How To Avoid Getting Hurt In Church
By J. A McBean, Dr.Th., MCC
Copyright © 2008 Library of Congress
Washington.D.C.20559
B efore my reader takes this topic personally. He or she needs to go up on the internet and type in. “Losing My Religion” There are web sites where people pour out their offense. And say why they leave the church or why the churches leave them.
The church is supposed to be a place of refuge and refreshment to the weary and sin sick souls. But in every country where the gospel is free, whole heard of people flock to the church to capitalize on the financial contributions of the faithful. This greed continue and get worst each generations, it reach a point where people begin to flee from the church and hate the good news. As time goes on the church will loose her privileges and end up right back into persecutions.
The reasons for the abuses that goes on in churches is this. Somebody saw your qualities, and is trying to drive you out before the other believers discover your full potentials. By making you leave, the person who feel belittle by your qualities stand a better chances of getting pick for certain positions. This kind of covetousness is called “spiritual wickedness in high places” This can continue and mushroom out of control until it reaches stages, that we have never even seen among unbelievers.
One deacon who his brethren did not like his piety, arrived at the conclusion that the deacon’s wife was the strength behind him. Therefore, they dig under and poison his wife mind against him. Then paid her fare to England. The plan was, her husband must not know where she was until three months after she arrive in England. Three months later, a letter arrives at the church from his wife thanking the members for helping her to go to England. This is the first time the deacon going to know his wife’s wear about.
HOW TO AVOID GETTING HURT.
You must develop a sense of knowing when something is just not right. You must learn to move out before the bomb drop. Dead men cannot lead you nor help you. Blind men cannot guide you. Take stock of your life; ask yourself these questions, since you were going to this church paying your tithes and offering. is your marriage better? Is your financial life better? Is your Christian life fruitful? What kind of sermons does your pastor preach? Do they ever tell you how to get out of debts? How to make your marriage a success? How to keep your job? How to nourish your faith? How to advance your educations? In addition, How to buy a house and come out of rent house? What kind of sermons are you listening to?
Do not seek church privilege, such as preaching, privilege and singing privileges. To be the pastor are to be on their church board. Do not fight to get such thing or push up your self to be seen, that is how the under dogs get hurt. Others who want those positions will crush you. If you have a singing career that you are, trying to promote the church is not a good place to go trying to set that up. Do not go looking for positions. I found out that I get no hurt when dealing with people and wanting nothing from them. Wait on your ministry.
Romans 12:7 (KJV) Or ministry let us wait on our ministering or he that teacheth, on teaching;
There are some four groups of people in the churches. To avoid getting hurt you must know these groups and know which of these groups control that church. According to what group control the church will determine the amount of abuses get dishing out. Also, the secret of avoiding getting hurt is to know what group each person belonging to. The person actions are the spirit that each person displayed will give you a good indications. This depending on the concept that you have of Christianity. For example, some pastor never acknowledges me as born again, because I am the humorous one in the group, who never wear a donkeys faces. And for some people you have to wear a sad face to be seen as a Christians.
NONE OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD PUSH THEMSELVES IN ANY POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP.
Jeremiah 1:5-8 (KJV) Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. [6] Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. [7] But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. [8] Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Exodus 4:11-14 (KJV) And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? [12] Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. [13] And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. [14] And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
THE REASONS WHY ABUSES TAKE PLACE IN CHURCHES.
In some cases the abuses is done by accident. In other cases, it was done not to destroy the person but to get the person to fall under the controlling powers of others. For example, “cold shouldering” is done to make the person suck up. This is done to make you try to buy your way up the ladder of acceptance, are become the church’s yard boys. A man’s pleaser.
Acts 5:29 (KJV) Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Cold-shouldering, left out, and pass over is all done to control, or is a controlling techniques. Rumors spreading are employed when the person is putting up resistance. The rumors eventually mushroom out of control and the victim chance of ever landing a leading role in that church is killed.
BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS.
The born gain believers are divided into two groups. The mature believers call the “Spiritual man” and the immature believers call the “Carnal man” The immature believers are save just like the spiritual man but the immature believers area called the “ Babies in Christ” This group is sometime just get convert, or converted long time but are slow in development.
1 Cor. 3:3 (KJV) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 1 Cor. 3:4 (KJV) For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
1 Cor. 3:1 (KJV) And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
THE FALSE BELIEVERS, CALL THE “FALSE BRETHREN”
This group is also divided into two groups. The two groups are unconverted, but group one are demons possess, and thinking that the spirit that they have in their bodies is the Holy Ghost. This group has all the externals qualities of Christianity, but has no change of heart. The second group of this sort is not possess, but are children or friends of believers who grew up in the church but are going by papa and mama salvations and has not know the lord for themselves. This group also has a mental or mind believe system going but has not received the born gain experience.
Galatians 2:4 (KJV) And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
TWO GROUPS OF MINISTERS.
2 Cor. 11:13-15 (KJV) For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. [14] And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. [15] Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
The above verses prove that there are two group of ministers in the churches, one for Satan and one for Christ. Now in another verse I will show you how the ministers of Satan behave.
HOW THE MINISTERS OF SATAN BEHAVE.
Isaiah 56:10-11 (KJV) His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. [11] Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
3 John 1:9-10 (KJV) I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. [10] Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
HOW THE MINISTERS OF CHRIST BEHAVE.
James 1:27 (KJV) Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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