Last night I was checking the news. This article about Indy Faith Leaders spreading peace caught my attention. My initial thought was great, other churches of like faith have decided to finally go door to door sharing The Gospel. While reading the article I quickly realized it was a bunch of apostate churches doing absolutely nothing for the Lord and deceiving the masses.
Folks, these apostate churches and false prophets are damning masses to Hell. Kendall Wyatt and company have it all wrong! Kendall says:
"They hope local churches will display and distribute signs that read "Peace in the Streets: STOP the Violence" until the message is heard all over the city and changes attitudes.
"This ‘Peace in the Streets’ is a rallying cry,” said Kendall Wyatt, Young Lions Action Network President. “It raises the level of consciousness that it's not so easy to shoot someone in the face if what you're trying to accomplish is peace in the streets."
What are Kendall Wyatt and company pointing people to? They are pointing people to a man made slogan. "Peace in the streets, stop the violence". Pointing people to a man made slogan will accomplish absolutely nothing. These false prophets only preach a positive message of peace, peace, when there is no peace. Kendall Wyatt and company are laboring in vain. They are what The Bible points out in the book of Ezekiel 13, as building walls with untempered morter. The true preacher is a wall, while these phonies try and make a wall.
10 Because,
even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was
no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with
untempered morter: 11 Say
unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall:
there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall
fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be
an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to
consume it. 14 So
will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter,
and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be
discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst
thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 15 Thus
will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have
daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no
more, neither they that daubed it; 16 To
wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and
which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the
Lord God.
As Christians we have the GOOD NEWS! We should be pointing people to The Word of God, not some stupid man made slogan. Romans 6:23 states, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Now that is GOOD NEWS!
In the article Wyatt goes on to state: "Our community is facing civic cardiac arrest,” said Wyatt, as pastors stood behind him holding signs with the slogan. “And some of the problems with food deserts, the problem with education in our city, the problems with police brutality at times - all of those issues are cancers. But right now, we're having a heart attack."
The biggest cancer is Kendall Wyatt and company. They are the biggest problem our community is facing. We need more Christians sharing The Good News of Jesus Christ, not some man made message of peace. In Mark chapter 9 we see a story of a man whose son is possessed by a demon. The father had brought his son to the disciples, but they could not heal him. Then Jesus came and the boys father told of his son's sufferings and asked for help. In verse 23 we read: "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." What a wonderful Savior we have! If we simply believe, ALL things are possible.
Instead of placing some plastic sign in a window stating Peace in the Streets: STOP the Violence, Christians need to get out into their communities every day sharing The Gospel. We need to get people saved, baptized and into a local New Testament Church to train them up and send them out. That is what will revive Indianapolis and cities across America.
-MM
