Greetings.
We begin today with these scriptures:
Matthew 10:16
16-Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
When we look at the situation of the so called church, we can't help but to think how this verse pertains to them, just as much as to the non believers.
Looking at both the world and the so called church, we see so many things in common between both groups that frankly it is hard to separate one from the other.
Both are all about money, and accumulating wealth by all means available, and when not available, they simply create one.
One of my brothers told me once of how his father in law goes to a pentecostal so called church and made the mistake of letting the so called pastor know it was his borthday, innocently, and unaware of the money grabbing ability of such so called pastor. Any ways, the man asked him howl old he was turning that day and when he answered 50, the so called pastor informed him that he was supposed to pay to "God" $50.00 in order to give "God" one dollar per year he was allowed to live in this world.
Of course there is no biblical basis for this trickery, but this is one out of many tricks used by those wolves in sheep's clothing to fleece the congregation.
Now let us look at what the scriptures are telling us, God is sending us into this world as sheep amongst wolves, here God is warning us of the impending dangers of going into the world as a true child of His, but also he tells us how we must be as wise as they are but harmless at the same time. In other words, just cause we are real Christians does not mean that we must act naive and allowed to be violated and trampled upon at all turns, no!. We are to use the knowledge God gives us to stay safe, in His word is our protection, threfore, we must as stewards of the word of God, must know when to move and when to stop, beign wise as the world is means that we know about the affairs surrounding our lives so we can protect our families and loved ones with the help of God.
Brother or Sister, if we see danger then we must steer away from it and protect others, this is part of being a watchman for our brethren.
Now, going back to the so called church, as God opens our understanding, we, His children, must steer away from them also, they act as the rest of the serpents do, therefore they themselves are also serpents, so we must use our God given intelligence to withdraw ourselves from them and leave them alone, peradventure God will open their eyes once they see themselves alsone.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
6-Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
So as you can see, we are commanded to withdraw ourselves from them, this is commandment in the name of the Lord Jesus, so let us not bypass it based on unfounded loyalties to these wolves, they already have demonstrated that they want to act as the rest of the world, so here the bible instructs us to stay away from them, and unless there is a change in them, we are to stay away from them.
I'll stop here for now, just wanted to get the ball rolling with this. I will, God willing, continue this study in the near future, in the mean time, research this subject and please, contact us with your feedback, or concerns.
God bless you and thank you for stopping by.
R.
