SUCH A
DEAL
Danny
McDowell
Posted
September 1, 2006
Gen
25:30-33
30 And
Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with
that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore
was his name called Edom.
31 And
Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And
Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and
what profit shall this birthright do to me?
33 And
Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware
unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
KJV
Such a deal
made Jacob with Esau. The topic of many a
sermon. How harshly the Body of Christ has dealt
with this man Esau. The very THOUGHT of
selling his birthright for a measly BOWL OF
SOUP! How sorrowful this exchange; and
Jacob------so willing to accommodate. How can it
be? Doesn’t this really show the shallowness of
the Old Testament faith? Aren’t you glad that
you were born AFTER the Cross? Aren’t we
in a better position today; to be blessed by the
presence of the Holy Spirit, who is ABLE to
steer us from such shallowness-----------------OH
REALLY?
Have you
considered your own SHALLOWNESS. Have you
considered what YOU have sacrificed for a bowl
of soup? WHO ME? You talk,n to
ME?--------Yes I’m talking to YOU.
Haven’t you sold your BIRTHRIGHT to
Satan. Haven’t you yielded your most precious
gift to BRICK and MORTER? Have you never
heard that YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD?
Have you not read I Corinthians 6:19 ?
1 Cor
6:19-7:1
19 What?
know ye not that your body is the temple of the
Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of
God, and ye are not your own?
20 For
ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's.
KJV
Why are you
so harsh with poor ole Esau? After all; he did
not have the Holy Spirit as we today. He never
benefited from that blessed experience of being
BORN AGAIN. His spirit did not BARE
WITNESS with the Spirit of God as
ours---------and yet, we have this deep, and
persistent heresy that lulls us to a comfortable
acceptance. It is a heresy that began very early
in Christian history. It is this BOWL OF SOUP
which has seduced us, comforted us, and caused
us to subtlety and with willingness---------give
away our VERY IDENTITY.
Jesus stood
on the mount of Olives just hours before his
crucifixion, and said these words------
Matt
24:2
2 And
Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these
things? verily I say unto you, There shall not
be left here one stone upon another, that shall
not be thrown down.
KJV
FROM
THAT DAY FORWARD------there was never again
the possibility that God would dwell in a
building MADE OF HUMAN HANDS! God was
THROUGH with such miserable failure. Now he
would personally engineer a TEMPLE for
himself--------not touched by HUMAN HANDS!
Now his law would CEASE to be pressed
into parchment, but rather, would be burned into
the HOLY OF HOLIES of his own making. Now
his TEMPLE would become MAN HIMSELF---------Christ
the FOUNDATION--------and THE APOSTLES, the
MASTER BUILDERS----------
Eph
2:20-22
20 And
are built upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the
chief corner stone;
21 In
whom all the building fitly framed together
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In
whom ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit.
KJV
WHY HAVE
YOU DONE THIS THING?
Has God
done some evil unto you. Are you DISCONTENT
with your exceeding HIGH CALLING? Is
it SHAMEFUL TO YOU to be called THE
TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD? Is the
BRICK and MORTOR laid by SINFUL MAN
become more precious to you Perhaps you feel
unworthy of such an endowment. HOW SAD YOU
ARE! Listen to these words again---------
Eph
2:21-22
21 In
whom all the building fitly framed together
groweth unto an holy temple
in the Lord:
22 In
whom ye also are builded together for
an habitation of God through the
Spirit.
KJV
AN HOLY
TEMPLE
AN HOLY
TEMPLE
AN HOLY
TEMPLE
HABITATION OF GOD
HABITATION OF GOD
HABITATION OF GOD
Is God
concerned with the PLUMBLINE, and the
CORNERSTONE of a MAN MADE BUILDING?
Will it NOT BURN?---------------WHY IS
IT SO HEAVILY INSURED if it is eternal?
Why are
God’s people FEEDING this monstrosity that
has NO THOUGHT----------OR FEELING----------OR
PASSION OF ANY KIND? Why are children
COLD, and STARVING, while this
TEMPLE FROM HELL devours the “TITHE”?
Where is your shame.-------------
1 Tim
3:15
15 But
if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou
oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God,
WHICH IS THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD,
the pillar and ground of the truth.
KJV
Heb
10:29
29 Of
how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he
be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot
the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of
the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an
unholy thing, and
HATH DONE SPITE UNTO THE SPIRIT OF GRACE?
KJV
WHY HAVE
YOU RETURNED TO THAT WHICH GOD HAS DESTROYED?
Heb
6:4-6
4 For it
is impossible for those who were once
enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly
gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And
have tasted the good word of God, and the powers
of the world to come,
6 If
they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves
the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open
shame.
KJV
What is
better-------to worship IN THE TEMPLE?----------------------or
to actually BE THE TEMPLE?
WHAT
HAVE YOU DONE TO THE CHILDREN?
“Hey there
young man---------take off your hat-------don’t
you know you are in GOD’S HOUSE”. Are you
even aware that you have introduced a
terrible HERESY into the life of a LITTLE
CHILD ?---------
Matt
19:14
14 But
Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid
them not, to come unto me: for of such is the
kingdom of heaven.
KJV
From their
childhood you have taught LITTLE CHILDREN
to honor BRICK and MORTAR above
that which the Lord has done in their tender
hearts. What blasphemy! What judgment shall come
to those who hold the TRADITIONS OF MEN
in higher esteem than the teachings of the
Apostles of Jesus.
LET ME
SAY THIS SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND-----
THE BODY
OF CHRIST IS GOD'S HOUSE !
THE BODY
OF CHRIST IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD !
ANYTHING
ELSE IS CHURCH HERESY !
WELCOME
TO GOD’S HOUSE
The next
time some preacher welcomes you into “God’s
House”-----------GET UP AND LEAVE
! This man obviously does not know who he is
talking to, nor does he recognize his own
HIGH CALLING. His invitation is deeply
heretical, and is an instrument of Satan!
GETTING
READY FOR CHURCH
I recall as
a young man---------GETTING READY FOR CHURCH.
This usually entailed a bath, clean clothes, and
some kind of greasy, oily stuff that my mother
spread through my hair in order to paste it to
my scalp. Then we would “GO TO CHURCH”, where
all the other kids also had their hair pasted to
their scalps. The folks looked so clean and
nifty. The men all wore neckties, and long
sleeved, white shirts. The women all had very
long hair rolled into a tight little bun. Their
dresses were stiffly pressed, and starched, and
hung below the knee--------NO JEWELRY!-----NO
MAKE-UP which SOME direly needed.
In NEW
TESTAMENT TERMS---------THIS WAS ALL A FARCE!
The Temple of God CANNOT BE ADORNED FROM THE
OUTSIDE! The HOLY OF HOLIES lies WITHIN!
The TRUE TEMPLE can only be adorned from
the HOLY OF HOLIES----------OUTWARD,
and becomes more, and more MODEST as it
reaches THE FLESH.
We are
DANCING FOR SATAN
God is
NOT IMPRESSED with your attire; whether
adorned in the “HOLINESS” fashion, or
blue-jeans, T-shirt, and sandals. We are DANCING
FOR THE DEVIL when we spend valuable TIME trying
to please God by adorning the flesh-------only
to enter into SATAN’S DEN----------to
SACRIFICE OUR HIGH CALLING-----on an alter
most willing to receive.
LET’S GO
HOME
It is time
to RETURN TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. It is
time to hold the WORD OF GOD in
higher esteem than Church Tradition. It is time
to REJECT-----------ALL THAT IS
UNBIBLICAL!--------------- It is TIME TO
ENTRENCH!
GIFTS
FROM HELL
Many
heresies have come to us over the centuries.
Only the New Testament can wash us from these
GIFTS OF SATAN. They are the GIFTS THAT
KEEP ON GIVING-----------century unto
millennia. Why is it so hard to root out these
long held diseases of the spirit? Why is it
so easy to give up one’s birthright in Christ?
Semantics you say?--------Jesus said “THE
LITTLE FOXES SPOIL THE VINE”.
It’s time
to EXAMINE EVERY BELIEF---------EVERY
DOCTRINE---------EVERY SILLY
PRACTICE---------EVEN THE LORD’S TABLE----------and
ROOT OUT that which is abominable.
BOTTOM
LINE
I have
found the truth of the New Testament to be
lovelier than anything ever created by the hands
of man. No temple is more beautiful than the
TEMPLE OF GOD [which TEMPLE YE ARE].
Don’t trade your blessing for a MEASLY BOWL
OF SOUP.
Danny
McDowell
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