Thought Police State

Feb07
by Michael King on February 7, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Posted In: contemporary christian issues
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There is a type of “thought policing” that takes place that is detrimental to our efforts to mature in Christ.  Some people, for various reasons, believe that “contending” for the faith means excluding others who disagree.  In effect, they become “thought police” by deciding what is “correct” or “acceptable”.  Often times, they say they do this to “protect” others from deception.

However, the basic error is that they should not be in the “thought policing” business in the first place.  Leading and guiding people into all truth is the business of the Holy Spirit.  People should be brought up to know the voice of God and to follow His voice and ignore false voices…on there own.  If ministers concentrated on teaching their people to hear God’s voice we wouldn’t need “thought policing” in the first place.

Getting rid of the thought police

This, of course, would mean that the present “thought police” would lose their position.  This, in my view, would be a wonderfully freeing development for the body of Christ.  However, leaving each person to be taught directly by God often times strikes fear in the opinion police.

This website was borne out of a need to find somewhere free of the “thought police”.  Here I can say what God puts on my heart without being dogpiled by seeking to silence me.  I used to write on other sites thinking that some would benefit from the insight that I shared.  Unfortunately, these places were always so strongly held by the local “thought police” that the discussions quickly became vile and corrosive.  The “thought police” became so shrill and personal that neither I nor anyone else could get a word in edgewise.

Do not judge another man’s servant

In the end, the “thought police” simply have to go.  They serve no function other than to hinder the body of Christ’s maturity.  They wreak havoc amongst those who would follow after the Holy Spirit and mature into the perfect man of Ephesians.  I used to try to believe that such self-appointed arbitrators of truth had the best intentions in mind. However, nowadays I simply believe they are, at the very least, unknowing pawns of the devil.

Be that as it may, we all have to seek God for ourselves. We alone must give an account for our lives before the great white throne of God’s Judgement.  Let us focus on our personal relationship with our Father and turn a deaf ear to the thought police.

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Quit Learning and Start Thinking.

Sep30
by Michael King on September 30, 2014 at 11:16 am
Posted In: encouragement
quite learning

Don’t Think On It

Most everyone wants to be like the man above. If you think of genius, you think Einstein. Yet, Einstein broke with almost every other classical physicist in order to come up with the equation that made him famous.

Here is a truth,

“The majority is almost always wrong”

Therefore, in order for God to move us forward, we can’t always consult, much less expect the approval, of Christendom. Many allow themselves to be constrained by the expectations of others. We dare not break out of the particular box that people assign us, even when that box is impossibly small.

When it comes to the doctrines which make up our theology, people who are interested in such things study them. If they are really interested in the Bible, they often go to seminaries. I was one of those people and I studied to show myself approved. Yet the more I studied what others taught was right, the further away I felt from God.

Go back to the garden

As long as I never questioned the fundamental doctrines that others said I had to believe, my relationship with God deteriorated. When I stopped learning and started listening to God directly, that is when I started living again.

I was in a rut and I could not get out of it until I decided to start listening to God contrary to what others said. This is the beginning of the Tabernacle revelation for me. No one ever taught it to me and I never heard it from any book or sermon. One day, God simply spoke to me and said to “go back to the garden”.

Step out of the box others have put you in

We have come to a separation point in Christianity. As many have said, we are indeed at the end of the Gentile church age. However, what our Lord is about to do is contrary to almost everything that everyone teaches us is sound doctrine.

If you consider Saul’s conversion from pharisee to apostle, it did not come through any of the learning he received at the feet of Gamaliel. Rather, Saul became Paul through a heavenly vision while on the road to Damascus. Only when He saw the light for himself, i.e. had a person encounter with Christ, could he step out of the box others had taught him.

Stop learning and start receiving revelation

It matters not where you studied or in what denomination you presently reside. What is coming will upend everything you have considered sound doctrine. In order to follow Christ in these last days, you cannot rely upon other men’s teachings.

As Jacob Barnett says, “Stop learning and start thinking”. However, I would add this: Stop learning and start receiving direct revelation. Going back to the garden means returning to a life lived by revelation. We cannot eat of the forbidden fruit of knowledge and access the tree of life.

Trust God’s voice

I know how difficult it can be to trust God’s voice. It took me fully two years before I would accept that God spoke to me directly. Thankfully, our Lord is patient with us and bears with our frailties. Hear what God says and simply do His will and that, more than anything else, will liberate your mind from the doctrines of men.

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