Christendom's failure to preach the true Gospel Message!
It is common knowledge that Religious Christendom has been dead silent as regards preaching the true message of the Gospel of Christ! Although making claim that they are Christian's and followers of the Christ, they have absolutely nothing to say, when it comes to preaching the True Gospel message. Yet observe what a really true Christian had to say about this life-saving work: and we will consider why he would say what he did:
16"Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!" {1 Corinthians 9:16 NIV} So! They do not imitate Paul in this regard, now do they? To Paul, it was of very crucial importance; but why was this? What would motivate, and compell Paul to speak out boldly about the Gospel message? The answer to that is; Lives were at stake, and his silence would bring heavy Blood-Guilt upon him. That is why, he could say the following:
26 "Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the Blood of all, 27 for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God." {Acts 20:26,27 Darby} Paul, of course, would know the Hebrew Scriptures better than most any, but what was written in those writings that would compell him to preach the Gospel fearlessly? Consider the following words of Jehovah:
8 "If I say to the wicked: Wicked one, you will surely die, but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood. 9 But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he doesn't turn from it, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life." {Ezekiel 33:8-19 HCSB}
From those words we see, that, for the Apostle Paul to keep silent about the message of the Gospel of Christ, he knew he would be a dead Man for failing to deliver this Life-Saving message of the Gospel of Christ.No wonder he said: "Woe is me!" "Woe" for irreligious Christendom!
All of the first Century Christian's, who followed the Christ lived their lives, as did the Christ; and were themselves the example for all Christian's today to follow; as noted by the Apostle Paul:
1"You must follow MY example, as I follow the example of Christ." {1 Corinthians 11:1 CEV} Look now, at the example set by the Christ for them to follow:
37 "Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world— to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice." {John 18:37 ESV} Following the example of the Christ as they did; John tells us the following:
5"We truly love God only when we OBEY him as we should, and then we know that we belong to him. 6 If we say we are his, we must follow the example of Christ." {1 John 2:5,6 CEV}
This of course would be another prime reason for Paul, as well as all of the first Century Christian's, to bear witness to the Truth exactly as did Jesus, and as Jesus had said, everyone who is of the Truth would listen to their voices, as they preached the Gospel of Christ. By doing this, they would be obeying God, and could be considered as belonging to Jehovah, because they were following the example set by the Christ.
Can anyone, with a straight face, tell us that Religious Christendom, belongs to Jehovah, because they obey him, and follow the example of the Christ, as they bear witness to the Truth, preaching the Gospel of the Christ? LOL!
One major way to Expose Religious Christendom, is by directing attention to their complete lack of love for God; because to display that proper love, they would, of necessity, have to obey his every command. John will explain that:
1"EVERYONE WHO believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a Born-Again Child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him (His offspring). 2 By THIS we come to know (recognize and understand) that we love the Children of God: when we love God and OBEY His commands (orders, charges)--[when we keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and His teaching]. {1 John 5:1,2 AB} John has here focused on the importance of Loving the Children of God, and has shown us the only way to do that was to Obey all of God's Commandments. Notice how Jesus highlites that point with his words:
34 "I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another.35 By this {LOVE} shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves" {John 13:34,35 AB} How great was this Love the were expected to display? Jesus will inform you of that, with his next words:
13"No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends." {John 15:13 AB} Of course Jesus was their example to follow, because he did exactly that, he gave up his very life for, what he had called his friends. You will notice though, Jesus did not say to TAKE the lives of their friends, in the violent Wars of this World, and he pointed out to them the way to continue being his friend:
14"You are My friends if you keep on doing the things which I command you to do." {John 15:14 AB}
36"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" 37And he said to him, "You shall love JEHOVAH your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." {Matthew 22:36-39 ESV}
The Apostle Paul sums all of this up in his Words, next:
10"No one who loves others will harm them. So LOVE is all that the Law demands." {Romans 13:10 CEV}
What was the Catholics and Protestants doing in World War 1 & 2? We had them all lined up on opposing sides, slaughtering one another like hapless Chickens, to the tune of 100 Million in both Wars. Their Christian love consisted of, Flame-Throwers, Hand Grenades, Auto-Matic Machine Guns; Army 45's, Powerful Rifles; Fixed Bayonetes, you name the instrument of murder, they were carrying it. Best of all their Atom Bombs, that totally annihilated two Japanese Cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki; creating a Fire-Storm that traveled at the speed of light when those Bombs detonated: You do the Math: 186,282, Miles per second. 670,616,629, MPH! How would you have liked to be standing on a main Street of either of those two Cities, when those Bombs detonated? Of course they were all Christian's were they not? They said they were, didn't they? But were they really Christian's? So was Adolph Hitler! He was a Baptized Catholic, no less. May Jehovah protect us from the Christian's of this devil ruled, hate filled world, is all I can say. Our fervent prayer should be, "Jehovah, bring us into association with all of those who really do walk in Love for you." "Who really do, Imitate you, as your faithful servant Paul directed us all to do."
1 "Imitate God, therefore, in EVERYTHING you do, because you are his dear children. 2 Live a life FILLED WITH LOVE following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God." {Ephesians 5:1,2 NLT}
Rather than walk the Path of peace and love as examples of the Christ, of the "Prince of Peace," they have walked the path of WAR, Blood-Shed, Hatred, and Murder; and have, because of thier Blood-Lusting Walk, have incurred HEAVY MASSIVE BLOOD-GUILT; and in no way could ever claim that they were "Free from the Blood of all Men;" as did the Apostle Paul. Their silence alone, failing to preach this Good News about the Gospel Christ, has in itself, brouught them into heavy Blood-Guilt; but couple with that, their viscious slaughter of their own Brother's and Sister's of other lands, as well, their persecution of the true followers of the Christ has assured their own slaughter at Armageddon; at which time, they themselves will be totally and completely anihilated, just as Zephaniah the Prophet predicted, they would be. {Zephaniah 1:14-18} {Isaiah 9:6} {Matthew 24:9}
Let Religious Christendom as well, all of their followers, consider these unfailing words of Jehovah God; and shudder:
15 "For the Day of the LORD {JEHOVAH} is near, against all the Nations. As you have done, so it will be done to you; what you deserve will return on your own head." {Obadiah 15 HCSB}
You killed and slaughtered! You will be killed and slaughtered! You Atom Bomb Nations! You will be Atom-Bombed! Remember the Apostle Paul clearly told you all; "You Reap what you Sow!" It's all coming back around to you all! Without fail, it will come back around! "Do not deceive yourselves, no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant." {Galatians 6:7 Good News Bible} --- Be in fear Religious Christendom! Be in fear!
Do not suppose, that it is merely Religious Christendom that has incurred heavy massive Blood-Guilt; it is this entire World of Mankind, is equally just as guilty, because every Nation on this earth was involved in those two Blood-Baths; so all have incurred heavy, heavy, Blood-Guilt; and Jehovah will require an accounting for every drop of Blood that was spilled. Allow Jehovah himself to tell you about this Blood-Guilt:
20 "My People, go into your Rooms and shut your Doors behind you. Hide in your Rooms for a short time until God's anger is finished.The Lord {JEHOVAH} will leave his place to punish the People of the World for their sins. The Earth will show the Blood of the People who have been killed; it will not cover the dead any longer." {Isaiah 26:20,21 NCV}
"For Jehovah will make an Accounting on the Earth, concluding it and cutting it short." {Romans 9: 27 NWT}
For any who might believe that this accounting will not occur in our own day; I would remind them, we are now 96 years into the composite sign of the coming of the Christ into Kingdom power; that Day was to come as a Thief in the Night, at a time, even his true followers felt not likely; in an hour they did not know, or expect; when very suddenly, with shocking surprise, that day would come upon this World, like a snare, a Trap that was Sprung to catch this entire World unawares; as it did in the days of Noah, just prior to the Global Flood, that swept them all away. {Matthew 24:36-39} {Luke 12:40} {Marke 13:32,33} So! Do not take too a relaxed position with your feet up on any Chair; because you could very suddenly, without any warning, be knocked off that Chair when you least expect it. The only warning you may get I am delivering to you right now; that is as good a warning as any of you may ever get, but I did my part, I delivered the warning, now didn't I? Act upon it, or ignore it! Your free Choice!
"Listen! I am coming like a thief!" ... {Revelation 16:15 GNB} Wannabe