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Here is biblical evidence that UBF’s prayer topics specifically the numeric ones are from Satan not God.<\/p>\n
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If you go to UBF’s website some of their prayer topics consist of raising numbers of shepherds\/sheep. Here is an example:<\/p>\n
“General Prayer Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n (1) Living holy and godly lives looking forward to the Day of God; Did you noticed how out of all the three prayer topics the numeric one is bolded?<\/p>\n In the bible it is unbiblical to take a census let alone be fixated on numbers when God himself didn’t say so.<\/p>\n 21\u00a0<\/span>Satan\u00a0rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census\u00a0of Israel.<\/span>\u00a02\u00a0<\/sup>So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, \u201cGo and count\u00a0the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 3\u00a0<\/sup>But Joab replied, \u201cMay the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0multiply his troops a hundred times over.\u00a0My lord the king, are they not all my lord\u2019s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 4\u00a0<\/sup>The king\u2019s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.<\/span>\u00a05\u00a0<\/sup>Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel\u00a0there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.<\/span><\/p>\n 6\u00a0<\/sup>But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king\u2019s command was repulsive to him.<\/span>\u00a07\u00a0<\/sup>This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n 8\u00a0<\/sup>Then David said to God, \u201cI have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 9\u00a0<\/sup>The\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0said to Gad,\u00a0David\u2019s seer,<\/span>\u00a010\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cGo and tell David, \u2018This is what the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 11\u00a0<\/sup>So Gad went to David and said to him, \u201cThis is what the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0says: \u2018Take your choice:<\/span>\u00a012\u00a0<\/sup>three years of famine,\u00a0three months of being swept away[a<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword\u00a0of the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u2014days of plague in the land, with the angel of the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0ravaging every part of Israel.\u2019 Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 13\u00a0<\/sup>David said to Gad, \u201cI am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the\u00a0Lord<\/span>, for his mercy\u00a0is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 14\u00a0<\/sup>So the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Chronicles+21&version=NIV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Why was God mad? This is why:<\/p>\n “As to why God was angry at David, in those times, a man only had the right to count or number what belonged to him. Israel did not belong to David; Israel belonged to God. In\u00a0Exodus 30:12<\/a>\u00a0God told Moses, \u201cWhen you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the LORD a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.\u201d It was up to God to command a census, and if David counted he should only do it at God\u2019s command, receiving a ransom to \u201catone\u201d for the counting. This is why God was angry again with Israel and is also why David was \u201cconscience-stricken\u201d after he counted Israel. David knew it was wrong and begged God to take away the guilt of his sin (2 Samuel 24:10<\/a>).” Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.gotquestions.org\/David-census.html<\/a><\/p>\n In UBF whenever the UBF “missionary” talks about raising a number of disciples\/sheep and tells the members to recruit a certain number of people to the church\/chapter or to a conference they never ever (to my recollection) state that it is God’s direction to focus on numbers and take a census. It has always been implied. However, just because something is implied doesn’t make it true.<\/p>\n In the end UBF doesn’t belong to Jesus Christ but it is actually under the subtle ownership of the UBF “missionaries”. As a result of this continuous unbiblical practice UBF has shrinked in size dramatically. If you look at UBF’s attendance record the numbers have been decreasing a lot especially in the 21 century.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is biblical evidence that UBF’s prayer topics specifically the numeric ones are from Satan not God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-abuse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(2)\u00a0Evangelization of all the cities and campuses of the world by raising 100,000 Bible teachers and missionaries in this generation;<\/strong>
\n(3)\u00a0Raising many long-term and short-term missionaries through the 2018\u00a0ISBC;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.ubf.org\/prayer-topics\/world-mission-prayer-topics<\/a><\/p>\n1 Chronicles 21:1-14\u00a0<\/span>New International Version (NIV)<\/span><\/h1>\n
David Counts the Fighting Men<\/span><\/h3>\n