2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005 Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15 |
- Paul's "DO's" - The "Power" of Prayer? |
The real power of the Word of God
is being replaced by the false power of prayer.
A "spirit-led" 'powerful 'presence' energy-force led' modern mystic
and perverted Christianity!
Seeing the Message bible putting forth such a
false spirit led walk to the Purpose Driven, ALPHA crowd, etc.- all obviously
New Age demonic design - and the continued direction away from the King
James Bible in almost every church these days - including more and more
Bible Believing churches (they don't see it yet!), we see more obviously
than ever, the growth and direction towards the one-world religion with
their 'one' approved bible that HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRUTH OF THE
REAL CHRIST!
The real Christ is not the Master Jesus - He is not the Green Hope - We are not "light bearers", as the Purpose Driven Bible says! The real Christ is not wearing a lotus wreath!
Another Jesus, etc.
Remember Paul warned about 'another Jesus' &
'another spirit' & another gospel! It is coming down faster than
ever before, eh!
We see "Jesus" even on national TV now - prime
time!
More and more movies about "Jesus" from Hollywood!
(and they are obviously wrong - and are about
the devil wanting to be like the most high... the antichrist - but only
to the King James Bible Believers - and even many of them are deceived
with IMAGES instead of following WORDS!
(comment on The Only Authorized Picture of Christ
book from Russ and Riplinger)
Anyway...
Have you noticed an increase in "PRAYER" and the talk of the POWER of PRAYER?
Prayer books/sites
It is everywhere in the bookstores, websites,
etc. by the thousands....
Folks - PRAYER is not the unifying factor of
Christianity. We all can not pray together - there is no prayer power
for those gathered around the flag pole!
Bottom line
Again, we see Pentecostal flavour in this prayer
push!
Fellowship with the antichrist!
Not only do people hear from the spirit of antichrist
in their modern bibles, now they are talking back to the spirit of antichrist
with their 'prayers' - AND if those prayers are answered, then OF COURSE
it must be from God - WRONG!
E.M. Bounds - Prayer Author
A very popular book series on prayer!
However, the guy was a pentecostal styled Methodist-Episcopalian
preacher who, in his day, was secluded and unknown. (see notes)
As all this Pentecostal New Age Modern Purpose Driven prayer bahooy grows, so does E.M. Bounds. He seems to have led the modern pack of prayer power!
His book series includes Power Through Prayer; The Weapon of Prayer yet one should notice the lack of Scriptural support in his books and a misuse of wrongly divided prayer application from the few Scriptures he does refer to! HIs books are based on his experiences, not the Scriptures!
No wonder the Bible Believers are so gullible these days to this Modern Direction away from their own KJB and still talk the talk of being 'spirit-led,' into all this modern rock and bluegrass music in their churches. They have all been encouraged to read E.M. Bounds in their personal studies!
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Here - these are two prayers that are 'best sellers' with the Modern Christian
"Repeat those and act on them, and God will
change your life." You hear that statement all the time!!!!
You hear the Prayer of Jabez from the
modern Christian and II Chronicles 7:14
from the Bible Believers!
They may make good preaching, but they are not TO us today - not at all!
Ok, but what about all those prayer examples in the Gospels and Acts, etc.? Simple - still, TO the Jews!
And you say, God HAS answered your prayers? All of them?
What about those who say He doesn't? Do you say
it is their fault? Not God's will?
Tell that to a parent who lost their child -
someone with cancer - in a wheelchair - lost their job and can't find one
- a parent with horrible kids..., etc. Where is the power of prayer
in their life?
Prayer as a distraction!
Is it possible that this fake 'power of prayer'
is just another pentecostal mystic aged last days smokescreen and distraction
designed by the devil to keep folks out of the Word of God and to ACT like
Christians are suppose to act - not just praying, but doing!!!!
Are those TO us today? If so, how are the
answers to your prayers?
It seems that things are still pretty rough these
days!
What Gives?
I'll tell you!
We just need to look to Paul's teachings about true prayer today - and it is NOT the power that it was in the early church Great Commission days / Old Testament days.
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Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy,
that in me first Jesus Christ might shew
forth all longsuffering,
for a pattern to them which should hereafter
believe on him to life everlasting.
I Timothy 1:16
1. We can't do Acts for our example - Paul was preaching Kingdom of God and doing Kingdom of Heaven 'signs' because of the Jews being present!
2. We don't even know HOW to pray, so God
even takes care of that!
Romans 8:26
3. We are to pray without ceasing!
This is simple - the Christian today has Christ IN HIM and he is in
Christ - so it is a 24/7 relationship - a constant fellowship. See
Revelation
3:20!
No fancy prayer meetings are necessary (not wrong, but not necessary).
No pray chains of power (not wrong, but no power there).
No special private secluded prayer sessions in your closet are required
(not wrong, and a good idea, but you can't do them 24/7).
Our prayer life is to be without ceasing!
Romans 1:9 For
God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son,
that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Romans 12:12 Rejoicing
in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Ephesians 1:16
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Colossians 1:3 We
give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always
for you,
Colossians 1:9 For
this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for
you, ...
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras,
who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring
fervently for you in prayers...
I Thessalonians 1:2 We
give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
I Thessalonians 3:10 Night
and day praying exceedingly...
I Thessalonians 5:17 Pray
without ceasing.
I Timothy 5:5
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth
in supplications and prayers night and day.
II Timothy 1:3 I
thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that
without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
Philemon 1:4 I
thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
The powerfulness of prayer today is in our closeness with Christ 24/7!
We don't have to wait for Communion Sunday - we can commune with God 24/7!
Our prayer life is there to draw us closer to God...
...NOT to be some powerful praying prayer warrior telling God what
to do
and making Him change His ways, controlling 'nature,' etc.
This world still belongs to the devil - and we are still swimming - or - floating!
Quit floating and praying - jump in and swim with that Book -
and God will direct your ways and you will stay close to Him through
it all!
His ways are not our ways - His thoughts are not our thoughts, but if we stay close with Him, our ways and our thoughts can be more and more like His!
And remember, it is NEVER Christ that quits talking - it is us!
He talks to us through His words - John 14:26;
John 16:13-15 -
- all through the Holy Spirit in the King James Bible!
Don't desire Alzheimer's Prayer Power!
That is not for/to today - you are going back to the
childhood days of the church.
Don't play the modern prayer game!
It is a false teaching of the coming Antichrist!
Stick with Paul in that King James Bible - not the Purpose Driven Alpha
Creeks Great Commission Bahooey!