One day a couple of hundred years ago in a wasteland called the South, some people riding through looked at the land and decided that though the insects were plenteous and the red clay dirt wasn't good for much, they would stay and founded a little settlement.
The settlement grew and one day a preacher came riding through and decided that although the people were plenteous and the ground may not be much good, but the Gospel just may take root anyway.
A couple of years passed and a small frame meeting house was built. It was then that the dynasty started. It was subtle at first. In general people who go to meeting on Sunday morning are not particularly interested in actually taking part. They just want to rest assured that they have met their obligatory worship time and paid their tithes. There are a few in whom the Gospel has taken root and their whole reason for living is only to serve HIM and spread HIS Gospel. The resourceful few who see the congregation growing, the contributions increasing and the activities abounding are the ones to watch out for. Eventually it will be the money that fuels their fire and not the Fire of THE HOLY SPIRIT.
It wasn't long before the pattern began. The current preacher was unable to increase the congregation, thereby increasing the contribution and a tradition was begun. It took about 2 years to develop.
Thereafter, about every 2 years, the preacher was gone and the hunt for a new one had begun. It was the same each time. They wanted a GODLY man who believed the BIBLE and believed the same way that they did. The only difficulty was that the two beliefs could not be reconciled. A Preacher who believed in THE BIBLE as the inerrant WORD OF GOD could not compromise and believe as they did. There would be no room for elves, bunnies, witches, goblins and tooth fairies. Nor would there be room for alcohol, fornication, adultery, murder, lies and gossip particularly within the leadership, Sunday School teachers, Elders and Deacons.
THE BIBLE talks about the blind leading the blind and in this story, the blind had been leading for well over 200 years.
Fast forward to the last century when a Preacher left because he objected to a Youth Minister being brought in that no one knew anything about. Besides, his wife was a paragon of virtue and had the misfortune to wear the same outfits frequently. Then there was the Marketing Executive turned Preacher who had the good sense to fill the coffers to over-flowing. His run was longer than all of them. As long as the auctions, bake sales, chicken plates and hamburger sales kept the finances solid, all was well. It didn't matter that he wasn't quite preaching the Gospel. What he preached wasn't bad, it just wasn't the whole truth of Scripture. They ran him off.
Then there was the Preacher who thought that Scripture was above all and that Santa Claus had no place in the Christian church. He also objected to Deacons drowning in sin within the leadership; women who through the subversion of tears and manipulation sought to preach and lead in situations a man should be taking leadership roles. He objected to the railing mob that cursed him and threatened his life and terrorized his children. If they could have tarred and feathered him (and gotten away with it) they would have gladly done so. And thus the sham continues.
The lies have persisted to the point that a permanent Preacher is no longer necessary. The feel-good messages of an interim Preacher is all that is needed.
Is this your church? Do you have church discipline? Do you raise up Men of GOD from within your congregation or do you leave that to the distant Seminary? Do you know THE GOD OF THE BIBLE?
Do you even care what THE BIBLE says about anything, much less sin?
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Friday, October 2, 2015
Christianity vs Islam
Christianity vs Islam
There are some similarities between Christianity and Islam; most of which come from the subversion of Christianity and Judaism by Mohammed in order to create a religion containing portions of both with a dose of avarice and power hunger all mixed together to form a religion. A religion in which the sado-masochistic drives of the inner demons could be unleashed without fear of the TRUE GOD because this new god says that all is possible, legal and legitimate under the guise of spreading Islam to the world and bringing about the end of times.
They, similar to Christianity, believe their way is the only way, They also believe that JESUS will be a major player in the end times but not as the SON of GOD that HE is.
Unlike Christianity, whose believers know that the end times will come in GOD'S timing and through GOD'S machinations of people and events, Islam believes they must bring it on through the use of Jihad, holy war.
Unlike Christianity, all of Islam will unite without regard to political ideology. It matters not if they are Westernized, Socialist, Communist, Shari'a or any combination of the aforementioned. They will all UNITE for they are all in one accord that they believe that Allah is god and what Allah wants is more important than any political stance or any agreement to any non-Muslim country,
To think that a Muslim (it matters not how 'moderate' the person is, they are ALWAYS, unequivocally Muslim) could be President of the United States and publicly deny the tenets of Islam in favor of the political institution is ludicrous, a sheer pipe dream. Sympathy would always be with their counterparts, regardless of how far away from a democratic republic their country is and alliances with these countries would always be a concern.
Muslims are not Muslim in name only. They do not separate their private Muslim life from their public secular life. They do not have a secular life. They are who they are at all times.
Christians can be professors without the possession of Salvation, without the knowledge of CHRIST, GOD nor the BIBLE. There are no repercussions within Christianity. We, Christians, tend to not be as careful to train up our new converts, They backslide or sin and we say nothing. We are not united in our socioeconomic standards and will not unite for our GOD for any reason, This is, of course, a gross generalization. But, when 80% of a country "says" it is Christian and allows the slaughter of babies in the womb, condones the sale of baby body parts procured from living human beings, think that redistribution of wealth is okay (stealing from a productive worker and giving to a nonproductive worker to level out the economic status of all), we can only say that 80% of us are Christian in name only.
If you call yourself a Christian and do not want to know the GOD of THE BIBLE and have absolutely NO interest in attending worship with GOD'S people, you are deluding yourself and that "fire insurance" you think you have to keep you out of Hell is null and void,
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Saturday, September 12, 2015
While we dosed, our country went to HELL!
Just yesterday the United States of America remembered what happened September 11, 2001 when the enemy invaded our shores and literally tried to take us down! Did they bring their weapons with them? No, they used us against ourselves.
All across this great country, the battle is being fought, sometimes silently across the internet, sometimes with guns and knives. What are they using? They are using us against ourselves. They are trying to turn us against one another. They are trying to turn us against law enforcement. They are trying to keep us murdering our babies in the womb; getting us to lose heart in our fellow citizens. Looking at one another as heartless, money-grubbing, Satanists with nothing more in mind than to get pleasure for the moment.
They have infiltrated our government. They have infiltrated social media. They have infiltrated our churches. They have taken over the majority of media. Have you wondered why Christianity has been denigrated and shown to be laughable while Islam has been built up and shown to be a religion of peace? This didn't happen overnight. It's been happening for years. How could we not see it?
How could we just sit by and not only "let" it happen, but encourage it? We just didn't think it was that important. It's such a little thing. It's not like we're really losing anything. No, we just lost our souls. We lost what was precious. We lost our children. Under the falsehood of allowing our children to make up their own minds about religion and morals when they got old enough because we didn't want to brainwash them, we allowed the subversives who had no such restrictions to come in and steal our children and our grandchildren. We allowed them into our schools to indoctrinate our teachers, our pre-schoolers and our kindergartners. They had no compunction against brainwashing or using children to further their agenda.
We have allowed, no, we have encouraged disparaging videos, songs and politics to advance in the United States of America to the point that our children have not the first inkling that they have never had the freedom that we grew up with. This country is wanting a leader much like pre-WW2 Germany. I just pray to GOD that we don't get another Hitler, someone who tells us he or she can make this country great again but only supports the Socialist or Communist Party.
The EPA is out of control. We have allowed the United Nation to take control of land within our country. The FDA is out of control. The Supreme Court of the United States seems to think they have the power to impose their opinions as law. Congress has lost control. The Senate is a sham. The President has a pen and a phone.
WHERE THE HELL ARE WE THE PEOPLE? Sitting on our fat behinds surfing through the channels or surfing the web. We have no clue who is running for local or state offices. We have abandoned common sense for something better - a government handout. From the cradle to the grave, we want someone to take care of us and give us what we think we need. If we don't get it what do we do? Pitch a fit, riot and grab it out of a store. Then expect the government to clean up the mess we made, rebuild the stores and let us do it all over again.
An election is coming up and we have a President who has said, "If I leave office..." Really? "If?" We had a Secretary of State who was the "smartest woman in the world" who apparently didn't have a clue that the job contained classified information of any sort.
It is time for us to smarten up! Don't you think?
Now the powers that be want us to take in 10,000 refugees without question. Considering the fact that we couldn't seem to stop the Iran Nuclear program, I have little faith that we will be able to stop the invasion of ISIS under the guise of giving aid to refugees. I don't buy it. I've seen the riots and scoffing these "refugees" have done in other countries. IT WILL HAPPEN HERE! A leopard can't change his spots. He can just roll in the mud and cover them.
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of JERUSALEM!!
All across this great country, the battle is being fought, sometimes silently across the internet, sometimes with guns and knives. What are they using? They are using us against ourselves. They are trying to turn us against one another. They are trying to turn us against law enforcement. They are trying to keep us murdering our babies in the womb; getting us to lose heart in our fellow citizens. Looking at one another as heartless, money-grubbing, Satanists with nothing more in mind than to get pleasure for the moment.
They have infiltrated our government. They have infiltrated social media. They have infiltrated our churches. They have taken over the majority of media. Have you wondered why Christianity has been denigrated and shown to be laughable while Islam has been built up and shown to be a religion of peace? This didn't happen overnight. It's been happening for years. How could we not see it?
How could we just sit by and not only "let" it happen, but encourage it? We just didn't think it was that important. It's such a little thing. It's not like we're really losing anything. No, we just lost our souls. We lost what was precious. We lost our children. Under the falsehood of allowing our children to make up their own minds about religion and morals when they got old enough because we didn't want to brainwash them, we allowed the subversives who had no such restrictions to come in and steal our children and our grandchildren. We allowed them into our schools to indoctrinate our teachers, our pre-schoolers and our kindergartners. They had no compunction against brainwashing or using children to further their agenda.
We have allowed, no, we have encouraged disparaging videos, songs and politics to advance in the United States of America to the point that our children have not the first inkling that they have never had the freedom that we grew up with. This country is wanting a leader much like pre-WW2 Germany. I just pray to GOD that we don't get another Hitler, someone who tells us he or she can make this country great again but only supports the Socialist or Communist Party.
The EPA is out of control. We have allowed the United Nation to take control of land within our country. The FDA is out of control. The Supreme Court of the United States seems to think they have the power to impose their opinions as law. Congress has lost control. The Senate is a sham. The President has a pen and a phone.
WHERE THE HELL ARE WE THE PEOPLE? Sitting on our fat behinds surfing through the channels or surfing the web. We have no clue who is running for local or state offices. We have abandoned common sense for something better - a government handout. From the cradle to the grave, we want someone to take care of us and give us what we think we need. If we don't get it what do we do? Pitch a fit, riot and grab it out of a store. Then expect the government to clean up the mess we made, rebuild the stores and let us do it all over again.
An election is coming up and we have a President who has said, "If I leave office..." Really? "If?" We had a Secretary of State who was the "smartest woman in the world" who apparently didn't have a clue that the job contained classified information of any sort.
It is time for us to smarten up! Don't you think?
Now the powers that be want us to take in 10,000 refugees without question. Considering the fact that we couldn't seem to stop the Iran Nuclear program, I have little faith that we will be able to stop the invasion of ISIS under the guise of giving aid to refugees. I don't buy it. I've seen the riots and scoffing these "refugees" have done in other countries. IT WILL HAPPEN HERE! A leopard can't change his spots. He can just roll in the mud and cover them.
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of JERUSALEM!!
Saturday, August 30, 2014
I was called a "stuck up b..." by an addict
"stuck up bitch oh yea that wil makw
mw feel better or do better to b around people who think their s*** dont
stink no thanks"
Yep! I was called that and more. The funny part is, I came from that. That family. That mentality. That area. That trash talking. That immorality. That drug culture lifestyle. Was never addicted to drugs, but don't recall much else being off-limits to me.
So, in a way, that young person is right. I do have an elevated view of myself. Why not? Why should one continue to regard oneself as unchanged when they are, in fact, changed?
I've lost 65 pounds of fat. Would it be considered ridiculous if I continued to look at myself at 200 pounds, wore the same clothes, buckled my seat belt in the same place, struggled to tie my shoes and continued to complain that I couldn't walk around the block without getting winded? Of course it would!!
Then why is it so outlandish that I act different because I no longer dress trashy; no longer act trashy; no longer engage in trashy behavior; and married and stayed with the same man for 23 years?
Because, it's not my problem. It's their problem. They look at me and see what they could be and they are angry because they know they have to change to become better than they are. They have to give up their love affair with drugs, alcohol and sex. But they don't want to. They are miserable as they are but will fight to the death to remain as they are.
"What is happy? Idk how that even feels anymore...."
"if people can't understand then dnt. I'm getting better!!!"
"some people just need to learn and be able to care about themselves before they can even start to get any better... thats what's helping me is helping myself..."
When I was growing up there were 2 things I knew I couldn't do and live. Number 1 was back-talk my mother. Number 2 was change who I was. It wasn't until I moved away and continued to grow that I realized that I could become different. I could change. I didn't have to have a mouth like a toilet. I could get a better job than just minimum wage. I could get educated. I didn't have to lay down with dogs and get fleas. I didn't have to cast my pearls before swine and roll in swill. I could be better than I was in spite of my surroundings, in spite of the people who raised me. I didn't have to get drunk and get in fights. It wasn't a "given." It wasn't "set in stone."
When you change your circumstances or you take your circumstances and use them to better yourself, there will be those who say you are "stuck up" and "you think you're better than everyone." What they are really saying is they are jealous of your success. They hate you because they see what they could be if they only did one thing different, but they refuse.
Why do they refuse to change? Who knows. Sometimes the people around them hold them back. All the pleading they do for them to change is a facade for the chains they have on them. They may even think that no one could possibly help them so the addict is way better with them. After all, if the addict went away, they may not have anyone else to feel better than.
You know you've hit a nerve when all they can do is get mad and cuss you. Ah, but when they want drug money, they will forget your past transgressions and come crying about wanting to change and all they need is $150 - $400 for this wonder drug that will help them past their addiction to heroin or pain killers or whatever. They don't hate you. They don't love you. The fact of the matter is, they will say or do anything to maintain their habit and you are just a tool to get more money to feed their arm or their nose.
And if they are with someone who doesn't like you, they won't like you either. Until they need you and they will need you again.
I copied the following from a post on Facebook:
To all parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and anyone who cares about anyone who is an addict. Please read this. It wasn't sent to me either, but I know young and old who are addicts and you need to know this.
If you have time read this, It was not sent to me but it sure stirs the nerves when this goes on so much in the world.
I NEED to get high,
I am not your child, or spouse, or friend. I’ve changed. I don’t belong to you any more. I don’t care about you. Not in the way you want me too. I care about getting high. I WANT to get high. I will do ANYTHING to get high. I LOVE getting high. I NEED to get high.. and I will step over you to do it. When I look at you, I don’t see YOU. I see a means to an end. You have money. I want it. End of story. I don’t care if you can’t pay the rent. I don’t care if you need groceries. I don’t care if you promised you wouldn’t give me money again. I don’t care if you lie to Dad. I don’t care if you’re broke. Sell your rings, take a loan, sell your electronics, max out your credit cards, borrow the money from someone else, because if you don’t, I will STEAL it. I WILL find a way to get HIGH. You think you can CHANGE me, or SAVE me. You are WRONG! Something cold and dead slithers within me. I no longer respond to love or truth. You can CRY all you want. I don’t care. I have no integrity or values. My morals are a thing of the past. I will say anything, do anything, and hurt anyone, to get my next FIX.
Although I may play the game with you, make no mistake. I don’t play it because I LOVE you, I play it because I want my DOPE. I will say what ever you want to hear, I will promise you the world, I will look you in the eyes, and I WILL break your heart. I don’t have a heart any more. I have a HUNGER. It’s calculating and manipulative, and it OWNS me.
In a strange way you’re thankful for my hunger. For when I feel it coming on, I find you, quick! Then when I’ve gotten what I want from you, I leave. You’re anxious without me. So you phone me and offer to buy my food, or pay my rent. You always GIVE me something.
By now, your NEED is almost as great as mine. I can’t stay SICK without you. You can’t breath without ME. You think you’re helping me. You believe you’re making a difference, but what you’re really helping… is my ADDICTION.
I won’t tell you this, but you know it, deep down. If we keep going like this, one or both of us will die. Me from an overdose, that you paid for, and you from a heart attack, or stroke.
You’ll wait YEARS for me to change, or see the light, and I will take full advantage of this.
You will keep my secrets and protect my lies. You will clean up my messes and bail me out. You’ll love me to the exclusion of EVERYONE else. You will become bitter and resentful. You will hide from your friends and isolate. You will HATE.
Your world will revolve around one thing only… ME. But will your LOVE ever become greater than your FEAR? Would you be strong enough to reach out for help? Will you learn to say NO? Will you allow me to experience the consequences of my actions? Will you LOVE me enough to feel your OWN discomfort and stop enabling my ADDICTION?
I lay trapped with within the confines, of this dark cold, serpent -addiction, and I am, waiting…
The end? Hardly.
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Yep! I was called that and more. The funny part is, I came from that. That family. That mentality. That area. That trash talking. That immorality. That drug culture lifestyle. Was never addicted to drugs, but don't recall much else being off-limits to me.
So, in a way, that young person is right. I do have an elevated view of myself. Why not? Why should one continue to regard oneself as unchanged when they are, in fact, changed?
I've lost 65 pounds of fat. Would it be considered ridiculous if I continued to look at myself at 200 pounds, wore the same clothes, buckled my seat belt in the same place, struggled to tie my shoes and continued to complain that I couldn't walk around the block without getting winded? Of course it would!!
Then why is it so outlandish that I act different because I no longer dress trashy; no longer act trashy; no longer engage in trashy behavior; and married and stayed with the same man for 23 years?
Because, it's not my problem. It's their problem. They look at me and see what they could be and they are angry because they know they have to change to become better than they are. They have to give up their love affair with drugs, alcohol and sex. But they don't want to. They are miserable as they are but will fight to the death to remain as they are.
"What is happy? Idk how that even feels anymore...."
"if people can't understand then dnt. I'm getting better!!!"
"some people just need to learn and be able to care about themselves before they can even start to get any better... thats what's helping me is helping myself..."
When I was growing up there were 2 things I knew I couldn't do and live. Number 1 was back-talk my mother. Number 2 was change who I was. It wasn't until I moved away and continued to grow that I realized that I could become different. I could change. I didn't have to have a mouth like a toilet. I could get a better job than just minimum wage. I could get educated. I didn't have to lay down with dogs and get fleas. I didn't have to cast my pearls before swine and roll in swill. I could be better than I was in spite of my surroundings, in spite of the people who raised me. I didn't have to get drunk and get in fights. It wasn't a "given." It wasn't "set in stone."
When you change your circumstances or you take your circumstances and use them to better yourself, there will be those who say you are "stuck up" and "you think you're better than everyone." What they are really saying is they are jealous of your success. They hate you because they see what they could be if they only did one thing different, but they refuse.
Why do they refuse to change? Who knows. Sometimes the people around them hold them back. All the pleading they do for them to change is a facade for the chains they have on them. They may even think that no one could possibly help them so the addict is way better with them. After all, if the addict went away, they may not have anyone else to feel better than.
You know you've hit a nerve when all they can do is get mad and cuss you. Ah, but when they want drug money, they will forget your past transgressions and come crying about wanting to change and all they need is $150 - $400 for this wonder drug that will help them past their addiction to heroin or pain killers or whatever. They don't hate you. They don't love you. The fact of the matter is, they will say or do anything to maintain their habit and you are just a tool to get more money to feed their arm or their nose.
And if they are with someone who doesn't like you, they won't like you either. Until they need you and they will need you again.
I copied the following from a post on Facebook:
To all parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and anyone who cares about anyone who is an addict. Please read this. It wasn't sent to me either, but I know young and old who are addicts and you need to know this.
If you have time read this, It was not sent to me but it sure stirs the nerves when this goes on so much in the world.
I NEED to get high,
I am not your child, or spouse, or friend. I’ve changed. I don’t belong to you any more. I don’t care about you. Not in the way you want me too. I care about getting high. I WANT to get high. I will do ANYTHING to get high. I LOVE getting high. I NEED to get high.. and I will step over you to do it. When I look at you, I don’t see YOU. I see a means to an end. You have money. I want it. End of story. I don’t care if you can’t pay the rent. I don’t care if you need groceries. I don’t care if you promised you wouldn’t give me money again. I don’t care if you lie to Dad. I don’t care if you’re broke. Sell your rings, take a loan, sell your electronics, max out your credit cards, borrow the money from someone else, because if you don’t, I will STEAL it. I WILL find a way to get HIGH. You think you can CHANGE me, or SAVE me. You are WRONG! Something cold and dead slithers within me. I no longer respond to love or truth. You can CRY all you want. I don’t care. I have no integrity or values. My morals are a thing of the past. I will say anything, do anything, and hurt anyone, to get my next FIX.
Although I may play the game with you, make no mistake. I don’t play it because I LOVE you, I play it because I want my DOPE. I will say what ever you want to hear, I will promise you the world, I will look you in the eyes, and I WILL break your heart. I don’t have a heart any more. I have a HUNGER. It’s calculating and manipulative, and it OWNS me.
In a strange way you’re thankful for my hunger. For when I feel it coming on, I find you, quick! Then when I’ve gotten what I want from you, I leave. You’re anxious without me. So you phone me and offer to buy my food, or pay my rent. You always GIVE me something.
By now, your NEED is almost as great as mine. I can’t stay SICK without you. You can’t breath without ME. You think you’re helping me. You believe you’re making a difference, but what you’re really helping… is my ADDICTION.
I won’t tell you this, but you know it, deep down. If we keep going like this, one or both of us will die. Me from an overdose, that you paid for, and you from a heart attack, or stroke.
You’ll wait YEARS for me to change, or see the light, and I will take full advantage of this.
You will keep my secrets and protect my lies. You will clean up my messes and bail me out. You’ll love me to the exclusion of EVERYONE else. You will become bitter and resentful. You will hide from your friends and isolate. You will HATE.
Your world will revolve around one thing only… ME. But will your LOVE ever become greater than your FEAR? Would you be strong enough to reach out for help? Will you learn to say NO? Will you allow me to experience the consequences of my actions? Will you LOVE me enough to feel your OWN discomfort and stop enabling my ADDICTION?
I lay trapped with within the confines, of this dark cold, serpent -addiction, and I am, waiting…
The end? Hardly.
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Evil in The Church House
Sounds odd to say that there is evil in the place where people go to worship THE LORD. But the fact is that evil lives and prospers within the walls of that arena.
Evil comes through the doors in many forms. Sometimes it waltzes in the door and teaches the youth. It brings its own particularly special kind of salacious attitude to the youth. When a young married woman becomes enamored with another man, a man who should have been taught better, and they make their relationship public, flaunting it for all the congregation to see, it teaches the youth that adultery is okay and fornication is winked at by the Church.
Evil comes through the doors in the form of Elders and Deacons. The older silver-tongued man who fancies himself a ladies man and indiscriminately makes passes at younger women thinking that with his position and his assumed "favor" with GOD he can be forgiven these little indiscretions. After all, it really isn't hurting anyone. He's not really going to follow through, right? What difference does it make, indeed? [Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.]
Evil comes through the door in the form of the sweet and kindly elderly woman who has decided that it would be financially more favorable to shack up with her man-friend than to marry. The example is set that fornication or even just the appearance of evil is winked at by the Church. [1Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.]
Evil comes through the door laced with pride and bolstered by idolatry. [Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.]
"We don't need a preacher!" will be an attitude of some. And that attitude begs the question, why call yourself or your building a Church? If you need no guidance in that book you pretend to follow; if you are not following Scripture and are Hell-bent upon going your own way, why, oh why, even call yourself a Church?
Why not just call yourself the Onion Field Community Center or The Community Country Club, set up a charter, complete with dues, install a swimming pool with a lifeguard, turn the Family Life Center into a mock gambling hall and be done with it! After all, if you're going to wink at sin, you might as well go all the way, shut your eyes and dive in. You'll get there sooner and won't have the agony of putting up those Christians who insist upon following the pesky book called THE BIBLE!
You could counsel youth on birth control and sexually transmitted diseases, have dances and raise all kinds of money. No one would have to stand up against abortion again, you just tell them when the bus leaves for Jackson so they can get one. You won't have to worry about having any undesirables within the walls because only those who had their dues paid up to date would be allowed to come in. [1Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.]
So many of our Churches are just little dens of iniquity wearing Church clothes. And we wonder why the unsaved aren't impressed. Do you really have to wonder why we are called "The great Satan" by other religions? Do you have to ponder long why so many will be so surprised when, on judgement day, they will hear, "Depart from ME, I never knew you." [Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.]
Wouldn't you rather hear, "Well done!"? [Matthew 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.]
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Psalms 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Evil comes through the doors in many forms. Sometimes it waltzes in the door and teaches the youth. It brings its own particularly special kind of salacious attitude to the youth. When a young married woman becomes enamored with another man, a man who should have been taught better, and they make their relationship public, flaunting it for all the congregation to see, it teaches the youth that adultery is okay and fornication is winked at by the Church.
Evil comes through the doors in the form of Elders and Deacons. The older silver-tongued man who fancies himself a ladies man and indiscriminately makes passes at younger women thinking that with his position and his assumed "favor" with GOD he can be forgiven these little indiscretions. After all, it really isn't hurting anyone. He's not really going to follow through, right? What difference does it make, indeed? [Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.]
Evil comes through the door in the form of the sweet and kindly elderly woman who has decided that it would be financially more favorable to shack up with her man-friend than to marry. The example is set that fornication or even just the appearance of evil is winked at by the Church. [1Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.]
Evil comes through the door laced with pride and bolstered by idolatry. [Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.]
"We don't need a preacher!" will be an attitude of some. And that attitude begs the question, why call yourself or your building a Church? If you need no guidance in that book you pretend to follow; if you are not following Scripture and are Hell-bent upon going your own way, why, oh why, even call yourself a Church?
Why not just call yourself the Onion Field Community Center or The Community Country Club, set up a charter, complete with dues, install a swimming pool with a lifeguard, turn the Family Life Center into a mock gambling hall and be done with it! After all, if you're going to wink at sin, you might as well go all the way, shut your eyes and dive in. You'll get there sooner and won't have the agony of putting up those Christians who insist upon following the pesky book called THE BIBLE!
You could counsel youth on birth control and sexually transmitted diseases, have dances and raise all kinds of money. No one would have to stand up against abortion again, you just tell them when the bus leaves for Jackson so they can get one. You won't have to worry about having any undesirables within the walls because only those who had their dues paid up to date would be allowed to come in. [1Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.]
So many of our Churches are just little dens of iniquity wearing Church clothes. And we wonder why the unsaved aren't impressed. Do you really have to wonder why we are called "The great Satan" by other religions? Do you have to ponder long why so many will be so surprised when, on judgement day, they will hear, "Depart from ME, I never knew you." [Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.]
Wouldn't you rather hear, "Well done!"? [Matthew 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.]
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Psalms 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
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