Comments on: Sunday’s Sermon Tied Right In

By: MamaArcher

MamaArcher — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:51:00 +0000

I agree that there must be both, out of the corporate faithfulfullness of those three families the church was blessed!

By: Sallie

Sallie — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:47:00 +0000

At our church in SC, things got so bad with fighting between the pastor and different members that by the time it was through, only about 3 families were left. The DOM for our association walked into our church one day and said it was dead and we might as well shut the doors but the ones that were left did not feel that way from God. We were corporate in that feeling. However, we all had strong personal relationships with God that made us want to follow God’s will completely for our lives and His church. Those others who all left didn’t have the personal relationship and so it fell apart when they tried to run things there own way. I think you can’t have one without the other. By the way, that church is doing well now from all we’ve heard (and the DOM left within a year after he told us to shut down too…)

By: MamaArcher

MamaArcher — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:15:00 +0000

You are so right, this is something a lot of christians do not like to accept. It really has a lot to do with dispensationalism verses covenantal theology, something I am learning more and more about everyday.

By: Kim C.

Kim C. — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:36:00 +0000

The girls and I were talking about this last week after reading Psalm 9. The last 2 verses say, Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men!
We talked about the modern refusal to believe that God deals with nations. Americans seem to want to only a personal God, not one who deals with nations covenantally. But what is a nation made up of? Men. People. Not only are they not gods, but the nations are men. Of course God judges them!