Sorry for any miss spelling. I'm doing this in the moment as I felt led on my phone 😊
Started reading a blog post today about a young mans testimony. Because it was fairly relevant to my life I thought it may be a good read. But as I went through it I really felt The Lord say that a testimony as the Bible talks about in Revelation 12:11 is one of Christ! Not one of what happend to us that we did not like or agree with! We can often try to blend the two, but we do not, ...overcome him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of what happens to us that we didn't like! No in fact that sounds more like the work of the devil than of God!
"They overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb (Jesus) and the word of their testimony (of Christ in their life).."
We must stop talking bad about other ministries, churches, brothers and sisters simply because we do not like or agree with what they do.
If however they are doing something wrong Jesus tells us how to approach that in Matthew 18:15-20. It does not say since they did not change go and tell the world about it! That does good for no one. It gives that person or organization or ministey or church that is being named a bad name and turns us into a gossip. Which also is talked about in Proverbs 11,16,18 and 26.
It is one thing to teach out of a circumstamce it is another to try to turn one away from something you simply disagree with or don't like.
We are told in the Bible to preach the Good News and live life like Jesus.
Jesus, in John 17 prays to God for unity in the church. He actually prays "That all of them may be one." Meaning believers.
When we look at this we also must remember that we are all part of a body. 1 Corinthians 12:12 makes it clear that we all operate differently from each other but all work together. If some who had lost his arms and drives with his feet tells me that I must drive with my feet because he does it that way of course I would disagree with him! Shoot I can't even get my feet that high! And if I was to tell him that he must drive with his hands, well he could not do it. So who is right?
Coul it be that if you are part of something that you don't agree with that you may have been designed for something different? Could it be that God gave them gifts that you don't have and you gifts that they don't have? Or God just dosent want you there?
The Love of Jesus is not shown by church bashing! No the Love of Jesus is shown by us being the church!
So in conclusion. Next time you disagree with a church, ministry or person ask yourself, "Is their mission the gospel of Jesus?" "Could I not be designed to work with these people?" Prayer would be a great place to start also! Ask God to show you how to handle the disagreement. Ask God to show you your giftings and how you can impact The Kingdom. Ask God to soften your heart for those who do things differently. Are there those that are doing it wrong? Yes of course. Is it my job to judge them? No, not if I'm not part of them and if I am we are again told how to approach it like Jesus would. Nowhere does Jesus say try to stop people from being part of or steer them away from what you don't like. No! He says preach the gospel, use your gifts and give all glory to God The Father through our Lord Jesus Christ!
We are here to spread The Good News of Jesus not tear down a ministry because they do things different. In fact if they did it the way you do it then who would reach those who don't agree with you?
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