Are Christians more accepting of charlatans then we should be?
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today the most common belief is to go to seminary and study and get a PhD from an institution and then you are authorized to preach Gods word .
that costs several thousand dollars of one takes it seriously and doesn’t go for an internet certification or anything the world demands they certify you . people want credentials .and also you have to come to thier overall conclusions about what scripture says and what does and doesn’t apply to you .
But there’s no structure that resembles anything like that in scripture that one goes to be authorized by worldly institutions first ,
it seems effect of this is rampant now
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
2 Timothy 4:3-4 KJV
And of course spend millions ( rather than help the poor ) to build campasses and charge lots to attend like a worldly business .
I believe you are on to a very big problem in the world wide church , at least many on the wealthier nations
that costs several thousand dollars of one takes it seriously and doesn’t go for an internet certification or anything the world demands they certify you . people want credentials .and also you have to come to thier overall conclusions about what scripture says and what does and doesn’t apply to you .
But there’s no structure that resembles anything like that in scripture that one goes to be authorized by worldly institutions first ,
it seems effect of this is rampant now
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
2 Timothy 4:3-4 KJV
And of course spend millions ( rather than help the poor ) to build campasses and charge lots to attend like a worldly business .
I believe you are on to a very big problem in the world wide church , at least many on the wealthier nations
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I agree that we need the empowering of the Holy Spirit to preach as they received on the day of Pentecost and this was for the purpose of being a witness of Christ and teaching all nations.
I also believe that when he gave teachers to the church for their maturing until they all grow up into the image of Christ that he was not just talking about the 1st century.
I don't think we are to look only to how they did things in the 1st century and try to match it. Not everything we want to know is even recorded. We don't know exactly how they did things and there is a reason for it. We think we know but the information we have is purposely sketchy. The church was not fully matured in Paul's life time. The church has been evolving and maturing ever since.
Today we have teachers that have spent thousands of hours gleaning truths from the scriptures from seminary training that can help us shorten our own learning curves. God knew that seminaries would be developed over time. It is not true that they are not from God because they did not exist in the first century. Are they necessary? No, you can read all the same books on your own. Are reading books necessary? To be a good teacher? Yes.
I also believe that when he gave teachers to the church for their maturing until they all grow up into the image of Christ that he was not just talking about the 1st century.
I don't think we are to look only to how they did things in the 1st century and try to match it. Not everything we want to know is even recorded. We don't know exactly how they did things and there is a reason for it. We think we know but the information we have is purposely sketchy. The church was not fully matured in Paul's life time. The church has been evolving and maturing ever since.
Today we have teachers that have spent thousands of hours gleaning truths from the scriptures from seminary training that can help us shorten our own learning curves. God knew that seminaries would be developed over time. It is not true that they are not from God because they did not exist in the first century. Are they necessary? No, you can read all the same books on your own. Are reading books necessary? To be a good teacher? Yes.
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I know about Cyrus. I will have to look it up. It sounds like they are honoring him like "Friend of the Jews" or Friendly Gentile King like Cyrus, but Cyrus passed and edict to let them go from Babylon and return to Jerusalem to rebuild it. Trump moved the US Embassy from TelAviv to Jerusalem. Not the same by a long shot. There is no prophesy that I know of unless someone can point it out to me, I missed it.
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I found it. It is just a cult over there that is trying to raise money. It is not an official coin, is not from the government, and has no monetary value. It seems a fund raising effort for this group. The Israeli Mikdash Educational Center
https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...-special-edition-trump-coin/story?id=55096698
https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...-special-edition-trump-coin/story?id=55096698
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