6 Reasons Why Practicing Homosexuals Can’t Be Christians

Charisma News – 5/31/2013 – Larry Tomczak

You can’t be gay and Christian. This is Part 2 of a three-part series on whether Christians can be gay. (Check out Part 1 here.)

Multitudes today are confused about gay-related issues. It’s easier to “go with the flow” and steer clear of the intimidation to conform. The P.C. (politically correct) police are ever present.

Because few of us want to be perceived as “backward and bigoted homophobes” (as tolerance advocates often brand those with whom they disagree) or as people who are not in step with the “progressive, equality, non-judgemental” mantra, it’s easy to clam up and play it cool, saying things like, “Of course I’m for equality and non-discrimination.” But that’s not an option for faithful, obedient followers of Jesus! As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned, “When we learn the truth but choose to remain silent, that’s when we begin to die.”

Dr Alveda King, Martin’s niece, told me in an interview for our video project Is Gay OK? 10 Things Every Christian Needs to Know, if her uncle were alive today, he would remain steadfast in defense of biblical marriage and reject attempts to justify immoral conduct as a “civil right.” He’d remind us again of his oft-quoted words concerning the church’s role in society: “The church is neither the master of the state nor the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.”

1.  To call oneself an authentic Christian and remain a practicing homosexual is a direct contradiction of biblical teaching and contrary to the “abundant life” promised by Jesus. 

Just as “Christian hatred” is an oxymoron, so too is the term “gay Christian.” God offers forgiveness and freedom through His Son, which is the good news (gospel) of the Christian message. (more…)

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More Media Coverage for RUAP / Live Webcast of Breaking Down The Walls Conference with Dr Ana Mendez & RUAP National Campaign Blast in Melbourne on Monday 5th August

Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) You may click the following link to read an excellent article from the Bendigo Advertiser about RUAP. http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bendigo-Advertiser.pdf 2) The ‘Breaking Down The…

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Breaking Down The Walls Supernaturally in Australia Conference with Ana Mendez on Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th August 2013

Dear friends & family in Christ,

We at Catch the Fire Ministries in Melbourne are very excited to announce that we are hosting Voice of the Light Apostolic Prophetic Minister Dr Ana Mendez Ferrell and her husband Emerson Ferrell at the ‘Breaking Down The Walls Supernaturally in Australia’ Conference on Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th August 2013.

You may click the following link for conference registration form with details.

https://reformationharvestfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Ana-Mendez-Flyer-new-pdf.pdf

On this first weekend in August, Catch the Fire Ministries celebrates 13 years of prayer across Australia, under the banner of ‘Rise Up Australia’ according to Prayer and Repentance.

Pastor Daniel states ‘13’ is a very significant number after 13 rounds of marching around Jericho the walls collapsed.

We believe the walls of opposition that have been holding back the move of the Holy Spirit will collapse this year and we will see Australia turn back to Jesus in the next 7 years with a mandate to possess the land and government.

Ana’s coming to Australia at this time is a strategic time in the Lord’s prophetic calendar for Australia, so close to the elections and at the beginning of the 40 day prayer and fasting of the Australian Prayer Network for the elections to prayerfully bring in a Godly Government.

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Doctors give up on 17 year old girl – Jesus steps in with miracle / Great RUAP meetings in Kyabram & Geelong / Pr Daniel & RUAP Campaign in Townsville & Ingham Qld from 15-17 June 2013

Dear family & friends in Christ,

1) Around three weeks ago Pr Daniel received a call from Perth asking him to urgently rush to the Monash Hospital ICU in Melbourne, as there was a 17 year old girl dying. He stopped what he was doing and immediately went to the hospital.

On arrival he was informed that the girl was in a critical condition and that the doctors were planing to turn off the life support, as there was no hope. When he went into the room the girl’s family were all crying, and it seemed like they were saying their goodbyes. The family being Catholic were very faithfully praying in their custom. Then he found out that the girl had a very bad seizure previously, and that’s what caused her to be in this near death condition.

Pr Daniel stated, “When I got there, there was no hope at all in the natural. To my surprise, I noticed that the nurse on duty was from our church. After asking all the visitors to leave the room, I asked only the parents and the born-again Christian nurse to come in. Looking at the girl I felt very sad. The room was filled with the spirit of death.

I knew something had to change immediately, or the girl would not last until the next morning. So I took authority in the name of Jesus and bound the spirit of death and every word curse spoken over this young 17 year old girl, who was unconscious and on life support. When I looked at the parents my heart was drawn towards them with compassion. By this time I had alerted our intercessors to storm heaven in prayer. I led the mother & father to the Lord.

Then I declared, ‘Fallon (the girl’s name) you shall not die but live and praise God. Spirit of death leave this room. I call back Fallon in Jesus name, come back.’ Then turning to the family, I told them. Now do not ask God to heal. You do not need to repeat the same prayer. You must now start thanking Jesus by faith for her healing and then I left.”

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Yasser Arafat’s ex-driver Tass Saada Seminar, Outreach Rally & Ministry at CTFM this Sat 25 – Sun 25 May

We’re pleased to announce that Yasser Arafat’s ex-driver Tass Saada will be ministering at a Seminar from 2-5pm, also an Outreach Rally at 7pm on Saturday 25th May, and at…

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European Christian Leaders George & Evi Markakis at CTFM Pentecost

Dear friends and family in Christ, We’re pleased to announce that European Christian Leaders George & Evi Markakis will be ministering at 7:30pm tonight Friday 17th May and at 9:30am…

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Live webcast of special guest sharing her story of Christ’s redeeming love for the homosexual at CTFM on Mother’s Day this Sunday 12th May

Dear family & friends in Christ, We’re excited to announce that a very special guest speaker, Christine Sneeringer from the USA, will share her miraculous testimony of God's redeeming love…

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Another newspaper article about Doveton mosque / Upcoming visiting ministry at CTFM

Dear friends & family in Christ,

1) You may click the following link to read the Casey Weekly newspaper article about the Doveton mosque issue.

http://www.caseyweeklycranbourne.com.au/story/1446623/doveton-mosque-row-heads-to-tribunal/?cs=1439

2) For those of you in the Melbourne area, you’re most welcome to join our Sunday morning worship service at 9:30pm at CTFM with Special Guest Speaker Rev Kameel Majdali, PhD.

He grew up in Los Angeles, California, came to faith as a teenager, and after graduating college went to the Middle East to study.

It was here that he preached his first sermon on Mount Zion. He has an amazing ability to bring to light the Word in a way that will deeply impact you. As an experienced Bible teacher, he has trained 100’s of people for Spirit-filled ministry. Kameel now preaches and teaches all over the world, while moving in the power of the Holy Spirit. He began Teach All Nations (TAN) Inc in 2004, and is based in Melbourne, Australia. TAN is a global Bible teaching ministry with a prophetic edge, Kameel is a dynamic preacher and teacher, a futurist who believes in the inerrancy of the Bible.

He has published six books and hosts two radio programs in Melbourne called ‘On the Rock’, and ‘Beyond the Box’. He also hosts a Free Public Lecture twice yearly about the Middle East and End Times.

3) Also, for those of you in the Melbourne area, we’re pleased to announce a special Prayer Ministry Seminar with Pastor David & Raelene Thompson of Watchman Ministries this Sat 27th April 9am — 9pm , Sun 28th 2pm — 4pm, also Sun 28th 6:30pm, & Mon 29th 9am — 5pm.

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We salute our ANZACS – By Pr Daniel Nalliah

Dear fellow Australians,

Today I want to salute our ANZACS for their great dedication and commitment as they fought for our freedom, also their willingness to lay their lives down, so that we could enjoy the freedoms we have. These brave ANZACS took the fight right into the enemies’ territory and thousands laid their lives down. These were our forefathers.

Now, it is our time to stand for our sons and daughters, so that they too will enjoy the freedoms we have today. I would like to encourage everyone to please remember to pray for God’s protection over our country, our soldiers and their families who are fighting for our freedom in other countries.

We must honor these brave men and women in uniform for their love, dedication and commitment for Australia, and pray for them.

Below, I have included some important information on Anzac Day.

May God bless you all,

Daniel Nalliah  (National President RUAP and Lead Senate Candidate for Vic)

What is ANZAC Day?

ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia’s most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.

What does ANZAC stand for?

ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as ANZACs, and the pride they took in that name endures to this day.

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Rising Up Philippines, China & Hong Kong for Jesus to Catch the Fire!

Dear friends & family in Christ,

Thank you very much for your faithful intercessory prayer support for our recent mission trip with Glory Mission Team from Australia to the Philippines, China & Hong Kong.

Glory to God for His mighty harvest of souls saved, water baptised, filled with Holy Spirit revival, healed, restored, delivered, set free & radically transformed in Rising Up God’s Kingdom in the Philippines, China & Hong Kong to Catch the Fire for 2nd Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to Jerusalem, Israel as reigning King of kings & LORD of lords!

Together, let’s continue to plunder hell and populate Heaven in the matchless Name above all names!

Abundant appreciation, blessings & love in the global harvest of our soon coming Messiah Saviour King,

Evangelist Jason & Pastor Gary

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KINGDOM LEADERSHIP vs. CHURCH LEADERSHIP

Joseph Mattera

There is presently a revolution taking place among those on the leading edge of change in the evangelical church. The result is a transition from a church mindset to a kingdom mindset in which the walls of church buildings are no longer able to contain the raw creative energy of Christ-followers who are committed to preaching and applying the Gospel of the Kingdom to all the world, including its systems and structures.

As political solutions and big government attempts to heal our land fail miserably, more people will look to faith-based partnerships and churches to find solutions. Hence the irrelevancy of old church patterns and traditions will become more noticeable in the decades to come.

Consequently, it behooves us to continue to study the contrasts between leading-edge kingdom practices and old, irrelevant religious church patterns that have failed to effectively evangelize and transform communities with the gospel.

The following is a contrast between leaders with a kingdom mindset and those with a church mindset.

I. Kingdom leaders interpret Matthew 28:19-20 as referring to discipling all nations. Church leaders believe it only refers to all individual ethnic peoples.

The body of Christ is now re-thinking the Great Commission scriptures of Mark 16:15 and Matthew 28:19-20. Instead of viewing them as commands to merely evangelize individual souls, now many are viewing the command in Mark 16 to ‘go into all the world and preach’ as a command to apply the gospel to both individual sinners and world systems. Matthew 28:19-20 is now regarded as the New Testament equivalent to the Cultural Mandate found in Genesis 1:28.

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Passover celebration report at CTFM

On Monday March 25th almost 100 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of singing, dancing, teaching and feasting as they celebrated Passover at Catch the Fire.  One person commented that this was one of the best days of her life and another said that he had no idea how relevant an Old Testament story was for us as Christians today.  The focus for this year was a visually illustrated in-depth teaching which tied the 4 cups of Passover (Ex 6:6-7 – representing sanctification, deliverance, redemption, praise) with the 4 Biblical covenants  – (blood, salt, sandal, and marriage covenants).  Each covenant takes us into a more intimate relationship with our Lord – from serving our Master, to friendship, then inheritance as sons and daughters and ultimately marriage as the Bride of Christ with Jesus, our Bridegroom.  The explanation of the biblical betrothal and marriage customs  shed much light on Jesus’ end-time teachings and the book of Revelation.  Many were brought to tears as they recognised the depth of our Saviour’s love for us.

The culmination of the night was when a couple from CTFM who will be officially married in less than a fortnight, played the part of the bride and groom, dressed in white and stood under the chuppah (marriage canopy) under the blood covering and the prayer shawl (tallit).  The bride was carried in seated on a handcrafted sedan chair like Solomon built in Song of Solomon 3:9-10, which reminds us of the ark of God that was carried through the desert on the shoulders of the priests.

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Darwin RUAP campaign meetings turn into Reconciliation with Indigenous Australians / Melbourne Western Suburbs campaign meeting with Lord Monckton on 22nd March

Dear family & friends in Christ,

1) Last weekend in Darwin, Pr Daniel along with Peter & Melanie from CTFM, ministered at several church meetings and also RUA Party campaign meetings, which were very well attended. This was Pr Daniel’s first time visiting Darwin after having prayed for 13 years.

We thank God that during the week heading up to the meetings, the Northern Territorial newspaper wrote two articles about his visit to Darwin. These articles, along with the help of the Darwin Christian Radio 97.7FM, helped get the message out, which brought many people to the CTFM & RUAP meetings where they were mightily touched by the power of God.

Click the following links to listen to radio interview and to read one of the articles.

https://reformationharvestfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/01-Darwins-97-Seven-Pastor-Danny-Interview.mp3

https://reformationharvestfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/RUAP.pdf

At the altar many were weeping and some others received a real healing touch from God. Many people, who were there for the first time, were tremendously blessed by the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit. We also had the opportunity to speak on the Christian Radio Station on Monday which was very good.

The real highlight of the weekend was on Monday night, which was scheduled as a campaign meeting mainly focussed on spending time with the Indigenous people of Australia, but something amazing happened.

In his speech at the National Press Club at the RUAP National Campaign Launch in Canberra last month, Pr Daniel stated, “the Indigenous people are very spiritual and that providing only their physical needs would not fix their problems. RUAP has the answer to meet their spirituals needs too.”

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When Casting Out Devils Brings Retaliation

Charisma News – Jennifer LeClaire – 12/8/2012

When you cast out devils by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you (Luke 11:20). But what comes next isn’t always as much fun. There is often natural and spiritual retaliation for setting the captives free.

Although no weapon formed against a deliverance minister can prosper, the enemy nonetheless forms a weapon and takes his best shot. After all, when you cast out devils—when you set the captives free—you just did marked damage to the kingdom of darkness. Whether you are an experienced deliverance minister or just beginning to study the gospel art of casting out devils, entering the battle without expecting the backlash is not wise.

Retaliation From Flesh and Blood

Deliverance was an earmark of Jesus’ ministry. His keen ability to cast out demons was one of the things that made his ministry so popular among the people. But Jesus faced His fair share of retaliation for casting out devils—and so will you if you engage in deliverance ministry.

After Jesus cast the devil out of two demon-possessed men in the region of the Gadarenes, sending them into the swine, the entire town came out to meet Him. But instead of glorifying God as one might expect, they begged him to get out of town (Matt. 8:22-33). If that wasn’t insulting enough, when Jesus cast a devil out of a blind and mute man the Pharisees suggested He was using the power of Satan (Matt. 12:24). And religious spirits were especially indignant that Jesus cast out a devil on the Sabbath day (Luke 13:14). Ultimately, one of the reasons the religious spirits wanted to kill Jesus was because he was setting people free from demonic oppression and, in doing so, threatening their dead religious rule.

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12 Hot Spots for Holy Ghost Revivals

Charisma News – J. Lee Grady- 11/23/2012

The Holy Spirit is working in places you might never expect. The move of God happening in these 12 locations is notable, and these hot spots are great places for evangelists and missionaries to set their sights.

China.  Nothing in the history of missions rivals the success story that is China. Mao Zedong tried to wipe out Christian faith in the 1970s when there were only 2.7 million believers. Today, the most conservative estimate is that China had 75 million believers in 2010. A few years ago the greatest growth was among rural “house churches.” Today Christianity is also growing in China’s major cities, and charismatic renewal has infiltrated state-sponsored churches.

India. Despite language barriers, tribal divisions and violent attacks by Hindus, indigenous church-planting movements have flourished all over India in the last 40 years. Fifteen years ago in Andhra Pradesh, a woman who heard a gospel radio broadcast, asked if someone could plant a church in her remote village. Within the first year after a pastor came, the church had 75 converts. After a church building was constructed in 1994, this church planted 125 churches with a combined membership of more than 5,000. This type of growth is occurring throughout India today.

Iran. Despite crackdowns on church gatherings, arrests of pastors and confiscation of Christian videotapes and other materials, Iranian believers are finding increased openness to the gospel in this stronghold of Shiite Islam. The leader of one indigenous ministry says, “Everyone we share the gospel with wants to become a Christian.” His ministry actually considered limiting outreach until it could obtain more Bibles and train workers to handle the overwhelming response. (more…)

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