Friday, November 16, 2012
Can the Church Hear Jesus ?
"And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.” --Luke 18:9-14
"There are 47 percent of people who will vote for the president no matter what...who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what ... These are people who pay no income tax ... [M]y job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” -- Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney's comments are not surprising. He follows an anti-Christian spirit: he believes its teaching that the Bible is full of "corruptions," and that the Jesus of the Bible is a false god. He has every "religious" reason to disregard and despise Jesus' words in our gospel.
Romney himself is hardly the issue, and has lost his political platform. But the spirit by which he is led, and leads, continues: and through the deceit of politics, that spirit continues to mislead Christians, those whose actual desire is to hear Jesus and obey Him.
Through politics, that spirit has taught God's beloved Body of Christ to live by the evil attitudes of the enemy. The Church loves rebellion because Ronald Reagan taught it that "Government is the problem."
The Church blasphemously loves America in place of Jesus as "...the hope of all mankind...That hope still lights our way. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness will not overcome it." George W. Bush told us so.
Meanwhile, the Church holds itself righteous, and views others ("liberals," the poor, illegal aliens, Muslims, etc., etc.) with contempt.
Jesus said "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." The simple fact is that when the Church follows the priest of a demon, it is NOT following Jesus.
To any who WILL hear, God is commanding repentance. May the Spirit of Christ fiercely purge the Church' heart of its sinful pursuit of its own way, and save those whom God loves and calls !!
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