Death to the commandments and doctrines of men

I write a lot about the church …

Let me rather rephrase ...

I write a lot about the ekklēsia, the word that was so terribly and wrongfully translated from the Greek into the English as church. Look at this post for instance.

It comes up time and again

During the week my wife and I were confronted time and again with people (wonderful people of God) who claimed that their church (their doctrinal system and pastor) was the right church with the right doctrine and the right pastor. Whatever their pastor or minister of their church said, is what they base their whole outlook on life upon. Wow!

We could not always be quiet

Fully furnished by the inspired Word

Disgusting

I find it difficult sometimes to follow the logic of some preachers laying out scripture as if they do not have the Holy Spirit to guide them.

The law preacher will always find law in the Bible, even if there is none. But don’t you dare talk about the grace of God! That will be blaspheme, for sure!

Now it gets up close and personal

There is a way to determine how close and personal a relationship is in everyday life.

This very same way also shows the desire for further advancement and intimacy, and it paves the way forward.

How?

POWER: This changes everything!

To be or not to be ... that is the question

... not to be ...

I remember years ago I attended a church gathering at one of the institutional churches that I used to go to. John 1:12 was cited. A theological and religious explanation was given ... and everyone was either confused or misguided.

I was mind-boggled at that. I remember the minister trying to explain that the God-given power we had received, was in fact not the full power of God, but rather a delegated sort of power.

But he was so wrong.

Healing - distance, delay and matters of control

The other day my daughter asked me to pray for her. She had stomach cramps, pains and something that resembled severe stomach spasms.

And I was reminded

As I prayed against all these things, cancelling the plans of the enemy, commanding the sickness and pain to go, and confirming the finished work of Yah’shua over her physical body, I was yet again reminded of how that we have this precious gift of healing inside of us and how that we often neglect to use it.

I was once again reminded how the institutional church teaches the bride of Christ that God is far, that He is on His own time schedule and that He is always in control. So, we must just accept whatever we get. Their favourite saying is “His time is not our time” and “His ways are not our ways”.

God rolls up His sleeve

I heard a very interesting conversation over a local radio station recently as I was driving home. It was all about God rolling up His sleeve and baring His arm ... picture it!

It's an awesome picture!

Where does it come from?

It comes from a new song by one of my favourite artists, Toby Mac. And he really produced a very catchy tune with interesting lyrics ... if you understand the context ...

... and shamefully some people out there don't ...

Some opinions sprout from a life spend in the religious corridors of the institutional church, triggered by a new hit like this.

As I said, the words in the song are biblical ... but you have to know the context before you go on telling people that God is getting ready to zap them!

What a knock-off to a nice song!

Your worth on the building plan

This post has much to do with the person we are and grow up to be and less with who we might blame for our shortcomings and circumstances. And the author is actually Paul in 1Collosians 3:1-23 and not me ...

So, here goes:

Hey guys, now that you have grown in Christ and realized your worth in Him, I speak to you differently

And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual ones but as to fleshly, as to babes in Messiah.

Who is a child of God?

Who?

What qualifies you to be a child of God?

What is it that you should do to be a child of God?

How difficult is it to become a child of God?

At what point can you say that you are a child of God?

Where is the answer to all this and how would we know for sure?

Looking at Jesus through the aleph-beth

The institutional church will have you believe that Psalm 112 is all about you ... but look again!

It's all about Jesus!

See so that you can see

... and when you see that, you will discover His heart for you ...

abc in Hebrew

To make it fun and deeply spiritual (haha), we'll read this Psalm the way it was written - in ancient Hebrew going through all the letters of the Hebrew Aleph-Beth, from the first letter Aleph to the last, Tav.

sugklēronomos

This post is all about a deeper dive into sugklēronomos, embracing a crucially important aspect of our position in Christ that is too often overlooked and almost never promoted by the institutional church.

It speaks to our divine inheritance.

The concept

So, the concept of being a sugklēronomos unlocks a profound truth