Jesus said no lording over the people of God, so we have Popes, Bishops, Pastors.
Jesus said we need not go to Jerusalem nor the mountains in order to worship, so we teach we must go to the church building to worship.
God said He does not live in houses made with hands, so we build it and call it God's House.
Paul said he that is dead is freed from the Law, so we pay tithes under a hybrid NT Law (part old part new) .
Jesus said go and sin no more, so we go and sin some more!
Paul said to remember the poor, and we build crystal cathedrals.
Paul said if they only have a "form of godliness" turn away, so we ordain homosexuals.
Jesus said to buy of Him gold tried, eye salve, and white apparel, so we buy radio and TV time, Lear Jets, mansions, lands, buildings padded pews, stained glass.
Paul said some think gain is godly, so we call it the "prosperity gospel" of "name it and claim it", pay to get, give to get, etc.
Jesus said: Will you make My Father's House a market place?, so we sell, books, tapes, CD, DVD, Cassettes and lunches.
Paul said I have worked with my own hands to provide for my own needs and of those that are with me. We fleece the sheep.
Jesus said, He that believes and baptized shall be saved, so we say he that believes "exactly like we do" shall be saved.
Which of us has it exactly right? Not one, no not one! Why then do we insist people believe the exact doctrine/dogma of our denomination to be saved? In many ways we ourselves are in complete error when compared to the Word of God. (see above in case you forgot)
Now we have become the blind guides!
Be blessed, Billy and Jan
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