I have read many places (blogs, forums, etc.) of people defending the UPCI and trying to bash the men that have put together this Tulsa meeting and the brethren who are going. I have many times almost commented and sayed some things that I personally felt, but have each time thought better of it. So those few people that do know about this blog, you are now the recipient of these thoughts that have been pent up for so long.
1. I read last night on a "Apostolic" forum a discussion of a preacher who left the UPCI to associate and base out of a former UPCI and currently charismatic church in Austin, TX. It is downright disgusting to me how some nincompoop will defend this man's actions. I am not here to judge his eternal place, but I will not defend someone that leaves the truth (the truth is not just one God, etc., but also holiness and so) and blatantly joins up with someone that has been gone for some time. Some Pentecostals are still referring to him as the greatest apostle of this time and UPCI preachers are still preaching him in their campmeetings and churches. Have You Lost Your Mind???? It is a spirit of compromise and glory for one's self. I value you my own spirituality too much, and if I was a pastor, my church's well being too much, to allow this attitude and spirit to influence me or God's people that I am too lead.
2. Some have been defensive in the last few weeks and months in regards to the organization and this Tulsa meeting. I have tried to reason out the shape the organization is in and make excuses for them, but the bottom line is very poor leadership for years. We always say if you preach it the saint will live it. But can I say, if the leadership of the UPCI would have enforced it, this organization wouldn't have been infiltrated like it is with liberals. If they would have taken a stand years ago, and when pastors quit preaching standards, gone in and pulled license, talked to the churches, some kind of an effort to let the people know we are not going down this road, then we would not be in this situation. So instead of casting the blame on a group of conservative Apostolic men that want no part of this liberalism anymore, put the blame where it belongs. On leaders who were more worried about money, votes, and growing the organization at all cost than preserving an Apostolic future. Let the chips fall where they may. There will always be a church, a true church, that rises up.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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Hey! I did not even know you had your own blog until Katrinia linked it to hers. I look forward to reading more about your thoughts and such. And about this particular post: There will always be naysayers when God is doing something awesome. But men and women who are truly looking to God for direction and who are seeking after truth and His righteousness will see and believe. The naysayers can say what they will, but the truth will not be silenced. God bless!! :)
I go to Bishop Wilson and Pastor Young's church and I totally agree...let those people do what they may...God is in complete control
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