America is Laodicea All Over Again

In Revelation 3:14-21 we see the letter written to the Church in Laodicea, and we see the an example given to them so that they could understand God's displeasure with the attitudes. The Laodiceans were  blessed with an abundance of material wealth to the point where they became less interested in the things of God and more interested in material things and wealth.

The prosperity of the land had dulled their spiritual fervor and caused them to become lazy and more interested in the pursuit of pleasure rather than the pursuit of God. Because of this, they received a strong rebuke and were urged to repent of their wicked ways.

The Question remains did they repent and change their ways, or did they continue in error drowning in their prosperity and receiving judgement from the hand of God? Honestly, we do not really know what their response was, what we do know however is that they had fallen away from the grace they once knew because they sought the riches of this world and became nominal in their faith.

God says to them "I wish that you were either hot or cold". God would prefer people either to be on fire for him or ice cold and rejecting him altogether. God does not like it when people become lukewarm as the church in Laodicea did, in fact, God's says that he will vomit them out of his mouth. Lukewarm Christian and lukewarm Church make God nauseated, and it makes him want to puke!

The Church was essentially dead in Laodicea, it had become a spiritually lifeless and powerless group of people who cared nothing for the things of God.  They had lost their passion for God and their love for him because of the vast wealth they were enjoying. These people were not true followers of Christ, they were not born-again. They had a degree of religion but it was dead religion, fake religion, they were 'Christians in name ONLY'.

Does any of this sound familiar?  It should, because we in America are living in the same type of lukewarm that the Laodiceans were living in. We Americans have been blessed with an over abundance of material blessings and as a result we have also lost our passion for God, and our desire to chase after him, and carry his Gospel into the streets and win the lost to Christ.

The Church in Laodicea and the Church in American are essentially in the same boat, and that boat is sinking more every day.  The Church is just like in that day is full of people who really don't believe and are not true Christians. The spiritual life has been sucked out of our lives by our desire for the things of this world, and as we pursue the things of this world we slow down and stop in our pursuit of God.

I think you get the point do you not?  God is NAUSEATED by the Modern American Church!

God wants to vomit us out of his mouth, and then what?

There are only a handful of local assemblies that even preach the truth anymore!  Only a few Pastors that dare to speak the truth because the truth is not a popular subject with most people in our culture today. There is NO spiritual power in most Churches because the people are more into the things of this world, than they are the things of God.

The prayer life of most professing Christians consists of a token prayer at the dinner table, or a learned prayer with the children at bedtime.  There are few that truly pray with fervor in the Power of the Holy Spirit!  Prayer is ridiculously powerful if we are truly following Christ and are pure in heart before him.

Fervent prayer would save this nation from self-destructing but not enough people care about praying, it's easier to go out and protest or be political because then we are the ones in control, but when we are walking in the Spirit of God and praying we can do far more and God is control, not us.

How many professing believers actually pick up the Word of God and spend some real time reading and meditating on it, hiding it in their heart where no one can take it away from them?

Judgement, however, is NOT coming, it's Here!

..and Judgement begins in the House of God, with the Church, we in fact are the Church, so God will judge us for our lazy lukewarmness long before he turns and judges the sinful lifestyles of unregenerated men. If we will not turn around now we will deserve every bit of judgement we get, and it will not be pretty, you can mark my words.

God is Holy and Righteous. He is Just and he is judging America for its wickedness, and the Spiritually Weak Christian Church is to blame for not being the salt and light in the American society that it was called to be. It's impossible for a people to remain passionate for God and for the Gospel when they are drowning in luxury, and addicted to being entertained all the time.

I think we need to simplify our lives and start putting the things of God back in first place where they belong. Making lots of money is never satisfying and it tends to draw one away from God. All of a sudden that boat or motorhome or that cottage becomes more of a stumbling block to our spiritual lives than it does anything else. Materialism has destroyed the spiritual life of America and it's people.

Nothing is more important that sharing the Gospel and bringing people into the Kingdom of God. It should take precedence over every other thing in our lives, even our jobs. Is it right to receive a paycheck from this world when you are ignoring the command of Christ to reach the lost and make disciples? We are to set our sites on things above not on things below.

You think this message is extreme and you think I am an idiot for preaching these things but when you stand before God to give an account of the life you have lived on this earth, I wonder if he will know you, or not?  Because "many will come to him on that day saying Lord, Lord, and he will tell them I don't know you"  These are people on the inside of the Church who were never truly saved and lived carnal worldly lives enjoying the pleasures of life instead of being focused on God, Christ, and the Gospel Message.

Every morning we ought to wake up with one thing on our mind. Who can I reach today with the hope of the Gospel? Whose life can I help change today? How can I spread salt and shine a light in this Hellbound culture we live in?  Our entire focus day and night should be the things of God not the things of this world!  The love and grace of God are what we ought to exuberate, or bleed each and every day. If we as believers lived like this we would change the world!

We need to stop hating and start loving. We need to stop taking each other to court and start showing mercy and extending forgiveness to each other in the body of Christ, not tearing each other apart, or spreading nastiness about fellow Christians in an attempt to destroy them.  Those who do such things within our churches I seriously doubt are even saved to begin with.

It is time for major changes to occur where Christianity is concerned in America, otherwise, the Church is done for, and society will turn on us in ways you have not imagined yet. The overall message I am preaching here to the modern day Church is - Turn from your own sin and wickedness and make sure you are truly born-again by the Spirit of God.  Fall down before our Holy Heavenly Father and be broken over your sin. Weep and mourn before the Lord, and cry out to him to send revival into our lives why there is still time because our time is running out.

Chinese Christianity vs American Christianity - Persecution and Passion

I just watched a video of Christians in China and how they gather is secret risking their lives in order to pray and worship Jesus Christ.  They meet in caves, in homes, on farms out in the middle of nowhere, all because they love God so much that they want desperately to experience him. Clearly they put the 'Christians' in the west to shame, and we should be ashamed of ourselves because most of our Churches are dead as a corpse.

These people are being miraculously healed and deliver from disease and demonic spirits. The Holy Spirit is sweeping across the nation of China as thousands are coming to Christ and being saved. These people risk everything even their very own lives to come together while we in America move about freely taking for granted our liberty while our Chinese counterparts are restricted and must meet in secret.

The spiritual passion of these people is so real, they can't get enough of God. A four-hour sermon is a short one to them while in America 1 hour and we are tired and bored and want to go out to eat.  The American Church is superficial at best. American Christians are Luke-warm, and Dead from the Ass Up!  Don't get all legalistic on me over a certain word I just used either, a fact is a fact, GROW UP!

Again and Again, I have said that a large amount of people who fill the pews on Sunday are NOT even truly Born-again, have never truly repented of their sin. They may have prayed a prayer to accept Christ but lacked true repentance before God, or were the victims of modern day evangelism that paints a rosy picture of the Christian life, telling people that their lives will improve if they 'get saved', and that's a total lie from the pit of Hell itself.

Life does not get better in the sense that many claim. Life, in fact, gets harder once you are truly born-again. New Christians will lose friends, family members may turn on you, you may find that a lot of people you used to get along with no longer want anything to do with you. You may encounter some people who make fun of you or call you names because of your faith in Christ.

God does not want every believer to be wealthy and healthy, he is not going to transfer the wealth of evil men into the pockets of Christian men in the last days, that's complete hogwash!  The American Church has given itself to many seducing spirits and has fallen far from what Christ called her be. Many Churches preach a false socialized Gospel that saves nobody, it only lends to their deadness.

People in China are dirt poor, hungry, and suffering while we continue to live in luxury compared to the rest of the world.  Judgement begins in the House of God and judgement has come!  Why do you think God allowed an evil man run this nation? A man named Obama who has done everything to bankrupt this nation and plunge it into poverty under the control of big government socialism?

Why is Donald Trump a New York Liberal with ties of Organized Crime to storm the Republican Party and probably win the Presidency in 2016?  Why do you think so many so-called Evangelicals are supporting this man?  Why is the Godly and Honest Christian Conservative being maligned, lied about, and not winning this election?  Because the true Church of Jesus is a small remnant of believers and the bulk of so-called professing Christians are Christian's in Name ONLY!

We have not seen real persecution yet in this country, but I pray that it comes soon for the sake of the Church. I know this does not sound right to many of you, I mean who wants to be heavily persecuted for their faith right?  Honestly, we need this to happen in America and Canada. Real Persecution will clean out the Churches of false converts, and those who are truly saved will stand out from the crowd.

Some may even lose their lives for Christ's sake, find themselves in jail, or prison for their faith and because they will not compromise what they believe.  The Spirit of God will move and thousands may be brought into the Kingdom of God by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, just like in China. I pray this happens soon so that the True Church will be cleansed of apathetic luke-warm lost people.

Watch this video of believers in China. If this does not break your heart how these precious people come together in secret to pray and worship God, then I don't know what will break your heart of stone. Oh that the Church in the West would WAKE UP and start preaching the TRUTH even if it makes people really angry, so what! Let them get angry and offended and let them get the out of our Churches in they can't put up with sound doctrine anymore!

Watch this to learn to the Price Chinese Christians pay for their faith in Jesus Christ! How STRONG is your FAITH!

Rev. Paul Washer - Sermon - By Their Fruit

Has the Christian Church Failed to Produce True Disciples?

People of the world often complain that the Church is full of hypocrites, they are right to some extent as many professing Christians don't seem to live up to their Christianity, as far as the world can see. The lost have a misconception of what Christianity is, they cannot tell the difference between people who are merely religious, and those who are truly born-again.

The world views liberal religion as being authentic as they frown on those who they see as being judgemental of sin, closed minded, and bigoted against other people groups. This article, however, is not going to focus on them, it is going to focus on those who profess to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

Barna Research found that fifty percent of the people filling the pews on Sunday morning may be actually unsaved, in other words, they are religiously lost, and if this is true it explains the malaise within our Evangelical and Protestant Churches. I have my own take on why the Church is in the shape it is in, and what can be done to fix it.

At the base of the issue is whether or not people actually have the Spirit of God living within them, or not. Is there true evidence of a changed life? Has their lifestyle and behavior changed? Their speech and way of thinking changed? If a person has truly been redeemed by the blood of Christ their core values will begin to change to reflect Christ's values. If there has not been a radical change in your way of life you might not belong to God after all.

No one who has truly received the free gift of eternal life and has been filled with the Spirit of God can continue to live a lifestyle of sin without some severe consequences. Because God will chase after them in an attempt to turn them back to him, and if they refuse to listen, God will let them have what they want, and they will destroy themselves with it.

The big issue that the Holy Spirit has been speaking to me about lately is the issue of dying to one's self. Jesus said that if anyone wants to be a true follower of his they must, in fact, deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow him. This is an essential part of being a true disciple of Jesus Christ. Jesus calls each one of us to die to ourselves, lay aside our own desires for the Kingdom of God so that we can be used by God for His Glory.

I have referred to this in the past as committing suicide in a spiritual sense. Actually it is when we surrender everything to God, accept his will over our own, and accept the outcome no matter what that may entail. We actually die when we repent and accept Christ as our Savior, at least the person that we once died and is buried with Christ, and a new person is raised to life in Christ, but that is not the same as when we fully surrender to the cross of our Lord.

God is not asking for us all to become martyrs is He? What we are talking about here entails us living in the Spirit instead of living in the flesh. It is possible for a believer to live and sow to their own flesh at least for a while until God has to step in and get their attention. It is possible to believe all the right things in your head about God but never believe it in your heart of hearts. I am afraid that there are many well-meaning people who profess to know Christ but do not actually have the relationship with God through Christ.

This is why I am confronting people through my writing, including myself, so that we might check ourselves according to God's Word to be sure that we are truly born-again, and not just fooling ourselves into thinking we are saved, and going to Heaven. It is possible to be deeply religious and miss the mark of what it means to be truly regenerated by the Holy Spirit and given the gift of eternal life found only through Christ Jesus, who is the only way to Heaven, and the only name by which a man can be saved.

The Church in North America today is a lot like the Church of Laodicea. Not hot, not cold, but lukewarm, and lacking the power of God, because it's members lack the power of God in their daily lives.  CHRISTIAN! COME OUT OF YOUR LUKEWARM COMFORT ZONE!  Christ did not call you to feather your nest with all the good things of this world, but to lay your life down for the sake of the Gospel.

Too many of us have one foot in Christ, and the other in this world, but we are not called to be of this world, in fact, we are aliens here on this planet, and our citizenship is in Heaven, not here on earth. With time as we know it drawing to a close, we ought to be seeking lost souls for the Kingdom of our God, not living to please ourselves.

Do you want to know how I know that the Church is in shambles today? Do you want to know why I believe that there are many religious people who are actually going to Hell, who think they are going to Heaven?  I know some of you are already calling me a judgmental piece of crap, but you better spend time judging yourself to make sure you are truly saved.

Try inviting so-called Christians to a prayer meeting and see how many actually show up? Pastors preach the truth the people need to hear not what they want to hear and see who gets up walks out, or does not show up in your Church next week, not to mention all the nasty emails you will be getting during the week.  Try getting some professing Christians to go out and share the Gospel with people in a public place, and how many show up?

Spiritual apathy in the American Church is a sure sign that there are many false converts in our Churches, and only a handful are passionate enough to put their faith into action and produce fruit in keeping with repentance. Maybe these few are the true remnant of the New Testament Church that Jesus started? It is very clear that we need full-blown spiritual revival in our Churches, and we need it now.

True disciples of Jesus stay under the authority of the local Church, and under their Pastor Shepherd, and are truly grace-filled followers of Jesus who will not turn on Church leadership, but uphold house who God has placed them under so they may be equipped for every good work as an outpouring of their faith in Christ.  They do not attack their shepherd but are eager to be taught more of God's Word. True disciples desire the consume the meat of the Word, not just suck on the bottle full of milk.

They become spiritually mature and begin to minister to others. Instead of always being spoon fed from the pulpit every week, because they know now that it is not about them, but about Christ Jesus, they have died to self, and they live for the Kingdom of God. Spiritual maturity is the mark of a true disciple of Jesus, one who models themselves after Christ who laid himself aside for us so that we could be saved.  We set ourselves aside so that others may be saved. for God desires for all men to repent and come to the knowledge of  the truth.

Are you a True Disciple of Jesus?

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The Christian Response to Islam and ISIS

The violence and hatred of Islamic Terrorists known as ISIS is mind-blowing at best. The scenes of them cutting the heads of off hostages, sends a cold chill down our backs, and causes us to express anger towards these men who would do such things to another human being.  ISIS is now the object of much hate as we want them destroyed before they can do any more evil, but if we were honest with ourselves as a nation, we would realize that we destroy thousands of people everyday in America, we just do it behind closed doors, in little white rooms where very few know what is taking place.

One of the latest pictures to come along on Facebook shows an Islamic cleric stomping a little baby boy to death. This child was taken from his Christian parents arms, thrown on the ground, and stomped to death. There is no respect for human life within Islam, but we live in a nation that also has little respect for human life.

Christians are taught from the Word of the Living God to 'Love God, and Hate Sin'. We are instructed to hate what is evil, but also to overcome evil with good. All too often we try and overcome evil with evil, violence with violence, etc.  We are not to take part in what is evil, but to expose it so that everyone can see the evil, and know who is perpetrating it.  When light shines in on the darkness it dissipates, and is no more. Those who enjoy living in the darkness are not always so happy when the light shines in on their evil doing, but nevertheless it is our duty as Christians to do so.

How should the Christian respond towards those who full of hate, and committing evil acts?  Jesus said that we are too love our enemies, and do good to them that hate us. How do we do good to these Islamic butchers? The answer is that we are too pray for them, that God will speak to their hard hearts, and allow the too hear the Gospel, repent of their sin, and be saved.

Also we should be praying for our fellow believers in Christ who are suffering at the hand of these Islamic Barbarians. Pray that they may be strengthened in their faith, that God will give them the Holy Boldness to be fruitful witnesses to their killers, that their testimonies might speak for themselves.

Yes it is heart-wrenching to see the violence against these believers in Christ, and to hear about the atrocities being done to little children in the name of the false god of Islam, but the One True of Living God is merciful to accept them into his arms where they will suffer no more. It is said that the Blood of the Saints is the seed of the Church, and that has been proven all down through history as Christians have suffered as much, if not more that Jews have under tyrannical socialistic Governments, and leaders.

Whether is be a Communist Government as in China, or a ruthless dictator such as Nero, Christians have carried the testimony concerning Jesus Christ boldly as they went to their deaths. Persecution always makes the Church grow, and it also helps to clean out the false converts and Judases weighing her down. Only true believers, those truly born-again stick it out when things get ugly, but that is God's way of purifying His Church. So Christ say's to us 'fear not little flock, remember that I have overcome the world, and having done that you have also overcome the world."

The Question is how to make ourselves do what is right v.s. what our humanness is screaming at us to do. It is easy to hate those who hate us, and do evil things, it is far more difficult to love them as God commanded us too. Loving our enemies does not mean that we do not take action against this evil empire, for to sit back and do nothing to aid our brothers and sisters would not be right either.  We are justified as a nation to do what we can to put a stop to there blood-thirsty killers, realizing that we are commanded as Christians to Rescue those being taken away to death (Prov. 24:11-12).

There are plenty to Muslims right here is America that we can pray for, and attempt to evangelize. If we believe in the Name of Jesus, that it is powerful enough to tear down the walls Satan has built up against us, surely we would see God move in power and many Muslims would repent and turn to Jesus for Salvation.

There is a difference between knowing what the Word of God say's, and actually obeying it. We are too be doers of the Word of the Lord, not hearers only. If there was ever a time for the Church to be the Church that time is now!

Pray mightily in the Holy Spirit for these last days are going too be perilous, and our faith is going to tested to the hilt. Many will undoubtedly fall away from the faith, and people will  feeling rather hopeless which will provide us with fertile fields to work with, so pray to the Lord of the Harvest to raise us workers, that we might reap a harvest in these last day's.

The God of Love, and the Prince of Peace be with you!

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