tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post7087815256665903547..comments2023-10-30T04:07:47.437-07:00Comments on Advancing the Kingdom of God: Everybody Has a Seed to Grow and Sow by Robert RicciardelliRobert Ricciardellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160368258138662091noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-12812424878705953632009-08-25T03:14:22.744-07:002009-08-25T03:14:22.744-07:00Sometimes leaders will redesign, refashion, remake...Sometimes leaders will redesign, refashion, remake, reinvent, relable, reformulate, refurbish, or repackage the gospel and present it as the only right way as if anything else is somehow perverted or wrong. They get used to the product as it was handed to them, and because it was good enough for them, it must be good enough for everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-74552937720090690102009-08-23T08:30:56.971-07:002009-08-23T08:30:56.971-07:00I agree, leaders with agenda's other than to s...I agree, leaders with agenda's other than to serve God's people, always lead amiss, and often to the hurst and destruction of others for sake of the system, they are buildingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-3263799210594680992009-08-23T08:20:10.173-07:002009-08-23T08:20:10.173-07:00I just read today's article, "Is 'whe...I just read today's article, "Is 'where two or more are gathered' a church?".<br /><br />It seems to me that all church organization is bad. There are no exceptions. It's all corrupt.<br />There's no real righteousness in them. They don't have a chance at pleasing the Lord. You <br />could travel the world over and find the same thing to be true. Where ever there is authority<br />in the church it will go it's own way, always,<br />no exceptions. To promote such a thing is wrong<br />all the time. It always results in oppression.<br />It's always a bad thing.....unless.....unless,<br />there are delivering judges, reconcilers, workers in the ministry of reconciliation who are willing to hear matters whenever someone has something against another and has gone to that one first but has not been heard, who are willing to hear matters that cause a present distress, but not willing to hear evil for the sake of evil, are able to find something good on every page of the Bible, thank God for it, give him praise, are willing to repent of their sins as they become known to them, willing to forgive others, willing to investigate what they hear to find out if indeed a thing is really so before they judge an action, judge actions rather than condemn people, walk through darkness while shining light, take another with them when they need to, work the work of the gospel without partiality, without<br />hypocrisy, pray together with those involved, put on the armor of God, are willing to stand against the wiles of the devil, and trust in God's delivering power by Jesus Christ, then,<br />such a thing could do well and have a bright future.<br /><br />It could be the kind of place where people get free, live free, live right, do good, have a place of refuge from the world, get refreshed, rejoice in God, know that the church will prevail in Christ, have confidence in leadership, be blessed in gathering together, enjoy sitting together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, and hope for even a better tomorrow in him.<br /><br />It could also be a place where there are so many people waiting to get in through it's doors because the life of Jesus is there<br />and they too one day hope to be a deliverer through him who so loved that he gave his life <br />away for them that they might live by the power<br />of God having the life of him who did prevail in the midst of a darkened world and lives unto<br />God, a life eternal in the true light, being the<br />everlasting King of God, in God, for God, with God, and by God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-34548161545667735752009-08-23T07:33:19.715-07:002009-08-23T07:33:19.715-07:00I just read today's article "Pray For Hun...I just read today's article "Pray For Hunger"<br />about the dog who waits for table scraps.<br /><br />God is always answering our prayers. If we have a question, I find it good to ask and then forget about it. If it's really a good question<br />God will answer it.<br /><br />It seems to me that something came down in my direction lately. I've been taking notice that<br />prophets use allegory a lot, a putting forth of <br />one thing by use of another to communicate something. The Bible is full of allegory.<br /><br />I now wonder if Michael was the angel that appeared to Daniel (Daniel 10). Whoever it was,<br />he may have referred to the Messiah as "Michael your prince."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-82286175051468660152009-08-09T11:37:28.019-07:002009-08-09T11:37:28.019-07:00Yes, freedom in God is an everlasting thing.
In hi...Yes, freedom in God is an everlasting thing.<br />In him who is no darkness at all, there is only<br />the good that light can bring. All that is in his presence lives and moves in him. He is the light from before the world was made. By him all<br />things were created and by him all God shall save. Whosoever comes to him, by him who is his<br />word, shall receive forgiveness of sin, and eternal life.<br /><br />Though we see through a glass darkly, him who is<br />God's plan, spoken of by the word given that gave us light to see, when God so moved upon the waters, before he divided them.<br /><br />Though men explain him this way or that, him who<br />gave the plan, one way or another we all shall see more clearly what was given. God will explain it all in time whatever we need to know.<br />Till then I trust he will continue to nurture the seed he sowed.<br /><br />The light that God spoke in the beginning, was it necessarily him? I think it was in a sense,<br />for by it a promise was given.<br /><br />God told us of an overcoming power above the depths of the sea, a kind of light that can shine without an earthly sun.<br /><br />In darkness of despair, or depths of sinking deep, there is a light that overcomes. Jesus is his name.<br /><br />As Jesus is, so is God, for God gave him a name,<br />that is above all earthly men, his only begotten Son, Jesus, still the same.<br /><br />Where his spirit is, there is liberty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-34941725366870359312009-08-09T09:58:34.668-07:002009-08-09T09:58:34.668-07:00That is a real problem in the Body of Christ.. Con...That is a real problem in the Body of Christ.. Control!. If people want to control you and form you into their image, they are not your "who" and this can sometimes include family, church, etc. Ask the Father the "who" for you, who will love you for who you are in Him, and not what they can get from you. .We have them in our life and it is refreshing and free... FREEDOM is good, in Him...Robert Ricciardellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160368258138662091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-26449355558277700402009-08-09T09:50:08.491-07:002009-08-09T09:50:08.491-07:00I've found several "Who"s who would ...I've found several "Who"s who would not accept<br />one unless one conformed to them. I would rather seek to be conformed to Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-67989142024757537192009-08-09T09:18:35.402-07:002009-08-09T09:18:35.402-07:00God created the Sheep and the Goats.. He loves th...God created the Sheep and the Goats.. He loves them both.. He wants the goats to become sheeps, and so we love them, and in His love, many will transform from goats to sheeps.<br /><br />At the same time, from a relational stand point, God has the "Who" for you. Some of the "Who" may be sheeps and goats... but they are still a part of your "who".. And then in that "who", there is no more us and them.Robert Ricciardellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160368258138662091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675435213767321001.post-78924692065452475542009-08-09T08:54:12.055-07:002009-08-09T08:54:12.055-07:00I've found two groups of "us and them&quo...I've found two groups of "us and them"<br />I don't seem to fit either one.<br />Both seem to think "If you're not one of us,<br />You must be one of them".<br />So what of those in the middle?<br />How shall they fit in?<br /><br />I don't think God created us to have that kind of design. Are there not only sheep or goats?<br />Is there any third kind of thing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com