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| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Old Time Country Preacher: God's Generals: Which Ones Was the Real Deal? |
| Roberts Lairdon has wrote several books on God's Generals, where he picks folk outta history an lifts em up fer bein a spiritual giant/general fer God. Yet, when I peruse the list, man, I see some fruit nuts and flakes (cereal saints). |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Change Agent: |
| Thats your level of expertise. Don't pass that on to us. |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | brotherjames: Which ones do you have a problem with? |
| The thing is, that while many of the Generals of faith in the past did have flawed character issues at times (Branham, McPherson, Dowie, to name but 3) it is also necessary to point out that they |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Old Time Country Preacher: |
| Why would ya think such a thing, CA? |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Old Time Country Preacher: Re: Which ones do you have a problem with? |
| In the words of Dr. Ray H. Hughes (legitimate earned EdD from UT-K), let's look at this thing seriatim:1. How were them in the Bible with unrepentant flawed character issues treated? Unrepentant false prophecies? Unrepentant immoral lives? So could these generals just continue |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ventureforth: Re: Which ones do you have a problem with? |
| Could you give examples of the mistakes and ways he acted arrogant? I have read some about Wigglesworth and certainly he wasn't perfect. But miracles that God reportedly did through him were amazing. From what I've read, I find it difficult to believe that God did not use him. Some of things he did and said I would not have approved of but I don't recall any that I would consider herectical or against scripture. And I don't recall reading about any great unrepentant sin of his. |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | wayne: Re: Which ones do you have a problem with? |
| Bro James:I appreciate what you posted here. Growing up in the church I was always mesmerized by anointed preachers/evangelists/singers, etc. As I got older, I got to know some of the people that mesmerized me and I found out that outside church they were like me . Their life wasn't always always dedicated to prayer and bible reading and fasting and feeding the poor and taking care of widows..........I have even watched preachers who I knew were not called, start pastoring a church and do very well. This confused me because somewhere along the line I adopted the notion that God only selects the perfect. Boy was I wrong.I came to the conclusion that I was wrong when I realized, I had been called by God and I knew I was not perfect. I know my struggles and I know my failures but, I have led 1000 or more people to Christ, I have baptized many people, I have preached many sermons, taught many lessons, spent countless hours helping the poor/sick/needy/ widows/ children, I have planted a church, I pastor a strong church, I have helped start a church in El-Salvador, I have laid hands on people and they were healed...... |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | brotherjames: I certainly didn't say they were un-repentant |
| Probably they were the contrary. God uses ordinary people Wayne and you're right all of us have the potential to be a Wiggles worth or Bonnke. And as to undeniable results OTCP all you have to do is read the newspaper accounts of the day. George and Stephen Jeffries, Maria Woodworth Etter, John Dowie, Smith Wigglesworth, Oral Roperts and I could go on and on were written about by sceptics and cynics who could not deny the miracles they witnessed. |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ernie Long: All I got to say is |
| none of them were as strange as this guy whose raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.Just saying |
| Author: | acts [ Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | brotherjames: Right on, right on |
| Preach it bro. |
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