Daily Devotional, Year 3 – January 11 (Keeping 1 Day Holy, Part 6: “The Dumbing Down of Christianity”)
By admin On February 10th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – January 11
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Keeping 1 Day Holy,
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Part 6:
“The Dumbing Down of Christianity”
To read Part 1, just click here… “June 3rd (Keeping 1 Day Holy!)”
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For those of us who grew up prior to the 1960’s, we remember how Sunday was the most boring day of the week.
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This was because on Sunday, most stores closed their doors, for the “Sabbath Day”. And on television, there were just a few public service shows, and some religious shows for the first part of the day.
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Yes, In the 1950’s we had the chance to witness the few lingering remnants of the “Sunday Sabbath”, just prior to its almost total demise.
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Family watching television, c. 1958 – Wikipedia – public domain
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NO LONGER A SABBATH REST
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Oh yes, many people, today, still attend church on Sunday. But gradually through the decades, the “Sunday Sabbath” became transformed into “The Lord’s Day”, and eventually lost its rigid Sabbath-day requirements.
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And little-by-little, Satan has replaced the after-church spiritual duties with secular pursuits: the Sunday sports games, various shopping excursions, lawn-mowing, car washing, social get-togethers, picnics, television, and many other worldly pursuits. The Enemy-of-Souls has successfully diverted us from Bible study and contemplation, prayer, and other holy duties, which were once a weekly requirement on each and every Sunday.
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(btw, this article is not endorsing the so-called, “Sunday Sabbath”. It is merely pointing out that it has devolved into little more than a morning to attend church followed by a rapid return to worldly pursuits.)
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Car Washing – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
Shoppers in Toronto – Wikimedia – share-alike license
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LITTLE MORE THAN REPETITIVE CHANTS
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And even many church services have been “dumbed-down”.
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Yes, Satan has replaced those old hymns, which each had 4 or 5 verses that presented many faithful aspects of the Gospel; these being replaced by syrupy-sweet, “worship” songs, with repetitive little catch-phrases, such as, “You are holy, You are holy, You are holy, and I praise you, praise you, and I adore You, I adore You, You are my God, You are my God, and I will worship you forever….”
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And so, these new songs usually give very little of the Gospel, in a day when most church-goers likewise do very little personal Bible study.
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Yes, those old hymns were especially designed to give all the various Bible truths. And by singing those old hymns, even little children attained a good foundational understanding of Salvation from those easily-memorized hymns.
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Church of Christ worship music – Wikipedia – Share-alike License
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VERY LITTLE BIBLE READINGS
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And many churches today no longer give much attendance to Bible readings.
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Instead, many, or most, pastors quote one or two Bible verses and then take off some aspect of good moral behavior, and/or family values. Or they might pass over Bible verses so rapidly, that parishioners have little time to focus on the verses quoted. Thus, the main focus is on the speaker’s opinions, rather than on those Bible verses.
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Oh yes, there may still be some faithful Pastors. But even these may be dwindling in number!
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Audience hands – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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RELIGIOUS TELEVISION
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There is an abundance of so-called Christian television today, and church-goers quite often keep some religious channel on 24/7 in their living room or bedroom.
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One of the problems which stem from such a habit is that, for the most part, only spiritual pabulum is served up through the day.
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Consequently, many viewers who have been in the Church for decades are kept in spiritual infancy, because they get only milk and seldom any strong meat from these shows.
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“THEY WITH FEIGNED WORDS MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU”
2nd Peter 2:3
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Secondly, television is a very expensive medium, far more than radio
and other media. And this necessitates that these Christian TV networks appeal to the largest audience possible! And so, there is mostly a carefulness to not say anything offensive or controversial.
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As a result, these networks cannot say along with Paul…“Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.” Acts 20:26, 27
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Unlike Paul who spoke ALL the counsel of God, these religious TV networks must refrain 
from many offensive truths, because they don’t want to offend any of their viewers, thereby losing a big portion of their “offended” audience!
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Therefore, beside receiving only the basic “milk” of the Word, the viewers of these religious TV stations also get an unbalanced, and skewed gospel, which really, is no Gospel at all!
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announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain (2)
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RELIGIOUS RADIO
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Religious radio is a somewhat different situation from religious TV. This is because 
religious radio is much cheaper to broadcast. And so, religious radio broadcasters can be much more bold than television broadcasters.
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The big problem with religious radio, is that most of the teachings are by “the natural man” who thinks that spiritual things are foolishness (carefully study 1st Corinthians 2:12-16).
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In other words, most religious teachers on radio attempt to interpret the Bible as literal as possible. They think that allegorizing is foolishness, unless absolutely necessary. And so, for instance, when attempting to interpret the Book of Revelation, they cannot see
nor understand most of the spiritual, allegorical nature of that prophetic Book. And so, they attempt to explain Revelation as literal as possible, when in fact, Revelation is an allegorical book of types and symbols.
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Well, there are other problems with religious radio, which time will not permit us to explore any further today.
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announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain (2)
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THE 7TH DAY SABBATH
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Now the vast majority of Bible teachers scoff at those who worship on Saturday. But at least, many of those who believe in the 7th Day Sabbath Sabbath (Saturday) still attempt to reserve that entire 24 hour period for spiritual pursuits!
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But Satan has successfully dumbed-down the Sunday Sabbath to the point of being a very unspiritual day, for most Christians.
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Well, this may be too much of a broad-brush portrait of today’s Christianity. But it’s probably not far from accurate in most instances. And of course, there are always exceptions to these matters of church-apostasy.
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Church choir singing – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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“COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE!”
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Now, the very Good News (and also very sad), is that God is currently calling out His people from the Harlot Babylon churches…”And after these things I saw another angel come down from Heaven
, having great power; and the earth was lightened with His glory. And He cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils…And I heard another voice from Heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Revelation 18:1, 2, 4
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Yes, it is fully time for God’s people to glorify Christ. And this will never be accomplished while remaining in the empty husks which once housed the true wheat.
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It is now time for the true wheat to be winnowed by the strong social/political/religious winds presently beginning to blow.
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And once the Church-Elect has been winnowed from our housing, we will find the vast riches which are reserved in the spiritual mountains surrounding “Jerusalem above, which is the Mother of us all!” (see Galatians, Chapter 4)
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TO READ PART 7, CLICK HERE…
January 17 (Keeping 1 Day Holy, Part 7: “The Dumbing Down of Society”)
Government Censorship – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Please continue to do a work in me, to cleanse me from all defilement of the flesh. Help me to crucify the Old Man, with all his sinful desires…
Family Prayer Before Meal – Wikimedia – US-Govt. – Public-Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…Fleeing to the Mountains: The Abomination in the Church, Part 1, or you can read this much shorter article…“Come Out of Her My People! Part 1”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE HOLY GHOST RIDER CONSTELLATION
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This newest Signs Of Heaven Constellation (Fall, 2013) is by far the faintest of constellations, but is a very incredible and awesome one in a number of ways (which this article will explain).
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It is primarily comprised of the Camelopardalis Constellation (head and upper back), plus about 5 stars from the Cassiopeia Constellation (his leg), plus some random stars. It appears as an outline of a rider. Only the back of his head is detailed. And his back and the back of his legs are also detailed. Both sides of his arm are visible, and his hand is gripping the horse’s mane, and that is detailed by three stars (which are also part of the horse’s mane). The rider is in a position vaguely similar to a race-horse jockey. The two brightest stars in this constellation, are from the Cassiopeia Constellation, and are part of his leg. All the rest of the stars are very faint, and must be viewed on a very starry night.
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Since this constellation has just been revealed, there may be more to this constellation in the coming months. But if you can locate the Goodly Horse in Battle Constellation, then you shouldn’t have too much trouble locating this Rider Constellation, provided you have excellent star-watching conditions.
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BIBLE VERSES PICTURED IN THE HEAVENS
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“With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.” Ezekiel 26:12
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THIS STAR-CHART: This is a Wikipedia star-chart, in which this site’s editor has sketched in these three constellation (without the Holy-Ghost-Rider Constellation). Notice how the right front hoof is trampling on the tail of the Dragon. Also notice his eye is a star. It’s best seen when in the western half of the sky. It is found in mid-sky traveling from east to west. In January, it is in the west after midnight. As winter progresses, it can be seen earlier and earlier in the evening. a dark sky with good star-visibility is best, but not absolutely necessary to see this constellation. It is found on the opposite side of the Dragon Constellation from Orion. And as already stated, this Goodly Horse Constellation can be seen best in mid-winter when it is in the western side of the sky, and you are looking at it while you are facing west. The nose and head of this horse is partly made from the Perseus Constellation. The tail and rear end is partly of the Cassiopeia Constellation. The hind-leg is made partly of stars from the Andromeda Constellation.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Holy-Ghost-Rider Constellation”
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TOMORROW:
January 12 The Tragic Tale of Europe’s Apostasy From Christianity
Skateboarder Jesus in Jeans by Peter Royle – cropped image – WIKIMEDIA SHARE-ALIKE LICENSE