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Originally Posted by aron
cmw,
What is the difference between the Word-Faith "speaking the word of God until it is birthed in our being" and the LSM practice of pray-reading the Word?
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Somewhere between the LC pray-reading practice and the Word-Faith practice, the LIGHT came on!
I don't know if you have ever heard about Abraham's FAITH..and how it was 'birthed'. So I'll tell it as I heard it in the Word-Faith movement 'cause I never heard it in the LC.
We know Abraham's name was Abram before God changed it.
While he was Abram, God told him, to look toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to count them....so shall your descendants be."
Genesis 15:5
But nothing happened for 25 plus years. He and Sarai were childless..even though GOD promised them an heir & then some.
So why were they childless for so long? Word-Faith teaches says it's because Abram didn't speak what God promised him. He merely believed. He didn't take 'action'.
Now watch what happened when God changed Abram's name to Abraham:
Abraham means 'Father of many Nations'.
[And ABRAM fell on his face: God talked with him, saying, As for me, BEHOLD, MY covenant is with you and you shall be the Father of many Nations.
Genesis 17:3
Translate Abraham into English....Abraham introduces himself as "
Hello. My name is -Father of many Nations-. Everywhere he went, he
SPOKE the Word..BELIEVING
he was the father of many nations for that is what his name Abraham means.
Thus 3 months later, after God changed Abram's name to Abraham ( I think) He and Sarah conceived Isaac.
Word-Faith says..Abraham and Sarah conceived Isaac because not only did
Abraham believe God's promise but he spoke and confessed God's promise. He went around saying
'I AM the Father of many nations'. His confession of Faith then birthed Isaac.
I had NEVER seen that account in that light !!!! HONEST!!
WOW!! It was an AWESOME revelation for me!
I then took scriptures that were inscribed into my being and began to speak the Word of God with FAITH...not in a self-centered, shallow way but with DEPTH..with HEART..that changed everthing for me.
Remember..in the LC we 'knew' the WORD of God. We could pray read it backwards and forwards. WE/I did not know how to apply it practically because everything was focused on the 'ministry' of the church, for the church. It was for the 'building up of the body of Christ'...only we didn't really know how to BUILD UP the Body of CHRIST! That's why so many LC'rs and ex LCr's are screwed up in the head!
Then you have the WORD-FAITH people who 'see' something but it's all too shallow and self centered.. "JESUS came that I would have life and that means, I am to be WEALTHY and HEALTHY. -MEEEE-...Healthy and WEALTHY-- THAT's RIGHT... MEEEEEEEEEEE!!! :rollingeyes2:
WRONGO-PONGO!!!!
Of Course God doesn't want us to live like paupers..and be sickly people..but that's where Word-Faith has failed. Very few Word-Faith people really know how to take hold of the DEPTH of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of GOD!!
[Romans 11:33a]
Then..back in the day..and probably still today..the LSM/LC takes the Word of God..pray reads it..chews it, digests it..and they don't know what to do with it! Because they don't know how to have a genuine, true, deep relationship with the LORD GOD JEHOVA and His Son, JESUS and HIS Holy Spirit!
I hope I made some sense. Thanks for reading my posts.
