Comments on: To the Church Outside the Camp http://www.christisall.org/2006/08/25/to-the-church-outside-the-camp-by-alan-richardson/ Making Him Our Focus, His Word Our Foundation Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:59:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Donna http://www.christisall.org/2006/08/25/to-the-church-outside-the-camp-by-alan-richardson/#comment-20172 Donna Fri, 30 May 2008 21:46:04 +0000 http://www.christisall.org/?p=114#comment-20172 Your article was like a breath of fresh air when I read it. After having spent 40+ years of my life in the church, my husband and I decided to leave it because of all the abuse and downright doctrinal error we saw. I actually had a guy, who was a mere acquaintence, tell me the other day that I wasn't serving God because I had left the (organized) church. Unfortunately, that is more-often-than-not the mentality of the religious crowd which is precisely why I want nothing else to do with "church". Since when is a relationship with God bound to the 4 walls of a building anyway? Your article was like a breath of fresh air when I read it. After having spent 40+ years of my life in the church, my husband and I decided to leave it because of all the abuse and downright doctrinal error we saw. I actually had a guy, who was a mere acquaintence, tell me the other day that I wasn’t serving God because I had left the (organized) church. Unfortunately, that is more-often-than-not the mentality of the religious crowd which is precisely why I want nothing else to do with “church”. Since when is a relationship with God bound to the 4 walls of a building anyway?

]]> By: Terrie Comeaux http://www.christisall.org/2006/08/25/to-the-church-outside-the-camp-by-alan-richardson/#comment-10322 Terrie Comeaux Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:26:49 +0000 http://www.christisall.org/?p=114#comment-10322 Praise the Lord! Thank you for blowing the "trumpet of Truth" brother. The Lord told me to "come out of her and be not partaker of her sins" 4 yrs ago. I remember praying 25 yrs ago upon conversion, "I want to know the Truth , the whole Truth and nothing But the Truth, so help me God". Well, it took 21 yrs to get there and the last 4 yrs has been a time of stripping me of all the false doctrine, heresy, traditions of men, the so called "deeper truths", etc., etc. I was a "dyed in the wool" charismatic, but God was faithful to answer that prayer from so long ago. Why believe the lies the church has propogated for so long? Keep on contending for the faith. Terrie Praise the Lord! Thank you for blowing the “trumpet of Truth” brother. The Lord told me to “come out of her and be not partaker of her sins” 4 yrs ago. I remember praying 25 yrs ago upon conversion, “I want to know the Truth , the whole Truth and nothing But the Truth, so help me God”. Well, it took 21 yrs to get there and the last 4 yrs has been a time of stripping me of all the false doctrine, heresy, traditions of men, the so called “deeper truths”, etc., etc. I was a “dyed in the wool” charismatic, but God was faithful to answer that prayer from so long ago. Why believe the lies the church has propogated for so long? Keep on contending for the faith. Terrie

]]> By: Matty http://www.christisall.org/2006/08/25/to-the-church-outside-the-camp-by-alan-richardson/#comment-898 Matty Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:34:18 +0000 http://www.christisall.org/?p=114#comment-898 That's so sic, I'm stoked there's just the truth in this, we've been fooled into the traditions of man for so long now and it just seems right because it's always been done and because it makes sense to our human minds and it seems to "work" so well building all these buildings and creating all these programs and us trying to build the church when God siad He will build His Church and the gates of hell will ot prevail... It's so good to see the true meaning of the word church and to understand that we have made it a man made mess and it grieves me. I agree with Matho about this, I pray the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the Knowledge of Him for all who read it and I pray that crew will be open to the truth of the Word and will not "harden their hearts as in the day of rebellion" and will embrace the truth as it ought to be embraced. Thanks for telling the truth even thought some crew may say you're crook or a heretic or something, but it was so frequently the alleged Christians (pharisees and scribes etc...) who began persecuting the true believers and I guess that will always be the case and lets just keep hittin it real for the Lord and hittin it so real and underground that persecution must follow and where the true Bride will flourish! HOW GOOD IS THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s so sic, I’m stoked there’s just the truth in this, we’ve been fooled into the traditions of man for so long now and it just seems right because it’s always been done and because it makes sense to our human minds and it seems to “work” so well building all these buildings and creating all these programs and us trying to build the church when God siad He will build His Church and the gates of hell will ot prevail… It’s so good to see the true meaning of the word church and to understand that we have made it a man made mess and it grieves me. I agree with Matho about this, I pray the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the Knowledge of Him for all who read it and I pray that crew will be open to the truth of the Word and will not “harden their hearts as in the day of rebellion” and will embrace the truth as it ought to be embraced. Thanks for telling the truth even thought some crew may say you’re crook or a heretic or something, but it was so frequently the alleged Christians (pharisees and scribes etc…) who began persecuting the true believers and I guess that will always be the case and lets just keep hittin it real for the Lord and hittin it so real and underground that persecution must follow and where the true Bride will flourish! HOW GOOD IS THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Matho http://www.christisall.org/2006/08/25/to-the-church-outside-the-camp-by-alan-richardson/#comment-793 Matho Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:51:22 +0000 http://www.christisall.org/?p=114#comment-793 I Pray for all those who read this article; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. I Pray for all those who read this article;

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of His calling,
and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.

]]> By: dave m http://www.christisall.org/2006/08/25/to-the-church-outside-the-camp-by-alan-richardson/#comment-792 dave m Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:10:24 +0000 http://www.christisall.org/?p=114#comment-792 thy words are as bread to mine tum tum. as i read i even feel mineself becoming stronger, more able 2 fight off the scoffs and accusations of the Hypocrites. ( hows this - in my town, the more 'liberal' of the Hypocrite Camp are now saying theres no diff between our organic groups and their Super-Church - "we have home-groups too!" they say. However, I dearly hope that our little bbq's, sing-songs and study groups never produce the same stress-filled results of backsliding, brokenness and divorce(!) that 'serving' in their churches seems to! ) PS..Moving to a bigger place next month. Excited about it becoming a haven 4 jesus freax throughout the land.Rock on ! thy words are as bread to mine tum tum. as i read i even feel mineself becoming stronger, more able 2 fight off the scoffs and accusations of the Hypocrites. ( hows this - in my town, the more ‘liberal’ of the Hypocrite Camp are now saying theres no diff between our organic groups and their Super-Church - “we have home-groups too!” they say. However, I dearly hope that our little bbq’s, sing-songs and study groups never produce the same stress-filled results of backsliding, brokenness and divorce(!) that ’serving’ in their churches seems to! ) PS..Moving to a bigger place next month. Excited about it becoming a haven 4 jesus freax throughout the land.Rock on !

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