For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” ACTS 5:38,39 NIV.
Last year Doug Batchelor preached a sermon against " Women as pastors " that sermon created a great controversy .After that sermon the" Adventist today " and spectrum blogs were filled with commentaries for or against the views presented in that sermon . That sermon has been one of the most controversial in recent years . Does our divided church needs this to be "relevant " . For me I learned a lesson that I hope I will never forget and that is , that our church is bigger than any individual it doesn't matter how popular that person is , because it is God's church And God is in control . That has been shown in the way the church has been taken care of the controversy at "La Sierra " we need to trust our system and work with it and allow the Holy spirit to lead . We are living in interesting times , I am amazed at certain group of individuals that believe that if we " modify the 28 fundamentals " that if we "fix the language " of that everything will be ok . We should remember that our Pioneers didn't think it was a good idea to have a " creed " . The Bible is our rule of faith and practice . When I was a bible worker , I never took with me any of those " bible studies guides " I just took my bible and from the bible , I allow Jesus to lead people to him . God has called each one of us to preach the gospel , unfortunately , we have lost our mission and we get distracted in issues that will not get us ready to be translated and at the crucial moment when Jesus comes , he is going to find us playing games while there is a world that doesn't know him . Have mercy on us Jesus ! The advice of Gamaliel to the Pharisees is something we all need to think about . Ministry is not about authority or who is in control . My Dad had only a fourth grade education , he was never a "pastor " by the church , he never received a salary from the church but he help plant churches all over the western part of El salvador . Jesus says "Do not work for the food that spoils ,but for the food that endures to eternal life which the son of man will give you " John 6:27. I pray that we will proclaim the everlasting gospel and don't get distracted by all these controversies , at the same time , let's allow God to lead, let's not be afraid of the leading of the Holy spirit , remember that he will lead us into all truth . And Truth many times , goes against ideas that we treasure and is rooted in our heart . Only Jesus can help us , let's turn to him with humility .
That's right don't get caught up in erring humans. Give the broken hearted real medicine, Christ. Our redeemer is coming so soon and Satan is creating such dissension in the church. Don't believe the lie, it's not about what you think, but who Christ is, what He has, and is doing in us.
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