Prayer 2021 - July 30 - Following Instructions pt 2

Scripture For Today:

Luke 22:39

“Jesus went, out as usual, to the Mount of Olives to pray, and his disciples followed him.”

Following Instructions pt 2

Yesterday, we started to look at the importance of following instructions given by Jesus in the New Testament. We also looked at the importance of following the instructions given by the Apostles in the first century church. 

I mean, if there was ever an importance of establishing HOW a church should function and operate, you think Jesus would make sure the pattern was established with the first churches being formed so we could follow that pattern down until His return, right?

To do that, He sent the Holy Spirit to inspire some of the disciples and Apostles to write these instructions for us.  The Apostle Paul is the example we have been studying.

In 1 Timothy 2:8 he said, “…lifting up Holy hands, without wrath and doubting” – but yet, there are some that do not want to follow those instructions. I was one of them for awhile, as I shared yesterday.

We also shared about how some people will say, “Well, those instructions are not for us today.” Even how some will say, “I don’t follow Paul. Don’t teach me about Paul. I follow Jesus alone. I only read His Gospels. The rest is of men.”

Well, why don’t you just rip out those other letters from your Bible. That is basically what you are telling us? You are telling Jesus you don’t care IF He inspired those writers to write down HIS instructions for us – if you don’t hear from HIM directly – it’s of the devil.

Now, there are times when Paul said he was making judgements on what HE understood. It was his opinion on certain matters. He would say something like, “After MY judgement: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God…” That is in 1 Corinthians 7:40. 

He is making it clear that this is HIS opinion. But that he believes he has heard from the Holy Spirit concerning the matter under discussion.

Amen!

So, if Paul was speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, then WE should be under obligation to listen! Amen!  If the Holy Spirit inspired him to write these letters to the churches that profess Faith in Christ – then they also apply to churches today that profess Faith in Christ.

Which means, if your church IS NOT following these instructions….

I’ll just leave it at that… You can read between the lines and hear from the Holy Spirit yourself concerning whether or not you should heed the false teachings of those kinds of churches or listen to teaching inspired by the Holy Spirit as laid out for HOW churches and believers SHOULD be operating. 

Amen! 

The reason some people don’t want to follow that kind of preaching from the Bible is because it condemns what they are doing. 

We will just let that hang there for you to ponder today. We will take it up here again tomorrow. 

Let’s Pray!

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