Where's Holiness in the Church? - Chapter 41

It's official ya'll, I'm tired!

I know that Romans 3:23 says "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Lord knows I've sinned! However, when are WE as the people of God are going to STOP using this scripture as a crutch for our messy lifestyles and behaviors!? 1 Peter 2:5 says "you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." Are we suppose to live a life holy and acceptable unto Christ?

I am also tired of people who have been ordained as ministers taken a place as sacred as the pulpit, bringing up their fleshly issues and gripes, slapping scriptures behind their causes and having the AUDACITY to call it from GOD! The devil is a LIAR and the truth ain't in him! I'm tired of people who are suppose to be ministers making a MOCKERY out of the sacred pulpit! The last time I've checked, I thought that carrying a title in the church was to be a SERVANT - a servant of God Himself, a servant to the leader of the church AND a servant to the people of God! Not to rule, reign and CONTROL people and get their jollies off from doing so! It's DISGRACEFUL how some leaders makes a mockery out of GOD! John 13:16 says "I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him." 2 Peter 2:1 says: "But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves." I guess this is the case concerning the church overall!

The bottom line is this - I'm a woman of God with integrity, honor and respect of the Word of God! When I see MESS being greatly mistaken for BLESSED, I have to take a stand! My mom always says "if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything!" Ephesians 5:27 clearly states "that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless." This is where the church overall needs to be! So the question is "WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE?"

Most likely, I will be criticised for my entry or even attacked on the pulpit because I stand on the WORD! I realize now that the more folks attack me, the greater my promotion is in the Kingdom of GOD!

So bring it on...