The Lulling of the Church

The Lulling of the Saints..
(Sleeping Saints...The Bride who isn't watching or waiting)

In 1950 and there about, Adolph Hitler, in his attempts to take over the world, would employ such measures as were needed to accomplish this task. Intent on genocide, he exterminated first the infirmed, then the elderly, the handicapped, the blacks and then the jew. 

I was 12 years old when i first learned of this.  I was in the seventh grade. Horrified, I stared into the pages of my fifth period text book wondering how we could have let this happen. "Where was America?" I asked aloud. Nothing else mattered except, where were we and why didn't we STOP IT! I looked upon the bodies, piled high. A mound of emaciated human beings, dead and discarded.  I have come to love Churchill from my understanding of the politics and warfare of this era. I see what it took for "US", the US to get involved in the fight and ultimately win. Thank you Jesus.  But how did the world allow it?

25 years ago i read stories of some of the tactics Hitler would use to take a city, a people, a region, a nation; One way is that he would filtrate a regions water supply with fluoride in order to sedate the people so they were passive upon his troops arriving.  "What?" you ask does the cavity fighting ingredient of toothpaste have to do with Hitler and Sedation? 

Fluoride, in high concentrations, acts as a sedative (in stronger concentrations it is lethal) 

And so are the ways of our adversary the devil. He does not come in when we are strong and full of power.
He comes at us in our weakness. In our flimsy attempts to guard our self esteems we have left our spirits wide open.

Is it not the object of any battle to win? Yet we are unaware that there is even a battle waged against us.

This is the condition of modern day christendom. Satan has lulled the church to sleep. Our children are so passive, green, peace seeking that they have no desire to fight, guard, stand firm, stand against or for that matter even "take"  a stand.

We need leaders who will stir the waters and break the cysterns, causing repentence with awe of the "one" so great  and annoint new vessels to receive living water and new wine.

It's time for the church to stop looking for a feel good, quasi-paradise here on Earth and mount up, aware of the works of the enemy. Sedate believers are receiving the lies with full abandon.  The lies that there are no absolutes, there are no enemies, tolerance is virtue, truth is relevant.

We are lulled by the subtle changes we have made in our churches. The "Make love not War" mentality is not of God.  Weapons and shields are a major subject in God's word. The exercising of our will in this life, is our most effective weapon as it opens us to the spiritual power we have only in the spirit! But let us be lulled by the enemy and we will be fighting with/for/out of the wrong spirit, the spirit of this age, of this world, of flesh and carnality. That anti-christ sprit that is gaining ground around us every day.

Oh church. Let us be "sober" minded in this hour. For in the hour which you think not, he will come"

A few of the things we have been lulled by:

a. Freedom/Grace:  "by" grace are you saved...For your freedom is not a license "to sin" but "from sin" that sin no longer has it's "chains" on you!  For if you walk after the spirit you will reap after the spirit/but if you walk after the flesh ... it is of the flesh you will reap.

b. Tolerance:  "A little leaven spoils the whole bunch" Gay rights, Politcal correctness, No Christ in Christmas, No God in schools, No Jesus in God culture. No discrimination. Instant divorce.

c. Worship: Yes, worship...We come in for an hour of worship and 20 min of the word. Worship that gives us the warm fuzzies with out the pre-requisite of repentence. Come as you are / Leave as you are! Lulling, pacifying, coddling faith! No repentence, No committment to righteousness. Just Free love! Spiritual 60's movement. (war protestors, check, No recognition of war heroes. check, free affection, check, everything is beautiful, check)
(Just hitting a small bit)

Wake up my sleeping sisters and brothers. Arise church. "Be" the church! Or you are going to find yourself behind enemy lines,  bound, defenseless, defeated and under judgement.  Wake up and no longer allow the lulling of your souls. Wake up!