I came across an old note of mine that I posted on Facebook and decided to copy and paste it to my blog. Feel free to share your thoughts concerning my note. Enjoy!
'I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you." Rev 3: 1-3
Tonight I sent a good deal of time with some local Muslims, two of whcih were Sheiks (Muslims scholars and highly esteemed religious elders) who had invited me and my friend Michael Williams over for a "Religious Discussion". The night went well, and though we had our disagreements and our difficulties in communication (especially with having to use a translator and all) we were able to enjoy a nice evening of discussion. I also was able to visit a Mosque durring the time of prayer. It was good night and a good experience for me and for Michael. However...even though we walked away feeling satisfied and like we had fulfilled our purpose and our goal for the night, we confessed to each other that we we're feeling a great saddness. We had seen the failings of the Holy and Beloved Catholic (Universal, not Roman-Catholic) Church in the world. My heart is now overwhelemed with great saddness and great anger over the behavior of the church these last few centuries...and blasted divisions made over some of the most foolish reasons. What makes the church think that it has the right to rebel against scripture??? What makes the Church think that God will honor these divisions made in the Church? What ever happened to unity? The Beloved have become taited by their sin and their rebellion? Does the Church no longer fear their God that they would allow themselves to fall into such terrible sins as sexual immorality, unwarrented divorse, acts that lead to warrented divorse, pride, arrogance, hipocracy, lies, false doctrine, flippant study of the scripture, half hearted worship, idiolitry, self centeredness, hatred, impatience, and so much more?!?!?! These things are rampant inthe church and are often labeled as being "acceptable" or "following the Spirit". Too many people claim Christianity and live otherwise! You foolish men and women! You have broken the commandment that says "Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain"! do you ot understand this? Do you not see the evil in proclaiming to be of God's chosen and not living a life honorable? I am not saying that the only Christians are the ones who have it all together and never sin. We all sin and we all make mistakes....but I am speaking against those who are unrepentent and say "I'm a child of God" or "I have been saved" when their is no fruit from them! There is no loe of God that shines in their life, but only a desire for social status or manipulation. I am angered by pastors and preachers and elders who compromise truth for lies. Some of these are called "liberal" and others still are called "conservative", those who would take away from the doctirne of God's Holy Word and those who would add to it! Are not both of these things wrong? I was disturbed when a Muslim brought up a statistic about the church ( I was a little confussed as to whether he was talking about the church as a whole or just the Anglican denomination) stating that 71% of the "believers" say that you dont need to believe that Jesus is God. Who suddenly decided this? Are we so willing to say that you dont have to believe Jesus is God just to make Christianity less offensive? To try and make things ore acceptabel and easier to understand? Sure, it would be easier to not have to try and explain what we mean by "Trinity" but that isn't for us to try and make easier. I want the church to return to it's first love...I want an end to the false teachers and false "prophets" on television and those traveling aroudn from church to church to be put in their place. God do something about Your church! PLease open our eyes before we stirr you to wrath against us!!!Church of the west...you have failed...repent before alll is lost and God's wrath be turned against us.
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