OK, I lost Larry, because of the word of truth. Now I will become ‘mean spirited’ mac daddy, and tell the truth. Being HATED or being unpopular is PROMISED by Jesus in Matthew chapter 24, and many other places.
So, if you, as a Christian are not hated, you are not doing what Jesus Christ commanded you to do most likely.
The truth is NOT popular teaching in churches or any other place in the world today, including politics. The lack of truth teaching is why we have such a lot of people who are deceived into false truth, and who are so weakly compassionate they will try to refuse to listen to anyone who is strictly speaking for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Comments like “whatever you call it”, happy Easter, “no difference, pick one or BOTH, it is all good”, “I don’t have much to say on what you prefer to call it” are all ‘symptoms’ of the problem of COMPROMISE in churches and government, and society as a whole.
The “whatever” attitude got a bad president elected in our nation so many, many times it is pitiful. NOW that spirit is invading our nation like the predator it is.
As I understand the Easter Sunday story, the SAXON English word Eastre pronounced ‘ee-star’, was the English version of Ashteroth, celebrating the godess of life by celebrating ‘fertility’ rites by having sex orgies, rolling painted eggs, and using the rabbit as their ‘fertility’ symbol. They celebrated ‘life’ with eggs and baby chickens; then because their celebration was close to the date of Passover, English churches decided to ‘combine’ the celebrations in order to draw larger crowds.
So, today’s churches still want to draw larger crowds, AT ANY COST, they are willing to COMPROMISE the message that is the HEART of the word of God to ee-star, changed to Easter.
COMPROMISE is nothing new. Happened in the Bible to Adam and Eve, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, on and on; continues today.
Sad truth is, the ‘day of the Lord’ is coming fast when these weaknesses will be exposed, and recompense will be required.
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