He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. - Hebrews 1: 3-4 (ESV)
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!" - Isaiah 6: 4-5 (ESV)
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forever - Revelation 1: 17-18 (ESV)
"Ah, you know, I'm good. I'm good, Jesus. Hey, hey, you know what? It's all right, it's all right, it's all cool. We're cool; we're cool Jesus." And I feel Him again, "Please, please ask me that question." And again, He was completely irresistible. And I fall on the floor; I start sobbing--like I do in His presence--and I finally say to Him, "Jesus, what were You thinking when You created me?" And suddenly; I'm standing with Jesus. And just in front of me is God the Father and He's got a table in front of Him; and He reaches into His heart and He rips this chunk off of His heart, and He throws it on the table. And it's suddenly, like, clay or Play-Doh. And He starts molding it and shaping it, and I'm like, "Jesus, (pointing) what is He doing? Wh--What's He making? What is He making?" And all of the sudden I see--He makes me! I'm there--on the table. And He reaches over; and He grabs this box and brings it over, and He sets me inside the box. And, you know those little jewelry boxes that little girls have; where you open it up and it plays music, and the little ballerina, like, twirls? " And He shuts the box; and He gets in front of it. (crouches) And He's like really excited. Kinda' looks around, and He opens the box, real fast like that! (motions upward) And when He does, inside, I start twirling, and dancing, and singing to Him and worshipping Him. And He goes, "Woohoo! Woooo!" (acts like running around) He, like, runs around--He runs around and He comes back, and He closes the box, And He's like (looks side to side grinning as audience laughs and then motions upward). And He throws it open again and He's like, "Woohoo!" And He starts running around in circles again, and He comes back over, and He closes it again. An--And--I mean this is going on, and on, and on, and on; and it's so crazy! He'd get so excited every single time. It reminded me of those little kids with the jack-in-the-box; and they're, like, shocked every single time it pops up, as if they don't know it's going to do that? Right? It was like that. - Kim Walker-Smith
One of these is not like the other. I have placed these next to each other to illustrate the point of the terror of His majesty versus the lies we tolerate in modern Christianity. The Hebrews verses teach us depth of His majesty. That He holds the whole universe in place by the mere word of His power! That He sits at the right hand of the Father! When the mighty Prophet Isaiah saw him he collapsed and said he was a man of unclean lips! Consider the Apostle John who walked with Jesus in His ministry for three years yet upon seeing the glorified Christ fell down as if he were dead! This is the terror of His majesty beloved. When you stand before the creator of everything you do not sit down and have a latte with Him. Unless of course you are Kim-Walker Smith from the heretical music outfit known as Jesus Culture. The quote here is from her testimony - that she tells to the youth who come to Jesus Culture events. Majesty? Terror? Unclean lips? Fall down as if dead? Nope. In this testimony which she says was a waking visitation, God the Father rips out a piece if His heart to mold a mini-me of Kim and then runs around like a deranged lunatic every time the mini-me worships Him. No overwhelming fear of the Lord. No sense of His majesty. That is because it was all lies for Walker-Smith. Either she is deceiving or she is deceived. It doesn't matter which way the deception goes. The Bible assures us that had she actually seen the Father then she would be dead. That is what God said to Moses. It is not just Walker-Smith either. It is the entire culture of this new Christianity. This false Christianity that has discarded the truth for lies. Who actually use lies to draw people unto them and claim to do so for the cause of Christ. God however does not need us to defend Him with Lies. He does not need us to slant our testimony. He will not be fooled beloved. Save your trite defenses. Save your well thought out schemes. Save your platitudes because they are as valuable as ashes to Him. The dictionary defines platitude as:
"A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful"
If you pay close attention to those who have no true fear of the Lord you will hear the same tired old messages over and over again. The same platitudes. The same attempts to make their heresy sound pious.
"You want relationship not religion"
"We are just trying to reach as many for Jesus as we can"
"Stop trying to put God in a box!"
There are countless others beloved but they also have no value. There is no defense for the lack of reverent awe from the pulpits today. No defense for the lack of majestic terror that God should command. Miley Cyrus songs or "I Like to Move It-Move It" during worship. Sermons expositing your favorite commercials or showing you how the pastor shops for groceries. These are real examples by the way. The butchering of the truth is merely the symptom. We ought to not follow Christian leaders that show absolutely no fear of the Lord. Leaders who mangle the Word of God every week. Leaders whose entire sermons are nothing but ash-laden platitudes. If we do not, that is how we end up without regard for the truth. I am tired of seeing Christians repost and re-tweet absolute lies in the name of Jesus. There is a reason why so many satirical websites target Christians - because they know we will fall for it. Beloved the truth must matter to us even if it is not what we want to hear. This world is one large web of deceit and we should be caught contributing. It is time to stand for the truth.
Reverend Anthony Wade - February 21, 2015
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