I HAVE SO MANY CRAZY THEORIES ABOUT CHURCH, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO BURNED IN THE PAST. BUT EVEN GOD SAYS NOT TO PUT YOUR TRUST IN MAN. WE ARE TO PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD. GOD WILL NEVER LET US DOWN, BUT MAN WILL ALWAYS LET US DOWN. I THINK ROMANS 3:23 IS THE PERFECT VERSE THAT FITS THIS THINKING,
"FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD".
IT DOESN'T SAY FOR ONE OR TWO HAVE SINNED, IT SAYS ALL OF US HAVE SINNED.
OUR PRIDE HOLDS US BACK FROM ADMITTING THAT WE ARE SINNERS. WHO WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE FAULTS??? I CAN NAME A FEW MEN IN MY LIFE AND IN THE PUBLIC EYE THAT DON'T WANT TO OWN THEIR FLAWS. BUT THE MINUTE WE OWN THEM AND ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS IT'S DONE!!! HE FORGIVES!!! HOW COOL IS THAT??? I TRY SO HARD TO DO THAT WITH MY CHILDREN AND OTHERS IN MY LIFE, THE MINUTE THEY SAY THEY'RE SORRY...BOOM! I FORGIVE THEM! BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M A DOORSTEP, JUST THE OPPOSITE. I'LL FORGIVE, BUT LEARN FROM IT AND DON'T DO IT AGAIN, YOU FEEL ME?!?!
AND THEN WE ALL FALL SHORT OF GOD. NO ONE, NOT ONE PERSON ON THIS PLANET HOLDS A CANDLE TO GOD. FALLING SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD MEANS GOD IS ALL MIGHTY, HE IS IT!!! THE BIG KAHUNA!!! THE END ALL THAT ENDS ALL!!! WE USED TO GO TO A CHURCH IN THIS VERY AFFLUENT AREA AND THIS CHURCH WAS A "MEGA-CHURCH". PASTOR JERRY JOHNSTON WAS HIS NAME AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HE LOVED THE LORD, BUT! BUT! HE LOVED HIMSELF A LOT MORE!!! AND HE LOVED HIS/OUR MONEY SO MUCH MORE! AND IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT MY HUSBAND AND I DIDN'T SEE THIS AND WE RAISED OUR CHILDREN IN THIS MEGA-CHURCH. OUR OLDER CHILDREN WOULD GO KICKING AND SCREAMING. NEVER ONCE DID WE EVER SHOW OUR CHILDREN ANY GRACE AND REALLY STOP TO HEAR THEM OUT, WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS THE DEVIL, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT "PASTOR JERRY" SAID. ALONG WITH JERRY SAYING WE MUST DO A "MAKE UP TITHE", ONE BIG TITHE A YEAR ON ANY INCOME THAT WE NEVER TITHED ON BEFORE...IN OUR ENTIRE WORKING HISTORY! WE WERE TO GO THROUGH OUR TAX RECORDS AND LOOK OVER THEM AND THEN THE NEXT SUNDAY BRING IN OUR MONEY. REALLY?? WAS IT TO PAY OFF YOUR OR YOUR SON'S MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HOMES OR THAT NEW HEATED OUTDOOR POOL YOU JUST INSTALLED, PASTOR JERRY AND JEREMY JOHNSTON??? WHAT WAS CRAZY WAS I THINK WE WERE IN A CULT AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT!!! SEE THIS IS WHY ROMANS 3:23 IS SO IMPORTANT, EVEN PASTORS WILL LET YOU DOWN. DON'T PUT YOUR TRUST IN MAN, PUT IT IN JESUS. IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
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