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“I ask myself and the LORD, “HOW Can I Wait?”

Mark 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

By the Watchman
Dana G Smith
Keywords: church, endtimes, preacher, pastor, evangelist, Jesus Christ, patience, faith, wait, doctrines of men, traditions
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There is always a sense of urgency when listening to an Evangelist, on fire Preachers, and others who have been relegated responsibility by the Lord. It seems there is always a place where we must be, finding ourselves outside of where were supposed to be. In this there seems to be a game of catch-up. We are never satisfied and in fact, for many of us, we are downright hard on ourselves.  Between listening to preachers hit us on the head, or prophetic words telling us when destruction comes, or our own critical attitudes towards our own mistakes, we get tired.  The attitude for many in the warning America crowd is described by the phrase “How Can I Wait?”

I mean by this we are in tune to destruction, chaos, and at times we seem to be saying to ourselves and many others, “how can I enjoy life, how can I plan a future, or what am I going to do?” All of this represents the end time thinking that with the situation we find ourselves in, there simply is nothing to do except face catastrophe. Take, for example 2012, the pundits and others have the whole world practically destroyed. I have seen and done news on our radio of people buying real estate, special shelters, and readying themselves for the end of the world.

Gone are the days of enjoyment, unless you’re outside of what is known as ‘these people are all crazy crowd.’ This is the crowd that totally rejects any judgment coming at all. For the most part this crowd are the ones who do not accept any of this at all and spend their time enjoying personal pleasurable pursuits. They “love their pleasure and make their plans” over and above any commitment to a God. Among these people are those who wonders if God cares, let alone a supreme being who would send judgment. They don’t accept the wrath of God teaching, nor understand the salvation that many thrust out like jelly beans at a party. In short, they don’t understand it and don’t want to spend time with it either. They want to live their life, enjoyably and if they die, well at least they would go happy. After all many of these people reason, there is no hell. After this life, these people see themselves graduating to a new level of spiritual man or woman. Some even see themselves being reincarnated into some other human or species which is all part of plan of some super God who enjoys sending humans into the endless cycle of birth and death.

I see all this and wonder how God can save anyone at all! After all people today have their own ideas. Many have their own churches and won’t even accept a word from anyone outside of it.  I get bombarded on all fronts by doctrines, people, teachers, pastors, believers, and unbelievers. I see them daily. From the Mormans who go two by two to the Jehovah witnesses that do this as well. I am called upon by the local Baptist boys who recently went door to door and sought us out to ask us where we went to church.  Well, if you boys really need to know, my shabbat is the one found in Gen chapter one. Of course, I did not tell them that, I patted them on the back and said God bless you and sent them on. They could find some ardent sinner to save and leave me alone. For they are not ready for what I do or what I believe. Neither is the church and certainly most pastors.

I have spoken with many people over the years and have had good conversations with many Mormons, Muslims, and others over what is coming. As I talk to them, they also have their prophets, their teachers, and their idea of who Jesus Christ is. As with all of them, their version of Jesus Christ is only good with their denomination or religious format they are pushing.  They do not seem to be interested in anything that I say. They are only interested in getting me to agree that they know what they are talking about and I should join them. To this, I say; NO! The divisions of the end days in which we live are real.

Moreover, these divisions are there and won’t come down. They have years of people building upon them and are made of stuff harder than concrete. What is harder than concrete you ask? Steel? NO! It is stuff that even Jesus could not break through, it is called traditions of men!

Mark 7:9  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Colossians 2:8  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

They had them in the time of our Lord when he came to die on the cross for our sins. They had them after he died and ascended to heaven. They have them today just before his arrival again. In this I ask myself, “How Can I Wait?” Am I in a hurry to see the LORD? Well, Yes and No! I am wanting to see him, but I know I have much work to do. Many people are not ready and at the rate we are going its going to take awhile to break through the man made nonsense that people put around themselves.  I mean I have had people speak to me nicely, lovingly, and say “Pastor”, “You don’t mind if I call you Pastor do you?” they say to me. “I consider you my Pastor thats all.” Well I say to them, “NO” go ahead. I don’t tell them that when people want to call me or anyone a “Pastor” you had better get ready to duck! For it will occur soon, usually within a year or two of them saying that and calling you their “Pastor” that it occurs. They end up becoming offended for some reason, stabbing you in the back, and then leaving. Of course, it is always your fault, but then, this is the way it is in Ministry. Yet, it is hard to believe that the sheep actually butcher the very “Shepherds” that are to be guarding, teaching, and guiding them. Yet they do it all the time.

Then there is the famed evangelists who are on the who’s who list of successful people. They are rich, the crowds who listen to them are huge, and they openly profess things that are outright lies and blasphemy against the Lord.  For instance, one said that “you cannot have happiness without money.  It doesn’t take the Holy Ghost, it takes money, without Money you can’t be happy.” These along with their doctrines are what many want to hear and follow today. It is a get rich carnality, with a special spirituality attached to it. It allows a believer to get rich so they can make the unbeliever want to be a Christian. They don’t become Christians because they are sinners saved by grace so to speak. Many become one so they can be rich and have it all, plus salvation just like the one they see preaching it.  Again, I ask myself the question “How Can I Wait?”

2 Peter 2:3  ¶And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not

Into this mix are the people who believe the Lord is coming soon and they want to be ready. They spend their time trying to follow the Word of God, praying, and working hard to be that perfect ideal disciple. When they make a mistake, others forgive them, usually, but they cannot forgive themselves. They spend endless hours over it, fretting about it, and considering what they should of done. They have kids that don’t follow the Lord, friends that think their nuts, and overall are left without a church because most churches don’t believe as they do.  I get email from people and communication from our social sites. This mail is usually from believers who are lost in the end time shuffle. They have no friends, church, or a place to fellowship. They believe yes, but they also hold to different ideas than that of many churches. I see this especially true if you hold to the Apostolic and early church teachings of  shabbat and feasts. This really puts you in a corner alone. Then if you tell them anything at all regarding their rapture ideas, well this blows the lid off the thing and your in deep odds with them. They will drag out every teaching and false prophet they can think of to convince you your wrong. Yet they will not consider these doctrines that the church follows are pure man made teachings and philosophies made into doctrines.

Here we find more divisions and trouble. It is here I ask myself and the LORD again, “How Can I wait for your coming?” Only the Lord can bring unity! The Spirit of God can unite us, but he won’t be able too until trouble and tribulation hits. When the sifting sands of man made doctrines become swallowed up in the fire of the Smelter of the LORD then men will seek the LORD over the false ways they have followed. It will be then, that the eye will see clearer, for the fire has cleansed the bias of their ways and doctrines from their heart. It will be then that men and women will be able to love as the LORD commanded. Right now our doctrines, ideas, and pride keep us from truly loving one another. Just like those who call me “Pastor” one moment then later won’t have a thing to do with us, our web sites, or radio show. They turn on us all the while telling us how much they love us as they call us “Pastor” while making plans to junk any emails we send them and to sever any relationship with us.

I saw this in the church back in the 80′s as well when two board members stopped me on the stairs of the church. It was in between Sunday school and the main church service. They were mad as hell and they were not going to take it anymore. They both looked at me, pointing and angry saying, “take your bag of ideas and leave. We don’t want your kind around here. Your too Zealous for the LORD.” Now this was a new church with much growth. The Pastor was a former insurance salesman and knew how to sell a church. The only thing they could not tolerate I guess was a guy and his family who were Zealous for the LORD. Go figure. The church is the same today as it was then, only worse. Christians are the same as well, the only trouble is many of them are suffering from this carnal, lukewarm, and secularized church. It is a church that likes a modern Christianity, a modern Cain type religious church. It is one that has modern man made philosophies in it. One that lacks the power of God to deliver. One that has no clue to the real Jesus Christ, Yeshua Ha Massiach.  In this is caught up many a believer who like the church they are attending have no clue as to what is really going to happen, and very soon! Again I ask, “How Can I wait?”  The Answer, is in patience and faith!

James 1:3  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

Revelation 14:12  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

I leave you with these words that the Apostle Paul told Timothy:

1 Timothy 6:8  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
9  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11  But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
13  ¶I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
14  That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Where do you stand?

Know God!
No God?

Know the LORD!
No LORD?

Know Jesus Christ!
No Jesus Christ?

Know Heaven!
Headed for a Devils Hell!

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Originally posted 2010-08-21 11:55:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter