Today the devil has redefined a good Christian to mean "nice and quiet."
Jesus said he came not to bring peace, but division. Truth divides. Truth is getting more and more watered down and anybody willing to take a stand will likely stand alone. Or cut down. Mostly by other Christians because they want to sleep on.
We might have spurts of revival and we might get on fire for God for a moment, but our natural behavior is how God describes the end times church today. Full of the world, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Lukewarm to the core. Compromising. Ever learning and never coming to the knowledge of the truth. We have it both ways. We have one foot in the church and one foot in the world.
We are all addicted to the world, and you can probably put all of us Christians in 2 categories.
Category 1 is the Modern Christian, attending a Mega Purpose Driven church that has a drum set on the stage, and not a preacher, but an ear tickling comedian who tells funny inspiring stories, and wears shorts and a necklace. And it's not Pastor Steve, just Steve please. They have the Lord's supper with oreos and soda pop on a beach in their bikinis and speedos. They know the verse that Jesus made wine, and they are for any bible version --as long as it isn't the dreaded King James Version. They don't interpret anything by the Bible, but whether it builds a crowd. They are for any type of music, christian rap, christian rock and roll, the Christian groups Audio Adrenaline, Third Day, NewsBoys, Carmen, MercyMe, DC Talk, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jars of Clay, Caedmon's Call, as well as the secular groups like the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Lady GaGa, R.E.M., Bon Jovi, Smashing Pumpkins, Run DMC, Madonna, and more. They like it all. Except the boring old fashioned hymns. U2 is a godly Christian band, and they love their message and buy their cd's. They meditate and study everything but the Bible for spiritual revelation. The Lord of the Rings. The Matrix. The Chronicles of Narnia. And they listen to U2's song, "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" for deep spiritual insight, yet have yet to do that to 1 bible verse.
They accuse you of judging if you say anything about their sin. They "don't fornicate". They live together and since God looks on the heart he knows they are going to get married, and hence he is ok with what they are doing. Feelings dictate their heart, and God died on the cross so they can have a good time. Homosexuals are born that way they think, so who are we to push our beliefs on them. They think that Catholics and Mormons are just as christian as they are. Church is an option, baptism is ok for babies, and witnessing is offensive, but we are to let our light shine. What they mean is that we party it up and lost people who party along with us see the saved people that party and see they are missing something. Yes, they are missing the false Party Jesus who helps appease your conscience, and helps with your guilt. This "Jesus" is made for Michelob. Good works are saving the whales and helping the rain forest and going on a bike ride to raise money for diabetes. If your church is cooler than my church, I probably will join yours. Category 1 is apostate.
Category 2 belongs to a stronger church, one that still PREACHES, such as the Independent Baptist Church. Many Baptist churches today are already apostate --- Bill Clinton and the rest of the Southern Baptists for example have been in Category 1 for decades and have no intentions of moving. I can't help them. They are riding it out until the rapture, then they will have the market to themselves.
Category 2 has a form of Godliness but will be apostate soon if they don't wake up. They tend to have some standards, they state they are for holiness, they attend churches that from the pulpits tell the truth and preach against SIN, and they are taught to bring the gospel to the lost. Lost people do not come to church, so this is what Jesus commanded. They preach it straight from the pulpit, but our lives have so much world in us that we rarely live it. This makes it an easy formula to be a breeding ground for rebels. The older generation has dropped the ball, the younger generation sees a walking contradiction between WHAT THEY SEE AND WHAT THEY HEAR, and only play the part when there is external pressure on them. The second that mold is off, they head for the hills. Or the bars. Or the back seat. Or the beaches. Or to the Bahamas and vote for Obama. Or to the rock and rolling modern church.
This is one of the 2 reasons why "my" circles seem cultic. The first reason is if there is no inward change, there is only external control and you submit to the pressures around you, but it flies against your will. In the 1st category there is no need to rebel as there are no rules. Do what you want. Do as you please. Come as you are and stay as you were. Category 2 lays down the law after salvation, but if they used the law biblically before salvation, you would have true converts who had a heart change, had a fear of God, and desired to obey God. The first group attracts goats in the gates with its alluring smells and worldly pastures. The second group trains lost goats to act like saved sheep. And both groups boast how the grass is greener in their fields. The grasses are only green from all the manure being shoveled in! The 2nd reason is for another day.
Category 2 is for wearing skirts instead of pants for women, suits and ties on men. They have a bible reason for why they do what they do. The Bible says it is an abomination for women to wear that which pertaineth to a man. God created men and women differently and men are to look like men and women are to look like women. The Feminist movement deluded women to think they were being put down because they were forced to stay at home and forced to raise babies. First, men cannot carry children. I am not being a male chauvinist, but God designed women's anatomy to be able to carry a baby. It is not because God is mean, but I think because if we men carried them, we would not have had kids and the population would have died out. Or we would have forgot we had anything in there and not wanted to have it checked out and the babies would have died and the population would have died out. God is smarter than us. Women gain more respect and feel better about themselves when they look like a lady. Instead you look like Lady GaGa and wonder why men treat you like a tramp or a whore. Want to be treated like a lady, girls? Dress like one, then act like one.
Category 2 is for the King James Bible. They read it as little as Category 1, but they have the right book. Should they ever read it at least they would be in good shape soon. Category 1 wouldn't be helped reading the Bible because they only own counterfeits.Category 1 whines that they can't understand the King James so they cry out for easier to read follow the bouncing Bible versions. Yet as soon as they get one that is watered down enough that they can understand it without the Holy Ghost guiding them like he does with the real Bible, they wait for a better rendering.
But they won't read it anyway, so it doesn't matter. Category 1 are the soldier's at war with plastic bullets and against shooting anyway. They enter war with capless cap guns, and drained water balloons, and don't want to betray their stand on gun control. Enemies fire at them and they say, I don't want to hurt them, so they smile and encourage them to put their guns down and take one of their smile buttons.
Category 2 has real bullets, hand grenades, rocket launchers, long range heat seeking missiles, nuclear capabilities, and a full armoured tank. Problem is they are at home watching the NFL while the war is on. Don't want to get involved. Don't want to get my feet dirty, I have to work in the morning. Can't help, I'm off to church.
Category 1 are the carnal ones, Category 2 are the cold, compromising, hypocrites. Category 1 doesn't know the truth. Category 2 has the truth and doesn't care. The devils been busy in both camps the past 50 years.
Camp 1 is oblivious to the devil and doesn't even think he exists. Camp 2 won't do anything because of the devil. Camp 1 thinks if Jesus is coming it will be hundreds of years from now because they are having such a wonderful time fulfilling the lusts of the flesh. Camp 2 thinks Jesus is coming this week, so there is no time to bother, and we might as well get as much out of this world while it is still here. Camp 1 flaunts it's sins. Camp 2 hides it or finds sins that are acceptable. Category 1 would not say anything bad if the Antichrist got behind the pulpit. Everyone who names the name of Christ is authentic, except those sin hating Baptists they say. Category 2 names names all over the place except where it is from someone within the Camp. Unless you are the one naming names. The bible warns about men crept in unawares. There are wolves in sheep's clothing devouring the sheep left and right. The Pastor should be looking out for his sheep but here he is busy warning about Joel the Wolf Olsteen down in Houston Texas, and Rick the Wolf Warren in California, and Benny the Wolf Hinn. Meanwhile, he won't say anything about two killer Jack O'Wolves, Schapp and Hyles that are in the sheep pen. And he was the one who let them in to boot!
I had been in Camp 1 the first few years after I was saved. There is nothing Camp 1 offers this world. It is apostate and like false religion it allows men to continue in their love of sin while having a form of religion to appease their guilty consciences. Camp 1 is the modern contemporary church, one that has CCM, the NIV, and won't preach against HIV causing sodomy.
I want to say I graduated to Camp 2, but I am disgusted at some of the even greater errors in this camp. Camp 2 needs to wake up, and do something with the truth. Camp 2 has picked up some bad habits it needs to repent of (addressed in earlier blogs, ex: the sinner's prayer, and unquestioning loyalty) but at least it has something to REPENT TO! God may be knocking outside Camp 2's doors, but at least he is knocking. He left Camp 1 already and won't even attempt to stop back.
So, CAMP 2, WAKE UP! Get your head out of the sand, and see how cold and dead we have become. We reek with pride. We boast of great numbers and thousands saved, yet this world is getting worse and worse and members are getting colder and colder, and we live oblivious that anything is wrong!!!! We preach it hot and heavy, but as soon as the sermon is over we go right back to the world!!! After the pizza fellowship, I mean. We need to get prayer meetings going where we beg for the forgiveness for dropping the ball, and beg sinners eyes to be opened. We can lead them in a prayer, so we don't think we need to pray for souls. We should be praying for the 2 fold children of hell we made and for TRUE Conversions to being happening!
We are rich blind and naked right now--- we have decisions to report so we could care less about real conversions. The mega churches get decisions too! Half dozen of my family made decisions at the Chapel at Cross Points, Living Singing Christmas Tree. They are all still lost today!!!!! Yet that mega church has the same sort of invitation that the Independent Baptist Churches have! Neither use the methods used during the Great Awakening or anywhere in the Bible for that matter! Both camps are high fiving each other over decisions, but blind to the lack of true conversions.
Real conversion letters are less impressive than false decision letters. Missionary A got 1000 decisions and 3 baptized in 2011! Wow, he must be the real deal. Missionary B only got 3 conversions and 3 baptized. What is wrong with him? Did he not read "Let's go soulwinning?" Camp 2 wake up! Honestly examine our methods. Our preaching is top notch. Why is our living so botched? Why don't we try practicing what we preach? Pastor, did you hand out a tract today? Evangelist did you witness to anyone? Evangelist, you are not obeying your callling if you just preach at a church at night and fellowship with the pastor the next day. You are supposed to be doing THE WORK of an evangelist. Preaching. Witnessing. Door to Door. Street preaching. Soul winning. Showing the church members by your example how to witness! Coaching others and watching them do it.
Missionary did you do anything beyond your 3 church services this week? And you say you are representing the Independent Baptists? Churches support you? WOW!!!! When I was visiting a church, the pastor took us all out for ice cream. He didn't even bother telling the cashier about the church or give out a tract. I witnessed to the girl. She didn't bite. I was filling in at a store once and a Pastor I knew came in. I said Hi, Pastor So-and-So. He was a regular customer there and knew the staff. They all after he left exclaimed they were shocked to find out he was a Pastor. He never witnessed nor told them. What are we doing?
Yes, I am a compromiser too, I don't witness much at work. At my old job, I made one small comment against their pro-sodomy conversation. Corporate marched down within 3 days and sat me down and slapped my wrists. I think they try slapping your wrists to try and make them limp. I am not this bold witness at work, yet I have had persecution every where I go. The churches look at me like I am this moron. They preach that if you live Godly you be persecuted. Yet reality says if you are persecuted they will treat you like you did something wrong. My friend Greg was arrested by a lesbian police officer for street preaching a few years ago and the Christians all distanced themselves from him and said he shouldn't have been arrested. If a sodomite has anything bad happen to him, his fellow queers all gang up and fight back. They sue anything that breathes to get their agenda thru. They won't give up. Christians think buying a Chick-Fil-A sandwich one time to show their support for American values is enough. They do something one time and go back to the ball game they were watching.
Sodomites have been working non-stop for 50 years day in and day out to achieve their goals. Muslims have a faith that lasts 24 7 and they are taking over the world. Christians in Camp A don't see anything wrong with NOTHING and Camp B CAN'T see because they are ASLEEP at the WHEEL!!!!! Wake up! I am disgusted with my own lukewarmness.
We need Camp C, the Mad AT Hell camp. They contend for the faith, are willing to take a stand, and WILLING TO PAY THE COST! We need Christians today to act like Muslims and Sodomites! Actually living what we claim to believe. You can spot a Muslim by their look. You can spot a sodomite by their act. They both will die for their cause.
Not the Christian. He removes his spine at the drop of a hat and his church uniform is bright canary YELLOW. He blends in with both those in Camp A and B and offends no one and is bolder behind a pulpit than on the street corner. He thinks persecution is not being allowed to order breakfast at McDonald's at 11:01. He hates anyone willing to take a stand because it makes him look bad. He tells people to check out the Bible to prove what he is saying, but God forbid you actually do and see he is pulling his doctrine out of thin air! Judgment must being in the house of God. Camp A? No they are a stadium of devils. The house of God needs to be revived. Camp B is all we have left. And if they don't change and wake up, they will be a Camp A in no time.
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