AN OPEN LETTER TO (SOME) CHRISTIAN PREACHERS:
I haven't said much on ministry or Church issues lately but recently a
few folks who call themselves by these various titles of some kind of
preacher have gotten my attention because they have been up to no good with their same old self promotion
without any humility, so this is directly to
them. There's no need to comment in their defense unless you follow them
and feel you need to defend your own bad decision for your seared
consciousness sake because you're convicted, yet trying to justify your
bad judgment and lack of discernment in supporting them. No matter how
sincere a person started out what makes them false now is the fact they
continue to teach false doctrine while leading a false lifestyle. Don't
let fame or acclaim fool you or you're just a fool being easily fooled; which
is what they count on. Now on to these preachers...
We
all fall and fail at times, and some struggle with private battles
while sincerely trying to do right, but how you deal with them in
transparency & honesty is key to your credibility. Unfortunately,
among many (not all) of the so called "church leadership" who've
had such issues that have spilled over into ugly outcomes there's
relatively no visible change in their behavior or manner of doing
things. They flaunt their sins & wrong doings as if it is excusable
for them because they believe they have a special relationship with God
that gives them permission to do things others among us don't have the
grace for. They look down on others of us as beneath them and always throw out phrases such as themselves deserving "double honor" when they don't honor God Almighty or his people with their smugness, arrogance, ungodly pride, and narcissism. They try reinventing themselves over & over again to recapture what they lost without admitting to or stopping from doing
the things that caused them to lose it.
1st CORINTHIANS 5:11-13 (ESV); "But
now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name
of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an
idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a
one. 12) For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13) God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
These are "janky"
preachers who should not be considered genuine men/women of God whether
they once were or not because they have already proven more than once
that they can't be trusted, and continue to do so.
This is an habitual thing. The fact they are still even considered as
such by the gullible that let them get away with it and who say "we shouldn't judge", or "leave it alone and pray about it", only means there are still enough people with a severe case of "cognitive dissonance" who will listen to them and call that ignorant unscriptural mode
of thinking "spiritual" when it's just stupid. Y'all can call it what
you want and say I'm judging, but I'm tired of these phonies
misrepresenting the Lord and twisting scriptures to mislead others
astray while digging into folks pockets, panties, and desperation to
make their living off of, and you should be too; GOD is.
JEREMIAH 23:31-32 (KJV); "Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. 32) Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord,
and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by
their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they
shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord."
You're
not special because you claim a title, but you're now more responsible
& accountable because you do. If you're not going to be honest then
forfeit the title and be quiet. Stop comparing yourself to King David or other Biblical characters when you mess up, because you're not them
and their stories are written so you won't do what they did; not use
them as an excuse or loophole for doing the same as they did. David was a
man of God who was also a natural king. He was an official head of
state in a theocratic government, but you're just some nincompoop trying
to preach to a few folks who you expect to give you money for it.
You're not David, Moses, Joseph, Paul, or Jesus but more like "Lil' Du Rock from around the block" trying to run game on people.
1st CORINTHIANS 10:11-12 (ESV); "Now
these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down
for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. 12) Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall."
You
thinking so much of yourself and so little of others in comparison is
the main reason why you keep falling. The days of invoking the names of
Elijah or Elisha and other Biblical prophets to insight fear in folks or
try drumming up undeserved respect for your over inflated ego while
touting yourself as an "apostle, prophet, pastor, bishop"
and so forth so others won't speak out against you or other popular
false prophets you admire that also can't maintain the standard of the
same genuine prophets whose stories you try to hide behind is gone! That
type of manipulation is the sin of witchcraft! It's not others who need
to "wake up" preacher, but it's YOU that needs to shut up talking about
how great you are, throwing around a title you don't rightly deserve to wear, and declaring unto whom you belong as if the God who's name you
take in vain actually backs you.
If
you walked what you talked then respect wouldn't be an issue and you
wouldn't have to constantly make such ridiculous and unsound statements
in public, like on social media, to try remaining relevant in the public
eye as someone to be reckoned with. The same arrogance and ungodly
pride that took you down and exposed you before are the same things that
keep you looking like a cheap street whore begging to turn a trick for
anyone who will foolishly listen to you or believe your lies about
yourself. Try this for a change: actually be what you say instead of
trying to make others believe what you say. If you be it then we can see
it, and you don't have to say it. Until then, please SHUT UP! You're
just talking loud and saying nothing except to a fool. May YAH bless the
hearers and doers of his word in Yeshua’s name; shalom. ~ I.J. West
Take it away Bishop Bullwinkle... "Some Preachers"
It's the truth.
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