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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2022 20:09:31 GMT -5
Billy Crone - Book Of James - How to spot a phony Christian
Join Billy as he takes us through the book of James.
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Post by watchful on May 5, 2022 15:28:11 GMT -5
Amen...as Jesus said we'll know them by their fruits. And He said to let the wheat and tares grow together, and God will judge who is who in the end. His wisdom in this I believe is to avoid witch-hunting, which would end up pulling up genuine wheat along with tares, since even with the best of intentions people can be mistaken and wrongly condemn others, especially if a lynch-mob mentality were to take hold.
But the western church is in such a sad state overall, it really is getting harder to tell believers from non-believers nowadays in the churches. It's probably best in most cases to just "come out from among them" at this point, and "be not unequally yoked with unbelievers" if the churches are full of them. Unless anyone is fortunate to be part of an assembly that is standing upon the truth, and staying in the simplicity of Christ by doing and teaching things the way we see in the scriptures.
I'm not sure the underground church in China, Islamic countries or India and other places where there is persecution can be considered to be falling away though, unless I'm mistaken...as far as I know this seems to me to be mostly a western problem up to now....? Too much material prosperity is part of the reason too for the state of things here in the west, I believe.....those "Christian cruises" that had become popular really said a lot, unfortunately.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 5:40:16 GMT -5
Billy Crone - Book Of James Part 2 - How to spot a fake Christian
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Post by watchful on May 14, 2022 9:48:04 GMT -5
Billy Crone - Book Of James Part 2 - How to spot a fake Christian
Amen, it's so sad. All I can think to say is "come out of her my people!" ....come out of Mystery Babylon, the counterfeit church...false religion. If only we could return to the simplicity of Christ, and remain in it, that in itself would help to avoid some problems because God's ways are wise. Jesus said wherever two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst....that is His simplicity. And He said "SIMPLY let your yes be yes and your no, no." Anything more than simplicity is from the evil one. The churches are all doing things in the way of the world, so it sets them up for bad fruit to eventually grow even if they start out relatively uncorrupted. But the truth and ways of our Lord have been under attack in the church from the beginning: "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." 2 Corinthians 11:3 When I asked the Lord why do churches seem to have an effect of bringing the life of the Spirit to death, His word came immediately..."artificial". In other words, man-made...what is artificial and man-made has no life in it. This is why scripture says except the LORD build the house they labour in vain. He is only in what HE builds, and He only ordains and builds within the framework of the simplicity of Christ, or should I say foundation, which is HIS simplicity, not the artifices of man and flesh, the ways of the world.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2022 5:28:36 GMT -5
Billy Crone - Book Of James Part 3 - How to spot a fake Christian
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2022 15:38:15 GMT -5
Billy Crone - Book of James Part 4
Hope you are enjoying this great series. Here is the next part for you serious bible studiers
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Billy Crone - The Book of James Part 9
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Billy Crone - Book of James Part 10
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