OK, so school is taking the lions hare of my time. I am usually swamped with work and I can't breathe at work because I am inundated with students that "need" something. However, don't take that as meaning that I don't love my job. I really do, it's just that sometimes I want to blog but I don't have the time.
So, I taught bible study at church last night and we dealt with the "spiritual" milk that Peter refers to in 1 Peter 2:2. We talked about that milk not being elementary teachings that are referred to in 1 Corinthians 3 or Hebrews 5 but simply being nourishment that comes from the word of God. Every baby (born again Christian) needs to be fed and where we are fed is in the word of God. How we are fed is by the Holy Spirit making the word of God come clear to us and become applicable to our lives.
Somewhere in the mix, it was said that Jesus only spoke life and that He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. I wholeheartedly agree with that scripture. Someone else commented on the fact that that life is not based on things or materialism. I immediately chimed in and agreed and said that as soon as you start believing that the materialism is what abundant life is about, you will start sending all of your money to Creflo. I said it in a joking way but I was so serious because those guys, the prosperity preachers, live for folks that believe that following God is all about accumulating material possessions.
Later in the study, we were discussing sources of milk. I mentioned that television ministries are a good source of biblical teaching but I said that TBN was a bad source. Boy, did that ruffle some feathers. I didn't get much of that last night, but there was some serious blowback today according to the Assistant Pastor. I was scratching my head. TBN has been a source of pure drivel for years. Any network that still shows Kenneth Copeland AFTER he has blatantly blasphemed Jesus should not even be on the air. Some of the things these people say and do while on this network are pathetic. I mean all of the "name it and claim it" gospel, the false doctrine and teaching that happens there on a daily basis is unreal. No preacher or Christian that holds to sound doctrine lives on a heavy diet of TBN. To be sure, there may be a few times when someone on there will say something that might bless us but too many times I have had to listen to Jesse Duplantis lie about going to heaven in a rocket ship, sipping coffee with God (he hasn't said this but he has made up some quite fanciful stories), or going to heaven and coming back after high-fiving Jesus. I have heard much more bad than good whenever I tune in to that network. This is possibly because I actually know what to listen for and the fact that the Holy Spirit has given me discernment in this area. The fact that people still hold the network in high esteem is quite troubling in my opinion.
I think that we simply must test everything in light of scripture and hold fast to that which is good (1 Thess 5:21). If we apply the test of scripture and not our emotion, Christians will be a lot better off spiritually. Emotionally, some of the things that God allows us to endure, are too hard to handle and cause us to forget that all things work together for good. Spiritually, we realize that those same things are sent to steel us and strengthen us. Paul said it plainly, tribulation works patience, patience proven, character and proven character, hope and hope does not disappoint (Romans 5:3)! We cannot get bent out of shape every time someone smashes a golden calf. TBN is held up as a golden calf and we are quick to jump up in a huff when someone sheds light on something that we hold dear to our hearts. Truth be told, the network has become a feeding trough for false prophets and false teachers. I stopped watching it a long time ago. Someone even went so far as to say that I was saying that watching TBN is a sin...I NEVER SAID THAT. What I did say is this, if you want pure milk, that's not a good source. That cow has been tainted for a long time.
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