CHANGE OF DIRECTION OF OUR MISDIRECTED HUMILITY
Let us the more nurture this quality of mehumer [meekness-humility-mercy] which resulted from the sufferings of our forefather Cain, as a result of his great sins. We have to continue to be more and more blameless like a dove. But with one change – a major change. What is that?
This change is this: Instead of directing our humility (obedience and submissiveness) to the false masters [be it church authority or any other human masters or leaders], let us start shifting our allegiance to the true Christ.
Let our humility be first and foremost towards the true Christ! Where is He? He is around! Invisible to us but as alive as He was when He walked here on earth with His disciples. He is so accessible. How? Through our cellular phones? Or through some short ride away? No! He is so near. For He is just as contactable via our heart!
This is what the Holy of Holies or the most sacred chamber of the Mosaic Tabernacle stood for. Our heart is the living Holy of Holies where the King dwells. Our heart is most secret place -- the closet -- into which we are to withdraw from the world – the secret “telephone booth” in which we can contact the heavenly Father.
And instead of directing our humility towards the Church leadership, let it be first towards God. How? By obeying His eternal law “You shall love Jehovah [the Eternal Father] your God above all and your neighbor as yourself”.
Do not confuse obedience to God from obedience to the Church leadership. There are many times that these are two different things! There are many times when these two authorities are in conflict! I tell you.
The following will clarify the difference between God and the Church, yes, even His true Church:
[The Lord]: “Tell My friends, they shall not love My servants more than Me. They shall place their salvation fully in My hands, rather than keep it in their own hands, and completely rely on Me…My church on earth is only a bath of purification. Let him therefore who has washed himself come to Me that I may dry him with the warmth of My love and keep him with Me. But he who enjoys the splashing and dabbling [in the church] will fare as do the mill-wheels which never get out of the water.
“So, if someone has performed the works of true repentance, let him come to Me, and I will receive him like a prodigal son and keep him within My strength.”
What is the difference of God from His servant in the church? What is the limitation of the priests or ministers?
“For the servant can advise, but I can do it [what is advised]; the servant can instruct, but salvation is My work; the servant can pray, but I alone can show mercy. THEREFORE, LET THEM NOT FORGET THE LORD OVER THE SERVANTS!”[1]
Referring to the Catholic Church as well as other churches which make commercial use of religion or what Paul termed as using “godliness [or faith, spiritual teachings] as a means to financial gain,”[2] here is the Lord’s stern statements:
“Tell My [church] officials and servants: My offices are not banks and money-changing-offices, for he who serves Me for the sake of money does not serve Me out of love.
[NOTE: MONTHLY COLLECTIONS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ALL OVER THE WORLD FROM MASS OFFERINGS AND SERVICES FOR FEES, SUCH AS BAPTISMAL, WEDDING AND FUNERAL, AMOUNT TO COUNTLESS OF MILLIONS. MORE THAN P32,000,000.00 A MONTH FROM THE PHILIPPINES ALONE. VATICAN CITY BANK RECEIVES THESE AND THEN INVEST THEM ESPECIALLY IN THE WORLD BANK AND IMF, MAKING THE CHURCH THE BIGGEST SINGLE NON-GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONAL OWNER OF WORLD BANK. THEN THE WORLD BANK LENDS THESE BACK TO THE PEOPLE VIA THEIR COUNTRY BANKS AND MONEY LENDERS. IT IS THEREFORE THE PEOPLE’S OWN MONEY THAT COMES TO THEM AS LOANS AND CAUSE THEIR LAND, FARM AND HOUSES TO GET FORECLOSED [READ: SEIZED]! THE PEOPLE ARE BEING COOKED BY THEIR OWN OIL!]
The words therefore of the late Pope John Paul II to the Americans during his visit to the U.S. were good words but he must have spoken them not without some bone in his throat! A bone that chastise him for the church’s hypocrisy!
“[America] Go beyond charity, beyond the crumbs from the feast…Charity is not enough. You must take of your substance and not just of your abundance,” WELL SAID! “in order to help them. Poverty is not a part of God’s design” [Well, surely he must know that very well!] “but rather the result of structural reasons [or systems] in the shape [or the guise] of economic institutions.” Such as the World Bank! Such as the banking system which lends the people’s money back to the people with interest and with the policy to further sequester the borrower’s properties in case of his inability to pay the loan! And how many lands – how many farms – how many houses – have been sequestered by the authorities if you list them since from the beginning? Who has become rich of this system? Who has become poor? No, the poor become poorer! Ever know the family that lost farm, land and house? And can you guess what happened to the young daughters of such a poor family stripped off its source of livelihood? They went to the big city to look for jobs. And they fell into the hands of the flesh traders. They became prostitutes – against their will!
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