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The Third Eye Perspective:
By Carlos C. Brown
Thought For Today – “A Leftovers Kind of Religion”
Good Morning Saints! “Happy Humpty Hump Day” to you! How are you doing this morning, good I hope? Are you having a great week so far, I sure hope so? Today’s message came to me while I was listening to Pastor Ron Crawford on my way to drop my son Dawson off at his new home for the next 9-10 months, also known as a college dorm room. As I drove off, a lot of random thoughts flooded through my mind at that very moment. Thoughts from sadness, to joy and excitement for him beginning this new chapter, to out of left field things like, “man, who am I going to cook for now with Bubba (aka Dawson) being gone? It is with this train of thought, or line of thinking, that it was placed on my heart this morning to talk about “A Leftover’s Kind of Worship, Praise, and Religion.” Now I know this one will PREACH! Because it will step on a lot of toes! First, let me define the word “Leftover.” The dictionary definition of that word is – “Something, especially food, remaining after the rest has been used or consumed.” Now that we got that out of the way, let me implement it into my message today. In a world where people are so busy and pre-occupied with being in a hurry to go anywhere, only to come home and indulge in high tech electronics, social media, etc…finding time for God seems to be the hardest thing for the average person of today to do isn’t it? Back in the days of our grandparents, and great grandparents youth, they didn’t have all of these luxuries I listed above. And ironically, the thing they looked forward to most was, are you ready for this? Going to Church on Sunday! I will even admit that for me, I find myself falling victim to all the distractions I listed previously at times too. And as I have said before, this is all part of Satan’s plan. If he can get us distracted enough to not make time for God, he is more capable of sneaking in a left open back door, into our lives and began to wreak havoc. Think about this, why is it you think when God placed the tree (Forbidden One) in the middle of the Garden of Eden, he warned Adam and Eve never to eat of it? Because it was the fruit of “Knowledge of Good and Evil.” (read Genesis 2: 16-17).
The significance of this act(Adam and Eve eating of that forbidden fruit tree) made them, and subsequently us privy to everything associated with Good and Evil that God knew. It is also theorized by scholars, that Satan is also responsible for giving us unlimited knowledge, to all the advances and or inventions of things we have today that keeps us so distracted, like electronics, TV’s etc…Some of you might think that is far-fetched, but it isn’t. And I’m sure some of you are thinking, “well that can’t be true, God wanted us to have all of these advancements in Science, Medicine, and Technology.” Did He, are you sure about that? The book of Genesis also teaches us that God created the Garden of Eden to be “Perfect” and operate just like Heaven, but here on Earth! In His master plan, God created Adam “in His likeness” or to be just like Him! God also gave Adam dominion over everything on the earth. God even gave Adam the task of naming everything from trees, the flowers, plants, animals of the air, land and the fish of the seas. Whatever Adam called them, that’s what they were named from that moment on. A lot of people don’t realize this, but Adam was the FIRST son of God! With all the position and power God Gave Adam, he had the ability also to speak things into existence. However, then Eve was made from Adam because God felt that Adam needed a helpmate. He didn’t think it was good that man be alone in His perfect creation (The Garden of Eden). I know this is going to mess some of you people up, but had Adam and Eve not eaten of the forbidden fruit tree, us being descendants of Adam and Eve, we too would have had the power to speak things in existence over our lives as well. Now let’s hop back into the time machine and punch in the present day future of August 23, 2017. Look around the world we now live in today? Look at all of the distraction that Satan has afforded us, that is keeping us distracted from God besides the things I listed before. Things like wars, sickness, disease, famine, natural and man-made disasters, and yes I’m going to go here, the division of races and cultures known as Racism. And if you don’t believe Satan is behind this whole “racism” push that keeps rearing its ugly head from time to time, you are sadly mistaken! Satan is the master of manipulation! And everyone here on earth that is participating in the whole “racism” movements are being manipulated by Satan and only Satan! By raising your virtual hands, who can tell me what actually Satan was kicked out of Heaven for? I’ll tell you, manipulating 1/3 of Heaven’s Angels to rebel against God! Now if he can manipulate of all things, ANGELS created by God to be perfect in every way, he darn sure can manipulate human beings! Afterall, Satan knows all about us, and that is why he is so successful in manipulation of so many of us at times, even when we don’t realize it! And AMEN goes right here too!
And since I’m on the subject here, let me just go ahead and put this out there. Anyone spewing hatred, whether Asian, Black, White, Native American, Middle Easterner, Latino, Russian, European etc… under the umbrella of Christianity or any other religion that worships our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is just plain full of CRAP! Why would God put in His covenant, aka The 10 Commandments, “Love thy neighbor as you love thyself?” That’s pretty cut and dried to me. I’m sorry, but there’s no miss-interpreting that one! It didn’t say “to love all of thy neighbors EXCEPT this race, or that race, etc…” it clearly says love THY neighbor (meaning all of our neighbors aka “races”) as much as we love ourselves! And there are people who have miss-interpreted the Bible into believing that God condemns this race or that race. People, when God speaks of mixing in the Bible (Yoked vs Unequally Yoked), He’s referring to Christians vs NON Christians aka “unsaved and or worldly people! And let’s just call a spade a spade, EVERY race has bigoted people in them who feel their hate is justified, well it’s NOT!!! “Hate” is a very strong emotion, and it takes heckuva lot of energy to hate anything or anyone! It is so strong in nature, that it is like a cancer eating at your body, but in this case, your moral character, and Spiritual fibers! Truth is truth, and Facts are facts! I am proud to be Black/Brown because I was born Black/Brown, but I don’t hate anyone alive nor dead! I know that if that act (hatred for anyone) is anywhere in my heart, it will keep me from walking thru the Pearly Gates of Heaven one day when my life on this earth is over. It is just NOT worth it to me, and I will not partake in any of it. Now that’s not to say, that I am standing around allowing racism to come against me! NO, I will NOT be disrespected by any race. I am a Born Again Christian true enough, but I am still “Human” too. And I have NOT mastered that whole “turn the other check” part of Christianity. The point of this message that God wanted me to share with you today, is that He isn’t satisfied with “A Leftovers Kind of Worship, Praise and Religion!” He’s not satisfied with you only reading your Bible every blue moon, or showing up at Church on Easter and Christmas to show off your new suits and dress outfits. He’s NOT satisfied with all the judging going on in the world either! And we are ALL guilty of doing it from time to time whether intentional or unintentional! Nor is He satisfied with your “Leftover” offerings in the offering plate on Sunday. Your Tithes are 1/10th of your Gross, and your “offering,” is anything you give ABOVE the Tithes! And while I’m on this subject, God is not satisfied with a unhappy giver either. God won’t bless your Tithes and Offering if it’s not given with a cheerful heart! He’s not satisfied either, with your half effort to live right! He’s not satisfied with you straying from Him for weeks, months, and even years at a time, under the assumption that you have plenty of time to get back right with Him before you die! The Bible says, that “for we know not the day nor the hour of when our time is up on this earth, nor when Jesus Christ will be coming back for His Church (aka the born again Christian people who make up the body of the Church) without a spot nor wrinkle! Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ, it is time to STOP playing with God and stop playing Church and Christians! It is time that we start taking Christianity according to God’s will serious! If you read your Bibles, then you already know that everytime in the history of the world, when things went WAY south (like they are right now) God made the decision to wipe the slate clean and start all over again with mankind! Believe it or not, everything happening right now, is written in the book of Revelations, and if you don’t believe me, go and read it yourself! Can I leave you with a question to ponder today if I may?
“Are you able to sleep at night comfortably, knowing that you are giving God “Leftover Praise, Worship, and especially Tithing?” If so, then Satan has already won with you, and is just waiting for the right moment to collect your soul! If you are struggling to sleep comfortably at night, and you toss and turn all night long, maybe just maybe, that is God trying to get your attention that He’s not pleased with your effort!
Can I Get An AMEN????
“Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus Christ!”
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