許多教會領袖已成為生活教練而不是精神之父. 精神之父們已經將羊群牧羊人的角色轉變為勵志演講者. 他們鼓勵人們, 吃肉，注重靈魂和身體的福祉 (肉), 成功和財富. 這種角色的轉變之所以發生，是因為許多基督徒沒有重生，而是屬肉體的。. 許多傳道人都是屬肉體的，並且受到這個世界精神的影響. 許多教會訪客不希望有人幹擾他們的生活並告訴他們該怎麼做. 反而, 他們想要某人, 他們說正面的話並在精神和身體上激勵和鼓勵他們. 有人指導他們並提供正確的工具來應用在他們的日常生活中以實現繁榮, 成功的, 和富有的.
精神之父們, 那些依靠上帝的人已成為屬肉體的領袖, 靠自己的人
許多教會領袖已經從靈到魂，變成屬肉體的了。. They no longer rely upon Jesus Christ; 這個單字, 父親和聖靈. They don’t build upon God and His Word, but they have put their trust in their own intellect and ability and the wisdom and knowledge of the world. They depend upon natural resources and methods to attract, please, 招待, 法律顧問, and keep the people (使滿意) 在教堂裡.
多年來, human and Eastern philosophies and 錯誤的教義 已進入教堂. The leaders no longer focus on the well-being of the spirit of people and the fruit they bear, but they focus on the well-being of people’s soul and body and their carnal needs.
所以, they have changed and adjusted their sermons to the carnal needs of the people.
The life coaches are no longer inspired by God and His Word and no longer speak from the Word by the Spirit to the people. 但反而, they preach from their own insights, 意見, 經歷, and focus on the carnal needs of the people and what they want to hear.
They coach and inspire them through their motivational words. 他們使用自然的手段, 方法, 和科技來取悅和激勵他們的肉體.
他們說出自己的話，並提供如何處理身體和靈魂問題的肉慾方法和技術, 壓力, 衝突, 和生活中的問題，提倡健康的生活方式.
These life coaches don’t focus on the spiritual new man, 教導神的旨意，變得靈性堅強，賦予基督的身體力量. 但他們專注於肉體的力量並賦予信徒的身體力量, 透過促進健康營養, 生活方式和體育鍛煉 (健康, 瑜珈, 冥想, 正念, 武術 (包括自衛).
教堂的參觀者寧願聽生活教練的話, 他們以肉體為食並提供屬肉體的智慧, 知識, 方法, 技術和工具, then spiritual fathers, who feed their spirit and spiritually corrects and disciplines them and provide spiritual principles from the Word of God, so that they will get to know the 神的旨意 and grow up in holiness into the image of Jesus Christ.
Mental coaches and motivational speakers
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel (1 哥林多前書 4:14-15)
Since many church leaders remain carnal and live like the world, they preach from a carnal mind what carnal Christians want to hear and don’t take it so closely with sin. They try to attract as many people as possible with their appearance and charismatic motivational words.
They preach from their carnal mind and come up with their own encouraging and inspirational life quotes and philosophies that derive from their own intellect and carnal reasoning, instead of speaking and quoting the wisdom of God from His Word (聖經), which is meant for the spirit.
Many church leaders have changed their role and their message. They are no longer spiritual fathers, who are appointed by God and stand in His service and speak His words.
They are no longer focused upon Jesus Christ and no longer spend with Him and listen to Him and feed, correct and raise the born again believers out of Him, so that the believers grow up into mature sons of God.
They are no longer moved with 同情 and concerned about the spiritual well-being of the sheep and don’t correct and chastise them anymore.
They are no longer led by the Holy Spirit in their prayers and informed about the spiritual state of the congregation and don’t fight for them spiritually.
But they have become life coaches, who are appointed by the people and stand in the service of people and are focused upon the people and their mental and physical state and need.
They preach to the feelings and emotions of people and guide them from their carnal mind and intellect with the knowledge and wisdom of the world.
They provide carnal knowledge, 智慧, and natural methods, 科技, and tools so that they can improve their daily lives, 結構, 健康, relationships, 職業, and achievements, and deal with conflicts and become their better self and live a prosperous, 成功的, and wealthy life.
They think highly of themselves and talk for hours about their own lives and experiences and so now and then, they quote a scripture from the Bible, that is often taken out of context to back up their motivational words.
Their sermons and doctrines don’t feed the spirit of the new man and don’t ensure that the believers 推遲老人 and grow up into mature sons of Gods, but their sermons feed the old man and keep the flesh of the carnal old man alive. 正因為如此, many walk in darkness in the bondage of sin and death.
Many leaders are too busy with their own lives and are more focuses upon their own success, projects, ambitions, achievements, goals, and wallets, 而不是信徒的精神健康和狀態以及他們的永恆. 所以, 多 pastors lead their sheep into the abyss, 而不是永生.
父母成為人生導師
既然世界之靈已經進入並控制了許多生命, 這種欺騙的精神不僅在教會中起作用, 而且在家庭中. 所以, 這種精神之父轉化為人生教練的現像不僅發生在許多教會, 而且在很多家庭中. 很多家長都成為了人生教練, who are focused upon the success of their child(任) 在社會上不再養育和養育孩子，但他們引導孩子.
在許多家庭中, 父母雙方都有工作，並認為他們可以擁有成功的職業生涯並撫養孩子(任) 同時. 但事實是, 他們花在工作上的時間多於花在孩子上的時間(任) 並且更專注於工作而不是孩子(任). 當他們在工作時, 他們信任自己的孩子(任) 給別人.
很多父母不撫養孩子(任) 他們自己, 儘管許多人認為並說他們這樣做.
但是，如果父母雙方都在一周內全職工作並且下班回家很晚，他們的心思仍然被工作佔據，他們往往太累而無法真正傾聽孩子的聲音(任), 更不用說與孩子共度美好時光(任).
他們大約有 3-4 在一起幾個小時, 在孩子麵前(任) 去睡覺, 他們大部分時間都花在手機上, 電視, 電腦, 軟墊, ETC.
雖然父母親都在場, 很多時候他們的精神狀態並不存在.
許多父母往往更關注正在發生的事情, 在他們的手機上比他們孩子的生活中發生的事情更重要(任). 他們更了解電視人物的生活, 然後關於他們孩子的生活(任). 他們更了解自己的來龍去脈和秘密 電子遊戲 比他們對自己孩子的了解還要多(任).
所以時不時, 他們與孩子進行對話，以激勵和鼓勵他們在生活領域以及如何取得成功. 他們往往更關心自己的成就而不是精神健康. 有時他們會提供聖經中與財富和繁榮相關的經文來支持他們的勵志話語.
但不幸的是, 很多時候，父母的權威、父母對孩子生活的參與、父母和孩子之間的情感連結都缺失了. 父母常常看不到孩子的需要，也聽不到孩子沒說的話. 所以, 很多時候，父母並沒有給予孩子真正需要的東西，也因為如此 孩子們迷路了 在世界上.
有些人應對身分問題, 感到被拒絕並且受到憂鬱症的支配, 飲食失調, 恐懼, 焦慮, 憤怒, ETC. 甚至還有孩子, 不想活、渴望死的人.
信徒不會成長為神的成熟兒子
許多教會也存在著同樣的情況，因此許多信徒面臨著各種精神和身體問題. 許多教會傳福音，許多人得醫治，有時甚至得救, 但就是這樣. 他們沒有受到神的話語和神的旨意的照顧、靈性的餵養和門訓，以致他們在靈性上成熟，並在神的旨意中跟隨聖靈而行。. Many church leaders don’t know their sheep and don’t know what is going on in their lives.
在許多教堂中, the parental authority is lacking and the church leaders don’t speak the truth of the Word so that the believers put off their old life and 穿上新人 and grow up into the image of Christ.
But many have changed and adjusted the words of God, so that they fit into their carnal lives and they can live like the world (另請閱讀: 上帝會改變他對人的慾望和慾望的意志?).
Since many church leaders are not spiritually mature, but are still carnal and live like the world, they also use the same wisdom, 方法, and technics as the world and apply them to motivate, 招待, counsel and advise the people.
But Jesus didn’t say, that the leaders of His body should become motivators, counselors and entertainers, and allow themselves to be exalted by the people and worshiped as gods.
但是耶穌說, that the leaders of His body should be shepherds, who represent Him and feed His flock with His words, so that they will get to know Him and the will of God and glorify Jesus and honor God with their lives (哦. 約翰 10:1-15; 21:15-17, 行為 20:28-29, 弗 4:11, 1 體育 5:2-4).
Is there ‘a new thing’ or ‘a change’ 未來?
在許多教堂中, the church leaders are no longer in the service of God and don’t preach spiritual truths of the Kingdom of God, 十字架, 耶穌的血, 悔改, 再生, sanctification and eternal life. They don’t live as mature sons of God and don’t set the example on how to walk after the Word and the Holy Spirit and rely on God. But they rely on themselves and their own knowledge, 智慧, 能力, and skills and walk after the flesh.
They feed, satisfy, and encourage the carnal soul of the people, through their motivational messages and continuously say and promise that ‘a new thing’, ‘a new level‘ or ‘a change’ is about to come, that will cause the feelings and emotions of the carnal people to be temporarily psyched up and the people be motivated and encouraged for a short period of time.
But the Bible doesn’t speak about ‘a new thing’, ‘a new level’ or ‘a change’ that will come. The only new thing and change that the Bible has talked about and has promised, referred to the 耶穌基督的來臨 on the earth and His perfect 救贖的工作 and the putting off of the old man and the putting on of the new man.
They counsel the believers and try to solve their problems and conflicts by using the same methods and technics of psychologists (另請閱讀: 基督教心理學是否存在?).
“Exercise yourself unto godliness, for bodily exercise profits little”
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profits little: 但敬虔對萬事都有益處, 對現在的生活有承諾, 以及即將發生的事情 (1 提姆 4:7-9).
Lately, more and more church leaders not only feed and serve the soul, but also the body of the believers. Many churches are not only changed into entertainment facilities, like lounges to fellowship, 餐廳, concert halls with ambiance lighting and loud music, but also into fitness centers, where they provide fitness, 瑜珈, 武術 和自衛 (which derives from martial-arts (另請閱讀: 教會是社會機構或上帝的力量))
They’ve compromised with the world and have allowed eastern philosophies and 新時代 doctrines to enter the church to feed the soul of the believers, 結果, they now have allowed the eastern healing, 體育鍛鍊, mediation, and combat sports to feed the body of the believers.
正因為如此, many local churches are deviated from the Word of God and have entered self-chosen ways, where the devil has control and exercises his lordship, and the flesh of the carnal man is fed, 娛樂的, motivated and empowered. 因此, the people will bear the fruit of the flesh instead of the 聖靈的果子.
But the Church is not a worldly organization and doesn’t belong to the world, but belongs to the Kingdom of God. The Church is the assembly of born again believers, who walk in holiness after the Word and the Spirit.
The Church should serve and represent the Kingdom of God instead of serve and represent the kingdom of this world.
多年來, the Church has slowly become an (娛樂) business and a social institution that provide the needs of the carnal people.
But this is not how God wants His people to live and this is not how Jesus wants His Body to live and act.
Are Jesus and the Holy Spirit good enough?
Many churches have defiled the Body of Jesus Christ by committing adultery with the world and allow the things of the world in the church and approve them. Indirectly, 他們說, that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are not good enough and sufficient enough to them and therefore they look elsewhere. They look for alternatives for the things of God and look for alternative worldly methods and desires the same things as the world.
The unfaithful people of God
It is just like the people of Israel when God had delivered them from their bondage of Pharaoh and led them to the wilderness, where they were cleansed, equipped and prepared to enter the promised land. But the majority of the people were rebellious and stubborn. 一會兒, they said wholeheartedly “是的” to God and promised Him to keep 他的誡命, and the next moment, they turned their back to Him and denied Him by committing adultery and idolatry, because God didn’t meet their expectation and wasn’t sufficient to them.
They couldn’t forget their old lives in Egypt and wanted to serve the same gods and have the same lives as the Egyptians.
As soon as Moses, who was appointed by God and represented God and was their spiritual father, went up into the mountain and left them for a while, their true identity was revealed.
The people rather wanted to have a visible image of a dumb idol, then an invisible living God; 這 Creator of Heaven and earth.
They’d rather wanted to have fun, party and live a life full of impurities and walk in the ways of the Egyptians and please themselves, then to keep the 神的誡命 然後走進去 他的路 請他.
As soon as their spiritual father Moses left and another leader was appointed, who was not able to stand against the people and didn’t stay loyal to God and stand on the Word, but wanted to please the people, they found someone, who listened to them and was able to fulfill their carnal needs.
They gave him their gold, so that he could make a visible god for them. When the image of the golden calf was created and they got what they wanted they became adulterous by committing idolatry, and they partied and danced before their god; their golden calf.
That’s what happens when spiritual fathers are no longer present and carnal leaders or life coaches take over and the people have indirect control over them. Because as soon as the life coaches don’t give them what they want or say something that offends them and they don’t want to hear, 他們走開. And that’s something that the church doesn’t want, because the church doesn’t want to offend people but the church wants to attract people and grow. 所以, they adjust their message and the service to the wishes and desires of the people and give them what they want to hear and do.
Is the fear of God present in the Church?
因此有這些承諾, 深愛的人, 讓我們清除自己的肉體和精神的所有骯髒, 在恐懼中完善聖潔 (2 鈷 7:1)
我們生活在一個時代, in which the generation, who had somewhat a fear for the Lord and His Word and walked in His way, surrender the baton to a new generation of whom the majority don’t have a fear of God, but are rebellious and world-like and walk after the flesh and go their own way and therefore walk on their own carnal path of life.
They copy the world and Christianize the things of the world. Since they are carnal and led by their senses, 情緒, 和感受, they are focused upon appearances, they look like rock stars and bodybuilders, who are good looking from the outside, and are social and speak smoothly.
By their charismatic appearance, good looks and flattering words, they know exactly how to attract and win the carnal people, 有意義的人, for themselves by pulling their feelings and emotions.
They want to be noticed and exalted and worshiped by the people and they are focused upon success, fame and wealth. They are led by their carnal mind, worldly trends and figures and by using worldly knowledge, wisdom and methods they try to achieve their ambitions and goals and attract as many people as possible so that the church becomes a successful business that they are responsible for.
Sexual uncleanness in the churches
然而, since they sow in the flesh, they also reap the fruit of the flesh. 所以, we see much sexual uncleanness in the lives of many leaders, who are appointed in the churches.
They commit fornication, 通姦, abuse children sexually, 他們 未婚同居, have sexual relationships, same-sex relationships, 是 離婚的 and remarried in a short period of time, 觀看色情, visit prostitutes and so on.
And when they are caught, they just ask forgiveness out of a formality and they are quickly restored in their position in the ministry. 但是很多次, after a while the same sin takes place again. That’s because the unclean spirit is still present in the life of the person.
因為事實, that many church leaders ignore sin and allow sin and live in sin, the church members also habitually live in sin. 為什麼? Because they follow and adopt the example and the behavior of their leader.
They consider their leader as someone, who is appointed by God and therefore if their leader lives that way, God approves it and they may also live that way.
But as long as someone doesn’t hate sin, but embraces sin and approves sin, it proves that the person doesn’t have the nature of God and is not born again, but still has the nature of the fallen man, which is the nature of the devil.
正因為如此, the morals of God are being adjusted to the morals of the world and fallen man, and the lamps of many churches have been removed by Jesus and they are seated in darkness (另請閱讀: 坐在黑暗中的教堂).
The return of spiritual fathers
正如你們所知，我們如何勸告、安慰和責備你們每一個人, 正如父親對待他的孩子一樣, 使你們行事為人對得起神, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory (1 Th 2:11-12)
It’s about time that the spiritual fathers, who are born again in Christ and have the Spirit of God and walk as sons of God in obedience to the Word and His will, return and take their place in the Church. 領導者, who don’t have the carnal mind of the world and are focused upon themselves and establishing their kingdom, but are focused upon Jesus Christ and establishing the Kingdom of God.
Every born again believer in Christ is a representative of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God on this earth. But the church leaders, who are appointed as shepherds of the flock have a greater responsibility. Because the church leaders are responsible for the souls of the believers (哦. 因為 23:1, 赫布 13:17)
They should feed and correct the born again believers, so that they grow up and spiritually mature in the image of Jesus Christ and walk in God’s way, that leads to eternal life.
The church leaders are appointed by God and stand in His service instead of the people, and don’t serve themselves, but serve from Him the people (哦. 3月 10:45, 魯 22:24-30, 約翰 13:12-15).
The church leaders are only able to stand in the service of God and represent Him and serve the people, when they have 推遲老人 和 穿上新人 and walk as the new creation in obedience to God in the authority of the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit.
The church leaders should listen to what Jesus; the Word says and speak His words and correct the believers, when needed and raise them spiritually. Instead of listening to their own knowledge and rely on their own (有魅力的) 技能, 智力, and insights and speak and acts from them.
They should be led by the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit speaks the truth of God and reveals what takes place in the lives of people. Everything that takes place in darkness, He shall bring into the light.
The church leaders are the keepers of the souls of the believers and are responsible for the spiritual growth of the born again believers and the overall state of the Church.
所以, let the leaders of the church take their position as spiritual fathers and their responsibility to nurture and raise the believers into mature sons of God, who walk in His will and preach, bring and establish His Kingdom on earth.
‘成為地球之鹽’
