About Me
- Mister C
- Born September 1986. Drawn to faith at about 12 years old. Had an extremely vague understanding of God's Word; Thought the Trinity was weapon that Aquaman's enemies used. Made it through high school (High school valedictorian, 3.9 GPA). I understood what it meant to live right, but never grew in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; that's as far as my knowledge went. Got to college (Mississippi State), joined Generation 6:20 (WOF-based) Campus Ministry. Heard a lot of things that didn't make sense, and I stupidly agreed with. Was very confused on how someone can "hear from God" yet teach false doctrine. By God's sovereign providence, came across Mr. Melvin Jones' and Mr. John Coleman's websites, learned about the abundance of false teachers, the importance of knowing God's Word and thinking for oneself. Been strictly Bible after that; what we need to know from Him and about Him is all in His Word. Occured in mid-2006-07. Read some good books about the heretical fallacies and the history of the WOF movement, Charismatic Chaos by John MacArthur and Christianity in Crisis by Hank Hannengraf. Glory to God opening my eyes to the truth!
Monday, May 10, 2010
It's Been too Long
Yo, whaddup everybody? It's been too long since I last posted; I'm still in school, so it's been tough to make time to post some things. I plan on working harder on my blog this summer, so look forward to some interesting topics. I definitely have several in mind I wish to discuss. Have a blessed night; Lord willing, see ya'll tomorrow!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Intro pt. 2
I wish to take the time to explain, in more detail, what I was rescued from by the grace of the Sovereign. I definitely hope that this helps someone with all the false doctrine floating, no more like swimming everywhere.
I graduated from high school (May 2005) not really knowing or understanding God's Word, how to apply it to my life, and the importance of growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Bless His Hallowed Name). It never was emphasized by my home church (Dillon Hill C.O.G.I.C.). Pretty much what I understood was that I shouldn't sin; you know, live holy. In retrospect, I could say that was just about the extent of my knowledge of God's Word; one could say a legalistic view. You know, I ain't gon get no blessings, could lose my salvation, yada yada. So, being that naive, one could almost guess what would happen once I left home.
I went to Mississippi State University (still there; go bulldogs), and joined a campus ministry called Generation 6:20. It's essentially a WOF-based ministry (from WOF in Hattiesburg, MS). These were some exciting people to be around, I mean seemingly on-fire for the Lord and wanting to obey His Word. I can say I learned a few good things being in it, but at the time that I joined, I knew nothing about what I was getting into. I was under the illusion that anybody that says they're saved, is. I had no concept of the gravity of false doctrine or teachers, knew nothing about doing what those noble Bereans did (Acts 17:11) or about Paul's exhortation for us to examine everything (1 Thess. 5:21). So, I had fun being in that campus ministry; we traveled a few places, seemingly drew some people to faith in Christ, and I was extremely ecstatic. Can you imagine? "Learning" to speak in tongues, "praying" my prayer language, all done by young folk. Plus the campus leader supposedly "heard from God". When one of the members of the ministry told me that the leader could hear from God, that made me jump in joy. I thought it absolutely awesome that one could hear directly from the magnificent Creator! I'm telling you, I thought it to be true. I seriously did.
I stayed in the ministry for the entirety of my freshman year, and I think half of my sophomore year. That's when things started to get interesting; keep in mind, I'm still in the ministry at this point. You see, I visited Mr. Melvin Jones' website, Pulpit Pimps. He very much applies Jude 3, 2 John, and others, that teach us to stand up for the truth, warn sheep about who the false teachers are, especially as it pertains to those in WOF circles. Now, me reading this, it's all new to me, I had heard nor read anything in the Bible (if I did that at all), about false prophets and such. I must admit that first seeing all of it, kind of made me mad. Cuz, you know, he mentioned people that I liked listening to: Creflo Dollar, T.D. Jakes, Fred Price, a lot of WOF heretics. One thing that I learned though is that when it comes to learning truth, my feelings DO NOT determine what is true. God's Word certainly isn't subject to what I feel good about, else we throw the teachings of hell out the window. Admittedly, my feelings were strong, too, making me feel dumb, ya know? I was kind of like most people who posted, "Who is he to say this and that?" "Who died and made you right?" But all that ignorance missed the whole point. So, as I'm learning about the huge fallacies and heresies of WOF (primarily), I'm watching others in the campus ministry to see if they know anything about who they're following. I didn't really say anything because I was just learning it, and was a bit scared about the reactions I'd get. I figured that I wouldn't have to because, you know, the leader "hears" from God and all. Or so I thought. I mean, how is it that one could hear from God yet teach false doctrine, AND endorse those (Benny Hinn, Ken Copeland, Oral Roberts, Ken Hagin, called him "Dad") who teach it? This was the most baffling thing to me. How is that true? Isn't that like the biggest of contradictions?
I learned much about the WOF movement. As I said in my profile, I read Charismatic Chaos by John MacArthur and Christianity in Crisis by Hank Hannengraf. Both of these books were treatises on the WOF movement and the charismatic movement as a whole. I have a copy of each of them and am willing to share with anyone who would like to read them. I have learned a lot of the dangers and presence of false teachers, and I am reaching out to help others. It's what I'm commanded to do by God's Word, and I, with the help of His Holy Spirit, will continue to do so. I've learned and grown more, in God's Word, in the past two years than I have my whole life, and that's because I understand the necessity of having a working knowledge of what the Word says for myself. Mr. John Coleman over at johnecoleman.org helped me understand that. Straight Bible, that's all we need! Or in the words of the reformers, Sola Scriptura!
Soli Deo Gloria,
Mister C
I graduated from high school (May 2005) not really knowing or understanding God's Word, how to apply it to my life, and the importance of growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Bless His Hallowed Name). It never was emphasized by my home church (Dillon Hill C.O.G.I.C.). Pretty much what I understood was that I shouldn't sin; you know, live holy. In retrospect, I could say that was just about the extent of my knowledge of God's Word; one could say a legalistic view. You know, I ain't gon get no blessings, could lose my salvation, yada yada. So, being that naive, one could almost guess what would happen once I left home.
I went to Mississippi State University (still there; go bulldogs), and joined a campus ministry called Generation 6:20. It's essentially a WOF-based ministry (from WOF in Hattiesburg, MS). These were some exciting people to be around, I mean seemingly on-fire for the Lord and wanting to obey His Word. I can say I learned a few good things being in it, but at the time that I joined, I knew nothing about what I was getting into. I was under the illusion that anybody that says they're saved, is. I had no concept of the gravity of false doctrine or teachers, knew nothing about doing what those noble Bereans did (Acts 17:11) or about Paul's exhortation for us to examine everything (1 Thess. 5:21). So, I had fun being in that campus ministry; we traveled a few places, seemingly drew some people to faith in Christ, and I was extremely ecstatic. Can you imagine? "Learning" to speak in tongues, "praying" my prayer language, all done by young folk. Plus the campus leader supposedly "heard from God". When one of the members of the ministry told me that the leader could hear from God, that made me jump in joy. I thought it absolutely awesome that one could hear directly from the magnificent Creator! I'm telling you, I thought it to be true. I seriously did.
I stayed in the ministry for the entirety of my freshman year, and I think half of my sophomore year. That's when things started to get interesting; keep in mind, I'm still in the ministry at this point. You see, I visited Mr. Melvin Jones' website, Pulpit Pimps. He very much applies Jude 3, 2 John, and others, that teach us to stand up for the truth, warn sheep about who the false teachers are, especially as it pertains to those in WOF circles. Now, me reading this, it's all new to me, I had heard nor read anything in the Bible (if I did that at all), about false prophets and such. I must admit that first seeing all of it, kind of made me mad. Cuz, you know, he mentioned people that I liked listening to: Creflo Dollar, T.D. Jakes, Fred Price, a lot of WOF heretics. One thing that I learned though is that when it comes to learning truth, my feelings DO NOT determine what is true. God's Word certainly isn't subject to what I feel good about, else we throw the teachings of hell out the window. Admittedly, my feelings were strong, too, making me feel dumb, ya know? I was kind of like most people who posted, "Who is he to say this and that?" "Who died and made you right?" But all that ignorance missed the whole point. So, as I'm learning about the huge fallacies and heresies of WOF (primarily), I'm watching others in the campus ministry to see if they know anything about who they're following. I didn't really say anything because I was just learning it, and was a bit scared about the reactions I'd get. I figured that I wouldn't have to because, you know, the leader "hears" from God and all. Or so I thought. I mean, how is it that one could hear from God yet teach false doctrine, AND endorse those (Benny Hinn, Ken Copeland, Oral Roberts, Ken Hagin, called him "Dad") who teach it? This was the most baffling thing to me. How is that true? Isn't that like the biggest of contradictions?
I learned much about the WOF movement. As I said in my profile, I read Charismatic Chaos by John MacArthur and Christianity in Crisis by Hank Hannengraf. Both of these books were treatises on the WOF movement and the charismatic movement as a whole. I have a copy of each of them and am willing to share with anyone who would like to read them. I have learned a lot of the dangers and presence of false teachers, and I am reaching out to help others. It's what I'm commanded to do by God's Word, and I, with the help of His Holy Spirit, will continue to do so. I've learned and grown more, in God's Word, in the past two years than I have my whole life, and that's because I understand the necessity of having a working knowledge of what the Word says for myself. Mr. John Coleman over at johnecoleman.org helped me understand that. Straight Bible, that's all we need! Or in the words of the reformers, Sola Scriptura!
Soli Deo Gloria,
Mister C
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Intro
Good morning, afternoon, evening, whichever time you read this blog. I am so excited to finally be doing this. This is my first post (obviously). I got the idea to start a blog from my brother Tyris over at www.thinkchristians.blogspot.com. He kind of had a similar journey to the truth as I did. That's halfway explained in the "About Me" section. I'll do a later post fully explaining that portion of my life in more clarifying terms.
By the way, that's me on the far right on the picture I have posted. That was taken during my senior year of high school. I was voted by the teachers as Mr. THS.
I have learned and grown a lot this past year and a half in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I have learned much about a disciple's responsibilities and commands we have to our Lord, first and foremost, and then to each other as brothers and sisters in Him. I am so happy because I've experienced the growth that we are to have. Gotta get ready to go to church; I'll post more later!
Solus Christus,
Mister C
By the way, that's me on the far right on the picture I have posted. That was taken during my senior year of high school. I was voted by the teachers as Mr. THS.
I have learned and grown a lot this past year and a half in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I have learned much about a disciple's responsibilities and commands we have to our Lord, first and foremost, and then to each other as brothers and sisters in Him. I am so happy because I've experienced the growth that we are to have. Gotta get ready to go to church; I'll post more later!
Solus Christus,
Mister C
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