Intro
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Until further notice the messages that accompany this notice will be part of the “Come out of her my people” series. They will be harsh. They will cause people to get upset. This is as it should be. They must question the way they think and live.
Discussion
Church attendance is on the decline. It was accelerated due to COVID. However, it was decreasing before that though. The highest attendance in churches within the last one hundred years occurred in 1959. In 1962 the Supreme Court removed the teaching of the Bible from public schools. This caused a slight increase in church attendance in 1963. However, it was already starting to decline and continued. Accelerating at the beginning of the new century we now live within.
One of the main reasons for this decline is because those from the Great Depression were now in control of all the church denominations. They had embraced covetousness. A major item the Bible states several times they must never pursue.
Ephesians 5:3-7 NKJV – But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them.
We are told not to partake with them. As you just heard or read. This isn’t the only time this occurs.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 NKJV – But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
1 Timothy 6:3-5 NKJV – If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
Being covetous creates a mentality that causes these lists of sins to flourish. As these sins thrived, hearing that this behavior was a sin made people’s desires to go to churches be of less importance. In turn churches stopped teaching about sin and instead increased teaching about self-glorification and other people pleasing messages as well as allowing sin and many teachings that are based upon believes that are against God. That are antichrist.
Many think being covetous is the strong pursuit of money. Of greediness and pursuing vast wealth. It is the interest in seeking after mammon. Mammon is defined as riches, money, possessions and property. Within the Great Depression most were reduced to what God says we are to be content with.
1 Timothy 6:6-8 NKJV – Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
Yet all due to just having food and clothing they were not content. I have heard multiple times from multiple people that grew up in this time that because they were forced to do without, they must have it all. This is the true definition of being covetous. It is due to their leadership and behavior that has removed God from the buildings called “churches.”
Churches are now empty shells that no longer help people come to God. In fact, they are nothing but glorified social clubs. They need to close their doors and people need to turn to the Word of God for themselves and learn the Truth of how they are to live.
A key element to accomplish this goal is found in the second chapter of Acts.
Acts 2:43-47 NKJV – Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
It has been well established for centuries that when something is repeated three times within the Bible it is of extreme importance and must become ingrained into the hearts and minds of those that profess to being a follower of God through Jesus Christ. One of these teachings is the interaction between Christ and the young rich man.
Mark 10:17-21 NKJV – Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. You know the commandments: ‘DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,’ ‘DO NOT MURDER,’ ‘DO NOT STEAL,’ ‘DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.'” And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.” Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”
Within this interaction we see that the young rich man is very devoted to God. Most that enter churches can say the same. In Matthew chapter six a commandment is given by Christ during the sermon on the mount.
Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV – “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Christ rephrases this command to the young rich man.
“One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”
As I said this interaction is in three gospels, which makes it mandatory for ALL to heed. Something that is outright ignored by most. I am reminded of a confrontation I encountered with a person that held to believes that included denying God. This person said to me: “Well sell off all your possessions.” This is how the ungodly see those that profess to being “Christian.” As what they truly are. Hypocrites.
This is another reason why churches are emptying. When those that follow the lies of Satan can see the truth of those that parade their wealth and prosperity about in the buildings called “churches.” Along these lines they also see those in power that state they are “Christian” yet they reek of evil. This also scares people out of the buildings called churches.
This is why these messages are called the “Come out of her My people.” Series.
Revelation 18:2-8 NKJV – And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.” And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
Those that reject their covetous ways, and do as Christ commanded the young rich man, thus repenting, will have removed themselves from the city of Babylon. This city of Babylon is identified to those that have been given sight by the Holy Spirit. That this “city” is the United States of America.
But how can this huge nation receive the plagues of death and morning and famine in one day?
It is called the super volcano Yellowstone. This will not only accomplish these stated plagues in one day. It will also cause the effect of creating the lake of fire all those that sin are destine to be placed within. Its devastation will be enough to wipe out the entire nation as well as parts of Canada and Mexico. The effects of this eruption are described in the sixth chapter of Revelation.
Revelation 6:12-17 NKJV – I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
However, remember this statement in Revelation chapter eighteen:
“Lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.”
Those that repent and get rid of their covetousness will receive the promise Christ has given us.
Luke 21:34-36 NKJV – “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
People think talking like this is a joke. Especially when it comes to their precious mammon. Jesus knew how people would think and behave.
Matthew 6:24 NKJV – “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
By refusing to see that mammon is your riches, your property and your possessions you show who you worship and it is not God. That is why so many laugh, ridicule and refuse to downsize. To quote a woman I asked the question “Have you downsized?” Her reply: “Have I downsized?? To what? Less faith? Less Truth? Less relationship? NO!!!”
Her answer said it all. She didn’t even know the True Word of God. This is a prime example of how the majority that call themselves “Christian” think, believe and act. Living in a world of their own creation. She has let her “heart be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and cares of this life.” As do most of humanity. For they care only for their mammon and not God through Jesus Christ. This is why churches are empty, as they should be. For they do not serve God, but their bottom line of income from people.
Repent
God Bless