MY OPINION,

MY OPINION, 

This may be just my opinion, but I truly believe that we have gotten so many things wrong in The Church. Now I said in "The Church", not those that are not The True- Born Again Believer. The True-Born Again Believers, Are The True Church, and we know what happened at our Salvation. We know that Jesus Christ is The Only Begotten Son Of The Only True Living GOD. The True-Born Again Believers were convicted of our sins and confessed them when The Holy Spirit moved upon us. The True-Born Again Believers acknowledged that we were sinners in need of a Savior. We knew instantly that Jesus Is That Savior. We believed from our hearts, not just in our minds. We had a life-changing experience not just an emotional tingle. The True-Born Again Believer was washed clean by The Blood Of Jesus Christ. The True-Born Again Believer was filled and sealed with The Holy Spirit unto The Day Of Redemption. The True-Born Again Believer knows and believes that The Holy Bible Is The Inspired Word Of GOD. The True-Born Again Believer is The Holy Temple Of GOD, It is not a building built by men. That is what I am talking about when I say The Church.

I know so many people that want to convict others of their sins. They want their family and friends to go to church and be good. They are trying to do The Holy Spirits' job. The Holy Spirit draws, convicts, and reveals Jesus Christ to the lost. We are to tell them that Jesus Christ loves them. We are to tell others of His miraculous birth, that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin. That He Is The Only Begotten Son Of The Only True Living GOD. We are to share Jesus Christ and His Perfect Sacrifice. We are to share what hell he went through on this earth at the hands of men. We are to tell them He Lived the perfect life before The Holy GOD. We are to tell them that He did that because He knew that we could not. We are to tell them that He was made to be sin in our place so that He could go into hell and pay for our sins so that we would not have to. We are to tell them how He took all of the sins of the world upon Him while He was dying on The Cross because He was The only One that ever could. We are to tell them, that He rose from the dead, ascended into Heaven, and on One  Glorious Day He will return to receive us to Himself.  We are to tell them, John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting Life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.

That is our, The Church's job. We are not The Holy Spirit, we have the Holy Spirit, BUT WE ARE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT. So stop trying to convict lost people of their sins, Pray for their Salvation, love them, and live your life before them that shows Jesus Christ. 

We hear people that are making a sin out of everything, if you living with someone outside of marriage, if you are a homosexual, if you are a murderer, if you lie, whatever it is, you want to make them know it is wrong and stop it. Yes all of these are wrong, yes it is a sin, but these are lost people and they don't care. You are not going to make anything better by pointing out their sin. The only One that will make any difference is Jesus Christ, By The Power Of His Holy Spirit. Let The Holy Spirit do His job because you will only make it worse with your condemnation.

Love them and tell them about Jesus Christ and His Love for them, He will Save them and change them. Their life will be completely changed by Him for the better. People that are lost do not care for or about the things of GOD, you are wasting your time and your breath. Let them fall in love with Jesus Christ, then and only then will they start caring about Holiness. 

I believe that when we have new believers in Christ Jesus,  we need to take care of them as such. Babes in Christ. Babies need nurturing every day from a mature Christian. Just like babies of the natural life, they need feed, washed, and generally taken care of for every need. They need their bottles filled and fed to them, we need to read them The Bible, and explained to them the content and context. As they grow like the natural child, we give them the spoon to feed themselves, we are there for them if they drop it. We let them read The Bible and show them how to Pray and study. As they grow we have them read The  Bible and answer the questions prepared by the mature Christian. Train them up, just like you do the natural child. Instead, we have them sit in a class teaching things way over their heads, or in the service that they can not get immediate answers to any questions that they have. We expect them to just grow up Spirituality when they are just wondering what to do next. We leave them alone and to take care of themselves, just like the natural child if we were to do that they would soil themselves and cry. Then they hear preachers and teachers saying that they are still sinners with the old sinful nature, soiled, dirty. They hear that they have to be good enough or do things that will please GOD. When they fail to be good enough they start feeling guilty about everything they do. In their minds, it becomes too hard and they just give up. Instead of the Church taking care of these children and feeding them the food that is appropriate for their Spiritual age, we let them either starve or let them choke on too much meat. Either way, they are not provided for by the adult. Instead of the Church knowing the Truth of The Word Of GOD, some teach them what they have always been taught, and a lot of that is flat out wrong. Read The Word Of GOD for yourself, but also be there to help the new babies in Christ Jesus.

Donna K Purifoy

5/17/2022