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Truth
By Pastor Allen
Mar 13, 2011 - 4:23:19 PM
One
of the greatest contributions to the division and the powerlessness that exist
among today’s church; is the lack of the true revelation and acceptance of the
TRUTH.
As long as the churches
(denominations and none denominations) each holds onto their religious, preconceived,
divisive ideas of the truth. The manifested presence of God will never show up
within the four walls of today’s religious church / congregations.
It
was not a coincidental statement nor is it one to be taken lightly that which Yahshua
Messiah (a.k.a. Jesus the Christ) said to the Samaritan woman at the well, when
He said
“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth” (John.4:24).
FYI:
The
Samaritans had been despised by the Jews since Old Testament times as a result
of their intermarriage with the Gentiles that were placed in Samaria by the
King of Assyria after the capture of Israel. This resulted in a custom of
worship that took place in Samaria whereby the Samaritans held the view /
belief that Mount Gerizim was the place appointed by God for sacrifice, and not
Jerusalem.
As
it relates to the erroneous religious teachings that’s going forth and based
upon all the garbage that’s taking place in today’s churches under the
disguised of worship. Yahshua Messiah would say the very same thing to today’s
religious leaders / congregations as He said to the woman of Samaria at the
well
“God
is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth”
Religion
and tradition of men has defined worship in today’s church; therefore on any
given day of corporate gathering / so-called worship (Saturday or Sunday).
Like clockwork everybody knows the format or
agenda of the worship. Three praise (fast, dancing songs) and about two worship
(slow songs); it’s at this point where the worship / service leader begins to
pump and prime the people for about half an hour to worship God.
After which, it’s time for the tailor made prosperity
/ blessing message or some other form of religious entertainment.
Hear
me child of God!
There
are many, many well meaning, good hearted people within these religious
churches that are still in bondage, despite all of the dancing and shouting
that’s going on. This is due to the fact that they have yet to come into the
knowledge of the TRUTH.
Here’s
how Yahshua puts it:
John.8:
32.
And ye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free.
There
is a facet of worship in religion that will lead many to believe that they’re
worshiping the Father in spirit and in truth.
We are created in His image and in His
likeness
(Gen.1:26), therefore our spirit man yearns to worship the
Father, our creator.
The
enemy / Satan, also being a spirit; from the beginning wanted to be and
received worship himself, sought to disrupt the worship that we were created to
offer unto God. This disruption is carefully carried out by the initiation of
various religions of which man has given into.
As a result of this strategic move by Satan, and
through ignorance many men proudly accept the title Religious Leader.
This
move of the enemy is so skillfully carried out and has such a strong divisive, religious
component attached it has saints / Christians; who are all supposed to be
serving and worshiping the same God, boldly declare that
“I’m a Baptist, an Anglican, a
Catholic, a Methodist, etc, etc;
Despite the fact that within some of these
religious denominations the same bibles are used there is much division.
Watch
this!
Religion
is an act, a belief / faith in a god or movement and the chief of this movement
is man; this is the reason that the center of attention in every religion is
the Religious Leader of whom the people are in bondage too and reverence.
The
greatest opposition to Yahshua Messiah (a.k.a. Jesus the Christ), and His
teachings was the religious leaders.
As His
teachings brought about deliverance / freedom from the religion and tradition
of men; this did not sit well with the religious leaders.
Here’s
another declaration that Yahshua made which upset the religious order:
“John.8:36.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeed.”
How
do you know if you’re worshiping Yahweh in spirit and in truth?
The best and only answer that I can give to
that question is this
“A worship that comes from a genuine
relationship with Him through the Son, is a worship in spirit and in truth”
This
sought of worship is not the religious exercise that takes place for a few hours
on a set day, but rather this is a way of life for the believer / disciple.
Here’s
how this relationship is established with the Father !
John.14: 6.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.
For
questions and comments contact us via E-mails:pastormallen@yahoo.com or kmfci@live.com or Ph.242-441-2021
Pastors
Matthew & Brendalee Allen
Kingdom
Minded Fellowship Center Int’l
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