“We cannot have CHRISTIANS saved by the blood of Jesus supporting people of this world who are tearing down the kingdom of God.”

This is a story i read online and i thought i should post it here also just to emphasize and encourage you on what it means to be a Christian and what it entails to follow Christ. I have added a few scriptures just to clarify.

Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."

On Saturday, Mt. Salem voted him out for attending a local Rick Ross concert.

With a vote of 11 to 3, the 14 deacons met at 11pm Saturday night to discuss and come to a conclusion that they did not need his services anymore. Rev. Wills arrived to the church the next day for Sunday morning worship service and notice his parking sign taken down and his name removed from the office door.

The deacons even asked another minister from the community to officiate the service that morning. “We cannot have our leader supporting people of this world who are tearing down the kingdom of God.” said Deacon Miles Langley.

According to Deacon Langley, this is not the first time Rev. Wills has attended a concert while pastoring Mt. Salem. 9 months ago the diaconate board met with Rev. Wills when word was given to them that many youth and young adults spotted the pastor at a Lil Wayne concert.

“We know that many saints will have mixed opinions from our actions, but this is not how we do things here at Mt. Salem. We cannot have a pastor praising the world one minute then praising the Lord the next. Period” said Deacon Langley.

1 Corinthians 10:21 "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons ; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons."

Rick Ross recently made nationwide news when he was dropped from Reebok and other endorsements for lyrics advocating rape towards women. ”Put Molly all in her Champagne/ She ain’t even know it/ I took her home and I enjoyed that/ She ain’t even know it,” he raps on the track. Ref: http://scoophunters.com/2013/08/07/church-sacks-pastor-for-attending-rick-ross-concert/ 

The Moral of this article is that we ought to set an example as Christians, Galatians 1:5 "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;" If we imitate God what would we have done? Do you think if Jesus was on earth would go and pay some money to listen and raise His hands to Rick Ross's music - full of the profane language and naked women - I don't think so!

You might be wondering thinking that we are busy "judging" a soul that Christ died for but the Bible says; (1 Corinthians 5:9-12) “I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person. For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? But those who are outside God judges.”

According to the above scripture, you can see that Christians ought to be rebuked, corrected and judged if they do not value the life that Jesus Christ made available to them (or if they abuse the liberty they have in Christ Jesus). We cannot drag the name of the Lord in the mud. Think before you act and always listen to the Holy Spirit you are the light of the world and you are the salt of the earth, do not be hidden but shine and show the Glory of God or else you be trampled on by foot if you lose your saltiness.

The Bible says “if you’re a card carrying member of the Church and you believe in Jesus and you want to be one of His followers, then we need to hold you to a higher standard. Following Jesus – like everything else that is rewarding in life – won’t be easy. You are going to have to make some sacrifices and some tough decisions. And because we love you, we are going to hold you accountable to those tough decisions. We will hold you to a higher standard.”

But to the non-believers or those outside the Church, the Bible says “We don’t judge you. We love you and accept you as you are – no matter where you’ve been or what you’ve done. We want you to know the love of God which surpasses all understanding and we know that once you taste that love, you too will be compelled to a higher standard of living. We don’t judge you; we love you.”

That is my opinion, comment below!!!
“We cannot have CHRISTIANS saved by the blood of Jesus supporting people of this world who are tearing down the kingdom of God.”