Bridge To Dominion Lifeteam meeting Recap 2

I just want to thank everyone that showed up and participated. Last
nights meeting was a blessing to me. It was good to hear everyone
share what God put on their heart and how this message has been
impacting our lifes.

I really like how John 3:17 says that Jesus didn't come to condemn
the world but to save. Everyone knows John 3:16 very few now the
verse after and to me thats the vital part. God not only saves but
he's not here to judge or condemn. The judgment WILL COME but its not
here now. I also like Matthew 19 where it talks about the kingdom of
heaven is like a servant forgiven of much who goes and tries to hold
someone who owes him very little accountable and throw him in prison
and shows how if we don't forgive the sins we were forgiven for we
will be held accountable for because unforgiveness is an unpardonable
sin, once your forgive then your slate is clean. As it says in the
manner we judge we will be judged. If we forgive we will be forgiven.
To many forget that forgivness of others is essential to be forgive.

There were a few testimonies about family, work and other
relationships where forgiveness was needed to be given and how to
deal with situations with Christians who are hypocritical.

Some good points where brought up.

I love how Francis Frangipane words things. I feel like I share alot
in common with things he says and how he approaches life and faith.

Where he says unless your willing to die for someone you have no
right to judge them. And that until your willing to intercede for
them and love them then you have no place to judge them. If you have
the Christ kinda of love that you will die for them and never leave
nor forsake them then you can help them toward the right path. We
discussed the biblical pattern for dealing with issues like that,
going to the person one on one, taking someone with you or taking it
further if necessary. But if your not willing to lay your life down
for them and intercede then you have no place.

And that realy leads to the point about the Plankeye Syndrome that we
discussed last night that when a person Judges and doesn't forgive
that they become so critical of others that they can't see their own
sins and since they are in judgement the critisize and just others
and this also brought us into a discussion on seperation and
discernment. Being able to understand what kingdom people are
opperating under. To be "meek and lowly of heart" to be slow to
speak, to take time to listen and hear the truth in things people say
and not take on the offense when someone may intend to offend. But to
be discerning of what spirit they are operating under and how to
minister through encouragement and wisdom, which is the application
of knowledge and experience which only comes through being doers of
the word not just listeners.

Most people with Plank Eye syndrome have a fixation with your spec
and keep picking at it but everytime they look at you, you have to
duck because if you dont their plank will hit you in the head.

Its also important to understand that you'r ears are holy and you
don't have to be defiled by listening to gossip that not saying
anything is the same as agreement or atleast to those speaking and
you're spirit feels defiled. We must have boundaries and when people
start to defile us we speak up. As I mentioned before meekness isn't
weakness, its strength cover or vieled, its having the power to but
making the choice not to. Humility is taking the lowest position,
taking the lowest seat, not trying to rise above others.

We must be meek and lowly of heart, to judge our own heart and walk
in love and realize Jesus didn't come to condemn or judge but to
save. Our job or mission is to love others as Christ did and through
our love lead them to Christ. As I mentioned last night to "Witness
at all times, but when necessary use words," Jesus spending time with
Zacheus the tax collector caused him to give half of all the stuff he
took back to those he took it from. In that time Tax collectors would
take an additional percentage of the taxes, if the tax was 10 percent
they would take 20 percent, or whatever they felt like and just the
fact that Jesus would spend time with him, he felt the love and
acceptance of God and that brought him to repentance.

The word says that Gods kindness leads to repentance. Gods love
covers a multitude of sins. The accuser of the brethren will accusser
a sinner of sin. You don't have to try to confront a sinner and tell
them they are a sinner. Jeremiah 33 says the new covenant will be on
peoples hearts and that you won't have to say to your neighbor know
God beause they now. Everyone is convicted of sin.

As Francis Frangipane said Jesus never Condemned Sinners, He
condemned Hypocrites / Religious Pharisee's. Judgement first comes to
the house of God. A sinner is a sinner. I think that Mormons,
Jehovahs Witness and others have pushed a false view of evangelism,
make sinner feel bad for their sin, condemn them for their sin and
then get them to repent. When Jesus spent time with Zacheus he
repented just because Jesus spent time with him. He saw his life, his
deeds, his works but that he would just eat dinner at his house was
amazing to him. Our lives should be like that.

When the women with adultery was caught and brought to him. Jesus
said let the first person without sin cast a stone and started to
write in the sand. As he wrote the all left starting the eldest
Pharisee on down. They all had sin. And then Jesus said where are you
accusers and then he said "go and sin no more." The shortest sermon.
Simple to the point. He didn't have to judge or go look adultry is
wrong you shouldn't do it, God doesn't like that. She knew. He said
go and sin no more. Many scholars say she's the one who brought the
alabaster jar and washed his feet with it when Judas said it was a
waste but our Lord said this must be done for the preperation for my
burial.

Love covers sin, the accuser uncovers.

He who is forgiven much loves much. We must shift our live to live by
example. We talked about how using proverbs in the workplace and with
others is a good way to plant seeds without judging and how God has
openned doors to change peoples lifes that way.

We also, discussed how Jesus humbleselve to come to the earth as a
man and at the Lords Passover Meal he washed the feet of the
disciples. The God who spoke the world into existance, the word,
Jehovah Elohim, was kneeling at the feet of His disciples and said
they had no part of him if they didn't let him wash their feet.

Jesus took the lowest place, so He could take us to the highest place
with him. He showed love, mercy, forgiveness, healed those hurting,
binded up their wounds, suffered punishment for our sins and pain for
our healing.

When faced with the cross he never spoke a word because he "knew the
spirit that is within men." He discerned the kingdoms and knew of
which spirit people spoke, so he was able to divide a person from
their sin. The word is sharper than a two edged sword to dividing
assunder of joints and marrow, soul and spirit, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart. Jesus, The Word, IS SHARPER
than a TWO EDGED SWORD. Jesus was a sharp guy. Who was tempted in all
ways as we are but didn't sin. He didn't say a word but on the cross
said of those who killed him, "Father forgive them, they don't know
what they do," because he "knew the spirit that is within men" as
Paul said "when I sin its is no longer I but sin in me."

It easy to meek when you a confronted with a rough situation when you
know that the person who is full of judgement, wrath and anger is
under judgement for their unforgiveness and they are walking in a
spirit of bitterness. You know that they behave that way because its
a spiritual issue not a physical battle.

As I mentioned late night, the Nicene council was called to battle
the Gnostic gospels that were trying to teach that knowledge saves
and the "enlightenment" really brought that to the mainstream and is
the mainstream in Western Culture and education. After the dark ages
came the enlightenment which real taught that "knowledge is power."
Thats really the luciferian spirit and the mantra of
witchcraft, "know thyself and you know god and the universe," which
is rooted in Lucifereanism. Too say rationaly I am self reliant, self
sufficient, self capable. You may be but if you are a hearer and not
a doer of the word. If you are lost in knowledge but have no power in
your life. You might want to apply "your heart" to knowledge and let
it become wisdom through experience.

We must cast down those vain imaginations, thoughts and arguments
that rise against the knowledge of God. The most common topic I read
about in Paul epistles is Sanctification... That we go from Glory to
Glory, Height to Height, that God keeps us when we walk with him. Its
our job to apply our hearts to wisdom, to walk according to Gods
word. In the OT the glory resided in the Holy of Holies, we are not
temples of the Glory of God, if we walk out sanctification or which
Humility is the foundation of transformation, then the closer to God
we get, the more humble we have to be. God resists the proud but
draws near to the humble. Humility is the key to the power of Gods
kingdom in your life.

When we walk in humility and sanctification, we go from glory to
glory and the closer we get to God, the more that people around
us "feel" the change of the presence of God in our lives.

Jesus said in the last days we are to preach the good news to all the
earth and in the OT is says His glory will be poured out all over the
earth. We are the earthen vessels of clay that to carry the oil of
the spirit. We need to keep getting vessels to bring them in so they
can get filled up and then go out. We are the vessels who are to
carry His glory to the ends of the earth. That is the miseo-dea the
mission of God. We are His vessels and vessels of dishonor can
cleanse themselves and become vessels of honor.

I know this is another of my long posts... Thank you for reading it
for those of you who do. I pray that it blesses you as we were
blessed last night.

Shalom,
Jermiah Giehl