Jesus Christ said, “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.”
Many people struggle with Christianity’s view that Christ is the only way. Perhaps we are all troubled at some point with where that leaves people of other religions. The perfect answer is, “Christ’ love is for ALL .”
Unfortunately, Christian leaders often teach that anyone of a different religion is wrong – and is somehow inferior, destined for eternal damnation – and to be shunned. Christ had no such attitude. Upon calling the twelve, Christ did not build a wall to keep the sinners out. He went seeking them.
The shepherds of Christiandom have built walls of intolerance. They have named these walls: Race, Color, Nationality, Gender, Culture, Religion and even denominations within religions.
Is it any wonder that so many people of other beliefs will not come to a Christ whose messengers scream that all others worship devils, and are destined for hellfire because they are unwashed, heathen sinners? This is not the call of love, which the sheep will hear – but the wolf’s howl of intolerance, condemnation and judgment. It is the Lord alone who sees the hearts of men.
As many of you read the following messages, you will find justification for what may have been your unbelief in Christianity. Please do not let the teachings of Christianity be confused with the teachings of Christ. I once read, that “the things that Christ believed in – are not the religion that Christianity teaches.” This is true. So as you read on – and find justification and acceptance in your heart, that perhaps you were right all along to deny the religions of Christianity – I ask you instead to perhaps take a new look at Christ – and OUR FATHER, GOD. But this time look through your own eyes, seeking with your own heart – and without considering the intolerances, or teachings, of those you once thought represented Christ. It is not the name of your religion, nor the hearing of the voices of men, which grants you status in the Lord’s flock – but the hearing of the inner voice of love within YOUR heart, which calls to you. It is your choice to open the door of your heart to the call.
And to the Lord’s sheep that sit amidst numerous wolves in the church’s of Christianity – you also must be called out into the light. There are many that know Christ, calling themselves Christians – who know in their heart that something is not right in the “churches & organized religions” of Christianity. And there are many who CLAIM to know Christ, many of which call themselves shepherds – but they are far from him, and blind to love – wolves leading men to death. Read on and judge for yourself.
A Kingdom Divided –
Christ said, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.”
Mankind is one. Within mankind there are many religions. Within religions there are many sects or denominations, each teaching a different “Truth.” How can this be?
I have studied the scriptures of many religions, more so than many of those that profess to be members of these religions. The common thread I have found among most is Love. But I do not find in the followers of any religion a consistent presence of Love – indeed many teachers of these religions are often the first ones to stir up feelings of intolerance, division and hatred towards other men. Christianity is no different. But I was brought into a path of peace by the teachings of Christ – and so it is His teachings I look to as my foundation.
But the teachings of Christ have been perverted in as many ways as there are different denominations of Christianity. How can Christianity be the one foundation of the One Truth – when so many different foundations and “truths” are preached?
I believe that the teachings of Christ are the foundation upon which all men can build – but I do not say that the teachings of Christianity are the same thing. If the truth was wholly in Christianity – then Christianity would not be divided.
Religions divide mankind – and denominations divide religions, and each supposedly has the truth – and everyone else is supposedly wrong. In truth it was spoken that desolation and the fall is the heritage of those who would divide the Truth.
Breakers of the New Covenant –
The Bible speaks of a New Covenant, and of Christ, and of the Apostles of Christ, all of which Christiandom embraces and proclaims as the complete and full Word of God. From the beginning the shepherds of this religion have denied and broken one aspect of this New Covenant.
I have visited so many of the churches of men – and spoken with so many of the shepherds. Each one teaches endlessly of doctrines of his or her understanding, things that supposedly the sheep can only hear from an “anointed shepherd.” One of the most popular teachings of many of the Christian church’s is that you must be under the “spiritual authority” of a man or woman in the church – and that men must seek the guidance of this “spiritual authority.”
The New Covenant states: “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Christ also said, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
And the beloved disciple John wrote, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
All three bear witness to the fact that it is the Holy Spirit of God, which teaches. The problem is that every shepherd claims to be anointed, called and led by the Holy Spirit. Yet so many of them teach so many different things.
The only two possible solutions are:
A) The Holy Spirit of God is wishy-washy and confused, teaching a multitude of contradictions (this I do not believe.) or….
B) These shepherds are relying on their own understanding, and using their own minds to create doctrine, which benefits their own ministries and ends.
Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel prophesied to the false shepherds and prophets of this time. Perhaps the following scriptures will provide understanding into the nature of the shepherds you follow. But you will not find the truth until you seek it within. A relationship with God is a personal one.
- Isaiah 56: 11,12
- Jeremiah 23:1-4; Jeremiah 23: 16-22
- Ezekiel 34: 1-10
Poor Stewards –
Let me share a story. I wanted to visit a local church. The pre-recorded telephone message stated that service times were at 9 am & 10:30 am. I decided to go to the 9 am service, but when I arrived there was no service. When I asked why, it was explained to me that the first service had been discontinued due to poor attendance.
As we were talking, one of the “deacons” started shouting about, “The Dome on the Hill.” “A dome on the hill, brother David! I tell you it’s been prophesied that we’re going to have a dome on the hill! It’s a dome on the hill that the Lord wants us to build!” And the price tag for this “Dome on the Hill” was enormous. This congregation was closing services because they couldn’t attract the people – and the Lord was supposedly telling them that if they had a better, fancier, bigger building – then THAT would attract the people. According to the shepherds of this flock, the Lord was saying, “Gather up the tithes and build a bigger building…. And they will come!”
It is not the buildings that attract the lost. It is gentle words of kindness, and actions of love. Christ didn’t have a building. He took his love and kindnesses to the world.
Many shepherds, as stewards, gather the tithe of the Lord to build endless buildings (and feed themselves). They are poor stewards in that they should have built foundations in the hearts of men instead. They have lost the path of love, and have become blind.
Again I say to search the scriptures of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, if you would see the nature of these stewards:
- Isaiah 56: 11,12
- Jeremiah 23:1-4; Jeremiah 23: 16-22
- Ezekiel 34: 1-10
The Deceiver –
Truly this message will draw the howls of the wolves.
Christ said, “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many” and also “…the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”
Christ died, was resurrected, and then was lifted into heaven. As promised, the Holy Spirit fell upon the Apostles, and the followers of Christ, whose numbers grew daily.
One day a murderous man named Saul was walking towards Damascus, and with him were letters of authority to imprison all followers of Christ that he found. There are three written accounts of this man’s meeting of Christ on this road, his call from Christ, and the reaction of those with him. This man Saul is the man that we know as Paul the Apostle.
The Lord led me to those three accounts, and I found many discrepancies. The first account said that the men with Paul heard the voice that spoke to him – the second account said they heard not the voice. The first account said the men stood trembling – the third account said they fell to the ground. The first and second say that the Lord told Paul to go into Damascus, where the Lord’s purpose would be revealed – the third says that the Lord revealed unto Paul his purpose there on that road.
I asked the Lord how this could be, and he answered me with a question. “David, have you ever seen a man caught in a lie, and if so how?” My answer was and is: “I have seen that most men caught in lies are caught because they cannot keep their stories straight.”
A chemist can take many individual chemicals and mix them into a healing potion. But the addition or deletion of a single ingredient can render the potion deadly. Christ spoke, “Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”
Paul, who was a Pharisee, truly spoke many wonderful things, but even as a poisoned drink can contain honey, so too can poisoned teaching contain truth. Does a deceiver not go to great lengths to hide his poison in the favorite foods and drinks of men?
Consider for yourself the teachings of Christ and Paul:
Christ said, “Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
Paul said, “But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held;”
Seek for yourself the multitude of conflicting and confusing things that Paul spoke of the law. One thing I find interesting in all of Paul’s writings is the lack of straightforward speech. I have always found that when men speak in circles – they often have something to cover. Consider your politicians, for they speak in a like manner, and often do so to cover the multitude of their lies.
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Christ said, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.”
Paul said, “For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Christ.”
Another interesting excerpt from Paul is, “Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.”
Truly Paul draws the name of Christ like a sword – but the confusingly hidden, underlined parts are the core of the sentence – and I do not find them good. I often find that Paul judges men harshly, and intolerantly, in his writings. Most importantly I see that Christ died to deliver us FROM Satan, and I don’t remember him laying any curses on any men – except of course supposedly Paul.
It is interesting that throughout his entire life – Christ healed men of their sicknesses, made the blind see, the deaf hear and even made the dead to rise. But when he supposedly called Paul – he made him blind for a time, and if you will read in Acts 13:9-11 – you will also find that Paul’s first miracle was not to heal – but to blind a man. Truly men follow the nature of their hearts.
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Christ said, “Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.”
Paul said, “Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.”
Furthermore Paul states: “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”
Also Paul says, “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.”
Christ taught that we should forgive men even seven times in a day if they repent, but Paul teaches that Christ’ sacrifice is only good for forgiveness once, and that thereafter it is void. I wonder where that leaves any of us that have sinned since we received Christ? Surely Christ was not such a hypocrite as to command men to forgive repeatedly – yet choose to have his sacrifice lose its power of forgiveness in the event of future sins.
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Christ said, “For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.”
Paul said, “Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: the one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: but the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.”
Christ was consistent, clear and faithful to his message. Paul did not care whether it was truth or lie. In this very fact do I find an evil seed – for truly it was the foundation of the multitude of divided teachings of Christianity. Perhaps this explains some of the doctrines Paul preached – those doctrines which have been used to divide so many churches of Christianity. Do not many men justify just about anything they say as holy and God inspired, simply by throwing in the name of Christ?
Paul also spoke the following things:
Paul – “Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.”
Nature teaches me that if I don’t get a haircut, then my hair grows long just as a woman’s – and so it is nature itself which grows my hair long. I also think about Samson and Christ. The Lord gave Samson his strength through his hair – and although it does not ever mention the length of Christ’ hair in scripture that I can find – I cannot remember seeing a picture of Christ in other than long hair.
Paul – “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.”
If Christ called upon His disciples to “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”, then why would He suddenly change for Paul? And did not Paul speak often with a confusing “wisdom of words?” Often I have found that the wisdom of God is merely the common sense of men who understand, but Paul never spoke plainly – seeking often to sway men by a multitude of confusing doctrines, rules and words of his own “wisdom.”
Paul – “Know ye not that we shall judge angels?”
Having searched for years – I cannot find this elsewhere. Actually there are many teachings and doctrines that Paul brings forth for the first time (like the rule about hair).
Another example is the Rapture verses in 1 Thessalonians “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
Indeed, so many Christians use these very verses of a mythical and nonexistent rapture to find false comfort, and to justify non-preparedness for the coming days of judgment and horror. Thousands of years in advance, the devil used Paul to sow the seeds of unpreparedness, and now they are springing forth, as thorns among the children of God. I ask of you, has God changed? Would he still command of Noah to build an Ark? Or lead Joseph into Egypt that he could prepare for his family during famine? Or would he simply “rapture” his children magically from having to go through the trials and tribulations that will strenghten, refine and purify his children? NO! God is not the God of inaction and mysticism, nor has He changed from counseling a path of wisdom, to one of foolishness.
There is more, but those of you who wish to seek should. For in seeking you shall find the truth. Have you not relied upon the blind to lead you for long enough? I will not be a crutch for you – for each of you has the ability to read the scriptures for yourself, and to seek the truth within your heart, mind and spirit.
I have seen that the writings of Paul are writings of rules and doctrines, often conflicting against each other – and even conflicting in comparison to Christ’ teachings, other disciples writings, and much of the prophets. And much has nothing to do with love, but with the setting up of an organization of men as “spiritual authorities” over other men in a structured church. This also conflicts with the New Covenant, and the statements of Christ and John, concerning the fact that men are taught by the Holy Spirit. (see the section above again – “Breakers of the New Covenant”)
Truly Paul came in Jesus name. Truly Paul claimed that Jesus was the Christ. And truly Paul has deceived many, hiding his poisoned leaven within the wonder of many truths. If you still have doubts, then I cannot blame you. This was the most difficult of all messages to write, for I too was raised in a Christian Church, with the Messages of this Deceiver drummed into my mind and heart from a young age. Even when my heart and spirit stood convicted of the truth of everything I have written – I have gone repeatedly back before the Lord seeking even clearer proof. I have found it at every crossroad.
Make no mistake….. to deny Paul is neither to deny Christ, nor God. I can already hear the howls of those that disagree. Read on.
A public challenge to those Christians that disagree. In so many of your Statements of Faith it is written something to the effect “We believe the Bible in its entirety to be the inspired Word of God and the infallible rule of faith and conduct.
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 14:34,35 – “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”
And in 1 Timothy 2:11,12 – “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
Looking at your statements of faith concerning the Bible’s authority and infallibility/inerrancy – I ask you to speak upon the above verses. Because if those words are the true words and instructions of the Lord – then why have you not believed in them – and encouraged the practicing of this word? And if you do not follow the instruction of the Lord in your own lives – why should men look to you for guidance?
It is not the time for the mincing of words. Speak clearly, and give your answer to the world, and your witness to your congregations and followers before the Lord. If this is the infallible Word of God – then proclaim boldly that it is a shame that your daughters, wives preach the gospel. Call upon them to cease, and call upon all of those women to immediately cease from teaching or speaking within the church.
As for me, I do not believe this way, for nowhere does the law give command of this as Paul says – and was not even Miriam, the sister of Aaron, a prophetess of the Lord? (Exodus 15:20)
Further look to the examples I have given you regarding Paul’s writings. Address these issues publicly and let them be openly discussed in detail in your churches. Those will not are perhaps more concerned with sticking to the message of “fill my tithing bowl” and will not risk their reputations as “authorities” over their flocks, because if they are wrong about this…. what else might they wrong about?
Paul was a deceiver who led men from the simple truth of love – and burdened them with endless and contradictory doctrines. The Lord will not let the shepherds that have followed the doctrines of Paul to rest upon their fences any longer. The time of proving is at hand, and these shepherds will be first, and they will have their authority removed.
Now is the season, and the words written in Ezekiel 34 are again ripe.
1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
10 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
11 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
30 Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.
31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
After the abomination of desolation, this shall be the gathering, and the shelter in the storm, and the new beginning, and the new land, and the new city.