Maintaining a close and real relationship with God is the greatest challenge of the ministry. Reaching and Growing Real People in a Real World is the vision that we as a church have. We, ourselves are real people with real issues and real problems - however we strive to live out our faith in a REAL GOD who continues to make a REAL difference in our everyday lives. Our mission is Reaching and Growing Real People in their Christian Faith and Ministry.
True followers of Christ, that walk in all truth, knowing and seeing that every single thing in this world has fallen, end up very alienated and isolated. Even Lydia Prince found that within her country's churches, never-mind the school where she used to teach.
Being "full" of leprosy and being "covered" are two very different things. The skin outwardly shows the state inwardly. Leprosy would even infect the wood in their homes.
The night of my prodigal child moment, the Lord Jesus clearly communicated to me "YOU CAN REST NOW". Before that night, my life was in constant turmoil, not helped by my home being haunted and me being too scared to sleep. God's grace is beyond description \o/
My personal verse from the Lord is 1 SAMUEL 3:18, and I must admit I had no idea what it meant for a while, but it's about the state of churches, especially today as they support the SINagogue of Satan, those warned about in REV.2:9 & 3:9 and it is my duty to correct them before they fall away into the hands of the Beast, warned about in 2 THESS.2.
A quick example : Genesis 16:12 # Existing English translations say this : KJV 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. ESV 12 He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen." NLT 12 This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives.” MSG 12 He'll be a bucking bronco of a man, a real fighter, fighting and being fought, Always stirring up trouble, always at odds with his family." CSB 12 This man will be [like] a wild ass. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him; he will live at odds with all his brothers. # But the correct translation is this : ( He lives as a good man, and his hand is to everyone, and the hand of everyone is through him, and he lives with the children of all his brothers ) This is a word-for-word translation of the text
Not enough wise people around, and that definitely includes in churches. The vast majority are fast asleep as to what time it is and how fallen this wicked world is. Dankie/thank you anyway.
