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Christine Fain retweeted
Men's traditions make God's word of no effect.
One example of men's tradition: 👇
I have "extra" time, teaching and trying to establish "Christian nations," something that Jesus didn't command His church to do.
Making God's word of no effect: 👇
But I don't have time, so...
- I don't pray much to God.
- I don't read and study the Scriptures much to know, love, and obey God.
- I don't grow in loving my wife like Christ loved the church.
- I don't bring up my own children in the training and admonition of the Lord. I hand them to someone else to train.
- I don't provide for my own household because I don't have any useful skills but instead, I am a slave to the lender.
- I don't honor my father and mother.
- I don't assemble with brethren to stir up love and good works.
- I rarely, if ever preach the gospel of Christ.
- I don't baptize any disciple with water.
- I don't care for any orphans, widows, and the poor.
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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men —the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”
He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
Mark 7:5-9, 13
Don't imitate the Pharisees and scribes.
There is much to do in the Scriptures.
Let's obey what our Lord Jesus Christ has instructed, instead of inventing men's traditions and falsely calling them "ministries" or "doctrines" from God.
They are vain and futile.
You are not glorifying Jesus.
You won't enjoy fellowship with God.
You will suffer unnecessarily for your own will, not God's.
And your family will also suffer because of where you are leading them.
Christine Fain retweeted
#Revival LONGHOLLOW CHURCH
“What happened yesterday was another genuine move of God. We baptized 136 on Sunday.
I stood between the second and third service for 1 straight hour and baptized 68 people. It was unreal. Every one of them wept as they got into the water.
We have been sensing a second wave of revival coming to our church for weeks with the amount of people being baptized recently, but yesterday exceeded our anticipation.
The Lord laid on my heart to offer spontaneous baptism this week after I preached on John the Baptist’s baptism in Matthew 3. We haven’t offered it in a while so I didn’t know how people would respond.
We saw more people baptized Sunday than any other time before (even during the revival). 8 people drove in after watching online, 6 people left the service, went home, and came back because the Holy Spirit convicted them to be obedient in baptism. One guy said, “I have been worshipping online in a Michigan for a year. God told me on Saturday to drive down to Hendersonville for worship. Today is my first time attending in person. I’ve put off baptism for years, and here I am in the tank to make it right.” Only God can do something like that.
Additionally, 40 people signed up for baptism next week. As the Lord would have it, I’m preaching on Jesus’s baptism.
Would you pray with me for God to send revival again?
I told our people, The difference between you experiencing revival is the distance between your knees to the floor. God takes notice when we humble ourselves before him.
There’s only two places you find the presence of God in the Bible. In the High and Holy places, and with the Humble and Contrite of heart.”
-Testimony from @Rgallaty and @LongHollow
