Sunday, December 16, 2007

About the shootings

These are terrible terrible news, not just because it's a horible tragedy but because it reveals the state thats part of the church is in today. I read part of Matthew Murray's blog entries and my heart just sinked. It wasn't him who killed those christians it was the same "church of Christ" that did. How? with their hypocresy, their fakeness for not accomplishig the role that God put us here for, with their religiousness and stupid pride. This is the kind of people Jesus was against, not sinners. I don't justify his acts at all, I just feel so sad inside for the reasons he did what he did. His hate wasn't towards God, it was towards the people who were representing God so very very badly. The worst part of it is that everything could have been avoided if just one person gave him the very logical answers he was looking for instead of being more faithful to a human made sistem of "sanctity". I don't want to offend the victim's families or themselves it's not my intention at all because no one deserves what they went through. I'm just saying that we should learn from this and not just think that he was some demon possesed rebel and let´s just keep doing what we are doing, no, what he did was caused because his heart was consumed from hate because he could not stand the hypocresy of the christians he knew, just that he didn't find answers on time. Should we ask ourselves if we are doing something wrong? definitely. It's easy don't call yourself a christian if you are not willing to act like one wholy (that includes gossip, hatred and envy) because it just stains the name of Jesus and it's an insult to His Holy Face. Ask God He will answer. His heart is hurting for his church, and I pray for all of those people who have drawn away from God because of man's doings so this never happens again. And to think that just a few days ago we still had time...

Thursday, December 6, 2007

The assemblies of God pronounce against the G12 movement.

The asemblies of God pronounced against the world known G12 movement. It´s not my intention to insult anyone because I love the church of Christ but please if anyone has doubts about it don´t be afraid, search for the truth. Don´t look at your pastors like they are semi gods because they are human and they are here to serve their sheep not the other way around. I think the whole enphasis on multiplication of this movement is strange, I mean where in His word does Jesus tell us to reproduce ourselves in other people? He tells us that it´s Him who should reproduce himself in us (or us imitate Him), besides not everybody is called to leadership like this movement says. Only God calls leaders according to His will and purpose. I think deviating people from their true calling isn´t right. Yes, God will still move and restore people but it´s not the church or the movement that does it only His Holy Spirit. It bothers me that there has to be a human sistem for church growth, why don´t we let the Holy Spirit do it? I believe that if we get to the point of thinking that saying something against the doctrine of Castellanos (founder) is the same as blasfemy against God (read it in Youtube from a member of that church) we are in a very wrong place and it´s time to reevaluate everything , he is not the Holy Spirit and yes, he makes mistakes because like you and I, he is human and we are not and will never be perfect. If in you there is jealousy, envy, greed, hunger for power or pride there is something wrong in your heart (Talking from experience). Oh, by the way, Jesus told us to make disciples as a church not that every christian in the world has to have 12 people in charge not one more not one less (what a truly limited yet ambicious vision). Imagine that we got no other purpose in this world than to have 12 people in charge sound like a cult to me. God is God of order not structures! He has an unique and beautiful plan for each of us His children and these kind of sistems locks us and draws us away from it. Succes in your life will not be measured by the cuantity of disciples you make but in fulfilling the purpose of God for your life, big or small to human eyes.

Friday, November 30, 2007

Primerisima Entrata

Hello, my name is Gabriela and this is my blog. First entries are always tough, so much pressure to achieve a good one intimidates me a bit. I think this is great, being able to write whatever I want and people all over the world having access to it, though I´m not sure who would read it, ah the miracle of Internet. I´m in that in between generation where we were old enough to remember the before WWW era, hey I´m not very old but everything moves so fast these days, in fact I am almost sure that time did physically passed by slower before and it just gets faster with the years, that or being a kid gives everything more value, less work and more amazement to enjoy the little things, or maybe it´s just the city. I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, been here for four years now, I am native of this beautuful country but this is the first time I remember living in it. I was an international student till graduation, it´s tough moving away every two or in the best cases three years, people who´ve been through this know what I mean. Anyway, If you are still reading this, welcome to a piece of my mind. God Bless.