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December 13, 2008 - Violation Of Christian Love Meditation of 3 John When a person loves to have preeminence in a local church to the point of forbidding or discouraging others to show Christian hospitality and support, he is evil and not practicing Christian love. There are some folks in the church today who seek to be prominent and exert control of the church in one way or other. Not only they themselves do not sacrifice time and energy to serve God but also tells others not to do so, so that they themselves would not look bad. These are the hemorrhage of the church and must be dealt with. The Apostle John was very much concern for this issue that was hurting a good church that had those who was still faithful and hospitable. So he planned to deal with it personally and quickly. He would confront the evil controller. May God help us not to violate the practice of love but promote it always.
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August 7, 2009 - Some Wants To Control Others All The Time Meditation on 3 John The Apostle John told us that there was a lay leader in the church named Diotrephes who wanted to control everything in the church. He wanted to be head of everything. This guy would not even allow members of his church to entertain other travelling preachers. If anyone wanted to show hospitality to these Christians, he would drive them out of the church. It seems that some lay leaders in our churches do like to assume control of their own church one way or another. If a decision is not what they have approved, they would use any means to halt it from being carried out in the church. Even though that decision is biblically sound and is good for the church or for helping others in the church. These lady leaders need to be dealt with. They just want to have authority. May God give the church courage to deal with them. Otherwise the church will never grow. |
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