"A mocker resents correction;
he will not consult the wise."
(social advancement vs. wisdom)

ALL:

Since I had already lived and formed a lot of false "ideas"
by the time I was in my late twenties, when I got saved at
27 years of age, I can remember being "confused" when the
Bible studies afterwards were sort of social gatherings.
In fact, I was deeply angry. I didn't figure it all out.

The reason people get frustrated (like me) is because they
don't go to the Source (the Lord) and when the people who
have "BEEN" (for years) "supposedly" Christians just ALL
seem to fall into the pattern of the acceptance of:

..."social advancement" = being "IN" a church system.

My parents were interested in "looking" good in the social
network. Looking good before the "in" crowd whether churches,
or supper club, etc. THANK GOD that "system" will be broken
but during the Tribulation!!!!!!!

The "church's" ideas on END TIMES vs.looking into things
themselves is a GREAT example on "how" the "church" controls
people. It's a reflection of the "times" - just "look" good.
Just LOOK smart (or "be" a smart alec)!!!

Actually, it was the "social riches or advancement" that
SEEEEM to be "spiritual" which ACTUALLY add up to NOTHING
in the department of "growth" in the Lord!!!

In fact, a LOT of people develop into "smart alec" Christians
thinking that this makes them BETTER "socially", thus better
as a "Christian".

Proverbs 15
12 A mocker resents correction;
he will not consult the wise.

13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but heartache crushes the spirit.

14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Getting BACK to the Source means NOT being "spiritually" lazy!!

That means "working" diligently on "yourself" first.

Being "socially" acceptable and becoming MORE AND MORE "socially
acceptable" and more and more "spiritually lazy" through a human
"system" leads people down a blind road of unreality!!!!!!

SOOO SAD!!!!!!

This "system" NEEDS to be broken!!!!!!!!!!!!

...1 Peter 4
...16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed;
...but let him glorify God on this behalf. 17 For the time is come
...that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first
...begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the
...gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where
...shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

It is AMAZING!!!!

It seems there ARE some things too hard for even the Lord.

BREAKING INTO this "system" with reality is one of them!!!

PEOPLE ARE SOOOOO ASLEEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does the Lord say, "WAKE THEM UP"???

No, there comes a time when it is TOO LATE and we have reached
that time!!!

...Revelation 22
...10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy
...of this book, because the time is near. 11 Let him who does
...wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be
...vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him
...who is holy continue to be holy.”

Christ-Church S-P-L-I-T - New Zealand

Storm in the South (Bible Belt) - Tuscaloosa: "football = religion"

Storm in the "Heart" land - Joplin

Psalm 142
1 I cry aloud to the LORD;
I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2 I pour out my complaint before him;
before him I tell my trouble.

3 When my spirit grows faint within me,
it is you who know my way.
In the path where I walk
men have hidden a snare for me.
4 Look to my right and see;
no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
no one cares for my life.

5 I cry to you, O LORD;
I say, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.”
6 Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.
7 Set me free from my prison,
that I may praise your name.

Then the righteous will gather about me
because of your goodness to me.

"COME QUICKLY, LORD JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!"

"BLESSINGS!!!!!"

Calvin

PS:

Coyotes
by Bob McDill, sung by Don Edwards

LINK



Was a cowboy I knew in south Texas
His face was burnt deep by the sun
Part history, part sage, part mesquit
He was there when Pancho Villa was young

And he'd tell you a tale of the old days
When the country was wild all around
Sit out under the stars of the Milky Way
And listen while the coyotes howl

And they go... poo yip poo yip poo
poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo
poo yip poo yip poo
poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo

Now the long horns are gone
And the drovers are gone
The Comanche's are gone
And the outlaws are gone
Geronimo is gone
And Sam Bass is gone
And the lion is gone
And the Red Wolf is gone

Well he cursed all the roads and the oil men
And he cursed the automobile
Said this is no place for an hombre like I am
In this new world of asphalt and steel

Then he'd look off some place in the distance
At something only he could see
He'd say all that's left now of the old days
Those d...ed old coyotes and me

And they go poo yip poo yip poo
poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo
poo yip poo yip poo
poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo

Now the long horns are gone
And the drovers are gone
The Comanche's are gone
And the outlaws are gone
Now Quantro is gone
Stand Watie is gone
And the lion is gone
And the Red Wolf is gone

One morning they searched his adobe
He disappeared without even a word
But that night as the moon crossed the mountain
One more coyote was heard

And he'd go, poo yip poo yip poo
poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo
poo yip poo yip poo
poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo

poo yip poo yip poo
poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo
poo yip poo yip poo
poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo