Tuesday, September 11, 2018

On the Streets of Babylon: Self

Babylon is fallen, is fallen,..
 Come out of her, my people,
Revelation 14:8/18:4
 
There seems to be an asserting of "Self" on the Streets of Babylon......
 
"Don’t give all glory to God. Reserve some for yourself.

That’s the message of Bethel Church’s Kris Vallotton the popular charismatic prophet and faith healer who helps to lead the Redding, California congregation and is a co-founder of the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. In a blog post originally entitled, Why We Need to Stop Saying ‘All Glory to God, Vallotton argues......"When you’re acting like your heavenly Father, you’re actually being yourself!"
Of course, the line, “When you’re acting like your heavenly Father, you’re actually being yourself,” is blasphemous. The imperative or command to be like God is not the command, “You be you” or “Be yourself.” We are not God and we are not by nature like God. The Scripture does not command us to “Be ye like ye, as I am like ye.” The Scripture commands, “Be ye holy, as I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16).
 The process of sanctification, which begins at justification, is the progressive and lifelong process of being made more like Jesus and less like ourselves."
Pulpit&Pen