tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post9146732389650273982..comments2023-03-27T21:07:05.248-07:00Comments on Seal of Abraham: Ministers & Churches Who Give The People What They Want - A Good Show: The Worldwide Church Entertainment Business!Rev. C. Solomonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-8722081687641729782008-03-06T09:43:00.000-08:002008-03-06T09:43:00.000-08:00God 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!<BR/><BR/>Love, peace & grace!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-67881777238550305752008-03-06T05:44:00.000-08:002008-03-06T05:44:00.000-08:00in response to anonymous who saidp.s.: the only si...in response to anonymous who said<BR/>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".<BR/><BR/><BR/> Rev. C. Solomon said... <BR/>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-47782326466618952652008-03-05T06:10:00.000-08:002008-03-05T06:10:00.000-08:00And 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!<BR/><BR/>4:37 AM <BR/> Rev. C. Solomon said... <BR/>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-27509946178208330882008-02-29T18:26:00.000-08:002008-02-29T18:26:00.000-08:00Anonymous,Simply put, religion can be anything. A...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-44674668054442778972008-02-29T14:47:00.000-08:002008-02-29T14:47:00.000-08:00Anonymous,Bishop Pearson has had an interesting hi...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-86615271050184763992008-02-29T14:23:00.000-08:002008-02-29T14:23:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-84642848036152781222008-02-29T11:19:00.000-08:002008-02-29T11:19:00.000-08:00God bless you!FYI! - While Carlton Pearson may hav...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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-21756425303628962772008-02-28T09:39:00.000-08:002008-02-28T09:39:00.000-08:00Anonymous said... not quite anonymous, Hummm, well...Anonymous said... <BR/><BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>2:33 AM <BR/><BR/>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-47882271926426216672008-02-27T11:12:00.000-08:002008-02-27T11:12:00.000-08:00Anonymous said... according to you, the only perso...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 migh turn out to be number 7002!Rev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-56493824536253678532008-02-20T13:50:00.000-08:002008-02-20T13:50:00.000-08:00God bless you sister Pam,And thank you for the enc...God bless you sister Pam,<BR/><BR/>And thank you for the encouragement. <BR/><BR/>1. I see a dangerous trend that is taking place in the church world today. <BR/>2. I believe that the number one device of Satan is likely deception. An clearly, our churches and church leaders are being deceived.<BR/>3. In consideration of 6 of the 7 church types at Asia Minor that John wrote about, we can see how easily it is for church groups to fall away from their first love!<BR/>4. In Malachi 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hots, in that day when I make up my jewels...!<BR/>5. Did any of us in Christ ever believe that we would see the day that we would be spending our time trying to save the church, rather than save the world!<BR/>6. Some of our best artists in religion today, are drifting back and forth between the world's stage and the churches stage. Something is broken!<BR/><BR/>peace & grace<BR/>Rev. C. SolomonRev. C. Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240139827281272439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095465.post-8553799060059592602008-02-20T10:26:00.000-08:002008-02-20T10:26:00.000-08:00Thank you for your post. I haven't had a chance t...Thank you for your post. I haven't had a chance to read it in its entirety but what I've read so far is that of a spiritual feast amid the famine of God's Word that has plagued the church today. It's long overdue but the timing is perfect--just yesterday, I began searching for weapons of warfare to fight against the spiritual wickness of entertainment that is getting a chokehold on many who claim to be believers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thank you again & God Bless,<BR/><BR/>Sister PamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com