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Sister in Christ

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Recently, I allowed a family member to influence me spiritually. They are deeply involved in spiritual formation/spiritual exercises (Franciscan). Please pray for me that I will regain my footing spiritually and that I will resist future pitfalls like this. Thank you.



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Sister in Christ wrote:

Recently, I allowed a family member to influence me spiritually. They are deeply involved in spiritual formation/spiritual exercises (Franciscan). Please pray for me that I will regain my footing spiritually and that I will resist future pitfalls like this. Thank you.


 good thing that you have recognized this!  

it has come into our churches and is dangerous...

the first inroads were made into our church back in the 80s and now it has swept the globe...

we must be sooooo careful...

prayers for you!

 



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John 6:63  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

James 1:21  Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Engraft The Words of God and his life from above will drive the darkness out.  Spiritually engrafting = detaching from competing idols - going to the Bible & SOP - listen - read - do. 

http://www.audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html

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"  4. Detachment as Well as Attachment.--A union with Christ by living faith is enduring; every other union must perish. Christ first chose us, paying an infinite price for our redemption; and the true believer chooses Christ as first, and last, and best in everything. But this union costs us something. It is a relation of utter dependence to be entered into by a proud being. All who form this union must feel their need of the atoning blood of Christ. They must have a change of heart. They must submit their own will to the will of God. There will be a struggle with outward and internal obstacles. There must be a painful work of detachment, as well as a work of attachment. Pride, selfishness, vanity, worldliness--sin in all its forms--must be overcome, if we would enter into a union with Christ. The reason why many find the Christian life so deplorably hard, why they are so fickle, so variable, is, they try to attach themselves to Christ without detaching themselves from these cherished idols. . . .  {5BC 1143.8}  

     Believers become one in Christ; but one branch cannot be sustained by another. The nourishment must be obtained through vital connection with the Vine. We must feel our utter dependence on Christ. We must live by faith in the Son of God. That is the meaning of the injunction, "Abide in me." The life we live in the flesh is not to the will of men, not to please our Lord's enemies, but to serve and honor Him who loved us, and gave Himself for us. A mere assent to this union, while the affections are not detached from the world, its pleasures and its dissipations, only emboldens the heart in disobedience (ST Nov. 29, 1910).  {5BC 1144.1}  

     God Makes No Compromise.--Until the heart is surrendered unconditionally to God, the human agent is not abiding in the True Vine, and cannot flourish in the Vine, and bear rich clusters of fruit. God will not make the slightest compromise with sin. If He could have done this, Christ need not have come to our world to suffer and die. No conversion is genuine which does not change both the character and the conduct of those who accept the truth. The truth works by love, and purifieth the soul (Letter 31a, 1894).  {5BC 1144.2}  

     4, 5. See EGW on Matthew 11:29.  {5BC 1144.3}  

     5 (See EGW on 2 Corinthians 4:3-6). The Circulation of Life.--Christ alone can help us and give us the victory. Christ must be all in all to us, He must dwell in the heart, His life must circulate through us as the blood circulates through the veins. His spirit must be a vitalizing power that will cause us to influence others to become Christlike and holy (Letter 43, 1895).  {5BC 1144.4}  

     8. A Day by Day Experience.--[John 15:8 quoted] What is it to bear fruit? It is not all comprised in coming to meeting once a week, and bearing our testimony in prayer or social meeting. We are to be found day by day abiding in the Vine, and bringing forth fruit, with patience, at our home, in our business; and in every relation in life manifesting the Spirit of Christ. There are many who act as though they thought an occasional connection with Christ was all that was necessary, and that they can be accounted living branches because at times they make confession of Christ. But this is a fallacy. The branch is to be grafted into the Vine, and to abide there, uniting itself to the Vine fiber by fiber, drawing its daily supply of sap and nourishment from the root and fatness of the Vine, until it becomes one with the parent stock. The sap that nourishes the Vine must nourish the branch and this will be evident in the life of him who is abiding in Christ; for the joy of Christ will be fulfilled in him who walks not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  {5BC 1144.5}  

     Our professions are worthless unless we abide in Christ; for we cannot be living branches unless the vital qualities of the Vine abound in us. In the genuine Christian the characteristics of his Master will appear, and when we reflect the graces of Christ in our lives and characters, the Father loves us as He loves His Son. When this condition is fulfilled in those who profess to believe the present truth, we shall see a prosperous church; for its members will not live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and they will be flourishing branches of the living Vine (ST April 18, 1892).  {5BC 1144.6}  

     10. See EGW on Matthew 24:23, 24.  {5BC 1144.7}  

     11 (Acts 2:28). Light Brings Gladness.--When the light of heaven shines upon the human agent, his countenance will express the joy of the Lord within. It is the absence of Christ from the soul that makes people sad and of a doubtful mind. It is the want of Christ that makes the countenance sad, and their life is a pilgrimage of sighs. Rejoicing is the very keynote of the Word of God for all who receive Him. Why? Because they have the Light of life. Light brings gladness and joy, and that joy is expressed in the life and the character (MS 96, 1898).  {5BC 1144.8}      "

 

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"  The Lord will not leave his afflicted, tried children to be the sport of Satan's temptations. It is our privilege to trust in Jesus. The heavens are full of rich blessings, and it is our privilege to have the joy of Christ in us that our joy may be full. We have not because we ask not, or because we do not pray in faith, believing that we shall be blessed with the special influence of the Holy Spirit. To the true seeker through the mediation of Christ the gracious influences of the Holy Spirit are imparted in order that the receiver may impart a knowledge of saving truth. Why do we not believe the plain "Thus saith the Lord"? Do not cease to pray under any circumstances. The spirit may be willing but the flesh may be weak, but Jesus knows all about that. In your weakness you are not to be anxious; for anxiety means doubt and distrust. You are simply to believe that Christ is able to save unto the uttermost all who come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for us. What does intercession comprehend?--It is the golden chain which binds finite man to the throne of the infinite God. The human agent whom Christ has died to save importunes the throne of God, and his petition is taken up by Jesus, who has purchased him with his own blood. Our great High Priest places his righteousness on the side of the sincere suppliant, and the prayer of Christ blends with that of the human petitioner. Christ has urged that his people pray without ceasing. This does not mean that we should always be upon our knees, but that prayer is to be as the breath of the soul. Our silent requests, wherever we may be, are to be ascending unto God, and Jesus, our Advocate, pleads in our behalf, bearing up with the incense of his righteousness our requests to the Father. The Lord Jesus loves his people, and when they put their trust in him, depending wholly upon him, he strengthens them. He will live through them, giving them the inspiration of his sanctifying Spirit, imparting to the soul a vital transfusion of himself. He acts through their faculties, and causes them to choose his will and to act out his character. With the apostle Paul they then may say. "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." Christ impresses upon the mind of believers the fact that they are to have the glory which the Father has given him, in order that all who love and serve him may be one with God. "For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. . . . And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory [character], which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world."  {SSW, February 1, 1896 par. 3}    "



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Sister in Christ

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Thank you Ed. Very encouraging.



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Sister in Christ

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Would anyone care to comment on "The One Project"? I have done a lot of reading about it on the internet. Some are highly critical of it, others take a "wait and see" approach and of course there are those who praise it.

I have read the background of the founders as well as the outside speakers that have been invited to the gatherings.

My current opinion is, that there is a mixture of good and bad aspects to The One Project. However, I think that the bad will outweigh the good over time.

What are your thoughts?



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Sister in Christ wrote:

Would anyone care to comment on "The One Project"? I have done a lot of reading about it on the internet. Some are highly critical of it, others take a "wait and see" approach and of course there are those who praise it.

I have read the background of the founders as well as the outside speakers that have been invited to the gatherings.

My current opinion is, that there is a mixture of good and bad aspects to The One Project. However, I think that the bad will outweigh the good over time.

What are your thoughts?


 in a nutshell, the 1 project basically puts away all the doctrines and the 3 angel's messages...  and only talks about Jesus... we are only to lead people to Jesus and not share anything else of what we know is truth....  no sanctuary doctrine, no state of the dead, no 1844 revelations, no EGW, no 3AM, etc etc etc...



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One Project is dangerous.  Church Leaders at ASI has warned us to stay away from this.   It is Spiritual Formation and not Bibiical.  They have a church  in Colorado with coffee and doughnuts, pastries etc available during worship service.   It is unholy.  



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The One Project strips away all of Christ's commanded edicts ( doctrines, promises, warnings )  Thus it negates the Great Commission and the gospel going to the world thorough both the personal witness and proclamation of Christ's doctrines . Even reading Ezekiel ch's 18 & 33 probably won't restore their spiritual sanity.  

"God has appointed His children to give light to others, and if they fail to do it, and souls are left in the darkness of error because of their failure to do that which they might have done, had they been vitalized by the Holy Spirit, they will be accountable to God. We have been called out of darkness into His marvelous light, in order that we may show forth the praises of Christ.--Review and Herald, Dec. 12, 1893.  {ChS 21.3}  

     All who are consecrated to God will be channels of light. God makes them His agents to communicate to others the riches of His grace. . . . Our influence upon others depends not so much upon what we say, as upon what we are. Men may combat and defy our logic, they may resist our appeals; but a life of disinterested love is an argument they cannot gainsay. A consistent life, characterized by the meekness of Christ, is a power in the world.--The Desire of Ages, pp. 141, 142.  {ChS 21.4}  

     Those who should have been the light of the world have shed forth but feeble and sickly beams. What is light? It is piety, goodness, truth, mercy, love; it is the revealing of the truth in the character and life. The gospel is dependent on the personal piety of its believers for its aggressive power, and God has made provision through the death of His beloved Son, that every soul may be thoroughly furnished unto every good work. Every soul is to be a bright and shining light, showing forth the praises of Him who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light. "We are laborers together with God." Yes, laborers; that means doing earnest service in the vineyard of the Lord. There are souls to be saved,--souls in our churches, in our Sabbath schools, and in our neighborhoods.--Review and Herald, March 24, 1891.  {ChS 21.5}  

     It is in working for others that they will keep their own souls alive. If they will become colaborers with Jesus, we shall see the light in our churches steadily burning brighter and brighter, sending forth its rays to penetrate the darkness beyond their own borders.--Historical Sketches, p. 291.  {ChS 22.1}  

     "Ye are the light of the world." The Jews thought to confine the benefits of salvation to their own nation; but Christ showed them that salvation is like the sunshine. It belongs to the whole world.--The Desire of Ages, p. 306.  {ChS 22.2}  

     Hearts that respond to the influence of the Holy Spirit are the channels through which God's blessing flows. Were those who served God removed from the earth, and His Spirit withdrawn from among men, this world would be left to desolation and destruction, the fruit of Satan's dominion. Though the wicked know it not, they owe even the blessings of this life to the presence, in the world, of God's people whom they despise and oppress. But if Christians are such in name only, they are like the salt that has lost its savor. They have no influence for good in the world. Through their misrepresentation of God they are worse than unbelievers.--The Desire of Ages, p. 306.  {ChS 22.3} "

The One Project has lost it's savor of truth, it is unholy deluded darkness. 



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Is it possible for anyone to give any actual quotes showing how the One Project fails to stay true to God's word?  I too have a very uncomfortable feeling about the little bit I've seen them say on videos etc., but right off hand, can't think of any comments that would definitely show them to be working against God.



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