Montana: John Collins, Pastor and Evangelist, Love That Cross, Wyoming: Corruption of Church.
Pastor John Collins, Evangelist with Love That Cross
Ministries and Revival, brings revival across the United States. Evangelist and Pastor, John Collins is
committed to bring back God one person and one church at a time. From the
beginning of Love That Cross Ministries and Love That Cross Revival in Wyoming,
Pastor John Collins continues to preach that all people need to examine where
they are in the eyes of God, and where they stand in their faith in Jesus
Christ.
Pastor John Collins: Our very salvation depends upon it.
Christians
today are faced with the same problems that the Christians of the very
beginning had. Jesus
Christ preached Truth. The apostles went out through the world of that day
and spread the News
of the Gospel. As quickly as it was spread, man put in extra
beliefs
and rituals,
or meanings, words, and expectations
that were never
intended by Jesus. As one goes into a church
today or watches
the messages
of those on television,
the messages of the Holy
Bible are often twisted to suit the individual
preaching-whether
for personal
gain or personal
glory, it does not communicate
clearly what God
and Jesus
Christ intended when it was written. Some have taken it so far as to corrupt
Christianity, making being a Christian
despicable instead of the wonderful
personal relationship
that you can have with God
and with Jesus
Christ. Even seasoned
Christians watch and listen
to these preachers and the watered
down messages
are absorbed without
the discernment
and understanding
that should be bursting from
our hearts as Christians.
Pastor John Collins says:
“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me,
because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, although I was
formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy
because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.”
1 Timothy 1:12-13 (NKJV).
Paul was
thankful for the grace
that was bestowed
upon him by
God in allowing him to see
Jesus and know the
truth. Paul suffered
for the truth
and it is our great
benefit that he did. Paul
set forth to run his race
of faith and to gather as many souls
to Christ as possible in his lifetime with the opportunities that God permitted him. And people believed, and followed.
Unfortunately the church that
sprang up from the efforts
of the Apostles
of Christ was soon corrupted and truth to tell was corrupted while they were
still alive as John attests to.
Men have been given free will
and so many of those men will seek
to lift themselves
up by whatever means necessary
in order to obtain
the life, admiration
of others and monetary
rewards that they feel are their due. In all
the years
since our Lord
has died on the Cross nothing
has changed
and it has led
to a falling
away from the church
and a falling away
from faith.
People are educated
now and want scientific
answers to their
questions. Some use this as an excuse to forgo their faith and reject the
gospel of Jesus.
People don’t have the superstitions that they once did and can see clearly that those of previous generations were duped
by clever people
wanting to take advantage
of them. People can look at the televangelists and see slimy salesmen
just doing all that they can to get you to open your wallet and give your hard earned
money to them. The
church is corrupt. The majority of pastors
are thieves and liars
and don’t even believe what they are selling as is evident
in the lives
that they are leading.
Faith is failing
and Satan is winning
too many, just too
many souls are perishing
because of this decline in
belief.
Just because the
majority is choosing to live
life now and seek happiness and to enjoy everything that this world has to
offer while forgoing
faith, church and the hope of salvation
does not mean
that you
should. Heaven
is real and so is hell
which means that you
will end up in one of those
places. That is the truth.
Just because the churches
have become corrupt
and are run
by so many corrupt
preachers does not
mean that the truth
of heaven has gone away
or the truth
of hell.
So, what is the answer? The good book
is the answer for today. The Holy
Bible KJV or the NKJV
is the answer. Your
home is your
sanctuary and since you can’t trust
those T.V.
evangelists or the preachers
of the megachurches or maybe even the pastors
of the local
churches then trust
yourself and be willing to pick up
the Bible and read it. Get to know what God wants from you, what Jesus
wants from you and get
to know what sin is and what sin isn’t.
Don’t make excuses and give up on your faith because you see the greed in the
church. That is man’s will to use God for his gain and believe me they will be
judged for doing so and will pay the price. But don’t allow
the corruption of
another to drag you along
with them into
the pits of hell. Take control of your own life and give that life to God.
Do what is right and come to know the Lord. You don’t need to go to a church to
do so. Read your Bible and trust in the power of prayer. Learn to ask God
for a pure heart, a forgiving heart and a heart full of the truth of the Lord. When
the truth of God is in
your heart you will know if a pastor
is righteous or not and will easily be able to find a
church that is grounded
in faith and will easily be able to discern
if a pastor is off in his message and is geared toward greed or is skewing the
gospel and will be quick to leave that church or you can just keep your
relationship with God simple and worship in your home with your family. It is
up to you to choose how you wish to pursue running the race and fighting the
good fight.
Don’t take the sacrifice of Jesus for granted. Trust in His
work and in the mercy of God.
“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker
who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy
2:15 (NKJV).”
We have to be diligent in our journey and race for our lives
in eternity. There is eternity. Jesus Christ’s death on the Cross gives us a
chance to live that eternity with our Father, our Creator, in heaven, instead
of with Satan, the father of sin. What
we do here, now, and how we do it is the recipe for how that journey and race
will end. ALL of us need find the Truth
of Christ and take in into our very hearts.
“LOVE THAT CROSS,
PASTOR JOHN”
