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| Earl Gillespie |
A Discussion of Biblical
Proportions
Conclusion
Conclusion
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by
reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of (2 Peter 2:2 ).
Recently an all out attack on
the Kings James Bible was launched by a series of internet articles that made
exaggerated claims concerning the sexuality of King James. Because King James was king of the British
Empire, and the head of the church of England when the King James Bible was
translated he is purported to have done
the work himself, which would have been an impossible task. After taking control of the Church of England
for immoral purposes, he was asked to authorize the English translation of the
Bible for the unification of the Church of England and the English speaking
populace. The life of a King, whether degenerate or not should not be used to
detract from the true Word of God. Any
changes in the translation and the structure of the Bible can be quickly
ascertained, such as the difference between the Catholic and the Protestant
Bibles. There are also the ancient
scrolls that are often used for verification and validation.
It should not be the translation of the Bible that
holds the greatest fear among believers, it is the interpretation of the Bible
that is most deadly. From the beginning
of Christianity men of an unholy nature has been interpreting the scripture. They have been setting themselves up as
leaders and claiming a divine mission from God.
Remember the letters to the seven churches, Jesus spoke out against this
sickness that invaded the church. The
religious right has proven it gullibility, Jesus phrased it as the blind
leading the blind. Promise a man a fish and with money in hand, he will stand and wait for you to deliver. Promise God will give him a fish, he will
give you his money and go home and wait for God to deliver the fish. Financial empires have been built on the selling
of the Christ.
Let us come together and
reason, do we believe in God? Maybe the
question should be rephrased, “what God do we believe in”? There is the God of Moses who left his
children to wander in the wilderness forty years because they were rude and
disobedient . There is the God of John
the Baptist who left the forerunner of his son to languish in jail until his
head was chopped off by a grumpy old King.
Then there was the God who let his Son to be hanged on a tree for a
crime he didn’t commit. There is that God, whose vial of wrath is overflowing. Both Simon Peter
and Paul expressed a profound desire to
die to be with the Son of God who said I am going away to prepare a place for you.
There is a new God in charge
today, one that have changed all of the rules.
This new God has "flip the script' and it's about now and not the hereafter. The rules only apply when it comes to getting stuff. The rowdiness of the world has invaded the
church place and the sacredness of the temple worship has been discarded or desecrated. Money
and power have become the new gods of salvation. To be able to use the word salvation, I must
post the question, do we still believe
in salvation of the soul, or is it glory, wealth and power that drives us to church each Sunday. Is our desire to get our ‘praise on’ greater
than our desire to be like Jesus?
Imagine Jesus, that person that we say we want to be like, telling his
disciples, lets go to the temple and get our praise on "Yall"?
Mankind has reached a level of
indifference and intolerance to the truth that could have only been achieved
through indoctrination. From our leaders in high places to the lowly minions whose life is a constant struggle, the truth has become elusive. Many have bought into the lie because it is the acceptable thing to do. Without an honest dialog, there can be no truth.
The
story of Emperor's New Clothes is a Danish fairy tale written by Hans Christian
Andersen and first published in 1837. It
parallel the letter Jesus sent to the Loadiceans Church, the church that is
representative of the present church age.
If we cast aside the messages to the seven churches as being irreverent
to the churches of today, we miss out on the greatest messages delivered to the
churches by Jesus Christ.
Many years ago, there lived an emperor who
cared only about his clothes and about showing them off. One day he heard from
two swindlers that they could make the finest suit of clothes from the most
beautiful cloth. This cloth, they said, also had the special capability that it
was invisible to anyone who was either stupid or not fit for his position. Being
a bit nervous about whether he himself would be able to see the cloth, the
emperor first sent two of his trusted men to see it. Of course, neither would
admit that they could not see the cloth and so praised it. All the townspeople
had also heard of the cloth and were interested to learn how stupid their
neighbors were.
The
emperor then allowed himself to be dressed in the clothes for a procession
through town, never admitting that he was too unfit and stupid to see what he
was wearing. For he was afraid that the other people would think that he was
stupid. Of
course, all the townspeople wildly praised the magnificent clothes of the
emperor, afraid to admit that they could not see them, until a small child
said: "But he has nothing
on"!
Now let’s consider a letter Jesus wrote to a church.
“And
unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things says the
Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I
know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would that you were cold or
hot. So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew
you out of my mouth. Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and
have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and
poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire,
that you may be rich; and white clothing, that you may be clothed, and that the
shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve,
that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous
therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears
my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will eat with him, and
he with me. To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. He that has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches”, (Revelation
3:14-22).
For the church to regain the status as set forth by Jesus, followers of Christ need to be more
concerned about those who have established their power bases and is leading the
masses astray. There are those who attack and destroy the Christian values and extort the follower of Christ
under false pretense, with the blessings of the faithful few. There are those who will use the scripture out of the context in which it was spoken, to protect and defend the immoral ways of those who claim to be messengers of God. 1 Chronicles 16:21-22 He allowed no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm. This is not a carte blanche invitation to the ungodly to hide behind the veil of sanctification as did the the priest of old. Maybe a study of Mark 15:38 will shed some light on the subject. "And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom."
The purpose of the
Church is not to create a power base nor to amass a group of people who are dancing
and prancing, but to provide a vehicle to bring to Jesus a group of people prepared to judge and rule
with him on his return. Do ye not know
that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you,
are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? (1 Corinthians 6:2)
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