The Religious Freak Out!

When you get turned onto God and the little fire within you becomes a raging flame, the religious folks will tend to freak out! It is certainly one thing for the world to turn its back on you; but, it is a whole other thing when the church does. However, it may very well happen.

I have discovered in my years of ministry that people flock in to hear messages promising an abundance of blessings regardless of one’s chosen, on-going lifestyle. It is because here in America we are a society of give-me’s. We have become so accustomed to freebie hand-outs, we expect GOD to do likewise.

We expect that we can continue living however we want but still reap an abundance of rewards and blessings simply by listening in to some guy weekly who promises just such an abundance. Certainly, it is appealing but it has no Scriptural backing.

On the other hand, when sincere Scriptural teaching and admonition is proclaimed, the general population simply doesn’t want to hear it. They have been programmed otherwise. So, you have preachers reading the crowds and learning that stifling the true message tends to draw more people. So, they do likewise.

So, when an individual gets turned on to GOD and His truth and begins spreading that around, it causes a stir among the religious folk—it disturbs their way of living. In other words, when you begin to disrupt the status quo or begin to possibly hurt the monetary intake by proclaiming truth, people of the ruling class will get after you.

You really can’t expect anything otherwise. It happened to Jesus, it will happen to you. Think about this: Jesus had performed many miracles and cast out many demons and the religious folk got upset. Let’s pick up in Mark 3:20-22: “Then He went home, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, ‘He’s out of His mind.’ The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, ‘He has Beelzebul in Him!’ and, ‘He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons!'” Even His own family turned on Him when the power of GOD was exhibited.

Expect it, it simply means that you are on the right path. It is time for radicals to step up to the plate and speak the truth. It is time for the lukewarm church to collapse into oblivion and the power of GOD to once again become evident in the church. Jesus is returning for a spotless church. Be a part of the revolution that needs to sweep the church here in America. Let the religious folks freak out. One day, they will realize their big mistake, but for many, it will be too late.