So for my next post there's not really any crazy logic, maybe a touch, and maybe a little controversial, but for the most part it is truly just a rant. If you do not catch the allusion in the title of this post, it is from The Good Book, aka The Holy Bible.
Now from my previous posts, you probably think that I'm some type of atheist, or some weird religion, from the things that I've said. My response to you is no, that's stupid. I believe in the Almighty Lord. I have been baptized as a Methodist, accepted Jesus into my heart when I was in the 4th grade -note idk if there's such a thing as becoming an un-Christian but I might be near that point, not in a bad way though- and I used to attend church at least 3 times a week. I also went to a Christian school from 4th to 8th grade, pivotal years in my life for the most part, and I pray at least twice a day in which I like to make sure one of those prayers is 5-10 minutes at least. I also read my Bible, if not daily at least 3 times a week, since many churches rehash the same verses and chapters.
So, once again, I am not a scholar. I am not a pastor, priest, bishop, did not even finish confirmation into the Methodist church; but I will be discussing the Bible in this post.
With all that being said I begin with Matthew 7:15.
**Quick Side Note: The reason I began this blog is because I felt lost to a certain extent. I found myself going on a "Soul Search" type of thing and all of the things I began thinking about, I just had to get out of my head. This search lead me to question many things, including religion, my own habits/actions, and life in general. Keep this in mind while reading the rest of this post; and all other posts for that matter.**
Anyways, if you are not familiar with Matthew 7:15 and do not feel like Google-ing it, it says the following:
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
So this isn't that crazy of a statement right? But when reading the whole chapter of Matthew 7, I began to question many things. The chapter talks about how you can tell these false prophets by the "fruit" they produce. For the people who do not get the metaphor it's simply you can call people for their BS through their actions.
In the chapter Jesus speaks about people who are judgmental, people who commit terrible crimes against their neighbor, people who think of themselves as higher than anyone else in society. You know, those hypocritical people that say they are disciples of the Lord then go on to only choose the scripture that works in their favor, then disregard the rest of the Bible to prove their point.
These are usually the same people who take ideas and disguise them as things that are meant to help the people that they "care" about but are actually just for personal gain, the facade is just something that they can get many people to buy into as long as they can seem genuine enough - i.e. people who start charity organizations just to get a tax write off, then they eventually take the proceeds from the donations anyways. I think you can understand what I am getting at by now. I digress.
From this chapter, though, I began questioning many things; mainly established religion. These so called "Christians" who wear their Sunday's best to church in order to not be judged, and also in order to judge those of whom cannot afford these types of things -and really those "Christians" who judge people/gossip at all [Matthew 7:1-5]. These so called "servants of the Lord" that reap great amounts of money from their congregations and live a wealthy life while they watch people in their church struggle, as many times those are the people who truly live how Christ would have wanted.
Example, any million dollar preacher.
*Personal Aside - I have been to many churches in my life. Most times when I have went with my entire family, you know black dad and white mom, I would overhear the worst comments about our family. All this judgement might have lead me to the point I am at now, digress. Through all of this, though, I watched my parents, who are nowhere near perfect, live through the ways of the Lord. From taking in my friends and family who had problems at their homes, to my dad being the neighborhood father since many fathers were not around. For people to judge families because of their income or situation at a church is the most evil thing I think is possible. To call yourself a Christian is a direct smack in the face to the Almighty. If you don't believe that, once again you can Google Jesus parable about the Pharisee who prays loudly, or how he feels about rich people getting into heaven, or read Matthew 7 in its entirety. That statement is not up for comment or discussion. That, my friend, is nothing but factual*
My question is this, right? How do you, as a servant of the Lord, feel comfortable taking people's money that are less fortunate then you? How do you, one leading the community in the light of Christ, feel at ease with gathering material possessions by the load?
I am pretty sure Jesus did none of these things. I am pretty sure Jesus told his disciples to drop their nets and follow him, their nets being their worldly job (I know not all the disciples were fisherman). [This is where you correct me if I am wrong]
So off the back, my search led me to believe there are many corrupt pastors. Many pastors who are false prophets and they might not even know it. After all, what if someone came to them with an opportunity to leave all of their worldly possessions behind to go to a live in a desert to spread the word of Christ, say where there are jihads . You think they're jumping at that chance to spread the Word of the Lord to those people, who are in need of it? Some might... Majority, I'm doubting that. They've turned churches into businesses where they sell the Word. So I am labeling those type of people as false prophets, comment if you want. [Before you comment read Matthew 7:22-23, that is exactly what I am talking about]
From here, I began looking inward at myself. I am one of the people who have been being lead by these false prophets, so that evil energy (see my last posts) has been being sent in my direction for years without me denying it. So, yes, I found much negative energy in my soul. Much of it wasn't just brought on me by these false prophets at the church, but false prophets elsewhere.
Whether they were mentors, friends, family; these false prophets who preached to me about love and honesty and virtue, I finally started seeing the "fruit" that they produced.
So what did I do, that I continue to do because these false prophets never cease to enter into your life, you may wanna know? I laid by myself, in a pitch black room and prayed, not in the name of the Jesus I had been taught, but to the Almighty Father of the Universe. What did I ask for? [Reference my last post, I don't believe in praying for anything material or physical; mostly just energy and wisdom] I asked for sight. Not just seeing physically, I have near 20/20 vision, I asked for spiritual sight. A sight that could see through these kind of people and take mental notes of the fruit that they produced so that I would never be tainted again. [Once again before you comment read Matthew 7:7-8]
I've always had a knack for calling people for the frauds that they are.- some people call it street sense, I just know it's God leading me through life until I wake up from the sleep walk- and I swear to you, after I laid in my room for these countless hours and had this conversation with God, I woke up the next day and I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders.
But, see, I'm never going to be like these people that start to believe that they've been enlightened and not going to help other people get to this same point of knowledge. I cannot think of the verse in the Bible, I think it's in Matthew 15, where Jesus talks about the blind leading the blind into a pit. EVEN JESUS WOULD ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO SUFFER! [Please correct me if I am wrong]
My calling, to share my perspective, and my experience, and my findings to people who are being led by the blind, the corrupt, those people who produce evil fruit. I think it's in Psalm 82 which says we are all the children of God the Almighty so we are all gods in our own right. I will yell until I can no longer yell until people know that these corrupt people are not the answer. These people who eat the whole pig and toss the bacon to the crowd, who appear to be great leaders of the community, regardless of what realm they are in, need to be confronted. They need to be given their own fruit and ask if they think that fruit is evil or not. They need to be seen for what they are, and if they continue their ways they need to be allowed to blindly fall into an everlasting pit by themselves because they have been corrupted to the core and at that point there is no chance to save them. But the people who still have a chance must be saved from following them.
One of my adviser's tell me all of the time, "Marcus, not every mission is your mission. Know your mission." And yeah, that is right to an extent, but when I see the masses being corrupted because they are being led by people who should not be leading them, due to their inability to see, I refuse to believe that that is not my mission.
Have I done wrong? Of course. Will I do wrong again? Without a doubt in my mind. Because we are all human. We are all corrupted by this evil that is thrown around with no cares as people get rich and publicize it to the masses. I digress.
The point of this is to open your eyes. Have that talk with whatever you believe in, because at the end of the day there is only one creator of this universe. Ask that Almighty Being for sight, once again not physical sight but spiritual sight. A sight where you can see clearly the fruit produced by people and if it is truly as pure as they say it is, or if it is filled with evil spirits and toxins.
Ask for the energy to recognize Ravenous Wolves in Sheep's Clothing.
As always, these are just my thoughts.
-Marcus J.
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