Do God's People Really Need to Repent?
A generation ago, Roman Catholics would not have been considered "brethren" by most born-again believers. What has changed since then? Are Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses and Moonies our brethren too? I am not angry, by the way. But it is time to speak up! Enough is enough! Its time to read our bibles again! How about the letters to the seven churches. Most were rebuked for compromising with various groups that were themselves compromising with the world. Has God changed His mind?
The Catholic Church is far worse than any of those groups mentioned in the seven Churches, or in the book of Galatians. No, but we are severely backslidden. If someone speaks up, he is called proud and judgmental. Whoever would escape evil makes himself a prey. Well, then, all the prophets, and Apostles, and the Lord Himself were judgmental! I take my stand with them. And may God grant me a forehead like flint. Let God be true and every man a liar! And if this forum is nothing but a pillow-prophet tickle-the-ear place where people wag the tongue according to culturally acceptable norms then I should be allowed to wag mine a little too! But I will speak according to the norms of the bible instead. For it is to Him, indeed, that I must give an account. And to whom much is given, much is required.
Jesus caused division often when He spoke. John 6 records how that many of His disciples no longer walked with Him. They were offended at the degree of commitment He was expecting of them. "What! No more entertainment?" "No more loaves and fishes to fill our bellies." "Pick up our cross and deny ourselves?" "Come out from her my people?" "Surely there must be some broader path to take. Let us go back to Egypt! Let us make Jesus in our own image. One that is broad minded and inclusive of all religions. One that will nod agreement with all we believe and do!"
I don't often use satire and scorn to make a point. But sometimes it is effective to show how shamefully and foolishly we have all fallen from the purity of Christ. The prophets used this method often to show how far from common sense they had strayed in their day.
Jesus has "eyes like fire," and "a two-edged sword in His hands," (Revelation 3). It is time to purge ourselves of man-made religion. Its time to turn away from the money-mad comedians on TV who merchandize the gospel. It is time to humble ourselves and search our lives and remove every idol and cast away every vile thing from before our eyes. There is no such thing as revival without it.
Hype is not revival. Unity is not revival. Bigness is not revival. But repentance IS revival. All of us need to repent of practices that would have caused us to blush with shame not more than 30 years ago. Read the writings of the great leaders of the past century. They had convictions like those being expressed here. Go read Wesley, Edwards, Finney and Spurgeon. But now we are a shamed of those who are ashamed of those things we were ashamed of 30 years ago! We must repent. If America does not repent, she will have her lampstand removed, just like the seven churches did---who are now ruled by Muslims. God is making no idle threats with the North American and Rome blackouts 45 days apart. If we repent, then God will visit us with power and many will be converted unto Him in truth. But if we don't, then this whole nation is doomed. Nuclear war is hanging over our heads. We are asleep. The Russians are not. When God plunged San Francisco into darkness on Dec. 20, 2003, was it not a sign? Did not events soon take place that revealed what God was saying. San Francisco shortly became the pipeline of Sodomite marriages that is pressing upon all of America. And what will the next president do to stop it? All these events are also on a definite time frame as discussed in my web site. The pattern was observed before the Rome and San Francisco blackouts had even occurred. These are God's warnings, not mine! And I fear God enough to relay what He showed me.
God gave 4 years of time under the Bush government to repent. At the time of the election, as the nation was halting between two opinions, America was being weighed in the balances. But we have not repented. The backsliding continues, and this film will only increase our turning away from Him.
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