Message #24450

[Kilika]

First off, just wanted to say that I DO like what Bryan has done with his ministry - no, I don't put him(or anyone else) on a pedestial, but I really do like how the Lord has done wonders with his ministry. With that being said...

1) Isn't it our understanding that those who are full time in the ministry, like Bryan, have all of their needs(food, clothing, etc) provided for? I'm surprised his home church really didn't provide anything for him(he said he was staying with his parents before he got married - no, nothing wrong with that b/c the economy is really rotten now. I myself am staying with my parents, and praise the Lord he's providing for my needs!).

2) Like said in #1, people who can't find employment shouldn't be condemned, b/c the last decade, especially now, has been very bad with no turning back(as the Rev 13 prophecies are right around the corner). However, why on earth did Bryan bother to find a wife when he didn't have the means to provide for her in the first place? He's right, like scripture says, if you don't provide for your own household, you are worse off than an infidel. Again, he should have thought twice before finding a wife b/c he didn't have any steady job to begin with. And what makes him think he can find anything now with the global economy on the brink of imploding, and only like 23% of companies are hiring now?

I listened to the other guy once who's replacing him(Jesse D) - he really didn't sit well with me, especially when he said the book of James is for the Jews(only) in the tribulation. Uhhh...there are some VERY important passages in James for CHRISTIANS.(ie-the dangers of the tongue)

Anyhow, like I said, I learned alot of things from Bryan's sermons and youtube videos, but at the same time, it's disappointing that he's leaving, and IMHO, I think he made some mistakes he should have known better otherwise. I know as Christians we can't lose our salvation, but at the same time, we reap what we sow...

"Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 1 Corinthians 7:27 (KJB)

"[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Hebrews 13:5 (KJB)

17   But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. 
18   Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 
19   Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 
20   Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 
21   Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather. 
22   For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant. 
23   Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 
24   Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
1 Corinthians 7:17-24 (KJB)

10   But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 
11   Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content. 
12   I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 
13   I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 
14   Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
Philippians 4:10-14 (KJB)

1   Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 
2   And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 
3   Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 
4   No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 
5   And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 
6   The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 
7   Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
2 Timothy 2:1-7 (KJB)