Spiritual Reality Check

Hello brothers and sisters

The purpose of this post is to awake your mind to things that you may not knew they are happening in your life. We all read books, listen to sermons and even read the scriptures. We even have preachers that we admire and that's ok. There is nothing wrong with what I've just mention but sometimes we think what we heard or read is our spiritual condition.

Let me tell you, I like Paul washer sermons and I strongly think that he is one of the best preachers alive and I think there is nothing wrong with that. What I've noted is that listening to his sermons and reading his books has made me go into think I'm him. Now of course I can't be him, he is taller. But I mean in his spiritual walk, unconsciously I don't thought because I heard him I was in the same spiritual condition as him and that is not true. 

Now why is this a problem? Because if we think that we are Spurgeon, Washer, MacArthur, sproul and more, we may start judging and seeing people from a wrong point view. And even I don't think they see people as we do when we inflate ourselves when we think something we are not. And being in the mission field has help me to see this within myself, of course the field humbles you because most people don't know who those preachers are and neither want to hear you unless the Spirit of God moves them to it. 

I had a tendency because they didn't like the things I did and they didn't view theology like me, and even worst because they weren't washerists. Now I'm not saying that listening to Paul washer or any preacher is bad, I'm just saying that after you read or listen to some great preaching ask God to make it real in your life and preserve your humility at the same time. They are great men of God and they had awesome experiences that they can support from the scriptures but we are not them, to listen or read them won't make us have the same experience. Yes, we must imitate their godliness that lead us to be like Christ but not just wannabe pseudo spiritual almost preachers. 

The scriptures never said: and this is eternal life that they quote washer or MacArthur or that they read all the puritans and reformed books and they be satisfied with that, no. But it says: “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

John 17:3 NKJV........again, I don't want to discourage you to keep reading Christian books or listening to sermons but my desire is that we do it as a channel to get to know God more through the scriptures and prayer.

My brethren, those who use to call me washer or MacArthur, now I can see why and I'm sorry if I ever looked down on you by pretending being them. Pray with me and for me as we are exposed to those preacher whom the Lord has raised, we can examine the scriptures and grow closer to the Him. We can't be this or that preacher but we can be like Christ and the Holy Spirit assures us of that, let's keep pursuing knowledge but also wisdom so we can be discrete. 

I hope this has been helpful to you. 

I will talk more about this in my book #discernmentmodeon 

Thanks for your prayers

Edher