Lured to the spiritual crack house!
Lured to the spiritual crack house!
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 15:12 And the younger of them said to [his] father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth [to me]. And he divided unto them [his] living. 15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Luke 15:11-17 KJV
In this very familiar passage of scripture, we have the story that is called by some, The story of the Lost Son, you may have heard sermons preached on this subject, but I am convinced that you have never heard it the way I’m going present it today. The younger boy will be representing the “new sheep or new convert,” but keep in mind that some new sheep are inpatient during their growth, which can sometimes cause new sheep to wonder into territory that is unsafe.
This young sheep begins to talk to other sheep at work, school and in the fields where he walks. As he encounters these other sheep from the other pastures he notices that they keep talking about their shepherd, and how dynamic he is. He also notices that these others talk with a different language than he was taught, only he has not grasped the fact that he has a unique language, but is made to feel his language is broken.
Soon he is enticed by the other sheep in the other pastures, and begins to question, “IS the grass greener on the other side?” After being confused, he makes a foolish decision and goes to his Pastor, the father represents the Pastor of that church, and asks to be freed from that fold. The father knows the danger, but reluctantly gives him his freedom (inheritance).
The young sheep goes into this far off land (Other church) where the Pastor and his fold are nothing but ecclesiastical pimps and spiritual crack addicts, who welcome him with open arms by feeding him with bits of spiritual crack with the intent on hooking him for his inheritance. They began by feeding him with emotionalism, as they use the piped piper to Wow him into the presence of the Pastor, “I mean Lord”! Than he is mesmerized by the Sermon filled with Spiritual crack. As the sheep becomes entranced and falls out under the power of the spiritual crack, he comes to, and is asked to sow his inherited seed to support his loyalty to the cause. He gives and after a few weeks, he begins to notice that his phone stops ringing and the demons, I mean Deacons, stop visiting him, so the sheep goes back to the Spiritual crack house to talk to the shepherd to find out what is wrong, and why he didn’t feel the fire any longer.
Much to his surprise the other ministers stop him at the pastors door, and tells him that he can’t talk to the Pastor because he’s to busy. They tell him, “NO ONE talks to the Pastor that does not have anything to give.” The young sheep pleads for them to give him something to get the feeling back that he once had, they quickly tell him, “you can have it back if you become the Pastors Shoe shine boy (Hog pin),” which he takes because of this false addiction. One day as he is shinning the Pastors shoes, he comes to himself and realizes that the house (The church) he came from had more than this and that he could be feed with the proper food, so he gets up and heads toward home.
As the young sheep arrives at home, he is greeted back by the Pastor who feeds him with a feast.
This sheep realized what he had after a hard reality check, but I wonder how many young sheep are still in spiritual crack houses that haven’t yet realized? Maybe they need to be rescued!
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 15:12 And the younger of them said to [his] father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth [to me]. And he divided unto them [his] living. 15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Luke 15:11-17 KJV
In this very familiar passage of scripture, we have the story that is called by some, The story of the Lost Son, you may have heard sermons preached on this subject, but I am convinced that you have never heard it the way I’m going present it today. The younger boy will be representing the “new sheep or new convert,” but keep in mind that some new sheep are inpatient during their growth, which can sometimes cause new sheep to wonder into territory that is unsafe.
This young sheep begins to talk to other sheep at work, school and in the fields where he walks. As he encounters these other sheep from the other pastures he notices that they keep talking about their shepherd, and how dynamic he is. He also notices that these others talk with a different language than he was taught, only he has not grasped the fact that he has a unique language, but is made to feel his language is broken.
Soon he is enticed by the other sheep in the other pastures, and begins to question, “IS the grass greener on the other side?” After being confused, he makes a foolish decision and goes to his Pastor, the father represents the Pastor of that church, and asks to be freed from that fold. The father knows the danger, but reluctantly gives him his freedom (inheritance).
The young sheep goes into this far off land (Other church) where the Pastor and his fold are nothing but ecclesiastical pimps and spiritual crack addicts, who welcome him with open arms by feeding him with bits of spiritual crack with the intent on hooking him for his inheritance. They began by feeding him with emotionalism, as they use the piped piper to Wow him into the presence of the Pastor, “I mean Lord”! Than he is mesmerized by the Sermon filled with Spiritual crack. As the sheep becomes entranced and falls out under the power of the spiritual crack, he comes to, and is asked to sow his inherited seed to support his loyalty to the cause. He gives and after a few weeks, he begins to notice that his phone stops ringing and the demons, I mean Deacons, stop visiting him, so the sheep goes back to the Spiritual crack house to talk to the shepherd to find out what is wrong, and why he didn’t feel the fire any longer.
Much to his surprise the other ministers stop him at the pastors door, and tells him that he can’t talk to the Pastor because he’s to busy. They tell him, “NO ONE talks to the Pastor that does not have anything to give.” The young sheep pleads for them to give him something to get the feeling back that he once had, they quickly tell him, “you can have it back if you become the Pastors Shoe shine boy (Hog pin),” which he takes because of this false addiction. One day as he is shinning the Pastors shoes, he comes to himself and realizes that the house (The church) he came from had more than this and that he could be feed with the proper food, so he gets up and heads toward home.
As the young sheep arrives at home, he is greeted back by the Pastor who feeds him with a feast.
This sheep realized what he had after a hard reality check, but I wonder how many young sheep are still in spiritual crack houses that haven’t yet realized? Maybe they need to be rescued!
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