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The Church Entertainers
A Sure Sign of Apostacy
by Lahry Sibley
"It is now common practice in most [American] evangelical churches to offer the people, especially the young people, a maximum of entertainment and a minimum of serious instruction. It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend a meeting where the only attraction is Elohim (God). One can only conclude that Elohim's (God's) professed children are bored with Him, for they must be wooed to meeting with a stick of striped candy in the form of religious movies, games and refreshments.
"This has influenced the whole pattern of church life, and even brought into being a new type of church architecture, designed to house the golden calf.
"So we have the strange anomaly of orthodoxy in creed and heterodoxy in practice. The striped-candy technique has been so fully integrated into our present religious thinking that it is simply taken for granted. Its victims never dream that it is not a part of the teachings of Christ and His apostles.
"Any objection to the carryings on of our present golden-calf Christianity is met with the triumphant reply, "But we are winning them!" And winning them to what? To true discipleship? To cross-carrying? To self-denial? To separation from the world? To crucifixion of the flesh? To holy living? To nobility of character? To a despising of the world's treasures? To hard self-discipline? To love for God? To total committal to Christ? Of course the answer to all these questions is no" (A.W.Tozer)
So the questions you ask are quite valid, but quite difficult to answer. How do we pierce the darkness? I've been at this daily for the past 25 years. Little to no change in the USA. Maybe in a few other places in South-East Asia or Africa. But not here (USA). I've seen no significant shift in paradigm and protocol. And why is that? Because the reality is, that 'church' is a business. Now when a body becomes a business, most folks call that prostitution. And that is the sad lot of it. HIS glory has long departed, and few if any even know or realize this reality.
"For if he who comes preaches another Yah'shua (Jesus), whom we didn't preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you didn't receive, or a different 'good news', which you didn't accept, you put up with that well enough" (2 Cor.11:4)
"For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good, traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Elohim (God); holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also" (2 Tim.3:2-5).
CHURCH PEOPLE!
Find one, just one. Develop a relationship with this person, all the while praying for an open door to share the Gospel. Then disciple this person. And what is this Gospel?
"For him who knew no sin He made to be sin on our behalf; so that in Him we might become the righteousness of Elohim (God)" (2 Cor.5:21).
"For Elohim (God) did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him" (Joh 3:17).
"Peter said to them, 'Repent, and be immersed (baptised), every one of you, in the name of Yah'shua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach haQodesh (Holy Spirit)" (Acts 2:38).
That's it. Make one talmid (disciple). When he is able to walk on his own, you two find and make two more. All you need is HIS Word, and your own personal testimony. One must own salvation, before you share it with others.
I pray HIS mercy, grace, and comfort abound in your heart for HIS glory, honour, and praise. Thank you for your service, in HIS kingdom.
(22 March 2025)
Further Reading
[1] The Babylonian Circus: Has the Torah Been Abolished?
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