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Too Much Negativity, Too Much Positivity

Some negativity is evil, unnecessary and emotionally exhausting. But other negativity is godly and flows directly from mouth of God.

Similarly some positivity is evil, deceptive, and should be completely ignored. While other positivity is from the Spirit of Christ.How can we know the difference?

“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭27:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Sometimes a godly loving friend will wound us. Sometimes an evil motivated and confused person will flatter and “kiss” us. It takes spiritual insight and wisdom to know the difference.

Consider the source, consider the maturity of the person warning or flattering, is there balance? Are they always negative or always positive? Have they demonstrated the ability to be led of the Spirit of Christ? Do they have demonstrated ulterior motives in constant negativity or in constant positivity?

Do they acknowledge and have a biblical foundation to both negative and positive feedback for other Christians?

When there is a lot of criticism and negativity in a culture. Then weak people often stop regarding all warnings about the bad paths we sometimes find ourselves on, or the paths we are leading others down.

We sometimes get disoriented and disregard all criticism as empty negativity to ignore.

But that doesn’t mean at all that all criticism is in fact just empty negativity!

Sometimes it is the spirit of Christ trying to correct and bring sanity specifically to us. Jesus did and still does this today.

Just because we are tired and don’t want to listen, that says nothing about the value of listening to the mature people that are in our lives. Just because the person warning seems old or uncool or negative doesn’t mean we should ignore.

The warnings from the Christians that God places in our lives, especially warnings that are well thought through, articulate, and from trusted people …should be given special consideration. They still can be wrong but listen and consider carefully and repeatedly, with Bible in hand.

Christians today are often gaslighted against wisdom and sanity and by worldly, spiritually empty, professional voices …who just happen to routinely have a mic in hand, (eye-roll).

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Two Types of Christian Ministry

Christian ministry as designed by Jesus Christ:

•Learn how to be led of the Holy Spirit of Christ, (this is a Christians #1) then do only what we hear and see and know that the Lord doing within you or those around with us – cooperate with Christ.

•Gather together with other Christians in any and every way possible, share the Lord with them, listen for the Lord in them.

•Generously share your wealth with needy Christians and other needy people who come into your life.

• The End / the goal is to please the Lord and to cooperate with the Holy Spirit, he controls the End, he is the measure of success

• The Means is easy and light and is described in the first three points above. And we simply entrust all fruit/ all results to Jesus Christ himself

As opposed to 👇🏽(2022 counterfeit version of ministry)

Church ministries are handed down to family members or close associates by line of succession:

1) Be loyal to the right powerful man or group of men! #1 most important.

2) Serve that man’s particular “vision” with loud and open passion.

3) Vigorously obey their unique set of church rules (different in every church, may be called culture).

4) Have the attitudes he/they want, even if you have to pretend.

5) Don’t tolerate disagreement in your interactions, (cold shoulder them or drive em out)

6) Portray yourself as agreeing with everything whether you actually do or not (helps with the marketing.)

7) Ask for “promotions”, like we would in a business.

8} Share your money exactly how he teaches/ wants, may be called tithes (in error).

9) The End / the sole measure of success is more people present in the meetings.

10) The Means: whatever it takes while repeating steps 1-8.

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The Three Types of Christian Fellowship

Below are three Categories of Christian fellowship. We absolutely need all three: but mostly #3 because it causes spiritual maturity and includes the other two. Most Christians I know only experience #2 and stay there their entire life. As it requires minimal effort and is strongly rooted in tradition.

1) General social friendship based on common beliefs, interests, goals, age or among those in same church, family, job. Having friends, Christians or non Christians, it’s important and useful and we should maintain friendships, if possible.

2) One Way ➡️ theological sharing, religious teaching or various forms of religious entertainment. (most modern church services) could be useful as a short term preparation for #3 👇🏽 !!! If it doesn’t lead to that it will revert to a religious social club, still has value but little compared to #3.

3) Two Way 🔄 spiritual sharing, unsupervised and free of human controls. The type of fellowship that God himself can lead through trained members via the Holy Spirit. Hymns, revelations, prophecies, teachings, sharing of money, interpretations, burden bearing, friendship, training, and prayers given by all, and is centered on Jesus Christ and his kingdom.

#3 should be the goal of every Christian as it pleases the Lord most and establishes his direct rule over a body of Christians, it makes him Lord over a people. This type of fellowship can be difficult to establish and maintain. As it goes against our flesh and requires the extrovert to keep silent and submit and the introverts to speak up and share. Requires training and often needs outside help and guidance but with spiritual leadership and spiritual discipleship it is not beyond what the Lord can establish in the earth. “With God all things are possible.”

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