Many of you know, by terrible experience, the price paid by those who dare to speak the truth on what are called controversial matters: the loss of former friends, who now avoid you, calling you a fanatic---or even a crackpot; the slanderous rumors about you which are spread at first by those who do know better --- then repeated by those who have been deceived and who will not investigate to see for themselves whether the smear they spread Is true or not; expulsion from your churches, because those churches are too corrupted to speak the truth --- or even to allow it to be spoken by their members; finally, the loss of business, or loss of your jobs, as the result of anti-Christian pressure brought upon those who deal with you. These things the corrupted clergy lack the courage to face. Far too many of them entered the ministry as a refuge from a competitive world they feared to face: but there is no human activity which has such great need of a real mans man. Yet today, only a pitifully few dare tell the truth, come what may. But this is no surprise to God: twenty-six centuries ago, He spoke through the prophet Isaiah about the false shepherds (Isaiah 56:10-11): His watchmen are blind: THEY ARE ALL IGNORANT, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yes, THEY ARE GREEDY DOGS which can never have enough, and they are SHEPHERDS THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND: THEY ALL LOOK TO THEIR OWN WAY, EVERY ONE FOR HIS OWN GAIN. Note those two condemnations: first, they are ignorant; and second, every one for his own gain. But there is no excuse for their ignorance, for every clergyman has assumed the duty to know and to speak the word of God. The people rely upon them for it --- for where else can the people turn for instruction in such things? And the second condemnation --- that of false teaching for the greater money profit to be had thereby---that is truly unpardonable. But they do know where the money is to be made: go into the bigger churches, where the minister is paid very well for his services --- find me just one of them where his unfortunate congregation hear anything but sooth syrup sermons. Oh, yes, they may sermonize in huge indignation against the man who drinks an occasional glass of beer---but when do they raise their voices against the Jewish influence which has driven God out of our schools? They may speak with thunderous condemnation of the man who is losing his soul by smoking a cigarette---but when do they dare name the powerful race who have grown rich by selling those cigarettes? When do they dare expose the anti-Christian money which controls both of our major political parties and steers both of them straight down the road to Zionism and the end of our civilization? They bemoan the bad morals of our youth --- but when have they ever dared mention the race who make the salacious movies which have led our youth into their present demoralized conditions? Ah, no. They never mention such things, because they know the penalty of offending God s enemies --- and they have less fear of offending Gof Himself. But how bold they are to denounce anyone who does tell the truth about any of these evils.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:58:20 +0000
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