I really appreciate what you have written and thank you. May grace peace & increase of the knowledge in our Lord Jesus Christ be with all those reading your spirit filled articles & with all those that call on the name of the Lord with a pure conscience, Amen.
There certainly needs to be Godly wisdom and with it understanding when allowing ourselves to be Holy spirit led and prayerful when it comes to putting ourselves under another's authority, testing the spirits, examine the fruits, being good bereans testing and proving whom we are allowing into our eargates. We can't just blindly willingly submit to anyone just because they are self-proclaimed leaders of God, or because we simply like them let alone love them, we ultimately surely are to submit to Heavenly father and Jesus as our head, our good great shepherd, Leader, Master Lord Authority and the Holy spirit. Only He is infallible, men are not, they are prone to make mistakes and obviously they are not Almigjty God, Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged." Romans 3:4 If He asks of us to submit to a truly holy spirit led and infilled indwelt brother whom does not in any way deviate from everything & all the things Jesus Christ taught because there is truly only one pure doctrine and that is of Christ illuminated revealed and understood by His spirit.
Jesus' sheep hear His voice & recognise such through a humble vessel of a fellow servant & brother or sister that is in Christ that is walking alongside Jesus as his disciples. Interestingly we would not have the English translation of the Bible without William Tyndale boldly standing up by the power of the holy spirit and Jesus Christ as his strength because of His love for the truth against the only acceptable authority of the Catholic church at the time, stating the Pope's doctrine is not of God which he insisted instead is so agreeable with the world and the pleasures of it, seeking nothing but the possession of the world and their desiring authority in the world and to bear a rule in the world whom only persecute the true word Of God driving so many away from it with false knowledge making many afraid of it, cursing and excommunicating them then making them believe they are damned if they look to it or to Jesus as their authority as their chief Shepherd other then them, Tyndale exclaimed it is but a doctrine to deceive men.
For the world loves that which belongs to it & all it's ways of being and doing and hate all those which is chosen out of the world to serve God in the spirit. The carnal have always tried to kill those of God's spirit since the first murder of Cain against his brother Abel whom offered the acceptable pleasing sacrifice up to father abba in Heaven.
As Jesus Christ said to his disciples "if you were of the world, the world would love it's own. But I have chosen you out of the world and therefore the world hates you." The official authoritative church that wielded it's autocratic power hated not only Tyndales but God's truth workers alongside him whom helped in translating printing and distributing the Bible the New Testament from the original Greek into English, but was forced to print it in Lutheran Germany, yet managed to sneak it in to many European countries and back to England. Sadly brother Tyndale was labeled a heretic betrayed martyred and burnt alive at the stake by his so called brothers.
As we know many others have been martyred throughout the history of those opposing any other authority that usurped God's truths and His ultimate authority.
The example you gave of that deceived man whom God gave over to his chosen delusions is indeed the blind leading the blind only into the pit but those that are putting themselves under his authority because they do NOT have a love for the truth or for Jesus Christ nor do they have any sort of intimate relationship with God, nor abiding in His word. So is it not true then that we must be very careful in this present age whom we allow to submit ourselves to? When we submit and are obedient to Jesus as the head, the word made flesh and allow his will over any self will we won't far go wrong, or if we do veer off Heavenly father will lovingly help us back onto His narrow path of righteousness, his rod and his staff comforting us in the process. Would you agree with that brother Stephen Phinney?
I adhere to honoring all authority - good or bad. "Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust." (1 Peter 2:18) However, if any of those authority figures ask me to violate God's Holy Word - I will not submit.
I really appreciate what you have written and thank you. May grace peace & increase of the knowledge in our Lord Jesus Christ be with all those reading your spirit filled articles & with all those that call on the name of the Lord with a pure conscience, Amen.
There certainly needs to be Godly wisdom and with it understanding when allowing ourselves to be Holy spirit led and prayerful when it comes to putting ourselves under another's authority, testing the spirits, examine the fruits, being good bereans testing and proving whom we are allowing into our eargates. We can't just blindly willingly submit to anyone just because they are self-proclaimed leaders of God, or because we simply like them let alone love them, we ultimately surely are to submit to Heavenly father and Jesus as our head, our good great shepherd, Leader, Master Lord Authority and the Holy spirit. Only He is infallible, men are not, they are prone to make mistakes and obviously they are not Almigjty God, Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged." Romans 3:4 If He asks of us to submit to a truly holy spirit led and infilled indwelt brother whom does not in any way deviate from everything & all the things Jesus Christ taught because there is truly only one pure doctrine and that is of Christ illuminated revealed and understood by His spirit.
Jesus' sheep hear His voice & recognise such through a humble vessel of a fellow servant & brother or sister that is in Christ that is walking alongside Jesus as his disciples. Interestingly we would not have the English translation of the Bible without William Tyndale boldly standing up by the power of the holy spirit and Jesus Christ as his strength because of His love for the truth against the only acceptable authority of the Catholic church at the time, stating the Pope's doctrine is not of God which he insisted instead is so agreeable with the world and the pleasures of it, seeking nothing but the possession of the world and their desiring authority in the world and to bear a rule in the world whom only persecute the true word Of God driving so many away from it with false knowledge making many afraid of it, cursing and excommunicating them then making them believe they are damned if they look to it or to Jesus as their authority as their chief Shepherd other then them, Tyndale exclaimed it is but a doctrine to deceive men.
For the world loves that which belongs to it & all it's ways of being and doing and hate all those which is chosen out of the world to serve God in the spirit. The carnal have always tried to kill those of God's spirit since the first murder of Cain against his brother Abel whom offered the acceptable pleasing sacrifice up to father abba in Heaven.
As Jesus Christ said to his disciples "if you were of the world, the world would love it's own. But I have chosen you out of the world and therefore the world hates you." The official authoritative church that wielded it's autocratic power hated not only Tyndales but God's truth workers alongside him whom helped in translating printing and distributing the Bible the New Testament from the original Greek into English, but was forced to print it in Lutheran Germany, yet managed to sneak it in to many European countries and back to England. Sadly brother Tyndale was labeled a heretic betrayed martyred and burnt alive at the stake by his so called brothers.
As we know many others have been martyred throughout the history of those opposing any other authority that usurped God's truths and His ultimate authority.
The example you gave of that deceived man whom God gave over to his chosen delusions is indeed the blind leading the blind only into the pit but those that are putting themselves under his authority because they do NOT have a love for the truth or for Jesus Christ nor do they have any sort of intimate relationship with God, nor abiding in His word. So is it not true then that we must be very careful in this present age whom we allow to submit ourselves to? When we submit and are obedient to Jesus as the head, the word made flesh and allow his will over any self will we won't far go wrong, or if we do veer off Heavenly father will lovingly help us back onto His narrow path of righteousness, his rod and his staff comforting us in the process. Would you agree with that brother Stephen Phinney?
I adhere to honoring all authority - good or bad. "Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust." (1 Peter 2:18) However, if any of those authority figures ask me to violate God's Holy Word - I will not submit.