<p>Sincere Travelers through the Travails of a Transient Earthy
Life,</p>
<p>Several recent posters have commented upon the related issues
of wealth, being a True Christian, and achieving eternal, heavenly reward.</p><p>Keely Enerine-Mix, for example, wrote:<br></p>
<font size="6"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana;"></span></font><p><span style="color: blue;">'No, actually, I don't think of all
of the adult men at Christ
Church as "men of
chest" or "wee little men."<span>
</span>Most of the men are, I imagine, too busy working hard to support their
families to indulge in the kind of Trinitarian Skylarking, arrogant engagement
with the community, and strenuous defense of a Gospel of fine wine, stout beer,
rich cigars and slow-food gastronomy that the leadership specializes in.<span> </span>My comment to Guber is that he appears to be
learning well at the foot of his masters when, perhaps, he might consider
learning at the foot of the Master instead.'</span></p>
<p>It is curious to see the response to Ms. Mix from someone,
obviously not a Christian, calling themselves "Lucy Zoe" but who
writes in a decidedly masculine hand.<span>
</span>Zoe does not address the very important Christian issue of wealth and
salvation as discussed by Christ and referred to by Emerine-Mix.<span> </span>Instead, in a transparent attempt to divert
attention from an issue that must be giving him great discomfort, Zoe attacks
Ms. Mix for her Christian courage – the courage to expose Christian
impersonating hypocrites who live the kind of lifestyle which Christ has
unequivocally disapproved and condemns by making such a lifestyle a vividly
clear barrier to salvation and eternal reward.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Cameron Cargill also comments on this issue of wealth and
salvation including the unadorned but unmistakably clear words of Christ on the
issue:</p>
<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"Of course those of us who
have seen the light can readily see that the rich and flamboyant lifestyle that
Pastor Douglas Wilson lives and the kingly feasts with its fine wines and
lavish, upscale foods that the Pastor Wilson provides his family and brags
about in his Blog are clearly contrary to the teachings of Jesus and surely
will result in eternal damnation.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Matthew
19: 16 - 24, King James Version:</p>
<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">16 And, behold, one came and said
unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal
life?<span> </span>17 And he said unto him, Why
callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou
wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.<span>
</span>18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness,<span> </span>19 Honour thy father and thy
mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . </p>
<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">20 The young man saith unto him, All
these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?<span> </span>21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be
perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven : and come and follow me.<span>
</span>22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for
he had great possessions. </p>
<p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">23 Then said Jesus unto his
disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the
kingdom of heaven.<span> </span>24 And again I say
unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for
a rich man to enter into the kingdom
of God . </p>
<p style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The Real Christian cannot also
help but notice also how the Pastor Douglas Wilson's attentions are directed
more at the wealthier members of his flock and how his recruiting and
proselytizing efforts are focused disproportionately upon the affluent."</span></p>
<p>Also in a prayer which all of us should join, Mr. Cargill
urges:</p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">"THAT Pastor Douglas Wilson
will finally and truly come to find and to love God and Jesus, avow that love,
and that he will convincingly prove that newly avowed love of God and Jesus is
far greater than his present enormous, consuming self-love by selling all his
worldly possessions, giving the proceeds therefrom to the poor as Jesus has
commanded as the price for eternal reward, and that Pastor Douglas Wilson will
begin to live a humble, selfless, itinerant life patterned after the life of
Jesus to atone for the intentional, grievous wrongs he may have thus far
inflicted without conscience falsely in the names of God and Jesus on many,
many others."</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>It is not easy to be a Christian.<span> </span>Christ calls upon us to make many
sacrifices.<span> </span>He incontrovertibly commands
all of us to give up wealth and its many accoutrements in order to help the
unfortunate.<span> </span>Christ makes it very clear
that the price of failure to obey this command is not only the loss of eternal
reward but at the cost of eternal punishment.</p>
<p>To be very pitied, but not respected, are those men and
women who build and live in expensive homes instead of modest dwellings, who vainly
display other accoutrements of riches, who dine on fancy foods and fine,
expensive wines, and who give their money to false houses of God thinking they
are doing good..<span> </span>They are like the
Mafiosi who think they are buying a place in heaven by their gifts to the
church.<span> </span>How very foolish!<span> </span>The only way to get to heaven is follow the
clear words of Christ who says to the rich:</p>
<p><span style="color: red;">"Do not store up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and
steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.<span> </span>For where your treasure is, there your heart
will be also."</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Teacher, what good deed must I
do to have eternal life? …<span> </span>[Jesus:]</span><span> </span><span style="color: red;">"If you wish to
be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you
will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." … "I tell you,
it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who
is rich to enter the kingdom
of God."</span></p>
<p>More damned then just the stubbornly wealthy are the greedy,
vain, dishonest pastors who encourage such persons of wealth to continue their
unchristlike affluent ways, who take funds from these wealthy to in order to
build their self-glorifying empires and egos falsely in God's Name, and who do
it knowing truly that such is hideously and blasphemously counter to the
unadorned, clear Commandments of the Lord!</p>
<p> <br></p>
<p>There is another sinful, shameful, impious, and
mocking-of-Christ show of wealth and ostentatiousness that a True Christian
will conscientiously avoid.<span> </span>Unfortunately
this ungodly ostentatiousness is found in many churches in the manner some
dress for church.</p>
<p>Since this subject arises out of a discussion of a church of Moscow,
Idaho, have
you seen the way the wife and some of the other female relatives of the pastor,
and the wives of the more affluent members of that false House of God tart
themselves up in many varying, expensive, fancy raiment?<span> </span>And for the pastor's wives and some of his kin,
shamefully, some of the money paying for these costly, ritzy garments comes
from funds bled from the beguiled parishioners under the color of false
religious doctrines preached by the pastor?<span>
</span>And how some of the men of that congregation pridefully show off their
designer clothes as if such clothes make them special in God's eyes?</p>
<p><b>A worship service is
not a fashion show!</b><span> </span>It is not a
place to vainly one-up other persons by wearing something more stylish, garish, or
more provocative than them.<span> </span>It is not a
place for an ostentatious showing of wealth.</p>
<p>Jesus dressed simply and humbly.<span> </span>Rather than spend money on other than a few simple,
inexpensive articles of clothing Jesus would certainly give that money that
could be spent for more and showier clothing to the unfortunate.<span> </span>He clearly urges us to do the same.<span> </span>Thus dressing in constantly varying, not
inexpensive clothing is directly disobeying God, and to do it in a House of Worship
while pretending to give homage and thanks to God, adds the grossness of
extreme hypocrisy and blasphemy to the sin.</p>
<p>In addition to the issue of wasteful, selfish wealth, Jesus
also had this to say about clothing:</p>
<p><span style="color: red;">"And why do you worry about
clothing?<span> </span>Consider the lilies of the
field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon
in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.<span> </span>But if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much
more clothe you—you of little faith?"</span></p>
<p><br></p><p>Here is another issue of wasteful wealth and dress:<span> </span>Does your pastor, priest, or religious leader
or his sycophantic minions wear special or expensive suits, surplices, or other
costumes?</p>
<p> Is this the way of Jesus?<span>
</span><b>Is this something Jesus, the
Greatest Teacher Ever, would do?</b><span>
</span>Hardly.</p>
<p>It is clear that Jesus would not spend his resources on such
vain costumery.<span> </span>He would give such
resources that would be spent on such costumery to the poor.<span> </span>More clearly, the wearing of costumes sets
one apart pridefully from others and erects an artificial barrier to communication
– something Jesus would never do.<span> </span>Jesus
wayfared and taught through his entire life wearing only the simple clothing of
the common and the poor.</p>
<p>If a professional religious person who claims to be
spreading the Words of Christ is so lacking in spirit, truth, and conviction
that they must resort to costumery in order to command our attention and
respect, they are to be pitied, but not taken seriously -- they do not shine
with the True Spirit of Christ but must resort to profane material artifices
and devices to gain our notice.</p>
<p> </p><p>When men or women become vain and self-centered, they turn
away from God and Christ.<span> </span>When this happens
to those that falsely declare themselves messengers, priests, or pastors of God
and Christ, the results are even more catastrophic, for they lead others from
God's Commandments and Way, and thus lead others away from eternal salvation.</p>
<p>These self-loving hypocrites and dishonest hawkers of God not
only will tell you to ignore the clear, unadorned words of Christ found in <i>Matthew</i>, but seek to confuse you with
other words and high-flown interpretations of the life and words of
Christ.<span> </span>They do this seeking to control
you, to detach you from some of the goods you need to care for your family, and
to enlarge their influence and sometimes their wealth here on earth at your
earthly and eternal expense.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><i>Matthew</i> is the
first book of the <i>New Testament</i>,
God's last written message to us.<span> </span>In <i>Matthew</i> God gives us the clearest, most clear,
unadorned vision of what God wishes for us to do and the consequences of following
or not following his Commands.<span> </span>The great
majority of competent biblical scholars, past and present, agree that <i>Matthew</i> is the most accurate human record
we have of the teachings and life of Christ.<span>
</span>Some, too much I am afraid, of what comes after <i>Matthew</i> is not only a perversion of it, but sometimes a masculine
ego-driven contradiction of it.<span> </span>This is
not to say that all that follows <i>Matthew</i>
is false, but rather that if it disagrees with <i>Matthew</i>, it is a human, sometimes intentional misrepresentation of
God's True Intentions and Ways, and thus is an unrighteous travesty of false
doctrine. <br></p>
<p><b>Therefore</b>, if
something in the <i>New Testament</i> seems
inconsistent with the clear, unadorned words found in <i>Matthew</i>, believe the words of Christ found in <i>Matthew</i>, not the other.</p>
<p> <br></p>
<p>If you wish to please God, to be a pious person, and to earn
eternal salvation, then wisely avoid all those false prophets who think they
are smarter than God, who vainly think their words are clearer than God's Word,
who pridefully think they know better than God how you should act and gain
salvation, and who sinfully and narcissistically have forsaken Christ by urging
your allegiance and adherence to words not compatible to those found in God's
Primordial Font of Knowledge, <i>Matthew</i>.<span> </span>Beware of and totally abstain from anyone no
matter how smart, rich, persuasive, or dictatorial they seem who would lead you
away from the Words of God found in <i>Matthew</i>.<span> </span>Jesus said in <i>Matthew</i>:</p>
<p><span style="color: red;">"Beware of false prophets, who come
to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.<span> </span>You will know them by their fruits.<span> </span>Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from
thistles?<span> </span>In the same way, every good
tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.<span> </span>A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a
bad tree bear good fruit.<span> </span>Every tree
that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.<span> </span>Thus you will know them by their
fruits."</span></p>
<p>Confidence men (and women) are called that because they
excel at winning your confidence while stealing your purse.<span> </span>The last persons to recognize and to disavow
a confidence man posing as a pastor (who greedily disputes God's, clear
unadorned words from <i>Matthew</i> about
wealth in order to forward themselves) are found among the wealthy.<span> </span>These wealthy, ill-starred persons selfishly
love themselves and their riches so much more than they love God.<span> </span>They do not appreciate the Great Treasures God
offers in Eternal Life, and so these poor, soon to be wretched for eternity pretenders
to Christianity choose to be the doomed marks -- clinging to their wealth for
the short time we are here on earth -- of a pastoral confidence man.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>To help you find the truth of what I speak of above, I
append below a few relevant passages from <i>Matthew</i>
from the <i>Holy Bible</i>, New Revised Standard
Edition.<span> </span>I have also attached an MPC
file with a reading of these same words.</p>
<p>To all women and men, but especially to those ensnared by
the false, mocking-of-God debris coming from Christ Church of Moscow, Idaho and
its opportunistic Pastor, Douglas Wilson, I urge you to read and hear these
clear, unadorned words of God.</p>
<p>For those unfortunate students of Logos School and of New
Saint Andrews, their misled parents, and all others in the world who have been
led astray by false prophets and who have MPC players, I urge to load this MPC file
into your players, to put your players on Repeat, and to listen to these clear,
unadorned Words of God many times daily until you have not only memorized them,
have understood them, but have made them part of the guiding principles of your
lives.</p>
<p>After you have read or listened to these Words of God, you
will know what to do about any Viper's Nest you find yourselves in.<span> </span>But a word of caution:<span> </span>Do not wait too long to escape these unholy
pits or the toxins you are being injected and inculcated with therein will
inoculate you strongly against receiving the Truth, perhaps forever.</p>
<br>
<p>Glory to Christ!<span> </span>Let
us hear His Words and thus love and honor Him by emulating his Way!</p>
<p>Amen.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>A simple wayfarer flitting through your midst,</p>
<p>Paul Sunneth</p>
<p> </p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span>Selected Verses
from <b><i>Matthew</i></b>,
God's Truest Words, from <i>The Holy Bible</i>,
New Revised Standard Version</span></p>
<p><span><br></span></p><p><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gods'
Word from Matthew 5: 38 through 48</span></span></p>
<p><span>"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth.'</span></p>
<p><span>But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer.</span></p>
<p><span>But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the
other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak
as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile.</span></p>
<p><span>Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse
anyone who wants to borrow from you.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love
your neighbor and hate your enemy.'</span></p>
<p><span>But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those
who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he
makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous
and on the unrighteous.</span></p>
<p><span>For if you love those who love you, what reward do you
have? <span> </span>Do not even the tax collectors do
the same?</span></p>
<p><span>And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what
more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?</span></p>
<p><span>Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect".</span></p><p><span>
</span></p>
<p style="font-weight: bold;"><span>Gods'
Word from Matthew 6: 1 through 8</span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span>Beware of practicing your piety before others<span style="font-weight: bold;"> in
ord</span>er to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in
heaven.</span></p>
<p><span>"So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet
before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that
they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.</span></p>
<p><span>But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your
Father who sees in secret will reward you.</span></p>
<p><span>"And whenever you pray, do not be like the
hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street
corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have
received their reward.</span></p>
<p><span>But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the
door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret
will reward you.</span></p>
<p><span>"When you are praying, do not heap up empty
phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of
their many words.</span></p>
<p><span>Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need
before you ask him."</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gods' Word from
Matthew </span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">6: 19 through 21</span></span></p>
<p><span>"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on
earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but
store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.</span></p>
<p><span>For where your treasure is, there your heart will be
also."</span></p>
<p><span> <br></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gods' Word from
Matthew</span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 19: 16 through 24</span></span></p>
<p><span>Then someone came to him and said, "Teacher, what
good deed must I do to have eternal life?"</span></p>
<p><span>And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what
is good? There is only one who is good.</span></p>
<p><span>If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.</span></p>
<p><span>He said to him, "Which ones?"</span></p>
<p><span>And Jesus said, "You shall not murder; You shall
not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor
your father and mother; also, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."</span></p>
<p><span>The young man said to him, "I have kept all these;
what do I still lack?"</span></p>
<p><span>Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go,
sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>When the young man heard this word, he went away
grieving, for he had many possessions.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I tell
you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.</span></p>
<p><span>Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."</span></p>
<p><span> <br></span></p><p><br><span></span></p><p>
<span><br></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gods' Word from
Matthew </span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">6: 28 through 30</span></span></p>
<p><span>"And why do you worry about clothing? <span> </span>Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory
was not clothed like one of these.</span></p>
<p><span>But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is
alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe
you — you of little faith?"</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gods' Word from
Matthew</span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 7: 15 through 20</span></span></p>
<p><span>"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in
sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.</span></p>
<p><span>You will know them by their fruits.</span></p>
<p><span>Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?</span></p>
<p><span>In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but
the bad tree bears bad fruit.</span></p>
<p><span>A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree
bear good fruit.</span></p>
<p><span>Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down
and thrown into the fire.</span></p>
<p><span>Thus you will know them by their fruits."</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gods' Word from
Matthew</span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 25: 31 through 46</span></span></p>
<p><span>"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all
the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.</span></p>
<p><span>All the nations will be gathered before him, and he
will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from
the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the
left.</span></p>
<p><span><br></span></p>
<p><span>Then the king will say to those at his right hand,
'Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was
thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was
in prison and you visited me.'</span></p>
<p><span>Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when was it
that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to
drink?</span></p>
<p><span>And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed
you, or naked and gave you clothing?</span></p>
<p><span>And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and
visited you?'</span></p>
<p><span>And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just
as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you
did it to me.'</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'You that
are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and
his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you
gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked
and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'</span></p>
<p><span>Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when was it that we
saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did
not take care of you?'</span></p>
<p><span>Then he will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as
you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.</span></p>
<p><span>And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the
righteous into eternal life."</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Amen.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p> </p>