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Date Posted: 11:41:02 09/02/06 Sat
Author: John Upshaw
Subject: Re: Whats Happening in the Body

>I agree with you 100% keep telling people the truth man of God least we know that there is still true prophets in the world today.Be Blessed
>
>Hello my dear brothers and sisters. I pray that as
>you read this, you allow the Lord to speak to you and
>open your eyes to what is going on in the body of
>Christ. Now some will take this as being judgmental
>and critical, but I will let you know now that what is
>going to be addressed should open your eyes. You must
>understand that when the Bible talks about judging,
>it’s referring to judging out of our own opinions and
>righteousness. And of course the Bible says that our
>righteousness is as filthy rags, so that means that
>the word of God is the measuring stick and standard
>and if things don’t line up to the standard of his
>holy word, it’s not of God.
>
>
>
>According to the Old Testament, the prophets were sent
>on assignment to direct the children of Israel back to
>the law and standard of God when they started getting
>off track. Now of course we know that the ministry of
>the New Testament prophet is a little different from
>the one of the Old Testament, however is it still not
>the job of the prophet to still point Israel (the
>church) back to the standard of God? We have gotten
>off track and it’s time for the prophets to stand up
>and tell the people to get back to what God has said.
>In this hour many of our preachers are nothing more
>than motivational speakers that are telling you how to
>better yourself and not telling you that you need to
>come out of sin and leave the world alone to follow
>whole heartedly after Christ. The only thing they are
>doing is motivating people to do is please themselves
>and to accumulate the pleasures of this world. And
>many of us look at how big their churches are and how
>much their ministries are growing, but I found out
>that cancer is also a growth but it’s not a healthy
>growth.
>
>
>
>Many of the saints are caught up in the glitz,
>glamour, and the celebrity status of many of our
>famous preachers. But the word of the Lord came to me
>recently telling me to tell his people not be caught
>up in personalities. What we are attracted to is the
>personalities of these preachers. And unfortunately
>they have caught on to the fact that we impressed by
>them, so now what they do is they wear certain clothes
>that cause us to look at their physique. One man of
>God in particular has begun to wear tight muscle
>shirts that accentuate his muscles and he has a church
>full of women. Now stop for a moment and think. If
>you are a woman who is having a struggle with lust,
>you going to that particular church where the pastor
>is wearing a shirt like that defeats the whole purpose
>of you going and trying to get delivered from your
>issue. I hope you see now what I’m talking about.
>Then we had another strong voice in the body that had
>a big event in which secular singers and comedians
>were the source of entertainment. Church, tell me
>what in the world are secular singers and comedians
>doing entertaining saints at a supposed ministry
>event? And this particular pastor’s ministry has been
>about getting men and women delivered from issues like
>sexual strongholds and other bondages. So why would
>he invite people to be the entertainment when they
>promote and do the same things he is trying to get
>people delivered from? You see this stuff doesn’t
>make sense.
>
>
>
>Not only do we have that kind of thing going on in the
>church, but we have these secular entertainers who
>have claimed to be saved and the next thing you know
>they’re on international Christian television
>preaching. This quick rise to fame in the ministry
>should really make us question if these people are
>REALLY saved and have they had proper discipleship.
>If not, then these people are just instruments of
>compromise and contamination. One man that had a
>quick rise to the ministry use to be a hip-hop/rap
>star and he had gotten saved and received an honorary
>doctorate and started pastoring a church. Now mind
>you, he just came out of the hip-hop/rap industry and
>the next thing you know he’s got an honorary doctorate
>and is the pastor of a church. That should let you
>know that something is odd. I know some of you are
>probably saying to yourselves that the Bible says that
>in the last days a quick work would be done. Yes the
>Bible does say that, but it also says to make your
>calling and election sure and it also says let him
>that ministers wait on his ministry. We must
>understand that Jesus said that many are called and
>few are chosen. So between the calling and choosing
>there is a time of preparation. And if you are not
>been properly prepared what you will do is make a
>mess. Now this same rapper turned pastor said that he
>didn’t want to rap anymore. So tell me why five years
>later he comes out with a rap album with his old pal P
>Diddy that says welcome back? When have you ever
>known sinners to welcome back a so called saint or
>preacher of the gospel to the things of the world?
>
>
>
>This is the mess that’s going on and we’re trying to
>dress it up and make it look Godly. But the fact of
>the matter is this stuff stinks in the nostrils of
>God. The scriptures tell us in 2 Corinthians 5:17 “If
>any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things
>are passed away and behold all things become new.”
>The Bible also says in 2 Corinthians 6:17 “Come out
>from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord and
>touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.”
>It seems as though we have taken all the scriptures
>that talk about prosperity and blessings and have
>majored on them, but have pushed the ones that deal
>with the our sanctification and holiness to the
>corner. And this is why we’re not seeing the power of
>God in operation and manifestation. God cannot and
>will not move in a place where flesh and vain glory is
>on display and sin is on the rampage.
>
>
>
>Anytime when preachers can divorce their wives and
>marry other women only days after their divorce is
>final something is wrong. When it has also been
>reported that the divorce rate in the church is just
>as high or maybe higher than the divorce rate in the
>world, something is wrong. And when the spirit of
>homosexuality and perversion seems to be at an all
>time high, again something is wrong. Is this the
>church that Jesus established and is coming back for?
>Our young people (and older people depending on the
>individual) are claiming to be saved and filled with
>the Holy Ghost dress like harlots and thugs and have
>so many body piercings they look like Swiss cheese.
>They have these crazy hairstyles and hair colors that
>look like multi-flavored cotton candy with all these
>tattoos in which they have tattooed on their bodies,
>praying hands, crossed, a crown of thorns, etc.
>People of God, this is sacrilegious and God is not
>pleased with it. There’s a difference between being
>radical and ridiculous.
>
>
>
>When are we going to stop putting things in God’s face
>and trying to get him to accept things that he has
>already declared in his word he doesn’t want. It’s
>just like trying to get a baby to eat something that
>he doesn’t like. No matter how much you try to make
>it seem good, that baby has already shown you it made
>up its mind and is not going to eat that particular
>food. The Apostle Paul told us in Romans 12:1 to
>present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and
>acceptable unto God. I have never read anywhere in
>the Bible where a mutilated sacrifice was acceptable.
>
>
>We as the body of Christ cannot allow the things of
>this world to contaminate us and desensitize us so
>that we don’t call sin, unrighteousness and
>ungodliness what it really is. We cannot allow this
>mixing and mingling that’s going on to progress any
>further. There are people mixing new age practices
>with Biblical principles and they are preaching in our
>pulpits like they have some kind of divine revelation
>from God. The devil is a lie! We are living in the
>last days and the Bible tells us that people will
>rather believe a lie and be damned rather than believe
>the truth. They’re giving heed to seducing spirits
>and doctrines of devils which is causing them to have
>itching ears to so that they can hear something that
>will allow them to continue in sin. But the Gospel of
>the Lord Jesus Christ requires change and holy living,
>and if people still remain in sin, then they have not
>received eternal life. Church, we must get back to
>the doctrine of the Bible and the Gospel of our Lord
>and savior Jesus Christ, in which there is no
>compromise. So let’s stop making excuses, and
>compromising and let’s do it the way the Bible says.
>
>
>What do you think? More importantly what is God
>Saying...

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