| Popular Preachers and Bible Teachers |
It is sort of like they use to say about "Military" and "Intelligence", a contradiction of terms, all the gifts from the Ascended Christ to the church--pastors and teachers, evangelists, and prophets and apostles (Ephesians 4:11)--confused with popularity, a concept reversed in the Bible only for the world. America in this time of the Falling Away still has real spiritual leaders obscured in the work of real fruitful service, but it is rapidly going the way of Israel at the time of Jeremiah, when of all the many prophets in the nation, only Jeremiah was a true Prophet in residence. Of course, there was Ezekiel and Daniel that had been taken into Captivity. The more worldly the world of America gets each week--and surely you see that if you do not see the falling away crumbling around you--the less you should heed these popular false prophets and prophetess! Just the nature of popularity in the world and among the world during this Falling Away is a warning sign. 1. Please read chapter 11 of THE WAY OF CONTINUING FAITH, "Popular Preachers of Prosperity". 2. Or perhaps you would like to browse the whole book on Amazon.com BIBLE REPORTS FOR BELIEVING, The Way of Continuing Faith. 3. Then there is chapter of 20 of HIDEOUT FOR BAD HABITS, "Popular Preachers Promote Hiding". 4. Or perhaps you would like to Browse, Purchase, and Download the whole book on HIDEOUT FOR BAD HABITS, this tells the whole story of what is happening today to churches, denominations, and the leaders in this time of the Falling Away. {Search the Scriptures for yourself at II Timothy 4:4,5 and II Timothy 3:1-9 and I Timothy 4:15-5, and for more general information on the great apostasy where are now in called the Falling Away search the book of Hebrews and II Thessalonians.} NOTE: In the nature of heeding more words by Jesus, "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment (John 7:24), we would never subjectively criticize churches, denominations, and their leaders independent of the objective judgment and righteousness of the Scriptures. They do the dirty work for us, but that is the way God intended it for the Bible. 5. Sometimes they look so good and sound so good, and "deceive even the elect"; but stop and think about the difference between busy-Bible-study about which there is so much pride and bragging today, even status, and Bible that is actually profitable for the hearer or reader in the nature of II Timothy 3:16,17. In other words, is it profitable for the recipient or profitable for the messenger; that is Bible that really profits the receiver as God intended for doctrine, for correction, for reproof, and for instruction in righteousness. Anything else is just entertainment! |