My God Is A Shocker! : God's Unorthodox Methods

MY GOD IS A SHOCKER! : PART TWO

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Last Updated : July 23, 2006

Ruth Seduces Boaz, King David Commits Adultery And Murder,
Foreskins A Token Of Victory, David's Wild Dance And Michal
Struck Barren, Judging God, God's Ways Are Above Our Ways,
Isaiah And Menstruous Cloths, God Is The Boss!, Naked Isaiah
Unorthodoxy With A Message, Apostate Israel And Assyrian
Expansion, King Hezekiah And Sennacherib, Dung And Piss - An
Odd Diet, 'Pisseth Against The Wall', Dung-Eating Ezekiel,
Cannibalism In The Bible, Hosea Marries A Whore, Jesus'
Loving Words - Children Of Hell, Vipers And Hypocrites,
Discerning God's Spirit, Wild Man John The Baptist Loses His
Head, Rebuke Is Love, Bastards In The Bible, God's Glory

Tamar's act of prostitution isn't the only, what some might
consider, 'unChristian-like' act associated with our Savior.
Moving up hundreds of years, are you aware of the fact that
Ruth, another ancestor of Jesus Christ, purposely seduced
Boaz, who was the great grandfather of King David, in
obedience to her mother-in-law Naomi's bidding? She waited
until Boaz had eaten and was drunk, and then crept in and
slept with him late at night. Her motivation? Again, it was
to continue the family line. Here is part of the story:

"Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter,
shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with
thee? And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens
thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the
threshingfloor. Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and
put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor:
but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have
done eating and drinking. And it shall be, when he lieth
down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and
thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down;
and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. And she said unto
her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. And she went
down unto the floor, and did according to all that her
mother in law bade her. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk,
and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of
the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his
feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass at midnight,
that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a
woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou? And she
answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy
skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. And
he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou
hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the
beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men,
whether poor or rich. And now, my daughter, fear not; I will
do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my
people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. And now it
is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a
kinsman nearer than I. Tarry this night, and it shall be in
the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a
kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will
not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the
part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down
until the morning. And she lay at his feet until the
morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And
he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the
floor. Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon
thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six
measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into
the city. And when she came to her mother in law, she said,
Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man
had done to her." Ruth 3:1-16, KJV

Now isn't that an odd question! Why in the world would Naomi
ask her daughter-in-law, whom she knew very well, who she
was? Was Naomi mad? Had she lost her memory? Or might it be
that Naomi was asking Ruth if their plan had worked, and if
she was no longer the same person she was twelve hours
earlier? Do you understand? As we all know, Boaz did the
gentlemanly thing to do, and married Ruth after a closer
next-of-kin refused her.

And then of course, we come to Boaz and Ruth's great grand-
son; that is, King David. Many of you are familiar with the
fact that King David was both a murderer, (he purposely had
Uriah killed in battle), as well as an adulterer; (he took
Uriah's beautiful wife, Bathsheba, to be his own wife), yet
he too is heralded as one of the greatest kings of Israel.
Not only that, but we all know that he was also a direct
ancestor of Jesus Christ. Due to the length of the story, I
will not include it here, but you will find it in 2 Samuel
chapters eleven and twelve. Let me just mention that God
did punish David for his sinful and selfish deeds; but He
also blessed him with many other sons; the first of whom we
all know very well: King Solomon.

Before leaving King David behind, allow me to mention a few
more interesting facts regarding the life of this famous,
and highly-respected Jewish king. Are you aware of the fact
that it was the common custom of the Israelites to cut off
the foreskins of their male enemies as a token of victory?
For those of you who don't know what a foreskin is, it is
the sheath of skin which surrounds an uncircumcised man's
penis. Imagine; if you were defeated by the Israelites, you
risked suffering sudden circumcision; and I seriously doubt
that any kind of local anesthesia was applied! Of course,
maybe you were already dead when they did it! My regular
readers know that I love the Lord, and I love His Word; yet
I am not ashamed to admit that even I, who have studied His
Word for many years, still find this fact very repulsive! I
just can't imagine myself grabbing any man's penis, and
doing this to him, dead or alive.

Well, the Prophet Samuel informs us that King Saul required
that David collect one hundred foreskins of his Philistine
enemies, before he would give him the hand of his daughter
Michal in marriage. We are told that David humbled Saul, by
not bringing just one hundred, but rather two hundred fore-
skins. Imagine if similar marriage requirements were made
today!:

"Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew
of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought
their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the
king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul
gave him Michal his daughter to wife." 1 Samuel 18:27, KJV

Speaking of Michal, are you aware of the fact that God
cursed her, so that she was unable to bear any children for
David? Do you know why the Lord did this? The Bible tells us
that it was because she was a jealous woman! It seems that
David was a rather happy, wild and carefree king. He was so
in love with the Lord, and His Word, that he was not afraid
to publicly demonstrate his affection for the Lord. On one
particular occasion, when the Ark of the Covenant was being
returned to Jerusalem, David danced wildly before it. The
reason why Michal became jealous and spoke against David, is
because he did his wild dance in front of the handmaids of
Israel, and we are given the impression that he stripped
some of his clothes! God simply did NOT like anyone speaking
against His anointed leader, not even David's wife; and
David told her so. Thus she was cursed, as we see by these
verses:

"And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and
David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the
house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with
shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the ark
of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's
daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping
and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her
heart...Then David returned to bless his household. And
Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and
said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who
uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his
servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth
himself! And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD,
which chose me before thy father, and before all his house,
to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over
Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. And I will
yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own
sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of
them shall I be had in honour. Therefore Michal the daughter
of Saul had no child unto the day of her death."
2 Samuel 6:14-16, 20-23, KJV

So allow me to ask you: Considering the stories that we have
examined thus far, couldn't God have made better choices
than people such as these? Didn't this questionable lineage
place a dark shadow on Jesus' bloodline? Is it difficult to
understand why to this day, the Israelis/Jews, refuse to
accept Jesus Christ as the one true Messiah? Is it difficult
to understand why they say such nasty things about Him, and
even spit at the mention of His name? Did God make a big
mistake? Or was He trying to make a certain point with all
of these incidents? Personally, I think that He was; and
that is, that He can use whoever He wants, however He wants,
whenever He wants, regardless of what mere humans think of
His methods; even if they think that He is wrong, or not a
very holy God. As the Lord said to dear Job:

"...Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?
he that reproveth God, let him answer it. Then Job answered
the LORD, and said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer
thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I
spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will
proceed no further. Then answered the LORD unto Job out of
the whirlwind, and said, Gird up thy loins now like a man: I
will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou
also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou
mayest be righteous?" Job 40:1b-8, KJV

Many years later, the Apostle Paul would also write the
following to the brethren at Rome:

"Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast
thou made me thus?" Romans 9:20, KJV

So, as we have begun to see, if we start to examine some of
the lives of our 'heroes' of the Bible, we discover that
they did and said some things which would make the sensitive
modern Christian turn their head in shock, in disgust, and
in absolute wonderment; yet each of the persons involved in
these different situations were chosen and blessed by God!
God simply does not care what we think of His methods! As we
see in Isaiah chapter fifty-five, God's ways are simply NOT
our ways, and we should all be very careful, and not be too
quick to judge Him:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9, KJV

Before leaving the Old Testament behind, let's take a look
at a few more examples of God's unorthodox methods. First in
our line-up is a person who is greatly respected by Bible
scholars of our modern era. Allow me to introduce you to Mr.
Isaiah, by way of one of his many prophecies. Allow me to
warn you that this individual seems to have had a preference
for employing shock value in his methods. He would have fit
in perfectly with modern shock radio and television; and
yes, I am speaking with a bit of sarcasm here. I hope that
you the reader have enough sense of humor to take my words
with a grain of salt, and won't be offended. Near the end of
his book of prophecy, this humble Prophet of God wrote the
following:

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a
leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us
away." Isaiah 64:6, KJV

Do you fully understand what Isaiah has written here? The
Lord is having him say that our righteousness stinks! Our
self-perceived holiness is putrid! Exactly how bad is it?
Well, if we look up the Hebrew origin of the phrase 'filthy
rags', we discover that it is derived from the word `ed,
which is a reference to the filthy rags, or stained garments
of menstruation! Yes folks; the Lord is having Isaiah say
that our righteousness, the holier-than-thou image that some
people have of themselves, (in this particular case, the
backslidden Israelites), isn't any better than a stinking,
putrid menstrual cloth; that is to say, a Kotex or Tampax!
Well, if God really wanted to create a favorable impression
with us, or with the ancient Israelites, He certainly did a
rather poor job of it, didn't He? He certainly didn't make
it easy for Isaiah, did He? But you see, as I have already
made clear, God simply does not care what we think of Him,
or of His methods. He will do as He pleases, because He is
the boss, and NOT us! He calls the shots! How dare any of us
to speak against Him, as has become so prevalent in our
modern day! The very spirit of antichrist has filled the
world!

Imagine if the Prophet Isaiah, the man who prophesied of the
fall of kings and kingdoms, the man who prophesied of the
coming sufferings of the Messiah, the man who prophesied of
the coming Millennial Rule of Jesus Christ, came today and
said the very same things concerning the modern religious
system. Would he have been accepted by such a pharisaical
group of people? I seriously doubt it; particularly after I
tell you of another interesting fact regarding the life of
this wonderful Prophet of God. Are you aware of the fact
that Isaiah was the first streaker? For those of you outside
of America who are not familiar with the term, a number of
years ago, there was a certain fad in America, where for the
simple sake of shock value, certain daring individuals, both
men and women, would don nothing but tennis shoes, and run,
or streak, unexpectedly across a certain area, totally in the
nude. I never personally witnessed this, but I assume it to
be true. Whether or not they were trying to make a political
state I don't recall. Perhaps some were, while others did it
merely for the challenge or the exhilaration it brought them.

Well, some 2,700 years ago, dear Isaiah was called by God,
to do something equally as radical. In fact, I would dare
say that it was even more radical. Why? Because Isaiah did
not just dash across town for a minute or two; he didn't
even run. We are told that he walked totally naked for not
just a few minutes, but for a total of three years! Notice
that he did not even wear a loin cloth around his buttocks
and genitalia! Here again is the Scriptural proof:

"At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and
put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked
and barefoot. And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah
hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and
wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; So shall the king of
Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the
Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even
with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt."
Isaiah 20:2-4, KJV

As you can see by the previous verses, whenever the Lord
asked one of His servants to perform such an unorthodox act,
it was always for a specific reason. In this case, Isaiah's
three-year naked streak was meant to serve as a graphic
example of the fate which would soon befall the Egyptians
and the Ethiopians, as they were taken into captivity by the
Assyrians. Now, can you imagine what would happen today if a
man of God were to strip himself of his clothing, and engage
in a similar ministry to that of the Prophet Isaiah? The
religious establishment would undoubtedly quickly brand him
a false prophet who was possessed by the devil; well, at
least those who still believe that Satan is real. Sadly,
many churches now teach that Satan was only a symbolic or
metaphorical creature. At any rate, I don't doubt that the
legal authorities would send the men in white coats in order
to quickly lock up anyone who would venture out onto the
street in the nude, in order to preach the Word of God. What
would YOUR reaction be if you heard such a thing on the
nightly news??? Being the skeptical person that I am, I know
that my eyebrows would raise, and I would be very hesitant
to immediately embrace such a person as a modern messenger
sent from God.

And that brings us to our next example of shocking language
found in the Bible. Like his contemporaries, Isaiah was a
Prophet of warning. As I point out in other articles, such
as 'The Fruits Of Disobedience', during much of the time
that they existed as an independent nation, the people of
Israel were living in great sin; and God was getting very
tired of it; so He sent Isaiah and others to warn them that
they had better repent. Their primary sin was their worship
of the ancient pagan gods. Not only would they build altars
to these false gods, but they would even sacrifice their
children to them as well. Scattered amongst the disobedient
kings of Israel, there were a few good ones, such as King
Hezekiah in the southern kingdom of Judah.

At this time in world history, the Assyrian empire was
aggressively conquering the Middle East, and the land of
Judah was next on their agenda. Of course, their conquest
was all by the Will of God, even though, in their pride, the
foolish Assyrians did not realize this. They assumed that
they conquered by the power of their false gods, and they
even ridiculed the God of Israel. What they failed to know,
is that King Hezekiah was one of the good kings, and he had
done something which pleased the Lord: He removed the pagan
worship from Judah, as we see here:

"Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah
king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah
began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he
began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of
Zachariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of
the LORD, according to all that David his father did. He
removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down
the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that
Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel
did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. He
trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was
none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that
were before him. For he clave to the LORD, and departed not
from following him, but kept his commandments, which the
LORD commanded Moses." 2 Kings 18:1-6, KJV

So unbeknownst to the Assyrians, at that particular time,
the Lord was with the children of Judah; and His intentions
were to deliver them out of the hand of their enemies; which
He did. You can read about the Divine Deliverance in chapter
nineteen of the Second Book of the Kings. Consider now part
of what was said when Rabshakeh, one of the proud generals
of Assyrian king, Sennacherib, drew near to the walls of
Jerusalem, in order to convince the people of Jerusalem that
they should just surrender peaceably, and thus avoid any
unnecessary bloodshed:

"But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master
and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the
men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own
dung, and drink their own piss with you?" Isaiah 36:12, KJV

That is rather strong language for the Bible; and I think
that most people would find it much more offensive than my
use of the word 'crap'; wouldn't you agree; yet there it is
as plain as day. Why would Rabshakeh even say something like
this? Well, if you study the strategies of the Assyrians and
the Babylonians in the Bible, you will see that they relied
heavily upon the strategy of seige. Most cities were walled
at that time in history, and the inhabitants would store up
supplies which could last for a considerable amount of time.
Eventually, however, the supplies would run out, and unless
they would surrender, what else would they have left to eat,
or drink? So I believe that this is what Rabshakeh was really
saying to them: 'Surrender now, or you will end up eating
and drinking your own . . .'. In fact, if you read some of
my other articles on this topic, you will see that this is
precisely the strategy that the Babylonians used less than
two hundred years later when they too seiged, and in fact
conquered Jerusalem during the reign of King Zedekiah.

It might interest you to know that this is not the only
place where the word 'piss' is used in the Bible. On six
different occasions, the phrase 'pisseth against the wall'
is also used; as we see by the following example:

"So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I
leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any
that pisseth against the wall." 1 Samuel 25:22, KJV

Let's move on now and take a look at the life of another
Divinely-Anointed Prophet of God; that is, Ezekiel. Are you
aware of the fact that God commanded him to eat his own
dung? Ezekiel was completely horrified by such a thought,
because he considered himself to be such a holy man who
would never eat anything unclean, just like Peter in the New
Testament; (see Acts 10:14 and 11:8); so the Lord made it a
little easier on him by telling him he could eat cow dung
instead. Following are the key verses:

"And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake
it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. And the
LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their
defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been
polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not
eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces;
neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. Then he
said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's
dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith."
Ezekiel 4:12-15, KJV

Imagine; the holy God of Heaven commanded His Prophet to
eat his own dung! But again, as we have already seen, the
reason why the Lord did this, was to try to shock the
children of Israel into seeing the seriousness of their
sin. He knew that it would require a strong hand in order
to get them to repent, so He used this unorthodox example
with Ezekiel, to tell them exactly what was going to
befall them. In fact, the suffering became so bad after
Jerusalem had fallen, that Jeremiah tells us that women
were eating their own children! Imagine; cannibalism in
the Bible!:

"The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own
children: they were their meat in the destruction of the
daughter of my people." Lamentations 4:10, KJV

The other Prophets of the Old Testament were not immune to
the Lord's wild tactics. In the case of Hosea, the Bible
tells us that the Lord told him to marry a whore, in order
to graphically illustrate backslidden Israel's spiritual
whoredoms with the pagan gods of the nations which sur-
rounded them. Not only that, but we are told that this
Prophet even had a son by this woman:

"The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the
LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms
and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed
great whoredom, departing from the LORD. So he went and
took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and
bare him a son." Hosea 1:2-3, KJV

With these Old Testament examples, let us move on now to the
New Testament. Undoubtedly, most Christians are probably
more familiar with the teachings of Jesus Christ. You might
also know, that it was because of His teachings, which to
some people appeared to contradict the Mosaic Law, that the
Lord was constantly in conflict with the self-righteous
religious leaders of His day. Of course, we know that Jesus
eventually grew rather tired of their hypocrisy. Thus, on
various occasions, He didn't spare His words in order to
expose their blatant sins against God and the people. Jesus
referred to them as the children of hell, as the evil spawn
of their father the devil, as a generation of vipers, as
hypocrites, and more. Consider these verses:

"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh." Matthew 12:34, KJV

"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is
made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves...Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can
ye escape the damnation of hell?" Matthew 23:15, 33, KJV

"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for
he is a liar, and the father of it." John 8:44, KJV

How are we supposed to react to these things? This is the
very man who preached wonderful sermons about loving our
enemies, and doing good to those who hate us! Do we have any
right to accuse Him of not being very loving, or even of
being a hypocrite? Sadly, some non-believers have so little
fear of God, that they do these very things, and much worse,
because they simply do not understand the Spirit of God, and
how He operates. Thus it is that the Apostle Paul wrote:

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he
know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
1 Corinthians 2:14, KJV

From a worldly perspective, Jesus' predecessor, John the
Baptist, didn't offer a much better example or 'respectable
religion'. Like Jesus, this wild man of the wilderness, who
was dressed in camel's hair, and who ate locusts and wild
honey, accused the Scribes and the Pharisees of being a
brood of vipers:

"But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to
his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who
hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"
Matthew 3:7, KJV

"Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be
baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you
to flee from the wrath to come?" Luke 3:7, KJV

But what really got John the Baptist in trouble, is when he
accused King Herod of marrying his brother Philip's wife,
while Philip was still alive. In short, John told Herod
publicly that they were committing adultery. Imagine going
to the leader of your country, and publicly humiliating him
by telling him that he is an adulterer. Is it any wonder
then that the vindicative wife, Herodias, saw to it that
John was eventually beheaded, as we see here?:

"But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias
his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod
had done, Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in
prison." Luke 3:19,20, KJV

"For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have
her. And when he would have put him to death, he feared the
multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But when
Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced
before them, and pleased Herod. Whereupon he promised with
an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. And she, being
before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John
Baptist's head in a charger. And the king was sorry:
nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with
him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. And he sent,
and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in
a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to
her mother. And his disciples came, and took up the body,
and buried it, and went and told Jesus."
Matthew 14:4-12, KJV

So were Jesus and John the Baptist demonstrating God's love
to these lost people? Wasn't this behavior of theirs rather
unChristian-like? Quite simply, NO! God's love is revealed
in many different forms, depending upon the situation; and
exposing the sins of the wicked is a part of that love. As
it is written:

"Open rebuke is better than secret love." Proverbs 27:5, KJV

"For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every
son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth
with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father
chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof
all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons."
Hebrews 12:6-8, KJV

Oh my Lord! There is the 'b' word in the Holy Bible! What
are we supposed to think of this Book? From one end to the
other, it is simply filled with repulsive language, with
very questionable behavior, and with extremely graphical
examples, which would both appall, offend and confuse a lot
of people, if they knew about them! Given the examples we
have seen here, how can we possibly justify our faith before
non-believers? How can we possibly invite them to join our
faith? Who would possibly want to join such a religion as
ours; a religion which was founded by, and which has been
promoted by liars, deceivers, thieves, murderers, adulterers
and adulteresses, whores, wild men running naked, deranged
people with very unusual appetites, gluttons, drunks, and
people supposedly filled with the devil? One would have to
be nuts to join such a religion as ours, wouldn't they?
The Apostle Paul apparently didn't think so. In his first
Epistle to the Corinthians he wrote:

"For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise
men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are
called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world
to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of
the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base
things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought
things that are: That no flesh should glory in his
presence." 1 Corinthians 1:26-29, KJV

Why does God choose such people? Paul tells us plainly that
it is so 'that no flesh should glory in his presence'. In
other words, we are such sinners, we are such losers, we are
such weaklings, that we have no other choice but to acknow-
ledge Him, when something good happens to get done through
us! That's why!

As we conclude this series in part three, I will be
addressing a few final issues. These will include standing
up for our faith, the anointing of God's Spirit, giving
spiritual elders their due respect as the ministers of God's
Word, burning freely for the Lord, and old and new bottles.
I trust that you will join me.

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