Wow! Just the name of Chapter 5 had me on the edge of my seat.
Chapter 5: Cursedianity
I had to stop myself from reading ahead and pouring through this. It is perfect!
On Feb 26th, I wrote down a thought that followed what I heard when we read Chapter 3 together, and during that reading I asked Jesus how His people got to this place of accepting and wanting to follow a man known for his ability to quench the spirit and keep his wits about him and losing the wonderful power of God. And Jesus answered and said we get what we settle for.
After that thought, I was lying in bed talking to Jesus and heard the thought:
“If Christianity is really God’s curse for settling for something other than His Son, then isn’t Christianity God’s deadliest plague and His greatest curse?”
I lay there dumbfounded and scared to really hear that thought but saying “Amen!” at the same time!
As I read this tonight, my soul said “Amen!” from name of Chapter 5 on! If I tried to find something wrong with it, I couldn’t because I can’t get past the Amen that I feel!
And I have never felt Rev. 18:4 more!
“They echo the plea of the Father to His children to come away from the straw man so that God can set it on fire: “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues!” (Rev. 18:4)
And when you added⁷ the part and the feelings of witnessing how those hearts really feel about Sister Seaver and really felt about Jesus, it let me FEEL why that is so awful.
I love how this feels. I love the Amen I FEEL inside!
“Christianity’s very name is a lie. It has nothing to do with Christ. Paul said that anyone on earth or from heaven who dared teach a gospel different from his was cursed. I believe that. And based on that truth, the rightful name of Christianity is not Christianity, but Cursedianity. That sounds a little odd, but Jesus, and both Montanus and Paul, would say amen.”
Jesus put this inside of me. I know it’s right. That is amazing to me!
Beth D.