Symptoms and cause
In cases where parasites are the problem, we will find that
certain individuals in the church have the opportunity to take in good, rich
food, but the body fails to thrive, but
may become bloated, so that it looks as though they are putting on weight but
in actual fact, this is a symptom of the problem. Tests from things that come out of the body
will indicate that there are parasites, in the body.
Spiritually, or in the church there may be different forms of
parasites, but the result is the same, the body does not thrive. Parasites?
In what way? People come to the
church and look as though they are part of the church, but are not. Their motives for coming to church may vary,
the fact is that they receive something that causes them to return – usually
this is not a spiritual revelation, or a touch from the Lord, but more likely
that they feel accepted, loved, given attention and possibly material or
financial help. If you begin to quiz
them on their spiritual journey, conversion, experience, they will be vague, and
often will pass as a new Christian that needs teaching, but further
investigation will reveal that they have no real spiritual hunger or thirst,
they aren’t particularly interested in spiritual things, they don’t really
understand what being a Christian means.
Parasites that have been around for a while can be very hard to discern,
because they can learn the right language, and can disguise themselves, and
unfortunately can do more damage than you can believe. They are especially good at criticizing and
gossiping and can cause no end of problems setting different members against
one another. This is one of the tests of
parasites – what comes out of their mouths?
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