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The
Right to Choose
For
many years, our South African brothers and sisters experienced
Apartheid. What was Apartheid? It was when blacks
in South Africa had the right to be born, but beyond that, all
other rights were denied due to the color of their skin. They
were not allowed to participate in government; they were denied
the right to vote and many other opportunities that were reserved
for whites only. Nelson
Mandella and many others continued to fight until
the rights they now enjoy were achieved. As a result, Black
South Africans now have the "Right
to Choose" and make decisions that will ultimately
improve their quality of life.
The Baptist
Church has experienced "Spiritual Apartheid". We
have always had the right to be born again. But…spiritual
gifts, heavenly language, the power to cast out demons, laying on of
hands, etc., were afforded to others in the Body of Christ ,
but were denied to the Baptist.
We are
now standing as "Spiritual Mandellas", boldly declaring our
rights as "Baptist" to make a choice. The government
of South Africa denied Blacks their rights because they were black. No
longer can we allow our denomination (our governing body) to tell us we can't
because "We are Baptist". When Jesus Christ, who
is the Head of the Church says, "we can"! We Have the Right To
Choose. (Mark 16:17-18)
We
do not feel that others in the Baptist Church are not preaching
the Full Gospel. The complete gospel is Jesus Christ,
His death, burial and resurrection. The Baptist Church has
stood firm in preaching His death; we know He died for us. We
have stood firm in preaching His burial, for He stayed in the grave three
(3) days and His spirit went into hell to take the keys from satan. We
have also stood on the fact that He got up from the grave with all power
in His hands. The reason we remain Baptist and support
the Baptist Church is because of this solid foundation in Jesus
Christ.
But,
as Full Gospel Baptists, we do not believe that we have fully utilized
the power Jesus left when He returned to glory . He left
His power with us when He returned with the keys. The bible says, "Whatsoever
Ye Shall Loose On Earth Shall Be Loosed in Heaven" (Matthew 18:18), We
have dealt with salvation at Calvary but have left out the experience at
Pentecost. The Full Gospel Baptists are using those keys to
take full authority over the devil. The word of God states that we
can legally use our gifts in the Name of Jesus! It does not
matter how strange it may look to the natural man or to our denomination.
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