Recently, I was going through a news reel to see what was going on in the streets of America, and no surprise to me whatsoever, I heard a popular (Gatekeeper – keeping the people’s eyes on himself as the standard and not Christ; 1 King 13:33) “people pleasing” preacher (who loves the approbation: approval and praise of men; John 12:43) asking the question to his congregants as to where the church is right now. Instantly, it made me righteously angry, and for good reason. The Church of Jesus Christ is in the same place that it always has been, and that is on the move (James 2:14-26), bearing the reproach of Christ without the camp in seeking and saving that which is lost (Luke 3:19; Hebrews 13:13).
You know the ones I’m talking about; those Christians who are suffering unjust persecutions from the ungodly, enduring scoffing, mocking, trials, tribulations, death threats, and more! These are those who are enduring hardships as good soldiers of the cross of Christ (2 Timothy 2:3).
They are those “Christians” who understand that it is not about hiding behind the four walls of the church in elevating self week after week in the face of biblically ignorant and entertained goats (Matthew 25:31-46), who do not take the time to search the Scriptures to know for themselves. The audacity of him to ask wher ...
