GOD, PLEASE SAVE ME!

Often I ask God to save me from some aspect of the American culture!  Many times God has saved me from the deadness of this culture, from the lies of organized religion and from my own missteps. Further, He has been faithful to continue to keep me on His path of spiritual joy. And I do thank Him for that every day.

God loves everyone so much that our duty to Him, in a roundabout way is to experience spiritual joy!  However, only a handful of people want to join me on God's path of joy. And the First Reasonable Church of Christ still has only one member! Some do not want to forsake the joy of material things. Some never progress beyond: " I want this, I want that, I want more." And some do not trust God because of bad experiences with America's religions. However, God has given me His abundant joy, too bad about everyone else. YIKES!

Yes, most of America's religions are treacherous institutions! Many churchgoers are not only enthusiastic about their hatred for pregnant teenagers, but, unbeknownst to the masses, they are also seem to enjoy hating seekers and those who are actually "born again." Rick Warren, who claims to be the world's most influential preacher, documents this hatred in his book, The Purpose Driven Life. He calls the children of God, who are closest to Him, orphans because they do not go to church. He preaches that everyone's purpose is to go to church, whether we like it or not! Further, he preaches that church-going identifies a person as a true believer. However, Jesus, in contradicting everything Warren says, proclaims that loving one another identifies a person as a true believer (John 13:35).

Imagine, out of 250 million churchgoers, NOT ONE protested that they already had life's Biblical purpose, that of following the voice of Jesus (John 10:27 and Revelation 3:20) and experiencing spiritual joy.

In addition, out of tens of thousands of theologians and preachers and millions of churchgoers, NOT ONE PERSON IN AMERICA EVEN KNOWS WHO JESUS IS! I live in a "Christian nation" where no one even has a clue as to who Jesus is, as we go through our daily lives. YIKES AGAIN! There are hundreds of names for Jesus in  abstract theology, including "Lord." Jesus says, "Why call me, Lord, and do not do the things I say?" No wonder there is so much wrong with America. 

The American culture is so sick that it is now an American tradition to take God's name in vain. Many Americans exclaim "OMG" in vain, and curse their own souls, routinely every day. 

And on top of everything else, if a person were to pledge his or her allegiance to following their conscience, instead of pledging their allegiance to a man-made object, all the white  American Christian Nationalists would be hysterical with hatred toward that person! They would probably be as outraged as the Babylonians were about Daniel and his three friends when they refused to bow to man-made objects.

As we walk down the street every day--JESUS IS MERCY! Read Matthew 9:13 and Matthew 12:7 and the parable of "The Goats and the Sheep" in Matthew 25 and you will understand for yourself who Jesus is. God is love (I John 4:8) and Jesus is mercy!

Save yourself from this evil generation! -Acts 2:40 God does not draw His line between Christians and non-Christians; He draws His line between dwellers and seekers.

I chuckle when I pass by a church sign that says, All are welcome. Everyone is welcome except those who have the Holy Spirit within them. Churchgoers have no clue that it is the Holy Spirit that testifies that the works of the world are evil (John 7:7). Churchgoers are taught that the Holy Spirit is an evil "critical spirit." 

I have several books that clearly expose many of America's religions. For example: The Catholic Church tells women the exact same thing that the Snake told Eve: "Obey me and you shall be as a god." The problem-solving method in the Koran is murder. (Read it.) And Trumpers hate moral thinking about climate change, about immigrants, about racism, about the poor and especially about what will happen to them after they die. Yes, Trumpism is the wickedest religion America has ever seen! It was built on hatred for the original "bleeding heart liberal"--Jesus.

You will find every aspect of spiritual joy in my inexpensive books, however, if you cannot afford them just read the sample pages. I do not need anything. Nevertheless, if the joy of material things is good enough for you and you are a dweller and not a seeker--that is fine with me.

As I said, I have the Joy of the Lord; and it really is too bad about everyone else.

You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. -Hebrews 1:9

Extreme joy is waiting for you: Take a spiritual step!

Leaping for joy because someone lied about you? Now that is extreme! (Luke 6:22, 23)

And, it is not idiotic to do that, as the world thinks. It is a profoundly wise action!

Forgive everyone of everything?!  Yes, that is what God demands for your joy to be full (Mark 11:25). Forgive but do not forget.

Stop letting the world program your mind and renew your mind with the Word of God.

Spiritual joy is the ESSENCE of Christianity. Jesus, the Apostle John and the Apostle Paul all said that the purpose of their preaching was to help people to be full of joy (John 15:11; II Corinthians 1:24; and I John 1:4). Thus, spiritual joy is the highest value in the Bible! It is the “pathfinder for what we ought to do!” Love is our work (yes, love is work) and joy is our reward. We will, of course, need to be aware of killjoy preachers and their altruist followers! If you are not experiencing joy, it is not my fault.