Chapter 8, Part 6

Ministers of God, we should recognize the damage that fornication is doing to our people. At the rate we are going today there will not be many men left in our communities. We have been an endangered species for some time now. They will either be killed or locked up for many years. We should change how we do things. We should get out from behind the pulpits and get out into the streets. We are at war and under siege. Unfortunately many of us have been cowardice instead of being warriors for God. The Lord says He is with us mighty warriors.[1] We should begin to take the offensive and take back our communities one soul at a time. We have surrendered too much of our communities to the enemy. We have allowed the enemy to keep us captive in our own homes and churches. We should start a nationwide effort to stop this lawlessness that has overtaken our communities. We can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to what is taking place before us in our communities. The change has to begin with the Church. Why the Church you wonder, because our fight is not against flesh and blood, but rulers of darkness of this world.[2] It is going to take an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to overcome this atmosphere of sinfulness and rebelliousness. It is not going to come from the politicians, police, or any government agency. It has to come from the people of God. We must overcome our fear and complacency. Remember these are our children, they are angry and some of them are frightening, but they are still our children and our grandchildren. It is time for us to step up as a community to show them the love they so desperately are seeking. Sometimes love is tough and comes with discipline, so we must be willing to do what it takes to save our children from themselves. To save our people.

“For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, and
people should seek the law from his mouth; For he
is the messenger of the LORD of hosts, but you
have departed from the way; You have caused
many to stumble at the law.”
Malachi 2:78

What is the message that you as a spokesperson for God are sending? Are you crying out against the sin that is being placed right before your eyes? Because of silence to the breaking of the law many are being led astray. The “easy gospel” has many in the Church on the fast track to hell. We should impart to the sheep of God, especially the young ones that obedience is love. We follow the Word of God not out of obligation but out of love.

“Again the kingdom of God is like a dragnet that was cast
into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which when
it was full, they drew to shore; and they gathered the good
into vessels, but threw the bad away.”
Matthew 13:46,47

In an effort to keep the seats full, many modern churches have cast such a wide net that they have allowed all manor of persons into the boat. In the parable all were gathered, but there was a separation once they got to shore. Because many modern churches now gauge their success by the world’s standards: most bodies in the pew, most money in the plate, or biggest building, there has been no separation. Now the pews are full of blatant sin. As the apostle Paul urged the church of Corinth in his first letter we can not allow blatant sin to go unchallenged.[3] Not only have some churches turned a blind eye to the blatant sin, they are putting those people who practice this blatant sin in positions of authority in the body. We are never to measure our success by the standards of the world. Following God must never be based on popularity or on numbers, it is based on the revealed Word of God. We are called to preach to a fallen world the risen Christ. This does not mean that we ignore sin in our midst, on the contrary we must be ever vigilant and vocal. This is not to say that we impose our will on others, God has never imposed His will on us. What gives some people the right to try to impose their version of the truth on others? This is why organized religion has done more to corrupt the world than to save the world. We do not impose the Word of God at the end of a gun. We present the Word and let God take care of the results. If there are those who choose to ignore the truth that is between their God and them. Who among us can judge the hearts of another? It is up to the mature Christian to teach the babes.

When the end comes there will be a separation of the wicked from the just. I pray that you will all be counted among the just, but that requires a complete surrender to God. As the Son completely surrendered to the Father so we must do likewise. Our Lord preached and walked among the sinners, yet did not sin. He confronted sin whenever He saw it and spoke out against it. Never did the Lord impose Himself on those He healed, he always ask what is it that you would have me do? We in the Church should do the same.

A church is a community of brothers and sisters who share love with one another and with Christ Jesus, the Head of the Church. Share the love of Christ and His hatred of sin. Christ is our example of how to love the sinner and still hate the sin. His example to us is not to judge and condemn others, because who are we to judge? The path to the Kingdom of Heaven is narrow, because on the one side we have sinfulness and on the other side is self-righteousness. Both are snares to the followers of Christ. For the Church, self-righteousness is the greater plague. In the days of our Lord they were known as Sadducees and Pharisees.[4] In their efforts to be pious they elevated the traditions of man over the commandments of God. They created all of these man made laws and gave them the same status as the commandments of God. True spiritual power is found in the heart of one believer who through the power of God’s Spirit is able to follow the teachings of Christ, not in all these rituals of the church with all there pomp and circumstance. It is when that one believer realizes and accepts his need for complete dependence on God that the true redemption takes place. Instead the Church has created stumbling blocks to keep the believers from the laws of God.

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[1] Judges 6:12

[2] Ephesians 6:12

[3] 1 Corinthians 5:9

[4] Matthew 16:6

Chapter 7 Part 3

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,
God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things
which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness,
sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness,
full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they
are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,
unmerciful; who knowing the righteousness judgment of
God, that those who practice such things are deserving
of death, not only do the same but also approve of those
who practice them.”
Romans 1:28-32

The condition described in this passage is of a rebellious generation. A generation who chooses to ignore the knowledge of God and replaces it with their own selfish pleasure. A generation of fornicators has bred another generation of fornicators. Instead of seeking the righteousness of God, you have sought after the temporary pleasures of instant gratification. You have chosen to elevate yourselves over the Living God. Not only is fornication and selfish sexual desires tolerated by this society, they are promoted. If you are not participating in these activities there is something wrong with you. You are not having fun, you are missing out on life. You look at the movies and television and what are they promoting to you our young people? The media is promoting young people having sex with no commitment or concern for the consequences. You have the “so-called celebrities” fornicating with each other and the media is promoting it as if it were some news-making event. You have shows that do nothing but talk about their celebrity lifestyles and present them as the model to imitate. It is no wonder you our young people are confused. The message the world is sending is very misleading. According to the world, God is dead or at least no longer concerned with the lives of men. The world and the devil are liars. God is very much alive and He loves you. The path that the world is leading you to is death and destruction in hell. However, God has called you for something much better than this.

The world tells you that women are only objects for your personal gratification, to be used and discarded like so much trash. Look at the videos, how they glorify the riches of this world and show women as if they were not human. They call them disrespectful names and put them in all manner of undress. It is no wonder why your opinion of women is so low. Your view of women cannot be very good, between the media and what many of you have witnessed from your own mothers, who can blame you.

“Bring charges against your mother, bring charges;
for she is not My wife, nor am I her husband!
Let her put away her harlotries from her sight.”
Hosea 2:2

There are many of our young men who have witnessed things by their mothers they ought not to have seen. They have seen conduct and have had to endure things that have emotionally scared them for life. Because mothers have chosen their lovers over their children, they have become hardened. They have left many of you to raise your siblings as well as yourselves. The truth is that many of you have not been given the best start by fathers or mothers. Many of you are angry and in pain. You have many reasons to be so. However, God says that despite your present circumstances and those of your past you are still special to Him. You are predestined. God has a plan for your lives and He has had one for you from the beginning of time. That plan does not include the life-style many of you are leading now. All life has value to God. Let no one think that they have no worth to God. God created you not for drug dealing, fornicating, and the sinful life, but for His glory. Every person on this earth is a gift from God to this world. The majority of us have selfishly squandered our gifts. How can we look at the current state of the world and continue to be so selfish? I do not know what your gift is, but I know that the world is in desperate need of it. I beg you please give us the gift that God sent you to bring. If you do not know or think that you do not have one, ask God. He is the One who created you. The apostle Paul tells us, “to fan the flame” or the gift from God.[1] When any of us fails to use his or her gift the whole world suffers because of it. The problem for many of us is that we are using our gifts for our own selfish desires. Remember the ruler of this world wants to do two things to you: either to kill you or get you locked up for life. That way you are of little value to the kingdom or to this world. In the past too many of us have fallen into this trap. No matter what your background, you are in the final analysis responsible for what you do. The world today is trying to convince us that no one is responsible for anything that they do. The Bible disagrees.

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[1] 2 Timothy 1:6

Chapter 6 Part 1 Women

Chapter 6

Women

“Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted,
To the oppressed city!
She has not obeyed His voice, She has
not received His correction; She has
not trusted in the LORD, She
has not drawn near to her God.”
Zephaniah 3:1,2

My heart goes out to my sisters. For too long you have had to shoulder the responsibility of the man. You have been looking for a man and have only gotten little boys, just another child to raise. You have been told by the world that you have no beauty, that your features are not right. Yet the same people who condemn them imitate them all the time. It seems that everyone is against you. You are the mother of creation and the mother of us all. Why do you continue to allow yourself to be polluted? You were at the cross of our Savior and sought after Him at the tomb. Though you obey His voice, you do not trust in Him. You have allowed yourself to be corrupted by the world. Instead of drawing near to God you have chosen to draw near the world. You have allowed the world to turn you into a fornicator and a harlot. They have beaten you down so bad that you have decided that being with anybody is better than being with nobody. It is better to be with a dog with fleas than to be alone with God. You have sold your purity and innocence to the highest bidder. In doing so, you have condemned our children to poverty and sinfulness. God has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”[1] With God, we may be alone, but we are never lonely. You were once the purity and strength of a nation, now you have been profaned. Why have you allowed yourself to be perverted by this world? Do you not know that you are a child of the Living God?[2] The Bible says, “that charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the LORD will be praised.”[3] Therefore, it is not how the world views you that matters, but how God views you. By what is in your heart.

You no longer desire purity for yourselves, but lewdness. Some of you to be perfectly honest have become downright nasty. The fornication needs to stop. You should not allow the devil to rule over your bodies. It is so difficult when the whole world appears to be “doing it” and no one seems to be against it. I have to ask where the outrage from the mothers is. Where are the older women who are, suppose to teach the young women to be chaste? When did being pure become a bad thing? I obviously missed that memo. Do you not realize that you have given up your royalty for temporary pleasure? How can you feel good about yourselves when all you are to most of the men are objects and not human? You will only be treated, how you allow others to treat you. When you seek after God and purity, you allow God to exalt you and not the world. The world’s pleasure is only temporary, but God’ pleasure is eternal. You have been chosen by God to be pure, to be holy.[4] The Bible calls for you to be pure for your husband in marriage. That it is a disgraceful thing to be a harlot in your father’s house.[5] Therein lies the problem, most of our young women do not live in their father’s house. Therefore, fornication is breeding fornication. Because so many of our children are being raised by single, unwed mothers the children see this lifestyle. It is not what mother says, the children see that mom is not married and her “boyfriend” is coming over, some probably living in the house. What message is this sending our children? That it is ok to fornicate as long as you are an adult? That is not what the children are seeing. They are seeing that it is ok to have sex with a man you are not married to. In other words, it is how the mother is living that the children see not, the words she is speaking. We want to be judged by what we say and not by what we do. However, God says we will be judged by not only the things we say, but also the things we do. Our hearts and our actions will judge us. How can you lay down with any man that gives you a little attention and not have that effect your children. There is an old saying that went like this, “Why should anybody buy a product when you are giving away the store. In other words, why would anybody want to marry you when you are giving away the gift without the marriage or commitment?

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[1] Deuteronomy

[2] Romans 8:16

[3] Proverbs 31:30

[4] 1 Peter 1:16

[5] Deuteronomy 22:21

Chapter 5 Part 1 Men

Chapter 5 - Men

“But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ,
The head of every woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”
1 Corinthians 11:3

In God’s perfect will and plan for male and female relationships there is a hierarchy. Just as there is a hierarchy in heaven so there is one on the earth. In this hierarchy everyone is under authority, everyone! Because men are the head of the woman, I am going to start with the men. I can already hear the feminist and the humanist rage. In addition, of course there will be others who will object to this hierarchy for various reasons. However it is not my hierarchy, it is God’s. Please forward all complaints to 1-800-CALLGOD and you can argue with God. In our zeal to be politically correct, we have tried to ignore it, but it is to our peril if we do. In God’s perfect plan, the hierarchy is as follows:

GOD
Christ Jesus
Holy Spirit
Man
Woman

Child

This will undoubtedly set off a firestorm of controversy. In this society, anyone who questions the status of women or questions the right of a woman to have everything her way is immediately labeled a chauvinist male. The thing about God and His word is that our belief is not required. God’s divine plan continues whether I believe it or not. Because of our position, the bulk of responsibility falls on the man for this deadly sin of fornication.

In the last few generations, many black men in our communities have been fornicators. Many have chosen to lie down with anybody and everybody without concern for the consequences. It has not only been the poor, uneducated, drug/alcohol addicted practicing this awful sin. It has been lawyers, bankers, and police officers. Also included in this are politicians, community and church leaders, as well as professional athletes and entertainers. It seems that no one professional or otherwise is immune to this epidemic. Why has this been such a large-scale problem? Is it because of our background of slavery in this country? Some say it’s our heritage of polygamy carried over from Africa. Which is false, because Africa has had a rich heritage of Christian teaching and life. In my opinion, it is our deliberate and rebellious sin against God; plain and simple. For whatever reason many have decided, they are no longer under God’s authority. Many of our people have lost their fear of God. Many have chosen to go their own way, no longer being concerned with what God says.

“There is no fear of God before his eyes, when
he finds Out his iniquity and when he hates.

For he flatters Himself in his own eyes.”

Psalm 36:1,2

We have flattered ourselves with how slick and cool we are. However, it has not always been this way. There was a time in our history when men were leading the way, when men had a healthy fear of God. What does it mean to fear God? The fear in the Bible has been translated to mean to be in “awe” or “respect”. How can we not be in awe of God? How can any man look around and not recognize what God has done. I would rather believe in a dream (there is a God) than what I know is a lie (I am God). Who among us can add one inch to his height? Let alone create mountains, oceans, or make the sun rise and set. I am in awe of God for what He has done. It is amazing to me how we have no trouble acknowledging the fear we have of other men, but fear God! It seems that when our plight in this country was at its worst our men cried out to God and He answered.

There was no place else to turn then. Our “so called” Christian brothers were enslaving us and refusing to acknowledge our humanity. What they did not understand or accept is that in God’s hierarchy no man is more human than another man. In theology, two terms help us to distinguish the authority of things versus order of things. These words are nature and order. We humans are all the same nature. We all possess what Paul referred to as the “flesh of men”. However, we do not share the same order. The president of a company has authority over the vice-president, but they share the same nature. The one is not the president because he is more human than the vice-president. Therefore, no man is better than the woman, but his order is different. It is amazing that as our plight in this country has improved, our reliance on God has decreased. As we have become more affluent in this society, we have grown further away from God. The less we had the more we relied on God. This is not just the black man’s plight; it is this way with our society as a whole. This is not to say that we have achieved parity with the majority society, on the contrary. It just shows how little it took us to be drawn away from God, by Satan. In a short period, we have seen some black men rise to great heights in the business, sports, political, and entertainment worlds. There is still a long way to go, but if after these small gains, we have forgotten God how much more do you think God will be willing to allow.

“Better is a little with the fear of the Lord,
than great treasure with trouble.”
Psalms 15:16

We are more materially prosperous than at any point in our history in this country. Yet, in our prosperity, we have lost something. We have lost our spirituality. There are those who would say that we are still poor in this society, but even the poor in our society enjoy many things the poor in other countries dream about. Christ Jesus told us in the “beatitudes”, blessed are the poor in spirit. The problem with most of our “so called” Christians is they do not believe that being poor is a blessing. They say, “That’s really not what He meant.” It seems straightforward to me that is what He said. It is a fact the more abundant our resources the less we depend on God. The Bible speaks about the difficulty of the rich getting into the kingdom of heaven. The problem with most of us is that we look at our wealth in relation to those around us. We see so much conspicuous consumption in our society from the television that we think we are poor. However, if you were to look at the poor in say South America, Central America, or Africa, that is real poverty. We have “so called poor in our country wearing a hundred dollar sneakers. The fact is we are not poor; we just do not have all we desire. When your very survival is a day-to-day ordeal, you rely on God. You know that it is only by His grace that you make it another day. The old saints knew not only where their eternal salvation came from, but also their daily bread. This generation of man has decided that relying on God is no longer necessary. Let the women go to church. Let the women raise the children alone with no support, financial or otherwise. What we do not realize is that by not submitting ourselves to God, we are throwing the whole hierarchy of God out of balance. The first list illustrates God’s hierarchy and the second list is how we have corrupted that hierarchy.

GOD
Christ Jesus
Holy Spirit
Man
Woman
Child

Man
GOD
Christ Jesus
Holy Spirit
Woman
Child

By having our women go to church alone, we have left women and children under God’s authority. They are under God’s authority, but not under the covering of a man as God intended. I was recnetly engaged to be married and I told my fiancé that I needed to cover her and she did not understand what I meant. After I put the ring on her finger, she realized what I was saying. The ring said more to other people than she ever could. By me giving her that ring, it showed the world that she had a man that loved her enough to make a commitment for life to her. Many people have no respect for the sanctity of relationships, let alone marriage. By covering the woman I love, I send the men who would not respect our relationship a loud and clear message that she is loved. Not only the woman should be covered but the children as well. Most predators are looking for an easy target; just the physical presence of a man can deter a lot of this behavior. We are the ones outside of God’s authority. Notice the only ones who have the same position in both diagrams are the women and children. God will not allow anyone authority over anyone or anything who is not under authority themselves.

“You could have no power against Me unless
it had been given you from above.”
John 19:11

Therefore, we see that God gives the authority even in this world. Here is the key; God loves those women and children just as much as He loves you. He will not allow us authority over them when we are running around engulfed in sin. That is why we have no authority in our homes and our women refuse to submit to us. Why should they? Who in their right mind would submit to a lost little boy? The way we have been living has not been as men, but as little boys. Little boys only care about themselves and their own selfish pleasures. The world taught me that a man was: a drinker, drug addict, fornicator, an adulterer, stays out all night, and answered to no one. What I have since learned is that I was being a fool. Two marriages and countless relationships later, it finally dawned on me how foolish I was. Today I know that a man takes care of his responsibilities. He gets a job, wakes up and goes to that job. A man loves and takes care of his family, especially his children. A man not only makes babies, but he raises them as well. How can we claim to love our children and yet we do not provide for their needs? We have not behaved as men, and now we are reaping the fruit of that childish behavior.