I will start off by saying please don’t be offended. And do not post if you are not willing to have a discussion. As I go into a new dimension in my relationship with Christ I am beginning to experience Christ in a different way. Some of my experiences are supernatural. I know a lot of people don’t understand that or believe in it. Which is fine with me because before I experienced it, I wasn’t the biggest believer either. But this isn’t about whether or not the experiences/gifts are real. This is about who determines they are real.
I used to think that only pastors could be sure if you had a spiritual gift or not, I’ve changed. I think the church has done the body a disservice by its traditions and doctrines. We have put so much stock in the heads of churches that God is no longer the head of His own body. In the bible it says that God had to swear by Himself because there was no name greater. Yet we look for the “heads” of churches to confirm and reassure us of what God is telling us. If God wanted to confirm what He is telling you, couldn’t He just point to it in His word? Could it be that the reason we feel we need the “head” of the church is because it’s the only word we get? And since we won’t read (I was soooo guilty of this) for ourselves God has to use a Man or Woman of God to speak it to us? What happens if I go to a church that has 10,000 members and I never meet my pastor to get what I think God is telling me confirmed, does it mean that God isn’t really giving me a gift?
Why does man have to confirm what God said in order for it to be acceptable, welcomed and used? My gifts come from God, whose name is greater than that, that should confirm? I just think this is how we easily lose people in the body of Christ. If you don’t do something (that isn’t even biblical) then you are out of order. God does do things that are decent and in order but that order is His. How do we know what His order looks like on any given day? How do you say Lord have your way and then put Him in a box of “order?” I don’t need anyone to tell me what I’m experiencing, I know I’m there when it happens and I can find it in the Word that these things can happen. This is all the confirmation anyone should need. Outside of that is just bonuses. Understand that all “heads” of churches are still human. If you forget that they can have an off day or an impure motive or jealousy in their heart than you will a repeated hurt soul. Don’t leave Christ because people are no better than you; draw nearer to Him so He can show you how to help make changes. #i’mjustsayingthinkaboutit
Young and In love with Christ 