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Brethren, the Church of America is terribly
sick and need our prayers for a revival, else this evil Virus of American Brutal Capitalism Pregnant with Greed and Selfishness, contaminate the rest of the world’s
born again churches ! 
Read this pathetic mail I received from a real born again child of God
in USA that I know, then judge for yourself, where the church is
heading to : certainly the accomplishment of 2nd Timothy 3:1-5 on the
characteristics of the Church preceding the END OF THE WORLD
“…One thing that stood out the most and I am
healed from it now, I asked some friends( believer
friends) if I could stay in their
room one night because I got out of church late and didn't know if I could get
back into the shelter, they said no. I
was like Lord they would really rather see me sleep outside than to let me
sleep on the floor of their place?”
“ Yeah, I went to the
"church" for help, but did not receive any. At first I was mad
because I was talked about, but not helped. But God was showing me something I met those out there that are on drugs and alcohol and some
are not. they do not want to be where they are! But they met a bad
representation of God. I met it.
I had no home, I slept in my car, I barely had gas, I had to
walk to church, even with my grandkids. I was called names.....I was looked on
as if I did something wrong, (Job and his friends). I understand the meaning of
the scripture," they deemed Him stricken, smitten of God" In James,
1James3:12 or 14, it says that if you have material means and you see a brother
or sister in need you are to give, I have not met that in the body.
The ones who took care of me were the homeless and the
downtrodden. They are turned away by the world and turned away by the church.
Jesus has compassion on us , he was
tested of the same things we are and learned by what He suffered.
I could not believe
the response I got from the church. I was in a shelter for almost two weeks, I
did not want anything else from the church. I understand when God says he loves
a cheerful giver. I don't want anything from you if you gonna gripe about it
the whole time you are giving it. It makes you feel as though you are a problem
for them.
I don't want it, it
feels grimy. Not a right spirit. The homeless wrote me a letter, thought it was
going to he his last words, but he saw something in me, and he was being served
by ministry. He said I am special, and he was drunk! He said I was etched in
his mind, when I told him it was God, He said don't tell him nothing about God,
THE CHURCH IS THE BACK DOOR TO HELL.
He met a bad representation of God. I was told
by the church, that when someone comes in who is drunk or high, they turn them
away because they might disrupt the service. Isn't that who Jesus came for and
He said to come as you are. If they are able to get right on their own they
wouldn't need God or the Blood. We have got to get it right. He said heal the
sick, cast out devils, cleanse the leaper, not turn them away.....fish stinks
and you have to clean it…….
The
people there were mean and nasty, I could not believe it! Bad representation. I
saw people sleeping outside without covering!
I saw Christians who were out there and did not know why because they do
not have the knowledge we do, but they were not giving up on God.
We
cannot judge a person’s outward appearance, we have to stay in the spirit. I
felt good that that man saw something in me that gave him hope and I didn't
have to say a word to him, all I did was walk in. The presence and the power of
God is real. The people in the shelter that I encountered are still looking for
me and happy to see me when I come. they
know when you are real or not, they know!
The
hurting is in our face every day Ezra. I was so awestruck that I totally forgot
about my situation. I found myself wanting to go back to the shelter! I know
what Paul meant when he said "he counted it all dung". It means
absolutely nothing. I love all of the creation of God's hands but not above a
person's life.
God
created these people and it is His heart beat. It is as if they are walking in
a daze. What was so amazing is that they stopped worrying about their problems
to make sure I was taken care of if I needed. When my last day came in the
shelter because I could not pay, (after 7 days you have to pay 7.50 a day to
stay), they thought I was going to be on the street for a couple of days until
my apartment was ready, so they offered to come up with the money for me to
stay. (This is a born again child of God, fellowshipping in an assemble, but
is instead getting help from poor homeless people in the street with whom she
lived , in the shelters. So she lived in this shelters for the homeless, and
go to the Church of believers where she
fellowshipped, but couldn’t be helped ).
They
were watching tv together, playing cards and dominoes and laughing together,
even the person on duty. the head lady who is just grumpy always, she started
wanting me to sit in the front seat with her, she was smiling, we could not
believe it (actually I could, the power of God is real).
Anyway,
I would go back and visit and found out I was really missed. You never know how
you impact your surroundings, but so many were searching for God. they were
reading bibles and finding nearby churches within walking distance and trying
to get right.
I
met a lady who called herself pastor( won't give her name) who was cussing at
the people in the shelter she ran, sleeping around with the men, calling them
racial slurs, working them from the time they awakened until late evening, not
feeding them meals, but she still charged them 10.00 per night, demanded part
of their food stamps, and some slept outside on mattresses! they paid 10.00 to
sleep outside on mattresses when they could have done that for free, she has an
elderly man who walks around exposing himself and doing things to himself in
front of the children who lives there……
Jesus
said in the last days people's hearts
were going to wax cold, they would be lover's of themselves....the bible is
written to believers. I started thanking God for what was revealed to me, I
clearly know that what was meant for my harm, God turned around for my good and
the good of the kingdom, but, I believe that He took me down that path so I
could see.
Sometimes it feels as though my heart is so heavy it will break, and
all I can do is cry out to God....Like Solomon, I want wisdom, I want eyes to see,
give me what I need to put my hands to the plow. The harvest is plentiful and
ready, it truly is!
One
thing that stood out the most and I am healed from it now, I asked some friends(
believer friends) if I could stay in their room one night
because I got out of church late and didn't know if I could get back into the
shelter, they said no. I was like Lord
they would really rather see me sleep outside than to let me sleep on the floor
of their place?
I am healed now, I just wanted to share with
you. I am not judging anyone, I am simply relating the concern. I am at a new
level and place in God, as I told the people I encountered, on any given day I
probably would not have walked into that shelter or any of the places I had
been...had it not have been for my situation and you know what? I don't see any
others either. Maybe they do, but when I was there no one came(no believer came)..
You
hit it EZra, I said those exact words, send me, give me what I need to
reach these people, to compel them to come to God. It is not so much as
the shelters themselves He was showing me, but the private prisons, the
hidden or forgotten places. The media would give us a depiction of all
is well, but it is not. There are numerous people out there that are not
being reached because we are not fulfilling the great commission. The
church, most, have gotten to where they only want to touch certain ones,
its about entertainment rather than deliverance, its about self help or
getting ourselves right when we are to forsake ourselves.
The enemy has
subtly snuck in and has us looking at our own situations and forever
running to get it straight in our own strength and that is an
everlasting circle of defeat, when God says give and it will be given
unto you, good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over.
We reap what we sow, not to worry about what we are going to eat or
wear..... Our vision has been displaced, we are falling into the same
fear and trap of the world. He said to go out and heal the sick, cast
out devils, cleanse the leapers....how can we do that if we don't want
to go to places that are not comfortable to us,or we don't want to deal
with the stinky fish, or we tell them to go away until they are able to
come to us already cleaned? That is not the commission or God! He is
being misrepresented and a lot of it is from the church! That is what He
showed me, so I said, send me, equip me, teach me to fish so I can let
down my nets and reel them in. There are a lot out there and we label
them as the world does "crazy" "epileptic" "Alzheimer "and the sort when
all these are are demons that we are suppose to cast out to set the
captive free. Jesus said to maintain until His return, but some have
forgotten they were once fish and now that they are free and clean,
everyone else out there must be out there because they want to be.
No
one wants to live that way, even the man in the gaderens in the bible
who had legion in him did not want it. They can not get free on their
own, we have to lay down our comfortable lives, our worldly things and
fight for these souls. With God all things are possible and it won't be
hard if we believe and move out with Him.
You are right, He did
separate me unto Himself again, I do go back and visit these places when
able, I do go and eat at the places they attend just to release the
presence and talk.
I am pressing in to the Lord to see how and what i
can do. My heart aches, I can hardly sleep at night for the pain I feel,
both for the world and for the church. The bridge needs to be gapped.
We are their hope and the bridge that connects them to that Hope, to
God. Christ in us, the Hope of Glory. We have got to be about our
Father's business and stop playing games.... - I am sorry if I sound so passionate or a little irrate, but I am. God
told me that I was His battle axe and armour, His secret weapon. I know
it sounds funny, but look up both words. Like Cyrus.
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