Some people should follow their own advice and stop teaching the word. Surely you know Jesus said you have no need of anyone to teach you
May I ask do you know the different between "teaching", "lecturing", "Proclaiming", "Instructing", "explaining". And may I ask, where did YOU learn, about these electives. and where did you exercise these skills of operations and who did you exercise these skills ON?, "the audience and which ones were "Gifts" from God and which ones, were taught or learned how to perform such skills of operations. And do you have "Credentials". and what are your specialities in, is it "religion studies", "Theological Studies", "Biblical history" and what form. and how many hours of Studies in "Pneumatology" for starters. I been on this Journey since 1977 and I do not mean "Sunday school" and Weds, night Bible class. and singing in The church choir, and mens day programs. and Ice cream socials. and Queen for A Day at church.
Plus, GOD chose me and Called me I did not call him.
And You can take that to the bank, Even the Presbyterians, told me, GOD has Called You and You going! You ain't got no choice, I told them No I ain't, God ain't Called me and I ain't going! They told me, ok you will see!
Bye, you will be back!
They were not lying!
GOD put that FIRE THAT "FULL POWER OF THAT "Holy Ghost" I COUND NOT stop Talking about GOD! Was on FIRE! I started saying WORDS that was in the Bible I never heard before or read the Bible! I needed Help! What is wrong with me!
My wife, got scared my Mother and my daddy, called pastors and Methodist Pastor what is wrong with Him. They Said; The methodist, The Pentecostal, The Seventh Day Advents. The Holy ROLLERS, The Baptist, GOD has CALLED THAT BOY, He do not have choice! Hundreds of People came to here me preach!
I did not know and many other even heard of Such a thing about a person being converted like me, Preachers from everywhere coming to hear me, , they called me to preach at their church.es little kids would get quiet and listen to me preach, people would having nightmares about me preaching about Hell! You could see the terror on their faces! They were crying out to Jesus in their dreams! The whole neighborhood would come out to here me preach, those who knew me from a baby! They said they have never seen anything like it. People from "motorcycle clubs" RollerSkating Rinks", Karate School, People finding out where I live, coming to my house crying, grown men, asking me what happen to me. and how I had change over night! My wife told me. you are not The Man I married! I told her I was better! I went back to College! Got My "Computer Science degree". and the games began. and I have not turn around since March 1977, and do not mean a Sunday school class or a Wednesday night Bible class on how to speak in tongues or how to lay hands on the sick!
And argue about "denominations"!
They told me "The PRESBYTERIANS" the 1st. day I ran to them to ask them what is wrong with me! They told, no man can teach you, THAT GOD, will teach you, you are different ! Go and you will see! No man can teach you! You are what They called "A SPIRITUAL MAN" from Conversion! Like I knew what that meant!
I told those Pastors they were crazy! I am gone! They said, ok, you will see! you different!
I thought those pastors had lost their mines!
And when I came back, they said, that "Sunday Church was not for me. I Had to go somewhere else. and they knew where! A church that only "Theologians" "Doctors of Divinity" Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Virginia Theological, AND UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY GRADS WENT. and PASTORS WENT TO THAT WAS CLOSE DOOR SESSIONS!
I Sure got scared then! I Didn't Now Nothing, I had dress up in those expensive suits and shoes, which I knew because my Father grew up in expensive suits and clothes and cars because my Grand father had a big business and they had own big farms in the south my grand father father and my Grand mother father the own almost the whole County, stores and everything,. Houses and all.
Before long about 3 years I was giving "lecture", preaching sermons, and giving the Sunday school lessons to Pastors and Minsters. About 3 times a year. Which normally took about 3 years to do one presentation' I was doing 3 a year. By request. I knew the Book and not verses, and I did not need a piece of paper a script in front of me, "Outline or without a Outline" and my time line was always on point. whether 30 minutes , 45 minutes, 1 hour, of 15 minutes on one of The last words of Christ on "Good Friday ", God was with me, and did exactly how he gave it to me! Because I knew nothing else. Never been taught by a Sunday school teacher, Wednesday night Bible class, or Instructed by a Pastor! But learn how to do lectures, how to preach different kinds of Sermon arraignments, how to address a audience by observing the "Theologians" The "Divinity' Majors", the Evangelists, "The Biblical Orators" , "The Biblical Scholars" I learn by watching Minsters who came to our counsel from all over the United States of American, the People they called "The Big DOGs", those men of Renown. from California to New York! Minsters and pastor who got paid from the Top, $10,000.00 up front before they appeared. and then a part of the offering! And Staying at the best Hotels,
I told many I know what I am talking about!
I Know it is a GOD, and my agenda had nothing to do with "tongues and healing". I was a "presenter" of The "GOSPEL ACCORDING TO Jesus Christ"! and Anointed to do so and I am not ashamed to say so! More than volume, But Spirit , ' a implosion" I had to learn theological names what had happen to me and explain to myself and to understand about myself what was going on in me. That only Theological Sound words could express. Sunday school and Wednesday Bible class could not tell the story about me and explain why I am here! No Pentecostal, No Lutheran, No baptist , no Methodist, no Orangutang, no back woods, elmhurst, Cotton Trees, Jamestown Puritan Calvinistic, Huguenots, "Roman Catholic Orthodox" black collar could help me!
I needed help, That "PARAKLETOS" had me, In my dreams, I would wake up Preaching to a whole Crowd of People, I would preach to my dog, and he would sit down one listen! at work I would preach, the people would say His voice wood change. I was a "Orator" they would say, listen to Him it sound so good! Preachers would be saying He sound Like GOD! One old pastor told me one time, "Now you do know you ain't GOD"
I know y'all think I am playing, but sometimes I didn't know what was going to come out of my mouth, It was like I was listening to it too!
I would; be listening to me talk.
This has been a exciting journey. The more I suffered the powerful was the messages. It seems like I had to experience what similar to the prophets went through and then it produce the messages that was in the Text that I was relating too. Just like the prophets of Old. No one wanted to see the Prophet of God coming. He always had a message of coming Judgment, Because no one in Israel or Judah , kept God's word. So Judgment always came either now or delayed judgment. And the punish meant lasted for many years, 40 years, 70 years, 90 years, even through generations.
Like I heard, someone mention the widow with the pots of oil. they fell to mention the meaning of the text. Jesus said there where many widows that was hungry in "Israel" But God only sent Food to a woman who was not a Israelite but to a woman in SIDON. And the people, "Israel" got angrier and wanted to kill him.
LUKE 4 (BSB)
…"Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.…"