Boyd Dellinger - Providing Stability for Youth

I have never heard of this man but he is right in what he is saying. We need to quit trying to help God by using man made, communistic methods. The Lord doesn't need our "help". His way of doing things is in the Bible and so we need to stop adding to His Book. Anything outside of the Bible is extra biblical. The Lord commanded us to go out to the by ways and highways but what do we do? We no longer assemble together with just believers like the New Testament believers did we now allow heathens in. We minds well forget the Great Commission we don't even believe all of the bible anymore anyways because if we did we'd stop doing things the devils way and start doing things God's way by looking at what the pattern was in the NT. Oh, well we're such a jolly bunch of lukewarms it's so invigorating;) Really what makes you think that it's okay to start "ministries" that have nothing to do with the Bible or the Lord? They may have the semblance of being good or blessed but did you know that if we truly obeyed Scripture and patterned the church and our lives after the Bible that that's where real blessings would come into play? Why not live according to God's Holy Scriptures(KJB) instead? He has a reason for not authorizing those things...the S.S. movement, the youth group, the bus ministry. Sure you may have 1 or 2 actually born again through the bus ministry but what makes you think God couldn't do it any other way besides that? Is anything really too hard for God??? I think not. It doesn't matter what we want it's what God wants and that is for us to live by His book. That is our "rule" book. It is supposed to be our standard isn't it? Don't you think He would get more honour and glory by us following His Book? A lot of times we go by feelings and that's where I question if these things are based on how we feel instead of the Bible. If you wanna be a Bible believer one of the things is to start patterning the church and our lives after it. The Bible gives pictures, patterns, principles, and commandments of how we are to live and what we are supposed to be doing and how the church is to function/be set up.

Truth of the matter is is that it comes down to the fact that they have an authority issue with the Bible and the question is by what authority do you do these things? You have known. If you don't have the authority by God's word to do what you're doing then you have no authority and it's not by God but by your own authority and you are trying to help God out which is wicked. But, then again you see these things have come about from the last century in full force within the corporate church not free church/the Lord's church and which stands to reason corporate churches are filled with 98% to 99% lost people. Many claim to be christians but they ain't. They supposedly got saved sometime but have no recollection of it. They might say well he chastised me or he's taken care of me...yada, yada, yada....what the Lord is really trying to do is get their attention when things happen but they don't wanna listen. If ya can't recall the Lord dealing with you, if he wasn't pricking your heart, if he didn't show you your lostness, if you weren't invited by him to the marriage supper of the Lamb through Him then you have no idea what it is to know Him personally as your Lord and Saviour. It doesn't matter if your parents remember when you were supposedly saved because if you cannot remember then you are not and you need to seek the Lord and ask Him to show you the truth of it all. He will show you the things that did not happen. For me I knew there was never a change, that my prayers never had really been answered like I thought, I couldn't remember anything at all! I was as lost as could be!

Since, I have been saved there were a couple of times I have given my testimony to two different people over the phone. While I was sharing my testimony a family member on Dad's side was within hearing distance and as I was giving my testimony that family member started slamming things and makin' racket. Can you guess why? That family member supposedly professed salvation at the age of 11 or so and they say they can't remember a thing but still say they are saved. They think the Lord has chastened them and that's why they believe it. Honestly, from observing it's possible that the Lord has actually been dealing with that family member about their lost condition. It doesn't mean he's saved just because he thinks he's saved. Chastening is the only thing a believer "experiences". Anyways, I guess I better leave it at that for now. But, don't think I won't speak on this again. As the Lord opens the door then I will. It seems that it is very important for me to do so.

I did not intend to step on any toes but the Bible is true. Let God be true and every man a liar. Amen!