I COR 5  How outsiders see Message churches

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Rich churches need a businessman Pastor in charge

This frightening criticism was sent in by outsiders to show how Message churches are seen by other people.

This confirms the opinion that Jesus has of the church of the Laodiceans in Revelation Chapter 3.

REVELATION 3:14  “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write

:16  “So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”

:17  “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”

Jesus condemns this church as only fit to be spewed out of His mouth.

The church is rich, self-satisfied, but useless to prepare people for the Second Coming. Blind to Scripture as they become increasingly Bible-illiterate.

Jesus also says that He is no longer in the church. That means any church, including Message churches that claim to follow William Branham, as Jesus stands outside the church door.

REVELATION 3:20  “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”

Jesus is not trying to help any church. He is just looking for an individual who can come out of the church.

Let us allow outsiders to give their opinion of the Message churches.

The Levitical Priesthood survived because the Priesthood went from father to son, which kept the money in the family.

The Pastoral Priesthood today also goes from Father to Son, as the main unscriptural Rule of the Nicolaitans is that the tithes belong to the Pastor.

Pastor and Son is a sound business model.

Look how Pastors interpret I CORINTHIANS 5 in order to protect their Message-churches.

1. It is reported that there is sin among you, but as long as the offender is in good standing, has the right last name, or pays tithes, it shall not be spoken of.

Even the world would be shocked at what happens behind closed doors, but we shall not acknowledge it, lest we disrupt the unity of the church.

The essential issue is to maintain the idea of unity even if it is a pretended unity.

Unity means being submissive to the Pastor and his yes-men.

2. And instead of mourning, you ought to defend the guilty, saying, “Touch not the Lord’s anointed!”

For who are we to judge our brother?

Besides, speaking out against sin is legalism.

3. Even if a man openly sins, we shall act as if nothing happened.

And if anyone calls for discipline, they are surely a troublemaker or a sign-seeker.

4. When we gather in the name of the Lord Jesus, we must focus on the revelation, not on holding anyone accountable.

For we are a called-out people—called out from the world, but not called out from our own corruption.

When wrong claims are made, like America will be destroyed by 1977, then we just ignore that issue in 1978 and later.

Or look the questioner in the eye with a steely look and deny ever saying those things.

If we said that Hillary Clinton will win the 2016 Presidential election, then we just lick our wounds until we can claim that Kamala Harris will win the 2024 American Presidential election. Now we lick more wounds.

Wrong three times.

In Baseball it is three strikes then out. Message Pastors should have resigned for being hopelessly out of touch with reality. In reality, they lied to us three times.

But they compensate by attacking Trump whose name appears twice in the Bible, linked to the resurrection of the dead.

Thus, Trump is a sign of the times.

The resurrection is getting close.

God is using Trump to protect Israel. He fulfilled prophecy by recognizing Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel in 2018.

I THESSALONIANS 4:16  “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”

I CORINTHIANS 15:52   “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”

This verse says trump and trumpet. God is making a difference. He is trying to tell us something.

Since 2025, Trump is in his last term of office.

Trump won twice when the Message Pastors said he would lose and a woman would win.

Saying a Message Pastor is wrong is unforgiveable. Trump should be punished for that.

So, we must attack him because our Pastors have not fulfilled prophecy. And nobody is better than the Pastor.

Nobody is above a Pastor. That is Rule 1.

After all, Message Pastors never make mistakes. They follow an infallible prophet who has become the Voice of God. Up there with the Pope.

5. If a man continues in sin, we shall pray for him and wait on the Lord to reveal it—unless, of course, he leaves the church or speaks against the Pastor, in which case he is of the Devil and must be shunned immediately.
6. Your boasting is justified, for you alone have the hidden manna, and the sins of the congregation do not matter so long as the doctrine is correct. Do you not know that a little leaven only matters if it’s outside our group?

My Pastor only has correct doctrines, despite the fact that he disagrees with various other Pastors. So, we just do not worry about the Pastoral differences. We strive for pretended unity.

7. Purging is unnecessary, for grace covers all—except when it is someone we dislike, in which case they must be removed swiftly.
8. Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with the leaven of accountability and correction, but with the old leaven of sweeping things under the rug.

Pastors have grown rich. They can afford big rugs.

9. I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with the sexually immoral—unless, of course, they hold a position in the church, in which case they should be restored quietly with no consequences.

When a Pastor makes a woman pregnant, she should just fade into the background so as not to interfere with his anointed ministry.

10. I did not mean the people of the world, for we must constantly remind ourselves how much better we are than them. I meant that if anyone sins among you, just pretend you didn’t see it and warn others not to “look too deep into things.”

Do not look hard to find sins in the church.

Do not look hard to find difficult questions in the Bible. The Bible is not much used any more as we now only focus on interpreting quotes.

“I have a quote” is far more important than “It is written”.

11. But now I write again: If anyone leaves the church and speaks against it, do not eat with such a one, do not greet them, do not acknowledge their existence. But if a man remains within the church, no matter his sins, let him continue as if nothing happened, for unity is more important than holiness.

Conformity to church doctrines. Regular attendance at church meetings. That is what secures your place in Heaven

12. For what do we have to do with judging those inside the church? Should we not be busy condemning the world instead?

Having our own home in a mess must not stop us going out to condemn the mess that others are making.

13. God will judge the outsiders; as for the wicked among us—leave them be, lest we cause division.

That is how many people see the Message churches.

Not a pleasant view.

It is never too late for individuals in the Message churches to repent and get out.

REVELATION 18:4   “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,

Come out of her, my people,

that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”

“Another voice” is the inner conviction of the Holy Spirit Who wants you to be Scriptural.