Christianity Is Not A Buffet

Christianity is not a buffet, where you walk down the line

And pick and choose what you like.

However, it would appear so today.

Today, there is a buffet of denominations, a buffet of churches,

A buffet of Pastors/Teachers.

A person can choose whatever they like.

Nevertheless, Christ is not a buffet.

He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

There is a way that seems right to a denomination,

A church, a Pastor/Teacher,

But is it the way of Christ Jesus?

The scriptures teach that there is a way that seems right to a man,

The end thereof is death! (Proverbs 14:12)

At the same time, each denomination, each church

And each Pastor/Teacher

Has often made a buffet of the Word of God;

Selecting what they like out of it and ignoring the rest.

Many preaching what the itching ears of their congregations

Want to hear.

For a Christian there is but One Teacher: Christ (Matthew 23:10)

Christ Jesus is the standard for all things;

His words are above all words.

Everything written in the New Testament and the Old,

Emanates from and conforms to the teaching of Christ Jesus,

The One Teacher.

The teachings of Christ Jesus are the basis of all Scripture.

He kept for Himself the most basic and most important teachings.

All the remaining teachings in the Scriptures conform to His teachings.

If you want to understand Christianity

You must understand Christ Jesus, God in flesh!

You must read and understand what He taught.

Christ Jesus said:

'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

Then you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.' (John 8:31)

The teaching of Christ Jesus is diametrically opposed

To the culture we live in.

It has always been in direct opposition

To the man created culture of the world,

Which is hopeless, helpless and condemned before the Living God.

It is a culture without REPENTANCE before God, which renders it dead.

Those who are friends of the culture/world are the enemies of God.

(James 4:4)

Many Preachers/Teachers have been seduced

Into preaching what is be acceptable to the culture/world.

They want to “get along” with the culture/world.

And it is a hard thing to oppose the culture/world.

However, no Preacher/Teacher can represent Christ Jesus

And not oppose the culture/world.

To preach Christ,

Is to tell the culture/world that what they do is EVIL,

As did Christ Jesus, and few Preachers/Teachers are willing to do that.

In America, some believe America is a special culture, and not EVIL,

But this is not the case,

America is a man created culture and EVIL, as is all man made culture.

Denominations, churches, pastors/teachers will all be judged

By how well they taught what Christ taught.

False Preachers/Teachers will have some truth

In what they preach/teach, but it will not be the WHOLE TRUTH.

This is the SIN of OMISSION.

The apostle Paul said:

By the grace God has given me,

I laid a foundation as an expert builder,

And someone else is building on it.

But each one should be careful how he builds.

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid,

Which is Jesus Christ.

If any man builds on this foundation

Using gold, silver, costly stones,

Wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is,

Because The DAY will bring it to light.

It will be revealed with fire,

And the fire will test the quality of each man's work.

If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.

If it is burned up, he will suffer loss;

He himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

(1 Corinthians 3:10-15)

Each Person Is Responsible For What He Believes

No one will say to Christ Jesus on That DAY,

My Pastor/Teacher did not teach me correctly and I believed him.

Each person is responsible before Christ Jesus

To know what he believes.

Each one of us is responsible to study the Word of God for ourselves

And through that study, obtain the approval only Christ Jesus can give.

The apostle Paul said:

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,

A workman who does not need to be ashamed

And who correctly handles the Word of Truth. (2 Timothy 15)

The apostle Paul summed everything up like this:

If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;

If we endure, we will also reign with Him.

If we disown Him, He will also disown us;

If we are faithless, He will remain faithful,

For He cannot disown Himself.

My prayer is that each Christian will study the Word of God

And receive approval from God, Christ Jesus, the One Teacher!

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!