Tuesday, December 12, 2017

True Discipleship



It took me a long time, to figure out what to write in here, for it has bothered me since I left my church on December 3rd and some time before to have more Christ in my life and less legalism through church. What does it mean to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ? Is it the fact that we, Christians, own the Bible? Is it the fact that we have certain mental or spiritual faculties? Maybe we have some social and economical faculties? Are we Christian because we have the Gospel? Before you read this I encourage you to listen to brother Voddie Bauchan's Sermons Getting the Gospel right:
and the Parable of the older son (The best of its kind I have ever heard):
https://youtu.be/618hJEmypKY

Because what I have to say, is in response of those two sermons. And it all starts with the question, brother Voddie Bauchan addresses: “What is the Greatest Commandment?” and comes out of it saying ironicly, referring to Christ: “Commandment 1 to 4 followed by 5 to 10!! - that's what it means to love your God with all your heart and soul and strength and your neighbor just like yourself!!”
Because the problem is, that we have to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ – that he died for our sins on Calvary, rows up according to scripture and prophesy, showed himself to the various disciples and then went to Heaven to do prayer for us so that we might follow His witness… but, how will it look like for the other people and not for us, if we're honest to each other? How do we proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
I am not objecting to brother Bauchan's arguments, I am merely referring to that we wont even get to that argument if we don't understand what the issue with the church of Corinth and the church of Ephesians and the church of Galatia was about. They had factions! Mostly it was dominant in Corinth, who had the most spiritual fruit and that made them proud. What do people do then they're proud – they pick sides! It's not even that those people there truly at the side of Paul the Evangelist; or Apollos of Alexandria (Acts 18:24) or Peter (Cephas) or even on the side of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior (gnostic Christians through various cryptic teachings, what are not in the bible) for then they would have done according to their teachings. Just because you can exclaim: “Lord, Lord – I believe in you, that you died on the Cross for my sins!!” for that one is easy. It becomes hard, if we have to say it through our actions… Let's go to:
Gal 2:11-16 Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?
What is here the problem? Peter, who is called “the rock” and is a celebrity amongst Christians has a problem – he used to be a fisherman, and as such, he has not studied the Torah, but most of those Jew's, he had to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, there – just as he obtained it through discipleship to lord Jesus Christ! How do you compete with that? You have a fancy title and your awesome experience, which by the way is a true account… but no respect among the Pharisees and Sadducees, who only respected people with scholarship inside the Torah – especially they disrespected people who would eat with gentiles and the sinners, for that was the main problem between Jesus Christ and the spiritual authorities of Jerusalem. And Paul had to rebuke Peter for acting like a gentile and not like a true Jew – for he was scared of the opinions of the Jews and not what Jesus might have a say or two about being embarrassed in this world! He was about to get lost for Jesus Christ to have some “true believing Jews” who by other things bullied the gentiles around by claiming that their conversion to lord Jesus Christ's teachings is not good enough for their came from the “outside” and have their Willy under the coat and if they would get the Coat off and flash in their lives (being proud about the circumcision and not humbled in God) then all would be happy – especially lord Jesus Christ – for those people never even wanted to get out of the Torah and believe in lord Jesus Christ! Otherwise they would not have persecuted the saints especially St. Paul for teaching about that and disproving of having to first convert into Judaism before you are able to understand the Gospel!! There is no before, you can understand it now!
Peter wanted those inside the church for they there “spiritually rich” and that made him cast everything else out – including the teachings of Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ Himself! He was about to become a hypocrite and that would have also endangered Barnabas – “the son of Joy” the “Mr. nice guy” who tried to live according to the 11th commandment, brother Bauchan was referring to as not very nice to the Gospel, who also started to prefer not to eat with the Gentiles. For those who don't understand what the big deal about table partners is – it was Facebook official. It's the same, as though you put a friend of yours into the ignore list or at least into a different community so he wont get response when you write something to the real group you are having. For in real, he is not your friend, you're faking love towards him and playing it like the Heathers at school! For you are the popular kid and they are out!! And that ought to be rebuked, otherwise we wouldn't have no brother Peter in Christ for being a hypocrite and no brother Paul if he had shut up, like many respectful Christians do these days. “What if some gentile sees that and does not convert? What if some rich guy rethinks about his donations and turns around? Hell, I don't know – tough questions! (sarcasm and irony) If you start gussing like that, maybe you're embarrassed of having the Gospel in the first place and having to proclaim it to the people. Maybe you'd be better of preaching about the booze and not about the Cross! At least it would be more honest…
Listen, those words are not said to brother Bauchan or any other I have met on youtube, and who's ministry to lord Jesus Christ I respect and adore, like they got a problem. It's more of a testimonial, for I have a lot of problems with that too – otherwise I wouldn't be yapping my by-hole. We all got a problem with that, as fellows in Christ! That's why we come together to have ourselves redeemed through the teachings of Jesus Christ by listening and nurturing each other in the same Lord and not in this world! That is a part of our true witness to Jesus Christ, that we don't devour our brothers like wolves eat sheep or kings judge they subjects. For our fight and our run has not ended yet. Read the respectful letters of Paul about that…
In Corinth, there the brothers thought like Peter and the sons of Zebedee for honor and recognition amongst the disciples (Mark 10:35-41,42-45) And that almost killed their love so Jesus had to remind them what was more important – serving your brothers and sisters in Christ, for martyrdom is the true honor of Christ! – Any takers, brothers and sisters? Can I hear an Amen or Halleluyah to that?
In Corinth they didn't want to respect each other as brothers – for just as with Cain and Abel – the offering was more important than mercy towards yourself and the others. Surely you can mercy on yourself as long it doesn't require you respecting other people – but it's the love your neighbor like yourself!
You love yourself to go to the best Conferences and to the best Bible studies and the best Churches – just as I chose my church over that it had the most number of respectful Baptist Theologians in Tartu and all over Estonia, and then it came to serve Christ and allow 47 (I can err with the number, but it was bigger than our church) street kids into our church, we couldn't deliver because: “Oh no, they there wearing T-shirts with “Thug life” and gangsta hoodies; listening to rap music and other stuff we didn't like; swearing and snarling, like a drunken sailor; showing their undies over their pants – maybe we have to change too much and are no longer respectful in our union and amongst respectful people in the city!!” And now that church has lost its youth pastor and work; one of the pastors who paid a half of my scholarship in KUS to study theology got sick for overworking and burn-out skipped town and church; I couldn't finish my studies for problems with liberalism inside the school and how it looked in the light of the teachings of Jesus Christ and when I was about to leave and had my formal resignation letter written to quit my membership in that church, to attend my last sermon with them as brothers in that church and my last eucharist – I couldn't take part in it when I listened to this pre-Xmas Sermon of my former church about being better off than King David, who fornicated with the wife of Uriah the Hetite; King Solomon, who forsook the true service of God and became an idolator; etc. because God is merciful on Christmas!! (I also prayed to Jesus to make it easy on me so I wouldn't look back so I guess that sermon knocked it off)... After all that had happened in our church?? Ugh… I don't know…. No comment… So you don't have to listen to me, if you honor the titles of men and what is in this world. Amen and Halleluyah!
We indulge ourselves with scripture like a glutton eats food although Jesus said in:
Mat 7:6 “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.”
That refers to our inner life, and not to some infidels. Its our hopes and desires what are the “pigs” and the “dogs” that want to tear us to peaces over the teachings of Jesus Christ, our lord and Savior – our inner demons! For we want to be something, and that will be the log in our eyes, what makes it hard to discern the splinter in the brothers eye… Can I get an Amen and Halleluyah to that?
We want something from God and he owes us, because of our good deeds and discipleship (Luke 14 – 17) Because we know of the Gospel that Jesus died for our sins, but still cast someone out over the grounds of spiritual race: “You don't have this; you don't have that – I can't call you my brother for someone might be watching and be offended.” Some of my friends in Google are gay; some of them are alt-right; some of them dabble in witch-craft. Why did I start hanging out with them if I have read the bible and all the passages about such? Because I wanted to learn and witness, why the hell did Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on a bum like me, who gets so many things wrong. For if Jesus can save me, then that Gospel should be witnessed in silence amongst those too, for maybe they'll get something out of it, I was too proud to notice, while I was inside my posh church and commending myself for being so proud and respectful a Christian – but those real people on Google are suffering depression and may loose real lives and not Half-lives on somebody's computer. Some of them supported Trump others supported Clinton – and I see both sides as my friends. So if you have a problem with my friends, you have a problem with me! We should witness in this world and not in our churches, there its safe and sound – there nobody wants to kill us, for if you're only respectable and your knowledge about the Gospel is what the pharisees knew about the Torah, you wont go to Heaven! Witness it in your own life, outside the church, there it matters the most!! You can't bring a cathedral into Heaven but you can see people going there… the real church, those, whom Jesus Christ hang out with! And those people where not wearing suit and tie and going into the right church and bible school!
In fact, this one is specifically to you, Americans, Love Donald Trump – Your President of the United States of America – Not because he's Superman for he's mostly an idiot. Not because he knows so much about the bible – he has always proven otherwise admitting of not being able to forgive his opponents and not knowing a single passage in scripture right, but because there is a reason why he is the President of the United States of America and why I support him and pray for him day in and day out – He could be our enemy, because we chose so and not because of him! I mean, what's the matter Americans?? Why can't you fucking stand up on the national anthem and sing it with honor and dignity? “Oh I cannot, I need to have a strike and show my disrespect for Donald who I am viewing outside of his office for I never approved of this man in the first place and then I expect President Trump to act a proper Christian!” – when Christians act like heathens!! Really? Are you guys on speed?! What about Gal 2:11-16? Or some others not eating together with the President because they are celebrities and have to carry out a role in the society? And what kind of a role is that?
The reason, why Donald Trump is President of the United States of America is the same reason why prophet Jeremiah could preach his say but prophet Uriah could not (Jer 26) The same reason why Israel had to be under the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar (Jer 27) and why no Hananiah can come and break that yoke and have a say about it! (Jer 28) For God has put President Donald Trump at his office to discourage and humble you all for being so posh and in vain and gibbering with each-other and judging and self-righteous arrogant sons of Bitches who walk around like the Cows of Bashan while rolling their eyes and demanding more wine (false doctrine) from their husbands and fathers (spiritual leaders and peers):
Am 4:1 – 6 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands,“Bring wine, let us drink!” The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness:“Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks. You will go out through broken walls,
Each one straight ahead of her, And you will be cast into Harmon,” Says the LORD. “Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim
and announce the freewill offerings; For this you love, You children of Israel!” Says the Lord GOD. “Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities. And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD.
For your haughtiness and insubordination can be as though you're drunk of wine or on speed! If you cannot follow Donald Trump who is your President, and who you can see; touch and feel, you cannot follow anything else about the teachings of Lord Jesus Christ as well. Or what about:
Mark 12:17 “And Jesus answered and said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at Him.”
Every time you disrespect President Donald Trump for being an asshole, you actually disrespect lord Jesus Christ, who has put him in this office!! Everything you do unto Donald Trump – you do unto Jesus and Lord Jesus shall judge you for it, then you meet in His court! So how can you people prevail with that and call yourself righteous or Christian or anything? Just like some folks did say: “He, who hangs out with alt-rightists is not a nice guy!” I am saying: “If it's not Facebook official, that you can hang out with Donald Trump, then you shall not inherit Heaven nor be a nice guy!” You're actually a bully just like the family of the Simpsons when they there discouraging a star in softball and calling him “Darril” in an offensive slur for taking the place of Homer Simpson in his former soft ball team to win the Nuclear cup for Mr. Burns. Get over yourselves already, its embarrassing! And you call yourself Christians or anything? Who died and made you king of these things? Was that really lord Jesus Christ or something else?
So back to Corinth – they didn't respect each-other nor their feats in Christ, which is shown that even the guys with prophetic words, couldn't wait their line nor those who spoke in tongs and brother Paul had to tell them about it! 1 Cor 12 – 14 (14:26 – 33) And if you have done thus, then comes 1 Cor 15 about the resurrection of lord Jesus Christ and the true Gospel! But if you don't –
Luke 6:49 “But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”


So if you wanna be a true Christian, visit
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGK3xwxFRFvYyXAtDBShlMQ
and learn it! This is a true witness I found in Youtube and who's sermons I approve, also https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8p6aqja2so3hfQCwaiutow or
Do the Mat 5 – 7 the Sermon of the Mount! No Sermon of the Mount – No life!! I wish you all Godspeed, which means go for it, have your way exalted in Christ!




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