Fires of Revolution Iii: State of the Church

By James R. McCollam

It is understood that the majority of Earth's populace entertain false religion. People acceptable and pleasing to God have always been a small minority. When that small minority loses their way and fails to represent truth but instead emits a false light, God in his mercy is forced to administer judgment. It is the hope of the author to awaken and set free the meek and innocent ones that are trapped and deceived by the so called Christian church today and all prisoners of every false religion that have an ear to hear and a heart to receive.

• Language: English
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• Release date: Apr 17, 2015
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James R. McCollam

The author met the Lord Jesus as a young boy in 1961. Together with his high school sweetheart, they have two children waiting in heaven from miscarriages and eight adult children with twenty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and counting. They all currently reside in Montana.

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Contents

My Apology

State of the Church

Jesus Freaks

How Many?

For Richer, for Poorer.

Till Death do us Part

God, the Killer

Zinnnnng!!!!

Your Day

Wrath

Why?

Why is the devil here?

Who Are You?

We Would See Jesus

Unction or Presumption

Two Crosses

Three Dollar Bills

The Untouchables

The Three Step Plan

The Tribulation

The Texas Two Step0

The Sabbath4

The Rock Crusher8

The Parable0

The Nursery2

The Key5

The Gender Issue8

The Foundation2

The First Lady6

The Fall9

The Deadly Dual4

The Conveyer Belt9

The Challenge2

The Bride4

Terrorized6

Talking Smack0

Sparks Fly1

Sons of Korah5

Self Esteem7

Satan’s Tricks0

Saint or Sinner4

Report Card8

Pure Insanity0

Prostitutes2

Popcorn3

Perfect Kids6

Paddy Cake7

Our Righteous King0

One Shot3

One Eyed Saints5

Not Your Daddy7

Not Even a Little0

No Popes in Heaven3

No Bull6

Mountain or Mole-hill8

Lost in Religion0

Legalism5

Left Behind9

Leaven3

Kool-Aid7

Invitation Only2

High Voltage4

Hells Worst6

Heavens Jewelry0

Goliath3

God’s Skeleton Closet5

God, Mad?7

A River Runs Through It0

Fire Retardant5

Everyone Saved0

Eve, Darling4

Dry Clouds (Barf Bag please)0

Doctors and Devils3

Dirty House5

Death is Mandatory8

Cubs and Kittens2

Conditions of Peace4

Church7

Expensive (Cheap) Soup0

Center Stage2

Catholic Secrets4

Blessed is He8

Bastards3

Balaam’s End (Demise)7

A Nation Gone Mad1

A Better You4

A Better Hell7

When Mercy Runs Out2

First Book Retraction7

My Apology

I must say in agony of soul that I am sorry to every Christian new to the faith. I am sorry that you have come to know the Lord Jesus in a time of such apostasy in the church. I am sorry there are no churches that you can trust and rely on for nourishment and guidance. I am sorry that the leaders have fallen so far from what they are suppose to be that you cannot trust them to lead you safely home. I am sorry to have to advise you to stay home and pray and read your King James bible if you hope to stay on the strait and narrow and make it to heaven. Until you can find a group of believers that want the Holy Spirit controlling the meeting instead of man you are much better off seeking God on your own. I am sorry to say that if you want to know what a real biblical church service looks like you have to read about the move of God during the Azusa Street revival that happened more than a century ago. Brother Seymour laid on the floor with his head in an orange crate and let God direct the service. Until the Holy Spirit directs someone to do something nobody should do anything. If we are to impatient and busy to wait on God we will continue with our futile, circus program but we continue on our own. God is not our puppy on a leash. We march to his drumbeat or we march alone.

If the church has a pastor, priest, or bishop, stay home. If they collect tithes and offerings, stay home. If they pass out a program at the door, stay home. If every brother doesn’t have liberty to stand and preach as the Spirit directs, stay home. If women preach or teach, stay home.

As you pray and devour the word of God you will see that the church has perverted the truths in the above paragraph. Yes there are real bishops and elders but they don’t resemble the ones in the churches. The ones holding those positions and titles are imposters and hypocrites. Yes, we are to give of our substance to help others but not through the extortion of tithes and offerings which mainly build religious empires. God has his own program which cannot be printed and handed out at the door. Men are to hold the place of authority in the church and home. A woman’s place is in the home caring for the family and teaching her daughters to be good wives, mothers, and home keepers. I know the statement just made goes against modern society and even what the church is teaching but it is the truth and is just one thing of many that verifies the backslidden state of the church. If we bow our neck and harden our heart in stubborn rebellion none of our religious activity will save us. If we refuse to humble ourselves and become like little children we won’t make it.

Having said that I must add that you have come into the kingdom at one of the most crucial times in the history of the world. You are privileged to be a part of God’s army as we enter the last days nearing the end of the world as we know it. God has saved his best wine until last. The glory of heaven is going to be revealed in these last days like never before. The gross darkness that has enveloped the whole world is going to be met by the majesty of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. This also will be a very trying time that will test every believers love and loyalty. Temptation and persecution will be great but we will not face it alone. When it gets tough the one that spoke the universe into existence will be with us giving strength and courage. The one that placed the sun in the sky for light and warmth and created billions of stars and galaxies just for night lights for us. The one that we have the privilege of spending eternity seated in his throne with him if we overcome and endure until the end.

I am sorry that the church is in such a backslidden state but you can make it. If you set your heart and mind to go all the way all of heaven will be there for you. With God on your side and his angels around you, you have nothing to fear.

Time is moving quickly and our time here on earth will soon be over. The next thing we know we will be living in eternity where there is no time. Turn loose of earthly treasures and focus on things eternal. Convert your assets into eternal treasures by giving them away and blessing those in need while you still can. Money and things kept to yourself will make you a very poor man in the kingdom if you manage to get in. Camels and needles are betting against you.

Before long the sky will light up and a great trumpet blast will be heard around the world. The King will appear to take his bride and the armies of heaven will destroy the ungodly. Be sure to be a chaste virgin, holy and clean, having a meek and quiet spirit, every other kind will be left behind.

State of the Church

As we look about us it should be apparent that we are living at the end of the last day time period which began when the Messiah Christ Jesus was born. There are yet many things that must happen before the King returns to receive his beautiful bride adorned in her pure, spotless robe of righteousness and then execute justice on an ungodly world but there are signs telling us that that day is quickly approaching. The word of God tells us in 2 Thessalonians ch. 2 that Christs return will not happen until the great falling away (apostasy: defection from truth) and the man of sin (antichrist) is revealed.

I have watched as the great falling away has transpired in my generation. Truth has been thrown in the street and trampled upon by the Pharisees of the twenty first century that are now called pastors. No, I am not referring to a few bad apples but to the whole lot.

The church today has totally perverted the position of elder just assuredly as the world has perverted the male, female relationship. God is not responsible for what pastors have become nor is he responsible for the abomination of Homo-sexuality. Pastors and homo-sexuals are not born that way, they both have yielded to temptations of the flesh and were seduced further by evil spirits. The spirits of pride and covetousness that possessed Balaam are at work in the pastors and evil spirits of lust in every sexual pervert. Both the pastors and the homo-sexuals are soon going to experience the vengeance and fury of God Almighty for the third time. The church and the world did not listen to Noah and were destroyed. All of their screams for help and mercy went unheeded by God who had been pushed beyond his limit. Every pastor and his congregation died clinging to their dead, worthless religion. Every pastor and his congregation living in the region of Sodom and Gohmorrah died along with the unbelievers. In the end, after the one thousand years of Christ’s righteous rule every sin that has not been repented of and put under the blood will be recompensed in the Lake of Fire. Any thing less would be unjust. The fire will never be extinguished because perpetual wickedness will demand perpetual punishment.

Every congregation is to be led by multiple elders that meet the criteria given in scripture and who carefully and fearfully listen to and obey what the Word and Spirit are saying. A true man of God leads from the bottom and not the top. The apostles are foundation stones which are at the bottom of the temple, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone. Just as wicked kings in the Old Testament led the whole land of Judah and Israel into idolatry, pastors today have elevated themselves and become king like rulers of the synagogues and lead the people astray. The scripture says that when a brother prophecies (preaches, and all brothers can preach) let the others judge what is being spoken. One big reason false doctrines have run rampant through the church is because no one dares question what the alpha dog (pastor) says. If a brother started getting off track in Jerusalem there were eleven other elders to take him aside and help him get back on track. The pastors today have seized the Lord’s inheritance and made themselves the head in place of Christ. Each one is operating in the spirit of antichrist and holds the body of Christ hostage. 1 Cor. 14: 26-40 plainly teaches us what is to take place when we gather together as the body of Christ. If complete freedom for any brother to stand and preach or move in the gifts of the spirit is not provided then the body is held prisoner by the warden (pastor) who has taken Christ’s seat as head of the church.

God, who is the husbandman of the vineyard demands fruit from every branch and is furious with the pastors for dominating his vineyard with the dictates of tyrants.

The apostate condition of the church today is due in part because those that have taken upon themselves to be leaders, have led the people astray, those who made themselves to be teachers, have taught false doctrines, those calling themselves apostles are liars and those professing to be prophets prophecy dreams and visions out of their own hearts and not of the Spirit.

Something else that has greatly contributed to the churches apostate condition is the new per-versions of scripture. You do not mess with God’s word; all of the pain, sorrow, sufferings, and death in this world are the result of one simple commandment being altered. Most modern versions of the bible are not just paraphrases that make the bible easier to read and understand. Truth told using different words is not a problem. The problem is when you alter the truth and change what God has said like the serpent did in the garden. Two devils called Wescott and Hort perverted the original Greek text and some of the new versions have been made from their perverted text. Some new versions (the NIV is one of the worst) contain hundreds of alterations that reverse or pervert the truth and many verses and parts of verses have been completely deleted. Many new versions are like eating bread that has been laced with poison and eternity will reveal the devastating results. Rejecting the King James bible is not a literary issue but a spiritual problem. The devil and the flesh despise the true word of God and therefore the per-versions have flourished. The King James Bible was translated from the Received Text which has undergone extensive scrutiny over the centuries and has by its content proven itself to be totally contrary to the nature of man which is a witness that it came from above and not from man. The Holy Spirit also bears witness that the King James is indeed the word of God. Having grown up with the King James I have a built in filter which helps me spot scripture that has been tampered with. Any one without a King James foundation is fertile soil for the errors presented in new versions. I always use King James as the standard and compare every other version to it. The righteous love the truth that proceeds out of the pure, unadulterated word and washes over them in waves of grace and glory, even the truth that rebukes and reproves them. Jude_1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. The bride won’t dare attend her wedding with filth clinging to her wedding gown.

Eternity will reveal the horrible consequences of fairy tales and false teachings like the rapture, grace covers sin, and eternal security. The prosperity message cultivates a spirit of covetousness which defiles untold multitudes. Repentance, holiness, and the fear of the Lord are subjects of ridicule and contempt. Judgment is a dirty, hateful word despised and rejected by the newly enlightened ones. The precious Word of God has been discarded like an old shoe that has out lived it’s usefulness. That old shoe is the standard which everyone that names the name of Christ will be judged by at the Great White Throne Judgment so we better put that old shoe on and take precious good care of it. Any preacher that dares present even one portion of scripture as the word of God is bound to the whole book and will be judged by the whole book. Woe be to him that rejects or alters one letter, one comma or one period.

John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

Amo 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

These verses have been fulfilled in our day. People run all over tarnation looking for a word from God and all they receive is lies and fables. They go from conference to conference seeking a touch from heaven and all they get is self proclaimed prophets speaking foolishness. Because of all this foolishness the honest hearted babes in Christ waste away for lack of truth.

The devil quoted scripture when he was tempting Jesus. It is not the truth the preachers speak but the truth they won’t preach and obey that will damn them. Many men focus on certain truths in God’s word and think God won’t notice or condemn them for the scriptures they ignore and disobey. That would be like ignoring a mans crime of murder because he was a good guy most of the time. Constantly eating of all the legal trees of the garden did not save Eve on the day of her one act of rebellion. My own son can set the church a fire preaching the healing power of God but that won’t save him on judgment day when the books are opened and his deliberate and repeated transgressions against God and man are revealed. Picking and choosing which scriptures he would believe and obey as if he were eating at a smorgasbord will add to his condemnation. Because he so firmly believes and preaches his hand picked scriptures the ones he so staunchly rejects will damn him. He prays for the sick but his doctrine has become so polluted anyone that follows him will be led astray. He like many others makes the mistake of thinking he has God’s approval because he hasn’t removed a gift he gave him. He willingly forgets that the gifts and callings are without repentance and God will use a donkey or devil to do his work. The rich young ruler had a perfect record of keeping the commandments his whole life but his love of money was going to condemn him if he did not overcome covetousness. It is not the hearers of the word or the preachers of the word but the doers of the word that will be saved. Partial obedience amounts to disobedience as King Saul sadly discovered.

Over my life I have known men that were genuinely born again believers and then at some point they began giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils and so embraced some form of error. Every time I witnessed this transformation I watched as they progressively degenerated and began corrupting more and more scriptures. After hardening their heart through pride and discarding the fear of the Lord to embrace false doctrine the first time there remained no safeguard to protect them from the cunning wiles of the devil. Whenever you dare step off of the strait and narrow path to follow a trail contrary to scipture that trail will always lead you further and further from the truth. It is very sad to say but I have not seen any of them recover from the error of their ways. Each one seared his conscience and became convinced that God didn’t mean everything he said in scripture. They believe and follow what portions of scripture that are in line with their rendition of truth but angrily and staunchly reject what is not pleasing to their palate. You cannot make a graver mistake. These men can be very hard to detect because they hide among the trees in the garden. They speak truth much of the time and are experts at playing the part.If a person does not have a love for truth God will send them strong delusion from which they will never recover (2nd Thess. 2:10-12).

Pharisees were the snakes of Jesus day and pastors are the snakes of our day. Like spiders they use their twisted version of God’s word to weave their web of deceit and wrap up their unsuspecting prey which they devour one offering at a time. The bigger the name and greater the fame how gross is their shame. I can’t think of one present day T.V. preacher that hasn’t fallen through pride and the love of money. Those slick willy con artists have made themselves filthy rich fleecing God’s people. I fear these sons of Hophni and Phinehas are reprobate and have been marked for death. The sins of Eli’s sons were so egregious to God he would not grant them repentance but instead killed them. Turn off your T.V., obey the word of God, and give your money to the poor.

Take the apostle Paul for instance; In the beginning he was very zealous for God. He attended the best seminary in the country and graduated top of his class a Pharisee of Pharisees. In his religious pride he proceeded to make prisoners of the ignorant, foolish followers of Christ that thought they could serve God outside of the established church. He had the makings of a good pope or pastor at that time which made the devil happy but God was not pleased so they had a confrontation which resulted in a major attitude adjustment and course correction. If he had bowed his neck and refused to humble himself and obey he would have forfeited his reward and went to hell and someone else would have their name on his writings. If you are a pastor let this sink down into your ears and penetrate your heart. You can forsake your proud, selfish ambitions and save yourself and your people or harden your heart and everyone loses.

Jesus did not condemn the Pharisees so much for what they taught but for what they had become. The same as pastors of our day have run greedily after the error of Balaam (greed, position, and power) and followed in the ways of Cain (envy, jealousy) and condemned themselves by seeking a higher position like Korah, the Pharisees were just pastors of an earlier era.

Pastors are like terminally ill men carrying counterfeit medical licenses. They don’t know how to cure themselves or anyone else so they just fake it and make everyone as comfortable as they can. They open up service with a joke and then give a good pep talk and always have a big smile. Just read a line or two from your physicians manual and use some medical jargon to make everyone think you know what you are talking about. Spew out an eloquent discourse using some Greek and Hebrew and mesmerize the crowd with wit and humor. Billions of people dying from sin sickness and the career con men won’t address the illness. He makes them laugh and gives them a shot of morphine to numb their conscience and the charlatan pastor makes a good living at the same time. No wonder there is a church on every corner. No wonder hell has been renovated to make room for all of those con men and their prey.

The Pharisees were more noble than pastors today in one respect; they honored the law of Moses whereas today the pastors despise, reject, and trample on the precious word of God.

The Pharisees tolerated Jesus until he became a threat to their money, position and power. As long as they had the people in the palm of their hand they could abide the wandering evangelist but when it seemed the whole world was starting to follow Jesus they saw their kingdoms evaporating into thin air and so proposed killing not only Jesus but Lazarus as well.

Think I am being overly harsh? Let me ask you a question. How do you think it would go if next Sunday you get out of your seat and proceed to the pulpit to preach or teach something God has laid on your heart? You will find out soon enough, you mess with the bull you get the horn. Your little bull on your corner of town won’t allow that much less a big Jakes, Hagee, Swaggart, or Osteen bull. Most pastors can preach and impersonate a man of God but Joel is just a motivational speaker bearing the title of pastor which will earn him a greater judgment. Being so careful to keep his sword free of blood he should never be called preacher. Jer. 48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. He adds to his condemnation by allowing his feisty wife to share center stage in direct rebellion to the word of God they claim to represent. His reward could be as great as his punishment if he would humble himself, repent, and obey the truth. Failing to warn the wicked of their impending doom will bring a harsh sentence on judgment day. The punishment for offending one person will be great, I can’t imagine the suffering one will endure for offending millions. Part of the offense is the failure to address the sin sickness from which the lost could be cured if only they were told the truth. The phony preachers care more about their money, position, and reputation than people dying and going to hell. They don’t care that their pen is full of goats as long as the goats help build their kingdom and leave some money behind.

Synonyms for hypocrite; pastor, bishop, father, priest, reverend,

Synonyms for Jezebel; feisty, domineering, rebellious

Synonyms for love; obedience, loyalty, self sacrifice

Being the good physician, Jesus always diagnosed and treated peoples spiritual illness which many times offended them but his offense came from a heart full of love . He knew the words would hurt but were absolutely necessary to save the patients life. The flesh and spirit can never live together in peace and harmony, one of them has to die. If a preachers message doesn’t offend anyone he isn’t preaching the gospel. Many years ago a little girl was stuck in a well and was going to die if they couldn’t get her out. A doctor told them to break her legs if they had to, he could fix her legs. As were the hard hearts of the Pharisees so were the Lord’s words spoken with the force of a hammer. Their only chance of salvation was to be confronted head on with the truth of how proud and hard their hearts had become.

Ecc_12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

If the euphoria of receiving human worship and the very comfortable salary were greatly diminished some pastors may come to their senses and repent. Without faithful subjects and their money they have no throne or kingdom so get away from them and not only save yourselves but some of them may be saved as well.

If you don’t get out from under the control of the pastors and under the control of the Holy Spirit there is very little hope. If you are not free to produce the fruit that your Lord demands you will lose everything. These proud lords have seized the King’s people and their resources and their kingdom can’t survive without both. Escape their evil grasp while you can. Your allegiance and financial support make you a partner in their sins.

Isaiah ch. 5 gives us a terrifying revelation of the end of the church today.

Isa 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

Isa 5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Isa 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

These three verses should scare the living daylights out of every professing Christian.

All of the glory, and the crowd, and their pomp, and they that raise their hands in worship will descend into the fires of hell because they have been taught lies and don’t know the ways of God. They have been assured of salvation while still living in sin.

Or put another way; The worship team inspires the crowd but the Holy Spirit is totally disregarded and because the people haven’t been taught the ways of God they have become prisoners. Prisoners of sin and the organization. The elders are void of truth and the congregation dies of thirst. Therefore hell has been enlarged and the gates expanded to accommodate the arrival of every pastor and his worship team and his congregation.

(If it were not for the so called worship teams that jazz the crowd and give an illusion of life I doubt if many would bother to show up at all)

Verse 12 says they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. The Holy Spirit has been horribly grieved and the hands of the Lord (each member of his body) sit in chains standing and sitting on command like good little prisoners. Pastor King Saul was going to kill Jonathan his own son because he went against the bosses orders and