Sunday, December 1, 2013

AN OCCUPATION

   For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?  (Mark 8: 36-37)

   Judas Iscariot made a deal with the devil and he sold his soul for thirty pieces of silver; and before the sun went down in Jerusalem that day, Judas Iscariot committed suicide.
   Jesus never said that serving God would be an occupation---nor a "career opportunity".
   Jesus said, Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  (Matthew 7: 15)
   Like Judas Iscariot, false prophets have sold their souls to the devil.
   Like Judas Iscariot, false prophets are self-serving:  for their only interest in life is themselves.
   They build financial empires on the name of Jesus, for their greatest love is that which they can touch and hold with their hands:  money.
   False prophets are truly good at what they do, for they are masters of deception.
   They comb their hair and brush their teeth. 
   They have sparkling smiles that are contagious. 
   Everywhere they go, people like them. 
   False prophets have eyes with dry wells:  they never weep.
   False prophets never have a bad day. 
   They never have financial difficulties. 
   They are never hated and they never experience persecution, or suffering.
   They want you to believe that your miracle is on the way.
   They want you to believe that you can live a life of financial freedom.
   They want you to believe that every day will be a day of joy and happiness, and no more sorrow.
   To have what they have, order their books.  Order their tapes.  Order their CDs and DVDs.  Which they will send to you FREE OF CHARGE and POSTAGE PAID!
    All they ask in return from you, dearly beloved, is to remember them in your prayers and to open your hearts to send them a little money, a simple love offering, to help them in their ministry, in their time of need.
   When they come to town, they want you to know it!  Come out to see them at the civic center.  Come out to meet them under the big tent.  Come out and be a witness of their healing miracles.  While there, make a generous offering to their ministry.  Buy their books.  Buy their tapes.  Buy their CDs and DVDs.  Tell your friends about them.  Share their books, tapes, CDs, and DVDs with others.
   In his beginning, Judas Iscariot was a thief:  he never earned a day of honest wages in his lifetime; instead, his occupation was in petty theft, shoplifting, and skimming money from the disciples' money bag as he traveled with Jesus. 
   False prophets are like Judas Iscariot:  thieves.  They never earn a day of honest wages in their lifetimes; instead, their occupation is to deceive people to give them their money.
   False prophets are the false ministers, false teachers, false preachers, and false priests.  And in Christianity, they have found their occupation, their job, their career opportunity, and their life's work, from which they receive generous wages. 
   False prophets are also false singers and false musicians in Christian music, where they have found their occupation, their job, their career opportunity, and their life's work, from which they receive generous wages.
   False prophets of word and of music are highly talented and highly trained individuals.  They have STAR POWER.  They are the SUPERSTARS of Christianity. 
   They will also make personal appearances at your church, too---if the price is right.  And if the price is right, they will entertain and thrill every person in the house:  after which, a standing ovation is both proper and expected when a church becomes a theater.
   But in the world of illusion that is in the power of deception in false prophets, please remember: 
   Christ is not there; He is risen:  Why seek ye the living among the dead?  (Luke 24: 5)

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