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The Problem of False Preacher Teacher Clerical Ministering Within Modern Day Churches

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The Problem of False Preacher Teacher Clerical Ministering Within Modern Day Churches

The table of the Lord is Holy.

The food we receive must come from the Priest-King Himself—pure, undefiled, and flowing from the Holiest of All.

Yet in our time, that table has been defiled.

The church has become a place where food offered to idols is served. These idols are not of wood and stone but of political causes, cultural trends, social programmes, and false moral appearances. They are the idols of the age, and they have been brought into the sanctuary.

The Social Gospel, with all its political causes and cultural trends, is such an idol.

It sounds compassionate to the natural ear, but it sacrifices the true Gospel on the altar of this world. It offers earthly reform where the Priest-King Jesus Christ offers heavenly reconciliation.

It speaks of systems and power where He speaks of the cross and the throne of grace. It rearranges deck chairs on a sinking ship. It offers programs where it should offer presence. It offers politics where it should offer peace. It offers activism where it should offer adoration.

This is not the Gospel. It is a counterfeit—a substitute that speaks of earthly kingdoms while ignoring the heavenly. It is food wrapped in pretty paper, but inside is rotting meat. It is a deception, a snare, and a trap.

Congregations that consume this food are not being heart-fed; they are being mind-fed. Their souls are starved while their minds are filled with the philosophies of men. Those who serve this food as if it were the Gospel are not acting as faithful shepherds of the flock; they are leading souls away from the true pasture.

We make it very clear, we do not seek merely to promote our own theology within COFE-CYEM by pointing the finger at (any) other theologies, denominations or faiths. COFE-CYEM itself makes many claims around our theology, our belief system and our faith.

We do not expect or ask everybody to just blindly believe our way of seeing and believing. All we seek is to call attention to the issue of the church and faith itself being used as a Trojan Horse for (worldly) purposes in order to further the interests of man and not God Himself.

We implore our followers respectfully – if you ever feel, suspect or see anything whatsoever within our own theology or posts here on COFE-CYEM that you believe is pushing (worldly) purposes or schemes, then please call us out and expose us.

We are no different or more righteous than any other brother or sister in Christ. But if we were to be found (using) the true Gospel as a Trojan Horse to push a false Gospel for our own purposes – then we are truly lost indeed.

The Nature of the Deception

The danger arises whenever social action, political programmes, or cultural causes become substitutes for the proclamation of Christ crucified and risen, rather than fruits flowing from communion with Him.

The New Testament consistently presents love for neighbour and care for the poor as genuine expressions of faith, not as alternatives to it.

The error is not in caring for the needy or seeking justice. The error is in presenting such activities as the Gospel itself, or as a sufficient substitute for repentance, faith in Christ, and the new birth.

Those who preach this substitute gospel speak of power where the Priest-King spoke of weakness. They speak of victory where He spoke of the cross. They speak of this world as if it were the only world. They have departed from the faith and given themselves over to the spirit of the age.

They have exchanged the Gospel of the finished work for a gospel of social reform. They have exchanged the cross for a political platform. They have exchanged the throne of grace for a seat of power. They have exchanged the rest that remains for the restless striving of the world. They have exchanged the Holiest of All for the outer courts of carnal religion.

This is not a judgment on persons but a discernment of teaching. We do not know the hearts of those who preach these things, and we leave their final judgment to God.

We are called to test the spirits and to distinguish between the pure food of the Gospel and the poisoned food that has been offered to idols. The warning is not against individuals but against the teaching itself, which, however attractively packaged, leads away from Christ.

The Rot Beneath the Wrapping

False teaching often comes wrapped in the language of the Bible, the imagery of the cross, and the emotions of the congregation. It speaks of love, justice, and compassion, but it hollows out their meaning. It is like the fig tree that had leaves but no fruit—a show of life without the reality of life.

Congregations that consume this food are being fed a diet of politics, activism, and social reform, but they are not being fed the pure Word of God.

They are being told to fight for earthly causes, but they are not being told to enter the Holiest of All. They are being told to change the world, but they are not being told to rest in the finished work of the Priest-King.

They are being told to be activists, but they are not being told to be worshippers. They are being told to build the kingdom of God on earth, but they are not being told that the Kingdom of God is within them.

The food that is being served is a gospel of the flesh, a gospel of the world, a gospel of the age. It has no power to save, no power to transform, and no power to bring the soul into the presence of God.

It leads to exhaustion, burnout, and disillusionment. It leads away from the Priest-King, not toward Him. It leads to the outer court, not the Holiest of All. The invitation to serve God in the world becomes a substitute for the invitation to abide in Christ.

The True Gospel and the Mind of Christ

The real Gospel is not a gospel of prosperity, politics, or social reform disguised as salvation. It is not a gospel of emotional experience without transformation.

The real Gospel is this: Jesus Christ, the Priest-King has entered the Holiest of All through His own blood.

The veil is torn.

The way is open.

Every soul who draws near through Him receives mercy, finds grace, and enters the rest that remains.

He ever lives to make intercession.

He brings God to us and us to God. In Him, we are accepted. In Him, we are kept. In Him, the endless life of God flows freely to all who will come. That is the Gospel. Not a portion of it. Not a version of it. It.

The mind of Christ is not the mind of carnal man, which seeks power, recognition, and earthly comfort. The mind of Christ empties itself, takes the form of a servant, becomes obedient unto death, and is exalted by the Father. The mind of Christ builds the church on the rock of revelation, and the gates of hell do not prevail against it.

The mind of Christ measures faithfulness by abiding in the Father’s presence. Those who preach the substitute gospel do not have the mind of Christ. They have the mind of the flesh, the mind of the world, the mind of the age.

They have not entered the Holiest of All. They have not passed through the veil. They have not been cleansed by the blood. They have not received the endless life. They remain in the outer courts, serving the idols of the age.

The Call of This Hour: Wake Up and Return

The call of this hour is clear. The pews empty because souls are hungry for reality—not programs, not politics, not noise, but the living presence of God in truth. Congregations must wake up. They must open their eyes to the deception of false teaching.

They must stop eating the food that has been sacrificed to idols. They must return to the table of the Lord, where pure food is served—the finished work of the Priest-King, the open way into the Holiest of All, the rest that remains, and the endless life that flows from His intercession.

The table of the Lord has been turned into a place where food offered to idols is served. The Gospel of the finished work has been exchanged for a gospel of social reform. The cross has been exchanged for a political platform. The throne of grace has been exchanged for a seat of power.

The rest that remains has been exchanged for the restless striving of the world. The Holiest of All has been exchanged for the outer courts of carnal religion. The church has been used as a Trojan Horse for political purposes, hiding its true agenda behind the language of compassion, justice, and love.

The congregations that continue to consume this food are being poisoned. They are being led astray. They are being robbed of their inheritance. They are being kept from the Holiest of All, from the rest that remains, from the endless life, from the Priest-King.

The time has come for them to wake up. The time has come for them to return. The time has come for them to stop eating the rotting meat and to come to the table of the Lord, where pure food is served.

The true church of the real Gospel is often small, overlooked, and ridiculed. But it knows the voice of the Shepherd. It does not follow the stranger. It abides in the Word. It dwells in the Holiest. The true church does not eat food sacrificed to idols. It does not bow to the false gods of the age.

It does not compromise the table of the Lord. It preaches the real Gospel—Christ and Him crucified. It preaches the finished work. It preaches the endless life. It preaches the open way into the Holiest of All. It calls every soul to draw near. It calls every church to open the doors. It calls every believer to cease from striving and rest in the finished work of the Priest-King.

The Contrast: The Olive Tree and the Wicked

Psalm 52 powerfully contrasts the man who trusts in his own strength and deceit with the one who trusts in God’s unfailing love and flourishes in His house. The Psalm speaks of the wicked man who boasts of evil, whose tongue plots destruction, who loves evil rather than good, and who trusts in his great wealth and grows strong by destroying others.

This is the image of the one who trusts in his own strength, his own position, his own power. The Psalm declares that God will bring him down to everlasting ruin, snatch him up, tear him from his tent, and uproot him from the land of the living.

But the righteous is like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God, trusting in God’s unfailing love forever and ever. The righteous praises God forever and hopes in His name.

This is the image of the true believer—the one who trusts in the finished work of the Priest-King, who abides in the Holiest of All, who is sustained by the unfailing love of God through Jesus Christ who ever lives to make intercession.

The true believer does not boast in evil or trust in human schemes, false popular moral sounding social constructs or political power. The true believer trusts in the finished work of the Priest-King Yeshua Emet Melchizedek Salem—Christ Jesus—and abides in Him who has opened the way.

The Final Exhortation

The modern church stands at a critical hour. Many have turned the table of the Lord into a place where food offered to idols is served. The Social Gospel, with its political causes, cultural trends, and false moral appearances, has become the dominant offering.

It sounds compassionate to the natural ear, but it sacrifices the true Gospel on the altar of this world. It offers earthly reform where the Priest-King offers heavenly reconciliation. It speaks of systems and power where He speaks of the cross and the throne of grace.

We must not eat of any spiritual food that has been offered in sacrifice to an idol. The table of the Lord is holy. The food we receive must come from the Priest-King Himself—pure, undefiled, and flowing from the Holiest of All.

Those who preach the substitute gospel have turned the church into a platform for their political agendas. They have exchanged the Gospel of the finished work for a gospel of social reform. They have exchanged the cross for a political platform. They have exchanged the throne of grace for a seat of power.

They have exchanged the rest that remains for the restless striving of the world. They have exchanged the Holiest of All for the outer courts of carnal religion. They are not shepherds of the flock; they are servants of the spirit of the age, offering food that cannot satisfy the soul.

The true church of the real Gospel is often small, overlooked, and ridiculed. But it knows the voice of the Shepherd. It does not follow the stranger. It abides in the Word. It dwells in the Holiest. The true church does not eat food sacrificed to idols. It does not bow to the false gods of the age.

It does not compromise the table of the Lord. It preaches the real Gospel—Christ and Him crucified. It preaches the finished work.

It preaches the endless life. It preaches the open way into the Holiest of All. It calls every soul to draw near. It calls every church to open the doors. It calls every believer to cease from striving and rest in the finished work of the Priest-King.

The Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.

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Sunday service 2026 March 1: Lent

On this sun-drenched first day of March, we welcomed many people in the ecclesia hall and in their homes via Zoom.

Lets begin our service looking by joining together in fact, amazing time. We thank God for the blue skies and sunshine.

This morning in particular we share the pain and anguish of our brethren in Iran and other conflict areas, at the balance in enrolment since the start of this year in particular, we share their emotions. What we do know of our brothers in Iran is that the fast moving situation is causing panic, worry and the real struggle to survive.

Tim was talking about ‘Lent’ and what it means to us.

Psalm 105 which is all about the faithfulness of God towards His people Israel and their travelling through the wilderness.

Moses gave praise to Jehovah the almighty Lord. He gave honour to His Name, talking of His doings among the peoples. The psalmist asks to let our voice be sounding in songs and melody. Let all our thoughts be of the wonder of Hs works.

We must have glory in His holy name; therefore let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad. Let their search be for the Lord of lords and for His strength. We can only hope numerous people shall let teir hearts ever be turned to Him.

We have to keep in mind the great works which He has done; His wonders, and the decisions of His mouth, He is the Lord our God: He is judge of all the earth.

Today we find the Middle East burning, but they and we should remember that Jehovah has kept His agreement in mind for ever, the word which He gave for a thousand generations; the agreement which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac. And He gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement.

The land of Canaan, the measured line of the Jewish heritage was given by God. When they were still small in number, and strange in the land; when they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.  He Who is the Mightiest would not let anyone do them wrong; He even kept back kings because of them.

We can see that in the past several were tested by the word of God.

God sent Moses, His servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection to let His signs be seen among the people, and His wonders in the land of Ham. Jehovah sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against His word. God according to His Wish brought several disasters over the Egyptians. Jehovah kept in mind His holy word, and Abraham, His servant.  And He took His people out of Egypt with joy, the men of His selection with glad cries: and gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage; so that they might keep His orders, and be true to His laws. Give praise to the Lord.

Remembering what God has done to His people we should be taking care that no one takes you away by force, through man’s wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ: for in him all the wealth of God’s being has a living form, and we as followers of Christ are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority: in whom we had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ. Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which we came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

After this reading we looked at the letter of Paul the apostle who wrote to the church in Colossae, which is now in modern Turkey.

We being dead through our sins and the evil condition of our flesh, to us Paul said that he gave life together with Jesus, and forgiveness of all our sins. Paul asks:

14 Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross; 15 Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.”

For this reason let no man be our judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths: for these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ’s. Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind, and not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God. (Colossians 2:8-19)

Catholics and Muslims started their fasting, which they each try to fulfil in a different way. For them it is a time for purifying their heart. We ask God to purify our hearts, telling Him how our heart is one of desire, asking Jehovah to set it apart, because we choose to be holy (set apart) ready to do His Will. We ask God to cleanse our hearts from within.

Tuesday it was Shrove Tuesday and Tim had pancakes that evening. He didn’t understand Sue using the eggs and flour to get rid of that stuff, sweets in the house. Tim did not understand why we would do that. The following morning he was getting up it was Ash Wednesday. He looked at his grandchildren he found it was the beginning of  Lent: the seven weeks of prayer, fasting and almsgiving before the arrival of Easter. That morning he learned a person stopped eating chocolates and on the radio there were other things as mentioned as well.

For many Christians, Lent is a season for fasting and abstinence in imitation of Jesus Christ’s fasting in the wilderness before he began his public ministry. In Western churches Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before Easter, and excludes Sundays. In Eastern churches Lent begins on the Monday of the seventh week before Easter and ends on the Friday before Holy Week (Passion Week) that immediately precedes Easter. This 40-day “Great Lent” includes Saturdays and Sundays as relaxed fast days.

The purpose of it is that of spiritual reflection repentance and inner conversion and often described as a spiritual springtime.

Abstaining from luxuries or vices, that might be chocolates. Increased prayers and charitable acts.

Lent is not mentioned in the Bible at all. Moses in the old time Testament was always telling people of God to be aware of forgetting. Moses was very concerned that we didn’t forget God when they got there in the land. and Jesus himself  used the word beware. He used it quite a lot. And in his case it was normally to do with the teachings of the clerics.

Beware the teachings of the times. And Paul in the chapter Caroline read, gave three warnings, if we are to enjoy a real life in Jesus Christ.

Paul was talking about it what people were undertaking what we might call a severe self-discipline. An extension from all forms of indulgence, identity management, but whatever it was Paul’s warning about abstention was popular in the Middle Ages.

Paul actually tells us that physical trauma is of some value. We know that he disciplined his own body and kept it under control, because he tells us that. And all of us will agree that we need physical discipline in our lives. We need to walk, run, to get up and go. We need to do things. We need to be aware of eating too much, becoming overweight. We need to be aware of drinking  too much coffee and coke. Landing up nervous and dark scent, the possibility of ease. So our temples, as the Scripture tells, are our bodies, we should say , our temples of the Holy Spirit. And yet sometimes we do not care for our bodies as we should.

So the Colossians started to think that disciplining your body would actually sanctify their soul and their position before God. If they didn’t do this, if they didn’t complied with the 7 way of behaving, it would be alright with him up there.

Do not submit to its rules. Do not handle. Do not taste. These are all destined to perish with use, which they are based on human institutions. Not having, appears then for they are just another way. Making yourself looking more important. So Paul is telling us that days are of no value, rigorous fleshy discipline for religious purposes.  There is no manual either. So we need to be clearly understanding and be careful in our approach to things like games as well. Indeed what should our approach to this religious festival be? Well there is a sharp distinction  between the days leading up to this history. And the days afterwards. The days leading up to Easter and all our lamenting. The days after Easter all about rejoice. So the weeks either side of Bistro. See, the world history diving into 2 periods. Time before Jesus’ death and resurrection and then the time afterwards. New creation has been launched by the resurrection in the middle of the old, energized with the freshness of your spirit as appointed by Jesus. And this is the distinction between Lents, whatever that might involve an Easter. And it’s not just a question of thinking on Ash Wednesday you start late. We finish that Monday, Thursday. We should be thinking about what Lent is all about and what Easter is all about throughout the whole meeting.

We look internally and we look at the wider church. And we ourselves fail missionaly in our love for God and for one more. And so our lament is to recognise that things are still a mess. And this is perhaps where we can join in with God’s own song on the continuing tragedy of this world, because manual. To contrast that then with importance simply for the celebration of the Easter story.

Once we learn to lament properly, their minds, their hearts, we can praise God for the New Creation which we have bind. Without sanction or treatable.

Set your hearts and things  above where Jesus  is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds to things above, not on earthy things. And when Jesus who is your life. Then you also will appear within the book. He shaped into the kind of people that God wants to be.

Our thoughts must be on set things which are above. No longer concerned with trivial passing things of earth. Jesus Christ, as Paul says, is the most important thing. No more. This is life.

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Preceding

1. Living as a believer in Christ
2. Today’s thought “Performing deeds in keeping with their repentance” (November 10)
3. No necessity for fasting
4. What would be your reason to fast

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Additional reading

1. Nazarene Commentary Luke 3:3-6 – John Preaches Baptism of Repentance
2. Nazarene Commentary Luke 3:7-9 – Vipers, Repent!
3. Spoken in the name of Jehovah God for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience
4. Does repeated sin show a lack of repentance?
5. The Lunar Effect
6. Lent, 40 days, meditation and repentance (Some View on the world)
7. Lent, 40 days, meditation and repentance (Our World)
8. Lent, Holi, Purim, and Palm Sunday observed, and Ramadan entering its third week
9. Lenten Season and our minds and hearts the spiritual temple in which God seeks to live
10. Is “Holy Week” the most sacred time of the year
11. Trying to Get Rid of Holy Days for a Long Time
12. Together tasting a great promisse
13. Not able to see Jesus working wonders

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