Eyes that have been Opened can never be Closed Again

The Lord has been opening the eyes of my understanding for years about the rejection of Biblical truth in the churches today. It is astounding how leadership and governance have been perverted to equal the pattern of the Catholic Church with a hierarchy God never commanded or intended.

Recently my husband came across an article that described the "priesthood of believers" as written in the Bible showing the great deception of the modern church in their teachings about leaders in the gathering.

Here are some quotes from Cornerstone Magazine that clearly explain how God intended for the church to operate.

"In the Old Testament there was a two class system, the priests who offered the sacrifice and the people who brought the sacrifice. "

"In the New Testament, however, we see a completely different picture in the spiritual life of God’s people, the Church. Instead of the two-class system that existed in Israel, we see no distinction in spiritual worship and service among God’s people. Instead, all believers are entitled to access before the Lord in worship as well as the spiritual privilege to serve." Cornerstone

"What it means to us today is that there is nothing that bars anyone from coming into God’s presence when they come through faith in Christ and His finished work. Additionally, this means that a believer does not have to rely on the work of another person to represent them before God." Cornerstone

"It also means that service for the Lord is not the exclusive privilege of a separate class of people, but rather it is the privilege and responsibility of every believer in Christ. As 1 Peter 2:5 puts it, we are a “holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” This truth is written to all believers, not just to a separate class." Cornerstone

"The New Testament truth of the priesthood of all believers stands in direct contrast to present-day Christendom. By relegating these privileges to a certain class of people, Christendom reverts to an Old Testament model of clergy-laity distinctions and disregards this truth of access and service to be exercised by all believers. One part of Christendom emphasizes the need for a particular individual to represent the people, while another emphasizes the need for education and theological training to qualify such an individual for spiritual service." Cornerstone

"Not so! These distinctions have been put away in Christ. What was true in Israel before the events at Mount Sinai (Ex. 19:5-6) has been restored through the Lord’s finished work of redemption. There is now no “clergy-laity” distinction. If anything, it is not the “clergy” but the “laity” concept that is the problem today! Continuous access into the presence of God and service for the Lord through the spiritual gifts given to each one is the privilege and responsibility of every believer in Christ. It is not just the domain of a certain group of people (see Rom. 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 12:27). " Cornerstone

"The priesthood of all believers is a treasured truth of New Testament teaching. May each Christian fully understand their blessings and privileges in Christ and act on them in their daily walk with Him. Cornerstone

"There is no "clergy-laity" distinction in the Word of God, there are only priests."

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When our eyes have been opened to the truth of the modern way of doing church as opposing God's mandate that all believers are priests and all believers have gifts and callings of the Holy Spirit, our eyes can never again unsee this principle.

May those who are seeking Christ stop fearing the hierarchy of men as dictated by men and begin enjoying their freedom in Christ to operate according to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Hallelujah, when Christ sets us free we are free indeed!!!!

Traditions Over Christ

God's hedge of protection has been removed from our country, marriages are destroyed, children are rebellious and the people think it is all normal.

Our churches are so far from the truth they live more for their own pleasure and desired traditions that God never gave, thinking they are doing something good for God.

Matthew 15:3 "Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?"

Mark 7:6-8,13

"He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, These people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far from me."

We have a form of religion in the Christian churches today but negate God on many things as we follow rituals and holidays God never gave and is not pleased with, they are about self and not about Him.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."

Politics the Devil's Workshop

I watched the debate between the two presidential candidates, now, how can I get an hour and a half of my life back?

Sadly both candidates presented as baffoonish elementary school children, with very little content and lots of snark as well as lacking in professionalism in their deliveries. This country is going down no matter who wins the election.

I ran away from a narcissistic family just like these candidates, lack of respect, rude remarks that add nothing and rejection of anyone who would call them out on their ill-manored comments. Where is the dignity, gentleness, kindness and self-control.............just not there.

If this is all we have to choose from we may get a few things we want but the example that is set is one of "beat the other guy before he beats me" mentality.

These two were terrible examples for the people to follow in decorum, in fact, they sort of demonstrate the tenor of the majority of the population of this country, "get them before they get me", without substance.

By the way, the one candidate everyone thinks is against abortion is hedging his bets by sending the matter back to the states. In my opinion a president who is truly pro-life would execute an "emancipation proclamation" for the unborn the way Lincoln did for the blacks in 1863 when he wiped out the Dred Scott decision that declared that blacks were not persons but property.

The unborn are seen as property without humanity to those who are for the killing of the innocent while still in their mother's womb even through the ninth month. There is a huge correlation between the Dred Scott decision and the Roe v Wade decision that came down from the courts in 1973.

Getting back to the subject of leadership in our country, if we have eyes to see we can see the spin on everything that sounds good but tossing us a bone to make it look like something is happening.

Narcissists are easily offended and don't tend to think very deeply, their focus is on winning no matter how foolish they sound.

There is an old saying "More is caught than taught", meaning whatever the leaders exhibit will be the flow of the country in interactions with one another.

I watched this foolishness to see if anything good was going to come out of this mess, it was, once again, confirming my belief that this country has been turned over to the devil and is not coming back.

The clues were all there if someone has the discernment that neither one of these candidates can be trusted to lead this country in a God-honoring way. If all the country cares about is maintaining their freedoms, the price of things and anything else their heart desires then God is no longer in the equation in the minds of nearly everyone except a few of the godly remnant who can distinguish between godliness and foolishness.

I said this the first time Trump ran, that he knew there was a block of people who had given up voting and that it was the Christians. He set out to court them through the use of their own verbiage, pretending to be a Christian and even claiming to be for all their causes. It worked the first time but as time went on we could see the tricks he used to woo that voting block to think he is just like them.

I am not satisfied with getting a few crumbs hoping that more of the bread will come. I want this country to repent and turn to Christ, that is the only way it will be turned around, but we know this will not happen because we most people in this country who say they are Christians have never been born again so they will vote conservatively but have little interest in obeying and pleasing God.

Politics will not save this country, no one man will save this country and conservatism will not save this country, only repentance, wholesale and complete would save this country.

As long as "Christians" are looking to the government or leaders they are in disobedience to Christ. We are not on this earth to save a country, we are here to bring the salvation message to those who are headed for hell.

Christians in churches are looking to their pastors instead of to Christ. The day the church stops looking for leaders to be their spirituality for them is the day they will be able to seek Christ and the day their eyes will be opened to what is important.

The gospel, living through the Holy Spirit and willing to lose our lives for Him is the life God commanded for us.

Psalm 146:3 in the Bible says, "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help"

God said it!!!!

Just saying!!!!!!!