17.859-07:00Will the new science “prove” that God is in everything?Lighthouse trails presents this info on the contemplative prayer 'link' in all religions and science and religion. Stay in the Bible folks<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4497&sms_ss=blogger">Will the new science &#8220;prove&#8221; that God is in everything?</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-74164677436195702672010-05-18T05:00:00.000-07:002010-05-18T05:00:39.508-07:00FEATURE-Babylon's future written in its ruins | ReutersPlease note this is a Rueters story and not a conspiracy novel.<br />Not mentioned in this story is the fact that the US embassy in Babylon is the largest and most expensive American embassy ever built; and it's in the ancient ruins of Babylon instead of Rome or Tokyo or London or....<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL9399801">FEATURE-Babylon's future written in its ruins | Reuters</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-87360048118217270392010-05-17T22:50:00.000-07:002010-05-17T22:51:24.981-07:00Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Altar CallThis from Apostasy Watch. Personally this gives me a lot to think about. My Church experience has always put a priority on the 'altar call'. This may well be an area I will have to bring God's word to bear on my experience.Opinions welcomed<br /><br /><a href="http://christianresearchnetwork.com/?p=16640">Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Altar Call at Christian Research Net</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-49940538229340550482010-05-15T15:27:00.000-07:002010-05-15T15:27:10.977-07:00YouTube - WOTM - Shai Linne SongsTodd Friel and the team critique Shai Linne's music. It's fair to say they're very impressed. Don't know your views on Rap music but this may surprise and encourage you.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkAoc0eAUNM">YouTube - WOTM - Shai Linne Songs</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-56881559453059933902010-05-13T22:49:00.000-07:002010-05-13T22:50:10.244-07:00Disaster victims to be barcoded before hospital | News.com.auDoes any one have a problem with barcoding people?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/disaster-victims-to-be-barcoded-before-hospital/story-e6frfro0-1225865835760">Disaster victims to be barcoded before hospital | News.com.au</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-7493197832878322672010-05-10T21:58:00.000-07:002010-05-10T21:59:59.810-07:00Herescope: R&R Revival and RevoltFor Australian readers who may not be aware of the Dominionist agenda,there is some good info in this article. The NAR are involved in Australian circles and it would be a good thing for discerning Christians to be alert to this unscriptural movement.<br /><br />Click on link below to read<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/04/r-revival-and-revolt.html">Herescope: R&R Revival and Revolt</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-52421855829450586332010-05-08T19:42:00.000-07:002010-05-08T19:43:30.838-07:00Cliff Kincaid -- Manipulation, Not Error, Behind Market PlungeWhen I heard that the world's financial markets had experienced one of the greatest one day downturns in history as a reult of someone accidentally pushing the wrong buton,I thought that it sounded a bit suspicious. The article hear by Cliff Kincaid points out how highly unlikely this is.<br /><br />Click on link to read<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff414.htm">Cliff Kincaid -- Manipulation, Not Error, Behind Market Plunge</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-30182231164226120302010-05-06T19:13:00.000-07:002010-05-06T20:04:34.365-07:00Climate Change Hysteria RevivesJust when you thought the climate change scare was dead in the (not so rising)water,a gaggle of scientists have issued a document bemoaning the fact that people have turned off to the man-made scam.<br /><br />Apparently the fact that scientists had been busted deliberately fudging the results of evidence to support their hyperventilating hypothesis, is insufficient reason to doubt what they say.<br /><br />Thinking people have long noticed that climate does indeed change, from day to day and season to season, but those discerning doubters have been scorned and mocked as sceptics and deniers rather than logical and not so easily fooled.<br /><br />Why are these scions of science trying to breathe life back into an argument that even the ABC had given up on? Well, the old saying "Follow the money" may be appropriate, and as there are no other looming disasters on the horizon at the moment(give them time)they need to do all in their power to protect their jobs...oops I mean planet.<br /><br />I do wonder why the left-wing main stream media weren't so quick to alert us to the 30,000+ scientists who signed a document a year or so ago saying in no uncertain terms the whole man-caused climate change nonsense was a scam.<br /><br />Apart from the obvious reasons that some scientists desire to reinvigorate this dead issue,why do others seem so quick to jump on the band-wagon?<br />It's difficult to say for sure ,but it seems that left-wingers with their hyper-green theology just want it to be true, to add weight to the extreme rants they've been issuing for years.These wind-powered Chicken Littles really need some global catastrophes to verify the infallibility of their green papal decrees. And governments the world over love anything that gives them the opportunity to increase power and raise taxes.This climate hoax has given them the opportunity to do both.<br /><br />Let me tell you as a non-scientist but reasonably intelligent being and as a Bible reading and Bible believing Christian, the earth will be destroyed one day but not by man. It will be destroyed by God.When He determines the time is right, the world will be destroyed, at His command and in it's place will be a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.He also is going to judge every man and woman for all the sins that offend His holiness ,including lies. And those who have not prior to that day accepted the amnesty he offers in Christ will experience an eternal warming which will make some rue the day they continued to push the scam of global warming.truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-63651772454561498652010-05-05T15:44:00.000-07:002010-05-05T15:47:55.609-07:00Willow Creek's delusion about 'social justice'An interesting article over at World Net Daily highlights the ongoing agenda of many churches to abandon biblical principles in favour of a nice sounding but undefined "social justice" priority.For those unfamiliar with WND it's one of the largest Internet news providers today and is certainly not focused on purely Christian issues but is primarily American political commentary.The founder and editor Joseph Farrah does openly confess Christ however, and often presents news that the mainstream media ignore or downplay.<br /><br />Click on link below<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=149533">Willow Creek's delusion about 'social justice'</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-6277754317108309962010-05-04T20:35:00.000-07:002010-05-04T20:37:36.845-07:00Paul Proctor -- Christians Partner With Pagans For A Better WorldOK, here is some classic Paul Proctor,which although a little dated, is very pertinent in regards to what Rick Warren's agenda has been for some time now.If you desire to educate yourself on the interfaith, ecumenical and compromised ideas of some well-known "evangelicals" this article may help.Follow the links Paul provides to be informed<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor163.htm">Paul Proctor -- Christians Partner With Pagans For A Better World</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-70026064839377690072010-05-04T16:53:00.000-07:002010-05-04T16:55:39.406-07:00New World OrderMatthew Johnston over at The Narrow Way has graciously asked that I contribute regularly on his fine blog,which I have with great pleasure agreed to do.You can find the link on the Profile page.(I'm still learning the ropes with computer skills and am not sure how to link here in the body of this post.)<br /><br />Any way, this gives me the opportunity to post information here of a more political nature in relation to the scheming that I believe strongly is going on behind the scenes as men conspire to achieve their Utopian goals of global government,global currency and a global religion.<br /><br />The goal of this is simply that we not be blind-sided as Christians;especially in relation to the global religion that is being forced on us, sometimes by those respected as Christian leaders.<br /><br />The following article by Michael LeMieux is useful for the quotes of well-known politicians in regard to their dark aims.<br /><br />Click on link to read article<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/LeMieux/michael125.htm">Michael LeMieux -- The Military and the New World Order</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-10524538196720139772010-05-03T01:19:00.000-07:002010-05-03T01:21:41.655-07:00Revival or Reformation? » Bill Muehlenberg’s CultureWatchHere I am working on a post entitled Revival,Reformation and Awakening , and I come across this article by Bill Muehlenberg at Culture Watch .He just posted it today ,and as a fellow Aussie who seems to 'get it'and as he wrote more succinctly than I could, I recommend you read this article and other articles on his site.<br />Click on the link below<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2010/05/03/revival-or-reformation/">Revival or Reformation? » Bill Muehlenberg’s CultureWatch</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-37873272901357774802010-05-02T14:29:00.000-07:002010-05-03T01:10:06.921-07:00A Famine of Hearing the Words of the LORDAmos 8:11-12<br />"Behold the days are coming ",says the Lord GOD,"That I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread,nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD.They shall wander from sea to sea,and from north to east;They shall run to and fro,seeking the word of the LORD,but shall not find it.<br /><br />I come across it all the time these days ;God's people famished ,weak from starvation ;appeasing their hunger with spiritual junk food and bearing the consequences in their lives.<br />Christians I know, who once were well-fed and strong and vibrant in their faith are now listless and dry and embracing all kinds of sugar-coated lies.Where once they fed on the life-giving meat of the word,now they settle for the pleasant and deadly words of men.<br /><br />There is a famine in the land.<br /><br />Amos wrote to the nation of Israel, but church history clearly demonstrates that the truth of this passage has occurred regularly since those days. The middle ages are infamous for men of religion locking up the word of God and doling out starvation rations of sub-scriptural sustenance mixed with the deadly poison of mans traditions...and yet where are we today? Those who once were focused on a heavenly mansion are now infatuated with an earthly "Shack". Men and women who once were seeking their God now are seeking their "purpose"and those who followed the Ancient truths of the Ancient of Days are now studying the philosophical foolishness of "A New Kind of Christianity"<br /><br />There is a famine in the land.<br /><br />How have we forgotten that the word of God is the... well WORD of GOD.?<br />What has gotten in to us that we would settle for the words of men?<br />Why can't we see the deadly danger of treating the Holy things of God with such flippant folly.<br />The faith of many is dissipating , the lives of many disintegrating and demonic legions are celebrating as God's church starves herself to death.<br /><br />There is a famine in the land.<br /><br />And yet there are those who are seeking ,there are those who are tired of feeding on the dry husks of the pig-pen when they know there is a banquet waiting in the Father's house. Just as in the days of the reformation when God raised up preachers and teachers who turned the eyes of the people back to the Book, today there is a stirring and here and there pockets of resistance to the occupying forces of apostasy ,heresy and apathy.<br /><br />There is a famine in the land...<br /><br />But there are also those who are beginning to rouse themselves from their slumber ..they are tired of being tired and are desiring a return to their first love.There are those who are beginning to lay hold of the God of Heaven that He might rain down spiritual blessing on the land .<br /><br />There is a famine in the land...<br /><br />But some are heeding the call to return to the green pastures of the great Shepherd.<br />Some are tired of religiously correct theories and are returning to the life-giving certainties of the immutable word of our God.<br /><br />For sure there is a famine in the land...<br /><br />But God who is rich in mercy will respond to the heartfelt cries of His people.<br />He will raise up shepherds after His own heart.<br />If we seek Him, we will find Him;probably not prosperity, popularity or purpose, but Him. If we will in worshipful awe open His word for Him,He will in mercy open His word to us.<br /><br />There is a famine in the land ...<br />and it's a deadly plague but there is also hope in the land and there are those who are blowing the trumpet in Zion and there are those who are heeding the call, rending their hearts and crying out for an end to the famine in the land.truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-33101551251087902322010-04-29T22:35:00.000-07:002010-04-29T23:03:50.663-07:00Book of Eli: A movie reviewWhen a well known Christian commentator in the U.S. praised this as the most Christian movie to ever come out of Hollywood , I couldn't wait to see it.<br />Well, eventually it made it's way to our shores and away we went.<br /><br />So , my opinion you ask.<br /><br />During the entire movie Jesus is never mentioned once that I can recall.The gospel is in no way that I could pick up alluded to and certainly not clearly articulated.<br />And so I would have to say that this movie does not qualify as a Christian movie -and yet there are some aspects of the film that Christians can take some comfort from.<br /><br />The plot presents a story about a man ,Eli(played by Denzel Washington) who has in his possession the last surviving Bible on the planet.He is entrusted by the Lord with the task of delivering it to a destination which takes him 30 years to reach.<br /><br />The Bible is presented in the movie in a very positive light and as the only hope to rebuild civilization after an apocalyptic event. The 'baddies 'in the story want to acquire the Book to use it to build their own power base.<br /><br />It's a dark movie with little humour but there is some interesting twists and some intriguing symbolism.<br />There is a fair amount of violence although it's not glorified and no blatant sex scenes.<br />I must admit I was disappointed but perhaps was expecting too much.(A movie doesn't have to be very Christian to be the most Christian movie out of Hollywood)Still I can see it as a good conversation starter with unsaved friends and in fact I already have had the opportunity to speak to a couple of people about the themes the movie presentstruth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-595018466628965242010-04-28T23:56:00.000-07:002010-04-29T20:57:37.319-07:00Australia : Untreatable Gonorrhoea HotspotThere is a price to pay for ignoring God and His word.The most serious price will be eternal-but there is a price here and now ,in our nation ,amongst those we care about.<br />God gives His commandments for a reason;it's for our benefit not His .<br />The world has proved God right by the consequences we see all around us from people rejecting His eternal truth and embracing the insane notion that we can do what we want, where we want ,how we want and with whom we want and there will be nothing to pay.<br />I could list all the social ills in our nation that are a direct result of disobedience to the Lord of Glory but you know them as well as I do and I guess I just want to motivate you as a Christian to realize several important truths.<br /><br />Much of the blame for the state of our society can be laid firmly at the door of the church.Many people are concerned that the world is having too much influence on the church-but I think the problem is actually the opposite.The church has lost her savour and fervour and treated holy things with disdain and apathy.<br />The state of our world is a RESULT of the state of the church,and not vice versa<br />Too often the church of Jesus Christ has retreated behind our stained glass and tutt tutted while those around us are going through hell even as they're on their way to Hell.The well-known scripture in 2 Chron. 7:14 states that if God's people will repent and pray and turn away from wickedness then the land will be healed.<br />Jesus said the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church yet by and large the church is cowering behind the doors of the sanctuary instead of assailing the gates of hell.<br />The church has been entrusted with a mandate ,a message and a mission and those outside of Christ pay the penalty if we don't fulfill our blessed responsibility.<br /><br />The second thing this news item drives home is that the lies fed to us by politicians ,media and religious figures are deadly.Some can remember the grim-reaper adds when AIDS first became an issue.The message was that everyone had the same risk of contracting this deadly disease, but that was a lie and the safe immorality message put thousands at risk , which the current plague of STDs proves.<br />If we simply governed our sexuality as God has directed these issues would disappear virtually overnight but the wicked agenda of ungodly men continues to give condoms to children and promote the dangerous practices of promiscuity ,homosexuality ,rebellion and mindless me-ism.<br /><br />The final thing I want to say in this short commentary is that the obvious failure of righteousness practiced, highlights the glorious promise of righteousness credited-through Christ ,through the cross ,through the Resurrection ,through the eternal promise,through God's grace.<br /><br />Australians today are largely ignorant of the gospel;they don't know His commandments and they don't know His provision and it's up to us to inform and warn with diligence, grace, love and mercy...after all if you are a Christian today ,He didn't take you home the minute you were born again for a reason,there is work for us to do.<br /><br />Eph 2:8-10<br />For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves;it is the gift of God, not of works lest anyone should boast.<br />For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.<br /><br />Click on the link for the news story<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/australia-is-untreatable-gonorrhoea-hotspot-says-who/story-e6frfku0-1225860183048">Australia is untreatable gonorrhoea hotspot, says WHO | News.com.au</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-11270740437435753462010-04-27T13:52:00.000-07:002010-04-27T14:54:18.929-07:00A Prophet's PrayerRead this prayer from A.W. Tozer uttered in 1920 at his induction . Amazing how relevant this is to our day. Thanks to Bill Muehlenberg for posting this, you can read his full article on the link at the end.<br /><br />Lord Jesus,<br />I come to Thee for spiritual preparation. Lay Thy hand upon me. Anoint me with the oil of the New Testament prophet. Forbid that I should become a religious scribe and thus lose my prophetic calling.<br />Save me from the curse that lies dark across the modern clergy, the curse of compromise ,of imitation, of professionalism.<br />Save me from the error of judging a church by it's size, it's popularity or the amount of it's yearly offering.<br />Help me remember that I am a prophet-not a promoter,not a religious manager, but a prophet.<br />Let me never become a slave to the crowds.Heal me of carnal ambitions and deliver me from the itch for publicity.<br />Save me from the bondage to things. Let me not waste my days puttering around the house.<br />Lay Thy terror upon me,O God, and drive me to the place of prayer where I may wrestle with principalities and powers and the rulers of the darkness of this world.<br />Deliver me from over eating and late sleeping.Teach me self discipline that I may be a good soldier of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />All I can add to that is Amen!<br /><br /> <a href="http://au.christiantoday.com/article/so-who-wants-to-be-a-prophet/8020.htm">So Who Wants To Be a Prophet?</a>truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073772029019776323.post-26025688303772986782010-04-27T02:29:00.000-07:002010-04-27T04:34:23.016-07:00The Divisiveness of UnityI'm no 'deep theological thinker' (which I think sometimes is a just a euphemism for someone who uses $100 words to promote two bob heresies), but it seems to me that Biblical unity is an exceedingly simple concept made complicated by many.<br />Unity, biblical unity ,that is the unity of the Spirit can only exist where the Holy Spirit is ,and the Spirit of God will always promote ,exalt and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ; His person, His work ,His ways and His word.<br /><br />A crucial element of true scriptural unity is division. Jesus said "do not think I came to bring peace but a sword " He said that we would have enemies and at times they would even be members of our own household. The ecumenicists , the pragmatists, the emergents and the institutionalized religionists need to remember that unity REQUIRES separation: a separation from that which is not of God to that which is.<br /><br />Every person born again by the Spirit of God ,through the word of God unto the Son of God for the glory of God ,is already unified with all others who have experienced this grace and we are already family.Church structures,religious activities and nice sounding words do not build unity .<br /><br />See , unity is not uniformity as though if we could just act the same,dress the same, look the same ,talk the same we could please God ...but God created diversity and we are meant to treasure and value the differences that all His blood bought children demonstrate and like a multifaceted diamond, His true church reflects some aspect of his glory ,for His glory .<br /><br />And unity is not the same as union. Organizational bridge -building is a futile human endeavour that ignores and demotes God and in His place puts an institutional idol. The scripture says how can they prepare if the trumpet does not sound a clear call . The muted ,muffled message of ecumenicalism is no way to preach the only and eternal gospel.<br />The truth is the false gospel of worldly unity far too often usurps the Lordship of Christ Jesus and ushers in a doomed kingdom of backslapping ,baby kissing religious politicians but as always these weak kneed non-combatants will reject ,sideline and slander the robust love and the united prophetic voice of the true church of God.truth missionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857481569975554709noreply@blogger.com1