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The cross in the closet

April 8, 2011

By: Pastor Shone Bagley, Sr. M.C.C./Published Writer

Shone Bagley, Sr.

Shone Bagley, Sr.

If you had to leave what you know to go to the desert, what would you do once you got there? I want you to think on this for a moment… If you had to start your life all over again, what would you do?

If you look around, you see no fear of God. Complain… complain… complain is what all speak of, but no fear!

What will Scott do, what will the Republicans do… what will I do if they strip everything away? They call you Nigger behind the back, while we act like slaves. Our kids are running wild killing… those who “have” have their eyes closed, and it doesn’t matter if they are black or white. While everyone else wants to be like someone else; even the “religion folks” want to be like those who “have” while stepping on the weaker ones to get to that mountaintop.

Everyone is trying to “be” while no one is being what God wanted him or her to be! Even the preachers, I truly believe they are trying, but they show no fear of God. They preach the cross, but theirs is behind the closet door, which is closed; knowing that if you open that closet door you would see them for who they truly are… To the point, “Who is willing to die for God or your neighbor, our brethren and sisters?”

Agape – is a word we translate into LOVE. Religion folks know this love as the deepest type of love… God’s love. They tell you that this love is of God and we can only try to achieve this type of love. I say they are all sold-out preachers who sold their souls to the devil, because what they tell you is a lie.

Charity – is another word we translate into LOVE. This type of love is between friends. The religion folks tell you that we can achieve this type of love. But, what they don’t tell is, Charity is not between friends but between Husband and Wife.

To put it together… when a man meets a woman, he and she start to have feelings; those feelings grow into “charity.” The two are now to be obedient to the word of God. For example: Husband is to love his wife…

This “love” is translated from “Agape.” What is meant is all husbands are to die for their wives. To give you an example… if he and she were at home and at the front door comes a killer and the killer states that he wants to kill the woman, the man would say, “through my dead body!” The husband is to die for, or Agape, or love his wife.

Now the reason: Matthew 22:37-40 ( KJV ) 37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

We are to Love God – likewise our neighbors. The reason that we have at least 5 churches within a ghetto’s block and it still is a ghetto is because none of those preachers care about the poor. None of the poachers know the truth! None of those preachers can help the poor with the Jesus they preach about; their Jesus keeps the poor, poor.

The ghetto is still a ghetto because none of the preachers are carrying, nor do they teach the people of God to carry, the cross as Jesus did, to die for the neighbor, to die for God. The reason that we are still enslaved is because of all the hate and pain is being used for Satan.

True Christians will die for God and their neighbor… especially after looking at them with compassionate eyes. This means it doesn’t matter what Scott does or the Republicans do or don’t do, because we have each other’s back. We help each other. God has given some 5 talents and another 2 talents—together that is 7 which is complete. I guess it’s easier to open a church and hide behind the doors, than to give yourself. Your churches, preachers, are not churches but closets. This is where your cross is… on the walls – not on your shoulders.

People of God – open your eyes and see that they are wolves in sheep clothing. Open your eyes, because where they lead you might not be through the gates of Heaven. Where would Satan go, is where you are being led?

—– to be continued —–

Come join me at the Days Inn – 1840 N. 6th Street Milwaukee, WI every Saturday from 9-11am if you would like to learn how to know what God has called for you to do. No money needed. Come as you are.

Until next week…

Minister Shone Bagley, Sr.
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