Wednesday 18 June 2008

Testing of the spirit 2

After you serve in a church for some time, then come one day, you preached that Christian should not bow down to the dead in the funeral service. After the preaching you went home with the chairman of the congregation, the the chairman of church received a call from a member of the congregation, he said he is offended by what you preached just now, so the chairman wanted you to apology to the man in the phone. This is a way of testing, weather you are humbly or not? the wife of the chairman also scold you for not preaching good sermon. You are going to face the troubles after this, this is a kind of test young preacher are facing in BP churches. I have to bow down to the chairman of this congregation, or else I lose my job. They are going to test you. And you cannot murmur or complaint any things, you must give thanks. And always say, yes, yes, OK, OK. Even you are at the right position, you must say I am wrong, I am sorry, this what the leaders in BP wanted from the young preacher, you cannot say no, or else you will be punished, you must be humble until you say I am wrong you are right every time you face the chairman and the wife, you must say and then bow down spiritually. And do not murmur until you passed all the test. This is second test is call "Preaching swimming pool" + "I will failed and not succeed." And then if you failed the test, they will call you as a proud Mr. so and so, to humble you, and then they will take you out from the preaching schedule until you are humbled. This is the second test. Easy or not, it is very simple. Take note, you cannot learned this in Bible College, you must learn from the congregation, they are the one who take charge, not you, who give you permission to preach in their church? Not you, they are the one, they will ask you, who give you authority to preach in our church? How? BP leaders are and well trained and good about this kind of interrogation! They are testing the spirit, you cannot murmur and say anything just keep silent. Remember this well. Part of training.

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