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Live And Let Christ
Formerly Live And Let Die
About People That Twist Scripture To Their Own Destruction.
Example, 'Judge Not Let Ye Be Judged' The Chapter Goes On About Making Sure
You Don't Have A Log In Your Eye If Your Judging One With A Speck In His.
Clue: Log Is Bigger Than A Speck. Once The Log Is Removed, Then Scripture
Tells Us To Judge Righteously. (Jn. 7:24; Eph. 5:11)
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Formerly, 'Live And Let Die' -Paul And Linda McCartney
Live And Let Christ
When Folks Half Quote
Deep Pockets Chopra And Oprah
What God Wrote, In This Unopened Book
They'd Bark, 'Judge, Not Lest Ye Be Judged'
Oh Yes They Would , No They Di-int, Oh Yes They Would!!
Had They Read On, They'd See It's Not About Perfection
It's Bout Fighting The Fight?
Live And Let Christ
Its Him Not I
Forget What's Behind
Strain Toward The Prize
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Forgetting What's Right Behind You, 'When You've Gotta' Gift To Use, And Rise From Where You Fell.
Submit To God And Give The Devil Hell.
(James 4:6-8)
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They'd Bark...They'd Bark, 'Judge, Not Lest Ye Be Judged.'
Oh Yes They Did, Oh No They Di-int,
Oh Yes They Did!!
Had They Read On They'd See The One Who Is Perfect (What's The Matter)
It's Bout Fighting The Fight
Live And Let Christ
It's Him Not I
Forget What's Behind
Strain Toward The Prize
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"Not That I Have already obtained all this, or have ALREADY BEEN MADE PERFECT, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But ONE THING I DO: FORGETTING WHAT IS BEHIND
AND STRAINING TOWARD WHAT IS AHEAD, 14 I PRESS ON TOWARD THE GOAL TO WIN THE PRIZE for which
God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 15 All of us who are mature should
take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear
to you. 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained." (Philippians
3)
"For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. 7 I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD
FIGHT, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me THE CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day --and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." (2 Tim. 4)
"But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.' 7
SUBMIT YOURSELVES, THEN, TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to
you.
Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded." (James 4:6-8)
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B.J. Maxwell (Me): Lots of involvement
with coffeehouses. Shortly after becoming a Christian over twenty years ago, I went with a bro to a Coffeehouse in Ocean View,
Virginia. This coffeehouse was called the Fire Escape. There was something radically different about this coffeehouse. The
message and the methods were as different as night and day from other nightclubs and coffeehouses. The band was playing rock
and roll but the words were about JC. Well, I was accustomed to Christian music being boring and slow. This changed
my view of Christian Music forever. When being honourably discharged from the Navy to go home I got involved in one way or
another in Christian Coffehouses. One such coffeehouse was called Jesus on Main Street which later moved and changed it's
name to City Lights. Most of that time I ran Saturday Nights. We would have bands, talk one on one, every great once in a
while groups of people came in, food for the needy and even preachers coming in to say a word or two. This coffeehouse
resembled a mission more than it did the first Christian Coffeehouse I went to.
Other coffeehouses that I have been to are Noah's
Ark and Daniels Den.
Still, the best times we had were at the local
White Spot. We would talk for hours with friends and even a few strangers would overhear our conversations.
Well, my wife and I asked ourselves if there was any
reasons we shouldn't have what we had in the last situation. We couldn't think of any.
Whatever form the house takes that we break bread
and sip coffee in takes, we know that the important thing is the Lord and the people that the Lord sends our way.
I have learned over the years what makes
for good Christian Fellowship around the table. This site is the visual and virtual expression of
what will soon be a earthly reality again.
"At most Sunday Morning worship services you
are not welcome to raise your hands, interrupting your pastors erudite preachment , and ask for an explanation on one of the
great mysteries of the faith, such as the Trinity, the origin of evil, or the tension between God's sovereignty and human
free will.
As a matter of fact, the opportunity to ask questions
rarely presents itself in many churches and many important questions simply go unaddressed. Elton Trueblood points to
the problem this poses:
'There is little chance of renewal if all that we
have is the arrangement by which one speaks and the others listen. One trouble with this conventional system is that the speaker
never knows what the unanswered questions are, or what reservations remain in the layman's mentality.'
We have people of faith and people on the fringe
of faith with unanswered questions haunting their hearts and minds. Is it possible that the church may be guilty of answering
questions that no one is asking? And not answering the real questions many are asking? Could this be why the church has become
irrelevant for so many? If the Church is interested in making the message of the Christian faith compelling, it will
have to take the time to listen and then begin offering better responses than, 'Because that's the way we've always believed,'
or worse, 'You shouldn't even be asking those kind of questions." (Coffeehouse Theology, JIm Thomas pg. 13)
At the local coffeehouse everyone can participate, ask
the questions they really have and say what they really think.
I was your typical teenager and did things I shouldn't
have. My parents took me to church most of the time.
All my experiences with church left a really
bad impression on me. It was filled with old people singing old music and with old ideas. I always believed I was a Christian
simply because I went to church.
During the week I would break into schools and homes,
cheat and lie all the while thinking that Jesus would forgive me because I thought I believed.
I got caught breaking into the school gym. When taken into the office I said something very unkind to the
Principal. When I was kicked out of High School my parents said its a job or the service,
so I chose the Navy. Right after
bootcamp I was sent to the U.S.S. Shreveport in Norfolk Virginia. My job was to scrape, paint and swab. A Baptist sailor (Wendall)
for the first time I can remember told me about what it really means to follow Christ.
The Holy Spirit convicted me and I became a genuine
Bible Believing Christian that day. By far the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Well, God chose the best place
for my basic training. I went from Navy Basic Training to Christian Basics Training. There were Christians from a few different
departments onboard that would play a part in my training. To mention a few, there was an Electrician
(Robert) that contributed
the most to my training and a Marine Lieutenant (Jim) that taught me many things as well.
Well, this Robert fella was
not like any Christian I had ever met. In fact he was not like any human I had ever met. He often had a silly grin on his
face and was always on a MISSION FROM GOD. We
moved into a house that we could go to after work and while we were in port.
There were several Christians in this house.
We were a house full of Protestants and
Catholics and actually got along. In fact somehow everything that needed to be done got done and without
any notes posted
all over the house. Robert and I would talk for hours about the Bible and the Lord.
At first I had a problem reading
the Bible. After reading a verse or two I would fall asleep. At first I was really disheartened by this.
So I prayed that God would enable me to read and study the Bible without falling asleep. The answer to my
prayer was almost instantaneous. Now I could study the Bible for hours on end, and what particularly interested me was the
unique claims of Christ to be God and the only saviour of the world.
Robert and I would drive around in his car listening
to loud and lively Jesus music. At first I could not believe my ears. Christians have some really good music.
We listened to Larry Norman, Second Chapter of
Acts, Barry McGuire, Daniel Amos and many more. These were the happening Christian Musicians of my early days as a Christ
One.
We would go places and Robert would share J.C. with anyone and everyone. He did it with such ease and flow. One
time we went into a record store or something and there was this guy that ran the store that looked like an alien (extraterrestrial).
Just looking at him frightened me. Still, Robert just walked on up to this guy, intitiated a conversation and they talked
for hours. This alien looking guy was bringing up arguments that I had never heard before and Robert knew the answers. Robert
was not an arrogant man. In fact he was very humble but still had a knowledge of the Bible that astounded me.
One time
when we had a few days off we drove to Savannah Georgia. We were headed to a house called Shiloh House. As soon as we walked
in the door I knew that God was there. The Christ Ones there were very loving. That evening we were all praying and I looked
upwards. The Holy Spirit enveloped me with a peace, boldness and Love that I will not ever be able to adequately describe.
I knew I had experientially met God himself and was humbled. A Boldness came over me that was similar to what the apostles
experienced in Acts chapter Four.
It says, "And when they had set them in the midst,
they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them,
Ye rulers of the people, and elders, if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means
this man is made whole; be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] in him doth this man stand here before you whole.
He is the stone which was set at nought of you
the builders, which was made the head of the corner. AND IN NONE OTHER IS THERE SALVATION: for neither is there any other
name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved. Now when they beheld the BOLDNESS of Peter and John,
and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that THEY HAD
BEEN WITH JESUS. And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it." (Acts 4:7-14)
The
boldness that came over me was like this. I was ready to speak for Christ and if necessary die for him. Similar to the apostles
above this Holy Ghost moment convinced me that, "in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under
heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved."
As we lived those days in the Navy I found that
Christ and His Word (Bible) have all the answers to all the questions and arguments that the world could ever have. Since
those days the Lord Jesus continues to build on these experiences to emphatically declare that He is the Way and the truth
and the Life and there is salvation in none other.
Since then I have been to Hare Krishna Temples,
invited Mormons and J.W.'s over to my house, debated with a Jewish Chaplain on the divine inspiration of the Bible. This is
nothing more than doing what I believe God has called and enabled me to do. I have been far from perfect in my evangelism and
in my walk but at least had enough conviction and desire to get better through obedience and his continued
guidance."Looking unto Jesus the author and completer of our faith." (Hebrews 12:1)
