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HOW TO ESCAPE ERROR

One of the things I teach believers is how to escape error in life and ministry. One way we escape error is not to turn God's instruction into a perpetual principle for ministry. When people turn an instruction into a principle of ministering, they perpetuate error.

Some ministers of God several generations ago who received genuine instructions from God missed this, especially some of them who didn’t know the Bible very well. Due to this error, emblems such as water, handkerchiefs, olive oil, and so on have been severely abused in some churches. The man who received the instruction actually heard God, but it was later turned into a perpetual principle for ministry.

The Israelites made a very significant mistake by linking God with an emblem of the power of God. The Ark of the Covenant was part of the religious life for the children of Israel. Today, some Christians have replaced the Holy Spirit with some of the emblems given to us in the body of Christ. The fact that God told you, as a Minister, to minister healing to some people in a particular way today in your ministry does not mean you should turn it into a permanent pattern for Him to heal all the sick people He brings across your path. Avoid turning an instruction into a principle of ministering.

It is man, part of the consequence of the fall, to always look for a method or an idol to connect your faith with. Man is always looking for something that works to stay with it. However, God tells us, “I'm a Person; I want you to have a relationship with Me. The whole essence of giving you the Bible is for you to understand Me.”

PRAYER: I choose to go with the truth of the scripture and not be led astray into errors in my generation. Amen!