The Scourge Of Racism
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From my 1977 Resurrection Sunday birth into the faith until now, I have encountered a steady parade of pastors, elders and leaders in the churches that without shame or thought of repentance ambitiously pursue the earthly rewards of authority, recognition, money and success. No doubt, a few have even approached God the Father with tearful prayers as the young man in Christ’s parable to ask for those things as their share in the family inheritance. They go to any number of schools eager to help them get the credentials needed to realize their dreams. In His all knowing, wisdom and permissive will, God has allowed a great number of these men to have their way (Luke 15:11-12). Mind you, the biblically taught motives for serving the Lord are love, pleasing Him in doing His will and eternal rewards as Christ, the Strong Man of God gave us example (John 8:29, 14:31; Hebrews 12:1-2). In accord with His requirement to be His disciple and example, we do not come to Jesus in order to have God fulfill our dreams, but to line up behind the Lord to do His will to the point of death if called upon (Luke 9:23). Now, it just so happens as aspiring strong men in the image of Christ have discovered, God equips us with spiritual gifts, a corresponding calling and ministry that in satisfaction far exceeds any dream we may have had for ourselves though great suffering attend it. It is to the praise of God that the divine will to any extent is able to still be accomplished through any of us as redeemed sinners, but especially those sons as pastors, elders and leaders that operate out of their own selfish motives and agenda. Many men that realize God has gifted and called them into the ministry of teaching and preaching as pastors, elders and leaders quickly shed their biblically taught motives and instead, embrace the worldly rooted motives for authority, recognition, money and success they see are displayed in their role models and peers. These carnal motives in their leaders are widely accepted by and entrenched in the culture of the churches today. Ministry with carnal motives leads quickly to the “far country” of compromise and corruption of God’s Word, rebellion against the divine will in arrogant self-exaltation, pride and sinful living whether publically seen or not (Luke 15:13, NKJV). Such men clamor after titles--to be called “Bishop” for example, which was corrupted historically by manmade Christianity the religion, but in the New Testament continues to simply refer to one that is an elder or pastor of a local church--and insist on sitting in the chief seats to exercise authority and be recognized contrary to our Lord’s instruction (Matthew 20:20-28, 23:1-12). They turn men away from following Christ to themselves (Acts 20:30). These men under pastors, elders and leaders in the far country are used not to build up God’s Kingdom, but theirs. This is another great reason men in large numbers are missing from the churches. They recognize that for all of the religious talk, the bottom line is the leadership wants to use them for their own purposes not the Lord’s. For the record, sir, saved men do not belong to you nor does God send them to you to help fulfill your visions of grandeur. They belong to Christ who died for them and gifts and calls them to do the Kingdom work of building His Church (Matthew 4:18-22, 16:13-20, 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Ephesians 4:7-16), not yours! If in the far country--to include Preachers In LA--you realize all of the worldly and selfish motives of your heart for serving and never repent, then the Lord declares that you with all other outwardly religious folk have your reward and inheritance in full (Matthew 6:1-6). If however, at the end of your dreams fulfilled in the far country you wake up in the pig pen of emptiness, disillusionment and despair, the Lord longsuffering, gracious and merciful awaits your return to Him in repentance with forgiveness, a warm welcome home and rejoicing (Luke 15:14-24). You have rightly understood your pig pen as the Lord’s chastening and responded accordingly (Psalm 32:1-5, 86:15; Ezekiel 18:30-32; 1 Corinthians 11:31-32). Rather than being jealous and envious of you that have come to your senses and returned to God, Christ and we with Him as the other, faithful son of the Father’s house in the Lord’s parable celebrate (Luke 15:25-32)! Truly, sent by God out of His love to warn of His fiery judgment near at hand (1 Corinthians 3:5-17; Revelation 18:1-8), I have longed with His heart for the repentance of my fellow pastors, elders and leaders in the churches that from impure motives and sin have gone off to the far country. Are you not also among the men our God seeks to restore through our strong man of God cause and message? Therefore, I exhort the guilty to repent now returning home to faithfully serve God with proper motives and await His full, glorious eternal reward and inheritance in Christ!
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