Barry Amundsen (2
May 2012)
"Re: Comments of
frustration"
"...could have done without the comments
of frustration to Fay though."
But you have no problem with someone calling God's truth
"Fantasy Land," Frank? My frustration is nothing and means
little. I represent a kingdom that has a more behind it than me
and my frustration at others' profound arrogance and ignorance
as they place their trust in teachers who have not themselves
submitted to the Lord nor received from Him what they teach. If
I am frustrated what must He whom I represent be?
I have heard Chuck Missler over and over in his teaching say
that his audience is not to believe a word he says but is to go
to the scriptures and let them be the final word as to whether
he speaks the truth or not. With one exception, when he was
glibly going down a list of reasons why the teaching on the lost
tribes of Israel was not true in his opinion, he covered a few
quick points and then said I think I've covered that
sufficiently now, so let's move on... In other words, he
violated his own rule and basically said, take my word for it,
there is no truth there... He will answer for what he has
taught. (The scriptures are in God's own admission, written as
they are, "line upon line and precept upon precept here a little
there a little so that they may go and fall back" etc. In other
words you cannot learn the truth by studying the Bible but by
submitting your life to Jesus and taking His yoke on you and
learning from Him. If they have not done that then they have not
got it and cannot give it. The purpose of the teachers is to
show others the way TO Jesus and then allow Jesus to teach them
directly just as the woman at the well did for those of her
village. Otherwise you can teach what you heard Jesus teach you
but to teach what YOU THINK the Bible means is never right but
is blind leading the blind.)
God gave SOME apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and
teachers, the rest just came of their own decision. James said
be not many pastors and teachers because they will receive the
greater judgment. I will answer for everything I have posted or
said as we all will. But I know who has taught me and am not
ashamed of HIM or what He has taught. I am ashamed of people who
claim to follow Him but who do not know Him.
You could have done without my comments of frustration? Try and
do without His when He comes. I don't care what someone thinks
of me but I do have a zeal for Jesus and His truth and I want to
be noted for my position now so that when He comes it will be
remembered what I said and that I stood up for the truth. I'm
not interested in being popular among those who have not
received the love of the truth.
It is a motivation of love that makes me respond to one like Fay
as much as frustration because ultimately, I would love for her
to find these truths before the rapture rather than after but if
she chooses to not believe then I have at least tried. Once
again, I will point out that it was her who chose this
confrontation with help from Michael Colunga.