RIDDLES OF RELIGION: FALSE CHURCHES

RIDDLES OF RELIGION: FALSE CHURCHES 

Riddle me this…

Consider these mysteries…

Puzzles of Pentecostalism

Riddles of Religion

The church is the world

And the world is the church

The remnant are the remnant 

The elect are the elect 

No mixture in pure worship of God

No deadlier poison than in mixed multitudes

The narrow way reeks of bloodied men

The broad way is lit with appealing ambience 

Erring wayfarers are being entertained 

True pilgrims are suffering for truth’s sake

Preachers have become con artists 

Mammon has taken centre stage

“Empty your bags and bank accounts,

Jesu will double, yea multiply, the cash!”

He shed His blood for hard currency?

Blood money is it, Mr Pastor?

Blood money in your right hand

Bible merchandised in your left 

No greater con artist than this

Who cussed the fraudsters 

Has cussed their very self 

Same boat, different bait 

“You can serve God and Mammon”

“You can’t serve God without money”

“Give to Caesar what is Caesarean”

“If you don’t tithe, life will be tight”

“Engage offering to disengage suffering”

“Money is part of your salvation package”

“Jesus needs money to make any impact”

“Without money, Christ is an ineffective blob”

“Without money, it is impossible to please God”

All hail the false preachers of my generation!

All hail the religious merchants and profiteers!

Enlarge your filthy coasts, o false churches!

Stretch and break your greedy bands…

Gather; fill your big traps to overflowing…

Keep leading the lost souls, o lofty leaders

Take your captives of the souls of humanity 

You are leading people to utter damnation 

Blind leaders of blind followers…

Generation of venomous vipers…

Your fans and followers love you

They ecstatically enable your error

They fight, kill, steal to defend you

They connive and conspire by criminality 

They spy and spoil the lot of people 

They plunder to give proof to your false doctrine

They execute the vengeance for godless prayers 

Tiptoeing behind the scenes to “do and undo”

Manipulating mandates to appear authentic 

Advertising falsely to build vain credibility 

Ride on, papas; ride on, reprobates!

Take your killing and billing 

Robbing Peters to pay Paulettes

Paying Judases to betray Jesuses

Retailing Christ piecemeal daily 

Making merchandise of the gospel 

Spearheading religious institutions 

Institutions of organized iniquity 

Temples of trepidation 

Cathedrals of catastrophe

Cults of crīstendōm

You are the real enemies of Christ 

But your vanity has an expiry date

Riddle me that!

*******

Truth has been told.

The testimony of a witness.

To God be the glory.


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