Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Things I believe now and forever

I am a Pentecostal Christian Thru and Thru. I believe in all the teachings that my faith in the Trinity of God embraces. But, I also have a basic belief in solid theology taught by a great man some time back. What's interesting to me is that as a Pentecostal I hear this teaching more in Churches where the Holy Ghost is free to move than in many that carry this author's name.

Any Ideas who said all these things?? No fair googling it. Guess. Jimmy Swaggart, Joyce Meyer, Benny Hinn, Creflo Dollar, Ken Copeland. Oh, yes, this is exactly what they preach today as if it were a brand new theology and have followers by the millions. So, who said it and why is it not taught in his church anymore? (for the most part)

"The truth is, I am all sin."

"Pray, and let God worry."

Faith and God live together.

"Reason is the enemy of faith."

"Nothing good ever comes of violence."

"Blood alone moves the wheels of history."

"The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid."

"If I had no sin I should not need Christ."

"Christian life consists of faith and charity."

"Every evening brings us nearer God."

"I would rather obey than work miracles."

"Sin is essentially a departure from God."

"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."

"The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride."

"Faith cannot help doing good works constantly."

"No, Satan, you cannot delude me into thinking I am holy."

"I more fear what is within me than what comes from without."

"The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious."

"The law discovers the disease. The gospel gives the remedy."

"Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see."

"Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding."

"Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God."

"Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes."

"You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say."

"Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon."

"Yes, to have a god means to trust and to believe in Him with your whole heart."

"Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind."

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying."

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

"God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees, and flowers, and clouds, and stars."

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

"To bestow peace and grace lies in the province of God, who alone can create these blessings."

"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime."

"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage."

"Thus, it is just as impossible to separate faith and works as it is to separate heat and light from fire!"

"Ask God to work faith in you, or you will remain forever without faith, no matter what you wish, say or can do."

To have a god means this: You expect to receive all good things from it and turn to it in every time of trouble.

"Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it."

"Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace."

"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."

"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."

"Count it one of the highest virtues upon earth to educate faithfully the children of others, which so few, and scarcely any, do by their own."

"Faith, like light, should ever be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren."

"I do not bother my head with speculations about the nature of God. I simply attach myself to the human Christ, and I find joy and peace, and the wisdom of God in Him."

"In His death He is a sacrifice, satisfying for our sins; in the resurrection, a conqueror; in the ascension, a king; in the intercession, a high priest."

"Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?"

"Practice this knowledge and fortify yourself against despair, particularly in the last hour, when the memory of past sins assails the conscience. Say with confidence: 'Christ, the Son of God, was given not for the righteous, but for sinners."

"My sins are not imaginary transgressions, but sins against the first table, unbelief, doubt, despair, contempt, hatred, ignorance of God, ingratitude towards Him, misuse of His name, neglect of His Word, etc.; and sins against the second table, dishonor of parents, disobedience of government, coveting of another's possessions, etc. Granted that I have not committed murder, adultery, theft, and similar sins in deed, nevertheless I have committed them in the heart, and therefore I am a transgressor of all the commandments of God."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think Martin Luther said a number of these (knowing you these are all quotes of his). I remember a lot of these from Sunday school. So is what you're saying Lutherans are close to being Pentecostal, closer than they think, or being Pentecostal is relative?

I don't think it's about being a follower of a denomination or a teaching. I don't think in heaven any of us are going to be asked how pentecostal or how jewish we were. It's about being a follower of the Teacher.

Why don't we all just drop the nametags we call denominations and just pick the The Book and do what it says in Matthew 22:37-39 (it's not an option).

I dropped my nametag years ago. I was Unsaved.

Gene said...

You are of course correct mr/mrs anon

ALL of these are from Martin Luther.

The point I was trying to make, and did, is that what the Pentecostal preachers on TV are teaching is nothing more than Luther re-varnished.

BUT,

The churches that carry his name have fallen far from the center of gravity. Particularly the ELCA

If they would just go back to basic Luther and support it with Scripture as the Bible teaches they would have a sermon series that would choke a pony.

I have several books of Luther and am constantly amazed by the quality of his insight.

How did we lose all that?

Never mind, turn on Christian TV and you will hear some guy or gal preaching it and asking for money from the viewers.

Let's get back to the basics of Love.

Anonymous said...

Amen
and
AMEN!