tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post389098980023537099..comments2023-03-27T21:07:05.248-07:00Comments on Seal of Abraham: Ministers & Churches Who Give The People What They Want...! AddendaRev. C. Solomonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-30413416579284165922008-03-10T12:01:00.000-07:002008-03-10T12:01:00.000-07:00You would love another pastor friend of mine. He ...You would love another pastor friend of mine. He was invited to speak once at a 'mainline religious denomination'. He asked God, what shall I preach? The Lord gave him a sermon entitled, GOD IS NOT HERE! <BR/><BR/>He went and he preached as instructed, and he was never invited back again. On the flipside, one can only wonder how many individuals escaped as a result of his message and went to a place where they could hear God's word preached. <BR/><BR/>Many individuals are sitting under false prophets. False prophets are not only ones who preach or teach about false deities, the majority of false prophets in America are ones who claim to be preaching about and leading men and women to Jesus.<BR/><BR/>This is a bit to radical I'm sure for you. However, this is a serious matter. If you think we're tough, go back and read about Jesus again!<BR/><BR/>P.S. The Episcopal church in America, the Lutherans and the Methodists are all having problems because they permitted a 'little leaven' to fester in their churches!<BR/><BR/>Get my drift now - either stand up, or stand down anonymous!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-17478747443228768032008-03-10T00:23:00.000-07:002008-03-10T00:23:00.000-07:00to an extent I see a little more clearly what you ...to an extent I see a little more clearly what you are about and your concerns (some very valid) ,but I still disagree with your assesment of "all" religions. especially the more historically known and traditional chruches ( for they are only dimentions ,of a far reaching and deeply knowing and infinite Deity that encompasses all mankind), but I will say ,this preaching "here" is now better , that wasn,t so hard now was it? but a little more is required.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-36037382917437521342008-03-06T13:42:00.000-08:002008-03-06T13:42:00.000-08:00Just to respond to your latest attack, wherein you...Just to respond to your latest attack, wherein you challenged my authority. <BR/><BR/>Remember, God is 'the authority', and he empowers who he will to speak, to rebuke and to the do the work of an evangelist.<BR/><BR/>He not only gave me the name of this blog, he said to me "in your arm is the Seal of Abraham'. Your words cannot harm me, nevertheless, be careful not too offend the deity!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-61394159631840898062008-03-06T12:34:00.000-08:002008-03-06T12:34:00.000-08:00Anonymous wrote,God already knew that, hence ,he s...Anonymous wrote,<BR/><BR/>God already knew that, hence ,he sent His Son. peace and grace , the same anonymous <BR/><BR/>Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Jesus said, (Matt 10:34...) Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace but a sword. <BR/><BR/>For I am come to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against mother...<BR/><BR/>10:20 Then began he to UPBRAID the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not...<BR/><BR/>Prov 27: 5 and 6, Open rebuke is better than secret love.<BR/><BR/>Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful...<BR/><BR/>Whom God loves he will chasten!<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that you have either been mistaught or misunderstand his purpose, that are abusing grace (unmerited favor).<BR/><BR/>Truth is mercy, and truth will free the people! Holding them hostage in fake or misguided religion(s) will not!<BR/><BR/>I will not standby, wherever possible, and let them hear God say one day, depart from me, I never knew you!<BR/><BR/>At a Gospel Concert that attended just outside of Berkely California this past weekend, the Gospel Concert was interspersed with worldly and religious church groups. The City of Hope Praise Team, The Interfaith Choir.<BR/><BR/>One singer was asked to come and sing, impromptu. He stood at the mike, but could not think of what to sing. Someone suggested that he sing a Marvin Gaye Song. <BR/><BR/>Several of the other singers passed out cards inviting the audience to clubs in San Francisco and elsewhere in order to hear them sing. <BR/><BR/>One singers, very shapely, told us about her Calendar, which looks very much like a playboy calendar. <BR/>I might seem like I am being mean, however, we really do have a problem given that the church has settled into the world!<BR/><BR/>We were told to 'come out' from among them and be separate. Thank God that the man who was asked to sing a Marvin Gay song had the good sense not to.<BR/><BR/>He even said, 'there are children in here'. We have got to uphold the standard, too many pseudo-Christians and hypocrites are trying to bring the standard down. <BR/><BR/>Does that help you to understand where I am coming from now?<BR/><BR/>Love, peace, rebuke, judgment and grace all go hand in hand!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-56271708993170982372008-03-06T09:37:00.000-08:002008-03-06T09:37:00.000-08:00God is the solution Anonymous...And he uses human ...God is the solution Anonymous...<BR/><BR/>And he uses human agents to teach and to proclaim his word. <BR/><BR/>Your roiled and self-righteous indignation suggests that you 'ARE NOT' connected to the spirit of God. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand it could represent spiritual immaturity. Jesus once rebuked the spirit of Satan that was in Peter, when what appeared to represent Peter's love for Christ, turned out to be Satan using Peter to hinder God's plan. <BR/><BR/>Jeremiah was conditioned and committed to warn God's own people of their shortcomings - and to attend to the things of God, unless they allow them to slip - just as I have been doing.<BR/><BR/>In Jeremiah 11, he received from his own people, what I keep getting from you.<BR/><BR/>Jeremiah 11:18...,<BR/><BR/>And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it; then thou shewedst me their doings. <BR/><BR/>As the kids would say, but I'm not mad at you - for Jesus, Paul, Peter, Jeremiah, Daniel and everyone else who taught and fought for what was right had their group of critics and tormentors!<BR/><BR/>And you are obviously one of only of less than a dozen of mine ---<BR/><BR/>Be careful however, for you might be found to fighting against God!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-55957226104328366652008-03-06T07:36:00.000-08:002008-03-06T07:36:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-20899084393746579042008-03-06T05:41:00.000-08:002008-03-06T05:41:00.000-08:00I see that you continue to read my writings, if on...I see that you continue to read my writings, if only to be a critic, and not to learn or to understand. However, no one else shares your sentiments - at least based upon the emails and the personal comments that I receive. <BR/><BR/>With respect to using the whip, you have done a yeoman's job yourself. <BR/><BR/>There is a time to use the whip: In Ecclesiastes 3, we learn that there is a time for all things. In Jeremiah Chapter 1, we learn that there is a time to root up, tear down and destroy in order to rebuild. <BR/><BR/>Truth makes people angry, yet the truth can make any individual, including you, free. I notice that you have abandoned the scriptures in order to exclusively engage in personal attack. <BR/><BR/>Frankly, there are many individuals like you who abuse grace and abandon truth, according to Paul in Romans the 10th chapter, they abandon the righteousness of God and go about to establish a righteousness of their own. <BR/><BR/>Why don't you try to come back to God's righteousness. Jesus warned Cain that if he would simply do the right thing that he would be accepted. <BR/><BR/>The fact that God's church is being merchandized today is obvious, the fact that ministers are giving in to what the people is obvious, the fact that many individuals are coming to worship for the wrong reasons is obvious. <BR/><BR/>Ps. 29:2, We are to give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name, and to worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Interpreted: worship the Lord in holy array or for the splendor of his holiness. <BR/><BR/>Why it makes you so angry that he has given me to write on this topic suggests that you have some very serious issues:<BR/><BR/>Jesus and the whip:<BR/><BR/>Lk2. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. <BR/><BR/>And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. <BR/><BR/>And when he had made a scourge of small cors, he grove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changer's money , and overthrew the tables; <BR/><BR/>And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Fauther's house an house of merchandise.<BR/><BR/>Not very gracious..., you would probably say. <BR/><BR/>Paul told Timothy, to preach the word and to be instant in and out of season. He also told them that a time would could when they would not be disposed to hearing the truth. <BR/><BR/>The truth bothers you..., and I suspect that it bothers you because you don't what know what the truth is, other than your own manufactured truth.<BR/><BR/>Pray for the spirit of God to come upon you, and it will guide you into all of the truth, if you will permit it to do so. <BR/><BR/>peace & graceRev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-47601961193905777172008-03-06T02:35:00.000-08:002008-03-06T02:35:00.000-08:00p.s.: the only situations in which you have shown ...p.s.: the only situations in which you have shown some measure of understanding toward some person in your writtings ,was only to use it for a wip on some other person or group( religion or person ) not exactly an "example of unconditional love".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-7997459605583864602008-03-06T02:13:00.000-08:002008-03-06T02:13:00.000-08:00how convenient you play the martyar ,but HOW DO AL...how convenient you play the martyar ,but HOW DO ALL THE VICTIMS OF YOUR BLOGG FEEL? ,but am only pointing out that you consider your self to be some kind of an authority on what is correct in reguards to proper worship,yet, give no spacifics to THIS SO CALLED PROPER WORSHIP,and condem all other religions SUMMARILY(in the world ,I might add),as if no religion has any relivance to people today. YET SOME HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO STANDOUT FROM THE FORAY ,AS IF, SOMEHOW DIFERENT AND SIGNIFICANT,HOW? BY CONDEMING ALL THE OTHERS. WHATS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT? YOU DO NOT EVEN GIVE ANY SPACIFICS OF CORRECT WOSHIP EXCEPT QUOTE SCRIPTURE VERSES, NOT MUCH "IN DEPTH" IN THAT,AS A MATTER OF FACT YOU HAVE ACCUSED ALL YOUR CRITICS OF SITEING VERSES ,FOR REFERENCES TO VALIDATE A CERTAIN POINT AS THIRD GRADERS AND YET THAT IS A-L-L YOU DO THRU- OUT YOUR BLOGG. HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT? YOU GO TO EXTENSIVE RANTS ON FALSE WORSHIP AND THEN LUMP ALL RELIGIONS INTO THE SAME CATAGORY, AS IF THEY ARE THE SAME THING. HERE IS A NEWS FLASH ,THEIR NOT THE SAME THING. ANOTHER NEWS FLASH, THE WORLD IS NOT PERFACT AND THAT CAN HAPPEN TILL CHRIST COMES BACK AGAIN. SO, YES THERE WILL ALWAYS BE LESS THAN PERFACT WORSHIP IN THIS WORLD. BUT ONLY SITTING BACK AND SHOUTING OUT CONDEMNATION ON ALL ,WILL NOT BE THE SOLUTION. There is nothing insightful about all the things you have written about ,as if , you are the only one that sees any abuses taking place in any religions , as far, wrong worship. "Look deep" in all your writtings in this blogg and show where you have spoken in "concrete terms of right worship", or that, is "not" speaking condemingly of others ( religions or persons) ,and is "not only" refered to through scripture verses "TO PROVE YOUR POINT" ,AS YOU HAVE ACCUSED OTHERS. WHERE IS THE "lOVE" FACTOR IN YOUR CONDEMNATION. YOU HAVE TAKEN ALL "LICENSE" IN CONDEMNATION, BUT NO "DUTY" TO AUTHORITY. WHERE IS YOUR "EXAMPLE" OF "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE". I BELIVE THAT IS GODS MESSAGE CORRECT?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-78116262143300610832008-03-05T06:08:00.000-08:002008-03-05T06:08:00.000-08:00Don't forget that Jesus was crucified by the relig...Don't forget that Jesus was crucified by the religious establishment of his day (just as you keep trying to do to me), given his unwanted rantings!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-72912577464611758212008-03-05T04:37:00.000-08:002008-03-05T04:37:00.000-08:00And yet anonymous (and that speaks for itself), yo...And yet anonymous (and that speaks for itself), you keep being drawn to my blog. Could it be that God is trying to reach a hardened place in your heart?<BR/><BR/>Given your sizzling comment, your true colors are beginning to show again. Perhaps it is time for you to search the scriptures again, for in them you think that you have eternal life.<BR/><BR/>Jesus said, if they had known me...", the truth will make you free, hopefully one day!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-19157918077344120432008-03-05T02:22:00.000-08:002008-03-05T02:22:00.000-08:00My bone of contention,simply put, is that you do n...My bone of contention,simply put, is that you do not "know" how to LOVE and how to "express" real LOVE in a "Mature" manner. "REAL LOVE" IS NOT BEING DEMONSTRATED IN THE RANTINGS OF YOUR BLOGG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-41946832056660122612008-02-29T22:40:00.000-08:002008-02-29T22:40:00.000-08:00Anonymous,Once again, I admire your zeal for the L...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Once again, I admire your zeal for the Lord. And anyone as serious as you are must recognize that there is a difference between simplying being religious, and obeying God's commands!<BR/><BR/>What is your real bone of contention?Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-11623392860435125252008-02-29T22:38:00.000-08:002008-02-29T22:38:00.000-08:00Anonymous,Simply put, religion can be anything. As...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Simply put, religion can be anything. As I explained before, Cain had his own form of religion, and he practised it, albeit he found it to be unaccepatble to God. <BR/><BR/>In Micah 6:8, the prophet explained what God required, as opposed to the offerings and sacrifices that the ancient Hebrews rendered to God. <BR/><BR/>All 613 precepts of the Hebrew law, were but a part of the Schoolmaster that was to bring the Jews to Christ. Many of them stayed with the schoolbook, and never moved into grace. <BR/><BR/>My concern is that too many individuals today are missing the forest for the trees. Another way of saying that is that like the Pharisees that Jesus chastised, and the Jews that Paul chastised in Romans 10, and all of the Post-exilic Jews who were constantly rebuked by all of the prophets too many Christians today have fallen into a similar trap. <BR/><BR/>Isaiah even chastised the Jews for their method of fasting, because it wasn't being done for the proper reason. <BR/><BR/>Jesus came to save that which was and is lost. Religion had a supportive function for the NT church, however, it did not save the church. While believers were born again in the Upper Room, the Priest was busy over at the temple slaying bulls and goats; Jesus offered the needed sacrifice once and for all. <BR/><BR/>We have got to get past this, particularly those religious Christian groups that have turned God's house into a play, dance, sing, jump, party house. <BR/><BR/>Jesus' purpose (John 3:16) was simply to save us from death, and to give us eternal life. Too many individuals have been confused by religion, and they miss out on the true meaning of Christ's mission and the message. <BR/><BR/>The Wickipedia provides an excellent definition of what religion is: <BR/><BR/>Symbols of some of the more common religions.<BR/>Top to bottom, left to right:<BR/>Row 1. Christian, Jewish, Hindu<BR/>Row 2. Islam, Buddhist, Shinto<BR/>Row 3. Sikh, Baha'i, Jain.<BR/><BR/>Religion is a set of beliefs and practices often organized around supernatural and moral claims, and often codified as prayer, ritual, and religious law. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and mystic experience. <BR/><BR/>The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to communal faith and to group rituals and communication stemming from shared conviction.<BR/><BR/>All of the groups listed above are religions. I don't know about you, I'm not interested in the simple practice of religion, I want restored what God had in mind for me in first place.<BR/><BR/>Try to wrap your mind around that!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-37816164175704724242008-02-29T14:42:00.000-08:002008-02-29T14:42:00.000-08:00Anonymous said... God bless you!FYI! - While Carlt...Anonymous said... <BR/>God bless you!<BR/><BR/>FYI! - While Carlton Pearson may have admitted that he was running his church instead of the Lord, he hardly deserves any kudos. He has denounced his belief that the bible is true and taken a stance that there isn't any such thing as hell and has joined up with a church that has an openly lesbian pastor who fights fiercely in the political arena to legalize gay marriage. The congregation boasts of a membership that is homosexual, bisexual, transgender, etc. I just thought I'd make you aware because I'm sure that you don't want to give the impression that you condone such heresy & blasphemy against the gospel.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Bishop Pearson has had an interesting history, and I am not in any way an apologist for him or his many nuances. I was present at a mostly white congregation that he thanked for their ancestors having enslaved black Americans. <BR/><BR/>He explained, to their cheers, that if they had not done so, black Americans would not have found Jesus. Oops! Carlton often shoots from the hip!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for bringing me up to date with respect to what is taking place now within Carlton's Church - I last heard that he lost his building, and was holding services in an Episcopalian church. <BR/><BR/>I still give him credit for admitting that God was not in charge of his church at the time, and that others were dictating what should and should not be done. <BR/><BR/>Carlton has had an interesting history. And his story makes my point, that we must be mindful of what we allow to take place at our churches. Many churches and mega assemblies appear to be headed in the same direction!<BR/><BR/>Bishop TD Jakes even confessed that an upper section of the Potter's House has been occupied by the gay community. <BR/><BR/>And based upon what you have written, God is still not running the church that he pastors - so let's give him kudos for his unintended honesty!<BR/><BR/>I talk and preach about it enough, so I will soon write about how God told his disciples to ignore the church prototype of his day, i.e, the Temple at Jerusalem. So much was going on at the Temple, that much like our churches today, God instructed his disciples to go to a separate place that had been provided for them. <BR/><BR/>It was there that God established his church on earth, and sent the promise of the Holy Spirit first -leaving the entertaining, commercial, offertory Temple to the church prototypal priests to manage. <BR/><BR/>In other words, he wrote the existing institutionalized Temple (place of worship) off!<BR/><BR/>I believe that we are about to witness the same very soon, when God's ministers are going to be told to abandon today's mainstream American churches - those churches are gone and we cannot do a thing there!<BR/><BR/>I believe that God's remnant will be told to go to another place, where God will send down his power from on high, a place where people will once again be transformed from the First man Adam's seed, into the second Adam, Jesus Christ's seed!<BR/><BR/>BTW, I belive that Carlton was attacking 'the Canon', when he said that everthing in it was not always true!<BR/><BR/>I would have to agree with him in that regard!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-72783630216895317742008-02-29T04:05:00.000-08:002008-02-29T04:05:00.000-08:00what do you intend ,when you say rightly "divide" ...what do you intend ,when you say rightly "divide" Gods word? and why do you condem Religion and then use the term "imitation religion" to back up your stance on this condemnation? Christ Jesus Himself from childhood to adulthood, adhered to the Jewish laws and mandates as set down by God through Moses,except in very few instances were the Son of God superceeded (because of His Divine nature) these laws and mandates, and also when Jesus was putting these laws and mandates in their proper perspective,(which by the way ,was His way of drawing attention to the abuses and distortions to the laws and mandates, there by keeping intact the original understanding of Gods laws and mandates.) Now the word "religion" which means to give praise to God, is not bad ,nor does it hinder or prevent individuals from obeying God ,to give Him praise or that is to LOVE Him. But that it is the distortions to "religion" that dose so. So I ask you why do you keep knocking or turning on religion ,when in fact, it is not religion but the "distortions to religion" that is the cause of disorder in society and your own discontent. Would you say that God taught or abused(by His law and mandates or through His Son ) compassion and grace ("grace" by the way means "Gods help") to "our" detirment? When in fact it meant that He taught it, to the point of His Sons own death (by the way ,it meant "our salvation"). You do understand that there is a difference between piety or piousness and some one who is insincerely pious, and I do not agree that the rich young man you made reference to, was not sincere, but that Jesus was inviting him into a deeper understanding and fullness of its meaning and depth, (no different than the difference between the understanding of an adulancent and that of an adult) neither is wrong but that one is "more" mature, hence the sacrifice or "act of love" is greater, hence, it is not piety and platitudes ,but piety verses platitudes. By the way, it was NOT "the Jews (jewish community) that fell into this trap", but the "Jewish leadership" that fell into this self-deceptive trap of self-serving oblations, that Jesus was making reference to: "do as they say ,but do not follow their example". I also take issue with you statement that "all their ordinances and sacrifices were summarily rejected ( maybe their self-serving oblations ) BUT NOT THEIR ORDINANCES AND SACRIFICES ,FOR HOW CAN JESUS FULLFILL THE LAW AND COMPLETE THE LAW AND THE SACRIFICE, IF THEY HAVE BEEN SUMMARILY "REJECTED"?????? ,so, "no" ,I will not "just" take religion (GIVING PRAISE TO GOD ) out of it, or you lose "the purpose of it". And can you "PLEASE" explain this constant reference to "DNA" that you keep refering to ,and what do you mean by "DNA" ? and so I leave with you the same question you posed to me, "You don,t want to be guilty of trying to destory the ones who are simply saying and teaching, that we must do what God wants us to do and in the manner that He wants us to, do you??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-74319160993007285112008-02-28T09:31:00.000-08:002008-02-28T09:31:00.000-08:00Anonymous,All of us need to be reminded from time ...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>All of us need to be reminded from time to time that obedience is better than sacrifice. Otherwise, we fall into the trap that Cain fell into when he devised his own religion - which God rejected. <BR/><BR/>Any individual who studies the scriptures as much as you do, obviously cares about the things of God. It is important to rightly divide the word of God!<BR/><BR/>Oftentimes, believers abuse or teach compassion and grace in the church, to the detriment of human beings. Religion more than anything else has hindered or prevented if you prefer, many individuals from obeying God. <BR/><BR/>Why? Imitation religion purports to have the answers that man needs to receive from God. And based upon that promise many individuals adhere more to religious mandates and practices than they do to God's commands.<BR/><BR/>I don't understand the relevance of the scriptures that you presented, however, I will agree that faith that precedes action is more important than the action itself. A rich young ruler came to Jesus and called him good, Jesus saw through his act of piety. The ruler learned that piety and platitudes would not save him!<BR/><BR/>In today's religious economny, faith has been replaced with religious form(s), many religious individuals are simply performing religious acts, believing that by doing so it will save them. The Jews fell into this trap, and all of their ordinances, sacrifices and self-serving oblations were summarily rejected.<BR/><BR/>Again, I remind you that if you will take religion out of it you will see, clearly, God's purpose. God sent his son to save that which is lost. He was not sent to teach us to dance, to gyrate, to shake, to sing...! All individuals who have Adam's DNA, and who have never received the transforming DNA-Spirit of Jesus Christ are still condemned to death.<BR/><BR/>God's compassion? He sent his son to tell us how to overcome the curse of death and to be transformed unto eternal life, again, minus any dancing, singing, platitudes or religious forms. <BR/><BR/>God wants to redeem man from death, God did not send his son so that we could simply sing songs, dance, pay tithes, fast and perform pious acts! It is okay for these acts to follow, once we have been changed, and as long as they are being done in a proper fashion and unto God!<BR/><BR/>I caution you again, remember that Cain offered a sacrifice to God, however, it was not accepted by God! Afterwards, he was given a chance to go and return with an acceptable sacrifice. Regrettably, he refused!<BR/><BR/>Instead, he destroyed the one that was guilty of doing what God required!<BR/><BR/>You don't want to be guilty of trying to destroy the ones who are simply saying and teaching, that we must do what God wants us to do and in the manner that he wants us to, do you?Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-46775796183353948122008-02-28T02:33:00.000-08:002008-02-28T02:33:00.000-08:00not quite anonymous, Hummm, well, be that what it ...not quite anonymous, Hummm, well, be that what it may. I submit, that the falling down drunk ,inspite of his fallen nature, was still giving his best to the Lord ,in song. yes and no on the pun being implied . And a word of thought on Jesus,s spoken word , if you care to comment, Luke 7;33-35, I do this ,so as ,not to bore with known writtings, and act as reason for those reading along to go to their bibles. Zeal ,I can understand ,but am more interested in mercy, and compassion, for Justice can breath in these, to bring a lively Love for God and neighbor. And I would be interested in a thought on Luke 7: 44-50.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-7429805385883276482008-02-27T11:18:00.000-08:002008-02-27T11:18:00.000-08:00Rev. C. Solomon said... Anonymous said... accordin...Rev. C. Solomon said... <BR/>Anonymous said... <BR/>according to you, the only person good enough to be in chruch IS YOU, i bet that is a very lonly place to be.<BR/><BR/>10:02 AM <BR/>Rev. C. Solomon said... <BR/>Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Not quite Anonymous! Like the Apostle Paul, I am the least. Do you remember the words of the Prophet Elijah who later appeared with Jesus on the Mountain of Transfiguration?<BR/><BR/>And he said [Elijah 1 Kings 19:10], I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.<BR/><BR/>And God's response to him was as follows:<BR/><BR/>18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.<BR/><BR/>No anonymous, I am not alone. There are many more ministers and laypeople who are as concerned as I am about the current trend that is taking place in Christan houses of worship and religious centers. <BR/><BR/>Factually, the ones who are not concerned are typically caught up in the 'give the people what they want ministries', they do not see a problem!<BR/><BR/>And the other reason that we are never alone is because God is with us, and he is showing us those behaviors which stink in his nostrils. <BR/><BR/>Anonymous, God did not send Jesus to give us religion or religious forms. Israel fell into the trap of believing that on numerous occasions. They often substituted religious forms, sacrifices and practices (the shadows), and put them in place of what God required (Micah 6:8). <BR/><BR/>Moses, who was all alone, was the first to correct them, and Aaron his brother - a minister who gave the people what they wanted, instead of what God wanted!<BR/><BR/>God sent Jesus to change hearts and to save the souls that were lost. The current bastardization of what God intended, will only result in too many humans loosing their souls (and at religious centers and churches no less where they 'rise up to play'). <BR/><BR/>The latter consists of individuals who have perfected religious practices and forms which all too often they believe are salvation, when those forms have nothing to do with salvation at all!<BR/><BR/>I pray that you are not one of those who have risen up to play church, for God came to change your heart!<BR/><BR/>I pray that you will acquire a zeal and a hunger and a thirst for the Lord and his righteousness. And if so, you might find yourself behaving like Jesus like did when he drove the 'moneychangers' from the temple, reminding them that, MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE!<BR/><BR/>A minister friend of mine was arrested as a result of his entering into a sanctuary, and preaching against the ones who were holding a worldly dance and talent show in God's house!<BR/><BR/>No Anonymous, I AM NOT ALONE - and if you were to join us, there would be one more added to the number!<BR/><BR/>In fact you might turn out to be number 7002!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-17481211212878421072008-02-27T10:54:00.000-08:002008-02-27T10:54:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-61080645209698698992008-02-27T10:02:00.000-08:002008-02-27T10:02:00.000-08:00according to you, the only person good enough to b...according to you, the only person good enough to be in chruch IS YOU, i bet that is a very lonly place to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com