Erling Thu

Let us reason together

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In my blog I am sharing from my heart and sometimes I am “thinking loudly” and even inviting my friends to “think loudly” with me and reason together and learn from one another. This entry and my previous entry  "Don’t talk too much" are this kind of loud thinking or wondering and asking for insight from fellow disciples of the Lord. Therefore I am thanking every person that leaves a comment on my blog. The comments and questions enrich the blog.

I have had 3 comments on my entry “Don’t talk to much.” Elwyn was amazed at this question I have raised. He was quite challenged and provoked by it! And he is asking me to explain what I am actually saying.


Here are the provocative words:

I came across a verse in the Bible saying that too much talk fosters sin. I wonder if too much blogging or too much prophesying falls into the same category?

The background for this provocative question is this sentence that I felt the Lord dropped into my heart: "The silence of a prophet of the Lord speaks much louder than the prophecies of one thousand ordinary prophets." As I was meditating on the meaning of this I came across Proverbs 10:19 in my daily Bible reading. Immediately the question I raise in my blog came to my mind and I put it out for fellow believers to test it. I also quoted a lot of Bible verses on speaking or keeping silence. . In this entry I am actually only raising a provocative question or I am airing a wondering and hoping for input from brothers or sisters in the Lord.

When I teach or preach the word of God I am very conscious that I have to speak the Word of God into people’s life. But when I want to know what other people think I normally ask questions.

When I am blogging I am not suggesting that everything I write is the Word of the Lord. I don’t pretend to speak for God in everything I comment on. I am not God. I am a man. I am limited in so many ways. My insight and understanding are very limited. But I love God and I love his Word, – and I love to learn and grow in wisdom and understanding.

Therefore I invite everybody who read my blog to leave a comment. I like dialogue. I like to reason together.

I think we can all agree that too much blogging easily can fall into the same category as too much talking, which fosters sin. The provocative element in my question must be if too much prophesying can fall into the same category.

According to my understanding of the teaching on the gift of prophesy in the New Testament, the prophetic utterances are not perfect but given in part and they can be mingled with human thoughts and opinions. Therefore every prophetic message must be tested by the others. Since that is the case, I wonder, if a person becomes too familiarised with prophesying, if he then is in the danger of diluting what he rightly hears from God and of mixing it with his own thoughts and opinions? I wonder if we can have too many prophetic words brought to us or a congregation that we are in danger of forgetting or neglecting what God is saying? I wonder if we sometimes can miss the Word of the Lord because of too many prophesies? I just wonder if it is possible to hear and hear and not hear because of the enormous amounts of words? I wonder if too much prophesying can foster the sin of neglecting the Word of God and not heeding what the Spirit is saying to the churches? I just wonder!

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5 responses to “Let us reason together”

  1. Elwyn Jones Avatar
    Elwyn Jones

    Dear Mr Thu
    I prefer to call you Mr Thu out of respect for your position within The ministries Without Borders Christian Fellowship. Yes i was amazed by your blog. You have been recognised within your Christian Fellowship has a Prophet, the people you are in fellowship hold you in deep respect and listen to your counsel, so when you said that there’s too much blogging and too much prophesying within your fellowships did you mean “thus says the Lord” But you have explained quite clearly that you were just expressing your opinion has a fellow blogger.
    Incidentally The Ministries Without Borders band of bloggers have been so open and clear in what you all belive in,amazingly so. It has been really helpful to Christians such has myself who now are not fully persuaded of the vision you hold and defend. We appriate so much the wiliness of your fellow bloggers
    Mr Chris H H ,Mr lloyd ,Mr Hugh Griffith, Mr Peter Crabtree and a favorite of mine Joe James for allowing us to have our say and to detail your teaching on certain Doctrines.
    One of the things that we All should be careful of in teaching especially baby Christians is some of them could stand in awe of our claims to speak for God, they may very well take our advice and guide their life according to our counsel. But if our teaching leads them in to ruin, heresy, failure for it. You can bet, that God will call us to account for it one day. I think we would all do well to never forget that.
    Thank you for answering my question and I look forward to the other comments
    Your friend here in the South Wales Valley’s
    Elwyn

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  2. Paul Sunde Avatar
    Paul Sunde

    Thank you for lending your thoughs on these subjects to us so readily. I would love to partake in the dialogue but I will hold my tongue until I have a little something worth listening to.

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  3. Elwyn Jones Avatar
    Elwyn Jones

    Dear Mr Thu,
    May I pick up a point on your blog “don’t talk too much” I did refer to James and you said, that teachers will be judged with greater strictness. I would add that he who presents himself as a teacher shall receive the greater condemnation.James is giving a severe warning here. James was a man that God used to write one of the books of the Bible so if anyone presents themselves as teachers surely they are claiming equality with James.
    With regard too much prophesying, would I be right in saying that it’s the pentacostal/charismatic brethen of the Christian fellowships that encourage the prophetic word in their meetings. I agree with you that there maybe too many prophetic word’s and perhaps too much reliance on these word’s. Perhaps now is the time to look to God’s sure word in the Bible for everything that is essential for salvation and living one’s life in a way that is pleasing to Him, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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  4. Elwyn Jones Avatar
    Elwyn Jones

    Dear Mr Thu
    I am quite intrigued by the comment that Paul Sunde posted on your blog.
    Brothers in Christ reasoning together like this in love on subjects that are important to them, I would have thought would be worth listening too?
    In Malachi 3.16 It says that God is pleased..
    Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them: So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name.
    I hope the Lord is listening to our hearts when we reason together like this, because it’s only He that can see our hearts. I am convinced that the Lord loves His children talking to one another, especially when we talk about Him. Because really He’s the only thing worth talking about as we learn His ways and preach His wonderful Gospel. So I am sure Paul, Mr Thu would be delighted to accept your comments. He might strongly disagree with you like he does with me on points of Doctrine but he will never dismiss you or ignore you or tell you to go away because brothers in Christ do not act in that way because if they do they just become Religious Bigots.

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  5. Gavin White Avatar
    Gavin White

    Excellent Erling – There truly is a ‘time for everything’ – you are right too much blogging can be unfruitful in the same way that too much talking can be unproductive. Thanks for the challenge to make sure that all our words, writings and life is completely led and inspired by the Holy Spirit.

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