NOW, WHEN?
By
Coach Dave Daubenmire
December 13, 2012
NewsWithViews.com
I want to
give you a fair warning. You may want to stop reading right now because at the
end I am going to ask you to do something. Most folks just talk. Very few do
something. This commentary is for the doers.
That smell
emanating from this commentary is smoke.
I burnt a
few more bridges last week with my commentary Fighting
with The Authorities. That wasnt my intention but it was the result, and
as we used to say when I was younger, No hair off of my chest. I dont owe my
allegiance to any of those hirelings.
At least I
have hair on my chest.
I hate
religion. I hate the religious system. I hate what it does to individual
initiative and individual liberty. If
the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
The last
thing I want to do with
the liberty wherein the Lord has set me free is to return to the bondage of
man-made religion. That is where most Christians spend their Sunday mornings.
Jesus warned us This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they
do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. If the Lord
has your heart he will use your lips.
Oh, we all
love the benefits of Christianity, but very few of us are willing to sacrifice
for its advancement. A cost-less Christianity is what fills the mega-churches
around America. A Christianity where the death of the Savior has been reduced to
little more than a life-enhancement gospel designed to make your existence on
earth a little more comfortable.
Jesus
modeled for us the central message of Christianity…that greater love hath no
man than this, that he would lay down his life for his friends. That is what He
did. And so should we.
Today, most
Christians take HIS sacrifice and use it for the establishment of their kingdom,
rather than the advancement of His. If you were really honest with yourself can
you name even one thing your faith has cost you?
Organized
religious systems are the worst. They make people dependant, rather than free,
For
they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s
shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
They promote
a loyalty to a religion or a church rather than faithfulness to the Lord.
They ignore the command to go ye and supplant it with an
admonition to come ye. For most Christians ministry totally
revolves around their church and their fellow worshippers.
Is it any
wonder they world is decaying from a lack of salt? Jesus told us that His
followers were the light of the world. For the most part, the church building
has become nothing more than a bushel under which we hide the light.
Jesus said let your light so shine before men that they will SEE your
good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven. That little light
of mine that you flicker in your church is magnified into a flood light when
shined into the darkness of the world. Let folks SEE the light!
Most
Christians think they are a small book of matches, when in fact; the Spirit of
God inside them wants to turn them into a blow-torch. The world is dying in
darkness while most Christians only flicker their light.
Paul said
Show me your faith. Most of us have been taught to share our faith,
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead
also. SHOW your faith
DO something with it. Works is the breath of faith.
For Gods
sake, man, get in the game!!!
I hear it
all of the time from the religious folk. You know Coach Dave, I really
appreciate your heart and your willingness to stand up for your faith
but I just
dont like the way you do it?
Really. I respond as fire flashes through my eyes. I like the way I
do it a whole lot better than the way you dont.
Time is
running out folks. I cant believe how supposedly God-fearing men can sit around
anesthetized by sports, entertainment, and the pursuit of stuff while the
nation teeters on the abyss.
The
only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing,
Edmund Burke famously said. Evil is prospering because most men expect others to
do something.
Even the
clearly-lost Bill OReilly gets it. He asks the question the world is wondering
where is the church?
Watch
Hiding Bill.
They are hiding. They are petrified by fear. They are afraid someone will call
them a name, say something mean about them, so they merely wait for the Lord to
rescue them out of this hideous moral-mess known as America. The last thing most
pastors want to do is take a strong public position for Christ.
So they turn
the government, the media, and the educational system over to the synagogue of
Satan, and pray for the rapture. What a poor representation we are of The King
of Kings!!
Let me get
to the point.
For the most
part our Churches have lost all influence in America in the battle for Truth.
Most of the tithes and offerings that are given in our churches are used for
salaries, benefits, blacktop, and Christo-tainment. The church used to be the
place where Christian-soldiers were trained in the art of marching unto war.
Today they have been turned into a hospital for saints.
At times I
feel like a lone voice crying in the wilderness
doing all I can to
earnestly contend for the faith
all the while dodging the friendly fire
from those who should be standing with me.
But I will not give in.
Every time I
look into my precious granddaughters face I realize that she will be forced to
live in the world that I leave her. That is a sobering thought. If she loses her
liberty I pray it wont be because her Grampie was too self-absorbed and
religious, sitting silently by and do nothing.
It is clear
that only a revival can save America. The politicians cant do it, the churches
refuse to engage, and the forces of darkness appear to be running unopposed.
The Lord is in control people loved to tell me. I know that. That is why
he filled me with His Spirit, so that I could represent him here and now. For
God so loved the world that He did something.
What will we
do with what He did? Merely going to church is not serving the Lord. Seating
people during service is not serving the Lord. Singing in the choir is not
serving the Lord. Parking cars is not serving the Lord. Praying is not serving
the Lord. Voting Republican is not serving the Lord.
We have confused serving the church with serving the Lord. Gods work is done
outside the four walls.
So here is
the ask. Are you willing to help support our work?
My wife and
I have faithfully labored with
Pass The Salt Ministries for the past decade allowing our theology to
become biography in the streets. We have no employees. We minister out of
our home so that our overhead is low. Only 18% of our donations last year went
to administrative costs.
We regularly
give to the needy. We help fund others who are laboring among us. We write,
speak, teach, broadcast, and exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. We are
unashamed of the Gospel. We speak Truth to power even if it wears a backward
collar. We are beholden to no man; we are bond-servants to our Lord and Savior.
Although I
am an ordained minister I dont pastor a traditional church. We minister on the
streets. We are missionaries to America. You are our congregation
it is you we
fight for
and YOUR grandkids. The darkness is closing in.
Now is the
time to expand
to move forward
to get a larger bullhorn
to boldly say and do
what most pastors refuse to do. We are not better Christians, but merely
following our call.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet
If
not now, when? If not us, who? Please help us storm the gates of hell!!
Donate here. We can do so
much more. Here am I lord
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will?
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