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THE NEED FOR OPEN PUBLIC CONFRONTATION
Generation X ... The Psychic Hot Line ... Phone Sex ... Waco ...
Heaven's Gate
Vampire Cults ... Kiddie Porn ... Gangster Rap Jimmy Swaggart ... Jimmy
Baker
Susan Smith ... QJ ... Tim McViegh ... Jon Bonnet Ramsey
Each phrase represents just one small sound bite
from our culture. In this nation there are millions of sound bites,
equal in devastation, that never makes it to the national news.
However, each sound bite has one common
denominator, Morality. As a student of Christian and secular history,
it appears that this generation is in some very serious trouble. In
fact, the entire planet seems to be hurling itself towards a pinnacle
of moral decadence that will surpass any other in all of history.
I do not want to waste your valuable time with my
personal belly aching over the moral condition of our nation and the
world. Many others have stood upon the box or screamed from behind a
pulpit while expounding on the ills of this nation and the world. I,
however, want to offer you a serious answer to the problem. I am going
to ask you to think.
Does anyone really expect any level of the
government to stop the drug problem, the divorce, or the crime rate. To
keep things in perspective, remember that everything we see and hear in
the media about drugs, crime, violence, divorce, and the breakdown of
the family are just the immoral symptoms of our society. (Merely, the
leaves on the tree.) The tree itself is deeply rooted and drinking from
the cesspool of immorality. It cannot help but to bear fruit after its
kind.
Not one government in all of human history has been
able to produce one cure for its own immoral sickness. Not one law will
ever be written that can bring morality to the heart of anyone.
The ability for individual, personal morality has
never been given to any government, nor will it ever come from
government. Just how sick is this day we live in? Think about this for
a moment. It is a sad day when the collapse of the family is so evident
that the family has become a political platform for politicians.
When people begin to look towards the government
for a cure and the government actually thinks it can solve such moral
issues, total collapse is imminent.
Many nations throughout history have collapsed in
total devastation under the influence of this immoral virus. There is a
real cure.
Again, I am going to ask you to think.
I promise you this will not be a shallow religious answer of the
world's desperate need for God. That is the obvious easy way to avoid a
real answer to the problem. Ranting about man's need for God has never
effectively cured anything. It is obvious that man needs God. Again,
that is only one of the leaves on the tree. It is not the tree or the
root source of the problem.
When we hear of any deadly diseases that are
rampant and out of control, everyone naturally fears becoming infected.
Those who are infected have only one hope for a cure. The hope that
someone would develop a Vaccine for inoculation. Nearly everyone will
agree that year after year, with increasing intensity, the side effects
of this immoral lawlessness within our society, has
encroached more and more into their lives. This immoral disease of our
day is so rampant that eventually, even if you personally suffer no
symptoms, in the end, it will destroy even you. Many innocent lives
throughout history have suffered because of apathetic indifference to
massive immoral decadence.
While I am not into the Nations of the earth or
their agendas, since I am a child born into the Kingdom, of a Holy
Nation, a citizen of a different Government, which is above. I do,
however believe that we can learn a lot from history, since God our
Father is the author of all history. I would like to offer you a
warning from what I understand about God and how he has related to the
Nations throughout History. This nation, or any other nation, will be
destroyed unless we act quickly.
There is a real cure,
If you are a Christian, your role is vital.
You may not like the needle, but I believe
There are no other alternatives.
Reformation Must Come To The Body of Christ
Brethren, We must do three things,
Locate the Virus, Effect a Cure,
And then Inoculate the Victims.
Think with me.
Since the cross of Calvary, God has ordained one
sovereign institution to address individual morality for all of
humanity. The church was to be the Moral Voice of God on the earth. Its
voice was to contain both salt and light. The voice was to speak with a
clear call, while the light was to shine as a beacon for troubled
souls. Calling them to come to a safe place no matter what storm their
life was facing. Compelling them with a clear voice in the midst of
life's storms, "This is the way." With open doors of hope offering
everyone that enters another pathway than from the sinful one they were
traveling. While many Christians love to visualize the church
functioning in this manner, nothing could be
farther from reality nowadays.
The Father has also ordained only one way for
humanity to exchange immorality for morality. There is still only one
way that a wicked heart can be made moral, and that is, on its knees in
repentance before God. There is no other
channel; there is not one other effort by man anywhere which
has the power to bring about real moral change within the heart, other
than repentance before a Holy God. Let those who are wise agree or show
another way.
The church has the tremendous responsibility for
being the Moral voice of God on the planet. That voice was to send out
a clear signal, a bright light, with no variation or shadow of turning.
A constant pure call to Holiness, coupled with the
sounding alarm of a loud trumpet. A trumpet, warning those who do not
turn and rend their hearts from the error of their ways, that they
faced impending judgment. The great danger of this responsibility
should cause every man who opens his mouth to speak, in the name of
God, to tremble with great fear! That Voice must be full of Integrity,
Honor, Virtue, Holiness, Righteousness, and Truth, with Truth in its
purest form, as the Chief Cornerstone in the mouth of the speaker.
'Without pure truth the other fruits are impossible. Anything less than
pure truth and that voice is not of God!
Is society responsible for the level of immorality we see today? A thousand times no. There is something wrong with the institution that has the divine responsibility for being the Moral Voice of God on the earth. That voice no longer has a clear call, the pathways are undefined to the hearers, the light is no longer bright, and there is no salt in its message.
Total responsibility for the immoral breakdown in this nation and around the world lies behind the church doors. It stands behind the pulpit and speaks on Sundays with an unclear impure sound. The ora-tor sounds a trumpet while its own lips and life is full of hypocrisy, sin, heresy and lies.
Without exception,
We must recognize that the moral sickness in this
nation
Is directly proportional
To the moral sickness of the pulpits
In our churches.
To continue to deny this truth and blame the
government, society, or just the evils of our day, is to lie to God and
man. We proclaim to have the answers, the way, and the cure for what
ails your soul. If we do, then why are we so powerless and unable to
turn back this immoral, rampant, ever growing virus sweeping our
nation? Physician, heal thyself!
Locating the virus is quite simple, but nearly
undetectable in many instances. Most sermons today resemble a "Show
Time" style, complete with jokes, rather than a real word from God.
While these sermons may amuse and entertain the hearer, they will carry
little impact on their overall lives. It would actually stun most
members if they knew that the word they thought was coming from God was
actually nothing more than a prepared speech written by a professional
writer. Preachers nowadays order their sermons on a disc complete with
jokes for an entire year or more. Have you ever noticed how you can
hear one sermon and say that was good, and a few days or weeks later
hear someone else preach or say nearly the same thing? It is not the
spirit speaking. The Emasculated Cheerleaders of our day are only
parroting the latest hot releases from prepared sermons.
These men have become nothing but Echoes of one
another, forgetting that God (if he did) called them to be a Voice, not
an Echo. I have had the privilege on several occasions of delivering a
real word from God, and let me assure you, frivolity and joking was not
present. What was present was a solemn fear, a silence, and great
seriousness. I have seen people sit in stunned silence for long
periods. Some covered their heads with coats, while others got on their
knees or sat in the corner of the room quietly. Most left the service
wondering if they even knew God. Never, did I feel compelled to
reassure them that all was well between them and God. Woe to the man
who adds to what God has spoken to the heart!
To emphasize my point think back with me for a moment.
There was a time, not that long ago, when the
majority of society listened to the moral voice of the church. In the
40's and 50's, the influence of the church carried the power to close
shops and bars on Sundays. While I am not sure if it had any impact on
individual morality, what is significant here, is the fact that society
was, at least, still willing to listen to the churches message.
Today, the moral voice of the church is at such a
low level and sickened condition, that in all of my studies of church
history, this condition has never been seen before. Never before has
the culture of any society risen above the church in such a mocking and
arrogant manner as we witness in this generation. Even in the dark
ages, the church was never perceived by society the way it is today.
Poking fun, ridiculing, and desecrating Christianity on every level of
culture in our society is now the norm. "Christian" has become a dirty
word. Do not make the mistake by believing that this is just some form
of worldly persecution. It is not! What is taking place is justifiable
retribution by a society that is angry at a church cloaked in
hypocrisy, worldliness, heresy, and sin within itself. A powerless
church, unable to demonstrate to a desperate generation in search of
the truth that this is the way. One thing I like about Generation X is
their refusal to follow just the mouth of proclamation; they want to
see a real demonstration!
The church no longer possesses one ounce of
influence in spite of all its speaking. This powerless-ness is largely
due to the obvious hypocrisy and blatant public sin of its members and
leaders. How can the church offer society a cure when its roots drink
deeply from the same cesspool of immorality? Society is shouting back
at the church, "Get your long bony finger out of my face!" Don't you
dare tell me about my sin or the evils of money, you hypocrite! You are
supposed to show me the way, go take a good look in the mirror at
yourself. In all of this we can see that there is a deep spiritual
hunger and a real searching for reality in this generation. This is why
the psychic hot line is having such success.
Again, I must ask you to think if
You are a Christian,
You are vital to the cure.
We have located the source of this immoral virus
and looked at the affects it has had on society. I feel that as we
begin to develop the vaccine we must examine one more issue before we
can truly effect a cure. I would like to repeat a statement I made
earlier. The sickness in this nation is directly proportional to the
sickness of our pulpits. The problem is not in the White House or the
State House, as many TV. Preachers would have you to believe. It is not
in Congress, the Senate, or the Supreme Court! Something is wrong with
the Voice of the Moral Agent of God.
We must answer two questions.
One, How did it get like this?
Two ... What will it take to fix it?
There is a major doctrinal error and spiritual
deception practiced by nearly every church today. Please Read
Carefully. I promise you no matter what church you attend, you will
find some or all of this False Doctrine being practiced.
In early church history
Organized religious leaders
Who sought control over the body of Christ
Quickly removed this Serious Foundational Doctrinal Practice
of the Early Church.
In the Early Church Hypocrisy, Heresy, and Sin were dealt with Publicly and Openly. This is not the way we handle things in our day. Why, we are more civilized. Listen to the sickness of our day. Nowadays, when a preacher is exposed for being with a prostitute or molesting children, all of the closet deviates that claim to be of Christ immediately talk about restoring this fallen preacher. This is nothing but a false perversion of love.
What kind of a book would we have if we read that
the Apostle Paul had a whore on the side? On the other hand, suppose
Peter had a lifestyle of great abundance and wealth because he found
out that his shadow could heal people, so he held Miracle Crusades to
justify his Greedy Carnal Appetite. The great Apostle Peter said,
silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, I give freely. Can you
name one person who sold the spirit for a dollar in the book? How sick
is this day ... How great is our Call! How dangerous is this hour for
those who are being caught by these Wolves in Sheep's clothing.?
We have Foundational Fathers who set a pattern that we must follow. Fathers who followed the same pattern as Jesus, Fathers who issued a call to Holiness, Virtue, Honor, Integrity, and Righteousness all covered with a robe of Pure Truth. Paul cried out over and over. Let not this be named among you ... Be not deceived those who do such things will not inherit ... Come out from among them ...
Don't even eat with one who says he is a brother
and is a fornicator.
He screams from the pages FOLLOW ME as I follow
Christ! Honestly, would you follow Paul if he had a whore on the side?
Then why would you have a problem understanding why the lost in this
wicked hour are not looking to the church but the psychics!
What Doctrine
Was practiced by the Early Church
That needed to be taken away?
Open Public Confrontation
Strip them of Godly Discernment!
Stop the Holy Spirit from speaking to or through them!
This doctrine, if not removed from the structure of
the Early Church, carried the power to stop them from creating the
office of a Holy Man. (another high priest) A man who would appear as
if he was closer to God than the common man. Once removed, it would
make them accountable to no one but themselves and, certainly not a
body of believers. It would also empower them with the ability to
create False Doctrine for their benefit, as well as cover their own
Hypocrisy, Heresy, and Sin. The problem is not a new one, as you see,
but an old established one.
Before you go off on The Pope and the False
Doctrines found in the reprobate Catholic Institution, let me remind
you the Protestant churches have a Pope in every pulpit spewing out
variations of many doctrines, differing from one another every Sunday.
While the origin of this False Doctrine has its roots in Catholicism,
it is also practiced in mass by all of Protestantism. In fact, the
Protestants have perfected it. For organized religion to accomplish
their goal of instituting a holy man, false doctrines, and
unaccountability for their actions they needed to Destroy This One
Structural Early Church Doctrine.
Just convince the people that this man is More Holy and closer to God than they are. Get them to trust what he says as being from God, even if it is off scripturally a little. Make them think what he says is a result of some kind of special divine insight or comes to him because of prayer, fasting, or celibacy. (Nowadays it's called the anointing)
Create a board or group of other holy men that we
select to hold us accountable.
Teach them not to question the Holy Man. (Touch not mine annointed)
Teach them to come and sit down, shut up, pay their tithes, stand and
praise God, then to go home. Teach them that church matters are a
private issue and not a public one.
Teach them that the only way we deal with church matters are behind
closed church doors. Teach them personal sin is also a private church
matter to be kept behind church doors. Teach them to remain silent and
never allow open rebuke or questions publicly at anytime. Teach them
that we never discuss any dirty church laundry publicly!
Teach them that it is not love to discuss these things openly.
All we have to do is teach one generation that
these things are so and they will teach it to their own children as a
church truth.
All of which is a lie, and none of which, was a
practice of the Early Church.
This is why the pages of Church History are filled
with one Reformer after another who was moved upon by the Spirit of
God, from Stephen and the Apostles, to Luther, Huss, Wycliff, Wesley,
and George Foxx. All of these men followed the Master Pattern set by
the Master Jesus Himself.
Church history is full of the blood of Millions of
Martyrs who stood up and spoke out against what they saw taking place
within the leadership of the church. Men and women of God who refused
to sit down and shut up when they saw heresy, hypocrisy, and sin within
the leaders and members of the church.
All of Church History shows that Open Public
Confrontation has always been God's way of dealing with a sick
religious institution that was claiming to be the Moral Agent of God.
God has always used Public Exposure, in full view, for the Entire World
to see.
From the days of Jesus to Jimmy Swaggart it has, and will continue to be, Open Public Exposure of Blatant Hypocrisy, Heresy, and Sin. As long as we refuse to address the problem, God will continue to use the media to show us the problem.
SAINTS,
If we examine Jesus' ministry,
And the way he related to the temple
And the Pharisees we can learn a lot.
Think with me.
Do you realize that Jesus was the will of God in the flesh while he Openly and Publicly Condemned the very religious system that God had ordained. In fact, he spoke so bold to the Pharisees that he Publicly called them Hypocrites, Vipers, Tombs, and Blind Guides many times. He warned the people against them continually. He also warned people many times, "To make sure that YOU do not become like the Pharisees." Listen to the most profound Open Public Confrontational statement Jesus ever made to the Pharisees. Can you imagine the Son of God speaking to the leaders of the temple, as he Publicly Declared to them, "You are of Your Father the Devil and His Deeds will you do!" I can hear you saying, well that was Jesus and I am not Jesus.
Why Jesus, don't you know that these are God's
anointed chosen priests? Jesus, haven't you read what the bible says
about touching Gods anointed? Jesus, if you keep this up the world will
think that the Great God Jehovah and the Nation Israel are not the
right way. Jesus, your "gonna" be in trouble, your "gonna" bring a
curse upon yourself. Jesus, don't you know anything about spiritual
authority? Why don't you just go and talk to them in private? Surely
Jesus, there must be a better way to do this in a more Loving Godly
Manner.
Our Early Church Fathers understood and followed
the same pattern set by Jesus. They understood that foundational in All
Church Structure there would have to be zero tolerance for Heresy,
Hypocrisy, and even Blatant Sin within the lives of church leaders and
members. They chose to deal with such issues openly and publicly just
as Jesus had done. Why? They knew that if such serious matters were
dealt with behind closed doors, then the heresy, hypocrisy, and sin
would remain within the church. They knew that if these issues were not
constantly rooted out, the very Moral Voice of God (the church) would
itself become hypocritical to those it was called to offer a more
excellent way.
For this reason, Paul openly rebuked Peter before
all the brethren about his hypocrisy of eating one way with the Jews
and another with the Gentiles.
Can you hear the voice of today's leadership? Why
not discuss it in private Paul, after all, it was not that big of a
deal. Why embarrass Peter? Paul, don't you realize he was the anointed
one who spoke on Pentecost? Besides, he actually walked and talked with
Jesus. Why Peter was personally trained by the Master Himself for three
years! You were not! Paul you need to be more tactful and kind.
Perhaps, you're not complete in love yet, Paul.
For this reason, Paul publicly discussed the
Blatant Sin of a man who was sleeping with his own father's wife before
the whole church.
For this reason, Peter openly rebuked Annias and
Saphira for their sneaky ways of trying to appear to be something they
were not before the body of Christ. Their lying hypocrisy cost them
their lives.
For this reason, Paul went into the temple daily and reasoned (contended, debated, argued) from the scriptures contending for the faith.
For that reason they beat him, kicked him out, and
in the end killed him. The very same Evil Religious System that God
used as a tool in his hand to crucify Jesus would also be the same one
that would destroy the Apostles and the Millions of Martyrs that would
follow.
Two things are evident from Jesus' ministry and
throughout all of church history.
The first being, the religious system will kill you
if you expose it. Secondly, this is the battlefield of all true
heavenly spiritual warfare. Jesus not only paid the price to redeem the
lost; he also exposed the more serious evils of what a corrupt
religious system will do to the voice of truth.
This
fight is not for the faint hearted.
Read the following Scriptures closely.
1 Tim 5:
20-21
Those who are sinning Rebuke in The Presence Of All, that the rest also
may fear. I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the
elect angels that You Observe these things without prejudice, doing
nothing with partiality.
(NKJ)
Gal
2:11-14
Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I Withstood Him To His Face,
because he was to be blamed; for before certain men came from James, he
would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and
separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. And the
rest of the Jews also Played the Hypocrite with him, so that even
Barnabas was carried away with Their Hypocrisy. But When I Saw that
they were not Straightforward About the Truth of the gospel, I said to
Peter Before Them All, "If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of
Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as
Jews?
(NKJ)
Rev 3:19
"As many as I love, I Rebuke and Chasten. Therefore be zealous and
repent.( NKJ)
1 Cor
5:1
It is actually Reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and
such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles--that a
man has his father's wife!
(NKJ)
1 Cor
5:11
But now I have written to you Not to keep company with anyone named a
Brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a
reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--Not Even To Eat With Such A
Person.
(NKJ)
2 Tim
4:1-3
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince,
Rebuke, Exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will
come when they will not endure Sound Doctrine, but according to their
own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for
themselves teachers;
(NKJ)
The plan
to remove Godly Discernment
Was conceived in hell, and placed in the hearts of men.
If we can take away the Voice of Godly Discernment
from the body of Christ, then, we can take away the Moral Voice of the
Church to society. If we can get the members to look the other way and
remain silent when they see Hypocrisy, Heresy, and Sin within the
Church. Then the Voice of the Moral agent of God will itself appear as
a Hypocrite, full of Sin and Void of Reality to the very people it was
called to reach.
The Church needs a good dose of Open Public Debate;
A real contending for the faith,
So it can recast its anchor upon the Rock again.
You are vital to the cure!
How many times have you sat in a church service and
had the Divine Alarm of the Holy Spirit go off, over something that was
said, which you knew was just not quite right. Normally, the Alarm will
be a counter scripture that will come to mind instantly which would
dispute what is being said or taught. How many times have you stifled
the voice of Godly Discernment because of the fear of offending the
speaker, or your fear of being labeled a troublemaker? When the Alarm
goes off within you, is your first method of handling the Alarm a
choice to go to them in private? After all, Matthew 18 says, go to them
in private. Yes it does, but we are not talking about a "personal
offense," we are talking about the Voice of the Holy Spirit and Godly
Discernment being sacrificed on the altar of fear within your heart!
All because you are afraid of offending the speaker.
When truth is repeatedly sacrificed on the altars
of fear and compromise within the heart, you are destined to be given
over to apathy and complacency. If you continually deny the Alarm of
the Holy Spirit and stifle the Voice of Godly Discernment, eventually
deception will cover the eyes of your heart.
The church you attend will become trapped in the
vain traditions of men. If you and the other members in your church
continue to remain silent, you will eventually come to tolerate and
believe the very lie that the Holy Spirit was warning you about as a
truth.
I am not talking about petty issues or simple
mistakes, but Major Alarms. Alarms that go off when building proposals
are introduced that will lead the church into debt, as a move of God.
Alarms that scream from deep within the heart over violations of sound
doctrinal issues, alarms that disturb both the soul and the conscience
when it sees Heresy, Hypocrisy, and Blatant Sin within the lives of
leaders and members.
Remember this! Truth is all Authority; thy word is
Truth. There is no rank with God or Authority given, except it is
founded on Truth. No matter who is speaking, Apostle, Prophet, Teacher,
Evangelist, or Pastor, remember, God says, "if they speak not according
to my word it is because there is no light in them."
In other words, God will not endorse deception or
even error. I promise you the Holy Spirit is still speaking to many
hearts every Sunday about multitudes of serious errors. Here's the
problem. The ones he is speaking to refuse to stand and speak. Sitting
in silence is turning the Alarm off. Is that you?
Today, tolerance for Sin, Hypocrisy, Heresy, and
False Doctrine are all cloaked in a robe of false love that is far from
biblical truth. Many times I have wondered if the sheep are not under
some kind of a spell. Real love cannot remain silent when it sees
injustice, false doctrine, error, hypocrisy, and blatant sin. Real love
will speak out every time! It is quite simple to understand. Would you
stand by and watch an innocent child be molested and remain silent?
Then why would you stand by and remain silent in the presence of
deception? Who do you think it is that shows you these things, who sets
off the Alarm?
Let me add that yes we are to judge within the
body. Even Jesus did not say that we were not to judge, as many have
been brainwashed into believing. In Matthew 7, (read it) He said we
were not to judge as hypocrites. Do not say to someone, "Do not smoke
when you do." Jesus said, first remove the beam out of your eye THEN
you may help your brother remove his speck.
When anyone stands to speak publicly for God or
prints public articles and books, they should be held accountable
publicly. Every society on the entire planet does this. Why have the
leaders in the church risen above accountability for their words and
actions? How did they turn off your Alarm? Even Movie Critics have a
field day with a bad movie. Think of all of the off the mark, boring,
repetitious sermons you have heard. It's time to speak up about it, not
shut up. One thing is for sure that the church will not be the boring,
head-bobbing event it now is.
Wake Up. Answer the Alarm!
The Church needs a good dose of Open Public Debate,
a real contending for the faith, so it can recast its anchor upon the
Rock again.
If Godly discernment had not been systematically
Programmed out of the body of Christ by the sit down, shut up,
I'm God's anointed with a word for your attitude we see today.
I am convinced we would not have the charlatans of this generation we
now
See selling the gospel for a buck Every time we turn on the television.
We have located the virus.
We have examined its symptoms
And side effects on the Church and Society.
We have developed the Vaccine of Truth
And A Cure Named ... YOU!
Now it's time to Inoculate the Victims.
Why do we need such Open Public Confrontation? We
desperately need real change within the church. The bible and history
are full of one confrontation after another. Every time things drifted
too far away from the truth of the Real Gospel, our Father has always
raised up a reformer or two to stand in the face of the religious
leaders. From John the Baptist to John Wesley this is how Our Father
chose to bring about real change to many dead religious systems.
Our Father has fixed his method of change as sure
as he set the sun, moon, stars, and the air we breathe. He intended it
to be this way. Change will only come through Confrontation. Think
about this. Change came into your life internally when the Holy Spirit
confronted you about your sinful life and your need for a salvation.
The same thing applies when a wife or husband confronts their mate
about the real issues within their marriage. When any individual is
faced with the confrontational reality that things are going to change
with or without you, change will surely take place, one way or the
other.
It will take Open Confrontation Within the Church to drive out the damnable doctrines, heresy, hypocrisy, and sin. We must clean it up, or we will continue to be the mocked and ridiculed as hypocrites in the eyes of the world. Yes, there will be some mistakes but that must not stop us.
The Heritage of our Foundational Fathers has been
trampled by gospels of prosperity, politics, and escapism. Coupled with
enough Cheap Grace and Sloppy Agape to make it appear that anyone can continue
to wear filthy garments and enter the Kingdom. Millions before us were
violently beaten, stoned, fed to lions, burned at the stake, and had
their children killed all because they stood up and publicly
con-fronted the errors of the religious system.
Our Fathers knew that if they did not expose the
many false deceptions of the religious system that it would yield a
more critical death than the physical death of the body. They knew that
the evil system had the power to deliver the serious spiritual death of
the soul.
They refused to forfeit Godly Discernment to the
fear of offending within the chambers of their own heart. They stood
boldly, refusing to compromise on the smallest issues like
circumcision. From deep within, they personally drove out any altar of
compromise from within their own soul, so truth could never be
sacrificed. Instead, they chose without fear to become a living
sacrifice themselves. So that truth and Godly Discernment might live on
to the next generation that was standing by and watching to see if this
God they served was real. This desperate generation is watching us.
We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.
Many peer over the balconies of heaven in this hour to see if the Men
in this Generation will stand and speak.
It is not a question of if we will stand and speak, we must! It will take more than one generation, but if we will begin our children will inherit a Godly Christian Heritage without Shame. Let's not sit down, let us endlessly and tirelessly expose all that is counterfeit. If we will repent, stand, and speak with a fervent heart I know God will send his spirit into a glorious church in a profound way. Then and only then will the Real Demonstration, the Genuine Reality of the Gospel of Christ, be visible to society. When the world sees that this Christ we serve has the power to produce Holiness, Integrity, Honor, Virtue, Righteousness, and Truth in the hearts and lives of His children...
Then society will once again listen,
When the Church,
The Moral Voice of God speaks
And healing will come to our nation.
R. Johnston
