By: Shone Bagley, Sr. – Ordained Minister / M.C.C.
Shone Bagley, Sr.
I want to quietly whisper about the act of four hundred years of holding down Black people from being a “great people” into what we called “slaves.” Slavery is a word that is defined as a system or somebody forced to work for another that binds you because of payment and how they regard you. We have been bound and even though we have been set free from the laws of slavery, we are still mentally and physically bound in slavery as a mass of people. Now don’t get me wrong, there are more millionaires and a few billionaires but as a mass, we are here standing in a daze wondering what to do.
The bigger picture is a simple economic problem. If Peter has $5.00 and Black has $1.00, if Black desires to make more money, the only way Black can do so is to take it away from Peter. So what Peter did was to “slave” Black so that it would be harder to take it away. In fairness, Peter wants his money because he has a family, so he guards it and so on.
A Spiritual problem now comes into effect… Black wants to be as Peter so Black goes to, or uses God and Black calls it “prosperity.” We, the family of Black, also want what Peter has so over time we have come to the point of “pimping God” for the money that does bring opportunity, that does bring the lifestyle of Peter.
The battle is now between Peter, keeping what he has and Black wanting to better his family’s lifestyle. The battle that is called a Spiritual battle that Black has been fighting for generations has caused us to be a cursed people. The reason I say this is because Black is looking at Peter and the lifestyle of Peter which in turn makes us turn our backs to God who is somewhere out there.
This is no different than Israel looking at Pharaoh in Egypt, God taking Israel out of Egypt and Israel only knowing “Slavery” in a new land. Not knowing what they can do, they only do what they have known of and that is to be a “slave” with a desire to be better. God knew this and He gave us first the 10 Commandments and in this out of the 2nd Commandment, comes Jealousy.
Exodus 20:5 ( KJV ) 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Jealousy that comes off of our action of showing God “hate” because we have “bowed down” or “turned away from God” by looking at the lifestyle of Peter and desiring it. This in turn keeps Black’s children and his children’s children in iniquity, “sin” or to better say it, “enslaved.” If you don’t believe it, look around.
Black has been doing this generation after generation and Black is still wondering what is going on. The fact is, no matter what Black does, Black is only trying to take away from Peter and God has not turned away from being jealous. Jesus came and Black is still wondering what is going on. Jesus saved and Black is still wondering what is going on, because Black knows his spirit is saved but his physical element is still enslaved.
The answer is so simple. So, let me put a little “spittle” on your eyes so you can see…
- You have to turn away from Peter and his lifestyle. God has something for you, but He cannot give it to you if your desire is on Peter.
- Truly turn away from self and know the Commandments. Use the Commandments as your lifestyle. This turns your back to Peter and towards God.
- What is Black’s must stay Black’s. As the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they turned from Egypt and they started everything from scratch. Black must understand this is what God ordained for Israel, this is what God will ordain to Black.
- Be, meaning DO – either a King or a Priest, but be it as you are the children of God through Jesus blood, death, and resurrection.
Revelation 1:5-6 (KJV) 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Freedom starts with the renewing of your mind first. What you believe you can do, will be the very thing you will become. God has been telling Black from the beginning that it is an insult to HIM who given us dominion over everything on this earth, let it be physical or spiritual, and hold our heads down and feel sorry for yourself. Jesus died on that cross in vain if you still hold your head down and call yourself a sinner. A word to Black and his family, “Bold up, for you serve a GREAT God, and you are HIS CHILDREN. Bold up or forever be a slave!”
In the love of Jesus I speak. www.shonebagley.com