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kisstheson · 09-19-2008, 04:40 PM

I guess I should answer my own rhetorical question posed at the very end of my previous post. It seems to me that those who focus solely on one particular man’s ministry will close their hearts towards TAS, and consequently, TAS’s ministry will seem to have no impact to them. To those, however, whose hearts are open to TAS, the riches in TAS’s ministry can be a factor in leading them into the spiritual and heavenly realms. It is all a matter of the heart.

Should I be WL-only or should I be TAS-only? Praise God, none of us has to make that choice! According to the apostle Paul’s heart in 1st Corinthians 3:21-22, the supply from all genuine ministers of Christ is ours. “So then, let no one boast in men, for all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all are yours.” May our hearts be enlarged to receive whatever our dear Lord desires to speak to us through all the members of His Body.

Humble me, dear Lord, that I might be open to hear Your speaking to me through any of my brothers and sisters in Christ. Dear Lord, do have mercy on us all.

09-19-2008, 04:40 PM	#60
kisstheson Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 282	A Matter of the Heart I guess I should answer my own rhetorical question posed at the very end of my previous post. It seems to me that those who focus solely on one particular man’s ministry will close their hearts towards TAS, and consequently, TAS’s ministry will seem to have no impact to them. To those, however, whose hearts are open to TAS, the riches in TAS’s ministry can be a factor in leading them into the spiritual and heavenly realms. It is all a matter of the heart. Should I be WL-only or should I be TAS-only? Praise God, none of us has to make that choice! According to the apostle Paul’s heart in 1st Corinthians 3:21-22, the supply from *all* genuine ministers of Christ is ours. “So then, let no one boast in men, for all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all are yours.” May our hearts be enlarged to receive whatever our dear Lord desires to speak to us through all the members of His Body. Humble me, dear Lord, that I might be open to hear Your speaking to me through any of my brothers and sisters in Christ. Dear Lord, do have mercy on us all. __________________ "The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better." Richard Rohr, Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality Last edited by kisstheson; 09-19-2008 at 07:44 PM.