NOW THE CHURCH OF GOD HAS BECOME A SHOPPING CENTER WHERE EVERYTHING INCLUDING ANOINTING IS UP FOR SALE.
CHRIST ROYAL AMBASSADORS:
PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IS NOT AN ASSIGNMENT OR A JOB FOR ANYONE WHO ARE SEEKING APPLAUD OR HUMAN APPROVAL.
[GALATIANS, 1: 10] PAUL APOSTLE CLARIFIES THAT IF HE WERE TO PLEASE PEOPLE, HE WOULDN’T BE A SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST, THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE THAT PREACHERS SHOULD COPY FROM.
IT IS THE WILL OF GOD AND THIS APPROVAL THAT WE MUST WORK TOWARDS.
THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS ABOUT REPENTANCE AND THE FORSAKING OF SIN, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.
UNPLEASANT TO THOSE WHO ARE COMFORTABLE IN LIVING THE UNGODLY LIFE, AND PLEASANT TO THOSE WHO SEEK SALVATION IN CHRIST JESUS.
[1 CORINTHIANS, 1: 18] THIS VERSE EMPHASIZES THE CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVE ON THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, THE WORLD VIEWS IT AS FOOLISHNESS WHILE WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF GOD THROUGH IT.
WE ARE NOT SENT TO COMPROMISE THE TRUTH OF THE MESSAGE IN ORDER TO PLEASE OUR AUDIENCE, WE ARE NOT TO MASSAGE THE EGOS OF THE UNREPENTANT.
AND ALSO WE ARE NOT TO PREACH CONDEMNATION [ACTS, 17: 13]
MANY PREACHERS HAVE DEVIATED FROM THE TRUE GOSPEL BY REPLACING REPENTANCE WITH BLESSINGS IN DISOBEDIENCE.
SATAN HAS PUSHED SOME PREACHERS TO THE POINT OF WANTING AND BEGGING GOD TO ALLOW THEM CASH-OUT THEIR ETERNITY WITH CHRIST, SO THEY MAY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO QUENCH THEIR APPETITE FOR THE LUXURY OF THEIR FLESH AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR SOULS.
NOW THE CHURCH OF GOD HAS BECOME A SHOPPING CENTER WHERE EVERYTHING INCLUDING ANOINTING IS UP FOR SALE.
CANDLES AND OTHER RITUAL ITEMS ARE OPENLY ON SALE IN THE WHITE GARMENT CHURCHES, WHILE THE EVANGELICAL ONES ARE SELLING STICKERS, ANOINTTING OIL, AND THE HANDKERCHIEFS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS.
IN CONCLUSION: THE BURDENS IN CHURCHES OF TODAY ARE NOT WHAT JESUS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO SEEK HIM.
[MATT, 11: 28] THIS IS AN INVITATION FROM CHRIST TO ANYONE WHO FEELS EXHAUSTED AND OVERWHELMED OR BURDENED BY THE TOILS AND STRUGGLES OF LIFE.
HE OFFERED TO EASE THEIR BURDENS AND GIVE THEM REST.
BUT NOW THE CHURCHES ARE DOING THE OPPOSITE.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF” THE WAY OF THE CROSS”
A NON-DENOMINATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRIST FOLLOWERS.
WE ARE OBLIGATED TO PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO ALL SOULS AND EMPHASIZE THE GRACE OF ETERNAL SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST JESUS WHILE INFORMING THE WORLD OF THE MERCY OF GOD FOR SINNERS NOW THAT THERE’S STILL TIME TO REPENT AND WARN THE STONE-HEARTED OF THE IMPENDING CONSEQUENCES IF THEY DIE UNREPENTANT.
GOOD MORNING: REMEMBER TO FILL YOUR LAMP WITH ENOUGH OIL AS WE ARE WAITING FOR HIS ARRIVAL.