NO, THIS IS NOT ABOUT A LOVE LETTER.YET, IT IS A LOVE
LETTER. FROM ME TO YOU.
THIS IS ABOUT A PIECE OF MAIL FROM AN ORGANIZATION THAT
CALLS ITSELF A CHURCH, FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH.
WHY IT WAS SENT TO ALL THE LOCAL HIGH-RISES, HERE IN
THE MID-WEST, IT BEYOND ME. SEVERAL AQUAINTANCES,
AND SOME CLOSE FRIENDS HAVE RECIEVED IT, AND IT IS
AN EMBARRASSMENT TO ANY CHURCH THAT CALLS ITSELF
CHRISTIAN. IT READS MORE LIKE A SURVEY THAN AN APPEAL
FOR DONATIONS, CHECK THIS BOX IF YOU WANT MONEY, AND
HOW MUCH YOU WANT. CHECK THIS BOX IF YOU WANT A NEW
HOUSE, CHECK THIS BOX IF YOU WANT A NEW CAR,AND ON DOWN
THE LINE. THEN THIS LETTER STATES, ENCLOSE $25.00, AND
RETURN THIS LETTER,AND YOUR REQUESTS WILL BE ANSWERED.
THEN, SOUNDING FAR MORE LIKE A CHAIN LETTER THAN
ANYTHING ELSE, IT SAYS, DO NOT THROW THIS OUT, RETURN
IT EITHER WAY...I HAD BORDER-LINE CHRISTIANS CALLING
ASKING WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? LIKE I KNOW?
I DID NOT SEE THE LETTER, BUT I HAD PLENTY OF IT READ TO ME
OVER THE PHONE!
SO ANYWAY, THEN, THERE WAS THIS OTHER PIECE OF PAPER,
WHICH WAS REFERED TO AS A PRAYER RUG. ON IT WAS A RATHER
CRUDE IMAGE OF A MAN, SUPPOSEDLY A DEPICTION OF JESUS,
WHICH THE RECIPIENT WAS TO STARE AT UNTIL ;
QUOTE,"THE EYES OPEN. WHEN THE EYES OPEN, THEN YOU WILL
GET YOUR WISH." UNQUOTE
OH, YES, THIS IS WHAT THE CHURCH IS ENGAGED IN NOW.
SILLY STUFF. NONSENSE. IT IS TO THIS SORT OF SHENANIGANS
SOME RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE NOW SUNK TO, TO
RAISE MONEY. LIES AND DECEPTION, THAT ARE COMPLETELY
UNBIBLICAL, UNSCRIPTURAL, AND WILL LEAD NEW BELIEVERS
AWAY FROM THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST. GOING,
WHAT WOULD I WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT MESS FOR?
WELL, YOU DON'T.
YOU MUST TAKE CARE. WHEN THE PREACHER MAKES A
REFERENCE,OR SAYS SO AND SO SAID THIS OR THAT, LOOK IT
UP. SOME CHURCHES NOW EVEN SAY DON'T BRING YOUR BIBLES
TO CHURCH, BUT I SAY, WATCH OUT. PAY ATTENTION. PROVE
EVERYTHING YOU ARE TOLD LINES UP WITH THE WORD OF
GOD. SATAN KNOWS HE HAS VERY LITTLE TIME LEFT.
WE ARE IN THE END TIMES, EVEN THE SECULAR MEDIA IS NOW
BECOMING AWARE OF IT, SO YOU MUST BE ON YOUR GUARD.
DON'T BE SEDUCED INTO BELIEVING A LIE. AS ONE PREACHER
STATED OVER THE WEEK-END,THE ENEMY ISN'T EVEN BEING
SUBTLE ABOUT IT ANYMORE,AND IT'S TRUE!
AND NOW, WHOLE CONGREGATIONS ARE BEING SWEPT UP,
CARRIED AWAY BY A NEW GOSPEL, FORGETTING THAT WE
ARE TO ADHERE TO THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD, AND NOT
SOME NEW FAD WRITTEN BY SOME OTHER MAN.
REMEMBER WHAT SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE SAID, AS HE
CLOSED OUT THAT GREAT CANON OF SCRIPTURE, THE BOOK
OF REVELATION22:18...AND I QUOTE,
"...IF ANY MAN SHALL ADD UNTO THESE THINGS, GOD SHALL ADD
UNTO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK,
19. AND IF ANY MAN SHALL TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF THE
BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART OUT
OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, AND OUT OF THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM
THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK.
20. HE WHICH TESTIFIETH THESE THINGS SAYETH,
SURELY, I COME QUICKLY.
AMEN. EVEN SO, COME LORD JESUS.
21 THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL.
AMEN."
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