The Most Important Things

I recently twoted (past tense of tweet) a research statistic that said, “about 7000 people in America have not heard the Gospel.” (www.joshuaproject.net) Wow that’s awesome! Or at least that’s the first thought that should come into our minds. But then something else should kick in, for example: reality! If 7000 people have not heard the Gospel in the USA, how can we possibly be in the state of affairs we are currently in? Now, I understand that this particular stat does not mean that only 7000 people in America are not saved. But it should mean that many people have had the opportunity to hear the Gospel and make a decision to live for Christ or not. A significant portion of America would say they are Christian too.

However, my problem is that are Americans actually “hearing” the Gospel or some hybrid message? Galatians 3:1, “Oh, foolish Galatians! Who has cast an evil spell on you? For the meaning of Jesus Christ’s death was made as clear to you as if you had seen a picture of his death on the cross.” I wonder if that’s what we have been preaching in our churches? A message of the cross that is clear as a picture. Or have we been given over to compromise and comfort in our messages? (That’s a rhetorical and resounding yes!) Am I advocating hellfire and brimstone messages? (Rhetorical no!) I am advocating balance, not compromise. Every person needs to hear the Gospel, plain and simple. They need to be able to make a clear, conscious decision to live for Jesus or not.

[Here's a good doctrinal statement, "anything the bible says ENTIRELY about a subject is the truth." The key in this statement is "entirely." What does Jesus say, entirely, about salvation, heaven and hell, finances, healing etc? You have to take all the scriptures that relate to your specific subject and read them all to come to the truth.]

Why am I saying all of this? Because we, the American church, have compromised long enough. If you know the lyrics to Lady Gaga’s newest album, you have compromised. [Here's a quote from Madonna's successor, Lady Gaga. "I wrote that song [born this way] in 10 minutes. Once I wrote that song, the ‘gates’ opened and the album came quickly after.” (from Vogue Magazine) I can guarantee you she’s talking about the gates of hell. I have seen clips of the video to that song. It looks like the gates of hell opened up and spewed it’s influence all over that video. Is this what any Christian should be allowing to be in their mind, let alone coming out of their mouth?] If you have ignored the conviction of the Holy Spirit lately, you have compromised. If you have not shared the Gospel with someone recently, you have compromised. Please, stop compromising! The world will not be “attracted” to Christ. They will respond to the miracles, signs and wonders that come with His Kingdom authority. If you are compromised, you will not have any authority! And that was one of the main claims about Jesus, how much authority He had! The church in America is powerless or more accurately, wields no authority. Why? Because of compromise.

No believer should be unequally yoked or partnering up with Belial. Stop compromising. Stop allowing yourself to be bewitched. Come back under the shelter of the cross to find true refuge and freedom.

This is too good to pass up saying something about. This quote is from Lady Gaga’s publicist,

“It was necessary to incubate her for a certain time, because tonight she is actually birthing a new race,” Gibson said. “A new race that doesn’t have the ability to judge or hate in their DNA, so she is incubating right now so she goes through that process.”

Now, let me say this, I don’t care about Lady Gaga’s egg costume or her music. Props to her for being really creative and continually one-upping herself. The problem I have is when somebody insults God. What?! You heard that right. Anytime somebody insults the creator of the universe, by way of saying His creation is wrong (be them Christian or non-Christian) WE must take a stand. Jesus Christ has already established a “new race” (see here 2 Cor. 5:17 and Gal. 6:15) with His death, burial and resurrection. For any human, to proclaim or declare that they have the ability to create a “new race” comes down to the spirit of the antichrist.

The devil himself, in the book of Revelation, is shown to have an counterfeit to everything that Christ has. For example, a false temple, a false throne, a false priesthood, false doctrine, (Rev. 2:9, 13; 2 Cor. 11:3) etc. All of these thing point to counterfeit, perverted forms of what God does. Which now leads us back to Lady Gaga.

Do I believe that Lady Gaga is the antichrist? Emphatically, NO! But she has taken on the spirit of the antichrist (which 1 John says is released into the world now, 1 Jn. 4:3) and has made his intentions known. In other words, the spirit of the antichrist says, “what Jesus Christ did is not good enough and I WILL create a new race.” I am not sure how obvious the devil can make himself and believers still be enamored with his false light. But this is really obvious. Please, do not buy into the myth that you can listen, be a fan or support Lady Gaga and not be joined to the spirit of the antichrist. The spirit of the antichrist seeks to destroy the anointing and discredit God!

We are always living in the end times. Now, more than ever, we should be so keenly walking before Jesus (and the world) with a spirit of the fear of the Lord. He is still coming back for a pure and spotless bride. It’s our job to make sure the bride is not sleeping with anyone else. Seek after the Holy Spirit, desire deeper relationship with Him today!