This is what "Bill-not too-Bright," so called founder of
Campus Crusade For Christ said: "As long as you have breath, God
COMMANDS YOU to praise Him, and He also has something for you to do."
He then goes on to recommend that people get the exciting finale to
the best selling "Left Behind" series- "Glorious Appearing"
by LaHaye and Jenkins. Save your money or go see a movie or have a nice
lunch.
My questions to Mr. Bright are: "What if we don't obey His command
to praise Him?" "What if we don't believe that He has anything
more for us to do?" "What if we just simply believe and accept
that by grace Christ has done it all and that the command to praise
Him has already been fulfilled in Jesus?" Now, here's the religious
catch, deceptive manipulation and crafty insinuation that Mr. (not too)
Bright is trying to place upon us as a guilt and fear trip.
"If you do not obey God's command to praise Him, and don't do the
'something' that He wants you to do, then more than likely you will
not receive from God the things that you been asking of Him in prayer."
When will all of these smooth religious catchy man made phrases that
are often advertised by these religious charlatan's, stop? Never! These
guys, as sincere and well meaning as they may appear, are experts in
their field of finances.
These so called leaders of the Campus' Crusades For Christ organizations
and many more like them could probably sell you a Camel. They are smooth
religious salesmen. And what is it that they use to get you to buy their
religious legalistic junk? They use out of context, old and new passages
out of the bible to sell you their religious products. They are smooth
operators. They leach and live out of your hard earned money, and they
use guilt, fear and condemnation to get your attention.
These guys all work together as a religious money making franchise.
They may use Christ and quote scriptures and testify how God has done
this for them and for others because of them, but the majority of the
money they make from their religious legalistic lying promotions goes
into their pockets. Men like the LaHaye's, the Jerkin's and the Bright's
have made a financial killing at the expense of many of us suckers who
believe, buy and fall for their smooth operator selling lying religious
propaganda.
I personally, (being one of them myself back in the days) believe that
the greatest tool used to get people motivated to buy religious stuff,
and get them to actually believe that what they are hearing and reading
is true gospel, is by manipulating and deceiving (bombarding) their
minds with fear, guilt and condemnation. It is the oldest selling trick
in the book. The deception behind Mr. (not too) Bright is to get you
to perform for God and lead you to think that God's response to you
is based on how much you obey what He has commanded and what He would
have you to do.
It is clearly obvious that the religious world has not wised up to any
of these men's smooth operator religious manipulative tactics. These
men are still casting their religious legalistic fishing hooks, and
the people are still swallowing the deceptive worm on the hook along
with the line, sinker and pole. Since the people have for years put
these men above reproach and have highly esteemed them as being men
of God, because of their obvious religious success in the Christian
world, people will continue to believe that what these men are preaching
is true Gospel.
I believe that these are the men that Paul often warned about "For
is no surprise to me, that Satan would transform himself into an angel
of light." Normally this passage used by Paul out of Corinthians
is used to identify an unbeliever or a wicked person. But if we read
it in context, Paul was identifying the religious, self-righteous, puffed
up, holier than thou Jews that were out to deceive the people and pervert
the Gospel.
Friends, the 'bright' thing to do is to look out for the "Bill
Bright's" of the religious world. They will even sell you the gold
out of their covered cavities in their teeth's if they can get you to
believe that there's an anointing in them. Bill (not too) Bright has
been around for a long time, and no doubt, like many other organizations
like his, has contributed some good to society. But when it comes to
the preaching of the Gospel, Mr. Bright hasn't been too bright.
Just remember this: "God will always love you whether you praise
Him or don't do anything at all for Him." He has done it all for
you in Christ because He knew you could not do it for yourself. The
only thing that God requires of you is that you believe that He loves
you and the entire world unconditionally, and as far as the East is
from the West, the sins of the world He remembers no more. About the
brightest thing you can ever live at peace with, is that it is "Christ,
Minus You, Plus Nothing." Thank You Jesus!
Grace N Peace
Eddie Narvaez