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One line from a movie comes to mind when trying to show truths to the "body of Christ" (Christians) and they absolutely REFUSE to believe anything other than what their Pastors have taught them....

"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!" (From "A Few Good Men" with Jack Nicholson)

And in the same way, there will only be a "FEW good (enough) Christians" to be the "chosen" of God..."...for many be called but FEW chosen." Matthew 20:16

And, it's true that "babes in Christ" cannot handle TRUTH because it takes MATURITY in thinking into the "spiritual" realm of God's Kingdom. Remember, Jesus Christ, Himself, told us where to look for His Kingdom:

"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, BEHOLD, THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU."...Luke 17:21.

And hearing the insights of almost ALL who call themselves "Christians" today, I understand that they believe ANYTHING, and EVERYTHING, except those things that Jesus Christ, Himself, has already told us.

What most Christians want to hear is EVERYTHING about the occurrences in the OUTSIDE world....and NOTHING about the "inner world" which they, themselves can control.

How many know the actual DIFFERENCE between the "spirit", "soul", and "body"? And if God has told us that we are expected to "JUDGE ANGELS", then how can we do that when we don't even know the BASIC things of God?

I Corinthians 6:3..."Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?"

Or how about the one in I Peter 3:15? "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH YOU A REASON OF THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU WITH MEEKNESS AND FEAR.."

And yet, few have answers...and few even QUESTION what they are told in "church" every Sunday. Their FAITH is in their "church" and their Pastor....because after years, and possibly decades, they know little more than they learned as a "babe in Christ".

They remain in "Babylon", even though God has told us to "Come out of her, My people!...see Revelation 18:4

And they also PROUDLY proclaim to others that one day they shall "judge angels". How can one be expected to "judge" others when they have little, or no, spiritual knowledge WITHIN THEMSELVES??

We must learn the TRUTHS of God's way of working BEFORE we could ever be allowed to "judge" others. If we have not learned about God's MERCY in judgement, then how can we be expected to "judge" WITH MERCY, ourselves?

"For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."

Those who show no mercy can be expected to use no mercy in judgment. Are these people those whom God will assign the duty of "judging angels"??

Here, while we are still able, is the time to learn those things of God which we will NOT learn while still in "Babylon"....


Lots of good education within this link:


http://www.savior-of-all.com/presson.html


Piece of the link article:


While it is critical to see the church system for what it is, it will be impossible to discern between the true and the false church UNTIL we see that this same spirit, that has come to represent spiritual Babylon, dwells in our own flesh. (Rom. 7:23) The entire evangelical church is looking for the manifestation of some future literal antichrist instead of looking for the spirit of antichrist that all of us have inbred in our very souls from the time of our birth.

This stamp (or mark) of antichrist, that all men have on imprinted on their hands and foreheads (representing our own works and our carnal mind), must be recognized before we will have the discernment to behold the harlotry that is taking place in the worldly church. The beast, as spoken in Revelation, is nothing more than the passions in men that seek to devour us. (Eccl. 3:1 It is this mark of the beast that we must “overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of our testimony!”

The veil must be lifted concerning our own sin before we will be able to see the truth concerning the Lordship of Christ in the true Assembly--that corporate ORGANISM that is not made with man’s own hands, but made a spiritual temple built up with living stones on the foundation of Jesus Christ. (1 Pet. 2:5)


While much of what we see in the organized church system is not spiritual, but carnal, let us be clear on this one point—leaving the church system doesn’t mean that things will necessarily be any different. I have been a part of “home churches” that have had some of the same trappings of Babylon found in denominational churches--men taking the preeminence, stipulating a certain FORM of worship, instituting a doctrinal creed of some sort, etc., but the whole time being nothing more than a scaled back version of the larger institutional system.

One of the most important things we can learn is that leaving Babylon does not necessarily mean that Babylon has left us. Once our eyes have been opened to this “evil law” dwelling in our members (Rom. 7:20) that continually fights against the authority of Christ, we will begin to see the truth concerning the organized church system. We will begin to see that denominations are nothing more than hurtful divisions that exalt the doctrines of men rather than the true and living God. Whether you leave or not is something you must ask God.

I know many dear saints who have been delivered from the spirit of Babylon but still feel led to remain in their particular denomination. However, the more God begins to strip you of religion through the work of the Cross, the more your heart will want to leave this false system. It is possible that God can call one to stay “in” Babylon while not being “of” it. There will always be the Daniels who, though living in the midst of Babylon, will not defile themselves with the delicacies of the king (Dan. 1: . We can not only be salt and light to the world, but also to the Church. However, if you feel that you are called to be a Daniel in the Babylonish church system, you must be prepared to take a stand for what is right and not compromise--even if it means persecution from your own brethren. (Is. 66:5)

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Now, in this time of living, is where we gain our knowledge of God. We have to SEARCH for it...Proverbs 25:2. It is joyful, but it is WORK. Sitting in a "pew" week after week listening to others will not do it!

And when someone tells you something that goes AGAINST the doctrines you have believed for many years, do you automatically argue about what is said? Or do you RESEARCH for the truth by hearing BOTH SIDES, and THEN coming to an EDUCATED CONCLUSION? And do your conclusions FIT in with what you know to be in God's character? And especially in God MAIN attribute of "LOVE". Because "God IS Love"...I John 4:8.

Right now we all all "judges-in-training"....and I fear that many will "flunk" the course....

Arlene