My last posting raised the question where was evidence for persecution for almost all the "famous" preachers of the last century?
It has truly saddened me to see how Billy Graham seemed to sell out in many ways; and to be at all glad that a special star was made for him in Hollywood (at least I think that's where it is) should be a warning signal when he didn't immediately reject such worldly acclaim. The truth is; unless one is truly dangerous to the Kingdom of darkness they won't be much resisted.
I won't mention anyone currently living by name; but there are other celebrities who have museums named after them and who clearly have sold out to the Christian music "industry"; where we see many performing secular music eventually; and a number becoming atheists of late.
Persecution can come in many forms: Should we preach the truth we should expect those under demonic influence or disturbed to bring resistance as I have witnessed myself personally in the past. I also saw a con artist who used flattery and apparently eventually went elsewhere and bamboozled someone to marry him for her money. He was claiming to be a miracle worker sort of person from one of the African nations. We also can expect people to come who are victims of abuse; I have seen this as well with a wife of an abusive alcoholic. We can expect people who need deliverance; I got to witness that as well as well as hearing of a successful one in my church; although sadly someone ELSE I felt ill prepared for and I'm not sure if he ever went through with it. The enemy will use disturbed people to test our fearlessness. There are some things that must be dealt with outside a formal service but we should be ready to have our comfort zones tested; or how will we be ready when real persecution begins and we are jailed or attacked? We all have to ask ourselves are we ready to rely on the Holy Spirit and truly fight offenively against the enemy?
My last posting raised the question where was evidence for persecution for almost all the "famous" preachers of the last century?
It has truly saddened me to see how Billy Graham seemed to sell out in many ways; and to be at all glad that a special star was made for him in Hollywood (at least I think that's where it is) should be a warning signal when he didn't immediately reject such worldly acclaim. The truth is; unless one is truly dangerous to the Kingdom of darkness they won't be much resisted.
I won't mention anyone currently living by name; but there are other celebrities who have museums named after them and who clearly have sold out to the Christian music "industry"; where we see many performing secular music eventually; and a number becoming atheists of late.
Persecution can come in many forms: Should we preach the truth we should expect those under demonic influence or disturbed to bring resistance as I have witnessed myself personally in the past. I also saw a con artist who used flattery and apparently eventually went elsewhere and bamboozled someone to marry him for her money. He was claiming to be a miracle worker sort of person from one of the African nations. We also can expect people to come who are victims of abuse; I have seen this as well with a wife of an abusive alcoholic. We can expect people who need deliverance; I got to witness that as well as well as hearing of a successful one in my church; although sadly someone ELSE I felt ill prepared for and I'm not sure if he ever went through with it. The enemy will use disturbed people to test our fearlessness. There are some things that must be dealt with outside a formal service but we should be ready to have our comfort zones tested; or how will we be ready when real persecution begins and we are jailed or attacked? We all have to ask ourselves are we ready to rely on the Holy Spirit and truly fight offenively against the enemy?
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