After Charlottesville, our country is,
yet again, discussing slavery and race via the hateful Confederate statues. Those
CINO's (Christian In Name Only), who revere and are fighting to keep those
statues up, have not heeded the 1st Commandment that we shall not have any gods
before the Most High GOD, our Heavenly Father (Exodus 20:3). Yes, within the
New Testament, there are Scriptures that mentions slavery, however, that was
for a different time, it does not say that slavery is okay nor does it address
the evolution of societies; so that argument is moot. We have a responsibility
to truths: spiritual first and then the physical. Every CINO lives and thrives
on "the commandments of men (Matthew 15:8-9 & Mark 7:6-7) and not
according to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:8 warns us
"Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit
according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the
world and not according to Christ." The Bible is very clear in stating
that Heavenly Father is "no respecter of persons" (Acts 10:34 &
Romans 2:11). We all must be mindful with whom we congregate or worship with
because we are warned "even Satan disguises himself as an angel of
light" (2 Corinthians 11:14). I make this point because Satan quoted
Scripture, the 91st Psalm, prayer of protection to Jesus via the temptations
(Matthew 4:6 & Luke 4:9-11). We, as Human beings, have a tendency to not
understand the deeper aspects of Father's Words. We are told that Father
"uses the foolish and the weak" (1 Corinthians 1:27) to make changes,
not those with large bank accounts or those with titles that we hold as
esteemed. Jesus healed all who asked of Him, Gentiles and Jews alike. Far too
many believe only they have that connection to Father and our Savior, without
recognizing the deepness of the spiritual. Example(s): Father did
"not" send His angels to the conservative political and religious
leaders of the 12 tribes of Israel, no, He sent them to those at the bottom of
the socioeconomic ladder, the shepherds. Father did not send the Star to those
Jewish leaders, He sent the Star to three Gentile kings/Mags. In the first
Chapter of Matthew, that details the physical genealogy of Jesus, three women
are named: Rahab-a Gentile prostitute who saved the spies Joshua sent into
Jericho: Ruth-another Gentile; and Tamar-she had children with her
father-in-law. Finally, we must all be careful because on that Day, there will
be those who say to Jesus that they "cast out demons and healed in His
Name" but He tells them He knows them not (Matthew 7:21-23). At the end of
the day and the end of time, it is about what we do for those Jesus calls
"the least of these" our fellow Human beings. He takes it so
personally, He tells us that what we do or not do, to "the least of
these", we do or not do, to Him as well (Matthew 25:40-45). Remember this; every
minister/pastor/televangelist, as well as the rest of us, are servants of Jesus
Christ, as well as being His disciples and He is our Teacher. "No servant
is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent
him" (John 13:16) & "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a
servant above his master (Matthew 10:24).
