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The Healthy Church Vs. The Unhealthy Church: Unity of the Spirit

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The healthy church walks with the Spirit of God, but the unhealthy church has “Him” locked in a book that they lord themselves over. As one who walks with the Spirit of God and hears His voice daily, the differences between the healthy and unhealthy church are monumental. I’m afraid for the generations who will be deceived into spending their lives stuck in the unhealthy church and living as if they have sovereignty over God.

Let’s talk about why there are denominations in Christianity. First let’s remove two big blocks of Christianity from this mix: Catholicism and Mormonism, and intentionally focus in on just Protestant churches. If there were truly unity of the Spirit in Christianity, there would be no need for denominations. Each denomination is a division based on different doctrinal interpretations.

Division is the opposite of unity. So, please don’t think that there is unity of the Spirit where there are denominations in the church. Each denomination carries with it a different set of rules or doctrines. That would not happen if all the churches were walking in unity with the Spirit of God. The individual denominations make no effort to settle doctrinal disputes as if God should be happy with disunity. Instead, they each stand boldly on their own interpretations of Biblical texts as if God doesn’t have a say.

What do you think are the major differences in doctrine in Protestant Christianity? Did your list include any of these that made my top ten?

The top ten FALSE DOCTRINES in the churches that I see are:

1) Mute God: This one just floors me. Asking God about doctrine isn’t an option if God cannot speak. Did the devil ever get a bigger win with that false narrative planted in the churches for generations? However, in recent years, the churches are moving towards revelation that God does speak to those in covenant relationship. You don’t need to be sitting in a church pew or putting money in an offering plate to have real relationship with God. Perhaps the churches have enjoyed that false doctrine of “mute God” so that they could preach dependency on organized false religion.

2) Three Gods: There is not a trinity of gods. Christianity is a one-God religion, also known as monotheistic. Now, I don’t have a problem with identifying different roles of God. God is the Father. The Father did make Himself known for a limited time in Son of Man flesh and reveal His name as Jesus. The Father is Spirit, also known as the Holy Spirit. But to be clear, those are roles or positions of God, not separate Gods. There is NOT a God sitting next to another God on thrones in Heaven. If a pastor is praying to God talking about a second God, you can be sure that he/she doesn’t have a relationship with any of their supposed (three) “Gods”. The false “trinity” doctrine is another big win for the devil. If you’re confused about who your God is, then it’s much harder to be in covenant with only one God. If you’re not in covenant with only one God, then you won’t hear His voice in prayer.

3) Jesus as a Separate God: Jesus is God. Jesus is not a separate or subordinate God. Jesus is the one and only, Alpha & Omega. There was no God before Him or no God after Him. He is the one and only God and Savior. If you are worshipping Him as a lesser God than the “real” God, you are deceived.

4) Automatically Forgiven: If everyone is automatically forgiven because of the blood of the cross, who is in Hell? Listen, just because you make an oath of allegiance to follow God, doesn’t mean that you actually follow through with that wholehearted allegiance. If there were no consequences for breaking the covenant oath, why wouldn’t everyone just hedge their bets by reciting words to earn a “get-out-of-hell free” card? If you were saved by the blood that was shed on the cross over 2,000 years ago, why would you need access to a Savior who is alive today? We DO have access to God in prayer because of the cross. We can have forgiveness conversations with Him and learn from Him how to strengthen ourselves against temptation. We must actually have the conversation and be forgiven by God. We are not automatically forgiven.

The remaining six of my top ten false doctrines in the church will follow in a separate post. It’s a lot to take in all at once.
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Caution: Uncomfortable Destination

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Do you have the courage that it takes to confront the hard stuff? Will you allow God to expose your wrong thinking? Will you trust Him to force you forward towards your destiny calling?

Listen, anyone can sit back and take the easy way … the road of least resistance. The devil is not afraid of those who choose comfort over obedience to God. The devil will not put stumbling blocks in the road of those who aren’t going anywhere. However, God will purposely move you in His chosen direction.

If God loves you enough to want you in His Kingdom family, then He is going to make things uncomfortable when you are sitting in false doctrine, choosing wrong advice from foolish counselors, or refusing to invest in your Kingdom calling. Yes, it’s loving for God to want you to be all that you can be. To do that, He can’t let you sit comfortably choosing worldly things over Kingdom calling.

I would much rather God make things hard for me, than to ignore me in my unbelief. What about you? Are you comfortable in your unbelief? Are you satisfied with false doctrines as long as you get your comfortable seat of honor at church? Do you like putting money in an offering plate to be seen by the world even though God knows that you are strengthening the hands of the false teachers?

What will God need to do to get your attention? What tactics will He use to unseat your false gods? What are you risking by ignoring God? Is there anything that God won’t take from you to get you to focus your heart with Him? Is there anyone He won’t unseat to help you choose Him on the throne? From where I’m sitting, it’s much more comfortable to choose God, hear His voice, and obey than to risk everything by ignoring Him. Hell is real and many people are sitting comfortably waiting for their final destruction.