04/09/2025
*Sensitive issue/topic*
Recently, there has been much news around the world about churches being raided illegally, trashed violently, and judged unfairly.
They're no longer happening in non-Christian nations in Asia, Africa, and certain restricted states or regions where modern civilizations don't flourish; they're happening in what were once known as "Christian" countries from Europe to America, and now closer to the only Christian nation in the Far East. Where else can you possibly think it is?
Let us be reminded once more by the life of the Apostle Paul, he who once was known as Saul of Tarsus, once was a Pharisee, and once was a chief sinner (1st Timothy 1:15).
How sad our world, our days, and our own countrymen who claim to be "Christians" by RELIGION on paper are okay with the wild persecution against the churches that truly do good work for the Lord, benefit the poor, and most of all build the nation with godly, patriotic, moral citizens, unlike the riotous, disrespectful, immoral crowd in the nightly avenue of death.
How sad it is that we're witnessing our own public servants trying to kick God out of the country by passing ungodly laws, committing betrayal of public trust while claiming to be religious, and conducting certain illegal & unethical seizures of the people's hard-earned labor, especially the treasures of the children of God they're spoiling, and they should be afraid! For God never forgets those who do evil, the heathen who does evil to the people of the Lord, the poor & needy, and those who believe; whosoever oppresses them shall inherit a curse, a wrath, and a judgment in the end!
Psalms 110:6 (KJB)
"He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries."
When the heathens persecute & attack the Church, the People, and the Nation of Israel, God shall deal with them more than ten folds of how much harm they've caused on the innocent, when the heathens desire to kick God out of the picture, God will not spare their nations from any worse case scenario of natural disasters if they repent not from their wicked ways, and if the heathen desires in their hearts wickedness, God will mess them up to fight amongst themselves, they shall be divided, turncoating against each other, and will wage war against one another, the nations will be in ruins for the wickedness of their leaders, the nations will suffer for their ignorance, and the nations will be wiped out for their foolishness of never learning to come to the knowledge of the Truth of God, knowledge of the Love of God, and knowledge of the People of God.
Hosea 4:6 (KJB)
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
(Read the full context of Hosea 4.)
This wasn't "the first" account of God's judgment upon a persecutor of His people, for God had judged people, nations, and specific individuals who tried to kick Him out of the picture, persecuted His people, and plundered their own.
When you try to kick on the churches, you're not kicking on pastors, church members, or an ordinary group of people with a conviction & compassion for people who you can't even serve well because of your selfishness.
When you kick these people, you're not going to deal with them in the earthly court; you will first experience your backyard trashed and your reputation cracking, and in the end, your fate is already sealed by the One who is Lord over all.
When you have kicked the people of God, the records won't die down as you think; they may die down on Earth, but on the other side they're not dead, they speak, they're recorded, and the people you've kicked will be the ones who'll be in the Divine Court, not as "witnesses" to testify on the witness stand, not even as prosecutors against you, and you won't have a defense lawyer in that Court, because no one will vouch for you. Those godly people you have mistreated will be there as JUDGES.
1 Corinthians 6:2-4a (KJB)
"Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? ..."
If you say the Devil put you up to what you've done against The Church, the Devil cannot be accused by you, for he has already been accused, and he is also your prosecutor!
Do you really think by siding with the Devil, he can defend you in God's court?
You do not know the Devil that much, for you have chosen to follow him, you chose his offer, and you chose ignorance over enlightenment from the Almighty God.
Once you're declared guilty, the Devil will gladly es**rt you to your house, your prison house to be precise, and he'll be your "chief" in the prison cell who'll do lots of things to you. What you once saw in the earthly prison is going to be worse in the eternal prison.
In conclusion & lesson learned to everyone:
DON'T KICK THE CHURCHES OF THE LORD:
- You'll only be cursed.
- You'll only be hurting yourself.
- You'll only be tormented.
DEVOTION BREAK | WHEN YOU KICK THE CHURCH, GOD'S GONNA KICK YOU WITH PRICKS!
Acts 9:4-5 (KJB 1611)
"And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks."
Devotion by Enli8hten
May the Lord Find us Faithful