What Would Jesus Have to Say About It?: 2012

Church Membership? Commandment of God or Man?

The real reason some, NOT all, but some pastor's badger us to join their churches is the M O N E Y.

The more people they can put on a guilt trip to join "their" church or ministry, the more money they can "COUNT" on to afford their extravagant shopping sprees at their favorite exclusive department stores and maintain their mortgage payments on their palatial homes and jet set life styles from monies collected from tithes and offerings of "their" members. These imposter's are in every city and neighborhood in our Nation.

Church “membership” is a very old tradition and commandment of countless leaders that has thrust some who serve in the office of ‘pastor’ into divers temptations inciting them to become prideful, controlling and greedy defectors of the faith. Wolves! Ravenous, Greedy Wolves! Why? Because church membership IS really all about the money that is very likely to come through each person sitting in their spiritual clubhouses, and in some severe cases where the self appointed "pastor" literally, considers himself the CEO or the founder..."Hmmm? I smell a rat, don't you?"

When a CEO starts a company and it begins to grow, it is the responsibility of the VP’s to take the vision and heart of the CEO and pass it on to the people they are in charge of. If the VP’s decide to create their own strategies for making profits for themselves by manipulating the people to have allegiances to them by implementing their own clicks and prerequisites to be apart of "their" divisions, or shall I say departments, these people would be fired for conspiracy or embezzlement, for a wise CEO knows the potential of having a ‘hostile’ take over. Can you imagine Donald Trump tolerating this type of behavior? He says, “Only the best works for his companies.” How much more does Jesus Christ put a demand on those He really sends. They will NOT try to usurp his authority over his follower's by dividing them with “their” teachings and brainwashing them into believing false doctrines and blatant lies that benefit their personal bank accounts and the stroke of their ego's as many constantly boast how many "members" they have in their cults.....ooopsy! I meant to say "their" church, in this context, their schism.

A schism is a separation, faction, split, group, division or sect that causes God’s people to have allegiances to messenger’s rather than to himself! Sad, but true, many “churches” are cults. They are control centers where the ‘pastor’ is a dictator and their follower's are fans of the man. Some of these 'fans' will break out and try to fight you if you call "their" pastor by his first or last name instead of calling him The Most Honorable, Doctor, Bishop, Elder Williams, Senior and Chief Pastor..............Ooooooh! I can't take it! Can you? These same "church members" will cuss you out and then swear up and down you are the devil because you do not want to "JOIN" their cult......OOOPSY AGAIN!.....I meant to say "their church." However, My Friend, you must understand that once you are really born again by the Spirit of God, you are already a “member” of the Body of Christ. Membership is not what you need to seek after, but rather fellowship with other believers. There is a huge difference.

Listen very carefully as I realize some of you will struggle with what I am submitting here. Church Membership is NOT of God… fellowship is! This is a teaching, tradition and COMMANDMENT OF MEN that is shrouded in selfish ambition by those who herald it as "A Law" of God. And for many sincere followers of Christ, it has caused them to be fearful to visit other fellowships when it is time to move on to mature or simply to find relief from the controlling, petty clicks and strife that usually is very prevalent in churches where the pastor is constantly invoking "FEAR" tactics to keep "their" members under their control. Multitudes of church attendees feel as though they are committing sin because they want to visit and to perhaps find another house of worship and fellowship. After all, some of us have been ’members’ of our churches for years and years because of the fear of leaving in light of the negative, manipulative exhortations of pastor's with impure motives to keep you bound to them.

Please excuse me while I take this small bunny trail.....

HEY! Pastors! Leave God's people ALONE!! Get a job if you want a new Rolex Watch!

Get a job if you want to take your family on vacation and pay your kids college tuition!

Stop playing the mind games with God's People!! They are not sinning because they want to "church hop" as some of you would call it! You "shop" for shoes until you find the right fit, there eternal soul is worth a whole lot more than a new pair of shoes!!! They can visit as many churches as they want too!! They found your church didn't they? ? You are obviously not the right fit anymore, that is why they are "shopping around," visiting! Their feet hurt! Time for a new pair of shoes! Leave them ALONE!!!

Okay! My Bunny trail is over.....
Now when mentioning church membership, I am referring to signing covenants and taking oaths with a group of confessing Christians. I am speaking of the unrelenting altar calls for people to “join” a local church and make it their “church home.” This is extremely divisive and has set up many leaders for spiritual corruption unaware as they take on a pseudo superiority complex. Not to mention the constant thought of financial security that comes with “new members” being recruited into their clubhouses. And we wonder why there is so much strife amongst pastors? They want that financial security. They got to have it and so they have collectively indoctrinated millions to believe they "MUST" have a "Church Home." Like a bank, everyone is told we "MUST" have somewhere to do our "Financial Business." However, fellowship of sincere follower's of Jesus Christ is NOT a business! It is not to be used to recruit and divide the global family of God. Yet, because we have treated it like one, demanding attendees to adhere to “membership” rituals, oaths and competitive ploys to attract more and more members, we have a floodgate of imposter's looking to start their next venture and plan to scam those who are not mature in Christ to know the difference between "membership" and 'citzenship." If you are born again by the Spirit of God, YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE BODY OF CHRIST! That's it! There is NO MORE! Now it's time to seek out other sincere follower's of Christ to FELLOWSHIP with them, that's it! There is NO MORE!!! All else is control and humanism at its best.

Anytime you have a group, faction, split, group, division, sect or schism as Paul warns us not to have within the Body of Christ, someone has to be ‘the head,’ however, in the Body of Christ, there is ONLY ONE head – Jesus Christ! When we brake off into what some call “local” Bodies of Christ, we have in fact come away from the Head of the Church. It’s like cancer cells that promote themselves without regard for the other parts of the body.

1Corinthians 3:3-7 For you are yet carnal, for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men? For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by who you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters but God that gives the increase........

God cannot increase where He is not THE HEAD!! Sorry! BUT Pastors are not the head of God's sincere follower's of His Son, Jesus Christ! GOD IS!!!!

In the physical body, if an organ becomes infected with cancer and the cancer is not removed, but rather it begins to call other cells to itself, you are going to have a problem, a tumor that it. This tumor will begin to destroy other cells as it continues to grow, eventually, these cells will no longer obey the brain. They take over! Death is likely inevitable unless these mutant cells are isolated, cut out, or burned out with chemotherapy. And so it is the same in the Kingdom of God.

Jesus IS the head of the REAL Body of Christ, NOT self appointed pastors whose motivation is success, money and power. God is looking for His servants! Where are you! Preacher! Has your ministry become a mutant cancer cell in America? Who and what are you really promoting?

Church membership has produced ungodly soul ties and allegiances to mortal men and women who have absolutely NO power to forgive sin. This doctrine and tradition has become a catalyst to the seduction of many pastors who are extremely territorial, dictatorial and manipulative towards their congregations. It has provoked selfish ambition, covetousness, competitiveness, strife and envy towards other pastors as they claim others are stealing ‘their’ sheep. Their members! Some will go as far as withholding ministry to others because they are not a ‘member’ of their cult. Oops! I meant to say “church.” Pastors in America, do you not understand how divisive this practice is? Do we not understand the people that some of us have been graced to feed and lead for Christ, is not ours? We should never refer to God's people as “my” or ‘mine.’

Pastors, where do some of you get the nerve to be upset because ‘your’ people went somewhere else to visit? If you were really concerned about citizenship rather than membership, you would be joyous they are not backslidden! You should be glad they are still in the fellowship of the saints. Many pastor's cry like babies, accusing others of stealing “their” people. “Church Membership” dogma and practices does employ this type of mentality. It is anti-Christ! It is the gateway to becoming a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Why? Because our advocacy should not be membership in a local assembly, but rather fellowship with the Body of Christ. There is a huge difference between the two. Multitudes in church assemblies are not follower's of Jesus Christ, they are religious church goers. Are you one of them?

Listen to this VERY carefully, Hebrews 10:25-26 tells us, "..And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works; not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.

Unless the pastor or leader of a group has another hidden, personal agenda, what is the real purpose of being a member of their ministry, when the Word of God tells us simply to fellowship with one another? Paul has told us not to create a schism or division within ourselves that we have embraced in America as a normal thing to do by “joining” a church. This is very dangerous as church membership brings with it an ‘unspoken’ and unseen soul tie to the group or person that leads the group.

It is very interesting to note that many of us are very quick to quote the above verse of scripture while leaving out the most important part of what it is saying, which is this, fellowship! This text is telling us not to neglect fellowship with other believers.’ We must understand that membership is not the same as fellowship, for there are multitudes of people that have been given the right hand of fellowship who are not real believers. They are not citizens of the Kingdom of God, at all! Do we not realize that we are allowing those that are living lifestyles of willful sin to feel justified with God when we embrace them into our fellowships? We are partakers of their sin! We are in essence helping them to stay on the wide road that leads to destruction as we so persistently invite them to come and ‘join’ our churches.

Multitudes can boast they are members of someone’s church while they are living blatant, sinful lifestyles. Why? Because this doctrine and advocacy of church membership has excluded the most important requirement of the early church fellowships, REPENTANCE! The right hand of fellowship was not given to ‘first time’ visitors. It was not given to those that ‘felt’ that the church was their home. It was given to those that were proven; not to whoever wanted to be a ‘member.’

For this reason, we have a deluge of sin in the church because we allow anyone to come in. We do not know who these people are that are ‘joining’ our churches. We do not have a clue! Why? Because My Friend, as long as we are after membership instead of citizenship, we will not seek to ‘know’ them that labor among us. We are to busy counting heads instead of seeking to know the heart of the heads that we are counting. We have been seduced into building ‘churches’ or shall I say, social clubs that are filled with sinners that have never met the real Jesus. We have become pre-occupied with letting people know what we believe instead of taking the time to find out what they believe!

The ‘commandment’ to go to “new members” classes and all the rules associated with a church group are unbelievable! Not to mention the ‘restrictions’ that come to those that have not pledged to be apart of some of our churches. God forbid if you have a need in any area of your life and you have been ‘visiting’ but you have not made a "commitment" you can forget it!   If you are not a member you cannot be baptized, married, counseled, and do not even think about asking for some money! In many cases you will be lucky to even meet with the pastor if you are not a “member.” This is anti-Christ My Friend! Run for Your Life!

Pastors,’ what is the real reason some of you are requiring God’s people to show their W-2 forms? Is it really about God, or are you making sure you keep tabs on your house payments and extravagant vacations? This is control at its best! Some of you better go and examine your hearts. God is going to get you for playing these games with His people.

No more schisms! Can we just all get along! Can we all just have some fellowship? A person is not evil, backslidden, or rebellious because they do not want to “join” a church and go to anymore ‘new members’ classes that has worn many of us out! The truth is that many have been controlled all of their lives. They should not be controlled in the name of Jesus too! There is a very fine line between leading and controlling in the Name of Jesus Christ. A very fine line.

Jesus does NOT require us to “join” a church so that we can be baptized or have our children dedicated by the pastor, so why are we requiring God’s people to do this? Why? Can you imagine John the Baptist insisting that Jesus first “join” his ministry to be baptized? Can you imagine that? What are we really saying to God’s people when they have needs and you will not help them because they are not members of ‘your’ church? What are we really saying? Are we saying money first, then you can receive our services? Why else are we putting restrictions on people that do not necessarily want to “join” our ministries? Why? Why? Why?

Freely we have received; freely we should give to whosoever! Let us stop lying to ourselves and to God’s people pastors! Most want the money! This is why this IS PASTORS favorite pet doctrine in America. We are relentlessly dogmatic about it. Dogma divides! It brings division within the body of Christ where there should be ‘no’ schism, as Paul has written to us. Instead of trying to get people to join our churches we need to make sure they are ‘really’ joined to The CHURCH, the ecclesia, which in the Greek means ‘called out ones’, the Body of Christ.

You that is reading this article, have you ‘really’ been called out? Are you really a ‘member’ of the Body of Christ? If this is your reality, you should fellowship with other follower's of Jesus Christ, which are everywhere! Not necessarily in one ‘church’ group or building, but rather in the hearts of his people that may only be a few out of 10,000 church ‘members.’ It is the Spirit of Christ that establishes unity and community, not rituals and forms that state our allegiance to one another. Do you know Jesus for real My Friend? Are you really a member of His Body?

If you are a pastor and you are feeling upset with what you have just read, it is very likely that you are trying to control people with this doctrine of church membership for your own selfish reasons. I realize this is the popular thing, but the fact of the matter, is that most churches that are dogmatic about ‘church membership’ is without any ‘real’ expression of love towards the ’members’ of their clubs, oops! I meant to say churches! Multitudes of Christians can share their testimonies on how they had a need in their personal lives and when they went to their “church home” for help, they were not helped, at all!!! And if they were helped, it was after being treated like a criminal for having a bad financial season in their lives. These people have been in their churches for years. They are not strangers and they are treated ill.

As a matter of fact, in many cases these people are the “faithful” ones that helped to build the new buildings they are now being neglected and disregarded in. This is the reality of multitudes, why? Because church membership does not benefit anyone but the ones that are pushing it! Church Membership really means…….MONEY!!!    COME ON!!! Let's stop playing games and tell the truth!   Members = Money!

Pastors’ how can you ever justify having thousands of dollars in your church bank account and when a member of your church has a need you refer them to United Way? How can you ever justify this type of neglect of the poor and the needy? How can some of us sleep at night knowing we have turned down assisting those that have had sincere needs that were not members of our clubs? How can we justify this before God? HOW?

This membership dogma has spiritually caused more harm than it has helped many of God’s people. Especially considering the fact that as human beings we do have a need to be apart of something. We have a need be accepted, acknowledged and encouraged by those who are our peers. However, when it comes to your soul, My Friend, make sure you are a ‘real’ member of the Body of Christ and that you know the voice of the Head of the church ~ Jesus Christ. For there are multitudes of people in our nation that do have ‘church homes,’ they are members of their local churches, yet they are not joined to the Body. They are not joined to the Spirit of Christ. They are churchgoers submitted to mortal men that keep them in bondage to them and sin. Spiritual Pharoah's building their personal treasure cities off of their member's money, time and their dimes ~10% tithes that is.

I know, I know! Some will ask the question, what about our building funds and ministries that we are trying to build? This is the problem! The unrelenting exhortations on how it takes money to pay the bills….. We Know This! Most pastors and church leaders would have the money to pay the bills and never have to mention them to their congregations if they would stop spending it on themselves. Expensive cars, clothes, palatial homes and in many instances employ backslidden musicians who charge very large amounts of money to "entertain" the people; ooopsy! I’m sorry, I meant to say, to “minister” to the people of God. By the way, why are we paying musicians and we do not pay the Sunday school teachers, deacons, ushers and the rest of those that serve in the House of the Lord?

My Friend, get this one thing very clear in your heart ~ It does not take money to spread the Gospel.... It takes a mouthpiece to spread the Gospel! This bares repeating. IT DOES NOT TAKE MONEY TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL, IT TAKES A MOUTHPIECE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL! So let us stop lying and seducing one another with our admonitions to “fund” the Kingdom. What kingdom are we really talking about? Jesus told us that the kingdom of God comes without observation, but rather, it is in you! Luke 17:20 Paul the apostle tells us in Romans 14:17 that the expression of the Kingdom of God is not meat or drink, but it is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. How can anything from the earth support or finance this ‘invisible’ Kingdom that is on the inside of each believer? Pause and think here My Friend! Please!  Pause and think!

If the above scripture is correct as Jesus has told us where the Kingdom of God is and Paul tells us the result of possessing the Kingdom, then why do we have countless “members” of our clubs, oops! - churches, that are living in deplorable conditions? Meanwhile, those that boast of taking care of the Kingdom of God continues to amass fortunes under the guise and relentless exhortation of “give to the Kingdom,” Yeah! Their kingdom!
God does not dwell in buildings made with the hands of men, His habitation is in the heart of sincere followers of His Son. We can keep building brick and mortar and dedicate it to God if we want too, but My Friend, He does not want it! He wants what he paid for with His son's Blood.....your life!!

Without understanding the power of words and the “play” on words. The Kingdom of God that many of us have been seduced to take care of relentlessly with our finances, is not the Kingdom of God, but rather kingdoms of this world. These same kingdoms are in fact, controlled by earthly kings. Men and women that use “spiritual” semantics/language to fleece multitudes. Are you one of them?

Not everyone that teaches on the Kingdom of God is evil and pre-occupied with the things of this world, but there are many that have been seduced and reduced to peddling, fleecing and prostituting those they have “influence” over under the guise of “Kingdom” semantics. They have personal assets they cannot afford without your “giving.”

If I told you I needed you to help me pay for my extravagant shopping sprees, vacations, palatial house mortgage, multiple car payments and expensive jewels, you would not do it, now would you? But if I told you as a “minister” of the Gospel, that you needed to give to the “Kingdom of God” so that you would be blessed and I could “further” the Gospel, you are more than likely to give to “the kingdom.”

The church needs and the kingdom needs are their front. And so droves of innocent Christians are giving with hopes of being “blessed” without insisting that those they give their money too, be accountable. Where is the money going besides into bigger buildings that are in many cases not needed, at all? Why does the average church in America not have a significant outreach for the poor and the needy within their fellowships? Why? Because the greedy do not care about the needy! They are self-absorbed! This is why church membership is so very important to earthly kings. They must have dominion over their subjects, control is what keeps them king!

How can some of us boast of being a “Kingdom” church when those that really do possess the Kingdom, are despised and left to isolation as the kings of these earthly kingdoms fare sumptuously? When some of them do give to the needy and less fortunate, they tell it from the rooftops! They make sure to keep the church up-dated on their generosity. Saints of God, who is your pastor? Do you really know who they are? Do you know that Jesus calls and commissions His servants to perfect you, not prostitute you?

If you are living in poverty at this present time in your life, for whatever the reasons, can you go to your pastor and receive help if you really needed it? If your answer is any other than YES, you need to get out of there and stop being mesmerized by their material assets and oratorical skills that many have perfected O’ so well. Masters of ‘enticing words’ of men’s wisdom, charismatic! Smooth Operators! Wolves, Ravenous Wolves!

Poverty rates our growing while America is the third richest nation in the entire world! We are also the largest populated nation with confessing Christians. We have nearly 290 million people in our nation; 189 million are confessing Christians. According to the US Census Bureau, close to 36 million Americans live under the poverty level, while millions are homeless. Something is definitely wrong with this picture! So much for "Church Membership?"

We have never heard so much talk about the “kingdom” as we have in the past few years. It sounds really good doesn’t it? It has the tendency to make one sound and look very “deep.” Some really like to use the word apostolic, prophetic, glory and anointing. However, the sad truth is that many of us our apostate rather than apostolic! Pathetic rather than prophetic! Greedy rather than glorious! Annoying rather than anointed! It is true! If it was not so, our Nation would not be in the spiritual condition that it is in with all of the “church members” that we have like never before.

Over three (3) billion dollars is given to ministries throughout the United States annually. Where is this money going when we consider all the poor “members” in many of our churches? Why are countless buildings and outreach programs being erected in our midst while the buildings, or shall I say the ‘tabernacles’ (people of God) in our ‘memberships’ are being relentlessly neglected and cursed for being poor and needy. Why? They are members seduced and coerced by teachings of men that come from men that desire financial security at the expense of its ‘members.’ Are you one of them? Have you been indoctrinated and manipulated into being apart of man’s organized church rather than God’s real church of follower's of Jesus Christ? Is your pastor really a shepherd of Jesus Christ or is he or she a self centered, manipulative charlatan who is addicted to praise and honor...they usually refer to themselves and insist that others call them Dr. Reverend Bishop Johnson, Senior Pastor......Hmmmm?

In the infancy stage of the church, the people were not under the yoke of manipulation of mortal men soliciting their membership for selfish gain, but rather the Spirit of the Lord knitted them together. It was real fellowship, which cannot take place without the Holy Spirit no matter how many people are present in a building or what type of forms they are commanded to sign to become apart of the church club.

Acts 4:32 tells us, And the multitude of them believed were of one heart and of one soul; neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. Hmmm! If we could just get the pastors in America to feel this way, talk about revival! All things common! Wow! That would be amazing! That means some of us would have to let someone stay in our ten bedroom mansions that are empty except for you. We would have to share some of our monies with them, for real! This would mean that poverty and homelessness would likely dissipate in America!

Beware of those who pride themselves on being “Kingdom” this, and “Kingdom” that, but yet, they overlook one of the most powerful kingdom “principles,” community! I'm not talking about the community that your church building is in, but rather the community inside of your fellowship. The community of believer’s that in many cases are being totally disregarded and prostituted as many have been seduced into trying to save their communities and neighborhoods while their ‘neighbors’ that fellowship in their midst week in and week out are destitute and downtrodden.

Pastors and leaders, how can we ever justify living extravagant lifestyles while multitudes in our congregations are poor? How do we justify hoarding monies in our personal accounts while countless people in our community, I’m talking about the community of saints in our fellowships here; they have no account? How do we justify having church “outreach” functions while our “in reach” has been limited to Holiday dinners and summer picnics? What are we doing for our “community” for real?

Pastors, what are you doing for those in your care, for we are a very far cry from “all things common,” but yet we have never had so many members; very poor ones at that! Come on church leaders, what have you done for your “community” lately? We do not need another political agenda in America. We do not need another reform by the government. We need a reformation in our church leadership! Many are fleecing America with man-made teachings and dogmas that advocates allegiance to church leaders through membership as they have no tangible proof of being sent by the Lord who was concerned about the poor, widows and orphans. You want to know the measure of love that your leader has for God? Check out what they are doing consistently for the poor in your churches, whether they are members or not?

My Friend who is leading you? Get past their great charisma to preach and administrate, who are these people you are submitting your money and time too? Who really are they? Could it be that this dogma about "Church Membership" is really ALL about the the Benjamins and most of us believe its all about us?

Keys to Handle SCANDAL!

OUCH!! Nothing can be more painful than barb wires of defamation and assassination of your character. Lies, slander, gossip and being judged by people that know absolutely nothing about you accept the scandalous words of your attackers can affect the best of us. Especially when the attacks come from those that you have trusted and allowed near your heart.

Scandal will do one of two things, it will derail you, or propel you if you do not understand that your enemies are very necessary for your SPIRIT (awareness of God) to grow as you go in your life with Christ.

Jesus was VERY controversial. He was radical, bold and straight forward when dealing with his enemies, most of whom were "RELIGIOUS" people. Isn't that much to ponder? Nothing or no one could stop him! He was a force to be reckon with. Why? Jesus KNEW WHO HE WAS!!!!

My Friend do you really know who you are? Besides the money, power, friends, materialism, physical prowess, great intellect, and this list could go on......do you REALLY know who you are in Christ? Do you understand that in Him you CAN endure the pain, shame and humiliation that others attempt to crush your spirit with?

Do you believe what your enemies have to say about you? If the answer is no, let it go! And just in case you may have done some of what they say you did, you must take it to God in prayer and leave it there. Receive God's forgiveness, there is none righteous, not one!!! Make no mistake about it. Your enemies and character assassins have sinned too!! Do not allow them to get into your head my Friend. They have sin, shortcomings and character flaws, and you know they got some skeleton's in them closets too!!

When you are scandalized, the real you MUST come forth in God. If God is really for you, and you know that He is, you are going to have to rest in that fact when you are being talked about, lied on, ostracized, criticized and scandalized!

Walk in the midst of your enemies with your back straight, your head held high, and fix your mind on this fact, I KNOW who I am!!! You will NOT break my spirit! You will NOT make me doubt who I KNOW that I am and strive to be. You are not my God! I will not bow to your oppressive tactics to take my joy and peace! Hey! I am a God Warrior! I will not be moved! I am a survivor! I am an over comer!! WHOOOO! I am getting excited!!!! I am God's Property!! I am a child of God! You MUST encourage yourself, just as King David did.

The greatest enemy you will fight during times of scandal will be with yourself.

You cannot allow the voice and thoughts of others to become YOUR GOD! You must learn and practice CASTING those thoughts down that come to torment you. GO TO BED!! Your enemies are sound to sleep! They are NOT thinking about you! They are sleep!

Our propensity is to defend ourselves, but you know what my Friend, it is wasted energy, however, it is essential to know this, the more upset and depressed we become in times of scandal, the more God allows us to understand just how much we really love ourselves. Pride comes in many hues.

Jesus endured much criticism, assassination of his character, betrayal, ridicule, but He stayed on course. My friend, stay on course. Endure it! Take it! Keep forgiving. Keep talking to God. Work it out like ROCKY! He was a die hard. He was a winner in his heart. He Beat them in his heart! His spirit was never overcome by his opposition. Stay CONSCIENCE of God! He will hold your hand and you will not be overtaken.

Girl! Get that Married Man Out Your Bed!

Sister! Do you really think that man is going to leave his wife for you? He has been telling you for weeks, months and years how jacked up she is and how he just needs time?

You have done everything ACCEPT stand on your head for this man. You have allowed him to abuse you sexually, emotionally, financially and more importantly, spiritually.

Before we go any further, let me show you a picture right now of what YOU REALLY deserve RIGHT NOW!!

NOTHING LESS!!

Every Holiday you are alone and overwhelmed with anxiety as he spends time with his wife and family while you sit at home desperately feeling that soon he is going FINALLY wake up and discover what an awesome sex partner.....oops! I meant to say woman you are! Come on now, you know you think in the back of your mind that your wild, kinky, ungodly and perverted sex is going to cast that spell on him. Has it yet? He is still using you as often as he likes and going home to his family.

I want you to proceed with caution! I have to give it to you straight my Sister Girl. God does not want this for your life!

Playing the harlot for that selfish piece of a man is not going to win him over to you. He is not yours Boo! I said Boo, because that is what your life will become if you keep wishing on a star...Boo Hoo!! Your heart is going to keep crying and whining for love until you stop playing games with yourself and someone elses husband! This man does not love you! You are his play thang! The proof is in the pudding! Where is he going to be this Holiday Season Boo? Not with you!

Every time you lay with that woman's husband, you are playing Russian Roulette with your eternal life! It is this fact that got me out of bed with men that were not my husband! If God called you out of that fine body (so you may think) that you are using right now to seduce another woman's husband, where do you really think you are going to spend eternity?

I know you are making money, you are fine, you are articulate, you are draped in the finest that money can buy. You are successful, BUT! You are still thirsty for love. You are still thirsty for honor, respect and fidelity from a man that will cherish you. I was there. I was so thirsty for love and did not even realize it until I found myself away from the presence of God. Had the man, but I no longer had God's peace and joy reigning in my spirit. I was miserable AND still thirsty!

Sister, you are kidding yourself if you think all that you have, and that does include your well endowed physical assets, is going to win over that man you are cheating with. Don't let your EGO fool you. Sister, you lack integrity! You have no integrity if you do not respect and honor what God honors, marriage!!!

You deserve your own man! They will ALL tell you how they knew when they were walking down the aisle that it was a mistake. Well hey! They had time between the walk down the aisle and the preacher pronouncing them husband and wife for him to 'MAN UP' and book up!! Do you feel me? This sad sob story is part of the game to justify the reason he is cheating with you and sorry, but likely someone else too!

You say, "But I love him!" NO BOO! You do not love him, you LUST him? How can you REALLY convince yourself that you love a man that has made a vow to God to cherish and love another woman until death do them apart? How can you REALLY convince yourself that you are in love with a man that secretly uses your body for his physical release and pleasure knowing you want him for yourself, AND he knows in his heart he does not want you BOO! Come on!

You say, "The sex is great!" No Boo Boo! GOD IS GREAT!

GIRL! LEAVE THAT MAN ALONE! Stop kidding yourself and more importantly risking your eternal life being seperated from God. For What reason? Sex, lust and lies from and with a weak man that cannot "man up" to keep his covenant with God?

You are better than a quick roll in the hey! YES YOU ARE! Stop acting desperate! You want love just like everyone else walking the planet, BUT you will not find it laying with another woman's husband. You will not! Stop playing games with yourself and acting like a rat! Why a rat? Because they will settle for crumbs, garbage or anything they can find to eat that is someone elses food crumbs.

God loves you my Sister. When I fell into sexual sin he heard my cry.....He will hear yours too when you make up your mind to stop the madness. You are not happy and make NO mistake about it, you deserve God's best, NOT crumbs!

Get rid of that BOZO and ask God for the
strength to wait on YOUR Boaz!
If you don't know who Boaz is,
go and do a Bible study to find out. Here is a hint, his
story can be found in the Book of Ruth.

I've been there and brought the T-SHIRT............

Currupted by the Call of God

Never in the history of the American Church have we seen such a deluge of men and women who claim that God has called them into ministry "DEMAND" that you call them by a 'title.' What would Jesus have to say about this Title Wave that has hit the American Church and its leaders like never before?

Everybody is a Doctor of something now! They insist that others call them Dr., prophetess, apostle, elder, bishop, reverend....whoo! I am getting exhausted just from typing up all these names! This has become an epidemic, especially if these people have been ordained or have acquired a degree in theology. Oh’ my goodness! You betta' show them some “respect!” After all, they deserve it! Hmmmm? I smell a rat! Don't you??

If you are in the midst of leaders like this, you must be very careful, in fact you need to get your hat, coat AND your wallet, and hit the road Jack! And don't ya go back there No more, No Mo!!!! Get out of there! They are dangerous! They are insecure people. This is why they try to usurp affirmation and praise from others. They are praise junkies! Yes my Friend, they are. And if you are reading this and you carry on like this, you ARE a praise addict! You need deliverance my Friend. You are anti-Christ! Jesus did not operate 'overtly.' So why are you?

Why are so many pastors in particular, calling themselves, “The Most Reverend, Dr., Bishop, Elder Johnson, DDS? Where did we get this Reverend thing from? This word is in the Bible only one time and its reference is to God. Reverence God! I went to minister on a local network, where the host kept calling me Reverend Johnson. He was making me nervous!! I could not wait to get out of there! I know this is something that is said in many denominations, but my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we should not “reverend” anyone, BUT God! Besides, who is the one to declare anyone The Most Honorable in the Body of Christ? Besides, Jesus did not give some to be ‘reverends,’ and others to be ‘the most honorable reverends.’ He gave some to be apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers, Ephesians 4. Something is definitely wrong with this picture!

How can we justify calling ourselves, “The Honorable” anything? Some of us have become so educated in theology we have been seduced into believing that we are honorable and worthy to be called The Most Reverend, but what is God saying about you? The scriptures teach us to give honor where honor is due. Honor that is demanded where it is not earned IS witchcraft! We got a whole lot of witchcraft in the church of America! A piece of paper does not give anyone the right to demand others to honor them, especially when they do not know you! Hey! Who do some us think we are?

The pride of life is polluting the church because of prideful and arrogant leaders! The “salt of the earth” is no longer salty, but rather haughty! God Help Us! Are you one of them? Have you allowed the exchange of knowledge to fill your heart with pride and a spirit of elitism and false authority? Are you doing it to prove yourself or to gain recognition from man?
The anointing ran down Aaron’s head, beard and his garments (Psalm 133). If the anointing of God’s Spirit can flow down, so can pride, greed and lust from another spirit. Selah! Selah means to pause and think.

The Great Title Wave IS surely Amongst Us!!!!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with seminary school, however, we must keep in mind that when Jesus called his disciples, he did not send them away to get a degree in theology. He called them to Himself. Many can expound the written Word of God, but they have never experienced the ‘Living’ Word of God! The closer we come to our Savior, the less you will crave vainglory, acknowledgments and recognition from man. Watch those that insist on being called anything other than their names! WATCH THEM!!!

Paul, the "real" apostle of Jesus Christ, considered ALL his earthly knowledge and accomplishments as “dung” (Galatians 2, you must read). Not us! We have ceremonies to receive our “dung” that Paul counted as lost. Plaques and trophies we love to display them on our walls and put those titles in front of our names just as the world prides themselves on doing so. Preachers, this is anti-Christ! Jesus would NOT do this, so why are you?

Some of us are just making stuff up! Someone PLEASE tell me what a “chief” apostle is? And what in the world is a “master” prophet? This is ministry madness!!!!!! Some of us have gone off the deeeeep end! You are far from Jesus example. Far from it! What proven exercise of spiritual gifts can most of our big “honorables” and “master” prophets and “senior” preachers boast about……NONE! I have noticed that 80% of the time; the people that carry on like this all have advanced “education.” Big heads! It’s a wonder anyone can survive after their 'big heads' walk into a room! Question, who has REALLY sent you? Who??

Jesus name was Jesus, which means; God is salvation. Christ means; anointed one. Jesus’ function in the earth, his ministry, came behind his name! We must pause and think on these things! Calling ourselves prophet this and prophet that is not sinful, but where is it REALLY coming from? Jesus is our model! Paul, the apostle, in his thirteen epistles, NOT ONCE did he refer to himself as Apostle Paul in his salutations. He was Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle (messenger). Our “function” in the Body of Christ should go where Paul and Jesus’ put theirs,’ behind our name, if at all! Reformation! Preachers! We need a reformation! We are not of this world! Tradition is blinding! Pride is too!

Moses had the largest church ever, yet, he was called, Moses! The people called him by his first name! Some of you would start manifesting if someone called you by your first name! If you are struggling with depression, you must consider this area in your life. Do you insist on being acknowledged? You can be functioning in your gift without the presence of God, just as Saul continued to hold his position as king, yet the presence of God was gone! (Story told in 1Samuel Chapter 15)

Let us be reminded again by what our forefather in the faith, John taught us, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from the Father but from the world. (1John2:15-17). Are you a boaster under the guise of spiritual titles? Do you give God glory for your knowledge, or do you give it to a university?

Finally brethren, the church is a universal family, not an organization where everyone pursues education as a means for authority and acknowledgement from others. Let me illustrate this point, in the natural, if your brother or sister has a PhD. You still call them by their name, right? However, if he or she insisted that you call them Dr., you would think that they had a serious problem. Why? Because you are family! We are the family of God...take the vainglory off Preachers! TAKE IT OFF!!!

Go Back to the Cross, where you first saw the Light! Jesus is the Light of the World......NOT YOU! Not me! Not ANY of us!! Pride is intoxicating, Run from it! Run, run, run!! Take the VAIN GLORY OFF! Don't end up like Saul! (If you don't know who he was go and do a bible study, here is a hint, he was the first king appointed over God's chosen people.....check in the Old testament).

"First Ladies" In Christian Churches?

I recently visited a church where the service began and suddenly it was stopped! We were all asked to stand, clap and "honor" the “Bishop” and the “First Lady” as they walked from the back of the sanctuary to the elevated pulpit area with an entourage of people following them. My immediate thought was, ‘Okay, this is a cult!’ Although they were singing about Jesus and how great God was. They had “Christian” paraphernalia everywhere, but what was going on here? I presumed this exalting of the pastor and his wife at this church was a ritual of their gatherings. It was as if the church members were literally worshipping them. I was very disturbed to say the least as this "first lady" sat on the platform as if she was the Queen of Sheba. I could not believe it!

This "First Lady" title has become a tradition in so many churches. It no doubt fuels selfish ambition for young ministers who are emulating their pastors in these types of Churches who exalt their wives in this erroneous and anti-Christ behavior.

Ephesians 4:10 tells us that before Christ ascended he gave ministry gifts for the edifying of the Body of Christ, "apsostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers.........." NO "first ladies."

In many cases, the wives are unapproachable, snooty and will not serve those who are in their congregations other than a weekly fashion show of their latest Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom or Saks Fifth Avenue purchases with their follower's tithes and offerings. Yep! That's right! They are spending some of your hard earned monies on extravagant living that they will unashamedly flaunt in the face of their weak, indoctrinated people who are following "them" instead of "Him." Who is Him? Jesus Christ who died for the sins of the world, WHO IS a Good Shephard, NOT a glory seeking charlatan, usurping praise, honor and worship.

I understand loving our pastors and their families. I understand trying to let them know that we appreciate their sacrifice, but we must be careful in our method of doing things in corporate worship that exalts man instead of Christ. There is a very fine line between "honoring" someone and "worshipping" them! Especially servants for Jesus Christ....if they REALLY are HIS servants?

Can you imagine Paul the apostle (messenger) of Christ carrying on like this every time he came into the fellowship to teach and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Corinth, Ephesus or Galatia? "I can’t!" Our forefather would not stand for it! Though Paul was not married, he was God's man. He was a REAL apostle! Unlike the many running around our Nation claiming that they are and have not been on ONE missionary trip to foreign land where the Gospel has not been preached! "Oops! I'm sorry! That was a bunny trail-Read my other blog Apostles Gone Mad."

Where did we get this ‘first lady’ thing from anyway? Jesus told us in Luke 13:30, “that the last shall be first and the first shall be last.” It seems to me if you were to call me anything other than Sister Sharon; I would rather that you call me “The L A S T Lady!” Brothers and sisters in Christ, there is only one real ‘title’ that is fitting for those that ‘really’ are disciples of Jesus Christ, and that is ~ Servant!

This type of grand standing and parading of flesh in the House of God is dangerous! As a matter of fact, it is this type of carrying on that has caused many insecure men and women to crave ministry for the wrong reasons. We have “glamorized” ministry as many carry on like Hollywood celebrities instead of humble servants, abusing the pastoral office with displays of vanity and self-aggrandizing. Provoking others to covet the ‘pseudo’ power and authority that is displayed towards them. It's a wonder some have not been struck down like King Herod for parading himself in front of the people! (Story told in Act 12:21-23)

I was a guess speaker at a church in Detroit, MI not long ago. I never personally met the pastor and his wife until the day I arrived to teach the Word of God. After the service, I loaded my car and was ready to head back to the hotel. I thanked the pastor for the opportunity to serve him and his congregation. I then turned to thank his wife. I called her 'Sister......" The pastor immediately said, "First Lady........" I said, "No, my Sister, it was nice meeting you." The pastors countenance and deemer immediately changed. He was "offended." Why? Pride!! Vain Glory!!

Most pastors who practice this anti-Christ, anti-servant, anti-humility behavior will refer to their wives as "Lady Johnson" (I am just using my last name for an example) As if their wife is the only "Lady" in the church? Come on now! I smell a rat, don't you??

I say to ALL pastors and sisters in Christ that are carrying on like this....YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER!! I am not calling anyone that CLAIMS to be a follower of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ "first lady" of nothing! And for YOU that is reading this article, you should not either! There is only one First Lady that I am aware of currently and rightfully so, her name is Michelle Obama! The wife of The President of the United States of America! The rest are ALL wanna b's in the House of God usurping the praises of God's people in the Name of Jesus! You ALL need to REPENT!! There is only one to be praised and honored and His Name is JESUS!!

If you are offended by this truth, so be it! Jesus is the Captain of the Host! Doesn't matter if the church has 100,000 church members! Wrong is WRONG and this my friend IS WRONG!!

The "first lady" in these churches have absolutely NO power to forgive you or anyone for that matter of their sins! Nor does their husband's who encourage this arrogant behavior!

Worship GOD And HIM Alone!

PS....Just in case, here is pic of the REAL First Lady:

Prophets for PROFIT - Fake Money Lines

"God told me that 20 people would be here tonight to sow a seed (your money that is) for $1,000!" This is what predatory preachers will tell their audience usually at the end of their sermons that are full of hype and emotion.

Have you ever been in a church service like this? I have! And I tell you this my Friend, some of these men and woman that tell this BIG FAT LIE on God are very, VERY convincing. They work their magic at the end of their sermon's calling for those who are present with ANY money to come and USUALLY put it in their hand or at their feet.....Hmmmm! Instead of the Money Line in the picture above, it is a line of people being beguiled by professional, very charismatic WORD Brokers! The Word of God IS their product, and at the end of their presentation, they are ready to get PAID!

These predatory preacher's usually start with about $1,000 as the first asking, or shall I say, "claim" that God told them the people in the room would have to give too them. After about 10-15 minutes of 'high pressure sales,' of how gifted they are in prophecy or how many times they have received large money amounts after 'obeying God' the same way they are attempting to beguile their current audience, they decrease the amount to $500, then too $100! Here is where it starts to get interesting, usually by now there is only about 7 people who stood up to give the $1,000 dollars! Now if God REALLY told these people that 20 people were too give $1,000 dollars, THEN there should be 20 people standing with their $1,000 dollars, right?

I'm starting to smell a rat.......What about you? You know why there is usually less than the amount of people they claim GOD says has the $1,000 dollars? Because the true and living GOD has NOT said it! The god of mammon has? False gods and their workers always lie!! God does NOT lie!

By the time these charismatic hustlers begin to embarrass themselves because the people are not standing up with the $1,000 dollars, they initiate the "guilt trip" part of their money game. They begin to tell the congregation that they are 'disobeying God,' by not bringing their money, and they are going to miss the biggest opportunity in their life by their disobedience.........Watch out now! Watch this....then they come in for the kill! They tell everybody, and anybody in the congregation to bring what they can! Find a dollar! Nickle! Or a dime! But you need to find something to give to them so you do not miss the "Move of God" in your life....Hmmmm??

Now listen to me my Friend, this is some serious witchcraft going on right here! If you are not a sincere follower of Jesus Christ and know the voice of the Holy Spirit, you can be tricked by some of these smooth talker's. I have seen some of the best work the room and if it was not for my relationship with God and the Holy Spirit, I'm telling you, I would have been looking for my check book too! That is how strong the Spirit of Balaam is when in operation! Balaam was a prophet of God that went to prophesy for money. Story told in Numbers, Chapter 22. The Book of Jude says this about these charismatic preaching predators, "Woe unto them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core." Jude 1:11.

The worse part of it all is that the men and women who are fleecing God's people and prostituting them have been given permission and access to the congregation by their pastor's! This is a Money Game! A Scam! Everyone involved gets a piece of the pie!

The last time I saw this cruel trickery in action was at a revival in a church in one of the poorest neighborhoods in my City. I could not believe the amount of people who stood up to give the predator their money. He went from a $1,000 line of church goers, to a $10 line of people in fifteen minutes! This preacher was something else! He kept boasting how he was a millionaire and he carried an 'anointing for wealth." "I kept thinking to myself, then why are you standing up there stealing from the poor in the Name of Jesus?"

By the time he finished working his trickery, nearly the whole church was standing with something in their hand waiting for him to summon them down to the front to personally place their $1,000 seed money into their hand to "hopefully" receive a prophecy from him or for him to touch them and 'release' his so called anointing to get wealth upon them. My dear Brother's and Sister's in Christ, THIS IS TRICKERY! Spiritual Prostitution! Its a game of chance. Do you know that even a broken clock is correct twice in a day? What am I saying? These people may have a gift to prophesy, and they may speak words into your life that have been accurate and true, so did Balaam! These people are broken! They are NOT for Christ, they are against Him!

Jesus would NEVER operate like this, N E V E R! How do I know? Because the Scriptures tell us so! Without fail, every church service I have been where this evil spirit showed up, the speakers NEVER talk about Jesus' death, burial or resurrection. They were preaching humanism, and how the audience could get what they had, and how much they gave to get what they claim they have. Their messages are all about earthly gain and earthly destiny, rather than eternal things and eternal life that is found in the preaching of The Cross.

When this con game is in operation, its ultimate goal is to place everyone in the audience under condemnation and fear if you do not give the speaker some money, you are going to miss the blessing of God. This is WITCHCRAFT! Big Time! My dear Friend, they want your Benjamins, Franklins and the Washington's too!! Paper or penny, they do not care! Just get in that line!!

There are many things about Jesus ministry that is clearly revealed for us in the Scriptures, and 'money lines' is NOT one of them! This movement wrong as a broken clock for sure, and when you are hurting, financially depleted, seeking God for direction and affirmation in your life and ministry, these predators can beguile the very elect.

I recall witnessing a very popular female minister who has become very popular in some Pentecostal denominations work a stadium full of ministers. She started her money line at $100,000 for those who were apostles, pastors and bishops after she first put them on the spot by asking them all to stand. Then she again put them on the spot by telling them if they wanted God to Move in a mighty way, they needed to come up to the platform and touch her with their check/seed in their hand. God help us all!

If you are attending a church that has participated in this type of ungodly, anti-Christ activity they call ministry, time to get your hat, coat and your WALLET, and run for the border! At least at Taco Bell you get what you pay for when your hungry!!

Trust God my Friend! He will make a way for you financially. There are those who will swear they have been blessed because they gave a certain amount of money in a setting as I have before mentioned. Here is the great deception and the entrance of pride if you are not cautious, it is now all about what YOU did. And for the preacher that believes he or she is some kind of god, it is all about them. They propagate that it is all about you needing them instead of Him! Who is Him? The one who has created the trees they are cutting to make what these charlatans and hirelings love the most, M O N E Y! Here is my favorite song for them. . . Enjoy! Stay Out of Those Money Lines!!