Resting in the Lord and doing his work
Exodus 20:8-11
Good principle to apply in our lives today. Do not over work, get your rest so that weariness doesn't overcome you. In the parable of the sower and the seed, the cares of this world was one of the things that choked out the word of God in some people's lives. Over working easily has this effect on believers. Having gainful employment is good but when you become a slave to it that's when your walk with our Lord Jesus suffers. We can spend our whole lives striving for upward mobility in the Corporate world and striving to get the next degree in University. But what do those things contribute to doing the work of Preaching which we are all called to:
Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel in the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and then the end will come."
Who is a faithful and wise servant?
Matthew 24: 44-51
Verse 45 says "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? "
Pastors, Elders, Leaders in the Church,
Are you bringing your flocks in your charge Meat in due season? This would be the pure gospel of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of Heaven. Or, are you mixing the leaven of Patriotism, Politics, Social Justice, the Love of money and the love of this world and the Pride of life into the Gospel? Are you teaching your flocks to keep their eyes on the things of this world (politics is included in this) or on the Kingdom of Heaven?
Verse 48-51 says "But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming', and begins to be beat his fellow servants, and to eat with and drink with the drunkards, "the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at, an hour that he is not aware of, "and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. "
Many Pastors/elders are beating and fleecing their flocks by putting burdens on them financially. Many of these Pastors then turn around and give themselves large incomes with many benefits that would make a congressman blush! This all while they have people in their fellowship that can barely make ends meet only to be guilted into following an Old testament command of tithing. Also these Pastors become preoccupied with building large plush and expensive "Houses of God" all the while not telling the people in the congregations that "We" the people are the "Church" ekklesia "called out ones" from the world. They fail to emphasize that we are the Temple of God and that there are no more Temples made with the hands of Man. They approve of expensive upgrades to their buildings and then put the burden on the flock to pay off the debt. They fail to tell Church that as Christians we are not to be in debt and that we are to be good stewards of our money. Sorry but purchasing an air conditioning unit that costs over $450,000 is not being a good steward of God's money.
Note in verse 49 where it says "fellow servants"
Pastors/elders are fellow servants with their flocks, they are not above them and they are not to be treated as some celebrity. If you see a Pastor that needs a bodyguard or security then you know you have a Man that is not a true servant of God. This man got confused and thought being a Pastor was some elevated position in the Church. If your Pastor cant mingle with the brethren after services and bear their burdens without you having to set up an appointment to meet with him then you have a Man that doesn't have a Pastors heart.
Note in verse 51, that these hypocrites (false Pastors, prophets and teachers) who fleece God's church will have a portion in the Lake of Fire where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. I hate to break it to you brethren but this applies to many of the So called leaders in today's American Laodicean Church. Be a Christian detective and test every spirit and all things. Test those who say they are apostles and are not and are liars, Jesus commends that type of testing as he did with the Church of Ephesus in Revelation 2:2. See, Jesus honors it when we just don't believe those who speak in God's name no matter how popular they are and no matter how many books they sell or how many radio shows they have or if they are on TV or if they fill large baseball stadiums.
Jude talks about these men that they are spots in our Love feasts, verse 12. They are clouds without water, again verse 12. They are Twice dead pulled up by the roots, again verse 12. Verse 13 confirms their destiny talked about in Matthew 24 : 51. Verse 13 in Jude talks about the blackness of darkness forever being reserved for them. Verse 4 says that they creep in unnoticed. You will say that they deny our Lord, many if today's false Pastors/teachers dont always deny our Lord in word (altho some do and many more deny his word in scripture) but they deny our Lord in their wicked actions. They also were marked out for condemnation long ago according to verse 4. Why does it surprise some people when some of our most popular Christian leaders are called out for being Wolves in sheep's clothing? Weren't we warned in scripture that the Devil disguises himself as an angel of light and that he has his Ministers that also disguise themselves as angels of light? What a ploy by the Satan, use the most loved Pastor's to bring in damnable heresies to the Church.
Revelation 18:4 "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues."
Joyfully enduring trials
Hebrews 10:34
"for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and enduring possession for yourselves in heaven"
Brethren, is this scripture applicable for today? I submit to you that it is. So when Christian bakers, photographers, florists lose their businesses and are persecuted for their convictions they ultimately need to accept the plundering of their goods joyfully. Instead of picking up the Political sword we as brothers and sisters in Christ need to supply these persecuted brethren with our abundance so that their Lack is supplied for.
2 Corinthians 8:14
"But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack-that there may be equality"
To much of today's Church if you told them that without mentioning it is scripture they would call you a socialist or communist. Truth is truth and scripture supercedes any political Doctrine or philosophy.
This is the responsibility of the local Church where these persecuted brethren fellowship. This is also scriptural. The question is, do we obey? The word of God also says that those who have material gain in this world and don't share with those brethren in need in their midst don't have the spirit of God in them. The problem is that many in today's Church have the "pick yourselves by the boot straps mentality" that the evil and ungodly republican and tea parties espouse. This however is not an ideal promoted in scripture. Yes we are to work for our food and God does not honor the lazy man and the democratic party is evil and ungodly as well.
Brethren,
Why are striving in the world of Politics? Is it because we are trying to make our lives here as Christians as comfy and easy as possible until our Lord comes in some unbiblical secret pre trib Rapture so that we don't have to go through the Tribulation? Do you ask yourselves why today's Church is so obsessed about not suffering persecution either here and now or in the 7 year antichrist reign? Just read the above Hebrews passage about accepting the plundering of their goods joyfully. Does that apply for today or just two thousand years ago? Just imagine the testimony to the world if these persecuted Christian businesses had that same attitude of joyfully accepting the sanctions against their businesses. However they have not done this as a whole and instead have taken up the Political sword to fight for their rights. Yet often times the Life of a Christian is doing the opposite and not fighting for your rights. I ask you brethren, is your Kingdom here on Earth or in Heaven where we have a more enduring possession?
Putting unbelieving Jewish Men and Women on a pedastol
Matthew 8: 10-12
Such faith the Centurion had, not even found in Israel. Read Jesus words in verse 11 and 12, clarifying that many Gentiles will sit in the Kingdom of Heaven with the Patriarchs and many unbelieving Jewish people would be cast into the Lake of Fire of eternal torment. Best thing we can do as believers is give Jewish people the Gospel. Once they reject it then we kick the dust off our feet and take the gospel elsewhere and not let our peace rest upon them. Is that not what our Savior Jesus Christ said to his disciples when he told them to go and preach in the villages? Pastors have no business inviting Messiah rejecting Jew's to speak from the Pulpits or inviting unbelieving IDF soldiers to speak from the Pulpits. Pastors are called to protect the Flock from anyone bringing a gospel other than the one delivered once for all to the Saints. The Fellowship of Believers is not to be used as a sounding board for Politics whether evil Right wing or evil Left Wing agendas.
J. Vernon McGee's poor attempt at proving that Pre Trib Rapture is Biblical
click on link below for you tube video
"for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and enduring possession for yourselves in heaven"
Brethren, is this scripture applicable for today? I submit to you that it is. So when Christian bakers, photographers, florists lose their businesses and are persecuted for their convictions they ultimately need to accept the plundering of their goods joyfully. Instead of picking up the Political sword we as brothers and sisters in Christ need to supply these persecuted brethren with our abundance so that their Lack is supplied for.
2 Corinthians 8:14
"But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack-that there may be equality"
To much of today's Church if you told them that without mentioning it is scripture they would call you a socialist or communist. Truth is truth and scripture supercedes any political Doctrine or philosophy.
This is the responsibility of the local Church where these persecuted brethren fellowship. This is also scriptural. The question is, do we obey? The word of God also says that those who have material gain in this world and don't share with those brethren in need in their midst don't have the spirit of God in them. The problem is that many in today's Church have the "pick yourselves by the boot straps mentality" that the evil and ungodly republican and tea parties espouse. This however is not an ideal promoted in scripture. Yes we are to work for our food and God does not honor the lazy man and the democratic party is evil and ungodly as well.
Brethren,
Why are striving in the world of Politics? Is it because we are trying to make our lives here as Christians as comfy and easy as possible until our Lord comes in some unbiblical secret pre trib Rapture so that we don't have to go through the Tribulation? Do you ask yourselves why today's Church is so obsessed about not suffering persecution either here and now or in the 7 year antichrist reign? Just read the above Hebrews passage about accepting the plundering of their goods joyfully. Does that apply for today or just two thousand years ago? Just imagine the testimony to the world if these persecuted Christian businesses had that same attitude of joyfully accepting the sanctions against their businesses. However they have not done this as a whole and instead have taken up the Political sword to fight for their rights. Yet often times the Life of a Christian is doing the opposite and not fighting for your rights. I ask you brethren, is your Kingdom here on Earth or in Heaven where we have a more enduring possession?
Putting unbelieving Jewish Men and Women on a pedastol
Matthew 8: 10-12
Such faith the Centurion had, not even found in Israel. Read Jesus words in verse 11 and 12, clarifying that many Gentiles will sit in the Kingdom of Heaven with the Patriarchs and many unbelieving Jewish people would be cast into the Lake of Fire of eternal torment. Best thing we can do as believers is give Jewish people the Gospel. Once they reject it then we kick the dust off our feet and take the gospel elsewhere and not let our peace rest upon them. Is that not what our Savior Jesus Christ said to his disciples when he told them to go and preach in the villages? Pastors have no business inviting Messiah rejecting Jew's to speak from the Pulpits or inviting unbelieving IDF soldiers to speak from the Pulpits. Pastors are called to protect the Flock from anyone bringing a gospel other than the one delivered once for all to the Saints. The Fellowship of Believers is not to be used as a sounding board for Politics whether evil Right wing or evil Left Wing agendas.
J. Vernon McGee's poor attempt at proving that Pre Trib Rapture is Biblical
click on link below for you tube video
Total poor exegesis by J. Vernon McGee on Rapture teaching. This is why us Brothers and Sisters put our trust in Jesus and his word and not Man. You can't take scripture out of context to try in vain to prove a doctrine. Mr. McGee makes a lot of assumptions in this video on what certain scriptures mean, including 24 elders and letters to seven churches. Just read Revelation 12:7, antichrist given power to make war with Saints and overcome them. This is also mentioned in Da.iel 7:21. The Church is here for the Great Tribulation. Be prepared! Remember if the Church was to get raptured before tribulation then who are the Saints that the antichrist makes war against? The Bible is clear that Man doesn't repent of their evil works after trumpet judgments so how do Saint's just appear out of nowhere? Mr. McGee also stated that there would be no way for worldwide antisemitism if Church is here during tribulation. That is false, the Holocaust happened in Europe right under the Churches nose and they did nothing about it.
Also, Vernon McGee says that the Great Tribulation is also the Wrath of God which is not true as the Great Tribulation is from the Antichrist and the Wrath of God is of course from God. Yes we are not appointed to Wrath but we are going to go through the Tribulation if this all happens in our lifetime. He says that because we are saved by Grace that we can't go through the Great Tribulation yet can't give any scripture to support that statement. So how is it that we have Christians from middle east and Africa getting slaughtered on a daily basis? Where is their Grace?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BTm8WJkMKJw
Idol's
As Paul says, we glory in the Cross but I don't think we are to make a carved image or likeness of a Cross. It's what took place at the Cross that we glory not the Wooden Cross itself as an object. Also no Christian should have carved Images of Angels or Jesus.
Exodus 20: 4-5
Fear Mongering
Contrary to the hysterical commentaries by Conservative So called Christian Pastors and Leaders Islam is not taking over the United States. Muslims are just a pawn. Many Pastors are feeding into the hysteria without doing their research. What did Jesus say dont fear him who can kill the body but then can do nothing else but fear him who can kill body and cast soul into Hell. We are not to fear Muslims period. The enemy from within the Church is far more dangerous as it seeks to pervert the Gospel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BTm8WJkMKJw
Idol's
As Paul says, we glory in the Cross but I don't think we are to make a carved image or likeness of a Cross. It's what took place at the Cross that we glory not the Wooden Cross itself as an object. Also no Christian should have carved Images of Angels or Jesus.
Exodus 20: 4-5
Fear Mongering
Contrary to the hysterical commentaries by Conservative So called Christian Pastors and Leaders Islam is not taking over the United States. Muslims are just a pawn. Many Pastors are feeding into the hysteria without doing their research. What did Jesus say dont fear him who can kill the body but then can do nothing else but fear him who can kill body and cast soul into Hell. We are not to fear Muslims period. The enemy from within the Church is far more dangerous as it seeks to pervert the Gospel.
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