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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 secularists, 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”.

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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 this former Sabbath (now changed to “The Lord’s Day”) is now filled with sports games, various shopping excursions, lawn-mowing, car washing, social get-togethers, picnics, television, and many other worldly pursuits.

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Yes, the Enemy-of-Souls has successfully diverted us from Bible study/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, those old hymns are now 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 gave very little of the Gospel.

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Yes, those old hymns were especially designed to give even little children a good foundational understanding of Salvation.

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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 “give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine”. 1st Timothy 4:13

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Instead, many, or most, pastors quote one or two Bible verses and then take off on some aspect of good moral behavior, and/or family values. 

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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 churchgoers 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 get only milk and seldom any strong meat from these shows.

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Infant with baby bottle – © Michael Jastremski for Wikipedia – cropped and altered image – Share-alike License

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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, and this necessitates a carefulness to not say anything offensive or controversial.

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Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain

 

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RELIGIOUS RADIO

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The big problem with less expensive religious radio, is that much of the teachings are by “the natural man” who thinks that the deeper 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.

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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. 

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Well, there are other problems with religious radio, such as preaching many false church-doctrines, such as “Eternal Torment” and the so-called “Pre-Trib Rapture”.

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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 (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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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…

“Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen…

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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And once the Church-Elect has been winnowed from our former 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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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.

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It appears as an outline of a rider. Only the back of his head is detailed.

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And his back and the back of his legs are also detailed.

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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).

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The rider is in a position vaguely similar to a race-horse jockey.

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The two brightest stars in this constellation, are from the Cassiopeia Constellation, and are part of his leg.

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All the rest of the stars are very faint, and must be viewed on a very starry night.

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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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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

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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS 90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM, A QUESTION/ANSWER CALL-IN, TALK SHOW.

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…

Harold Camping Bible Conference Open Forum #1 (youtube.com)

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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