Moments

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If I divide them into moments, they are so remarkable it dispels concern and worry.  Trying to eat the entire slice of life all at once activates panic, frustration, fear and all those overwhelming, daily attributes.  But when I look at what He allowed me to do today in the midst of an environment I have been realistically convinced could never be used for Kingdom Purpose, I am overjoyed.  The living of purpose produces irresistible and unmistakable JOY, joy that possesses the greatest magnetism for Christ.  They saw me today, and because I saw their pain, loneliness and recognized their searching hearts, they asked and I answered willingly.  So, much pain created by the brutality of this world and the only salve is Jesus.

My wounds have been washed clean, my pain healed, trespasses removed and forgiven.  The window this has allowed is that all those who see the light, desperately seeking similar freedom, are beginning to ask openly for directions.  What a gift I have been given that I might through my simple testimony, love for Christ and willingness to share the Gospel move them one step closer to relationship with God.  This was a day of fulfillment, a day that explains that meaning we have all sought throughout the history of man.  My purpose is to see their pain and tell them where to find rest then remind them real love exists.  They crave relationship with Him and they need encouragement, understanding and love from me.  Today, it all took shape, and God once again reminded me that He has never left me, even for a step.

Some think me foolish and turn away, some see foolish, unbridled joy and wish to know its  origin.  My happiness is not assured for it requires constant maintenance, but my Joy is overflowing, catching fire  and spilling on everyone with whom I come into contact.  I am sorry that I have hurt anyone when intending to tell them truth.  Forgive me Lord for being slow to surrender, thank You for my freedom.  In Jesus Holy and Precious Name.

A time such as this…

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Why do I believe that I have been given my current opportunities to spread the Good News of Christ and the Hope of salvation, redemption and sanctification before God?  Do I feel that I will somehow be spared the repercussions of a world increasingly hostile to Christians, simply because I am perceived innocuous?  Do I believe that my passivity will garner me acceptance, favor and even safety when wickedness abounds?  The mob is ready, primed for an activist leader, directing, commanding and feeding their rage.  Do any of us in a position to declare the truth believe that there will be a better, more appropriately suited time for us to make a difference?  The fields are primed for planting, it is the season of work, I pray that the laborers all hear the call.  What then does fulfilling God’s Will for my life look like, if not, standing up for righteousness, truth, justice, mercy and grace?

It is not okay to deceive my Brothers and Sisters.  It is not okay for me to ignore your pleas, just to please my own desire to fulfill my manifest vision for my sphere of opportunity.  It is not okay for me to stand by and hold the coats of the wicked as they cast stones at the innocent.  It is not okay, in my feverish passion to want someone proclaimed guilty because of my anger or displeasure.  The question is will I be of courage and know that God will arrive or will I retreat, remain quiet or hope to blend into my surroundings?  What do I call blessings anyway?  Are they simply the sweet, bountiful abundant pleasures of soul and spirit or do they include such things as toil, and battle and care for the innocent?  Are my blessings about me or are they about God and the love He gave me to share with those who have none?

This life and my station are not about my edification, comfort and position in history, they are about what I may do to further the Kingdom of God, serving my fellow man in his endeavor to rise above his animalistic tendencies.  If not for God’s salvation I would most likely have never have recovered the self inflicted wounds of my wretchedness.  Amazing Grace is just that and I must be ever mindful that it is for God’s Purposes that I have been recovered from the muck and mire.  Lord, I cannot convince them of their errant steps, but you can. I cannot give to them a salvation, sweeter than breath and life itself, but You can.  I cannot fill their hearts with hope when this world drains them of the last vestiges of courage, but You can.  Lord let me share with them the only thing that can make this whole thing worth while, You.  Those who call upon the Name of the Lord, shall be saved.  That name, that sweet name of Jesus Christ, the Power to overcome.

Driving passion

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If passions rule my actions then whose passion?  Is it God’s eternal passion for the lost of this world to find their way home to salvation and relationship?  Is it passion for this or that movement to create prosperity for this group or remove power for that group?  Is it for gain, monetary or treasured artifacts to include ourselves in the select few capable of chasing their dreams indefinitely?  Is it to fill the houses of power with people who look and act like me, men and women who will further my agenda or national intentions?  Or are my passions synonymous with God’s Will?

Do I look to feed the hungry, not only their bellies but that empty hole within their spirits that may only be filled by Christ?  Do I seek to Father the orphaned, showing them love of God so that they too may find their way home to our Eternal Father God?  Do I seek to prop up, protect and look after the elderly, especially the widowed, so that they may find the honorable way to share their wisdom, gifts and love with those who may tremendously benefit?  Do I look to protect the innocence of the young and those who cannot avoid corruption?  Do I scream at the coming night in the Name of Jesus Christ, shining the light of His righteousness in to dark places, forcing principalities to scurry?  Do I stand for God’s passion for the lost world, proclaiming His love and forgiveness to those who would repent and be saved?  What passions drive my heart, my song, my walk?  Do I follow reason, justice, mercy and overwhelming kindness overall or in truth do I serve the call of my passionate flesh?

The enemy is easy to combat when you look to the transparency of his passions.  Wherever deception exists it is made to cloud evidence of ungodly passion.  The truth needs no protective shield, deceptive veil or misty mechanisms.  The truth is spoken freely without regard for political position or passion.  It is wrong to watch my fellow humans go hungry, be poor, but it is worse yet to leave them without the HOPE OF CHRIST and eternity.  Follow the passions of man and you will see what drives each initiative.  Follow the passions of false teachers and the treasured tale of chasing gold will become painfully evident beyond the deception of their public words.  Follow the passion of warriors who would kill the innocent for the completion of their cause and you will find naught but wickedness.  Speak truth and consider passions dangerous, for many have been killed or made poor in the name of manly passions when God would see them set free and prospered.  Lord Jesus guide the passions of my heart to serve Your desire for mankind’s salvation.

The day!

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Am I preparing for Christ’s return for His Church, tonight?  If not then I fail to comprehend, accept or contemplate the principle of imminence.  I also have become determined to overlook or ignore that Jesus continued to offer preparedness parables to the faithful.  Jesus, although He continually expressed the need to spread the Gospel, so that the lost would find salvation, He repeatedly offered teaching regarding, “being ready” to the saints.  Being ready for what, you ask?  Thank you for asking.  Being ready for His return for the Church.

Jesus’ second coming will be nothing if but spectacular, coming down from the clouds, the faithful behind, to speak into existence the level judgment of the disobedient and salvation to the Jews.  Why then did He continually remind the saints that “He would come like a thief in the night”?  Clearly He referred to two differing events, one a return to snatch the Church from the judgment to come, which they were not designated to suffer, the next a dynamic entrance to take back the deed to the Earth and pass judgment on the wicked.

The Lord will at some point come to remove the faithful.  I prefer to understand and obey His repeated calls to “readiness” as a Christian.  Current evidence in the powerlessness of the Church unfortunately cries out to the absence of the Holy Spirit within those who believe they are within the Body of Christ.  Since the Lord continually called us to have “oil in our lamps”, being filled, so that we might be found “ready” when the Master comes, then the answer to this questioned readiness resides in the filling of the Holy Spirit.  This was one of the Lord’s most frequent topics when teaching to believers.  It is essential that we seek to understand this teaching and take adequate steps in faith to making our hearts, minds and spirits ready for His coming.

I look forward to the Day of the Lord.  Not because wickedness will finally be dealt a resounding blow by the Creator, but because this world will finally accept that there is one Creator, who is the rightful ruler of all universes, to include mankind.  I weep the deception ever present in today’s discussion, I mourn those lost to pursue magic potions, divination and escapism, I crave a day when the truth is no longer argued and we can get about the business of doing the work without question.  I want to serve.  I don’t want to be king.  I don’t want to be God or be honored for how well I’ve worshiped His Glory.  That is where satan’s travesty began, probably accepting glory for how well he worshiped God.  My pride is just as dangerous.  May I lead you to the Cross where you may understand God’s eternal Glory and bask in His righteousness.  May I only exist to encourage you and love you in your travails.

I am sorry that the terrorist’s quest for peace with God has left them destitute, angry and misshapen.  I pray that the Lord our God, touches their hearts in such a way that the veil of hate is removed from their eyes and they may finally see their sin, so that they may be cleansed by the Blood of Jesus Christ the King.  I am sorry that God’s enemies had to suffer death at the hand of our soldiers, I only wish that they had found Jesus reflected in our hearts, words and faces before they found it necessary to enter in war against us.  May the fire of heaven rain down upon the enemies of God and may we find it in our hearts to forgive those who have brought misfortune, pain and death to our families.  Heal us Father, take from us the bitterness that leads to rage and separation from Your Everlasting Love.  Grant this Earth Peace.  Lord rebuke Your enemies if it is in Your Will to do so, and let us love them enough to forgive them and change their hearts forever through the Power of Your Love for mankind.  In Jesus’ Name.

Do I truly understand?

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And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.  Ephesians 3:19 KJV

This epistle should boggle the mind and leave the reader near-permanently awestruck regarding God’s infinite Majesty and Glory.  That I might be filled with the fullness of God, brings me to my knees in exuberance, joy, humility and contemplation.  How could God think of me in such a manner as to provide access to a love that surpasses human knowledge and understanding?  How can I know something that surpasses knowledge?  This concept requires the full, focused, meditation and reflection of my entire Earthy existence.

Paul makes implication that the Love of Christ is beyond this dimension.  He begins with the word, “breadth”, followed by the customary measures in a three dimensional plane, length, height and depth.  This fourth measure points clearly to Paul’s understanding that there are dimensions beyond our current material and scientific boundaries.  I believe that the tesseract is a visual representation, artist concept, that depicts this idea that Christ’s Love is beyond our capacity to understand within our current universal frame of reference.  I believe that I once heard this idea mentioned by Dr. Tackett, in the Truth Project, but as I am a bit slow on the uptake never truly understood what he was discussing.

What does it mean to die for an entire species, or an entire created planet of beings who remain particularly ungrateful, unrepentant and rebellious?  Would I die for you, knowing that you are an excellent human being, that in itself is questionable.  How then can I begin to comprehend someone who would willingly give up his life for people, known to be evil, people who, He fully knew would never turn their lives around?  To those who worship other gods I give you the Lord Jesus Christ, the one true God who loved us enough to die to return us the capacity to once again form relationship with our Creator.

Isn’t life the most precious thing that we have to give?  I know that the enemy has lured us into any measure which will reduce that unavoidable valuation.  I have seen this week Americans glorifying in the death of one of our greatest, most notorious adversaries.  I must remind that Christ died for him and commands us to love our enemies.  How is that possible?  You consider my statement absurd.  Then you begin to understand that the Love of Christ surpasses my ability to explain His directions to the Body.

How can we love that which is unlovable, evil or horrific?  The answer is “we cannot”, but Christ still bids us to do so.  If I cannot do something, nor understand something, how then am I to proceed?  The answer is that we are now filled with the knowledge of God through the Holy Spirit’s indwelling.  We can now do that which was previous beyond our capacity and understanding.  “All things are possible to him who believes”.  I know that is paraphrased but isn’t that the essence of Christ’s teaching?  This is the path to life, through faith in God and power through Spirit, accepting the gift of Jesus Christ the King.  May you be filled with all  the fullness of God through understanding, that which is beyond our own reasoning and comprehension.  Be filled with Spirit, understand and rejoice in God through belief in Jesus Christ, ruler of God’s creation.

Contempt of man is proof

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http://youtu.be/4V-JQ7UUVg8 What church looks like without the Holy Spirit.

Waiting to believe, I wrapped myself in nothingness thinking to make myself comfortable.  Then I saw the shadow of that cross, lying dark and dead upon the ground, moving with no sound, it threatened to make me miserable.  Walking against the waves, my legs are cold and waterlogged, my fear complete as I’m frightened by the thoughts of the waves not parting, trapped forever in my slavery or certainly slain in attempted surrender.  What is a man to do who refuses to believe that redemption has come?  Then I remembered His peace, and thought, “what if I cannot remember my freedom today while besot by the world’s consistent barrage of dilemma after travesty after attack?”:  Who is to remind me that I am safely hidden through Christ in God?  Where are my exuberant Brothers filled with encouragement and wisdom, where are my Sisters to remind of His peace?

We have forgotten that this is a battle and that for the victorious, vigilance is a demand not a choice.  We have forgotten what empowers the movement of the Church, we have neglected monitoring our grieving of the Holy Spirit, we have turned the churches into meeting places for self-help mantra specialists, having caved to the demands of a sensory fulfillment population.  Let us remember that we were adequately warned in many of the epistles, but since we have neglected our disciple studies we are ill equipped with preparation.  The Church has been remanded to an inadequate position of man’s words forgetting that the Kingdom is OF POWER, not of word.  The power is the secret.  Find the power find the authenticity, find Jesus, find relationship, endurance and fulfillment.  WE cannot heal, save, break captives free and cause radical change without the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD.  Pastor Francis Chan has done enormous work in writing on the Forgotten God, where he clearly establishes the circumstances and causality of the Churches’ current impotency.  Something must be done and it will not be resolved by the ideas of men, but by surrender to the Holy Spirit and a return to the things we did at first as a church.  The way forward is only found in humility, study, prayer, love and obedience to the directions of our leader, Jesus Christ, not by some man’s clever intentions to develop a newer, better church.

How about going out in your own neighborhood, knocking on doors and finding those people who need Jesus?  When I express this idea, I immediately become persona non Grata within my own worship circle.  Pastors have actually gone out of their way to slander my name, sending elders to rebuke me and argue the principles of their anointing.  How about going and finding someone that is hungry and feeding him or her?  Have we been reduced to looking at them from our car windows and joining in the worldly proclamation of “get a job” or subscribing to the unholy religions that claim they are suffering from  the sins of their past lives, so they deserve their lot in this life?  Gathering together in a different style or manner will not overcome the corruption and disobedience of our own hearts.  We will simply be a group of people comfortable and content by meeting with other, holy than thou believers in a smaller group, yet still utterly powerless.

I submit that unless we get out on the street, where it is dangerous for Christians and mimic the walk of Jesus, the Apostles and other Holy Spirit filled believers then we are unlikely to meet the Holy Spirit for this is where He resides.  Certainly He lives in each of us, sealing us for eternity, sanctifying us for a time when we will look directly into the face of God, but it is the power of the BODY to which I am referring.  The Church is OF POWER not of word.  Power is never demonstrated by sitting still, it requires motion.  We can sit in our comfortable houses, breaking bread with other like-minded believers and this still will never spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the waiting lost.  Discipleship is demonstrated love and belief in Jesus Christ the King of Kings.

Father, let us open the doors of the church and bid the Holy Spirit come in to sup with us.  Let us once again be filled by Spirit, empowered, determined to endure in our ministries for a lost world that is so loved by God.  Let us flee from the foolish patterns of plastic worship.  Give us the power of YOUR WORD to spread the Gospel and the knowledge of the Truth.  Let us heal the lame, set the captives free, support the widowed, sick, orphaned and lost with the abundance brought through a belief in Your increase, Authority and Grace.  Let us dispel the things of this world within the Body, keeping our vessels pure for the filling of Your Almighty Spirit.  Let us forget about our boredom, replacing it with a willingness to serve.  Forgive me my trespasses as I learn to forgive those who trespass against me.  Let me not justify my own slander, contempt, anger or judgment but show them how to free of these trappings through relationship in Christ.

Sinking sand

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The temptation has always been there to utilize God’s gifts or prostitute God’s grace for personal gain.  Balaam was a gentile, but knew God.  He was given prophesy of the coming Messiah and instead of serving God chose to enrich himself by hurting the Jews and disobeying God’s warning.  How many that called themselves believers have dabbled in the occult, visions, predictions and magics, placing themselves in direct disobedience to God’s command.

Isn’t the root of all these attempts aligned with self enrichment, self glory, stature or worldly acceptance?  Are we not doing the same thing that has been attributed to the enemy, misusing the energies of God’s created universe to honor our own glorification?  Remember the things that made Jesus mad, misusing the things and house of God was one that brought out his visible ire.  If we are using God’s name to enrich ourselves through the sales of merchandise or services then we have fallen pray to the same sirens that claimed Balaams heart.

We are all susceptible to temptation surrounding personal aggrandizement.  Self worship is still adulterous in the eyes of God.  God’s Word is sufficient to the need of educating humanity.  My musings are nothing but conversation and lesser contemplations of the Majesty and Glory from the Word of Almighty God.  There is not one single idea I can generate, orate, translate or dictate that is original to my own possession.  All the wisdom I have, which I assure everyone is minimal, came from God.  If I were to prophecy and is was inconsistent with God’s Word, I would plead with You to forgive me, run from me and forget anything I have ever spoken.  Selling things using God’s position of favor is anathema.  They will say that God has told them this or that, and that God has placed them in that position so that they can do enormous work for the Kingdom.  Why then do their names occupy the position of authorship for their “self help” Christianity books.  If a “Christian” book doesn’t create in you an enormous hunger to go to the Bible and find the truth, meet God and build relationship, then it serves the desires of flesh and the enemy.

Remember there is great power in this world, incumbent and available to those of the heavenly realm, powers and principalities.  Tapping into these powers is forbidden by God, all authority, power, miracle, healing and blessing comes from God.  The enemy would enjoy nothing more then to mock God as some of us try to manipulate circumstances by serving the wants and will of satan.  Stay away from magics, sorcerers, oracles, mantras, mother earth energies, yogas, chi’s, shakras, divination, burnished idols of internal djinn spirits and anything promising a short cut to God’s blessings of grace, health and abundance.  Wait upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised.  He is Your Only redemption, Your provision and Your wealth.  If it doesn’t come from Him then You should rid yourself of it as fast as you can.  Sinking sand may deliver footing for a short time but will eventually deliver you to darkness.

No shows for battle

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Atheists or agnostics will by nature leave God as a possibility for man’s history out of any documentary, training or teaching program.  Scientists, will review any experiment, purposely excluding God as a catalyst/answer, in order to produce their singly blind results.  History cannot be told in its entirety without reflection and incorporation of what the Bible says about the periods, times, motivations and influences God had upon humanity.  Yet we as Christians have determined, in our complacency, to turn over the schools and universities to atheists, agnostics and believers in scientific evolutionism, totally expecting them to include God as a possibility in the list of options for our origins.  Who will fight for the truth, or even smaller the inclusion of God as an option for man’s origin, if not Christians?  The answer is no one.  If God sent us as His ambassadors to humanity and we decline to do our job, what results shall follow?

Do we truly expect our children and young adults to learn critical thinking without telling them all the possibilities?  This is akin to telling young minds that red is by far the most beautiful color, while never showing them green, or yellow or blue.  Atheists, just as our current administration do not trust other humans to make up their own minds.  They, as with all tyrants throughout history, believe that they know the best way for people to live.  This type of arrogance requires that any alternate explanations, plans or ideas be eradicated.  They must at all costs eliminate God from the list of possibilities, for His truth threatens to rip, topple or dissolve their illusion of perfection through ideology.  If you don’t believe me, look to history.

This is a deceptive sham perpetrated by the enemies of God, subjecting millions of people to exposure to a damnation that was never meant for any of us.  God is absolutely correct and true in Romans 1, where he tells us that everyone knows the truth of God and that when they reject that truth they are turned over to the decadence of their own thinking.  Furthermore, they must then convert everyone around them to their skewed view, even one, remaining contrariety threatens to topple the entire, precariously enabled apple cart and must be stopped, diminished, ostracized and eventually destroyed at all cost.  Isn’t this the only explanation for the passion intrinsic to their Need to remove God from the list of options we are teaching children?

Why else would they care if children were taught about God as an option unless it is in simple expression an absolute antidote to reconstructive history, big bang theories and evolutionary chance as the genesis of mankind.  In their overwhelming desire to control or suppress thought they have shown their fear of God.  They seek to escape God’s judgment, therefore they must deny that God even exists, thinking themselves free of His sovereign authority.  Yet humanists, atheist, agnostics and scientist will openly parade around in acceptance of satan’s existence as fact.  How can satan exist without God first having created him?  This is why they cannot allow our children the opportunity at a rational discussion about God, for in this discussion the only logical conclusion becomes, God is the only rational explanation.

Lord God, Father, Your Word clearly states that hell was designed for satan and his disobedient angels.  Father, I pray that those who will see the tragedy of their thinking will turn to You in faith and trust, being saved from that destiny intended for others.  Father protect our children, armor up Christians prepared to stand in the face of adversity and share the Truth of Your Gospel, so that many might be saved.  Let young minds openly investigate, discuss and voluntarily come to rational conclusion about a relationship with You.  Let people see that it is not Christianity that desperately wishes to control the conversation but those who MUST disprove your existence to free themselves of accountability for sin and disbelief.  We humbly await Your return Lord Jesus and hope to be found as faithful servants, having obeyed your direction and done the Kingdom Works You have prepared for each of us.  Lord rebuke the deceiver if it is Your Will to do so.

Quiet Voice

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Does God show up in your life?  Do you generally see Him only in actions, answered prayer or do you feel His guidance in the those quiet, truthful, loving or rebuking moments?  How has your faith grown, looking for a measure, empirical response, perhaps miracles or have you gone seeking God’s Will in His word.  Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of the Lord.  Does that line from the Bible resonate within you?  If the Bible says that your faith will be increased by being washed in His word, why then would you be looking for evidence of God’s Will through manna, birds, finances or floods?  Isn’t obedience about following the direction of an authority to whom you have willfully surrendered?

I love when God shows up in song, circumstances and situational salvation, but I crave those moments when I hear and positively respond to His quiet leading within my heart.  Think on that for a moment.  When the Jews had been oppressed for four hundred years and were set free into the desert to find the promise land they shook their fists at God demanding miracles.  Why were they in the desert, because of the miracles of God.  We must not, like the unbelievers be reliant upon signs and wonders for proof that God is there.

Faith in God is what it requires to please God and grow.  We must therefore counsel our own hearts to listen to sermons, read the Word, go to Bible studies and spend time with the Lord in prayer, for this is the road to faith and relationship with God.  Above all I must agree to be honest with myself regarding my own misgivings, expectations and demands upon God before I can righteously align my heart with His quiet urgings.  If I am simply looking for Him to show up when I rub the lamp, repeat mantras like incantation or roll the dice in life looking for Him to step in our defense, then we have designed a graven image that is certainly not God.  So though you are tired, bored, ill equipped or not “feeling” it, God wants us to gather together to share fellowship, worship and hear the Word, so, just doing it applies.  If you want to hear the voice of God then take the time to get to know His voice, so it is recognizable above the din of the world.  And we all agree this world and its many screaming voices vie actively for our attention as Christians.  We must learn to self-control our focus and apply it to listening, looking, searching and praying for God’s verbal and active participation in our lives.  He is inviting us, will we accept and show up for the event?  I pray that we have hungry hearts for God’s Word and a lasting relationship found only through the door of Jesus Christ.  Amen

God’s judgment

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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/11/07/Pope-Francis-Warns-Against-Becoming-Pagan-Christians  Must the world continually be tossed about like a cork on the waves?

Good for him to say these things.  Do each of us now feel it is our responsibility to determine his level of authenticity?  Will we take the devil’s bait and pronounce ourselves mouthpieces for God proclaiming the Pope’s motivations must be unholy?  This is not my job.  If what he said has been properly portrayed then he has spoken word that is reflective of the Bible.  I must assume that since the Pope calls himself a believer that he too is subject to the direction of the Holy Spirit.  I pray to the Lord that the Pope’s actions all be used for good and God’s good pleasure.  Perhaps he is calling sinners to repentance.  I don’t know about you guys but I sin just about every day and must myself be reminded to remain humble, repentant and obedient.

My job is so simple yet I must remain vigilante in humility so that I never arrogantly stray from its calling.  I am to love God with all my heart, mind, soul and strength, as I love no other and love you the way that I would want to be loved.  That includes the Pope.  Yes it is well known that the Catholic church was blended with Pagan practices and peoples in the time of Constantine, but that does not sufficiently lead to a conclusion that everyone within its embrace is unsaved.  There are over one billion people in the Catholic faith globally, am I foolish enough to believe that because there is false doctrine within their church that there is no one within their body who could possibly be truthfully, honestly and authentically following Christ Jesus?  The enmity of the denominations is a tool that the enemy has effectively used to keep Christians from fellowship and the Power of the Holy Spirit.  I must be faithful to remember my job within the Kingdom, that is love.

We are all subject to the misleading call of false doctrine, unless we remain in the Spirit of God, hidden and protected from deception.  Perhaps the Pope has looked around him and having read the Book of Jude, and the opening books of Revelation, he is compelled to tell it like he sees it.  I don’t know, but that is not up to me, it is up to Almighty God.  For if I go judging the motivations of other men then I must begin with my own.  If I cannot find fault in a man’s words then must I look for ailments within his heart?  Or should I simply love him, pray for him and allow God to do the work of judging his motivations?  I rely on the following scripture to keep me in check; “Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.  Be kind and compassionate with one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ- God forgave you”  Ephesians 4:31 

If God chose to use the Pope to usher in false doctrine, apostasy and malignancy, then this too is the Will and the Work of Almighty God.  I will pray for him continuously but leave the judgment of his motivations and salvation to God.  May the Lord’s Will be done on Earth even as it is in Heaven.  Forgive us Father for our luke-warm faith, return us to an honest, true relationship with You, forever and ever.  If the Pope’s words are true then let those who are in fact “worldly Christians” among us be so chastised by their truth, that they must repent and be saved or forever leave the Church body.  May the birds of the enemy find no foothold or comfort in any body of true Christian believers.  Amen.  Thank you Lord Jesus for the opportunity to remain free.