Lk.14:16-24 "A certain man was making a great supper and invited many; and He sent out His servant at the hour of the supper to say to the invited, Be coming! Because now is it ready. And they all began one after another to excuse themselves. The first said unto him, a field have I bought and have need to go and see it; I request you hold me excused. And another said, five yoke of oxen have I bought and am going away to prove them; I request you hold me excused. And another said, a wife have I married and for this cause I cannot come. And going near, the servant reported to his Lord these things. Then, provoked to anger, the Master of the house said unto His servant, go out quickly into the broadways and streets of the city, and the destitute, and tried and blind and lame bring you in here. And the servant said, Lord! what you did order has been done, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant go out among the highways and fences and COMPEL them to come in that My house may be filled. For I say unto you, not one of those men who had been invited, shall taste of My supper"
Saying #1. "Road surfer; warrior/nobelman; help restore man to his proper place". The Lord God Who gives the great supper in the above scripture passage, has a servant, which is the Spirit of Elijah embodied in a man, who is a "road surfer; warrior nobelman" whose job it is to announce the supper; call the invited and "surf" the "broadways, streets, highways and fences", which are ways and patterns of thinking not in accordance with the thought of God. The servant "makes war" against these ways of thinking, exposing the demonic foundations thereof; a process which must be done in order to help restore man to his proper place. The supper has been ready since Jesus appeared on the earth, and is presently on going. The "invited ones" are the Jews, represented by the scribes, lawyers, pharisees, saducees, the religious leaders of that day, AND ALL OF THEIR DECENDENTS WHO HAVE THE SAME HIGH MINDED KNOW-IT-ALL ATTITUDE ON DOWN THROUGH HISTORY UNTO TODAY. As long as they insist on remaining in that attitude of mind, they can not "taste of God's supper", which is life in the Kingdom of God.
Saying#2."Their false civility helps solidify your (the writer's) arguments". False civility is the phoney niceness which those who are infected with Jezebelism present to the world, and is only removed (like a mask) when their "you offended me/hurt my feelings button" is pushed, which then reveals the true face of the beast Jezebel.
Saying#3. "A life spent on doughs - breads and cakes -is not a real life". Breads and cakes are "sweetness and light gospel"; the "power of positive thinking" gospel. Breads and cakes are "blown up" by heat-hot air. That's what this teaching/philosophy/preaching is-no meat and full of "hot air". "I'm ok, you're ok". Pious platitudes-sometimes delivered with the hands folded in front as though in prayer. Emotional, Jezebelistic, feel good, God-loves-you-and-so-do-I-claptrap. Making everyone feel good and comfortable in their sin. No reproving or rebuking, because"if everyone is ok, that's not necessary, right?" "After all, God accepts everyone just as they are doesn't He?" Yes, IF THERE IS A WILLINGNESS TO FORSAKE WHAT THEY WERE AT THE POINT OF ACCEPTANCE. Preaching/teaching that is all light and no darkness is not true gospel preaching/teaching. Just because God accepts you as you are, doesn't mean you are "ok" as you are. Yes, no one has to meet a certain standard of acceptance, for all have sinned. However, along with "acceptance" on God's part, there must be acknowledgment/willingness. Acknowledgment of sin, no matter what form it has taken in the life of the individual-drunkenness, wife and child abuse, homosexuality, perversion, etc; and willingness to turn away from those practices and manners of living AND DO THEM NO MORE. Christianity is LIFE. If you are still involved in sin and perverted practices, a christian you aint. Your life is proof that you love darkness rather than light because your deeds are still evil. God is not mocked.
Saying#4. "One with no passion is dead while he lives". In the letter to Sardis in Rev. 3 it says; I know your works that a name you have that you are living, and are dead." The state of passionlessness is identified by those who have no firm beliefs; are "fence straddlers"; who can see both sides of a question and can vociferously argue either side if called upon to do so; are prone to "situational ethics"-good and bad are determined by what the situation is, not according to any moral standard. They think they don't need Jesus because they are already good. (Rev. 3:17) They are neither hot nor cold. They tend to be highly educated and well off financially. These are the "last to come to the supper", as their state of being is mentioned last in the Lk. passage above, and is described as "among the highways and fences". This is high minded intellectualism coupled with "fence straddling". Any passion/firmness of belief/standards/convictions they may have once had has been "educated out of them". Therefore they have to be "reeducated" in a more strict way, by being "compelled". To compel is to constrain-to force by being restricted, limited, or having imposted stricture put upon. These "have their way made narrow" whether they like it or not; ie, against their will. Their highminded intellectualism means they have a lot farther to fall and hence, are in deeper darkness than the ones who precede them to the supper-the destitute, etc., because the latter are more willing to admit what they are while the former think they are ok.
God "attacks" these compelled ones through their life circumstances in their most vulnerable spots: their "things"-houses, material possessions; their health, their finances and their loved ones.
To be continued......
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