Very, VERY disappointed with JGLM.On February 15 & 16 they had some guy named Derek Ott come and teach...
Wow! What a mess!
I have never had my relationship with Jesus Christ so insulted before; this guy is a real class act.
I shut down my Facebook group and was about to disassociate myself with Curry and JGLM. I had to pray and come to terms with the whole thing.
The conclusion was this:
I have no ties or loyalty to JGLM at all. The whole reason I started recording and sharing Curry's messages was because nobody else was and I couldn't get anything from JGLM in that regard. So, I liked Curry and I like his message. So, I guess I would just keep recording and sharing...
Well, that was until February 23. Curry fully endorses Derek Ott and said he's been after him for 2 years. Curry is going to make him an assistant/associate pastor.
Wow... what do you say to that? I mean, this Derek guy completely insults and degrades my Christ and my relationship with Him, he insults and degrades the prophets of the Bible, and yet he somehow thinks he is a "teacher of prophecy and how to prophecy"? He uses all the right scriptures in the wrong way.
"...and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction. I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends. Be on guard so that you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing." - 2 Peter 3:16-17
This is where the Lord led me on January 23rd-
"This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams, because they are telling you lies in My name. I have not sent them," says the LORD." - Jeremiah 29:8-9
There is some comfort in that Curry says he has the "global" ministry going and now he is focusing on the "local".
Okay, but why broadcast Derek Ott if he is there to just teach the local assembly? Curry's response was "too bad" and the congregation laughs.
Nice.
Nothing like a flippant attitude after you've been insulted and your faith has been shaken.
I'm very disappointed, but then, I've always been very disappointed with JGLM. They have always been terrible about answering questions, communication, keeping their end of the "partner" program, the forum...
...but I always liked Curry's message. The message is Bible, plain and simple.
I guess I'm done with them; I don't know... It just hurts. Curry used to be a constant, something I could rely on. The message was sound. But they seem to be giving heed to the "itching ears" and "heaping up teachers"... It is sad that they have been influenced to do this, and are subsequently influenced by the teachings. Of course, if Curry has planned this for a few years, then it was happening before I started watching him.
So, I guess if Curry is working on the local part of his ministry, that's fine; I'm not a part of that. So I guess this is the end for now.
It still seems sad...
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