I see it happening. The individual's fire is being tamed to please the masses. The calling for a "corporate expression" is squelching individual expression. Those who love the secret place are trampled by those who love church meetings and home gatherings. The extroverts are clashing with the introverts. Church unity is suffering (at least in my Christian circles). This needs to be exposed and mended.
Here is an example:
Your in a worship service, and your worship leader asks you to raise your hands. Only 73% of the church raises their hands. Now you know all the church body isn't subservient to the worship leader. What do you do? Panic? Don't care? Address it? Read a scripture about lifting hands to God? Call them to repentance? Tell the worship leader to refrain from such requests? There are many reactions. No matter what decision you make, you know there is a percentage of the church that disregards the request of a church leader.
Here is another example:
A female is breaking out with laughter while the rest of the congregation is sober. Some people believes she is manifesting a demon. The other half think she has holy laughter. At that point you need an apostle!
Right now I think there is a new paradigm that is rattling church unity. There is an individual expression of the bride of Christ. There is also a corporate expression of the bride of Christ. These two teachings are at odds with one another and are not cohesive. I wonder if there is an apostle to make these two expression cohesive.
Here is an example:
Your in a worship service, and your worship leader asks you to raise your hands. Only 73% of the church raises their hands. Now you know all the church body isn't subservient to the worship leader. What do you do? Panic? Don't care? Address it? Read a scripture about lifting hands to God? Call them to repentance? Tell the worship leader to refrain from such requests? There are many reactions. No matter what decision you make, you know there is a percentage of the church that disregards the request of a church leader.
Here is another example:
A female is breaking out with laughter while the rest of the congregation is sober. Some people believes she is manifesting a demon. The other half think she has holy laughter. At that point you need an apostle!
Right now I think there is a new paradigm that is rattling church unity. There is an individual expression of the bride of Christ. There is also a corporate expression of the bride of Christ. These two teachings are at odds with one another and are not cohesive. I wonder if there is an apostle to make these two expression cohesive.
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