Comments on: Staying Revived http://www.christisall.org/2005/08/02/revival-and-staying-alive-in-him/ Making Him Our Focus, His Word Our Foundation Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael Darrah http://www.christisall.org/2005/08/02/revival-and-staying-alive-in-him/#comment-19 Michael Darrah Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:50:24 +0000 http://www.christisall.org/?p=38#comment-19 Good one Bretto. Keep it up. My favourite part in context of what we do "in the meantime" about others that are not moving in the same way as we feel led.. "Another reason for our naming and claiming is that we don’t want other saints to make us look bad. If we are real with ourselves we will admit that the reason we want it clear that we are not a part of another group of Christians, hence the names, is because it makes us look bad. If a certain band of Christians, whether it’s a church, ministry or anything of the like are in some way bad examples of Jesus, God gets disrespected whether we acknowledge them as brothers or not. I am in no way suggesting that we embrace true heretics and cults etc, just brothers who don’t see everything exactly the same as us. Remember that the only scriptural reason for naming and division, apart from blatant, unrepentant heresy is geographical location. If we do have something that is biblically sound and profitable in our lives or our fellowships then the idea is that we will sharpen our brethren in love. " Let love, acceptance and forgiveness be the key to universal fellowship. "It may not happen overnight, but it will happen"...especially as we "speak in love, one to another" and trust that if the Lord is longsuffering with us in disciplining and guiding us, we can do no less with our brethern in other places and processes. The chief occupation when "they don't see or understand?"...Prayer. Prayer. Waiting on Him. Prayer and then........(repeat the above until something happens). If the truth be known, these are the very reasons why we can today, thank God for coming into our lifes. Somebody prayed, more than "sprayed" us with words. Good one Bretto. Keep it up. My favourite part in context of what we do “in the meantime” about others that are not moving in the same way as we feel led..
“Another reason for our naming and claiming is that we don’t want other saints to make us look bad. If we are real with ourselves we will admit that the reason we want it clear that we are not a part of another group of Christians, hence the names, is because it makes us look bad. If a certain band of Christians, whether it’s a church, ministry or anything of the like are in some way bad examples of Jesus, God gets disrespected whether we acknowledge them as brothers or not. I am in no way suggesting that we embrace true heretics and cults etc, just brothers who don’t see everything exactly the same as us. Remember that the only scriptural reason for naming and division, apart from blatant, unrepentant heresy is geographical location. If we do have something that is biblically sound and profitable in our lives or our fellowships then the idea is that we will sharpen our brethren in love. ”

Let love, acceptance and forgiveness be the key to universal fellowship. “It may not happen overnight, but it will happen”…especially as we “speak in love, one to another” and trust that if the Lord is longsuffering with us in disciplining and guiding us, we can do no less with our brethern in other places and processes. The chief occupation when “they don’t see or understand?”…Prayer. Prayer. Waiting on Him. Prayer and then……..(repeat the above until something happens). If the truth be known, these are the very reasons why we can today, thank God for coming into our lifes. Somebody prayed, more than “sprayed” us with words.

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