Look Me in the Eye Part
1
A letter to the
Organized Church and the Body of Christ
My
previous message made a clear distinction between the organized church (wheat
and tares) and the body of Christ (wheat only) (Matthew 13:24-30). I have always listened for God’s voice in my
walk with Him. I have had the privilege
of hearing His voice in confirming my actions and also in chastising my
actions. I think every member of His
body has heard Him condone and/or chastise their actions (). He does not deal with His children as
bastards but sons to be corrected and conformed to His image and likeness
(Hebrews 12:8).
When
Barack Hussein Obama was elected for his first term as president of the United
States of America, God said to me that it was a judgement on America’s race
problem. Throughout his eight years as
president, many in the land condemned him not only for his decisions, policies
(right and wrong), and actions, but also for the color of his skin. Needless to say, the country as a whole dug
in to its racism (systemic or otherwise) for one reason or another under his
presidency. America failed the test God
gave it to deal with the racism issue.
The organized church was silent.
Fast
forward to today. God has brought us to
the election time for the president of the United States of America and what is
the number one issue on the agenda? Racism!
As a nation we did not hear God’s heart for the church world to unite
under love, but instead it split under embedded, ignored, and quietly whispered
racism.
The
organized church chose two sins (abortion/homosexuality) and sought a man who
would condemn and legislate against those sins while exemplifying and
practicing other sins. Please understand that abortion and homosexuality take
their place as sin with all other sins in God’s eyes (Exodus 20:13), (Leviticus
18:22). The Bible is clear, however not
everyone knows what it says. God speaks
to His Believers and we follow His words in the Bible.
There
are those who do not know God’s word and/or do not choose to obey His
word. Those who do not choose God are
still created in His image and His likeness (Genesis 1:26) with free will to choose
their lifestyle.
The organized church skipped right over the
scripture that says “All unrighteousness is sin” (1st John 5:17) and
excused lying, hatred, racism, put down/bullying, non-repentance, elitism,
social classism, cursing African nations, cursing human beings, caging
children, blasphemy, mistreatment of God’s creation, etc. (These actions are
the documented ones with audio/video tapes to confirm). Only God knows what
else has been perpetrated on the citizens of America.
Christianity
is based on repentance, confession, and change of life. And yet the organized church praises and
follows a leader who employs no Christian values. This leader never admits to wrong doing and
corrals all around him to become engaged in the same ungodly practices assuring
damnation for their lives also. In fact, the organized church asserted that
“you elect a saint/king and not a priest”.
Was this also applied when Obama was president or did this principle
somehow surface with the subsequent president.
The
organized church did not want to deal with, acknowledge, or dialogue with
racism. It is Father God who has said it is on His agenda. The current United States administration
presents an overtly racist stance. The
organized church (wheat/tares) for the most part was complicit or remained
silent. God is now saying to America
and the organized church that you are going to have to deal with racism as a
nation. The body of Christ (wheat) sees
clearly. Those of us who hear God’s
heart understand what He is doing. It is
the organized church who has attempted to drown out the voices of Christ’s Body
with politics, power, money, and arrogance.
This earth is not the eternal home for the
body of Christ (wheat). The organized church’s (wheat/tares) home is in the
earth. The organized church will have no place (in Heaven) when the tares are
stripped from it by the Lord of the Harvest.
God
has a documented proven plan (Bible) with prophetic words that have and are
also yet to come to pass. God’ word is
the plumb line. It is the final
authority. It is irrevocable,
infallible, and irrefutable. It does not
belong to a man (regardless of the size of his/her ministry). God’s word is of
no private interpretation (2nd Peter 1:20). It is to be read and accepted by all His
chosen ones who heed His call. We must
remember that the “Lord of the Harvest” (Jesus) does the separation. If a man condones a tare, he endangers
himself to become a tare. You cannot
serve God and someone else.
Our
biblical example of this is found in (1st Kings 3:1). Solomon made allegiance with kings by
marrying and bringing into his household their daughters. This would in his
mind elicit their loyalty to him. He
would get what he desired from foreign countries. He found out to his dismay that these women
brought their gods and practices into his godly kingdom and changed it
totally. The saddest part was that they
changed Solomon’s heart toward the true and living God. Solomon found that a deal with the devil is
just that, a deal with the devil (Ecclesiastes Chapter 1).
Scripture
says if you walk with wise men you will be wise, but a companion of fools will
be destroyed (with the fools) (Proverbs 13:28).
Scripture further says, “Can two walk together except they be agreed?”
(Amos 3:3). Whenever we reduce ourselves to aligning with evil to accomplish
God’s will, we have crossed a deadly line.
We are now using our fleshly tactics to bring about God’s will. God does not allow the works of flesh to
bring about His will. In the end as
Solomon said, “all will be vanity”.
I
once heard someone say, “Hold your nose and support this administration”. I have read the Bible many times over and I
can’t find this or its sentiment in the word of God. God says all unrighteousness is sin (1st
John 5:17). This is never going to change.
Sin will not enter God’s Kingdom.
This won’t change no matter who commits the sin. The wages of sin (in any form or fashion) is
death (Romans 6:23).
My
view is biblical. Find a sinner, make
sure that they have an opportunity to see “real Christianity” in your life and
allow the Holy Spirit and God’s word to minister life to the potential Believer
(The Great Commission). If you cannot
reach a person for salvation with God’s love and the good news of the gospel
then leave him to the power of prayer. You must always remember that you
present Jesus to others and they have free will to accept or deny. If he denies acceptance of Christ and His
teachings no laws or judges will interfere with the choice of his lifestyle. He
will sin regardless of your laws or your judges who will discriminate against
him because of his lifestyle.
I
choose to stay on the line that Jesus drew.
He said “Whosoever will, let him come and drink of the Fountain of Life
freely” (Revelation 22:17). The God-life
is produced when a heart is changed. I’m
sorry folks, laws and discrimination against people will not produce citizens
of heaven. Only a heart change will.
I
am a seventy (70+) year old Black Woman who has lived her life since the age of
fourteen (14) following the teachings of Jesus Christ. I am Spirit-filled and keep my ear close to
the Father’s heart. I have ministered to
children and families in education as a school teacher, program consultant, and
principal (30+ years). After retirement
God sent me to teach His word and rescue broken lives in drug rehab centers (I
have volunteered there for 13+ years preaching His Gospel). Not one of the lost souls (who were found and
rehabilitated) regarded the color of my skin.
God’s Love and my love for them was the saving grace. I have spiritual sons and daughters of other
races.
I take no personal woe from slavery, insult,
slight, curse, or even put down as a Black person. Once I found Jesus, I began to see men as men
not as trees (Mark 8:24). I forgive
others before it becomes an issue in my own heart. I cancel out the works of
the Devil regarding racism and any other lie that Satan brings by listening to
God, reading and studying His word, practicing His word, and showing God’s
love. God has frankly been marvelous to me.
I can hear His voice for my own life and also minister to others in
love. I live in peace. I love and am
loved by God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, family, and many others.
I say to the organized church look me in the
eye and tell me:
That you believe that
people should be discriminated against because of their skin color,
nationality, religion, and lifestyle choice when God made and gave free will to
all men.
That you did not know
God’s heart (and the hearts of people of color) were bleeding from the racism
in America.
That you did not know that
the hurtful symbols of slavery and racism that surround people of color every
day were offensive to them.
That
you did not know that racism was an issue that the organized church in many
instances refused to address and quietly swept it under the carpets of churches
large and small in America.
Did
you not know? Could you not hear or see? Did you not care? By the way, what was
God saying to you about racism and what is He saying now?
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