When Church Hurts (Poem)

World, My apologies.

My People, We can do much better.

Jesus Christ ¹

Christian, but not ‘born again’, you claim to be.

This is an oxymoron, can you not see?

Is one a human being who did not come to earth,

By the womb experience, then a physical birth? ²

It’s curiously interesting many of you today,

Dislike what of your earnings in taxes you must pay,

You have such a negative view of big government.

In your pursuit of happiness, it’s an infringement.

I said pay to Me first the tithe, and trust Me for the rest.

You duck paying the tithe, but gladly pay high interest,
On debts for stuff you just could not wait to get
By faith, patience, and trust in Me, thus you sweat.

My Bible predicts a global government. That’s well noted.
It will be led by Me, King o’er all,
and will be hugely bloated! ³
So stop your whining about your government’s bigness.
For Mine to come, yours is a ‘preparation ‘practice’. ⁴

You have paid and done so much to bring
healing to your land,
Except turn from your own wicked ways,
and your ‘hard right’ stand.
For the health of a land, I don’t hold sinners accountable.
The health of a land’s is closely tied to
My people, faithful. ⁵

You have become like expensive computer ware,

All the right hardware, but loaded with wrong software.

Refusing to walk in all My Spirit’s mandates,

You’re unable to download My software updates. 

You say you love My Word; that on It you have acted.
Take a closer look. Much of It you have redacted.
Parts that don’t fit in your affluent lifestyle and culture,
Are edited out, thus your land rots with ‘social cancer’.

Across your nation and world, cries for decency abound,

When an unsavory leader you decided to crown.

Your choices political triggered such a loud uproar,

Because you ignored what I said in Hosea 8:4. ⁶

On many social ills, you are strangely silent,

Keeping the ‘righteous salt’ in your container dry.

It is only a few you elect to repudiate,

Because it’s hard to speak out on those you perpetuate. 

In My Love for a world of sinners, I died to give them ...YoU,
A Christian, in My Church, seed to My Kingdom on Earth, anew.
Shun your fears! Learn to live by Faith, which works by,
and through Love,
Until on Earth, My Kingdom’s fullness descends from above.

If you don’t like fruits of wickedness that around you swirl,

Do not take a ‘hard right’ turn, and insults at sinners hurl!

To Me, your ‘right’ is NoT alright, nor is ‘left’ all wrong.

Inspect your roots! Grow fruits that sing

…My righteousness song.

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¹ In the spirit of Revelation 3:14-22

² Jesus answered and said unto him, ‘Most assuredly, I  say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see The Kingdom of God. Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again.’ (John 3:3,7)

³ See: Isaiah 60:16-17 and Zechariah 14:9 and 14, for an idea of the wealth and financial resources that will be paid to the King of the World. Talk about BIG GOVERNMENT!

See: Ezekiel 38 and 39 for the eventual reaction of the pre- and post-millennial world (after satan is released again per Revelation 20:3) in an effort to get back this ‘booty’.

⁴ In Christ's BIG worldwide Millennial Kingdom, we will be  immortal rulers and administrators in it, spread across the post-apocalyptic (tribulation) world. As such, Matthew 17:24-27 hints Christ’s government administrators will not pay taxes/tribute.
⁵ See: 2 Chronicles 7:14

⁶  They [Israel] set up kings, but not by Me; they made princes, but I did not acknowledge them... (Hosea 8:4)