Comments for Now What? http://called-out.com Now that you've come out of the Harlot Church System Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:32:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Hitting the Road with God by Michael Clark http://called-out.com/2012/04/29/hitting-the-road-with-god/#comment-141 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:32:37 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=328#comment-141 Mike, it is for this very freedom to follow the Lord that Christ has set you free. Keep listening and obeying Him for those who do so are like the wind and no brick institution well contain us. If you ever get near north Idaho, give us a shout.

Michael Clark
http://www.awildernessvoice.com

]]> Comment on Reprimanded by Loretta http://called-out.com/2012/02/17/reprimanded/#comment-140 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:40:29 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=290#comment-140 Thanks Ivana!

]]> Comment on Reprimanded by ivana http://called-out.com/2012/02/17/reprimanded/#comment-137 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:22:06 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=290#comment-137 Loretta: Do not allow them to manipulate you with fear and condemnation. Thats not from God definitely!

]]> Comment on Leaving the Institutional Church by dividingword http://called-out.com/2012/03/30/leaving-the-institutional-church/#comment-120 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:59:29 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=313#comment-120 Thanks, sis, for posting this.

]]> Comment on Leaving the Institutional Church by Pete http://called-out.com/2012/03/30/leaving-the-institutional-church/#comment-119 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:39:40 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=313#comment-119 Thanks you Sandra for this testimony. May the Lord bless you and fill you all spiritual blessings.

]]> Comment on Exit Churchianity by Judy washington http://called-out.com/2011/11/24/exit-churchianity/#comment-91 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:01:35 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=248#comment-91 THAT IS REAL DEEP!!!

]]> Comment on Reprimanded by Loretta http://called-out.com/2012/02/17/reprimanded/#comment-88 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:10:02 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=290#comment-88 Timely and helpful word Michael thank you. Just today, i had a “Church potentate” from one of my past Churches, suggesting to me that I’m in sin if I’m not submitting to Institutional Church “delegated authority” and “over-lords”. I told him there were God appointed elders in my life/ (unorganized) fellowship. He was denying that a fellowship can be unorganized, and denying that elders are appointed by God— he was saying that they are appointed by (Church)men and I should be under them. He was denying that there is any other church than the Organized one…. then he ended by telling me that I should be open to coming back and that he senses “no peace” in me. That was the slam-down, the put down.

]]> Comment on Reprimanded by michaeldc110 http://called-out.com/2012/02/17/reprimanded/#comment-86 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:41:07 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=290#comment-86 It seams that those who have not been born into that system from an early age, but rather have had some real life experiences outside of what I call “hot house Christianity”… that these catch on quicker that “the king has no clothes.” As in this child’s story, those who are as children in God’s kingdom can see the truth when church potentates are strutting their stuff before all. I am so grateful that Jesus sent us His Spirit to lead us into all truth and out of error. It is getting past the myth of “delegated authority” that finally sets us free. Jesus never delegated His authority to men so they could take His place in Christ’s body, but told us that He would never leave us or forsake us. True spiritual leaders are never “over-lords,” but rather they lead with transparent lives as living letters written by God for all men to see. Paul said, “Follow me just as I follow Christ” not “Follow me because I have a title and an office in the Church.” There is a huge difference.

Also, submission in Christ’s body is a two-way street. When it is always one way, top down, is when danger and folly are near. Peter wrote, “Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5 KJ2000). The trouble in many church setting is, “In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.” Blind people need blind guides and blind guides need blind followers. But even here God can accomplished His purposes with Divinely appointed ditches for then to fall into. After following many a blind church leader into many nasty effluent filled ditches (that is what ditches are for in the third world setting of the Bible), I finally got my eyes off of mere men and sought out THE Teacher to lead me and as long as I followed Him and not self-willed men, I have been able to avoid all the ditches. :-)

]]> Comment on Exit Churchianity by michaeldc110 http://called-out.com/2011/11/24/exit-churchianity/#comment-85 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:17:22 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=248#comment-85 I got a post from this brother who wrote it under his real name. I have since forgotten it, but he was blessed to see it on our website. :-) You can tell that this guy has walked many miles in his pursuit of God’s kingdom and did not turn aside into the broad doorways of Christian City for long.

]]> Comment on Exit Churchianity by Loretta http://called-out.com/2011/11/24/exit-churchianity/#comment-84 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:12:49 +0000 http://called-out.com/?p=248#comment-84 Michael, yes i’ve had that story linked on this site from the beginning of this site. I it found on another page (tripod.com). Yes very good allegory, thanks!

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