duplicate of THE PENTECOSTAL MISSION

A TRUE LIFE INCIDENT !!

1) Once upon a time, there was a person called Alex. He was born & brought up in TPM faith. He was in TPM for the past 42 years. Recently, however, he refuses to attend TPM service. Thousands like Alex have stopped attending TPM services. Why? The following reasons were discovered:
1. Many TPM pastors eloped with sisters.
2. A TPM pastor stayed in the ministry and had children through secret relationships.
3. Most TPM pastors eat lunches and dinners in a manner as if they were slaves to food.
4. Most TPM workers discriminated against poor believers by visiting only the wealthy believers frequently.

2) The moment people leave, the TPM workers helplessly cry to the remaining believers, “Look to Jesus not to humans”. However, when they preach every Sunday they do not preach that the TPM workers are “humans”. Instead, they preach that the TPM workers are the following:
TPM workers are glorious due to their “Celibacy consecration”.
TPM workers are glorious as they belong to the “144,000 group”.
TPM workers are “apostles” and better than other pastors.
TPM workers belong to Zion and could see the Father, which other pastors could not.

Hence, such a preaching makes believers to “depend” on the workers and make them their “role-models”, instead of making Christ as the role model. Eventually, when the sins and the poor attitudes of the workers are exposed miserably, the believers leave.

The sad fact is that those who leave, do not just abandon TPM. They also abandon Christ !!

WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THE ABOVE INCIDENT?

Lesson 1: If only the TPM workers had preached about the Holy Spirit instead of bragging about their celibacy, then this Alex and many others like him would not have abandoned Christ even after leaving TPM.

CONCLUSION: Hence, tell the TPM workers to stop bragging about TPM or about the glory of their celibacy and instead tell them to teach about the following:
1. How the Holy Spirit helps to live holy.
2. What is the authority of a believer as per Mark 16: 17,18 and John 14:12.
3. How to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
4. How to comfort others from the scriptures.
5. How to preach the gospel to non-christians.
6. How to teach about Christ and not brag about workers.
7. How to overcome demons in the name of Jesus.
8. How to pray for the healing of others.
9. How to depend on the Holy Spirit and stop hero-worshipping the workers.
10.Calling of priesthood for all believers.

God bless you.