You are exactly right...the churches of today are filled with corruptions and hypocrisies and are becoming exactly as the Word of God warns us.
You are also very right... we abhor the focus of self, and favor the focus on our walk with Jesus Christ, and our works for God.
Popular movements of today encourage self focus and improvement, and in fact, we have seen many people improve their lot in life by participating in evaluating themselves, and changing the things that are causing them to not grow.
But that has nothing to do with the walk that Jesus Christ as expressed in his Word of God. Churches have become so dirtied by focusing on making money and conducting self improvement projects for their congregations. They may well be entertaining and profitable for their church, but they ARE NOT worshiping God.
On a personal note...the more closely I focus on the things of God, the more self-confident I become. This self-confidence is not a sin, but a declaration of faith. While I may well mess things up bad on my own, I am confident that if I let the Holy Spirit lead me, everything works out perfectly.
Is it me that is doing the works of God? No....The Holy Spirit is.
Is it me that is preparing my mind, body and soul with study and prayer to God to give Him access? YES...And I am very proud of the efforts I have made, and strive every day to do better.
Does God look upon me as a sinner because I am proud that I strive every day to become a better tool for Him, than I did before? NO! He wants everyone of His People to strive to their highest spiritual places, so more of His Works can be accomplished.
If I could not experience the feeling of pride, then I would have no measure or motivation to move to the next higher level. It is not a sin, but rather a desirable condition if God is given His due.
The Word of God is not perverted! The things man has done with the Bible is. It is imperative in these days that Christian men with strong faith and conviction open the Bible up and study and learn the things of God, rather than sitting around like stupid beasts and be led by the nose by false teachers.
One day, on the New Earth, there will be a great need of leaders who are able to translate the Word and Will of God to bring justice and truth to lives who have been tricked in this lifetime.
GOD DOES NOT WANT WIMPS!
And that is the challenge for every Christian man, trying to grow spiritually in these confusing times. You must pick your teacher well.
If you go to the churches that teach self improvement, then you will be deluded into learning things that do not concern God at all.
If you are taught the things of God, through His Word, your life will begin to conform to His Way, and He Will begin to use you.
And brother....if you don't experience an immense pride from being chosen by Him, then you are insulting His love for you!
That's the way I see it, and that's the way I teach it.
David "Bucker" Becker
You are also very right... we abhor the focus of self, and favor the focus on our walk with Jesus Christ, and our works for God.
Popular movements of today encourage self focus and improvement, and in fact, we have seen many people improve their lot in life by participating in evaluating themselves, and changing the things that are causing them to not grow.
But that has nothing to do with the walk that Jesus Christ as expressed in his Word of God. Churches have become so dirtied by focusing on making money and conducting self improvement projects for their congregations. They may well be entertaining and profitable for their church, but they ARE NOT worshiping God.
On a personal note...the more closely I focus on the things of God, the more self-confident I become. This self-confidence is not a sin, but a declaration of faith. While I may well mess things up bad on my own, I am confident that if I let the Holy Spirit lead me, everything works out perfectly.
Is it me that is doing the works of God? No....The Holy Spirit is.
Is it me that is preparing my mind, body and soul with study and prayer to God to give Him access? YES...And I am very proud of the efforts I have made, and strive every day to do better.
Does God look upon me as a sinner because I am proud that I strive every day to become a better tool for Him, than I did before? NO! He wants everyone of His People to strive to their highest spiritual places, so more of His Works can be accomplished.
If I could not experience the feeling of pride, then I would have no measure or motivation to move to the next higher level. It is not a sin, but rather a desirable condition if God is given His due.
The Word of God is not perverted! The things man has done with the Bible is. It is imperative in these days that Christian men with strong faith and conviction open the Bible up and study and learn the things of God, rather than sitting around like stupid beasts and be led by the nose by false teachers.
One day, on the New Earth, there will be a great need of leaders who are able to translate the Word and Will of God to bring justice and truth to lives who have been tricked in this lifetime.
GOD DOES NOT WANT WIMPS!
And that is the challenge for every Christian man, trying to grow spiritually in these confusing times. You must pick your teacher well.
If you go to the churches that teach self improvement, then you will be deluded into learning things that do not concern God at all.
If you are taught the things of God, through His Word, your life will begin to conform to His Way, and He Will begin to use you.
And brother....if you don't experience an immense pride from being chosen by Him, then you are insulting His love for you!
That's the way I see it, and that's the way I teach it.
David "Bucker" Becker
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If our focus is on God as you say, how does that produce confidence in ourselves rather than in God alone?
Hi Bob,
"While I may well mess things up bad on my own, I am confident that if I let the Holy Spirit lead me, everything works out perfectly.
Is it me that is doing the works of God? No....The Holy Spirit is."
Thus, my self-confidence is not conviction in my rightness, but rather in the surety of the Holy Spirit's righteousness.
When He is moving things, and I'm not getting in the way, I am confident that the things God wills for me to accomplish will succeed.
I have a faithful self-confidence that all things are possible with God, and can be moved with the Holy Spirit, and if He chooses, through me as His tool. My self-confidence (or maybe better said "my confidence in the moving of the Holy Spirit") in this comes as a result of faith in the righteousness and perfectness of the Spirit of God.
David "Bucker" Becker
Maybe this is just symantecs, but that seems like a contradiction of terms. It doesn't seem like confidence in the Holy Spirit's moving could be a definition for SELF-confidence but rather a self-denial and utter reliance on God's ability to use us.
Hi Bob again,
Your right, at this point in our discussion it is symantecs. My point may well get lost to you in my choice of words; but you have the concept of the importance of self-denial bringing the confidence of God, I believe.
I wrote this piece after a pretty harrowing attack from a satanic cult discussion board. It's members came to me in mass and began peppering me with questions, most of them to vulgar to even consider.
Consistently, however, there was one man that wrote with considerate questions. I corresponded with him privately for a a while, and he eventually asked this one.
The reason for his question is his misunderstanding of self in the matters of faith. He was certain that worshiping God would remove his self completely, and he would become a mindless nothing without power or purpose.
He had read my writings and saw a confidence of Spirit within them, yet he had the bad experience of arrogant religion. It confused him. I could not explain my confidence to him without using terms that he understood. I pray that he got an understanding of the concept of giving yourself to Jesus Christ as a humble and undeserving man, and still being a powerful being in God's hands as a direct result of the moving of His Spirit.
Reflection of my words at this later date appear less concise than I would like them to be under normal blog conditions. I hate that when it happens! The good news is these written words did keep a conversation going with a lost man, and hopefully got someone else considering that the Things of God are not always defined by a corrupt church.
Thanks for reading my blogs and writing.
David "Bucker" Becker
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