My Dear Christian Folk: If you had to point to something that truly represented the Christian Faith in America ,could you really do so.
Would it be a building,a person ,a Bible or a simple cross hanging from the neck?
The greatest representation of the Christian Religion is seen in the lives of its believers and faithful adherents.
But how many are there that can make the claim of faithful follower or true believer?
How are we to be judged then? As to what?
The biggest problem that the new Christian faces after his “Born Again Experience” is “O.K. What do I do now ?
We all have heard of the born again experience whereby a doubter or unbeliever comes to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
He becomes convinced by various means that he needs this Christian Faith. And in time that’s all he can think about :His love for the Lord.
He agrees to join some particular church,
probably the one his close friend belongs to: The one who helped him to find his way to God’s Mercy and Grace.
And then the big day comes . The day he’s been thinking about and anxiously awaiting ;The day of his baptism.
Whether by immersion, sprinkling or splashing ,the job gets done.
The congrats come with blessings from other church members and then when it’s all over and the excitement starts to ebb , the question invariably arises :’Now what am I supposed to do’.
What comes after conversion?
He still has to get up at the same time and sit in the same commute traffic on his way to work and deal with the same
problems and the same petty annoyances as always.
And slowly the neophyte joins the ranks of the many legions of other Christians who have slowly blended back to exactly where they started from.
‘The dog returns to its own vomit.’
They return to the same mean spirited,back-biting ,self-indulgent hypocrite they have always been .Conserving only the bare essentials of the [Christmas ]culture.
So what exactly transpires here?
Whereas sincerely accepting the tenets of Christianity can be the greatest transforming event in one’s life ; the problem of personal spiritual inertia and
malaise ; that certain let down feeling that invariably descends on a believing Christian can create havoc not only for the individual but for the community at large.
The root of the problem is the ego.
The ego momentarily placed on hold
during the conversion period comes roaring back with a vengeance ,demanding its rightful place in the mind and psyche of the individual.
At this point in time all that has transpired previously must be put to the
use of the newly risen ego.
The ego demands preeminence and it gets it.The ego was promised power and a life of fulfillment and it didn’t get it.
Not as it thought it would.
But why leave the company of the Christian faithful ?
Can the ego ever hope to find a more fertile field or a more accomodating
ambience than the Church ;The Christian mindset and of course the church membership ,including the elders,deacons,and pastors or priests?
It’s a ready made environment for any demanding undernourished ego to exercise and have a field day in.
Where else can you find such an easy venue to practice cover-up,deceit, self-righteousness ;all the things that feed into a dysfunctional psyche ;maintained exclusively for the benefit of the ever present and constantly lurking ego?
No other place but in the church, the fellowship, the self serving religiosity ;all easy patsies ,serving not God but the ever demanding implacable ,EGO..
And the Ego having felt cheated ,now demands to be fed big portions.
Does reading the Bible help?
No,not at all.
Nothing can cause the ego to retreat .
So what is the remedy ? If God’s word cannot help ,what can?
The answer is:
Judgement from God ;no forgiveness ,no repentance ,no second chance ,nothing but pain and loss.
Only this can cause the ego to retrench and even this is a painfully slow retreat ,stubbornly conceded.
Why is the power of God’s grace blunted to this extent in the life of the suffering egoist ?
The answer is found in those he fellowships with.
The nonsense he listens to from the mouths of those equally afflicted.
The ego searches for others to feed it.
And there is never a lack of such as is found in the House of God.
Feeding the ego that constantly gnaws at the psyche will in time either result in symptoms of delusional thinking or creeping charlatanism.
Tolerance for the delusional is conditional .Christians can show remarkable patience and understanding even acquiescence to the emotionally disturbed ,provided they do not scare others away.
It gives the ego the much needed sense of superiority over others . And this tolerance to the disturbed can ensure it.
Those affected can give vent to their delusions and feel at home. It’s a win -win situation here.
The charlatanism is more likely the case. Here the ego senses even greater opportunities.
The sense of power,unmistakable dominance over others ,the invariable sense of moral
superiority ,not to mention the financial gains that can quickly accrue
from all this ,comes shrouded in a mist of unspeakable joy and self-righteousness.
The ego quickly is willing to enter a state of self delusion rather than pass up this glorious opportunity to feast for a lifetime on the helpless and weary .
It becomes a never ending cycle of the delusional attracting the delusional ,the charlatan attracting other charlatans.
Both victimizing the gullible and even they sooner or later enter the world of delusion and charlatanism.
My Dear Christian Folk: The understanding of the role the ego plays in the life of the individual is of recent discovery.
Prior to a hundreds years ago ,little or nothing had been researched regarding this vital aspect of human existence.
Man cannot function without the ego.
The ego is the reason why people do things . Whether for personal survival or to raise a family or to achieve a state of well being:the ego and its feeding is essential.
For The Christian Faith to be realized , the role of the ego in the human psyche ,and how it manifests itself in the ordinary life of the average Christian, must become the common knowledge of the entire Christian faith Community, if we are ever to see the emergence of any true Christianity.
The ego must be properly deployed
with all the care and understanding as one would show a new born infant.
With this understanding and how to spot a harmful display of an over active ego is the best self defense against deceit, charlatanism and all the phony scam operations that proliferate the nation’s airwaves and from behind the church pulpits.
Understanding the many manifestations
of an off the track ego in one’s own life is the surest sign for the need of deep self reflection.
This is the only way to understand and put into perspective the feelings the thoughts and the events that trouble and perplex the average Christian.
With this knowledge one rapidly learns the motivations of those in the public spotlight that pretend to know God’s truth.
One can then easily spot the frauds and deceivers ,in or outside of the local church.
You can begin to discern truth from fiction.
You can also divide God’s spiritual truth from scientific discovery by simply understanding the psychic motivations of those who would slander God’s truth by trying to portray it as something it clearly is not and was never meant to be : A biology textbook.
A good example is the efforts of folks such as Mr. Ken Ham with his money making enterprise called the creation museum.
Here he attempts to portray the Book of Genesis as a description of geological and historical fact.
Has he deluded himself or is he simply playing the role of a slick money grubbing scam artist?
Whereas we all may come to different conclusions ;the only thing that matters is what you really believe to be true.
Does Ken Ham know for instance the difference between a disk [as the earth is described in the Bible ]and a sphere ?
Does Ken ham have a background in any of the physical sciences? Clearly he does not.
Is he promoting the Bible as a book of science in order to deceive you for personal gain or is he just plain stupid?
Playing stupid to the fact that until science disproved the flat earth theory and the geo-centric position of the earth in the universe ;that this was the common belief of the church ,leads me to believe that he is
simply trying to make money off the less astute in the christian community.
But there are psychic benefits that he thrives from.
Those found in the mind possessing an over inflated ego ,desiring to dominate the weak and weary in mind.
It all plays together.
The remedy is not easy . It will take a massive effort to study the natural sciences in a truly scientific context ,to put this creation[genesis] question to rest.
It will also take an objective study of God’s word .
And questions must be asked,for instance why are there 2 accounts of creation depicted within the first 2 chapters of genesis ?
Is the story in Gen. chap 30 vs.31-43.scientific ;regarding the peeled sticks of wood being placed in a water trough for goats and the changing of the color of their skins thereby.????
Is that also scientific Mr.Ken Ham?
Care to answer that you low down deceiving money grubbing phony!
Forgive me folks, my ego you know…
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