I Saw You In Church On Sunday

I saw you in church on Sunday, you looked good, your cloths were modest, your outside looked good. Only one problem.

During the week I saw you using other believers for your own purposes, I saw you disrespect the desires and hope of others, I saw you gloat about your own accomplishments, but had no encouragement for those who had deep concerns.

I saw you disrespect the elderly, withhold from those who could have used your help legitimately and give to those who were undeserving but stroked your ego.

I saw you praise the popular and neglect the neglected.

I lost heart, because those who claim to love Christ, showed no concern except for that which would make them look good.

Yes, I saw you in church on Sunday, but while openly praising the Lord you secretly despised those who were hurting and rejected those who wanted truth and holiness.

Yes you were in church on Sunday, but your worship seemed shallow and self righteous, adhering to rules God never intended while judging those who would challenge those in real sin.

You were in church, but you were not in the Spirit, but stood in God's house, full of self, full of self righteousness, and empty of love and empathy for those who were seeking Christ.

So sorry that those who are in church today have little concern for those who are truly seeking the Lord but have compassion for those who willfully defy the Lord.

Welcome to our brand of worldly Christianity. Selfish, self righteous, lacking Christlike love for those who seek Him and embracing those who have rebelled against Him at every turn.

May God have mercy on those who claim to be Christians but defy His principles and seek their own glory.

We Are God's Mouthpiece

Unfortunately so many believers are afraid of the rejection of non-believers. Because of this fear they are willing to allow the non-believer to think they are wonderful and should be happy in this life, when there is wrath to come, that will leave them in an eternity of darkness and pain.

Proverbs 29:25 "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe."

Romans 1:18-23 "18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.

20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,

23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things."

Romans 1:24-31

"24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:"

John 3:36 - "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."

Revelation 20:15 -" And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

Matthew 7:13-14 "13 a"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:"

14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it"

Galatians 5:19-21 "19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,"

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God"

Proverbs 20:30 "Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts."

Our modern culture that has used the word "love" to mean never say anything that makes someone unhappy, is not the Love of Christ.

Christ shed His blood, showing us just how wicked our sin is, and that the shedding of the blood of God was required to cover it.

How silly it seems to me to make light of what the fact that He died and the price He paid for our sin, for us to only be worried about temporary feelings.

God gave us a mandate and that was to warn those in rebellion who are headed for hell and then to show them what they could have by merely trusting what Christ did for us.

The soft words of this culture have only served to make many feel comfortable in their sin, accepting that which God hates and condemns. We are His mouth piece, we are to say what He says.

Isaiah 8:20

"20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."

We are going to be responsible for not speaking the truth. Loving people God's way is to plead with them to trust Christ to cleanse them, but first they must see that they are dirty.

If someone will not listen we are not to hang around them continually day after day, smiling and laughing with them as though nothing is wrong. We are to show them the seriousness of their rebellion by withdrawing from them as God does when we refuse to listen to Him.

Proverbs 29:1 Proverbs 29:1

"29 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."

God will not cleanse someone who will not admit to their sinfulness. He will only save those who want cleansing, the cleansing that only He can do.

Don't Touch God's Anointed?

Next time you hear foolishness like "Don't touch God's Anointed", feel free to use the sentence below.

"Do not touch God's anointed", has nothing to do with exposing preachers, it has to do with not killing Saul!!! LOL!

Winning Them With Compromise

Many organizations began as Christian and went bad.

The major ivy league colleges were built to train men for the ministry, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and others. Now they are secular and godless.

The YMCA and the YWCA all were begun to be a blessing to God and man, but have left their first love, accepting the ways of the world to win people. Only to have their organizations become God hating and liberal.

This is what happens we we become more concerned about pleasing people, building numbers and getting financial backing.

Those who are willing to compromise all of God's principles to gain these things are most likely pretenders rather than possessors.

All factions of organized religion, claiming to be Christian are going this way. They have lost their first love to become worldly prosperous for the sake of their pride.

May God have mercy on many and bring them out from among these godless organizations that once did a good work, but now are apostate.

We Are Accountable For Not Speaking

If we do not warn others of the wrath to come, or their sinful behavior then we are accountable to God for not speaking. 

Ezekiel 3:17-19 "“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul."

World Vision Betrays God

World Vision, Exposed

When World Vision decreed that they were going to allow the hiring of homosexual married couples in their organization, there was, apparently an out cry from some of their donors, so they recanted. Unfortunately they showed an attitude of sticking their finger into the wind, to see which way it was blowing. They were not concerned about pleasing God but making sure their people were happy so the donations would continue to come.

Any organization that basis their policy on the prevailing wind of cultural change, cannot be trusted to uphold the Word of God. God did not call us to feed the poor as much as he called us to spread the gospel message of repentance. IF world vision feeds people without giving them the gospel then they are nothing more than a secular social service agency. If we feed people but they do not become born again then we have done nothing of value.

All food and worldly provision must be accompanied by the Gospel. God condemned as an abomination the act of homosexuality. Part of preaching the "good news" is first showing the people their sin that they might desire to be changed by Christ into a new creation. How can we preach a true gospel, when we endorse by example a blatant sin against God?

Jewelry and Pictures Cannot Help Us

Acts 17:29 "Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device."

Sometimes what we think is so innocent is actually displeasing to Christ.

When I lived in Kentucky a young man approached me, excited about the new bracelet he had. The bracelet was a "What Would Jesus Do" bracelet. These objects were being given out in a Baptist church in our town, nearly every teenager who attended church had one. It was the new symbol of righteousness.

The young man of whom I speak,  began to tell me all the things about the bracelet that were helpful to him in his Christian walk.

As he talked, my mind began to wonder back to my Catholic days when we used "rosery beads" to communicate with Mary and the Father.  Of course we were not communicating with the real Mary or the real Father, but idols in our own minds.

After listening to the young man I began to ask him questions.  The first question was "What exactly does that bracelet do for you."  His response was that it reminded him of how he should act as a Christian. I said "what else does it do for you?"  He began to list the things that this little thin bracelet made our of string did for him. 

He said it helped him focus on Christ, it was a tool to help him witness to others, reminds him of what Christ did for him, helps him remember what to say to people, and some other things I can't remember.

When he was finished I told him that all the things he was attributing to the bracelet, were what he should be trusting the Holy Spirit for.

I told him that you are trusting that bracelet instead of the Holy Spirit that lives in you, that makes that pile of string more important than the Holy Spirit and that it was an idol.

I explained to him that when I became born again I threw away all objects that "helped me do anything", and began trusting Christ alone.  

So often we, as human beings, have trouble trusting Christ, we feel a need to see something with our eyes, touch something with our hands, even taste things, this is not  faith.  

Idols are anything that we place our trust in, on any level, or use to remind us of Christ.  Objects have no value except to addict us to them.  

2 Corinthians 5:7 "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"

Christ wants our full attention on Him.  His Word, the Bible is our instruction book, other than that we have need of no other objects to help us, as though they can be more helpful than the Holy Spirit.

Jewelry used as a Holy Spirit substitute, does not help us, it hinders us, destroys our trust in Christ, as do pictures of Christ or any other art object that we love.  

Those who truly walk by faith, and speak with the Holy Spirit often, have no need of these things.  

How could we compare the living, powerful and personal Holy Spirit to a dead lifeless object?  How very sill we are!