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"When He just wants you to know something"
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January 27, 2007
"WHEN HE JUST WANTS YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING"
A FEW YEARS BACK, GOD BEGAN TO TEACH ME ABOUT THE PAGAN ROOTS OF EASTER, CHRIST MASS, RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM.... ETC. I BEGAN AN INTENSIVE STUDY ON THE SUBJECTS OF PAGANISM, AND IDOLATRY. A STUDY THAT TOOK ME TO THE VERY ROOTS OF SYMBOLISM. I HAVE GAINED A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE THE CHURCH IS TODAY AS COMPARED TO THE EARLY CHURCH.
MANY JUSTIFY THE CONTINUED USE OF SYMBOLS WITHIN THE CHURCH BY SAYING ...."WE DON'T WORSHIP THE BANNER, THE CROSS, CUP, BREAD, ROBES, THE TREE.........WE ARE JUST USING THEM SYMBOLICALLY." SYMBOLISM IS THE MOST DECEPTIVE AND SUBTLE FORM OF IDOLATRY. USING SYMBOLS TO WORSHIP THE LIVING GOD, IS THE BORDER LINE BETWEEN IDOLATRY AND CHRISTIANITY. SYMBOLIC WORSHIP ORIGINATED, NOT WITH THE EARLY CHURCH, BUT WITH THE PAGANS, AND EVERY TIME ISRAEL BROUGHT IT INTO THE CAMP, THEY WERE DEALT WITH SEVERELY.
THE ONLY ILLUSTRATION JESUS EVER USED TO REPRESENT HIMSELF AND AT THE SAME TIME TOLD US TO USE, WAS THE BREAD AND THE WINE. THE WINE REPRESENTED HIS BLOOD THAT WOULD PURCHASE REDEMPTION AND BREAK THE ADAMIC CURSE. THE LOAF BREAD SYMBOLIZED THE 'RISEN' BODY OF CHRIST, AND INDICATED THAT THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD, WOULD ALSO QUICKEN (LIFE) OUR MORTAL BODIES.
JESUS SAID..."GO YE THEREFORE AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST: TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I HAVE COMMANDED YOU." (MATTHEW 28:19-20) NO WHERE DO WE FIND THAT HE COMMANDED US TO GO BACK AND PICK UP THE RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM OF THE JEWS OR PAGANS. THE LORDS SUPPER AND WATER BAPTISM WERE STRICTLY NEW TESTAMENT DOCTRINE. ALL SYMBOLIC WORSHIP BECAME IMPROPER, WHEN THAT WHICH WAS PERFECT WAS COME....JESUS!
ISRAEL DID NOT LONG FOR THE CALVES OR gods OF EGYPT, THEY MERELY LONGED FOR A 'SYMBOLIC LIKENESS' OF THE LIVING GOD. AARON SAID..."THESE BE THY godS, O ISRAEL, WHICH BROUGHT THEE UP OUT OF EGYPT". (EXOD. 32"4) THE BANQUETING AND PLAY (SEXUAL ORGIES THAT FOLLOWED), WERE DONE AS ACTS OF WORSHIP, JUST AS THE PAGANS HAD WORSHIPED. WORST OF ALL, AARON MADE THEM NAKED BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES. WHAT HAVE SELF-SERVING MINISTERS DONE TO GOD'S PEOPLE TODAY? WHERE HAVE THEY LEAD THEM, AND WHAT COMPROMISES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE NAME OF 'UNITY' WITH THE BRETHREN"? HAVE GOD'S PEOPLE BEEN MADE NAKED BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES?
THE UNGODLY HAVE LONG BEEN WRAPPED IN THE FUR LINED PARKA OF MATERIALISM, WARM AND COZY....SAYING ..."THERE IS NO GOD"! THE CHURCH BEGAN TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF MATERIALISM, AND BOWED ITSELF AT THE PAGAN ALTARS OF GREED AND COVETOUSNESS. GOD IS TIRED OF WINKING AT OUR IGNORANCE. HE IS TIRED OF A WASHED UP, LUKE WARM, INEFFECTIVE, SELF SERVING CHURCH AND MINISTRY. HE IS TIRED OF THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES SPIRIT FILLED, ON FIRE FOR GOD JOSHUAS, YET WALLOW IN WORLDLY LUXURY AND CREATURE COMFORTS. MINISTERS WHO FEEL GOD'S PEOPLE OWE THEM LUXURIES AND COMFORTS, THEY COULDN'T AFFORD, IF THEY HAD TO HOLD DOWN A DAY JOB. MINISTERS, WHO TEACH THEY ARE 'THE MOUTHPIECE' FOR GOD, TO BE FEARED AND OBEYED. THERE IS ONLY ONE WE MUST FEAR AND OBEY UNQUESTIONINGLY, AND THAT IS GOD HIMSELF! WE OWE OUR ALLEGIANCE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO DIED FOR US ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY. REMEMBER THAT IT WAS A ROMAN CROSS THAT HE WAS CRUCIFIED ON. DON'T WORSHIP THE "CROSS," WORSHIP THE CHRIST, WHO DIED ON THE ROMAN CROSS! GET YOUR EYES OFF SYMBOLS, AND LOOK UNTO JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH.
PREACHER, GET SYMBOLS OUT OF THE WAY SO THE PEOPLE CAN SEE (PERCEIVE) GOD. IF YOU HAVE TO DRAG, CRAWL OR LIMP, GIVE IT ALL YOU'VE GOT. GET TO GOD, IN REPENTANCE FOR TRYING TO SAVE YOUR OWN HIDE. REPENT, FOR SELF SERVING ACTIONS, FOR SPIRITUAL PRIDE........FOR NOT CONFESSING YOUR OWN FAULTS WHILE COUNSELING OTHERS TO CONFESS THEIRS. REPENT-- FOR NOT WANTING TO REPENT! START PREACHING THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART, IS THE TRUTH! AWAY WITH MAN SERVING RELIGIONS OF THE PAST!
WAKE UP! THE PEOPLE WANT SIN EXPOSED! THEY WANT THEIR HIDES NAILED TO THE WALL. THEY WANT TO 'FEEL GOD'! THERE SICK OF 'FEELING GOOD'! SOME EVEN WANT GOD--MORE THAN YOU DO!
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