Volume 2 Chapter 5 Page 3
Tuesday December 5, 2006 14 Kislev 5767
"Opposing Perception!"
The Apostle Paul was certainly no stranger to opposition, himself having been transformed by Holy Spirit from a staunch oppressor of all who believed by Faith the Gospel of Christ, consistent in seeking the complete Counsel of God.
Whereas Paul, receiving the revelation of the complete Gospel of Christ, himself became an oppressed Believer in Leadership, painstakingly sought to confront those who openly interjected laws and requirements upon other believers with false doctrine and perverted tenets of Faith in Christ, having based their character upon personal selfish desires rather than upon the character and testimony of Holy Spirit and the message of reconciliation of fellowship between believers.
Over 2000 years of church history, this confrontation between leadership and believers under their leadership, continues day in and day out, week after week, within the corporate fellowship of Believers.
Looking to God's WORD as the basis for discipline and discipling believers, leaders are oftentimes confronted by a believer's perception of Authority and Discipline, which is generally biased and falls outside the boundaries and guidelines set in place by God as Complete and Sovereign.
Leaders will be held accountable for every decision made that is rendered, either selfishly or in order and the effect that it has on the church as a whole, but there will be a much different judgement handed down to those indignant and beligerent believers who oppose the leaders in the fellowship.
I am reminded of God's immediate and deadly judgement against those who are used by the devil, as was Ananias and his wife Sapphira in Acts 5, and also of God's temporary disciplining of Elymas in Acts 13, a man whom Paul stated was continually working the divisive works of the enemy of God.
These scriptures are not perception but rather reality, when opposing the Faith and leadership appointed by God brings both physical and spiritual death to the rebellious.
Justify every accusation against God's appointed leadership, based solely on God's WORD, HIS Son of Truth and HIS Spirit, and never upon distorted personal perception.
