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|    Message 31 of 684    |
|    Allan Svensson to All    |
|    Releasing of the Assembly of God    |
|    30 Sep 03 20:21:12    |
      From: allan-sv@algonet.se               Releasing of the Assembly of God              You can read in 1 Cor. 12:12-31 about the Body of Christ, and the       fellowship of the limbs. The devil interprets this in his own way.       He means that since the limbs shall have fellowship, they must be       bound together. The head cannot say to the feet, I do not need you.       Accordingly, the devil takes out the rope of a lie and tries to bind       together the head and the feet. And the fingers shall have fellowship.       Accordingly he glues together the fingers.              In that way the Body of Christ has, figuratively speaking, been       bound to hands and feet. The Christians are bound with strange       bonds that do not belong to the Assembly body. But the Christians       are so used to these bonds so that they comprehend this as something       normal. They cannot see the difference between these unnatural       bonds and the limbs' natural connection with the body.              When someone wants to leave a church, then other members ask,       "Do you think leave the assembly? Do you think leave the       fellowship?" If someone begins to cut off the bonds that the body       is bound with, then many become afraid and think that now the       body falls in pieces, and the limbs become separated from one       another. If someone washes away the devil's glue from the hands,       then they think that the fingers fall off.              To be able to live a normal life and do God's will, the limbs must       have an individual ability to move about one another. And when       the Lord sends the sharp double-egged sword, which is God's word,       then many become afraid and think he will cut into pieces the Assembly.       But he will cut off only the devil's bond so that the Assembly be       free. That is nothing that be afraid of and it is only to praise the       Lord and feel happy.                     If you have any questions after reading of this article       Please, visit my Web Site       http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/CONTENTS.HTM                     and read the article 30. "The Body of Christ is the Assembly of God."              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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