Post by TheFirebrand on Mar 1, 2012 16:05:37 GMT -6
2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
In my time (in parts of my adulthood) I have battled demons both personal and spiritual. Ive conducted warfare against both devil and man... and myself with my own inner conflict. I have been convicted and conflicted. I've known love and hate of all sorts. Ive suffered attitude and affliction ...
I've been around the country a bit and Ive visited many churches. Not all of them Apostolic. Ive worked with and sat with many Ministers and Pastors of many affiliations. I've wrongly come under fire from congregations, preachers, small towns people, and gossipers having dealt with jealousy, intimidation, persecution, malice and lies from people of ALL walks of life. Including once being voted OUT of a church and continually lied about by the conregation board because I prayed and spoke out against the busy bodiness, the division and of course my close friendship to the Pastor (the jealousy factor) I've been turned away in time of need by Saints and Sinners alike. I on the flip side, have been helped by sinners while the saints forgot me ...
Mark 9:36-42 "And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea."
I've stood firm in my moral values on the Word Of God and was condemned by those who claim to believe the same things. I've held true to my faith out in the world and was sometimes more accepted by the people I met in my travels.
I do not claim to never have made mistakes or to always have walked in the right light. After all, I did grow up in two worlds and was influenced greatly from many directions. My heart and mind have been impacted by both things of the Spirit and of the world. Both bad choices and good ones were made. I've trailed off the righteous path and fought to stay on it.
I've been basically rejected by many, including family and not always because of my beliefs. But persecution does not require the persecutors to have knowledge of your faith. The devil knows and will use anyone to work against you. I've prayed against strife and division in the church and was cast out because the Satan did not want to lose his grip over the church, nor was he done causing me pain ...
I've been trapped in the vicious cycle of being on and off welfare the majority of my life from childhood til now. I have been homeless. I lived in 3 different shelters. I was at my lowest and finally completely broken. I know the dark side of that lifestyle and I can promise you that well over 90% of those people are abusing the system and rob it of those who truly need it!. Many of them get checks every month and are still allowed to stay in those places while they go out on weekends and get drunk with their saved and hand out money. Many other others stay in that life because all we do is feed them and cloth them and provide them with blankets to continue sleeping on the streets rather than help them. Most churches send all their money vainly over seas to charities that never see it or to foreign missionaries when millions in our own country are in dire need of it. On top of that the government lets this continue to happen because they know it keeps our society under control. Organizations like Salvation Army and Rescue Mission (who I have also worked for) are notorious for laundering our hard earned tax money and most of that change we drop into their buckets every year pays their wages. In fact many of the people who stand their ringing those bells are residence of the shelters. The people who really need the help are many times turned away until they have nothing left and are given no choice but come crawling to the government with their defeated tails between their legs. That is how our government wants this country run because that is how they dictate us and control us. Our Government is the enemy and do all they can to keep us under wraps, weakened and distracted so we will never be able to rise up and stand against them ... So I am cynical and with good reason because I have been there and experienced the truth about whats really happening in our country ...
I have seen warehouses owned by these same organizations loaded with food that is supposed to be sent overseas to starving children. Wake up people they are not receiving it. If these places were getting the millions of dollars of food and funds we sent, they would no longer be starving ... so where is the food and the all the money going? Hmmm, how else do you think the wars and space programs and pharmaceutics get paid for? We pay right into it and we feed their minions!
I say we should be looking right in our own cities and towns for lost souls and suffering souls who need God and something more than just lunch and clothing ...
I've watched Saints and Preachers alike become more passive in society, getting cable on in their houses, allowing their children to dress more loosely and less respectfully in church. I've seen people on the platform playing with their phones and mobile devices during service and parents allow their kids to have them in church as well. I hear alot of fired up preaching and revival chatter, but where are all the congregation during altar calls? Sitting back in the pews talking up a storm. I've slowly witnessed the agony of Gods heart decrease in the saints ever since my childhood while entertainment and lack of standards creep in little by little. I wonder what more things of the Spirit could take place if not for all that disruption ...
I've seen standards thrown out the window by men and women alike. Coming to churh in jeans, sneakers and t-shirts, even on Sundays. Shorter skirts, higher heals, and lower cleavage have disturbed the modesty. Romance and divorce and private lives are fast becoming the topic of discussion. He said, she said has overtaken our conversation. Women have taken over leadership roles. Entertainment and light shows ... church is becoming more like a Hollywood awards show or a Las Vegas casino lobby ...
Pagan holidays have overrun our Christian society in the last few hundred years ... The word Easter (mentioned in Acts 12:4 in reference to a pagan festival) is derived from the Goddess Ishtar or Ashtaroth , goddess of love, fertility and war ... or Astarte. Which explains the Easter Bunny, a pagan symbol for fertility. Such is being used as the Playboy symbol. Like "Christmas" which means the "The Dismissal or Denial Of Christ" "Jeremiah 10" should be everyone's first clue! Easter is falsely celebrated as the Passover. They are NOT the same! Anyone, any churches or Pastors teaching that these are God set holidays are decieved and spreaders of lies against that which Gods Word rejects, The Satan Clause idolatry takes over homes and minds of children. The pagan tree rejected in Jeremiah 10 centuries before Christ has become an accepted symbol twisted as something Holy. The celebration of these Satanic holidays only brings more misery and suffering to the world ...
... Instead we ought be observing the Passover once each year during the month of April according to what Moses teaches us in Exodus 12 (vs. 14) and spoken of by Jesus in Mark 14: 12-25 ...
As well as other Biblical Holy Days ...
I've lived thru many phases in my own life and experienced a variety of lifestyles and environments and I will say that there is absolutely nothing of this world that will give you joy or understanding or fill any void. But I ask the question: How can we live as Saints of God and strive to follow in the Truth when the very folk who sit on the pews and jump and holler and praise God and support the message being preached (do they worship the Word or the speaker?) ... How does one carry on and exist in a world where all the people who should be encouraging and supporting work only to tear down and chase away in their actions? Actions will ALWAYS speak louder than words! You can say what you want to me, but if I see you doing something to the opposite effect, you lose all credibility and respect from me ... Be you Saint, or Praise Singer, or Minister, or Pastor or Sunday School Teacher or the church Groundskeeper ... if you take ungodly action and behave in a manner that is unbecoming of a person of God, you will not have my ear ...
You dont have to agree with me to respect my space. If you as Christians cannot agree with the very convictions and moral values that any Saint Of God should live by, then perhaps you need to check yourself at the altar before casting judgement. Perhaps you should take a closer look at those around you before searching for someone on the outside to ostracize and execute ...
I've watched politics, witchcraft and drama overrun the platform, preventing miracles and blessings from getting to those who need the "Proper" guidance of Gods leaders. How can we win souls if we cannot even keep our own?
(It hurts when we are spoken evil of and lied about. No one wants to be lied about but is it part of living in the Last Days. Surprising enough you will have more lies and gossip relayed from so called fellow Christians rather than people that are not in the Church)
I tell you that I am not of this world and I will not continue to allow myself to be treated as if I am trying to be ...
In my time (in parts of my adulthood) I have battled demons both personal and spiritual. Ive conducted warfare against both devil and man... and myself with my own inner conflict. I have been convicted and conflicted. I've known love and hate of all sorts. Ive suffered attitude and affliction ...
I've been around the country a bit and Ive visited many churches. Not all of them Apostolic. Ive worked with and sat with many Ministers and Pastors of many affiliations. I've wrongly come under fire from congregations, preachers, small towns people, and gossipers having dealt with jealousy, intimidation, persecution, malice and lies from people of ALL walks of life. Including once being voted OUT of a church and continually lied about by the conregation board because I prayed and spoke out against the busy bodiness, the division and of course my close friendship to the Pastor (the jealousy factor) I've been turned away in time of need by Saints and Sinners alike. I on the flip side, have been helped by sinners while the saints forgot me ...
Mark 9:36-42 "And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea."
I've stood firm in my moral values on the Word Of God and was condemned by those who claim to believe the same things. I've held true to my faith out in the world and was sometimes more accepted by the people I met in my travels.
I do not claim to never have made mistakes or to always have walked in the right light. After all, I did grow up in two worlds and was influenced greatly from many directions. My heart and mind have been impacted by both things of the Spirit and of the world. Both bad choices and good ones were made. I've trailed off the righteous path and fought to stay on it.
I've been basically rejected by many, including family and not always because of my beliefs. But persecution does not require the persecutors to have knowledge of your faith. The devil knows and will use anyone to work against you. I've prayed against strife and division in the church and was cast out because the Satan did not want to lose his grip over the church, nor was he done causing me pain ...
I've been trapped in the vicious cycle of being on and off welfare the majority of my life from childhood til now. I have been homeless. I lived in 3 different shelters. I was at my lowest and finally completely broken. I know the dark side of that lifestyle and I can promise you that well over 90% of those people are abusing the system and rob it of those who truly need it!. Many of them get checks every month and are still allowed to stay in those places while they go out on weekends and get drunk with their saved and hand out money. Many other others stay in that life because all we do is feed them and cloth them and provide them with blankets to continue sleeping on the streets rather than help them. Most churches send all their money vainly over seas to charities that never see it or to foreign missionaries when millions in our own country are in dire need of it. On top of that the government lets this continue to happen because they know it keeps our society under control. Organizations like Salvation Army and Rescue Mission (who I have also worked for) are notorious for laundering our hard earned tax money and most of that change we drop into their buckets every year pays their wages. In fact many of the people who stand their ringing those bells are residence of the shelters. The people who really need the help are many times turned away until they have nothing left and are given no choice but come crawling to the government with their defeated tails between their legs. That is how our government wants this country run because that is how they dictate us and control us. Our Government is the enemy and do all they can to keep us under wraps, weakened and distracted so we will never be able to rise up and stand against them ... So I am cynical and with good reason because I have been there and experienced the truth about whats really happening in our country ...
I have seen warehouses owned by these same organizations loaded with food that is supposed to be sent overseas to starving children. Wake up people they are not receiving it. If these places were getting the millions of dollars of food and funds we sent, they would no longer be starving ... so where is the food and the all the money going? Hmmm, how else do you think the wars and space programs and pharmaceutics get paid for? We pay right into it and we feed their minions!
I say we should be looking right in our own cities and towns for lost souls and suffering souls who need God and something more than just lunch and clothing ...
I've watched Saints and Preachers alike become more passive in society, getting cable on in their houses, allowing their children to dress more loosely and less respectfully in church. I've seen people on the platform playing with their phones and mobile devices during service and parents allow their kids to have them in church as well. I hear alot of fired up preaching and revival chatter, but where are all the congregation during altar calls? Sitting back in the pews talking up a storm. I've slowly witnessed the agony of Gods heart decrease in the saints ever since my childhood while entertainment and lack of standards creep in little by little. I wonder what more things of the Spirit could take place if not for all that disruption ...
I've seen standards thrown out the window by men and women alike. Coming to churh in jeans, sneakers and t-shirts, even on Sundays. Shorter skirts, higher heals, and lower cleavage have disturbed the modesty. Romance and divorce and private lives are fast becoming the topic of discussion. He said, she said has overtaken our conversation. Women have taken over leadership roles. Entertainment and light shows ... church is becoming more like a Hollywood awards show or a Las Vegas casino lobby ...
Pagan holidays have overrun our Christian society in the last few hundred years ... The word Easter (mentioned in Acts 12:4 in reference to a pagan festival) is derived from the Goddess Ishtar or Ashtaroth , goddess of love, fertility and war ... or Astarte. Which explains the Easter Bunny, a pagan symbol for fertility. Such is being used as the Playboy symbol. Like "Christmas" which means the "The Dismissal or Denial Of Christ" "Jeremiah 10" should be everyone's first clue! Easter is falsely celebrated as the Passover. They are NOT the same! Anyone, any churches or Pastors teaching that these are God set holidays are decieved and spreaders of lies against that which Gods Word rejects, The Satan Clause idolatry takes over homes and minds of children. The pagan tree rejected in Jeremiah 10 centuries before Christ has become an accepted symbol twisted as something Holy. The celebration of these Satanic holidays only brings more misery and suffering to the world ...
... Instead we ought be observing the Passover once each year during the month of April according to what Moses teaches us in Exodus 12 (vs. 14) and spoken of by Jesus in Mark 14: 12-25 ...
As well as other Biblical Holy Days ...
I've lived thru many phases in my own life and experienced a variety of lifestyles and environments and I will say that there is absolutely nothing of this world that will give you joy or understanding or fill any void. But I ask the question: How can we live as Saints of God and strive to follow in the Truth when the very folk who sit on the pews and jump and holler and praise God and support the message being preached (do they worship the Word or the speaker?) ... How does one carry on and exist in a world where all the people who should be encouraging and supporting work only to tear down and chase away in their actions? Actions will ALWAYS speak louder than words! You can say what you want to me, but if I see you doing something to the opposite effect, you lose all credibility and respect from me ... Be you Saint, or Praise Singer, or Minister, or Pastor or Sunday School Teacher or the church Groundskeeper ... if you take ungodly action and behave in a manner that is unbecoming of a person of God, you will not have my ear ...
You dont have to agree with me to respect my space. If you as Christians cannot agree with the very convictions and moral values that any Saint Of God should live by, then perhaps you need to check yourself at the altar before casting judgement. Perhaps you should take a closer look at those around you before searching for someone on the outside to ostracize and execute ...
I've watched politics, witchcraft and drama overrun the platform, preventing miracles and blessings from getting to those who need the "Proper" guidance of Gods leaders. How can we win souls if we cannot even keep our own?
(It hurts when we are spoken evil of and lied about. No one wants to be lied about but is it part of living in the Last Days. Surprising enough you will have more lies and gossip relayed from so called fellow Christians rather than people that are not in the Church)
I tell you that I am not of this world and I will not continue to allow myself to be treated as if I am trying to be ...
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