Most of the content here will likely be unfamiliar to you, things you have neither seen nor heard in traditional churches. Unlike the sermons and doctrines of today’s churches and pastors, which often take one or two verses of the Word, line them up with human claims, theories, and common sense, and interpret and explain the meaning of the scriptures not as they are but according to their own thoughts and standards, this is entirely different. The Word is a sword that pierces the conscience, a sword that fully discerns between good and evil, and a sword of light that illuminates the conscience to reveal all the sins hidden within the heart. Therefore, all this content will shine a light on the misguided faith and beliefs of everyone reading this and awaken their conscience. The reason God’s true wisdom and Word exist as light is precisely to expose all our sins hidden in the darkness, to bring about repentance worthy of redemption, to perfect us as children of light with a conscience free of shame or hesitation, and to lead us to the path of salvation—thus, the Word is light. When people encounter these words, they will clearly be divided into two groups: those who, driven by their own subjectivity, rationalize their guilt and shame to justify their wrongdoing, and those who, following the conviction of their conscience, recognize the errors in their faith and beliefs, using this as an opportunity to turn back and equip themselves with the eyes and ears of conscience. In other words, through these words, some will awaken their conscience, achieve repentance worthy of redemption, and pursue a life of rebirth as Christians (a spiritual life) following the love of the cross, becoming examples and lights like salt to the world. Conversely, others will misuse these words, twisting them to suit their own tastes, imitating and exploiting them for evil purposes; or they will become slaves to wicked servants who strive to find flaws and weaknesses in this text; or, abandoning practice and action, they will rationalize their lives focused solely on their own happiness, success, and greed, turning excuses and justifications into their faith, thereby killing and devastating their own conscience—such faiths will become even more distinguishable.
Because their view of God, faith, and the Word is solely a means to fulfill their worldly desires, ideals, happiness, joy, and satisfaction, they will be further distinguished as those who, caught up in forced salvation, false spirits, baseless arrogance, reckless zeal, and foolish boldness masquerading as faith and belief, rely only on words and theories. As such, the Word is the standard and measure that clearly separates good from evil, righteousness from sin, truth from falsehood, love from hypocrisy, service from showmanship, holiness from imitation, mercy from mimicry, humility from stubbornness—it is the center and foundation. Thus, the Word is the criterion that separates the wheat from the chaff, distinguishing between hypocrites (religious people) who prioritize outward appearances and imitation, and those who dedicate their entire ideals, values, and lives to practicing the love of the cross. It is the core that discerns between mere talkers and theorists who rely solely on words and ideas.
The Word clearly testifies that salvation stemming from personal resolve and confidence born of zeal is nothing but the excuses and justifications of those who lack action—it is falsehood and stubbornness. This is to dishonor Christ, who sacrificed even His life, and though they claim with their mouths to follow God, in reality, they neither keep, practice, nor honor God’s holy will—they are liars and double-minded hypocrites. No matter how much one reads the Bible, if they do not practice it, their faith is worse than that of those who have never seen the scriptures. No matter how much one prays, if their prayers are filled only with worldly desires, satisfaction, and greed, they lose sight of the true purpose and meaning of prayer. Prayer was given by God to make us resemble His divine nature and to fulfill the love of the cross that leads to salvation. Such prayers are in vain—and even worse than those of worldly people who do not pray at all. Instead, these prayers only fuel their greed and sin further, and by vainly calling upon God’s holy name for their selfish desires, they commit sin, allowing Satan and demons masquerading as Christ to work through sorcery and divination, which they mistake for the true tongues of Christ. Many churches, pastors, and believers today abound in such foolishness, teaching and learning it as truth. Because they do not see or hear God’s Word but follow only the sermons of their churches and pastors, the faith of today’s believers has become a tool for pastors to satisfy their insatiable greed and gluttony. If this were truly the image of a Christian—shining as light and salt, or at least not becoming the target of ridicule as “fanatical Christians”—then the dead would be raised, the lame would walk, and through the practice and action of following the example of the love and sacrifice of the cross, countless poor and pitiful brothers and neighbors would give thanks and praise for God’s love and grace, spreading His holy name across the earth, and false religions would vanish. However, the reality today is that many believers are exploited to build grand churches, leading to unjust deaths, illness, ruin, poverty, or broken families as commonplace occurrences. The churches built with the tears and blood of believers boast only their size and splendor. Yet despite this, most believers remain unaware that the standards and teachings of their religions, denominations, or churches stand in opposition to the Word, blindly following them with futile faith and devotion.
They hold up examples of even more unlawful, false, and wicked deeds than those of the churches and pastors they follow, teaching and learning as if they themselves were the true church of Christ, true shepherds, and true believers. As a result, most believers fail to examine their faith against the Word, unable to recognize or even perceive that their faith is, in fact, a hollow shell of mere appearances, a futile faith and belief unfit for true Christianity, amounting to heresy. Thus, it is said, “The first shall be last, and the last shall be first.”
If one uses even more wicked, unlawful, and false churches and pastors as a standard, does that make their own church and pastor, who lack practice and example, true? Far from following the footsteps of Christ’s love on the cross as an example and model, they live carnal lives indistinguishable from unbelievers, merely attending church, reading the Bible, and praying without anything substantial to show for it—no evidence of true Christianity. Thus, they base their teachings on the shameful mimicry of sorcerers and diviners who use tricks and illusions, attaching God’s name and packaging it as His holy grace and true gifts. The Word has long been corrupted into false interpretations and forced explanations, exploited to suit the tastes of those who teach it, with their claims and theories, interpreted according to their own thoughts and standards, replacing the Word itself in today’s churches, pastors, and believers. Having abandoned practice and action, relying only on words and theories, they deceive even their own conscience with a false Holy Spirit and forced salvation, rationalized by pastors and believers who, rather than being examples and models to the world, live in sin and greed no different from the world, dishonoring God’s holy name and the precious love of the cross with their faith.
Many churches and pastors today teach that merely attending their church leads to salvation or makes one a Christian, but no matter how much one sees or hears the Bible, it is useless without practice. Thus, faith, hope, and gifts without the love of the cross are ultimately dead. Regardless of rank or status, any office, gift, faith, belief, knowledge, or teaching that does not follow the love of the cross—abandoning all personal ideals, values, desires, and greed to serve poor and pitiful brothers and neighbors as oneself according to the Word—is dead and amounts to foolish, futile belief. By failing to take up the role of being examples and models like light and salt across the earth through following the sacrifice of the cross, those who rely solely on words to rationalize themselves have turned today’s religions, churches, pastors, and believers into practitioners of all manner of corruption, depravity, lawlessness, falsehood, and wickedness. The habit of rationalizing their lack of practice has become ingrained, and what they call faith is, in reality, a collection of excuses and claims—fueled by terrifying vigor, conviction, determination, and pride—that destroy their conscience.
True Christian faith speaks of a beautiful, uncorrupted heart united with the love of the cross, sought after ceaselessly from God—a love gained through sacrifice and effort, giving one’s entire life, ideals, and even life itself, not just a few days or hours of hypocritical, showy, imitative service. It is a love rooted in patience and self-control within acts of relief and service that feed, provide, and care for others. How long will you be deceived by the words of mere talkers and aspire only to become talkers yourselves? Can it reasonably be understood that one can claim to become a citizen of God’s kingdom without following His holy will or practicing the example of the love of the cross? If so, what was the reason Christ had to hang and die on the cross? Are not such faiths and beliefs, relying only on words and theories, crucifying Christ again? The Bible contains thousands of passages commanding us to act, keep, and practice, yet what are today’s believers believing and following by abandoning these words? Through these words, it will be made abundantly clear whom you brothers and sisters are serving, whom you are helping, whom you believe, and whom you are following.
First, look at “the fundamental reason God created humanity” and “the fundamental purpose of tithes and offerings.” These are based on numerous scriptural passages. They are not convoluted interpretations or theories but simply the contents of the Word paired and listed, so anyone can easily understand them.
If, as the teachings of today’s churches and pastors suggest, salvation could be attained through words and theories alone, there would have been no reason from the beginning of creation for countless apostles to sacrifice their lives or for Christ to hang and die on the cross. To those who rely only on words and theories, these will be words that pierce the conscience. These conscience-piercing words are intended solely to bring about complete repentance worthy of becoming God’s children. They are not meant to slander, blame, or hold anyone accountable but to free you from false and misguided foolish faith, urging you to pursue true love in Christ, united with sacrifice, through patience, self-control, suffering, and persecution, to obtain God’s glory.
Those who, abandoning action and practice, use a few verses to rationalize their forced claims and lip-service faith and salvation, forsaking their conscience and piling up more sin and greed while claiming to be reborn—no longer be deceived by their lies!
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