Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. Matt. 5:8
What’s the difference between someone who has truly
encountered God and your average church goers who got saved by ‘Receiving’
Jesus? It’s simply the difference between answering the hunger
within by seeking out God and finding Him or relying on someone else to
assure you that you've been 'saved in your sins'.
Jesus said: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and
you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who
asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be
opened." Matt. 7:7-8
Most people are satisfied with a nominal recognition of
God and the false assurance that comes with attaching yourself to the
church where everyone has accepted a standard fashion of religion they
call Christian and no one challenges it. Whatever the Pastor says is
Gospel and the Church itself is just a security blanket where you feel
good about yourself and have fun with others. In some respects you may
try to reform your behavior accordingly for appearances, but inside you
remain the same: ‘Cold, empty, dry and dead to God!’
What has happened to put our churches into this present
state of decay? Why can’t you find anyone anywhere who REALLY has
a handle on God other than some notion of doctrine handed down to them
by tradition? Why is it that everyone who professes to be a Christian
is somewhere between dead and lukewarm, including the pastors?
Personalities aside here, I know that some forms of Christianity are
more attractive than others and the teachers more charismatic and
interesting. But aside from the hype and show in some churches, what is
there really to sink your teeth into?
Present-day Christianity is a joke for a reason. They
haven’t become the laughingstock of hell by accident! The JOKE is
WHAT they teach as the Gospel and expect people to actually BELIEVE
they are getting saved in their sins by RECEIVING Jesus! When in
reality they are doing nothing more than trusting in a System of LIES
that numbs their minds to truth. The sad part is that MOST of them
THINK they have found a great light while they remain in great
darkness. Matt. 6:23
Making the assumption that you will find the right path to
God within the established system is one of the most significant errors
a person can make. NOTHING they are teaching in any of these
churches has ANYTHING to do with the bible or the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. By the time these teachers get done convincing you they know
what they are talking about, you will have already succumbed to the
STRONG delusion of error. 2Thess. 2:3-10 That’s why it’s so
important to escape this delusion before it takes hold of your mind and
seek out God on His terms, not according to some doctrinal system.
This must begin on the solid foundation of truth;
'Those who name the name of Christ must depart from iniquity!' 2Tim.
2:19 You're not going to find this in the Church System that teaches
human inability and magic covers for sin. The way to Christ is through
repentance and faith proven by deeds. Acts 26:18-21. This is the only
way you can come from darkness to light from the power of Satan to God.
Truth is found by those who diligently seek it out, and HUNGER for it!
Heb. 11:6 Not by those who make a 'profession' of faith that does not
affect the condition of their heart.
In the Churches the cry is, "not of works, no one is
perfect, and judge not." However, in the bible, it's 'produce deeds
worthy of repentance, be perfect and righteous judgment!' Matt. 3:8,
5:48, Jh. 7:24. The difference is night and day! People who 'receive' Jesus never stop sinning and are taught they can't stop due to their inbred corrupted nature.
They have no real incentive to keep themselves pure or pursue
righteousness. Personal righteousness is considered
'Self-righteousness' in their minds. And putting forth any effort to
obey God and do what is right is 'saving yourself' according to the
pastors. Righteousness supposedly is transferred to them when they 'received' Jesus, the 'magic' cover in which God pretends they're not sinning when they sin daily in thought, word, and deed.
The Church System always mistakes conviction for
conversion. If a person feels remorse for their sins and responds to an
invitation to confess it, they are pronounced 'saved' and welcomed to
the fold. Further conviction for their ongoing wrongdoings
following this supposed 'conversion,' is said to be the 'devil trying
to make them doubt their salvation'. So the natural function of human
conscience to accuse wrongdoing Rom. 2:14, is stifled before it has
time to lead anyone to a real repentance! Rom. 2:4 In this 1Tim. 4;1
quickly takes place, the conscience is seared with the hot iron of
deceit and the person learns to ignore further conviction and finally
grieves away the Holy Spirit altogether, who will not 'strive with you
forever, unless you STRIVE with Him!
"Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say
to you, will seek to enter and will not be able." Luke 13:24
This is the reason so FEW are ever really saved because
the preachers have been telling them for so long to 'receive', not
STRIVE. The way to eternal life is narrow and difficult not wide and
easy! Have you ever heard a Church pastor preach this:
"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad
is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by
it. because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to
life, and there are few who find it. Matt. 7:13-14
This is why no one is hungering for righteousness, only
fulfilling the lust of their flesh yet to be crucified in Christ. Gal.
5:24. As Jesus warned in the very next verse; "Beware of the false
prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, you shall know them by
their fruits." Matt. 7:15. These false prophets are standing on the
platforms in your Church, dressed up as 'sheep' and preaching a message
of death.
Of course, you are 100% convinced they are of God and
preaching the truth, but examine the fruit produced in your church.
It's rotten to the core, by admission every convert is Roman's wretch,
chief of sinners with a desperately wicked heart. And if anyone says
otherwise they are liars and the truth is not in them! There is no one
hungering after God, zealous for His truth, pure in heart and obedient
to the Word. It's all 'filthy rags' and dead works.
A real encounter with God BEGINS with the person AMENDING
the evil of his doings and coming clean with God in repentance. 2Cor.
7:10-11 In scripture it's repentance for remission, Lk. 24:47.
Not remission first and then 'maybe' you repent or more likely
'confess' that you can't do anything worthy of repentance. Obedience is
the first act of faith, Rom. 6:16. Faith is never alone.
When Abraham 'believed God' Gen. 15:6, it meant he was FIRM and
faithful with God and went forth walking in the steps of a faith that
produced a lifetime pattern of obedience. Rom. 4:12, 19-21. Faith is
synonymous with obedience, one in the same thing, as Abraham was
'justified by what he did and not by faith alone.' Js 2:24, so faith
not accompanied by deeds is dead, inoperative, and in vain. We are
'workers together' with God in the process of repentance proven by
deeds, Js. 2:22, 2Cor. 6:1, otherwise grace is received without purpose
and to no effect.
The Churches are preaching a different Gospel and
producing rotten fruit. They do not preach for righteousness but for
effectiveness. Their phony converts do not desire purity of heart or
righteousness of life. If you have a hunger for God STAY as far away
from the Churches as possible! Reject their messengers and all they
stand for. Don't get caught up in the hype and glitter and don't fall
for the fake platitudes and friendly-looking faces. Your soul is at
stake, take the narrow path to life and leave them behind in their sins.
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